THE COOKIE

A young lady was waiting for her flight in the boarding room of a big airport. As she would need to wait many hours, she decided to buy a book to spend her time. She also bought a packet of cookies. She sat down in an armchair, in the VIP room of the airport, to rest and read in peace.

Beside the armchair where the packet of cookies lay, a man sat down in the next seat, opened his magazine and started reading.

When she took out the first cookie, the man took one also. She felt irritated but said nothing. She just thought: “What a nerve! If I was in the mood I would punch him for daring!”

For each cookie she took, the man took one too. This was infuriating her but she didn’t want to cause a scene.

When only one cookie remained, she thought: “ah… What is this abusive man going to do now?” Then, the man, taking the last cookie, divided it into half, giving her one half.

Ah! That was too much! She was much too angry now! In a huff, she took her book, her things and stormed to the boarding place.

When she sat down in her seat, inside the plane, she looked into her purse to take her glasses, and to her surprise, her packet of cookies was there, untouched, unopened! She felt so ashamed! She realized that she was wrong.

She had forgotten that her cookies were kept in her purse. The man had divided his cookies with her, without feeling angered or bitter.

“While she had been very angry, thinking that she was dividing her cookies with him. And now there was no chance to explain herself, nor to apologize.”

May ALLAH give us the ability to NEVER judge too quickly. Aameen.

THE COFFEE BEANS

A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life, how things were so hard for her. She didn’t know how she was going to make it, and she wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one of her problems was solved, a new one popped up.

Her mother took her into her kitchen, where she filled three pots with water. In the first pot, she placed some carrots, in the second one, she placed some eggs, and in the third pot, she placed some ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil without saying a word, then in about twenty minutes, she turned off the burners. She fished out the carrots and placed them into a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them into another bowl, then she ladled the coffee into yet another bowl. Turning to her complaining daughter, she asked, “Tell me what do you see?”

“Carrots, eggs and coffee,” her daughter replied.

She brought her daughter closer, and asked her to feel the carrots. She did, and noticed that they were now soft. She told her daughter to break an egg, which she did, and after removing the shell, she saw that the egg was now hard – boiled. Finally, she told her daughter smiled as she tasted the rich flavour, then asked, “What’s the point, mother?”

Her mother explained that each of the three objects had faced the same adversity, -- boiling water, -- but each had reacted differently:

The carrot went in strong, hard and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened, and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its insides became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water! “Now which are you?” she asked her daughter, “when adversity knocks on ypur door, how do you respond?

Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?”

Think of it like this...

Which am I? Am I a carrot that appears to be strong, but with pain and adversity, do I wilt, and become soft and lose my strength?

Am I an egg, which starts out with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship, or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter, and tough, with a stiff spirit and a hardened heart?

Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually CHANGE S THE WATER! The very circumstance that brings the pain! When the water gets hot, it releases its fragrance and flavour. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst and trials are their greatest, you get better... and change the situation around you!

SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD

A group of geography students studied the seven wonders of the world.

At the end of that session, the students were asked to list what they think were considered to be the present Seven Wonders of the World.

Though there was some disagreement, the following got the most votes of the World: 1) Egypt’s Great Pyramids 2) Taj Mahal 3) Grand Canyon 4) Panama Canal 5) Empire State Building 6) St. Peter’s Basilica 7) China’s Great Wall

While gathering the votes, the teacher noted that one student, a quiet girl, hadn’t turned in her paper yet. So she asked the girl if she was having trouble with her list.

The quiet girl replied, “Yes, a little. I couldn’t quite make up my mind because there were so many.”

The teacher said, “Well, tell us what you have, and maybe we can help.”

The girl hesitated, the read, “I think the seven wonders of the world are; 1) To Touch 2) To Taste 3) To see 4) To Hear 5) To Feel 6) To Laugh 7) To Love

Then there was a room full of silence it was deafening! It is far too easy for us to look at the exploits of man and refer to them as “Wonders” while we overlook all the Almighty has done for us, regarding them as merely “Ordinary”.

May we be reminded today of those things which are truly wonderous that the GENEROUS CREATOR has given; that we take for granted.

شیخ عبدالقادر جیلانی

ایک مرتبہ کا واقعہ ہے کہ شیخ عبدالقادر جیلانی کے والد بزرگوار سید ابو صالح رحمۃ اللہ تعالٰی علیہ اپنی نوجوانی کے زمانہ میں شہر سے باہر تشریف لے جا رہے تھے اچانک آپ کی نگاہ قریب ہی بہتی ہوئی ایک ندی پر پڑی جس میں ایک سرخ سیب بہتا چلا جا رہا تھا آپ نے اُس سیب کو اٹھا لیا اور کاٹ کر تناول فرما لیا پھر اچانک آپ کو خیال آیا کہ نجانت یہ سب کس باغ سے ٹوٹ کر ندی میں بہہ کر آگیا تھا اور نہ معلوم اس کا مالک کون ہے آپ کے احساس تقوٰی نے آپ کو مالک کی اجازت کے بغیر سیب کھا لینے کی غلطی پر پریشان و پشیمان کردیا چنانچہ فوراً الٹے قدموں اس ندی کے کنارے کنارے چلنے لگے یہاں تک کے کئی میل چلنے کے بعد آپ کو ایک باغ نظر آیا باغ میں پہنچ کر آپ نے ملاحظہ فرمایا کہ درختوں پر لگے سرخ سیبوں کی شاخیں ندی پر جھکی ہوئی تھیں آپ فوراً سمجھ گئے کہ یقیناً وہ سیب یہیں سے ٹوٹ کر ندی میں گرا تھا چنانچہ آپ نے باغ کے مالک سے ملاقات کی جو کہ اپنے زمانے کے بہت بڑے بزرگ تھے جن کا نام مبارک سیدنا عبداللہ صومعی رحمۃ اللہ علیہ تھا انہوں نے جب اس نیک و صالح نوجوان کی بات سنی اور ان کی بغیر اجازت سیب کھا لینے پر پشیمانی و پریشانی دیکھی معافی کا یہ انوکھا انداز دیکھا اور آپ کا زہد و تقوٰی ملاحظہ کیا تو صومعی رحمۃ اللہ علیہ کو بے حد مسرت ہوئی اور جب شجرہ نسب دریافت کیا تو یہ جان کر مذید خوشی و انبساط محسوس کیا کہ آپ تو حضرت علی شیرِ خدا رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ کی اولاد مطہرہ میں سے ہیں۔ پھر مسکراتے ہوئے فرمایا کہ صاحبزادے بغیر اجازت سیب کھا لینے کی معافی اُسی صورت میں ممکن ہے کہ تم میری معذور بیٹی جو کہ آنکھوں سے اندھی، کانوں سے بہری، منہ سے گونگی اور پیروں سے لنجی ہے۔ اس سے شادی کرلو یہ سُن کر سید ابو الصالح جو کہ اپنے تقوٰی و پرہیزگاری میں اپنی مثال آپ تھے اس نکاح پر رضا مند ہوگئے نکاح کے بعد جب اپنے حجلہ عروسی میں قدم رکھا تو وہاں ایک صحیح سلامت نورانی صورت کو پایا آپ گھبرا کر الٹے قدموں باہر نکل گئے کہ شاید اندر کوئی نامحرم لڑکی موجود ہے اُسی وقت آپ نے اپنے خسر محترم سید عبداللہ صومعی کے پاس پہنچ کر ماجرا بیان کیا تو عبداللہ صومعی رحمۃ اللہ علیہ نے مسکراتے ہوئے فرمایا مبارک ہو وہ تمہاری ہی زوجہ مطہرہ ہے میں نے اُسے اندھی اس لئے کہا تھا کہ اس نے کبھی کسی غیر محرم پر نظر نہیں ڈالی اور بہری اس لئے کہ اس نے کوئی گندی بات آج تک نہ سنی گونگی اس لئے کہ اس نے کبھی بد کلامی نہیں کی اور لنجی اس لئے کہ اس نے کبھی گھر سے باہر قدم نہ رکھا۔ یہ نیک فطرت پاکیزہ خصلت کی مالک خاتون شیخ عبدالقادر جیلانی کی والدہ محترمہ سیدہ ام الخیر فاطمہ تھیں۔ (ایسے والدین کو پھر اللہ تبارک و تعالٰی نے شیخ عبدالقادر جیلانی رحمتہ اللہ علیہ جیسے بیٹے سے نوازا)۔

انسان کی آرزو اور عمر کا بیان۔

بشر بن معاذ ضریر، ابوعوانہ، قتادہ، حضرت انس رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہ رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہ سے روایت ہے

آنحضرت صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم نے فرمایا

آدمی بوڑھا ہوتا جاتا ہے

اور دو چیزیں اس میں جوان ہوتی جاتی ہیں

ایک تو مال کی حرص

دوسرے عمر کی حرص۔

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It was narrated from Anas(R.A) that

the Messenger ,of Allah P.B.U.H said:

"The son of Adam grows old but two things remain young in him:

His craving for wealth and his craving for a long life."

(Sahih)

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