24. The
Precious Gift
Once a young boy was
going to get a graduation degree. For many months he had been admiring a
beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom. Knowing his father could well
afford it, he told him that was all he wanted. He was sure that he would have
that car as a gift from his father. On the morning of his graduation his father
called him and handed a beautiful wrapped gift box. He inquisitively opened the
gift but finding a leather-bound holy Qur’an, he acrimoniously threw that and
stormed out of the house. He never contacted his father for many years. But one
day, he immediately left for his house after reading a deplorable letter of his
father's demise. He found his father, lying lifeless. He regretted on his act
by knowing the fact of holy Qur'an which contained a key of car in it. He was
astonished to see the date of the delivery of the car which was purchased on
his graduation day. Now, he realized how caring father he had lost.
Moral: Always respect your
parents' decision.
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