Analysis of Ch 06 On Weakness And Old Age Story 07
The son of a wealthy but avaricious old man, having fallen sick, his well-wishers advised him that it would be proper to get the whole Quran recited or else to offer a sacrifice. He meditated a while and then said: ‘It is preferable to read the Quran because the flock is at a distance.’ A holy man, who had heard this, afterwards remarked: ‘He selected the reading of the Quran because it is at the tip of the tongue but the money at the bottom of the heart.’
It is useful to bend the neck in prayers
If they are to be accompanied by almsgiving.
For one dinar he would remain sticking in mud like an ass,
But if thou askest for Alhamdu he will recite it a hundred times.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011010111110101111001111111011011010111100101101011111000110101011101001011111100011010010101011110110110101010101 1110110101 11111010011 110111011001111 111111110110101 |
Characters | 705 |
Words | 134 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4 |
Lines Amount | 5 |
Letters per line (avg) | 105 |
Words per line (avg) | 26 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 263 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 65 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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