A young man was getting ready to graduate college. For
many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a
dealer's showroom, and knowing his father could well
afford it, he told him that was all he wanted. As
graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs
that his father had purchased the car.
Finally, on the morning of his graduation his father
called him into his private study. His father told him
how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him
how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful
wrapped gift box. Curious, but somewhat disappointed
the young man opened the box and found a lovely,
leather-bound Holy Qur'an.
Angrily, he raised his voice at his father and said,
"With all your money you give me a Holy Qur'an?" and
stormed out of the house, leaving the Holy book. He
never contacted his father again for long long time.
Many years passed and the young man was very
successful in business. He had a beautiful home and
wonderful family, but realized his father was very
old, and thought perhaps he should go to him. He had
not seen him since that graduation day. Before he
could make arrangements, he received a telegram
telling him his father had passed away, and willed all
of his possessions to his son.
He needed to come home immediately and take care of
things. When he arrived at his father's house, sudden
sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to
search his father's important papers and saw the still
new Holy Qur'an, just as he had left it years ago.
With tears, he opened the Holy Qur'an and began to
turn the pages. As he read those words, a car key
dropped from an envelope taped behind the Holy Qur'an.
It had a tag with the dealer's name, the same dealer
who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was
the date of his graduation, and the words PAID IN
FULL.
How many times do we miss ALLAH blessings because they
are not packaged as we expected?
WISH ALLAH HELP US AND PUT AN END TO OUR SUFFERINGS.
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