Wednesday, August 24, 2005

bagi kamu agamamu dan bagiku agamaku...

he watched me pray last nite and he asked.
how come u pray, how come e gerls i know back in singapore dont even wear the tudung
how come they don hafta pray
i said,
''that's between them and god''
he asked
cant they drink to their hearts content today den go to the mosque tmr and repent then tmr they go clubbing and bla bla bla...
i said,
''wad if u die while drinking or clubbing?''
den i asked,
why dont u haf faith?
he said
''i dont see the need''
i asked
don u wonder where u come from. how life is created
he said
''for all i know my mom and dad MADE me''
i asked
how abt the ferst man on earth?
he said
''animals evolve, so do we... we come from the ape family''
i asked
dont u believe in life after death?
he said
''once i die, den it's over. der's nothin more den life. wads der to worry abt?''
i said
well, IF u're rite abt no more life after death, den we, u n i haf nothing to lose...but if I AM rite and der IS life after death...den u have a lot to lose...
silence.
لَكُمْ دِينُكُمْ وَلِيَ دِينِ
To you be your Way, and to me mine

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

rai,
i always get this qn from werk. one colleague even ask me to take off my scarf saying that there is no need to cover up in this modern world. i don blame him for not understanding but i blame our ppl who doesnt show wat they believe in
-mid

Anonymous said...

ah yes. i love that surah. simply because it is so profound in its message and also very poetic. one of my favourites!

princess anggun said...

tell him rai!
tell him darwin's theory wasnt rite!
we dun evolve from apes!
it's proven!
but bless him, may Allah show him the light one day.
Amin.