A son and his father were walking on the mountains.
Suddenly, his son falls, hurts himself and screams:”AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!”
To his surprise, he hears the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain:”AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!”
Curious, he yells: “Who are you?”
He receives the answer: “Who are you?”
And then he screams to the mountain: “I admire you!”
The voice answers: “I admire you!”
Angered at the response, he screams: “Coward!”
He receives the answer: “Coward!”
He looks to his father and asks: “What’s going on?”
The father smiles and says: “My son, pay attention.”
Again the man screams: “You are a champion!”
The voice answers: “You are a champion!”
The boy is surprised, but does not understand.
Then the father explains:
“People call this ECHO, but really this is LIFE
.It gives you back everything you say or do.
Our life is simply a reflection of our actions.
If you want more love in the world, create more lovein your heart.
If you want more competence in your team, improve yourcompetence.
This relationship applies to everything, in all aspects of life;
Life will give you back everything you have given to it.”
“YOUR LIFE IS NOT A COINCIDENCE.
IT’S A REFLECTION OF YOU!”
500 Years of Worship
Angel Jibrail (as) told Rasulullah (peace be upon him) the follwing incident about a man in the past who worshipped ALLAH Ta’ala continuously for 500 years. He was granted a shelter on top of a mountain that was surrounded by salty water. However, Allah caused a stream of sweet water to flow through the mountain for that individual. The man would drink from this water and use it to make ablution. ALLAH Ta’ala also raised a pomegranate tree from which the man would eat one fruit every day. One day, this person supplicated to ALLAH that, “Oh ALLAH, bring my death while I am in the state of prostration. ”
ALLAH accepted this dua of his. Whenever Jibrail (as) came down to the Earth, he found this man prostrating to ALLAH. Jibrail (as) said that on the day of Judgement, ALLAH will tell the angels to take this individual to Paradise through His mercy. However, this man will insist that he should enter paradise through the good deeds that he had performed. Then, Allah will tell the angels to compare his good deeds with the blessings that were given to him in the world. It will be seen that 500 years of his worship does not even equal to the gift of eye sight that was given to him by ALLAH. The angels will be asked to take him towards the hell fire. Then the man will plead,
“Oh ALLAH! Enter me into Paradise only through YOUR Mercy.”
At that point, the following discussion will take place between ALLAH and that man.
ALLAH: Oh my servant, who created you?
The worshipper: Oh ALLAH, You have created me.
ALLAH: Were you created because of the good deeds you have done or because of My mercy?
The worshipper: Because of Your Mercy.
ALLAH: Who granted you the ability to worship for 500 years?
The worshipper: Oh the ALMIGHTY! YOU have granted me that ability.
ALLAH: Who placed you on the mountain surrounded by the ocean? Who caused a stream of sweet water to flow in between the salty water? Who caused a pomegranate tree to grow for you? Who granted you death while in the state of prostration?
The worshipper: Oh the Sustainer of the Worlds! You have done all of these.
Then ALLAH will say, “All these have happened due to MY mercy and you too will enter Paradise only through MY Mercy.”
Source:
Obtained from the book “Tambihul Ghafileen” by Shaikh Abul Laith Samarkandi.
We can never thank ALLAH for the blessings that HE has given us.
Let us use these blessings to recognize ALLAH before our death.
“Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.”
(The Holy Qur’an-94:6)
