Price Of Life

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One day two dervishes were arguing.

Ibrahim bin Adham said one of the them: ' The life of renunciation has been wasted upon you. You got it cheaply, so do not value it.'

The dervish sneered and said: 'And what price, pray, did you pay for losing a dervish?'

Ibrahim said: 'I exchanged it for the kingdom of Balkh, and even then I regard that as a cheap price, brother.'

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