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  • O illustrious one, do not regard work as aught but a name! O cunning one, think not that exertion is aught but a vain fancy!” 955
  • How ‘Azrá‘íl (Azrael) looked at a certain man, and how that man fled to the palace of Solomon; and setting forth the superiority of trust in God to exertion and the uselessness of the latter.
  • One forenoon a freeborn (noble) man arrived and ran into Solomon's hall of justice,
  • His countenance pale with anguish and both lips blue. Then Solomon said, “Good sir, what is the matter?”
  • He replied, “Azrael cast on me such a look, so full of wrath and hate.”
  • “Come,” said the king, “what (boon) do you desire now? Ask (it)!” “O protector of my life,” said he, “command the wind,
  • To bear me from here to India. Maybe, when thy slave is come thither he will save his life.” 960
  • Lo, the people are fleeing from poverty: hence are they a mouthful for (a prey to) covetousness and expectation.
  • The fear of poverty is like that (man's) terror: know thou that covetousness and striving are (like) India (in this tale).
  • He (Solomon) commanded the wind to bear him quickly over the water to the uttermost part of India.
  • Next day, at the time of conference and meeting, Solomon said to Azrael: