A DIFFERENT WAY OF SAYING 'THANK YOU'- Nazeef Manegar

A DIFFERENT WAY OF SAYING 'THANK YOU'

-nazeef manegar

I Recently joined an Islamic school where I serve as a Science teacher. It was indeed overwhelming to watch kids reading Quran, performing prayers, learning Arabic texts, Science and English. It is a school where education meets Islam. It has been a month and it's already helping me to change myself, pushing me towards the doors of Islam and opening  the gates of knowledge where I get to learn Islamic etiquette from the environment I live in.

when I joined KIAS, I was pretty sure that staff members gets utmost hospitality from my side. I was assured of my behavior and was advised by my mother;  'the kindness is the first step to create relationships'

Days swiftly slipped into weeks and one fine day, a very beautiful but thought provoking incident occurred with me. I had taken test for grades 7 and I didn't have a red marking pen to correct the exam papers. I approached one of the staff members. I asked him the red marking pen to which he smiled so generously and handed over the pen.

'Thank you very much' I replied.

'Nazeef brother, please say jazakallahu khairan' He said.

Since that day, I say 'jazakallah hu khairan' to each and everyone who does good to me. I try my level best to showcase my religion through these words. My life is slowly taking a new form in which I am being re-molded, re-evaluated and re-fashioned. In short, I am just a caterpillar taking the shape of a butterfly sooner or later.  

Recently I met with an incident where a non-Muslim receptionist asked me to repeat these words as he couldn't get what I was telling.

'JAZAKALLAH HU KHAIRAN, It is an Islamic word for thank you' I said it with utmost confidence.

I could see the light beaming on his face that shimmered like a diamond in the sky. He was delighted on listening this and gave a smile of appreciation and satisfaction.

Sometimes, we take internationally  acclaimed word too seriously that we live behind our own culture. We forget our own roots. We forget that Muslims are meant to unite the whole humanity. We are meant to bring each other closer. We are destined to showcase who we are and what are the values of our religion towards us. Thus, we need to take a step! We need to change our tiny habits and make it much more Islamic. All you have to do is to start doing things by keeping Islamic perspective in mind.

I hope this tiny change will definitely broaden our mind. I expect that you will end up with more productive relationships once you start telling 'jazakallah hu khairan' instead of 'thank you'. I am optimistic about the new resolution that I have taken. I also believe that this will clear the doubts of them and they shall know that Islam is the religion of peace. <3

Jazakallahu Khairan :)