A Beautiful story about the 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 Quran 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."