Tuesday, November 13, 2007

the old man 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'suseless!''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.'

12 comments:

break said...

تانى؟
انت بتهزر اكيد

lonlysmily said...

really it's an amazing simple story
to teach achild the benefit of the Quran by av. simple story
i wish all of us know the same benefit in shaa allah
thanks so much 3la elstory

Zika said...

break
حمد الله عالسلامه
ايه اخبار الامتحانات.يارب تكون خير
ايه تاني..تاني علي ايه ..مش فاهم
لو افهم قصدك ايه .. هقولك اذا كنت بهزر او لأ
:D
سلام

Zika said...

lonlysmily
thx puddy..
may allah bless us all

sa'7so'7te said...

جميله اوى اوى اوى الفكرة
بس تعالى هنا انت لسة ماكملتش قصة الاجنبى اللى زار مصر
انت هتفضل تعلقنا كده
:D

Zika said...

sa'7so'7te
حاضر هكملها ان شاء الله
وانتوا حرين بقا
خليكوا فاكرين اني قلتلكم بلاش
وانتوا اللي اصريتوا
:D
اني اكملها
افتكري اني قلتلك بلاش
:D

break said...

تانى بالانجليزى

:(


فين الترجمة

شكلى هتطرد من البلوج ده

Zika said...

break
ماله بس يا بريك الانجليزي
ده حتي اسهل من العربي
:D
وبعدين اشحال لو مكنتيش في صيدله
اللي بيكتبوا اغرب انجليزي في الدنيا
عموما ما عاش اللي يطرد بريك ..مين ده
يالهوي ..لما بريك تطرد من هنا
اومال مين يدخل
عموما هو مفيش ترجمه
بس لو لقيت ترجمه هبقي اجبهالك مخصوص
:D

Mr.Shad. said...

e7em .. ana mesh fahem 7aga .. w sa5so5te ( ma sis ) mesh radya te7kehale :(
:D

plz el targama ma3 break ( 2e3mel nos5eten ) :D

yala salam

break said...

لا والله القصة جميلة اوى
بس بردوا انا مصمصمة انها بالعربى كانت هتبئا احلى
لو القصص دى مكانتش بالعربى امال ايه اللى هيبئا بالعربى يا عربى

:D

يلا ما علينا
بجد قصة جميلة اوى

انا بردوا متهيالى ان فى حاجة انت قلت هكملها و بعدين علقتنا
هتكملها ولا نسلط عليك الردالة

Zika said...

shode noga
ايه يا ابو الكباتن ..غيرت اسمك ليه
:D
عموما بالنسبه للترجمه ...صعب ..لاني كفايه اصلا اني دخلت ..ده انا مش لاقي وقت حتي اشرب كوبية ميه ساقعه
بس تتعوض ان شاء الله

Zika said...

break
والله يا جماعه باقية القصه سهل اني احطه
بس اصله قمه في الملل
وكل تخيلاتكم هتطلع علي فاشوش
فعشان كده انا مش عايز اخنقكوا ..خليها بعد الامتحانات احسن
:D:D:D