Presence of Allah
An interesting story about the presence of Allah…
A man went to have a hair cut at the barber shop. The man and the barber spoke of many things and finally the subject of the presence of Allah was brought up.
Barber: I do not believe in the presence of Allah.
Customer: Why do you not believe in the presence of Allah?
Barber: If you simply go around in the streets you will realize there is not God. If there were a God, a kind God, why would He allow people to get sick? Why are there so many homeless children on the streets? Etc etc. if there were a kind and just God, we would not witness pain and anguish in this life time, would we?
The customer thought of what the barber was saying and felt it was better not to answer immediately. The aim was not to make the barber fall into more sin and for purposes of organizing his thoughts for now or later to answer what he said. What the man did was very wise… sometimes it is better not to answer provocative issues immediately in order to say something that would help rather than create more problems.
The barber finished his work and the customer was leaving. As he was just stepping outside the barber’s shop, Allah sent him the answer.
The customer saw a man with very long, messed up hair and a long unrefined beard. So he walked in again and quickly called the barber to show him the man.
Customer: Do you know that there are no barbers at all?
Barber: (looking at the customer in amazement and asked?) How come? I am a barber and I just gave you a haircut.
Customer: If yes, then why are there men walking around with such long messy hair and beards?
Barber: (confidently he answered :) They choose not to come to us, and that is their choice.
Customer: There you go, it is “their choice” to stay like this, it is not that you are non existent, nor are other barbers.
You see, it is the same concept with God. God is there for us, only when we go to him for help or at times of need will we feel His presence. Misery is something we choose. If it comes to us, we can simply ask God for help. Either it will be sorted out, or He will grant us the patience and strength to handle it till it passes! But only then will we feel His presence, when WE establish the communication with Him. We are the ones that need Him, He does not need us. He is “The Creator” and He has created us to worship Him.
Allah is always there for us, at all times. Only we are the ones that are sometimes too lazy to reach out for Him.
There are abundant verses in the Holy Quraan mentioning this issue and more over there are Ahadeeth Qudseya (Sayings by Allah revealed to Prophet Muhammed Via the Arc Angel Gibreal) and there are also Ahadeeth Nabaweaya (Prophet Muhammed Allahomma saly wa salem 3aleih’s sayings).
Having this is a privilege since serious psychological problems cannot find their way to those who are strong believers. Those who resort to Allah do go through sadness and distress as well, we all do, but things cannot and do not take too much time because those of us who have strong Faith, know it is only a test, and that God is kind and just.
Long Long issue, but in a nutshell Believing is beautiful. It makes Life worth living!
A man went to have a hair cut at the barber shop. The man and the barber spoke of many things and finally the subject of the presence of Allah was brought up.
Barber: I do not believe in the presence of Allah.
Customer: Why do you not believe in the presence of Allah?
Barber: If you simply go around in the streets you will realize there is not God. If there were a God, a kind God, why would He allow people to get sick? Why are there so many homeless children on the streets? Etc etc. if there were a kind and just God, we would not witness pain and anguish in this life time, would we?
The customer thought of what the barber was saying and felt it was better not to answer immediately. The aim was not to make the barber fall into more sin and for purposes of organizing his thoughts for now or later to answer what he said. What the man did was very wise… sometimes it is better not to answer provocative issues immediately in order to say something that would help rather than create more problems.
The barber finished his work and the customer was leaving. As he was just stepping outside the barber’s shop, Allah sent him the answer.
The customer saw a man with very long, messed up hair and a long unrefined beard. So he walked in again and quickly called the barber to show him the man.
Customer: Do you know that there are no barbers at all?
Barber: (looking at the customer in amazement and asked?) How come? I am a barber and I just gave you a haircut.
Customer: If yes, then why are there men walking around with such long messy hair and beards?
Barber: (confidently he answered :) They choose not to come to us, and that is their choice.
Customer: There you go, it is “their choice” to stay like this, it is not that you are non existent, nor are other barbers.
You see, it is the same concept with God. God is there for us, only when we go to him for help or at times of need will we feel His presence. Misery is something we choose. If it comes to us, we can simply ask God for help. Either it will be sorted out, or He will grant us the patience and strength to handle it till it passes! But only then will we feel His presence, when WE establish the communication with Him. We are the ones that need Him, He does not need us. He is “The Creator” and He has created us to worship Him.
Allah is always there for us, at all times. Only we are the ones that are sometimes too lazy to reach out for Him.
There are abundant verses in the Holy Quraan mentioning this issue and more over there are Ahadeeth Qudseya (Sayings by Allah revealed to Prophet Muhammed Via the Arc Angel Gibreal) and there are also Ahadeeth Nabaweaya (Prophet Muhammed Allahomma saly wa salem 3aleih’s sayings).
Having this is a privilege since serious psychological problems cannot find their way to those who are strong believers. Those who resort to Allah do go through sadness and distress as well, we all do, but things cannot and do not take too much time because those of us who have strong Faith, know it is only a test, and that God is kind and just.
Long Long issue, but in a nutshell Believing is beautiful. It makes Life worth living!
posted by Dalulla @ 12:45 AM
2 Comments:
beautiful story dalulla...
and yes.. we sometimes get all huffed up because of a different oppinion and in the end cause more harm than good... the fann of da3wah needs to be studied.
Islam is indeed the religion of peace and love, but it is the followers that do it wrong and give it a bad name many a times due to lack of understanding.
I believe the few words i jotted down here above are in simple English... I do not understand why it is so difficult for some people to absorb these words and instead of being stubborn and insisting that Islam is evil, to try and find out what it is about.
May Allah guide us all to the right path insha'Allah and may we all be able to put in a good word in good manner as our religion commands us.
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