The Fox and the Mendicant A certain person came by a limbless fox He marveled at the design and providence of Allah That how she nurtures her life And with these limbs how she is able to feed herself While the mendicant was frenzied in his thought A lion came with a jackal clutched in his paw The lion ate the unfortunate jackal And the fox ate to her fill over the leftovers The other day the same coincidence happened "The sustainer provided her with provision for the day Faith opened his eyes He set forth reposing his trust in his creator "That I would sit like an ant in a corner" "That even an elephant do not get his sustenance by its power" (he said to himself) For few days he confined himself With his head down tucked between his shoulders That the sustainer would sustain him by divine providence Nobody Felt sorry for him neither his friends nor his foes He had no more of his sense and patience left Through the a...