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Passages similar to: The Masnavi — The Arab and his Wife
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Sufi
The Masnavi
The Arab and his Wife (21-30)
He by whose preaching the world was entranced Was he who spake the two words, "O Humaira!" Though water prevails over fire in might, When the cauldron intervenes between these two, Apparently thou art the ruler of thy wife, like water; Such is the peculiarity of man, He cannot withstand animal desire; that is his failing. The Prophet said that women hold dominion Over sages and over men of heart, But that fools, again, hold the upper hand over women,
Zoroastrian
Yasna 53 — Vahishtoishti Gatha (7)
For while lustful desire heart-inflamed from the body there beyond goeth down where the spirit of evil reaches (to ruin, still) ye bring forth the cha...
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