Written by Anonymous
A heavy-built man was passing through the market of Kufa, his step was firm
and assured. He had a fine physique and sun-burnt face; encounters of the
battle-field had left their marks on him and the corner of one of his eyes was
slit. A shop-keeper, to amuse his friends, threw a handful of sweepings onto the
man. The man continued his walk in the same assured and firm manner, without
raising an eye-brow or looking towards the shop-keeper. When he went away, a
friend of the shop-keeper said:
"Do you know who the man is whom you have insulted just now?"
"No, I do not recognize him. He was a passer by like thousands of people
passing this way every day. But tell me who this man is."
"Strange! Didn't you recognize him? He was Malik Ashtar, the renowned
commander-in-chief of Imam Ali."
"Strange! He was Malik Ashtar! The same Malik whose bravery turns the heart
of lions into water and mention of whose name makes his enemies tremble with
fear?"
"Yes, that was Malik himself."
"Woe to me! What did I do? Now he will give orders to punish me severely. I
must run to him immediately to apologize and request him to forgive my
misbehavior."
He ran after Malik. He saw him turning towards a mosque. He followed him to
the mosque and saw that he had started praying. He waited till he finished his
prayer. Humbly introducing himself he told him:
"I am the man who had committed the silly prank and behaved disrespectfully
to you."
Malik said: "By Allah, I did not come in the mosque but for your sake,
because I understood that you were a very ignorant and misguided man and that
you give trouble to the people without any reason.
I felt pity on you and came here to pray for you and ask Allah to guide you
onto the right path. No, I did not have any such intentions that you were afraid
of."
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| rcpalace | April 13, 2007 (09:42 PM) |
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