by SKI-preo » Wed Aug 11, 2010 4:53 am
A Muslim dies and finds himself before the Pearly Gates.
He is very excited, as all his life he has longed to meet the Prophet Muhammad. Having arrived at the Gates of Heaven, he meets a man with a beard.
'Are you Muhammad?' he asks.
'No, my son. I am Peter. Muhammad is higher up.'
And Peter points to a ladder that rises into the clouds.
Delighted that Muhammad is higher than Peter, he climbs the ladder in great strides and climbs through the clouds coming to a room where he meets another bearded man.
He asks again, 'Are you Muhammad?'
'No, I am Moses. Muhammad is higher still.'
Exhausted, but with a heart full of joy, he continues to climb the ladder and, yet again, he discovers an even larger room where he meets another man with a beard.
Full of hope, he asks again, 'Are you Muhammad?
'No, I am Jesus...You will find Muhammad higher up.'
Muhammad higher than Jesus! The poor man can hardly contain his delight and climbs and climbs, ever higher. Once again, he reaches a larger room where he meets a man with a beard sitting in a chair and repeats his question:
'Are you Muhammad?' he gasps,
As he is, by now, totally out of breath from all his climbing.
'No, my son...I am God. But you look exhausted. Would you like some tea?'
'Yes, please, my Lord'
God looks behind him, claps his hands and calls out:
'HEY MUHAMMAD, YOU LEBO PRICK, TURN THE KETTLE ON!'
(My client who is a lebanese muslim himself emailed me that one).