THE STORY OF THE FALCON AND THE OWLS

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Once a King's falcon flew away from his palace and landed in some ruins, where many owls were staying. As soon as they saw him arriving in their midst, the owls raised a loud voice of protest and objections against his arrival, saying: "This falcon wants to take over our ruins for himself".

The falcon hearing this accusation was bewildered and perplexed and said to them:
"I shall not tarry here among you
But shall return to the King.
You may keep your ruins to yourself
My place is with the King and near the crown".
The owls replied:
"This falcon is busy with a deceitful plan. He wants to oust us from these ruins and claim it for himself.
And he wants to take possession of our homes
And with his flattering and clever plans, intends to destroy our
nests".

The falcon got the impression that the owls were going to attack him and thus warned them:
"If through your mischief one of my wings should break
That King to whom I am a cherished one, will attack and destroy
Your whole neighbourhood. .
That King's bounty and kindness protects me
And wherever I go, his protective glance is over me.
I am in the thoughts of the King at all times,
And without me in his thoughts, his heart becomes ill.
I am a Royal falcon and for that all envy me.
How can stupid owls understand my position?"

Lesson from this Story

There are times when the Awliyaa- the saints of Allah who
are like the royal falcons and the beloved of Allah, are looked at by the stupid, worldly ones, in the same manner as the owls looked at the falcon, through wrong reasoning and analogy. Similarly, we find those who trouble them as a result of their wrong reasoning and conceptions. Allah however protects them. They are never for one moment out of the sight of the Master, no matter where they go.

As Allah says to the Rasool:
"For verily you are within our sight".
In other words: "O Muhammad, these non-believers cannot
destroy you for you are at all times in our sight and under our protection".

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