In the name of Allah The Most Merciful, The Most Beneficent
One day an ant was stuck on a tree. He held firmly to the tree because down below was a river.
The naughty wind wanted to make the ant fall. So, it blew as hard as it could. But the stronger the wind blew, the firmer the ant held on to the tree. He just won't budge.
Now the wind is not happy. Why can't I knock down a tiny ant with my mighty strength?
Then the wind got an idea.What if I used a softer and gentler wind?
Thus the wind started to blow gently towards the tree. The tree started to rock gently to and fro. This made the ant sleepy as the wind lull the ant to sleep.
And... fast asleep the ant let go of his grip and fell into the river...
This story of course is just an analogy and the moral of the story?
Well, we human beings when faced with a catastrophe for example an earthquake or a war, our faith becomes stronger. Or facing any predicament or difficulties, our faith becomes stronger than ever.
This strength however can be defeated so easily. It is defeated when we are presented with worldly pleasures.
Pleasures of the world lull us to sleep and let us slip away from our faith.
This is well known to our enemy, the Satan and its cohorts. Hence it uses money, alcohol, drugs, sex and etc. that attracted our desire to corrupt us... to make us fall.
Even watching television, surfing the internet, chatting and playing online or electronic games EXCESSIVELY can easily lure us from remembrance of Allah.
And when we fall...we won't just fall into a river......
So be aware, always put our guard up, don't waste our precious time... especially in this blessed month of Ramadhan.
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