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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