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There was once a blessed, kind-hearted sultan called Mahmood who would
accompany his men whenever they went hunting. One day as the sultan and
his men were out riding he felt the need to be alone for a while so that he
might remember Allah in the peace and quiet of the countryside, so he
galloped off on his horse like the speed of the wind across the fields to find a
quiet place.
Some time later the sultan reached the bank of a river and noticed a sad
young boy sitting all alone trying to catch some fish. The sultan dismounted
from his horse and went to speak to the boy and gently inquired, "My dear
boy, why do you look so sad? I have never seen anyone look as sad as you."
The boy was startled when he saw the sultan in his fine clothes but did not
know who he was but thought the man must be kind to ask such a question,
so he told him, "My mother has seven children and we are very poor and our
father has passed away. Every day I come here to try and catch some fish. If I
do not catch any then we go hungry and don't have any supper."
There was once a blessed, kind-hearted sultan called Mahmood who would
accompany his men whenever they went hunting. One day as the sultan and
his men were out riding he felt the need to be alone for a while so that he
might remember Allah in the peace and quiet of the countryside, so he
galloped off on his horse like the speed of the wind across the fields to find a
quiet place.
Some time later the sultan reached the bank of a river and noticed a sad
young boy sitting all alone trying to catch some fish. The sultan dismounted
from his horse and went to speak to the boy and gently inquired, "My dear
boy, why do you look so sad? I have never seen anyone look as sad as you."
The boy was startled when he saw the sultan in his fine clothes but did not
know who he was but thought the man must be kind to ask such a question,
so he told him, "My mother has seven children and we are very poor and our
father has passed away. Every day I come here to try and catch some fish. If I
do not catch any then we go hungry and don't have any supper."