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1567-1576

  • “O my two enemies,” he cried, “take all the six dirhems: (then) I shall be free (from care and) without trouble and anxiety.”
  • How the Cadi was incensed fry the slap of the poor (sick) man and how the Súfi taunted the Cadi.
  • The Cadi was incensed. “Hey,” cried the Súfi, “your decision is just, no doubt (about it): there is no error.
  • O Shaykh of the (Mohammedan) religion, how can you approve for a brother (Moslem) what you disapprove for your self, O man of trust?
  • Don’t you know this, that (if) you dig a pit for me you will at last let yourself fall into the same pit? 1570
  • Haven’t you read in the Traditions (of the Prophet), ‘Whoever digs a pit (for his brother will fall into it)’? Practise what you have read, O soul of your father!
  • This one judicial decision of yours was like this, for it has brought you a slap on the nape.
  • Alas for your other (unjust) decisions! (Consider) what (penalty) they will bring upon your head and feet.
  • From kindness you take pity on a wrong-doer, saying, ‘Mayst thou have three dirhems to spend (on food)!’
  • Cut off the wrong-doer’s hand: what occasion is there for you to put the control and reins in his hand? 1575
  • O you from whom justice is unknown, you resemble the goat that gave her milk to the wolf-cub.”
  • The Cadi’s reply to the Súfi.