No choice but to regret

Once, a group of people were travelling on rocks at night. A voice
came from the sky that whosoever picks up the rocks will regret and
whosoever doesn't pick up the rocks will regret. Now, the people were
confused. How can this be? Whether you pick up the rocks or not, you
will regret! Anyway, some people picked up the rocks and some didn't.
In the morning when they reached their homes, theysaw that the rocks
turned into diamonds. Now, those people who didn't pick up the rocks
started regretting saying "If only we had picked up some rocks." Those
people who did pick some rocks also started regretting saying"Why
didn't we pick up more rocks?" Both sides ended up regretting. Dear
Muslims, this same incident will take place with us on the Day of
Judgement. Those people who spent their time in useless things will
start regretting by looking at those who achieved a great position in
Paradise by spending their time in the way of Allah. Now, those who
did achieve a position in Paradise will start regretting by looking at
those who did more than them and are higher in status. "Alas! If we
had only done more to please Allah."

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A Defective Key

Suppose, you are given a key to open a lock. What would happen if the
key is damaged or half of it is missing? Would the lock open? No. What
if you aretrying to insert the key upside down? The lock will still
remain closed.
Similarly, salat is the key to Paradise. In order to open the doors of
Paradise, we must make our salat proper. If our salat is totally
opposite tothe ways of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), then it
is as if we are trying to put the key upside down. And if we don't
have concentration and devotion in salat, then it is as if we are
planning to use a damaged key to open a very secured lock. Finally, if
we do not complete our prayers with all the necessary actions, then it
is the same as using a key which is missing parts or half broken.

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Become like flexible water

The following incident took place last year when I was travelling with
an elderly Muslim brother. We call him "Brother Wali". We met a Muslim
family and the family toldbrother Wali to give themsome advice. Here
is whatbrother Wali told them: A Muslim is like water. Water is so
flexible that where ever you place it, ittakes the shape of that
object. For example, if youput some water in a glass,it takes the
shape of the glass. If you run the waterthrough a tangled hose, itwill
take the shape of thatalso. The same way, a Muslim should be flexible
to the orders of Allah. He should fit into whatever Allah wants. If we
put an iron into the glass, then either the glass will break or the
iron will break. The same way, if we are not flexible to the orders of
Allah and become hard like iron, then either we will break or we will
break the orders of Allah.
A hadith states: The believers are very obedient (to Allah), gentle,
and kind, like an obedient camel which when led follows and when made
to sit, even though on a rock, does so obediently. (Tirmidhi).

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THE SOURCE OF MILK

"Verily in cattle, there is lesson foryou; We give you to drink of
whatis inside their bellies coming froma conjunction between the
contents of the intestine and blood, a milk, pure and pleasant for
those who drink it." (The Quran, 16:66, translation by Maurice
Bucaille)
The Holy Quran here describes the biological process in the mammals
which brings together the contents of the intestine and the blood at
the level of the intestinal wall, which produces milk. This is in
perfect harmony with recent discoveries made in physiology of the
digestive system of mammals. Such minute and specific knowledge was
totally unknown to mankind when the Holy Quran was revealed!

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