Weight of a Prayer

A mother slums with ragged clothes, go into a supermarket. With very haltingly and with a language which he politely begged to be allowed to borrow. He was told that her husband was ill and had a week does not work. He has seven children who desperately need food. Supermarket owner, drove him out. While continuing to depict the situation his family, the mother continues to tell about his family.

"Please, sir, I promise I will soon pay after I have money." The shop owner still does not grant the request. "You do not have a credit card, you have no guarantees," the reason.

Near the counter payments, there is one other customer, who from the beginning to listen to the conversation. He approached them and said: "I will pay all required this mother."

Embarrassed, the store owner finally said, "No, sir. I myself will give it for free. Well, if the mother carrying a shopping list?" "Yes, sir. This," he said while showing

a torn piece of crumpled paper.

"Lay it on your shopping list in the scales, and I will give you free groceries according to the weight scales."

With very hesitant and half despair, The mother bowed her head briefly, wrote something on a crumpled paper, and with her head still bowed, put into scales. The store owner's eyes widened to see the scale needle move quickly downward. He looked Customers who had offered the mother had her say little, "I do not believe in what I see."

The kind of customers it just tersenyum.Lalu, the mother had worn to take the necessary goods, and witnessed by a good customer care before, the store owner to put groceries on the other side of the scales. The needle does not go the scales balanced, so the mother continues to take goods store owner needs and continue to stack them on the scales, until no longer fit.

The store owner was very upset and can not do anything. Unable to stand, The shopkeeper quietly took the scraps of paper crumpled shopping list of the mother earlier. And he-was widened. On top of crumpled paper it was written a short prayer:

"O Allah, O my Lord, You alone know what the slaves need. Servant turn everything into your hands."

The shop owner was silent.

The mother thanked him, and left the store with the free groceries. The kind of customers even give him a piece of money.

The shop owner then checked and found that the scales used was defective. Apparently it is only God who knows the weight of a prayer.