One of the kings had a terrible illness, which it is better not to mention. A group of Greek physicians agreed that there was no cure for this disease except the gallbladder of a human being described with certain characteristics. He ordered it to be sought.

They found a peasant boy with the characteristics that the physicians had described. They summoned his father and mother and pleased them with boundless wealth, and the judge issued a fatwa that shedding the blood of one of the subjects was permissible for the king's health. The executioner prepared himself, the boy raised his head towards the sky and smiled. The king asked him what was the reason for laughing in this situation? He said: Children rely on their fathers and mothers and take their case before the judge and seek justice from the king. Now my father and mother have sold me for worldly possessions, and the judge has issued a fatwa for my execution, and the sultan sees his own interests in my destruction; I see no refuge except God, the Exalted and Glorious.

To whom should I raise my cry from your hand?

If I seek justice, it is from you against your own hand

The sultan's heart was moved by this speech, and tears welled up in his eyes, and he said: My own destruction is preferable to shedding innocent blood. He kissed his head and eyes and embraced him and bestowed boundless wealth and set him free, and they say he recovered in the same week.

I am still thinking about that couplet that

a mahout said on the bank of the Nile River:

If you knew the state of the ant under your foot

It is like your state under the foot of the elephant»