ISK V 2.0

ISK V 2.0 – What should I do?

Assalamualaikum.

Ever been to Turkey before? You’ll be amazed at the amazing structures available there. Remnants of libraries, amazingly old monuments, etc. etc.
The tour guide held the mike in his hand, and pointed towards the right. Us travellers got our cameras at hand. Ready to snap up a picture or two. Being from Malaysia, we just have to take every chance we get.

“That’s the Topkapi Museum. A great remembrance of everything in Turkey,” said the Turkish native. “There are many information and treasured items about the Ottoman Empire in this museum as well as matters regarding Islamic matters.”
“Ooh~.” Snap- snapping went cameras. My eyes widen in surprise as well. Words like ‘Whoa, OMG!, SubhanaLLah, O_O’ ran through my mind. The place was extremely HUGE.

Bayangkan sekolah kita. Darab berapa ratus entah. O_O. I know.

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After the visit to the extremely huge place, we went to a nearby restaurant. Had our lunch there. [Turkish food is quite ok the first time. After the second, you’ll feel like running off back to Malaysia. Nasi Lemak~ Oh.]

Then we had to perform our prayers there. Jamak Zuhur + Asar sekali.
“There’s where you can pray. We’ll wait in the bus for another 20 minutes. Then we’ll be off,” directed the tour guide. He took out a pack of cigarettes and walked towards the bus.
My family members (and I’m sure a few other families) exchanged looks of enquiry.

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“Mak… A* tu tak solat ke?”
“Tak tau la mak.”
“Eyh. Dia org Islam eh?”

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“On your right, shops and restaurants. Mostly, at night, people would walk around the streets, go and have a drink or the travellers would go shopping at the bargain shops.”
We looked around us. Nice place.
“We do have an occasional drink or two, sometimes… I know. I’m a bad Muslim,” said A*. He let out a hearty laugh. Some of us tourists let out a small laugh as well.
‘Ugh. Unbelievable.’ That was all I could say. My sisters and I exchanged a look of disbelief.

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Tulah realiti msyrkt Islam skrg. Senang2 je kata “I’m a bad Muslim.” Pastu, dah. So what, kan? Itu pun mengaku sbg seorg Islam lagi.
Oyh.

That was Turkey now.
Dulu:: Kerajaan Turki Uthmaniyah. Pernah menjadi kerajaan yang paling kuat, dan digeruni masyarakat bukan Islam. Hoho.
Tersgt-la-kontra~
Zaman kegemilangan: Sultan Suleyman 1 (1520 – 1566). Kerajaan Uthmaniyah Berjaya meluaskan empayar dari Eropah Tengah ke Lautan Hindi.
They were considered the most powerful empire of all time during that time period.

“Beta adalah hamba Allah dan Sultan kepada dunia ini. Dengan limpah kurniaan
Allah, beta menjadi ketua umat Muhammad. Kekuasaan Allah dan mukjizat Rasulullah
menjadi teman beta. Beta adalah Suleyman, yang namanya dibacakan di dalam
Khutbah di Makkah dan Madinah. Di Baghdad beta adalah Shah. Di tanah Byzantine,
beta adalah Caesar. Di Mesir pula beta adalah Sultan; yang menghantar armada
tenteranya ke perairan Eropah, Maghribi dan India. Beta adalah Sultan yang
merampas mahkota dan takhta Hungary, untuk diberikan kepada hamba yang tunduk.
Voivoda Petru cuba mengangkat kepalanya untuk menentangku, tetapi telapak kaki
kudaku telah memijaknya tenggelam menjadi debu. Beta jugalah yang telah menawan
tanah Moldavia” – Sultan Suleyman 1

Even so, after continuous wars, the rise of Europeans, and a number of other factors, the power of the Ottoman Empire started to take a downward plunge. Ala turun slide kat Sunway Lagoon la. Mula2 slow. Pastu, laju sgt2. In the end, whoosh! You dive face first into the six feet deep pool. Whether you’ll sink, or swim, it’s totally up to you. [unless your height is more than six feet O_O. just stand up, you won’t drown. XD]

Would you drown? Your life depends on it. Noticed the analogy there? SINK OR SWIM.

Ok. Pengenalan ke tu? Mcm panjang sgt, je. Hoho.
Back to our main point for today-

SITUASI 1: KAMILAH PEMIMPIN MASA DEPAN!
LOKASI: SEBUAH INSTITUSI PENDIDIKAN TERULUNG DI MALAYSIA.

“Weyh. Tgk tudung die tu, weh. Pendek la. Jalan sikit, lagi ah.”
“Tau takpe.”
“Selaku senior, kita perlulah member peringatan kpd adek tersebut.”
“Jumm~~”

Maka adek tersebut telah ditegur.
Respons: Oh, heh. Iye ke? Heh…
[Awkward silence]
Heh.
*coughs*
Heh.

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SITUASI 2:KAMI MUSLIM SEJATI. MENUTUP AURAT SAMPAI KE KAKI.
LOKASI: MID VALLEY, KL (?)

“Nyaa~!” (Bunyi org menguap, sbnrnya.)
“Weh. Bosanla. Jum gi shopping.”
“Jumm~~”

*Jalan2Jalan2Jalan2*

“Wahh! Cun2! :D”
“Smart la!”
“Tapi, kan lengan pendek tu?”
“Alahai. Apa susah. Pkai je la arm sock.”
“Ntahh~~”

[p/s: ustzh marzilah kate tu x dkira mnutup aurat, ye. faham2 lah kenapa.]
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Some people call it being two- faced. In a more rough tone, “effing hypocrisy, dat’s wut, yo.” But remember! Jangan sampai tahap munafik pulak ye? Ha~

Point kat sini:: Kita ni suka btul jaga tepi kain orang, kan? Tp diri sendiri? Jeng3… Maksudnya blum boleh jd pmimpin lg la tu, klu diri sendiri x ‘terpimpin’. Betul tak?

{Nota kaki: Kisah tersebut hanyalah dgn tujuan pengajaran shj. Cermin diri kita, yeh? :D Pegi amek cermin tu ha. Kalau rasa seakan2 diri kita tu, tumbuk cermin tu sampai pecah. Esok ganti baru. Beli kat Kedai Pak Mat kat sebelah nun. Pendirian pun ganti baru jugak. Beli kat Kedai Iman & Taqwa Trading.}

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“Ingatlah ketika Tuhanmu berfirman kepada para malaikat: "Sesungguhnya Aku
hendak menjadikan seorang khalifah di muka bumi".
Mereka berkata: "Mengapa
Engkau hendak menjadikan (khalifah) di bumi itu orang yang akan membuat
kerusakan padanya dan menumpahkan darah, padahal kami senantiasa bertasbih
dengan memuji Engkau dan menyucikan Engkau?"
Tuhan berfirman: "Sesungguhnya
Aku mengetahui apa yang tidak kamu ketahui".
(Surah al- Baqarah, 2: 30)

Make sure dah baca ayat al- Quran tu betul2 taw. Bhgn last skali; Allah berfirman: “Sesungguhnya Aku mengetahui apa yang tidak kamu ketahui.”

Pada pendapat ana, ana rse agak malu dan segan dan silu dan etc etc. Kenapa? Sebab Allah SWT dah letakkan harapan dan kepercayaan yg tinggi kpd kita, selaku MANUSIA. Malaikat dah mempersoalkan, tp Allah tetap teguh nak cipta kita ni, yang bernama INSAN.

“Dan Aku tidak menciptakan jin dan manusia melainkan supaya mereka
menyembah-Ku.”
(Surah adz- Dzariat, 51: 56)

“Dialah yang menjadikan kamu khalifah-khalifah di muka bumi. Barang siapa
yang kafir, maka (akibat) kekafirannya menimpa dirinya sendiri. Dan kekafiran
orang-orang yang kafir itu tidak lain hanyalah akan menambah kemurkaan pada sisi
Tuhannya dan kekafiran orang-orang yang kafir itu tidak lain hanyalah akan
menambah kerugian mereka belaka.”
(Surah Fathir, 35: 39)

Priorities. Some of us might ask:
“Allah nak soh kte watpe snanye ha? Khalifah tu camne? Aq mne bleh jd deh. Aq stakat SPM je blaja. Soh la PM uh wat keje en? Kan die uh pmimpn?”

[Merujuk kpd presentation oleh senior2 MAHISS *cough*SMAKL*cough*]

Lebih kurang mcm tulah, lukisan dia kat papan putih dlm masjid hari tu. [Tp lukisan dia ada tali 'lasso' yg mcm cowboy tu pnye. heh. Susah nak lukis.]

Mengikut apa yang ana faham [and I don’t mind being corrected for my own mistakes]:
First, kena usaha utk termasuk dalam golongan bulatan ibadah tu. Kuatkan diri. Mantapkan iman. Belajar sungguh2 [hey, kan menuntut ilmu tu satu ibadah jgak?], berakhlak dgn akhlak yg baik.

Second, kita tarik orang2 di luar sana untuk sama2 beribadah kpd Allah SWT. Basically, itulah tanggungjawab seorang khalifah. Pengganti kpd Rasulullah. Apa yg Rasulullah buat, kte usaha utk buat jugak.

Wlupun nampak mcm akhlak Rasulullah tu mcm KLCC (lagi tinggi kot, dah lah ma’sum… SubhanaLLah..) + kita ni mcm lapisan kerak bumi je jauhnya, kna usaha jugak utk sampai kat kaki KLCC tu pun dah kira oklah. Tapi, hati2… jgn g belok Bukit Bintang ke… Tetiba lompat Chow Kit ke… Kan dah tak dapat capai matlamat.

Bro yg bagi presentation tu tanya kiteorg: Knapa khalifah2 zaman dulu berusaha betul nak sebarkan dakwah islamiyah ke negara2 laen? Kan dah bahagia, ada empayar besar, goyang kaki je la en? Biarlah org laen tu.

Surprisingly, semua orang mcm membebel sorang2. Sah tak tau nak jawab apa. Bila bro tu bagi mike, xde sape yg berani jawab. Semua pakat blur habis. Not excluding myself. Yup.

Simple answer: diaorg mmg pegang betul dgn kata2 Allah yg mengamanahkan title “khalifah” kpd umat manusia. Selagi mana ada saudara se-spesies­ dgn dorg yg x tau mengesakan Allah lg, selagi tu la mrk ni akan berusaha memperkenalkan Islam agama syumul ni. Sehinggakan ada seorang pemimpin [Ya Rabbi, x ingat la nama beliau, spe igt, bgtau ye~ :D] naek kuda dia sampai ke hujung tanah Afrika Utara (bhgn barat2 tu, mcm ‘end of the map’) sampai masuk ke dalam air laut. Until he reached one point where his steed could not go any further, due to the water level reaching up to the horse’s neck. He went back.[translation based on comprehension, not exact words. Thanks]

He said words which meant something like: “Should I have known there was land beyond this sea, I would’ve done anything to get there.” [again, bukan kata2 sbnr. based on understanding shj.]

Dush! Wonder why the Ottoman Empire didn’t last? As the previous post has pointed out, ‘kelemahan pemimpin’, ‘islam tercemar dgn perkara khurafat’, ‘rasuah berleluasa’ etc. etc.

Like I once wrote somewhere: “Muslims started to forget their belief, bit by bit, little by little, due to being over obsessed with whatever the world can offer. Entertainment, wealth, you name it. Covered by such things, we (Muslims) start to not care about or responsibility as khalifah of Allah. Ignorant and selfish, we were content with whatever we had, and couldn't care less about whatever was going on with Islam. The “I pray five times a day, so whatever, you” sort of attitude brought us to our fall.”

Ha~h. So I guess that’s it. Nampak mcm senang je kan? Asalkan kita amar ma’ruf nahi munkar, ok lah. Asalkan kita boleh memelihara kesucian agama kita, ok lah, kan? {uhuk, mcm la snang sgt}
Jangan skali2 lupa musuh kita::: SYAITAN.

. Katakanlah: "Aku berlindung kepada Tuhan (yang memelihara dan menguasai)
manusia.
. Raja manusia.
. Sembahan manusia.
. dari kejahatan
(bisikan) syaitan yang biasa bersembunyi,
. yang membisikkan (kejahatan) ke
dalam dada manusia.
.dari (golongan) jin dan manusia.
(Surah an- Nas,
114: 1-6)

Jin dan manusia. Hey, could your best friend be the one who’s dragging you down? “Aq ni baik, snanye, tp si tu ha~ asyik kco aq je. 10sen aq neh.” Orang kata, pi cari kawan laen. Tapi sape nak buang kawan, kn? So~~ ajak la kawan rapatmu itu berubah sama2. Wah>> kiranye klu mcm tu, korg dua2 la dpt buat ibadah, + jd khalifah, right? Jeng3… Fikir2kanlah, antum bijak2 belaka.

Ok. Done. Hope you enjoyed this post. Ilmu belum cukup di dada. Comments are very much appreciated. Feel free to ask debatable questions as well. This is all I can offer.

P/S: Which would you choose? To sink or to swim for your life? Time is ticking; fast.

excuse bm/bi. kamus dewan terlalu jauh atas rak itu.

-by n.azlyn.a.fauzi -