Inspirational Story

 Inspirational Story

This story May or May

not be true life story but it contains very important

lessons for us to ponder on.

A highly skilled carpenter who had grown old was

ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of

his plans to leave the house building business and

live a more leisurely life with his family.

He would

miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire.

The employer was sorry to see his good worker go

and asked if he could build just one more house as

a personal favor.

The carpenter agreed to this

proposal but made sure that this will be his last

project. Being in a mood to retire, the carpenter was

not paying much attention to building this house. His

heart was not in his work. He resorted to poor

workmanship and used inferior materials. It was an

unfortunate way to end his career.

When the job was done, the carpenter called his

employer and showed him the house. The employer

handed over some papers and the front door key to

the carpenter and said "This is your house, my gift

to you."

The carpenter was in a shock!

What a shame!

If he

had only known that he was building his own house,

he would have made it better than any other house

that he ever built!

Our situation can be compared to this carpenter.

Allah has sent us to this world to build our homes in

paradise by obeying His commands. Now, we have

to decide how well we wish to build the homes

where we will live forever.

We ask Allaah to aid us in

building a better home for ourselves by His Mercy.

Aamiiiiiiiiin Yaa Rabb!