servant, Ayyaz. Sultan Mahmud wouldrespect Ayyaz for his wisdomeven
though he was a servant. This made the ministers and other people of
high positions very jealousof 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 belongingson 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 thata
person can have whatever he touches. The door was opened and everyone
ran to touch whatever was of valuein the palace. Some touched jewelery
of gold while others touched fancy furnitures, etc. But Ayyaz wasjust
standing by the king and was not touching anything. People thought
that Ayyaz was crazy as he wasn't takingadvantage of this great event.
Now, Ayyaz asked the king if the announcement hemade 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 everyoneelse 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?
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