A Beautiful Story about the Qur'an..!

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."
If you feel this
message is worth
reading, please
forward to your
contacts/ friends.
Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
says: *"The one who
guides to good will be
rewarded equally"*