Friday, May 29, 2009

On Bismillah...continue

It goes like this.....

someone who makes a journey through the deserts of Arabia has to travel in the name of a tribal cheif and enter under his protection, for in this way he may be saved from the assaults of bandits and secure his needs......

And so,,,,two men went on such a journey and entered the desert. One of them was modest and humble, the other proud and conceited. The humble man assumed the name of a tribal cheif, while the proud man did not.

.....The first travelled safely wherever he went. If he accountered bandits, he said;"I'm travelling in the name of such -and-such tribal leader...," and they molest him. If he came to some tents, he would be treated respecfully due to the name...

But the proud man suffered such calamities throughout his journey that they cannot be described. He both trembeled before everything and begged from everything. He was abased and became an object of scorn.

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