Faith in Allah
Faith in Allah.
Allah is the English word for God in Arabic. All Muslims, regardless of their background or native language call God “Allah”. This makes it possible for us to unite as one in praising our Lord. We also pray at the same time and in the same direction, further uniting us as worshippers of the Almighty God. However, true Muslims are conscious of the fact that no matter what a person’s religion is, if he or she believes in one God that has created and is sustaining us, then surely he or she must also believe in the God (or Allah in Arabic). So the title of this blog “Faith in Allah is interchangeable with Faith in God”
Why did I begin this post with some religious discourse? Because I believe that it has become common for down to earth spiritually in touch people to censure their public displays of faith while extremist zealots assertively express their beliefs to the masses, further alienating reasonable people from religion as a whole. Also, due to terrorism and their manipulation of blind religious zeal through the careful brainwashing of ignorant believers, the word Allah has taken on a negative connotation in many western psyches.
I feel it is important for us muslim to help share the true meaning of the word Allah in all its glory, untainted by the violence and lack of compassion that many have come to associate it with.
But today I want to talk about how faith has affected my life thus far. If you read my previous blogs, then you know that i have been trying to get into a graduate program in agricultural economics for the past three years and that I've experienced rejection after rejection until now. This year however, i applied to four universities that offer my program, Cornell, Auburn, Missouri and North Carolina A&T. I got accepted to all four of them! Faith in Allah may not be the reason i got accepted to these colleges but it is definitely the reason that i applied to them in the first place. While many people would have given up a long time ago, my faith in Allah told me that perservance will evetually unfold the result of my prayers regardless of what the odds may seem to be.
In case you are wondering which college i chose; It was Auburn University in Alabama. They offered me a tuition waiver as well as a stipend and possible fellowship. It was a no brainer!
Allah is the English word for God in Arabic. All Muslims, regardless of their background or native language call God “Allah”. This makes it possible for us to unite as one in praising our Lord. We also pray at the same time and in the same direction, further uniting us as worshippers of the Almighty God. However, true Muslims are conscious of the fact that no matter what a person’s religion is, if he or she believes in one God that has created and is sustaining us, then surely he or she must also believe in the God (or Allah in Arabic). So the title of this blog “Faith in Allah is interchangeable with Faith in God”
Why did I begin this post with some religious discourse? Because I believe that it has become common for down to earth spiritually in touch people to censure their public displays of faith while extremist zealots assertively express their beliefs to the masses, further alienating reasonable people from religion as a whole. Also, due to terrorism and their manipulation of blind religious zeal through the careful brainwashing of ignorant believers, the word Allah has taken on a negative connotation in many western psyches.
I feel it is important for us muslim to help share the true meaning of the word Allah in all its glory, untainted by the violence and lack of compassion that many have come to associate it with.
But today I want to talk about how faith has affected my life thus far. If you read my previous blogs, then you know that i have been trying to get into a graduate program in agricultural economics for the past three years and that I've experienced rejection after rejection until now. This year however, i applied to four universities that offer my program, Cornell, Auburn, Missouri and North Carolina A&T. I got accepted to all four of them! Faith in Allah may not be the reason i got accepted to these colleges but it is definitely the reason that i applied to them in the first place. While many people would have given up a long time ago, my faith in Allah told me that perservance will evetually unfold the result of my prayers regardless of what the odds may seem to be.
In case you are wondering which college i chose; It was Auburn University in Alabama. They offered me a tuition waiver as well as a stipend and possible fellowship. It was a no brainer!
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