First Grain of Sand — Page 55
CHAPTER SEVEN Building a Reputation in Prison here was a set schedule for cleaning each cell, and every cellmate would clean their cell on their appointed day. When it was my turn, I would be very particular in cleaning up the cell. When my Russian cellmates would observe how clean the cell became, I would explain in my broken Russian, with the Holy Quran in my hand that this is the teaching of the Holy Quran: وَالرُّجْزَ فَاهْجُرُ And uncleanliness do thou shun. (Sūrah al-Muddaththir, 74:6) Likewise, when I would share my food with them, I would pick up the Holy Quran and tell them that I am doing this in accordance with the teachings of the Quran. Anytime I spoke with them, I would refer them to the Holy Quran. I noticed that of the four