~I'm a lover of His benovelence and severity~-Rumi

Cari harta atau rezeki?

2012-01-28T09:55:00.000-08:00

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

the illusory worldly wealth;

when people spend money they don't really have

to buy things they don't really own

to impress people they don't really like.

it is a paper world indeed. and someday you will be erased from its pages. you are not as important as you'd like to believe.

adakah kita mencari rezeki ataupun mengumpul harta?

apapun rezeki itu adalah apa sahaja yang memudahkan seseorang itu menjadi manusia yang sempurna.

iaitu manusia yang dipermudahkan untuk mentaati Tuhan yang menciptanya.

inilah manusia yang sedar hakikat diri dan lapang hidupnya daripada tipu daya.

adapula si pengumpul harta yang semata-mata mengumpul benda.

benda-benda yang akan lebur bagai dirinya jua yang bakal dimakan tanah.

biarpun harta benda bertambah namun hayat kian berkurang.

habislah hidup ini disia-siakan mengumpul benda yang tiada berguna hari kemudian kelak.

inilah manusia yang telah diperbodohkan dan dilalaikan mengumpul sampah-sarap.

adapun begitu, jika mampu berbanyak, banyakkanlah.

jika tidak mampu, berpadalah dalam mencarinya.

"لا حول ولاقوة إلا بالله"

Wondrous world

2012-01-21T11:11:00.000-08:00

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

there are a lot of pleasures in this world,
but very few are happy.

a laughter subsides but the turmoil in the heart remains, constricting.

pleasure is a reaction (temporary)
whilst happiness is a condition (lasting)

the pleasures of this sensory world are merely:

the best of drink is water (the most common thing)
the highest food is the vomit of bees (honey)
the best scent is the mucus of gazelles (musk)
the best cloth is the excrement of worms (silk)
the highest pleasure is the meeting of two urinary tract (sexual intercourse)

that is what the world is
is this all there is to this world?

do you actually think this is the true path of happiness?

or are we merely deluding ourselves?

people who don't have knowledge will always pursue things that will lead to unhappiness.
forever chasing the means,
but never the end.

turn away from the means and seek the end.

ketawa yang seketika diiringi dengan jiwa yang bercelaru.

adapun nikmat di dunia ini adalah lima:

minuman yang paling elok ialah air (sesuatu yang sangat biasa)

makanan yang paling baik ialah muntah lebah (madu)

haruman yang paling semerbak ialah lendir kijang (kasturi)

pakaian yang paling selesa ialah najis ulat (sutera)

nikmat yang paling tinggi ialah pertemuan dua salur kencing manusia (jimak)

adakah ini dunia yang sebenar-benarnya?

adakah ini yang memberi kebahagiaan nyata?

ataupun sudah dipermainkan dan dilalaikan semata?

"لا حول ولاقوة إلا بالله"

2012-01-20T14:12:00.001-08:00

all the roads lead to death
but only one leads to a good death

don't squander it on frivolity and stupidity

semua jalan menuju kepada kematian
tetapi hanya satu kepada kematian yang baik

jangan bazirkan hidup dengan pembaziran dan kebodohan

2012-01-08T13:44:00.000-08:00

society has gotten ridiculous. we worry more about the frivolous than we are of the fundamentals.

we worry that our children don't get good grades at school,
whilst at the same time ignoring what kind of human beings they are becoming.
we worry about having food, whilst at the same time letting our own humanity collapse.

we're a society on drugs. rather than face the inherent issues directly, we'd rather distract our attention towards something farcical.

society addicted to distractions, cheap entertainment.

cinta benda ada had,
jika terlebih had,
maka akan butalah

syukur cuma pada lafaz
taubat juga sekadar lafaz
hamdalah kamu itu bukanlah syukur
istighfar kamu pula bukanlah taubat
sedangkan perbuatan kamu masih kufur
hati masih ingkar

tahu tapi tipu
malu tapi mahu

Al Baqarah : 10

2011-12-27T08:44:00.000-08:00

In their hearts is a disease and Allah has increased their disease: And grievous is the penalty they (incur), because they are false (to themselves).

Dalam hati mereka (golongan yang munafik itu) terdapat penyakit (syak dan hasad dengki), maka Allah tambahkan lagi penyakit itu kepada mereka; dan mereka pula akan beroleh azab seksa yang tidak terperi sakitnya, dengan sebab mereka berdusta (dan mendustakan kebenaran).

2011-12-16T10:12:00.000-08:00

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

committing a mistake is not wrong. but continuing with the mistake is what makes it wrong. it tells more about someone's character at the way one responds to a mistake, rather than the act itself.

to err is human. but to willingly err is foolishness.

the difference between appearance and reality is remarkable. we need to see with both eyes to recognize the strange world we live in today.

the trap has been set, and many shall fall into it. what is the use of your "education" and "experience" now that you brag off constantly? zero.

"And what is the life of this world except the enjoyment of delusion." ~Ali Imran;185

manusia tidak pernah lekang daripada membuat kesilapan. namun kesilapan bukanlah satu yang salah. malangnya ramai yang membiarkan kesilapan berterusan. maka situlah ianya berdosa.

sudah terlanjur perbuatan bukanlah maknanya hidup terus menjadi manusia jalang. itu cumalah mengikut bisikan syaitan semata dan nafsu binatang.

orang pandai, ramai yang terperangkap dengan kepandaiannya. maka teruslah hidup dalam kepandaian yang menyesatkan. tiadalah ia aman walaupun berharta. tidak ia kenyang walaupun perut membuncit.

cari harta sampai rosak akidah. orang moden....

"Maka yang mana satu di antara nikmat-nikmat Tuhan kamu, yang kamu hendak dustakan?"
~ Surah Ar-Rahman

"لا حول ولاقوة إلا بالله"

2011-12-10T10:51:00.000-08:00

conception of reality is where it all starts.

the Quran has taught us to see with two eyes, for only the blind sees with one.

the source of knowledge in the modern times is based on having only one eye. knowledge which is only based on what can be observed physically(science). thus we construct a reality that is purely observable. soon we will conclude only what is seen exist.that this is the only world.

today we have scholarship (people who learn),

but no nur (inner discernment).

the basic tenets of Islam, and indeed any faith, is having believe in the unseen.

make your own conclusions from such source of "knowledge" as seen today.

it is already created,

it already exists,

it is merely waiting to unfold.

Humanity never has grown up after all.We are still slaves,only the master has changed.

WoW (wonders of the world)

2011-11-28T18:20:00.000-08:00

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

the malaise of modern times.

people are working harder for something that is losing value faster.

that is the main reason for the collective discontent seen today, but few notice it or are willing to pay heed to it.

so entrenched we are in the system that we carry on despite it being one of diminishing returns, leading towards a dead end.

what more can you expect of something that was given value artificially in the most arbitrary of ways?

the people who have lots are merely there to convince the nots to carry on plodding through.

just like any scam, you need success stories to attract people.

or the latin word for it: suckers.

religion teaches us not to waste.

the biggest waste is wasted effort and energy

towards a pointless goal.

in the lizard hole we go.

like sheeps to the slaughter house,

bleating all along the way,

just noise

without meaning.

inilah jalan penyelesaian golongan urban berpendidikan zaman moden ini

ibarat menyembur minyak wangi untuk menutup bau bangkai reput

namun tidak pula ditanam mahupun dibuang bangkai itu

ajaib!

dah sombong dengan tuhan,

dahi pun tak nak sujud,

apatah lagi hati,

tuhan yang dilafaz dimulut cumalah kehendak nafsu diri jua.

tak apa,

janji educated, senang nak cari makan... :D

syirik2 ni apa barang. takdak dalam silibus dol. tak urban lah engkau.

"لا حول ولاقوة إلا بالله"

2011-11-19T19:26:00.000-08:00

hidup tak ubah bagai sekandang lembu

keluar dari kandang, meragut rumput dan kembali semula ke kandang,

untuk hanya disembelih oleh pemilik kandang di kemudian hari.

inilah kehidupan sekadar kehidupan sekandang lembu,

sudah banyak belajar tapi tidak pernah berfikir,

apakah kebenaran yang dihijabkan dari pandangan mata dan hati?

ataupun sudah puas bahawa inilah dia hidup yang nyata?

hidup sekadar untuk mendapat murka Allah.

moooooooooo................................

2011-11-18T06:30:00.000-08:00

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

verily life has deceived you, in the race to collect and hoard.

till you enter your graves.

soon you shall know,

but then it is too late.

we as people are constantly in search of the extraordinary, miraculous,

while at the same time failing to fully comprehend and appreciate the ordinary.

learning that does not bring about transformation as better human beings are mere delusions and distractions from your true purpose.

ada sijil ingatkan pandai. dah banyak pengalaman ingatkan dah semakin hampir merungkai persoalan hidup.

rupa-rupanya umur panjang sekadar dilalaikan dengan mainan. mengumpul benda perhiasan.

sampailah masuk kubur.

barulah tersedar,

tetapi malangnya terlambat sudah.

tanggunglah apa yang telah engkau usahakan dengan dua tangan kamu semasa hidup dulu.

adakah anak-anak kamu menyedekahkan doa amal?

sedangkan sekian lama dididik untuk mengejar dunia semata.

mengaku terpelajar tetapi perangai masih macam orang bebal. terpekik lolong macam orang tiada akal. apa gunanya pendidikan kamu itu?

bak kata orang puteh: bangang.

"لا حول ولاقوة إلا بالله"

Rights which are not right

2011-11-05T01:52:00.000-07:00

people seek claims for their human rights, but not knowing what being human means are merely fooling around. Jokers who are projecting their own confusion to give themselves self satisfaction. in other words, so that they can stop looking for the real answer.

How amazing. this is what years of "education" has given us. hiding and being made heedless of own stupidity.

what is permissible is clear and what is prohibited is clear.

therefore never justify your ignorance. let alone take pride in it.

puak urban kaukasian wannabe semua mengaku hendak menegakkan hak asasi manusia. sangat pandai menyebut "kita patut beryukurrrr dengan apa jua yang ada". memang betul perlu syukur itu, tapi syukur orang jahil hanya akan membawa kejahanaman kepada alam.

sebelum nak mengajar orang, belajarlah jadi manusia dulu.

dah kununnya rasa pandai, cakap pun main lepas sahaja.

inilah ilmu orang dunia belaka. belum jadi manusia dah pun mengaku bijaksana.

ini namanya orang pandai tapi bukan manusia, atau nama saintifiknya: terencat akal.

ada hati takdak akal - jahil

ada akal tadak hati - batil

ada akal ada hati - fadil

takdak akal takdak hati - azazil

ramai nak jadi manusia jadi-jadian, binatang hari-harian.

bila perlu jadi manusia, mereka akan berlakon sedemikian,

bila perlu jadi binatang, mereka akan sedia jadi itu macam.

Aku yang menipu

2011-11-03T04:04:00.000-07:00

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Berapa kali anda menipu sehari (kepada tuhan anda) ?

setiap kali solat, lepas mengangkat takbir. apa yang dibaca? bukankah terdapat ayat berikut didalamnya:

إِنَّ صَلاَتِي وَنُسُكِيْ وَمَحْيَايَ وَمَمَاتِي لِلَّهِ رَبِّ العَالَمِيْن

yang lebih kurang bermaksud:

"sesungguhnya sembahyangku ibadatku , hidupku dan matiku hanya untuk Allah, tuhan sekalian alam"

tapi betulkah apa yg disebut dengan lidah itu, turut dirasa di hati? ataukah sekadar di lidah sahaja.

talk is cheap bak kata orang kampung.kalau tak paham, baik tak payah sebut. kalau bodo duduk diam.tapi belaja tinggi-tinggi belaka, graduan nabesiti semua mana nak mengaku bodo.sia-sialah susah payah jerih ambil periksa demi segulung ijazah.

kenyangkah kamu dengan makan gaji, tidak kiralah samada bekerja atau meniaga, jika bukan Allah jua yang memberi kenyang?

mungkinkah inilah sebabnya berlaku gejala zaman sekarang yang tidak pernah tahu erti cukup. yang sedikit tidak cukup dengan sedikitnya, yang banyak tidak cukup dengan banyaknya.

bagaimana mungkin kenyang jika yang difikir memberi makan itu gajinya, nasik ayamnya, char kuew tiawnya, nasik itiknya. sedangkan yang sebenar benarnya memberi kenyang ialah Rabbul izzah jua.

kebebasan zaman sekarang amat jauh daripada erti bebas itu sendiri. bebas itu seharusnya bermakna tidak diperhambakan oleh yang bukan hak.bebas kini hanyalah kata kosong yang membawa makna " aku punya sukalah nak buat apa" ataupun dengan kata lain, bebas untuk diperhambakan oleh nafsu belaka.

nak hantar surat kena tahu alamat, baru sampai.

nak hidup, kena tahu mana kiblat, baru damai.

"لا حول ولاقوة إلا بالله"

forgetting what we have forgotten

2011-10-19T06:52:00.000-07:00

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

one of the hallmarks of living in this modern age is in its preoccupation with busy-ness. or at the very least with the appearance of being busied.

regardless of how empty the endeavour is, we plod on doing whatever it is to occupy our times, in the name of survival and for the sake of continued existence.

we never allow ourselves to ask this question; why was i created? for whom was i created?

after all the toil and struggle, fatigue and worry is all we have to show for it.

if you do not know who you are, you will never know for whom you are.

perumpamaan hidup pada ketika ini adalah seperti mengerjakan ladang atau tanah,

namun tidak ditanamkan dengan apa-apa benih tanaman mahupun buah-buahan,

yang tumbuh cumalah lalang dan semak belukar,

penat lelah yang bukan sahaja tiada gunanya,

malah mungkin menyembunyikan ular bisa.

hidup yang sentiasa risau akan usaha yang salah pergantungannya.

"لا حول ولاقوة إلا بالله"

moral of the story: peliharalah lembu @ kambing supaya rumput tak panjang :)

where is home?

2011-10-01T09:34:00.000-07:00

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

"feels like I've been walking barefooted on burning embers,

feels like I've been growing up among total strangers,

O Beloved, take me away to Your destiny,

this blind, narrow minded world is my enemy."

~ Rahat

the people of this world are like the three moths in front of a candle's flame;

the first one went closer and said: I know about love.

the second one touched the flame lightly with his wings and said: I know how love's fire can burn.

the third one threw himself into the heart of the flame and was consumed.

He alone knows what true love is.

sampailah satu masa dimana semua apapun akan berasa janggal. di rumah tapi bermusafir. berkata-kata tapi diam. berkeluarga tapi asing. sunyi dalam keramaian. berehat tapi kepenatan. duduk tapi berjalan.

ini bukanlah tempatnya kamu berhenti. amat sedikit rehat yang ada disini.

"maka barangsiapa yg menyembah nama tanpa makna sungguh ia telah kafir dan tidak menyembah apa-apa…..barangsiapa menyembah NAMA dan MAKNA sekaligus maka ia sungguh telah musyrik dan menyembah dua hal….dan barangsiapa menyembah makna tanpa nama sesungguhnya itulah TAUHID"

~ al Faqir

"لا حول ولاقوة إلا بالله"

seeking comfort for their burning souls

2011-09-15T01:21:00.000-07:00

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

not owning anything is not what qualifies one as being zuhd (ascetic)

it is not to be owned by anything.

the king which is not attached to his kingdom and all that it contains is more of a zahid than the pauper who is ever coveting and greedy for the piece of morsel.

indeed zuhd is detachment from what is other than Allah. even if one be a king or a beggar.zuhd is an inner action and not a mere outer show. we are constantly confused by this matter.

the poor is not necessarily a zahid and the rich a glutton.

"Know that the life of this world is only play and amusement, pomp and mutual boasting among you, and rivalry in respect of wealth and children, as the likeness of vegetation after rain, thereof the growth is pleasing to the tiller; afterwards it dries up and you see it turning yellow; then it becomes straw. But in the Hereafter (there is) a severe torment (for the believers, evildoers), and (there is) Forgiveness of Allah and (His) Good Pleasure (for the believers, gooddoers), whereas the life of this world is only a deceiving enjoyment." (Al-Hadid 57:20)

let whatever comes to your hands pass through your fingers, lest it moves into your heart and resides there.

the one who cannot benefit from a little, will not benefit from a lot.

Once someone asked Jesus (alayhis salam), “How are you able to walk on water?”

Jesus replied, “With certainty.”

Then someone said, “But we also have certainty!”

Jesus then asked them, “Are stone, clay, and gold equal in your eyes?”

They replied, “Certainly not!”

Jesus responded, “They are in mine.”

~ From “Walk on Water The Wisdom of Jesus” by Hamza Yusuf

Islam tidak mengajar umatnya supaya menjadi miskin. Islam tidak juga mengajar umatnya untuk menjadi tamak.

Islam hanyalah bersyukur dengan penuh rasa kehambaan, sabar dan redha dengan kehendakNya. Tidaklah manusia ini diturunkan semata mata untuk hidup terseksa. apa yang engkau nampak, itulah yang engkau rasa. bukanlah salah sesiapapun melainkan diri jua.

"segala apa yang ada bersamamu, pastinya akan binasa, dan apa jua yang bersama Allah akan kekal senantiasa" (An-Nahl 16:96)

alangkah bahagianya si kaya yang hatinya tidak berbekas sedikitpun oleh hartanya, dan malang bukan kepalang sekali si miskin yang mendambakan dan rakus akan harta.

memang jarang, tapi tidak mustahil. selagi dunia meninggalkan bekas di dalam diri.................

siapa yang tidak dapat memanfaatkan yang sedikit, tidak akan bermanfaat baginya daripada yang banyak.

"لا حول ولاقوة إلا بالله"

Qul Ya 'Azim

2011-09-09T06:29:00.000-07:00

Engkaulah Tuhan yang sedia ada pada azali, Engkaulah Dzat yang Maha Lemah Lembut, yang sentiasa berlemah lembut

Sebutlah Wahai Dzat Yang Maha Agung, Engkaulah Dzat yang Maha Agung, Sungguh dukacita yang besar telah mendukacitakan kami

Lenyapkanlah dari kami apa yang telah turun menimpa kami daripada musibah dan bencana, yang sangat berat dan mencengkam jiwa

Sebutlah Wahai Dzat Yang Maha Agung, Engkaulah Dzat yang Maha Agung, Sungguh dukacita yang besar telah mendukacitakan kami

Engkaulah Dzat yang Maha Hidup, Dzat yang Sedia Ada (Allah), Tuhan yang Maha Kaya, yang Kekal Abadi (Allah), yang tidak perlu kepada sesiapa dan apapun

Yang Maha Mulia, Tuhan yang Maha Adil, Tuhan Yang Maha Esa Yang Maha Berbuat Kebaikan, yang Maha Pengasihani terhadap hamba-hambaNya

Dan bersalawatlah kepada Nabi (saw), (Limpahkanlah rahmatMu keatas Baginda Wahai Dzat yang Sejahtera dari segala kecacatan dan kekurangan)

Dari kami jua selawat serta salam untuk Beliau Sallallau 'alaihi wassallam. Pada hari pembalasan, berilah kami keselamatan dari yang kami takuti, Wahai Dzat yang Maha Mulia

Dan limpahkanlah rahmat Mu ke atas keluarga dan para Sahabat (saw) yang gagah berani laksana singa, yang telah memimpin para manusia berkulit putih dan hitam dengan berkat Baginda (saw)

Teristimewa ke atas Sahabat yang bergelar penghapus para pendengki, Pedang Tuhan, Yaitu Sayyidina Khalid ibnu Walid

Hunger

2011-09-04T08:41:00.000-07:00

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

So we are able to eat during the days now. we have deprived our bodies during the days for the past month, and we have nourished our hearts as well.

it is easy to feel lonely among an uninspiring crowd. we are hungry because our situation is contrary to what is necessary to awaken our spirit. our hunger in ramadhan has awakened our hearts from deep slumber. shame now that our stomachs are filled our hearts has gone for another hibernation; perhaps till next ramadhan, if Allah wills it.

being alone is much preferable than being in bad association.

Ibn Ata'illah telah berkata: "Jangan mendampingi sesiapa yang keadaannya tidak menyedarkan dirimu dan kata-katanya tidak membawamu kepada Allah".

syawal telah menjelma dan kita sudah boleh makan sesuka hati. namun, kita semakin lapar. lapar dan dahagakan ilham.

ada orang yang hidupnya sepanjang tahun, ada yang hidupnya sebulan setahun, dan ada juga yang langsung mati.

"لا حول ولاقوة إلا بالله"

belief

2011-08-27T10:44:00.000-07:00

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

why is it hard to change?

the ego (nafs) is already comfortable (although far from being tranquil),

it rather clings to the problem than leave (hijrah) to something better,

being busied with complaints is what fills an otherwise empty life.

thus we live with excuses.

"For each one are successive [angels] before and behind him who protect him by the decree of Allah . Indeed, Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves. And when Allah intends for a people ill, there is no repelling it. And there is not for them besides Him any patron" ~Ar-Ra'd (13), Ayat 11

manusia mana ada percayakan tuhan. mereka lebih suka dan selesa percayakan kepada harta benda.

harta lah yang (disangkanya) memberi senang, memberi kenyang,

(walaupun tidak tenang),

haus pun hilang asalkan berharta.

tuhan hanya sekadar "ilmu buku". kalau susah baru ingat tuhan (kalaulah sahaja). waktu senang (kalau) ingat tuhan hanya dilidah, hati masih kufur nikmat.

"لا حول ولاقوة إلا بالله"

Imaginings

2011-08-20T11:34:00.000-07:00

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

you have repented (so you thought so). you assume that all is forgiven and you are clean, scott free. but once some tests arrive such as hardship, old mistakes resurfacing, etc.., you do not accept it. how far are you from the repentance that you claim! if you have truly repented, you will submit and accept to whatever Allah has given you as punishment for your past mistakes.

what is most important is the realization, the will and act to change as well as submitting to Allah's will.

there is no point in the repentance in your mind, but your self is still mired in your old filth. your repentance is nothing more that what is taught as right, but your self is not willing to do right.

stop with the delusions, and stop wasting people's time. you have an educated brain but an ignorant heart. it all amounts to nothing.

sunggoh senang kau nak mengaku kononnya dah bertaubat. bila udah bertaubat nasuha (menurut dirinya sahaja), diingatkan ianya bersih segala. bila kena uji sikit contohnya kesukaran mendapat jodoh, atau sukar mendapat zuriat, atau aib terbuka.. ada yang tak boleh terima. padahal dalam taubat sebenar-benar taubat, kita kena redha atas apa sahaja yang Allah sediakan untuk kita atas kesalahan lalu.

yang penting ialah keinsafan, kesedaran, keazaman untuk hijrah serta redha pada ujian Allah.

usahlah mengaku udah bertaubat, kena jentik sedikit dah meraung. ilmu takat kat otak sahaja. tak lebih dari itu. nafsu masih bermaharajalela. akal masih letak kat lutut. diam-diam sudahlah.

kerana cinta pada manusia kamu tewas pada syaitan dan nafsu.

carilah cinta dan redha Allah. itu sahajalah yang kekal tiada hujungnya.

janganlah jadi manusia yang terpelajar otaknya, tetapi jahil hatinya. sia-sia belaka.

"لا حول ولاقوة إلا بالله"

Kaya

2011-08-07T13:52:00.001-07:00

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

A man lies hidden under his tongue.

people often ask where is God,

but the real question is "where was I/where am I?"

where is your heart?

Makin kaya hartanya,

semakin miskin manusianya.

manusia mengejar kekayaan,

sedangkan kekayaan menghakis kemanusiaan,

apakah nilainya itu semua?

Stop looking for treasure where there is only trash

2011-07-15T12:56:00.000-07:00

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

this is the world where you can be too young to retire,

whilst at the same time forgetting that you are never too young to die.

age has made us heedless,

with long hopes and empty dreams,

thinking that it will fill the emptiness,

of our vacant bodies.

we lament the lost of wealth

but notice not the ruination of our soul.

some has gained the world, but lost their soul,

wisdom is better than silver and gold.

Sufyan al-Thauri berkata; "sekelompok orang telah keliru dalam menuntut ilmu.Mereka menuntutnya bukan untuk diamalkan. Kelak,ilmu mereka sebesar gunung namun amal mereka sebesar debu..."

kita bersedih tika kehilangan harta, kekayaan,

namun langsung tidak menyadari,

kehilangan akal.

jaga nafsumu.

jagalah nafasmu.

"لا حول ولاقوة إلا بالله"

There is none

2011-07-01T01:00:00.000-07:00

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

there is no muslim unless he dies as a muslim

there is no kafir unless he dies as a kafir

don't be arrogant.

how sure are you of your claim being accepted by God?

how can you?

a muslim is in a perpetual state of thankfulness, never once being filled with pride. arrogance is not befitting someone who has truly submitted. ask ourselves that.

tiadalah ia muslim melainkan dia mati dengan Islam

tiadalah ia kafir melainkan dia mati dengan kufurnya

menghukum manusia bukanlah tugas engkau, akhirat itu bukanlah taklukan mu.

sang hamba suka berlakun raja,

yang papa berlagak kaya,

yang dangkal mengaku bijaksana,

itulah namanya manusia.

"لا حول ولاقوة إلا بالله"

empty love

2011-06-11T15:48:00.000-07:00

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

many are those who profess love with their lips,

but true love is ever silent.

it is like the sun that shines its light,

without making a sound,

at dawn, it is the cock that crows.

it is the wind that blows,

refreshing the surroundings,

but it is the trees that whispers.

it never claims " you owe me".

it is forever giving without ever asking back.

madah dan kata manis si pujangga,

kosong belaka,

sekadar menari di bibiran,

tanpa makna.

hiduplah untuk memberi sebanyak-banyaknya, dan bukannya untuk mengambil sebanyak-banyaknya.

ilmu yang engkau cari, adakah untuk memberi, atau mengambil?

apa lagi nak dikata. kosong dunia, kosong akhirat, Allah jualah.

"لا حول ولاقوة إلا بالله"

New pair of eyes

2011-06-05T12:29:00.001-07:00

we don't need anything new,

what's needed is a fresh perspective,

a new understanding of the old sayings,

the actual meaning,

of cliches that has lost their meaning.

see the world through fresh pair of eyes.

not empty eyeballs staring blankly.

tengok dunia dengan mata kosong,

sebab kepala hotak pun kosong,

cuma pandai omong,

omong kosong,

peluru cuma tinggal kelongsong,

bagai menembak lohong,

manusia memang pembohong.

Vicious cycle

2011-06-04T09:39:00.000-07:00

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

It's easy to complain, there is no point in admitting your faults if you have no intention to actually change it.

so we've been taught to admit to our mistakes. we've been taught it is good to be humble.

but have we actually made the effort to change these mistakes?

have we actually been humble?

noticing any humbleness in your self is a sure sign of arrogance. stop deluding yourself fool!

we know a lot of what is right in this world, but how many actually do right?

no doubt, we know a lot, but very few understand.

many claim to know Islam, very few has understood Islam. fewest of the few are those who have tasted Islam.

it is true for any religion. if we have tasted the real essence of our respective religions, there won't be as much dissonance as seen today.

those who know, can elaborate on it eloquently. their tongues are very impressive, but their hearts are void of this effect.

people yield easily, life is merely for impressing other people. superficial values are held even if it means sacrificing their own family and friends just for some inane chatter.

indeed it is futile to live for other people. surrounding the self with well wishers is like an anesthesia. it numbs your sense, unaware of the hole you are in.

feel good even in a pile of excrement. that's just how we are, how we like it. let the wound fester rather than do something about it. we are just too focussed on distraction. an empty mind likes to distract itself. distraction is an attraction, the most potent one known to man.

that's the difference between knowing and tasting. realize that the world doesn't owe you anything.

cakap memang senang. buah rambutan itu memang manis. cili itu memang pedas. tetapi kalau belum merasa bagaimanakah manis nya? manis gula? manis madu? manis tebu?

diamlah engkau! talam dua muka, engkau nak letak gelas dan pinggan kat mana? atas kepala engkau pun jadilah! dunia tidak terhutang apa apa pun dengan engkau.

Meaning of Obedience

2011-05-05T06:03:00.001-07:00

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

If in the time of worship, it does not stir in you a sense of humbleness, meekness and helplessness in front of your Lord almighty,

Instead it is filled with arrogance, self-righteousness and envy,

then whatever it is you are engaged in is anything but worshiping your one true Creator.

Remember death constantly,

for it will soften your heart.

"Dan mintalah pertolongan (kepada Allah) dengan jalan sabar dan mengerjakan solat dan sesungguhnya sembahyang itu amatlah berat kecuali kepada orang-orang yang khusyuk"

~ Surah Al-Baqarah, ayat 45

"Dan Dialah yang menerima taubat dari hamba-hambaNya dan memaafkan kesalahan-kesalahan dan mengetahui apa yang kamu kerjakan"

~ Surah As-Syuraa, ayat 25

Tuhan kah yg disembah, atau diri yang disolatkan? bergerak ataupun digerakkan?

adakah kudrat diri yang bersolat ataupun adalah karunia daripada Nya jua?

hendak diri, adakah itu sudah cukup?

bukankah tidak bergerak sebesar zarah pun tanpa izin Nya. Jangan terlalu senang dan mudah merasa puas dengan diri dan memandang hina orang yang lalai.

semuanya dalam perancangan Nya jua. Jangan dilihat kesalahan orang, butakan mata, dan hidupkanlah hati.

"لا حول ولاقوة إلا بالله"

Different Silence

2011-04-08T13:33:00.000-07:00

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

This search of ours,

the seeking of true knowledge,

the beginning is marked by silence,

silence out of sheer bewilderment and incomprehension,

the ending will also be marked by silence,

but not of bewilderment,

it is the "a-ha" moment,

where words are no longer necessary.

indeed words can impede our finding,

be silent.

don't let the questioning

interfere with the answering.

rushing does not make things get done any faster.

Taslim,

nak pun tidak, tak nak pun tidak,

cepat pun tidak, lambat pun tidak.

yang bergerak,

mana sama dengan yang digerakkan.

The Joy that Wounds

2011-03-11T10:50:00.000-08:00

I knew that God well when love flashed before me.

It gives me strength by night and day, and show what lies ahead.

In me are flames, in me is fuel, in me is smoke.

I only found my Beloved, when love made me aware.

you are drop, and the ocean.

you are kindness, you are anger,

you are sweetness, you are poison.

raw you are, and cooked too you are,

oh, do not leave me quite so raw.

without hope i cannot cope.

where do you come from? and from where do man's joy and sorrow begin?

oh you, straying heart, just come!

oh you, aching liver, just come!

Oh love, the joy that wounds!

Clueless

2011-01-09T08:02:00.001-08:00

You know nothing of yourself and in this state

you will know that when you were alive you were dead,

and only thought yourself alive.

Stranger

2010-12-19T04:48:00.000-08:00

Love is a stranger and speaks in a strange tongue.

how do you explain something with words, when it begins where language ends?

words are just imaginings.

superfluous.

empty.

Journey to HEaven

2010-05-03T06:46:00.000-07:00

"Our death is our wedding with eternity.
What is the secret? 'God is One.'
The sunlight splits when entering the windows of the house.
This multiplicity exists in the cluster of grapes;
It is not in the juice made from the grapes.
For he who is living in the Light of God,
The death of the carnal soul is a blessing.
Regarding him, say neither bad nor good,
For he is gone beyond the good and the bad."

rumi addarwisiy

Ocean in a bucket

2010-02-15T14:24:00.000-08:00

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِي

it is like putting the ocean into a bucket..

a heart's a heavy burden.

may your heart be loved the way it wants to be.

Wasy-syamsu tajri limustaqarril laha, zalika taqdirul azizil-‘alim

"dan matahari berjalan di tempat peredarannya. Demikianlah ketetapan Yang Maha Perkasa lagi Maha Mengetahui." (Yasin;38)

Wisdom

2010-01-07T18:57:00.000-08:00

Wisdom is like the rain.
Its source is unlimited, but it comes down according to the season.
Grocers put sugar in a bag, but their supply of sugar is not the amount in the bag.
When you come to a grocer, he has sugar in abundance.
But he sees how much money you have brought and gives accordingly.
Your currency on this Path is resolution and faith, and you are taught according to your resolution and faith.
When you come seeking sugar, they examine your bag to see what its capacity is, then they measure out accordingly.

~ Jalaluddin Rumi

Rights

2010-01-05T08:31:00.000-08:00

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِي

treat everyone equally, whether they are kings or paupers; old or young. know that humankind is one body, and individuals are its members. a body is not a whole without its parts. the rights of the man of knowledge is respect, the rights of the ignorant one is advice, the right of the heedless one is to be awakened, the right of the child is compassion and love.

Shajarat al-kawn

Direction

2009-12-28T16:23:00.001-08:00

there is no point
in turning left or right
if you do not know
which direction to go

back and forth
only to come back at zero

this is what separates
children from men

the comfort we seek
is not in the fleeting joy
that vanishes in a moment

seek permanence
that which leads to eternity, tranquility

stop being a child.

Ulama dunia Melayu sebagai pelopor Melayu Islam

2009-04-19T20:56:00.000-07:00

"SIAPA pelopor?" Perlu ditanggapi dan dicari jawapan yang betul dan tepat. Pertanyaan tersebut adalah sukar dijawab, namun penulis cuba menghuraikan berdasarkan bahan-bahan tertulis dan pengalaman yang pernah ditempuhi. Sukar penulis katakan, kerana pertanyaan itu masih terlalu umum.

Pelopor dunia Melayu Islam di daerah mana yang dimaksudkan, kerana dunia Melayu Islam adalah sangat luas membentang mulai dari Cam di benua besar Asia, Patani dan Semenanjung Tanah Melayu. Singapura yang telah bernegara sendiri, hingga ke Kepulauan Filipina, Brunei Darussalam, Sabah serta Sarawak, Indonesia dan Timur Leste yang baru merdeka.

Juga pertanyaan masih belum jelas, pelopor Melayu Islam zaman bila yang dimaksudkan.
Pelopor Melayu Islam pada setiap zaman sekurang-kurangnya dapat dibahagi kepada dua golongan. Ada pelopor Melayu Islam yang terdiri dari golongan ulama, ada pula pelopor Melayu Islam memperjuangkan nasional untuk kemerdekaan.

Sebagai contoh dalam pertarungan politik di Indonesia, antara M. Natsir dengan Soekarno akhirnya kemenangan berpihak kepada Soekarno. Dalam pertarungan politik di Semenanjung Tanah Melayu pula, Ibrahim Ya'qub dan kawan-kawan, membentuk Kesatuan Melayu Muda (KMM) ternyata kemenangan berpihak kepada Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra.
Semua pelopor politik yang tersebut adalah Melayu Islam (sekurang-kurangnya serumpun Melayu).

Selain sebahagian ulama sebagai pemula atau pencetus dalam pelbagai peradaban atau ketamadunan Melayu Islam yang meliputi keseluruhan aspek kepentingan dunia Melayu, kader-kader mereka pula muncul sebagai generasi penerus.Di antara mereka ada yang muncul sebagai pahlawan Islam dan tanah air.

Sebagai contoh, Tok Janggut di Kelantan pernah belajar kepada beberapa orang ulama di Mekah, termasuk kepada Sheikh Ahmad al-Fathani muncul sebagai penentang pemerintahan Inggeris. Beliau mati di tali gantung.

Mat Kilau di Pahang adalah seorang pahlawan, beliau adalah murid dan kader Mufti Haji Utsman, Mufti Kerajaan Pahang yang pertama. Haji Utsman pula adalah murid Sheikh Muhammad bin Ismail al-Fathani (penyusun kitab Mathla'ul Badrain yang terkenal).

Sama ada Tok Janggut mahupun Mat Kilau dalam zaman penjajahan Inggeris dianggap penjahat atau penjenayah, penderhaka terhadap pemerintah. Demikian bijak tipu helah pemerintahan penjajah Inggeris menyelewengkan fakta yang sebenarnya.

Walaupun sekarang kita telah merdeka, sejarah Tok Janggut, Mat Kilau bahkan ramai lagi, masih tetap terselubung bagi generasi kini. Jika generasi kini tidak berusaha memperkenalkan para patriotik kita, maka nama mereka akan lenyap ditelan zaman.

Pelopor

Pelopor yang sebenar ditinjau dari segi agama Islam ialah para Nabi dan Rasul, yang kemudian diikuti oleh para ulama sebagai pewaris para Nabi dan Rasul. Ulama yang menjadi pelopor sangat ramai, yang tidak mungkin disebut satu persatunya di dalam ruangan yang terbatas ini.

Sekian ramai ulama sejak zaman awal hingga tersebarnya Islam di dunia Melayu cukup dikenal dan menjadi ikutan para ulama dunia Melayu seumpama Imam Syafie (Imam Mazhab dari segi fiqh), Imam Abul Hasan al-Asy'ari (Imam akidah Ahlis Sunnah wal Jamaah), Sheikh Juneid al-Baghdadi (Imam dari segi tasauf), dan lain-lain termasuk ahlul mujtahid Mazhab yang datang sesudah mereka.

Di antara mereka yang kitab-kitabnya menjadi pegangan yang kukuh di dunia Melayu ialah Imam al-Ghazali, seorang tokoh pelopor Islam membahas keilmuwan pelbagai aspek terutama fiqh Syafiiyah, akidah Asya'irah dan sufiah. 'Ulama' ahlil hadis seumpama Imam Bukhari, Imam Muslim dan ramai lagi adalah tidak asing bagi ulama dunia Melayu.
Para ulama dunia Melayu yang pasti, yang dianggap sebagai pelopor, adalah sangat ramai. Yang dapat penulis sebutkan di sini berdasar bukti nyata diutamakan adalah ulama-ulama yang menghasilkan karya penulisan saja, selebihnya belum dapat dibicarakan.

Dalam zaman kebesaran kerajaan Islam Aceh, telah muncul Sheikh Hamzah al-Fansuri tokoh sufi dengan gubahan-gubahan syairnya yang sangat indah. Walaupun sementara ada insan yang mengecam, yang menganggap zindiq dan sesat terhadapnya, namun tiada siapa dapat menafikan bahawa Hamzah al-Fansuri adalah orang pertama pencipta syair dalam bahasa Melayu.

Gaya syair Hamzah al-Fansuri berkembang terus dari satu generasi ke satu generasi hingga sampai ke zaman kita, masih tetap segar dalam kajian sastera Melayu, baik dalam dunia Melayu sendiri mahupun peringkat antarabangsa.

Kepeloporan Hamzah al-Fansuri dalam dunia sufi Melayu juga tidak pernah pudar, walaupun ada segolongan orang yang berusaha membendung kesinambungan karya-karyanya. Hamzah al-Fansuri dalam ilmu kesufiyahannya bukanlah muncul dengan tiba-tiba, dicetuskan bersendirian, tetapi ada asal usulnya.

Tokoh sufi

Dunia Islam pernah kenal dengan tokoh-tokoh besar sufi seumpamanya, seperti Abu Yazid al-Bisthami, Abu Manshur al-Hallaj, Ibnu 'Arabi, dan ramai lagi. Rangkaian zaman Hamzah al-Fansuri diikuti oleh Sheikh Syamsuddin as-Sumatra-i, Sheikh Nuruddin ar-Raniri dan Sheikh Abdur Rauf bin Ali al-Fansuri. Sheikh Nuruddin ar-Raniri adalah orang pertama menulis tentang fiqh Bab 'Ibadah dalam bahasa Melayu yang diberi judul Ash-Shirat al-Mustaqim.

Serentak dengan itu Sheikh Nuruddin ar-Raniri pula orang pertama menulis kitab hadis dalam bahasa Melayu yang diberi judul Hadiyatul Habib. Sheikh Abdur Rauf bin Ali al-Fansuri adalah 'ulama' ahlis syariah wah haiqiqah yang paling berkesan dalam rangkaian zaman itu, selain mempunyai murid yang ramai sebagai penyebar Islam dari pelbagai wilayah dunia Melayu.

Beliau adalah pelopor murabbir ruhi sehingga tersebarnya ajaran tasauf menurut metod tarekat terutama Tarekat Syathariyah. Sheikh Abdur Rauf bin Ali al-Fansuri pula adalah pelopor terjemah dan tafsir al-Quran lengkap 30 juzuk yang pertama dalam bahasa Melayu yang diberi judul Turjuman al-Mustafid.

Serentak dengan itu beliau pula orang pertama pelopor penulisan fiqh tentang undang-undang kehakiman Islam dalam bahasa Melayu yang diberi judul Mir'atut Thullab. Beliau juga orang pertama sebagai penterjemah Hadis Arba'in Imam Nawawi yang sebahagian besar pentafsirannya menurut kaca mata sufi.

Dalam penulisan sejarah peradaban dan raja-raja dunia Melayu, para pengkaji selalu menyebut tiga gandingan nama dan tiga karya penting, iaitu Sheikh Nuruddin ar-Raniri penulis Bustanus Salathin, Tun Seri Lanang penulis Sulalatus Salathin atau Sejarah Melayu dan Bukhari al-Jauhari atau al-Johori penulis Tajus Salathin.

Rasanya masih ada yang perlu dikaji atau diselidiki dengan teliti kerana beberapa versi manuskrip Tajus Salathin yang telah ditemukan tidak pernah menyebut nama Bukhari al-Jauhari atau al-Johori.

Nama Bukhari al-Jauhari atau al-Johori bukan sahaja tidak diperkatakan banyak tempat, sekali pun tidak dijumpai dalam sesuatu manuskrip Tajus Salathin termasuk manuskrip yang diterbitkan ini. Pendapat ini bukan bererti memandang sinis, atau kecaman terhadap pengkaji yang terdahulu, jauh dari maksud demikian itu.

Penulis tetap menghargai jasa dan jerih payah mereka yang telah berhasil memperkenalkan khazanah dunia Melayu yang penting, namun kita perlu sedar dan insaf bahawa setiap kajian adalah tidak terhenti pada yang ada saja, setiap ketika ia akan berkembang dengan sendirinya dan memang perlu suatu kebangkitan memperkembangkannya.
Adalah suatu kejumudan atau kebekuan jika kita bertahan dan menerima apa saja yang diperkatakan oleh golongan barisan sarjana-sarjana barat (orientalis). Mengenai ini diakui oleh Syed Nasir bin Ismail (ketika beliau menjadi Pengarah Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka pada Kata Pengantar Taj Us-Salatin, 1965, dan Edisi Kedua, 1992, hlm. vii).
Beliau menulis, "Walau bagaimanapun pendapat-pendapat yang dikemukakan oleh para sarjana terkadang-kadang sangat jauh menyimpang dari kebenaran, maka kita tidak dapat menafikan bahawa Tajus Salatin banyak memperlihatkan keperibadian Melayu sendiri".

TIGA ULAMA PALING POPULAR

Dimaksudkan dengan perkataan tiga serangkai di atas ialah tiga orang ulama yang paling dikenali di dunia Melayu, iaitu Sheikh Abdus Shamad al-Falimbani, Sheikh Muhammad Arsyad bin Abdullah al-Banjari dan Sheikh Daud bin Abdullah al-Fathani.
Ketiga-tiga ulama ini adalah pelopor dunia Melayu dalam bidang keilmuan Islam dan mereka pula telah berhasil membentuk sekian ramai insan Melayu berilmu dan bertakwa kepada Allah SWT. Mengenai tiga orang ulama besar dunia Melayu ini tidak perlu dibicarakan lagi kerana telah penulis sebutkan setiap satunya dalam ruangan ini, termasuk disusun dalam buku.

GENERASI PENERUS

Jumlah ulama generasi penerus sangat ramai di antara mereka sebagai contoh seumpama Sheikh Ismail bin Abdullah Minangkabau, tokoh besar sebagai pelopor Tarekat Naqsyabandiyah al-Khalidiyah. Sheikh Ahmad Khathib bin Abdul Ghaffar Sambas, tokoh besar sebagai pelopor Tarekat Qadiriyah-Naqsyabandiyah. Raja Ali Haji Riau, tokoh besar sebagai pelopor bahasa dan sastera Melayu, serta sejarah. Ketiga-tiga mereka adalah murid Sheikh Daud bin Abdullah al-Fathani.

Sheikh Ahmad bin Muhammad Zain al-Fathani, adalah tokoh besar pelopor dunia Melayu dalam pelbagai bidang. Ulama ini sangat besar pengaruhnya bukan hanya di dunia Melayu saja, tetapi termasuk di kerajaan Turki 'Utsmaniyah, Mekah dan Mesir.
Mengenai beliau juga telah dibicarakan dalam siri-siri sebelumnya, di sini penulis sentuh sedikit saja sebagai pelengkap dan menunjukkan kesan yang berkesinambungan.
Sheikh Ahmad al-Fathani adalah pencetus pengkaderan ulama Melayu di Mekah, sangat ramai muridnya. Di antara kadernya yang terkenal termasuklah Kiai Haji Hasyim Asy'ari (yang mengasaskan parti Nahdatul Ulama) dan Mufti Haji Abdullah Fahim. Kedua-dua ulama besar dunia Melayu ini penulis singgung adalah memperhatikan perjalanan sejarah terkini, bahawa cucu Kiai Haji Hasyim Asy'ari bernama Haji Abdur Rahman Wahid (Gus Dur) dalam era reformasi Indonesia sempat menjadi presiden negara itu, tetapi tidak bertahan lama.

Cucu Mufti Haji Abdullah Fahim pula bernama Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi adalah bekas Perdana Menteri Malaysia kelima, yang dilantik pada hari Jumaat, 31 Oktober 2003 M bersamaan 5 Ramadan 1424 H.

Ulama Johor yang murid dan kader Sheikh Ahmad al-Fathani dan ulama Mekah lainnya ialah Kadi Haji Abu Bakar bin Haji Hasan Muar. Murid beliau ramai, yang dapat ditonjolkan di sini ialah saudara sepupunya Tan Sri Noah, iaitulah ayah mertua Tun Abdul Razak bin Husein, bekas Perdana Menteri Malaysia yang kedua. Murid Kadi Haji Abu Bakar bin Haji Hasan Muar pula ialah Haji Yassin, iaitulah ayah kepada Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

Demikian halnya dengan Negeri Sembilan, murid dan kader Sheikh Ahmad al-Fathani dan ulama Mekah lainnya ialah Sheikh Muhammad Said bin Sheikh Jamaluddin Linggi. Sheikh Muhammad Said Linggi adalah pelopor terbesar Tarekat Ahmadiyah di dunia Melayu.
Ramai keturunan dan warisnya yang menjadi ulama, di antaranya Mufti Haji Ahmad. Mufti Haji Ahmad inilah yang membaca doa pelantikan Yang di-Pertuan Agong Malaya yang pertama. Mufti Negeri Sembilan yang sekarang (1430 H/2009 M), Asy-Sheikh Datuk Mohd. Murtadza adalah anak Mufti Haji Ahmad bin Sheikh Muhammad Sa'id Linggi yang tersebut.

Rasanya tulisan ini adalah tidak lengkap jika tidak menyebut murid dan kader Sheikh Ahmad al-Fathani yang paling terkenal, beliau ialah Tok Kenali. Murid Tok Kenali pula tersebar seantero dunia Melayu. Di antara murid Tok Kenali ialah Syeikh Idris al-Marbawi, iaitulah penyusun Kamus Al-Marbawi, sebuah kamus Arab-Melayu yang pertama tersebar luas di seluruh dunia Melayu.

Tuan Guru Haji Nik Mat, juga murid Tok Kenali. Tuan Guru Haji Nik Mat adalah ayah Datuk Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, iaitulah Menteri Besar Kelantan sekarang.
Selain Tok Kenali sangat ramai ulama Kelantan yang menjadi pelopor, yang terpenting di antara mereka ialah Nik Mahmud, Dato' Perdana Menteri Paduka Raja Kelantan, Haji Muhammad bin Muhammad Said, Dato' Laksamana Kelantan.

Dalam masa yang sama dengan era kebangkitan Sheikh Ahmad bin Muhammad Zain al-Fathani di Mekah, sangat ramai ulama yang berasal dari dunia Melayu yang terkenal, sekali gus merupakan guru kepada ulama-ulama dunia Melayu yang muncul sesudah mereka.

Dari pelbagai wilayah dunia Melayu, muncul pula pelopor-pelopor yang terkenal. Di antaranya ialah Haji Amrullah ketika di Mekah seperguruan dengan Sheikh Ahmad al-Fathani, sama-sama belajar dengan Sheikh Muhammad bin Sulaiman Hasbullah al-Makki.

Anak beliau ialah Dr. Sheikh Abdul Karim Amrullah juga belajar di Mekah. Di antara gurunya termasuk Sheikh Ahmad al-Fathani dan Sheikh Ahmad Khathib bin Abdul Lathif Minangkabau. Dr. Sheikh Abdul Karim Amrullah adalah tokoh pelopor tajdid/reformis yang terkenal.

Anak beliau ialah Buya Prof. Dr. Hamka (singkatan nama dari Haji Abdul Malik Abdul Karim Amrullah) seorang tokoh Islam dunia Melayu yang paling popular pada zamannya.
Merujuk kembali tentang Sheikh Ahmad Khathib bin Abdul Lathif Minangkabau, beliau adalah seorang ulama besar yang berasal dari dunia Melayu atau Minangkabau yang pernah menjadi Imam dan khatib Mazhab Syafie di Masjidil Haram, Mekah, adalah pelopor penentang beberapa adat Minangkabau yang dianggapnya bertentangan dengan syarak.

Di antara adat itu ialah memperoleh harta kewarisan atau pusaka dari pihak perempuan. Muridnya juga sangat ramai, bukan yang berasal dari Minangkabau saja tetapi juga dari seluruh dunia Melayu.

Ulama besar dunia Melayu, berasal dari Sarawak, Borneo/Kalimantan, yang mengajar di Masjidil Haram Mekah pula ialah Sheikh 'Utsman bin Abdul Wahhab Sarawak.
Murid beliau juga ramai kerana selain mengajar di Masjidil Haram juga mengajar di beberapa tempat di dunia Melayu. Di antara muridnya termasuk Dr. Sheikh Abdul Karim Amrullah.

Ini diakui oleh Buya Prof. Dr. Hamka dalam bukunya Ayahku. Seorang ulama yang berasal dari Batu Bahara, Pasir Dahari, Inderapura (Langkat) bernama Sheikh Muhammad Zain Nuruddin bin Sheikh 'Abbas al-Khalidi, dalam karyanya berjudul Miftah ash-Shibyan fi 'Aqaid al-Iman menyebut nama beberapa orang gurunya di Mekah, di antaranya termasuk juga Sheikh 'Utsman bin Abdul Wahhab Sarawak.

Haji Sulong bin Abdul Qadir al-Fathani yang berasal dari Patani adalah keturunan ulama besar Patani Sheikh Zainal Abidin bin Muhammad al-Fathani.
Beliau mendapat pendidikan di Mekah dari ulama-ulama yang telah disebutkan di atas. Selanjutnya Haji Sulong bin Abdul Qadir al-Fathani adalah pelopor kebangkitan jihad fi sabilillah untuk mengembalikan Daulah Fathani Darus Salam yang tidak akan sirna dari lubuk hati umat Islam Patani yang beriman, sedar, menghayati sejarah, dan insaf sepanjang zaman.

Masih ramai pelopor Melayu-Islam baik dari golongan ulama mahupun yang bukan ulama tidak sempat disebut dalam ruangan yang terbatas ini.
Maka sampai di sini saja perbicaraan ini, mudah-mudahan kita dapat mengabadikan nama ulama dunia Melayu tersebut agar generasi penerus masih dapat mengenal sejarah perjuangan mereka dalam memperkasakan dunia Melayu-Islam.

Koleksi tulisan ALLAHYARHAM WAN MOHD. SHAGHIR ABDULLAH

Penulisan Puisi oleh Ulama Asia Tenggara

2009-04-19T20:52:00.000-07:00

Penulisan puisi oleh ulama Asia Tenggara

TIADA dapat dinafikan bahawa apabila kita membicarakan syair dan nazam di Asia Tenggara, sebahagian besar para sarjana sastera berpendapat telah dimulai oleh Sheikh Hamzah al-Fansuri.

Sama ada pada satu sudut lain, ada pihak yang memandang beliau sebagai seorang zindiq kerana faham wihdah al-wujudnya, mahupun golongan pengkagum melihat bahawa beliau adalah seorang siddiq. Bagi yang pro atau kontra kepadanya, mereka turut bersependapat bahawa beliau adalah seorang cerdik cendekiawan Islam-Melayu, atau dengan perkataan lain, Hamzah al-Fansuri adalah seorang ulama sufi.

Peranan para ulama silam Melayu di bidang penulisan dalam bentuk prosa ataupun puisi memang terbukti dengan peninggalan-peninggalan mereka yang cukup banyak dan sangat berpengaruh terhadap rumpun Melayu.

Karya-karya mereka dalam bentuk prosa di sana sini telah diperkenalkan, akan tetapi mengenai senarai nama para ulama dan puisi-puisi Melayu (terutama genre syair dan nazam) gubahan ulama kita secara lengkap belum pernah diperkenalkan.

Kumpulan puisi Raja Ali Haji telah diusahakan oleh Abu Hassan Sham yang diterbitkan oleh Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka. Kumpulan puisi Sheikh Ahmad al-Fathani pula telah selesai penyusunannya oleh penulis sendiri, yang dapat dirujuk buku berjudul Sheikh Ahmad al-Fathani: Pemikir Agung Melayu dan Islam, Jilid 2, yang diterbitkan oleh Khazanah Fathaniyah.

Umum mengetahui bahawa Raja Ali Haji dan Sheikh Ahmad al-Fathani adalah ulama. Apabila kita kaji dengan teliti bahawa puisi Melayu ada yang digubah oleh ulama dan ada pula yang digubah oleh orang biasa.

Di antara mereka pula ada yang kita ketahui identitinya sebagai seorang ulama, tetapi tidak kurang pula yang tidak dapat dikesan. Adakah dia seorang ulama ataupun bukan, walaupun sesetengah namanya diketahui.

Artikel kali ini cuba memperkenalkan beberapa nama penggubah syair/nazam Melayu yang telah dikenalpasti identitinya sebagai seorang ulama.

Ulama penggubah puisi abad 16-17

Sebagaimana disebutkan di atas bahawa penggubah syair pertama dalam bahasa Melayu adalah Sheikh Hamzah al-Fansuri. Tokoh ini sangat banyak diminati oleh para pengkaji/sarjana, baik pengkaji/sarjana tempatan mahupun dunia luar terutama orang Barat.

Sungguhpun demikian masih dianggap sukar mendapatkan karya-karya Sheikh Hamzah al-Fansuri dalam bentuk tulisan Melayu/Jawi, sama ada dalam bentuk manuskrip mahupun berupa bahan cetakan.

Bagi penulis, menemukan atau mengesan manuskrip karyanya lebih mudah berbanding karya-karya dalam bentuk cetakan Melayu/Jawi.

Sampai sekarang keseluruhan puisi Hamzah Fansuri yang terkumpul dalam sebuah buku yang lengkap belum ditemui, walaupun sebuah buku yang padat membicarakan pelbagai aspek Hamzah al-Fansuri telah ditulis oleh Syed M. Naquib al-Attas.

Ulama penggubah puisi abad ke-18

Ulama yang sezaman dengan Hamzah al-Fansuri mahupun sesudahnya seperti Sheikh Syamsuddin al-Sumatra-i, Sheikh Abdul Rauf bin Ali al-Fansuri dan lain-lain walaupun diketahui banyak menghasilkan karya dalam corak prosa, tetapi tidak dapat dikesan karya mereka yang bercorak puisi.

Hingga abad ke-18, zaman kemunculan Sheikh Daud bin Abdullah al-Fathani, beliau ini banyak menghasilkan karya bercorak prosa, tetapi hanya sedikit saja menghasilkan karya bercorak puisi.

Karya Sheikh Daud bin Abdullah al-Fathani yang bercorak puisi dari awal karya hingga akhir hanya sebuah sahaja, iaitu yang diberi judul 'Iqdu al-Jawahir, berupa syair mengenai akidah. Syair ini beliau syarah sendiri sehingga menghasilkan sebuah kitab yang besar diberi judul Ward al-Zawahir bi Alfaz 'Iqdi al-Jawahir.

Di sini ada perbezaan dengan Ruba'i Hamzah Fansuri, tidak disyarah oleh Hamzah al-Fansuri sendiri tetapi disyarah oleh Sheikh Syamsuddin Sumatra-i.

Selain itu, dari karyanya yang bercorak prosa hanya banyak terdapat dalam Jam'u al-Fawaid saja. Di beberapa tempat lain pula terdapat sisipan beberapa puisi mengenai shalawat dan lain-lain.

Selain Sheikh Daud bin Abdullah al-Fathani, ulama yang seangkatan dengan beliau juga tidak dapat dikesan sebagai penggubah puisi, sehingga muncul peringkat murid beliau, ialah Raja Ali Haji, pujangga bahasa Melayu yang terkenal. Sewaktu Raja Ali Haji bersama ayahnya ke Mekah tahun 1243 H/1827 M, beliau sempat belajar daripada Sheikh Daud bin Abdullah al-Fathani.

Jika dibandingkan beberapa baris bahagian mukadimah Gurindam Dua Belas Raja Ali Haji, terdapat persamaan maksudnya dengan mukadimah syair Sheikh Daud bin Abdullah al-Fathani dalam 'Iqdu al-Jawahir.

Bagaimanapun, Sheikh Daud bin Abdullah al-Fathani lebih banyak dibicarakan pada sektor ketokohannya sebagai ulama, sedang Raja Ali Haji lebih banyak dibicarakan sebagai tokoh bahasa Melayu.

Sebagaimana Sheikh Hamzah al-Fansuri, demikianlah Raja Ali Haji sudah cukup banyak dibicarakan. Setiap kali seminar bahasa, terlalu banyak orang membicarakan tentang ulama dan tokoh besar golongan bangsawan yang berasal dari Riau itu.

Pengumpulan puisi yang dimuat dalam satu buku khas nampaknya Raja Ali Haji mendahului tokoh-tokoh lainnya.

Buku tersebut diberi judul Puisi-puisi Raja Ali Haji, oleh Abu Hassan Sham, merupakan penerbitan pertama oleh Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) tahun 1993.

Buku tersebut juga merupakan salah satu projek Bahagian Sastera DBP. Buku yang tebalnya 803 halaman termasuk halaman Bibliografi dan Indeks itu mungkin buku pertama hasil usaha pengumpulan hasil puisi Melayu yang dihasilkan oleh tokoh-tokoh sasterawan kita yang terkenal.

Demikian nama Raja Ali Haji menjulang tinggi sejak beliau hidup, hingga masih segar di ingatan para pencinta sastera klasik dunia Melayu pada zaman moden sehingga kini.

Sezaman dengan Raja Ali Haji ialah Saiyid Muhammad bin Zainal Abidin al-Aidrus (1795 - 1878 M) yang berasal dari Terengganu. Beliau ini juga sempat belajar kepada Sheikh Daud bin Abdullah al-Fathani di Mekah.

Datuk Misbaha dalam tulisannya menyebut bahawa Saiyid Muhammad al-Aidrus adalah sebagai 'Pelopor dan Bapa Kesusasteraan Melayu Terengganu' (majalah Pesaka, 1983:87).

Selanjutnya digelar juga dengan Tukku Tuan Besar. Beliau adalah seorang ulama yang mengarang dalam bentuk prosa dan puisi. Mengenai puisinya yang paling popular dan berpengaruh ialah berjudul Kanzil Ula.

Harun Mat Piah dalam bukunya Puisi Melayu Tradisional (1989) telah membahas kandungan Kanzil Ula dan Jauharus Saniyah secara ilmiah dan panjang lebar, kedua-dua judul itu dikategorikan karya tersebut sebagai nazam.

Kedua-dua ulama penggubah puisi peringkat murid Sheikh Daud bin Abdullah al-Fathani itu, Raja Ali Haji (Riau) lebih banyak mendapat liputan penulisan antarabangsa dan dunia Melayu jika dibandingkan dengan Tukku Tuan Besar (Terengganu) yang masih baru diperkenalkan oleh para sarjana dan pengkaji.

Ulama-ulama penggubah puisi abad ke-19

Pada abad ke-19, barulah ramai ulama dunia Melayu menyerlahkan diri mereka yang berperanan aktif sebagai penggubah puisi Arab dan Melayu.

lSheikh Ahmad bin Muhammad Zain al-Fathani,

lSheikh Muhammad Zainuddin al-Sumbawi,

lSheikh Ismail bin Abdul Mutalib al-Asyi (Aceh),

lSheikh Muhammad Azhari bin Abdullah al-Falimbani,

lSheikh Ahmad bin Muhammad Yunus Lingga (Riau),

lSheikh 'Utsman bin Syihabuddin al-Funtiani (Pontianak),

lSheikh Muhammad Tahir Jalaluddin al-Minkabawi,

lHaji Muhammad Husein bin Abdul Latif al-Fathani,

lHaji Abdur Rauf Melaka,

lSheikh Muhammad Shalih al-Fathani

lRaja Haji Muhammad Sa'id Riau.

Maklumat beberapa puisi yang telah dihasilkan oleh ulama-ulama yang tersebut diringkaskan sebagai yang tersebut di bawah ini:

Sheikh Ahmad bin Muhammad Zain al-Fathani

Hamzah al-Fansuri dan Raja Ali Haji kedua-duanya adalah ulama Melayu merupakan lambang terbesar penggubah puisi Melayu pada zamannya. Maka demikian halnya Sheikh Ahmad al-Fathani adalah lambang terbesar dalam hal yang sama pada abadnya.

Bahkan ketiga-tiga ulama dan tokoh yang tersebut memang merupakan penggubah puisi Melayu yang produktif, meninggalkan hasil gubahan puisi yang terbanyak jika dibandingkan dengan semua tokoh Melayu setiap zaman dari dulu hingga kini.

Bezanya hanyalah Hamzah al-Fansuri dan Raja Ali Haji telah banyak diperkenalkan, sedang Sheikh Ahmad al-Fathani belum begitu banyak.

Ada pun khas mengenai sejarah hidup serta puisi-puisi gubahan Sheikh Ahmad al-Fathani telah penulis kumpulkan dan dimuat dalam buku Sheikh Ahmad al-Fathani: Pemikir Agung Melayu dan Islam, Jilid 1 dan 2.

Dengan diterbitkan buku tersebut, bererti merupakan buku yang kedua kumpulan puisi Melayu sesudah buku Puisi-puisi Raja Ali Haji yang telah disebutkan di atas.

Raja Ali Haji hidup antara tahun 1809 - 1870 M, manakala Sheikh Ahmad al-Fathani pula hidup antara tahun 1272 H/1856 M - 1325 H/1908 M.

Ini bererti sewaktu Raja Ali Haji wafat, Sheikh Ahmad al-Fathani berusia sekitar 14 tahun. Dengan demikian, secara tidak langsung Sheikh Ahmad al-Fathani merupakan penyambung aktiviti bahasa dan sastera yang dijalankan oleh Raja Ali Haji. Ini bererti bahawa dunia Melayu tidak pernah kekeringan tokoh penyair atau penggubah puisi.

Puisi Sheikh Ahmad al-Fathani yang pertama dalam bahasa Melayu bercorak nazam ditulis dalam usia 15 tahun, pada tahun 1287 H, diberi judul Nazam Nuril Anam ditulis sewaktu berada di dalam Masjidil Haram, Mekah.

Karya puisi beliau yang pertama dalam bahasa Arab ialah Jumanat at-Tauhid (diselesaikan di Mesir, 1293 H/ 1876 M), ditulis dalam Masjid Jamik Al-Azhar, Mesir.

Nazam Nuril Anam ditinjau dari segi genre nazam banyak persamaan model susunan dan gaya bahasanya dengan Kanzil Ula karya Tukku Tuan Besar Terengganu, tetapi jika ditinjau dari segi kandungan maka Nazam Nuril Anam jauh lebih lengkap daripada Kanz al-'Ula. Nazam Nuril Anam Sheikh Ahmad al-Fathani membicarakan mulai kelahiran Nabi Muhammad SAW dan menyentuh hampir keseluruhan aspek Islam, sedangkan Kanzil Ula Tukku Tuan Besar Terengganu yang dibicarakan hanya di persekitaran riwayat kelahiran Nabi Muhammad SAW saja.

Keseluruhan puisi Sheikh Ahmad al-Fathani, baik berbahasa Arab mahupun bahasa Melayu yang banyak disiarkan dalam hampir semua kitab yang ditashihnya, diletakkan di bahagian depan ataupun di bahagian belakang penerbitan itu. Selain itu ada pula yang masih dalam bentuk manuskrip.

Sheikh Muhammad Zainuddin al-Sumbawi

Beliau ini adalah seorang ulama yang berasal dari Sumbawa (Indonesia) yang tinggal di Mekah dan mengajar di Masjid al-Haram, Mekah. Ditinjau dari segi sejarah perkembangan Islam di Asia Tenggara beliau adalah termasuk ulama dan tokoh penting, tetapi ditinjau dari segi seorang penyair tidaklah begitu menonjol. Hanya sedikit puisinya dapat disemak dalam sebuah karyanya yang berjudul Sirajul Huda.

Sheikh Ismail bin Abdul Mutalib al-Asyi

Beliau adalah seorang ulama yang berasal dari Aceh. Kurang begitu jelas apakah ada dua orang yang bernama Sheikh Ismail bin Abdul Mutalib itu, kerana selain disebutkan berasal dari Aceh ada pula yang di hujung namanya memakai nama "al-Minankabawi".

Baik yang memakai nama "al-Asyi" (pada semua kitab karyanya), mahupun yang memakai "al-Minankabawi" (dalam surat menyurat.

Nama sama, tetapi di hujung berlainan. Namun kedua-duanya ada hubungan dengan aktiviti Sheikh Ahmad al-Fathani.

Ulama bernama Sheikh Ismail bin Abdul Mutalib al-Asyi (di Mekah) dilantik oleh Sheikh Ahmad al-Fathani sebagai pentashih kitab Melayu/Jawi pada saksi yang dikarang oleh ulama-ulama Aceh.

Pada kitab-kitab yang ditashihnya itulah kita dapat mengenal beberapa puisi Sheikh Ismail bin Abdul Mutalib al-Asyi. Bagi yang memakai nama "al-Minankabawi", di hujung nama pula ditugaskan oleh Sheikh Ahmad al-Fathani sebagai Rais Thalabah (Mahasiswa) Melayu di Mesir.

Namun penulis lebih cenderung beranggap bahawa Sheikh Ismail bin Abdul Mutalib yang berasal dari Jawi itu hanya satu orang sahaja, walaupun di hujung nama berbeza. Puisi-puisi Sheikh Ismail bin Abdul Mutalib al-Asyi terdapat pada cetakan Jam'u Jawami' al-Musannafat, cetakan Taj al-Muluk, cetakan Muqadimat al-Mubtadiin dan lain-lain.

Sheikh Muhammad Azhari bin Abdullah al-Falimbani

Beliau adalah ulama yang berasal dari Palembang, merupakan ulama produktif dalam penulisan sesudah Sheikh Abdus Samad al-Falimbani yang terkenal itu. Sheikh Abdus Samad al-Falimbani juga menghasilkan puisi sama ada bahasa Melayu, mahupun bahasa Arab, berbeza dengan Sheikh Muhammad Azhari al-Falimbani bahawa beliau menghasilkan puisi dalam bahasa Melayu saja.

Puisi-puisi Sheikh Muhammad Azhari al-Falimbani terdapat dalam karyanya Badi'uz Zaman. Puisi-puisi tersebut telah penulis transliterasi dan dimuat dalam buku Sheikh Abdus Shamad Al-Falimbani: Shufi dan Jihad Dunia Melayu (cetakan 1995).

Sheikh Ahmad bin Muhammad Yunus Lingga

Ulama yang berasal dari Riau ini adalah seorang tokoh bahasa Melayu yang cukup terkenal di Mekah pada zamannya sehingga beliau digelar 'Qus Bahasa Melayu'.

Beliau menghasilkan beberapa buah karangan dalam bentuk prosa, dan puisi-puisinya. Hampir semua karyanya dalam bentuk prosa ada dalam simpanan penulis, tetapi belum ditemui yang berupa puisi, sungguhpun dikatakan beliau banyak menghasilkan karangan berbentuk puisi.

Sheikh 'Utsman bin Syihabuddin al-Funtiani

Beliau adalah murid Sheikh Abdul Qadir bin Abdur Rahman al-Fathani, yang banyak menghasilkan karya. Puisi-puisi Sheikh 'Utsman al-Funtiani ditemui dalam karyanya yang berjudul Fath al-Makkah.

Ada yang merupakan terjemahan dari bahasa Arab ke bahasa Melayu, tetapi sajak pada rima akhir setiap puisi tetap dikekalkan. Ada pula merupakan ciptaan sendiri bukan terjemah.

Keterbatasan ruangan ini mengehadkan perbicaraan ini dibicarakan sepenuhnya. Maka ia dilanjutkan pada ruangan akan datang dengan memperkenalkan pula ulama-ulama lain yang turut terlibat dalam penulisan puisi di Asia Tenggara.

Selebihnya yang akan dibicarakan adalah Sheikh Muhammad Tahir Jalaluddin al-Minkabawi, Haji Muhammad Husein bin Abdul Latif al-Fathani, Haji Abdur Rauf Melaka, Sheikh Muhammad Shalih al-Fathani dan Raja Haji Muhammad Sa'id Riau.

~Koleksi tulisan Allahyarhan Wan Muhammad Saghir Bin Abdullah~

Hai anak dagang..

2009-03-07T11:00:00.000-08:00

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِي

La ilaha illallahu jua yang engkau ikut,
di laut keras dan topan ribut,
hiu dan paus di belakang menurut,
pertetaplah kemudi jangan terkejut.

~syair perahu,

Hai sekalian kita yang kurang
nafsumu itu lawan berperang
jangan hendak lebih baiklah kurang
janganlah sama dengan orang

Amati-amati membuang diri
menjadi dagang segenap diri
baik-baik engkau fikiri
supaya dapat emas sendiri

-syair dagang

~Hamzah Fansuri, Aceh Darussalam.

If it is possible...

2009-02-08T20:14:00.000-08:00

If it was possible to be without You,

the whole world would turn inside-out,

Oh Friend,the Garden of Eden would dry out,

the Garden of Eden would dry out,

It is not possible without You

This is nothing

2009-02-07T14:48:00.000-08:00

Control these three things : Temper, desire and speech.

Preserve these two things : Good deeds and friends.

Seek these three things: Forgiveness, knowledge and wisdom.

Knock, and He'll open the door.
Vanish, and He'll make you shine like the sun.
Fall, and He'll raise you up to the heavens.
Become nothing, and He'll turn you into everything.

Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi (QS)

" We ask to be no one and nothing. For as long as we are someone, we are not complete"

Other than Him, there is nothing. In nothingness may we find ourselves.

Erdogan Vs Peres

2009-02-02T05:20:00.000-08:00

Peres talk for more than 20minutes and no one objected or interfere his talk

and Erdogan only given a short windows after he urge to speak for 1 minute

"If Allah helps you, none can overcome you. If He forsakes you, who is there, after that, that can help you? In Allah, then, let believers put their trust." - Al-Imran, 3:160.

Art for gaza poster

2009-01-24T09:04:00.000-08:00

Expanding the effort by this group

Cherokee advice

2009-01-24T08:40:00.000-08:00

One evening, an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.

He said, "My son, the battle is between two 'wolves' inside us all. One is Evil - It is anger, envy, jealousy, greed, and arrogance. The other is Good - It is peace, love, hope, humility, compassion, and faith."

The grandson thought about this for a while and then asked his grandfather, "Which wolf wins?"

To which the old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."

Suatu petang,Chrokee tua memberitahu cucunya tentang perbalahan di dalam diri manusia.

Katanya,"Anakku,dua ekor musang sentiasa berlawan di dalam diri kita.Seekor musang jahat-kemarahan,cemburu,tamak,dan kesombongan.Dan seekor musang yang baik-kedamaian,kecintaan,harapan,rendah hati,dan kepercayaan."

Si anak berfikir sejenak lantas bertanya,"Yang mana satukah menang ?"

Cherokee tua menjawab:"yang kamu beri makan".

Upin and Ipin Said :Betul,Betul,Betul

http://www.upindanipin.com.my/

O needy ones.. Hizb Nasr

2009-01-11T07:26:00.000-08:00

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِي

Hizb al Nasr
By Shaykh Abu Hassan As-Shadulli

O Allah,
By the authority of Your Omnipotent Power
And by the speedy help of Your Victory
And by your Wrath at the interdiction
Of Your inviolable protection
To whomever
seeks protection
In Your Signs
We implore You
O Allah, O Allah, O Allah

O Hearer, O Near, O Answerer,
O Expeditious, O Avenger, O Violent Rigour,
O Omnipotent Force, O Vanquisher,
O You who is not weakened by the power of Tyrants
And for whom the destruction of rebellious
kings and czars is no great matter
We ask You to make the snare of he who plots
against us to be the casue of his own
destruction
And the plot of he who plots against us to
rebound upon him
And cause him
Who dug a hole for us
To fall in it
And he sets up for us the net of deception
Make him, O Lord, driven into it
And trapped into it
And a prisoner of it

O Allah, by the Truth of Kaaaf Ha Ya Ayiiin Swaad
Save us from preoccupation with enemies
Perish them and cause them all to pay dearly
And inflict upon them speedy revenge
Today and tomorrow
O Allah, scatter their unity
O Allah, disperse their gathering
O Allah, lessen their numbers
O Allah, blunt their edge
O Allah, encircle them
O Allah, send wrath upon them
O Allah, banish them from the circle of clemency
And deprive them of the reinforcement of respite
And snare their hands and feet
And tie up their hearts
And do not let them attain their goals.

O Allah, rip them all apart to shreds
As you rend Your enemies
To give victory
To Your Prophets
And Your Emissaries
And Your Saints
O Allah, rend us victory
As You rendered victorious
Your beloved ones against your enemies

O Allah, do not give the enemy power over us
And do not give them authority over us
On account of our sins
O Allah, do not give the enemy power over us
And do not give them authority over us
On account of our sins
O Allah, do not give the enemy power over us
And do not give them authority over us
On account of our sins.

more about Prayer for Gazan from here

Nasr min Allahi wa fathun Qarib,wa Bashiril Mu'minin

Help is from Allah and Victory is Near,Give good news to the Believers.

Quran 61:13,

Cosmic Movement

2009-01-04T17:51:00.000-08:00

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِي

People say that a picture is worth a thousand words. Yet it still fails to capture the essence and real meaning of the one pictured. So of what use do words have then?

Know that a picture of an apple will not make you taste the apple, nor can it make you understand how it will feel like in your hands.

Maybe it is time to pick the apple, and try it for our self? perhaps.

Not an atoms worth shall move without the permission of the Almighty.
Verily all that we do, our very life and death is for The One. Realize this and be at peace. Understand our prayers for in it is a source for tranquility.

May our every movement and stillness be under His blessings.

Tidak akan bergerak sebesar zarah pun tanpa izin Allah. Redhalah engkau dengan kehendak Nya, dan kembalilah dengan diredhai Nya.

Moga-moga setiap gerak diam kita di dalam keredhaan Nya.

Kun Ya hu ila Haq, Qul hu Allah hu Ahad.

-Peace be to you-

Condemned for life

2008-12-21T08:58:00.000-08:00

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِي

Come on sweetheart
let's adore one another
before there is no more
of you and me

a mirror tells the truth
look at your grim face
brighten up and cast away
your bitter smile

A generous friend
gives life for a friend
let's rise above this
animalistic behavior
and be kind to one another

spite darkens friendships
why not cast away
malice from our heart

once you think of me
dead and gone
you will make up with me
you will miss me
you may even adore me

why be a worshiper of the dead
think of me as a goner
come and make up now

since you will come
and throw kisses
at my tombstone later
why not give them to me now
this is me
that same person

I may talk too much
but my heart is silence
what else can i do
I am condemned to live this life.

Maulana Jallaluddin Rumi, may Allah sanctify his soul & bless his secret

Let the world betray and deceive every moment -
No matter what; there is no escape from death.

Diwan ash-Shafiýi p.111; Khazanatu’l Adab 2/426; Jawahiru’l Adab p.665

Dalam kesusahan..

2008-11-21T05:55:00.000-08:00

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِي

tika hati-mu berat dirundung masalah,
jiwa-mu resah dibebani risau,
fikiran-mu berkecamuk kacau-bilau;

berdzikirlah.

berdzikirlah dikau sehingga lenyap seluruh isi dunia ini!
dzikirlah sehingga lenyap dirimu!

Allah, Allah, Allah,
Allah, Allah, Allah,
Allah, Allah, Allah .......................huuuuuu Allah

أشهد أن لا إله إلاَّ الله و أشهد أن محمد رسول الله

"hilang di mata tidak mengapa, jangan kita kehilangan RASA!!" he he he he :P

Getaran jiwa melanda hatiku
............................................
Walau hanya sederhana
Tetapi tak mengapa
Moga dapat membangkitkan
Sadarlah kamu wahai insan

..........................................
..........................................
Bagaikan kembang
Sentiasa bermadu
...........................................
Lemah tiada berjiwa....hampa

Tak mungkin hilang
...............................................
Bagaikan kembang
Sentiasa bermadu
Andai dipisah .........................
Lemah tiada berjiwa..............

hampa.

-- dari Teuku Zakaria bin Teuku Nyak Puteh.

bergetarlah jiwamu sehingga musnahnya alam maya ini!

Allah hu, Allah hu, Allah hu Haqq!

itu darwes sudah gila.

Forgetfulness

2008-11-14T05:55:00.000-08:00

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِي

In remembrance,
forever young we are!

In remembrance,
never shall we be troubled!

In remembrance,
never will we feel the pangs of hunger!

In remembrance,
neither fatigue nor sleeplesness overpowers us!

In remembrance,
never will we be poor!

In remembrance,
never shall we be humiliated!

In remembrance,
how so ever close we are!

If only we remember!

This Journey of ours

2008-11-13T11:58:00.000-08:00

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِي

The seeker said to himself,
"If I'd known the real meaning of this being with God,
how should I have gone searching for Him?
But that knowledge depended on this journeying:
that knowing can't be gained by thinking,
no matter how precise."

Mathnawi VI, Maulana Jallaluddin Rumi, may Allah sanctify his soul & bless his secret

that beautiful rose in bloom; have we ever thought of how it spent time in the dirt before rising majestically? hidden underground covered with soil and trampled on.
are we 'planted' yet?
the rose that is not planted will never unfold to reveal its sublime beauty.

when? will our petals unfold?

smelling dead roses.

About Me.. Tentang AKU

2008-11-06T18:00:00.000-08:00

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِي

There are various ways for people who want to know themselves or the "I"-ness. Some go through meditation, seclusion, emptying the thoughts, practices through self flagellation and such. But for people on the path, it is through zikrullah that is taught through the masters. Through zikr and guidance from a true master will they arrive to know themselves and the I.

People of the path had said that "whoever knows himself, knows his lord". This does not mean he becomes the lord!. When someone understands the picture, he will the recognize the one pictured.
When someone identifies the reflection onthe mirror, he will recognize the owner of the reflection. Understand!

I am merely a ray from His Sun. I am a wave from the ocean of Ar-Rahman. I am merely a letter in the pages of Al-Haq. I am a grain of sand in the desert of Existence Of The Most Engulfing and The Most Vast. I am merely a shadow from His shadow of the One Most Exist. That is the I which is not separated from my Lord.

I don't deserve praise because it is "empty". The One Real Existence is only Him. I don't praise other than Him as all that is other than Him is emptiness as well.
The One that deserves praise and worship is the Real Existence alone.

Renunglah ke dalam AKU. Dia berada dalam kesadaran AKU. Maha Halus dan Maha Seni. AKU terdengar bisikanNYa. Dalam waktu sunyi sepi, paling baik mendengar bisikan hati nurani. Tanpa huruf, tanpa suara, tetapi AKU faham segalanya.

AKU kenal Dia dalam kesadaran batinku kerana AKU berhubung dengan Dia tanpa menyekutukanNya. Inilah satu hasil zikrullah.

AKU tidak patut dipuji kerana ianya "kosong". Yang Maha Wujud Hakiki hanya Allah. AKU tidak memuji selain Allah (ghairullah) kerana ghairullah itu kosong juga. Yang patut dipuja dan dipuji hanya yang Wujud Hakiki itu sahaja.

AKU bodoh. Dialah yang mencerdikkan AKU. AKU lemah Dialah yang menguatkan AKU. AKU tidak tahu, Dialah yang memberiku tahu. AKU papa kedana, Dialah yang memperkayakan AKU.

Di manakah aku? Ke manakah aku? akukah?

-Peace be to you-

Perjalanan Menuju Tuhan

2008-10-16T05:00:00.000-07:00

Taklukilah dirimu

Hilangkan kemahuanmu dengan kehendakNya

Lenyaplah dari (pandangan) manusia

Kembali.

I saw my Lord....

2008-10-11T10:49:00.000-07:00

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِي

You are the One who
encompassed "everywhere"
So that no "where", except You are there

Where has no "where"
in regards to You
for "where" to know where You are

not can imagination, imagine You
for imagination to know where You are

Your Knowledge encompasses everything
so that everything i see is You!

where ever you turn, there is.

fa ainama tuwallu fathamma wajhu Allah..

............Seseorang yang telah mencapai tingkat tersebut adalah seorang yang suci dan tidak akan bertindak atas kemauan sendiri, tetapi karena Kehendak-Nya, Kehendak-Nyalah Yang Berlaku.

Kehendak-Nyalah yang berlaku.

Kehendak-Nyalah yang berlaku.

bukan kerna kehendak mu, Kehendak-Nyalah jua yang berlaku...

for certainly after every hardship shall come ease,..certainly after hardship shall come ease.
no soul shall be burdened by more than what it can carry.

guide us to the straight path.

Teka-teki donia

2008-09-28T10:10:00.000-07:00

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِي

Kita jangan menyangka bahawa Allah lemah menolong hambaNya. Teka-teki hidup ini amat banyak, orang berakal mati kelaparan, orang bodoh dapat mengumpulkan harta; pembela kebenaran terpencil di dalam hidup; penipu menjadi kaya-raya. Orang kafir pula mempunyai harta benda berbidang-bidang tanah. Orang Islam jadi penyapu jalan. Selidiki dahulu rahsia semua, baru ambil keputusan!

Sebelum ada kekayaan, orang pandai menggunakan wang yang belum ada dalam khayal. Setelah ada kekayaan, hilanglah akal; kemana gerangan dipergunakan?

source: ???

A Contented Life

Let the days pass as they will
Be content with Allah’s will.
Do not regret what this day’s cast,
For this world’s pains for sure won’t last.
Be a man against fears strong,
Be kind and loyal, all life long.
If in folk’s eyes your faults abound,
And you wish that they be gowned:
Then shelter seek beneath kind acts,
For kindness well all blame retracts.
From enemies hide your weakness
For gloating foes do bring distress.
From misers never seek favor:
In fire there is no water.
Patience won’t reduce income,
Nor fretfulness increase the sum.
Neither pain nor joy shall last,
Nor poverty, nor riches vast.
But if your heart is satisfied
Then you do own the whole world wide.
A man on whom his fate alights
No depths shall save, nor any heights.
Allah’s earth is wide, but know,
That destiny makes it narrow.
Face each day on even keel.
There’s no balm from death can heal.

[Imam al-Shafi`i]

Garam di telaga jiwa

2008-08-04T14:02:00.000-07:00

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِي
"Suatu ketika, hiduplah seorang tua yang bijak. Pada suatu pagi, datanglah seorang anak muda yang sedang dirundung banyak masalah. Langkahnya berat dan air mukanya resah. Tamu itu, memang tampak seperti orang yang tak bahagia.

Tanpa membuang waktu, orang itu menceritakan semua masalahnya. Pak Tua yang bijak, hanya mendengarkannya dengan seksama. Ia lalu mengambil segenggam garam, dan meminta tamunya untuk mengambil segelas air. Ditaburkannya garam itu kedalam gelas, lalu diaduknya perlahan.

"Coba, minum ini, dan katakan bagaimana rasanya..", ujar Pak tua itu.

"Pahit. Pahit sekali", jawab sang tamu, sambil meludah kesamping. Pak Tua itu sedikit tersenyum. Ia lalu mengajak tamunya ini, untuk berjalan ke tepi telaga di dalam hutan dekat tempat tinggalnya.

Kedua orang itu berjalan berdampingan, dan akhirnya sampailah mereka ke tepi telaga yang tenang itu. Pak Tua itu, lalu kembali menaburkan segenggam garam, ke dalam telaga itu. Dengan sepotong kayu, dibuatnya gelombang mengaduk-aduk dan tercipta riak air, mengusik ketenangan telaga itu.

"Coba, ambil air dari telaga ini, dan minumlah. Saat tamu itu selesai meneguk air itu, Pak Tua berkata lagi, "Bagaimana rasanya?".
"Segar.", sahut tamunya.
"Apakah kamu merasakan garam di dalam air itu?", tanya Pak Tua lagi.
"Tidak", jawab si anak muda.

Dengan bijak, Pak Tua itu menepuk-nepuk belakang si anak muda. Ia lalu mengajaknya duduk berhadapan, bersimpuh di samping telaga itu. "Anak muda, dengarlah. Pahitnya kehidupan, adalah layaknya segenggam garam, tak lebih dan tak kurang. Jumlah dan rasa pahit itu adalah sama, dan memang akan tetap sama. "Tapi, kepahitan yang kita rasakan, akan sangat tergantung dari wadah yang kita miliki. Kepahitan itu, akan didasarkan dari perasaan tempat kita meletakkan segalanya. Itu semua akan tergantung pada hati kita. Jadi, saat kamu merasakan kepahitan dan kegagalan dalam hidup, hanya ada satu hal yang bisa kamu lakukan. Lapangkanlah dadamu menerima semuanya. Luaskanlah hatimu untuk menampung setiap kepahitan itu." Pak Tua itu lalu kembali memberikan nasehat. "Hatimu, adalah wadah itu. Perasaanmu adalah tempat itu. Kalbumu, adalah tempat kamu menampung segalanya. Jadi, jangan jadikan hatimu itu seperti gelas, buatlah laksana telaga yang mampu meredam setiap kepahitan itu dan merubahnya menjadi kesegaran dan kebahagiaan."

Keduanya lalu beranjak pulang. Mereka sama-sama belajar hari itu. Dan Pak Tua, si orang bijak itu, kembali menyimpan "segenggam garam", untuk anak muda yang lain, yang sering datang padanya membawa keresahan jiwa."

-dari petikan di laman www.gagakmas.org

Our hearts are vessels.
Pour a handful of salt into a small cup, it will taste bad.
Pour it in a pure spring gushing from earth, and no taste remain. Just the freshness.
Choose your vessel and get on with it.

-Peace be to you-

The Great Wall

2008-07-04T05:27:00.000-07:00

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِي

It is not that simple;
of letting the world go;
if the soul creates an illusionary wall.

If gold and stone is not the same to you;
no rest shall you find;
for inner peace is attained through detachment;

Woe o soul!;
for creating this illusion;
non existing walls of brilliance;

Now I know;
this is what happens when there is no spirit;
and only letters;

Four corners; four mute walls;
staring menacingly at me;
inside is prison, outside is prison;
Where shall I go?

Bukan semudahnya
Melepaskan dunia
Jika jiwa mencipta tembok kepalsuan

Empat penjuru, empat tembok bisu
memandang kejam padaku
Di dalam penjara, di luar penjara
Manakah tempatku mengadu..

-Peace be to you-

Renungan

2008-06-27T01:12:00.000-07:00

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِي

Suatu hari, Imam Al-Ghazali berkumpul dengan murid-muridnya lalu beliau bertanya (Teka Teki ) :

Imam Ghazali = " Apakah yang paling dekat dengan diri kita di dunia ini ?
Murid 1 = " Orang tua "
Murid 2 = " Guru "
Murid 3 = " Teman "
Murid 4 = " Kaum kerabat "
Imam Ghazali = " Semua jawapan itu benar. Tetapi yang paling dekat dengan kita ialah MATI . Sebab itu janji Allah bahawa setiap yang bernyawa pasti akan mati ( Surah Ali-Imran :185).

Imam Ghazali = " Apa yang paling jauh dari kita di dunia ini ?"
Murid 1 = " Negeri Cina "
Murid 2 = " Bulan "
Murid 3 = " Matahari "
Murid 4 = " Bintang-bintang "
Iman Ghazali = " Semua jawaban itu benar. Tetapi yang paling benar adalah MASA LALU. Bagaimanapun kita, apapun kenderaan kita, tetap kita tidak akan dapat kembali ke masa yang lalu. Oleh sebab itu kita harus menjaga hari ini, hari esok dan hari-hari yang akan datang dengan perbuatan yang sesuai dengan ajaran Agama".

Iman Ghazali = " Apa yang paling besar didunia ini ?"
Murid 1 = " Gunung "
Murid 2 = " Matahari "
Murid 3 = " Bumi "
Imam Ghazali = " Semua jawaban itu benar, tapi yang besar sekali adalah HAWA NAFSU (Surah Al A'raf: 179). Maka kita harus hati-hati dengan nafsu kita, jangan sampai nafsu kita membawa ke neraka."

IMAM GHAZALI" Apa yang paling berat didunia? "
Murid 1 = " Baja "
Murid 2 = " Besi "
Murid 3 = " Gajah "
Imam Ghazali = " Semua itu benar, tapi yang paling berat adalah MEMEGANG AMANAH (Surah Al-Azab : 72 ). Tumbuh-tumbuhan, binatang, gunung, dan malaikat semua tidak mampu ketika Allah SWT meminta mereka menjadi khalifah pemimpin) di dunia ini. Tetapi manusia dengan sombongnya berebut-rebut menyanggupi permintaan Allah SWT sehingga banyak manusia masuk ke neraka kerana gagal memegang amanah."

Imam Ghazali = " Apa yang paling ringan di dunia ini ?"
Murid 1 = " Kapas"
Murid 2 = " Angin "
Murid 3 = " Debu "
Murid 4 = " Daun-daun"
Imam Ghazali = " Semua jawaban kamu itu benar, tapi yang paling ringan sekali didunia ini adalah MENINGGALKAN SOLAT . Gara-gara pekerjaan kita atau urusan dunia, kita tinggalkan solat "

Imam Ghazali = " Apa yang paling tajam sekali di dunia ini? "
Murid- Murid dengan serentak menjawab = " Pedang "
Imam Ghazali = " Itu benar, tapi yang paling tajam sekali didunia ini adalah LIDAH MANUSIA. Kerana melalui lidah, manusia dengan mudahnya menyakiti hati dan melukai perasaan saudaranya sendiri "

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِي

2008-05-23T12:30:00.000-07:00

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِي

Lord,

Grant us the serenity to accept things we cannot change;
the courage to change the things we can;
and the wisdom to know the difference.

for certainly You are the all Knowing, the most Wise.
we are only hoping for Your mercy and compassion,
it is only to You that we complain of our weaknesses,
our shame; our wrongs, be it open or secret;

O Lord,
Let not our hearts deviate from the Truth.

Aid us for certainly only You are the aider;
Give us success for only from You comes success;
Forgive us for only You are the forgiver;
and Bless us O You who bestows blessing,
and we ask of You for sustenance, for certainly You are the Giver.

O Lord,
Grant us the remembrance to remember always; lest we forget.

What matters

2008-04-26T13:59:00.000-07:00

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِي

Say Bismillah, In the name of God,
as the priest does with a knife when he offers an animal.

Bismillah your old self
to find your real name.

There are many people with their eyes open whose hearts are shut.
What do they see?
Matter.
But someone whose love is alert, even if the eyes go to sleep, he or she will be waking up thousands of others.

Hidden from all eyes and ears
let us tell each other of our soul.
Smile like a rose with no lips
and keep silent like a thought.

Let us speak silently the secret like Spirit
and avoid talkers who use words in vain.

Let us join our hands
listen to every flutter of our heart
let us become one in silence.

Divine destiny knows our fate
to the last detail.
Let our story be told in a silent way.

Fooled.. no more

2008-04-01T06:20:00.000-07:00

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِي
In a poem titled Self-Portrait he says remembering the bayt-ar-Ridwan:

When half a thousand years and more
Had passed, and men allegiance swore
To the Arab Prophet, beneath the tree,
My willing hand was still not free
From bonds of time and space to be
Between his hands in fealty.

Such blessings missed, time was when I
Within myself would wonder why,
Half quarrelling with the book of fate
For having writ me down so late..
But now I no longer my lot
Can question, and of what was not.

No more I say: Would it had been!
For I have seen what I have seen,
And I have heard what I have heard.
So if to tears ye see me stirred,
Presume not that they spring from woe:
In thankful wonderment they flow.
Praise be to Him, the Lord, the King,
Who gives beyond all reckoning

(Collected Poems, Archetype, 2001 Sidi Abu Bakr Siraj-ad-Din a.k.a Martin Lings )

Miskin

2008-03-24T09:01:00.000-07:00

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِي

Menurut hadis qudsi Allah berfirman kepada Musa a.s

Wahai musa!
di antara hamba2ku ada diantaranya jika mereka meminta syurga dengan segala kelengkapan dariKu nescaya akan Aku beri.
Ada pula diantaranya jika mereka meminta kulit cemeti(sekalipun),tidak akan aku beri.
Bukan yang demikian itu disebabkan hina menurut pandanganku.
Aku ingin menyimpan untuknya di akhirat kerana kemurahanKu dan ingin menjaganya dari dunia,laksana seorang pengembala menjaga kambingnya dari tempat yang berbahaya.

Wahai Musa!
tidak aku dorong orang fakir miskin kepada orang2 kaya kerana gudang2ku sudah sempit bagi mereka atau rahmatku sudah tidak meliputi mereka,akan tetapi telah aku tetapkan sebahagian dari harta yang ada pada orang2 kaya untuk mencukupi kehidupan fakir miskin.
Aku ingin menguji orang2 kaya bagaimana sikap mereka dalam melaksanakan hak fakir miskin
yang ada pada mereka.

Wahai Musa!
apabila mereka telah melaksanakan hak itu,nescaya aku sempurnakan nikmatKu kepada mereka dan aku gandakan di dalam dunia untuk satu kebaikan sepuluh kali ganda.
Wahai Musa!
jadilah engkau gudang kekayaan bagi fakir miskin,benteng perlindungan bagi orang lemah,hujan nikmat bagi mereka yang meminta perlindungan.
Nescaya aku akan menjadi teman dan kawanmu yang akrab dalam kesulitan,
menjadi teman penghiburmu ketika engkau kesepian dan akan menjaga serta melindungimu siang dan malam.

(Hadis riwayat Ibnu Najjar dari Anas r.a)

Come,come,come

2008-02-29T13:47:00.000-08:00

This being human is a guest house.
every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meaness,
some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain all!
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture,

still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.
Be grateful for whomever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

Jalal ad-Din Rumi,

Apo Nak Dikato...?

2008-02-19T13:04:00.000-08:00

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِي

Adakah kamu merasa senang hati?

Bagaimana bisa merasa senang hati jika apa yang diidamkan tiada di sini.

Apakah pula kamu berdukacita?

Bagaimana pula mungkin berduka cita atas bayang-bayang yang tiada maknanya maupun nilai.

"Wahai jiwa yang tenang. Kembalilah kepada Tuhanmu dengan redha lagi diredhai. Masuklah bersama hambaKu ke dalam syurgaKu" (Al-Fajr 27-30)

“YAA AYYATUHA NAFSUL MUTMAINNAH, IRJI’II ILAA RABBIKI RADHIYATAN MARDHIYYAH, FADKHULII FII IBAADII WADKHULII JANNATII”. (Al-Fajr 89:27-30)

“O soul that is at rest satisfied. Return to your Lord well-pleased (with Him), well-pleasing (Him). So, enter among My servants, and enter into my Paradise”.

Become the Sky

2008-02-09T12:23:00.001-08:00

Inside this new love... die
your way begins on the other side
become the sky

take an axe to the prison wall
escape

walk out like someones suddenly born into color
do it now

you're covered with thick cloud
slide out the side
die... and be quiet

quietness is the surest sign that you've died
you're old life was a frantic running from silence

the speechless full moon comes out now.

2008-01-25T15:09:00.001-08:00

Everyone understands this voice when it arrives. It speaks with the same authority to Turk and Kurd,Persian, Arab , Ethopian; one language.

Silence

2008-01-14T12:05:00.000-08:00

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Truly you have heard nothing if you have never listened to silence,
You have said nothing if you are unable to speak with the absence of words,
Silence is the emptyness that fills everything.

Let silence speak,
and listen.

in the absence of sound, its all you can listen.

sometimes in order to be heard, you need to be silent.

-May silence bring you peace-

We Live Today

2008-01-02T22:46:00.000-08:00

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

We only live today.
Yesterday is gone.
No remorse nor effort will bring it back,
Whats done is done.

Tomorrow is unknown.
Why dread what might never come,
What will be, will be.

For certainly we only live today.

And in God we shall trust. And that is enough.

-Peace be to you-

My role

2007-12-18T19:31:00.000-08:00

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

The Four Real Time Stories Of Hikmah (Wisdom) Of The Beloved Prophet Muhammad (Salla-Allahu'alayhi was-salaam)...

(1) SACRIFICE OF THE LAMB

Just as the Prophet (S.A.W.), and his companions landed from their rides, and laid the loads down, it was decided that they would sacrifice a lamb for dinner.

One of the companions volunteered: "I will sacrifice the lamb."
Another: "I will skin it."
Third: "I will cook it."
Fourth: "I will...."

The Prophet (S.A.W.): "I will gather the wood from the desert."
The group: "O Messenger of Allah, it is not becoming of you to discomfort yourself as such. You rest. We will be honored to do all this on our own."

The Prophet (S.A.W.): "I know that you are eager to do it all, but Allah isn't pleased with the slave who distinguishes between himself and his companions, and considers himself better than others."

Then he went to the desert, and gathered some wood, and brought it to the group.

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What now?

2007-12-11T13:45:00.000-08:00

Audhubillah hi minas syaitan nir rajeem,
Bismillah hir Rahman nir Raheem,
La hawla wala quwwata illa billah hil aliyyil azeem.

Your mind is your instrument. Learn to be its master and not its slave

Seek truth in meditation, not in moldy books. Look in the sky to find the moon, not in the pond

Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.

What is meditation you ask?
la hawla wa la quwwata illa billah
I do not know :)
for each their own as they say..
may your way be better than mine.

“Subhanaka, la ‘ilma lana illa ma ‘alamtana, innaka Anta’l ‘Alimu’l Hakim...” (Sura 2:32)
Allahu akbar... Ya ‘Alimu, ya Hakim, ‘alimna ma yanfa’una wa zidna ‘ilman!

A poet says:

ma la yakunu fa la yakunu bi hilatin
abadan wa ma huwa kayinun sayakunu
sa yakunu ma huwa kayinun fi waqtihi
wa akhul jihalati mutábun mahzunu
fa laálla ma takhshahu laysa bi kayinin
wa laálla ma tarjuhu laysa yakunu
yasaál qawiyyu fa la yanalu bi saáyihi
hažžan wa yahža áajizun wa mahinu

That which is not ordained, will never come to pass.
The predestined shall be; and needs it not a cause.
The fated will happen indeed, but at the time assigned
Ignorants tire and worry; to grief they are consigned
It’s likely what you fear, may never come to be -
Your hope to attain which, mayhap you’ll never see
The strong and sterling cannot, achieve by sweat or skill
Such fortunes weak and worthless; attain by luck’s spell.

Mbak ilekk...

2007-12-03T11:20:00.000-08:00

In times of madness, when you feel pulled and tugged from every direction...please, have patience. Know that you are never alone. But will YOU stay? Times that we feel loneliness are actually the times when we left what is most important. You will never walk alone. But you can think that you are alone.

When you walk, through a storm,
hold your head up high,
and don't be afraid of the dark,
at the end of the storm is a golden sky,
and sweet silver song of the lark,
walk on, through the rain,
walk on, through the rain,
though your dreams be tossed and blown away,
walk on,
walk on,
with hope in your heart,
and you'll never walk alone.

walk on.

Now for a story:

A professor began his class by holding up a glass with some water in it. He held it up for all to see and asked the students, ‘How much do you think this glass weighs?’

‘50 gms!’ …. ‘100 gms!’ …… ‘125 gms’ …… the students answered.

‘I really don’t know unless I weigh it,’ said the professor, ‘but, my question is: What would happen if I held it up like this for a few minutes?’

‘Nothing’ the students said.

‘Ok! What would happen if I held it up like this for an hour?’ the professor asked.

‘Your arm would begin to ache’, said one of the students.

‘You’re right, now what would happen if I held it for a day?’

‘Your arm could go numb, you might have severe muscle stress and paralysis and have to go to hospital for sure!’ ventured another student; and all the students laughed.

‘Very good. But during all this, did the weight of the glass change?’ asked the professor.

‘No’

‘Then what caused the arm ache and the muscle stress?’ The students were puzzled.

‘Put the glass down!’ said one of the students.

‘Exactly!’ said the professor. ‘Life’s problems are something like this. Hold it for a few minutes in your head and they seem okay. Think of them for a long time and they begin to ache. Hold it even longer and they begin to paralyze you. You will not be able to do anything’.

‘It’s important to think of the challenges (problems) in your life, but EVEN MORE IMPORTANT is to have trust in Allah (swt) and to ‘put them down’ at the end of every day before you go to sleep. That way, you are not stressed, you wake up every day fresh and strong and can handle any issue, any challenge that comes your way!’

So, as it becomes time for you to leave office today, Remember friend to ‘PUT THE GLASS DOWN TODAY’ and have tranquility by putting trust in Almighty Allah (swt).

Holy Quran: “He it is who sent down tranquility into the hearts of the believers that they might have more faith added to their faith”. (48:4) Tranquility is sign of strong faith while worries and stress is sign of weak faith.

Tell to your mind every day before you go to sleep: “YAA AYYATUHA NAFSUL MUTMAINNAH, IRJI’II ILAA RABBIKI RADHIYATAN MARDHIYYAH, FADKHULII FII IBAADII WADKHULII JANNATII”. (Al-Fajr 89:27-30)

“O soul that is at rest satisfied. Return to your Lord well-pleased (with Him), well-pleasing (Him). So, enter among My servants, and enter into my Paradise”.

For whats its worth..

2007-11-30T03:54:00.000-08:00

The mighty King Mahmud of Ghazna, out hunting one day, was separated from his party. He came upon the smoke of a small fire and rode to the spot, where he found an old woman with a pot.
Mahmud said:

‘You have as guest today the monarch. What are you cooking on your fire ?’

The crone said:

‘This is a bean stew.’

The emperor asked her:

‘Old lady, will you not give me some?’

‘I will not,’ she said, ‘for this is only for me. Your kingdom is not worth what these beans are worth. You may want my beans, but I don’t want anything you have. My beans are worth a hundred times more than all you have. Look at your enemies, who challenge your possessions in every particular. I am free, and I have my own beans.’

The mighty Mahmud looked at the undisputed owner of the beans, thought of his disputed domains, and wept.

by Shaykh Farriduddin Attar (ra)

Allahu Allah

2007-11-29T03:13:00.001-08:00

Allah

I tried to find Him on the Christian cross, but He
was not there; I went to the Temple of the
Hindus and to the old pagodas, but I could not
find a trace of Him anywhere.

I searched on the mountains and in the valleys
but neither in the heights nor in the depths was I
able to find Him. I went to the Ka'bah in Mecca,
but He was not there either.

I questioned the scholars and philosophers but
He was beyond their understanding.

I then looked into my heart and it was there
where He dwelled that I saw Him; He was
nowhere else to be found.

(Jalaluddin Rumi)

Dunia: Satu Penilaian

2007-11-16T23:11:00.000-08:00

Ekperimen: Menilai dunia setelah tarikh luput spesimen

Prosedur:

1.Iringi jenazah orang "besar"(agong,raja,sultan,menteri,ahli keporat,in-telek dsb) sehingga ke liang lahad.
2.Telek-telek aksesori yang diletak dalam liang lahad bersama jenazah VVVVIP (jika ada).
3.Buat nota.
4.Kemudian ulangi langkah 1-3 dengan jenazah VVVNP (very X 3 NOT important personnel) contohnya........pandai-pandailah ye.. :)
5.Buat kesimpulan berdasarkan data yang dikumpul.

Kesimpulan: Teh lah labu... apo apo ajolah ye..

*nota: mungkin tidak sesuai untuk sesetengah orang kerana perbezaan adat resam dan agama yang boleh melibatkan aksesori yang ntah hape hape ntah... JANGAN MEMBAZIR!!

Sekian. Tammat.

I'm Better than You

2007-11-15T12:32:00.000-08:00

Yes...That is the problem.

Whats the difference when you put a king in the grave and the beggar in the grave?

But still... I am BETTER THAN YOU!

accompany me on my death procession and you'll see how better I am and why I've fought and clutched my worldly possessions tightly.

then come and see where they buried that beggar from around the corner.

Yes, you'll see all the difference then.

Yes.We'll see.See it bright as the sun in our faces.

Kullu nafsin zaa iqatul mauts!
All soul shall taste death! will meet you there :)

They say the wheat cannot grow
In the desert or amidst snow
Will the clouds bring their rain?
Will the snow melt once again?
In the meantime will wheat survive?
Will this grain become alive?

I seem to be that lone grain
In my desert silent remain
Endure the draught and sandy pain
Till the clouds wash me again.
They say clouds will only rain
When they decide. We wish in vain.

No matter how brilliant a mind
A soul that’s wise, a heart that’s kind
When lost in this endless space
Walking the desert pace after pace
When of grace there’s no trace
It is futile for us to chase
The spirit we try to embrace;
God in God’s time reveals God’s face.

Rumi

My Mercy encompasses My Wrath

2007-11-12T12:19:00.000-08:00

إلَيكَ إلـهُ الخَلْـق أرْفَــعُ رَغبَتِي *** و‘نْ كُنتُ يَا ذا المَنّ والجُودِ مُجْرِما

‘To You, the Creator, I raise my longing,
And even if I am, O possessor of kindness and generosity, an evildoer, a criminal

ولمَّا قَسَـا قلبي وضَـاقت مَذاهِبي *** جَعَلتُ الرَجـا مِني لِعَفوكَ سَلِمــا

When my heart became constricted and my paths became narrow,
I took my hope in Your pardon and forgiveness as an opening and an escape

تعَاظَمَنـي ذنبـي فلمَّـا قرِنتـُـهُ *** بعَفوكَ ربِّي كَانَ عَـفْوكَ أعْظَمــا

My sins seemed very great to me but when I compared them to Your forgiveness,
I found Your forgiveness to be much greater

فمَا زِلتَ ذا عفو عَن الذنْبِ لَمْ تَزُلْ *** تَـجُـود وتعـفو منةً وتَكَرُّمـــا

You are and still remain the only One who can forgive sins,
You grant and forgive out of Your benevolence and generosity

فلولاكَ لَـمْ يَصْمُـدْ لإبلـيسِ عَابدٌ *** فكَيفَ وقدْ أغْوَى صَفْيَك آدِمـــا

Were it not for You, then a servant could never defy Iblis
And how can that be when he mislead Your friend Adam

فيَاليْتَ شَعْــرِي هَل أصَيرُ لِجنة *** أهنـــا؟ وأمَّـا للسَّعِير فأنْدَمــا

If only I knew! Will I arrive at Paradise that I may take delight
Or at Hellfire, that I may regret?

فللّهِ دَر العَـــارِفُ الـنـدبُ إنَّه *** تَفيض لفرْطِ الوَجْد أجفانُه دَمَّـــا

How capable is Allah! For the one acquainted with lament,
blood almost flows from his eyelids due to the excess of his emotions (lament)

يَقيـمُ إذا مَـا الليلُ مَدَّ ظَلامَــه *** على نَفسِهِ مِن شدَّةِ الخَوفِ مَأتمـا

He stands when the night extends out its darkness
Stands against himself out of extreme fear, sinful

فصِيحاً إذا ما كـانَ في ذكْـرِ رَبِّه *** وفيما سِوَاهُ في الوَرى كان أعْجَمـا

Eloquent when he makes mention of his Lord
And in the mention of others than Him, he is speechless

ويَذكُرُ أيَّامـاً مَضَـتْ مِن شَبَابـه *** وما كان فيها بالجَهَـالة أجْرَمـــا

He remembers days gone by of his youth
And what was in it of ignorance, he was a criminal

فصَارَ قَرينُ الهمِّ طُولَ نهَـــارِه *** أخا السَّهدِ والنجوى إذا الليل أظلمـا

And so for the whole of his day, the companion of grief has become
the brother of sleeplessness and secret conversation when the night darkens

يقول: حَبيبي أنـتَ سُؤلِي وبَغيتي *** كفى بكَ للرَّاجـيـنَ سُؤلاً ومغنمـا

He says, ‘My beloved, You are what I request and desire
You are enough of a longing and benefit for those who have hope

ألـسْتَ الذي غذيْتني وهَــدَيْتني *** ولا زلتَ مَنـَّانـا عليّ ومُنعِـمــا

Are You not the One who has provided for me and guided me
And You have not ceased being gracious to me and full of favours

عسَى مَنْ لَـهُ الإحْسَانَ يَغفِرُ زَلتِي *** ويَسْترُ أوْزارِي ومـا قـدْ تقدَّمــا

Perhaps the Beneficent One will forgive my mistakes
And cover up my crime and what has gone forth

تعاظمَني ذنبـي فأقبلتُ خاشِعــاً *** وَلوْلا الرِّضَـا ما كنتُ يَاربِّ مُنعَمـا

My sins seemed very great to me, so I turned (to You) in humility
Were it not for my contentment in you, I wouldn’t, O my Lord, have seen any comfort at all

فإنْ تعْفُ عَني تعْفُ عَـنْ مُتمَرِّد *** ظلوم غشــوم لا يَـزايَـلَ مأتمـا

So if You forgive me, You would have forgiven a sinner,
A rebellious, oppressive tyrant still sinning

فإن تنتـقـِمْ مِني فلستُ بآيـسٍ *** ولو أدخلوا نفسي بجـُـرْم جَهَنَّمـا

So if You were to seek revenge from me, I would not despair
Even if they entered my soul into Jahannum, due to the sins

فجُرْمِي عَظيم مِن قديم وحـَـادِث *** وعفوكَ يَأتي العَبْـدَ أعْلى وأجْسَمــا

For my crimes are great, past and present
But Your forgiveness comes to the servant, more exalted and more great

حوالي َّ فضلُ الله مِن كلِّ جَانِـب *** ونورٌ مِن الرَّحمـَن يُفترش السَّمــا

The bounty of Allaah surrounds me from all sides
And Light from the Most Merciful has spread in the sky

وفي القلبِ إشراقُ المحب بوَصْلِه *** إذا قارب البُـشرَى وجَازَ إلى الحمى

And in the heart is the radiance of the beloved when he is reunited
And when glad tidings draw close, it becomes feverish

حوالي إينــاس مِن الله وَحْـدَه *** يُطالعَني فِي ظلـمـةِ القبرأنجَمــا

Exhilaration surrounds me, only for Allaah
It overlooks me in the darkness of the grave, apparent and clear

أصُونُ وَدادي أن يُدنّسـه الهَوَى *** وأحفظُ عـَهْدِ الـحُبِّ أن يَتثلمــا

I protect my love, lest my desires should pollute it
And I preserve the contract of love, lest it be defiled

ففي يَقظتِي شَوْقٌ وفي غَفوَتِي منى *** تلاحـِقُ خُـطوَى نـشوَةً وترنمـا

In my wakefulness is yearning and in my slumber is destiny
That’s pursuing my footsteps in ecstasy

ومَن يَعْتصِمْ بالله يُسَلم مِن الوَرَى *** ومَن يَرْجه هَـيْهَاتُ أنْ يَتندُمـــا

Whoever holds fast to Allaah, he is protected from men
And whoever hopes for Him, then never will he regret

Imam Shafi’s Poem - Extended version of the poem he said, whilst on his deathbed.

May Allah forgive our past,present and future sins.

Knowthing

2007-11-09T13:04:00.000-08:00

“Subhanaka, la ‘ilma lana illa ma ‘alamtana, innaka Anta’l ‘Alimu’l Hakim...” (Sura 2:32)
Allahu akbar... Ya ‘Alimu, Ya Hakim, ‘alimna ma yanfa’una wa zidna ‘ilman!

(And the Angels said:) “Praise be to You, we have no knowledge except that which you taught us- You are the Knowing, the Wise One...” (al-Baqarah,ayat 32)
Allahu Akbar... Oh Knowing One, Oh Wise One, teach us what is beneficial for us and increase our knowledge always!

Hati orang yang bermakrifah

2007-11-06T11:55:00.000-08:00

Rindunya Hati orang yang berma'rifah,
kepada mengingati Tuhan.
Dan sebutan mereka waktu bermunajah
adalah untuk kerahsiaan.

Diperedarkan piala piala,
bagi takdir Tuhan kepada mereka.
Maka berpalinglah dari dunia
seperti berpalingnya orang yang bersyukur !

Cita cita mereka itu berkeliling,
ditempat kediaman tentara.
di situ orang orang yang mencintai Allah
seperti bintang bintang yang bersinar cahaya

Tubuh Mereka itu di Bumi
terbunuh disebabkan kecintaannya.
Arwah mereka di tempat terdinding yang sepi
menempuh ke arah yang tinggi dengan segera.

Excerpt from Ihya Ulumuddin,chapter 8

Huu

Something About Bees

2007-10-27T12:55:00.001-07:00

The bee goes to every flower regardless of its colour, to take something sweet from it.

"Just like bees, we must take the honey from every flower (every culture) and use it to better every flower (everyone)"
Abdallah of Mile-End

Listen:
Every petal of every flower chiming;
love me, love me, love me.

Worth

2007-10-26T22:00:00.000-07:00

Bismillah hir Rahman nir Rahim

O Lord...

Once I wanted You so much
I did not even dare walk past Your house,
And now
I am not even worthy to be let in.

- Rabi'a al-Adawiyya -

Serve

2007-10-16T23:02:00.000-07:00

We love to serve, not to be served. When we serve, Allah is happy with us, and this brings more attraction to the Divine Presence and Allah opens that state more for us. However, to be served, brings pride and weakness to the heart and causes us to recede from the Divine Presence. [Shah Naqshband (q) ]

in bloom...maybe

2007-10-13T13:40:00.001-07:00

For the Last days of Ramadhan..

2007-10-10T13:22:00.000-07:00

A'udhu billah hi minassyaitan nir rajeem,
Bismillah hir Rahman nir Raheem,
La hawla wala quwwata illa billah hil aliyyil azeem

O our Lord,
Grant us the Serenity to accept things that we cannot change,
the Courage to change the things we can,
and the Wisdom to know the difference.

O our Lord,
Forgive us for whatever we have missed out during this blessed month of Ramadhan,
and with your permission, bless us to reach the next Ramadhan.
Certainly no might nor will have we other than what is Yours.

Subhanallah, Alhamdulillah, La illaha illa llah, Allahu Akbar,
La hawla wala quwwata illa billah hil aliyyil azeem.

maksud la ilaha illallah
makbud la ilaha illallah
mawjud la ilaha illallah
adzhim la ilaha illallah

Praise to all Allah in our happiness and sadness

-Salam-

Summation of Life

2007-10-07T12:38:00.001-07:00

I Beg of You

2007-09-30T12:17:00.000-07:00

“Is there anyone who can give something to this beggar? A whole heart? Is there anyone giving away a pure, whole heart?”

For a whole heart, I would give the life of this world: every moment of monotone emotion felt, every numb pleasure that kills my soul, every restless feeling that eats away inside.

For a whole heart, I would give away all my broken dreams, gathering each piece from it’s scattered place, blown in every direction by the winds of confusion and desire.

For a whole heart, I would give all of my bitter tears, shed from mistaken hurts and affected wrongs, or complexities that I myself constructed.

For a whole heart, I would give my own tongue that speaks ill instead of truth.

I would give my very eyes, that see the night sky in all it’s splendor, and that still choose slumber over vigil.

I would give my soul, troubled and heavy, always foolishly choosing darkness over Light.

But who would accept this currency or this exchange?

I’m just a poor beggar, with nothing to give. Instead, I depend on the compassion of the Owner to fulfill my needs, and be generous with me, though I have nothing to give Him in return; my worthless possessions clutched tight.

No Wing

2007-09-29T13:30:00.000-07:00

A'udhu billah hi minassyaitan nir rajeem,
Bismillah hir Rahman nir Raheem,
La hawla wala quwwata illa billah hil aliyyil azeem

Imam Shafi had said "Knowledge is not what is memorized,it is what benefits". Maybe it is time for us to reflect what we are doing. Are we gaining more knowledge or are we merely wanting recognition through our learning. Are we like donkeys carrying books? Why burden yourself with information that you are not using? It is said act upon what you have known first, then you search more. O you who are slaves of 'learning',why do you want more yet fail to act upon what you already know? Learning might be an admirable trait, but how often have we acted on what we already know? Then why ask for more? You like the papers to be proof that you are knowledgeable ? How foolish we have become. We need pieces of paper to put value on us.
Look how far we have become.

Have you not traveled the vast earth and took lessons from what you saw?
Certainly you are not burdened more than what you can carry.
La yukallifullah hu nafsan illa wuss aha

O Donkey,the more books you carry, sooner you are going to break your back.
A lot of "knowledge" today are like air,and our heads are balloons.The more we fill it the bigger our heads get. And later it might just float away,leaving our body. useless. or worse EXPLODE.Thus we become majnun, "crazies". Helium would have been MUCH worse!

O Allah fill not our heads with useless knowledge,however "useful" it might seem to us.
O Allah,we are blind, please bless us with sight.
O Allah, we are deaf, please bless us with hearing.
O Allah,we are dumb, please bless us with Your invocations on our tongues.
O Allah,we are non sense, please bless us with reason.

O Allah, make us nothing, so You can fill us with everything.

Subhanaka la ‘ilma lana 'illa ma ‘allamtana 'innaka 'anta l-‘aleemu l-hakeem.
No knowledge have we other than what You have taught us, verily You are the only Knower and The Wise.

No mind people. That is what we have become. Astaghfirullah.

-Peace be to you-

I Will Stay

2007-09-28T14:33:00.000-07:00

I will stay

I will never leave this house of light,
I will never leave this blessed town
for here I have found my love
and here I will stay for the rest of my life.
If this world turns into a sea of trouble
I will brave the waves and steer my mind's ship
to the safe shore of love.

If you are a seeker looking for profit go on
and may God be with you,
but I am not willing to exchange my truth,
I have found the heart and will never leave
this house of light.

-- Ghazal (Ode) 1653

Translated by Azima Melita Kolin and Maryam Mafi
Rumi: Hidden Music
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2001

Read in The Name

2007-09-27T11:31:00.000-07:00

A'udhu billah hi minassyaitan nir rajeem,
Bismillah hir Rahman nir Raheem,
La hawla wala quwwata illa billah hil aliyyil azeem

Bismillah...
Iqra' Bismi Rabb bikal lazi khalaq.

Read in the Name of the Lord that has created you.
Whatever we read,it must be a reminder for us of our Lord.Therefore read in the Name of the Creator, and may it be beneficial for us.Insha Allah.
La hawla wala quwwata illa billah hil aliyyil azeem. Expect nothing from ourselves, and everything from Him. fa ilayka nashku da'fana. To Him we complain of our every weakness. and that is enough.
Hasbunallah wa ni'mal wakeel.

May whatever we read be a source of light ,"nur" for us.
Everything is from Him,and if He wills,will lead us back to Him. Insha Allah.

-Peace be with you always-

Fi lailateen minal layali

2007-09-22T16:43:00.000-07:00

Di suatu malam dari malam-malamku
Aku tidak tahu apa yang menimpa diriku wahai tuhan
Kegelapan memenuhi diriku wahai Tuhan

Bumi dan Langit dirasakan sempit
Dan hatiku tidak menjumpai cahaya
Dan air mataku sentiasa mengalir wahai Tuhanku

Aku ingkar dan dosa-dosa besar
Dan sesungguhnya aku dalam kesedihan yang amat
Dibelenggu oleh dosa-dosa, wahai Tuhan

Dan adakah layak keampunan buat orang yang berdosa?
Orang yang sentiasa dalam noda, Wahai Tuhan

Engkau yang menjadikanku
Mengasihiku dan mengurniakanku rezeki
Wahai Tuhan, Engkau selalu bersama-samaku
Tetapi aku jauh daripadaMu
Dan aku berjalan pada jalanku Ya Allah

Dan pada hari ini wahai Tuhan, aku kembali
Daripada kegelapan di belakang batasan-batasan agama
Dan hatiku kecewa dan jalanku bingung
Dan aku telah tenggelam tetapi aku tidak menyedari
Tiada penyelamat bagiku melainkan Engkau
Tiada penyelamat dan tiada penyelamat melainkan Engkau
Wahai Tuhanku.. Wahai Tuhanku...

THe translation of fii lailatin miinallayali...excerpt from asbestosnabil.blogspot.com

Fly towards Eternity

2007-09-16T14:51:00.000-07:00

In the dead of night, a Sufi began to weep.

He said, “This world is like a closed coffin, in which

We are shut and in which, through our ignorance,

We spend our lives in folly and desolation.

When Death comes to open the lid of the coffin,

Each one who has wings will fly off to Eternity,

But those without will remain locked in the coffin.

So, my friends, before the lid of this coffin is taken off,

Do all you can to become a bird of the Way to God;

Do all you can to develop your wings and your feathers.”

Farid ud Din Attar

What better time to train our wings in this blessed month of Ramadan, month for the nation of Muhammad(pbuh)

Ya Allah,Ya Qawiy, Ilayka Nashku Da'faana
Ya Hayyu,Ya Qayyum biRahmatika astaghit
Ya Allah,Ya Wadud,Ya Afuw,Ya Ghaffar,Ya Ghawtsi li ummati Muhammad

See Light in the Darkness

2007-09-14T15:01:00.001-07:00

Oceans of Mercy

2007-09-12T12:08:00.000-07:00

A'udhu billah hi minassyaitan nir rajeem,
Bismillah hir Rahman nir Raheem,
La hawla wala quwwata illa billah hil aliyyil azeem

Alhamdulillah, Ramadan is upon us. May Allah grant us with His Mercy Oceans in this blessed month. Somethings has to start somewhere,it has to start somehow.What better place than here, what better time than now.

As it begins, it will also end.But the "spirit" of Ramadan should be with us all the time.
O our Lord,leave us,leave our hearts to be with Ramadan.Bodily we might be going away from Ramadan, but let our souls be in those Mercy Oceans that You opened during Ramadan.

He is Allah; He gives.

As much as we may ask,it is nothing beside what You are giving us.Then You give to us,O our Lord.We do not know what to ask.

-Peace be to you-

Burst into Silence

2007-08-24T00:59:00.000-07:00

A'udhu billah hi minassyaitan nir rajeem,
Bismillah hir Rahman nir Raheem,
La hawla wala quwwata illa billah hil aliyyil azeem

Silence is the absence of sound,beyond relation,featureless,unimaginable in which all is still..and yet there is a beyond.

Make no mistake.Silence of the tongue is mere childs' play ( for some at least :P ) but to be as silent inwardly as outwardly is a whole thing altogether.

How can you strive and struggle for something that is nothing?How can you grasp something without matter,without form?Can you fill space with emptyness?

Just let it come.If only for a moment,let go of "I". Forget "me". And revel in the deafening sound of silence.Feel the turbulence of stillness. Ha Ha Ha talk about contradicting terms :)

Pay the price of silence and a thousand voices answer; speak and silence alone replies.It is in silence the secret speak.

Why are you so afraid of silence,
silence is the root of everything.
If you spiral into its void
a hundred voices will thunder
messages you long to hear.

See how the seed sprouts silently and grows into a magnificent oak tree.In silence it was hidden underground,nourished and grows reaching to the skies.

How silently flowers bloom
With it removing all this gloom.

O wretched soul! How long will you need to explain yourself? O you who are captivated by speech,when will you listen? O you who are enslaved to reason when will you understand? Though your speech might be eloquent,when will you be as adept in silence?

Learn silence as you had learnt speech,even more so.
Those who don't understand silence,won't understand these words.

Our flawed reasoning cannot measure nor explain,nor can we comprehend,therefore refrain.
Be quiet,our words are not the end of the matter.They do not have any weigh.Words against words,nothing more.
If words express it,we have not found it.

And how beautifully our Mevlana from Konya tells us:

Carry your baggage toward silence:
when you seek the signs of the Way,
don't make yourself the focus of attention.
The Prophet said, "Know that amidst the sea of cares
my Companions are like guiding stars."
Fix your eye on the stars and seek the Way;
speech confuses the sight: be silent.

O Allah! How You reveal to the soul that place where speech is growing without letters.

Do crack my heart
through your silence
for I love the sound it makes
every time it breaks
surrender is good music

The sun which sets today
will rise tomorrow
nor love will lie in laziness
for it is love who maps the path
for sun and moon to follow

If love is strong
It can't go wrong.

Now it is time for silence.

Kalau belum makan rambutan, bagaimana nak paham rasanya?
Se-siapa yang belum makan,tidak akan merasa!
Se-siapa yang belum merasa,tidak bisa paham!
Kata-kata tidak bisa meletakkan rasa manis itu ke dalam mulut-mu.Apa gunanya lagi berkata?
Hai keparat,memang cakap tak serupa bikin. Auta saja lebih! ha ha ha :)

Dengarlah tuan satu cerita
Cerita dongeng orang tua-tua
Kisah tuk nujum yang terus mata
Bukannya betul semuanya auta.

keh keh keh ..Cobaaaaan :)

-Peace be to you-

Alive!

2007-08-21T06:11:00.000-07:00

Love is alive
And someone borne along by it is more alive
than lions roaring
or men in their fierce courage.
Bandits ambush others on the road.
they get wealth,
but they stay in one place.
Lovers keep moving,
never the same,not for a second.
What make others grieve,they enjoy.
When they look angry,
do not believe their faces.
It is like spring lightning,
a joke before the rain.
They chew thorns thoughtfully,
along with pasture grass.
Gazelle and lioness having dinner.
Love is invisible except here,in us.
Sometimes i praise love.
Sometimes love praise me.
- MEVLANA CELLALUDDEEN AR-RUMI-

Questions and Answers

2007-08-20T01:01:00.000-07:00

Mawla ya solli wa sallim da'iman abadan, 'ala habibika khairi-lkhalqi kullihimi.

A Most Beautiful Hadith Among All The Beautiful Ahadith
Khalid ibn al Walid (Radi Allahu Ta'ala anhu) narrated the following hadith:

A Bedouin came one day to the Holy Prophet (sallallahu 'alahi wasallam) and said to him,

'O, Messenger of Allah! I've come to ask you a few questions about the affairs of this Life and the Hereafter.'
'Ask what you wish' said Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alahi wasallam).

Q: I'd like to be the most learned of men.
A: Fear Allah, and you will be the most learned of men.

Q: I wish to be the richest man in the world.
A: Be contented, and you will be the richest man in the world.

Q: I'd like to be the most just man.
A: Desire for others what you desire for yourself, and you will be the most just of men.

Q: I want to be the best of men.
A: Do good to others and you will be the best of men.

Q: I wish to be the most favored by Allah.
A: Engage much in Allah's praise, and you will be most favored by Him.

Q: I'd like to complete my faith.
A: If you have good manners you will complete your faith

Q: I wish to be among those who do good.
A: Adore Allah as if you see Him. If you don 't see Him, He seeth you. In this way you will be among those who do good.

Q: I wish to be obedient to Allah.
A: If you observe Allah's commands you will be obedient.

Q: I'd like to be free from all sins.
A: Bathe yourself from impurities and you will be free from all sins.

Q: I'd like to be raised on the Day of Judgement in the light.
A: Don't wrong yourself or any other creature, and you will be raised on the Day of Judgement in the light.

Q: I'd like Allah to bestow His mercy on me.
A: If you have mercy on yourself and others, Allah will grant you mercy on the Day of Judgement.

Q: I'd like my sins to be very few.
A: If you seek the forgiveness Allah as much as you can, your sins will be very few.

Q: I'd like to be the most honorable man.
A: If you do not complain to any fellow creature, you will be the most honorable of men.

Q: I'd like to be the strongest of men.
A: If you put your trust in Allah, you will be the strongest of men.

Q: I'd like to enlarge my provision.
A: If you keep yourself pure, Allah will enlarge your provision.

Q: I'd like to be loved by Allah and His messenger.
A: If you love what Allah and His messenger love, you will be among their beloved ones.

Q: I wish to be safe from Allah's wrath on the Day of Judgement.
A: If you do not loose your temper with any of your fellow creatures, you will be safe from the wrath of Allah on the Day of Judgement.

Q: I'd like my prayers to be responded.
A: If you avoid forbidden actions, your prayers will he responded.

Q: I'd like Allah not to disgrace me on the Day of Judgement.
A: If you guard your chastity, Allah will not disgrace you on the Day of Judgement.

Q: I'd like Allah to provide me with a protective covering on the Day of Judgement.
A: Do not uncover your fellow creatures faults, and Allah will provide you with a covering protection on the Day of Judgement.

Q: What will save me from sins?
A: Tears, humility and illness.

Q: What are the best deeds in the eyes of Allah?
A: Gentle manners, modesty and patience.

Q: What are the worst evils in the eyes of Allah?
A: Hot temper and miserliness.

Q: What assuages the wrath of Allah in this life and in the Hereafter?
A: Concealed charity and kindness to relatives.

Q: What extinguishes hell's fires on the Day of Judgement?
A: Patience in adversity and misfortunes.

-Related by Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal (Rahmatullah Ta'ala 'alaih)

Allah jualah tuhan yang tunggal tiada sekutu bagiNya
Muhammad itu hambaNya dan utusanNya
berhadaplah engkau ke mana-mana sahaja yang engkau kehendaki
maka sesungguhnya engkaulah yang mendapat pertolongan (kemenangan)

Allahu Wahdahu La Syarikalah.
Muhammadan Abduhu wa Rasuluh.
Tawajjahu Haithu Syi'tu.
Fa innaka Mansuurun.

Regarding Path(s)

2007-08-17T10:19:00.000-07:00

A'udhu billah hi minassyaitan nir rajeem,
Bismillah hir Rahman nir Raheem,
La hawla wala quwwata illa billah hil aliyyil azeem

In an age where it seems that there are many people that teach but nothing is known,where words flow on endlessly but leads nowhere,where the price of everything is known but none of its value.And what better way to sum it all up:

"an age of guided missiles and misguided men"

the weariness that one might feel is quite understandable.

Excellent let us now begin.
In quality of mind it is depth that matters.
One who excels in traveling leaves no wheel track behind.

Come and take a journey that will lead to a world that begins where language ends.And which path should we take? Maybe this could be of some use :

Any path is only a path,and there is no affront(insult,disrespect),to oneself or to others,in leaving it if that is what your heart tells you.. Look at every path closely and deliberately.Try it as many times as you think necessary.Then ask yourself,and yourself alone,one question...Does this path have a heart?If it does,the path is good,if it does not it is of no use.

Just like the birds that take to sky, fishes in the sea, and worms buried deep in the belly of earth.We too must make our way,....eventually :) or risk of forever being trapped,unable to move.Mobility, that is the word that is being thrown around nowadays.hahaha

and let us remember now.

to remember a few words on the tongue is one thing, and to have those same words as "NAQSH" -engraved- on your heart in tranquility is another thing altogether.

to remember is to understand

A good Teacher remembers what it was to be a student,
A good Editor remembers being a writer,
A good Parent remembers what it was like to be a child,

A good Human remembers what it was like to be.

as the very familiar quote goes;
to be or not to be,that is the question! :)

-Peace be to you-

Tareqat

2007-08-16T09:25:00.001-07:00

Dan setelah asy-Syaikh Bahauddin an-Naqsyabandi meninggal dunia, kegiatan At tariqah an-Naqsyabandiyyah telah dipimpin pula oleh anak menantunya iaitu Asy-Syaikh Alaudin al-Attar.
Sebagai seorang guru Sufi, asy-Syaikh Alaudin al-Attar juga telah meninggalkan beberapa patah nasihat yang berharga untuk murid-muridnya. Di antaranya ialah:

Adalah penting bagi si murid yang baru melangkah (di atas jalan kerohanian) untuk sentiasa memadukan hatinya dengan hati guru mursyidnya. (berpadu) Kerana, si guru mursyid itu bak sebuah cermin yang menzahirkan Hakikat Ketuhanan.

Dan kesepaduan hati ini akan membawa si murid kepada jazbah dan fana. Penafian yang sebenar tidak akan dapat tercapai melainkan dengan jazbah. Di peringkat awal, si murid hendaklah sentiasa bersama dengan guru mursyidnya,(berserta) sehingga si murid memperolehi jazbah, yang akan membolehkannya menafikan setiap sesuatu selain daripada Allah. Jika tidak, si murid akan tertinggal ke belakang dan gagal untuk mencapai fana.

Tetapi bagi si pengembara di peringkat terakhir, tiada lagi dia perlu kepada ikatan (rabitah) ini, kerana dia telah mencapai penafian yang sebenar. Baginya, setiap sesuatu adalah cermin yang menzahirkan keindahanNya. Bila sampai dia kepada Hakikat Kewujudan, dia akan melihat dirinya hanya seperti Satu titik di lautan yang luas, seolah-olah seperti sebiji zarah (atom) di matahari. Bagi sesiapa yang telah sampai ke peringkat ini, maka tiadalah memadai dan mencukupi untuk melihat keindahanNya hanya di dalam cermin si Guru mursyid sahaja.

Bergantung pada Niatmu

2007-08-13T07:49:00.000-07:00

A man asked Sidi Abu Hassan As-Shadili that he was intrigued by why he was always wearing fine clothes eventhough he is one of the waliyullah and furthermore with the rank of Qutb.
In contrast the asking man was only using worn out and coarse clothes so as to be known as someone who is a zahid (someone who abstains from worldly attachments). Sidi Abu Hassan As-Shadili replies:

"Libaasukum hazaa yaquulu innallaha faqiirun wa libaasunaa haazaa yaquulu innallaha ghaniyuun jamiilun yuhibbul jamaal".

"Your worn out clothes states that Allah Taala is poor and while my fine clothes states that Allah is the All Sufficient and is Beautiful and loves what is beautiful".

The lesson:
Each and every action is according to its intention.

A wolf in chicken clothing is still a wolf and will still eat the chicken. :)

May God purify our intentions.

Opening Flower

2007-08-10T08:18:00.000-07:00

Truth and Falsehood

2007-08-09T09:21:00.000-07:00

A'udhu billah hi minassyaitan nir rajeem,
Bismillah hir Rahman nir Raheem,
La hawla wala quwwata illa billah hil aliyyil azeem

One is independent while another is dependent. .Now choose. .Be at peace. .Be silent.

Dream not of lights,
Of marvels, of miracles
For your miracles are contained
In submitting to the Truth;
All else is pride, conceit,
And illusion of existence.

-Shabistari

There is hope after the time of desperation.
There is the Eye of the Heart in blindness.

You won't know your blindness
without seeing the light.
How do you know white
Without seeing black?

There are hundreds of thousands
Of forms which look alike.
There are hundred of thousands
Of meanings and reasons which depend
On this unseen King's secret control.
That King moves these forms and meanings
Like the wind moves the leaves
Of the tree of silence.

There is Love where there is scolding.
Every incomplete thing is pulled toward completion.
Try to see the unseen events clearly.
Be silent!

from: selected new verses from Divan-i Kebir of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi
Translated by Nevit Oguz Ergin.

" wa qul ja'al haqqu wa zahaqal baatilu innal baatila kana zahuqa "

And say: truth has arrived,and falsehood perished; for falsehood is (by its nature) bound to perish

Surah Al-Isra' verse 81

And truth can live all alone, but falsehood needs truth to exist.
Either you exist or you perish.

of all faith,of every infidelity,
Be silent!

Orang buta makan buah durian rasa durian
Orang celik makan durian rasa durian
Orang celik nampak buah durian
Orang buta tak nampak buah durian
Tapi dua-dua rasa buah durian
sebab dua-dua makan durian.

ha ha ha apakejadahnya? :) teh aaa

-Peace be to you-

Got Something to Remember?

2007-08-03T06:48:00.001-07:00

A'udhu billah hi minassyaitan nir rajeem,
Bismillah hir Rahman nir Raheem,
La hawla wala quwwata illa billah hil aliyyil azeem

You remember most often what you love the most.
and there are two types of remembrance(zikr):

tafakkur and tadzakkur.

tafakkur is zikr of the mind while tadzakkur is zikr of the heart.

Know that the mind is a path to the soul.All our outward senses are tied to our mind.Though the mind might act as a "filter"of sort,but too much dirt might allow some dirtyness to reach our heart.
while our hearts belong to the realm of divine but seldom are we able to "tune-in" due to this dirt.We either get fuzzy signals or total blackout.What a pity full state to be in.

hearts reflect what is from sight.whether you see as it is or a distorted image is dependent on the clarity of the heart as a mirror.

therefore arises the matter of looking at the same object but seeing different things.
this is a conundrum that we are too familiar with words i.e: the same words used to describe different things.. aah how wonderful silence is :)

tadzakkur clarifies the heart.
tafakkur purifies the mind.

have you not heard of the parable of His light:

...the parable of His Light is as (if there were) a niche and within it a lamp, the lamp is in a glass, the glass as it were a brilliant star,lit from a blessed tree,an olive,neither of the east nor of the west,whose oil would almost glow forth(of itself) though no fire has touched it.Light upon Light!Allah guides to His light whom He wills.And Allah sets forth parables for mankind,and Allah is All-Knower of everything.

An-Nur verse 35

Polish the glass and let the brilliance of this lamp shine through.Lest you allow this light to die out for certainly the light is not yours,it is a mere grant from the One.He giveth and He taketh as He pleases.

tafakkur might feel heavy,
but tadzakkur is weightless-ness,liberation

what better way to "taste" weightless-ness after feeling heaviness.
O you who have never tasted bitterness,how will you know that it is sweetness that you are tasting? Perchance it is pure bile that you are savouring.

doesn't it feel nice after you scratch that itch? :)
if there was no itch,you would not "taste" that wonderful feeling.Ha ha ha

wonderful feeling indeed.or is it just me? :)

O our Lord,forgive us for certainly we have not remembered You as You ought to be remembered

O our Lord, bless us by granting us Your remembrance

certainly there is no will nor might except that of Yours,Most High,The Incomparably Great.

siapa cakap ikut hati mati?tu betul ka hati atau nafsi?ka hati yang dah betul-betul mati?biar mati diri jangan mati hati.

itula engkau sapa suroh letak akal kat lutut,hati kat perut.kah kah kah kah.

ni hati ka nafsi yang bercakap???

apa-apa ajak pun

Tinggalkan yang meragukan,dan ambillah apa yang diyakini.

You are not my fellow traveller.
Tread your own path.
May you be affluent,
And I downtrodden.

Engkau bukanlah teman se-pengembaraanku.
Jejakilah laluan mu sendiri.
Moga-moga engkau memperoleh kemewahan.
dan aku ketindasan.

wujudkah perkataan "ketindasan"? he he he teh aa.

Ya Tuhan kami,ajarlah kami Ilmu al Yaqeen
Ya Tuhan kami,perlihatkanlah kami melalui Ayn al Yaqeen
Ya Tuhan kami,kurnialah kami dengan Haqq al Yaqeen.

O our Lord,teach us Your Knowledge of Certainty
O our Lord,let us see through Your Vision of Certainty
O our Lord,bless us with Your Reality of Certainty.

O our Lord,there is only You.

ya Afuww ya Ghaffar, rabbigh firli.far firlana ma qaddamna wa ma akharna,wa ma asrarna wa ma a'lana.Anta'l Muqaddim wa Anta'l Muakhir.La illah ha illa Anta subhanaka inni kuntum minaz zalimeen.

inna lillah wa inna ilaihi raji'uun

As nothing you came and as nothing you shall return.Then why all this pride? minum teh lah.

-Peace be to you-

Munajat

2007-07-31T10:55:00.000-07:00

Betapa indah sang Darwis malang setiap hari merintih,
Penyesalannya di pagi hari pun terdengar oleh
dosa lainnya lagi.
Segenap ikrar kami hanyalah kosong belaka,
Segenap sumpah kami sentiasa berubah-ubah,
Taubat atas pemberian-Nya tetaplah tegar,
Dan mantap tak tergoyahkan

Rabiah al adawiya~ Sa'di (w. 1291 M.)fii Bustan~