Pleasant Stories & Anecdotes — Page 47
Pleasant Anecdotes—Humility And Meekness 47 The other holy man said, ‘Why did you object? You have been punished for this mistake’. The pious man, who had received the punishment, asked someone to tie a rope to his legs and drag him on the rocks. That individual said, ‘Why should I do such a thing?’ The holy man said, ‘Do as I am asking you to do’. Eventually, that man gave in and dragged him on the rocks, his both legs were bruised. Then God said, ‘That is enough. You are now pardoned’. . . Man should never raise objections against the Almighty God. (Malf ūzā t, vol. 6, p. 57) Humility and Meekness God becomes the helper of those people who pray to Him with humility, hoping the acceptance of their meekness. A pious man used to pray a lot to God to be free from sins. After lots of prayers, he wondered how he could attain a high level of humility. He learned that no one is humbler than a dog, so he started yelping like a dog. Another person thought that a dog had managed to come into the mosque who might make his utensils filthy. This individual looked around and found the pious man but did not find any dog. He said to the pious man that he had heard a dog yelping. The pious man said that it was he himself who was the dog. He was asked, ‘Why were you yelping like a dog?’ The pious man said, ‘The Almighty God likes humility, so I thought by acting like a dog, my humility may be accepted [by God]. (Malf ūzā t, vol. 6, p. 61)