Surely, 'the generous man is Allah's friend,' and thy hand is not tied up."[1] [Footnote 1: "To have two hearts" (_dhu'kulbein_) signifies to be prudent, wise.

Karun is the Arabic Croesus.

"Thy hand is tied up" is equivalent to calling a man niggardly.] The Olema, a quick decision gleaming in his eyes--though what that decision might be, who could tell ?--put down the amber mouthpiece and with an eloquent, lean hand gestured toward a silk-curtained doorway at the right of the vast hall.
"Come with me, then, White Sheik!" said he, arising and beckoning his white-robed sub-chiefs.

He raised a finger in signal to the Maghrabis, though what the signal might mean, the Legionaries could not know.
"Come, with all thy men.

And, by Allah! I will show thee the things whereof thou dost speak to me.