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Our Natural Talents – Key to the Future?
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By
Azeez M. Olaide
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January
27, 2005
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I
testify to the oneness of Allah and the Prophethood of Muhammad,
(may
the
peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and his entire
household as well as all the Muslim Ummah till the Day of
Standing.
I
am delighted to express my view on the problem of today's youth
and what I think, is the way out.
In
the first place, I would like to let my fellow Muslim youth
realized that each of us has been created with a provision that
will sustain us by Allah throughout our stay in this world.
Allah says that He is the one that created us and He is
sufficient for our needs. Now, we can ask: Is Allah going to be
sending our food and necessities to us from heaven?
No,
we will not see Allah sending food down to His creatures on
earth but He has added something perfect to our creation and
that is our natural talents.
Take
Prophet Dawood (David) (peace be upon him) as an example. We
learnt that he was talented in making different things with
metals without being trained by anybody.
Likewise,
Prophet Nuh (Noah) (peace be upon him) built an ark as an
instruction from Allah without being trained by anybody. This
shows that talent is the provision Allah promised us. But the
problem now comes in if we are unable to discover our natural
talents. Like a saying from a former UN Secretary General U.
Thant that, “It is no longer resources that limit decisions,
it is decision that makes the resources……….”. So,
if we are able to discover out talents we will be able to
provide resources needed for our development.
However,
another set back that might come in is how to get the materials
needed to put the idea into action. This is affecting the youths
that have already discovered their potentials and this needs a
lot of prayer to move on.
Therefore,
going to colleges and universities to obtain certificates in
various fields might not solve the problem of youths in term of
job security or self-sustenance. However, some youth are
fortunate in choosing a course of study in colleges that is also
in line with their natural talents. So, whoever finds himself in
a problem of dependency should try and discover his natural
talents and make good use of them. And, with prayer, in
sha’ Allah independence will come to pass.
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