Make Allah yours, everything will be yours!!
Submitted by Mohammed Gilani on
Ayaaz was an ordinary poor person. He did not possess any wealth, position,
connection with the top class of society. However he possessed some very
great qualities within him. A person’s value is not based on what he possesses.
A person’s value is according to his qualities. For example, a person was a
multi-millionaire and after a natural disaster, everything he owned gets
destroyed.
The value of his bank balance no longer exist, in fact the bank is
also destroyed.
We have heard of the storms that affected America, what happened in Heiti,
what happened in Kashmir, the tsunamis, that caused various places to be
completely destroyed. However those people who have qualities within them
such as honesty, hard work, loyalty, etc. these qualities cannot get destroyed
and such people come up very quickly in life again.
Ayaaz possessed such qualities which the king recognised. These qualities
made him the king’s favourite and he kept Ayaaz close to him. The other
people became very jealous. So they spread rumours about Ayaaz to the king.
The king said, "I will show you who Ayaaz is?” There are many valuable lessons in
this story.
The king put valuable jewels in his courtroom, diamonds, emeralds, pearls,
rubies, etc. and announced, “Whoever places his hand on any valuable will
become the owner.”
The ministers had rushed to grab whatever they could, but Ayaaz stood still. The king then said, “Ayaaz! Have you not heard my command?” He replied, “O
king, repeat your command!” The king said, “Whatever you put your hand on
today will belong to you.”
He said, “King, are you sure that this is your command?” The king said, “Yes!”
Ayaaz walked up to the king, placed his hand on the king and said, “King,
when you are mine, whatever is in the state treasury and whatever is still to
come is mine.” What you have placed in the courtroom is a fraction of what
you possess.
Similarly, if we make Allah Ta’ala ours then everything is ours.
ایک تُو میرا، تو ہر شے میری،
زمین میری، آسمان میرا،
ایک تُو نہیں میرا، تو کوئی شے نہیں میری۔
If You are mine everything is mine, the heavens are
mine, the earth is mine,
if You are not mine, then
nothing is mine.
by Hazrat Moulana Abdul Hamid (Damat Barakatuhum)