Ramadan:My hijabi sisters/brothers even?

Something I wanted to share with you....

The Flower vs. the Pearl

""""""ONE day, a brilliantly beautiful and fragrant flower with attractive colors met a pearl that lives far in the bottom of the sea and has none of these characteristics. Both got acquainted with each other.

The flower said:
"Our family is large; roses and daisies are members of the family. And there are many other species that are various and countless; each has a distinctive scent, appearance etc."

Suddenly, a tinge of distress appeared on the flower. "Nothing accounts for sorrow in your talk; so why are depressed?" The pearl asked.

"Human beings deal with us carelessly; they slight us. They don't grow us for our sake but to get pleasure from our fragrance and beautiful appearance. They throw us on the street or in the garbage can after we are dispossessed of the most valuable properties; brilliance and fragrance." The flower sighed.

And then the flower said to the pearl: "Speak to me about your life! How do you live? How do you feel it? You are buried in the bottom of the sea."

The pearl answered: "Although I have none of your distinctive colors and sweet scents, humans think I am precious. They do the impossible to procure me. They go on long journeys, dive deep in the seas searching for me. You might be astounded to know that the further I lay, the more beautiful and brilliant I become. That's what upraises my value in their thought. I live in a thick shell isolated in the dark seas. However, I'm happy and proud to be in a safe zone far from wanton and mischievous hands and still the humans consider me highly valuable."

Do you know what the flower and the pearl symbolize? Think, Think, Think... You will find that: The flower is the unveiled woman (who shows her charms) and the pearl is the veiled woman (who conceals her BEAUTIES). """"
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I hope to be a pearl soon too...I'd like to be a pearl at heart at most :)

Note that all flowers AND pearls don't go through the same thing...

That was for you sisters, hope you like it.

Wasalaam, Tinkerbell. :) :)





Answer :
Wa alaikum salam. Thank you for sharing a very nice story about the flowers and the pearls
I agree with you that muslim women who wear hijab/jilbab are like pearls and without hijab/jilbab are like flowers.
Isya allah all muslim women will be attractive pearls at the heart at most


Alhamdulillah, Yes thats true, a pure heart is the most important aspect for me :)

Everyone jazakallah khair for you answers.. and to those of you who have taught me somthing new too.
Much appreciated by Tinkerbell xxx





Answer :
Alhamdullilah

Brothers, here is something I heard from a sister once, ..so concise and to the point that it doesn't need any further comment:

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"A Man without a beard, is like a Lion without his mane."





Answer :
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I can use this to protect my innocent friends who are abused or not, juz to give them a reminder that a true pure soul is a really hard to find! Not to reveal insecurities by acting nice and yet hiding a stinky, hideous, broken-self deep inside, and picking on others juz to get attention! May God protect us, ameen.





Answer :

Since you shared something this good with us.
I want to repay the favour by sharing something of similar benefits.

why hijab?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWsXlBUiz…

Tribute to Marwa Sherbini martyr of Hijab
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T6b5xfj8…

Answer By Ahmed Deedat-Nature of Men and wisdom - Veil/Hijab
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHW6gCzpd…

Khalid yasin tells the reason for muslim women to wear hijab:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awkRZxd_v…

Watch them all.

learn the best way to turn the tables over.

The world is full of fasehood i.e. fitnah.

Hijab is the defence against all the oppressive forces that portray oscenity/vulgarity/profanity, as the 'cool/hot' thing to do.

The west has already classified us into 4 groups:
1. Fundamentalist.
2.Traditionalist
3.Secularists
4. Modernists.

Which of the above do YOU belong to?

I do not make this up.

You can read it in detail on this report:

Rand Civil democratic Islam
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_repor…

Hope i answered , returning the favour (with interest =)

May Allah guide us all to the rightful path.i.e. Islam, as mentioned in the Quran and explained by the lifestyle of the Holy Prophet PBUH.
Ameen.

Source(s):

Cool Fundamentalist.

The more we choose to evade the 'Islamic way of living', the more will be prone to fall prey to the fitnah of this world.





Answer :
The story might have made sense a hundred years ago but now in order to procure pearls today we deliberately hurt and abuse a living creature. Pearls are a symbol of pain, it is the oyster trying to get rid of sharp object piercing its flesh and today we deliberately put that object in to force it to make pearls. Surely today there is a better analogy then a pearl, because I'd associate it with pain and abuse.