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| True Story!!!! |
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| ABD |
| 01/02/02 at 05:31:35 |
| Assalamu Alaikum, This is a true story, Subhanallah. Wassalamu Alaikum, Betul And Remember: (Lo! Allah changeth not the condition of a folk until they (first) change that which is in their hearts) Meanings from Surat: Ar-Ra'd Ayah: 11 I sent my young brother to get me iftar from a local restaurant; I honestly thought we had no food in the kitchen, may be two boiled potatoes, oil, spices, bread...etc, but no food... huh? I just couldn't imagine having two old, hard, boiled potatoes for Iftar!!! I'm not asking for much, only local food, nothing swanky, just tasty,... So I sent my brother... The Maghrib prayer call started,, my brother had not came, I was hungry... I had dates, - I forgot to mention that in my kitchen's contents, but that's just dates-.... Then I went to pray the Maghrib, secretly supplicating that my brother would come... I don't want to eat these old, hard, boiled potatoes, I'm Hungry!!! I prayed the Maghrib & even the Sunnah, no sign of my brother,... I shouldn't have depended on him, I know that he sometimes wonders off & loses track of time, in his own pleasing... NOW...WHAT SHALL I EAT??? I'm HUNGRY!!! I went to the kitchen & opened the fridge & took out the potatoes Wait a second!!!! I remembered the pictures of the bombings is AFGHANISTAN!!!... http://www.fwaed.net/vb/showthread.php?s=05e1114a2f7b6566611135b9776a2d75&threadid=23252 ?What do they have to eat? ?Where r they staying? ?How happy they'll be if I offered these old hard potatoes for them??... Questions & pictures pounded my brain!! I took another lk around me, & noticed a drastic change to the kitchen, - I saw it with the eye that has seen the bombings - It was well furnished, with loads of spices, fresh tomatoes, two potatoes, onion, fresh water, oil,...... A huge list! Why did I ever send my brother to buy me food, I have enough food for many Afghans...?!? My housekeeper entered the kitchen, " Do you need anything?... I'll do this & that ... do u need coffee or tea... do??????" The kitchen suddenly seemed overcrowded with things, I'd love to give away... I took the potatoes, a tomato, oil, bread, celery...and sat on the floor & started to eat,... Bismillah...mmmmmmmmm...this is one of the tastiest meals I have ever had...I had eaten in five star buffets & exquisite dinnings...yet this was yummy!! As I scraped the plate with bread, I remebered the supplication: "Al hamdu lelLah alathy at'aamany hatha wa razaqneehi men ghayri hawlen miny wala qowa" All praise is to Allah, who had fed & provided for me this; without any might or strength of my own ... and <<A sting>> went through my heart,,, I remembered what was happening in Afghan... I remebered the kids & the old, the women & the warriors,... Is it… ...the ungratefulness of mankind towards their Lord; fighting His rulings & religion, Or is it… The cruelty of the acts taken against my sisters & brothers, my kids & my grandfathers ... Or is it… The fact that I'm watching this all, like one watches a movie; affected, yet "on the other side of the screen " Is it because I'm watching with my hand in the popcorn cone!!!? Is It ONE of thse factors , or ALL of them that caused the STING...? ??>!^?> My brother is very late... How many young brothers were never found... how many never returned? l looked around my kitchen, I found many, many things... yet one thing I was looking for I didn't see a trace of... I looked around & witnessed the double standards that enveloped our lives... I looked and searched... But the sting only deepened... No, it's not a real meal I was looking for... It is the '*" real"*' true signs... Signs of Sincerity! íÇ ÑÍãÜÜÜÜÜÜÜä íÇ Ðæ ÌáÇá æ ÇáÅßÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÑÇã íÇ ÃÑÍã ÇáÑÍãíÜÜÜÜÜÜÜä íÇ ßÑíÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜã ÇåÏäÇ ÓÜÜÜÜæÇÁ ÇáÓÈíá ÑÈì Åäì áãÇ ÃäÒáÊ Åáí ãä ÎíÑ ÝÞÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜíÑ O Beneficent, OLord of Majesty and Bounty, O Merciful , Gracious, Most Kind, Loving, Bountiful, Benign,,, Guide us to the right path My Lord... I'm to the boons you have bestowed on me very needing.. ÑÈäÇ ÂÊäÇ ãä áÏäß ÑÍãÉ æ åÆ áäÇ ãä ÃãÑäÇ ÑÔÏÇ Our Lord, Grant us mercy from Thee, & provide for us a right coursein our affair Ameen**Ameen** Ameen |
| Re: True Story!!!! |
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| Kathy |
| 01/02/02 at 09:20:06 |
| slm AlHumdullillah- this happened to me recently. There was a week or two when the food in our house seemed sparse- Allah swt put it all in perspective as the nightly news reminded me how much I really have. May Allah swt forgive me. |
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| lightningatnite |
| 01/02/02 at 21:45:05 |
| salam :) hey, that brother sounds a lot like me :) last night i called my sis and told her to be ready to go grocery shopping, so i got home 2 hours later and she was still sitting there dressed and ready to go. i told her i was too tired to go so she said 'grrr' and took off her hijab and stuff, and then a few minutes later i was like, "ok, maybe we should go." she was gonna kill me :) well i guess the moral of the story is never trust your brother, otherwise you'll end up staying at home in the kitchen wearing your hijab and eating potatoes :) salam :) |
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