Reflection On The Road To Mecca

The Road to Mecca is one of the book that make me realize too many things that I have overlooked before about the essence meaning of my life, my beautiful religion and change my perception a lot. For me, this book sits easily among the world's best travel and adventure writing that I have read, providing unforgettable descriptions of black, starry nights in the desert, oases, bustling bazaars, Mecca and Medina, the idiosyncrasies of pampered kings and the customs of the Bedouin. It is not only about that, but it’s about his thought that make me cannot stop from thinking everything relates to me. From that, I can relates the things happen around me for a reason and I need to think deeply, being critical and creative to imposed the good for my

I was really impressed with the Zayd’s words when Asad start to ask him about why they need to face all those difficulties in their life throughout the journey instead of staying at home like sensible people. Zayd’s answer makes me realize that, yup! That’s the reason of life, to enjoy this life for a meaningful and contribution to the world, not to wait at home until the limbs become stiff and old age overtakes us. Someday I am goanna die and it is for sure, but what I am doing throughout my age that Allah gives me. In this life too much to be thankful for and I want to be that grateful servant to my Lord by not wasting my life for something unimportant and

Whereas, my acts as a Muslim do not intend to draw non-Muslim to the beauty of Islam. 4 years ago, I still remember my teacher who recently embraced Islam for 10 years at that time, but he has managed to attract more than 50 people embrace into Islam because he want other people were also tasted the sweetness of Islam as a religion of syumul as what he got. While, Muhammad Asad interest in Islam increased as his understanding of its scripture, history and peoples grew but I did not found myself after word. I only know a little about Islam and Islamic history, about the fall of the Ottoman and Abbasid and some sense of struggle in upholding Islam during that period. But, the spirit is not maintained inside me and other people who can be seen clearly, specifically Malaysian as I’m living in Malaysia and it is nearest to me. As a country that makes Islam the official religion in the country's constitution, the people be bribed with various slogans that make us always be in the safe zone even in it there is severe damage, especially in terms of morality. Slogan “Malaysia Masih Aman” or English means “ Malaysia still safe” is one of the example that why Malaysian still doing nothing due the feeling of safe; due to the thinking that others countries much more terrible than us and we should thankful for that. That’s why, till now we still keep