I requested her to have food and water if she was so inclined.

I requested her to have food and water if she was so inclined. She politely indicated : “ We ( God ) made them not such bodies that do not eat food, and they will not abide ( in this world ) for ever. “ (Chapter 21 Verse 8) She accepted my refreshment. Then to catch the caravan, I suggested her to make haste. She reminded me again : “ God tasks not any soul beyond ( individual ) ability......

“ ( Chapter 2 Verse 286 ) I told her that if she couldn’t do so, let her ride on the back of my camel behind me. She recited another Qur’anic Verse : “ If there were therein gods besides Allah, then verily both ( the heavens and the earth ) would have been disordered ....” ( Chapter 21 Verse 22 ) It was a reminder of piety that when a man was not a husband of a woman, it was un-lawful to ride together on the same animal.

[ It is an Islamic Law concerning the relatives of persons of prohibited degree - Namahiram ]. Qashiri says that he got down and requested her to ride the camel. She occupied the seat and recited : “ Hallowed is He who subjected this ( animal ) unto us .” ( Chapter 43 Verse 13 ). She thanked Allah who brought the animal under her control. When we reached the caravan, I asked her do you know any one among them?

She recounted : “ O Dawud ( David ), We have appointed thee a vicegerent in the earth ..........” ( Chapter 38 Verse 26 ); “ And Muhammad is not but an Apostle ...... “ ( Chapter 3 Verse 144 ); “O Yahya ( John the Baptist ) ! Hold thou the Book fast !......... . “(Chapter 19 Verse 12 ); “O Musa ( Moses ) ! Verily it is, I am God the All-Mighty .” ( Chapter 27 Verse 9 ) I understood that Dawud, Muhammad, Yahya and Musa were the names of her sons. When the boys appeared, I asked her who they were?

She said in her habitual manner : “Wealth and Children are the adornment of this World ............... “(Chapter 18 Verse 46) I recognized them as her sons. The woman looked at her sons with the feeling of contentment and uttered, “ ... O my father ! Employ him verily the best of those who canst employ is the strongman and trusted ones. “(Chapter 28 Verse 26) In these words of the Quran, she informed the sons indicating towards me that “ ..... This man offered me a gift ( i.e.

help ), so veiriy God giveth manifold increase to whomsoever He willeth . “ ( Chapter 2 Verse 261 ) The sons grasped their mother's indications, and so they paid me twice as much as I ought to have been paid.