Why do we read Quraan, 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 mount ai ns of eastern
Kentucky with his young grandson. Each morning Grandpa wakeup 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 s ai d, “You ‘ ll have to move a little
faster next time,” and sent him back to the river with the basket to
try ag ai n. This time the boy ran faster, but ag ai n the bas ket 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 s
ai d, “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 ag ai n. 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 ag ai n dipped the basket into river and ran hard, but when he
reached his grandfather the basket was ag ai n empty. Out of breathe,
he s ai d, “See Grandpa, it ‘ s useless!” “So you think it is useless?”
The old man s ai d, “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 mi ght
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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