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153-162

  • He that sows the seed of thistles in the world, be warned not to look for him in the rose-garden.

  • If he take a rose in his hand, it becomes a thistle; and if he go to a friend, he (the friend) becomes a snake.

  • The damned wretch is an elixir which transmutes into poison and snakes; (his elixir is) contrary to the elixir of the God-fearing man. 155

  • How the Súfí enjoined the servant to take care of his beast and how the servant said, “Lá hawl.”

  • A Súfí was wandering round the world till one night he became a guest at a monastery (for Súfís).

  • He had a beast (ass): he tied it in the stable, (while) he (himself) sat at the top of the dais with his friends.

  • Then he engaged with his friends in (mystical) meditation: the presence of a friend (of God) is (like) a book (which is open) before (one).

  • The Súfí's book is not (composed of) ink of letters (letters written with ink): it is naught but a heart white as snow.

  • The scholar's provision is (consists of) pen-marks (written letters and words). What is the Súfí's provision? Footmarks. 160

  • He (the Súfí) stalks the game, like a hunter: he sees the musk-deer's track and follows the footprints.

  • For some while the track of the deer is (the) proper (clue) for him, (but) afterwards ’tis the navel (musk-gland) of the deer that is his guide.