Islamic Stories - , Sand and stone

Sand and stone
Two friends Ismail and Ibrahim were walking through the desert, as the
sun was beating down on their heads, and they were thirsty forwater
they began to argue. The argument gotmore and more heated and
eventually Ismail struck Ibrahim across theface. Ibrahim felt hurt
inside, but without anything to say, he wrote in the sand:"Today, my
best friend slapped me in the face."
They kept on walking, until eventually they came across an oasis,
where they decided to stop and bathe. Ibrahim jumped in and began to
wash, while Ismail sat back and relaxed. Suddenly Ibrahim beganto
scream and shout, he had developed a cramp and was having difficulty
keeping his head above water, he was drowning.
Ismail dived in after him,and brought him gently to shore. When
Ibrahim recovered from the shock, he scratched a message on a nearby
stone:
"Today, my best friend saved my life"
Ismail who had saved and slapped his best friend Ibrahim, asked him,
"Why, after I hurt you, you wrote in the sand, and now you writeon a
stone?"
Ibrahim, smiled and replied:
"When a friend hurts us, we should write his deeds in the sand, where
the winds of forgiveness can blow it away, and when a frienddoes
something good, we should engrave it in stone, where it shall remain
for eternity."