The Power of Remembering Allah {SWT}: Prophet Musa (AS) and the Pious Bird



“The likeness of the one who remembers his Lord and the one who does not remember his Lord is like the living and the dead.” {Al-Bukhari}



Prophet Musa (AS) once asked from God: 

“O’ Lord! It is my wish to see that creature of Yours who has purified himself for your worship and who is unpolluted in his obedience towards You.” 

He was addressed, “O’ Musa! Go near the shores of such and such sea in order that I may show you what you desire to see.”

Prophet Musa {AS} proceeded till he reached near the sea. Looking around, he observed that on a branch of a tree that drooped over the water, sat a bird, engrossed in the dhikr of Allah (SWT).

When Musa {AS} questioned the bird about itself, the bird said: 

“From the time Allah {SWT} has created me, I have been on this branch, engaged in His worship and dhikr.

 From every dhikr  of mine, there branch out a thousand other dhikr, and the pleasure which I derive from the dhikr of Allah {SWT}, provides me nourishment.”

“Do you crave anything from this world?” asked Musa {AS}.  “Yes. I yearn to taste one drop of water from this sea,” replied the bird.

Musa {AS} exclaimed, “But there does not exist a great distance between you beak and the water! Why don’t you dip your beak into it and drink it?”

The bird answered, “Out of fear lest the enjoyment derived from the water should make me heedless of the pleasure of dhikr of my Lord.”

Hearing this, Prophet Musa {AS} clasped his head in intense astonishment.”

Wonderful, indeed!

May Allah {SWT} grant us understanding of what is most essential in life. Aameen


Reference:

Khazinah al-Jawaahir pg 318

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