In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

A few days ago I closed a big chapter in my life. A chapter which had been going for more or less 4 years or if you want to start from the beginning 5 and a half years .The climax of which was my final year project (which as mentioned before was a major factor in my head losing its protective covering!).

However when I look back and ponder upon my 4 years I feel that I have been through a lot by God’s grace.

I mean losing my Dad, starting a part-time business, wrestling with mice, teaching English to students, helping in founding a committee that everyone predicted to fail but Alhamdulillah even with all its problems is still going on today, going to camps to train students, barely passing some subjects and making much doa and promises to Allah if he made me pass them, doing a research project that involved driving some 600 kilometres and back to get raw papayas, meeting people from all over Asia as part of a debating tournament , organising in part an Interfaith Dialogue that saw people from all faiths visiting the campus of a Muslim university for the first time, all of these events and more have made me feel that I am blessed to be where I am.

Even though I complain all the time about what type of a university I was in now I feel blessed to have been part of this institution and to have taken to some extent advantage of what was offered on the menu so as to speak.

Four years here have shaped and moulded me whether I like it or not .I have Alhamdulillah made some friends that inshAllah will stay with me for life and more importantly I have begun to some extent understanding that thing that makes and shapes us my deen i.e. my religion or way of life.

Having said that there are still a lot of things that need to be done in order to change the way we Muslims perceive and interact with the world. Many a time I have sat down in a discussion and we all come to the conclusion that whilst there are many things wrong with the Ummah (Muslim Community) at large we as students cannot do anything bout it. I belive that this is a very wrong and negative approach as if we the youth cannot do anything about it then we will all follow in the footsteps of our predecessors which has lead us to the problems we are in today.

May Allah help us to become one ummah again, with one purpose and may he guide all of us and help to stay on the straight path (Ameen)

Wonderful lyrics by Farhan Akhtar from the movie Rock On

Just think about it...

aasmaan hai nila kyun, paani gila gila kyun
why the sky is blue, why water is wet

gol kyon hai zameen
why this earth is round

sukh mein hai narmi kyun, aag mein hai garmi kyun
why there is softness in happiness, why there is heat in fire

do aur do paanch kyun nahi
why aren't two and two five

ped ho gaye kam kyun, tin hai yeh mausam kyun
why have the trees decreased, why are there three seasons?

chaand do kyun nahi
why aren't there two moons?

duniya mein hai jung kyun, behata laal rang kyun
why do wars exist in the world?, why does the red color flow?

sarhadein hai kyun har kahin
why are boundaries every where?

socha hai, yeh tumne kya kabhi
thought of it?have you ever thought of it?

socha hai, ki hai yeh kya sabhi
have you ever thought about it? what all this is?

socha hai, socha nahi toh socho abhi
have you ever thought?, if not then think now!

behati kyun hay har nadi, hoti kya hai roshani
why every river flows, what is light?

barf girati hai kyun
why does snow falls?

ladate kyun hai ruthate taare kyun hai tutate
why the stars break/fall?

baadalon mein bijali hai kyun
why is there lightning in the clouds?

socha hai, yeh tumne kya kabhi
have you ever thought of it?

socha hai, ki hai yeh kya sabhi
have you ever thought about it? what all this is?

socha hai, socha nahi toh socho abhi
have you ever thought about it? If not, think now?


sannata sunayi nahi deta, aur hawaaye dikhaayi nahi deti
we can't listen to quietness/silence, and can't see the wind

socha hai kya kabhi, hota hai yeh kyun
have you ever thought, why this happens?

aasmaan hai nila kyun, paani gila gila kyun
gol kyon hai jameen
sukh mein hai narmi kyun, aag mein hai garmi kyun
do aur do paanch kyun nahi
ped ho gaye kam kyun, tin hai yeh mausam kyun
chaand do kyun nahi
duniya mein hai jung kyun, behata laal rang kyun
sarhadein hai kyun har kahin
(socha hai, yeh tumne kya kabhi
socha hai, ki hai yeh kya sabhi
socha hai, socha nahi toh socho abhi) - (2)