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| Mohja |
| 06/19/03 at 19:01:58 |
| [slm] I came across the following story that lady_murasaki_sa, btw jazakiAllahu kheyran, posted in one of the threads in the akhawat folder. [color=navy]Once upon a time a king and his servant, who was also his most trusted friend, went hunting. By accident, the king cut his own finger clean off. All of his minsters were saying how bad that was and that they were sorry about his loss. But his friend said " You cut your finger off? Excellent!Whatever God does is good." The king was so enraged that his friend would dare say that his lost finger was something good, so he took the servant to the outskirts of the city and put him into the underground dungeons. A couple of years later, the king was going hunting again. This time, he was ambushed by cannibals. He realized that they were having some sort of ritual and he was going to be the sacrifice. However, the chief of the tribe saw that the king didn't have a finger and decided that they couldn't sacrifice something imperfect to their God, so they let the king go free. As soon as he got home, the king ordered that his friend be taken out of the dungeon. The King fell at his friend's feet and begged forgiveness, but all his friend would say, ''You locked me up for two years! Excellent! Whatever God does is good.'' "Good?'' The King asked. "What could possibly be good about locking you away for two years??!'' ''Well,'' his friend replied, ''If I wasn't locked away, I would have gone hunting with you. The Cannibals would see that I was whole and I would have been the sacrifice.''[/color] I read it the other day to my girl scouts and they absolutely *loved* it. Afterwards during the discussion when i asked what we could learn from it, one of the girls said that "we should be thankful for our imperfections". Subhan'Allah what a powerful lesson for a girl, especially a teenager! I'm looking for similar stories , so if you know one please *post it* here or provide a link to it. Insh'Allah i'd like this to be a repository of some awesome and inspirational stories that we can all use :-* Jazakum Allahu Kheyran :) [color=Teal][/color] |
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| AyeshaZ |
| 06/21/03 at 13:37:45 |
| [wlm] mohhjaaaaaaaaa :) long time noo talk!!! :-X Subhan'Allah i really needed to read this story today!! finals grrrrrrrrrrr : :-* :-* :-* |
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