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Believe, He seeks thee; disbelieve, He’ll haply cleanse thee fair;
Be here a faithful Abū-Bekr; Firengī there; at will.”
When the merchant happily reached Qonya on his return, he gave the salutations of the Firengī saint, and his respects, to Jelāl; and distributed much substance among the disciples. He settled at Qonya, and became a member of the fraternity of the Pure Lovers of God.
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Jelāl was one day passing by a street, where two men were quarrelling. He stood on one side. One of the men called out to the other: “Say what thou will; thou shalt hear from me a thousandfold for every word thou mayest utter.”
Hereupon Jelāl stepped forward and addressed this speaker, saying: “No, no! Whatsoever thou have to say, say it to me; and for every thousand thou mayest say to me, thou shalt hear from me one word.”
On hearing this rebuke, the adversaries were abashed, and made their peace with one another.
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One day, a very learned professor brought all his pupils to pay their respects to Jelāl.