My appreciation to the organizer NUSMS, undergrads and participants for the invitation - indeed a most welcomed opportunity to serve the ummah - may Allah SWT be pleased and grant us all knowledge and wisdom with His Mercy (Rahmah). j
Jazaakumullaahi khay-ra al-jaza'
”All praise be to Allah Who has guided us on to this. Had it not been for Allah Who granted us guidance, we would not be on the Right Path.”
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Slideshare [nusms-2013]-on-being-muslim-series#1-(2-sept-2013) from Zhulkeflee Ismail
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REFLECTIONS FROM THE TALK
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I learnt how the Malay culture (pantuns)
coincides a lot with religious teachings.
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"Muslims
must not learn Islam as a subject but must learn to subject themselves to
Islam." This quote said by Ustaz had the largest impact on me and taught
me the importance of realising and hence acting upon the fact that Islam is all
encompassing in our life matters and is not a mere additional subject that is
of separate existence. That being said, I also realised that I have taken the
'simple' aspects of our religion such as tauhid, taqwa and even the salam for
granted as given, when they are huge concepts that can't be taken at face value
and memorised as definitions in a subject.
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Our
responsibilities, fardhu ain, changes as we grow older. it’s no longer
sufficient to understand islam/the world at surface level. must seek deeper
understanding.
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We are firstly muslims before we are anything else (student,
daughter, etc)
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aim to be a human being that submits to Allah; we have to also put in effort in gaining
religious knowledge, not just the secular ones; don't drown in the life of this
world
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In order to be a Muslim, it is necessary for us to go through
struggles, as only through struggles can we realise our utmost reliance on
Allah alone. And some of the struggles include pursuing knowledge, and to
always remember Allah in everything that we do (because of the fact that
mankind tends to forget)
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the significance of knowledge especially for Muslims
- the importance of being a good Muslim with good manners etc
- the importance of being a good Muslim with good manners etc
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The talk made me realize that in order to
acquire knowledge, we have to be sincere in receiving it. Often, I feel
inadequate as I lacked in so many areas academically. I often question myself
“why do I feel this way” or “how come I don’t know about it”. But now I realize
that the first step to acquire knowledge is when you realize you don’t know.
While realization is important, action has to be taken. As what Ustaz
mentioned, what we read, listen or see are mere information whereas
understanding knowledge comes through Allah’s will, if we put our souls into
it.
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Another lesson I’ve learned was that as Muslims,
we have to be grateful for whatever Allah has given us. Allah has given us
countless of blessings, yet we humans are still ungrateful. As in human nature,
we tend to compare ourselves with someone whom we think is better than us. Most
importantly, we forget that Allah has given us the best blessing in this world
by giving us Islam. Therefore, we have to strive to be grateful to Allah for He
is our Creator and Provider.
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Finally, we often regard the concept of success
as something worldly- be it academic achievement, wealth or material gains. We
forget that that eternal success comes in the hereafter whereas the world we
are living now is just a test, which we will be accounted for in the hereafter.
Therefore, while it is important to achieve success in this world, we also have
to strive to achieve true success in the hereafter.
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Some quotes form the
talk
"Knowledge
of the world is at tertiary level but what about knowledge of your deen?"
“Faith without
obedience is meaningless”
“Obedience is
not merely a ritual”
“And ritual may
lead to hypocrisy so we must strive to overcome this”
"Muslims
must not learn Islam as a subject but must learn to subject themselves to
Islam"
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Ustaz
share the benefits and significance of saying salam in its fullest form. Plenty
of blessings is accorded based on the degree of AS-Salam , the degree of
Allah’s rahmat and the degree of Allah’s barakah/blessing which clearly is
undefined to any makhluk. In this light, the doa through the salam is more than
a symbolic act of friendship amongst muslims that binds hearts together, it is
one of the reasons for Allah’s continuous blessings, goodness and mercy on
us. Allah is pleased with one who loves
his brother for the sake of Allah.
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the
place of our parents in our lives. Out of the many factors that Ustaz could
have chosen to elaborate in his talk, he chose to talk about our duty to our
parents. So, all-encompassing is our duty that they should and can influence
our ambitions. This reminds me on how the great men of Allah have all been
great sons and daughters. Pleasing our parents is clear and sure way of
pleasing Allah. So, upholding them in our lives, ensures ourselves as
successful servants of Allah.
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the
importance of knowledge in being a successful muslim undergraduate.
- Knowledge is defined as the arrival of meaning to the soul.
- One of the points raised under TAQWA, which is one aspect that we should be striving under, is to be aware of the consequences and thus, fearful of transgressing. This requires knowledge. Having the Quran as a source of guidance also requires knowledge. Overall, to live up to the total and perfect meaning of ad-deenul Islam requires knowledge from the reliable teachers.
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