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426-435

  • (When) it was (time for) afternoon prayers, a servant came with a tray in his hand from one like Hátim,
  • A man of property and condition: he sent it as a present to the Pír (Shaykh), for he knew about him.
  • (There were) four hundred dinars, and in a corner of the tray another half-dinar in a piece of paper.
  • The servant advanced and did honour to the Shaykh, and laid the tray before the peerless Shaykh.
  • When he (the Shaykh) uncovered the face of the tray, the people beheld the miracle (manifested) from him. 430
  • Immediately cries of sorrow and lamentation arose from all —“O head of the Shaykhs and (spiritual) kings, what was (the meaning of) this?
  • What secret is this? Once more, what sovereignty is this, O lord of the lords of mystery?
  • We knew not. Pardon us. Very deranged were the words that went out from us.
  • We who blindly brandish staffs cannot help breaking lamps.
  • We, like deaf men, without having heard a single thing spoken (to us), are answering idly from our own surmise. 435