Why do I read the Qu'ran?

Iv noticed people are putting up poems up as their blogs. I dont understand poems. So Iv decided to put up a nice and simple story, Iv read which Iv found inspirational Smile

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."

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Yeah, it makes me all warm and tingly inside Biggrin

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Seraphim wrote:
Yeah, it makes me all warm and tingly inside Biggrin

good good. even though Im trying to figure out if your being sacarstic or not..hmmm...

 

s.b.f wrote:
Seraphim wrote:
Yeah, it makes me all warm and tingly inside Biggrin

good good. even though Im trying to figure out if your being sacarstic or not..hmmm...

Lol, why does everyone keep saying that?

Im telling the truth. Whenever i read the Quran 1st thing in the morning. Get gets me all warm and fuzzy and off to a good start each day.

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It may be because of your use of words like "warm", "tingly" and "fuzzy".

"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.

Seraphim wrote:
s.b.f wrote:
Seraphim wrote:
Yeah, it makes me all warm and tingly inside Biggrin

good good. even though Im trying to figure out if your being sacarstic or not..hmmm...

Lol, why does everyone keep saying that?

Im telling the truth. Whenever i read the Quran 1st thing in the morning. Get gets me all warm and fuzzy and off to a good start each day.

Fine, I believe you. I think its great that you wake up in the morning and read the Qu'ran. I think I shall do that tomorrow insha'allah. Great Idea. My dad used to make me do this in Ramadan when I was younger. I use to feel so pure, like everything was perfect, but then I don't know what happened.

Its just that theres something sinister about the words "warm and fuzzy inside"

 

You wrote:
It may be because of your use of words like "warm", "tingly" and "fuzzy".

thats exactly why! but he put a massive grin at the side so I thought he was being genuine. Thats why I was trying to "figure" it out. It turns out he was telling the truth after all. Smile

 

As a general rule, Seraph uses this smiley--> :roll: when he's being sarcastic.

Gentleness and kindness were never a part of anything except that it made it beautiful, and harshness was never a part of anything except that it made it ugly.

Through cheating, stealing, and lying, one may get required results but finally one becomes

Dawud wrote:
As a general rule, Seraph uses this smiley--> :roll: when he's being sarcastic.

thanks, I should have known. that smiley was used a lot with me in first few convos. Biggrin