Muntakhab al-tawarikh 380: A Story by way of Illustration

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A fox said to a camel, ‘O uncle, Tell me truly whence you come.’ The camel replied, ‘Lo, I come from the bath Where I have bathed my limbs in water hot and cold.’ The fox said, ‘You have fine proof of what you say, For both your forelegs and your hindlegs are very dirty.’
It is now high time for me to raise the hand of supplication to the court of that Providence who lacks nothing and who cherishes his servants, and to ask of Him that which shall be most expedient for me, although His glorious majesty is fettered by no expediency. I shall therefore conclude with the following supplications, which are free from all speciousness and elaboration, and are (therefore) not far from the assurance of a favourable answer.