100 Moral Stories 47
he realized that there were 99 coins and he thought it was an odd number so he counted again, and
again and again only to come to the same conclusion... 99 Gold Coins.
He began to wonder, what could have happened to that last one coin? For no one would leave 99
coins. He began to search his entire house, looked around his backyard for hours, not wanting to
lose out on that one coin. Finally, exhausted, he decided that he was going to have to work harder
than ever to make up for that one Gold coin to make his entire collection an even 100 Gold Coins.
He got up the next morning, in an extremely horrible mood, shouting at the children and his wife
for his delay, not realizing that he had spent most of the night conjuring ways of working hard so
that he had enough money to buy himself that gold coin. He went to work as usual - but not in his
usual best mood, singing happily - as he grumpily did his daily errands.
Seeing the man’s attitude change so drastically, the King was puzzled. He promptly summoned his
assistant to his chambers. The King related his thoughts about the servant and once again, his
assistant listened. The King could not believe that the servant who until yesterday had been singing
away and was happy and content with his life had taken a sudden change of attitude, even though
he should have been happier after receiving the gold coins.
To this the assistant replied “Ah! But your Majesty, the servant has now officially joined The 99
Club.” He explained: “The 99 Club is just a name given to those people who have everything but
yet are never contented, therefore they are always working hard and striving for that extra one to
round it out to 100!
We have so much to be thankful for and we can live with very little in our lives, but the minute we
are given something bigger and better, we want even more!
We are not the same happy contented person we used to be, we want more and more and by
wanting more and more we don’t realize the price we pay for it. We lose our sleep, our happiness;
we hurt the people around us just as a price to pay for our growing needs and desires. That is what
joining The 99 Club is all about.”
Hearing this King decided that from that day onwards, he was going to start appreciating all the
little things in life.
Striving for more is always good, but let’s not strive so hard and for so much that we loses all those
near and dear to our hearts, we shouldn’t compromise our happiness for moments of luxuries!
REPENTANCE
A person once heard a pious Muslim say that “For the last thirty years
I am repenting for a sin and I don’t know how Allah will deal with me regarding it?”
The listener asked: “What was your sin?”
The pious Muslim said: “I used to have a shop in the Bazaar. One day I heard that the
whole Bazaar was burning so I rushed to see my shop. When I reached there I saw that
except my shop all the shops were razed to the ground. I said ‘Al-Hamdo lillah’ (All praise to Allah);
but immediately I realized my mistake. How can I call myself a Muslim when I couldn’t feel the loss
of my neighbors? That is why I am repenting for that lapse on my part for the last thirty years.”
