Asrar-e-Khudi post 4

Link to the poem: https://ganjoor.net/iqbal/asrar-khodi/sh6
https://ganjoor.net/iqbal/asrar-khodi/sh7
Total couplets: 24+28
Total completion: 30.8% (269/874 couplets)

   We're talking about Parts 6 and 7 now. Part 6 is regarding how asking questions weakens Khudi. Here, by asking questions, Iqbal means to implore and beg. He says the weariness of you is from your own neediness. You were once glorious and mighty, but you became dependent on others and lost everything. Seek out your share of this world, become humble, and beware of taking favours! The person who is obliged to others becomes menial, regardless of how lofty he was before. From begging, destitution worsens. From begging, beggars become poorer. Asking leads to the dissociation of Khudi's elements. Be wary, scatter not out your dust! Like the moon, which constantly waxes and wanes, seek out your sustenance from your self, accept and endure the hardships, lest you may be downcast in front of the Prophet tomorrow. Interestingly, after calling the moon a paragon, Iqbal oppositely remarks that the moon is indebted to the Sun, and as a result, has craters on its surface. He continues. The thirsty is better off not accepting a glass of water from Khizar, and remains a man by not wetting his forehead with the sweat of beseeching. In poverty, the man becomes more self-possessed and poised. He says in one of his Urdu poems: mirā tarīq amīrī nahīñ faqīrī hai, ḳhudī na bech ġharībī meñ naam paidā kar. Lastly, he presents a very beautiful, concise, and apt example, which I've not seen in poetry often. "Be a man of honour, and like the bubble. Keep thy cup inverted even in the midst of the sea!" One has to visualise an upside-down cup submerged in water, and how the bubbles pop out and drift away. Mesmerizing.
چون حباب از غیرت مردانه باش
هم به بحر اندر نگون‌پیمانه باش

   Part 7 talks about how Khudi, when strengthened by Love, can become powerful over all the outward and inward forces of the universe. He starts off by saying the branches of the stars are joined together by the forces of Khudi. Then, he narrates a tale of Bu Ali Shah Qalandar, a very famous saint who lived near Delhi in the 13th century, a contemporary of Khusrow, and penned down many Sufistic poems often sung in Qawwali these days. One day, his disciple, lost in the thoughts of his master, was wandering in the streets when the governor's procession happened to pass by. The guard warned him not to block the road, but the disciple took no notice and was then subjected to the guard's harsh beating. He rushed back to his master's sanctuary and narrated the whole event. Upon hearing this, Bu Ali Shah became enraged and immediately wrote a polemic to the Sultan to depose the governor, else he would depose the Sultan. The Sultan, upon reading this warning, was on tenterhooks and immediately threw the governor into prison and sought pardon from the saint. Amir Khusrow, the sweet-talker, was dispatched as an emissary to pacify the saint. He pulled out his lute and began to sing, which immediately cooled down the furious saint. Iqbal concludes with the following couplets:
شوکتی کو پخته چون کهسار بود
قیمت یک نغمه ی گفتار بود
نیشتر بر قلب درویشان مزن
خویش را در آتش سوزان مزن
One strain of poesy bought the grace
Of a majesty that was firm as a mountain.
Do not wound the hearts of dervishes,
Do not throw thyself into burning fire!

   I'm not sure how to interpret the ending. Was the saint, Bu Ali Shah Qalandar, placated by Khusrow, then pardoned the crime and reinstated the governor, or does it show how music and flattery can calm down even the toughest man? Nonetheless, the point Iqbal wanted to get across was how the saint threatened to abolish the Sultan's government in his censorious epistle. The message was that the saints of God, with powerful (maxed out level 100) Khudis, can invoke the wrath and mercy of God at their will, and, by these means, control the inward and outward forces of the universe. But how am I supposed to believe the authenticity of this event? Religious saints claim many miraculous powers and supernatural abilities, and further, this is an 800-year-old incident. Say, I take the historicity of this incident positive. How can I be certain that it was not an empty threat?  Whatever the case, the poems are interesting to read.