Zikir kosong / Zikr Allah

"Jangan meninggalkan zikir
kerana engkau belum selalu ingat kepada Allah sewaktu zikir

Sebab kelalaian kamu terhadap Allah ketika tidak berzikir
lebih berbahaya dari kelalaian kamu terhadap Allah semasa berzikir

Semoga Allah menaikkan darjat kamu
daripada zikir dengan kelalaian
kepada zikir yang disertai sedar (ingat) kepada Allah

Kemudian naik pula dari zikir dengan kesedaran ingat
kepada zikir yang disertai rasa hadir

Dan dari zikir yang disertai rasa hadir kepada Allah
kepada lupa terhadap segala sesuatu selain Allah

Dan yang demikian itu bagi Allah tidak sukar"

Hikmah 47, Hikam Ibnu Ata'illah

Duduk termangu sebelum mega subuh mencuit, teringat (zikr)... Cantik hikam nih... cantik lagi benar, subhanallah :)

Kapitalisme

In an echo to a short entry from my bro's blog, coupled with a recent article in The Star that managed to capture my (decaying) attention - "US to buy stakes in banks" - I giggled at the irony that surrounds the US bailout plan.

Not only that it lack wholesome support even from within, but the fact that her Federal Government is buying stakes to save the banks & companies is itself the ultimate form of humiliation to the "religion" thus far considered the best method to run global economy - capitalism.

(President) Bush's remarks was the crème de la crème, "These measures are not intended to take over the free market, but to preserve it." Talking about the wordplay, dude, you are one slick eel.

A capitalism purist will know that this is against every (moral?) fibre of capitalism.

Whilst I remain impartial to the plan (honestly not knowing the impact of such measures), I know for sure that such measures (takeovers, bailouts) were the ones that Asian countries were trying to take in order to safeguard national interest in the previous wave of the 10-year cycle economic turmoil.

But they didn't, as there were pressures from international community (read : US and the West) to resist such actions in order to preserve the free-ness of the free market and capitalism (read : so that they can capitalise).

"Capitalism is the economic system in which the means of production are owned by private persons, and operated for profit & where investments, distribution, income, production & pricing of goods & services are predominantly determined through the operation of a free market" - Bacher, Christian. Capitalism, Ethics and the Paradox of Self-exploitation. Grin Verlag. 2007. page 2

With such elaborate plans to safeguard the companies, no wonder this action is like spitting to the air. Who knows, without such intervention, some oil-rich Arab companies might be able to acquire major bigplayers in US; AIG, the recently deceased Lehman Bros etc - which is of course a baseless 'teory' of mine that manages to discount the ever important element of public sentiments :)

I wonder if there are better alternatives to capitalism... ending with a rhetorical question... nice... :) Tiqo-sama would have been proud of me.

Perjalanan Yang Pasti 2

Tajuk Filem : Kehidupan

Pelakon utama : Diri Sendiri

Antagonis utama : Syaitan dari kalangan jin dan manusia, nafsu

Penerbit & pengarah : Tuhan yg Esa

Latar tempat : Alam ruh, rahim, dunia, barzakh & akhirat

Latar masa : Selama-lamanya

Skrip : Al-Quran & Hadith

Penulis skrip : Tuhan yg Maha Mengetahui

Pemilihan skrip : Diri sendiri

Sutradara : Diri sendiri

***
Contoh babak-babak penting*
(Babak-babak berikut terserah kepada budi bicara pelakon utama)

Babak utama setiap episod : Solat, zikrullah etc

Babak airmata : Solat malam, zikrullah etc

Babak gembira/komedi : Keluarga & ukhuwwah

Babak aksi : Jihad (pelbagai bentuk)

*Tiada pelakon lagak ngeri atau body double dibekalkan


***

Babak klimaks (wajib) : Kematian hero

Majlis anugerah : Padang Mahsyar

Pencatat kira-kira : Raqib & Atid

Hakim & Pemberi Anugerah : Tuhan yg Maha Adil

Cara menerima anugerah : Tangan kanan, kiri atau dari belakang

Anugerah utama : Syurga atau neraka

Running time : Selama-lamanya



This analogy is taken from a kuliah subuh in my local mosque the other day
Inna lillah wa inna ilaihi rajiuun...

Pedih...

Oh, pedih2 :(

Astaghfirullah...

Alhamdulillah atas Tempat Mengadu yg Pasti

Perjalanan Yang Pasti 1

1994

Hujan lebat. Seorang anak kecil berusia 10 tahun bersama keluarganya dalam perjalanan pulang ke Kuantan dari Muar. Kenduri kahwin; sahabat bapanya seorang Cina mualaf baru sahaja selesai majlis walimahnya.

Hujan teramat lebat. Anak kecil itu sedikit gundah. Jalan tidak begitu jelas. Konspirasi langit gelap dan rentuman hujan mengkaburkan pemandangan bapanya. Sunyi sekali petang itu. Tidak ramai yang mahu berjalan dalam hujan yang tidak menunjukkan tanda akan kebah.

Pendek kata, suasana agak menggerunkan.

Adiknya nyenyak tidur di sebelahnya, kenyang tersumbat dengan hidangan kenduri kongsi ayam Johor yang sedikit janggal tapi enak. Ibunya juga separuh lena.

Anak kecil itu terus gundah, apakah mungkin Izrail akan menjemputnya hari itu? Diikutkan kebarangkalian agak tinggi. Masakan tidak, Izrail mengunjungi semua anak Adam kurang lebih 20 minit sekali setiap hari.

Kilat sabung menyabung, guruh berdentum megah menggegar seluruh alam dan sanubari anak kecil itu. Mata anak kecil itu tertutup rapat, tapi benaknya ligat berputar. Konsep kematian merupakan sesuatu yang asing baginya. Konsep akhirat yang abadi yang diulang bicara guru Fardhu-Ainnya saban minggu menggamit pemikiran.

Akhirat = alam abadi. Abadi = selama-lamanya. Selama-lamanya = waktu yang bersifat infiniti. Infiniti = tiada penghujung, tidak tamat.

Sehari akhirat = seribu tahun dunia. Hidup di dunia +- 70 tahun (purata). Justeru, hidup di dunia = (70/1000) x 24jam = 1.68jam akhirat.

Pendek benar waktu 'peperiksaan' ini. Akibatnya ditanggung di alam abadi. Air mata anak kecil itu berlinangan memikirkan solatnya yang sambalewa. Juga keengkarannya terhadap ibu-bapanya. Apatah lagi umpat-umpatan dan keji-kejiannya terhadap saudara seIslamnya. Makan daging busuk.

Diulit ketakutan, mata anak kecil itu tertutup tapi berlinangan. Kemudian mata anak kecil itu terus tutup.

Kisah benar.

Dah lebih setahun rupanya...

Subhanallah... dalam bertangguh2 aku mencatat pengajaran hidup, tak sangka dah setahun sunyi tak berisi. Banyak yang telah datang dan pergi. Sahabat2 se-batch dah ramai yg blah... lega (tongue in cheek :p)

I was recently re-enlightened of the things I have been missing in life. I went to Australia recently, apparently doing my electives. Dari 3 minggu, mungkin 6 separuh hari kot aku pergi... Yaumul khomisah is practically (in Tiqo's words) sabbath day.

Australia is such a magical place with magnificent views and the weirdest of animals pretty much exclusive to that part of the world. Subhanallah some of the things that I encountered over there are simply breathtaking.

Not least of course are the brothers downunder. It was nice checking up on old friends and fellow 'zoo' members. A theme that was pretty much prevalent throughout the trip (to a varying degree) was ukhuwwah. Some showed magnanimous commitment to the ultimate cause, so much so that I realised that I wasted 4 fruitless years in limbo. And the coming of Ramadhan did help me clear up my conscience and showed me how far astray I was, if I may say so. Astaghfirullah al-azim, may Allah forgive all my sins and wrongdoings...

I recruited one blood brother of mine to guide me back... insha Allah. Time to make up for lost times...

Thank you all for such wonderful hospitality and display of brotherhood that at times left me in tears of appreciation, literally.


Credits - Tiqo, Turot, Butet, Farid, Peps, Megat, Ostrich, Muthanna & family, Mat Rick, the rest of Kings, Naguib, Huda, Bobo & rest of Waratah West, Rob, all the Imams and sheikh Salah, brothers of FAMSY, Azri, budak demam yang muntah atas aku dalam flight ke oz, family bdk tu, Fahmi, Big Joe, driver bus dari sydney ke newcastle yg garang, penjaga kangaroo yg bermurah hati bagi masuk percuma, kangaroo, penjaga koala, koala, makcik penjual makanan korea kat box hill station, adik penjual kebab turki, dan lain-lain yang tak mungkin dapat disebutkan semuanya :) syukran