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The story of Moshgel Gosha Friends, You may or may not know the story of Moshgel Gosha
in the interesting version of Idries Shah *. Different versions thereof can be found
in subscriber to the Chishtiyya,
Rahim, has translated an unknown version of the
story of Moshgel Gosha
directly from Persian for your enjoyment.
The story of Moshgel Gosha This
is the true story of the prophet Moshgel Gosha who saved the life of an innocent prisoner. Many years ago there was an
old man by the name of Abdollah who lived in abject poverty. With a broken
back and pain in his old hands he went every
day to the desert to plant some shrubs in order to to
earn some money for his family. This type of life was very hard
and bitter for him and his wife. The older Abdollah
became, the harder his life became. The
wife of Abdollah then formulated an inner intention
that every Friday morning
before sunrise she would sweep the spot in front of their house and sprinkle some water on it. In this way she hoped
to see the prophet Khezr and to be blessed by him. Three
weeks later, when sprinkling water, she saw an old man with long white hairs
who came to her, saying: ‘Tell Abdollah to remember
Moshgel Gosha in difficult times and continue
to do so until your wish has been fulfilled’. As soon as he had said that, he disappeared. Abdollah’s wife came home and told everything that took place to her husband. Abdollah told her: ‘This man was Khezr,
the prophet of God. What a pity that you did not
ask for anything!’ Abdollah used to keep some of the thorns he had
taken off the shrubs and store them in a specific place. He did so to have
a quantity thereof for the cold days in winter. On Friday, once again, he went to the
desert. He had little time to cut new thorns,
so he went to the place where he stored these thorns and found out that everything was gone. Someone
had burnt all the thorns. He felt so hopeless and he was so confused that he burst out into
tears. He cried when thinking what a miserable and bitter life he
had. Shortly afterwards someone riding a horse appeared. The man had a radiant face, he embraced Abdollah and
comforted him. He
gave him some sparkling stones and told him: ‘Sell them and use the money for the maintenance of your family. You
should remember me every Thursday evening’. Then suddenly he disappeared. Abdollah thanked God,
put the stones in his basket and went to town. Coming home
he put the stones in the window-sill and told about everything that took place to his wife and children. When the
night came his house the stones were radiant with light. Abdollah
thus found out that the stones were real jauhar-e
shabkherq, precious stones which shine with light in the night. He was so happy
that very night that he could not sleep. When
getting up in the morning he hid the stones at a secret place and took one of them to the bazaar to sell it. A
jeweller bought the precious stone at a very high price. Because of his now being rich he was
not only able to buy all kinds of food for
his family, but he was also able to buy a beautiful house, a real palace for them. There was no need now to go to the
desert and collect wood for fuel. A
few months later Abdollah decided to go to daughters
not to forget the story of Moshgel Gosha and to tell it every Thursday evening. It
so happened that when Abdollah had left, the
daughter of the king walked past their palace. She was amazed by its beauty
and asked herself how such a wonderful palace could come
about. The princess then decided to meet the daughters of Abdullah and get
acquainted with them. Abdollah’s daughters became
friends of the princess, but because of this friendship they forgot to tell
the story of Moshgel Gosha
and their father’s advice. One
day they went together with the princess to a garden with a swimming pool. When
they were swimming in the water, a raven came and took the golden necklace of the princess and flew away with it
to its nest in a tree. Abdollah’s daughters were the
first to come out of the swimming pool and to get dressed. When the princess put on her clothes
she could not find her necklace. The
suspected the daughter’s of Abdollah to have stolen
it and told them so. She even added to it that according to her Abdollah had become a rich man by theft. The
king was informed about the missing necklace. He gave the order that the wife
and daughters of Abdollah should be put into jail
and that their possessions should be confiscated. The soldiers of the
king also went after Abdollah, arrested him and likewise he was imprisoned. One
night Abdollah dreamed about an old man with a
radiant face and a green habit. This was Khezr.
Khezr asked why he had forgotten Moshgel Gosha. That is why Abdollah
asked the guards to buy him some peas and some raisins. He asked for these things to use them on the first
Thursday night after his dream. He
collected the prisoners around himself and told them the story of Moshgel Gosha and he cried a lot. Exactly on the same
night the king had a dream in which
he saw Hazrat ‘Ali who ordered him to release Abdollah and his innocent family. He told the king that the necklace of
the princess could be found in the nest of a raven in a tree. The
king awoke with a shock. He ordered to have a look in all nests of ravens in the surroundings. In this way the necklace
was found. The king ordered to release Abdollah and his family. From
that day on - and it lasted until the end of his life - Abdollah
was a confidant of the king and was respected by everyone.
Moreover he never forgot to tell the story of Moshgel Gosha on every Thursday evening. ======================= |