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Story CLXXII while, spoke as follows: "O thou—who hast lauded the wealthy and hast indulged in violent language towards Dervishes—thou art to know that wherever a rose exists, there also thorns occur; that wine is followed by intoxication, that a treasure is guarded by a serpent, and that wherever royal pearls are found, men-devouring sharks must also be. The sting of death is the sequel of the delights of life, and a cunning demon bars the enjoyment of paradise. What will the violence of a foe do if it cannot touch the seeker of the Friend? Treasure, serpent; rose, thorn; grief and pleasure are all linked together.

"Perceivest thou not that in a garden there are musk-willows as well as withered sticks? And likewise in the crowd of the rich there are grateful and impious men, as also in the circle of Dervishes some are forbearing, and some are impatient. If every drop of dew were to become a pearl, the bazâr would be full of them as of ass-shells. Those near to the Those near to the presence of the Most High and Glorious [God] are rich men with the disposition of Dervishes, and Dervishes with the inclination of the rich. The greatest of rich men is he who sympathises with Dervishes, and the best of Dervishes is he who looks but little towards rich men: Who trusts in Allah, He will be his sufficient support."

After this he [the Qâzi] turned the face of reproof from me to the Dervish, and said: "O thou who hast alleged that the wealthy are engaged in wickedness and intoxicated with pleasure! Some certainly are of the kind thou hast described; of defective aspirations, and ungrateful for benefits received. Sometimes they accumulate and put by, eat and give not; if for instance the rain were to fail, or [on the contrary] a deluge were to distress the world, they, trusting in their own power, would not care