Ramadhan is coming :)

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 Quraan. 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 Quraan 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
Quraan 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 Quraan.
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 s.w.t in our lives."


p/s: Read Quran then read the tafsir too, pick up a new habit this Ramadhan.

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