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  • O dear friend, do not fancy the Súfí is the (external) form (which you behold): how long, like children, (will you be content) with walnuts and raisins?
  • Our body is (as) walnuts and raisins, O son; if you are a man, relinquish these two things; 200
  • And (even) if you do not relinquish them (by your own act), the grace of God will enable you to pass beyond the nine tiers (of Heaven).
  • Now listen to the outward form of the tale, but take heed to separate the grain from the chaff.
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  • When at last (the meditation of) that circle of Súfís who were seeking (spiritual) profit came to an end (culminated) in ecstasy and enthusiasm,
  • They brought dishes of food for the guest, and he then bethought him of his beast.
  • He said to the famulus (the servant of the Súfís), “Go into the stable and make the straw and barley all right for the animal.” 205
  • “Good gracious!” he replied, “why this saying overmuch? These things have been my care since long ago.”
  • The Súfí said, “First wet his barley, for ’tis an old ass, and his teeth are shaky.”
  • “Good gracious!” said he, “why are you telling (me) this, Sir? They are taught by me (to make) these arrangements.”