..one year left..

cepat saja masa berlalu.. tak sangka dah tiga tahun berada di main campus.. rasa hari tu baru saja di awal tahun dua dan aku berkira2 untuk aku tingkatkan kemahiran berbahasa agar tiba tahun akhir, aku benar2 tahu banyak benda.. tapi tak semudah itu rasanya.. terlalu menuntut kesungguhan dan pengorbanan.. tapi aku tersenyum lantaran pemurahnya Allah menghantar aku bantuanNya.. hari demi hari, pasti saja ada kenalan arab baru buat aku.. walau mungkin tak mampu punyai teman seperjuangan, tapi dianugerahkan 'tutor-tutor' sebegini buat aku tahu yang aku tak berjuang sendiri..

aku punyai 'guru-guru' yang sudi dan sedia membantu.. tersenyum kadang2 melihat kesungguhan mereka yang aku tak pernah jangka akan menjadi sebahagian dari hari-hari aku walau ada juga pengalaman pahit bersama foreigner.. tapi manisnya saat itu mengubat segalanya.. sungguh bersyukur saat melihat teman-temanku susah payah mencari seorang foreigner, namun aku pula punyai senarai nama hingga aku boleh pilih yang mana yang aku suka.. alhamdulillah, dianugerahi foreigner ialah nikmat terbesar dalam aku meningkatkan kemahiran berbahasa arab ini.. alhamdulillah..

beberapa ketika setelah selesai menduduki paper terakhir untuk final exam ni, aku hantar satu request pendek buat semua yang aku kira mampu memberikan aku sedikit bicara kata agar mampu menjadi nasihat buat aku.. kerana aku orang baru yang akan bergelar 'final year student'.. dan mereka pula telah melalui jalan ni.. permintaanku ringkas:

"quite hard for me to believe that i already ended my 3rd year studying in uia.. i have another one year left. . would you say something as an advice for me?"

Dr. Isiaka Adam nigerian:
"Dear Izzah, congrats! Thank Allah always. But it's not over until ... You can increase your CGPA and final result. You must begin to plan a career now & your parents should look for your future Ustaz. I trust that you would put more efforts in your studies, including seeking higher degrees. BEST OF LUCK :-)"

Bro. Abdul Fattah nigerian:
"alhamdulillah for you.. just determine, prayerful, hopeful in Allah and work hard to finish your studies then always seek advice from others"

Sister Hamida uzbekistan:
"I know Allah gave you diamond heart...just follow what it says. If Allah is all you have, you have all you need"

Dr. Munirah Ahmad Dahari:
"my dear, believe it! You've made and most importantly you've made it with your best shot, appreciate your other 1 year here, this coming 1 year will seems very short, time will past very quickly..all the best my forever best friend"

Bro. Umar Ismail:
"here is my simple advice; learn your courses very well, have a good common sense, and strengthen your islamic knowledge so that you will graduate as a very much well person than others"

Sir Irwan Affendi:
"there are two hadith that could relate to you. 1: whoever takes a road to gain ilm, Allah will ease his road to Jannah. 2: whoever eases others business in dunya, Allah will ease his business in akhirah.. Ukht, maintain your role and never get off track.. What you actually possess is what you can give, not what you have in hand"

Dr. Mohd Abbas Abdul Razak:
"stay focused and make doa that you can serve the ummah"

Sister Hauwa Ummu Wazir nigerian:
"my advice is, don't be angry for anything in your study which is good or bad because knowledge is a light in our life.. May Allah change bad things to be good for all of us. I wish you khair and success in your life now and hereafter"

Sister Istiqamah Mashitah indonesian:
"ala kulli hal, barakallahu fik, 1 year left. May Allah bless your time. My advice for me & you:  ij'al dirasatak khalisan lillah, make full use of your presence in uia, acquire knowledge as much as possible. Atleast that is our contribution for islam. Nasalullah tawfiq, amin"

Alhamdulillah, macam-macam deminsi nasihat yang ada.. seronok bila spread msg minta nasihat, memang macam2 benda dapat.. tapi memang masa setahun yang berbaki ini terlalu pendek.. tapi satu kata-kata yang paling terkesan di hati: "make doa that you can serve the ummah".. huh.. terasa macam lupanya aku pada Allah.. aku berusaha sana sini untuk jadi terbaik agar Islam boleh tumpang, tapi ada aku minta agar Allah izinkan aku berkhidmat untuk Islam? terasa terpukul sungguh.. kita usaha, tapi terlupa nak minta Allah bantu kit dan izinkan agar kita mampu membuatkan Islam tumpang hidup kita.. begitu juga doa yang dipos Sir Irwan Affendi di page facebooknya: "O Allah, please help me be good at English/Arabic etc, so I can read, I can write, I can speak, I can listen, and be a better muslim.. amin.." Moga Allah mudahkan semua projek Akhirat kita..