mutavakkil

Updated: May 4, 2025

The famous Mutavakkil, the Abbasid, having summoned his ministers, councillors and functionaries to his presence, let loose a box full of scorpions in the assembly and forbade anyone to move. When the scorpions stung those present, he burst forth into boisterous laughter. To recapitulate: the constitution of the communities depends upon justice, not upon forgiveness.

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