Being A Good Muslim By # 2.4

Ramdan with Qur’an

      I was in kindergarten when it was the first time I fasted, but I didn’t fast the whole month. I only fasted 20 days. I fasted the whole month of Ramadan for the first time when I was in 3rd grade. Now in 4th grade I did something else new.

      That month of Ramadan, when I was in 4th grade, I did fast the whole Ramadan, Alhamdulillah. I also did pray Tarawih, but not all 20 raka’at. I only prayed eight. It was this month, for the very first time, I finished reading the whole Qur’an in one month. I finished the whole Qur’an before, but in one month, this was my very first time.

      Everyday, during that month of Ramdan, I wake up early to do Suhur. Then when Fajr came, I prayed. After that I go to school. When school starts, I read Qur’an during the times like, when I’m done with work and has nothing to do and I have to wait for my friends. Also before we pray Dhuhur. I pray Dhuhur together with the whole school because I got to an Islamic school.

      At home, that month, the teachers barely give us any homework to do so I just read the Qur’an. I read 20 pages or one Juz everyday. Sometimes I read more and sometimes less. Sometimes I go to the Masjid to pray Tarawih and after that I read Qur’an. It’s pretty hard to do that because my friends go to that Masjid too. So sometimes I get carried away and play with them and start to forget to read Qur’an. Also sometimes, I do remember, but I was just lazy.

      Then hours, days, weeks past and Ramdan was about to end. I still had a lot of more pages to read. Then it was the 29th day of Ramdan and I still had 50-something more pages to go. I started to think that I couldn’t do it. I mean 50-something pages in one day, that’s a lot. Still, I hoped that tomorrow isn’t Eid because Ramdan can have 29 or 30 days. Then the next morning I found out that it was still Ramdan. I was so happy that I just might finish. That day I tried to read as much as possible. Then the day started to end. Then I reached Surah An-Naas. Then I read the last verse. I felt extremely happy that I finished. I just couldn’t believe it. At the beginning of the month I started at Surah Al-Fatihah and now I’m done.

      When Eid came I felt so happy that I succeeded to fast the whole Ramdan, and not only that, I also finished reading the whole Qur’an. I just got surprised. Everyday I read and read and read. Finally at the end I was done reading. I just have nothing else to say, but Alhamdulillah. I got nothing else to do, but to thank Allah (SWT) for me to finish reading the whole, entire Qur’an.