Every body gets annoyed over bad performances. But the Beloved was annoyed at my seemingly good acts. How I wished that I had not performed the deeds which I had so far counted as good ones! Then I annihilated the ego and considered as worthless my self-esteemed good deeds. Simultaneously I submitted to Him the respectful plea that my performances were actually a matter of shame to me (and that none of them was worth reckoning). My Beloved was reconciled to me only when I completely abandoned the ego (of good performances).
Do not consider yourself sacred. (32, Al-Najm)
Do you not know of those who hold themselves to be pure? Nay, it is Allah who purifies Whomso He pleases. (49, Al-N isa).
بندگی شرمندگی

Note: This verse is a typical instance of extreme condensation.
(2) Prayer is a means of approach to Allah. The Quran states: “O you who believe! Seek help through patience and prayer”. Accordingly the prayer is a virtue and an asset. It may be considered as a dependable commodity for the Hereafter.
(3) Sometimes, however, the prayer creates in the devotee a sense of self-consciousness or ego of being a devout man. In that case it loses its high value.
The poet has referred in this verse to this sort of predicament. Obviously he realized later that prayers in such a case fail in their object. Accordingly he forthwith disowned and condemned them and apologetically submitted that he was really ashamed to have assumed them as worth consideration.
(4) In this connection the following anecdote about Hazrat Ba Yazid Bistami is worth quoting:
When he died and appeared before Allah, the following diaglogue is said to have occurred between them -
Allah: Ba Yazid! What have you brought for Me?
Ba Yazid: O Allah! I have brought piety which I practised while I lived.
Allah: I do not consider the world even as important as a mosquito’s wing. Of what value would your piety be on that account?
Ba Yazid: I beg your pardon, Sir! I have brought reliance for you.
Allah: When I had offered Myself as a trustee for you, was not that enough?
Ba Yazid: I seek Forgiveness, my Creator! I have appeared before you as a destitute, worth nothing. I merely plead.
Allah: I am pleased to accept you as such.
جانے کہ پراں شد ز تن، گوید بدو سلطان من
زین سان کہ رفتی آمدی آثار کوز الذی ما۔
(Roomi)
The Sovereign asked the soul when it left the human body: You have come back as you had gone. Where are the traces of my benefaction?.