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By A.I. Makki
A certain Caliph wanted to test an idea on an unsophisticated person. He asked his guards to scout the desert and bring him a Bedouin Arab. They surrounded the first Bedouin they met in the desert riding a camel. They concluded that he was an unsophisticated man and brought him to the presence of the Caliph.
I have been told, said the ruler, that Bedouins are ignorant people and they do not know even the simplest things.
Who has told you that? asked the Bedouin.
It was during a discussion with my intellectual advisors.
If it is intellect you want, the problem is easy enough. Ask me anything you want.
The Caliph ordered a dish of porridge to be brought into the presence of the Bedouin. The Arab tasted it hesitantly and began to eat.
What is that? asked the Caliph.
Something nutritious which can safely be eaten, said the Bedouin.
Yes, but what is its name?
This dish is called as experience.
There was a laugh from the assembled scholars in the court of the Caliph, who had said that the Bedouins were fools.
And, how have you arrived at this conclusion? asked the Caliph.
The wise man in our camp, said the Bedouin, always speaks of nutrition in a diet as being dates, water, and experience. I have seen dates and water for I live on them, and since this dish is not dates or water; therefore, it can safely be presumed that this must be experience.
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