The Mullah, always dressed in rags, and wearing tattered sandals, applied for membership in an exclusive mosque. The imam attempted to diplomatically put him off with all sorts of evasive remarks. The Mullah, growing aware that he was not wanted, said finally, that he would pray on it to Almighty Allah, and perhaps He would tell him just what to do.
Several days later Mullah returned to the mosque. “Well,” asked the imam, “did Allah send you a message?”
“Yes sir, he did,” was Mullah’s answer. “He told me it wasn’t any use, and not to waste my time. He said, ‘I’ve been trying to get in that same mosque myself for twenty years, and they still won’t allow it.’”