When she saw him overthrow a tiger, and elephant-bodied:
‘If thou hadst remembered the time of thy infancy
How helpless thou wast in my arms
Thou would’st this day not have been harsh
For thou art a lion-like man, and I an old woman.’
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No one could see daylight till the day of resurrection.The warrior replied: ‘If I ask for the medicine he will either give it or refuse it and if he gives it maybe it will profit me, and maybe not. At any rate the inconvenience of asking it from him is a lethal poison.’Whatever thou obtainest…
The meekness of the camel is known to be such that if a child takes hold of its bridle and goes a hundred farsakhs, it will not refuse to follow, but if a dangerous portion occurs which may occasion death and the child ignorantly desires to approach it, the camel tears the bridle from his hand, refusing any longer to obey because compliance in times of calamity is blamable. It is also said that by complaisance an enemy will not become a friend but that his greed will only be augmented.
But if he opposes thee fill his two eyes with dust.Speak not kindly or gently to an ill-humoured fellowBecause a soft file cannot clean off inveterate rust.
I have heard that a royal prince of short stature and mean presence,
glancing on him with aversion and contempt but he had the shrewdnessand penetration to guess the meaning and said: ‘O father, a punyintelligent fellow is better than a tall ignorant man, neither iseverything bigger in stature higher in price. A sheep is nice to eatand an elephant is carrion.’The smallest mountain on earth is Jur;…
One of the kings of Persia had sent an able physician to wait upon the Mustafa, the benediction of Allah and peace be on him; and he remained for some years in the Arab country without anyone coming to him to make a trial of his ability or desiring to be treated by him. He went to the Prophet, salutation to him, and complained that although he had been sent to treat the companions, none of them had up to this time taken notice of him or required the services incumbent upon him. The Apostle, salutation to him, replied: ‘It is a law with these people not to eat until appetite overpowers them and when some of it yet remains they withdraw their hands from food.’ The doctor said: ‘This is the cause of health’, and kissing the earth of service departed.
Or points his fingers to the dishWhen silence would be dangerousOr abstinance would bring on death.No doubt his wisdom is in speakingAnd his eating bears the fruit of health.
Give not information to a padshah of the treachery of anyone, unless thou art sure he will accept it; else thou wilt only be preparing thy own destruction.
Thy words are likely to have effect.Speech is a perfection in the soul of manBut do not ruin thyself by speaking.