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3518-3527

  • This goodly episode is endless (too long to relate in full). When the poor stranger turned back from the Khwája's grave,
  • The bailiff took him to his house and handed over to him the purse of a hundred dinars.
  • He fetched viands for him and told him stories, so that from the (feeling of) hope (with which the bailiff inspired him) a hundred roses blossomed in his heart. 3520
  • He (the bailiff) opened his lips to relate the ease (prosperity) which he had experienced after difficulty (adversity).
  • Midnight passed, and (he was still) narrating: (then) sleep transported them to the meadow where the spirit feeds.
  • On that night the bailiff dreamed that he saw the blessed Khwája (seated) on the high-seat in the (heavenly) palace.
  • The Khwája said, “O excellent bailiff, I have heard what you said, point by point,
  • But I was not commanded to answer, and I durst not open my lips without being directed. 3525
  • Now that we have become acquainted with the conditions and degrees (of the spiritual world), a seal has been laid upon our lips,
  • Lest the mysteries of the Unseen should be divulged and (thereby) the life and livelihood (of mortals) be destroyed,