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PROEM
The story of the king's falling in love with a handmaiden and buying her.
How it became manifest to the king that the physicians were unable to cure the handmaiden, and how he turned his face towards God and dreamed of a holy man.
Beseeching the Lord, who is our Helper, to help us to observe self-control in all circumstances, and explaining the harmful and pernicious consequences of indiscipline.
The meeting of the king with the divine physician whose coming had been announced to him in a dream.
How the king led the physician to the bedside of the sick girl, that he might see her condition.
How that saint demanded of the king to be alone with the handmaiden for the purpose of discovering her malady.
How the saint, having discovered the (cause of) the illness, laid it before the king.
Setting forth how the slaying and poisoning of the goldsmith was (prompted) by Divine suggestion, not by sensual desire and wicked meditation.
The story of the greengrocer and the parrot and the parrot's spilling the oil in the shop.
Story of the Jewish king who for bigotry's sake used to slay the Christians.
How the vizier instructed the king to plot.
How the vizier brought the Christians into doubt and perplexity.
How the Christians let themselves be duped by the vizier.
How the Christians followed the vizier.
Story of the Caliph's seeing Laylá.
Explanation of the envy of the vizier.
How the sagacious among the Christians perceived the guile of the vizier.
How the king sent messages in secret to the vizier.
Explanation of the twelve tribes of the Christians.
How the vizier confused the ordinances of the Gospel.
Showing how this difference lies in the form of the doctrine, not in the real nature of the Way.
Setting forth how the vizier incurred perdition (by engaging) in this plot.
How the vizier started another plan to mislead the (Christian) folk.
How the vizier refused the request of the disciples.
How the disciples repeated their request that he should interrupt his seclusion.
The refusal of the vizier to interrupt his seclusion.
How the disciples raised objections against the vizier's secluding himself.
How the vizier made the disciples lose hope of his abandoning seclusion.
How the vizier appointed each one of the amírs separately as his successor.
How the vizier killed himself in seclusion.
How the people of Jesus—on him be peace!—asked the amírs, “Which one of you is the successor?”
The quarrel of the amírs concerning the succession.
How honour was paid to the description of Mustafá (Mohammed), on whom be peace, which was mentioned in the Gospel.
The story of another Jewish king who endeavoured to destroy the religion of Jesus.
How the Jewish king made a fire and placed an idol beside it, saying, “Whoever bows down to this idol shall escape the fire.”
How a child began to speak amidst the fire and urged the people to throw themselves into the fire.
How the mouth remained awry of a man who pronounced the name of Mohammed, on whom be peace, derisively.
How the fire reproached the Jewish king.
How the Jewish king scoffed and denied and would not accept the counsel of his intimates.
Setting forth how the beasts of chase told the lion to trust in God and cease from exerting himself.
How the lion answered the beasts and explained the advantage of exertion.
How the beasts asserted the superiority of trust in God to exertion and acquisition.
How the lion upheld the superiority of exertion and acquisition to trust in God and resignation.
How the beasts preferred trust in God to exertion.
How the lion again pronounced exertion to be superior to trust in God.
How the beasts once more asserted the superiority of trust in God to exertion.
How ‘Azrá‘íl (Azrael) looked at a certain man, and how that man fled to the palace of Solomon; and setting forth the superiority of trust in God to exertion and the uselessness of the latter.
How the lion again declared exertion to be superior to trust in God and expounded the advantages of exertion.
