A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: “I am blind, please help.” There were only a few coins in the hat.
A busy man was walking by the building when he saw the boy. The man stopped, thinking for a moment. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words on it. He put the sign back in such a way that everyone who walked by would be able to see the new words.
Soon the hat began to fill up quite quickly. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy.
That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, “Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?”
The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way.”
What he had written was:
“Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it.”
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Afterthought
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Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?
Of course both signs told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so blessed that they were not blind. Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?
“It is He, Who has created for you (the sense of) hearing (ears), sight (eyes), and hearts (understanding). Little thanks you give.”
[Surah Al-Mu’minun; 78]
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Adapted from a Facebook post by Sheikh Dr Reda Bedeir ( Reda Bedeir ; · )
Author: anonymous
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masha allah great story
Nice 1
Thank you very much this was a great story my little sister loved it. Jazakallahukhairan.
Great Story MASHALLAH
That was a very nice story highly educated. May Allah (SWT) reward you for it.
how can he see
Shukran for this story which I read to my 6year old granddaughter Layan who loved it very much 🤗
masha allah. thank u for this lovely story. i read it infront of my little brother Aman who loved it very much …
Ma Sha Allah
Inspiring.
Alhumdulillah for everything.. Nice story
how did he write the first sign though
assalamu aleykum
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Thanks a lot for the great blessed story
This is a very interesting story.