Lahore's Gulbarg colony where retired Government servants have built themselves
large bungalows popularly known as Rishwatpura, Srafat Hussain, our hero, is a
humble excise inspector who on completion of his larger-than-legitimate mansion
inserted near the entrance a marble slab with the Koranic inscription Huza bin
fazl-i-Rabbi (this by l grace of God).
One morning as the house-owner stroll out of the lawn towards the entrance he
saw a man gazing at his mansion, praising its grandeur with el wahs and kya khoobs!
but also shedding copious tears. The mansion owner approached him a asked: "Janaab,
I do not understand why if you my humble ghareeb khana you are also crying looking
at it. Is there something that does not please you?
"I think your daulat khana is wonderful. What makes me cry is that you should
give credit for it to the wrong person," he replied pointing to the marble slab.
"It is not God who taught you how to make money as an excise inspector but I.
You should have given me the credit:" And who may you be, Sir?" asked the mansion
owner. "I am Satan".