‘“‘I was walking on a road of Basrah when I happened to see some boys playing with walnuts and almonds, and a boy, standing near them, was weeping. I thought that perhaps the boy had no almonds and walnuts, and that was the cause of his weeping.’’ I said to him: “O son! May I buy for you walnuts and almonds that you may also play with them.”’ He looked at me and said: ‘“O Bahlole! Are we born to play?’ I asked him: ‘What is then the purpose of our birth?” He told me: ‘‘To acquire knowledge and worship God.”’ I said: ‘May the Almighty and Glorious God bless you with long life. Let me know where you have come to know of these things?’’
He said: ‘This is a Commandment of Allah
written in the Qur’an and he recited to me this verse: ;
أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّمَا خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ عَبَثًۭا وَأَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا تُرْجَعُونَ ١١٥
“Deemed ye then that we had created you for naught and that ye would not be returned unto Us?
(Surah Al Mukminun -115)
I said,
“‘O son! You seemed to be a great philosopher and as such, give me some advice.”’ He recited the following poetic verses :
"The world is mortal. Everyone is ready to march away from this world. So neither the world is immortal for any living one, nor any living one is immortal for the world. Death and misfortune seem to be rushing violently toward man.
So, O foolish! Ye hath been deceived by the world. Come to thyself and earn from the world something to depend upon.
After reciting these poetic verses, the boy turned his face towards the sky and raised. his hands. A stream of tears flowed down his cheeks and he was Saying:
“Q That Hallowed Being who is implored and trusted in.
O that Hallowed Being in Whom when one trusts, one cannot meet with failure
But his hope is fulfilled.”
After having recited these verses he fell down senseless upon the ground. I raised up his head at once placed it in my lap and started wiping with my sleeve the dust which had besmeared his face. When he came to his senses, I said:
‘“‘O son! why are you overwhelmed with such awe? You are too young to commit any sin.’’
He said : ‘‘Bahlole ! Leave it aside. I always saw my mother, first putting the small pieces of wood in the fire and then the big ones. I am afraid that | may not be put into the Fire of Hell first like small pieces of wood.’’
I said: ‘‘O son! You seem to be a wise man, hence you should give me advice.’’ Thereupon, he recited fourteen poetic verses, the translation of which is given below:—
“Just remained careless and the angel of death is pursuing me with death. If I do not leave the world today, I shall have to leave it tomorrow without fail. I embellished my body with an excellent and fine dress in spite of the fact that my body must suffer decay. I am, at present, witnessing that scene, when I shall be lying decayed into the grave. There I shall be lying under the heap of clay and underneath there shall be an abyss and all this beauty and elegance of mine will vanish away and become extinct so much so that there shall not be any flesh and skin on my bones.
I perceive that life is going to finish but the ambitions are still yearning in my breast and there still remains a very long journey to be covered, and there is also not a little provision for the journey; and I defied my Seer and Protector by committing sins openly and have committed evil deeds, which now cannot be undone. And I concealed my sins from the people so that my vices may not come to their notice. But, all my secret sins will tomorrow become apparent before the Great Master (Allah). I, no doubt, fear Allah but [ also trust in His extreme clemency and would continue to trust in Allah as Allah is All-Forgiving. Who can, except Him, grant forgiveness.
All praise is undoubtedly due to that Perfect Being. Had there been no other calamity after death, but decay, it could alone serve as a grim warning against our sensuous pleasures. But what should we do, we have lost our wits. We did not take lessons from anything. So, there is now no way ~ me. but to pray to the effect that the Forgiver of sins may pardon my sins. When a fault is committed by the servant, it is the Master who forgives him. I am, no doubt, the worst slave, who committed the sin of breaking the covenant of my Allah and the disloyal slaves are faithless. O My Master when Thy Fire will burn my body, then in what condition shall I be, as even the hardest stones cannot endure that Fire. At the time of death,
I shall be left alone; and, in the grave, I shall be going alone. I shall also be raised alone from the grave. (There shall be no one to help me at any place)..
So O That Perfect Being, Who Himself is alone and hath no partner with Him! Take pity on such a person, who has been left alone.”
Hadrat Bahlol (mercy be upon him) says: “On hearing these poetic verses of his I was so much impressed that I fell down senseless upon the ground. When I, after a considerable time, regained my senses, that boy had gone away. I asked those children playing there about that boy.”
They said: “Don’t you know him ?”
He is from the descendants of Saiyidina Husain رضي الله عنه. I said: “I was myself anxious to know about his lineage. In fact, this fruit could have been of that tree only. May Almighty God benefit us with the blessings of that family! O God! Accede to our prayers.’
Prophet رضي الله عنه رحمة الله Allah
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