A Beautiful Story about the Qur'an

 بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم

In the Name of Allah,

the Most Gracious,the Most Merciful.

 

 

 

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 of eastern Kentucky 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 Qur'an 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 Qur'an 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 again. 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 Qur'an.

You might not understand or remember everything,

but when you read it, you will be changed, inside

and out. That is the work of Allah in our lives.'

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