In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
So exam week was finally here after 12 weeks of studying, classes and quizzes. I was a little bit behind and that final week, albeit being sick, I pushed through. Gave it my all. I caught up on all my classes and weekly quizzes and had just two days to turn in my exams. So it is 7 classes right? Arabic, Hadith, Seerah, Tafseer, Fiqh, Aqeedah, and Glorification of Knowledge.
So I wrote the exams one after the other. Well technically, I started to…
I had turned in 5 quizzes and was on the aqeedah one. I started it and somehow I dozed off…
I know…
I am still shocked! These are things you will say can never be you when you hear them and then, SubhanAllah!
So that was not the sad part, the sad part was that I was convinced I finished it and just took my final paper and then a deep sigh of accomplishment and went back to sleep. Alhamdulillah!
Results came out a few days later and there in my report card was the score for Aqeedah, 5% - well deserved for the only 1 question I answered. I was still shocked and now with a good mix of humility sat with myself. Adult education is not easy at all.
As I am struggling with my mix of feelings, I remembered about 2 years ago in Aqeedah class, Ustadh A once said, the examination is not such a big deal because the greatest test is on the day of judgement…
And very humby, desperately, I pleaded…
“God! Please let my aqeedah not be 5%”
May Allah ﷻ increase us in beneficial knowledge.