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Question
He offers to play a game with Allah Miyan. What is the game?
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Solution
The game was that he would go from where he was standing to the signal. Then, God would secretly place four rupees under a big rock. Meanwhile, he would touch the signal and come back. Then, when he would lift the rock and find the four rupees underneath.
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