Malaysians are generous and loving citizens. The qualities of loving and generous are already with the Malaysians .These qualities need to be enhanced or increased to high level. Since hundreds of years ago Malaysians used to live with other peoples of different races and religions. Chinese, Indians and Arabs came to Malaysia since hundreds of years ago to live among the Malays. They have assimilated very well with the local Malays, who are by nature loving, respectful and generous people. They welcome the Chinese, Indians and Arabs to live and do business with them and in certain occasion to marry with their children. These foreigners assimilated well with the Malays and when they become Muslims, they become like the Malays. When the Chinese and Indians embrace Islam and they marry the Malays, as times goes on they also become Malays. They become Malays because they speak Malay language, practice the Malay customs and culture, and they are Muslims. Even though the Baba Nyonya (the term used popularly for descendants of early Chinese immigrants to the Nusantara region) in all aspects are like the Malays but they are classified as Chinese because they are not Muslims. Malays become non-receptive to foreigners only when the Portuguese came to Malacca with the intention of taking over the Port of Malacca by force. Malays encountered the first ever war with the Portuguese, when the Portuguese want to take over the Port of Malacca by force. The Malays were taken by surprised and not prepared for the war. They had never encountered such warmongers in the past. The Indians, Chinese and Arabs that came to Malacca were friendly, cooperative and good peoples. The Europeans was the only nations came to Malaysia with the intention of conquering and attacking the local peoples. It was the bad habits of the Europeans (and Americans) until today, trying to conquer the world. Only after the coming of the Europeans to Malaysia with their bad intention and attitudes, the Malays start to become less friendly to foreigners.

Malaysians particularly the Malays are loving and generous people. The Malays are very sensitive when they are humiliated and they themselves do not like to humiliate others. The Malays have so much pity and sympathy to those who are being humiliated. Their sympathy towards those who are being humiliated makes the Malays sometime to ignore the truth. When Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim was humiliated, the Malays went all out to support him and ignore all the good deeds that Tun Dr Mahathir has done to the country and some of the Malays start to hate him. The Malays particularly have pity and sympathy on those who are poor and devastated. Whenever any calamities happen to any peoples in any part of the world, the Malays will donate generously. Because of this quality of loving and generous, many peoples especially the Afghans, Indians, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Palestinians come to Malaysia to ask for donation. Almost every day in the mosques, there are peoples who asking for donations. In all the newspapers particularly the Malay newspapers, there are stories of peoples who are in needs and many peoples give donation. Similarly, Malaysian television shows stories of peoples who are in needs of help and displays the bank account number so that peoples can give their donations. Many Malaysians go to Cambodia and built mosques and schools for the poor peoples and do their sacrifices during Eidul Adha festival in Cambodia. Malaysians also go to Palestine to help them with foods and medicines. I do not think there are many countries and peoples in the world that have such qualities of love and generosity as the Malays and Malaysian do. Because of Malays are loving and generous peoples, both Chinese and Indians can live happily in Malaysia. In my opinion, the Malays are the most suitable peoples to become the leaders that bring peace and tranquility to the world provided the Malays do the work of enjoining good and forbidding evils. The Malays have the quality of love and hate war that is why their ancestors migrated and moved to the south to avoid war with the peoples of the north.

Currently the qualities of love and generosity are limited to the Malays only. This quality must also spread or acquired by the Indians and Chineses in Malaysia too. Good and correct words in the language of Malay, Chinese and Indian must be continually addressed to the Malaysian through electronic media, newspapers and billboard along the highways. What are the good and correct words? Such words are; “We are one family”, “I help another person, I help my family”, “We are one family”,” I love you”, “I love my family”, “All of us are the family of God”, “I help you, God is pleased with me”, “I love you, I help you”, “I help you; I help the God’s family”. When all Malaysians often heard and talk these words to others, they will become according to the words that they often said and heard. Malaysians as time goes will become more loving and generous communities. Their love and generosity will not only be limited to fellow Malaysians but will transcend and spread to other peoples all over the world. When Malaysians become more loving and generous, God will become more loving and generous towards them. God will make Malaysians to become more richer than they are now because God knows, Malaysians are not only spending whatever God had given to them only to themselves but also to other peoples who are in need in this world. When Malaysians love and generous to other peoples in the world, many peoples in the world will love Malaysians. When they love Malaysians, they love to come to Malaysia and buy products made by Malaysians. With good qualities, Malaysia will conquer the heart of the peoples in the world. With good qualities of love and generosity, Malaysia will becomes one of the most visited destinations in the world and Malaysia will becomes the richest country in the world. Malaysia will become rich because of her peoples who have good qualities that are love and generosity.

Many think, we will become rich when we have abundant natural resources but in my opinion this is entirely wrong concept. Even when we have abundant natural resources such as oil but if we have bad qualities, we finally will turn our country into poor country. There is none can change our situation but God. Our abundant natural resources cannot change our situation from a poor country to a rich country. Only God can change our situation and God will change our situation when we have good qualities. God loves those who are loving and generous because these qualities are the prime qualities of God. God loves all His creations particularly men and when we loves men, God will love us. God is generous, His generosity knows no bound, and when we are generous to men, God will be generous to us. God loves men and God wants men to love Him too. God is not in need of anything since God has everything. What God wants from men is only love. God created men and He want men to love him. However many men except very few, are not only do not love God but do not acknowledge Him as God or acknowledge Him as the only God. They associate Him with others who are not God. There is no God except Allah and Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah. Allah wants the whole humankind to proclaim and to utter these words with sincerity .When a man uttered this word even once in his life and witness by someone during the utterance, Allah will be pleased with him and at last Allah will take him out from hellfire.

When Malaysians truly have the quality of love toward the whole mankind, Malaysians will naturally do the work of saving the entire humankind from the torment of hellfire. Malaysians will go around the world inviting those who have not acknowledged Allah as the only God to acknowledge Him as the only God and none to be associated with Him by asking them to utter the Great Kalimah. The Great Kalimah is “I bear witness there is no God except Allah and I bear witness Muhammad is a slave and the Prophet of Allah”. When Malaysians with their loving and generous qualities do this work of enjoining people to acknowledge and to love Allah only and to acknowledge Muhammad as the Prophet of Allah, Allah will make Malaysians to be the leaders and rulers of the world.

Prof Dr Nasoha Saabin
March 2012
Integrative Holistic Wellness Centre