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The Bustān of Sadi Translated from the Persian with an...

Discourse on Repentance

Project Gutenberg EPUB edition Sadi and Edwards, A. Hart
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He who supplicates the Deity by night will not be shamed on the Day of Judgment.
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If thou art wise, pray for forgiveness in the night for the sins that thou hast committed in the day.
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What is thy fear if thou hast made thy peace with God? He closes not the door of forgiveness upon them that supplicate Him.
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If thou art a servant of God, raise thy hands in prayer; and if thou be ashamed, weep in sorrow.
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No one has stood upon His threshold whose sins the tears of repentance have not washed away.

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The Bustān of Sadi Translated from the Persian with an introduction, Project Gutenberg eBook #60471

Story of One who burned his Harvest CHAPTER X CONCERNING PRAYER