Maulana Rumi RA, narrated that Sultan Mahmood once summoned his sixtyfive ministers and ordered them to crush the most valuable gemstone in his treasury. They all declined on the grounds that they could not bring themselves to destroy the most valuable and celebrated piece of gemstone in the treasury. He then ordered Ayaaz, his closest vizier, to destroy the same gemstone. Ayaaz obeyed and soon the unique gemstone lay crushed into a thousand fragments. The ministers on seeing this expressed shock and anger at Ayaaz for breaking the most priceless gemstone.
The Sultan also responded:
O Ayaaz,
you are indeed audacious and ungrateful! Answer these ministers now and tell them why
you broke the gemstone.
Ayaaz turned to the ministers and said:
Which is more
important,
The royal decree or the gemstone?
From this incident Maulana Rumi RA
is advising us that if our heart breaks in
obeying the command of Allah
Ta'ala then let it break. But the order and command of Allah Ta'ala should not
break. These desires of lust that lurk in our hearts can be likened to the gemstones that
appear very beautiful and pleasing to look at.
Nevertheless, we should
boldly crush them and uphold the commands of Allah
Ta'ala Who has ordered us to
control our gazes. We should not look at beautiful women or handsome young lads,
regardless of the compulsion that drives us to look at them. In front of the Divine Command of Allah Ta'ala, the
heart has no value.
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