Islamic Culture & Photo Blog – Muslim Blog Muslim BlogAn old American muslim lived on a farm in the mountains of eastern Kentucky with his young grandson. Every morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the kictchen 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 forgot as soon as I close the book. What good reading the Quran do?”
The Grandfather quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and relied, “Take this coal basket 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 sai, “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 buket 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 trying. All this point, the boy knew it was impossible, but he wanted to show his grandfather the 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, nut 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 outside.
Son, that’s what happens when you read the Quran . You might not understand or remember everything, but when you read it, you will be changed, inside and outside when you read time by time. That is the work of Allah in our lives. . . .
