vicegerent on the earth.”[48] FOOTNOTES: [36] For the sense which Iqbal attaches to the word “love,” see the Introduction, section 3. THE EDUCATION OF THE EGO. [37] A prophet or saint. [38] See note 26 on l. 95. Tabríz is an allusion to Shams-i Tabríz, the spiritual director of Jalálu’ddín Rúmí. [39] Najd, the Highlands of Arabia, is celebrated in love-romance. I need only mention Lailá and Majnún. [40] Her father, Hátim of Tai, is proverbial in the East for his hospitality. [41] The story of the pulpit that wept when Mohammed descended from it occurs, I think, in the _Masnaví_. [42] When, according to Mohammedan belief, the sun will rise in the west. [43] A quotation from the _Masnaví_. The Prophet was buried at Medina. [44] Báyazíd of Bistám died in A.D. 875. He refused to eat a water-melon, saying he had no assurance that the Prophet had ever tasted that fruit. [45] Mohammed used to retire to a cave on Mount Hirá, near Mecca, for the purpose of solitary meditation and other ascetic observances. [46] Lát and Uzzá were goddesses worshipped by the heathen Arabs. [47] Fárán, name of a mountain in the neighbourhood of Mecca. [48] Koran, ch. 2, v. 28. In these words, which were addressed to the angels, God foretold the creation of Adam. IV _Showing that the Self is weakened by asking._ O thou who hast gathered taxes from lions, 435 Thy need hath caused thee to become a fox in disposition. Thy maladies are the result of indigence: This disease is the source of thy pain. It is robbing thine high thoughts of their dignity And putting out the light of thy noble imagination. 440 Quaff rosy wine from the jar of existence! Snatch thy money from the purse of Time! Like Omar, come down from thy camel![49] Beware of incurring obligations, beware! How long wilt thou sue for office 445 And ride like children on a woman’s back? A nature that fixes its gaze on the sky Becomes debased by receiving benefits. By asking, poverty is made more abject; By begging, the beggar is made poorer. 450 Asking disintegrates the Self And deprives of illumination the Sinai-bush of the Self. Do not scatter thy handful of dust; Like the moon, scrape food from thine own side! Albeit thou art poor and wretched 455 And overwhelmed by affliction, Seek not thy daily bread from the bounty of another, Seek not waves of water from the fountain of the sun, Lest thou be put to shame before the Prophet On the Day when every soul shall be stricken with fear. 460 The moon gets sustenance from the table of the sun And bears the brand of his bounty on her heart. Pray God for courage! Wrestle with Fortune! Do not sully the honour of the pure religion! He who swept the rubbish of idols out of the Ka’ba 465 Said that God loves a man that earns his living.