Pleasant Stories & Anecdotes — Page 14
14 Deaf: ‘How are you?’ Patient: ‘I am dying’. Deaf: ‘ Al h amdulillāh , All praise to Allah’. Deaf: ‘What food you are taking?’ Patient: ‘Blood of my liver’. Deaf: ‘It is good food’. Deaf: ‘Who is your doctor?’ Patient: ‘Angel of death’. Deaf: ‘He is a good doctor and has cure for his patients’. These people [who have misgivings about the creation of God] are in a similar situation. (Malf ūzā t, vol. 3, p. 417–418) Sell Yourself A young man said to Hadrat M u s a (peace be upon him), ‘If I understand the languages of animals, I shall learn some lesson from them’. Hadrat M u s a told him, ‘Awareness and awakening cannot be achieved without the blessings of God, therefore, forget about this idea as there is danger involved in this effort’. However, the interest of the young man intensified even more after M u s a ’s pro- hibition, and he greatly pursued M u s a. Hadrat M u s a concluded that Satan had deceived the young man. He will be at a loss if I teach him these languages, and if I do not, then he will develop doubts.