THE WITTY ARAB.
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THE WITTY ARAB.
EL-MANSÛR was preaching one day at Damascus, and said, "O ye people! it is incumbent upon you to give praise to the Most High, that He has given me to reign over you. For verily since I began to reign over you He has taken away the plague which had come amongst you." But a certain Arab cried out to him, "Of a truth Allâh is too merciful to give us both thee and the plague at one time!"
