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Thursday, 14 March 2013

Eliminating Jahiliyyah

Salam..

        This week has been a bit hectic with a fully-packed schedule during the day and early bedtime at night. One thing I did realize is my disordered sleeping pattern. I could fall asleep as early at 9pm and and wake up just before the Fajr (Subuh) prayer starts. This is where the psychological role takes part to see the clock pointing at 4am, it feels too early to get up that I keep staying on the bed until 6am. In total, I'd been sleeping for 9 hours long. Ohmmyyy...

         But now since Fajr in Bradford starts at 4.30 am and lasts all the way until 6.30 *yess..the sun rises at 6.30am. It feels sooo weird, I have no options other than waiting for the prayer time and manage to stay awake. At least takde la rasa bersalah sangat sebab tido lama2.

         Last Wednesday, me and my housemates took part in an event called One World Week. It was organized for the international students to entertain and celebrate all of the different cultures on campus. We, the Malaysian students, opened up a booth that held some of the Malaysian traditions and food. It was so exciting when the people of different countries kept complimenting our food. In short, the event went smoothly and we did have a lot of fun.



        Regardless of the exhausting day, we still managed to conduct an usrah at night and the topic we discussed was something to ponder which is....

ELIMINATING JAHILIYYAH

           I'm pretty sure most of us are striving to be a better person, whether physically or internally. In other words, struggling to eliminate the jahiliyyah inside us. Sometimes we do realize of the bad things we committed but little that we tried to avoid them. I'm not referring to anyone because this is more to what I'm currently experiencing. I have a lot of things that I'm lacking of, things that I have to make a change, but there's like a devil inside me which insists me to stay the way I am. Of course, as a human, we are not perfect, but how much effort have we put to amend things?

          Up until now, I feel so blessed of how Allah arranged my pattern of life. He'd been putting me in a safe side. I am surrounded by several people who had much less contributed to who I am today. Alhamdulillah..

That's all for now. Till then, Asslamualaikum.. :)


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