To be approved of men, whilst the book of thy acts is black.
The hand is to be restrained from the world,
No matter whether the sleeve be short or long.
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Laudation to the God of majesty and glory! Obedience to him is a cause of approach and gratitude in increase of benefits. Every inhalation of the breath prolongs life and every expiration of it gladdens our nature; wherefore every breath confers two benefits and for every benefit gratitude is due.
To fulfil the obligations of thanks to him?Words of the most high: Be thankful, O family of David, and but few of my servants are thankful.It is best to a worshipper for his transgressionsTo offer apologies at the throne of God,Although what is worthy of his dignityNo one is able to accomplish.The showers of his…
Listen to this story how in Baghdad
Travel stained, dusty and fatigued, the flagSaid to the curtain by way of reproach:‘I and thou, we are both fellow servants,Slaves of the sultan’s palace.Not a moment had I rest from serviceIn season and out of season I travelled about.Thou hast suffered neither toil nor siege,Not from the desert, wind, nor dust and dirt.My step…
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began to cry and to tremble to such a degree that he could not bepacified by kindness, so that at last the king became displeased asthe matter could not be remedied. In that boat there happened to bea philosopher, who said: ‘With thy permission I shall quiet him.’The padshah replied: ‘It will be a great…
An illustrious man had a worthy son who died. Being asked what he desired to be written upon the sarcophagus of the tomb, he replied: ‘The verses of the glorious book’ are deserving of more honour than to be written on such a spot, where they would be injured by the lapse of time, would be walked upon by persons passing by and urinated upon by dogs. If anything is necessarily to be written, let what follows suffice:
Sprouted-glad became my heart.Pass by, O friend, that in the springThou mayest see plants sprouting from my loam.’
Iskandur Rumi, having been asked how he had conquered the east and the west, considering that the treasures, territories, reigns and armies of former kings exceeded his own and they had not gained such a victory, replied: ‘Whatever country I conquered by the aid of God the most high, I abstained from distressing its population and spoke nothing but good of the king.’
Who speaks ill of the great.All this is nothing as it passes away:Throne and luck, command and prohibition, taking and giving.Injure not the name of those who have passed awayIn order that thy own name may subsist.