As-Salamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah Wa Barakatuh
Once a king purchased 2 slaves. One of them was very handsome while the
other was very ugly. The king asked the handsome slave to go and take a
bath. While he was away the king turned to the other slave and said
“Your companion has given a very bad account of you, he said that you are a
thief and of bad character. Is this correct?”
The slave replied that his companion was a handsome person, and his exterior
beauty must be reflected by inward beauty as well. He could not believe that
such a beautiful man could tell a lie. He therefore said
“If my companion has a bad opinion about me, there must certainly be
something wrong with me. I am afraid he must be correct.”
The king observed that beauty was only an Allah given gift, and it did not
follow that a person who had a handsome face had a pure heart as well.
The king was greatly impressed with the character and intelligence of This
slave. In the meantime, the first slave had returned from his bath.
The king sent the second slave (i.e. the ugly slave to have a bath) and in
his absence told the handsome slave that his fellow slave had given a bad
account of him. On hearing this, the slave burst into invectives against his
companion and said that he was a rascal and a liar.
The king thus came to the conclusion that the slave with a beautiful face
had no inner worth while the slave with an ugly face had much inner worth.
The moral of the story is that beauty is only skin deep. All that glitters
is not gold. “Every man is hidden under his own tongue” The tongue reveals
the inner intelligence as well as inner vileness .
“The safety of a man lies in holding his tongue”
Hated by manyLoved by fewBut respected by All~~