The farmer started shivering with fear upon seeing the lion but it could not even get up. Rather it said to the farmer, “I will not do any harm to you. Please help me and Allah will do good to you.” The farmer got even more scared when he saw the lion talking like humans

In the ancient times, far away from the city, there came flood in a village. Thousands of people were drowned in the water. Hundreds of people survived from being drowned but they were left with nothing to eat. There was a poor farmer in the village. He had friendship with a goldsmith. The farmer searched for the goldsmith and found out that luckily his house and family were both secured. When the farmer, along with his wife went to his goldsmith friend, he also shared his problem with him saying, “Brother! Though my house is secure but my shop and all the gold and jewels are destroyed in the flood.” “What should we do then?” the farmer asked the goldsmith. “I think we should move to the city, there we will surely get some job or labor”, said the goldsmith. “The way is too long and we don’t have any vehicle,” farmer expressed his views. The goldsmith said, “So what! Have some courage and Allah will help us.” The farmer was encouraged by goldsmith’s ideas. He said, “Ok, we will leave from here by tomorrow morning.” The goldsmith advised, “Our family will stay back here, my brother is about to reach here from neighboring village with food, so don’t worry about them.” They took along some essentials and headed to the city. While traveling, their food was finished. The goldsmith got fever and he was unable to walk due to weakness. The farmer made him lay in a shelter between the trees and dragged himself to find some wild fruits to eat. After a while, he saw a lion that was crying with pain. The farmer started shivering with fear upon seeing the lion but it could not even get up. Rather it said to the farmer, “I will not do any harm to you. Please help me and Allah will do good to you.” The farmer got even more scared when he saw the lion talking like humans. The lion said, “O brother! Don’t be afraid of me, I prayed to Allah to bless me with the ability to talk for some time. Brother! A big sharp thorn has pierced into my rare leg. I’m dying with pain, please save my life by taking out the thorn; else some hunter will reach here and capture me due to my weakness. I promise that I will not harm you at all, how can one harm his benefactor, this is a trait in humans.” The farmer gathered courage, moved forward and took out the thorn pierced deep inside the lion’s leg. He cleaned the wound and bandaged it with his handkerchief. Thanking him, the lion said, “O pious man! What should I give you in return of your virtue?” The farmer said to the lion, “Brother! My companion is ill out there in the woods at some distance. I will be grateful if you first tell about some wild fruits to eat.” The lion said, “I will show you the plant of a rare herb, whatever the disease may be, grind its leaves and give it to the patient, in sha Allah he will recover within a day or two. We animals also look for this herb whenever we fall ill.” After some distance, the lion pointed to some small plants with its paw and said, “This is the plant that gives cure from every disease with Allah’s command.” The poor man hurriedly plucked a few plants and put them in his luggage. The lion advised, “Crush this herb with a stone and give to your friend with water, in sha Allah he will get well soon.” Thanking the lion, the farmer said, “O kind lion! Thank you very much, let me go now, my friend would be waiting for me.” the lion said, “Quite some time ago, a prince along with his companions came to the jungle for hunting. But suddenly a tiger and a bear attacked them. A few of them ran away but the prince and his one companion got killed. The prince was wearing pearls and diamond necklaces. I took these necklaces and hid them in a corner of my cave. Take these along with you and give them to the king.” After giving those necklaces to the farmer, the lion said, “You may leave, God bless you, always be good and keep doing good.” The farmer left the lion and reached back to his friend. He crushed the herb and gave it to the goldsmith. Shortly, the goldsmith recovered from his fever and became healthy. When the farmer told him everything that happened and showed him the precious jewels of prince, the goldsmith became angry. He started thinking about the ideas of stealing the jewels. As they had got enough food reserves so they headed again towards the city. Upon reaching the city, they stayed in a nearby inn. The goldsmith had greed in his heart, so he stole the jewels as soon as he got a chance and ran back to his home. In the city, the queen had become so ill due to the grief of her son that she was near to die. The king had announced that who so ever treated the queen would be awarded with half of the kingdom. The farmer reached the king’s palace and told the purpose of his visit to the soldiers. They took him to the king. Looking at him from head to toe, the king said, “You don’t look like a physician then how would you treat her?” The farmer said, “Just take me to the queen, in sha Allah she will recover right after the first dose.” “Ok! If that’s the case