Days has been passing by quite quickly uh. I hope I had filled up my time productively (.....erk).
So anyway today, we received back our 'Aqeedah (creed) assignment which our group did a research on Buddhism, and had presented about it (which included our paperwork of nearly 40 pages or so, I think). To our surprise, we received 39/40 (!!!!!!)
/shrieks in excitement and happiness!/ - I literally did that in class the moment I saw it.
It was just something I had not imagined, it was.........totally out of my worldview (factually stating that I've never ever passed anything with flying colours -_-)
*gasps for air midst all the hyperventilating*
/shrieks in excitement and happiness!/ - I literally did that in class the moment I saw it.
It was just something I had not imagined, it was.........totally out of my worldview (factually stating that I've never ever passed anything with flying colours -_-)
*gasps for air midst all the hyperventilating*
But the fact that we received an EXTRA 5 MARKS for the video we produced from our virgin trip to the biggest Buddhist temple in Singapore and shared it in class, had left us feeling ecstatically delighted! All praises be to God.
Despite all, we got advised on that matter; entering sites of devotion of other religions is not encouraged as it could lead to the corruption of iimaan (faith). Though we went there - innocently - for the sake of completing our assignment and getting first hand explanations/information, knowing the level of iimaan we have in ourselves or rather, our understanding of the deen (religion) - the religion that we hold onto is something that we can never compromise easily, I guess its more about "Prevention Is Better Than Cure", afterall.
الإيمان يزيد و ينقص
Iimaan goes up and down. This clearly explains how easily we tend to waver in faith. So no matter how high the state of our iimaan is - or so we thought/feel; it can easily drop down low and when so, doing a research on other religions can be tedious.
No, not tedious in a sense of doing physical works such as having to burn the midnight oil and reading up as much as you can/gathering information etc, but rather, feeling exhausted in having to fight the thoughts and emotions away, those we have in us as we continue to read on about other religions. And when you start to compare and weigh both sides, feeling like you're more prone to the latter, leave that research (for a moment) and start soul-searching instead :P
No, not tedious in a sense of doing physical works such as having to burn the midnight oil and reading up as much as you can/gathering information etc, but rather, feeling exhausted in having to fight the thoughts and emotions away, those we have in us as we continue to read on about other religions. And when you start to compare and weigh both sides, feeling like you're more prone to the latter, leave that research (for a moment) and start soul-searching instead :P
One really need to understand the meaning of 'Aqeedah - Tawheed (monotheism), first, and also having a solid understanding of the basic fundamentals of the deen before proceeding on discussing or researching about other religions/ideologies/doctrines, so as not to be easily influenced.
