STORY -- THE PRECIOUS 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 Judgement, we will realize how
valuable they were but it will be too
late. Now is the chance to use our time
properly.
Oh ALLAH grant us the ability to value
our time before it is too late, Aameen.