Meaning of Obedience

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

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

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

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

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.