Friday, November 27, 2009

Makna pengorbanan dalam 3 minit.

Dengan Nama Allah yang Maha Pemurah lagi Maha Penyayang,

Yang daripadaNya kita pinjam segala ni'mat-ni'mat dunia. Daripada ni'mat yang mampu kita lihat dan kita fahami kepada ni'mat yang kita tidak mampu fahami dan dibutakan dari mata manusia kita. Selawat dan Salam buat junjungan besar yang kita rindui Muhammad S.A.W yang kerana nya kita berjumpa dengan erti cinta itu pada Tuhan, penjernih jiwa dan petunjuk hidup. Eidul Adha kan jadi kenalah tulis tentang pengorbanan :) tapi mari ana bawa antum ke satu paradigm berbeza berkenaan pengorbanan. Bukannya pengorbanan yang biasa kita dengar tentang pegorbanan Nabi Allah Ibrahim dan Ismail (Ishak kalau versi palsu yahudi) tapi tentang pengorbanan yang lebih dekat kepada kita yang selalu kita lupakan. Pengorbanan haiwan bernama Kerbau dan lembu yang menjadi kari dan gulai kita bukan pada hari mulia ini sahaja pada hari-hari biasa kita menjamah lauk daging.


Sabda Rasulullah SAW yang bermaksud: “Tiada amal anak Adam yang lebih disukai Allah pada hari Aidiladha melainkan ibadat korban. Sesungguhnya binatang yang dikorbankan itu akan datang pada hari kiamat lengkap dengan tanduk, bulu dan kukunya. Sesungguhnya ibadat korban ini diredhai Allah sebelum darah binatang itu jatuh ke bumi. Maka hendaklah kamu berasa lapang dada dan reda akan ibadat korban yang kamu lakukan.” (Hadis riwayat At-Tirmizi)


Ini bermakna kerbau-kerbau ini bertuah kerana dikorban untuk menjadi sebahagian daripada daging-daging cucu adam yang beriman. Bagaimanakah pula kerbau dan lembu yang disembelih bukan dengan cara islam. Tidakkah terseksa mereka dan "jeles" mereka terhadap rakan-rakannya yang disembelih secara islam. Maka menjadi tanggungjawap kita menyebarkan agama Haq ini dan menjadikan binatang-binatang ini mendapat apa terbaik untuk mereka. WaALLAHua'lam



Lihatlah wajah mereka yang ceria.. >.<

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Invictus

Out of the night that covers me,

Black as the Pit from pole to pole,

I thank whatever gods may be

For my unconquerable soul.


In the fell clutch of circumstance

I have not winced nor cried aloud.

Under the bludgeonings of chance

My head is bloody, but unbowed.


Beyond this place of wrath and tears

Looms but the horror of the shade,

And yet the menace of the years

Finds, and shall find me, unafraid.


It matters not how strait the gate,

How charged with punishments the scroll,

I am the master of my fate;

I am the captain of my soul.


by William Ernest Henley; 1849-1903

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Sucking nectar from Flowers

In The Name Of Allah Most Gracious Most Merciful.

i would like to post something strange today (like are other posts are not T.T) but i think it's really a fundamental question that needs it's deserved quantity of attention and understanding. It's something that occur to me during the last fasting month, yet somehow the thought came back to me just recently so i've decided to post it and see how others would view this matter. During my first few months in Korea i met a friend from the land of the spices, India. He is a Tiwari (surname for Indian's from the class of Brahmin, the highest social class in India) , Harsh Tiwari and i met him due to our common interest in food while selecting our dishes in the Student's cafe (he's a vegetarian and i'm a forced vegetarian). As you know being a Brahmin means you are respected but also being a Brahmin one has to adhere to a strict rules and regulation. In this world like there are good muslims and bad muslims, there are good brahmins and bad ones. Apparently he is one of the strong ones and best of all he is one of the few who are searching for the truth in his Veda, Gitas and etc. He is an electronic engineer doing his master and with his knowledge of engineering he is trying to relate their holy books with science and trying to justify the faqs in the books with our daily life now. So one night i was on my way to take some water from the water dispenser i met him, hence started a long long detail conversation which lasted until sometime before my sahur with the main topic RELIGION. Lots that i could grasp from him about the fundamental and the core of hinduism, the history, the philosophy behind the religion, the similarities between our religion, the issues of transcendence and many more. It would be hard for me to detail the details of the conversations as it has been quite some time but i would write the gist of the whole thing. One of the discussion is regarding the subject of the incarnation of god in hinduism. The 10 incarnations of god in hinduism now that i think about it most of the stories are similiar to the stories of the prophets of the past. Like for example the story of the 1st incarnation Matsya which i found similar to the Prophet Nuh A.S, the story of Vamana and the Prophet Daud A.S and other stories which i don't recall. He also relate to me the end of days in the veda where the last incarnation of God, Visnu in the form of a horse. He further explains to me that the horse is not literally a horse but something that runs with horse power, this is logic considering the modern world and what's up ahead.The principle of the religion is mothers followed by teachers over God in term of importance and the concept of polytheism in hinduism is actually a monotheism within polytheism.The purpose of me writing this is not like to comment nor judge because in suratul Kafirun Allah clearly states:

"

وَلَآ أَنتُمۡ عَـٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعۡبُدُ

Nor will ye worship that which I worship. (5)

لَكُمۡ دِينُكُمۡ وَلِىَ دِينِ

Unto you your religion, and unto me my religion. (6)

"

but for us to take the zeal from him as he is trying so hard to fit in the society yet still remain intact with his believe and further more try to make people see the myth and legend in hiduism in the point of view of logic (of course the definition of logic and reality is different according to our believe). Hindu's don't believe in preaching as they think that as long as someone is following a good way let it be. Yet still he never fail to change how others see hinduism so they see as he sees it. May Allah guides him Ameen. So this got me thinking we are Muslims and we know that we are bringing the truth thus we spread it yet we still fail to make others view the truth as we look at it everyday. Where did we go wrong? The orders are clear the methods are lay on the floor why are we not using it?Even without intention he has made himself a good ambassador of his religion why can't we?Are we embarrass to show Islam? Please comment on this issue, Allah knows best.

NOTE: My writing here express my amazement to a new knowledge a friend conveyed to me and it is not an expression of believe. My believe is always to the One And Only, Allah. May we view the mirror in adjacent . Wasalam

Sunday, October 25, 2009

To my Brother

In the name of Allah the Most Gracious, Most Merciful




I might not be the best guy in the world to tell him this, but I'm glad that my father is Raslie Saharan and my Mother is Azizah hj Abdullah. They have their good & bad points (well they are human being) but they made what i am today. The only reason I'm not that lost during my early days is because they have implanted something within me which echoes "I'm their son".Later i realize that those echoes are the adabs they taught me when I was small.These adabs are from the the practices of the Prophet, hence originally from One true Source, He knows Best.When i came back to the right road I have lots and lots of things to change. I started one by one. Its difficult u know its really is not a walk in the park. Even though I'm very-very far from being someone useful but rest assured that I'll be one insyaAllah and I don't plan this to be mere rhetoric.

Im glad that my sister is Humaira Raslie. She might not be the best sister in the world but she plays a great role in my life. U see i was like water and she is the tap..I flow she controls. what ever it is i know that I'm closer to her than anyone else in the family cos that's the way things are since we are small.We might have few conflicts when we gets older but in the end we are still the closest in the family.

Im happy that my brother is Khairi Uthman. U see back when i was small i led him to lots of dark places and only Allah knows how I regret that. But where ever we went he has been a good follower a good companion till today, that's why when my other family took me in as their usrah member, one of the first things I did first was ask them to contact my brother (he is in kuching that time) cos I know he would be a great addition in the da'wah family. He has always been the loyal one in the family.

I'm glad I am given a brother named Ali Abdul Rahman.We might not see eye to eye, but I know deep inside him he has a big dream yet to be fulfilled. When he was small I used to be a horrible brother i think, but never the less behind all those lectures i gave him is for him not to follow the path I once took. Maybe I was not good in showing this to him so i would like to apologize from my heart, I'm only human. So for him i wrote this, I x know why but i feel like i must, have to.

I'm happy because I'm given a sister named Taheera. I x get the chance to be very close to her but she knows that i care. She is trying hard to live up to the expectations everyone have for her. But I know she will not quit, she won't quit cause within her runs the blood of a fighter. Like My Nenek Aji and her daughters there is a spirit within them that will never give up even though thrown to the deepest void. The women in my big family are known fighters that is how they will continue to be.

Lastly Im glad for what I am today. I made a lot of stupid decisions in my life but InsyaAllah it is turned into valuable experiences that shape who am I today. My life's journey is still long but I am not scared nor will I give up because I have 2 Usrah waiting for me back home.The only thing i could think of now is going back one day in the future and lower my head to them while saying "Thank you".

WaAllahua'lam

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Perihal Malam

Bila aku melihat pada linkaran merah jingga diangkasa malam ini,

Dari jendela aku melihat pada kesepian malam,

Terpegun dan kaget melihat sinaran terpantul dari dada kolam,

Nun jauh menyepi menyimpan rahsia seribu erti,

Entah apkah yang ada pada angin malam ini,

Mengusik kakiku dengan belaian dingin,

Beralun dengan desiran Sonata Mozart,

Kelipan api kunang-kunang bermain,

Ada khabarkah yang kau ingin beritakan padaku wahai angin?

Perihalkanlah padaku, perihalkanlah kepadaku khabar tentang jauhnya aku ini.


Ditulis bila jiwaku terusik dengan nyanyian malam disaat melihat diluar jendela kedinginan kota Seoul. 11.48PM Di Kisuksa kamar 1003. Abdullah Umar

Friday, October 9, 2009

In the end..... the question is just who U r?

Lots have happened this past few days in brought by the chilly wind of autumn. The 10 degree morning, the 16 degree afternoon, the midterm examination of level 3 Korean language for me, and etc. Too much that it makes me wonder "when u left a jar with water open in winter the water will turn to ice, but if it is not it will still turn to ice except with longer duration of the freezing process." Ain't it that way.The only way to prevent freezing in this ridiculous temperature is if you put it in your arms and the heat of your body will eventually de-catalyst the process to make it through winter at least. So in the end this is a 2 party job, it need at least 2 separate mass to make it happen, which shows that man really needs one and other. As a person would choose a jar that he/she knows. Hence the question is who are you as u choose the jar to hold for the winter. If you are careful enough you would have chosen the jar that needs you but as human being we usually don't make the right decision. Hence this led me to a bigger question that needs answering how do you know the jar is right? scientifically you can say, best way is trial and error.its scientific ain't it, but scientific methods don't usually work with human being as we consist of 2 different composition in this walking earth, the part of the physics and its brother the metaphysical side....... i'll leave it here

Sunday, October 4, 2009

The juggling of brains with spoons(Please interpret it literally )



To expect the unexpected,
Makes the unexpected be the expected is it not,
But when it turns out to be the one you initially inferred to be,
you would say "ahaa" this what I've been expecting you see,

so how valid is this term "expect the unexpected" my query would be,
is the solution to this is to expect everything the mind see,
hence this queer happening arouse a question in my mind,
Is "the everything" includes the nothingness that I would find,
or it is just bounded the the truth I desire to know, I thought that I want to know,
the is an Ultimate truth that I know for sure, I know,
but where am I in this truth, sorry this I yet to know,sorry this I yet to know.