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Passages similar to: The Masnavi — The Man who received a Pension from the Prefect of Tabriz
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Sufi
The Masnavi
The Man who received a Pension from the Prefect of Tabriz (34-43)
When you regard this lord as separate from God, With eyes and heart look beyond mere water and clay, God alone is the Qibla; regard not two Qiblas! If you regard two you lose the benefit of both; A spark falls on the tinder and the tinder vanishes! In like manner Joseph, in the prison, With humble and earnest supplications Begged aid, saying, "When you are released, And are occupied with your ministrations to the king, Remember me, and entreat the king
Sufi
Concerning Self-Examination and the Recollection of God (6)
When Zuleikha tempted Joseph she cast a cloth over the face of the idol she used to worship. Joseph said to her, "O Zuleikha, thou art ashamed before...
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