Be Kind Equally|به همان اندازه مهربان باشید

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“160th story”

First published: Sep.24.2020

Ebrahim was a very rich kind and generous man who believed in God and was very religious. His house was on the way to a desert path. He always welcomed passengers who needed food and shelter.

Ebrahim always waited for some people to pass by and liked to invite them to his place and share his food with them.

It had been a while since he didn’t have any guests, so Ebrahim decided to walk on the road to see if he could see anyone and invite them to his house.

After a time, Ebrahim saw an older man with white hair and a beard coming closer. Ebrahim asked the older man to have lunch with him. The older man said: “Thanks for the invitation, but I have some bread with me to eat.”

Ebrahim insisted, and the older man accepted and went to Ebrahim’s house with him.

Ebrahim asked his servants to spread the lunch cloth and set the food. When the food was on the cloth, they sat around the spread.

Ebrahim said: “We should start with the name of God, to be thankful.”

Everyone at Ebrahim’s house repeated God’s name except the guest.

Ebrahim looked at his guest and said: “You are a man with years of experience. Don’t you think we should thank God for the food he provides us?”

The old man said: “I don’t believe in God.”

Ebrahim got angry and asked his servants to throw the older man out of his house.

That night in Ebrahim’s dream, God sent a message to him: “I gave health, food, family, etc., to that older man for years even though he never believed my existence, but you couldn’t feed him a lunch? If you are a kind and generous person, you should be to every human being, no matter what their religion, colour, culture, and beliefs are. What you did to that old man made me angry.

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  1. hassanmosleh's avatar
    hassanmosleh
    September 24, 2020 • 9:35 am

    I always love your beautiful stories because they are full of gifts.

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    utahan15
    September 24, 2020 • 6:43 pm

    by bread we are
    fed
    and so too
    tool money for the things we need and want
    angel
    came
    and the same
    child was born
    in one years time!

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    Jonathan Caswell
    September 24, 2020 • 11:23 pm

    Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
    IF YOU NAME THE NAME OF GOD—YOU’D BETTER BE A GOOD AMBASSADOR OF GOD! ❤

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    Jonathan Caswell
    September 24, 2020 • 11:26 pm

    GREAT STORY—LOTS OF ADS….YES, I KNOW THESE DAYS ARE GETTING AWFULLY EXPENSIVE! ❤

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    mitchteemley
    September 25, 2020 • 6:25 pm

    Lovely, Laleh. Makes me think of Jesus’ words in Luke 6:35: “But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.”

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    Digital Empire
    September 26, 2020 • 12:15 am

    I love your stories! The twist at the end always gets me.

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    fulvialuna1
    October 2, 2020 • 4:11 pm

    Che bella la chiusa! Un grande insegnamento. Attuale.

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  11. utahan15's avatar
    utahan15
    December 1, 2022 • 2:25 pm

    what about the homeless man in the doorway of the ihop?

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    janetsm
    December 2, 2022 • 5:51 pm

    A good lesson for us to remember every day. Thank you, Laleh.

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    Cindy Georgakas
    December 4, 2022 • 5:51 pm

    Another great story with messages and blessings from Laleh!

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  14. usfman's avatar
    usfman
    December 4, 2022 • 9:30 pm

    Generosity to all pays dividends and not just for religious reasons.

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  15. bigskybuckeye's avatar
    bigskybuckeye
    December 10, 2022 • 10:35 am

    Blessed story! God calls us to witness His grace to others.

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