The Little blades of Grass.

The blades of grass.            

In Heaven,                                                                         Poet:- Stephan Crane.

Some little blades of grass                                             Stephan crane (1871-1900)  

Stood before God.                                                           was born in New Jersey,USA.

"What did you do?"                                                         He worked as a Journalist before

Then all saves one of the little blades                          attempting to publish his first

Began eagerly to relate.                                                  which was to grim to find a

The merits of their lives.                                                 readership.However,his next

This one stayed a small way behind,                            novel,The Red Badge of Courage

Ashamed.                                                                          (1985) was hailed as a masterpiece

Presently, God said,                                                         He came to England in 1897 

"And what did you did?"                                                 where his novel was more warmly

The little blade answered,"Oh, my Lord,                      received.His other works include

Memory is bitter to me,                                                  two volumes of poetry and short

For, if i did good deeds, I know not of them."             stories.He died of tuberculosis  

Then God, in all his splendour,                                       in 1900.

Sir Stephan Crane

Arose from His throne.

"Oh, best little blade of grass !"He Said.

Explanation:-

In these lines the poet says that once there was some little blades of grass standing before God, in Heaven. God Almighty asked them how they have spent their lives in the world. All of them one by one begin to state their good deeds that they have done in their lifetime and which they wanted to be honored or rewarded. One of the blades there was a small one of it. It looked very shy and waiting for his turn. When it was his turn, the God asked and what have you done through your whole life. The little blade answered that he cannot remember his deeds either they were good or bad. Then God get up in all his great & Impressive beauty, Quality and brilliance from his throne and called the little blade of grass as the best.

Generally:-

This poem is an imaginary situation of the poet in Heaven. But actually there is a message or moral hidden behind these lines. As you know that there are different kind of people around us. Some of them are rich people, some are poor people and some of them are in between the given two. Some of these people are in need of other’s people help and some of them are helpful to the needed one. This chain reaction is continuous as I help you, you will help the others and the others will help someone else. We appreciate their effort. But some of the people wants themselves to be honored of their good deeds. And if you will be looking out for a reward of your deeds from any person, then you have spoiled the chance of being rewarded from your Lord in account of your good deeds.

Islamic Point of view:-

Those who spend their wealth in the way of Allah and do not follow up their spending by stressing their benevolence and causing hurt, will find their reward secure with their Lord. They have no cause for fear and grief.

To speak a kind word and to forgive people's faults is better than charity followed by hurt. Allah is All-Sufficient, All-Forbearing

Believers! Do not nullify your acts of charity by stressing your benevolence and causing hurt as does he who spends his wealth only to be seen by men and does not believe in Allah and the Last Day. The example of his spending is that of a rock with a thin coating of earth upon it: when a heavy rain smites it, the earth is washed away, leaving the rock bare; such people derive no gain from their acts of charity. Allah does not set the deniers of the Truth on the right way. (2:262 - 264)

Look, you are being called upon to expend in Allah's Way, yet some of you are being niggardly, whereas the one who is niggardly is, in fact, being niggardly only to himself. Allah is Self-Sufficient: it is you who are the needy. If you turn away, Allah will replace you by another people, and they will not be like you. (47:38)

You shall not attain righteousness until you spend out of what you love (in the way of Allah). Allah knows whatever you spend. (3:92)

(O Prophet!) Tell those of My servants who believe that they should establish Prayer and spend out of what We have provided them with, both secretly and openly, before there arrives the Day when there will be no bargaining, nor any mutual befriending. (14:31)

Allah does not love the arrogant and the boastful, who are niggardly and bid others to be niggardly and conceal the bounty which Allah has bestowed upon them. We have kept in readiness a humiliating chastisement for such deniers (of Allah's bounty) (part of 4:36 and all of 4:37).

I wish you have a lesson from it and I am sorry for any kind of mistake.