Page 175 - The Book of Rumi

He advised his children regularly to continue his ways, but he knew that
they were against him and would never do as he wished. When it came to his
children, he was merely sowing seeds in a salt fi eld.
The farmer eventually passed away and, just as he had suspected, his
children were uncharitable with the family’s wealth and shut their door to the
needy. Soon, their farms became unyielding and were left to rot, while the
darvishes stopped passing through those parts entirely, keeping their blessed
presence far from Zarvan and its people forever.

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