Mercy

Stories tagged Mercy:

• The Tale of the Merchant and the Jinni Aug 17, 2025

  

  In the days when merchants traveled vast distances across desert and sea to trade in precious goods, there lived in Baghdad a successful trader named Ahmad ibn Malik. He was known throughout the commercial districts as an honest man who kept his word, paid his debts promptly, and treated his customers fairly, regardless of their station in life.

  Ahmad’s business required him to journey frequently to distant cities, carrying samples of fine goods and negotiating contracts for larger shipments. On this particular journey, he was returning from Damascus where he had successfully arranged for the purchase of silk, spices, and precious stones that would bring considerable profit to his family.

• Cain and Abel Aug 13, 2025

  

  After Adam and Eve left the Garden of Eden, they began their new life in a world that was no longer perfect. The ground was harder to work, thorns and thistles grew among their crops, and they had to labor with sweat and toil for their daily bread. But God had not abandoned them, and in time, He blessed them with children.

  Their first son brought great joy to their hearts. “I have acquired a man from the Lord,” Eve exclaimed when he was born, and they named him Cain, which means “acquired” or “gotten.” He grew to be strong and industrious, with calloused hands that knew how to work the soil.

• Sodom and Gomorrah Aug 9, 2025

  

  In the Jordan Valley, in a region that was once like the Garden of Eden for its beauty and fertility, stood two great cities: Sodom and Gomorrah. These cities were wealthy and prosperous, surrounded by well-watered plains and blessed with abundant crops and trade.

  But beneath their material prosperity lay spiritual corruption of the deepest kind. The people of these cities had turned completely away from God and given themselves over to every form of wickedness and immorality.