Thank You Very Much O Allah

I heard Allah's Prophet (peace be upon him) saying, "Allah divided Mercy into one-hundred parts and HE kept its ninety-nine parts with HIM and sent down its one part on the earth, and because of that, its one single part, HIS creations are merciful to each other, so that even the mare lifts up its hoofs away from its baby animal, lest it should trample on it."

(Author : Abu Huraira)

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(Sang by Minik Dualar, a group of children from Turkey)

THANK YOU VERY MUCH O ALLAH (lyrics)

THANK YOU VERY MUCH O ALLAH

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH O ALLAH

YOU'RE THE RICHEST

YOU'RE THE GREATEST

YOU'RE THE GENEROUS O ALLAH

YOU'RE THE LOVER

YOU'RE THE BELOVED

YOU'RE THE ONE O ALLAH

(Repeat)

I TOOK A ROSE IN MY HAND

YOU GAVE ME THE EYES TO SEE

YOU GAVE ME THE NOSE TO SMELL

YOU GAVE ME THE HANDS TO HOLD

THANK YOU VERY MUCH O ALLAH

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH O ALLAH

YOU'VE GIVEN ME TWO EARS

TO HEAR THE VOICE OF MY MUM

I'VE LEARNT PRAYER FROM MY MUM

YOU'VE GIVEN ME TONGUE TO SAY

THANK YOU VERY MUCH O ALLAH

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH O ALLAH

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The Bees

Amina is not feeling very well today. She has caught a cold and she coughs. Mummy tells her: “What you need is a nice hot drink with honey. Let’s go and buy some honey, and you’ll see your cough will get better insha Allah.”

Amina and her mother go out to the supermarket. They stop in front of the shelf where the honey is.

“Oh, Mummy, there are all sorts of different colours!”Amina says excitedly. “Look, this honey is almost white, and this one is golden, and that one over there is brownish.”

“Yes, Amina”, her mum answers. “They are different sorts of honey. There’s clover honey, lavender honey, eucalyptus honey... and mixed wildflower honey.”

“But then, does honey come from flowers?”Amina asks.

“Come on, you know it doesn’t!” her Mum answers. “You know bees make honey. The bees fly from flower to flower to collect a fine powder called pollen and a liquid called nectar. And then they make the honey with their bodies. Since there are different sorts of flowers with different colours and smells, this produces different sorts of honey.

If the bees have been only on clover flowers, they make clover honey, which is almost white, like the one in this jar.

If the bees have been on lavender, as in the South of France, you get this nice golden colour. And if the bees go about on all sorts of wild flowers, they produce mixed wildflower honey.”

Amina asks: “And what colour is mixed wildflower honey?”

“Well, it depends on the flowers!" Mummy answers,. “Look, the honey in this jar is yellow, this one is brownish, and yet they’re both mixed wildflower honey.”

Amina thinks for a while and then she asks: “But who has taught the bees how to make honey?”

“Allah has taught them, darling”, Mummy explains. “When the bees make honey, they obey Allah.

Do you know Allah tells us about bees in the Quran? Listen to what He says.”

And then Amina's Mum recites for her the verses from surat an-Nahl, “The bees".


"And your Lord inspired the bees, saying ‘Take your habitations in the mountains and in the trees and in what they erect. Then, eat of all fruits, and follow the ways of your Lord.’ There comes forth from their bellies a drink of varying colours wherein is healing for men.”

(Qur'an - Surah Nahl l, 68-69).

[Link to : http://sesekali.blogspot.com/2009/05/honey.html ]