We Were Not Created Equal!

Jul 24th, 2011

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Everyone has their own opinion on something. Whether it is about life, work, marriage, studies and etc. One person opinion on something might not be shared by the other person. Person A might have the mentality of I am still young, I have to work hard and can work late, or what can you do if you go home early anyway? But person B might not share the same opinion. Person B world view might be, job is just a job. It’s for you to get money to support your life style. You have something much more important outside your working life and the question of what’s the point of having a money but can’t spend it? And person C will have different opinion and this goes on and on… 

The discussion here is not on the opinion specifically, but rather on how do you deal with the differences we have in our opinion on something. I believe we all see opinion as something very subjective. Your world view and your opinion on something is affected by your up bringing, who you spend time with, what books you read and etc and we have to accept the fact that this is how we are created and there is no absolute truth on which opinion is correct accept for what being teach by the Quran and by our beloved Prophet Muhammad S.A.W. 

And all of this lead may lead to a problem. The conflict between we and others. But one thing to know, this problem can be solve once you realize something. That is, your opinion might be true, but it is true only to you, your self. Others might not share the same view as you do but we have to accept that their opinion on the subject matter might not wrong either. What can we learn by having this idea of thinking? We starts to appreciate the differences we have. We starts learning and see the world from other point of view and these, all of these will make you a better person and it will make us learn to know each other. Aren’t that what Allah S.W.T told us to do? 

O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Acquainted. 

Al-Hujurat (49) : Verse 13

So why fight on the differences that we have? Why not use the differences an opportunity for us to learn and increase our knowledge. Who knows that we might be able to understand certain matters better and more accurate. We were created male and female and Allah made us into peoples and tribes. Because of these, we will have different opinion, world view and mind sets due to the experience we have through these differences. 

Start respecting each other. Send out the love and happiness and make the world a better place to live. 

zulfadhli

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