Reflection on Writing this Blog

Alhamdulillah, we have finally done almost all of the tasks and assignments that are assigned. As we are drawing near towards the end of the semester and for some of us, end of our lives as undergraduate students of IIUM. It must be admitted, writing all these reflections are not easy; it made us ponder on everything that we learned in every class. However, it is difficult for us because we were not used to it when we actually should, as students. We just realized how less thoughtful we were after all these years when we should do these pondering on every single lesson we learned. We are deeply grateful that probably unlike others, we were given the opportunity to learn from Dr. Rozina who taught us wholeheartedly. 

We clearly learned a lot throughout this course. We can't thank you Dr. Rozina enough for being, well, Dr. Rozina and did not only teach us as much as the syllabus requires her to, but way beyond that, even life lessons. Thanks to her, we feel like we are slightly, or even a bit more than that, better students and Muslimahs. One of the most memorable lesson is the Islamisization of Knowledge talk delivered by our very own Dr. Mahmudul Hasan. It was in a way touching that we are very fortunate to have that kind of worldview while we are still this young of age. To actually think what do we want to achieve in life after being successful when we cannot even guarantee if our children at least would pray for us when we are no longer alive. The story he told about a man from his village will be remembered forever and Inshaallah it will constantly remind us that there are more to life than that merely of Duniawi. We realized that the knowledge that we acquire in our lives is not just as it is; you learn them, pour them out on exam papers and that's it. We came to understand that they are meant to improve ourselves, community, and the Ummah for the better.

Besides those, we also gained eye-opening experiences like how is it actually the real world works. Working in a group and getting everyone to work in sync is definitely not an easy task. However, Alhamdulillah we managed to get through it somehow.  Writing this blog on the other hand, has given us something we can be proud of and we sincerely hope that people would benefit and learn things by reading our blog. Not only that, the posts we wrote are thoughts and insights that we acquired from the lessons. By reading the blog, the lessons will forever be remembered, Inshaallah.

Last but not least, it may be a bit redundant; but we would like to express our deepest gratitude to Dr. Rozina binti Abdul Ghani for all of her efforts and time spent on educating us. Inshallah we will make you proud one day and may Allah reward you with His blessings throughout your life in this Dunya and also Akhirah. Ameen.