Name

Bismillah..

What's in a name?

an identity
a meaning
a part of social function
a form of affection
a curse

It depends on how they are used/ treated..

Last night, an ayat reminds me of a line I've read a few years back..
how to be 'named' means.

"Kamu tak akan mendapati kaum yang beriman pada Allah dan hari akhirat, saling berkasih-sayang dengan orang-orang yang menentang Allah dan Rasul-Nya, sekalipun orang-orang itu bapak-bapak, atau anak-anak atau saudara-saudara ataupun keluarga mereka. 

Mereka itulah orang-orang yang telah menanamkan keimanan dalam hati mereka dan menguatkan mereka dengan pertolongan yang datang daripada-Nya. Dan dimasukan-Nya mereka ke dalam surga yang mengalir di bawahnya sungai-sungai, mereka kekal di dalamnya. Allah ridha terhadap mereka, dan merekapun merasa puas terhadap (limpahan rahmat)-Nya. 

Mereka itulah golongan Allah. 

Ketahuilah, bahwa sesungguhnya hizbullah (golongan Allah) itu adalah golongan yang beruntung."

Surah Al-Mujadilah, 58: 22

The line explains... how to a true mukmin, 
his/ her heart would say this...that the name he/ she hold dearest, 
is the word "Hamba-Ku" 

(My -Allah SWT's - servant)


The word "Hamba-Ku" establishes the 'bond' we have with our Creator, that we 'belong' to Him only. Realized that it's on a first-name basis (-Ku), as in owning something. 
Us.
.
But first, we have to understand Him. His character, known as 'Asmaul Husna', to realized, to truly feel what it was like to be owned.





When we can understand that..
the true value of being called 'Hizbullah' (Golongan Allah)
would we understand, aspire to be

what is it?

a sense of belonging

to be part of what is big (The Almighty)
that our whole life truly is for Him

for when we tried to mold ourselves into something
majority of us got lost, become a cellular being
fragile, lost in aimless wondering


but when we understand what it was like
to love, to look forward for His redha
inadvertently, we shape our life to His liking


using a mold that He acknowledges (Qur'an and Sunnah)

Future is rather far away
where we'll end up (good or bad)

but what of now?

what are we?

who are we to be?

so when reading that verse

I was overwhelmed...warmed at that word 'golongan Allah'

the intonation of the verse

that it is a present tense referred for those named from the characteristics listed 
Quran encourages us to shape ourselves to be a true believer, an honest, giving person
who is patient, loyal in the best way we know how
stick to that and insyaAllah, that name
Hizbullah (golongan Allah)
would also refers to us


take one step at a time
'live' with the present
insyaAllah, that mold will become easier for us to fit into
so that we can truly be Hizbullah
one day


Amin Amin Ya Rabbal Alamin~ :')

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