Within every soul is a rose...

Within every soul is a rose...



(Excellent advice at the bottom)

A man planted a rose & watered it faithfully,
& before it blossomed, he examined it. He saw the bud
that would soon blossom also have thorns with it. &
he thought, *How can any beautiful flower come from
a plant burdened with so many sharp thorns?*
He felt very sad by this thought, & he neglected to water
the rose, & before it was ready to bloom, it died……......

So it is with many people. Within every soul there is a rose.
There are qualities planted in us at birth which are growing
amid the thorns of our faults.
Many of us look at ourselves & see only the thorns,
[the defects].
We despair, thinking that nothing good can possibly
come from us.
We neglect to water the good deeds within us,
& eventually it dies.
We never realize our potential.

Some people do not see the rose within themselves;
someone else must show it to them.
One of the greatest gifts a person can possess
is to be able to reach past the thorns
& find the rose within others...... ..

This is the characteristic of love,

To look at a person, knowing his faults,
And recognize the nobility in his soul, & help him
to realize that he can overcome his faults...... .

If we show him the rose, he will conquer the thorns.
Then it will blossom hundred- folds as it is given to him.

'' Our duty in this world is to help others by showing them their roses & not their thorns [the defects]……….''



"Our Lord! Give us in this world that which is good and in the Hereafter that which is good, and save us from the torment of the Fire!" (The Holy Qur'an 2:201)
Ameen



Seek What You Do Not Know, Only After You Have Put Into Practice What You Do Know - Isa ibn Mariyam (AS)