This is a beautiful story

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 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, "Ta ke 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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