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2008-01-10, 20:47
The Miser and the Angel of Death
البخيل و ملك الموت
A miser had accumulated, by effort, trade and lending, three hundred thousand dinars. He had lands and buildings, and all kinds of wealth. He then decided that he would spend a year in enjoyment, living comfortably, and then decide as what his future should be.a
But, almost as soon as he had stopped amassing money the Angel of Death appeared before him, to take his life away
The miser tried, by every argument which he could muster, to dissuade the Angel, who seemed, however, adamant. Then the man said: "Grant me but three more days and I will give you one-third of my possessions."a
The angel refused, and pulled again at the miser's life, tugging to take it away.a
Then the man said:a
"If you only allow me two more days on earth, I will give you two hundred thousand dinars from my store."a
But the Angel would not listen to him. And the Angel even refused to give the man a solitary extra day for all his three hundred thousand pieces.a
The miser said:a
"Please, then, give me just time enough to write one little thing down."a
This time the Angel allowed him this single concession, and the man wrote, with his own blood:a
"Man, make use of your life. I could not buy one hour for three hundred thousand dinars. Make sure that you realize the value of your time."a
قصة الليلة
A farmer and stones
A farmer in Bangladesh was preparing his land for planting crops. As he dug through the soil the equipments kept getting stuck in one place. Out of curiosity he decided to check out what was in there. He dug the ground and discovered a big box. The farmer quickly opened the box to see what was in it but to his disappointment, there were only black stones inside the box. He decided to throw those stones at the birds when they come to eat the crops at the time for harvesting. Eventually, a day came when the crops were ready and the birds come to eat them. So, he started throwing the stones at the birds from where ever they showed up. One day a man was walking by the field who sells precious stones such as pearls, diamonds, rubies etc. Two stones happened to fall right in front of him when the farmer threw them at the birds. The man brought the stones to the farmer and asked if he was willing to sell them to him for $5,000 each. The farmer thought that the man was joking so he replied, "No." Then the man offered $50,000 for each stone and explained that they were precious jewels. Now the farmer started crying saying that he had only 1 or 2 stones left and the rest were thrown away.
In fact, every second of our time is very valuable. Today, we are just throwing them away here and there. But on the Day of Judgment, we will realize how valuable they were but it will be too late. Now is the chance to use our time properly
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البخيل و ملك الموت
A miser had accumulated, by effort, trade and lending, three hundred thousand dinars. He had lands and buildings, and all kinds of wealth. He then decided that he would spend a year in enjoyment, living comfortably, and then decide as what his future should be.a
But, almost as soon as he had stopped amassing money the Angel of Death appeared before him, to take his life away
The miser tried, by every argument which he could muster, to dissuade the Angel, who seemed, however, adamant. Then the man said: "Grant me but three more days and I will give you one-third of my possessions."a
The angel refused, and pulled again at the miser's life, tugging to take it away.a
Then the man said:a
"If you only allow me two more days on earth, I will give you two hundred thousand dinars from my store."a
But the Angel would not listen to him. And the Angel even refused to give the man a solitary extra day for all his three hundred thousand pieces.a
The miser said:a
"Please, then, give me just time enough to write one little thing down."a
This time the Angel allowed him this single concession, and the man wrote, with his own blood:a
"Man, make use of your life. I could not buy one hour for three hundred thousand dinars. Make sure that you realize the value of your time."a
قصة الليلة
A farmer and stones
A farmer in Bangladesh was preparing his land for planting crops. As he dug through the soil the equipments kept getting stuck in one place. Out of curiosity he decided to check out what was in there. He dug the ground and discovered a big box. The farmer quickly opened the box to see what was in it but to his disappointment, there were only black stones inside the box. He decided to throw those stones at the birds when they come to eat the crops at the time for harvesting. Eventually, a day came when the crops were ready and the birds come to eat them. So, he started throwing the stones at the birds from where ever they showed up. One day a man was walking by the field who sells precious stones such as pearls, diamonds, rubies etc. Two stones happened to fall right in front of him when the farmer threw them at the birds. The man brought the stones to the farmer and asked if he was willing to sell them to him for $5,000 each. The farmer thought that the man was joking so he replied, "No." Then the man offered $50,000 for each stone and explained that they were precious jewels. Now the farmer started crying saying that he had only 1 or 2 stones left and the rest were thrown away.
In fact, every second of our time is very valuable. Today, we are just throwing them away here and there. But on the Day of Judgment, we will realize how valuable they were but it will be too late. Now is the chance to use our time properly
copied