Shibli was a pupil of the famous theosophist Junaid of Baghdad. On his conversion, he came to Junaid, saying: "They tell me that you poses the pearl of divine knowledge: either give it to me or sell it." Junaid answered, "I cannot sell it, for you have not the price there of; and if I give it to you, you will have gained it cheaply. You do not know its value. Cast yourself head long, like me, into this ocean, in order that you may win the pearl by waiting patiently."....
REFERENCE: THE MYSTICS OF ISLAM
BY A NICHOLSON
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