'Be as thou wilt, for Allah still is bounteous Lord, * And care dispeller dread not therefore bane and ban To two things only never draw thee nigh, nor give * Partner to Allah trouble to thy brother man.'
And how well saith the poet,
'An thou of pious works a*****e neglect * And after death meet one who did collect, Thou shalt repent thou diddest not as he, * Nor madest ready as he did elect.'
Then the third damsel came forward, after the second had with drawn, and said, 'Of a truth, the chapter of piety is exceeding wide; but I will mention what occurreth to me thereof, concerning the pious of old. Quoth a certain holy man, 'I congratulate myself in death, though I am not assured of rest therein, save that I know death interveneth between a man and his works; so I hope for the doubling
