Amal | Tuesday, November 21, 2000 - 04:31 pm Funny: how a $20 bill looks so big when you take it to Mosque, but so small when you take it to the market. Funny: how long it takes to do Zikr (or dhiker) for an hour, but how quickly a plays 60 minutes of basketball, or complete day watching of Cricket match on TV. Funny: how long a couple of hours spent at a Mosque are, but how short they are when watching a movie. Funny: how we can't think of anything to say when we pray, but don't have difficulty thinking of things to talk about to a friend. Funny: how we get thrilled when a baseball game goes into extra innings, but we complain when a "Taraweeh" during Ramadan is longer than the regular time. Funny: how hard it is to read a (Sorah) in the Quran, but how easy it is to read 100 pages of a best selling novel. Funny: how people want to get a front seat at any game or concert, but scramble to get a back row at Mosque so that scramble out. Funny: how hard it is for people learn a simple Preaching well enough to tell others, but how simple it is for the same people to understand and repeat gossip. Funny: how we believe what the newspaper says, but question what the Quran says. Funny: how everyone wants to go to heaven provided they do not have to believe, or to think, or to say, or do anything. Funny: how you can send a thousand 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding the LORD, people think twice about sharing. Funny, ISN'T IT? Are you Laughing? Are you Thinking? Spread the Word and give thanks to Allah for He is Good & Merciful!! (written by unknown writer) |