Before that, I would like to inform all of you readers who reads this blog....in this blog I'll use the Quran as the paradigm(way of seeing things) to give opinion, to interpret, to lend ideas of the collection of writings in this blog because I'm a muslim and I believe in this book, so I'll write an article based on the Quran and then I'll look at another source so basically this is the type of writings here, for this blog..... Enjoyyy!!!! ^^
Bismillahirrahmanirrahim....
"Dan ingatlah ketika Tuhanmu mengeluarkan dari sulbi(tulang belakang) anak cucu Adam keturunan mereka dan Allah mengambil kesaksian terhadap roh mereka (seraya beriman), "Bukankah Aku ini Tuhanmu?" Mereka menjawab, "Betul (Engkau Tuhan Kami), kami bersaksi." (Kami lakukan yang demikian itu) agar di hari kiamat kamu tidak mengatakan , "Sesungguhnya ketika itu kami lengah terhadap ini",(7:172)
So what is this??? What is the meaning of this ayat??? In this ayat Allah S.W.T wants to tell us that before the creation of the earth,before the creation of this galaxy and before the creation of this world, that Allah azza wa jalla had received the confessions, the announcement, the syahadah of the sons of Adam,the bani adam,or should I say it more directly the HUMANS.This event had happen a long time ago, and definitely no one in this world could remember that he or she had already confessed their iman and belief in front of Allah S.W.T and that is why Allah the Ar-Rahim (Most merciful) and al-Ghaffur(Most forgiven) had mentioned it in a book or kitab called the Quran. This is to remind themselves(the humans) that they long,long ago had confessed that there is no God beside of Allah and this eventually and literally means that they must LIVE and only LIVE because of Allah azza wa jalla......
The question that I want to discuss in this note is not WHY there are some of the bani Adam,who are kufur , not obeying the orders of Allah,commit what Allah have prohibited them to do, being syirik to Allah,and LOVE this world to the extend that Allah have prohibited US to do. But the question that I want to discuss here is that WHY the CONFESSIONS of 'iman' is so important at that time???? WHY Allah azza wa jalla wanted the HUMANS to confessed to HIM that "There is no God beside YOU,O Allah and we testify"...WHY??......it is because that this is OUR PARADIGM!!!...the truth is that we have been implemented with this paradigm a very,very long time ago...not only before we were born but also before every each one of us were born....
So let's continue with the next ayat....a simple one but very,very powerful ayat....
"Dia telah menciptakan manusia dari segumpal darah"(96:2)
I'm very confident that everybody knows that the first 5 ayat from surah al-Alaq is the first wahyu that had been send to Rasullulah S.A.W by jibril a.s and interestingly in this ayat Allah S.W.T wants to remind the humans that He is the One who created them in the first place and He is the only one who deserves to be submitted to,or in other words "there is no God besides Allah". The same thing goes for the human,the same reminder,the same idea and the same PARADIGM. Besides of the great scientific knowledge that we can found from this ayat( Men is created from a clot of blood), Allah azza wa jalla really wants to tell us that we came down to this world with a confession in our chest and a responsibilty(ubudiyyah and khalifah), a mission on our shoulders. The message is that" I am the one who created you, so I must be the one that tells you what to do"...this is logic and everybody knows that.....so this is also a PARADIGM...
The next ayat, "Maka apakah kamu mengira bahwa Kami menciptakan kamu main-main( tanpa ada maksud) dan bahwa kamu tidak akan dikembalikan kepada Kami? ( 23:115)
And now my friends,in this ayat Allah started to reveal what is OUR mission,our objective in this world by denying the fact that He had created us for nothing, for 'motiveless' measures, or directly speaking for the enjoyment of this WORLD and for the love of this world. So let us do some check-up on ourselves what do we really live for? Normally, actions will speak louder than words, so we could examine and look at some examples from the actions of normal lifecycle of a normal human being...based on their actions and thinking..
First we start with a teenager,common teenager nowadays only know the fact he must study to score the SPM to get into better higher educations,so we know what is his or her objective to score the SPM...and the only thing he knows that after finishing the higher educations he wants to realize his dream occupation or ambition instead and that's all...this is what I call 'short-termed objective'
And after that when that teenager grows up and become a youth studying in universities or college,he is studying so hard to realize his 'short-termed objective',and now he had developed a great affection of LOVE towards woman....and now we know that he wants to get married and have a family and so he extended his 'short termed objective' to the extend that after he had gained his dream prefession he wants to get married and build a family and that's all....
And this guy grew up and managed to acheived his dream prefession and build a family, and now he started to think what he wants to do next?? He had worked hard in his 'dream field' for so long he started to feel bored about it and he and his wife had grew up to middle age and that their love nowadays is like nothing to compare during those youthful days of thiers...and so he decides...he got money,family,cars and everything so he just want to take a rest at home and have a very RELAXING LIFE onwards... and that's all the story for his 'short-termed objective'.....and the BEST part comes next...what is it??? This normal guy DIES for NOTHING.....he died and that is the end of his worldly story....'very short life very short objective' he achieved..
And that is why Allah mentioned, questioning us "and that you would not be brought back to Us?''...in this example this guy doesn't realize one true, confirmed FACT.....the fact that not one day he gonna die some day but the fact that he could DIE anytime, besides the fact that he is not even created for the relaxation of this world. So guys in this ayat, Allah wants to tell us that we were not created for the enjoyment of life of this dunia but we have a MISSION and another fact is we are going to meet Allah someday to present to Allah what have we done in this dunia....so 'very short life, very big objective' that is a real muslim...another PARADIGM..
So for the next discussion I'll combine these 3 ayats....
"Sesungguhnya makhluk bergerak yang bernyawa yang paling buruk dalam pandangan Allah ialah mereka yang tuli dan bisu(tidak mendengar dan memahami kebenaran) iaitu orang-orang yang tidak mengerti" (8:22)
"Sesungguhnya makhluk bergerak yang bernyawa yang paling buruk dalam pandangan Allah ialah orang-orang kafir, kerana mereka tidak beriman"(8:55)
"Sungguh yang paling mulia di antara kamu di sisi Allah ialah orang yang paling bertakwa" (49:13)
These ayats are very direct and concrete and I'm assure that anyone in this wolrd if we mention to them this ayat,they can understand it well, the meanings is what i mean...but the only thing is that "can their heart accept it or not?". In the previous ayat Allah tells us that we have been created not for NOTHING but for SOMETHING, to serve a purpose and we will meet HIM and present to him our JOB in this world. Moreover in these next ayat, Allah tells us that the worst of living creatures with Allah are the deaf and the dumb (the disbelievers), who understand not. Allah S.W.T tells us that we have been created by HIM and He is the one who deserve to be worshiped at ,we have been created for a purpose and we will meet HIM someday to be question upon" Did you do what I ask you to do?" (during the day of judgement)....yet there are some of us who are still deaf and pretend to be dumb to the Haq(truth) and live according to what they think fits them and enjoy their WORLDLY LIFE to the fullest limit...and when they die, they will be arrange to meet the JAHANAM...who are they at Allah's side??? They are the WORST of LIVING CREATURES!!!....because of their ego.
And after that Allah tells us that who is the best at the side of Allah S.W.T..it is the one that did takwa,it is the one that obeys Allah's order and commandments, it is the one that understands the fact that they live in this is to serve Allah and that he gonna dies someday and this is the muttaqin. The muttaqins are the BEST CREATURES at the side of Allah. They deserve the 'Jannah'(heaven). In a hadith Nabi S.A.W mentioned that"Allah S.W.T doesn't look at your face and jasad but He looks upon your HEART and your DEEDS"......It is very,very simple to understand if you obey Allah, you are the BEST, but if you kufur towards Allah, you are the WORST.......these are the PARADIGMS..
All of the mentioned above are some of the PARADIGMS that Allah had implemented,give and booked it in the kitabullah for us to understand and INSTALL it in our mind. What is a PARADIGM actually? I would like to give a brief explanation about paradigm,
For our purposes, a simple way to understand paradigms is to see them as MAPS. We all know that "the map is not the territoty." A map is simply an explanation of certain aspects of the territory. That's exactly what a paradigm is. It is a theory, an explanation, or model of something else. Suppose you wanted to arrive at a specific location in central KL. A street of map of the city would be a great help for you to arrive there. But suppose you were given the wrong map.Through a printing error the map labelled 'Kuala Lumpur' was actually a map of Kajang. Could you or could you not arrive at your destination??? Clearly the answer is NO...no matter how much effort you put into finding it...you'll still be lost...it's a wrong MAP!!
So Allah S.W.T had given us the Quran as a paradigm for us, as a map for us to find ourselves back home to Him, to jannah If we live in this world with a wrong paradigm or map, surely, affirmatively we will live in astray( sesat) and will found ourselves back to a wrong destination, the JAHANAM, simple explanation but why only a few numbers of us could only understand these facts???
The Quran is our one and only true PARADIGM, the paradigm that Allah azza wa jalla had teached Muhammad S.A.W and Muhammad S.A.W had teached the sahabat about it,passed through generations,
These are the paradigm that shifted the arabs jahiliis into becoming the SUPERPOWER of the world at that time ,they are the only civilisations that raised up, gained momentum from a religion called ISLAM,Islam is our booster
And these are the paradigm that the kufar and the enemies of Allah had tried hundreds of years planning to seperate it from us, and yet they are still failing because the owner of this POWERFUL PARADIGM is Allah azza wa jalla,it's impossible...
And lastly these are the paradigm that will maintain, and that will be immortalised and that will be spread throughout the time and..... finally for those people who stood up, voiced up, and get martyred(syahid) up!!...to make sure that this paradigm is being spread through.....THEY WILL GAIN VICTORY in the end,insyallah!!!
I'll end this discussion from a quote by one of the famous warrior of these PARADIGM, Khalid al-walid:(this is during the battle of Yarmuk with the romans , if I'm not mistaken it,sorry) I'll bring forth towards you an army of men that loves the death(Akhirat) as much as your men love this dunya....
This is an example of a man who understood the Paradigm well,
he understood Allah created him,
he understood that he lived only for one PURPOSE,
he understood he will meet Allah someday,
And He understood that his real destination is the AKHIRAT
Inna solatii wa nusuki wa mahyaya wa mamatii lillahi rabbil al amin...
Hasil nukilan sendiri....(homework usrah)^^
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