#27: Inspiration

Day 27 of 30 days writing challenge

Inspiration

As a muslim, we should always look up to our Prophet Muhammad PBUH as a source of inspiration and aspiration for doing our daily lives and also for the afterlife. Yes, Islam really emphasises on afterlife as a final destination of any human. 

Easily Misunderstood

The Prophet was known for his honesty, and gained the title of al-amin, which means a trustworthy person. His one and only true love was his first wife, Khadijah RA. When he was with her he didn't marry anyone else. Quite contrary to what the haters belief which tarnished his name as a womanizer while fact is he was only remarried after Khadijah RA passed away and all of those marriages was for social and political reasons.

Muhammad PBUH is on the top list of Michael H. Hart's: the 100 (in Indonesian translation : 100 tokoh), a book about 100 most influential figure in human history, defeating Sir Isaac Newton and Jesus Christ. The book was written in the 70s but still relevant until today. 

Fun fact: Muhammad PBUH was a cat lover! He actually had a cat named Muezza. 

We all know after 9/11, Islamophobia became a norm and so many Islamic countries got destroyed due to war or occupation. But despite more aggression was made to the Islamic world, the population of Muslim actually grows larger. It's like a paradox. 

What's with religion anyway?

Once I was having a deep talk with an agnostic British friend. He questioned me about religion and why is it important. I told him a bit about my religion, and he explained a bit the reasons why he's an agnostic. He believed in God but didn't particularly followed any religions since he's quite skeptical about how religion works. 

It's true some of the hardcore people from any religion seemed as aggressive and intimidating. But the harsh few don't represent the whole. Fact is, most moderate people of any religions or non-religious people as well are not hostile. Religion itself is a guidance, maybe too good to be true, an ideal way of life so that some people have direction to go. And sometimes what's ideal is hard to achieve and it's human nature to be sneaky and look for an easy way out, and sometimes they made it as if they (the harsh few) represent us, while it's not.

So, it's up to us to be religious or not. But to be humane is a must.

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Actually, I was originally going to talk about this guy as well, but seems like he's once again became the black sheep of democracy so it won't be easy to discuss about him anymore.