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what shall he say ? Let him thus vainly talk, who will ; not I. If 

 as many hairs as there are from head to foot were all to speak in 

 praise, and remain in that case as many years as there are sands in all 

 the rivers, and blossoms and pods in the fields, even then the task 

 could not be fulfilled. 



With this bowing of the head day and night I repeat prayers in my 

 heart to that Friend of God, far advanced in favour, on whose account 

 it was said, " If Thou hadst not been, I would have created nothing." 

 And of his cousin Ali, whose marriage was contracted in his family, 

 the remembrance has always been with me. I waxed great exceedingly, 

 and was not able to contain myself. And as many children as there 

 are of him, they are our salvation : for any others, I have no place in 

 my heart. Out of the pale of this family, what have I to do with 

 any vagabond, thief, robber, or man-slayer? In this world and the 

 next, I place my hope day and night on them and their house. 



