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1 2, 1 | you and takes to flight!~0n Taqlid, blind imitation
2 1 (2) | Koran ii, 100. ~
3 3 (6) | Koran xxxvii. 101. ~
4 1 (13)| Koran vi. 103. ~
5 Note | fifth volume in the year 1035 A.H., he met with Book VII.
6 2 (5) | See Gulshan i Raz, I. 104. ~
7 2 (2) | Koran ix. 108. ~
8 3 (8) | Koran xii. 11. ~
9 5 (16)| Khorasan who lived from A.D. 1150 to 1210. De Slane's Ibn
10 1 (1) | Koran iii. 12. ~
11 5, 4 | the reigning prince in AD. 1209, the year in which the poet'
12 5 (16)| lived from A.D. 1150 to 1210. De Slane's Ibn Khallikan,
13 5 (8) | Koran iv. 124. ~
14 5 (4) | mirror (Gulshan i Raz, I. 125). ~
15 4 (35)| Koran ix. 126. ~
16 4 (30)| Koran ix. 130. ~
17 5 (7) | baptism of God" (Koran ii. 132). ~
18 1 (1) | passage in Gulshan i Raz, 1. 135, and the notes thereon. ~
19 3 (3) | Koran ii. 136. ~
20 1 (5) | See Gulshan i Raz, I. 140, and Omar Khayyam Quatr.,
21 3 (3) | in Mishkat ul Masabih i. 141.
22 5 (6) | Koran vi. 142: "Eat of their fruit, but
23 4 (23)| Koran ii. 148. ~
24 1 (15)| Koran ii. 151. ~
25 1 (3) | and inward.'" (Koran vi. 152.) ~
26 3 (6) | Koran ii. 153: "Verily we are God's, and
27 5 (6) | Koran vi. 161. ~
28 1 (1) | enjoined in the Koran, ii. 173? ~
29 5 (2) | Koran ii. 191. ~
30 1 (7) | road." Gulshan i Raz, I. 195. ~
31 5 (5) | Koran iii. 200. ~
32 1 (8) | See Gulshan i Raz, I. 203. ~
33 2 (1) | Masabih, by Matthews, i. 205. ~
34 5 (7) | Mishkat ul Masabih, i. p. 209, note. ~
35 6 (5) | Arabum Proverbia, iii. 222. ~
36 1 (2) | moon (see Gulshan i Raz, I. 233). ~
37 4 (5) | story comes from Koran ii. 261. ~
38 5 (1) | Koran ii. 262. ~
39 5 (4) | Koran ii. 264. ~
40 6 (5) | See Gulshan i Raz, I. 265, and note. ~
41 6 (4) | Freytag Arabum Proverbia, iii. 277. ~
42 2 (2) | Koran ii. 279. ~
43 6 (3) | Koran ii. 28. ~
44 5 (10)| by Shea and Troyer, iii. 281. ~
45 4 (1) | xlix. 10; xxxi. 27; ii. 285. ~
46 5 (13)| Koran ii. 286. ~
47 4 (2) | passage in Gulshan i Raz, I. 317, and the note. It is based
48 3 (1) | Mishkat ut Masabih, ii. 321). ~
49 2 (2) | in Lumsden's Grammar, ii. 323, and is mentioned in the
50 3 (1) | Proverbia, vol. iii. p. 334. ~
51 1 (3) | Koran ii. 341. ~
52 3 (3) | See Gulshan i Raz, I. 354, where the commentator says
53 6 (5) | lxvii. 22, iii. 155, xlii. 36. ~
54 3 (1) | Arabum Proverbia, i. p. 370, ascribes this saying to
55 1 (6) | Extraits des MSS., xii. 371 note. ~
56 Note (1) | Haji Khalfa, v. 377. Ismai1 was a Darvesh of
57 5 (6) | Koran xxviii. 38. ~
58 2 (3) | Arabum Proverbia, i. p. 385). ~
59 5 (3) | the desert" (Koran xxiv. 39). ~
60 2 (15)| Jami says there are always 4000 saints on the earth who
61 5 (6) | Miskat ul Masabih, i. 417. ~
62 2 (3) | Proverbia, vol. ii. pp. 379 and 418, gives two proverbs - one, "
63 6 (2) | Koran xii. 42. ~
64 1 (2) | So Gulshan i Raz, I. 442. ~
65 5 (6) | Guishan i Raz, Answer vii. p. 45. Mansur Hallaj (woolcarder),
66 5 (17)| See Gulshan i Raz, I. 453, note. ~
67 5 (7) | See Guishan i Raz, i. 454, and note. The doctrine
68 4 (3) | Mishkat ul Masabih, vol. i. p. 463. ~
69 5 (3) | Koran xviii. 48, and lv. 14. ~
70 3 (8) | Milton, Paradise Lost, v. 482: ~"Flow'rs and their fruit, ~
71 5 (3) | Koran lxviii. 51. ~
72 6 (1) | Miskkat ul Masabih, ii. 541. ~
73 1 (6) | See Gulshan i Raz, I. 543. ~
74 3 (7) | See Koran ii. 55, with Sale's note. ~
75 4 (1) | Freytag, Arabum Proverbia, i. 551, for a parallel. ~
76 1 (1) | will (see Gulshan i Raz, I. 555). ~
77 2 (2) | Arabum Proverbia, i. p. 566). ~
78 1 (3) | Sale, Prelim. Discourse, p. 57. ~
79 1 (8) | See Gulshan i Raz, I. 575: The ocean of Reason is
80 6 (7) | Compare Gulshan i Raz, I. 624. Ecstatic words and states
81 2 (2) | Freytag, Arabum Proverbia, i. 628. ~
82 1 (16)| See Gulshan i Raz, I. 645: All phenomena are every
83 5 (16)| Slane's Ibn Khallikan, ii. 652. ~
84 4 (22)| Koran xxxix. 67. ~
85 5 (9) | come (Gulshan i Raz, I. 679). ~
86 5 (8) | passage in Guishan i Raz, 1. 690. ~
87 3 (11)| been sent down" (Koran v. 71). ~
88 1 (2) | Koran xviii. 73. ~
89 1 (6) | See Gulshan i Raz, I. 745: Frowns are the occultation
90 6 (3) | Sale's Koran, p. 75, note. ~
91 Note | copy of the Masnavi dated 814 A.H. He bought it and read
92 4 (17)| See Gulshan i Raz, I. 835 and 845). ~
93 4 (17)| Gulshan i Raz, I. 835 and 845). ~
94 3 (1) | See Gulshan i Raz, I. 850. ~
95 4 (32)| Arabum Proverbia, vol. ii. p. 898; 1 Cor. iv. 10. ~
96 2 (4) | See Koran xx. 90. ~
97 1 (12)| See Gulshan i Raz, I. 92. Mr. Mansel (Bampton Lectures,
98 2 (1) | Koran xii. 93. ~
99 5 (2) | Koran x. 98. ~
100 5 (7) | Basra, who wrote, about 980 AD., an encyc1opedia of
101 1, 9 | whose airs set thy heart a-quaking,~When she weeps, how feelest
102 5 (16)| Khorasan who lived from A.D. 1150 to 1210. De Slane's
103 3, 4 | goods of many a Moses and Aaron.~Through pressure of want
104 6, 6 | word "Ascend!"~God is an Abaser and an Exalter~Without these
105 2, 7 | suppose." The shepherd was abashed at his rebuke, and tore
106 6, 1 | but no sooner is the pain abated than they run after the
107 4, 2 | home, how his grandfather, Abd ul Muttalib, prayed to God
108 4, 2 | nut-gatherer.~Ibrahim's abdication.~Once that noble Ibrahim,
109 6, 7 | anecdote of a man named 'Abdu'l Ghaus, who was the son
110 4, 2 | Othman, of the miracles of 'Abdullah Moghrabi, and others, of
111 6, 6 | second generation lived pure Abel;~Cain was the opposite of
112 5, 9 | a sincere repentance is abhorrence of past sins and utter abandonment
113 1, 7 | union is dissolved, lo! Thou abidest!~Thou hast made these "Us"
114 1, 6 | urged his companions to abjure lust and pride, and to go
115 6, 9 | knew that the prince had abjured earthly rank and dignity
116 4, 2 | available,~Is like making ablutions with sand when water is
117 2, 10 | your hand in the dish of abnegation of knowledge.~Whatever seems
118 1, 4 | reservoir,~Yet air will absorb it, for 'tis its supporter;~
119 1, 8 | him out of his beggary to absorption in God:~"Sobriety savours
120 3, 1 | have I eaten?~Have I not abstained from onions and garlic?"~
121 5, 1 | Fasting proclaims that he abstains from lawful food,~And that
122 1, 1 | thereof is seen in concrete or abstract. 4~Where is there room in
123 6, 7 | and quality from the lofty abstractions of philosophy.~Lofty philosophical
124 4, 2 | Moghrabi, and others, of which abstracts are given below.~Though
125 6, Prol| faint indications of those abstruse matters.~Mysteries are not
126 6, 9 | further illustrated by an absurd anecdote of two youths,
127 6, 6 | by the cases of the saint Abu-'l-Hasan Khirqani and the
128 6, 7 | the depths of the earth.~Abu-l Jahl, again, what gained
129 3 (12)| says that Faizi (brother of Abul Fazl Akbar's minister) once
130 4 (1) | story of the Kurd, Syad Abul-Wafa, Book i Story xiv. note. ~
131 3, 1 | distress. ~God gave Pharaoh abundance of riches and wealth, ~So
132 5, 3 | How easy those terms! how abundant that reward!~A reward that
133 5, 6 | garden and made it bear fruit abundantly. But his sons, who were
134 3, 15 | and the dog. The dog was abusing the cock for picking up
135 6, 4 | at length. Bilal was an Abyssinian slave belonging to a Jew
136 3, 17 | should die, my death would be acceptable. ~Wheresoever I see one
137 3, 2 | townsman hesitated long before accepting his invitation, having doubts
138 6, 6 | O beloved,~And hard of access, and full of scorpions and
139 4, 2 | That spiritual garden accompanies them everywhere, ~Yet it
140 1, 1 | promises of gold induced her to accompany him. After a time she fell
141 5, 3 | that worldly cleverness and accomplishments and wealth endanger man'
142 4, 6 | wisdom. ~Of His mercy wisdom accrued to inanimate things, ~As
143 1, 9 | Know you how discernment accrues to the sense?~'Tis when
144 4, 3 | magicians gloried in their own achievements,~But when Moses' rod became
145 3, 2 | over the mother's,~Whoso acknowledges not God's claims is a fool.~
146 6, 9 | the King he had injured, acknowledging the King's goodness to him
147 6, 1 | seductive at a distance, closer acquaintance with her had altogether
148 3, 5 | is infidelity" and "Whoso acquiesces not in God's ordinance desires
149 2, 3 | their souls~So that Adam acquired knowledge from that light.~
150 6, 5 | Where is your motion and activity?~The Ocean has cast you
151 | actually
152 1, 5 | camel's leg.'1~Hear the adage, 'The worker is the friend
153 1, 16 | the secrets of a hundred Adams,~And convert a hundred fresh
154 4, 2 | heart is a disease, it will add doubt to their doubt, and
155 5, 6 | If you wish, you can adduce hundreds of precedents,~
156 2, 1 | brass beads for pearls of Aden?"~I will tell you a tale;
157 6, 6 | Likewise a punishment for the Adites,~Namely, a swiftly rising
158 3, 1 | many young elephants in the adjacent woods, one of which would
159 5, 7 | mercy alone.~Whether Thou adjudge me upright or rebellious,~
160 6, 6 | branded on the nostrils," 1 adjudged against unbelievers. This
161 5, 6 | and thus addressed him, "I adjure you by Allah that you go
162 6, 6 | all your might;~It said, 'Adjust an arrow,' not 'Draw the
163 6, 9 | governors and the state of the administration; and he strictly charged
164 4, 1 | Object,~And borrow from His admirers their eyes;~Nay, borrow
165 6, Prol| Never did he draw back from admonishing them,~Never did he retire
166 2, 11 | s lost camel.~My people adopt my law without obeying it,~
167 3, 12 | one and the same.~In the adorations and benedictions of righteous
168 5, 3 | former,~Seek annihilation and adore change of state.~You have
169 3, 6 | defective, now perfect,~Is not adored by Abraham; he is "one that
170 1, 8 | contrition?~At one time thou adorest the music of the lute,~At
171 4, 9 | tells the same story of an adulterous woman, which is known as
172 4, 3 | but the miracles of Moses advance.~Both resemble a dish falling
173 6, 4 | wretched which is broken by the advent of the Sun of prophecy?
174 4, 6 | Asiya, whether it would be advisable to quit his infidelity and
175 2, 10 | act contrary to what they advise.'~Know your lust to be woman,
176 2, 10 | contrary to what that base one advises.~Even though it enjoin prayers
177 5, 11 | Compulsionists" and the advocates of man's free agency will
178 6, 1 | as the pain of burning afflicts children, or moths sporting
179 3, 16 | not, since 'tis God who affords the strength. ~The might
180 3, 2 | perturbations, ~And when thou art afllicted will keep His promise.~How
181 4, 2 | brought from Saba, and an 'Afrit offered to fetch it, but
182 2, 10 | pictures of demons and 'afrits. ~Both sorts of pictures
183 6, 5 | of these forms they stand agape,~And the forms of the world
184 3, 14 | Prophet carrying her infant, aged only two months, and the
185 1, 9 | medicines,~As scratching only aggravates a scab.~Abstinence is certainly
186 5, 5 | well.~'Tis God alone who agitates these nonentities~Making
187 5, 10 | God, he is safe~From the agitation of doubt, and is firm in
188 1, 9 | disorder,~Though in fact they agree in an integral unity.~In
189 3, 8 | ability, and to express his agreement with the doctrine of the
190 2, 15 | blacksmith be a negro,~His face agrees in color with the smoke.~
191 3, 17 | wept with him. ~So many "Ahs" and "Alases" proceeded
192 1, 16 | these words!"~O Aider of aid-seekers, guide us,~For there is
193 5, 4 | said, " O Lord, I want more aids than these,~In order to
194 1, 1 | sickness of heart.~The lover's ailment is different from all ailments;~
195 3, 18 | certainty.~Every opinion is aiming at certainty, O son,~And
196 1, 9 | entreaties?~When she whose airs set thy heart a-quaking,~
197 3 (12)| Faizi (brother of Abul Fazl Akbar's minister) once spoke disrespectfully
198 6 (7) | The Truth," Al Haqq, the Divine Noumenon. ~
199 2, 7 | need not the laziness or alacrity of my people.~I created
200 4, 2 | Allah" is derived from "Alah" (fleeing for refuge) and
201 6, 7 | threw the whole city into alarm, as the people thought that
202 3, 17 | him. ~So many "Ahs" and "Alases" proceeded from his heart, ~
203 6, 3 | likened to the Shi'as of Aleppo, who every year on the Ashura,
204 4 (4) | horns," and here denotes Alexander the Great. ~
205 3, 17 | In whatever nook my queen alights,~Though it be as the eye
206 2, 8 | powerful means,~And the All-Merciful is a mighty nurse.~The nurse
207 1, 7 | strange.~Deny it not ! God is all-powerful.~Argue not from the condition
208 3, 18 | God, the Incomparable and All-sufficient. ~Thus they go on, even
209 6, 5 | detail of the bounties of the All-sustainer,~Which are recorded in the
210 1 (1) | formula, "In sha Allah Ta'alla," or D. V. ~
211 2, 10 | Pray in this wise and allay your difficulties;~'Give
212 3, 8 | condole with him on his alleged sickly appearance. Accordingly,
213 6, 7 | the man who divides his allegiance between God and lust; but
214 6, 7 | two refused to consent, alleging that the Mosalman wanted
215 6, 1 | marriage portions to gain her alliance. At last her father selected
216 5, 13 | cling to your friends and allies.~O Moses, thy revelations
217 2, 16 | four loaves as his daily allowance,~Whether he eat two or three,
218 4 (13)| This alludes to the well-known poem of
219 5, 10 | persuaded the fox to try to allure the ass a second time into
220 3, 12 | and the bad, and a firm ally,~Better than a mother, and
221 | Almost
222 2, 15 | prayer, ~And devotions and almsgiving, and so on, ~Yet never feels
223 2, 11 | common, there would be no aloes.~He who accepts everything
224 6, 6 | right and wrong~Were borne aloft till the age of Nimrod.~
225 5, 5 | belonged, that weeping, even aloud, during prayer does not
226 3, 6 | object of her lover, the Alpha and Omega of his desires.
227 1, 7 | gain life from these two alternating states?~The fertile garden
228 6, 6 | Heber.~God rules men by alternations of hope and fear.~This sad
229 1, 6 | comes the preference of one alternative;~'Tis from God's impulsion
230 5, 11 | and "The pen is dry, and alters not its writing," are not
231 5, 1 | And the Jim of the ear, to amaze reason and sense.~These
232 1, 8 | and he was regenerated.~Amazement fell upon him at that moment,~
233 3, 17 | desires its mate, ~Just as amber attracts blades of straw. ~
234 1, 9 | Sometimes carnal, sometimes ambitious;~Reason has no care for
235 6, 5 | from these feeble ones~The ambushed snares of lust and temptations
236 1, 5 | Fatalism means sleeping amidst highwaymen.~Can a cock who
237 3 (5) | Bahau-'d-Din Amili, in his Nan wa Halwa, chap.
238 2, 7 | ruined village.~If they speak amiss, call them not sinners;~
239 3, 6 | are wrapped up in your own amorous raptures, depending on the
240 6, 5 | faithful in this life will be amply compensated for in the life
241 6, 1 | with fire, or the pain of amputation a thief, they curse the
242 6, 5 | listening to the jokes and amusing stories of the tailor, typifying
243 2 (3) | An anacoluthon (see Koran i. 16). ~
244 5, 7 | allowable to have recourse to analogical reasoning to evade a plain
245 1, 13 | philosopher reasons from base analogies~(True reason comes not out
246 3, 18 | stories; 9 ~There is no deep analysis or lofty investigation therein. ~
247 3, 14 | eaten and drunk, his servant Anas threw the napkin which he
248 Note (1) | native place Anguri, in Anatolia.
249 3, 16 | This story is followed by anecdotos of Hamza going out to battle
250 5, 13 | carnal lusts, and to others angelic qualities.~If the prince
251 2, 17 | Persian said he would buy "angur" with it, the Arab said
252 Note (1) | Maulavi order, surnamed Anguravi, from his native place Anguri,
253 Note (1) | Anguravi, from his native place Anguri, in Anatolia.
254 1, 9 | and lust are qualities of animality.~Woman is a ray of God,
255 5, 13 | Prophet says, "Paradise is annexed to tribulation,~But hell-fire
256 2, 3 | Bishr Hafi the doctrine, was announced,~And he set his face towards
257 2, 8 | became so persistent in their annoyances that the bear lost patience,
258 5, 6 | appears the transitory is annulled;~What, then, knows he transitory
259 6, 7 | hopes on Him.~His eyes were anointed with the words, ' We opened
260 5, 3 | no abstinence.~Where no antagonist, what need is there of armies?~
261 1 (3) | Dajjal, i.e., Antichrist. Sale, Prelim. Discourse,
262 4, 2 | it, but Asaf, the vizier anticipated him. 3 Afterwards Solomon
263 4, 6 | It lingers not behind nor anticipates that time. ~Whereas you
264 1, 3 | compounded of poison and antidotes.~:~
265 6 (7) | Anvari Suhaili, Chap. vii. Story
266 5, 10 | the fifth chapter of the Anwar i Suhaili. A lion had been
267 2 (1) | Anwari Suhaili, i. 27. ~
268 | anywhere
269 5, 10 | to the Jews changed into apes and swine by 'Isa. 4 The
270 2, 15 | When Shu'aib spoke these aphorisms to him,~From that breath
271 Note | Note on Apocryphal Supplements to the Masnavi.~
272 3, 9 | discovered his mistake he apologized very earnestly; but the
273 5, 10 | his faith. [Here the poet apologizes for the trivial illustrations
274 1, 3 | all other claimants of the apostolic office. Having given these
275 2, 3 | holding his tongue."~The apostolical succession of the prophets
276 5, 11 | devotee admired the splendid apparel of the slaves of the Chief
277 6, 5 | progenies are born of divine apparitions,~And are therefore bidden
278 3, 15 | eat bread. The cock, to appease him, said that on the morrow
279 5, 10 | mind, he knew they did not appertain to him, but must have been
280 5, 10 | He has the scent of the apple, but not a piece of it,~
281 1, 8 | sang no more.~Apology for applying the term "Bride" to God.~
282 1, 5 | the burden from you, and appoint your work.~He that bears
283 4, 4 | anecdote of the Prophet appointing an Hudhaili youth to be
284 4, 4 | objections made to this appointment, and of the Prophet's answer
285 6, 9 | spiritual sense can no more appreciate spiritual pleasures than
286 5, 7 | commands. But the Earth, being apprehensive that the man so created
287 3, 18 | brave hero proceeded to appropriate.~The "knowledge of certainty"
288 4, 8 | ladies of his harem did not approve of the match, considering
289 3, 13 | It has naught to do with approving or disapproving His works."~
290 6, Prol| a discourse more closely approximating to the facts~Than these
291 3, 17 | earth, ~The watery sign (Aquarius) sends moisture to it; ~
292 3 (1) | this saying to the poet, Aqzam bin zaid. ~
293 6, 9 | Balkh, and like the old Arabian king Amru'l Qais, who fled
294 4, 6 | Dahri) decided by the arbitrament of fire.~Last night a Sunni
295 6, 6 | His fire was appointed to arbitrate between them.~He commanded
296 6, 9 | wife, "God has given you arched brows and arrowy glances
297 1, 6 | engage in a greater and more arduous warfare, viz., the struggle
298 1, 7 | not ! God is all-powerful.~Argue not from the condition of
299 1, 3 | differences would not have arisen.~In one 'twas said, "Thyself
300 4, 2 | vain babble,~But with that arising from bewilderment at "The
301 4 (2) | note. It is based on the Aristotelian doctrine of the ascending
302 6, 9 | suppositions; and just as arithmeticians work out true answers to
303 6, 7 | possessed such rare talent;~Our arrest is due to his sagacity."~
304 6, 8 | seek further aid; but on arriving there he found the Prefect
305 3, 18 | oppressor, who, puffed up with arrogance ~Has oppressed you and smitten
306 6, 9 | He saw that one of his arrow-shafts was missing.~He cried to
307 6, 9 | given you arched brows and arrowy glances and all manner of
308 6, 4 | is not a natural but an artificial color."~This is illustrated
309 1, 14 | The Chinese and the Greek Artists.~The Chinese and the Greeks
310 4 (2) | Aristotelian doctrine of the ascending grades of the soul, or vital
311 4, 1 | to test his mistress, and ascertain for himself whether she
312 6, 9 | mere pebbles."~The princes ascertained the name of the lady depicted
313 5, 1 | penetrates the soul,~And thence ascertains the man's faith.~Such an
314 2 (3) | This is a proverb ascribed to Ali. It means, people
315 3 (1) | Arabum Proverbia, i. p. 370, ascribes this saying to the poet,
316 3, 17 | wisdom of Abu Hanifa and Ash-Shafi'i is impotent to withstand
317 6, 3 | Aleppo, who every year on the Ashura, or tenth day of Muharram,
318 3, 16 | proposition are lawful; ~When the aspects differ the relation is double. ~"
319 3 (8) | sublim'd, ~To vital spirits aspire, to animal, ~To intellectual." ~
320 6, 1 | love with her daughter, and aspired to the honor of marrying
321 3, 18 | opinion.~Know knowledge aspires to certainty,~And certainty
322 4, 2 | objects, and to neglect aspiring to the spiritual world.~
323 1, 16 | anger against his destined assassin, who was only the instrument
324 1, 16 | stirrup-bearer ~that he would one day assassinate his master.~"The Prophet
325 4, 4 | body. ~Each one, like the assassins of Kardkoh, 2 ~Without fear
326 3, 18 | bethought himself of the text "Assault them with thy horsemen and
327 2, 11 | They take that coin without assaying it.~The Koran's wisdom is
328 4, 7 | account.~Stir up your milk assiduously with knowledge,~So that
329 6, 2 | a lover who obtained an assignation with his mistress, but when
330 3, 13 | pure wine?~That Person has assigned 'to each its lot,~Can mountain
331 4, 7 | Gabriel asked him if he could assist him, and Abraham answered, "
332 6, 8 | through the power of God assisting him. When the creditors
333 1, 9 | autumn,~That autumn may associate itself with the garden;~
334 2, 1 | many reflections from your associates~In order to draw water from
335 5, 11 | way,-that God expressly assumes man to be a free agent by
336 3, 12 | was staggered at the man's assurance, and finally resolved to
337 2, 17 | were for buying "uzum" and "astaphil" (staphyle), respectively.
338 2 (7) | Atarid or Mercury. ~
339 2, 5 | At another He makes the atheist a devotee!~Next comes an
340 2, 1 | the ass is gone," without attaching any sense to the words,
341 5, 13 | coward can imagine~Himself as attacking and retreating like Rustam.~
342 6, 4 | After much higgling and attempts at cheating on the Jew's
343 4, 2 | regarding her, and desired her attendance at his court solely for
344 5, 9 | and obtained employment as attendant at the women's baths, where
345 2, 2 | with him. Accordingly the attendants sought for a camel whereon
346 4, 2 | the building, which was attended with many miraculous circumstances,
347 1, 9 | the heart.~Because outward attentions are evidence~Of secret love,
348 2, 1 | tell you a tale; hearken attentively,~That you may know how greed
349 6, Prol| sides,~Its only aim is to be attracted to the Beloved!~But haply
350 6 (10)| extraordinaire qui reside au Caucase," as M. Garcin de
351 4, 2 | firewood.~Ibrahim bin Adham aud his fondness for music. 8~~
352 6, Prol| admittance to the divine hall of audience.~What is "ascension" to
353 2, 11 | the tribe of Bani Amru lbn Auf, and of the mosque at Kuba,
354 6, 8 | For thereby Thou didst augment his happiness.~I made him
355 6, 7 | Occasional intermission of visits augments love," 8 but ardent lovers
356 5, 10 | comest thou,~Thou beast of auspicious footstep?"~He replied, "
357 3, 5 | Swimming with hands and feet avails naught today. ~The wind
358 3, 13 | but our vengeance was not averted from the wicked." 8~The
359 2, 1 | them vauntingly;~Wisdom averts its face from you, O man
360 4, 3 | its face, ~'Twould have avoided hypocrisy now and misery
361 5, 1 | that therefore he doubtless avoids unlawful food.~And his alms
362 6, 9 | it, but only on those who awaited his pleasure in silence.
363 6, 8 | world are all prisoners,~Awaiting death on the stake of annihilation;~
364 1, 3 | Sleep of the body the soul's awakening.~Every night Thou freest
365 3, 13 | This the purport of your awe-inspiring stories."~The prophets replied, "
366 4, 9 | him, Gabriel displayed~His awful form, whereat the mountains
367 5, 7 | that Noble One?~He is as Azar, maker of idols; I am only
368 3 (3) | The Id ul Azha, or the Feast of Sacrifices,
369 3, 1 | forbidden fruit~Ascends to the azure skies,~Ascends along with
370 5, 10 | wheedle a worm like Moses?"~O babbler, while thy soul is drunk
371 4, 2 | reason heavenwards, ~Vain babblers halt on earth where no "
372 2, 16 | three very bad qualities; he babbles exceedingly like a bell,
373 4, 8 | sons. 5 On his return from Babylon, whither he had been carried
374 3, 1 | communion with them. ~Thou art backed by all my protection; ~My
375 6, 4 | Now set forth the story of Badr (the full moon).~That new
376 6, 7 | therein ye will find a very Bahram to aid you.~For this cause
377 1, 9 | secret moral hereof is a bait and snare,~Hear its outward
378 1, 3 | are hundreds of snares and baits,~And we are even as greedy
379 2, 14 | second with sand, in order to balance the first. As he was proceeding
380 1, 2 | one day the parrot saw a bald-headed man passing the shop, and
381 1, 2 | s mistake in confounding baldness caused by age with the loss
382 1, 16 | come from thee,~How can I balk the fateful decree?"~He
383 2, 17 | So that thou art utterly balked and disappointed?~Pass over
384 2, 5 | is the snare?~We are the balls; where is the bat?~He tears
385 2, 6 | love pains are as healing balms.~Through love thorns become
386 1 (12)| Raz, I. 92. Mr. Mansel (Bampton Lectures, p. 49) says: "
387 3, 18 | others, that it was under the baneful influence of a magic spell;
388 4, 6 | infant on the top of the bank. She did so, and her own
389 5 (7) | Islam is the baptism of God" (Koran ii. 132). ~
390 1, 3 | had been treated in that barbarous way on account of his attachment
391 2, 16 | hundred.~Such an one goes barefoot to the Ka'ba,~Whilst another
392 3, 16 | of being cheated in his bargains to take time before completing
393 4, 2 | of sorrow will attack thy bark, ~Nor will sad thoughts
394 6, 7 | the dogs said when they barked; another that his sight
395 6, 3 | soul is like an ant in a barn of wheat, toiling to carry
396 6, 6 | otherwise,~Half the year is barren, half green and verdant.~
397 1, 9 | take our place?~Wilt Thou barter the glory of our praises
398 5, 12 | typified by wine, are not to be bartered away for earthly pleasures.
399 5, 10 | becoming.~All this is only baseless suspicion, O simple one,~
400 4, 8 | reason.~When a man acts basely towards Universal Reason,~
401 1, 16 | the mountains from their bases,~And lay bare the secrets
402 6, 2 | learning and sense.~Since my bashfulness is destroyed, I will publish
403 2, 17 | its spirit and essential basis rather than its outward
404 4, 4 | know what is inside the basket? ~Many are the gold coins
405 5 (7) | A society at Basra, who wrote, about 980 AD.,
406 2, 10 | Abu Yazid or Bayazid of Bastam, in Khorasan, who lived
407 2, 5 | dirty man who refused to bathe because he was ashamed to
408 6, 5 | stream, where he saw a Sufi bathing his feet. He was seized
409 5, 9 | attendant at the women's baths, where he used to carry
410 6, 1 | Often as they kindle a beacon-fire for war doth God quench
411 2, 1 | How could I take brass beads for pearls of Aden?"~I will
412 1, 7 | The light of my dawn is a beam from Thy light,~Shining
413 1, 5 | He that bears it makes it bearable by you,~He that is able
414 3, 9 | Bu Lahab, ~And she, the bearer of the firewood, said it
415 3, 18 | the noise of a little drum beaten by a boy to scare away birds
416 6, 9 | his beloved, like one who beats a drum under a blanket,
417 1, 8 | fault occur among a hundred beauties~'Tis as one dry stick in
418 | becoming
419 5, 1 | very sick, and defiled his bedding. In the morning he was extremely
420 3 (2) | eyes of the men of Mecca at Beder. ~
421 1, 5 | wit taught by God to the bee~Is withheld from the lion
422 | beforehand
423 3, 6 | is not begotten,"~"What begets not and is not begotten"
424 6, 9 | to bestow his bounty on beggars who asked for it, but only
425 1, 8 | And called him out of his beggary to absorption in God:~"Sobriety
426 1, 2 | of Darveshes,~In order to beguile the simple with their trickery.~
427 4, 6 | into a serpent, and thereby beguiling the people. Moses replies
428 5, 6 | the discourse. In fact, he behaved just like a deaf man who
429 1, 12 | some remarks upon the bad behaviour of his brethren, Joseph
430 6, 7 | may save him from being beheaded later."~The peasant, in
431 1, 9 | he is submissive to the behests of his dame.~He by whose
432 2, 10 | cause my hell also, for your behoof, ~Becomes a verdant garden
433 2, 16 | babbles exceedingly like a bell, at his meals he eats more
434 5, 1 | Infidels eat with seven bellies, but the faithful with one."
435 1 (4) | ancient custom of ringing bells to still thunder. ~
436 3, 12 | text, "Plants and trees bend in adoration." 3 Presently
437 3, 12 | same.~In the adorations and benedictions of righteous men ~The praises
438 4, 3 | Death of the body is a benefaction to the spiritual; ~What
439 6, 8 | in the grave are greater benefactors to the poor and helpless
440 2, 7 | the wicked.~Moses said, "O beneficent Creator,~With whom a moment'
441 3, 12 | whose prayers were heard.~Benevolent to the good and the bad,
442 5, 4 | the beauty of women,~Which bereaves men of reason and self-control,~
443 1 (6) | So Bernard of Clairvaux. See Gulshan
444 4, 8 | is a child who played at besieging a mimic fort with his fellows,
445 4, 2 | admonitions to Bilqis.~Ah! Bilqis, bestir thyself now the market is
446 6, 9 | to rely save Thee;~Thou bestowest favors on the helpless.~
447 5, 3 | business is changing things and bestowing favors,~My business is mistakes
448 5, 8 | conduct in this did not betoken any diminution of his love
449 2, 17 | then, as a last resource, betook himself to the sage who
450 4, 3 | compliment and respect, but betraying an angry spirit. On receiving
451 3, 12 | passion and angry talk~It betrays thy secrets one by one.~
452 6, 3 | meet at the Antioch gate to bewail the martyrdom of Hasan and
453 5, 1 | he burst into tears, and bewailed his own filthy conduct.
454 1, 8 | Harper for brooding over ~and bewailing the past.~Then 'Omar said
455 5, 6 | foot on the transitory He bewilders it;~When it is become naught
456 2, 18 | negligence closes their eyes and bewitches them.~Hence, through ignorance,
457 3, 9 | moment I impart a fresh bias to the heart,~Every instant
458 6, 5 | apparitions,~And are therefore bidden by veils without color.~
459 5, 4 | walk, they placed him on a bier and carried him into the
460 6, 7 | sweets out of season excite biliousness,~While blows make him pure
461 2, 7 | Next follows an anecdote of Bilkis, Queen of Sheba, whose reason
462 6, 5 | temptations to be vicious. As Bishop Butler says, this life is
463 2, 3 | with esteem by the King.~To Bishr Hafi the doctrine, was announced,~
464 1 (2) | found a paper with the words Bismillah upon it, and, after spending
465 2, 2 | house, which is his body,~He bites his finger in spite against
466 6, 6 | your body~Cold as ice and biting as frost;~So that you will
467 2, 6 | seem sweet,~Through love bits of copper are made gold.~
468 1, 16 | is not proper.~Nothing is bitterer than severance from Thee,~
469 1, 7 | that illumes the day?~His bitters are very sweets to my soul,~
470 2, 15 | write on the page,~And then blacken it like an infidel's soul,~
471 6, 1 | commended or saying, "We have blackened ourselves." 5 And elsewhere
472 1, 13 | slight dash of philosophy blackens his face.~Beware, O believers!
473 3, 17 | Just as amber attracts blades of straw. ~Heaven says to
474 2, 7 | praiseworthy in thee is blameable in him,~What is poison for
475 5, 10 | slight wound. Then the fox blamed the lion for his precipitation,
476 2, 11 | anything wrong, instead of blaming their own evil lusts. Mo'
477 6, 9 | who beats a drum under a blanket, but would proclaim it openly,
478 1, 4 | for evil purposes. It then blazed up and consumed the king,
479 3, 12 | appointed this governor ~To blazen forth thy secret sins to
480 1, 8 | pure soul without spot or blemish.~'Omar rebukes the Harper
481 4, 1 | them," 2 and led him to bless the rough patrol who had
482 1, 8 | lifted not head from that blissful sleep," 1~So that his morning
483 2, 2 | every day, and thus incur blood-guiltiness. Lust is likened to this
484 1, Prol| tells the tale of love's bloodstained path,~It recounts the story
485 2, Prol| absence of his spring the buds blossomed not,~But when out of that
486 6, 8 | man to forget Joseph,~And blotted Joseph's words from his
487 1, 5 | wind.~In deep distress that blunder head~Runs from door to door,
488 4, 2 | was merely as it were a blurred reflection from the spiritual
489 3, 5 | the mighty sea.~We, like boats, are tossed hither and thither,~
490 1, 9 | over fire in might,~Yet it boils by fire when in a cauldron.~
491 3, 17 | God will love you" 7~That. Bokharian then cast himself into the
492 4, 7 | the exception of one who boldly threw himself at the king'
493 1, 5 | down hence,' 3~They became bond-slaves of enmity, lust, and vanity.~
494 6, 9 | he had escaped from the bondage of worldly lusts and illusions,
495 4, 2 | inspiration at hand, you seek book-learning,~Your heart, as if inspired,
496 3 (14)| So Sa'di Bostan Book I. Cp. Butler's Analogy,
497 3, 17 | flow into it!' ~Though the bottle of my belly were burst with
498 6, 6 | And when it passed all bounds and affliction increased~
499 6, 9 | his throat!"~That King, bountiful as the sea, had pardoned
500 1, 9 | who had recompensed him so bountifully for his petty offering of
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