PATIENCE
KHAFIF WENT OUT ON A PILGRIMAGE AND CARRIED ONLY A JUG AND A ROPE TO DRAW WATER.AS HE PASSED THROUGH THE WILDERNESS, HE SAW MANY DEER STANDING ON THE TOP OF A WELL, DRINKING WATER. AS HE APPROACHED, THEY RUN AWAY,AND THE LEVEL OF WATER WENT DOWN. IN SPITE OF HIS EFFORTS, HE COULD NOT DRAW WATER FROM THE WELL. HE PRAYED TO THE LORD TO RAISE THE LEVEL OF WATER AS HE HAS DONE FOR DEER. THE DIVINE VOICE REPLIED - WE CANNOT DO SO, AS YOU DEPEND UPON THE ROPE AND THE JUG BESIDES US. IMMEDIATELY HE THREW BOTH OF THEM AWAY AND THE WATER LEVEL ROSE AND HE QUENCHED HIS THIRST. HE RECITED THE INCIDENT TO JUNAID, WHO SAID - THE LORD WAS TESTING YOUR DEPENDENCE ON HIM. HAD YOU WAITED PATIENTLY FOR A LONGER TIME, IT WOULD HAVE OVERFLOWED THE TOP.
KHAFIF WENT OUT ON A PILGRIMAGE AND CARRIED ONLY A JUG AND A ROPE TO DRAW WATER.AS HE PASSED THROUGH THE WILDERNESS, HE SAW MANY DEER STANDING ON THE TOP OF A WELL, DRINKING WATER. AS HE APPROACHED, THEY RUN AWAY,AND THE LEVEL OF WATER WENT DOWN. IN SPITE OF HIS EFFORTS, HE COULD NOT DRAW WATER FROM THE WELL. HE PRAYED TO THE LORD TO RAISE THE LEVEL OF WATER AS HE HAS DONE FOR DEER. THE DIVINE VOICE REPLIED - WE CANNOT DO SO, AS YOU DEPEND UPON THE ROPE AND THE JUG BESIDES US. IMMEDIATELY HE THREW BOTH OF THEM AWAY AND THE WATER LEVEL ROSE AND HE QUENCHED HIS THIRST. HE RECITED THE INCIDENT TO JUNAID, WHO SAID - THE LORD WAS TESTING YOUR DEPENDENCE ON HIM. HAD YOU WAITED PATIENTLY FOR A LONGER TIME, IT WOULD HAVE OVERFLOWED THE TOP.
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