The Drunken, Wealthy, Young Man

A handsome, wealthy, young man lay drunk, almost unconscious, on the banks of the Nile River. On the other bank of the
Nile Hazrat Zun Nun Misri (Rahmatullah Alaihi) was busy washing
clothes. He noticed a tortoise crawling up the riverbank, having swam across the river. No sooner did he wonder why the tortoise had come to this side of the bank than he saw a scorpion, a big black scorpion hurrying from the undergrowth. It mounted the back of the tortoise which immediately swam back to the opposite bank. Realizing that some amazing incident was being orchestrated from the unseen world, he boarded a boat and rowed alongside the tortoise. The tortoise swam Manifestation Of Allah's Attraction with the scorpion riding on its back. What distance did the scorpion
travel to find a means of conveyance awaiting its arrival? This is the
doing of Allah Ta'ala.

The tortoise crossing the river reaches the other bank with the
mounted scorpion. Hazrat Zun Nun Misri (Rahmatullah Alaihi) saw a
poisonous snake approaching a young man who was senselessly lyingon the ground, with only about a meter distance between them. The scorpion jumped and stung the snake in its hood killing it on the spot.

The snake lay dead while the scorpion recuperated on the back of the tortoise from its great effort of traveling such a great distance and having stung the snake with such ferocity. Hazrat Zun Nun Misri
(Rahmatullah Alaihi) saw the young man coming out of his stupor.
Upon opening his eyes, he saw taken aback by seeing Hazrat Zun Nun Misri (Rahmatullah Alaihi) standing before him. He asked, "Shaikh, you are such a great Wali (saint) of Allah Ta'ala, you are amongst the leaders of the Auliya (saints) of Egypt, what are you doing here, next to such an evil drunkard like myself?" Shaikh replied, "Son, listen to me, you were drunk, laying completely stupefied, totally senseless but in order to save your life, Allah Ta'ala has brought into play so many different means. Listen to His call of mercy."

He asked the Shaikh what had happened. Hazrat Zun Nun Misri (Rahmatullah Alaihi) explained; "The snake you see laying dead before you was only one meter away when this scorpion mounted on the back of this tortoise came from the other side of the Nile to your Manifestation Of Allah's Attraction rescue. By the command of Allah Ta'ala, the tortoise had become the means of its conveyance. This scorpion came and challenged your enemy. It stung the snake, killing it and Allah Ta'ala thus saved your life. You were heedless of Allah Ta'ala but He did not turn His attention away from you. You had forgotten Allah Ta'ala but Allah Ta'ala is aware of you." By seeing all the means resorted to in order to save him, the young man began to cry. He said, "Shaikh, give me your hand, I repent and will never touch another drop of liquor."At that very moment, Allah Ta'ala made him a very great Wali (saint).

All these incidents mentioned to you have not been taken from
the Urdu Digest but are found in reliable scholarly works of Muslims.