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Proud to be a MUSLIM
Asalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakathuhu..
A man planted a rose & watered it faithfully,
& before it blossomed, he examined it. He saw the bud
that would soon blossom also have thorns with it and
he thought,
How can any beautiful flower come from
a plant burdened with so many sharp thorns?
He felt very sad by this thought, & he neglected to water
the rose, & before it was ready to bloom, it died……
So it is with many people. Within every soul there is a rose.
Allah like qualities planted in us at birth growing amid the thorns of our faults. Many of us look at ourselves & see only the thorns,
[the defects].
We despair, thinking that nothing good can possibly come from us.
We neglect to water the good deeds within us, & eventually it dies.
We never realize our potential.
Some people do not see the rose within themselves; someone else must show it to them. One of the greatest gifts to a person can possess
is to be able to reach past the thorns & find the rose within others..
This is the characteristic of love,
To look at a person, & knowing his faults,
Recognize the nobility in his soul, & help him
to realize that he can overcome his faults...... .
If we show him the rose, he will conquer the thorns.
Then it will blossom hundred- folds as it is given to him.
" Our duty in this world is to help others by showing them their roses & not their thorns [the defects] "
Wasalam
A man planted a rose & watered it faithfully,
& before it blossomed, he examined it. He saw the bud
that would soon blossom also have thorns with it and
he thought,
How can any beautiful flower come from
a plant burdened with so many sharp thorns?
He felt very sad by this thought, & he neglected to water
the rose, & before it was ready to bloom, it died……
So it is with many people. Within every soul there is a rose.
Allah like qualities planted in us at birth growing amid the thorns of our faults. Many of us look at ourselves & see only the thorns,
[the defects].
We despair, thinking that nothing good can possibly come from us.
We neglect to water the good deeds within us, & eventually it dies.
We never realize our potential.
Some people do not see the rose within themselves; someone else must show it to them. One of the greatest gifts to a person can possess
is to be able to reach past the thorns & find the rose within others..
This is the characteristic of love,
To look at a person, & knowing his faults,
Recognize the nobility in his soul, & help him
to realize that he can overcome his faults...... .
If we show him the rose, he will conquer the thorns.
Then it will blossom hundred- folds as it is given to him.
" Our duty in this world is to help others by showing them their roses & not their thorns [the defects] "
Wasalam