1) The poem emphasizes that knowing oneself is key to knowing God, as love leads to self-knowledge. 2) It explains that man becomes entangled in love in order to know himself and gain self-knowledge. 3) Saint Mansur mounted the gallows because Allah's love filled his heart with divine light, causing him to forget himself and easily give up his life to please God.

1. Poem No.15
He Came to Know
Himself (Sachal Sarmast)
 Short Questions & Answers.
Q 1: Why does the put emphasis on how to know himself?
Ans: The knowledge of ‘self’ is the knowledge of God. Love leads to the knowledge of ‘self’.
Therefore, the poet gives importance to the knowledge of self and tells us how to acquire it.
Q 2: What makes one entangled in love?
Ans: Man needs to know himself. The poet tells us that love leads to the knowledge of ‘self’.
Therefore, man gets himself entangled (involved) in love with this end in view.
Q 3: Why did Mansur mount the gallows?
Ans: Allah lives in the hearts of pious humans in the form of love. Allah blessed Mansoor with
His Love. His heart began to glow with Divine Light. He forgot himself. He easily mounted the
gallows to please Allah.
Q 4: What is the bare Truth?
Ans: Allah lives in the form of love in the hearts of pious humans. Thus their hearts began to
glow with Divine Light. They discover this Divine Light in everything they see. The poet says that
the presence of this Divine Light on earth is true.