Book V. Story VI.The Disciple who blindly imitated his Shaikh. An ignorant youth entered an assembly of pious persons who were being addressed by a holy Shaikh. He saw the Shaikh weeping copiously, and in mere blind and senseless imitation he copied the Shaikh’s behavior, and wept as copiously himself, though he understood not […]
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Masnavi e Manavi :The Prophet and his Infidel Guest.
Book V.STORY I.AFTER the usual address to Husamu-‘d-Din follows a comment on the precept addressed to Abraham, “Take four birds and draw them towards thee, and cut them in pieces.
Masnavi e Manavi : The Three Fishes
Book 4.Story V. The Three Fishes This story, which is taken from the book of Kalila and Damnah,1 is as follows. There was in a secluded place a lake, which was fed by a running stream, and in this lake were three fishes, one very wise,