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This story is about a King in Africa who had a close friend that he grew up with. The friend had a habit of looking at every situation that ever occurred in his life(positive or negative) by remarking, "This is good, Allah Almighty
knows best" One day the King and his friend were out on a hunting expedition.
The friend would load and prepare the guns for the King. The friend had
apparently done something wrong in preparing one of the guns, for after
taking the gun from his friend, the King fired it and his thumb was
blown off. Examining the situation the friend remarked as usual, "This
is good! Allah Almighty knows best." To which the King replied, "No,
this is NOT good!" and ordered his soldiers to put his friend into
jail.
About a year later, the King was hunting in an area that he should have known
to stay clear of. Cannibals captured the King and took him to their
village. They tied his hands, stacked some wood, set up a stake and
bound him to the stake. As they came near to set fire to the wood, they
noticed that the King was missing a thumb. Being superstitious, they
never ate anyone who was less than whole. So after untying the
King,they chased him out of the village. When the King reached his Palace, he was reminded of the event that had taken his thumb and felt remorse for his
treatment of his friend. He went immediately to the jail to speak with
his friend. "You were right" the King said, "it was good that my thumb
was blown off." And he proceeded to tell the friend all that had just
happened. "I am very sorry for sending you to jail for so long. It was bad for me to do this." "No," his friend replied, "this is good...Allah Almighty knows best" "What do you mean, 'this is good'! How could it be good that I sent my friend to jail for a year?"
The King's friend replied: "Remember that the Almighty knows best and
if I had NOT been in jail, I would have been with you on that hunting
trip."
"He knows what is before them And what is behind them: And to
Allah go back All questions (for decision)"
Qur'an:Surah Al Hajj 22:76
Moral of the story)
Do Not Judge Things or Events by its Immediate Outcome! Almighty, the Most High, is the All-Knowledgable, the All- Knower... He chooses to show us Things in form of a sign... but sometimes... we are not shown the wisdom behind somethings. When we are confronted by circumstances that are not very pleasing or upto our expectations.... we are
quick to say: "This is not good..." but... is it really not good for us? We might not
know the purpose behind it. It might turn to be a good thing in our favour later on in our lives...
thus...when we are faced with any siuation... do not be too quick to
judge...ALWAYS REMEMBER.... this life is merely a test... the good and
the bad we have to taste both of them....and there is nothing that happens for no reason... our
brains are just not gifted enough to understand these reasons yet. Sometimes
... things happen to us for a particular reason that we might not know now but will understand in the near future...
knows best" One day the King and his friend were out on a hunting expedition.
The friend would load and prepare the guns for the King. The friend had
apparently done something wrong in preparing one of the guns, for after
taking the gun from his friend, the King fired it and his thumb was
blown off. Examining the situation the friend remarked as usual, "This
is good! Allah Almighty knows best." To which the King replied, "No,
this is NOT good!" and ordered his soldiers to put his friend into
jail.
About a year later, the King was hunting in an area that he should have known
to stay clear of. Cannibals captured the King and took him to their
village. They tied his hands, stacked some wood, set up a stake and
bound him to the stake. As they came near to set fire to the wood, they
noticed that the King was missing a thumb. Being superstitious, they
never ate anyone who was less than whole. So after untying the
King,they chased him out of the village. When the King reached his Palace, he was reminded of the event that had taken his thumb and felt remorse for his
treatment of his friend. He went immediately to the jail to speak with
his friend. "You were right" the King said, "it was good that my thumb
was blown off." And he proceeded to tell the friend all that had just
happened. "I am very sorry for sending you to jail for so long. It was bad for me to do this." "No," his friend replied, "this is good...Allah Almighty knows best" "What do you mean, 'this is good'! How could it be good that I sent my friend to jail for a year?"
The King's friend replied: "Remember that the Almighty knows best and
if I had NOT been in jail, I would have been with you on that hunting
trip."
"He knows what is before them And what is behind them: And to
Allah go back All questions (for decision)"
Qur'an:Surah Al Hajj 22:76
Moral of the story)
Do Not Judge Things or Events by its Immediate Outcome! Almighty, the Most High, is the All-Knowledgable, the All- Knower... He chooses to show us Things in form of a sign... but sometimes... we are not shown the wisdom behind somethings. When we are confronted by circumstances that are not very pleasing or upto our expectations.... we are
quick to say: "This is not good..." but... is it really not good for us? We might not
know the purpose behind it. It might turn to be a good thing in our favour later on in our lives...
thus...when we are faced with any siuation... do not be too quick to
judge...ALWAYS REMEMBER.... this life is merely a test... the good and
the bad we have to taste both of them....and there is nothing that happens for no reason... our
brains are just not gifted enough to understand these reasons yet. Sometimes
... things happen to us for a particular reason that we might not know now but will understand in the near future...
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