Deliberation

The Prophet's companion said, "In my trades, I am always paired with loss.  
The deceit of anyone who sells or buys is like magic and leads me astray.  
He said, 'In a trade where you fear deceit, make a condition for yourself of three days' choice.  
For certainty comes from the Merciful, while your haste is from the accursed Satan.  
When you throw a piece of bread to a dog, it sniffs it before eating, O considerate one.  
You see it sniff, and we, with our intellect, also examine it with critical reason.  
With patience, God created existence; in six days, this earth and the heavens.  
Gradually, He makes a man complete in forty years.  
Though He could, in a single breath, create fifty people from nothing.  
Jesus could, with a single prayer, raise the dead without delay.  
The Creator of Jesus can bring people forth without delay.  
This patience is for your instruction, for seeking should be done gently without haste.  
A small stream that flows constantly neither becomes impure nor stagnant.  
From this patience comes prosperity and joy; this patience is the egg of fortune like birds.  
How can a bird remain in an obstinate egg, though it emerges from the egg?  
Wait until your parts, like eggs, give birth to birds in the end.  
Though a snake's egg resembles a sparrow's egg, the path is far.  
A water seed and an apple seed, though they resemble, know the differences, dear one.  
Leaves may appear the same in sight, but each fruit is of a different kind.  
The leaves of bodies are similar, but each soul is alive in its own pasture.  
People walk equally in the market; one is in delight, another in pain.  
Likewise, we go equally in death; some in loss, and some are kings."