A Beautiful Story About QURAN
Why do we read Quran, even if we can't understand a single Arabic word ?
This is a beautiful story
An old American Muslim lived on a farm in the mountains with his young grandson. Each morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table reading his Quran. His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to imitate him in every way he could.
One day the grandson asked, "Grandpa ! I try to read the Quran just like you but I don't understand it, and what I do understand I forget as soon as I close the book. What good does reading the Quran do ?"
The Grandfather quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and replied, "Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of water.
An old American Muslim lived on a farm in the mountains with his young grandson. Each morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table reading his Quran. His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to imitate him in every way he could.
One day the grandson asked, "Grandpa ! I try to read the Quran just like you but I don't understand it, and what I do understand I forget as soon as I close the book. What good does reading the Quran do ?"
The Grandfather quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and replied, "Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of water.
The boy did as he was told, but all the water leaked out before he got back to
the house.
The grandfather
laughed and said, "You'll have to move a little faster next time,"
and sent him back to the river with the basket to try again. This time the boy
ran faster, but again the basket was empty before he returned home. Out of
breath, he told his grandfather that it was impossible to carry water in a
basket, and he went to get a bucket instead.
The old man said, "I don't want a bucket of water; I want a basket of
water. You're just not trying hard enough," and he went out the door to
watch the boy try in.
At this point, the boy knew it was impossible, but he wanted to show his
grandfather that even if he ran as fast as he could, the water would leak out
before he got back to the house.
The boy again
dipped the basket into river and ran hard, but when he reached his grandfather
the basket was again empty. Out of breath, he said, "See Grandpa, it's
useless !"
"So you think it is useless ?" The old man said, "Look at the
basket."
The boy looked at the basket and for the first time realized that the basket
was different. It had been transformed from a dirty old coal basket and was now
clean, inside and out.
Son, that's what happens when you read the Quran. You might not understand or remember everything, but when you read it, you will be changed, inside and out when you read time by time. That is the work of Allah in our lives."