Once there were two blind men in Persia. They used to beg every day sitting on the road beside the King's palace. It was the reign of the king Akbar. One beggar used to say: "Akbar, give me something," and the other used to pray: "God of Akbar, give me something!"
One day the King was passing the road. He heard them, and stopped his journey and return to the palace. He put a hundred toman (Old Iranian currency) at the bottom of a dish of ash. Then the king said to his servants: "Take this to the blind man who says: 'Akbar, give me something.'
The messengers took the ash and gave it to the beggar who hails for the king. He ate a little and gave the rest to the other blind man, whose prayer was: "God of Akbar, give me something!" Now the second beggar found the money after putting his hand into the dish. He put it in his bag and went his way.
Next morning, the two blind beggars come to the same place as usual. The first blind kept saying: "Akbar, give me something," and the second prayed: "O God of Akbar, thou hast given, give again!" The King listened and noticed what they said, and it became evident to him that God had given the money to the second blind beggar and not to the first.
The King said to him: "Good fellow, you said: 'Akbar, give me something!' and I gave you something, but the God of Akbar gave it to the other blind man. It's not my fault. Ask God for it. If God wanted to give you anything, He has plenty he can give you."
The beggar who used to say 'Akbar, give me something!' learnt a big lesson from this event. He came to understand that such a noble King is not even all in all. There is a great King, who is King of all kings.
Moral: Every single matter in the world and out of the world happens according to the will of Almighty./Man proposes, God disposes.
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