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Now the three men were strong, so they pushed and pushed the
boulder with all their might to try and make a gap large enough for
them to crawl through. But no matter how hard they tried, the boulder
would not move one single inch!
"It's no good," said one of the men, "we will never be able to move
this boulder by ourselves, it's just too large. Our only hope is to ask
Allah to help us. Perhaps if we ask Him on the merit of a good deed
we have done He will accept our prayers and help us."
They all agreed that this was the only way, and that they would each
pray to Allah and ask Him to help them.
The first man thought for a while, then he remembered something he
would do for his elderly parents each night before they went to sleep.
He had never forgotten his parents' kindness to him when he was
young. He remembered how they had looked after him and cared for
boulder with all their might to try and make a gap large enough for
them to crawl through. But no matter how hard they tried, the boulder
would not move one single inch!
"It's no good," said one of the men, "we will never be able to move
this boulder by ourselves, it's just too large. Our only hope is to ask
Allah to help us. Perhaps if we ask Him on the merit of a good deed
we have done He will accept our prayers and help us."
They all agreed that this was the only way, and that they would each
pray to Allah and ask Him to help them.
The first man thought for a while, then he remembered something he
would do for his elderly parents each night before they went to sleep.
He had never forgotten his parents' kindness to him when he was
young. He remembered how they had looked after him and cared for