REFLECTIVE ESSAY

THE FOOD OF PARADISE by Ibn Amjed

Introduction

        The Story of The Food of Paradise by Ibn Amjed. Reading the story was interesting. The story is suitable for any age cause it has a good moral lesson. At first I didn’t understand but as you continue along the story it’s good. The where the hermit said about the story of the princess’s parents was kinda sad too.

        In this blog will talk about what happened and some happenings in the story. This will also include my opinions, reaction and thoughts about this story. I would also include some photos to convince you to continue reading hehe. 

 

Body

The Story took off with the introduction of the main character, Mullah Ibrahim, who taught the religious beliefs of Islam to his Muslim students. The work doesn't really pay-off for him, He then, questioned the goodness of the holy Allah and why a diligent servant like him shall suffered. Mullah Ibrahim left the seminary and took a journey away for the City of Baghdad where he had live all of his life. If only he could have stayed and explain what he thought and reason he would have still be one of the teacher. So he left the seminar, He stayed and fell asleep in cozy and shady spot underneath the wide tree of cypress beside a river while waiting for the bounty of Allah. The story of this have a theme Beliefs because every Muslim beliefs from their Allah.

he started to feel hungry but did not lose hope, he slept then woke up hungry. At noontime, he found a halwa at the river. He had eaten for his own good and survival. after months he got curious where it was coming from and looked for the source. So then he followed the river as his guide. On his way he saw a hermit, the hermit explained that in the castle there lived a princess. This part where the hermit explained what had happened to her parents, made me feel kinda sad for the princess. She couldn’t go out and had been lonely for years.

Mullah Ibrahim then thought about saving the princess from the castle as a ‘thank you’. That was really nice of him to think that but the ending will bring you into a shocking twist. Mullah had entered the castle and saw the princess about to throw out a package of halwa into the river. before her, the Mullah knelt and told his tale. Ibrahim told that he was grateful for the delicious food she fed him daily, that halwa she threw into the river in the morning from her verandah that he has ate.

And so the Princess explained that what he had eaten was used for her bath. Ibrahim just found himself crying because he had been blind. The food that he always received was the princess' things used during a bath. He then realize that Allah surely gives food to everyone but its quality and kind are dictated by what a man deserves. This part got me, it made me laugh and feel kinda bad to Ibrahim.

Conclusion

we must be content with what God gives us, and not lose hope and have faith to out God because when everything is at lost, He is the only one we can cling to. We can't avoid to feel sometimes that the world is unfair but we should not question our one and only creator. It is better to do good works, and just pray to God that he will guide us in every way and be more thankful than ever. And for all the things that happen in our lives always remember that God has always a purpose.

 

References

-www.freepik.com

-www.unpri.org

-pamela011.blogspot.com

-prezi.com