starve due to hunger. It also happens that many days pass without me getting anything to eat. And many times this man himself does not have anything to eat I do not go to any other door, for I have grown up here and have got refuge. Whenever I am fed, I offer thanks, and when I have to remain hungry, I bear patiently (and do not grumble at my master). This is my habit. While when you did not get food for one night, the foundation of your patience broke. You left the door of the True Sustainer', and came begging to the door of His enemy. You left your Lord for the sake of a morsel of food. O wise man ! Now you judge as to who is ungrateful and shameless, yourself or me"? When the worshipper heard these words. he deplored himself and repented.
(Here Shaikh Bahai addresses himself and says) O Bahai, having the soul of a dog. If you do not have patience (and trust in your Lord) you are worse than that dog.
It is appropriate to quote here the words of Shaikh Sa'adi : Man is the best creature (Ashraful Makhluqaat), while the dog is a wretched soul. And all wise men opine that a faithful dog is better than an ungrateful man. Because the dog never ever forgets a morsel of food fed to it, even though it is hurt a hundred times. While even if a man is fed throughout his life. then too he will be ready for combat for small things.