3 June 2012
When passing through a mountain pass, a bedouin boy came across an old man who was blind and who seemed to be afflicted with various ailments all over his body. It was clear that he was wasting away. He was paralyzed and was forced to remain in one position. The Bedouin could hear him say, "All praise is for God Who has kept me safe from ailments with which He has tested many among His creation; and He has indeed preferred me over many among those that He created."
"My brother!" said the bedouin. "What have you been saved from? I think that you have been afflicted with every single kind of ailment!"
"Go away and stop poisoning my faith" said the old man, as he raised his head. "Do I not still have a tongue with which I can be thankful and with which I can remember God? And do I not still have a heart with which I can know Him?" An old Arabian tale on being great full
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