COMING SOON
Secured Sustenance
The tiny sustenance under cognizance.
One day, Prophet Solomen (Suleymaan Nabi, according to Arabic Chronicles; also the king of Israel) was observing the vivid motions in Nature. He was sitting on the banks of a shallow river.
He saw an ant, carrying a little grain, grasped in its mandibles. Its efforts were marvelous.
Suddenly, a frog emerged out of the trivial waters. It opened its mouth wide. The ant entered inside its extravagant mouth. The frog closed the jaws and went to the underworld.
He was goggling at the ripples, generated by the frog.
After few minutes, the frog returned back to the same point, and opened his mouth wide. Gingerly, the ant stepped out, and the frog went back to the underworld.
King Solomen could talk to all creatures of the planet. He asked the ant, about its phenomenal life, despite it ventured into the jaws of death. It gave a beautiful reply-
“O king! There is a pregnant snail, living in the darkest nooks of the riverbed. A crevice in the bed rocks is its refuge-camp. It is facing drudgery, its body is fatigued, can’t gather food. So, Allah gave a vision to me, and asked me to gather a grain for it. He even asked the frog to carry me safely to the crevice. Brother frog opened its mouth marginally, I slid the grain towards the snail friend. It enjoyed the meal, nourished its eggs and thanked Allah. Brother brought me back safely across the waters.”
The king remembered the entire series of Divine Chronicles. Allah takes care of all creatures equally. Rizq is ensured to all. The mortals surviving in the inky corners of the world foster under His shelter.
After His Conversion with the noble ant, the carpet of flowers on the forest bed attracted Him. Another awareness descended unto Him.
Allah has adorned this entire planet, with most fragrant and gentle flowers. No gross agent sowed the seeds. Even the precious stones and ornaments are no match to the Divine Endeavors.
In Quran, it is said that Allah has made us as jewels amongst all creations. If He takes care of an ant, a frog and the snail, will He not take care of our needs? The concept of rizq is so beautiful. Even when we eat a piece of fruit, it was always written for us. From the moment it grew from a tree, it went through all these people and travelled all this way until it was in our hands. It was always meant to be us. Running after money, under the veil of food, is futile.
