Story LXXVIII
Tariqat.[1] I asked him what the difference between a scholar and a monk amounts to. He replied:" The former saves his blanket from the waves, whilst the latter strives to save the drowning man."
- ↑ 'Tariqat,' literally 'the road,' but meaning the road to perfection followed by Sûfis and Dervishes professing their doctrines.
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