ISLAMIC MYSTICAL LITERATURE 707
All those who said the king was a magician
he turned into the deserts of the world.
All those who called the high king ignorant
he made as fire. All those who hurled insults
at the high king he turned into gold
so in this world they could be minted coins.
All those who turned against him in six realms
he made into a dinar and six dangs.^124
All those who saw the high king as sorcerer
he made into silver. All those who questioned
the high king he made into copper. And those
who wondered who the high king was he turned
to lead. All who contested him were trees
and tree trunks. All who treated the high king
with violence he turned into minerals
of varying colors. All who mocked him became
cattle, beasts, and wild animals, and all
who called the king a trickster became birds.
All who were boorish to the lord were echoes.
All who did not hold the word of our high king
in awe he made as snakes. And all who called
the high king arrogant he made as fish.
And all who uttered hateful things became
small creatures. All who used stinging sarcasm
he made into wolves and hyenas. All who
were cruel to him he made as pigs and bears.
All who turned the evil done to the high king
into sweet presents for themselves were lions,
and all who uttered shabby slurs were treated
shabbily. If we keep telling all this,
this book will be absurdly long.THIS WORLD IS MADE COLORLESS
"God made the world framed with appalling mountains,
expansive deserts, profound seas, and beasts- Monetary amounts.