In twain may Allah cut the partingday！
And she spake also this couplet，'I pray some day that we reunion gain，So may I tell him Parting's ugly way.'
The antelope sorrowed with great sorrow，but dissuaded the peahen from her resolve to remove from the island. So they abode there together with him，eating and drinking，in peace and safety，except that they ceased not to mourn for the loss of the duck；and the antelope said to the peahen，'O my sister，thou seest how the folk who came forth of the ship were the cause of our severance from the duck and of her destruction；so do thou beware of them and guard thyself from them and from the wile of the son of Adam and his guile.'But the peahen replied，I am assured that nought caused her death save her neglecting to say Subhan' Allah，glory to God；indeed I often said to her，'Exclaim thou，'Praised be Allah，and verily I fear for thee，because thou neglectest to laud the Almighty；for all things created by Allah glorify Him on this wise，and whoso neglecteth the formula of praise[144] him destruction waylays.''When the antelope heard the peahen's words he exclaimed，'Allah make fair thy face！'and betook himself to repeating the formula of praise，and ceased not there from a single hour. And it is said that his form of adoration was as follows，'Praise be to the Requiter of every good and evil thing，the Lord of Majesty and of Kings the King！'And a tale is also told on this wise of The Hermits.
A certain hermit worshipped on a certain mountain，whither resorted a pair of pigeons；and the worshipper was wont to make two parts of his daily bread，And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased saying her permitted say.
When it was the One Hundred and Fortyeighth Night，She said，It hath reached me，O auspicious King，that the worshipper was wont to make two parts of his daily bread，eating one half himself and giving the other to the pigeon pair. He also prayed for them both that they might be blest with issue so they increased and multiplied greatly. Now they resorted only to that mountain where the hermit was，and the reason of their fore gathering with the holy man was their assiduity in repeating 'Praised be Allah！'for it is recounted that the pigeon[145]in praise，'Praised be the Creator of all Creatures，the Distributor of daily bread，the Builder of the heavens and Dispreader of the earths！'And that couple ceased not to dwell together in the happiest of life，they and their brood till the holy man died，when the company of the pigeons was broken up and they dispersed among the towns and villages and mountains. Now it is told that on a certain other mountain there dwelt a shepherd，a man of piety and good sense and chastity；and he had flocks of sheep which he tended，and he made his living by their milk and wool. The mountain which gave him a home abounded in trees and pasturage and also in wild beasts，but these had no power over his flocks；so he ceased not to dwell upon that highland in full security，taking no thought to the things of the world，by reason of his beatitude and his assiduity in prayer and devotion，till Allah ordained that he should fall sick with exceeding sickness.