Once there was an extremely rich King. This King had four wives or rather four Queens. Out of all these four Queens he loved the youngest one the most. The Wazeers (Ministers) would often comment that because she was the youngest she received the maximum amount of the King\u2019s admiration and adoration. But the King had altogether a different reason for regarding her as his favourite.
\nOne day the King called all his Wazeers and said to them, \u201cI have come to know that you people think that I am being unfair to the other Queens because I give extra attention to the youngest one for the obvious reasons of her youthfulness. Tomorrow early in the morning I want you to come to my Durbar (court) where I intend to demonstrate to you why she deserves to be loved the most.
\nThe next day the King ordered his workers to lay all his treasures wide open. Since the King was immensely wealthy the courtyard was full of his treasures that included, besides his lavish household goods and furniture, very expensive and intricately beautiful ornaments, jewellery, diamonds, rubies and pearls, clothes and plenty of cash.
\nHe then summoned all his four Queens to come to the court. He announced to the Queens thus:
\n\u201cToday you can grab whatever you want from my treasures. You will be allocated a limited period of time within which whatever you will touch with your hands will be yours. Your time starts\u2026now.\u201d
\nAs soon as he said the word \u2018NOW\u2019 all the Queens, with exception of the youngest one, got into a frenzied rush to touch the maximum numbers of things. They frantically kept running from one end to the other in a bid to touch the maximum number of items. Special guards were placed there to make a note of every single object each Queen placed her hand on.
\nWhile all this was going on the youngest Queen stood there motionless. The King noticed it and he said to her, \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong with you? The time is running out and you are just standing there like a statue!\u201d
\nThe Queen smiled and said, \u201cWill I get whatever I will touch?\u201d
\nThe King, \u201cOf course! That\u2019s precisely what I have said. Come on, use your senses and act fast before it\u2019s too late.\u201d
\nOn hearing this, the youngest Queen, cautiously taking her steps, moved towards the King\u2019s throne. Almost everyone thought she was going for his diamond studded crown or his lavishly adorned throne. But to the bewilderment of all the people gathered there including the Wazeers, she gently picked the King\u2019s right hand and with a tight grip she held it in both her hands. It was definitely an awe-inspiring moment and the King triumphantly looked at his band of Wazeers.
\nWhile the other three Queens tried to amass whatever they could lay their hands on, the wisest of them preferred just to have the King alone, knowing full well that if she got the King then whatever was his was automatically going to be hers.
\nRelated above is a parable with a very profound message! While we are all hankering after the treasures and pleasures of this world we keep on forgetting the Khaliq or the Creator of all these things. We get so busy amassing the temporary and materialistic things that we tend to forget the M\u00e2lik al-Mulk, the Owner of all Sovereignty, the known and the unknown, the manifest and the hidden.
\nComing closer to Him and winning His pleasure should be our sole purpose. We have been sent to this Duniya (temporary world) to make His \u2018Ibadah and \u2018Ibadah does not mean offering Salah, fasting, going for Hajj and giving Zakah alone. Besides performing these obligatory acts, \u2018Ibadah is connected with the word \u2018slavery\u2018. Thus \u2018Ibadah means obedience with submission, humility, and devotion to Allah alone with the ultimate love for Him. It is also something that comes from the heart with Ikhlas or purity and total sincerity.
\nOnce your heart is linked with Allah it develops the following traits:
\n\u2022 It is always remembering Allah
\n\u2022 It is always fearing Allah
\n\u2022 It is always humble to Allah
\n\u2022 It is always seeking Allah
\n\u2022 It is always repenting to Allah
\n\u2022 It develops an intense love for His Beloved Nabi Muhammad (\ufdfa) and ardently follows his Sunnah
\n\u2022 It is attached to His Kitaab, the Qur\u2019an Kareem, reciting it as often as possible
\n\u2022 It does not despair whatever the conditions may be
\n\u2022 It is constantly aware of the impending death
\n\u2022 It is always concerned about the life of the Hereafter
\nLet us solely be interested in gaining the pleasure of Al-Khaliq (the Creator) and Al-Malik (the Owner) of everything.
\nMay Allah Most High guide us to be linked to Him with all sincerity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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