Why do we read Quraan, even if we can ' t understand a single Arabic word ?

I got an email from my friend Mr. Priyanggo artadji. This email is about read Quraan. I think the story is veri interested and inspirative to my life how important is to read quraan every time even you don’t know the means. Here is the story :

Why do we read Quraan, even if we can ' t understand a single Arabic
word ?

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 wakeup 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 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 s ai d, "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 bas ket 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 ag ai n empty. Out of breathe,
he s ai d, "See Grandpa, it ' s useless!" "So you think it is useless?"
The old man sai , "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 em ai l is worth reading, please forward to your contacts/friends. Prophet Muhammad ( p.b.u.h) says: "The one who
guides to good will be rewarded equally"