Alhamdulillah, to be honest, I cant believe the fact that I made through to
foundation especially here in UPM after all the years of dreaming being a part
of the foundation community.
It still feels like im in a dream, im literally a step away from stepping
into the world of veterinary. However, it is difficult the fact that we have to
compete with each other for a spot here. I know everyone have different
interests but I frankly feel that everyone wants to be a part of the veterinary
community. It was difficult to grow up as a kid who loves animals. I seriously
don’t get why the society actually underestimate the capability of animals. If I
were to witness an accident involving a cow and a man, I will try my best to
help both but my heart will always want to help the cow more. I seriously think
that animals contribute a lot to the world that when they are not present,
everything else is in interference. There must be a specific reason why Allah
SWT created them, Allah SWT could just create us if he wants but he chose to
create these animals for us. Yes, humans are the best of creations but we are
the best of creations because everything else around us, like animals and
plants, actually contribute to that fact. For example, our ancestors wouldn’t
have clothes and food if animals weren’t present. They willed themselves to be
slaughtered just to fulfill the hunger of us, humans. Don’t you sometimes sit
and wonder, do animals actually make more sacrifices for us humans just because
they obey Allah SWT more than we do? Wow.




Last week, our class representative showed us a video about animals being in
complete supplication and ready to be slaughtered when asmaAllah was whispered
to their ears and it literally blew me away. That person in the video said that
animals are actually more pious than we are, and they don’t even have the best
of
al-aqlu(minds). Its so heart touching. In the Quran, Allah mentioned
that the sounds made by the wind, rain, animals and plants are actually zikr,
remembrance of Allah Taala. If you were to take a stroll in the morning, think
about this, and listen to all the zikr around you. Allah also mentioned that
those who think of Allah and His creations while standing, sitting and even
lying down are the people who actually think (
ulul albab). You might
think that to be a part of the
ulul albab is to be full of wisdom and
experience but no my friend, you just have to be a humble slave, look around you
and think deeply of the wisdoms of all these creations. I am naïve, I do not
know much but when I start to think of all the things around me, serenity and
inner peace overpowers me. One of the reason why I would rather walk to Pusat
Asasi everyday now.
So, why veterinary?
Being a veterinarian is not an easy task, considering all the conflicts of
touching the haraam and the functionality of being a veterinarian in the
society. Learning the anatomy of animals is also not easy. Im not sure of this
love I have for animals is actually a different level of love or so, but I
believe that only some people have it and these are the people that I can
connect most with (except my mum though, she doesn’t fancy animals but I can
connect to her the most besides Allah SWT ).
Generally, every kindness, directly or indirectly, deserves a reward from Allah
SWT. Being kind and loving to animals is also an act of worship, you get rewards
for that heck animals even pray for you when you do good to them. You never know
if the prayers they make to Allah SWT for you are one of the reason for your
success. Allah..

Animals are here to give us reminders on why we are here in this dunya before
the akhirah. Animals are here to remind us of gratefulness. Yes, they carry out
zikr as well to Allah SWT and they are guaranteed to be in heaven but we have
the opportunity to pray to Allah SWT, to tell Allah SWT everything and I am
positive that they would do anything to have that opportunity. We should be
grateful for that blessing. Animals are here to remind us on the punishments
Allah ordains if we disobey Him. For example, snakes, poisonous insects,
carnivores etc do remind us of the akhirah. We have heard tons of stories about
snakes waiting in one’s grave due to negligence of their 5 daily prayers. Allah.
Most importantly, animals are here to give love a little bit of life. Humans
take love for granted. Thus, they are here to tell us that love is all we need.
If we love each other, jealousy, fights, black magic etc wouldn’t have occurred.
The term “if” is bad, I know, but if these animals expect us to love them, what
more of humans? That is why we should try our very best to treat everyone around
us with a fair level of kindness. We are the best of creations, right?
I could literally go on and on about the wisdoms behind the existence of
animals but I think I should stop. I want you to think about it (: I don’t even
want to go deep into plants, they basically contribute to everything! Happy
thinking. Salam.