I have been thinking hard about this issue. Off lately, I could see certain wind of change in my school. The things that I am not really aware of, I guess. My fault. Well, the truth is I am in a state of denial. I try hard to convince myself it couldn’t be happening in my school. Yet, that is the real hard core reality. When Professor Ir Dr Zainuddin Abdul Manan wrote about the current scenario in the UTM news, my worst nightmare is happening now. One of my friends said “To survive in this university, you have to be a hypocrite. If you stay true to yourself, you won’t be able to survive in this environment“.
The wind has changed. Indeed. But, I believe that the reward of being true to yourself is not in this world. Islam emphasises on the life in this world and the Hereafter, yet every single decision that I make would either bring me closer to Allah or vice versa. Referring to a verse that we would recite in every single pray, I pray that May Allah grant me my prayers.
“Say (O Muhammad): Verily, my Salaah (prayer), my sacrifice, my living, and my dying are for Allaah, the Lord of the ‘Aalameen (mankind, jinn and all that exists)” [al-An’aam 6:162]
Lastly, May Allah grant us the best gladtiding both in this world and the Hereafter and save us from the torment of the Fire.
“Our Lord, give us in this world that which is good and in the Hereafter that which is good, and save us from the torment of the Fire” (al-Baqarah 2:201).
May Allah ease my journey in this case.