OBJEK LWN SUBJEK - IBLIS & QURAN (Object Vs Subject - Iblis & Quran)

1. Adalah “Iblis” itu satu sikap yg. buruk didalam kesedaran kita yg berperanan sebagai PEMISAH diantara – (a) Insan dgn Tuhannya, dan (b) insan dgn insan.

2. Hakikatnya, Iblis sejati adalah 'Ego' kita sendiri (samada secara individu atau berkumpulan) yg. obsess dgn pengiktirafan, kuasa & menghukum orang lain - iaitu punca utama segala keangkuhan, perbalahan & kesengsaraan.

3. Manakala Al Quran itu pula ialah Maklumat, Maksud, Makna & Mesej yg terkandung didalam Media ("Mushaf") samada dalam bentuk analog atau digital.

4. Sedangkan media itu boleh disentuh, dipijak, dibakar dsb.; ILMU & panduan drp Al Quran itu tetap TERPELIHARA kerana "Kita tidak boleh tidak tahu apa yang kita SUDAH tahu".

"Sesungguhnya Al-Quran ini adalah bacaan yg sangat mulia, pada kitab yg TERPELIHARA; tidak menyentuhnya kecuali orang2 yg diSUCIkan. Al-Quran itu diturunkan dari Tuhan sekalian ilmu." [Q56:77~80]

5. Ayat diatas ayat, dari Surah ke-4 (Al Mudathir) yg diwahyukan di Makkah sebelum Surah ke-5 iaitu Surah Al Fatehah, telah menerangkan bahawa kita perlu membaca Al Quran dgn jiwa yg murni dan minda yg jernih drp ikutan, fahaman, amalan & prejudis mengikut fahaman keturunan kita.

6. Jauh sekali tradisi & budaya Arab kerana teramatlah NYATA bahawa kaum2 Arab itu sendiri - dgn segala macam bencana & malapetaka - adalah kaum yg TIDAK diberkati oleh Tuhan dan sekaligus meletakkan mereka diatas laluan yg dimurkai Nya ataupun laluan org yg sesat (Ruj: ayat terakhir Surah Al Fateha). Dan sekiranya sudah tidak diberkati didunia ini, mana mungkin akan diberkati di akhirat kelak?

"Org2 Arab itu, lebih sangat kekafiran & kemunafikannya, dan lebih wajar tidak mengetahui hukum2 yg diturunkan Tuhan kpd Rasul-Nya. Dan Tuhan Maha mengetahui lagi Maha Bijaksana." (Q9:97)

"Di antara org2 Arab yg di sekelilingmu itu, ada org2 munafik; dan diantara penduduk Madinah. Mereka keterlaluan dalam kemunafikannya. Kamu tidak mengetahui mereka, Kamilah yg mengetahui mereka. Nanti mereka akan Kami siksa DUA KALIi kemudian mereka akan dikembalikan kpd azab yg besar." (Q9:101)

7. Sedemikian, Pesuruh Tuhan yg terakhir itu telah diutuskan dikalangan bangsa Arab BUKAN untuk meng"Arab"kan Islam, tetapi adalah untuk meng"Islam"kan bangsa Arab jahilliyah, dan seterusnya manusia jahil sejagat.

Dan segala ilmu adalah milik Tuhan jua..

\Alhamd.


Brief translation/..

8. "Iblis" is the arrogance within our consciousness whose primary objective is to SEVER the relationship - (1) between God and man; and (2) between man & man.

9. The truth is, Iblis is the Ego (individually or collectively) which is obsessed with validation, control & judgment - the source of arrogance, discord & misery.

10. And the Quran is the Message within the Medium (be it analogue or digital) it is written on. Whereas the Medium can be touched, stepped-on, burnt etc., the Message & Knowledge therein is INDESTRUCTIBLE - simply because one cannot 'NOT KNOW' what one already knew.

"Indeed, it is the Noble Quran; in the Register well-protected. None touch it except the purified. A revelation from the Lord of All Knowledge" (Q56:77~79)

11. The verse above is from the 4th Surah (Al Mudathir) delivered in Makkah (before the 5th Surah Al Fatehah) which tells us to read the Quran free from the tradition, custom, belief & prejudice of our ancestors and, God forbids, of the Arabs whom with their widespread conflicts & misery, is OBVIOUSLY on the path unblessed by God, or on the path of those who are lost (re: Surah Al Fatehah, the last verse). When one is unblessed in this world, how could one possibly be blessed in the hereafter?

12, Indeed, none can understand the Quran except the purified - not from the physical, but from the mental impurities and the bondage of our conditioning, coloured by misogynistic Arab narratives with its FALSE notion that God sent forth His last messenger to ARABISE Islam, rather than to Islamise the Arabs.

And all knowledge belongs to God alone..

\Alhamd.

ILMU ITU ADALAH PENCERAHAN YG. HAKIKI (KNOWLEDGE IS TRUE ENLIGHTENMENT)

Segala puji2an hanyalah bagi Tuhan, sumber sekalian ILMU.

Adalah ilmu itu pencerahan yg hakiki, manakala lawannya adalah kegelapan yg diwakili oleh Iblis.

Dan sesungguhnya Iblis memerlukan ugama, lebih drp manusia perlukan tuhan, untuk menanam benih riak, prasangka, kebimbangan, kebencian & perpecahan diantara insan.

~ Demi Masa! Sesungguhnya manusia didalam kerugian;

mereka yg. menyembah tuhan2 yg berbeza yg diluar sana,

sedangkan mereka berkongsi Iblis yg sama didalam diri mereka;

kecuali mereka yg. berkongsi Tuhan yg sama didalam diri mereka,

dan menyangah iblis2 yg berbeza diluar sana. ~

~ By Time! Indeed, mankind is lost;

those who submit to different lords out there,

yet share the same Evil within;

except those who submit to the same Lord within,

and spurn their respective evils out there. ~

All praises be to God alone, the Source of knowledge. 

And knowledge is enlightenment when ignorance is darkness represented by evil.

Verily, the Devil needs religion, more than man needs God, to sow the seeds of pride, prejudice, insecurity, hatred & discord among men.

\Alhamd.

Kalau Berdoa Sahaja Boleh Mengubah Nikmat & Nasib Kita ("If Only Prayers Alone Can Change Our Blessings & Fate")

Salam hormat,

Adalah sikap org2 Melayu itu sangat suka berdoa dan kalau doanya tidak termakbul, akan dianggap sebagai TAKDIR sahaja.

Di kalangan kebanyakan Whatsapp Berkumpulan (Whatsapp Group) orang2 Melayu, pasti ada ahli yg terSANGATlah rajin "Cut & Paste" doa2 tertentu untuk SETIAP hari (yg selalunya dihantar sebelum sembahyang Subuh) bagi menunjukkan yg mereka adalah diantara yg org2 yg tersangat alim dikalangan kumpulan tersebut dan berkemungkinan BESAR, bahawa mereka akan merasa megah sekiranya posting mereka itu  di"amin"kan oleh rakan2 yg sewaktu dgn mereka.

Kalau kita mengkaji (BUKAN HADITH, tetapi) Al Quran yg SEMPURNA, LENGKAP, MUDAH difahami, TERPERINCI & TERPELIHARA oleh Tuhan, maka kita akan dapati bahawa -

"Adalah benar bahawa Tuhan suka kita berdoa kpd Nya (Q40:60, 2:186) dan Dia amatlah dekat (Q2:186), sedekat2nya urat leher kita (Q50:16), kecuali tiada apa2 bagi kita selain drp usaha kita sendiri (Q53:39) - sesungguhnya Dia tidak merubah nikmat & nasib kita melainkan kita merubah apa yg dalam diri kita sendiri.(Q8:53, 13:11)."

Al Quran itu amat JELAS bahawa setakat berdoa siang & malam TIDAK AKAN merubah nikmat & nasib kita - tanpa diDAHULUI dgn USAHA kita SENDIRI sebelum kita BERTAWAKAL dan berserah kpd TAKDIR.

\Alhamd.

Translation:

Humble greetings,

It is typical for us Muslims to invoke God's favour and if it is not answered, we would assume that it is fated anyway.

In any Muslim Whatsapp groups there will be some self-righteous & condescending characters who are so OBSESSED with their  daily"Cut & Paste" pontification of "Duas" (prayers) for EACH specific day of the week (usually sent out prior to the dawn prayers) to display their piety amongst the group members, and with high probability of satisfaction, when their posting is validated by their ilks.

If we read (NOT the Hadiths, but) the Quran we would conclude that -

"Verily God loves for us to invoke Him (Q40:60, 2:186) and that He is CLOSE, even closer than our jugular vein (Q59:16) except that there is nothing for us apart from our effort (Q59:39) and that He does not change our blessings & fate if we do not change it from within us (Q8:53, 13:11)."

The Quran is very CLEAR in that by solely praying to God night & day will not improve our lot - if not preceded by our OWN EFFORT, before leaving it to God and FATE.

\Alhamd.

WHEN YOUR REALITY CONTRADICTS YOUR PRINCIPLES

A humble observation that applies generally to any creed that proclaim self-righteousness, yet promote, practise & accomodate wrongfulness, beneath the cloak of self-justification.

Self-justification describes how, when a person encounters 'cognitive dissonance', or a situation in which a person's behavior is inconsistent with their beliefs, that person tends to justify the behavior and deny any negative feedback associated with the behavior.

'Congnitive dissonance' is the unpleasant feeling of the need to justify our actions & decisions, especially the ones inconsistent with our beliefs.  It is a state of tension that occurs whenever a person holds two inconsistent cognitions. For example, "we are the chosen ones" and yet "we live a condemned existence".

Dissonance is bothersome in any circumstance but it is especially painful when an important element of self-concept is threatened.

In 'The Opening' of the Quran (and is recited, as a reminder, in every "rakaat" of our solat) are three (3) paths - [1] the straight path - of those upon whom Allah have bestowed favor, [2] the path of those who have evoked Allah's anger, and [3] the path of those who are astray. (Q1: 6~7)

Now, Allah is most swift in judgment, reckoning & punishment. (Q2:202, 3:19, 3:199, 5:4, 6:62, 6:165, 7:167, 13:41, 14:51, 24;39, 40:17).

Therefore, if you are creative, progressive, successful, grateful, peaceful, fair & compasionate in this life, you are evidently blessed by Allah and are on the straight path  - NOW & the hereafter.

Otherwise, you are in either one of the other two (unblessed) paths - now & the HEREAFTER.

When there is a clear & distinct contradiction between one's reality and belief, one is obviously living in denial, which is ok, if one were to keep it to oneself. It only becomes a problem when one wants to vehemently impose one's cognitive dissonance onto others.

Blessed be ❤❤.

PROGRESSIVE VS. REGRESSIVE

Is your faith regressive or progressive?

1. God forbids that it is the former, then the answer is obviously the latter. Progress, however, can only be powered by knowledge gained via reasoning, questioning, research & sharing.

2. The Almighty, more than the Lord of the Worlds, is the Lord of Knowledge and we give praises & thanks to Him and submit to His Truth which can only be attained via knowledge.

3. Consider the following root words -

"h-m-d" - to praise, commend, laud, extol (hamīd, mahmūd, muhammad, al-hamdulillāh);

"a-l-h" - to adore, deify, turn to another with intense feeling (ilāh, ilāhī);

"r-b-b" - to bring up, to foster, to nourish, a master, lord, owner (rabb);

"a-l-m" - to know, have knowledge, be informed, teach, notify (al-'alīm, 'ilm, 'ilmiya, 'allam, u'lūma).

4. Which would rightly translates the FIRST verse of the FIRST chapter of the Quran into -

"All praise to the Almighty, the Lord of KNOWLEDGE." 

5. The history, plight & reality of the Muslims today would have been shaped very differently if at the very least, the First verse of the first Chapter of the Quran have been understood as such.

6. Surely, a belief system that (1) enforces people to be good, cannot be better than the one that (2) enjoins people to be compassionate, which in turn, cannot be greater than the one that (3) encourages people to be knowledgeable.

7. Knowledge is the foundation of any progressive way of life, lest it be subverted by the self-serving, mass-controlling, mind-constricting state-funded agencies and instituted into an unquestioning, blind-following, ritual-laden, exclusive and divisive religion that it never was.

8. Far from an organised religion as such, Islam is strictly a progressive Way of Life based on knowledge whereby learning is not a phase in life, but rather the meaning of life itself.

"Wallahu'alam.."

Verily, Allah knows best.

TRUE SUBMITTERS ARE FEARLESS!

All in the heavens and earth belongs to Allah. You can't lose anything that you don't own. True submitters, therefore, should enjoy the gift of the present and make the best of it.

JALAN LURUS DI DUNIA SAMPAI KE AHKIRAT

Kita wajib melafazkan sekurang-kurangnya 17 kali setiap rakaat dalam sehari semasa Solat demi memperingati bahawa terdapat hanya tiga (3) laluan disisi Allah iaitu: 1) Jalan LURUS yang diBERKATI oleh-Nya, 2) Jalan yang mendapat kemurkaan-Nya dan 3) Jalan orang-orang yang sesat.

Sesungguhnya, hisab Allah itu adalah TUNAI! (Q2:202, 3:19, 3:199, 5:4, 6:62, 6:165, 7:167, 13:41, 14:51, 24;39, 40:17).

Bagi mereka yang hidup dalam ketenangan, kemakmuran & kejayaan di dunia ini, sudah tentu mereka ini  berada diatas Jalan LURUS yang mendapat KEBERKATAN Allah - dan laluan yg sama juga adalah untuk mereka di AKHIRAT kelak.

Bagi mereka yg mengalami penderitaan, peperangan, pembodohan, kemiskinan, iri-hati, ketidakadilan, penindasan & segala macam kesusahan yg keji - tanpa mengira budaya, tradisi atau BANGSA - sudah tentu golongan ini tidak diberkati Allah dan telah menyimpang ke Jalan2 yg salah disisi Allah di dunia dan juga di akhirat kelak.

Semoga kita berada di jalan lurus yg diberkati Allah selalu.

Insha Allah..