Most of us know the right choice long before we make it. Knowing was never the hard part. The hard part is the moment itself. When what we want pulls one way and what Islam asks of us pulls the other. When the people around us would not understand. When the easier option is right there. I do not see that as a knowledge problem. It is a courage problem. Courage does not come from trying harder. It comes from being clear about who you are and who you answer to. Haajar is a first-year university student in Colombo, Sri Lanka. She was part of our first vip cohort 1 In this clip she describes the same kind of choice, faced twice. Once before the course. Once after. I will not tell you how each one went. She does that herself, and honestly. Listen. Then tell us below. What gives you the courage to choose what is right when it is not what is easy?

There is a place most of us have stood at some point. We believe. We pray. We care about the state of the Ummah. And we wait. We wait to feel ready. We wait for the right time. We wait for change to arrive on its own. I call it the passive mindset. The belief is there. The action is on hold. Nobody chooses it. We drift into it. We can live there for years without noticing. Six weeks ago, a first-year civil engineering student Yusuf joined our first cohort. What you are about to hear is what it sounds like when a young man stops waiting. It did not come from motivation. It came from the Kalimah. From understanding that these are not only words we say. They are a commitment we live. I could describe his journey for you. He does it better. This is Yusuf, in his own voice. Listen. Then tell us below. What have you been waiting on?

I have spent more than 25 years developing Muslim leaders, and I still see it in almost every room. Sincere Muslims who care deeply about where our Ummah is heading. Who feel something is being asked of them? who quietly hand leadership to someone else. That is why Foundations of Divine Alignment, our six-week course, doesn't open with leadership. It opens with the Kalimah. The words we have said since we were children. The words we repeat in every salah, one question we rarely stop to ask. What did we actually sign up for when we said them? Zehra is a final-year university student in Sydney, and part of our first cohort to complete the six weeks. This clip is her, in her own voice, reflecting on the course. Listen for the moment it changed. The full six-week journey is in the Classroom here in the community, whenever you're ready. Now over to you. When you picture a leader of the Ummah, do you picture yourself? Yes, no, or not yet. Tell us below, and tell us why. Can the ummah move if we don’t ask the important questions?