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A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it everyday. He climbed to the treetop, ate the apples, took a nap under the shadow, he loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him. Time went by ,the little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree every day.

One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad . “Come and play with me” the tree asked the boy. “I am no longer a kid, I do not play around trees any more” the boy replied. “I want toys. I need money to buy them.” “Sorry, but I do not have money, but you can pick all my apples and sell them. So, you will have money.” The boy was so excited. He grabbed all the apples on the tree and left happily. The boy never came back after he picked the apples. The tree was deeply saddened.

One day, the boy who now turned into a man returned and the tree was excited “Come and play with me” the tree said. “I do not have time to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house for shelter. Can you help me ? ” ” Sorry, but I do not have any house. But you can chop off my branches to build your house.” So the man cut all the branches of the tree and left happily. The tree was glad to see him happy but the man never came back since then. The tree was again lonely and upset.

One hot summer day, the man returned and the tree was delighted. “Come and play with me!” the tree said. “I am getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself. Can you give me a boat ?” said the man . “Use my trunk to build your boat. You can sail far away and be happy.” So the man cut the tree trunk to make a boat. He went sailing and never showed up for a long time.

Finally, the man returned after many years. ” Sorry, my boy. But I do not have anything for you anymore. No more apples for you …” the tree said. “No problem, I do not have any teeth to bite” the man replied. “No more trunk for you to climb on” “I am too old for that now” the man said. “I really cannot give you anything, the only thing left is my dying roots” the tree said with tears. “I do not need much now, just a place to rest. I am tired after all these years” the man replied. “Good! Old tree roots are the best place to lean on and rest, Come, come sit down with me and rest.” The man sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears! . . .

This is a story for everyone!
The tree is like our parents
When we were young, we loved to play with our Mum and Dad!
When we grow up, we leave them,only come to them when we need something or when we are in trouble.
No matter what,
parents will always be there and
give everything they could
just to make you happy.

You may think the boy is cruel to the tree, but sadly that is how almost all of us treat our parents. We take them for granted we don’t appreciate all they do for us, UNTIL it’s too late. May Allah forgive us of our shortcomings and may He Guide us! Insha-Allah! [Ameen-sum-Ameen]

And your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him. And that you be dutiful to your parents. If one of them or both of them attain old age in your life, say not to them a word of disrespect, nor shout at them but address them in terms of honour.

And lower unto them the wing of submission and humility through mercy, and say:

“Ae Allah! Bestow on them Your Mercy as they did bring me up when I was small.”

Last I just want to say Jazak-Allah to whoever shared this example, N no doubt it’s a great reminder for all of us. The stage I am at, very soon to Insha-Allah be a Mother a parent N a daughter who love her parents I could not stop myself from sharing this piece of writing since it touched me deeply N am sure if you’re  a parent or a kid [even if grown up N old], or even if you’re just a human being it will for sure touch your heart as well. The whole world at one side N  your Parents smile at one!

So how true is it? I mean is it really how we see things these days? Is this how we judge people?

Some say “But we can’t see the inner-beauty”

Who says you can’t?

Inner-beauty reflects on the face, on the way you carry yourself and in your conversation.

If you are a beautiful person inside, you will not have to work on anything else than let it shine through.

On the other hand, if someone is rude, obnoxious and has no sense to respect others then no matter how “beautiful” according to the fashion magazines he or she is, they will be the “ugliest” person in the world.

What’s Ugly?
No one can define this word. I mean, for one person an individual might be like an angel, while for someone else he or she can be not so pleasant to look at.

What is pleasant-looking?
Well, when I said that word I felt weird myself, why do we use such words to define others? Can’t we just be like we used to be when we were babies?

The times when we looked at a very dark person, we smiled and ran towards them because they smiled at us. Why can’t we just be like the old days when were tiny babies and smile at whoever looks at us, and not judge them the way they look?

Wouldn’t the world be a beautiful place, with beautiful people?

Inner beauty, is what we all have to work on, including me. If I am “good looking” inside, there is nothing that can “uglify” me, and if I am ugly inside, no make-up artist in the entire world can make me look “good”.

Drop the fashion magazine look for once, and pamper your “inner” self. Because after all, that’s what counts! :)

The year 2011 have just started today, N it’s very natural N human I believe that we plan loads of things, we’re gonna do this N this, not do this N that etc etc, how we will spend this next year, hopes, dreams, wishes N prayers. All this is of course part of life N nothing wrong in any of these “expectations N plans”  But what’s important is that we keep in mind that above all this there is ALLAH who has His own plans for us all, plans we are not aware of.  Maybe I think of death too much, but I feel it’s very important to remember death so that we can Live the correct way, well that’s of course my personal views on life :-) We all are in search of a destination, Manzil, to achieve something – we are sooooo much involved in this colourful world that we often enough forget our purpose of being here – Let me share a open secret with you what the real Manzil is, N “oh boi” Yeh maNzil humari sochon se bhi kareeb hai. . . .

Click play  N  tell me am I wrong when I say: Manzil is just round the corner?

This place is The first step on Manzil of course because the final destination for us Muslims is Jannah [Insha-Allah] With the mercy of Allah Almighty N our good deeds we will reach our final Manzil , Lets Live in a way that Jannat can be our final destination. After all: Amal Se Zindagi Banti Hai, Jannat  Bhi Jahanum Bhi!

N btw: A great 2011 ahead to everyone, Lets make our lives “The Halaal way” Insha-Allah!  Keep us in prayers, Jazak-Allah. [MoodyCouple] :-)