Hari ini, saya teringatkan ...kata-kata cikgu mata pelajaran geografi saya di Sek Men Keb Agama Baling kira2 16 thn lalu....(kini Hj Nik Amli, bertugas sebagai Guru Pen Kanan di salah sebuah sek men di Ayer Hitam, Alor Setar).
Cikgu Nik Amli merupakan seorang guru yg dikenali budinya, di sanjungi dek pendiriannya yang tegas mendidik, dan di kagumi kerana keikhlasan beliau mendidik , tidak lokek ilmu..terlalu banyak jasanya..mungkin terlalu panjang untuk diceritakan di ruang ini...
Yang pasti, dia guru saya. Sehingga kini, wajah cikgu Nik Amli Nik Jusoh (masih segar namanya di ingatan saya) terlalu jelas di dalam CPU pemikiran saya. Tidak mudah di'auto-delete'kan dari 'RAM' otak saya. Jelas sekali kerana jasanya , tingkah tegasnya dan cerita2nya yang sentiasa menghilangkan kebosanan tika kami ber"camping" di hutan2 belakang sekolah, air terjun dan tentu sekali ..di dalam kelas.
Ketika saya menuntut di Tingkatan 3 Umar, beliau sedang mengikuti Kursus Master di USM. Rajinnya beliau, menuntut ilmu walau sudah beristeri dan beranak 5 ketika itu...Pastinya, kereta Datsun merahnya menjadi peneman untuk ke Pulau Pinang setiap hujung minggu. Itu cerita hujung minggu beliau..belajar...
Hari-hari biasa beliau ke sekolah...menjadi pendidik, penghibur dan penglipur lara. Tidak ada lontaran katanya yang membuatkan muridnya berasa bosan , berasa seperti ingin 'tuang' kelas, apatah lagi bersembunyi di dalam tandas menunggu tamatnya kelas beliau.Tidak..beliau tidak pernah membosankan...
Malam...bertugas sebagai warden...Mengazankan subuh, maghrib....dan merotan :) tunggu saja siapa yang berani lewat ke subuh ketika azannya berkumandang..lihat saja siapa yang mempunyai kuku panjang ketika permeriksaannya..pasti sekali rotannya hinggap ke anggota badan.....subuh? di punggung ketika perhimpunan pagi....kuku....ketika keluar dari dewan makan setiap kali makan malam, pastinya...rotannya menunngu untuk melompat ke atas tangan...
Tetapi, hari ini bukan tujuan saya untuk bercerita tentang cikgu Nik, cuma ...saya teringatkan Cikgu...cakap saja apa masalah..pasti cikgu nik ada jawapan...gangguan histeria? Cikgu Nik ada jawapan...ilmu agama...cikgu nik sentiasa membantu...ilmu duniawi..saya kira cikgu Nik banyak membaca sehingga beliau tahu, tahu akan jawapan setiap soalan yg diberi:)
"Jangan minta berhutang kepada orang yang baru kaya; jangan bertandang ke rumah orang yang baru berkahwin dan jangan melawan dengan orang yang baru naik pangkat."
Ini kata-kata Cikgu Nik yang saya fikirkan dari tadi:) mendalam maknanya...sehingga saya terfikir tentang cikgu Nik..:) Teruskan perjuangan Cikgu Nik ya...saya pasti cikgu telah banyak mendidik lebih ramai manusia menjadi manusia yang hebat....yaa....sudah lebih 16 tahun saya tidak bertemu cikgu Nik:)
Saya doakan semoga Allah memberi ganjaran yang hebat untuk orang hebat seperti cikgu:)
Monday, January 31, 2011
Counting Days...
Uhuuu sgt tidak sabar....sangat tidak sabar..I am too excited:)
Waited so long...to be there.
May Allah protect my kids and family during our trip there.
Uhuu...sgt tidak sabar:)
Widaad and Wafa'...Ummi and Walid will be back for both of you:)
We love you.
:) Allah is so great! I love Allah:)
Waited so long...to be there.
May Allah protect my kids and family during our trip there.
Uhuu...sgt tidak sabar:)
Widaad and Wafa'...Ummi and Walid will be back for both of you:)
We love you.
:) Allah is so great! I love Allah:)
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Allah is Within Us!!
Salam. Alhamdulillah, seperti biasa, saya diberi kesihatan, rahmat dan kebaikan oleh Allah untuk menghadirkan diri di sebuah kelas usrah, kelolaan seorang sahabat (semoga di dalam rahmat Allah selalu).
Seronok dan sayu apabila saya mendengarkan bait-bait hadis yang dibacakan oleh Puan Anfaal ketika di kelas usrah semalam.
“Rasulullah saw. bersabda: Allah Taala berfirman: Aku sesuai dengan persangkaan hambaKu terhadapKu dan Aku selalu bersamanya ketika dia mengingatKu. Apabila dia mengingatiKu dalam dirinya, maka Aku pun akan mengingatinya dalam diriKu. Apabila dia mengingatiKu di dalam suatu jamaah manusia, maka Aku pun akan mengingatinya di dalam suatu kumpulan makhluk yang lebih baik dari mereka. Apabila dia mendekatiKu sejengkal, maka Aku akan mendekatinya sehasta. Apabila dia mendekatiKu sehasta, maka Aku akan mendekatinya sedepa. Dan apabila dia datang kepadaKu dengan berjalan, maka Aku akan datang kepadanya dengan berlari.” - riwayat Abu Hurairah RA
Mulianya Allah itu! Dialah yang telah menciptakan kita, memberikan rahmat dan kasih sayangNya, kemudian tidak sombong pula dengan hambaNya! Ya Allah! Pemurahnya diriMu!
Lihatlah petikan dari hadis di atas.
1 - Apabila kita mengingati Allah, Allah juga mengingati kita
2 - Apabila kita mengingatiNya di dalam sekumpulan manusia, Allah akan mengingati kita di hadapan makhluk yang lebih baik (contoh: malaikat)
3 - Apabila kita mendekatiNya sehasta, Dia mendekati kita sedepa! Subhanallah!
4 - Apabila kita berjalan untuk mendekatiNya, Dia berlari ke arah kita! Rahmatnya diriMu, Ya Allah!
Apabila Puan Anfaal Saari membacakan hadis ini, saya terasa sangat gembira! Gembira kerana Allah itu lebih 'advance', lebih cepat dan pantas untuk mendekati kita, lebih dari apa yang kita lakukan kepadaNya. Tetapi dalam masa yang sama, saya juga sedih. Kerana, apabila kita tidak memahami konsep ini, kita ingkar dengan suruhanNya dan makin mendekati laranganNya.
Siang tadi di Wanita Hari Ini, rancangan itu mengupas topik 'Escort Girl'. Ada di antara panel yang hadir bersikap lembut hati, mengajak orang awam agar tidak sewenang-wenangnya mencemuh golongan sebegini. Niatnya baik, tetapi, pendekatan untuk mengeluarkan golongan ini dari aktiviti maksiat sebegini, bagaimana? Mungkin ada, panel itu lebih mengetahui.
Saya paling tertarik dengan kata-kata Saudara Kamal Affendi, "mungkin mereka memang terdesak dan dipaksa melakukan sebegitu, tetapi persoalannya, setelah 10 tahun, masih terdesakkah?". Apabila 'Tepuk Dada, Tanya Selera', itulah jawapan yang akan diberikan. "Mahu mencari nafkah", "terpaksa", "tiada cara lain". Tetapi jika mereka 'Tepuk Dada, Tanya Iman', pasti bukan itu jawapan yang diberikan.
Dengan penuh keyakinan kepada Allah, Tuhan yang telah menciptakan setiap satu perkara di dunia dan akhirat, dari sekecil-kecil perkara, sehingga ke sebesar-besar makhluk, pastinya Allah lebih mengetahui apa yang baik dan apa yang buruk buat kita.
Jika Escort Girl itu 'Tepuk Dada, Tanya Iman', pastinya iman akan berkata "Yakinlah kepada Allah. Yakinlah kepada rezeki yang akan diberikan Allah. Yakinlah bahawa jika Allah mengkehendaki kamu miskin, maka itulah yang terbaik buatmu. Yakinlah jika Allah mahukan kamu susah, maka itulah yang paling mudah buatmu".
Maka, pastinya dengan mudah dia akan berkatakan TIDAK untuk menjalani kehidupan di dalam maksiat. Bukan sekadar escort girl sahaja, tetapi untuk sesiapa pun di luar sana. Untuk diri saya juga!
Ya, menulis sahaja memang senang. Tetapi, untuk hidup susah, memanglah payah. Namapun hidup susah, mestilah SUSAH!
Apabila kita hanya berfikiran sempit, hanya memikirkan untuk 'survival' di dunia sahaja, itulah gambaran yang kita perolehi 'SUSAH!'. Bilamana minda boleh menyelami maksud hadis pembukaan di atas, kita akan faham, Allah ada dekat denganku, kerana aku mahu mendekatiNya! Aku susah di dunia, tetapi aku yakin dengan ihsan Allah untuk ke syurgaNya!
Saya bukanlah cendekiawan agama, berkelulusan usuluddin atau sebagainya. Saya hanyalah seorang wanita biasa, yang penuh kelemahan, masih mencari ruang di sana sini untuk memperbaiki diri.
Semoga saya berjaya mendidik anak-anak saya, agar memahami bahawa, percayalah kepada Allah, jangan lakukan perkara haram! Yakinlah bahawa Allah itu mengetahui apa yang terbaik buatmu, biarpun ianya kelihatan seperti kesukaran dan kesusahan. Semoga kita semua di dalam rahmatNya. Semoga kita ikhlas dan istiqamah menuju ke jalanNya. Amin.
Monday, January 24, 2011
A Story of Prophet Yunus
I remembered once when I was pregnant. One of my sister in-law introduce me to this verse; as she said this was a du'a of prophet Yunus when he was in a belly of a whale:
"La Ila Ha Illa Anta, Subha Naka Inni Kuntu Minodzo Limiin..."
This is a story I would like to bring to you today, a story of Prophet Yunus p.b.u.h...
Have you ever felt as though things are just too much for you, that you are in a situation you see no way of getting out of? Do you look at problems in our world today and wonder how they can ever be solved? All this, and more, is the story of Prophet Yunus (peace be upon him). The mission of Prophet Yunus is a timeless story that tells us there is a way out, if only we have faith.
Almighty Allah called Yunus to preach to the people of Nineveh. Nineveh was a great city, the capital of Assyria, and it had become a very wicked place. Yunus went to the people there and told them to give up their bad ways and to turn, instead, to Allah. But they wouldn't listen to him and so Yunus left them.
Having left the city behind, Yunus boards a ship. He has had enough and he sets sail far away from the scene of his failure. Once at sea, though, a storm grows up and the crew are terrified. These pagan sailors feel that the gods of the sea must be displeased with them, so they draw lots to throw one man overboard to calm the storm. They draw the lot indicating that Yunus should be thrown overboard. This happens not once but three times, and the terrified crew throw him overboard thinking that in doing so they will be protecting themselves and their ship.
Once in the water, something extraordinary happens. Allah sends a great fish, some describe it as a whale, to swallow Yunus whole. Once in its belly, Yunus descends to the bottom of the sea, filled with total despair. How can he possibly survive this disaster? What way out of his situation could there possibly be? He is engulfed by darkness: the darkness of the creature's stomach; the darkness of the deep; and, worst of all, the darkness of despair. Even though he was a religious man, called upon to be a prophet, he experiences doubt, and it is when he is in the depths of despair that things change for him. In the noble Qur'an, we read that Yunus "cried through the darkness." He realized that Almighty Allah, not he, was in control of things. He cries out, "there is no god but You," and asks for help. In asking for help, his prayer is heard.
Ibn Kathir has a moving commentary on this part of Yunus's story. He says that once Yunus admits that there is no god but Allah and that only Allah can save him, something wonderful happens. First, the whale begins to sing the praises of Allah, then all the little fish around it, then all the creatures of the sea, each in its own way, until there is a great chorus of praise. The whale swims up to the surface and ejects Yunus onto the shore. Just as Allah had used it to save Yunus from the storm and from drowning in the sea, so He also uses it to bring Yunus safely to land again.
And there is more. Yunus is feeling sick and sore as he lies on the sand in the scorching heat, still not knowing what will become of him. Allah takes even more care of him and causes a plant to grow up over him and to cover Yunus with its shade. Once he has recovered from his ordeal and his skin has stopped smarting from the acids in the creature's stomach, he decides to return to Nineveh, his travels over, to see what has become of the city and its people. When he arrives there, to his great surprise, he sees that the city and its people have not been destroyed, but have all turned to Allah. His message had got through to them. Perhaps when they saw the terrible storm as it grew up in the distance, they saw in it an image of what would happen to them if they did not repent. Who knows why they turned back to Allah, but they did. Yunus, then, after all his adventures, is finally content that his mission has been accomplished.
There is so much that the story of Yunus can teach us. First of all, read it yourself in the noble Qur'an. You will find it in the following verses: 4:163, 6:86, 10:98, 21:87, 37:139-148, and 68:48-50. Ponder over the meaning of the words and listen to what they say to you. Yunus's story is timeless. It is for the whole world and it is for each one of us.
[No soul knows what comfort is kept hidden for them, as a reward for their deeds.](As-Sajdah 32:17)
Allah uses all things to work out His plan. In the story of Prophet Yunus (peace be upon him), He not only uses Yunus, but He uses the sailors and the whale and the plant, to do His will. So we should never presume to know the will of Allah, nor to make decisions on His behalf.
If you have ever felt as though you are in the belly of the whale, surrounded by darkness and with no way out, do what Prophet Yunus did. [He cried through the darkness](Al-Anbiyaa' 21:87) and admitted that there is no god but Allah and that only Allah can rescue.
Never give up. Trust in Allah. He can use us and all situations to do great things beyond our wildest imagination. It is by Allah's will that we are Muslim. Just as [his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous,] (Al-Qalam 68:50) so we, too, like Prophet Yunus can respond to the call of Almighty Allah and make a difference in our world.
"La Ila Ha Illa Anta, Subha Naka Inni Kuntu Minodzo Limiin..."
This is a story I would like to bring to you today, a story of Prophet Yunus p.b.u.h...
Have you ever felt as though things are just too much for you, that you are in a situation you see no way of getting out of? Do you look at problems in our world today and wonder how they can ever be solved? All this, and more, is the story of Prophet Yunus (peace be upon him). The mission of Prophet Yunus is a timeless story that tells us there is a way out, if only we have faith.
Almighty Allah called Yunus to preach to the people of Nineveh. Nineveh was a great city, the capital of Assyria, and it had become a very wicked place. Yunus went to the people there and told them to give up their bad ways and to turn, instead, to Allah. But they wouldn't listen to him and so Yunus left them.
Having left the city behind, Yunus boards a ship. He has had enough and he sets sail far away from the scene of his failure. Once at sea, though, a storm grows up and the crew are terrified. These pagan sailors feel that the gods of the sea must be displeased with them, so they draw lots to throw one man overboard to calm the storm. They draw the lot indicating that Yunus should be thrown overboard. This happens not once but three times, and the terrified crew throw him overboard thinking that in doing so they will be protecting themselves and their ship.
Once in the water, something extraordinary happens. Allah sends a great fish, some describe it as a whale, to swallow Yunus whole. Once in its belly, Yunus descends to the bottom of the sea, filled with total despair. How can he possibly survive this disaster? What way out of his situation could there possibly be? He is engulfed by darkness: the darkness of the creature's stomach; the darkness of the deep; and, worst of all, the darkness of despair. Even though he was a religious man, called upon to be a prophet, he experiences doubt, and it is when he is in the depths of despair that things change for him. In the noble Qur'an, we read that Yunus "cried through the darkness." He realized that Almighty Allah, not he, was in control of things. He cries out, "there is no god but You," and asks for help. In asking for help, his prayer is heard.
Ibn Kathir has a moving commentary on this part of Yunus's story. He says that once Yunus admits that there is no god but Allah and that only Allah can save him, something wonderful happens. First, the whale begins to sing the praises of Allah, then all the little fish around it, then all the creatures of the sea, each in its own way, until there is a great chorus of praise. The whale swims up to the surface and ejects Yunus onto the shore. Just as Allah had used it to save Yunus from the storm and from drowning in the sea, so He also uses it to bring Yunus safely to land again.
And there is more. Yunus is feeling sick and sore as he lies on the sand in the scorching heat, still not knowing what will become of him. Allah takes even more care of him and causes a plant to grow up over him and to cover Yunus with its shade. Once he has recovered from his ordeal and his skin has stopped smarting from the acids in the creature's stomach, he decides to return to Nineveh, his travels over, to see what has become of the city and its people. When he arrives there, to his great surprise, he sees that the city and its people have not been destroyed, but have all turned to Allah. His message had got through to them. Perhaps when they saw the terrible storm as it grew up in the distance, they saw in it an image of what would happen to them if they did not repent. Who knows why they turned back to Allah, but they did. Yunus, then, after all his adventures, is finally content that his mission has been accomplished.
There is so much that the story of Yunus can teach us. First of all, read it yourself in the noble Qur'an. You will find it in the following verses: 4:163, 6:86, 10:98, 21:87, 37:139-148, and 68:48-50. Ponder over the meaning of the words and listen to what they say to you. Yunus's story is timeless. It is for the whole world and it is for each one of us.
[No soul knows what comfort is kept hidden for them, as a reward for their deeds.](As-Sajdah 32:17)
Allah uses all things to work out His plan. In the story of Prophet Yunus (peace be upon him), He not only uses Yunus, but He uses the sailors and the whale and the plant, to do His will. So we should never presume to know the will of Allah, nor to make decisions on His behalf.
If you have ever felt as though you are in the belly of the whale, surrounded by darkness and with no way out, do what Prophet Yunus did. [He cried through the darkness](Al-Anbiyaa' 21:87) and admitted that there is no god but Allah and that only Allah can rescue.
Never give up. Trust in Allah. He can use us and all situations to do great things beyond our wildest imagination. It is by Allah's will that we are Muslim. Just as [his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous,] (Al-Qalam 68:50) so we, too, like Prophet Yunus can respond to the call of Almighty Allah and make a difference in our world.
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