Complaint Received (Pengaduan di Terima)

A very long time ago, a businessman arrived at a place, and hired a donkey with its keeper to transport his goods to another place. After they had left the inhabited area, the businessman noticed that they were going in a different direction than the destination. Upon inquiry, he was told that there is a shorter route, not known to many people, and he was being taken via that route so that he would arrive in a shorter time.

After some more time, the businessman got more worried and enquired again, but this time the donkey-owner replied rather aggressively, and told him to shut up, as he was being taken to his destination. The traveler grew more worried with time, but held his peace because of the menacing attitude of the donkey-owner. Eventually they arrived at a deserted place where human and animal bones lay scattered. The businessman now understood that this was a murderer who brought people here and murdered them for their goods and money. The donkey walah told the businessman to get off the donkey. The businessman pleaded with him to take all his belongings but to spare his life. At this the donkey-walah laughed a cruel laugh, and said he already owns the businessman’s belongings, and he could not spare his life because then there was a risk of disclosure.No amount of pleading helped, instead the murderer grew furious at the delay. Finally the businessman asked for tme to pray two rakaah before his death. He was allowed but told to hurry up.As the businessman started the rakaah, he was trembling, and was so afraid of death, he couldn’t remember anything we say in salaah. He could only remember the verse quoted above. So he kept repeating this verse in his salaah.

He says he heard the sound of a horse approaching, then the sounds of a dying man, then the horse going back.

He turned his face to see what has happened. What he saw that his tormentor was lying dead in a pool of blood, while a man with his face covered was riding a horse away from the scene. He ran to catch the horse, and then beseeched the rider to tell him what has happened and who he was.

The rider told him that when the businessman recited that ayah, it was heard on the skies, and the rider, who was an angel on duty at one of the skies, was told to go to the aid of the businessman.