The Ikhwan-Us-Suff

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: had filled every one's heart, entirely disappeared. Further they built many forts, cities, towns and villages, and began to live comfortably. Having made agricultural implements each engaged himself in his own work, and having taken animals captive in snares, began to use them for riding, bearing burdens, and for agricultural purposes. The elephant, horse, camel, ass and many other animals that had always wandered unrestrained in the forests and wilds wheresoever they wished, feeding on fresh pastures wherever they found them?no one molesting them?had their shoulders skinned and their backs galled by incessant labor. Notwithstanding they shouted and cried out exceedingly, noble man never gave ear to them. Most of the wild animals from fear of being captured fled into the far jungle. The birds also left their homes, and taking their young with them fled from . the dwellings of man. Every man had the idea that all animals were his slaves. With much cunning they made snares and nets and pursued Literally, ' as a camel without a aose string.' chapter{{Section 4them. In this conflict some time passed until the Great God sent Mahomed Mustafa the prophet of latter days (on whom be peace) to guide God's creatures aright. The good prophet pointed out the right way to those who had gone astray. Several of the Genii also obtained the blessings of the faith and the honors of Islam. When some time had elapsed Bewarasb, the Great Genius sur- named Shah Murdan, became King of the Genii race. He was so just that throughout his dominions the goat and the lion drank at the same stream. How could thugs, thieves, and swindlers find a place in his dominions The island of Balasagon, situated near the Equator, was the capital of this just Monarch. It happened that a ship full of people, throug...