Learn To Forgive

Once, two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face.

The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE.

They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to cool off and take a bath. The one who had been slapped somehow got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but fortunately his friend saved him.

After he recovered from the incident, he found a large stone and carved on it: TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE.

The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, “After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you carve on a stone, why?”

The other friend replied “When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away.

But, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it.” ♥

SUBHAN ALLAH! When we're badly hurt by someone who we never thought would ever hurt us, forgiving is never easy...nor is forgetting... but till when do we want to live in anger and resentment? Does it benefit us? No! So let's learn...Learn to forgive and somehow forget too... even Rasulullaah (sallAllahu 'alyhi wa sallam) who had been treated badly by the Quraish..., forgave every single one of them in the end. So, let's learn from him, copy him and take the bold step. Let's forgive and forget - Let's learn to write on sand and let the wind of forgiveness blow the hurt and anger away! :)

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