A sluggard once approached a fasting saint And, baffled by dispair, maded this complaint: "The devil is a highwayman, a thief, Who's ruined me and robbed me of belief." The saint replied: "Young man, the devil too Has made his way here to complain - of you. 'My province is the world,' I heard him say; 'Tell this new pilgrim of God's holy Way To keep his hands off what is mine - if I Attack him it's because his fingers pry In my affairs; if he will leave me be, He's no concern of mine and can go free'."

(Attar)