Bismillah...In the Name of Allah,
Peace be to you all, my fellow bloggers!
I know I have been away and MIA for a while
but I got no one to blame but myself
Anyway, so yesterday...a classmate and I were studying together, and somehow the topic of religion came up. Oh the beauty of it all!
Something about Arabs and the Children of Israel...so she was telling me how Abraham had 2 sons...Ishmael and Isaac..Peace be Upon them all...
So she said Isaac is considered father of the Israelis and Ishmael peace be upon them all is the father of the Arabs.
Then, I casually add.."Yeah coz Sarah is the mother of Isaac and Hajar from Egypt is the mother of Ishmael.." (Is that even the reason? But I just felt like throwing that in there)
She does a double take...kinda like "How the bleeep do YOU know that?!"
I'm like "We believe in those Prophets too"
And I throw in some Isa(Jesus) Peace be upon him dialogue and a little of the Virgin Mary..May Allah be pleased with her....
And let me tell you...her reaction was precious!
She's said, "We have soooo much in common! It's amazing! We're one people! Argghhh! The media portrays Muslims as if you guys are something else!"
I nod my head and sigh.
She looks at me in a totally different light now.
I felt happy at the end.(not coz she looks at me in a different light but because she has learned something new) Thank God for everything.
2 comments:
thats pretty awesome!! and glad that you're back blogging...
I liken such conversations to a 'game-field'. when people have common ground they can play the game...and as humans what we need is a common ground, to speak and communicate...
All Praise is due to Allah!
Yeah!
you're right sister!
The ground needs to get more common coz the game is gettin ugly..especially recently!
JAK for your comments! I love them!
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