Lillahitaala~

Bismillah..

Hadis riwayat imam Muslim daripada Abu Hurairah daripada Rasulullah S.A.W bersabda yang bermaksud : 

Sesungguhnya seorang pemuda telah melawat saudaranya di kampung yang lain, maka Allah telah mengutuskan kepadanya dalam perjalanan malaikat, apabila telah tiba dekatnya, dia(malaikat) telah bertanya: Ke mana engkau mahu tuju? 

Dia menjawab: Aku mahu jumpa saudaraku di kampung ini. 

Dia(malaikat) bertanya: Adakah bagi engkau atasnya sesuatu nikmat yang mana engkau menjaganya? 

Dia menjawab: Tidak! selain daripada aku mengasihinya kerana Allah. 

Dia(malaikat) memberitahu : Maka sesungguhnya aku adalah utusan Allah kepada engkau dengan sesungguhnya Allah begitu mengasihi engkau sebagaimana engkau begitu mengasihinya(saudaramu).  

"There's no reason. I just love you because of Allah."

Just had a little Raya trip. Simple yet meaningful, for every host gave a personal simple advice. About controlling anger, choices, family and by having the best job in the world.

No matter what, how we live in this world, with how many people...in the end, you'll face Him ALONE.

When we speak, when we act, when we decide

When we are surrounded by people who love and/or hate us

No matter how long the journey is till the day we meet Him

there's only one question

"who are we to Allah swt?"

when we make our decisions in life, small ones or big ones

do we leave it to Allah swt?

or we listen to our friends, our families, ourselves

contradictions, trapped in between different worlds (views, perceptions, logics, emotions)...when we choose..we might regret making that decision because there's a bias or that decision fail or disappoints us

but when it's lillahitaala

serious..there's a HUGE relief

when you feel its ultimately the RIGHT thing to do

not because YOU wanted it, but because Allah swt wills it

something that has Allah swt redha

that suddenly turns this self into a fierceless lion

come what may, O world

what matters is how Allah swt perceive our words and actions

when that choice has Allah's redha

we see, hear and walk the way He would want us to

Dari Abu Hurairah r.a bahawa Rasulullah SAW telah bersabda : " Sesungguhnya Allah Ta'ala berfirman : Barangsiapa yang memusuhi waliKu ( orang yang setia padaku ), maka sesungguhnya aku mengisytiharkan perang terhadapnya. Dan tiada seorang hambaku yang bertaqarrub ( beramal ) kepadaKu dengan sesuatu yang lebih Ku cintai hanya dari ia menunaikan semua yang ku fardhukan ke atas dirinya. Dan hendaklah hambaKu sentiasa bertaqarrub dirinya kepadaKu dengan nawafil ( ibadat sunat ) sehingga Aku mencintainya. Maka apabila Aku telah mencintainya, nescaya adalah Aku sebagai pendengarannya yang ia mendengar dengannya, dan sebagai penghilantannya yang ia melihat dengannya, dan sebagai tangannya yang ia bertindak dengannya, dan sebagai kakinya yang ia berjalan dengannya. Dan sekiranya ia meminta kepadaKu nescaya Aku berikan kepadanya, dan sekiranya ia memohon perlindungan kepadaKu nescaya Aku lindungi"

Come what may, O World
even if you gang up against me
it doesn't matter
when I know Allah swt love is better
when I know
as clear and as sure as daylight
I know

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Dear Confidant..

Bismillah...

Dear confidant,

how can I thank You enough for Your words? :")

"Dan Allah telah berjanji kepada orang-orang yang beriman di antara kamu dan mengerjakan amal-amal yang saleh bahwa Dia sungguh-sungguh akan menjadikan mereka berkuasa dimuka bumi, sebagaimana Dia telah menjadikan orang-orang sebelum mereka berkuasa, dan sungguh Dia akan meneguhkan bagi mereka agama yang telah diridhai-Nya untuk mereka, dan Dia benar-benar akan menukar (keadaan) mereka, sesudah mereka dalam ketakutan menjadi aman sentosa. Mereka tetap menyembahku-Ku dengan tiada mempersekutukan sesuatu apapun dengan Aku. Dan barangsiapa yang (tetap) kafir sesudah (janji) itu, maka mereka itulah orang-orang yang fasik."

"Allah has promised those who have believed among you and done righteous deeds that He will surely grant them succession [to authority] upon the earth just as He granted it to those before them and that He will surely establish for them [therein] their religion which He has preferred for them and that He will surely substitute for them, after their fear, security, [for] they worship Me, not associating anything with Me. But whoever disbelieves after that - then those are the defiantly disobedient."

An-Nur,24: 55

There's a documentary I've seen recently, on how to survive in a desert (Utah, I think). They've shown this hilltops that seems so near, but infact so far away. Daunting, yet one has to walk onward, save whatever water one have, keeping self out of dehydration. And there's also a trick on how to walk at night. Everyone has the tendency to walk towards their preference. For example, a right-handed person would tend to walk to the right side (because footsteps would be heavier there), while a left-handed person would tend to walk to the left. These two bulky, middle-age men happened to be a left-handed and right-handed pair. They'll walk side by side. because no matter they have their own tendencies...they'll keep bumping to each other . Hence, they'll still keep on walking straight, despite the dark. They'll keep each other in check.

I kept thinking about that desert, fierce and merciless...and the long way out.

Yet, one survives..no matter what, you'll always survive.

Upon coming to the above verse, I remembered a maternal advice on perseverance (underlined words).

Amin~

My hope...are these very verse:

"Thaa Siim Miim

Inilah ayat-ayat Al Quran yang menerangkan.

Boleh jadi kamu (Muhammad) akan membinasakan dirimu, karena mereka tidak beriman.

Jika Kami kehendaki niscaya Kami menurunkan kepada mereka mukjizat dari langit, yang akan membuat tengkuk mereka tunduk dengan rendah hati kepadanya."

"Ta, Seen, Meem.

These are the verses of the clear Book.

Perhaps, [O Muhammad], you would kill yourself with grief that they will not be believers.

If We willed, We could send down to them from the sky a sign for which their necks would remain humbled."

Asy-Syuara,26: 1-4

...and another hikmah I've found from this

I've never imagined that I could 'feel' the life of this one prophet, Nabi Musa a.s.

I've taught Agama Islam just this morning, and I was honestly surprised by H's request. With his big eyes, winning smile and saying this in full earnest:

"Cigu, ceritakan lah cerita pasal Nabi yang SPESEL atu.

Yang mamanya kuat sembahyang"

It was Nabi Isa a.s and his mother, Mariam.

How in the world he remembered that story in full detail is beyond me...but I could feel it. His sincerity, his deep empathy of the life of Nabi Isa a.s. He truly 'felt' it...that Nabi Isa a.s is certainly 'special'....and mind you, he's only 4 years old.

...as I've only realized now, at present..what Nabi Musa a.s must have felt, when he tried to face his adopted family, Firaun's household. When he harbored guilt on having to make a grave mistake in the past (refer to verse 1-68), and Allah swt taught him how to confront that.

"live words"

my cousin's eyes unspoken words were, "You've grown a spine"
*laugh*
"I hope so"

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