Analysis of Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 71

Sa di 1210 (Shiraz) – 1291 (Shiraz)



The Most High sees a fault and conceals it, and a neighbour sees it not, but shouts.

Let us take refuge with Allah.  
           If people knew our faults  
           No one could have rest from interference by others.


Scheme X XXX
Poetic Form
Metre 011101001100111111 11110110 1101101 111111010110
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 235
Words 39
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 3
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 38
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 76
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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