In The Light of Experiences

Its role is to provide an individual with the right mindset, enabling them to continue their academic journey in a meaningful direction, ultimately reaching the highest levels of knowledge. A person’s capacity for learning continues to grow throughout their life, and thus their pursuit of knowledge is also a lifelong journey. In this context, the most important aspect is that, during their formative period, they are given the proper direction for study and reasoning. This direction comes from both teachers and institutions. A competent teacher acts like a living library, offering the student the best guidance. Similarly, if the institutional environment is constructive and healthy, it, consciously and subconsciously, contributes to the development of the student’s intellectual personality. Here, I will symbolically mention a few personal experiences. However, this is not merely my story but the story of countless others like me who benefited from seminaries and went on to live successful lives in the world. 1. At Madrasa Al-Islah, the Quran was a special part of the curriculum. I had the opportunity to learn directly from the renowned scholar Maulana Amin Ahsan Islahi (author of Tadabbur-e-Quran). At that time, Maulana Islahi served as both the teacher of Quranic exegesis (tafsir) and the head of the madrasa. One day, during a Quran lesson, we came across this verse from the 30th part of the Quran: “Do they not look at the camels—how they are created?” (Quran, 88:17)