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1040-1049

  • The meanest robe of honour that He bestows in recompense (for good works) excels the embroidered raiment of the sun. 1040
  • The rest of the story of (the Divine) Mercy’s calling Bilqís.
  • “Arise, O Bilqís! Come and behold the Kingdom! Gather pearls on the shore of God’s Sea!
  • Thy sisters are dwelling in the glorious Heaven: why dost thou behave like a sultan on account of (possessing) a carcase?
  • Dost thou know at all what noble gifts that Sultan (God) gave to thy sisters?
  • How didst thou jubilantly take drummers (into thy service), proclaiming, ‘I am queen and mistress of the bath-stove’?”
  • Parable of Man's being contented with (the goods of) this world, and his greed in seeking (them) and his indifference to the high and blessed estate of the spiritual who are his congeners (and are) crying, "Oh, would that my people might know!"
  • A dog saw a blind beggar in the street, and was rushing at him and tearing his cloak. 1045
  • We have (already) related this, but it is repeated (here) once again in order to strengthen (the effect of) the story.
  • The blind man said to it (the dog), “Why, at this moment your friends are hunting and seeking prey on the mountain.
  • Your kinsfolk are catching onagers in the mountains: you are catching blind men in the streets.”
  • O recalcitrant Shaykh, abandon this imposture: thou art (like) briny water, having gathered some blind men (around thee),