سندبادنامه 403
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"If I have swallowed your words, it is no wonder; / Adam first swallowed the words of Iblīs."
What counsel was this that you gave, and what wish was this that you sought!" The woman
said: "O man, do not grieve, and do not lose heart! For two great names are still with us,
which are the key to prayer and the greatest of names. Ask your need once more, so that God
Almighty may take them all away and return you to your own form!" The ascetic again lifted
his hand and said in the language of supplication and humility: "O God, O Answerer of the prayer of the distressed!
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O Lord God, take away what You gave, and make me pardoned and forgiven for this audacity!"
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He had not finished speaking these words, nor fully told this tale of grief, when whatever
male organ there was on his limbs, along with the original organ, was entirely negated, annihilated, and vanished from sight;
and the ascetic was left like one castrated and emasculated, without any organ at all. He turned to the woman and said:
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"O impudent and reckless woman! You have thrown me into ruin! In accordance with your desire I was once thus
monstrously transformed, and likewise by the demand of your advice and guidance I have been left without any organ or manhood!"
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The limb that was the means of reproduction, and the member that was the instrument of procreation, departed from me.
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[Illustration]
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20. The Story of the Ascetic, the Peri, and Consulting with His Wife
Whose fault is this? And from what came this plan and attainment?' The woman said, 'O man,
you know one more Great Name: pronounce it, and bring forth your petition, so that that first organ may be restored to you!'
The ascetic prayed a third time, and brought forward the third Name as an intercessor, so that
God the Exalted restored the first organ to him, and brought him back to his original form. For the ascetic,
all three Great Names were lost from hand, and he attained no need or desire. He said:
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'This is the fit recompense for one who proceeds by the approval and inquiry of women, and acts upon their counsel and choice:'
acts against them, it is this very thing:
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- سندبادنامه — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian