The Story of Four Wives

[abdellah007]

Once upon a time, there was a handsome and powerful King who had 4 wives.
He loved the 4th wife the most. He adorned her with rich robes, baubles
and treated her to delicacies. He took great care of her and gave her
nothing but the best.
He also loved the 3rd wife very much. He was very proud of her beauty and
talents and always wanted to show her off to his friends and subjects.
However, the King was always in great fear that she might run away with
some other men.

He also loved his 2nd wife. She was a very considerate person, always
patient and in fact became the King's confidante. Whenever the King faced
some problems, he always turned to his 2nd wife and she would always help
him out and advise him through difficult matters concerning the kingdom.
Now, the King's 1st wife was a very loyal woman and she had made great
contributions in maintaining his wealth and state business as well as
taking care of the royal household. However, the King did not love the
first wife and although she loved him deeply, he hardly took notice of
her.
One day, on a cold winter's night, the King fell very ill. Before long, he
knew that he was going to die soon. He thought and reflected on his
luxurious life and told himself, "Now I have 4 wives with me. But when I
die, I'll be alone. How lonely I'll be!"
Thus, he asked the 4th wife, "I love you the most, endowed you with the
finest clothing. jewelry and showered great care over you. Now that I'm
dying, will you follow me and keep me company?"
"No way!" snapped the 4th
wife and walked away without another word. Her answer cut like a sharp
knife right into the King's heart.

The sad King then asked his 3rd wife, "I have loved you so much all my
life. Now that I'm dying, will you follow me and keep me company?"
"No...
no way!" replied the 3rd wife. "Life is so good over here! I'm going to
remarry when you die!" The King's heart sank and turned cold.
He then asked his 2nd wife, "I've always turned to you for help and you've
always helped me out. Now I need your help again. When I die, will you
follow me and keep me company?"
"I'm sorry, I can't help you out this
time" replied the 2nd wife. "At the very most, I can only send you to
your grave." The answer came like a bolt of lightening and the King was
devastated.
Then a soft and gentle voice said: "I will leave with you. I'll follow
you no matter where you go." The King looked up and there was his 1st
wife. She was so thin, simply clothed and looked so pathetic. Greatly
grieved, the King said, "I should have taken much better care of you
whilst I could."
Actually we all have 4 wives in our lives .....................
The 4th wife is our body. No matter how much time and effort we lavish in
making it look good, it'll leave us when we die..

Our 3rd wife, is our possessions, status and wealth. When we die, we can't
take them with us and all our material things will go to others..

The 2nd wife is our family and friends. No matter how close they had been
there for us when we're alive, the furthest they can stay by us is up to
the grave...

The 1st wife is in fact our Soul. Often neglected in our mindless pursuit
of material wealth and sensual pleasures. It is actually the only thing
that follows us wherever we go. Perhaps it's a good idea to cultivate and
strengthen it now rather than to wait until we're on our death bed to
lament. ..

<<Beauty is but superficial, but the beauty of Iman is transcendent>>

 

[elysetexel]

beautifull

This is a very beautifull story, thanks for sharing it.
MashAllah

elyse:tti_sister:

 

[shaney]

mashallah i really enjoyed this very true

 

[revert2007]

Assalamualikum.Very beautiful.Here I would like to share my old thread related to soul.

How Many of You Feed Your Soul​

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As is the nature of humans, we tend to care more for material objects: things that we can see, touch or hear, but we always forget abstract things which can’t be felt with our five senses.
Accordingly, we care more for our body than for our soul.

As an illustration, ask yourselves the following questions:

1. How many of you go on diet just because you think you have gained weight?
2. How many of you buy beautiful clothes to cover your body
3. How many of you go to the cinema, or seek any other source of entertainment just because you feel bored?
4. How many of you go to fancy restaurants to fill your stomach?
5. How many of you wear make up just to look beautiful?
The list can just go on………………..
This shows that as humans, we care more about our body than our soul. When we were young, our mother fed us. When we grew up we feed ourselves, filling our stomach with all types of delicious food.

But what about our SOUL?

We must remember that when we die, our body will go back to its original condition – back to dust.
Whatever we are doing for our body will never last forever and even any part of this body can in no time be lost in an accident…
But the only thing which will definitely remain is our SOUL and it’s according to this soul that we end up either in Jannah(Paradise) or Jahanam (Hellfire)
And while anyone might feed your stomach, it’s only YOU that can feed your SOUL
What, then, is the food for your soul???????????

It is called IMAN

How do you feed your soul?????????

By worshipping Allah
BY reading Quran
BY obeying Allah
By following the Sunnah (Prophetic Tradition)
By doing dzikir (remembrance of Allah)
An example of dzikir is saying astaghfirullah (asking forgiveness from Allah) hundreds of times each day.

Ramadan ( the month of fasting) is a proof that we can’t do anything except when Allah allows us to. Therefore, we are not allowed in this month to eat, drink or enter anything into our body. In fact, this body is not to be “fed” unless the time comes, the time that Allah has assigned for us.

Our soul, on the other hand, is very richly “fed ” during that time….by worshipping Allah.

Many wealthy people may say, “I’m rich, yet am not happy. Why?”
It is because you’re only rich physically, but not spiritually.
Your soul needs food to be happy

Give IMAN to your SOUL

remember…..when our life comes to an end, …we will be nothing…the only thing which will remain is our soul…….

START FEEDING YOUR SOUL !!!!!!!!!!

 

[IbnAdam77]

wa'alaikumussalam warahmatullahi wabarakatuh

MashaAllah that was lovely.

JazakAllahu khair brother.

wassalam 'alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh

 

[alf2]

I have heard this story TOO MANY TIMES! But honestly, it never gets old. I love it and have told it to all my family members, lol. Jazakallah for posting it. I hope it touches other Muslims.