A TRUE STORY OF A MAN, namely Mr. Rana Singh (in Beggar clothes), WHOSE MEAT RAW / MEAT BONE WAS NOT COOKED BY ANY ONE, WHEN HE WAS HUNGRY for past few days. HIS ALL REQUESTS TO COOK when failed, he requests Almighty to >>>, AND HOW GOD HELPED HIM?
This it how the story goes:
My grandfather, Late Lala Ishwar Dass Talwar, after his retirement from Railways, he opened a Cloth Merchant shop in Lahore main market, to keep lively hood as his youngest son, i.e my father was still not on his own legs. He still had to support himself and his extended family.
One fine morning in Lahore market, where he along with so many other retailers were running there business from there small / big shops etc. Life was as usual, with people doing there brisk trade in what ever business, like food shops, butchery shops, cloth merchants, gold jewelers, sweet shops etc to name a few, they were in.
It was summer days, shop owners used to open there shop early so that they could leave for there homes early evenings than late nights. My grandfather being elderly person, while he used to come on that street, used to get lot of respect from neighbors, passerby's, who new him and many others whom he will daily greet on his way from home to his shop etc.
The poor man, with torn clothes, namely Rana Singh (not a real name), who was very hungry, begged from every shop if people could help him to eat food, as he had not eaten for past few days and he cannot withstand any more hunger.
Well, his request was fulfilled partly, when a humble owner of butcher shop handover in his begging bowl a piece of raw goat meat / raw goat meat bone. He the owner, said to him that he wished he owned a food shop, wherein he would have got raw meat cooked, but told Rana Singh, he may try some other shops if they could help him to roast the raw meat piece.
Sad story ahead, Rana Singh, thanked this butchery owner, and started moving from one shop to other, as he had to get his raw meat roasted on the fire. His requests were very much terminated, by only getting refusals, possibly he was in torn clothes and that he represented as a beggar. Not knowingly, that this Rana Singh could be a great saint of all times.
Any way, after all his requests failed and from morning 6 am to almost 11.30am, when he could not withstand his hunger any more.
He (Rana Singh), stood in the center of an open square with bowl of raw meat in it, and placed it over his head. Thereafter started praying God Almighty and telling Him that he has been hungry for past few days and can no longer bear severe hunger. He no longer could bear pain due to severe hunger, and requested God to fulfill his last wish, of cooking the raw meat, so that he has his last meal and take him to his arms as he has no more desire to live.
His last wish, God Almighty came to help him from the heavens. It was a cool day, with winds flowing, northerly - easterly bringing lot of cool air from Himalayas, the temperature started going up.
As what has been expressed by my Grand Pa, that whole of the sky was like a red hot iron with sun showing no mercy, as all the population in and around that man, while he was praying for his food was getting cooked in the bowl, who witnessed could not stand near him now ran a mile away from him. Common man started running away, people started closing there shops to witness what was happening out side. This story became talk of the town and hence was always discussed in each other homes, to which I call now will be a legend of those times.
Rana Singh stood there, his raw goat meat started getting cooked, in the bowl with sun red hot rays. In the next few minutes, he ate that, and vanished within the crowd, possibly to heavens as no one ever saw Rana Singh again on the streets begging. His last wish was granted by nobody less than God Almighty.
But for few days, including that day when people witnessed this saga, no body could believe that this can happen and people started cursing those shop owners who could have helped this poor man.
There is a saying, never treat, under privileged in a manner that his dignity , his hunger which he was telling be treated or taken lightly etc.
God can visit you in all different forms, may be to test you, see where our world is heading to >>>.
