THE ILLUSION OF REFLECTION

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*THE ILLUSION OF REFLECTION*

Once there was a king who had presented his daughter, the princess, with a beautiful diamond necklace. The necklace went missing & his people in the kingdom searched everywhere but could not find it. Some said a bird might have stolen it. The king then put a reward for $50,000 for anyone who found it.

One day a clerk was walking home along a river next to an industrial area. This river was completely polluted, filthy & smelly. As he was walking, he saw something shimmering in the river . To his surprise it was the diamond necklace. He felt so happy. If only he could get the necklace out, that would mean the $50,000 reward would be his.

He put his hand into the filthy river & grabbed at the necklace, but somehow missed it.Taking his hand out, he looked again. The necklace was still there. He tried again & again. Just when he thought he caught it, he missed.

Finally he decided to wade into the river. Then he would be able to put his entire arm in to catch the necklace. But yet again, he still could not catch it! He came out stinking , his trousers filthy & began walking away, feeling depressed.

Then he spotted the necklace right there. This time he was determined to get it, no matter what. Although it meant his entire body would become filthy & it was a disgusting thing to do, he decided to plunge into the river. But still after searching everywhere, he failed. This time he was really bewildered & came out feeling even more depressed as he thought of the $50,000 reward slipping away.
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Just then a saint who was walking by saw him. Noticing his appearance, the saint asked him if something was wrong .The clerk didn't want to share the secret with the saint, thinking the saint might take the necklace for himself, so he refused to tell the saint anything. But the saint could see this man was troubled & being compassionate, again asked the clerk to tell him the problem & promised that he would not tell anyone about it. The clerk mustered up the courage & told him about the necklace that however much he tried to catch the necklace, he could not get it.

The saint suggested that perhaps he should try looking upward, toward the branches of the tree, instead of in the filthy river. The clerk looked up & true enough, the necklace was dangling on the branch of a tree. He had been trying to capture a mere reflection of the real necklace all this time!

Material happiness is just like the filthy, polluted river; because it is a mere reflection of the TRUE happiness of the spiritual world.

It does not matter how hard we endeavor in this material life,we can never achieve the happiness we are looking for.
Instead we should look upwards, toward Allah Subhana Ta'ala , who is the Source of real, true, lasting happiness,
Let's stop chasing after this illusion of happiness in the material world. Attaining the love of اللّه Subhana Ta'ala, striving in His obedience & following His beloved Rasul sallallaahu alayhi wasallam is the only thing that can give us the peace, happiness & contentment we so long for & satisfy us completely.


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