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Asalaamoalikum,
>>*Why do we read Quran, even if we can't understand a single Arabic
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> > >>word????*
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> > >>This is a beautiful story*
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> > >>*An old man lived on a farm in the mountains of eastern Kentucky with
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> > >>his
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> > >>young grandson. Each morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the
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> > >>kitchen
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> > >>table reading his Qur'an. His grandson wanted to be just like him and
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> > >>tried
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> > >>to imitate him in every way he could.
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>>One day the grandson asked, 'Grandpa! I try to read the Qur'an just like
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> > >>you
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> > >>but I don't understand it, and what I do understand I forget as soon as
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> > >>I
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> > >>close the book. What good does reading the Qur'an do?'
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> > >>The Grandfather quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and
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> > >>replied,
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> > >>'Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of
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> > >>water.'
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> > >>The boy did as he was told, but all the water leaked out before he got
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> > >>back
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> > >>to the house. The grandfather laughed and said, 'You'll have to move
a
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> > >>little faster next time,' and sent him back to the river with the basket
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> > >>to
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> > >>try again. This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was empty
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> > >>before he returned home. Out of breath, he told his grandfather that it
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> > >>was
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> > >>impossible to carry water in a basket, and he went to get a bucket
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> > >>instead.
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> > >>The old man said, 'I don't want a bucket of water; I want a basket of
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> > >>water.
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> > >>You're just not trying hard enough,' and he went out the door to watch
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> > >>the
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> > >>boy try
again.
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> > >>At this point, the boy knew it was impossible, but he wanted to show his
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> > >>grandfather that even if he ran as fast as he could, the water would
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> > >>Leak
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> > >>out before he got back to the house. The boy again dipped the basket
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> > >>into
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> > >>river and ran hard, but when he reached his grandfather the basket was
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> > >>again
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> > >>empty. Out of breath, he said, 'See Grandpa, it's useless!'
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> > >>'So you think it is useless?' The old man said, 'Look at the basket.'
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> > >>The boy looked at the basket and for the first time realized that the
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>>basket
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> > >>was different. It had been transformed from a dirty old coal basket and
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> > >>was
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> > >>now clean, inside and out.
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> > >>'Son, that's what happens when you read the Qur'an. You might not
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> > >>understand
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> > >>or remember everything, but when you read it, you will be changed,
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> > >>inside
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> > >>and out. That is the work of Allah in our lives.'** *
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> > >>* If you feel this email is worth reading, please forward to your
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> > >>contacts/friends. Prophet Muhammad (salallaho aliehi wasallam) says: **
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> > >>*
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> > >>* 'The one who guides to good will be rewarded equally'*
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>>*Why do we read Quran, even if we can't understand a single Arabic
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> > >>word????*
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> > >>
> > >>*
> > >>
> > >>This is a beautiful story*
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>*An old man 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 email is worth reading, please forward to your
> > >>
> > >>contacts/friends. Prophet Muhammad (salallaho aliehi wasallam) says: **
> > >>
> > >>*
>
> >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>* 'The one who guides to good will be rewarded equally'*
> > >>
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