Think Big Dream High,E43 - Those Who Do Not Understand Why We Should Think Big Dream High And Have A Strong Heart-Part 2

We Are Not Inferior To Anyone

1.As an individual, we are at par in terms of status and capability with the other races. Our country is small but the Israel nation is even smaller. USA is big, India is big but China is even bigger. In actual fact, a Chinese citizen, is the same as a USA, India , Israel or even a Malaysian citizen. This means as an individual, we are able to achieve success just like the Chinese, Indian, American and Israel citizens. Weather plays a role in the diet of each race. As a result of consuming different kinds of food, the body size between one generation or race also differs.   However, the difference is not that obvious. Our children now, whose diet contains more proteins, more than adequate multiminerals and multivitamins are more or less the same size as an American, Chinese, Indian or Israel children.   

2.From the religion perspective, the world Muslim population is about 1.8 billion, Buddhist 1.5 billion, Hindu 1 billion and Christian 2.5 billion. The Jews population the world over is about 16 million only. The same number as the Malays in Malaysia. In terms of achievement, the Jews are the most successful, the most wealthiest and the most intelligent in the world. Much, much more than  other religions followers put together. If the Nobel prize can be the yardstick to measure excellence, out of the 1.8 billion Muslims, only 4 persons have been awarded the Nobel prize. The Jews eventhough their population is only 16 million have produced 180 Nobel prize recipients.

3.Putting aside the numbers, the wealth or intelligence, the above statistics in general indicated that as individuals, we have the same chances and opportunities to achieve success and excellence as the others from different races and religious beliefs. The main determinant of success and excellence is dependent on the extent with which we are able to utilize the strengths that we have to overcome all of our weaknesses. It is not about race or religion but its about ourselves as individuals.

Reality in Life

1.As a Muslim, we should be proud of the remarkable achievements of the Muslim scholars during the glorified Islamic government empire era.Almost all education fields were by and large controlled by the Muslims.In the field of mathematics the leader was Al Khawarizmi. In the field of medicine the leader was Ibn Sina and Al Razi. In the field of chemistry the leader was Al Razi. In the field of music and medicine the leader was Ibn Rushd. In the field of astronomy, physics, geography and music the leader was Al Kindi. In the field of physics and optics the leader was Al Haitham. In the field of astrology, trigonometry, solar system the leader was Al Bituni.In the field of philosophy and sociology the leader was Ibn Khaldun. In the field of philosophy, logic, sociology, psychology and metaphysics the leader was Al Farabi. In the field of travel and shipping covering 75,000 miles the leader was Ibn Batuta. These are just some examples. There were actually many more Islamic scholars in all education fields. They were much more smarter and brilliant than the Nobel Prize recipients from the Jews community.

2.The interesting fact about all of them; they studied the Al Quran and Al Hadith. Most of them were Al Hafiz. They were not only excellent in one field but in five to six different fields including the field of philosophy, medicine, physics, chemistry, sociology and music apart from their main field.   

    

3.If the Nobel prize had been introduced during the glorified Islamic government empire era, the Muslims would be the ones dominating the awards probably reaching to the thousands. Sad to say the people who benefitted from the commercial and advanced researches in all of the above mentioned fields were the Westerners and the non Muslims. They were the ones who explored and developed these fields further using modern technology and approaches. They later  claimed the findings were their effort.

4.As Muslims, we should be saddened by these news as almost half a billion  Muslims throughout the world  are now living below the poverty line. They are living on a monthly income of RM200 or less a month or about RM7 per day. About one hour flight time away from the rich Muslim cities of Dubai, Doha or Riyadh millions of Muslims are living in poverty. Millions of Muslims living in hunger, in poverty,  without proper clothing to cover themselves, no proper houses and sanitation facilities and without opportunities to be properly educated.

5.If our beloved Prophet Muhammad SAW is still alive, I am confident that this scenario will not be acceptable to him. The Prophet SAW will direct his companions to implement programmes to eliminate poverty on a permanent basis. The Prophet SAW will implement various Islamic global strategies and economic measures to ensure that the Baitulmal and Zakat system will be able to assist the half a billion Muslims living on poverty to have a better live and future.

6. What can we say, the Muslim leaders now are lacking the leadership traits of the Prophet SAW. They do not have any plans nor  want to participate in the creation of  a global entity to care for the welfare of the poor Muslims. Instead, they compete among themselves to create, flaunt and be proud of their own and their families’ wealth only. Their thoughts and thinking are swayed towards the direction and signals from the White House in USA. Unfortunately not from Al Quran and Hadith anymore.

   

Tips

1.As an individual, we have control over our decisions and actions to ensure we achieve success and excellence. We are the ones who determined our own mental, physical, emotional, spiritual strengths and disciplined for preparedness to achieve success and excellence. We are not inferior to anybody, any religion nor any race.

2.A balanced diet, adequate exercise and sufficient intake of multivitamins and minerals, our close relationship with Allah SWT  will enriched us with all kinds of strengths and capabilities to overcome our weaknesses and deficiencies.   Such preparations will ensure that we are in the best condition, right state of mind and environment to weather all kinds of trials and tribulations  to achieve success and excellence. To succeed and excelled in any fields, the key to success is our adequate preparations and resources. The preparations and resources that will convinced us to think big and dream high.

3.As heir to the glorified Islamic civilization era, we should be appreciative and proud of the efforts by the Muslim scholars in expanding and uplifting the  Islamic religion. We are responsible to continue and maintained these glorified achievements. This can be done using new dynamic approaches with the Islamic teachings being relevant all the time as a base. We cannot afford to just make use of  these approaches and do nothing whilst hoping and praying for Allah SWT to protect Islam forever.

4.As the Caliph, we have a responsibility to defend the Islamic religion. One way is by making ourselves excellent in a way that the world community can be proud of. We need to improve our iman and taqwa so that we are always under the care of  Allah SWT, so that we can focus our efforts to achieve  excellence in life, in studies, in careers, in businesses or in politics. InsyaAllah we will be successful one day. This will happen when all our initiatives and hard work are accepted and blessed by Allah SWT. We must have a strong believe in ourselves in order to excel. We need to have the confidence that we will one day surpass the others. We must always think big dream high and have a strong heart at all times.