The smart thing to do
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Here is another story about Sultan
Mahmud of Afghanistan and his
servant, Ayyaz. Sultan Mahmud
would respect Ayyaz for his wisdom
even though he was a servant. This
made the ministers and other
people of high positions very jealous
of Ayyaz. They talked wrong against
him and started a rumour that Ayyaz
was nothing but a fool. The king
came to know of this and he decided
to prove to them who were the real
fools. An announcement was made
to all the people that the King will
distribute his belongings on a
particular date. Whatever a person
touch will become his on that day.
When the day came, many people
appeared by the king's palace. The
king made his announcement again
that a person can have whatever he
touches. The door was opened and
everyone ran to touch whatever was
of value in the palace. Some touched
jewelery of gold while others
touched fancy furnitures, etc. But
Ayyaz was just standing by the king
and was not touching anything.
People thought that Ayyaz was crazy
as he wasn't taking advantage of this
great event. Now, Ayyaz asked the
king if the announcement he made
was certain. The king said "Yes,
whatever you touch is yours."
Immediately, Ayyaz placed his right
hand on the king's head and the left
hand on his shoulder. He then
shouted, "Listen everyone. I was
waiting for this moment to aquire
the most expensive thing. All of you
took whatever the king possessed,
but you forgot about the owner of all
these, which is the king himself. I
hereby declare that my hands are on
the king, so the king is mine. You
cannot remove one thing from this
palace because I am the owner of all
these now." After hearing this from
Ayyaz, everyone realized that
actually, Ayyaz is the only smart one
and everyone else was in error.
Today people are only running after
the creations but, very few are
running towards the Creator Himself.
If Allah, the King of all kings,
becomes our Friend then what else
do we need?