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Mohammad Amin Sheikho, A. K. John Alias Al-Dayrani

Stories of the Scholar Mohammad Amin Sheikho - Part Four

His Life, His Deeds, His Way to Al'lah

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Verlag
BookRix
Erschienen
2018
Sprache
English
Seiten
CXLV
Infos
CXLV Seiten
ISBN
978-3-7368-9280-4

Kurztext / Annotation

Mohammad Amin Sheikho. Birth: 1890 A.D. Death: 1964 A.D. Precept: Interpretation of the Holy Qur'an. --- Contents: 1- Killing a Cat Is Not a Joke 2- Brilliant Tactics 3- An Old Woman Finds a Safe Haven 4- The Reasons for Corporeal Decay 5- A Spirited Horse Is Tamed 6- Animals Are God's Creatures Too 7- Two Giants in a Struggle to the Death 8- Never Rely on Sorcery 9- The Officer's Ingenuity Saves His Men 10- The Destitute Are Saved from Starvation 11- Funds Await the Return of Master Messiah (pth) 12- The Magician's Deceit Is Exposed

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Killing a Cat Is Not a Joke

During the Turkish reign over the country, a certain pasha sat with a large group of notables who were gathered around listening attentively to him narrating the events of an incident that had taken place the previous day. He said, 'Gentlemen... yesterday I was incandescent with rage... do you know why? I put a pigeon on the roof of my house, and I took care of it not for one or two days, but for many months. I went up to check on it every day, and to feast my eyes on its beauty... it captivated my heart with its rapid little steps as it paraded right and left... to the extent that I became very attached to it. But, unfortunately, a sly cat came to our home yesterday and ate it. I caught it in the very act... ha... ha... ha...' he laughed, 'and I took a terrible revenge on it.

'This eased my anger... so do you know what I did? Ha... ha... ha,' he laughed again... 'I caught it and tied a rope around its neck... then... do you know what? Ha... ha... I hanged it from a tree in the garden and killed it!'

Thereupon all the guests laughed and started to make silly comments. Mohammad Amin was listening to this talk with great sadness and there was a look of grave concern in his eyes. His strong voice interrupted the pasha's wisecracks saying: 'Oh Pasha... Oh honourable Pasha... do you know that the cat you killed is a spirit... a living being, a creature with a soul... sensations... it feels... it suffers pain... and you killed it, you killed a spirit willfully by doing such a thing. When it ate your pigeon it was a normal action for a cat... for this is a universal law... and all breeders take precautions against such things happening and put their pigeons out of the reach of cats. Hunting is natural for cats... this is how they find food for themselves... they are naturally disposed to hunt birds and mice that are nearing the end of their lives.

'So you committed an offence, and you must repent and pay a penance as a proof of your true repentance and then Al'lah will accept it and wipe out the punishment you deserve, otherwise... I'm afraid that one day you may be subjected - God forbid - to the same fate as that cat, according to the proverb, "As you sow, so will you reap"; and what I'm telling you is very serious... believe me...!'

The pasha heard those sad, moving words and was momentarily affected by them so that he felt a sudden surge of fear in his very soul. He swallowed hard and shifted on his seat then he said, 'Aslan!1 If what you say is correct...remember that I am not to be executed by hanging, but by firing squad... for I'm a member of the military, and according to the law - as you know - military men are executed by firing squad and not by hanging.'

Mohammad Amin, the officer, replied, 'But honourable Pasha... Al'lah's Justice is operative throughout this entire worldly existence; His Hand controls all creatures and His Rule is superior to all other rule.'

The commander thought about this for a moment then burst into laughter '... Ha... ha... ha...' and then said, while twiddling his moustache, 'My dear Aslan... you have exaggerated the whole incident so much and you've given the matter far too much importance. This cat is subject to our service and is ours to do with as we like, and what you have said - oh Aslan - does not happen and will never do so... ha... ha...!'The pasha laughed and all the guests laughed with him, turning the matter into a joke.

He had made fun of Al'lah's Law which is above all the laws of mankind. And that is no laughing matter!

It was not long before the gathering was adjourned and the notables left. Our officer went out feeling sad and sorry for the pasha's insensitivity to his admonition... that is, Al'lah's Warning to him. From the pasha's words it was clear that he had no intention of turning to Al'lah in repentance and would surely be chastised, a matter

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