Why do we read Quran, even if we can't understand asingle Arabic word???? This is a beautiful story..
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An old American Muslim lived on a farm in the mountains ofeastern Kentucky with his young grandson. Each morningGrandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table readinghis Quran. His grandson wanted to be just like him andtried to imitate him in every way he could.One day the grandson asked, "Grandpa! I try to readthe Quran just like you but I don't understand it, andwhat 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 thestove and replied, "Take this coal basket down to theriver and bring me back a basket of water."The boy did as he was told, but all the water leaked outbefore he got back to the house. The grandfather laughed andsaid, "You'll have to move a little faster nexttime," and sent him back to the river with the basketto try again. This time the boy ran faster, but again thebasket was empty before he returned home. Out of breath, hetold his grandfather that it was impossible to carry waterin a basket, and he went to get a bucket instead.The old man said, "I don't want a bucket ofwater; I want a basket of water.. You're just not tryinghard enough," and he went out the door to watch the boytry again.At this point, the boy knew it was impossible, but hewanted to show his grandfather that even if he ran as fastas he could, the water would leak out before he got back tothe house. The boy again dipped the basket into river andran hard, but whenhe reached his grandfather the basket wasagain 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 timerealized that the basket was different. It had beentransformed from a dirty old coal basket and was now clean,inside and out. "Son, that's what happens when you read theQur'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 Allahin our lives."
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