DJ 18 years old \u00a0Male Class of 10\/20\/19 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
(actual note(s) from student(s)) submitted within one week of class \u2013 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
(These notes are mostly unedited and represent a GISLA students understanding of the previous class the attended.) Student attend class on Sunday and submit their essay of what they learnt before the next class. Interestingly, as can be seen below the same class yields different lessons for each student even though the content of the class they hear was the same.)<\/em> Today when I\nentered into class today, I first prayed my fajir prayer and during the prayer\nmy teacher gave me advice on how to sit on my legs correctly because it is\nimportant to pray the prayer positions properly. He also told me to when\npraying, take your time with the prayer and focus on god and leave any worldly\ndistractions out. If you do that you will become closer to god and your faith. <\/p>\n\n\n\n After\npraying, I went into sujud for about 5 minutes and prayed to god and I also\nworked on getting my posture correctly because I kept pushing my forehead into\nthe ground to hard and applying to much pressure on my arms and neck which hurt\nmy body. I have to learn how to properly balance my neck, arms, and forehead on\nthe ground next time so I could stay in Sujud for a long period of time without\nmoving. <\/p>\n\n\n\n After the\nprayer, we mediated for about 10 minutes to some Dikhr and it was very helpful\nbecause it relaxed my mind and I felt like I was in the presence of god. <\/p>\n\n\n\n My teacher\nmentioned that when meditating and doing Dikhr, you should not say it like a\nmantra over and over again without really contemplating the meaning of god. Each\ntime you utter a phrase, you should always have an intention and conviction to\ndo it and not do it mindlessly. After the mediation, we started our testing\nsession which lasted about 1 hour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n My homework\nfrom last week\u2019s class was to memorize the Tashahhud in English and when I\ntested this week in class, I passed my homework assignment. After that, my\nteacher told me to memorize new material so I could move on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n During class\nI worked on memorizing Darudi Ibrahim, Al-Falaq, Al-Naas, and Al-Maaooon in\nboth Arabic and English. After the testing session, we worked on practicing our\nImran Khan speeches. We each took turns reading a certain section of his speech\nand we did it in front of everyone in order to practice on how to give a speech\nand have confidence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n One\nimportant part from Imran khan\u2019s speech that I learned was that he mentions\nthat the thing that drives people away from religion was the selective Islam\nthat was practiced by the preachers and Mullahs. This meaning that there was a\nbig difference in what they practiced and what they preached. <\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the\nbiggest problems with Islam these days are that the preachers and scholars keep\nemphasizing too much on rituals and blind faith, rather than explaining the\nphilosophy behind the religion and its history and a deep analysis of the\nQuran. I believe these problems that I mentioned must be fixed because if they\nare not, then Islam was always be stuck in the past and the orientalists and\nanti-Islam activists will become much stronger. <\/p>\n\n\n\n After the\nImran Khan speech our teacher gave us a lecture. We all took out our phones out\nas instructed by the teacher and went to our GreenStairs Academy website in\norder to study the 75 concepts that will be on the level 1 exam. Some concepts\nthat I found interesting were the 6 pillars of faith are belief in god, belief\nin angles, belief in the holy books, belief in the prophets, belief in the Day\nof Judgment, and you will be accountable for your sins on the day of judgement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another concept that I learned was the reason\nwhy we spell God with four letters is because it means good. This means\neverything associated with God is good. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Another\nimportant concept that I learned was that faith is like a battery, the more you\nneed to charge it in order to keep it fresh. This means that the less religious\nyou are, the less likely your faith will be fresh and strong. It is very\nimportant to always charge your battery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Some\ninteresting things that I learned from my teacher was that the reason why we\nsay Bismillah before eating is so we can feed our soul and not only our\nphysical body. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Another\nthing that I learned was that perfection is an allusive concept because it is\nvery difficult to achieve for most people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Lastly, my\nhomework for next week is to learn Al-Maaooon in Arabic, review the entire\nprayer, and study the exam concepts. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" DJ 18 years old \u00a0Male Class of 10\/20\/19 (actual note(s) from student(s)) submitted within one week of class \u2013 (These notes are mostly unedited and represent a GISLA students understanding of the previous class the attended.) Student attend class on Sunday and submit their essay of what they learnt before the next class. 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Students graduate level 1 IF and WHEN they pass the Level one exam (some do it in 6 weeks and some take 3 years and counting\u2026) and students from anywhere in the world can test out to pass and earn the GISLA Level one trophy)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n