When people began to throw stones at him, Shibli—so the legend has it—threw a rose, and Hallaj sighed. Asked the reason for his sigh, he answered: "They do not know what they do, but he should have known it."And the saying that "the rose, thrown by the friend, hurts more than any stone" has become a Turkish proverb.
-Annemarie Schimmel
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