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| Why no bandage for His bliss? : Rabia Basri |
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| jaihoon |
| 09/17/03 at 09:53:34 |
| Why no bandage for His bliss? ************************ One day Rabia saw a man passing on the way with his forehead tied with a bandage. She asked him why he put on the bandage. He replied that he was suffering from headache. "What is your age?" she asked. He replied that he was thirty. She asked, "Till today, how have you passed your life?" He replied, "In perfect health". She said, "For thirty years the Lord kept you sound, and you did not fly any colors on your body to express your gratitude for His gift, so that people could ask you the reason for your joy and knowing of God's blessings on you would have praised Him, but when for your own fault you have suffered from a little headache you have tied a bandage and go about exhibiting His harshness to you in making you suffer from headache. What a base act is yours!" *********************** (Tadhkirathul Awliya by Faridudhin Attar |
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