BinZiad
28-02-2003, 11:53
: Why Bitter Fruits were Sweet for Ayyaz ::
There was a famous ruler by the name Sultan Mahmud
and he had a slave called Ayyaz. Sultan Mahmud
loved Ayyaz very much because of his great wisdom.
From time to time, Sultan would test Ayyaz with
various things to see how much love Ayyaz had for
him.
One day, Sultan Mahmud gathered the most bitter
fruits from his garden and called Ayyaz. Sultan
told Ayyaz to eat them. Ayyaz took the fruits in
his hands and kissed them and then started eating
them without any hesitation.
Sultan observed that Ayyaz was eating the fruits
with great pleasure and the bitter taste was not
affecting him in any way. Now Sultan started
thinking that he might've picked the wrong fruits,
so, he took one of the fruits from Ayyaz to find
out.
As soon as Sultan took a bite, he was overwhelmed
by the bitterness of the fruit and started
screaming for water.
When Sultan settled down, he asked Ayyaz why he
was unaffected by the fruits.
Ayyaz said "You only see the bitterness of the
fruits but you don't see the one who gave them to
me? They were given to me by the king himself!"
My dear friends, today we find some commandments
of Allah to be bitter and hard to follow. However,
we should rather follow them with great love
because they were given to us by the King of all
kings, Allah.
There was a famous ruler by the name Sultan Mahmud
and he had a slave called Ayyaz. Sultan Mahmud
loved Ayyaz very much because of his great wisdom.
From time to time, Sultan would test Ayyaz with
various things to see how much love Ayyaz had for
him.
One day, Sultan Mahmud gathered the most bitter
fruits from his garden and called Ayyaz. Sultan
told Ayyaz to eat them. Ayyaz took the fruits in
his hands and kissed them and then started eating
them without any hesitation.
Sultan observed that Ayyaz was eating the fruits
with great pleasure and the bitter taste was not
affecting him in any way. Now Sultan started
thinking that he might've picked the wrong fruits,
so, he took one of the fruits from Ayyaz to find
out.
As soon as Sultan took a bite, he was overwhelmed
by the bitterness of the fruit and started
screaming for water.
When Sultan settled down, he asked Ayyaz why he
was unaffected by the fruits.
Ayyaz said "You only see the bitterness of the
fruits but you don't see the one who gave them to
me? They were given to me by the king himself!"
My dear friends, today we find some commandments
of Allah to be bitter and hard to follow. However,
we should rather follow them with great love
because they were given to us by the King of all
kings, Allah.