sachi kahani
urdu
ref: bahisti zewer book
in English:
Once Rasulullah sallAllâhu alayhi wa sallam related that there were three men from the Banu Isra'eel.
One of them was a leper, the other bald, and the third blind. Allâh Ta'âla wanted to test them, so He
sent an angel to them. The angel first went to the leper and asked him: "What would you like best?"
He replied: "I would like a nice complexion, a beautiful skin, and that this sickness goes away from
me whereby people do not allow me to sit with them and which they hate." The angel passed his hand
over the body of that person. He was immediately cured and a nice skin and beautiful complexion
appeared. The angel then asked him: "What type of wealth do you like the most?" He replied:
"Camels." So he gave him a pregnant camel and told him: "May Allâh Ta'âla give you barakah in
this."
The angel then went to the bald person and asked him: "What would you like best?" He replied: "That
my hair grows nicely and that this sickness which people dislike goes away from me!" The angel
passed his hand over his head, he was immediately cured and beautiful hair began to grow. He then
asked him: "What type of wealth do you like the most?" He replied: "Cows." So he gave him a
pregnant cow and told him: "May Allâh Ta'âla give you barakah in this."
Eventually, the angel went to the blind person and asked him: "What would you like most?" He
replied: "That Allâh gives me back my sight so that I may be able to see everyone." The angel passed
his hand over his eyes and Allâh gave him back his sight. He then asked him: "What type of wealth do
you like the most?" He replied: "Goats." So he was given a pregnant goat. The animals of all three
delivered their babies. In a short time, the jungle was filled with his camels, his cows, and his goats.
Thereafter, under the orders of Allâh Ta'âla, that angel went in his previous form to the leper and said
to him: "I am a poor person. All my provisions for my journey are finished. Today I have no means of
reaching home except through Allâh and then through your help. In the name of that Allâh who has
blessed you with a nice skin and a beautiful complexion, I ask you for a camel which I could ride and
reach my home." He replied: "Get far away from here! I have a lot of other commitments to fulfil. I do
not have anything to spare which I could give you." The angel said: "I think I recognize you. Were you
not a leper, for which people despised you? Were you not very poor, and then Allâh blessed you with
so much of wealth?" He replied: "What are you talking? I inherited this wealth from my ancestors."
The angel said: "If you are lying, may Allâh return you as you were before."
The angel then went to the bald person in his previous form and asked him the same questions and he
also replied in the same way. So the angel said to him: "If you are lying, may Allâh return you as you
were before."
Eventually he went to the blind person in that same original form and said to him: "I am a traveller and
all my provisions are finished. Today I have no means except Allâh and then you. In the name of that
Being who returned to you your eye-sight, I ask you for a goat with which I could do my work and
complete my journey." He replied: "Without doubt, I was blind. It was only out of His mercy that
Allâh Ta'âla gave me back my eye-sight. Take as much as you want and leave behind as much as you
want. By Allâh, I will not s you from taking anything." The angel replied: "Keep your wealth with
you, I do not want anything. I had only come to test you three. Now the test is over. Allâh is pleased
with you and displeased with the other two."
Lesson: Just imagine, that because of the ungratefulness of those two, all those bounties were
taken away and they were left as they were before. Allâh became displeased with them and they
are forsaken both in this world and in the hereafter. Due to his gratefulness, that person's
bounties remained intact, Allâh was pleased with him, and he is contented both in this world and
in the hereafter.
ref: bahisti zewer book