ZEKR
Author: Irving Karchmar
After ten or fifteen minutes the Master came down and joined us. All stood as he seated himself on the sheepskin rug, and then sat at his command. He indicated that Rebecca should sit at his right hand, the Professor and Captain Simach next to her, and I on his left. Ali and Rami sat to my left. When all were seated and settled, tea was immediately served to him. He sipped it out of courtesy, and then began to speak:
The Judgment of God - A Sufi Tale
Author: Irving Karchmar
“But the other man was a notorious bandit, once the feared chieftain of a band of robbers who had for years plundered the spice caravans and waylaid rich merchants on their way from the coastal cities to the inland towns. The outcry against his merciless raids, however, had at last reached the ears of the Sultan and he had ordered his soldiers to hunt down the band and destroy them. Many were caught and beheaded. Many others deserted their chief out of fear
that they would share the fate of their comrades.