SUDILAH KIRANYA ENGKAU

SUDILAH KIRANYA ENGKAU...MEMANDANGKU DENGAN PANDANGAN RAHMAT & KASIH SAYANGMU...

Seorang pemuda yg resah gelisah hatinya kerana dosa lalu, singgah di surau kecil berdekatan kolejnya. 

Kelihatan kelibat seorang pak cik tua, bersih pakaiannya, jernih air mukanya sedang menunaikan solat fardhu Zohor. Lantas si pemuda pendosa menurutinya sebagai makmum.

Usai solat, si pemuda memberanikan diri bertanya bagi meleraikan kekusutan hati,

"Pak cik...saya ada satu kemusykilan, yg sekian lamanya menghantui sanubari. Saya selalu berbuat dosa yg saya tak mampu ungkapkan, dan saya juga sudah selalu ingin memperbaiki diri. Solat, Qur'an, taubat SEMUA sudah saya lakukan! Namun, saya masih tewas dgn hasutan.."

Pak cik bermuka jernih memandangnya dgn penuh makna, seraya membuka bibir menuturkan perkataan penuh makna,

"Wahai pemuda, utk benar2 berhenti dari dosa dan noda memang tidak mudah, dan memerlukan pengorbanan tak terperi sebagai seorg insan. Pak cik nak tanya boleh?"

"Apa pak cik nak tanyakan dari saya?"

"...adakah engkau istiqamah dgn solatmu?"

Pemuda menjawab,

"Ya, itu satu2nya amal saya yg paling terjaga. Sekurang2nya saya tak pernah lagi meninggalkannya. Cuma mungkin sekali-sekala terlepas waktunya."

Pak cik misteri merenung anak mata si pemuda dalam2. Ah! Dia masih terlalu muda, utk disia2kan. Ummah memerlukannya!
 

"Wahai pemuda, jikalau demikian maka apa yg dapat pak cik nasihatkan, PERBAIKILAH AKAN SOLATMU, DAN TINGKATKANLAH MUTUNYA. Mudah-mudahan Allah SWT membuka jalan ke arah kebebasanmu dari belenggu lalu dgn amalmu yg satu!"

Si pemuda terkesima. Memang ringkas solusinya, bahkan mampu utk dirinya nan kerdil. Belum pernah dia menerima nasihat seringkas tapi penuh makna sebegini, dari seorg hamba Allah yg misteri. Hatinya berbaur haru dan gembira, kerna mungkin inilah caranya!

Dia terimbas kembali sebuah hadis yg dipelajari waktu persekolahannya, tika hatinya masih suci. Sebuah hadis disampaikan Nabi SAW yg mulia. Allah SWT tidak akan sesekali membebankan hambaNya, dan tidak sesekali Dia meninggalkannya. Apabila hambaNya menghampiriNya dgn berjalan, maka Dia, akan berlari menghampirinya. 

Dalam lamunannya tanpa tepi, si pemuda terlupa mengucapkan terima kasih kepada si pak cik misteri. Tersentak dari lamunan, dia berpaling- tapi si hamba Allah yg membantunya yakin dgn rahmat infiniti Ilahi itu, telahpun berangkat pergi.

Siapakah dia?...Semoga Allah merahmatinya. 

Sesaat pertemuan, seribu kenangan. Sebuah kisah bukan rekaan. Dari seorg teman.

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Dalam mengubah diri, ISTIQAMAH ialah kuncinya. Beramal sesuai kemampuan, tapi sentiasa menanam azam, utk menaiktarafkan. 

Semoga akhirnya Dia memandangku, dgn pandangan rahmat & kasih sayangNya...

~Written by : Amirul Arif Yaakub.~

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The Legend of Ghul' Part 2: Ascension

My fellow brothers & sisters in Islam,

What do u think of the story? This is but a fictional story, but does it reminds u of another...? J

Sounds familiar is it? The storyline, the characters and the setting. All seems too true to be fictional.

Well…Indeed it is!! Wanna know how?? Now, take a Quran (translation/Android/Apple/whatever you have) and open this interesting surah.

1.     By heaven in which are zodiacal signs.

2.     And by the promised day.

3.     And by the day which is a witness, and by the day, they are presented.

4.     Cursed be the fellows of the ditch..

[Al-Buruj, 1-4]

Surah Al-Buruj. Try to read the whole surah’s translation. Short time only mehh. Have u not feel the feeling?...the feeling of resemblance of the whole fictional story to this one? Well ehemm2...

Miraga -> (derived from the English word) Mirage; the kingdom is only an illusion,  luring the unwary hearts of mankind to astray

Ashdud -> Ashabul Ushdud (Fellows of the Ditch)

Ghul’ -> Ghulam (the Kid)

Nuray -> An-Nuraniyyin (the blocker of light)

Jablu -> jabal (the mountain)

But wait!! There’s more~

As ‘abid and as a caliph.

The story above is just fictional, a derivation and incomplete look-alike that serves only to draw ur attention here. Nevertheless, the REAL story is here, right in the Quran. What’s more, this is mentioned in a long hadith of our beloved Prophet SAW about this boy! 

(Link: http://dakwah.info/quran-hadis/hadis-ghulam-dakwah/)

Masha-Allah~

Both Surah Al-Buruj and the hadith tell us the legend of a young boy, against the cruelty and syirk of his King of Najran in Yaman centuries ago. He used his intelligence to turn things to his favor, forever spreading the true message of da’wah to the people. Hey, that’s what we ought to do even nowadays right?..

So what is the ibrah (moral values) which we can obtain from the story?

            Let’s play a guess game. Is the legend really has ended? It’s up to us to decide. The ghulam in the hadith is actually the RESEMBLANCE of ourselves, who are going here and there from our homes to IMU or wherever u study, everyday- to learn knowledge, most of them worldly knowledge. We have our time of fun, have family and once in a while go to usrah or Islamic preaches to ease our hearts.

My comrades, is it enough this way?

“And I have created the Jinn and the men only for this that they may worship Me.”

[Az-Zariyat, 56]

The characters; the King, the Sorcerer and his magic resemble ALL the worldly possessions and also distractions in our life from reliving the mission of our Deen, while the priest is the metaphor of the side and time of our lives which we dedicate for the Deen. This is a sunnatullah. Where there’s always be the ghulam in the strikingly similar situation and all the characters throughout the human centuries. Including us now.

Ask yourself; which is more prevalent? Which is heavier?

The answer lies within self. Laa tansaa! (don’t forget!) Wherever we go, whatever we do, do it for Allah SWT! InsyaAllah all of our works, sweats and tears will never be in vain. Be ikhlas.

Relive the spirit of the Ghulam in YOU! It’s in YOU, both young men and women. Waiting to be unleashed. Use ur creativity as the Ghulam himself when he turned the biggest obstacle into the most effective way to teach and enlighten mankind with da’wah and knowledge on Islam, our True Deen.

Why hesitate? Let’s go! Discover the hidden potential in you. May Allah SWT eases mine and your way! ;-)

…and the legend lives on.

And the legend goes on..... Picture from here.

Editor: Mohd Amirul Arif bin Yaakub

Academic and Tarbiyyah Bureau 2012/ 2013
Muslim Society (MSOC)
International Medical University (IMU) Bukit Jalil.

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The Legend of Ghul’- Part 1

: Bismillahirrahmanirrahim:
By His mercy Allah the Almighty I seek guidance & strength…

Once upon a time, in a land far far away…there was a boy in a glorious ancient kingdom, Miraga. This majestic kingdom of men, by the will of Allah SWT had reached an astounding level of civilization, and here, as we all nowadays are obsessed with electronic gadgets (okay, I’m soo into it!) the society, from the humble old man on the street to the innocent cute –looking toddler in the nursery- all are obsessed with MAGIC. Yes, magic...

Taking this obsession as an unfair advantage, the King, Ashdud manipulated the obsession to maintain a strong grip to the kingdom, forever unopposed by anyone, anywhere in the planet for he had a powerful sorcerer whom he called Nuray the Deceiver. Ashdud ordered Nuray to do tricks to the eyes and illusion to the hearts of men so that he alone, forever alone can rule over them and worse still, claim himself as their God!

As the sunnatullah, Nuray the great Deceiver grew older. In a sense of urgency he asked King Ashdud to find him a kid, whose heart is pure- to learn sorcery and eventually once again help Ashdud to dominate the kingdom….and so it began where Ghul’ the innocent boy was selected and endowed the ‘holy’ knowledge of magic, trickey and sorcery. Ghul’, the pure-hearted boy was selected among thousands of competing apprentices for his brilliance. He was a normal boy, living with his parents like any other normal kids of his age. Every day he would go forth and back from his family’s house and the castle to learn magic. Until one day…

“God is Great…God is the Greatest...”

 A voice. From the cave he usually passed every time he went to learn from the great Nuray. Who dared proclaiming there’s other God than Ashdud?! Ghul’, with a heart fueled with curiosity, explored the cave, and there he met an old priest, prostrating that ‘God is the Greatest!’. Is he mad?? If the castle guards found out about this he could had his head ripped off! Unwaveringly, the priest approached Ghul’ and taught him of the truth. The truth to be told. That Ashdud is but a mere human, and there’s really is Allah, the true and only one God. As an innocent boy whose life was controlled by Nuray, Ghul’ was indeed in doubt. How can there’s an invisible God? The most powerful, who watches over men’s doings? Ghul’, feeling depressed as well as confused, left the old priest.

One day, Miraga the great kingdom was under siege by a great beast, disturbing the lives of the civilians living at the outskirts of the castle walls. Both footmen and knights alike were incapable of chasing away the Great Beast back to its wilderness in the dark jungle. Ghul’ was on his way to the castle and seeing this event, as a gifted smart boy- used the opportunity to clear his doubt.

                “Oh God, if whatever the priest’s preaching me is true and the sorcery I learn is but a stray from the path of Truth, then help me to kill the Great Beast with this humble stone!”

He shouted loudly in front of the citizens and guards. Unhesitatingly, He then threw a stone, which directly hit the monster’s head and it died right away…The truth is unfolded. There’s no God but Allah SWT! Hastily but sure, Ghul’ ran back to the priest, and told him everything. The priest was impressed and asked the boy to conceal his identity, for the sake of da’wah he was doing inside of Miraga.

                

Soon enough, news began to spread about the new imaan the boy believed. The enraged Ashdud ordered the sentinels to catch Ghul’ and investigated him on his new ‘false’ faith. Ghul’ refused, since he had promised the priest to keep their meetings a secret. However, the cruel Ashdud, using his brutal tools of agony whipped the poor boy…until he confessed of the priest. Immediately, the priest was taken to the throne, and without further questioning he was executed in the name of the great King- as an act of treason to their great ‘god’ Ashdud. The body of the priest was hung in the public, served as a warning to whoever denies Ashdud as their god.

Ghul’ was kept in custody in the cold, dark dungeon. Soon after, the day had come; he was chained and brought upon the so-called almighty Ashdud, who was sitting proudly on his golden throne.

                “O young man, have u not afraid and believe in me?! Surely if you convert from your faith to me, I’ll deliver your freedom and your family be spared!”

                “There’s only one God, and he is Allah. How can you ignore that you are also a mere mortal, waiting to die on the majestic throne of yours!”

The unwavering faith of the boy shook the King. In utmost anger, he ordered the best among his warriors to bring Ghul’ far away from Miraga, so that people would not see the execution. He was brought upon the peak of Mount Jablu, the grandest mountain in the territory of the great Miraga kingdom and was sentenced to be executed by falling down the peak to the deep abyss. Ghul’, in a sense of hope and protection from Allah the Almighty, prayed so that he was savored and spared from the warriors. Suddenly, the great mountain shook with such intensity that the warriors were devastated and fled. The sounds of armours clanking, people shouting and ground scattering are all around Ghul’….until there was pin-drop silence. The warriors were dead, most of them fell into the abyss, never to be found again.

All praises be to Allah! Ghul’ immediately rushed back to Miraga, straight to the throne, for he had a mission to accomplish. To save all of Miraga. Both Ashdud and Nuray were shocked and awed. How this boy could escape from the watch our mightiest warriors?? Ashdud desperately called upon his loyal guards, pinning Ghul’ to the ground.

                “O your Majesty, if you really desire to assassinate me, then you have to follow my wish. For my God won’t allow you to kill me, except by his Will.”

The desperato, Ashdud agreed to listen to the boy’s conditions, as long as he can eliminate the threat to his kingdom. The next day, all the citizens of Miraga are gathered on the kingdom square, all curious of what would have the brilliant boy asked from the King.

               

The blessed boy Ghul’ was crucified on a tall pole at the end corner of the kingdom square, putting his entire faith on the Almighty Allah. Ashdud and Nuray the Deceiver alongside their walls of knights watched in anxiety. Just as Ghul’’s final death wish, an elite archer of the King’s personal guard was prepared, standing ready in front of Ghul’ distances away. Slowly but firm, he took out a razor sharp arrow, putting it in between his fingers and uttered:

                “By the name of this boy’s God!”

That was Ghul’s final wish. That the archer would pray in the true God’s name to shoot him the arrow. The arrow flew swiftly and hit right on Ghul’ head! Slowly, the boy passed away, in His blessings. This event, witnessed by the thousands of the people of Miraga opened their hearts at last. Ashdud is but a weakling! A mere mortal! If he really is God then why he himself cannot kill the boy, and only finally managed to execute him by praying to the ‘other’ God. This sparked rage and sudden realization of the people of the true and only faith they had been waiting for so long.

                “We’re in faith with the boy’s God. There’s no one but Him (Allah SWT).”

Ashdud, as a final attempt to cleanse his kingdom of these ‘heretics’, commanded that a big moat of inferno be built. Whoever opposed him and disobey to convert back to him will be thrown in agony. Voices in pain and sufferings filled the kingdom on that day…and so it happened, the massacre of the believers in the path of Allah SWT by the cruel King of Miraga.

-The End-

Editor: Mohd Amirul Arif bin Yaakub

Academic and Tarbiyyah Bureau 2012/ 2013

Muslim Society (MSOC)

International Medical University (IMU) Bukit Jalil.

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