A dumb boy
Friday, August 15, 2008
THERE was a rich man in Pakistan with tremendous wealth. He was a landlord.
However, the man had a son with very little understanding of things. So, people call the son stupid. One day, the rich man called his son and told him to make him some tea. The son made some tea and brought it to his father.
The father took one sip from the tea and to his surprise, it was very delicious.
He asked his son about how the tea was made.
The son said, "I went to the backyard to look for some firewood. But, since it was raining, all the woods were wet. So, I went to the place where you store your money and picked up a lot of cash. Then I burned all the paper money to made the tea."
The tea that tasted very good in the beginning to the father now tasted like poison.
Reading this story makes us thinking that the son is really dumb. Why? Because he burned valuable money just to make a cup of tea.
But in reality, a person is more dumb when he or she burns the everlasting life in the hereafter (Akhirat) for this short worldly life, by disobeying our Creator. That is why the Messenger of Allah reminded us, "The wisest of all men is he who remembers death often and prepares for it."
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However, the man had a son with very little understanding of things. So, people call the son stupid. One day, the rich man called his son and told him to make him some tea. The son made some tea and brought it to his father.
The father took one sip from the tea and to his surprise, it was very delicious.
He asked his son about how the tea was made.
The son said, "I went to the backyard to look for some firewood. But, since it was raining, all the woods were wet. So, I went to the place where you store your money and picked up a lot of cash. Then I burned all the paper money to made the tea."
The tea that tasted very good in the beginning to the father now tasted like poison.
Reading this story makes us thinking that the son is really dumb. Why? Because he burned valuable money just to make a cup of tea.
But in reality, a person is more dumb when he or she burns the everlasting life in the hereafter (Akhirat) for this short worldly life, by disobeying our Creator. That is why the Messenger of Allah reminded us, "The wisest of all men is he who remembers death often and prepares for it."
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