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A Prayer For A Bigger House
A man visited Abunawas, the wise, witty folk’s jester. He complained that his house was too small for his family. He had prayed Allah for a bigger one but it isn’t heard. “What should I do?”
“Well, it’s that easy.” he said. “Buy yourself some chickens.”
“But I have no garden.”
“Just keep them in your room.” And the man bought them.
After a week Abunawas asked him, “Is it better now?”
“No, it was bad.”
“Oh, then you should buy a goat.”
And after a week he asked “Is this better?”
“Worse” said the man.
“So, just buy you a cow.”
He now has chickens, a goat and a cow in his room.
“But this is hell, I can’t stand it anymore.”
“So, now sell your poultry.”
After a week he asked “Is it better now?”
Oh, certainly, I’m feeling fine.
“Sell your goat”.
“ My house seems roomy” he told Abunawas.
“What about selling your cow now?”
After having sold his cow, he was elated, thanked Abunawas. “This is heaven. How big is my house now. Praise be to Allah. He has heard my prayers.”
“So, when you prayed to Allah, He gave you not the way you think He would give you. He gave you even more by opening your inner eyes, more than you had expected.” So said Abunawas.
August 2008
A Prayer For A Bigger House
A man visited Abunawas, the wise, witty folk’s jester. He complained that his house was too small for his family. He had prayed Allah for a bigger one but it isn’t heard. “What should I do?”
“Well, it’s that easy.” he said. “Buy yourself some chickens.”
“But I have no garden.”
“Just keep them in your room.” And the man bought them.
After a week Abunawas asked him, “Is it better now?”
“No, it was bad.”
“Oh, then you should buy a goat.”
And after a week he asked “Is this better?”
“Worse” said the man.
“So, just buy you a cow.”
He now has chickens, a goat and a cow in his room.
“But this is hell, I can’t stand it anymore.”
“So, now sell your poultry.”
After a week he asked “Is it better now?”
Oh, certainly, I’m feeling fine.
“Sell your goat”.
“ My house seems roomy” he told Abunawas.
“What about selling your cow now?”
After having sold his cow, he was elated, thanked Abunawas. “This is heaven. How big is my house now. Praise be to Allah. He has heard my prayers.”
“So, when you prayed to Allah, He gave you not the way you think He would give you. He gave you even more by opening your inner eyes, more than you had expected.” So said Abunawas.
August 2008
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