The Tongue is a great blessing
Just think a bit what a great blessing is this gift of Allah - the tongue! Allah has been so Merciful that He has bestowed upon us a talking machine which accompanies man during his whole lifetime from birth till death. It is so efficient that it starts speaking at the slightest hint from its master-man. We do not value this unique, wonderful machine, because we have got it as a free gift from Allah without paying any price or taking any pains to acquire it. It is man's natural tendency that he does not value things which he gets without any sacrifice and effort on his part. This applies also to this God-given gift - the tongue. Go and inquire about the value of this gift from those who are deprived of it. The small piece of flesh, that is the tongue, is there with them but they are unable to speak. Their hearts ae full of ideas and emotions, but they cannot speak them out. What a great gift of Allah is this tongue, indeed!
What, if the tongue suddenly stops speaking?
Just imagine what will happen if all of a sudden your tongue stops - God forbid - from speaking! You want to say something but the tongue fails you. What an incapacity. A relative of mine who has recently undergone a surgical operation told me that after the operation for sometime his body remained in state of total benumbness and paralysed. He was feeling thirsty: There was water as well as attendants, but only he could not express to them his need. He remained in this state of incapacity for about half an hour. He said that those thirty minutes were the most arduous and painful minutes of his life.
The Tongue is a Trust from Allah
Almighty Allah has so intimately connected the tongue with the brain that no sooner does the brain desire to speak something than the desire is transmitted to the tongue and it speaks out the desired words. If the process of finding out the relevant letter and constructing the meaningful words had been left to man himself, he would have been in great difficulty. Merciful Allah has endowed man with a natural power that as soon as he wants to speak out something. the word or phrase spontaneously escapes from his tongue. Now think a bit. Did you yourself invent this wonderful machine or purchased it from a shop? No, this is a gift from Allah. It is not your property. It has been placed under your custody only as a sacred trust from Allah. Being a trust, it.is binding upon you to use it according to the will of the testator, Allah. It is, therefore, necessary that you should use this machine according to the will of the testator and not according to your own will and desire. Mind that this is Allah's property to be used as He desires.
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