The fact is that for every single bird in the reservoir there are about fifty hunters lurking against him. O Allah! He sways in the surf depending on Your grace all the time.
Note: The above verse illustrates the de facto position of the man in the world wherein he is beset by multifarious seductions; and it becomes a problem for him to lead an irreproachable life. In this connection the following extract (translated) from Moulana Azad’s “Sarmad” is relevant and interesting; “To me the world seemed an idol temple of love and adoration. There was nothing in it except the living idols. Each of them expected my submission and surrender. Each of them was disastrous for the heart and the senses. Their each manifestation was a fire for the honour and self-control. Their each look was killer of the patience and peace.
الفراق ای صبر و تمکین، الفراق،
الوداع ای عقل و دین، الوداع
Wherever I moved I was welcomed with chains and nooses. In whatever corner I sought shelter, it proved to be a dungeon for my senses. If there were one chain, its links could be counted. I had only one heart but I could see hundred hunters arrayed against me, each ready with a quiver-full of arrows. I could focus only one look but the world was full of manifestations. Each of them threw an arrow at me. Each of the robbers threw a noose at me. Each magician practised his magic on me. Each of them spread a snare of love to catch me therein after paralyzing my senses and rendering me beside myself by his looks.”
وادی بر صید کہ یک باشد و صیادی چند
Alas for the victim to be one and the hunters being many!
And in the like manner have We made for every Prophet as enemy the evil doers from amongst the men and the jinn . (112, Al-Anam).

Bird is alone in the fount, hunters are the fifty,
It floats betwixt waves, trusting in God.