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قبل و بعد القدرات. Before and after the Qudrat

قبل:
في طريقي، لذلك الإختبار المبهم، الذي لقبه البعض بعدو الملايين. مستقبلي يعتمد على الساعات القادمة، و حاضري يشكك في مدى قوتي على "تحطيم" تلك الدوائر بالإجابات المثالية. 

هل أنا جاهزة؟ قلبي يخفق بسرعة معتدلة. عقلي يستمر بإرسال ذكريات من سنوات دراستي السابقة. أنفاسي متقطعة.   قدماي بصحة جيدة إلى الآن. عيناي مستعدتان لقرآءة كل الأسئلة بطريقة "دافورية" عالية. و أنا، رزان، روحي الداخلية، التي تساعد كل هذه الأعضاء بالعمل، تفكر، تفكر بإيجابية متقطعة ببعض المخاوف، و لسان حالها يقول: من أتكل على الله لم يخاب.

اللهم إني إستودعتك كل معرفتي، فردها لي وقت حاجتي لها. 
اللهم سهل علي، و على جميع الطالبات و الطلاب، و أفرحنا بالدرجات العالية. 


Before: 
I'm on my way, to that mysterious test, which was named by some people: the enemy of the millions.  My future is counting on the next few hours, and my present is doubting on how strong I am to "crush" those circles with excellent answers. 

Am I ready?  My heart is beating on a constant speed. My mind keeps on sending different flashbacks of my past studying years.  My breaths are intermittent. My feet are okay until now. My eyes are ready to read all of the questions in a high "nerdy" way.  And me, Razan, my inside soul, that's helping all of these organs to work, is thinking, thinking in a positive way that's mixed with some fear. And then says: those who depended on Allah were never disappointed. 

بعد:
نعم، الأحلام فعلاً تتحق، و تكون عادةً ممزوجة بسعادةٍ عظيمة، تنير القلب، و تُدمع العين. كلنا نريد و الله يفعل ما يريد بناءاً على مصالحنا. نخاف، و لكن سرعان ما يتبدل ذلك الشعور براحة نفسية. 

كان شهر نوفمبر من أفضل أشهر سنة ٢٠١٣، ربما لأنني كبرت سنة في يومه التاسع، أو ربما هذا ما كتبه الله لي، و كان دوري أن أنتظر طوال السنة، و أفرح في آخرها. توترت كثيراً، و لكنني اليوم قررت أن أودع أمري لالله. 

أخيراً، أختبرت القدرات، و تبين أنه ليس بذاك السوء، و تعلمت الا احكم على شيء بناءاً على ما يقوله الناس لي.  قدراتنا هي أكبر مما تعلمناه في السنوات الماضية. قدراتنا تفسرنا نحن، كطلبة لديهم احلام تعلو السلام، و هذا الإختبار هو ليس الا ٢٠ ورقة، لن يحددوا مصيرنا كله، و لكنها وضعت لسبب.  

منذ أسبوع لم أكن أعلم أنني سأنهي نوفمبر بالقدرات، و لكن تبين لي عكس ذلك عندما جاءتني رسالة من قياس، كُتب فيها: 
"اختبار رزان  السبت 27-01 مجموعة 4 بالأحساء" 
إبتسمت، و ضحكت على نفسي قليلا، ثم تحمست.

و ها أنا هنا الآن، ناجية من إختبار عجيب، علمني أشياء عجيبة. 

After:
Yes, dreams do come true, and they're  usually mixed with great happiness, that lights up the heart, and tears the eye.  We all want this and that, but Allah achieves everything based on our benefits. We feel scared, but soon that feeling will be replaced with an amazing relieve.

November was one of 2013's best months. Maybe because I became one year older on its 9th day, or maybe this was Allah's plan for me. I waited all year long, and now it's my turn to be happy at the end of it. I felt nervous a lot, but today I've decided to depend on Allah with everything that I have got. 

Finally, I took the Qudrat, and it turned out to be not that bad, and I learned to never judge a thing by the sayings of others. Our potentials are much more bigger than what we've studied in the past years. They define us, as students who have dreams that reach the sky.  And this test was nothing but twenty pages, which won't determine our whole future, but, they were put a reason. 

One week ago I didn't know that I would end November with the Qudrat, but things were different when I received a message from Qiyas that said: 
"Razan's test, 27th of Muharam, group 4, in Al-Hasa" 
I smiled, then laughed a little at myself, and after that I got really excited. 

And here I am, a survivor from a marvelous exam, which taught me new marvelous things. 

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