Begini sajalah: engkau tidak akan mengenal erti dahaga sehingga engkau berpuasa dan berumrah dalam bulan Ramadan.
Engkau tidak akan mengenal betapa mahalnya kesabaran sehingga engkau berhimpit-himpit dikalangan jutaan jiwa-jiwa yang sama menagih simpati Tuhan.
Engkau tidak akan faham betapa azabnya jika matahari sejengkal dikepala di Mahsyar nanti sehingga engkau duduk berdoa dan bertawaf dalam bahang yang menyesakkan.
Tapi, aku mengharap mungkin engkau akan dapat mengenal kesyukuran dalam hanya segelas air zam zam yang dihulurkan oleh tangan orang yang bersimpati. Masa itu terasa rendahnya diri, kelemahan sahaja yang ada. Ketahuilah betapa bernilainya tawaran telaga Kauthar kepunyaan Rasulullah s.a.w sebagai penawar dalam kedashyatan kiamat.
Itulah yang selalu berada dalam fikiranku sepanjang disana: jika di Mekah dan Madinah saja sudah begini, bagaimana di Hari Pembalasan nanti?
Cuaca disana memang seperti boleh mendidihkan kepala. Rasanya memang seperti dalam oven. Pokok-pokok hijau susah dinampak, yang ada hanya debu-debu kering dan batu-batu. Dan oleh kerana terlalu ramai orang, maka banyaklah sampahnya. Nasib baik ramai pekerja-pekerja yang setia berdiri disepanjang jalan, menyapu sampah-sampah yang kadangkala sengaja dibuang dijalanan oleh peniaga dan pelanggan.
Orang-orang disana...astaghfirullah. Yang sentiasa difikiran: Sucilah Allah dari segala apa yang mereka sifatkan.
Bila berbuka puasa, ramai yang bersedekah. Tersangat ramai yang bermurah hati. Tetapi bila dikumpulkan sedekah itu dalam plastik, semua berebut-rebut, menjerit-jerit seperti bergaduh. Semua mahu ambil, seolah-olah sedekah itu haknya untuk mendapatkan. Ada juga yang boleh saja meminta apa yang berada dalam tangan orang lain. Keadaan bila terlalu ramai umat memang sangat dashyat.
Bagaimana pula di Raudhah? Semua orang berebut-rebut mendapatkan walau seinci ruang taman syurga itu untuk memohon doa. Semua bertolak-tolakan sampai ada yang terjatuh. Mahu bersujud pun dalam hati berdoa agar kepala tidak dipijak. Orang-orang yang sebelumnya menurut perintah ketua, tiba-tiba lupa dan melepaskan diri seolah-olah mereka takut ditipu dan dirampas peluang berdoa disana. Sebelum masuk kami diberi amaran ada yang melakukan pukau didalam sana. Astaghfirullah, bagaimana iu boleh berlaku?
Apabila beribadat, tidak kisah di Mekah atau Madinah, ada juga yang terlalu pentingkan diri dan kadangkala berkelakuan bodoh. Dikala waktu hendak solat, tiba-tiba ada yang melabuhkan punggung ditempat sujud. Atau waktu ketika solat, ramai yang berlaluan dihadapan tanpa memikirkan orang lain. Ada yang mahu lalu dari saf belakang hingga saf hadapan, tapi merentasi semua saf-saf menggunakan "brute force" seperti bulldozer. Ada yang sudah duduk tapi enggan merapatkan saf kerana angkuh, sehingga segala teguran orang tidak diendah.
Lintasan hati yang jahat memang perlu dijaga. Walau bagaimana ragam mereka disana, kami semua tetamu Allah swt. Walaupun dia busuk, tak mandi, kotor...dia tetap tetamu Allah swt. Biarlah dia sombong, angkuh, bodoh...dia pun tetap tetamu Allah swt. Satu perkara yang harap dapat belajar dari sana ialah berbaik sangka dan menjaga lintasan hati yang jahat. Satu pengajaran ialah bila aku solat sebelah seorang yang sangat tidak menyenangkan baunya, tetapi bila aku terdengar bisikan solatnya, dia ternyata seorang hafizah. Malu aku sendiri. Aku yang konon-konon lebih baik pada hukuman aku sendiri tapi Allah swt lebih mengetahui dan diperlihatkan betapa orang disebelah aku itu jauh beribu kali baik dariku.
Akhirnya aku putuskan yang kita ini semua terlalu memerlukan perubahan drastik dalam nilai penghayatan ilmu dalam amal. Allah kan sukakan kebersihan, jadi kenapa kotor? Allah kan suka toleransi, jadi kenapa degil? Allah kan sukakan berjemaah, mengapa melakukan perkara yang menghalangnya? Allah kan Maha Lembut, jadi mengapa kasar? Allah kan Maha Adil, mengapa zalim? Allah sudah meninggikan orang yang berilmu, jadi mana mereka?
Semua yang aku lihat seolah-olah bertentangan dari prinsip yang dianjurkan Islam. Bagaimana boleh jadi begitu?
Ini bagiku, ialah kegagalan orang yang berilmu. Kau sedar tak, orang-orang tadi yang aku sebutkan, yang berebut-rebut, yang kotor dan kasar itu, mungkin semuanya masuk syurga? Kerana mereka hanya akan ditanyakan atas apa yang mereka tahu. Mereka hanya dipertanggungjawabkan atas apa yang mereka mampu sahaja. Kita yang sepatutnya tahu lebih, yang mengenali hakikat yang sebetulnya mungkin akan masuk neraka kerana lansung tak berfungsi untuk mengubah nasib dan perlakuan umat.
Mestilah ada tujuan mengapa kau diberi pemahaman. Kalau setakat untuk engkau dan keluarga kau sahaja, macam membazir. Mengapa Islam itu tidak bersempadan? Sebab kita tak pernah dihadkan. Semua, semuanya adalah tanggungjawab engkau. Kalau masih begini umat kita, macam mimpi saja zaman kegemilangan gelombang kedua yang diwar-warkan akan berlaku itu.
Nanti bila jasad semua dah jadi debu dan roh perlu menjawab, baik kau berdoa dari sekarang yang kau ada jawapan.
Monday, August 06, 2012
Thursday, July 05, 2012
bits and pieces
Salam and hi.
Before anything, if anyone misses me, I just want to say I miss you too.
(And if you love me and actually tell me, then maybe I love you too) <== pernyataan penuh disclaimer :p
I've been meaning to write a note or two, but it seems like all of it are stories with grey connotations: sad, weary, angry, hopelessness, frustrations...but it isn't really the whole kaleidoscope of my life. There are no abundance of grey in any particular moment. This is only due to the simple reason that I write when an over rush of feelings overwhelm me or I got a sudden inspiration.
So this probably mean that I can't support myself by writing. Ala..and I was just considering to leave science..
A bit on career:
I'm scarred. Don't think I'll ever get over the trauma. People don't like to hear anything about it, they just tell you to put in away in the past where it belongs. But they don't understand, it is like a ghost. Following you around with an axe behind your neck. All the while you're trying hard to forget the old frosty feeling of cold hard steel of the blade.
Move on is what I got to do and steel my heart from the frantic desire to run and hide under the table every time I remembered the thundering past.
Remember that everything lies within the will of Allah swt. People can stop you all they want, but not all who soar needs the wings to fly.
A bit about love:
If ever I find you, at the right time to find you, I hope it is the right time you find me too. I want to remind myself to scold you for being so late and letting me go through all of those things, just to get to you. After that, you can do the same to me. Then we'll compare notes: at which point in time that our paths probably crossed but you and I both were not ready to find each other yet? What were you doing? What was I doing? Then we'll laugh it off, feeling completely contented and warm in heart with the realization that finally, it was fated to happen. Alhamdulillah.
That is all for now. See you later.
Before anything, if anyone misses me, I just want to say I miss you too.
(And if you love me and actually tell me, then maybe I love you too) <== pernyataan penuh disclaimer :p
I've been meaning to write a note or two, but it seems like all of it are stories with grey connotations: sad, weary, angry, hopelessness, frustrations...but it isn't really the whole kaleidoscope of my life. There are no abundance of grey in any particular moment. This is only due to the simple reason that I write when an over rush of feelings overwhelm me or I got a sudden inspiration.
So this probably mean that I can't support myself by writing. Ala..and I was just considering to leave science..
A bit on career:
I'm scarred. Don't think I'll ever get over the trauma. People don't like to hear anything about it, they just tell you to put in away in the past where it belongs. But they don't understand, it is like a ghost. Following you around with an axe behind your neck. All the while you're trying hard to forget the old frosty feeling of cold hard steel of the blade.
Move on is what I got to do and steel my heart from the frantic desire to run and hide under the table every time I remembered the thundering past.
Remember that everything lies within the will of Allah swt. People can stop you all they want, but not all who soar needs the wings to fly.
A bit about love:
If ever I find you, at the right time to find you, I hope it is the right time you find me too. I want to remind myself to scold you for being so late and letting me go through all of those things, just to get to you. After that, you can do the same to me. Then we'll compare notes: at which point in time that our paths probably crossed but you and I both were not ready to find each other yet? What were you doing? What was I doing? Then we'll laugh it off, feeling completely contented and warm in heart with the realization that finally, it was fated to happen. Alhamdulillah.
That is all for now. See you later.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
The slave
My head hurts and I feel as though a big leech has drained all the blood in me.
I've been going on non-stop on this dreary mountain climb. The skies are filled with dark blue and grey hues. The wind is whistling softly, barely giving relief.
I've exhausted all of my energy but the journey will not end anytime soon. The burden I carry, which at first was light now feels like a tonne. I still remember the first day I set out: I was the King of the world. I ran from North to the East, moonwalking from the South to the West.
But now, the road feels long, long...and unending.
They saw how I ran, so they thought they could put their weight on me. During the safety of midnight they would huddle together and whisper, "She could do it, far better than us. Give it to her."
And so they did. They were hesitant at first, but they got over the guilt.
They piled everything, then forgot about it. Vying for an empty spot, they'd grab it once they have a chance. I was blinded, so there was no way I could evade them. So my load became increasingly heavier, heavier. And theirs became increasingly lighter, lighter.
But,
Their voices became louder. They felt the invisible weight, as if it was still with them. They cried, "Our load is still breaking our backs. We can only sit still."
In the shadows, I laughed at their disillusion.
Seriously, is there a disease of invisible burden like the case of invisible limbs of amputees?
Did they not see whose back was broken?
Whose hands still bleed?
Don't they see me who lag behind them, carrying all that they piled on me?
In my eyes, they became like crazy people.
I'm the only sane one here, but my back is broken, my hands are still bleeding and I still walk behind.
So I'd wish for some of that insanity, to break free from reality for a while. But then I shook my head, shaking off those dirty thoughts off my mind. Let them be satisfied by their minimum effort to get by. Like someone swimming, always at the edge of the water and never attempting the depths. What a waste.
Resigned from what was restricted of me, I moved on. Leaving all their howlings behind.
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