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60 prostration and thanked God. The King’s courtiers inquired in surprise: ‘Your Noble Majesty! What time is this for thank- fulness? The house of God has caught fire and the hearts of the Muslims are in immense pain. ’ The King responded: ‘I have been thinking and yearning for quite some time that this grand and magnificently built mosque is benefiting thousands of people, if only there was some way that I too could have a part in this good work. However, whenever I looked at this mosque, I would find it to be complete and flawless in every aspect, and so nothing would come to mind as to how I could partake of spiritual reward in this regard. So today, God the Almighty has opened a way for me by which I too can attain spiritual reward. 1 ۡمٌ ي ۡع ٌ عَل�ِ ي وَالل ُّٰ سَم�ِ (Malf ūzā t, vol. 1, p. 387) Avoid Show-off I tell you truthfully that you will not find a person better than a man of God who does a good deed and wishes that no one knows about it. I have read a story about a divine in Tadhkiratul-Auliyā’ that there was a divine in need. He delivered a sermon, during which 1. Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing ( S u rah al-Baqarah, 2:225). [Publisher]