A padshah asked a hermit: -How spendest thou thy precious time?- He replied: -I am all night engaged in prayer, during the morning in supplications and the rest of the day in restricting my expenses.- Then the king ordered a sufficient allowance to be allotted to him so as to relieve him of the cares of his family.
O thou who art encumbered with a family,
Think no more of ever enjoying freedom.
Cares for children, raiment and food
Restrain thee from the heavenly kingdom.
Every day I renew my determination
To wait upon God until the night.
In the night, while tying the knot of prayer,
I think what my children will eat on the morrow.
Ch 02 The Morals Of Dervishes Story 33
Saadi Shirazi
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