It is narrated from Maqhool that Hazrat Luqman was a black slave living in Nuba city.Allah Almighty had given you great wisdom. A man from Israel bought you for thirty and a half dinars.
And you used to do that, and your master used to play dice, an old-fashioned game.They also gambled on it and a canal was running at their door.
One day he played the same game on the condition that the loser will drink all the water of this canal.And the winner will be redeemed, so one person competed with them and won.
He said, “Drink all the water of the canal or come to me as a ransom.”The master said, “Take me as ransom.”
Then he gave you another option to become a complete slave or just open both your eyes.He said, “Give me one day’s respite.” He gave me a respite.
The master spent the evening in a state of great sorrow and grief.When Luqman-i-Hakim came at night with a load on his back, he greeted his master, unloaded his belongings and came to him.
Whenever he saw them, he would laugh at them and listen to their words of wisdom.And he wondered if Luqman was sitting next to him.So what is the matter, I see you sad and depressed?
The master turned away. You said the second time, the master turned away again. You said the third time, the master turned away again.Then he said, “O Hazrat, tell me what the matter is. Maybe I have a solution.”
The master told you his story, you said don’t be sad, I have a solution.The master asked, “What is that?”
You said that when that man came to you and told you to drink all the water of the canal So tell him to drink water between the two sides of the canal or to drink water the length of the canal?
He will tell you between the two sides.So when he says this to you, stop the water flowing at the length of the saying so that I can drink the water between the two banks.
And he certainly doesn’t have the power to do that, and that’s how you get rid of it.Zaman was responsible for this, Aqa realized that Luqman had told the truth
His heart rejoiced. When morning came and the man came, he told you to fulfill my condition.The master said, “Yes, tell me the length of the water between the two sides of the canal.” He said, “Between the two sides of the canal.”
The master said, “Stop me from lengthening the water in length, stop me from lengthening the water in length.”He said, “How can I do that? I do not have the strength to do that, so the matter is over.”
Aqa Ghalib came and then he freed Hazrat Luqman and later he stayed with him all his life and started learning the words of wisdom.
