Thursday, July 26, 2007

Why do we read Qur'an, 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 bas ket was empty before he returned home. Out of breath, he told his gradpa
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.

I use to think this way too, why reading something when I don't even know the meaning. Why not learning and try understanding the meaning, then I'll read it when i could at least comprehend it. Reading and understanding the meaning is best, but that doesn't mean we who couldn't understand the meaning should not even try reading it.
InsyaAllah Allah will reward and counts every deeds we did,Ameen.

2 comments:

  1. Subhanallah...

    this is a good ideology. guess i can tell this to my friends. Well, Allah knows best and everything created by Him for a reason-we just need to be grateful

    ...thank you for sharing this

    Jazakallah...

    ~~fadhiscops

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  2. yes, sis, truly i use to think tht way, why doing things that wont benefit us, sometimes we human wants every result instantly when Allah works in HIS own way, without us even noticing it, Allah gave us hint and the rest is up to us

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