[AkhirZaman.org] Ali Hafed adalah seorang petani Persia yang makmur yang tinggal di India yang memiliki sebidang tanah yang luas dan indah dengan kebun buah-buahan, sungai, dan ladang subur. Dia adalah pria yang bahagia dan puas sampai suatu hari seorang pendeta Buddha datang berkunjung dan menceritakan kisah petani lain yang menjadi sangat kaya karena menemukan berlian.
Setelah mendengar hal tersebut, Ali Hafed menjadi terobsesi dengan pikiran dan impiannya untuk menemukan berlian. Akhirnya, dia menjual pertaniannya, meninggalkan keluarganya dengan kerabat, dan mulai mencari berlian. Ali Hafed menghabiskan sisa hidupnya mengembara di benua Afrika, kemudian Eropa, untuk mencari permata berkilau yang sulit dipahami ini. Akhirnya lelah dan tidak punya uang, karena putus asa dia melemparkan dirinya ke Teluk Barcelona di Spanyol dan tenggelam.
Sementara itu, pria yang telah membeli tanah pertanian Ali Hafed kebetulan sedang melewati sungai kecil di tanah tersebut ketika tiba-tiba matanya melihat kilatan cahaya biru dan merah yang terang dari dasar sungai. Dia membungkuk dan mengambil batu kristal berukuran bagus. Dia membawanya pulang dan menaruhnya di atas perapian sebagai rasa ingin tahu yang menarik.
Beberapa minggu kemudian seorang pengunjung melihat batu itu, melihatnya lebih dekat, menimbangnya di tangannya dan hampir pingsan. Dia bertanya kepada petani itu apakah dia tahu apa yang dia temukan. Ketika petani itu mengatakan bahwa dia mengira itu adalah sebongkah kristal, pengunjung tersebut mengatakan kepadanya bahwa dia mungkin telah menemukan salah satu berlian terbesar yang pernah ditemukan. Petani yang skeptis mengatakan bahwa alirannya penuh dengan batu seperti itu. Tidak sebesar yang di perapian, tapi mereka ditaburkan dengan murah hati di sepanjang dasar sungai.
Pertanian yang Ali Hafed jual untuk mencari berlian ternyata adalah Tambang Golconda di India, selama bertahun-tahun tambang berlian paling produktif di dunia, menyediakan beberapa berlian terbesar dalam permata mahkota Inggris dan Rusia. Ali Hafed telah memiliki beberapa hektar berlian, tetapi telah menjual tanah pertaniannya yang makmur dengan harga yang praktis untuk mencari berlian di tempat lain.
Kebahagiaan sejati jauh lebih dekat daripada yang dipikirkan kebanyakan orang. Untuk menemukan harta karun terbesar, Anda tidak perlu mencari lebih jauh dari Firman Tuhan.
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