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  • 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).”
  • Especially (does this apply to) the prodigal who has freely spent his soul (life) and made his throat a sacrifice to the Creator.
  • He offers his throat, like Ismá‘íl (Ishmael): the knife cannot do anything to (hurt) his throat.
  • On this account, then, the martyrs are living and joyous: do not, infidel-like, look at the body (alone),
  • Since God hath given them in return the spirit of everlastingness—a spirit safe from grief and pain and misery. 385