There was once a Shaykh who liked horses. He owned a beautiful, very rare and valuable one, that had been given to him by his master. To have it some sovereigns had offered immense fortunes, but the Shaykh, who was very fond of it, declined always answering: “Could I ever sell a brother, or a friend?». Once […]
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There once lived a saint so good that the angels came from heaven to see how a man could be so godly. This saint went about his daily life diffusing virtue as the stars diffuse light and the flowers scent, without being aware of it. His day could be summed […]
A stream, from its source in far-off mountains, passing through every kind and description of countryside, at last reached the sands of the desert. Just as it had crossed every other barrier, the stream tried to cross this one, but it found that as fast as it ran into the […]