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372-381

  • How should a man who inherits know the value of wealth? A Rustam tore his soul (suffered agonies in acquiring it), (whereas) Zál got it cost-free.
  • “When I cause (any one) to weep, My mercy is aroused: that wailer drinks of (enjoys) My bounty.
  • If I do not wish to give, (then) indeed I do not show him (the desired gift), (but) when I have closed (contracted) his heart (with grief), I open (expand) it (with joy).
  • My mercy is dependent on that goodly weeping: when he weeps, waves rise from the sea of (My) mercy.” 375
  • How by Divine inspiration Shaykh Ahmad son of Khizrúya bought halwá (sweetmeat) for his creditors.
  • There was a Shaykh who was continually in debt because of the generosity which that illustrious one had (in his nature).
  • He used to make myriads of debts (by borrowing) from the great, and spend (all the money) upon the poor (dervishes) of the world.
  • He had also built a monastery (for Súfís) by (running into) debt; he had devoted life and wealth and monastery (to God).
  • God was paying his debts from every quarter: God made flour out of sand for the Friend's (Abraham's) sake.
  • The prophet said that two angels are (always) praying here in the markets, (saying), 380
  • “O God, do Thou give the prodigal a boon in return, and O God do Thou give the miserly a bane (in return).”