Find Best Flowers

Once in an old boarding school in the misty mountainside. The kiai, to search for a new leader. The Kiai felt herself an old, no longer strong enough to take care of pesantren. He was about to resign as leader of the pesantren and give him an opportunity to students younger to lead the pesantren.

To find who his successor, the teacher, such a simple test is that all told to seek santri the most beautiful flowers and best flowers to decorate the park in the college. Later the chaplain, who will be able to assess the best students who will become his successor later.

The students also somewhat surprised by the chaplain request, what his relationship with the leadership of flowers?, But they all knew, that the chaplain, was like a message between the lines, there must be something hidden in the wisdom of the test.

So in the morning, go the the university santri2 to various places, looking for the most beautiful flowers.

After a day of searching into every corner of the hills and valleys, in the afternoon, the students have gained his interest masing2, which they say is the most beautiful flowers. So gather the university is carrying santri2 flowers masing2 thinks is the most beautiful flowers.

Bunga2 beautiful, colorful, diverse forms, from different parts of the santri2nya was collected. The chaplain was, watching, and also asked where they came from. Once collected, then such interest rate on deretkan at boarding school yard, so that all could see the same santri. All students sit in a circle around the field, while awaiting a decision from the chaplain.

All students have been collecting his results, when calculated, there are a santri that it has not collect plants. Soon after came the last santri collect flowers, she looked tired, as had walked away. He also reached the middle of the page witnessed all his other students, carrying a flower too wrapped dg cloth. Then he opened the cloth was and he handed flowers to the professor.

However, given the interest it is interest-me withered, all his students were surprised and amused smile, lha kok withered flowers delivered, what the priest did not become angry?

the chaplain asked, why this interest that brought you here?

The students also answered; O my teacher, I have to go to various areas to find the best rates according to your requests, but along the way, I found all the interest, is busy praising exalt the glory of God, they are busy .. remembrance, I could not bear to pluck them, because will decide the bunga2 beads compliment. Then there I found a flower that has withered from the shaft collapsed. Ooh this interest appears to have been exhausted, has been completed .. celebrate, because that's my take and I took the flower here .., so the story of the last students who listened to carefully by the chaplain and the other santri2 it.

The priest smiled hearing the explanation of the students.

He then ordered the last students to sit well with other santri2 him, around the field in the middle of the college.

Santri2 O my, my request, to find the best rates, actually is a test from me, to know how deeply your knowledge, how far your nearness to Allah, the Most Wise and the interest you take, is the parable of the depth of your knowledge.

Actually, the wilting flowers in the physical appearance is not beautiful anymore, but he has a hymn devoted to the Supreme Creator, glorify in their own way to spread the beauty and sweet fragrance, that's the beauty of the more meaningful. My students last gathering flowers itulebih consider how the process of praising the greatness of God's nature, and did not seek power, to become the leader of this college, he knows himself, that his interest is not the most beautiful and could not be elected to be a leader here.

I noticed all the flowers that you gather all, really beautiful, but not a major beauty, but what meaning do you gain from this nature. Santriku latter has a very deep meaning to this nature. He realized how nature, God's creatures, always exalt the greatness of God's praise, including the bunga2. Santriku is the most in science and did not pursue his lust for power, because that is what I choose to become professors at this university, my continued leadership.

All his santri2 still shocked, including the last students, which also surprised to hear the decision of the chaplain. But all can understand the philosophical explanation given by the chaplain.

Quran letter, al Hadid, verse 1; "All that is in heaven and on earth exalt Allah (declare the greatness of God). And He hath power over all things.

Qur'an letter al-Israa 'verse 44; "Seven layers of heaven and earth and everything in between, and within it, hymn praising God, And not one but exalt with His praise, but you do not understand forms and how to praise their God. Surely Allah is Forgiving trustees ".