Monday, October 23

Salam Aidilfitri

Selamat menyambut Aidilfitri, moga Allah menerima amalan kita sepanjang Ramadhan yang lalu.

Antara tanda amalan kita diterima, amalan sepangjang Ramadhan itu berterusan dan bertambah baik. Oleh itu, beristiqamahlah dalam beramal dan ikhlaskan niat kerana Allah.

Bagi yang pernah dikasari, makanan dan minuman yang terambil mohon dihalalkan dan dimaafkan. Andai tidak, silalah membuat tuntutan.

Assalamualaikum dan salam Aidilfitri.

Thursday, October 19

they will reign us still

I had a rather bed day today. Never have I been as tired as today in Ramadhan. Maybe it's because of the distorted sleeping time. I don't know. Went to lecture a bit late today but it didn't really work as a lecture. More to a 'nodding' experience. Really should change this attitude. Most of the brothers do this. Sleeping time is off the routine while the body and mind failed to cope. Kehidupan yang tersusun dan tubuh badan yang sihat seolah-olah tidak akan tercapai buat satu jangka masa yang panjang walaupun penekanan diberikan padanya. Hanya muwasafat tarbiyah itu akan tercapai apabila salimul'aqidah dan shohihul 'ibadah tercapai dengan kemas. Dua perkara ini berteraskan iman, yang sememangnya akan menjadi asas kepada apa sahaja pembentukan yang diinginkan. Perhatikan kepada lapan muwasafat tarbiyah yang lain, semuanya mudah apabila iman sudah mula diterapkan di dalam jiwa.

Kali ini, apa yang terlintas adalah aspek akhlak yang sempurna, yang mana amat sukar dibentuk apabila di dalam hati kita masih ada karat-karat jahiliyah dan kita tidak berusaha untuk membersihkannya. Satu perlakuan yang patut dihormati padanya telah aku saksikan hari ini. Dalam keadaan aku yang mengantuk, incident itu memang membuatkan aku terfikir. Keluar dari skop Thermodynamics yang disampaikan oleh Harry Watson. Tapi tindakan tegas Harry juga yang menyebabkan timbulnya perkara ini. Sewaktu kuliah sedang berjalan, seperti biasa pelajar-pelajar mekanikal memang gemar berbuat onar dan hiruk-pikuk di dalam dewan kuliah. Tapi di akhir-akhir semester ini, kapal terbang kertas sudah semakin mendapat perhatian yang kurang. Mungkin dalam sehari akan dapat melihat 3 ke 4 sahaja kini dari dahulunya yang boleh mencecah hingga puluhan kapal terbang; semuanya mengejar cita-cita untuk menjadi designer yang berjaya.

Ketika Harry sedang berkuliah, telah terdetik pada pengamatannya akan seorang budak yang duduk di barisan kedua terakhir dan paling tepi yang membuat bising melebihi kuota. Harry kemudiannya memanggil si fulan itu dan kemudian bertanya tentang topik perbualannya dengan rakan-rakannya dan kemudian berlakulah sedikit dialog umpama seorang guru memanggil anak muridnya dan bertanyakan adakah topik kamu itu lebih menarik dan penting ataukah topik saya? Harry kemudiannya meminta untuk pelajar tersebut menghormati rakan sekelas yang lain...bla...bla...bla...seperti biasanya. Tapi yang membuatkan aku tertarik adalah kata-kata terakhir pelajar tersebut; "I apologise" dengan kuat dan kedengaran oleh seluruh kelas dan di balas "Accepted".
Fikirkanlah...tidakkah terasa di hati kita yang menyukai akan akhlak yang baik?

Well, I did. Maybe initially his attitude was inappropriate and disrespectful towards others but in the end,he apologised. Tell me, have you ever pissed your teacher off in school? I did, couple of times, or maybe more. I can't remember how many times I was told to stand on the chair, or outside the class or even told to get out everytime it's that particular slot, but never once, as my memory can recall, did I apologise on the spot nor to the class for making such trouble. What I remembered doing was to wait till the hate dispersed and apologise when I was ready. But never to the class. One thing you can see, that's what they possess. May it not come from their faith, but the culture and attitude was built up nicely among their educated ones. Maybe not all, but still they practice such decent attitude.

Atas sebab itulah orang-orang kafir ini akan punyai kekuatan untuk memerintah alam ini. Bukan kerana Allah lebih menyukai mereka, tetapi kerana kita tidak berusaha untuk menyaingi mereka seperti mana renaissance mereka berusaha untuk menyaingi kita suatu ketika dahulu. Umat islam akan sentiasa menjadi pilihan Allah kerana kita menjadikan Allah sebagai Tuhan Yang Esa, Rasulullah sebagai qudwah, al-Quran sebagai perlembagaan, jihad sebagai jalan juang dan syahid fi sabilillah sebagai cita-cita tertinggi. Tapi fikirkan kembali,renungkan kembali, benarkah itu komposisi kita? Ataukah kita sekadar mengikut apa yang diceritakan orang kepada kita? Baik dan buruk terima sahaja? Entahlah...letih menulis, yang bacanya siapa? Kita-kita juga...Habis nak buat macamana? Jadikanlah orang lain cukup bersedia untuk memikirkan tentang hal ini, dan bersedia untuk menerima hakikat ini dan bersedia untuk menyedarkan orang lain pula tentang hal ini.

11. Bagi manusia ada malaikat-malaikat yang selalu mengikutinya bergiliran, di muka dan di belakangnya, mereka menjaganya atas perintah Allah. Sesungguhnya Allah tidak merobah keadaan sesuatu kaum sehingga mereka merobah keadaan yang ada pada diri mereka sendiri. Dan apabila Allah menghendaki keburukan terhadap sesuatu kaum, maka tak ada yang dapat menolaknya; dan sekali-kali tak ada pelindung bagi mereka selain Dia. (13:11)

Wednesday, October 11

untill it sleeps...

it has been a while since then. Never thought it would take this long just to scribble my head on this piece of glass in front of you. Ever thought that you can never have the chance again? Well, for a moment, I weeped for thinking so. And it never crossed my mind that it would be at such a place. Biarlah rahsia. (wink wink!!) Had a nice weekend, went to a not-old-castle and found that they are living happily and full of joy, sweating with hardwork. May Allah rewards them.

Been thinking again( seems that this is becoming my opening sentence, uh?). This time not for long, not hardly. Like the breeze it came and ended as if a storm had just passed by. Breeding hatred and resisting it. I'm confused, never to find peace within my own thoughts, not from me alone, curse the devil who kills the souls and let others realise and wake up. May Allah gives us strength to be a dynamic muslim(highlight that!).

Heard rumours lately. Been browsing through the sources but not to come to an end. Hoped the rumours taught us something. Strong will you be after what you survived and you will grow up to reach the stars within reality. Not a dream anymore. I've seen it once, and it was beyond imagination, as if the cities came out from between the words and the people walked pass me during the cold winter to give me warmth. Not a dream.

Well, now let us get to the point. The title says nothing till I have finished up my scribbles. I wandered around my head and swam to the end to find that this fight should never be ended(sounds to abrupt to come up with this point but I just have to so that I don't have to spin the merry-go-round too long). Well may it not be a fight to you, may it be anything, but this brief comprehension about islam I found here, that we found here should never be stopped, and furthermore, it itself will bever stop. Why would we? It didn't come just with a snap of the fingers. For a reason, we were entitled to have this comprehension but like it or not, it won't be there for you when you walk away once. The chance comes once...i guess it's a fair-dinkum.

Because this road has no end, it waits for us to be tired. Don't think it doesn't cause it doesn't need exhausted runners on the track. It does not need any. The road has a lot of bends, why bother the pain when you slipped one or maybe two...ok, you might fall so many times. But don't bother. Your speed is just nice to take the corner. Shift the gear up and down at times and you'll find the road just as nice. You might here some rumbling but that means you're working just fine. Get what i mean? Honestly, what I'm stating here is far more complicated than what you can find in the Quran. Don't you think so? I bet most of you might be wondering what crap I'm telling here. Surely there's something to it. I'm learning to be a muhandis, so my words are such like one. My analogies are so full of their terms.

Well, to those who feel a bit down, chin up! Ramadhan is still here for you to repent and say sorry to the world. Don't just sit and blame the past, love the past and they'll teach you a gazillion times better than your best motivational books that you read or been thinking about to buy it from Kinokuniya. "It use to inspire others from the way of thinking and speech" and it does.

Just a scribble, nothing academic. Sharing my life with you. I love you.

Recomended ayat to memorize : 2:211-219
Recomended readings : "Baghdad: The city of Peace"
Loving everyday : ...a few people...