Last Monday, I bumped into a sister at the Uni masjid. She asked me if I was going to attend the lecture. So I thought, “There’s a lecture?” :O So from that brief meeting, I gathered that they have a lecture every Monday at the Uni masjid. I attended last night’s lecture and, masya Allah, it almost brought tears to my eyes. No words can describe how HAPPY I was. Finally, after weeks of living in this foreign country, I finally felt like “home”. I finally felt “content”. Finally, I was amongst other fellow muslims who share the same passion for Islam.

Last night’s lecture was an overview of Surah Ar-Rahman. The main message of that surah is that we should be thankful for all the bounties given to us by Allah. Our life is surrounded by the blessings from Allah - having being born as a muslim, the food we eat, the ability to talk and see, the difficult situations we are sometimes faced with. Thus, we should ALWAYS give our thanks to Allah by doing dzikir - subanallah walhamdulilah walaailahaillallah waulahuakbar - and performing other ibadah. One of the advice that I think is worth sharing is whereby in terms of dunya, we should compare ourselves with those who are less “fortunate” than us, so that we could be thankful for our current situation. Whereas in terms of akhirah, we should always compare ourselves against those who does more amalan than us so that we’d strive to do more than them.

The Uni’s Islamic Society (ISOC) has a weekly sisters’ halaqah too at a sister’s house. Will be coming to my first one this coming Thursday. And who would’ve thought that the venue would be just 2 seconds away from where I live? Alhamdulilah. I take this as a sign from Allah. I believe that THIS is the path that Allah wants me to take.  THIS is what he wants me to do. Insya Allah.

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Tuesday, October 14th, 2008 @ 12:45 pm Surah & Ayat Al Quran, activities
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