Assalamu'alaikum wr.wb.
nice stoy dari milis sebelah....
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 mountains 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 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 breathe, 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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