A man was sleeping at night in his room when suddenly his room filled with light & heard the voice of Allah.
Allah told the man that he has some work for him to do, & showed him to move a large rock in front of his room. & explained him to push against the rock with all his might.
The man obeyed Allah & did, for day after day. For many years he toiled from sun up to sun down, his shoulders set squarely against the cold, massive surface of the unmoving rock, pushing with all his might. Each night the man returned to his room sore, & worn out, feeling that his whole day had been spent in vain.
Seeing that the man was showing signs of dis-couragement, the devil decided to enter the picture by placing thoughts into the man's weary mind & said that "You have been pushing against that rock for a long time, & it hasn't budged. Why kill yourself over this? You are never going to move it." This gave the man the impression that the task was impossible & that he was a failure…….
These thoughts discouraged & disheartened the man. "Why kill myself over this?" he thought. "I'll just put in my time, giving just the minimum effort & that will be good enough." & that is what he planned to do. until one day he decided to make it a matter of prayer & take his troubled thoughts to the Allah.
"Oh, Allah" he said, "I have labored long & hard in your service, putting all my strength to do that which you have asked. Yet, after all this time, I have not even budged that rock by half a millimeter. What's wrong? Why am I failing?"
Allah Smiled & responded compassionately, " Oh ! My friend, when I asked you to serve me & you accepted, I told you that your task was to push against the rock with all your strength, which you have done. Never once did I mention to you that I expected you to move it from its place. Your task was to push. & now you come to me, with your strength spent, thinking that you have failed. But, is that really so.....?
Look at yourself. You arms are strong & muscled, ur back sinewy & brown, ur hands are callused from constant pressure, & ur legs have become massive & hard. Through opposition you have grown much & ur abilities now surpass that which you used to have.
Yet you haven't moved the rock. But your calling was to be obedient & to push & to exercise your faith & trust in my wisdom.
This you have done. Said Allah & added that ''Oh! my friend, now I will do the remaining work & move the rock."
At times, when we hear a word from Allah, we tend to use our own intellect to decipher what He wants, When actually what Allah wants is just simple obedience & faith in Him.
By all means of exercise & the faith that moves mountains……, but you know that it is still Allah who moves the mountains……….
You just P.U.S.H.! ( Pray Until Something Happens! )
Allah told the man that he has some work for him to do, & showed him to move a large rock in front of his room. & explained him to push against the rock with all his might.
The man obeyed Allah & did, for day after day. For many years he toiled from sun up to sun down, his shoulders set squarely against the cold, massive surface of the unmoving rock, pushing with all his might. Each night the man returned to his room sore, & worn out, feeling that his whole day had been spent in vain.
Seeing that the man was showing signs of dis-couragement, the devil decided to enter the picture by placing thoughts into the man's weary mind & said that "You have been pushing against that rock for a long time, & it hasn't budged. Why kill yourself over this? You are never going to move it." This gave the man the impression that the task was impossible & that he was a failure…….
These thoughts discouraged & disheartened the man. "Why kill myself over this?" he thought. "I'll just put in my time, giving just the minimum effort & that will be good enough." & that is what he planned to do. until one day he decided to make it a matter of prayer & take his troubled thoughts to the Allah.
"Oh, Allah" he said, "I have labored long & hard in your service, putting all my strength to do that which you have asked. Yet, after all this time, I have not even budged that rock by half a millimeter. What's wrong? Why am I failing?"
Allah Smiled & responded compassionately, " Oh ! My friend, when I asked you to serve me & you accepted, I told you that your task was to push against the rock with all your strength, which you have done. Never once did I mention to you that I expected you to move it from its place. Your task was to push. & now you come to me, with your strength spent, thinking that you have failed. But, is that really so.....?
Look at yourself. You arms are strong & muscled, ur back sinewy & brown, ur hands are callused from constant pressure, & ur legs have become massive & hard. Through opposition you have grown much & ur abilities now surpass that which you used to have.
Yet you haven't moved the rock. But your calling was to be obedient & to push & to exercise your faith & trust in my wisdom.
This you have done. Said Allah & added that ''Oh! my friend, now I will do the remaining work & move the rock."
At times, when we hear a word from Allah, we tend to use our own intellect to decipher what He wants, When actually what Allah wants is just simple obedience & faith in Him.
By all means of exercise & the faith that moves mountains……, but you know that it is still Allah who moves the mountains……….
You just P.U.S.H.! ( Pray Until Something Happens! )
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