THE INNER SECRETS OF THE THREE INCIDENTS VERSE NO.79ِ82

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WHAT WERE THE BASIS OF THE THREE ACTS Verses 79-82

      When the separation of the two fellow-travellers became inevitable the Divine Teacher decided to reveal the secrets of the three incidents, to Moses so as to show him that there was public and private interests in all the three events; and that, it could be a key to open many secrets and locks of knowledge for Moses and for all. He therefore began with revealing the mystery of the ship which he scuttled, saying:ِ

      ``As for the boat, it belonged to some poor people working on the sea. I intended to put a fault in it while there was a king after them taking all boats by force.''

 

      Khezr, by the Divine knowledge that he was given, knew well that the ship which worked for the benefit of a group of poor and weak people on the sea, was going to be seized by a cruel and unjust king, very soon, for some military purposes. If the king could have commandeered the boat, no resource would be left for the owners of the ship, to provide them with their means of sustenance and support of life. Therefore, by a simple act of piercing a hole at the bottom of the boat, he rendered it unserviceable, and saved it from the confiscation.

      But Moses from the nature of his duty as a prophet, objected to what Khezr did, and said to him:ِ

      ``Did you scuttle the ship to drown its crew? Verily you did something wrong and very offensive!''

      The man of God with a fair self-possession said to Moses:ِ

      ``Did I not say that you can never stay patient with me?''

      Moses felt sorry for being hasty and forgetting his promise, and begged his pardon, saying:ِ

      ``Please take me not to task for my forgetfulness, and take things a little easy for me.''

      Thus the man of God pardoned him, and they continued with their journey.

      In their way on, they met with a boy, and Khezr slew him, without seeing any fault!

      Again seeing a murder for nothing, excited Moses and he raised his voice to object:ِ

      ``What! Did you kill an innocent person who has killed no one!? You have done a very bad thing indeed!''

      Again with coolness, and in a reproaching way said the mysterious prophet of God:ِ

      ``Moses! Did I not tell you that you will never stay patient with me?''

      The second act of Khezr seemed more cruel to Moses, when he saw him to kill a boy who had not any evident guilt. Khezr had a special eye or knowledge, by which he could see the danger of blasphemy and rebellion in that boy which could result in killing his parents who were a virtuous couple who had brought the boy up with care and love.

      Any how; again Moses asked his companion to excuse him for the last time:ِ

      ``If ever I questioned you again, you may not accompany me, for having enough excuse against me.''

      Then they set out until they reached a towns folk. There, they had already spent all their provisions for their journey, and were very tired too. So they expected the towns folk's hospitality, but they proved to be utterly parsimonious a people, and even refused to give them some food! Inspite of that, they found a wall in the town, which was broken and on the point of falling down; and Khezr repaired the wall, and set it up.

      Loving and respecting guests is an Eastern custom; and therefore, Moses expected the towns folk to offer entertainment of themselves, and unasked. But in spite of their stinginess, Khezr rebuilt for them their falling wall, and asked them not any wages! Here was when Moses made his third mistake, and said to Khezr:ِ

      ``Now that they refused to give us some food, you had better taken a wage or reward for your maintenance of the wall.''

      When so, Khezr said to Moses:ِ

      ``Now is the time of separation between me and you; but I will inform you of the interpretation of what you could not bear it patiently.''

      Khezr also knew that if the wall had fallen the treasure which was buried beneath it would have been discovered by the greedy people of the town, who were eagerly desirous for wealth. But God's intention was to hand the treasure over to its real owners who were the two orphans and who would eventually become as righteous as their father.

      And thus Khezr proved to Moses that there was public and private benefits involved in all the three acts he did.

 

 

 

 

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