"As Sidjah," or Prostration.
And be not faint-hearted, and be not sorrowful; For ye shall gain the upper hand if ye be believers.
CHAPTER THE SIXTH
ALI'S MARRIAGE
y reason of admirable devotion, indomitable courage and the absolute purity of his way of living, Ali had become one of the most popular heroes of Islam, but his extreme poverty forced him to hire himself out to an Ansar, a garden landlord. When Ali was not engaged in prayer, he passed the hours in watering date-trees. He deserved that this lowly situation, bearing no comparison with his exploits, should have been changed so as to give him new lustre in the eyes of the people.