When He Will Come...(Last Part)

The old man as if he had not heard their voices continued saying:

“But the most important problem is what we should do so that he will come sooner.”

The deer and the rivulet both said:

“We should prepare ourselves and others for his reappearance. Till we do not prepare ourselves...”

The rivulet and the deer interrupted the speech of the old man and questioned:

“How should we prepare ourselves?"

The old man said:

“We should prepare ourselves in such a way that he likes and approves of us. We should behave in such a way that he likes us. He is living and present. He travels on this same earth and breathes in the same air. He sees all our works and actions. We should do such a work that he becomes satisfied from us. You have traveled a long way. Just as you are waiting for his coming, just as you are opposing evil and oppression, just as you like and take pains that others also become good like you, just as you are kind and compassionate with each other, they are a type of preparedness and readiness. The ointment of the injury of the deer was performed by your hands. That you reach to the pains and hardships of one another, it itself is a form of preparedness and mobilization. I am confident that he loves you and he is satisfied with you.”

The old man looked at the sky and said:

“Now then, I have taken much of your time. Now is the time of prayers and your friends are waiting for you.”

And then he got up from his place, rested on his stick and said:

“Really, do not forget this saying other than all these sayings.”

The rivulet and the deer asked with surprise:

“What is that which we should not forget?”

The old man looked at the sky and said:

“Dua (Supplications). Do pray so that he will come sooner.”

THE END

By: Sayed Mahdi Shojaiee

Translated by: Naba Organization (NabaCultural.Org)