Thursday, February 15, 2007

God's Signs
An extract from Like the Flowing River by Paulo Coelho

An old illiterate Arab used to pray with such fervour each night that the wealthy owner of the great caravan decided to summon him so as to talk to him.

'Why do you pray with such devotion? How do you know God exists when you don't even know how to read?'

'I do know, sir. I can read everything that the Great Celestial Father writes.'

'But how?'

The humble servant explained.
'When you receive a letter from someone far away, how do you recognise the writer?'

'By the handwriting.'

'When you receive a jewel, how do you know who made it?'

'By the goldsmith's mark.'

'When you hear animals moving about near the tent, how do you know if it was a sheep, a horse, or an ox?'

'By its footprints,' replied the owner, surprised at all these questions.

The old man invited him to come outside with him and showed him the sky.
'Neither the thing written up there, nor the desert down below, could have been made or written by the hand of man.'

***

Subhanallah.. sebab tu, yang penting tu iman & taqwa, kan?
Wallahu a'lam. Allah knows best. =)

6 comments:

one white daisy said...

wah. adh ada comment box. ^-^

first thing's first.
reply to your previous posts;
uiks. kte pembaca setia pe.

lol. setakat eh. anyways, suka lah dgn this last few posts. :D

Hufaizah said...

[atiqah]
heh. okay okay. syukran tong kesayanganku. =P


[aart hilal]
hello to thee!
Paulo Coelho is a marvellous writer. And he has a blog? Thanks for sharing! And for the visit here, of course.
have a nice day to you too! =)

pink.allegria said...

yes macam nak try carik lah Paulo Coelho - kat library je. hehe. sounds lovely lah. =)

pink.allegria said...

and yeah i agree with atiqah - Pembaca Setia Blog Hafizah (yang nampak2nye macam LEBIH tinggi dari kite) Unite! =D

Hufaizah said...

[farahin]

=D

syukran pembaca2 kesayanganku~.hoho!

eish, kite tak lebih tinggi lar.entah2 awk deceived by kasut kite kot. nyaha~

Anonymous said...

_Hafi_ yeah! welcome! =)
great week to you!