AL-RAFSAT

That is:
The Kick


THE MERCY OF ALLAH

CHAPTER I
ENTITLED AL-RAFSAT, OR THE KICK

In the days of Abd-er-Rahman, who was among the wisest and most glorious of the Commanders of the Faithful, there resided in the City of Bagdad an elderly merchant of such enormous wealth that his lightest expressions of opinion caused the markets of the Euphrates to fluctuate in the most alarming manner.