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Ch 01 Manner of Kings Story 37 Sa di	Someone had brought information to Nushirvan the just that an enemy of his had been removed from this world by God the most high. He asked: "Hast...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 01 Manner of Kings Story 38 Sa di	A company of philosophers were discussing a subject in the palace of Kesra and Barzachumihr, having remained silent, they asked him why he took no...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 01 Manner of Kings Story 39 Sa di	Harun-ur-Rashid said when the country of Egypt was surrendered to him: "In contrast to the rebel who had in his arrogance of being sovereign of Egypt...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 01 Manner of Kings Story 40 Sa di	A Chinese slave-girl having been brought to a king, he desired to have connection with her whilst in a state of intoxication but, as she repelled...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 01 Manner of Kings Story 41 Sa di	Iskandur Rumi, having been asked how he had conquered the east and the west, considering that the treasures, territories, reigns and armies of former...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 01 Sa di	One of the great devotees having been asked about his opinion concerning a hermit whom others had censured in their conversation, he replied: ‘I do...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 02 Sa di	I saw a dervish who placed his head upon the threshold of the Ka’bah, groaned, and said: ‘O forgiving, 0 merciful one, thou knowest what an...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 03 Sa di	I saw A’bd-u-Qader Gaillani in the sanctuary of the Ka’bah with his face on the pebbles and saying: ‘O lord, pardon my sins and, if I deserve...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 04 Sa di	A thief paid a visit to the house of a pious man but, although he sought a great deal, found nothing and was much grieved. The pious man, who knew...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 06 Sa di	A hermit, being the guest of a padshah, ate less than he wished when sitting at dinner and when he rose for prayers he prolonged them more than was...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 07 Sa di	I remember, being in my childhood pious, rising in the night, addicted to devotion and abstinence. One night I was sitting with my father, remaining...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 08 Sa di	A great man was praised in an assembly and, his good qualities being extolled, he raised his head and said: ‘I am such as I know myself to...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 09 Sa di	One of the devotees of Mount Lebanon, whose piety was famed in the Arab country and his miracles well known, entered the cathedral mosque of Damascus...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 10 Sa di	One asked the man who had lost his...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 11 Sa di	I spoke in the cathedral mosque of Damascus a few words by way of a sermon but to a congregation whose hearts were withered and dead, not having...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 12 Sa di	One night I had in the desert of Mekkah become so weak from want of sleep that I was unable to walk and, laying myself down, told the camel driver to...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 13 Sa di	I saw a holy man on the seashore who had been wounded by a tiger. No medicine could relieve his pain; he suffered much but he nevertheless constantly...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 14 Sa di	A dervish who had fallen into want stole a blanket from the house of a friend. The judge ordered his hand to be amputated but the owner of the...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 15 Sa di	A padshah, meeting a holy man, asked him whether he did not sometimes remember him for the purpose of getting presents. He replied: ‘Yes, I do,...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 16 Sa di	A pious man saw in a dream a padshah in paradise and a devotee in hell whereon he asked for the reason of the former’s exaltation and the latter’s...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 17 Sa di	A bareheaded and barefooted pedestrian who had arrived from Kufah with the Hejaz-caravan of pilgrims joined us, strutted about and...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 18 Sa di	A hermit, having been invited by a padshah, concluded that if he were to take some medicine to make himself weak he might perhaps enhance the opinion...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 19 Sa di	A caravan having been plundered in the Yunan country and deprived of boundless wealth, the merchants wept and lamented, beseeching God and the...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 20 Sa di	Despite the abundant admonitions of the most illustrious Sheikh Abulfaraj Ben Juzi to shun musical entertainments and to prefer solitude and...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 21 Sa di	Loqman, being asked from whom he had learnt civility, replied: ‘From those who had no civility because what appeared to me unbecoming in them I...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)

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