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.