_a._ OF THE USELESSNESS OF ENDEAVOUR AGAINST THE PERSISTENT
ILL FORTUNE 63
_aa._ STORY OF THE MERCHANT WHO LOST HIS LUCK 65
_b._ OF LOOKING TO THE ENDS OF AFFAIRS 73
_bb._ TALE OF THE MERCHANT AND HIS SONS _ib._
_c._ OF THE ADVANTAGES OF PATIENCE 81
_cc._ STORY OF ABU SABIR _ib._
_d._ OF THE ILL EFFECTS OF IMPATIENCE 89
_dd._ STORY OF PRINCE BIHZAD _ib._
_e._ OF THE ISSUES OF GOOD AND EVIL ACTIONS 93
_ee._ STORY OF KING DADBIN AND HIS WAZIRS 94
_f._ OF TRUST IN ALLAH 102
_ff._ STORY OF KING BAKHTZAMAN _ib._
_g._ OF CLEMENCY 107
_gg._ STORY OF KING BIHKARD _ib._
_h._ OF ENVY AND MALICE 111
_hh._ STORY OF AYLAN SHAH AND ABU TAMMAM 112
_i._ OF DESTINY OR THAT WHICH IS WRITTEN ON THE FOREHEAD 120
_ii._ STORY OF KING IBRAHIM AND HIS SON 121
_j._ OF THE APPOINTED TERM, WHICH, IF IT BE ADVANCED, MAY NOT
BE DEFERRED, AND IF IT BE DEFERRED, MAY NOT BE ADVANCED 129
_jj._ STORY OF KING SULAYMAN SHAH AND HIS NIECE 131
_k._ OF THE SPEEDY RELIEF OF ALLAH 151
_kk._ STORY OF THE PRISONER AND HOW ALLAH GAVE HIM RELIEF _ib._