Pleasant Stories & Anecdotes — Page 28
28 leaving, he said to the simple man, ‘Cover the cooking pot with firewood, light the fire and do not remove the pot from the fire lest the contents are uncooked, and do not touch the pot till I return’. The simple man followed the instructions and placed the cooking pot on a big fire. Smoke from the fire spread all around, and neighbours gathered and entered his home to find out what was going on. He told people that gold was being minted using alchemy. The people explained to him that the holy man had looted him. When the simple man removed the lid of the pot, there were pieces of bricks and stones in the pot. After that, the simple man visited Gurdaspur for some reason; he came to know that the same holy man had swindled somebody else as well. The fire was still burning. The simple man told this person in Gurdaspur that he also had been robbed. Similar pieces of bricks and stones were also found in his cooking pot. (Malf ūzā t, vol. 10, p. 163–164) Not Until God Opens the Eyes Prophets are under the protection of the Almighty God. None can recognize them until God makes them manifest. . . It is narrated that King Mahmood arrested a ruler and took him with him. After living with the king for a while, the ruler embraced Islam after comparing Islam with his religion. The ruler lived in a separate tent. One day the ruler was sitting