The Scented Garden

74 The Pains and Pleasures of Redemption. penalty of age and excess. But as far as I know, there is not. 4. The grave Persian literally screams with laughter whenever his poet quotes the Q’uran in a blasphemous sense ; just as our own people with the Bible. 5. A last touch of the whip. 6. As a witty Irishman remarks, “ There is only one argument that will convince a woman — the argument in a circle.” 7. A very profound allegory. Laila being the Jinn, this passage means that since the revelation of the Method of true communion between man and God, magic or dealing with Jinn should be left to Jews (and other heathen), stigmatized as goat- faced because of their materialistic or gross views of the universe. The Haji was however accused of Christianizing tendencies on account of this pas- sage, since Christians repressed magic so severely, and in spite of his stout denials. To this day many singer “ mak’ siccar ” of the approval of the ortho- dox by altering the words to “ Christian Jew.”