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But Allah doeth whatso He willeth."[FN#368] When Nur al-Din heard

this speech from his brother, he was filled with fury and lost

his wits for rage; but he hid what he felt and held his peace;

and each of the brothers passed the night in a place far apart,

wild with wrath against the other. As soon as morning dawned the

Sultan fared forth in state and crossed over from Cairo [FN#369]

to Jizah [FN#370] and made for the pyramids, accompanied by the

Wazir Shams al-Din, whose turn of duty it was, whilst his brother

Nur al-din, who passed the night in sore rage, rose with the

light and prayed the dawn-prayer. Then he betook himself to his

treasury and, taking a small pair of saddle-bags, filled them

with gold; and he called to mind his brother's threats and the

contempt wherewith he had treated him, and he repeated these

couplets:-