In ancient times, a king of Tartary was out walking with some of his noblemen. At the roadside was an abdal (a wandering Sufi), who cried out: \u201cWhoever will give me a hundred dinars, I will give him some good advice.\u201d<\/p>\n
The king stopped, and said: \u201cAbdal, what is this good advice for a hundred dinars?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSir,\u201d answered the abdal, \u201corder the sum to be given to me, and I will tell it you immediately.\u201d The king did so, expecting to hear something extraordinary.<\/p>\n
The dervish said to him: \u201cMy advice is this: Never begin anything until you have reflected what will be the end of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
At this, the nobles and everyone else present laughed, saying that the abdal had been wise to ask for his money in advance. But the king said: \u201cYou have no reason to laugh at the good advice this abdal has given me. No one is unaware of the fact that we should think well before doing anything. But we are daily guilty of not remembering, and the consequences are evil. I very much value this dervish\u2019s advice.\u201d<\/p>\n
The king decided to bear the advice always in his mind, and commanded it to be written in gold on the walls and even engraved on his silver plate.<\/p>\n
Not long afterward a plotter desired to kill the king. He bribed the royal surgeon with a promise of the prime ministership if he thrust a poisoned lancet into the king\u2019s arm. When the time came to let some of the king\u2019s blood, a silver basing was placed to catch the blood. Suddenly the surgeon became aware of the words engraved upon it: \u201cNever begin anything until you have reflected what will be the end of it.\u201d It was only then that he realized that if the plotter became king he could have the surgeon killed instantly, and would not need to fulfill his bargain.<\/p>\n
The king, seeing that the surgeon was now trembling, asked him what was wrong with him. And so he confessed the truth, at that very moment.<\/p>\n
The plotter was seized; and the king sent for all the people who had been present when the abdal gave his advice, and said to them: \u201cDo you still laugh at the dervish?\u201d<\/p>\n
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