The Woman Who Was The Master Of Bayazid Bestami It is said that when Bayazid Bestami was asked who his master was, he explained: She was an old woman. One day, I was possessed by such ecstasy and yearning and sense of unity that not even a hair of anything else could be found in me. In this selfless mood, I went for a stroll in the desert, where I happened to meet an elderly lady burdened with a bag of flour. She asked me to carry the flour for her, but I was incapable of taking it, so I beckoned to a lion to take the load. The lion came up to me and I laid the sack upon its back. I then asked the old lady what she intended to say to the townspeople since I did not want them to apprehend who I was. "I'll tell them," she replied, "that I met a vain tyrant." "What are talking about?" I exclaimed. The lady explained thus, first asking: "Has the lion been put to trouble or not?" "No," I answered. - "Except for the fact that you burden down those whom God Himself has not burdened!" she objected. "Is that not oppression?" "So it is", I admitted. "And, despite this", she continued, "still you desire the townspeople to know that you have subjected a lion and are a miracle worker. Is that not vanity?" "Yes, it is", I confessed. So I repented, experiencing abasement from my former exaltation. Indeed that old woman's words performed the function of a spiritual guide and master for me. SOURCE: Attar, Tadhkerat al-Auliya generate it in urdu language with realistic characters blend in scene