King Robert Bruce and King Edward
Robert Bruce was the King of Scotland. He went into clash with his opposing king Edward of England. His army fought against the Edward’s but got vanquished six times. Then he fled away and got sheltered in a cave of a forest. One day he noticed that a spider tried to be lifted up to the top of the cave by crawling along his yarn. It tried six times. But at seventh attempt it succeeded to reach the top. The King Bruce saw it and thought himself. “If it, a tiny creature, can show perseverance and has tried heart and soul for a trifling thing, why can’t I defeat my enemy?” He gained courage and gathered his soldiers who were scattered to their will due to the fear of death. He led a violent fight for the seventh time against the army of Edward. That time he overthrew the English army, made Scotland independent and ascended the power.
Moral: Perseverance is the key to success.
The crow and the jar
Once on a summer day a crow became very thirsty. He was searching for water here and there to drink. There was no pond or well around. But he did not loose his hope of finding water. On his flight he saw a jar a bit far from his locality. He flew to it. He saw that there was a little amount of water at the bottom of the jar. He tried to reach the water with his beak but failed at all his attempts. He didn’t become hopeless. He found some pebble near the jar. He caught a pebble with his beak and dropped into the jar. Thus he put as many pebbles as he needed to raise the water up to the neck of the jar. He could reach the water and drank in full of his stomach. He quenched his thirst and flew away.
Moral: Where there is a will, there is a way.
The Judgment of king Solomon
We know well about the wisdom of King Solomon. During his reign two women lived in his kingdom. One day the two women picked a quarrel with each other claiming the mothership of the baby. No solution was found to settle the dispute. At last they went to the king. The king was informed everything. He found that no one retracted their claim. His intellectual judgment was known throughout the kingdom. His sixth sense was so far-sighted that he could find out a solution of any dispute. He ordered his solder to cut the baby into halves and give each of them one. The fake mother said nothing whereas the real mother burst into tears and revoked his claim. He requested the king to give away the baby to the other women rather than killing. The king understood the fact and sustained her claim. Then he gave the baby to the real mother and the other was sent to prison.
Suruj Ali and his orchard’s master
Once upon a time there lived a poor man named Suruj Ali. He was an honest man. He was also very hard working and obedient. He was appointed to look after a large mango orchard. One day his master came to the orchard with some of his friends. The master asked Suruj Ali to pick them some ripe mangoes. Suruj Ali went to the orchard and picked some nice large mangoes. The mangoes were served among the guests. Hamidur Rahman with his friends started to eat the mangoes. The master shouted. “Sour! Sour! The mangoes don’t taste sweet.” He called Suruj Ali to take the mangoes away and take some other sweet ones. Suruj Ali took them away and brought some fresh mangoes. Again they were shouting. “Sour! Sour!” Hearing their shouting Suruj Ali rushed back to them and asked, “What’s the matter, sir? The master shouted, “How long have you been working here.” Suruj replied, “Three years, sir.” The master exclaimed, “Three years! And yet you don’t know which mangoes are sour and which are sweet”. Suruj Ali showed modesty and said, “Sir, you asked to look after your orchard but not to eat any of your mangoes.” The master said, “Suruj Ali, you’re right. I admire your honesty and I’m proud of you. Such honesty must be rewarded. Here take this gold coins.” “Thank you, Sir” said suruj Ali.
Moral: Honesty is the best policy.
Boni-Quraiza - a Jewish lineage.
There lived a Jewish lineage named Boni-Quraiza near Medina. They were under the deed of agreement that they would not fight or help others against the Muslims. On the contrary they began to take preparation secretly to invade Medina. Hazrat Muhammad (Sm) heard it and intended to teach them a good lesson. He laid an attack against them. They took shelter into their port. The Muslim army besieged the port. They thought how many days their provisions would go and they should surrender themselves to the Muslim army. They did so. But Hazrat Muhammad (Sm) thought not to forgive them again and again. This time they must be punished. The criminals must be punished to establish the peace. He made them imprisoned and took them to Medina. The Aous lineage had been Jews before and was in good friendship with the Boni-Quraiza. They thought if anyone of the Aous would arbitrate between the two oppositions, the judgment might go in favour of them. They settled Sa’d-bin Ma’z, the leader of the Aous, as the arbitrator. Sa’d-bin Ma’z said, “The Taorat has stated that if there rises hostility with somebody, offer them to be under agreement. If they accept the proposal and settle a peace agreement with you, take them into your alliance – if not fight against them. If they are defeated, kill their men and took their women and children into slavery. So the men of the Boni-Quraiza will be killed and the women, the children will be enslaved and their wealth and property will be foreclosed”. Hazrat Muhammad (Sm) did so. The Muslims killed their men and enslaved their women and children and took their riches and wealth into their possession.
