assalamualaikum
someone : assalamualaikum. macam mana study dekat sana. best tak?
me : wsalam. alhamdulillah ok. best best best.
someone : oohh.. apa yang best belajar dekat sana.
me : ......
huh. there i was. out of words. haha. ok. ye. hmm.
so, i asked myself once again. *cause the question has been playing in my mind lama dah pun*. what actually do you feel. being here, somewhere quite far away from your hometown, how does it really feels like?
it's really awesome!!! there's no other places like here!!!
heh. you can't honestly believe that huh?
because i'm not sure of my own feeling either.
cita-cita saya untuk belajar ke luar negara dah tercapai!! hooraaayy!!!
sooooo... what's next??
hhhmmm...*berfikir dan membuat gaya orang berfikir yakni mengusap2 dagu*
huh!! lepas ni apa lagi. sambung masters, sambung PhD, kerja, kahwin, melahirkan anak, membesarkan anak, pencen, travel around the world, dan kemudian kembali ke dari mana kita datang.
oh yeah. that is probably apa yang ramai antara kita nak buat in life kan. roughly. not entirely true for each of one of us. mesti ada yang tak nak sambung study dah. ada yang tak nak kerja. ada yang tak nak kahwin. macam-macam. pelbagai ragam.
huh! but seriously. that's all?
saya tertanya-tanya adakah semua ini mencukupi? adakah semua ini telah menyebabkan saya dengan jayanya accomplished our real mission (or is it supposed to be vision. senang cerita tujuan lah) of being here, breathing the air of the planet called earth.
ahha. setelah mendapat soalan yang di atas oleh seorang makhluk Allah, saya mula terfikir. oh ye, tercapai juga cita-cita saya ye. how do i feel now? satisfied? hhmm, i'm pretty much contented. lalalala. oh wait. this reminds me of a song.
is Allah satisfied?
-Maher Zain
Lyrics to Awaken :
We were given so many prizes
We changed the desert into oasis
We built buildings of different lengths and sizes
And we felt so very satisfied
We bought and bought
We couldn't stop buying
We gave charity to the poor 'cause
We couldn't stand their crying
We thought we paid our dues
But in fact
To ourselves we're just lying
Oh...I'm walking with my head lowered in shame from my place
I'm walking with my head lowered from my race
Yes it's easy to blame everything on the west
When in fact all focus should be on ourselves
We were told what to buy and we'd bought
We went to London, Paris and Costa Del Sol
We made show we were seen in the most exlusive shops
Yes we felt so very satisfied
We felt our money gave us infinite power
We forgot to teach our children about history and honor
We didn't have any time to lose
When we were.. (were)
So busy feeling so satisfied
I'm walking with my head lowered in shame from my place
I'm walking with my head lowered from my race
Yes it's easy to blame everything on the west
When in fact all focus should be on ourselves
We became the visuals without a soul
despite the heat
Our homes felt so empty and cold
To fill the emptiness
We bought and bought
Maybe all the fancy cars
And bling will make us feel satisfied
My dear brother and sister
It's time to change inside
Open your eyes
Don't throw away what's right aside
Before the day comes
When there's nowhere to run and hide
Now ask yourself 'cause Allah's watching you
Is He satisfied?
Is Allah satisfied?
Is Allah satisfied?
Is Allah satisfied?
Oh..I'm walking with my head lowered in shame from my place
I'm walking with my head lowered from my race
Yes it's easy to blame everything on the west
When in fact all focus should be on ourselves
We changed the desert into oasis
We built buildings of different lengths and sizes
And we felt so very satisfied
We bought and bought
We couldn't stop buying
We gave charity to the poor 'cause
We couldn't stand their crying
We thought we paid our dues
But in fact
To ourselves we're just lying
Oh...I'm walking with my head lowered in shame from my place
I'm walking with my head lowered from my race
Yes it's easy to blame everything on the west
When in fact all focus should be on ourselves
We were told what to buy and we'd bought
We went to London, Paris and Costa Del Sol
We made show we were seen in the most exlusive shops
Yes we felt so very satisfied
We felt our money gave us infinite power
We forgot to teach our children about history and honor
We didn't have any time to lose
When we were.. (were)
So busy feeling so satisfied
I'm walking with my head lowered in shame from my place
I'm walking with my head lowered from my race
Yes it's easy to blame everything on the west
When in fact all focus should be on ourselves
We became the visuals without a soul
despite the heat
Our homes felt so empty and cold
To fill the emptiness
We bought and bought
Maybe all the fancy cars
And bling will make us feel satisfied
My dear brother and sister
It's time to change inside
Open your eyes
Don't throw away what's right aside
Before the day comes
When there's nowhere to run and hide
Now ask yourself 'cause Allah's watching you
Is He satisfied?
Is Allah satisfied?
Is Allah satisfied?
Is Allah satisfied?
Oh..I'm walking with my head lowered in shame from my place
I'm walking with my head lowered from my race
Yes it's easy to blame everything on the west
When in fact all focus should be on ourselves
oh oh. saya terasa dengan lagu ini. anda? huhu.
bagi saya, buatlah apa yang kita nak buat. (yang dibenarkan dalam agama islam), asalkan kita sentiasa fikir dan fikir dan fikir. is Allah satisfied?
saya pernah terbaca dari buku "Ikhlas. Rukun dakwah Ikhwanul Muslimin", karya Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qharadhawi. kata beliau, Allah ibarat majikan kita. sebagai seorang pekerja yang baik, mesti kita akan kerja dengan bersungguh-sungguhnya kan. malah, setiap pekerjaan kita, mesti kita akan buat untuk memenangi hati bos kita kan. barulah boleh dapat naik pangkat, naik gaji. oh yeah, begitu juga dalam menjalankan tugas dan tanggungjawab kita sebagai manusia. bukankah kita sepatutnya buat segala suruhan dan tinggalkan segala larangan Pencipta kita, hanya untuk mendapat keredhaanNya? mardhatillah~
“Tidaklah sama antara orang beriman yang duduk (yang tidak turut berperang) tanpa mempunyai uzur (halangan) dengan orang yang berjihad di jalan Allah dengan harta dan jiwanya. Allah melebihkan derajat orang-orang yang berjihad dengan harta dan jiwanya atas orang yang duduk (tidak ikut berperang tanpa halangan). Kepada masing-masing, Allah menjanjikan (pahala) yang baik (Syurga), dan Allah melebihkan orang-orang yang berjihad atas orang yang duduk (tidak turut berperang dan tidak ada sesuatu uzur) dengan pahala yang besar.”
(An-Nisa' : 95)
eh eh. bukan berperang di sini maksudnya mengangkat senjata dan mengebom sana sini. heh. tak payah bagitau pun semua orang dah faham kan. maksud yang cuba saya nak kaitkan di sini adalah, ye... pergilah ke mana pun kita nak pergi. nak belajar kat luar negara ke, dalam negara ke, tengah negara ke, or nak kahwin ke, nak kerja ke, nak pencen ke, malah nak travel sekalipun, buatlah kerana majikan kita. ingatlah majikan kita. adakah majikan kita akan redha dengan segala apa yang kita buat? is He satisfied? adakah dengan apa yang kita akan buat, kita akan dikurniakan 'gaji yang tinggi' dan 'darjat yang tinggi'?
bukankah sifat manusia memang suka kejar darjat. haha. dari kejar darjat yang bersifat sementara dan tak hebat mana pun, yakni seperti tingginya darjat tanah dalam kalangan tanah sendiri, baik kita kejar untuk darjat yang tinggi yang akan kekal di sisi Allah. oh yeah, kita nak dapatkan redha Allah, *walaupun bukan senang!!tapi tak mustahil*, bukan dengan cara berperang je. it is more to jihad yang bermaksud berusaha bersungguh-sungguh sampai tidak larat. contohnya. berusaha la bersungguh-sungguh dalam pelajaran. tapi kerana apa? sebab lepas ni nak dapat kerja hebat2? oh tidak tidak. tapi sebab menyahut seruan Allah yang menyuruh hambaNya menuntut ilmukan. sebab dengan ilmu, insyaAllah kita boleh menegakkan islam di muka bumi. buatlah apa pun!!! asalkan kita laksanakannya kerana islam, dan dengan cara islam yang sebenar.
oh panjang betul. fuhhh. berleter saya pada diri sendiri.
oh ha!! sedar tak sedar, saya baru sedar yang bila berborak2 dengan orang ramai, banyak pula ibrah yang boleh saya dapat. nak dengar satu contoh situasi yang saya lalui?
begini bunyinya.
pada suatu petang/pagi *tak ingat*, saya pergi ke MAWU (boleh dikatakan seperti musolla di university saya). maka, saya bersalamanlah dengan saudara2 saya yang berada di sana.
Wanita : What course are you studying?
Saya : Mechanical Engineering. *sambil tersenyum girang* -excited taw setiap kali jumpe saudara seislam kita kat tempat yang mana muslim menjadi golongan minoriti.
Wanita : That's good. islam needs educated people.
heh. there i was. tertanya-tanya dan terpinga-pinga. sebab saya mungkin faham maksud beliau tapi kalau dia terangkan dengan lebih mendalam tentang statement beliau tu kan lagi bagus. huhu. but, unfortunately, she stopped at that sentence and left. if i was an australian, i would have asked why does islam need educated people? but, heh, being a malay, i am not yet used to asking questions. accepting and believing dah menjadi satu habit dalam diri saya yang agak kurang baik. haha. should i really blame it for being a malay. ok tarik balik la kata-kata tu. malay has nothing to do with sifat curiosity yang perlu ada dalam diri kita. huh. sila la tanya kalau nak tahu. tapi, bila dengar atau baca sesuatu pandangan, mari siasat sejauh mana kebenarannya.
"Dan Kami tidak mengutus sebelum Engkau (Muhammad), melainkan orang laki-laki yang Kami beri wahyu kepada mereka, maka bertanyalah kepada orang yang mempunyai pengetahuan jika mereka mengetahui"
(An-Nahl : 43)
