Whose God Is Best?

Away from the city in the forest two tribal communities were living namely 'Insan' and 'Parikan'. Head of Insan community was Kimbo and of Parikan community was Olanga. Both the communities were worshipping their own God and were too extreme for it. Both used to have community wars between them.

Parikan community was forcing Insans to worship their God and Insan used to think that their God is best. In this misunderstanding and communism wars, many tribes were killed. Many families were ruined. A saint used to live there, St. Joseph, He decided to end these quarrels. St. Joseph was respected by both the communities and they used to listen to him. St. Joseph called heads of both the communities at his place and said, “Now the time has come that we should forget these quarrels and live with each other peacefully or else a day would come that in the name of community only huts and dead bodies would be there. Now we all are fed up with these quarrels. So forget all the misunderstandings lives with each other peacefully." Listening to St. Joseph they talked a little and decided to end this quarrel and hugged each other. While hugging Kimbo said 'Almacool' and Olanga said 'Jillabora'.

Hearing this, swords came out, and the war started again. St. Joseph interfered in between and asked, "Stupids why you're quarreling? What happened?"

Olanga said, " He is taking his God Almacool's name."

Listening to him Kimbo said, "Even he is taking God's name."

St. Joseph inquired, "So what?"

Taking the benefit of the moment Olanga pleaded, "If we are united than our God also must be united. Just Jillabora."

Listening to this Kimbo got angry and said, “Why should I take their God's name? Our God is just one Almacool."

Trying to settle the differences St. Joseph said, "It's fine, let's have a competition in which only heads of both the communities will participate. Both will be given 1-1 stone and they have to throw it taking their God's name. The one whose stone will reach farthest will be the winner and the winner's God is powerful and we will worship that God, you all agree with it?"

Who will disagree with St. Joseph? At that time both the communities accepted the challenge. Competition started. Whistle blows. Kimbo screamed Almacool's name and threw the stone and Olanga did it by screaming of Jillabora. Kimbo's stone reached farther. The community of Kimbo was happy and they started shouting, "Long live Almacool." but due to this community of Olanga were disappointed. It seemed that again quarrels will start.

A person from the city was noticing all this from a distance and with the virtue of solving the quarrel he went to the tribals and said to them in their language," I am from the city and wandering in the forest for a long time. Some of you have talked to me so I know a little about your language. Now let's talk about the point, I think I can solve your problems." saying this much he picked up stones of the same size and gave them to the heads of both groups and said, "Take these stones, competition is the same just a rule is changed. This time you have to take another group's God's name instead of yours while throwing stones with full honesty and power. The God with whose name the stone will go farthest, that God will be worshipped by both groups. And don't try to be overwise I have recited verses on the stones If you will cheat then your God will appear and will punish you all."

Both Kimbo and Olanga said, “We will not take each other's God's name."

The person from the city said, " With this, we will be able to know that is your God bias or not? Now you all are going to worship the same God so it's necessary to know what does your God gives the same power the opponent or not."

Both the heads accepted this thing. Again the competition started. The whistle was blown. Both the heads threw the stone taking each other's God's name. Kimbo screamed Jillabora's name and Olanga of Almacool's. Surprisingly this time again Kimbo's stone went farthest. Now this time Kimbo's community was disappointed. And of Olanga were happy and said, "Jillabora is great, He takes care of others too. So from now, he will be worshipped."

Before things go wrong the person from the city said, "It's your blind faith fellows. Look at Kimbo and Olanga. Kimbo is more powerful than Olanga, Even if Kimbo doesn't take any God's name his stone will go farther. God is nowhere but inside us only. In me, in you. In everyone and thing, God is there. And you're insulting the creation of God by quarreling. So be together. If you're happy then your God will be happy. God wishes for this only. Neither Jillabora nor Almacool is bad." Reminding something he took out a banana from his bag and asked Olanga, " What do you say it?" Olanga said, "Beripez" and asked the same thing to Kimbo, He said, "Perikiss". Hearing this the person from city laughed and said, "Whatever you say to it, for me it is just a banana. By me telling it a banana or you call it by other names its originality or shape isn't going to change. In the same way call, God by any name his form and shape will remain the same and the only name will differ because they are given by you."

Both the communities were ashamed after hearing all this and they promised that they will not quarrel ever again for this matter and will happily together.

And for firming the peace in both communities the person from the city said, “You all can worship your own God even after being together or else you can make just one name of your God so that you can get power from both of them."

With excitement Kimbo and Olanga asked, "One name? Power of both God? How?"

Clarifying his point the person from the city replied, “Your God's name is Almacool and of yours is Jillabora. Now combining both these names form a new name 'Jillamacool'."

Both the communities were pleased with this and hugging each other, they all said, 'Jillamacool'.

St. Joseph was extremely happy seeing all of them together. And said to the person from the city, “Sir, we are fortunate that you came here and made these people understand. I wish these people were well educated and clever as you. May God Jillabora and Almacool, sorry Jillamacool bless us." Listening to this person from the city gave a fake smile, St. Joseph was confused with his smile but he didn't get anything. He got busy in the celebration of the community."

The person from the city started walking. But his eyes were wet and they weren't of happiness but of sorrow. He started thinking, "I wish people of the city were illiterate and innocent like these tribals. I would have been able to make them understand that they don't spread riots. Don't defame each other's religious sentiments. And they would've understood.

My house would have been there, my family would have been there. My loving daughter would have been there and I wouldn't be wandering in the forest, helpless being homeless.' And those scenes of inhuman riots came across his eyes, those pleas of helpless women and asking for a helping hand those chaoses of small kids. He wasn't able to tolerate all this so he closed his ears, looked towards the sky and screamed at the top of his voice, " Oh God, you made human so intelligent, but didn't give them the sense that Ishwar, Allah, God all are same. Why did you do this horrible mistake?" Wiping off his tears he continued, “You did the mistake and now I have to suffer."