Hidden

Sometimes something that is hidden is unraveled the most.

Appearance matters to the lesser extend to what's inside. It's not just about appreciating the beauty of the creation but to actually feel the solemness of being a servant.

It's not what you can see. It's what you can feel.
Sometimes.

//Originally from my Flickr page. Almost forgot that I wrote it. It truly lives up to its title I guess.

The Teacher 2

Seonggok kemanusiaan terkapar. Siapa yang mengaku bertanggungjawab? Tak satu pun. Bila semua pihak menghindar, biarlah saya menanggungnya, semua atau sebahagiaannya.

Saya harus mengambil alih tanggung jawab ini, saat pertama kali menginjakkan kaki di mata air peradaban modern, beberapa waktu yang silam. Sebegitukah puncak ketinggian yang kalian capai? Lelaki dan perempuan yang melakonkan kedamaian dan harmoni. Di taman-taman kota mereka bersama. Di bus dan kereta api. Begitu santun dan hangat basa-basi antar pasangan.

Apa yang kau simpan di balik apartemen yang telah menjadi kotak-kotak merpati yang kering, dingin dan mati rasa

~K.H Rahmat Abdullah, Sebuah kesaksian



Lovely. Lively.

The teacher

Avid reader of mine should know how much love and respect I do have to the great late K.H Rahmat Abdullah. There has been much of his work (article, poem) that I posted here, which has successfully moved and move me towards being a better person.

I recently found out that there would be a film about him focusing on his work and life. Nothing that I can say could describe him as how much his ceaseless effort in this tarbiyyah has been a very very perfect definition of himself.

It's a great loss to the islamic world that he is no longer with us but as far as how it has always been, a great man never leaves even when he's gone. Among each and everyone of us, he lives.

Here's the trailer to the can't hardly wait movie called "Sang Murabbi"



"Ribuan langkah kau tapaki
Pelosok negri kau sambangi
Ribuan langkah kau tapaki
Pelosok negri kau sambangi

Tanpa kenal lelah jemu
Sampaikan firman Tuhanmu
Tanpa kenal lelah jemu
Sampaikan firman Tuhanmu

Terik matahari
Tak surutkan langkahmu
Deru hujan badai
Tak lunturkan azzammu

Raga kan terluka
Tak jerikan nyalimu
Fatamorgana dunia
Tak silaukan pandangmu

Semua makhluk bertasbih
Panjatkan ampun bagimu
Semua makhluk berdoa
Limpahkan rahmat atasmu

Duhai pewaris nabi
Duka fana tak berarti
Surga kekal dan abadi
Balasan ikhlas di hati

Cerah hati kami
Kau semai nilai nan suci
Tegak panji Illahi
Bangkit generasi Robbani"
~Izzatul Islam, Sang Murabbi, Official soundtrack

And also the many memories of him:
Memory 1
Memory 2

Hope there would be one regarding Hassan Al Banna and, more and more great figures.
I'm in love..

"Seseorang itu dapat menyertai orang yang dicintai olehnya besok pada hari kiamat."
~HR Imam Termidzi (Hassan sahih)

Common sense

Kalau nabi bekerja kita berehat
Ini adalah kerja yang sesat

Chapter 1: Keeping it on

"O Muadh, perhaps you shall not meet me again after this year. Perhaps when you return you shall see only my mosque and my grave." Muadh wept. Those with him wept too. A feeling of sadness and desolation overtook him as he parted from his beloved Prophet, peace and blessings of God be on him.

The Prophet's premonition was correct. The eyes of Muadh never beheld the Prophet after that moment. The Prophet died before Muadh returned from the Yemen. There is no doubt that Muadh wept when he returned to Madinah and found there was no longer the blessed company of the Prophet.