Khilafat-e-Rashidah — Page 185
KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH 185 When the revelation of God is sent down to a Prophet then it is said that the Word of God has descended upon the nation to which that Prophet belongs, whereas the Word of God descends only upon the Prophet, and not upon every one. Similarly, when the king belongs to a nation, the whole nation is considered to be the ruling country. There are many poor people in England who beg from others. But even if a garbage cleaner from England comes to India, people start saluting him from a distance. The policeman also takes care that the British gentleman should not be disrespected, whereas he has no honour in his own country. But since someone is a king, so then everyone belonging to that nation is considered honourable. Sometime back in India, a Raja went to England. When he came back and reached Bombay, he wanted to come out of the port immediately due to some urgent piece of work. An Englishman was on duty to check the passports. Taking the passport he went ahead hurriedly and asked him to check his passport first as he wanted to leave early due to some urgent piece of work. But the Englishman asked him to wait for his turn, for he would check the passports turn by turn. He did not care for the Raja, and made him wait for his turn and thus caused him to leave at the end. On this there was a great hue and cry in the press that the Raja was humiliated, but nobody asked the