Kisah Sufi
Sultan Mahmud Watches Ayaz
Ayaz was the sultan’s most trusted servant, which made the other servants jealous. Ayaz had been a slave, but now he was the royal treasurer. “He hides himself in the treasury every day!” they gossiped. “Surely he is stealing.” The sultan decided to watch in secret. He saw Ayaz go into the treasury and open the vault. Ayaz took something out; what was it? The tattered old clothes from his slave days! Ayaz kissed the clothes and then said aloud, “You were a slave until the sultan favored you; never forget.” So the sultan trusted Ayaz even more than before. TINY T TALES ALES FROM THE SUFIS 117