Read Quran, Charge your Iman

jom charge Iman, =)

Sepatutnya saya ingin tulis dalam lukisan diatas 'Quran compass of the life', tapi 'read Quran charge your iman' pun ok juga.

Tak kisahlah apa pun yang ditulis, yang paling penting mesejnya sampai yaitu mengajak diri saya dan sahabat pembaca untuk sama-sama membaca dan memahami Al-Quran.

Mungkin ada yang bertanya, buat apa sibuk membaca Al-Quran sedangkan kita bukannya faham bahasa Arab. Ya, saya ada jawapannya. Begini kisahnya,

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 

a ganot trying hard enough,” and he went out the door to watch the boy try in.

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.”

credit to,

http://mr-tazkirah.blogspot.com/2011/05/kenapa-baca-al-quran-walaupun-tak-faham.html