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  • Since there is many a devil who hath the face of Adam, it is not well to give your hand to every hand,
  • Because the fowler produces a whistling sound in order to decoy the bird,
  • (So that) the bird may hear the note of its congener and come down from the air and find trap and knife-point.
  • The vile man will steal the language of dervishes, that he may thereby chant a spell over (fascinate and deceive) one who is simple.
  • The work of (holy) men is (as) light and heat; the work of vile men is trickery and shamelessness. 320
  • They make a woollen lion for the purpose of begging; they give the title of Ahmad (Mohammed) to Bú Musaylim;
  • (But) to Bú Musaylim remained the title of Kadhdháb (Liar), to Mohammed remained (the title of) Ulu ’l-albáb (Endowed with understanding).
  • The wine of God, its seal (last result) is pure musk, (but) as for (the other) wine, its seal is stench and torment
  • Story of the Jewish king who for bigotry's sake used to slay the Christians.
  • Amongst the Jews there was a king who wrought oppression, an enemy of Jesus and a destroyer of Christians.
  • ’Twas the epoch of Jesus and the turn was his: he was the soul of Moses, and Moses the soul of him; 325