Antara Jasad, Akal, Hati, dan PenciptaNya...

Alhamdulillah, selama mana kita hidup ini, kita sentiasa dipelihara Allah akan hidup kita. Kita lihat, kehidupan kita selama ini, bagaimanakah kita menghadapinya. Jasad dan diri kita, bagaimanakah ia dijaga dan di'control' oleh Allah SWT.

Kalau kita lihat, jasad kita; termasuklah anggota badan seperti tangan, kaki, dan badan kita, adalahj dikawal oleh akal kita. Akal pula dicontrol oleh hati kita. Hati ini secara fitrahnya adalah bersih, dan ke mana arah tujuan hati itu bergantung kepada ke mana arah kita bawa hati itu, iaitu samada ke arah IMAN ataupun HAWA. Dan, yang mengcontrol hati adalah Allah SWT sahaja semata-mata.

Untuk mendapat hati yang bersih, yakni hati yang dapat didorong hala tujuannya ke arah IMAN, maka yang paling penting sekali adalah sejauh mana attach nya hati itu kepada Allah SWT.

Maka, untuk mendapat jasad yang baik, perlulah dijaga dan dicontrol oleh akal yang baik, yang mana akal itu dijaga oleh hati yang bersih. Hati yang bersih pula memerlukan pautan yang kukuh kepada Allah. Maka, jikalau bab hati ini still tak settle lagi dengan Allah, maka susahlah untuk mendapat jasad yang sentiasa terpelihara daripada melakukan kesalahan-kesalahan. Untuk mendapat hati yang utuh, pertama sekali adalah mencari hidayah Allah SWT.

Kita sedia maklum, hidayah itu adalah milik Allah, dan hanyalah Allah SWT yang berhak untuk memberi hidayah itu. Betul. Tapi perlu diingat juga, Allah SWT tahu siapa di antara hamba-hambanya yang mahu mencari hidayahnya itu. Maka, perlulah dicari hidayah itu supaya Allah SWT dapat memberi hidayah itu ke dalam hati kita. Bak kata seseorang yang bijak pandai, "Hidayah itu tidak akan menjenguk kepada sesiapa yang tidak membukakan tingkap hatinya".

Praktikalnya? Sentiasa kita mendekatkan diri kepada Allah, dalam apa jua pekerjaan kita. Kalau betul niat kita, maka segala apa yang kita lakukan adalah suatu Ibadah. Niat yang betul datang dari hati. Maka cara mendekatkan diri kepada Allah tidak hanya terbatas kepada amal ibadah khusus semata-mata, tetapi segala-gala amal perbuatan kita boleh menjadi cara untuk mendekatkan diri kepada Allah. Study pun boleh jadi ibadah.

Tapi, dalam pada itu, ibadah khusus kita pun kiranya hendaklah diperbaiki untuk menjadi lebih baik. Solat kita hendaklah sentiasa dijaga dan diperelokkan. Qiam untuk solat malam, mendekati Al-Quran.. Itu juga hendaklah kita diperbanyakkan. Sebab itu adalah beberapa cara untuk mengubati hati. Hati yang sakit pun ada ubatnya.. Daripada kita spend masa tidur lewat semata-mata main game ke, kan lebih baik kita spend time hanya untuk bersama-samaNya? Bukan apa, supaya kita mendapat cintaNya. Bukankah cintaNya merupakan cinta yang tertinggi??

Seperti dalam hadis ke 38 dalam Hadis 40 Imam Nawawi...

"Hadis diriwayatkan oleh al-lmam al-Bukhari. Daripada Abu Hurairah r.a. beliau berkata: Rasulullah SAW telah bersabda: Sesungguhnya Allah Ta'ala telah berfirman: Barangsiapa yang memusuhi seorang waliKu, maka Aku akan isytiharkan perang terhadapnya. Seorang hambaKu tidak bertaqqarub (iaitu menghampirkan dirinya) kepadaKu dengan suatu amalan yang lebih Aku sukai lebih daripada amalan yang Aku fardhukan ke atasnya. Seseorang hamba sentiasa bertaqqarub dirinya kepadaKu, dengan amalan amalan sunat sehingga Aku mencintainya. Apabila Aku sudah mencintainya, maka jadilah Aku pendengarannya yang dia mendengar sesuatu dengannya, jadilah Aku penglihatannya yang dia melihat sesuatu dengannya, jadilah Aku tangannya yang dengannya dia melakukan kerja, jadilah Aku kakinya yang dengannya dia berjalan. Sekiranya dia meminta daripadaKu Aku akan kurniakannya dan sekiranya dia meminta perlindungan dariKu nescaya Aku akan melindunginya. "

Maka, untuk mendapat jasad dan akal yang mantap, mestilah hati itu attach betul-betul kepada Allah supaya mendapat cintaNya. Alangkah indahnya jika setiap amal perbuatan itu Allah yang jaga. Allah pelihara diri kita daripada melihat benda-benda yang bukan-bukan, dan setiap langkah kita sentiasa selamat. Study pun senang, senang aje nak masuk...

So, paling penting dalam diri kita ialah hati. Hati yang menuju ke arah iman akan sentiasa senang ke arah kebaikan. Dan juga daripada hati yang bersih, akan menatijahkan akan akal yang baik, dan akal yang baik akan menatijahkan jasad yang terpelihara serta baik tingkah lakunya. Akan tetapi hati yang menuju ke arah hawa, maka akan terjadilah akal yang kurang baik, yang akhirnya menjadikan jasad itu berlaku zalim kepada dirinya dan juga orang lain. Untuk mendapat hati yang menuju ke arah iman, maka hati itu perlulah berpaut pada Allah dengan pautan yang sungguh-sungguh.

Sebelum saya mengakhiri tulisan ini, saya ingin mengajak anda semua melihat negara kita Malaysia. Makin berleluasa gejala-gejala yang tidak elok sekarang ini, dan kebanyakkan dijuarai oleh orang Melayu kita, yang rata-ratanya mengakui diri adalah seorang Muslim. Dengan kes-kes rogol semakin menjadi-jadi (ataupun mungkin sekarang cuba disembunyikan), dengan seks bebasnya makin berleluasa, anak-anak muda semakin hilang perasaan malunya, dan dengan mat rempitnya semakin berani hinggakan ada keupayaan untuk mencabar pihak berkuasa. Maka, kita cuba halusi di mana salah silapnya? Adakah kerana kita tidak cukup memberi anak muda kita sumber pembangunan jasmaniah? Adakah kerana pendidikan moral dan agama kita tidak mencukupi di sekolah-sekolah? Adakah kita memandang enteng akan soal pentingnya hati ini disuap dengan makanan-makanan untuk hati serta diubati hati-hati yang sedang sakit?

Sedarlah, semakin negara menyatakan yang ianya sedang membangun maju, semakin sakit hati-hati anak muda kita. Membangun dari segi apa, fizikal nya? Bangunan-bangunan tinggi nya? Kelab-kelab malamnya dengan anak-anak muda menjadi pengisi tetapnya?

Gelak hati kecilku.

Dan, adakah untuk menyelesaikan permasalahan ini, kita buat karnival-karnival untuk mat-mat rempit ini supaya mereka ini dapat dikumpulkan dan diberi ceramah-ceramah dan aktiviti-aktiviti agar tidak lagi buat kerja-kerja yang sia-sia? Adakah cukup untuk memberikan pendidikan seks kepada anak muda mudi kita? Dengan memberikan kondom-kondom percuma?

Gelak hati kecilku.

So, fikirkan lah.. Apa sebenarnya yang kita lagging dalam kehidupan sekarang ini?

Wallahu'alam

The biggy

The draw was a fair result, without doubt.

From Man United's points of view, they did blow the chance to go 6 points clear. Chelsea were totally outplayed in the first half. There were no clear cut chances by them and they didn't even have a corner in the first half. Man United were very strong down the flanks and Saha's goal was exquisite. Agak terkejut juge tgk Chelsea totally dominated by Man United. Carrick and Scholes were better in midfield I think than Lampard and Ballack in the first 45 mins. And where was the Drog? Kata score byk goal, but with Vidic around, he was nowhere near his best. Along with Carrick, I think Vidic had a very very good game.

Then in the 2nd half, Chelsea changed things around and brought on Robben, shifted Essien to right back and that changed the game. Essien was half full back, half midfielder. Robben provided natural width and Essien was bursting forward time and time again. This displays Mourinho's tactical brilliance and he got it spot on. The goal was a lucky one for Chelsea I think. Not because I am a United fan, but because Van der Sar had it covered. Terkena kepala Sahabuddin je. And I don't think Chelsea had any clear cut chances throughout the game except for some long range shots from outside the box. They are very good at setpieces and credit must be given where it's due. Memang respect dow~

True, the point gained was better for Chelsea than it is for United because Chelsea knows that with the strength and depth of their squad, United will be weakened before they do as the season goes on. Even if they lost the game, I do not think Mourinho will be worried too much because of the depth and quality of their squad.

But what Chelsea should be worried about is this.

Despite all the money and big stars that they have, United were a match for them. With the players that they have, a neutral would have expected Chelsea to win this. Bear in mind that United could have doubled the lead and even tripled it if not for two missed chances that should have been able to be tucked away if Van Nistelrooy was still around to do the tap-ins.

Despite the Ballacks, Shevas, Essiens, and Drogbas, United gave them a timely reminder that it's business as usual at Old Trafford and the Blues are about to be pushed all the way come May...

Selamat.

U.F.O, Does it really Exist?

U.F.O, Does it really Exist?

U.F.O from Islamic perspective.



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Another one from Michael Backman

Soon after his article came out in 'The Age', Michael Backman wrote another one, as follows:

The response to my recent column 'While Malaysia fiddles, its opportunities are running dry', published in The Age
newspaper on November 15 has been overwhelming. I've received hundreds of e-mails and messages, many from
Malaysians both in Malaysia and outside, of which perhaps 95% have been supportive. Thank you for these. It
seems that the column has given voice to concerns that many Malaysians have.

I'd like to emphasise (and as many of you realise already), that I wrote the column as constructive criticism. I like
Malaysia very much. I visit often and have many Malaysian friends of all races. I've also written a lot that is positive
about Malaysia in the past, most notably in a previous book of mine - The Asian Insider: Unconventional Wisdom for
Asian Business, which has no less than five chapters to explain to people outside Malaysia why I feel that Malaysia
should be given more credit than it gets.

There have been many achievements. There is much about which Malaysians can be proud. Malaysia, for example,
is far more politically mature and developed than is Singapore. The media is more open too (but of course not as
open as it could or should be.) Malaysians are more entrepreneurial too. AirAsia started in Malaysia and has
revolutionised air travel across Asia. In Singapore, there is very much a sense that the government has to do
everything.

I also believe that the NEP, which has seen special advantages given to bumiputeras over other groups, has been
important for Malaysia. It has been essential for nation building. Malaysia is peaceful and while the various groups
may not mix much there is clear mutual respect between them. That is a huge achievement.

However, the problem as I said in my column, is waste. And also the use of statistics that are blatantly wrong.
Malaysia also has a big problem with transparency. Too little account is made of how other people's money is spent.
The police too are way too corrupt for a country as developed as Malaysia. The rote learning that is practiced in the
schools also needs to be done away with. Generations of Malaysian children are missing out on an education that
should teach them how to be creative and critical - this is what a truly modern, boleh country needs. Again, my
comments are meant to be constructive. And I make them as a non-Malaysian largely because many Malaysians
feel rightly or wrongly that they cannot say these things themselves in their own country.

Since my column was published, plans for a new RM400 million Istana have been announced and the Agriculture
Ministry parliamentary secretary has told Parliament that Malaysia's first astronaut will be playing batu seremban
and spinning tops and making teh tarik while in space. There are countless scientists around the world who would
give anything for the opportunity to go to space and do real experiments. For the Malaysian government to send an
astronaut into space to play Malay children's games serves only to re-emphasise my point about waste. Not only
that, it makes Malaysia look infantile in the eyes of the rest of the world, which is a great pity when Malaysia has
made so many real achievements. The world is getting more clever, more competitive and more dynamic every day.
There are too many in Malaysia who don't seem to understand this.

Of course my views are just that: my views. But I have spent most of my adult life analysing and writing about Asia. I
am direct and critical; I do not veil my criticisms because I don't want to waste my time or yours with readers trying to
guess what I really mean. Open debate is absolutely critical for all modern, dynamic countries. The free flow of
ideas and information helps to make countries rich. Political leaders cannot do everything on their own be they in
the UK, Australia or Malaysia. They need help. Otherwise they make mistakes. And when they do, whose fault is
that? Those who prefer to stay quiet? And should I as a non-Malaysian be commenting on Malaysia? Of course.
Malaysian political leaders and commentators routinely comment about other countries. That's how the world is now,
an inter-dependent, global world. And the world is much better for it.

I will write another column about Malaysia soon.

Michael Backman
November 17 2006

While Malaysia fiddles, its opportunities are running dry

Assalammualaikum brothers..

I just found out an article in one of the leading Australia newspaper. Just want to share with you, and let you guys think and discuss whether it is true or not.

While Malaysia fiddles, its opportunities are running dry

Michael Backman
November 15, 2006

MALAYSIA'S been at it again, arguing about what proportion of the economy each of its two main races — the Malays and the Chinese — owns. It's an argument that's been running for 40 years. That wealth and race are not synonymous is important for national cohesion, but really it's time Malaysia grew up.

It's a tough world out there and there can be little sympathy for a country that prefers to argue about how to divide wealth rather than get on with the job of creating it.

The long-held aim is for 30 per cent of corporate equity to be in Malay hands, but the figure that the Government uses to justify handing over huge swathes of public companies to Malays but not to other races is absurd. It bases its figure on equity valued, not at market value, but at par value.

Many shares have a par value of say $1 but a market value of $12. And so the Government figure (18.9 per cent is the most recent figure) is a gross underestimate. Last month a paper by a researcher at a local think-tank came up with a figure of 45 per cent based on actual stock prices. All hell broke loose. The paper was withdrawn and the researcher resigned in protest. Part of the problem is that he is Chinese.

"Malaysia boleh!" is Malaysia's national catch cry. It translates to "Malaysia can!" and Malaysia certainly can. Few countries are as good at wasting money. It is richly endowed with natural resources and the national obsession seems to be to extract these, sell them off and then collectively spray the proceeds up against the wall.

This all happens in the context of Malaysia's grossly inflated sense of its place in the world.

Most Malaysians are convinced that the eyes of the world are on their country and that their leaders are world figures. This is thanks to Malaysia's tame media and the bravado of former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad. The truth is, few people on the streets of London or New York could point to Malaysia on a map much less name its prime minister or capital city.

As if to make this point, a recent episode of The Simpsons features a newsreader trying to announce that a tidal wave had hit some place called Kuala Lumpur. He couldn't pronounce the city's name and so made up one, as if no-one cared anyway. But the joke was on the script writers — Kuala Lumpur is inland.

Petronas, the national oil company is well run, particularly when compared to the disaster that passes for a national oil company in neighbouring Indonesia. But in some respects, this is Malaysia's problem. The very success of Petronas means that it is used to underwrite all manner of excess.

The KLCC development in central Kuala Lumpur is an example. It includes the Twin Towers, the tallest buildings in the world when they were built, which was their point.

It certainly wasn't that there was an office shortage in Kuala Lumpur — there wasn't.

Malaysians are very proud of these towers. Goodness knows why. They had little to do with them. The money for them came out of the ground and the engineering was contracted out to South Korean companies.

They don't even run the shopping centre that's beneath them. That's handled by Australia's Westfield.

Next year, a Malaysian astronaut will go into space aboard a Russian rocket — the first Malay in space. And the cost? $RM95 million ($A34.3 million), to be footed by Malaysian taxpayers. The Science and Technology Minister has said that a moon landing in 2020 is the next target, aboard a US flight. There's no indication of what the Americans will charge for this, assuming there's even a chance that they will consider it. But what is Malaysia getting by using the space programs of others as a taxi service? There are no obvious technical benefits, but no doubt Malaysians will be told once again, that they are "boleh". The trouble is, they're not. It's not their space program.

Back in July, the Government announced that it would spend $RM490 million on a sports complex near the London Olympics site so that Malaysian athletes can train there and "get used to cold weather".

But the summer Olympics are held in the summer.

So what is the complex's real purpose? The dozens of goodwill missions by ministers and bureaucrats to London to check on the centre's construction and then on the athletes while they train might provide a clue.

Bank bale outs, a formula one racing track, an entire new capital city — Petronas has paid for them all. It's been an orgy of nonsense that Malaysia can ill afford.

Why? Because Malaysia's oil will run out in about 19 years. As it is, Malaysia will become a net oil importer in 2011 — that's just five yearsaway.

So it's in this context that the latest debate about race and wealth is so sad.

It is time to move on, time to prepare the economy for life after oil. But, like Nero fiddling while Rome burned, the Malaysian Government is more interested in stunts like sending a Malaysian into space when Malaysia's inadequate schools could have done with the cash, and arguing about wealth distribution using transparently ridiculous statistics.

That's not Malaysia "boleh", that's Malaysia "bodoh" (stupid).

email: michaelbackman@yahoo.com

http://www.michaelbackman.com

Jangan Khuatir... Dan Jangan Sedih...

Alhamdulillah.. Selepas habis exam ni, terasa nak menulis kat blog ini. Alhamdulillah juga sebab laman web batch berjaya juga disiapkan utk tatapan ahli2 sekalian. Syukur. Tahniah buat mereka yang bersungguh2 dalam menjayakan website batch ini.

Apa kata kita mulakan blog ini dengan sesuatu yang dapat mengisi jiwa kita. Yang mampu buat kita berfikir seketika.

Hari ni saya ingin membawa kepada satu ayat. Best juga. Tentang bagaimana kiranya kita didatangi dengan ujian.

"Dan mereka (Yahudi dan Nasrani) berkata: 'Sekali-kali tidak akan masuk surga kecuali orang-orang (yang beragama) Yahudi atau Nasrani'. Demikian itu (hanya) angan-angan mereka yang kosong belaka. Katakanlah: 'Tunjukkanlah bukti kebenaranmu jika kamu adalah orang yang benar'. (Tidak demikian) bahkan barangsiapa yang menyerahkan diri kepada Allah, sedang ia berbuat kebajikan, Maka baginya pahala pada sisi Tuhannya dan tidak ada kekhuatiran terhadap mereka dan tidak (pula) mereka bersedih hati." (Al-Baqarah,2 : 111-112)

Ayat ini diturunkan ketika orang Yahudi dan Nasrani memainkan sentimen2 di kalangan penduduk Madinah ketika itu bahawa hanya mereka saja yang layak masuk ke syurga, yang menyebabkan sebahagian hati orang-orang Madinah gundah-gulana. Maka turunlah ayat ini yang memberi bukti kepalsuan mereka serta menghilangkan rasa takut dalam diri mereka.

Sekarang, tengok balik ayat2 ini dlm konteks kehidupan kita sekarang. Allah dah bagitau yang sesiapa yang menyerahkan diri sepenuhnya kepadaNYA, dan juga berbuat kebajikan dan kebaikan, maka itu adalah lebih baik disisiNYA. Dibuktikan juga bahawa tiada ada sebab untuk mereka khuatir dan bersedih hati di atas apa yang menimpa. Sebab kita tahu, semuanya dari ALLAH. Allah kan yang memberi segala-galanya. Nikmat mahupun ujian mahupun bala. Maka, ambillah dengan tenang jika ujian itu mendatang. Tidak perlulah nak susah hati dan cemas sebarangan. Percaya sungguh-sungguh yang Allah itu dekat. Kalau kita sering susah hati, cemas dan lain2, check balik amalan kita. Ada masalah ke hubungan kita dengan Allah? Maka. Percaya sungguh-sungguh pada ALLAH. Itu yang paling penting. Dan paling utama.

Contohnya, duit takde ke, atau apa yang kita mahukan tidak tercapai. Maka sabarlah. Dan bersyukur. Exam dah dekat ke. Result tak gempak ke. Sabar. Syukur. Jangan bersusah hati. Lagipun, orang yang beriman senantiasa diuji. Sungguh! Saya tidak sempat untuk membincangkannya di sini. Maka, saya akan membincangkannya di masa hadapan. Insya Allah.

Lagipun, kalau kita dah study gila-gila ke, result yang diingini tak tercapai. Yakinlah itu yang terbaik buat diri kita. Sebab 1+1 tak semestinya 2. Pencaturan Allah kadang kala berada diluar batas fikiran kita.

Insya Allah.. Kalau ada masalah aje, kita refer balik kepada Allah. Sebab Dialah yang menciptakan masalah tu, dan Dia jugalah yang dapat menghilangkan masalah itu. Alangkah indah kalau kita susah ke, ataupun senang sekalipun, kita refer dulu kpd Allah, barulah kpd insan-insan lain. Saya agree, sebagai manusia kita perlu utk menatijahkan sesuatu kepada orang lain, perlu share dgn orang lain.. Sebab itu pun fitrah manusia. Tapi kalau kita share dgn Allah dulu sblm org lain, even better.

Ok. Selamat berjuang kepada saudara saudara sekalian dalam bidang masing2. Insya Allah kita sentiasa mendapat petunjuk dariNya. Yang silap dari diri ini, haraplah dimaafi.

Titik.

Amin? Ko dah konvo/

Amin, ko dah konvo ke? Cepat giler? Antar la pictures sket bg kitorang tengok...hehehehe

yeay dh konvo!

penat gell bru blk dr konvo..

grad

oik..hahaha...arini aku grad n konvo..hihibest2 n penat gell

testing

allo2..roger2..testing2...