Signs of ar-Rahman - Hoor al-Ayn

It was of mud, and the floor was of bare sand. Adjoined to it was a tentfor entertaining guests. His stipend was one and a half riyals.I used to hear the stories of the generosity and free spending of theprevious generations, but I witnessed an Afghan selling his goat and sheepto buy a single round of ammunition. At the beginning of the Jihaad theprice of a single round was 3 dollars. One Mujaahid sold 600 sheep to buya single infantry weapon, since the price of such a weapon was 600Kuwaiti dinars on the black market.I felt ashamed in front of a driver of one of the leaders in the Jihaad. Hewould survive on 600 rupees, from which would come out his rent, thefood and medical expenses of his family despite the fact that he ownedtwo large transport vehicles which he donated to the service of theMujaahideen and Jihaad effort. Although he was offered 2 300 000Afghani rupees for just one of them, he refused.A few youngsters from the petroleum states Arab states said to me insurprise: “The dogs in Pakistan eat bread”.They added: “The dogs in our country eat neither bread nor rice since theyhave become accustomed to eating only meat.” You would be astonishedif you had to see the heaps of rice and meat that is dumped on the desertsand every Thursday.I said to them:Here” Humans too cannot find any bread, and the Mujaahideen inAfghanistan sometimes, do not even find any vegetation, nor any fruit onthe trees in the mountains. So much so that a group consisting of 8000men survived two full months on what could be found on the trees. Whenthe trees of this area became bare they were forced to leave this area.We present to the Muslims the following grim realities so that [as theQur’aan mentions]:Those who are destroyed may be destroyed after a clear sign hascome to them. And those who live may live after a clear sign hascome to them.62