work and faith
one day imam ali was carrying a heavy bag filled with date seeds to the farms
that were nearby.
he was asked,"what is inside this heavy bag?"
imam ali replied,"a few date palm trees, if god wills."
since imam ali had faith in god and never stopped working, he was thinking
that perhaps these date seeds would become trees soon. the very exact thing
happened.
only a little while after imam ali had planted them, all those seeds turned
into trees.
islam orders us always to have faith in god, never to stop working hard and
to believe that if we do work hard and have faith we will prosper and become
successful.
if we show that we are unwilling to work and we show that we are lazy or
play around, we will never prosper and we will never reach our goal.
with faith in god and hard work, all matters become easy and will have a
good outcome.
questions
1. who had a bag full of seeds of palm trees?2. who said he had some palm trees in his bag?
3. why did he say that he had some palm trees in his bag?
4. did the seeds turn into palm trees?
5. what orders us to always have faith in allah?
6. what benefits we may get from hard work and faith in allah?
7. what will happen to us if play around and do not work?
8. what will happen to us if we just remain around lazy?