A Caliph of Baghdad named Al-Mamun owned a beautiful Arabian horse. A tribesman called Omah was eager to buy the horse so he offered many camels in exchange for it, but Al-Mamun would not part with the animal. This so angered Omah that he decided to get the horse by trickery. Knowing that Al-Mamun would ride his horse along a certain road, he lay down beside the road disguised as a beggar who was very ill. Now Al-Mamun was a kind hearted man so when he saw the beggar he felt sorry for him, dismounted and offered to carry him to a sarai. “Alas!” cried the beggar, “I have been without food for days and do not have the energy to rise.” So Al-Mamun tenderly lifted the man on to his horse meaning to mount after him. No sooner was the disguised beggar in the saddle than he galloped away with Al-Mamun giving chase on foot, shouting to him to stop. After Omah had put a safe distance between his pursuer and himself he stopped and turned around. “You have stolen my horse," shouted Al-Mamun. “I have one request to make of you.” “What is it?” Omah shouted back. “That you tell no one how you came into possession of the horse.” “Why not?” “Because some day a man who is really ill may be lying by the roadside and, if your trick is known, people will pass him by and fail to help him.”
Posted on: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 05:04:47 +0000
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