Collected Poetical Works of Rumi (Delphi Classics) by Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī & Rumi

Author:Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī & Rumi [ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī, Jalāl]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Classic literature and art
Publisher: Delphi Classics
Published: 2015-12-30T07:00:00+00:00

NOTES:

Koran viii. 17, meaning, “God is the Fa’il i Hakiki, or Only Real Agent.”

2. Koran xxiv. 35.

3. Freytag, Arabum Proverbia, vol. ii. p and 418, gives two proverbs - one, “Shame is a part of religion;” and the other, “Shame hinders getting a livelihood.”

STORY VI. Luqman’s Master examines him and discovers his Acuteness.

Luqman the Sage, 1 who is sometimes identified with Esop, and sometimes with the nephew of the prophet. Job, though “gifted with wisdom by God,” was a slave. His master, however, discovered his worth, and became extremely attached to him, so that he never received any delicacy without giving Luqman a share of it. One day, having received a watermelon, he gave Luqman the best part of it, and Luqman devoured it with such apparent relish that his master was tempted to taste it. To his surprise he found it very bitter, and asked Luqman why he had not told him of this. Luqman replied that it was not for him, who lived on his master’s bounty, to complain if he now and then received disagreeable things at his hands. Thus, though to outward appearance a slave, Luqman showed himself to be a lord.

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