Sultan Nasiruddeen’s Example Sunday, November 25, 2007
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by Ummi Taalib
“Sultan Nasiruddeen (rahmatullahi alayh) was once busy writing a passage of the Qur’an while seated with his ministers. A passer-by, who was not a Haafiz of the Qur’an, came and stood by the Sultan. Whilst watching the Sultan write, the passer-by pointed out that the Sultan had written a word twice.
The Sultan picked up a pen, circled the word that was repeated and thanked the bystander. After the man left, the Sultan started scraping off the circle that he had made. At this the ministers enquired why the Sultan had made the circle in the first place since the repetition of the word was not a mistake.
The Sultan replied that it was easy to scrape off the mark of the circle made on the paper. But the waters of the seven seas would not have been enough to wash off the mark of embarrassment caused to the passer-by if the Sultan had told him in public that it was he and not the Sultan who was mistaken.”
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