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Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 24
Sa di
I complained to one of the sheikhs that a certain man had falsely accused me of lasciviousness. He replied: "Put him to shame by thy good...
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Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 25
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One of the sheikhs of Syria, being asked on the true state of the Sufis, replied: "In former times they were a tribe in the world, apparently...
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Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 26
Sa di
I remember having once walked all night with a caravan and then slept on the edge of the desert. A distracted man who had accompanied us on that...
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Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 27
Sa di
It once happened that on a journey to the Hejaz a company of young and pious men, whose sentiments harmonized with mine, were my fellow-travellers....
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Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 28
Sa di
The life of a king was drawing to a close and he had no successor. He ordered in his last testament that the next morning after his death the first...
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Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 29
Sa di
A man had a friend, who held the office of devan to the padshah, but whom he had not seen for a long time; and, a man having asked him for the...
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Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 30
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Abu Harirah, may the approbation of Allah be upon him, was in the habit of daily waiting upon the Mustafa, peace on him, who said: "Abu Harira, visit...
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Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 32
Sa di
Having become tired of my friends in Damascus, I went into the desert of Jerusalem and associated with animals till the time when I became a prisoner...
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Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 33
Sa di
A padshah asked a hermit: ‘How spendest thou thy precious time?’ He replied: ‘I am all night engaged in prayer, during the morning in supplications...
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Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 34
Sa di
A man, professing to be a hermit in the desert of Syria, attended for years to his devotions and subsisted on the leaves of trees. A padshah, who had...
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Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 35
Sa di
In conformity with the above sentiments an affair of importance emerged to a padshah, who thereon vowed that, if it terminated according to his...
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Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 36
Sa di
One of the ulemma of solid learning, having been asked for his opinion about waqfbread, answered: ‘If it be accepted to insure tranquillity of mind...
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Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 37
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A dervish arrived in a place, the owner of which was of a noble disposition, and had surrounded himself with a company of distinguished and eloquent...
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Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 38
Sa di
A murid said to his pir: ‘What am I to do? I am troubled by the people, many of whom pay me visits. By their coming and going they encroach upon my...
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Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 39
Sa di
The son of a faqih said to his father: ‘These heart-ravishing words of moralists make no impression upon me because I do not see that their actions...
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Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 40
Sa di
A man was sleeping dead-drunk on the highway and the bridle of spontaneity had slipped from his hands. A hermit passed near him and considered the...
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Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 41
Sa di
A company of vagabonds met a dervish, spoke insulting words to him, struck him and otherwise molested him; whereon he complained to his superior and...
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Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 42
Sa di
Listen to this story how in Baghdad
A flag and a curtain fell into...
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Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 43
Sa di
A pious man saw an acrobat in great dudgeon, full of wrath and foaming at the mouth. He asked: ‘What is the matter with this fellow?’ A bystander...
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Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 44
Sa di
I asked a good man concerning the qualities of the brethren of purity. He replied: ‘The least of them is that they prefer to please their friends...
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Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 45
Sa di
A kind old man in Baghdad
Gave his daughter to a cobbler.
The cruel little man so bit her
That blood flowed from the daughter’s lips.
Next...
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Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 46
Sa di
A faqih had a very ugly daughter and when she attained puberty no one was inclined to marry her in spite of her dowry and...
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Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 47
Sa di
A padshah was casting a glanced of contempt upon a company of dervishes and one of them, understanding by his sagacity the meaning of it, said: ‘O...
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Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 48
Sa di
I saw bouquets of fresh roses
Tied upon a cupola of grass.
I asked: ‘What is despicable grass
To sit also in the line of the roses?’
The...
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Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 49
Sa di
A sage having been asked whether liberality or bravery is better replied: ‘He who possesses liberality needs no...
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