~Dont you shy with an Ant?~ sis Rytha
What so beautiful story “ THE INSPIRATIONAL ANT ” that written by Sister Saaleha. You can read the story in SistersSeekingJannah group**
The story has told an important issue in Islam believes lightly but elegantly…If I may take the lesson from the story, it talks about faith.
Reading the story made me remember to beautiful verse in Holy Qur’an. It said that for the true believers who have dear trust in Allah, Allah will help them to solve their matters, Allah will help to find the way out. Allah will provide them sustenance from any ways that sometimes unthinkable. [1] This is a beautiful promise of Allah as the gifts for the believers in this world… …
Therefore a Moslem, who has a true faith, will always confidence facing all obstacles in their life. They feel Allah will always with them…Allah will always help them… Allah will always protect them..as far they stick to the straight part, and follow the best His guidance.
A Moslem should believe that there is no moving creature on earth but its sustenance depenth on Allah. [2] Allah will not leave even small weak creatures without sustenance. There are many creatures that carry not their own sustenance; it’s Allah who feeds them. [3] Allah gives His creatures sustenance depends on their function in this universe, and also depends on their efforts.
There is kind of sustenance that demand our efforts to get them. Such as when we want to eat we need money, to get money we have to work. The harder we work; we “usually” will get more money.
There is another sustenance that just available freely even if we do not ask. We can breathe the fresh the air, drink the fresh water, feel the warm of the sun light; and we meet the night for us to get rest, etc. If we calculate all what He provided for us it is really unlimited.[4]
There is another interesting stories about an Ant and Prophet Sulaiman [Solomon] alaihiwasssalam. We know the Prophet Sulaiman alaihiwasssalam has special gift. Allah blessed him the ability to talk and understand animals’ language.
One day Prophet Sulaiman alaihiwassalam asked an ant: “How much sustenance do you need in one year?
“One grain” answered the Ant.
Then Prophet Sulaiman alaihiwassalam put the ant into a bottle, he closed the bottle so that the ant couldn’t go anywhere. The Prophet left a grain for Ant’s life for one year...
After one year Prophet Sulaiman backed. He opened that bottle. He found only half of grain had been eaten. The prophet wondered: “Why you left half of that grain, why you do not eat all of them? In fact you need one grain for one year.”….
The answer gave very profound answer:
The ant said “If I didn’t live in the bottle, I would have eaten all the grain because of my trust to Allah subhana wata’ala. I know Allah will never forget to give sustenance for a weak creature like me next year, but because I was depended on your, I had to leave half of the grain for the safety just in case you would forget me in the next year” [5]
Subhanallah….
The ant just teaches us about a very important issue in Islamic belief. Our scholars make the definition of this issues as “Tawheed Rububiyah; a fundamental things to believe Allah as the Rabb [Robb], the owner, the master, the guider, the provider, the director, the creator, and the One who take care all His creatures ; all in the heaven and the universe……
Many of us memorize very well the definitions of Tawheed, particularly the Tawheed of Rububiyah. Some even were trained to preach the Tawheed eloquently with the most beautiful way [but many with rude ways :)]. Some are always in the front line to purify the Tawheed. They are in the highest spirit of enthusiasm to call back people to the true teaching of Islam.
But the essence of that tawheed and the application of that tawheed are often being forgotten. Sometimes the theories are always easier than practice, the beautiful preach is easy to speak, the words is easy to composes. In fact get to know many things are nothing if they are not applied in our life.
I want to share another story to make clearer what I meant why sometimes we often forget to practice this tawheed and how the spirit and the essence of tawheed could fade in daily practice…
My boss, he is a non Moslem. He is one of a good non-believer that I ever know. Be a Christian he tries to be a true believer. Once time he said: sometimes he had to take decisions that against his principles. He sit and pondered about all of them, He talked to the God “ God, I know this wrong but I have to do this works, because if I didn’t to do this there are many things that lost”….
What he mean as “Many things that lost” here are something about “money”, “opportunities”, “clients”, “friends”, etc, etc. But the main thing is “money.
My dear Moslem brothers who have family and carry the responsibilities will understand very well these situations… This is the dilemmatic things that are always faced by people in the work life. Especially if the corruptions, collusion, nepotisms reach high to the sky, and be something common . Nowadays the pure and honest ways be something that rare and strange, the ones who pratice them become a stranger, they often face the situation where they have to make extremely difficult choice.
He is Christian, he didn’t learn the Tauwheed of Rububiyah, and so it’s quite normal if he has such thought. But many of us [Moslems] who know the meaning of Tawheed Rububiyah from the cradle to the grave often adapt such of thought, justify it, and then finally involve in the wrong things..
This seems a mirror and light thing. In fact is a fundamental thing in Moslem life….
There are too many temptations. We would think, what if I didn’t take it, people would say I am not a real professional in my field. What if I didn’t do this project, I would not get the money for my children, What If I didnt do this I would lost my job, where I would find another job, ect etc….
At the moment rarely people think: “how I will responsible before Allah in the Day of Judgment? Will I have courage to face Allah the Almighty at that day? What will I answer Him? If I do this then I will not be a true believer…. If I do this I am a hypocrite, I teach people all the ideal things, things that I even didn’t practice myself…
Imagine we got the money by the wrong ways, and then we use that money to feed our family. Our children grow from that money, and that money convert become his/her bloods, minds, heart, all his/her organs. That money will be part of our children, intact to them forever …...
Then, how we will wish the blessing of Allah and wish born pious generations from that money…..
My dear sisters in Islam [who are blessed by a husband] please support your husband. They are carrying heavy responsibilities, do not demand too much. Your exceed demands could lead them fall to the wrong doings… na’uzubillah….
When a Moslem believes to the tawheed Rububiyah, they are engaged to believe that Allah will give the substances, Allah is the most rich, Allah is the most and the only provider; Allah is the aulia [the friends] of all the believers. There are many doors to search his bounties… and we shouldn’t choose the wrong door if we still want to please Allah. ….. All we have to do just never despair from the help of Allah and keep trying the best to be in the right part all the time…. Always have trust Allah will always give the way out… This is a basic, a fundamental belief in Moslem life….else the ant seems more honors and a true smarter believer in the eyes of Allah subhana wata’ala :)….…..
Wallahu alam bishshowab
May Allah subhana wata'ala always help and guide all of us to keep in this straight path......
Bandung 16 November 2005
Rytha
Moderator SistersSeekingJannah [Click to join]
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**You perhaps can’t read the story “THE INSPIRATIONAL ANT ” by Sister Saaleha, afwan… If you want to read the story you have to subscribe ;). Please welcome to subscribe to SistersSeekingJannah [but this strictly FOR SISTER ONLY !! ]… You will read some good postings if you have joined inshaAllah…
So my dear sisters please hurry join with us, and my dear brothers please tell your beloved sisters to join [your mom, aunt, wife, siblings, or friends] for Moslem and non Moslem…
InshaAllah we will take care each other for the sake of Allah. The main intention we create the group to strengthen the ukhuwah, to get in touch with the sisters around the world, and to encourage the muslimah to sharpen their talents, to share freely their creative writings, discussing particular issues, to share the experiences etc.
This is the right place where sisters can talk from heart to heart freely [without brothers around ;)]…InshaAllah we will make this group be educative but fun, an informative but creative. The most important things… there will not “FIGHT” will be allowed there [ please just do not share that talent with us ……. there are already so many other place where you can share that “fight” talent :)]…..
InshaAllah We will hear all the aspirations, not to force or stir anyone to a particular direction …but InshaAllah with the love and the respect we will try to grow together and then our the heart will go to the same direction dearly [to the true beautiful teaching of Islam], to reach the same final destination ……. Jannahtul firdaus [the highest state of Jannah...].....AMEEN
[1] Qur'an At-Talaq 65:2-3
[2] Qur'an Hud 11:6
[3] Qur'an Al Ankabut 29:60
[4] Qur'an Ibrahim 14:34
[5] I read this story read from Tarbawi Magazine long time back [it said the story taken from the book Bidadari serambi hati M.I.F Baihaqi]….I retold the story with my own version. The story perhaps not shohih, but it just have beautiful meaning..
The story has told an important issue in Islam believes lightly but elegantly…If I may take the lesson from the story, it talks about faith.
Reading the story made me remember to beautiful verse in Holy Qur’an. It said that for the true believers who have dear trust in Allah, Allah will help them to solve their matters, Allah will help to find the way out. Allah will provide them sustenance from any ways that sometimes unthinkable. [1] This is a beautiful promise of Allah as the gifts for the believers in this world… …
Therefore a Moslem, who has a true faith, will always confidence facing all obstacles in their life. They feel Allah will always with them…Allah will always help them… Allah will always protect them..as far they stick to the straight part, and follow the best His guidance.
A Moslem should believe that there is no moving creature on earth but its sustenance depenth on Allah. [2] Allah will not leave even small weak creatures without sustenance. There are many creatures that carry not their own sustenance; it’s Allah who feeds them. [3] Allah gives His creatures sustenance depends on their function in this universe, and also depends on their efforts.
There is kind of sustenance that demand our efforts to get them. Such as when we want to eat we need money, to get money we have to work. The harder we work; we “usually” will get more money.
There is another sustenance that just available freely even if we do not ask. We can breathe the fresh the air, drink the fresh water, feel the warm of the sun light; and we meet the night for us to get rest, etc. If we calculate all what He provided for us it is really unlimited.[4]
There is another interesting stories about an Ant and Prophet Sulaiman [Solomon] alaihiwasssalam. We know the Prophet Sulaiman alaihiwasssalam has special gift. Allah blessed him the ability to talk and understand animals’ language.
One day Prophet Sulaiman alaihiwassalam asked an ant: “How much sustenance do you need in one year?
“One grain” answered the Ant.
Then Prophet Sulaiman alaihiwassalam put the ant into a bottle, he closed the bottle so that the ant couldn’t go anywhere. The Prophet left a grain for Ant’s life for one year...
After one year Prophet Sulaiman backed. He opened that bottle. He found only half of grain had been eaten. The prophet wondered: “Why you left half of that grain, why you do not eat all of them? In fact you need one grain for one year.”….
The answer gave very profound answer:
The ant said “If I didn’t live in the bottle, I would have eaten all the grain because of my trust to Allah subhana wata’ala. I know Allah will never forget to give sustenance for a weak creature like me next year, but because I was depended on your, I had to leave half of the grain for the safety just in case you would forget me in the next year” [5]
Subhanallah….
The ant just teaches us about a very important issue in Islamic belief. Our scholars make the definition of this issues as “Tawheed Rububiyah; a fundamental things to believe Allah as the Rabb [Robb], the owner, the master, the guider, the provider, the director, the creator, and the One who take care all His creatures ; all in the heaven and the universe……
Many of us memorize very well the definitions of Tawheed, particularly the Tawheed of Rububiyah. Some even were trained to preach the Tawheed eloquently with the most beautiful way [but many with rude ways :)]. Some are always in the front line to purify the Tawheed. They are in the highest spirit of enthusiasm to call back people to the true teaching of Islam.
But the essence of that tawheed and the application of that tawheed are often being forgotten. Sometimes the theories are always easier than practice, the beautiful preach is easy to speak, the words is easy to composes. In fact get to know many things are nothing if they are not applied in our life.
I want to share another story to make clearer what I meant why sometimes we often forget to practice this tawheed and how the spirit and the essence of tawheed could fade in daily practice…
My boss, he is a non Moslem. He is one of a good non-believer that I ever know. Be a Christian he tries to be a true believer. Once time he said: sometimes he had to take decisions that against his principles. He sit and pondered about all of them, He talked to the God “ God, I know this wrong but I have to do this works, because if I didn’t to do this there are many things that lost”….
What he mean as “Many things that lost” here are something about “money”, “opportunities”, “clients”, “friends”, etc, etc. But the main thing is “money.
My dear Moslem brothers who have family and carry the responsibilities will understand very well these situations… This is the dilemmatic things that are always faced by people in the work life. Especially if the corruptions, collusion, nepotisms reach high to the sky, and be something common . Nowadays the pure and honest ways be something that rare and strange, the ones who pratice them become a stranger, they often face the situation where they have to make extremely difficult choice.
He is Christian, he didn’t learn the Tauwheed of Rububiyah, and so it’s quite normal if he has such thought. But many of us [Moslems] who know the meaning of Tawheed Rububiyah from the cradle to the grave often adapt such of thought, justify it, and then finally involve in the wrong things..
This seems a mirror and light thing. In fact is a fundamental thing in Moslem life….
There are too many temptations. We would think, what if I didn’t take it, people would say I am not a real professional in my field. What if I didn’t do this project, I would not get the money for my children, What If I didnt do this I would lost my job, where I would find another job, ect etc….
At the moment rarely people think: “how I will responsible before Allah in the Day of Judgment? Will I have courage to face Allah the Almighty at that day? What will I answer Him? If I do this then I will not be a true believer…. If I do this I am a hypocrite, I teach people all the ideal things, things that I even didn’t practice myself…
Imagine we got the money by the wrong ways, and then we use that money to feed our family. Our children grow from that money, and that money convert become his/her bloods, minds, heart, all his/her organs. That money will be part of our children, intact to them forever …...
Then, how we will wish the blessing of Allah and wish born pious generations from that money…..
My dear sisters in Islam [who are blessed by a husband] please support your husband. They are carrying heavy responsibilities, do not demand too much. Your exceed demands could lead them fall to the wrong doings… na’uzubillah….
When a Moslem believes to the tawheed Rububiyah, they are engaged to believe that Allah will give the substances, Allah is the most rich, Allah is the most and the only provider; Allah is the aulia [the friends] of all the believers. There are many doors to search his bounties… and we shouldn’t choose the wrong door if we still want to please Allah. ….. All we have to do just never despair from the help of Allah and keep trying the best to be in the right part all the time…. Always have trust Allah will always give the way out… This is a basic, a fundamental belief in Moslem life….else the ant seems more honors and a true smarter believer in the eyes of Allah subhana wata’ala :)….…..
Wallahu alam bishshowab
May Allah subhana wata'ala always help and guide all of us to keep in this straight path......
Bandung 16 November 2005
Rytha
Moderator SistersSeekingJannah [Click to join]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
**You perhaps can’t read the story “THE INSPIRATIONAL ANT ” by Sister Saaleha, afwan… If you want to read the story you have to subscribe ;). Please welcome to subscribe to SistersSeekingJannah [but this strictly FOR SISTER ONLY !! ]… You will read some good postings if you have joined inshaAllah…
So my dear sisters please hurry join with us, and my dear brothers please tell your beloved sisters to join [your mom, aunt, wife, siblings, or friends] for Moslem and non Moslem…
InshaAllah we will take care each other for the sake of Allah. The main intention we create the group to strengthen the ukhuwah, to get in touch with the sisters around the world, and to encourage the muslimah to sharpen their talents, to share freely their creative writings, discussing particular issues, to share the experiences etc.
This is the right place where sisters can talk from heart to heart freely [without brothers around ;)]…InshaAllah we will make this group be educative but fun, an informative but creative. The most important things… there will not “FIGHT” will be allowed there [ please just do not share that talent with us ……. there are already so many other place where you can share that “fight” talent :)]…..
InshaAllah We will hear all the aspirations, not to force or stir anyone to a particular direction …but InshaAllah with the love and the respect we will try to grow together and then our the heart will go to the same direction dearly [to the true beautiful teaching of Islam], to reach the same final destination ……. Jannahtul firdaus [the highest state of Jannah...].....AMEEN
[1] Qur'an At-Talaq 65:2-3
[2] Qur'an Hud 11:6
[3] Qur'an Al Ankabut 29:60
[4] Qur'an Ibrahim 14:34
[5] I read this story read from Tarbawi Magazine long time back [it said the story taken from the book Bidadari serambi hati M.I.F Baihaqi]….I retold the story with my own version. The story perhaps not shohih, but it just have beautiful meaning..
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