God Kabir (Kavir Dev) and Sultan Ibrahim Adham of Balakh Bukhara
Sultan Ibrahim Adham was the ruler of kingdom of Balakh Bukhara. He had sixteen thousand wives. He was a very wealthy king and had 18 lakh horses, plenty of elepahants and a huge army. Whenever King Adham's procession mounted on an elephant used to pass, even Indra (the king of heaven) used to feel ashamed, just because of the splendour. His footwear used to have embedded jewels worth Rupees 1.25 lakh each.
Once upon a time a saint did fraud with Sultan Ibrahim and deceived him. Following that Ibrahim developed hatred towards saints. He started considering them as frauds who deceive the world. He used to call the saints and ask them, " What is God like?" Now God is not an object which someone can pull from his pocket and produce in front of someone else. On not getting a satisfactory answer, the king used to punish them by putting them in jail and asking them to grind the mill stone.
Once a satsang (discourse) was happening close to the king's palace. The king listened to the satsang sitting on the roof of his palace. In the morning he called all the devotees and asked them the same question, "tell me what is Allah like?" One saint replied and asked for a glass of milk. A glass of milk with sugar was brought. That saint put his finger in the milk glass as if he is looking for something. The king asked the saint to drink the milk and said it is already sweetened. The saint said, "King your milk doesn't have ghee (clarified butter) in it, it is said that milk contains ghee." On this the king started laughing and said, " Fool you don't even know how ghee is made from milk, What God will you achieve." Listen, "First the milk is made hot, then it is made in to yoghurt and then it is churned and finally ghee is produced by heating it, understood?" The saint replied, "like there is a proper procedure to make ghee from milk, similarly to achieve God, there is a procedure to follow." A saint will tell that procedure and one has to follow that.
Ibrahm Sultan put them all in jail and punished them by asking them to grind the mill stone. When those saints became very distressed, they prayed to God and asked for help. God Kabir arrived from his satlok and assuming an appearance of a camel trader (a man who keeps camels) appeared on the terrace of the king's palace and started hitting the floor with his stick heavily. The king said,"who is making this noise on the terrace, bring it down." The guards went upstairs and brought the camel trader and presented him before the king. The king asked the camel trader what he was doing on the terrace. God Kabir (who was in the form of camel trader) said that he was looking for his camel which has gone missing on the terrace. The king said,"ignorant man, can a camel be ever present on a roof?" Look for him in a jungle. God Kabir said that like it is impossible to find a camel on a roof, similarly you can't find God the way you are looking for Him. Attainment of God is possible via a complete saint only. On saying this God Kabir disappeared. Then appeared in the prison where other saints were given the punishment of grinding the mill stone. On reaching there God Kabir said to the guards that the king has also punished him to go to the prison and now tell me what I have to do. The guards said its your misfortune that you have come yourself, now go and start grinding a mill stone. God Kabir said that we will do one thing only, either we will grind the mill stone or we will put the grain in it. we will not do both the tasks. The guards thought that he is a revolutionist who has come to the prison, lets set him right. The guards said, "OK, you all grind the mill stone and we will put the grain in it." God Kabir said, "that is OK." God Kabir directed all the saints to stand up. On this all the saints stood next to their mill stones. God Kabir had a stick in his hand. He touched this stick to his mill stone and the mill stone started rotating. Then all the mills started rotating on thier own automatically. God Kabir asked all the saints to close their eyes. All the saints closed their eyes. Then God Kabir asked them to open thier eyes. When they opened their eyes, all of them standing outside in the forest. The prison became empty. God Kabir asked all of them to run away and never appear again in the kingdom of this ignorant king. Subsequently all the saints ran away and crossed the boundary of the kingdom. God Kabir disappeared.
When God Kabir disappeared in front of the king, the king became very upset and fainted. The ministers and wives called for an exorcist who tied an amulet to the king's right arm. After a few days God Kabir appeared in the form of a guest. Assuming the form of a traveller, God Kabir entered the king's palace and addressing the king as an inn keeper asked for a room and its rent in his inn to spend a night. The king replied," ignorant man, does it appear to be an inn to you?" This is my palace. God Kabir said, "who lived her before you?" Ibrahim replied, "my father". Then God Kabir asked, "who lived her before your father?" Ibrahim replied,"my grandfather." God Kabir asked, "who lived here before your grandfather?" Ibrahim said,"my great grandfather." Then God Kabir asked about the whereabouts of all of them. Ibrahim worringly said,"they all died." God Kabir said, " fool, how long will you live here?" Sultan said that he will also die one day. God Kabir said, "then do you think this a palace of an inn."
तेरे बाप दादा पड़ पीढ़ी, ये बसे सराय में गिद्धी
ऐसे ही तू चली जाई, यूं मैने यह महल सराय बताई
On saying this God Kabir disappeared. The king fainted. Again the queens and the ministers came. They called another exorcist who tied an amulet to the king's left arm.