Jesus encounters a dead dog, about which three men make cruel remarks. But Jesus, disregarding faults and finding virtue, tells them that pearls are not as white as the dog's teeth.
The moral:
do not seek the faults of others and your own merit, but turn your eyes to yourself.
The flaming halo denotes Christ as a prophet and saint.
The moral:
do not seek the faults of others and your own merit, but turn your eyes to yourself.
The flaming halo denotes Christ as a prophet and saint.
The Makhzan al-asrār (Treasury of Secrets) is the first (ca. 1175) of five long narrative poems making up Niẓāmī's Khamsa (Quintet). Through example, its twenty discourses deal with religious and ethical topics.
(ca. 1141–1209) Cisa (Jesus) and the Dead Dog
Khamsa (Quintet), in Persian, probably Shiraz
Between 1488 and 1490
115 x 98 mm
(ca. 1141–1209) Cisa (Jesus) and the Dead Dog
Khamsa (Quintet), in Persian, probably Shiraz
Between 1488 and 1490
115 x 98 mm
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