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For Rumi, the greatest sin is not lust or wine, but pride and judgment . In his Masnavi , the story of the mystical sinner who is loved by God more than the pious ascetic is a common trope. The logic is shocking: a hot, passionate sin (like desperate love for a forbidden woman) is closer to God than a cold, self-righteous virtue. Why? Because the passionate sinner is alive and will eventually break from shame into genuine repentance, whereas the proud ascetic is dead to grace.

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This is perhaps the most discussed "social sin" in Persian households. To speak ill of someone behind their back is often described in Persian metaphors as "eating the flesh of one's dead brother." For Rumi, the greatest sin is not lust