Reading

Chapter 22 of my first book for the year, Mental Revolution, discusses the Reading Tradition.
All of us knows the importance of Reading.
Iqra, the first revelation to our Prophet Muhammad, pbh, says that..
He was asked to read....
What a shock it must have been, asking Him to read, whence he was an illiterate, never attended kindergarten. Unlike the Standard One pupils now, who can read and write even before they attended their compulsary formal education...
But how did the Prophet read, when he does not know how to read?
Well, i guessed that he read with his Heart, with a little help from Allah swt...
The Prophet pbh, says that the best way of teaching is by doing..
Therefore i can imagine that He has been doing the good all his life and whence He was asked to read, it was a matter of putting One's heart and the words comes out naturally...
Do i make sense here?
I know all of us read everyday...yes reading the subtitles on the Hindustani, Tagalog, Thai or South American tv movies is also reading...or rather seeing and reading...
Reading the sms is also reading...
Chatting on the net is also reading...
Reading my blog is also reading...

So why do you read?
Get the book and read that out yourself..