Blessings of Khilafat — Page 136
136 contemplates their consequences and ponders over their reality. Let me explain this point with a parable. There was a man. He once said to his nephews. ‘Tomorrow after the meal, I will bring you a ladd u 3 to eat. It has been prepared by hundreds of thousands of people. ’ They were surprised to hear that and thought that the ladd u that has been prepared by a hundred thousand of people, must be of gigantic proportions. The next day when they sat to eat, neither of them would take more than a couple of spoonfuls lest they filled their stomachs with various foods and be deprived of the true taste of that ladd u. When they had finished eating the meal, the nephews reminded their uncle of his promise of bringing for them a ladd u made by a hundred thousand people. They requested him to fulfil his promise. He said that he certainly remembered his promise and having said that put before them a ladd u like the ones commonly sold in the market. The boys were disappointed when they saw the ladd u and said, ‘You had promised that you would bring a ladd u made by almost a hundred thousand people, but now you have put before us an ordinary ladd u. What is the meaning of this?’ Their uncle said, ‘Go and bring a pen and start making the list of people who took part in the making of this ladd u , and then I shall prove that this ladd u has indeed been made by several hundred thousand people. Observe that a sweets merchant has made it, but the things that have been used to make it were bought by the sweets merchant from different people. Every thing from among those things was then made by thousand of men. Take sugar for instance. How many thousands 3 An Indian confection, typically made from flour, sugar, and shortening, that is shaped into a ball.