Buyers of the Heart

Buyers of the Heart

Article Publish by Qammer

A king had announced that whoever spoke a good word would be given four hundred dinars (gold coins).One day the king went out to take care of his subjects. He saw a ninety-year-old woman planting olives.

The king said, "You will die in five or ten years, and these trees will bear fruit after twenty years. What is the use of working so hard?"

The old woman replied that the fruit we ate was planted by our elders and now we are planting it so that our children can eat it! The king liked the old woman's words and ordered that she be given four hundred dinars. When the old woman was given the dinars, she started smiling. The king asked, "Why are you smiling?"

 

The old woman said that the olive trees had to bear fruit twenty years later, but I have just got my fruit! The king also liked this and ordered that he be given another four hundred dinars. When this woman was given another four hundred dinars, she started smiling again!

 

 The king asked, "Why are you smiling now?"  The old woman said that the olive tree bears fruit only once in a year while my tree bears fruit twice. The king then ordered him to be given another four hundred dinars. The Minister said, "Holy Prophet, why did you come out so quickly?"

 

The king said, If I had stayed with this woman any longer, my whole treasury would have been empty, but the woman's wise words would not have ended. Get the word out

 

Good talk captivates the heart. Gentle attitude makes the enemy a friend. Wise phrases also come to kings. Good things increase friends in this world and reduce enemies and increase the reward in the hereafter. You can buy goods with wealth, but buying a heart can only be done with a good thing, so become a buyer of the heart, do not become a seeker of wealth.

Lesson of the Article Today:

Buy goods with wealth, but buying a heart can only be done with a good thing, so become a buyer of the heart.