After this, he bought two fish for his family with that dinar, thinking, "If nothing else, at least I can feed my family a good meal.”

When he came home and cut open both fish, a pearl emerged from the belly of each of them. These were very extraordinary and unique pearls. He kept these pearls with him.

On the very same day, the king issued an order stating, "I need a pearl of this colour and design." The king's representatives went to all the jewellers in the city, but they could not find such a pearl anywhere.

Finally, it was discovered that there was a person in a certain neighbourhood who found a pearl inside a fish, a pearl unlike any other the people had seen. The people searched and eventually reached his doorstep. When they saw the pearl, they said, "This is the exact pearl the king needs." When the pearl was shown to the king, he also remarked, "Yes, this is the pearl."

So, the price of this pearl was asked. Since in earlier times goods were loaded onto donkeys and horses, the man said, "30 mules' worth of gold". Thus, the king bought the pearl from him by loading sacks of gold onto 30 mules.

Look at how much wealth came through the blessings of one dinar, and only one pearl had been sold so far.

The king took this pearl and gave it to the expert in that field. He told the king, "One pearl alone will not bring beauty; it should be paired. Its true value will only be realised when another pearl of the same kind is found."

The king then announced, "Search for another pearl, even if we have to pay double the price."

Therefore, the search for a pearl began again but it could not be found anywhere. Finally, people returned to the same man’s doorstep and asked him, "Do you have another pearl of this kind?"