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As the traveler continued his journey he happened to glance up into the
bright, blue sky and saw, much to his surprise, a lone white cloud. There
wasn't another cloud anywhere else in sight. He was even more surprised
when suddenly he heard a voice call out from the cloud, "Water the garden
of so-and-so" whereupon the cloud changed directions and floated towards
a rocky piece of land and showered it and the land around with rain!
The traveler could not believe his eyes, so he thought he would go and
investigate. When the traveler reached the rocky piece of land he saw that
someone had made an irrigation canal, and that it circled a piece of lush,
green land.
He walked a little further and found a farmer busy diverting the water with
his spade, and then spreading it over the garden. The traveler went to him
and inquired, "O worshipper of Allah, what is your name?" and the man told
him. It was the same name the voice in the cloud mentioned!
The farmer wondered why the traveler wanted to know his name, so the
traveler told him about the cloud and how he heard a voice ordering it to
bright, blue sky and saw, much to his surprise, a lone white cloud. There
wasn't another cloud anywhere else in sight. He was even more surprised
when suddenly he heard a voice call out from the cloud, "Water the garden
of so-and-so" whereupon the cloud changed directions and floated towards
a rocky piece of land and showered it and the land around with rain!
The traveler could not believe his eyes, so he thought he would go and
investigate. When the traveler reached the rocky piece of land he saw that
someone had made an irrigation canal, and that it circled a piece of lush,
green land.
He walked a little further and found a farmer busy diverting the water with
his spade, and then spreading it over the garden. The traveler went to him
and inquired, "O worshipper of Allah, what is your name?" and the man told
him. It was the same name the voice in the cloud mentioned!
The farmer wondered why the traveler wanted to know his name, so the
traveler told him about the cloud and how he heard a voice ordering it to