A very long time ago there lived a ruler called Bahram. He was not a kind ruler at all, in fact he was a tyrant and governed without justice. He thought nothing of doing whatever he wanted to do and did not care about the welfare of his people and refused to listened to his advisors who tried to guide him. One day, things became so bad that his citizens sought the counsel of a wise vizier, who had often tried to advise the king but failed, to ask him what they should do. The vizier thought for a minute then said: "My advice to you is that you all leave the city for ten days." And so all the people packed the things they needed and left the city. The next day when Bahram got up everything was so quiet, so he went to the window and looked down upon the market place and to his surprise found there was no one there. He could not understand why there was no one about so he called for the vizier who told him: "A ruler can only be a ruler if he has subjects, if he has none, then, he will be miserable." Bahram had never thought about this before so he asked his vizier: "Well, what would you advise me to do?" "Change your ways" replied the vizier." And for the first time Bahram took the advise of his vizier and said: "I swear that from now on I am going to be a just ruler, and I am sorry for what I have done." When the people heard the good news, they gathered their belongings and returned to the city. Bahram kept his word and from that time onwards everyone was happy.   Print this Page [Mainpage] [Dhikr] [Du'a] [Articles] [History] [Prayer] [Stories] Copyright © 1999-2006 Mutmainaa. All Rights Reserved. Kindly inform me of any typing errors or mistakes.