Our Beloved Master - His Early Life — Page 129
•oUR BELoVED MASTER• 129 not taking revenge!” There is another account of how people would so easily disrespect their so-called gods. There was a man whose camel was ill. He took the camel to his idol and requested that the camel’s health be restored. The idol was called Sa‘d. As it so happened, upon seeing the idol the camel became frightened and immediately ran out of sight! Upon this the man spoke with great anger, “You cursed idol! What kind of an act did you just pull? Tell me, now what am I supposed to do and where am I going to find my camel? Who made you Sa‘d? You are just bad luck!” Saying this, he slapped the idol across its face, which broke off the idol’s nose! In the same way that they would get angry at their idols when things were not in their favour, they also had great love for these lifeless idols. Every day they would witness dogs come and urinate upon their idols, but it did not change the love they had for them. Many times people would come and leave food as an offering in front of the idol. The dogs would come, eat a free meal and would be on their way with their tails wagging. People would see this but it would not reduce the love they had for their gods. Another story that illustrates the absurdity of worshipping