Alhamdulliah

Seraphim —

If you woke up this morning
with more health than illness,
you are more blessed than the
million who won’t survive the week.

If you have never experienced
the danger of battle,
the loneliness of imprisonment,
the agony of torture or
the pangs of starvation,
you are ahead of 20 million people
around the world.

If you attend a social meeting
without fear of harassment,
arrest, torture, or death,
you are more blessed than almost
three billion people in the world.

If you have food in your refrigerator,
clothes on your back, a roof over
your head and a place to sleep,
you are richer than 75% of this world.

If you have money in the bank,
in your wallet, and spare change
in a dish someplace, you are among
the top 8% of the worlds wealthy.

If your parents are still married and alive,
you are very rare,
especially in some Western countries.

If you hold up your head with a smile
on your face and are truly thankful,
you are blessed because the majority can,
but most do not.

If you can hold someone’s hand, hug them
or even touch them on the shoulder,
you are blessed because you can
offer God’s healing touch.

If you can read this message,
you are more blessed than over
two billion people in the world
that cannot read anything at all.
You are so blessed in ways
you may never even know.

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You — Thu, 5 Mar 2009 - 15:13

If you have money in the bank,
in your wallet, and spare change
in a dish someplace, you are among
the top 8% of the worlds wealthy.

Really? That is something - I had expected there to me a larger percentage of people with money.

Seraphim — Thu, 5 Mar 2009 - 19:05

[quote=You]

If you have money in the bank,
in your wallet, and spare change
in a dish someplace, you are among
the top 8% of the worlds wealthy.

Really? That is something - I had expected there to me a larger percentage of people with money.[/quote]

lol doesnt it make u feel special 😃

Jainblu — Thu, 5 Mar 2009 - 23:14

Allhamdulilah...
funny how that's my response when thats what its called...
Salamu walaykum

you know the statistic on the reading.. is that very literal (does it include the kids who can't read yet' or is it like people over a certain age?
(yay this is my first post here) okay thank you

Azeezat

sbf (not verified) — Fri, 6 Mar 2009 - 01:16

I really really really really liked reading that. Thanks!

wednesday* (not verified) — Fri, 6 Mar 2009 - 01:21

Masha'Allah. That was beautiful! I honestly LOVE it.. I like the last three stanzas especially. Good job! This is fairly thought provoking and certainly thankful... it's Ooozing be goodness and the positive pointers in you as an individual. I like it!

The Lamp — Fri, 6 Mar 2009 - 14:58

Have you heard this story where a King and his friend went out hunting and the King ended up losing his finger. His friend, the Guard, said "Alhumdulillah."
The King wasn't happy and chucked him in prison. He then still said "Alhumdulillah."
The King went hunting again the next day, but was captured by this tribe, the Chief was getting ready to cook and eat him. But when he noticed that one finger was missing, he just told him to go and the he wasn't worth sacrificing.
So the King returned to the palace and got the Guard out and told him the story.
The Guard just smiled and said:
"I said Alhumdulillah, because you would be saved from th tribe and I wouldn't have been captured in the first place!"

YasminCullen — Sat, 7 Mar 2009 - 20:10

[quote=The Lamp]Have you heard this story where a King and his friend went out hunting and the King ended up losing his finger. His friend, the Guard, said "Alhumdulillah."
The King wasn't happy and chucked him in prison. He then still said "Alhumdulillah."
The King went hunting again the next day, but was captured by this tribe, the Chief was getting ready to cook and eat him. But when he noticed that one finger was missing, he just told him to go and the he wasn't worth sacrificing.
So the King returned to the palace and got the Guard out and told him the story.
The Guard just smiled and said:
"I said Alhumdulillah, because you would be saved from th tribe and I wouldn't have been captured in the first place!"[/quote]

Yhhh i read that story in this islamic teen book something about everything happens for a reason and that was touching!

RI_RS — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 - 20:19

i really like this...I've actually read it a few times and still think it's good...

There's something really...sad-happy about it.

RI_RS — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 - 20:22

[quote=The Lamp]Have you heard this story where a King and his friend went out hunting and the King ended up losing his finger. His friend, the Guard, said "Alhumdulillah."
The King wasn't happy and chucked him in prison. He then still said "Alhumdulillah."
The King went hunting again the next day, but was captured by this tribe, the Chief was getting ready to cook and eat him. But when he noticed that one finger was missing, he just told him to go and the he wasn't worth sacrificing.
So the King returned to the palace and got the Guard out and told him the story.
The Guard just smiled and said:
"I said Alhumdulillah, because you would be saved from the tribe and I wouldn't have been captured in the first place!"[/quote]

I truly don't get that AT ALL...

"I said Alhumdulillah, because you would be saved from the tribe and I wouldn't have been captured in the first place!" << :S :S why does that make no sense at all to me?

And the king wasn't worth sacrificing because he was missing a FINGER?

You — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 - 21:04

consider it like an easops fable. Why would a king every go into hostile territory without tons and tons of back up?

the fable is supposed to have the message that even from bad things there can come good. But the guy is still missing a finger...

Seraphim — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 - 17:56

[quote=MakeMeRawr_6TeenF]i really like this...I've actually read it a few times and still think it's good...

There's something really...sad-happy about it.[/quote]

Do you think its a lil forced happiness?