Islamic Exemplary Stories

Boy and a bag of nails & Qur'an as defenders in the Hereafter.

BOY AND BAG OF NAILS

It is said that Ahmad is an unruly boy.His nature is irritable and stubborn, making him often quarrel and say rude to others.

Once, his father called him and gave him a bag of nails; “Nih, whenever you fight or say rude to anyone, put a nail on the fence” said his father.

On the first day, Ahmad planted 32 nails on the fence, and after a week passed, he was surprised to see the number of nails stuck on the fence. He decided to better control himself and reduce the number of nails he had to plug every day.

It turned out to be true, he managed to reduce the number of nails he had to plug every day. For him, it is easier than having to stick nails on the fence every day.

Thus did Ahmad go through the following days, until there came a day when he no longer stuck a nail on the fence! That's when Ahmad reported to his father, and said that he no longer needed to stick a nail…

The father said to him: “Hmm..well, now pull out a nail every day, if you make it through the day without saying rudely or fighting with anyone.”.

Day after day passed long enough until finally Ahmad managed to pull out all the nails. He also reported to his father that all the nails on the fence had been pulled back. So the father took him to the fence and said: “Hmm, good good...Your work is quite good..but, try to pay attention to the holes in the nail that you put on the fence, he's not going back to the way he was! My Son, when you quarrel and get angry with someone, you will speak bad words, you could have stabbed someone and pulled the knife out of his stomach; however, you would have left a deep scar! Therefore, it is useless for you to regret your actions many times, because after all the scars remain, and remember that the wounds caused by your mouth are more painful than the stab”.

Al Mutanabbi said:

Gun wounds heal, but they will not heal if the wound is spoken[1]

[1] Adapted from an Arabic article.

May you be inspired by the story above…

THE QUR'AN AS A DEFENSE IN THE AFTERLIFE

Abu Umamah RA said: "Rasulullah SAW has advised that we all learn the Quran, after which the Prophet Muhammad told about the advantages of the Quran".

The Messenger of Allah said: "Learn you of the Quran, in the Hereafter he will come to his expert2nya, where at that time people need it most. "He will come in his beautiful form 2 & he asks, "Know ye to me?" And the one who has read will answer: "Who are you?"

So the Quran says: "I am the one you love & flatter & wake up at night for me & you also read me during the day". Then said the man who had read the Quran: "Are you the Quran?" Then the Quran recognizes and guides those who have read to Allah SWT.

Then the man is given a kingdom in his right hand and will remain in his left hand, then he puts a crown on his head. Both his father and mother were given jewelry that could not be exchanged with the world although doubled, so they both asked: "Where did we get all of this from, though our charity didn't get this far?" Then he said: "You are given this because your child has read and studied the Quran (amal jariyah)".