登陆注册
3553200000121

第121章 IBRAHIM BEN EL MEHDI AND THE BARBER-SURGEON.(3)

Whenas a friend against me doth grievously offend And maketh me with anger to choke,yet in the end,I pardon his offending and take him back again Into my favour,fearing to live without a friend.

When I heard this,I scented the odour of mercy,knowing his disposition to clemency.Then he turned to his son El Abbas and his brother Abou Ishac and other his chief officers there present and said to them,'What deem ye of his case!'They all counselled him to slay me,but differed as to the manner of my death.Then said he to Ahmed ibn Ali Khalid,[134]'And what sayst thou,O Ahmed?'O Commander of the Faithful,'answered he,'if thou put him to death,we find thy like who hath slain the like of him;but,if thou pardon him,we find not the like of thee that hath pardoned the like of him.'At this Mamoun bowed his head and repeated the following verse:

The people of my tribe,they have my brother slain;But,an I shoot,my shaft reverts to me again.

And also these:

Use not thy brother with despite,Although he mingle wrong with right,And still be kind to him,all be With thanklessness he thee requite;

And if he go astray and err One day,revile thou not the wight.

Seest not that loved and loathed at once In every way of life unite?

That by the annoy of hoary hairs Embittered is long lifes delight,And that the bristling thorns beset The branch with pleasant fruits bedight?

Who is it doth good deeds alone And who hath never wrought unright?

Prove but the ages sons,thoult find The most have fallen from the light.

When I heard this,I uncovered my head and cried out,saying,'God is most great!By Allah,the Commander of the Faithful pardons me!'Quoth he,'No harm shall come to thee,O uncle.'

And I,'O Commander of the Faithful,my offence is too great for me to attempt to extenuate it and thy pardon is too great for me to speak a word of thanks for it.'And I chanted the following verses:

Sure,He,who made the virtues all,stored them in Adams loins For His high-priest,the seventh prince of Abbas royal seed!

The hearts of all the folk are filled with reverence for thee,And thou,with meek and humble heart,dost keep them all and lead.

Error-deluded as I was,against thee I rebelled,Intent on covetise alone and base ambitious greed;

Yet hast thou pardon givn to one,the like of whom before Was never pardoned,though for him no one with thee did plead,And on a mothers bleeding heart hadst ruth and little ones,Like to the desert-grouses young,didst pity in their need.

Quoth Mamoun,'I say,like our lord Joseph (on whom and on our Prophet be peace and blessing),There shall be no reproach on thee this day.God will forgive thee,for He is the Most Merciful of the Merciful ones.'[135] Indeed,I pardon thee,O uncle,and restore thee thy goods and lands,and no harm shall befall thee.'So I offered up devout prayers for him and repeated the following verses:

My wealth thou hast given me again and hast not begrudged it to me;Yea,and to boot,before this,my life and my blood thou didst spare.

So if,thine approval to win,I lavish my blood and my wealth And een to the shoe off my foot,in thy service,I strip myself bare,Twere but the restoring to thee of the loans that I owe to thy grace Which none might reproach thee nor blame,I trow,hadst thou chosn to forbear.

Ungrateful henceforth if I prove for the favours vouchsafed me by thee,Still worthier of blame than thyself of honour and reverence I were.

Then Mamoun showed me honour and favour and said to me,'O uncle,Abou Ishac and Abbas counselled me to put thee to death.'And they counselled thee right loyally,O Commander of the Faithful,'

answered I;'but thou hast done after thine own nature and hast put away what I feared with what I hoped.'O uncle,'rejoined he,'thou didst extinguish my rancour with the humbleness of thine excuse,and I pardon thee without making thee drink the bitterness of obligation to intercessors.'Then he prostrated himself in prayer a long while,after which he raised his head and said to me,'O uncle,knowest thou why I prostrated myself?'

'Haply,'answered I,'thou didst this in thanksgiving to God,for that He hath given thee the mastery over thine enemy.'Not so,'

rejoined he,'but to thank Him for having inspired me to pardon thee and purified my mind towards thee.Now tell me thy story.'

So I told him all that had befallen me and he sent for the freed-woman,who was in her house,expecting the reward.When she came,he said to her,'What moved thee to deal thus with thy lord?'And she answered,'Lust of money.'Hast thou a child or a husband?'asked the Khalif;and she said,'No.'So he bade give her a hundred blows with a whip and imprisoned her for life.

Then he sent for the soldier and his wife and the barber-surgeon and asked the former what had moved him to do thus.'Lust of money,'answered he;whereupon quoth the Khalif,'It befits that thou be abarber-surgeon,'[136] and committed him to one whom he charged to place him in a barbers shop,where he might learn the craft.But his wife he entreated with honour and lodged in his palace,saying,'This is a woman of sense and apt for matters of moment.'Then said he to the barber-surgeon,'Verily,what has come to light of thy worth and generosity calls for extraordinary honour.'So he commanded the troopers house and all that was therein to be given him and bestowed on him a dress of honour and fifteen thousand dinars.'

同类推荐
  • 忠肃集

    忠肃集

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • THE BOOK OF PROGNOSTICS

    THE BOOK OF PROGNOSTICS

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • 优陂夷堕舍迦经

    优陂夷堕舍迦经

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • 壬占汇选

    壬占汇选

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • 讥日篇

    讥日篇

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
热门推荐
  • 让孩子远离心理伤害

    让孩子远离心理伤害

    这是一本防治青少年心理问题的书,是针对当今90后家长而量身定制的生命教育必备读物,也是将心理咨询的知识应用于青少年教育中的易读易掌握的实用工具。本书列出容易导致处于人生“危险期”的孩子产生心理问题的25个诱因,如“初恋”、“厌学”、“网瘾”、“手淫”等,指导家长将这些诱因有效地控制和解决,以爱育爱,化解掉阻碍孩子成长的能量,让孩子的生命得以舒展,从而避免对孩子造成重大的心理伤害。本书以家庭教育的角度,以家长可以改变的范畴里来谈对孩子安全成长的保护,具有很强的实用性和操作性。
  • 尘乱凡间

    尘乱凡间

    人人有一段可泣可悲的故事,这些故事,有的让人开怀大笑。有的让人伤心欲绝。
  • 醒了,睡了:一个重患家属的心护日记

    醒了,睡了:一个重患家属的心护日记

    本书围绕作者以及其重患家属的心路历程,用随笔的方式,记录生命在遭遇波折或重创后,如何进行心理自我修复的故事。作者以责任为出发点,以别人睡着了他醒来了为契机,进行关于生命价值和意义的思考,并进而探讨使心灵富足而充盈的生活方式。
  • 花开花落等你归

    花开花落等你归

    简介:她和他在铺满白雪皑皑的古城相遇,那天她在深夜突然心脏病突发。她住的客栈老板夫妇急得不知要怎么办时?他出现在女孩身边,并且救了女孩的性命。从此,女孩爱他如星星爱着月亮。
  • 双圣镇神荒

    双圣镇神荒

    李小天,一个小山村的普通穷小子。生活在一个幸福快乐的普通家庭。本来以为自己会一辈子就这样快乐的生活在这里,直到有一天有人问他,你的前程在哪里?从那以后,李小天便开始了他的追寻前程之旅。
  • 王府虐渣日常

    王府虐渣日常

    做王妃就要嚣张任性,肆意妄为,把天戳出来个洞,有人会帮你堵,天大的事都愿意帮你担着,宠妃上瘾!【系统提示:前方高能预警,出现王爷一枚】【系统提示:绑定王爷男主身份,尊享富贵姻缘】【系统提示:请为系统点赞,不谢】上辈子相亲九百九十九次没有把自己嫁出去。穿越而来,绑定‘靠谱’宅斗系统。万种选优,成就美好姻缘。--情节虚构,请勿模仿
  • 食戟之特级烹饪大师

    食戟之特级烹饪大师

    这是一个既逗比又立志的故事,江云枫是新进国家级烹饪大师,浑身的光环都掩盖不了他逗比的性格,他是个普普通通的人,不是神。一样有七情六欲,一样有喜怒哀乐。抱着侥幸心理带VR眼镜洗澡一下就洗到食戟的世界,从而开始了漫长而有趣的从逗比变成牛X继而装X的过程应读者要求建了个群:601403400欢迎来提意见,或者骂我都可以,只要能让我写作进步。
  • 大唐公主之古鱼梦

    大唐公主之古鱼梦

    (本文架空,轻松不虐)刁蛮任性连皇上都要担忧其婚事的大唐公主居然穿越到了一千年前的西周,邂逅了一个地方小国的鱼国国君。这个鱼国国君很小气啊,动不动就生气,学学她大唐公主如何美丽大方、清新脱俗、思想开明吧。还是老顽固一个,浪费了一副好皮囊,看她盛世大唐的思宁公主如何对付他,等着接招!
  • 世界上最有效的天然滋养面膜

    世界上最有效的天然滋养面膜

    《世界上最有效的天然滋养面膜》——最简单实用的面膜书!是不是从来没做过面膜的你,买了N多保养书,觉得图片挺漂亮(不过是模特好看和PS啦),知道很多美美的MM的秘密是天天敷面膜,但自己却从来没动手做过,连从超市里买回来的现成的面膜都没试过呢?那从你拥有这本书的那刻开始,你会看到一个全新的自己,看到一个最勤快的自己。本书介绍的是从了解自己的肌肤-怎样应对有可能出现的肌肤问题-如何清洁、滋养你的肌肤-具体的DIY面膜,非常全面。
  • 安魂曲之末日诅咒

    安魂曲之末日诅咒

    黑夜中的城市注定有不为人知的暗夜。暗夜中隐匿着守护黎明使命的人。看似平凡却是阴年阴月阴日阴时出生的女孩杨莹琳,玩世不恭的富二代却不得不背负家族使命的季冉,拥有强大而神秘背景却深陷诅咒的周旭然,三人命运注定被交织捆绑在一起。爱恨交织,嬉笑怒骂,末日诅咒重现,驱魔小分队的打鬼怪之旅,注定面对的是未知的艰险。前世因,后世果,安怨魂,平众生,安魂曲。