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4516-4525

  • The pleasure of changing his chest (only) stupefies him anew: he does not perceive that he is inside the chest.
  • If he is not deluded by (all) these chests, he seeks release and deliverance, like the cadi.
  • Know that the mark of one who apprehends this is his crying for help and being in terror.
  • Like the cadi, he will be quaking (with fear): how should a breath of joy rise from his soul?
  • The arrival of the cadi's deputy in the bazaar and his purchase of the chest from Júhí, etc.
  • The deputy arrived and asked, “How much (do you want) for your chest?” “They are offering nine hundred pieces of gold and more,” said he, 4520
  • “(But) I will not come lower than a thousand: if you intend to buy, open your purse and produce (the money).”
  • He replied, “Have some shame, you in the short felt frock! The value of the chest is self-evident.”
  • He (Júhí) said, “To buy without seeing is an iniquity: our bargain is (being made) in the dark: this is not right.
  • I will open (it): if it is not worth (the money), don't buy, lest you be defrauded, O father!”
  • He (the deputy) said (addressing God), “O Veiler (of faults), do not reveal the secret!” (Then he said to Júhí), “I will buy it with the lid on: come to terms with me. 4525