Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 09 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A B CDEFDG

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 and was performing his purificatory ablution on the edgeA
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of a tank when his feet slipped and he fell into the reservoir but saved himself with great trouble After the congregation had finished their prayers one of his companions said I have a difficulty He asked What is it He continued I remember that the sheikh walked on the surface of the African sea without his feet getting wetted and today he nearly perished in this paltry water which is not deeper than a man s stature What reason is there in this The sheikh drooped his head into the bosom of meditation and said after a long pause Hast thou not heard that the prince of the world Muhammad the chosen upon whom be the benediction of Allah and peace has said I have time with Allah during which no cherubim nor inspired prophet is equal to me But he did not say that such was always the case The time alluded to was when Gabriel or Michael inspired him whilst on other occasions he was satisfied with the society of Hafsah and Zainab The visions of the righteous one are between brilliancy and obscurityB
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Thou showest thy countenance and then hidest itC
Enhancing thy value and augmenting our desireD
I behold whom I love without an interventionE
Then a trance befalls me I lose the roadF
It kindles fire then quenches it with a sprinkling showerD
Wherefore thou seest me burning and drowningG

Saadi Shirazi



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