Covid-19 Pandemic: Is There Any Hope for A Good Life?
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to highlight about positive sides of the Covid-19 pandemic. The method used in this paper is textual analysis. The data are collected from secondary sources such as journal articles, e-books, e-newspapers, and websites. Although this pandemic seems to ‘darken’ human beings' productivity specifically in terms of socio-economic development and contributes to a public health crisis, there are still hidden blessings behind this calamity. Based on the collected data, the researchers are capable to dig positive aspects of this pandemic as a new norm. The highlighted main points are encourage the Muslim to strengthen the spiritual link to Allah s.w.t, encourage the Muslim to advance survival skills, promote digital-based education, strengthen family ties, environmental healing, and promote a culture of “Helping Each Other” in the community. It is important to highlight other bright sides of the pandemic with a hope to drive good spirit among the readers to survive. In addition, the researchers also underline a specific main point how installing hope helps the Muslims keep moving on towards life betterment since there are no clear signs the pandemic will end in a short time.
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