41- You Reap What You Sow روحانيات رمضان (3)_ ما غرستْ يداك!

Nadwah

5 months ago

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00:00May the peace, blessings, and mercy of God be upon you

00:07There was a small shop outside the university I was attending in China.

00:13I decided to go there to buy some vegetables and fruits because it was close to my house.

00:22The lady who owned the shop was always cheerful and always greeted me with a smile on her face.

00:32In accordance with the ancient Chinese wisdom, if you can't smile, don't open a shop.

00:39One day, after I bought my stuff and paid her,

00:45She returned the rest of the money to me, and there was an increase due to a calculation error.

00:51I told her the total real price and returned the excess amount to her.

00:58She thanked me in disbelief.

01:01After that, every time I went to buy my necessities from her,

01:07She used to choose for me the best vegetables and fruits she had.

01:12When I choose something that has a defect, I don't see it, and she picks it up herself and replaces it with something better and better.

01:22This reminds me of the story of a woman who used to put a loaf of bread on her window every day for a poor, bent-backed man.

01:34He passes by every day to take the loaf of bread and leaves without even thanking her.

01:40A person reaps what he sows.

01:45Not thanking her even once made her angry.

01:51She even decided once to punish him for his ingratitude.

01:58So she put poison in the loaf of bread and placed it on her window.

02:04But before the man could pass by and pick up the bread, the woman felt remorse.

02:11She felt guilty, so she took the loaf of bread and threw it into the fireplace.

02:18And I put another loaf of bread instead that did not contain poison.

02:23The man passed by, took the loaf of bread, and left as usual without thanking her.

02:30Rather, he repeated his usual phrase: “A person reaps what his hands sow.”

02:36The woman endured his rudeness and reminded herself that she was doing good in order to please her Lord.

02:46Not to get thanks from anyone

02:49That night, Tariq knocked on her door.

02:53She opened the door and found that it was her son who had returned from a long journey and years of absence.

03:00He was so thin and emaciated that he almost fainted.

03:06She threw herself into her son's arms, brought him inside and asked him what was wrong.

03:12Her son told her that he had recently been in dire straits.

03:17He had no home to live in and no food to eat.

03:22And he was about to die of hunger

03:25If a beggar had not passed by him today, with his back bent, carrying a loaf of bread

03:31I feel sorry for him

03:33So he gave him the only loaf of bread he had with him.

03:37He told him: I only eat this loaf of bread every day.

03:42A lady puts it on her window.

03:45But I give it to you because you need it more than I need it today.

03:51As soon as the lady heard this, she collapsed on the seat.

03:56I realized what could have happened.

04:00If she had let the poor man have the poisoned loaf of bread

04:05Here I realized the meaning of the phrase that the poor man was repeating.

04:10One reaps what one sows

04:14What we do comes back to us.

04:18If good, then good, and if evil, then evil

04:22Just like our echo

04:25It comes back to us without any increase or decrease.

04:28If our words are beautiful, beauty will return to us.

04:32A person reaps what his hands sow and reaps what his lips speak.

04:40Happy Ramadan

04:42May the peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you.

04:45Think of your duty as you think of your right

04:51Work to achieve perfection

04:54Not seeking fame or reward

04:57Do not expect more from people than they have the right to expect from you.

05:03Translated by Nancy Qanqar

41- You Reap What You Sow روحانيات رمضان (3)_ ما غرستْ يداك!

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