The dervish was sitting by the side of the road when an arrogant courtier galloped headlong past him. Whipping the dervish with his cane, the nobleman shouted:
- Get out of the way, you ragamuffin!
When the rider rushed off, the dervish rose from the ground and said after him:
- May you find everything you desire in this world, and even more!
This scene made a deep impression on a passerby, who approached the pious man and asked:
“Be so kind as to tell me, foolish one, what prompted your words: the nobility of your spirit or the understanding that the fulfillment of worldly desires will, without a doubt, lead this crazy man to even greater dishonor?”
- O bright-faced one! I said what I said because people who achieve the satisfaction of their true desires no longer have any need to rush headlong and take out their anger on the dervishes.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru