The Mathnawi of Jalaluddin Rumi - Part 4
- Story 1
- Conclusion of the story of the lover who fled from the night-patrol into an orchard unknown to him and for joy at finding his beloved in the orchard.
- Story of the Sufi who caught his wife with a strange man.
- How the wife, for the sake of imposition, hid the beloved one under her chador and offered a false excuse, "for truly, great is your cunning."
- Story of the tanner who fainted and sickened on smelling attar and musk in the bazaar of the perfumers.
- How the Jew said to Alí, "If you have confidence in God's protection, cast yourself down from the top of this kiosk"; and how the Prince of the Faithful answered him.
- The cause of the emigration of Adham (son of Ibrahim), may God sanctify his spirit, and his abandoning the kingdom of Khurasan.
- Story 2
- Story of Bilqís sending a gift from the city of Saba to Solomon.
- The miraculous gifts and illumination of Shaykh 'Abdullah Maghribi, may God sanctify his spirit.
- Story 3
- After halima's weaned she lamentation of H. Mustafa.
- How a dervish saw in dream a company of Shaykhs and begged for a daily portion of lawful food without being occupied with earning and being incapacitated from devotional service;
- Story 4
- Story of the Farther Mosque and the carob and how, before Solomon, David, resolved on building that Mosque.
- Story of the druggist whose balance- weight was clay; and how a customer, who was a clay-eater, stole some of that clay covertly and secretly, whilst sugar was being weighed.
- Story of the growing of the carob in a nook of the Farther Mosque.
- Story 5
- The resemblance of the bad judgement of this base vizier in corrupting the king's generosity to the vizier of Pharaoh, namely, Hamaan…
- How the Demon sat on the place of Solomon, and imitated his actions; and concerning the manifest difference between the two Solomons, and how the Demon called himself Solomon son of David.
- It is related in the Hadíth that the majestic God created the creatures of the world three kinds.
- The battle of the reason against the flesh is like the contention of Majnun with his she camel: Majnun's inclination is towards the noble woman, while the she camel's inclination is back towards her foal.
- Story 6
- How the slave wrote to the King a statement complaining of the reduction of his allowance.
- How Abu Yazíd Bistami announced the birth of Abu 'l-Hasan Kharraqání- may God sanctify the spirit of them both years before it took place, and gave a detailed description of his outer and inner characteristics;
- The reduction of the allowance of God's food for the soul and heart of the Sufi.
- Story 7
- How the Prophet, on whom be peace, appointed a youth of Hudhayl to be commander of an expeditionary force in which there were elders and veteran warriors.
- Story of Bayazid's-may God sanctify his spirit-saying, "Glory to me! How grand is my estate !" and the objection raised by his disciples, and how he gave them an answer to this, not by the way of speech but by the way of vision.
- Story 8
- Explaining that the door of repentance is open.
- How Moses, said to Pharaoh, "Accept one counsel from me and take four excellent qualities as recompense.”
- The saying of the Prophet, on whom be peace, "Whosoever shall bring me the glad news of the expiration of Safar, I will give him the glad news of Paradise."
- Story 9
- Story of the lake and the fishermen and the three fishes, one intelligent and one half intelligent and the third deluded, foolish, heedless and good-for-naught; and the end of all three.
- The inner meaning of the recitation of the ablutionary prayers by one who performs the ritual ablution.
- How God made a revelation to Moses, saying, "O Moses, I who am the exalted Creator love you."
- How a king was enraged with his boon- companion, and an intercessor interceded on behalf of the object of anger and begged the king; and how the king accepted his intercession, the boon-companion resented the action of the intercessor and asked, "Why did you intercede?"
- Story 10
- How Khalíl (Abraham) answered Gabriel, when he asked him, "Have you any need?"-"As regards need of you, no!"
- How Moses, besought the Lord, saying, "You did create creatures and destroy them," and how the answer came.
- An old woman of Kabul bewitched him with a sorcery of which the magic of Babylon would be envious.
- Story 11
- Story of the ascetic who, notwithstanding his destitution and numerous family, was rejoicing and laughing in a year of drought whilst the people were dying of hunger. They said to him, "What is the occasion for joy ?
- Story of the sons of 'Uzayr, who were making inquiries about their father from their father. "Yes," he replied, "I have seen him: he is coming." Some recognised him and became unconscious, others did not recognise him and said, "He has only announced : what is this unconsciousness?"
- Story of the mule's complaining to the camel, "I often fall on my face when going along, while you seldom do so: why is this?" and the camel's answer to him.
- The diverse modes and stages of the nature of Man from the beginning.
- An ant, walking on a piece of paper, saw the pen writing and began to praise the pen.
- How Gabriel, on whom be peace, showed himself to Mustafa, God bless and save him.
