The Explication of a Couplet from Manteq al-Tayr

This article tries to explicate and analyze a couplet from Manteq al-Tayr that has been left unattended and unexplicated or has not been understood by all explicators of Manteq al-Tayr. The first hemistich of this couplet refers to a tradition and the second to a Koranic verse, both widely reflected in Persian poetry. In the first hemistich, a dog is regarded as a criterion for acceptability before God. The second hemistich refers to a famous pious man who is inflicted with vanity. The details have been studied with authentic reasons.