The honorable juries, committees and all the participants. It is a great honor for me to join this English speech contest.
Bismillahirrahmanirrahim
In the name of Allah, the most Merciful and the most Gracious
All praises be to Allah SWT, the lord of the world, the master of the day after, the creator of everything in this universe.
Peace and Salutation be upon our prophet Muhammad SAW, who has brought us from the darkness into the brightness and guided us into the right way of life.
Ladies and Gentleman,my name is Ahmad Danial Bin Yusoff and I represent Salman Al-Farisi. Today I would l like to talk about ‘Young Generation: Future Face Of Islam’.
The former president of Indonesia, Soekarno had once said, ‘give me ten youths and I will shake the world’. From his words we know that the young generation are the hope of the nation. They will be the one that carry the responsibilty for the sake of a brighter future of the country. At the same time, they are the one that hold the future of Islam. They will be the one to strive for the good of Islamic teaching in the next generation, maintaining the Islamic law and protecting the next generation from the influence of the destructive western lifestyle.They will be the future’s leaders. And for that reason, they must play their role accordingly. I shall present some ways for the young to take their role seriously.
My first point is the young generation must manage their time wisely. There is an Arabic quote that goes, ‘Time is like a sword,if you don’t use it carefully you will hurt yourself’. The teenager can use their time wisely by having a hobby like playing football, sewing and reading various kind of books. If they learn to manage their time wisely, they will be the role model for the peers. They can even attract people of other religions to learn more about Islam. The prophet Muhammad SAW also said, ‘ keep five things before five things come. One of the five things is, keep your