The recent pandemic may change some most crucial part of human life, they called it ‘the

covid-19 pandemic’. But there was another pandemic that is worse than Covid-19, by the name
of ‘Black Death or Bubonic Plague’. It was called the Black Death because the skin color of
infected persons turned dark gray, almost black. This pandemic wiped 30 to 50% of the
European population.. That Italian writer and poet Giovanni Boccaccio commented: “one could
eat lunch with friends and have dinner with ancestors in paradise.”. All methods to curtail this
devastating plague failed, except time.

Assalamu’alaikum wr.wb
My name is Raka Difdafilka, Good morning everyone and this how to make an optimism during
Ramadhan with the pandemic.
Before start my remarks I would like to tell you a story, by the name of Khalid bin Walid
or The sword of Allah. Battlefield was a prove of his courage. Somewhen he with 30.000 man
facing 90.000 Romans. Instead of retreat, he deploying his man as wide as possible so the
Roman though that they were outnumbered and retreat. Like al-imran verse 27 says :
ُ ‫ت َوتُ ْخ ِر ُج ْال َميِّتَ ِمنَ ْال َح ِّي ۖ َوتَرْ ُز‬
ٍ ‫ق َم ْن تَ َشا ُء بِ َغي ِْر ِح َسا‬
‫ب‬ ِ ِّ‫ي ِمنَ ْال َمي‬
َّ ‫ار َوتُولِ ُج النَّهَا َر فِي اللَّي ِْل ۖ َوتُ ْخ ِر ُج ْال َح‬
ِ َ‫تُولِ ُج اللَّ ْي َل فِي النَّه‬
“You cause the night to enter the day, and You cause the day to enter the night; and You bring
the living out of the dead, and You bring the dead out of the living. And You give provision to
whom You will without account.”
That surah tell us about virus eventhough virus bring suffering to all humans but, this kind also a
God’s creation. We should not insult it because God knew which one is better or worse for his
creation.
According to Ala-Maududi’s tafsir, you cause the night to pass into the day and the day
to pass into the night. You bring forth the living out of the dead, and You bring the dead out of
the living, and You give sustenance to whom You will beyond all reckoning. Those who
disbelieved and disobeyed were seen to be prosperous, whereas the believers, with their devotion
and loyalty to God, suffered all the deprivation, persecution and torment to which the Prophet
and his followers were subjected around the year 3 A.H. and This verse answer people minds
about the underlying wisdom .
The novel human coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first reported in Wuhan,
China, in 2019, and subsequently spread globally to become the fifth documented pandemic
since the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. By March 2022, more than two years after COVID-19 was
first identified, there had been more than 400 million confirmed cases and over 6.8 million lives
lost to the disease. Here, we take an in-depth look at the history of COVID-19 from the first
recorded case to the current efforts to curb the spread of the disease with worldwide vaccination
programs.
 Many adult Muslims do the fasting during the holy month of Ramadan each year.
Ramadan fasting is a type of fasting that refining your overall health. This year is the third time,
Ramadan is coincided with COVID-19 pandemic that making it become one of the most
challenging fasting periods for Muslims in the world. There is no solid direct evidence to suggest
any adverse effect of Ramadan fasting during the COVID-19 in healthy individuals. However,
there are exemptions in Ramadan Fasting and those at risk of health issues should not fast.
Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize for Physiology
or Medicine for uncovering the key mechanisms of autophagy. Ohsumi “has shown that time-
restricted eating has an effect on cell renewal and slowing aging in the body. Therefore, at the
end of a 10-15 hour period of hunger because of fasting, the immune system cells regain a
stronger, vital physiological balance and rejuvenate by refreshing and show a more resistant and
protective effect against cancer and infections,”.Although further studies are needed on this
subject, it has been understood that the cells in the body are rejuvenated by renewing and
strengthened in intraday hunger because of fasting.

Two year since the first case was identified in Indonesia. Indonesia has passed two
ramadhan with the pandemic condition and this year is the third time. The Ramadhan during
pandemic and not is really different. For normal condition we can do tarawih prayers in mosque
and can festive eid. That was really fun i really remember the exact moment, when I went to my
grandparent’s house, and hanging out with my siblings. Sarong fight was the best part, it likes
playing a pillow fight but this more challenging than you can thing. My Grandmother’s Opor
ayam is my favorite food. Morning time after Ied pray, I always ate it and i wont forgetting those
moments forever.

Always thinking positive and optimism while fighting against covid 19 pandemic with
always wearing a mask when hangout, always wash your hand everytime. The scientist has done
their best by making a lot of kind of vaccines. China became one of the earliest country that
succeeded passed it even origin of the covid 19 was China. China is the example of being
positive and optimism and looking for the solution even the condition was chaos.

Not only China, America and England also took in this condition. Those country made
vaccine such Antrax from the US and Astra Zeneca from England. Making a vaccine is a real
stepment from those countries to end this pandemic.

In Indonesia, 50% or over 136 million people has been vaccinated. Always thinking
positive and optimism. Can make our body healtier. I am confidentally says that if Indonesian
did it every day I believe this pandemic will over in just few months remains. Hence, we can
passed Ramadhan normally likes when our childhood.

Thank you,

Wasslam…..