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 thisand he decided to prove to them who were the real
fools. An announcement was madeto all the people that the King will
distribute his belongings on a particulardate. 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 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.
Peoplethought 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 ofall
these, which is the kinghimself. 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?
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