Mar'ah Mumtadzah

Why do we read Quran, even if we can’t understand a single Arabic word? This is beautiful story, please read till end and forward to all you knows… 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,“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,” He sent him back to the river with the baske

Assalammualaikum Warahmatulah hiwabarokatuh, Akhi, untuk kesekian kalinya kita bercakap-cakap. Walaupun tidak saling bertatap muka, walaupun isi pembicaraannya tidak melewati batas2 kewajaran, tapi hati merasakan sesuatu. Sejujurnya, dihati ini ana menolak. Ana takut dibalik niat baik kita tsb (Insya Allah), syeitan selalu menanti kelengahan kita. Ana takut, yang semula niat suci hanya untuk minta keridhoan Allah SWT, tercemari oleh nafsu-nafsu dunia. Dibalik percakapan-percakapan tsb, timbul rasa senang. Syeitan sudah memasang perangkapnya di hati ini. Ana takut hati yang semula ikhlas, menjadi timbul penyakit-penyakit hati. Sedangkan Allah telah berfirman: “Dan janganlah kamu dekati zina, sesungguhnya zina itu adalah suatu perbuatan yang keji dan suatu yang buruk.” (Al-Isra:32) Dulu, hati ini pernah mengalami hal seperti itu. Sekarang ana ingin menata hati ini yang telah terpecah-pecah hanya untuk mengharap ridhoNya. Mungkin antum bisa menjaga hati antum. Tapi ana? Ana butuh