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1002-1011

  • After this manner every prophet in the world used to call the peoples to a place of deliverance,
  • For he had seen from Heaven the way of escape, (though) in (their) sight he was contracted (despicable) like the pupil of the eye.
  • Men regarded him as small like the pupil: none attained to (understanding of) the (real) greatness (worth) of the pupil.
  • How the beasts objected to the proposal of the hare.
  • The company (of beasts) said to him: “O donkey, listen (to us)! Keep thyself within the measure of a hare! 1005
  • Eh, what brag is this—(an idea) which thy betters never brought into their minds?
  • Thou art self-conceited, or Destiny is pursuing us; else, how is this speech suitable to one like thee?
  • How the hare again answered the beasts.
  • He said: “O friends, God gave me inspiration: to a weakling there came a strong judgement (wise counsel).”
  • That which God taught to the bees is not (belonging) to the lion and the wild ass.
  • It (the bee) makes houses of juicy halwá (sweetmeat): God opened to it the door of that knowledge; 1010
  • That which God taught to the silkworm—does any elephant know such a device?