SEE, GRANDPA! IT’S USELESS

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 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 breathe, 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."

Aha, that was a good read. So true though, that feeling of tranquility when you read it is ineffable masha Allah. My uncle is a cabbie and he told me he was playing Quran whilst working one time and he picked up this businessman. The guy asks him which sheik is playing and begins conversing about different recitors he listens to. As the conversation proceeds my uncle finds out he is a non muslim who make a habit of listening to the Quran before he goes to bed each night as it relieves his stress and places him in tranquil.
Anyways Jazaikumu Allahu kheyr for sharing, a nice reminder about the many virtues of the Quran.

JakaAllahu Khair Ghuraba for the post........

Zamzam: that is very interesting, May Allah guide him inshallah.

sub7anAllah,
thers a stroy about 3 non-muslims at the time of the prophet [saw] who used to travel to the prophets [saw]'s house inorder to listen to his [saw] recitation, because even they loved hearing it

did those people embrace islam after this?

^i dnt think it was mentioned a tthe time i heard the story, wallahu a3lam