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A sinner died, and, as his coffin passed,<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nA man who practiced every prayer and fast<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nTurned ostentatiously aside \u2014 how could<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nHe pray for one of whom he knew no good?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nHe saw the sinner in his dreams that night,<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nHis face transfigured with celestial light.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cHow did you enter heaven\u2019s gates,\u201d he said,<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cA sinner stained with filth from foot to head?\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cGod saw your merciless, disdainful pride,<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nAnd pitied my poor soul,\u201d the man replied.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nFarid al-Din \u2018Attar (d. 1220), The Conference of the Birds<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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