There are three degrees of bliss <br />At the foot of Allah's Throne <br />And the highest place is his <br />Who saves a brother's soul <br />At peril of his own. <br />There is the Power made known! <br /> <br />There are three degrees of bliss <br />In Garden of Paradise, <br />And the second place is his <br />Who saves his brother's soul <br />By excellent advice. <br />For there the Glory lies! <br /> <br />There the are three degrees of bliss <br />And three abodes of the Blest, <br />And the lowest place is his <br />Who had saved a soul by jest <br />And a brother's soul in sport... <br />But there do the Angels resort!<br /><br />Rudyard Kipling<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-jester/
