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God works through People.
Shams-i Tabrizi
(excerpted from Maqalat-i Shams-i Tabrizi)
The Qura'n says: "And so lend unto
God a goodly loan (Quran, 73:20). But what does God need ?
Remember the story told about Moses, when God addressed him and
said:" 0 Moses, I was hungry and you did not feed me. 0 Moses,
if I would come to you asking for something, what would you do
then?" But Moses said:"0 my Lord, you are far away from doing
that". But God said: "If I would come". In spite of the fact
that Moses said repeatedly: "how would it be possible?" God
said: "Suppose such a thing would happen, what would you do
then?" At last God said: "I am very hungry, now leave the
discussion and go and prepare some food, tomorrow I shall come
to you". Moses went and prepared some food. From the early
morning he looked around and found everything ready, only water
was lacking. In the meantime a poor Dervish arrived and said:
"Give me some bread, for God's sake". Moses said: "You came just
in time" and he gave him two jugs and asked him to bring some
water. The Dervish said:" I would do thousand services for you".
Then he went and brought some water and Moses gave him some
bread. The Dervish did many services and went away. Now Moses
has made troubles for himself for the sake of God (and Moses
knew alchemy, for he was ordered to write the Torah with gold!).
The day came to an end and Moses was still waiting for God to
come. Finally he distributed the food among his neighbors. He
was thinking about this problem and the secret of it. Whether
the problem was that he should be generous towards
those people or that he should obey the order and do what he
was ordered to do. When the time of revelation arrived, Moses
said to God: "You promised me to come, but you did not". God
said: "I came but you would not give me bread, unless you would
order me to bring two jugs of water!"
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