A nice and meaningful story
- From: "I Khan" <no1khan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <imran_dist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 14:50:51 -0000
A story is told about a King in Africa who had a close friend that he grew up
with. The friend had a habit of looking at every situation that ever occurred
in his life (positive or negative) by remarking, "This is good, Allah Subhanahu
wa Ta'ala knows best"
One day the King and his friend were out on a hunting expedition. The friend
would load and prepare the guns for the King. The friend had apparently done
something wrong in preparing one of the guns, for after taking the gun from his
friend, the King fired it and his thumb was blown off.
Examining the situation the friend remarked as usual, "This is good! Allah
Subhanahu wa Ta'ala knows best."
To which the King replied, "No, this is NOT good!" and ordered his soldiers to
put his friend into jail.
About a year later, the King was hunting in an area that he should have known
to stay clear of. Cannibals captured the King and took him to their village.
They tied his hands, stacked some wood, set up a stake and bound him to the
stake.
As they came near to set fire to the wood, they noticed that the King was
missing a thumb. Being superstitious, they never ate anyone who was less than
whole. So after untying the King, they chased him out of the village
When the King reached his Palace, he was reminded of the event that had taken
his thumb and felt remorse for his treatment of his friend. He went immediately
to the jail to speak with his friend.
"You were right" the King said, "it was good that my thumb was blown off." And
he proceeded to tell the friend all that had just happened. " I am very sorry
for sending you to jail for so long. It was bad for me to do this."
"No," his friend replied, "this is good ... Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala knows
best"
"What do you mean, 'this is good'! How could it be good that I sent my friend
to jail for a year?"
The King's friend replied: "Remember that Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala knows best
and if I had NOT been in jail, I would have been with you."
Surah Al Hajj
22:76
He knows what is before them
And what is behind them:
And to Allah go back
All questions (for decision)
Do Not Judge Things or Events by its Immediate Outcome!
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