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nice story

This is really a beautiful story.
Why do we read Quran, even when we can't
understand?
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 Qur'an.
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 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." The best way to learn is to share what you have
learned and practice it in your life