Tadzkirah
Laa Tahzan
3Ini buat rakan-rakanku yang berasa sedih mahupun kecewa.
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Sahabat, ingat tak suatu ketika dahulu, ALLAH mencipta kita…
Kemudian Kami ciptakan air benih itu menjadi sebuku darah beku lalu Kami ciptakan darah beku itu menjadi seketul daging; kemudian Kami ciptakan daging itu menjadi beberapa tulang; kemudian Kami balut tulang-tulang itu dengan daging. Setelah sempurna kejadian itu Kami bentuk ia menjadi makhluk yang lain sifat keadaannya. Maka nyatalah kelebihan dan ketinggian Allah sebaik-baik Pencipta. (Mafhum Surah al-Mukminuun: 14 – link)
…dan sungguh dia menciptakan kita sebaik-baik kejadian. Lengkap segalanya. Tangan kita. Kaki kita. Mulut kita. Lidah kita. Ya, bahkan kalbu dan perasaan kita seluruhnya Dia ciptakan.
Dialah yang melengkapkan diri kita dengan perasaan. Gembira. Riang. Ceria. Semuanya penghias jiwa. Tanpa semua perasaan itu jiwa yang tak mampu merasai kehidupan ini. Kita tak mampu simpati pada sahabat kita. Kita tak mampu menyangi keluarga kita.
Tetapi denganya juga kita rasa derita. Kita sedih. Kita rasa kecewa. Kita terasa siksa jiwa yang diruntun ujian demi ujian.
Kenapa Dia ciptakan perasaan ini? Pastinya bukan untuk menyiksa sanubari kita. Seharusnya lebih tepat sebagai pendidik buat kita. Kita lupa mudah lupa apa yang kita senang dan selesa dengannya. Tapi kita akan ingat pelajaran dari keperitan dan kepayahan.
Sahabat, sememangnya ALLAHlah yang menciptakan perasaan kecewa. Tapi tidaklah Dia membebankan penyebab kecewa itu lebih dari apa yang mampu kita tanggung. Bahkan Dia sebutkan dengan kalamNya yang suci…
Allah tidak memberati seseorang melainkan apa yang terdaya olehnya. Dia mendapat pahala kebaikan yang diusahakannya dan dia juga menanggung dosa kejahatan yang diusahakannya… (Mafhum Surah al-Baqarah: 286 – link)
…bahkan dia ajarkan juga do’a untuk kita pohonkan padaNya tatkala terasa beban yang kita bawa…
…(Mereka berdoa dengan berkata): Wahai Tuhan kami! Janganlah Engkau mengirakan kami salah jika kami lupa atau kami tersalah. Wahai Tuhan kami! Janganlah Engkau bebankan kepada kami bebanan yang berat sebagaimana yang telah Engkau bebankan kepada orang-orang yang terdahulu daripada kami. Wahai Tuhan kami! Janganlah Engkau pikulkan kepada kami apa yang kami tidak terdaya memikulnya dan maafkanlah kesalahan kami, serta ampunkanlah dosa kami dan berilah rahmat kepada kami. Engkaulah Penolong kami; oleh itu, tolonglah kami untuk mencapai kemenangan terhadap kaum-kaum yang kafir. (Mafhum Surah al-Baqarah: 286 - link)
Sahabat… Ketahuilah, sesudah kesusahan itu kesenangan. ALLAH tidak menciptakan kesusahan, melainkan setelah kita mengharunginya ada kesenangan. Bukan itu sunnahNya?
Oleh itu, maka (tetapkanlah kepercayaanmu) bahawa sesungguhnya tiap-tiap kesukaran disertai kemudahan, (sekali lagi ditegaskan): Bahawa sesungguhnya tiap-tiap kesukaran disertai kemudahan. (Mafhum Surah al-Insyirah: 5-6 – link)
Sahabat. Tatkala engkau bersedih… Ingatlah ALLAH. Bertaubatlah. Mohonlah keampunan. Barangkali ada dosa yang kita lakukan yang menyebabkan gundah. Gusar. Hati tidak tenteram.
Mohonlah sesungguh-sungguhnya kepadaNya. Hadapkan keperluan dan perhatian kau padaNya. Bukakanlah jiwa dan raga kau pada Dia Yang Maha Pendengar.
Solatlah sekhusyuknya. Ingatlah Dia jua al-Qadir. Yang Maha Menentukan. Harapkan sebaik, insyaALLAH Dia kan memberikan kebaikan buatmu.
…Ketahuilah dengan “zikrullah” itu, tenang tenteramlah hati manusia. (Mafhum Surah ar-Ra’d: 28 – link)
Sahabat. Jalan ALLAH jualah jalan yang membawa ketenangan. Bukankah apabila bersandar pada sesuatu yang kuat itu mendatangkan perasaan tenteram? Bahkan ALLAHlah sebaik-baik sandaran, lantaran Dialah yang Paling Perkasa (al-’Aziz), juga Paling Kuat (al-Qawiy) serta dia jugalah yang Empunya Kemuliaan (Dzul Jalaali Wal-Ikraam).
Sahabat. Tegaskanlah keyakinanmu dengan ALLAH. Usahlah engkau bersedih…
Sesungguhnya orang-orang yang menegaskan keyakinannya dengan berkata: Tuhan kami ialah Allah, kemudian mereka tetap teguh di atas jalan yang betul, akan turunlah malaikat kepada mereka dari semasa ke semasa (dengan memberi ilham): Janganlah kamu bimbang (dari berlakunya kejadian yang tidak baik terhadap kamu) dan janganlah kamu berdukacita dan terimalah berita gembira bahawa kamu akan beroleh Syurga yang telah dijanjikan kepada kamu. (Mafhum Surah Fussilat:30 – link)
…kerana apabila kita teguh iman dan cukup taqwa, malaikat ALLAH akan turun buat kita memujuk kita! Bukankah itu perkara yang menggembirakan? Bahkan janji syurga itulah kesenangan yang paling hebat dari ALLAH subhanahu wataala.
Akhir kata. Sahabat, bergembiralah. Ukirlah senyuman pada mukamu. Hilangkanlah gusar di hatimu. Kerana kita adalah insan Muslim dan Mu’min yang bertaraf ummah yang terbaik di muka bumi ALLAH ini!
Kamu (wahai umat Muhammad) adalah sebaik-baik umat yang dilahirkan bagi (faedah) umat manusia, (kerana) kamu menyuruh berbuat segala perkara yang baik dan melarang daripada segala perkara yang salah (buruk dan keji) serta kamu pula beriman kepada Allah (dengan sebenar-benar iman) dan kalaulah Ahli Kitab (Yahudi dan Nasrani) itu beriman (sebagaimana yang semestinya), tentulah (iman) itu menjadi baik bagi mereka. (Tetapi) di antara mereka ada yang beriman dan kebanyakan mereka orang-orang yang fasik. (Mafhum Surah Ali ‘Imran: 110 – link)
Tears
0Tears…
They wash away sins. They lead you to reflect memories and lessons learnt in life.
Cry… For the sake of ALLAH.
Cry… For His forgiveness.
Cry… That your heart may not die.
Cry… So you may have have peace.
Cry.. For fear of ALLAH’s retribution for your deeds.
Cry… To hope for ALLAH’s Ridha.
Cry… For the benefits received from The Benefactor.
Cry… In thanks for life, and the chance given in it.
Cry… That you may remember that life is short.
Cry… That you may be reminded of the afterlife.
Cry… When you listen to the Qur’an.
Cry… For the Beauty of The Qur’an and its Bestower.
Cry… For you have no other place of solace BUT HIM.
Cry…
Cry…
Cry…
Let those tears fall that replace burns in Hell.
Let those tears fall for hope of Paradise.
Soul
0I have been listening to several soulful music these past few days. Yet I am ashamed of myself.
I am ashamed that I listen to these songs of reflection that should reflect the state of my soul, yet they have short periods of effect on me.
That not to say just the songs. I have been getting less and less feelings when I read the Qur’an now. My state of ‘amal is at a low. My zeal in Islam is cut short. And I lament… Iman, Iman, wherefore art thou? Hast thou gone from mine heart?
My heart seems to hardened these past few days. Yet i know what must be causing it. What is sad to me, is that I know. But I seem to not be able to do anything about it.
No. Not not able to do something about it. Rather, chose not to do something about it.
But somehow, I still fear… I fear ALLAH’s retribution in the akhirah. I do not know if what little ‘amal I did counted. I do not know if what counted was not tainted with unsincerity. I do not know if I die, I would be able to answer truthfully to ALLAH, “Lord, I have don’t good when I was alive!”
No. I do not know. But I know I will not have the courage to say, “Lord, I have sinned… So?” I cannot imagine in myself, such arrogance as to say such unforgivable words to the source of my solace whom I forsook in times of plenty.
No. I cannot remember at which times I was grateful to Him, my Provider, my Lifegiver. What I have done in this life thus far, 23 years thus far, I have not really done much deeds. Oh, have realy earned my place in Paradise, or have I earned myself HELL???
O ALLAH, forgive my heart that knows you not. Forgive my heart that is undecided. Forgive my soul that wanders from Your Path. Forgive this self that belies Your Greatness.
O ALLAH, very few are the times when I have feared you. Many are the times when I held my head in arrogance. Forgive me of those times. Instill in me a love for You that is unsurpassed. Such is my hope, to The Granter of Hopes.
O ALLAH, this heart is weak. This heart has become hard and fragile. This heart has long since lost it’s luster of taqwa. This heart has become dark of sins and desires forbidden. This heart now longs for your forgiveness. For your love, for love of your prophet.
Yet… It knows not of your acceptance. It knows not if you are angry at it. You The Great, and it the small. The unworthy.
Many times has it betrayed it pleas to You. Many times has it forgotten that it had just asked You forgiveness minutes past. It turned back to the Path of Wrong, from your Path of Righteusness.
Oh ALLAH… I am weak. I do not have strength to keep on Your Path. So bless me with your blessings. Suport me with your strength. Cleanse my heart of sins that blacken it that I may not receive Your Guidance.
I have come to the point where I as so confused with who I am. I am not sure if I am a real Muslim, submitting to You, or if I am munafiq, acting with hypocrisy in the face of Your Deen. I seek you protection from the evils of mine self, and I seek refuge that I may bring myself lower than animals in terms of love and faith to You, O ALLAH.
ALLAH, guide me. For there is no Guide better that You, My Source of Peace and Solace.
Hakikat
2This song is by Durrani.
Lagu ini oleh Durrani.
Sedap…
Pabila terasa diawasi Tuhan
Rasa berdosa setiap masa
Rasa hina diri dengan dosa
Rasa syukur dengan nikmatNya
Jiwa derita dengan dosa
Hati rasa kurang ‘amal padaNya
Itulah hakikat sifat kehambaan
Bahagia…
Allah yaa Allah…
Mukmin sejati sentiasa waspada
Dari dosa tanpa sengaja
Apatah lagi dosa yang nyata
Umpama gunung jatuh padanya
Segala-galanya untuk Tuhannya
Jiwa derita dengan dosa
Hati rasa kurang ‘amal padaNya
Itulah hakikat sifat kehambaan
Bahagia…
Allah yaa Allah…
Gerak laku menjadi kaku
Lantaran nafsu yang telah jemu
Namun diriku bertambah malu
PadaMu yaa Rabbi
Yang miliki
Sifat an-Nasru
Car Problems
1My car has been telling me that it is sick for the past few weeks. But hey, I didn’t have enough money to handle the repairs. But recently, it seems that I cannot delay going to see the car doc.
You might wonder hw the car told me that it was sick. Well… There was this knocking sound coming from the left rear wheel cavity that was persistent. It kept getting louder and louder until it was just too much.
I got worried, so I sent the car to the mechanic. They checked it, and it was due to the left rear absorber’s rubber (I don’t know the term but it’s the thing that kinda softens the connection between the absorber and the chassis). They said the screw was tight, but then since the rubber was worn out, any little bump on the road would cause the absorber to produce a knocking sound.
When I relate this event to life, I guess it means we all need buffers. Those little stuff that help soften up things in our lives, so that things that come at us hard don’t hurt us too much, or blare us into shock, or maybe just plain scare us.
It helps when we start with others. When we want buffers for ourselves, we start by giving others the same courtesy. When we speak, we say things with courtesy, we say things out of regard for others, and not laced with vengeance or dark intent. When we do something, we lace it with more courtesy and good will. When we are offered anything, we receive it or reject it with proper manners. Likewise in anything at all that we do. Good manners become good buffers.
Sickness and Hardship
6Today I am sick. I got some sort of flu. My nose was and still is runny. My head feels like it wants to split (at least during driving). And my throat… Very sore.
Yet as i come to think about it. I remembered that “no ails or sickness befalls a muslim that does not erase his sins”. I came to hope for this sickness to erase my sins. I came to pray to Allah for my progress into health.
Yet as good as I may seem at this time, I must admit… There have also been times when i could not bear my pain. Times when I have questioned. Times when my faith waned. As such that I complain, and I whine. I question, “why??”
No. It is not easy to keep up faith. It is not easy to maintain the highest level of iman. I guess many of us Muslims goes through this fluctuation each moment of their lives. Yet in the end, it comes down to whether or not we are able to regrasp our beliefs, and turn back the negative admonitions on our faith. Those who succeed, find solace and peace. But those who fail, find greater grief and unsettlement.
It is for such times that the Muslim must pray. So that Allah grants us the strength to maintain our faith, when we are at a low. So that Allah keeps our hearts true on the path to Him. So that our sincererity… Is ALWAYS pure.
At such times of strife, it always does good for us to return to the Qur’an. Is it not in Surah al-Insyirah that ALLAH promises relief after hardship? It goes something like:
Verily, with every difficulty there is relief. – (Qur’an al-Insyirah:6)
So… Let us pray so that Allah gives us peace and His blessings always. Whether in times of strife or in times of peace.
Allahumma, grant us strength that comes from our faith in you. Leave us not to our devices even in the blink of an eye, or even less time than that. Give us peace in times of hardship, and let us be grateful to you in times of wellbeing and peace. O Lord, verily, You are The Listener, and The Seer and You are The Oft-Forgiving and The Merciful. Amiin.