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What was the consequence of buying jalebis with the fees money?
The ultimate consequence of buying jalebis with the fees money was that for the first time in his life, the boy had to stay absent from his school. He knew that he had disobeyed his parents for the first time and felt sorry for spending the fees money to fulfil his craving.
His prayer to God is like a lawyer’s defence of a bad case. Does he argue his case well? What are the points he makes?
The boy tried very hard to please God with his requests and recited verses from the entire namaz. He said that he even knew the last ten surahs of the Quran by heart. He could also recite the entire ayat-al-kursi for the Almighty right away. He deeply regretted his act of eating jalebis with the school fees money. He admitted that he had made a grave mistake. He added that he wouldn’t have spent the fees money on jalebis if he had been aware of the delay in the scholarship that month. He also mentioned that he knew that there was no shortage of anything in God’s treasury. Even the chaprasi at his place took a whole lot of money to his home every month. Furthermore, he stated that he was the nephew of a big officer and, therefore, pleaded to God to give him just four rupees. Having said all this, he prayed earnestly to Allah Miyan and argued his case like a lawyer in front of Him.
He offers to play a game with Allah Miyan. What is the game?
The game was that he would go up to the signal, touch it and return. In the meantime, God should secretly put four rupees under a big rock. Once he lifts it, he should be able to find the four rupees underneath the rock.
Did he get four rupees by playing the game? What did he get to see under the rock?
No, the boy didn’t get four rupees by playing the game with God. However, when he lifted the rock, he found a big hairy worm curling and twisting that wriggled towards him.
If God had granted his wish that day, what harm would it have caused him in later life?
If God had granted his wish that day, he would have never learnt a lesson from his mistake. He felt he would have continued doing wrong and bad deeds and that God would always save him upon persuasion.