Kayu Dan Kerusi

Kayu dan Kerusi
oleh Prof. Naquib al-Attas

Sekarang kita ambil contoh berkenaan kayu. Katalah ada seseorang tanya saya, “Apa itu kerusi dan bagaimana engkau mendefinisikannya?” Jadi, jika berkenaan bentuknya, saya katakanlah ia ada empat kaki, warnanya coklat dan berlapik kulit. Mungkin ada yang tidak bersetuju dengan saya berkenaan jawapan tersebut. Artis akan mengatakan ia bergantung kepada bagaimana seseorang memandang kerusi itu, di mana ia terletak, dan sudut cahaya yang menghala kepadanya. Kemudian fizikawan akan menegaskan bahawa ia terdiri daripada berbagai2 atom — sampai kepada berbagai2 lagi unsur yang terkandung dalam kerusi itu termasuklah sekayu mana kayu itu dengan memeriksa paku2 (yang diperbuat daripada besi) dan unsur2 lain selain kayu, dan apa atom yang terkandung dalam besi itu. Sejarawan pula akan tanya, dari mana datang kayu itu, dari hutan mana asalnya, bila ia dibuat, siapa tukangnya, jika pemotong kayu gunakan kapak, siapa pula yang buat kapak itu, siapa nama pemotong kayu itu. Jadi, jika engkau berterusan tanya sedemikian, kerusi itu menjadi masalah buat engkau, seterusnya kerusi itu dilupakan. Inilah yang nampaknya dilakukan para saintis moden.

Tapi, bila manusia memandang kerusi itu, manusia terus tahu bahawa ia adalah kerusi, pandangannya tidak sama dengan pandangan2 di atas kerana mereka yang disebutkan di atas itu sudah tidak bercakap berkenaan kerusi, tetapi benda lain. Maka apa yang dapat dikatakan adalah mungkin untuk mengetahui makna kerusi, maka yang perlu diketahui adalah had kebenaran yang mana apabila melampaui had ini ia bukanlah kerusi. Apa pula yang dimaksudkan dengan had kebenaran ini? Kerusi itu ada kerana manusia ada, tanpa manusia ia tiada — jawapannya ini engkau boleh dapat dengan beralasan, kerana manusia sahajalah yang melakukan perbuatan duduk. Dengan kata lain, kewujudan kerusi bergantung kepada perbuatan duduk itu. Inilah hadnya — jika tiada perbuatan duduk, tiadalah kerusi. Jadi jika engkau mengehadkannya sedemikian, dapatlah engkau tahu apa benda yang dikatakan kerusi itu. Satu perabot untuk engkau duduk yang memberikan pula kerehatan.

Karangan tadi berkenaan ilmu yakin. Saintis atau Barat memang sentiasa tak yakin dengan "kerusi" kerana yang ditinjau bukan lagi "kerusi", tetapi benda lain YANG DITINJAUNYA, sampai akhirnya meragui kepastian adanya ilmu ITU SENDIRI menyebabkan Barat sentiasa PROGRESS. CUBA FIKIR, JIKA KITA IKUT SENTIASA TAK PASTI SEDANGKAN NABI MUHAMMAD DAH ADA, MAKNANYA APA YANG NABI MUHAMMAD AJAR ITU PON BELUM PROGRESS ATAU BELUM SAMPAI kepada MAKNA SEBENAR SESUATU. INILAH YANG KORANG AJAR KAT KORANG SENDIRI KEMUDIAN KORANG AJAR LAK KAT ANAK2 KORANG DALAM SEMUA BIDANG DI UNIVERSITAS. Bahasa istilahnya sufastaiyyah, indiyah, la adriyah etc. Jangan main2 k.

From Doubt To Certainty

This session will be a journey from doubt to conviction.

Fadel Saleh Samerai=He is from a village Samerai in Iraq, thats how a lot of Arabs name themselves.
He wrote a long time ago a book, my journey from doubt do conviction about the Prophet SAWW.
He was a highly intelligent,observant very young man who studied philosophy and got convinced that all religions are manmade, and only superstitious people believe in Heaven and Hell and he lost all faith in religion. And he thought that a lot of people around him also have doubts like him but are afraid to say it. And people are just following religion because religion runs within family and they dont even think about it. Then when he went to a University it was more secular so he finally expressed that he did not believe. But he still kept the possibility that it COULD be the truth. So he started writing some notes which were in favour and in against of religion.

I can say,do,eat whatever I want and live however I want if I leave this religion and if I accept it, it will put restrictions on me. Whats my life going to be like if I believe it or dont?
Even the Prophet said that the world is a prison for the believer and paradise for the disbeliever.

He was very knowledgeable and became the head of Phd in University of Baghdad but he refused to even study the Quran, although he read so many Arab books and on philosophy. He was proud of being an Arab thats why he studied ancient Arabic because he wanted to preserve his heritage. But he always stayed away from Quran because he wanted to keep his freedom.

One of his student suggested that he wrote a book which would be a critique on Quran and point out the mistakes in Quran to criticise it in his thesis. And he ends up writing around 18 books on the fact that Quran cannot possibly be a humans word. He then became famous and got his own TV show.

Another person is Abdur Rauf that I would like to introduce you to

Arabs were traditional people, desert people and travelled like nomads.
Nobody was interested in conquering Arab because there was no fertile land there and it was just desert.
They were in between Roman and Persian empires. So nobody messed with Arab and left them alone because it could lead to a war between the superpowers Roman and Persians. So Arabs spoke only to themselves so their language was very pure.

When too many cultures collide, the native language suffers as it becomes influenced by so many other cultures. e.g. English suffers in New york city because the place is full of immigrants each with their own brand of English.Urdu has also been heavily influenced by English. When a language is free of influences, it flourishes e.g. Arabic.
Arabs had no scenery around them, nothing! just desert. So it let their imagination go wild. Some of th emost remarkable writings have been written in prison. It makes people creative.

Arabic word for intellect is AQAL.
Iqaal was a rope people used to tie on their head, and it was used for tying camels.
It was used as a leash.
A leash restricts movement, so they say the intellect is what holds you back from doing stupid things.

e.g. Knife is called Sikkeen and sikkeen means PAUSE, so its a device to stop your life and breathing. Sikkeen also means coolness because it brings stillness and coolness to the animal before they kill it.

So Arabs have visual imagery associated with their words and their language is very picturesque and rich.

They had nothing to be proud of so they became proud of their language. In fact they were so proud that they thought every other language sounded retarded compared to theirs. So they took great care of their language. The tribes would have poetry competitions and battles. And they were so crazy about it that they killed the poet who could not beat the poet of the other tribe.
When the Quran came it also invited Arabs to produce something similar to the Quran. The Prophet SAWW entered Surah Kausar in a competition of poetry, when the Arabs did not even know it was Quran. And they heard it and said that it cant be the word of a human(Maa haaza qaulul bashar). They hung it on the kaabah.

Another incident:They sent their best poet Walid bin Mughaira to do a poetry slam with the Prophet SAWW. He was confident. He offered to give him women and money and governership. The Prophet SAWW recited some Quran in reply,Walid bin Mughaira began to CRY so hard. And he grabbed the mouth of the Prophet SAWW and said that I cannot take it anymore. He came back and said that I know poetry and thats not poetry and I know magic but its not magician and I know insanity but this is not insane speech. This Quran is bound to dominate.

Allah had not made the Prophet capable of poetry but he SAWW loved poetry.The Prophet SAWW used to have a poet Hassaan. Even the muslim tribes used to compete for poetry. So he wrote a poem about his tribe: Even the bowls in which we give charity shine. Imagine what is in it. We do impossible rescue missions so much so that our swords dont even get a chance to become dry. So the first line was about how generous he was and second was how brave he was. Everybody was impressed.
Khansa, a female sahabiya had comments, she said you used Jafanaat(you only have 9 or less bowls although you could have used a plural word) so you are not really that rich. You said Al gurr(they twinkle), anything can shine even rocks. You should have said they twinkle so much that they look white(use the word Beed). Then she said they twinkle during that day, thats not a big deal, the big deal is when something sparkles during the night, especially when it becomes a source of light. And you used Asyaaf for swords (you should have used suwoofoona), you said it drips with blood(yajreena- they flow, and rivers,NOT drops of blood). They loved doing this. Arabs LOVE correcting.They could have corrected the Quran the same way. But they were baffled. They were ready to fight and kill muslims instead of producing a Surah like this. Allah says gather the whole humanity and produce something like this.

Tufail Ibn Dosee= He was the leader of his tribe, and wanted to pay his respects to Makkah. Each tribe had an idol in Makkah around which they made pilgrimage. The leaders of Quraysh wanted to protect him from falling into the hands of Muhammad SAWW, so they met him outside Makkah to warn him. If a tribal leader accepts Islam, the whole tribe accepts Islam, so they were concerned about it. They told him that Muhammad SAWW casts spells on people and divides families, so he should go back. Tufail did not want to go back so they gave him cork to plug his ears, if he heard the messenger SAWW listening. He hears Muhammad SAWW's recitation and plugs his ears, and begins to run. On second thought, he defiantly goes back to the Messenger SAWW because of his arrogance and self confidence, but ends up taking shahadah.

A historical perspective
Quran came down over the course of 23 years.
The society transformed from a polytheistic society to a society which worshipped Allah alone.
Before they used to think women were NOTHING. But they became the most noble now. The only being Allah uses the word taqwa for apart from Himself is mothers. Allah said be conscious of the wombs of mothers.
All tribes and all people became equal.
There came restrictions on eating and drinking and business.
Women could dress provocatively before but now they became women of Haya.
It changed how the people lived and how they love and hate, their mannerism, how people speak, politics, sociology, everything!

All of these changes occurred in just 23 years. Societies dont transform that quickly! There is no other example of such a complete change in society! Neither before the Quran and nor after the Quran.
If you study all the revolutions, they take a long time for ideas to seep into the society. And usually the people who intiate them are philosophers or authors who are not themselves on the battlefield. The person giving the idea and the person carrying it out is never the same.

Some people say that if Islam was so perfect, why did it last for only a short time in its perfect form(up til khulafa rashideen RA)?But the counterargument is that this is the only periods of time in history when a set of ideas was implemented in totality hundred percent. Not in bits and pieces.

The Quran was given to the Prophet SAWW who did not know how to read and write. The Quran did not exist as a book back then. The sahaba at that time could never think of the Quran without thinking of the Prophet and they were inseparable as they got it THROUGH the Prophet SAWW.

The word Dunya is used 115 times. The word Akhirah 115 times.
Angels 88 times. Devil 88 times
Life 145 times. Death 145 times.
Good deeds 167 times.Bad deeds 167 times.
Disbelief 17 times. Belief 17 times.
Iblees 11 times. Seeking refuge 11 times.
They said 332 times (qaalo). SAY 332 times.
Month is used 12 times.
Day is 365 times.
Prayer 5 times.

These miracles are not humanly possible. Remember the Quran was not in book form. It was step by step revealed in 23 years. No human can possibly estimate how many times he said what. Its not possible.

Much of the names used in Quran e.g. Ibrahim,Zakariyya,Aazir etc were not Arab names. And Arabs were culturally isolated and unaware of their meanings.
e.g. now we found out that Musa is NEWBORN. The Quran says that the wife of Pharoah said We could take him as a Musa/newborn. The Quran used the word Musa(translated it). The Quran is in Arabic and has knowledge and translations of other names. The Arabs could not have known this.
e.g. Ismael means God listens. Ibrahim AS said this because his prayer was accepted about Ismael AS. The Quran says Master accept from us you are the one who listens.

3,5,7,9,11,13,65(Multiple of 65). Thats how Sahaba used to recite the Quran. Once every week as Manaazil. And it was not in book form yet but this was so mathematical.

http://allahisthelight.blogspot.my/2014/07/is-quran-allahs-word-from-doubt-to.html

Pesan Berantai Menjadi Dosa Berantai

Dalam satu kursus bina diri,dibuat satu permainan pesan berantai iaitu peserta berada dalam satu baris.Satu pesanan secara lisan disampaikan kpd seorang yg di hujung baris dan diminta disampaikan kepada orang dibelakangnya dan orang itu pula menyampaikan kpd orang seterusnya hingga ke hujung baris.Apa yg didapati ialah apa yg disampaikan kpd peserta pertama sudah berubah bila disampaikan pada peserta terakhir.

Iktibar yg selalu diambil dari permainan ini ialah perlunya ketelitian dalam komunikasi dan mendengar serta memahami.Sikap manusia suka menambah, memanjang,menghubung, menghurai ikut fikirannya.Kelemahan manusia untuk mengingat tidak sama antara mereka.

Dalam ilmu komunikasi moden disebut hal ini sebagai data processing inequality iaitu proses informasi biasanya tidak menambah baik informasi,sebaliknya berkurang baik dari segi maklumat atau qualiti maklumat.Dengan ini difahami apa juga maklumat yg sampai kpd kita, mungkin telah ada perubahan, penambahan dan kecacatan dari sumber asal, maka jika kita nak pastikan maklumat itu betul,tepat,kita kena kembali ke sumber asal atau mensahihkannya.

Rasulullah telah menyedari hal ini sebelum kita menemui teori data processing inequality atau iktibar dari pesan berantai, yg menyebabkan baginda mengingatkan umatnya sejak dari zamannya dg sabdanya.

Dari Abu Hurairah RA, dari Nabi shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam, beliau bersabda,
كَفَى بِالْمَرْءِ كَذِبًا أَنْ يُحَدِّثَ بِكُلِّ مَا سَمِعَ
“Cukup seseorang dikatakan berdusta, jika ia menceritakan segala apa yang ia dengar.” (HR. Muslim no. 5).

Imam Malik menyebutkan, "Ketahuilah, sesungguhnya seseorang tidak akan selamat jika dia menceritakan setiap yang didengarnya, dan dia tidak layak menjadi seorang imam , sedangkan dia selalu menceritakan setiap yang didengarnya".

Jadi apa juga maklumat yg kita dengar,yg disampaikan,tidak boleh kita sampaikan kpd orang lain selagi kita tidak mensahihkannya kerana dikhuatiri maklumat itu telah berubah dari asalnya,dan dg itu kita digolongkan sebagai berdusta.Dalam dunia moden hari ini dimana manusia makin kurang bercakap tetapi lebih berwhatsapp,share,copy, walaupun mungkin perkataan tetap sama,tetapi kesahihan sumber perlu dipastikan.Mungkin juga maklumat itu telah berubah bila masa berlalu, contoh yg perlu bantuan kerana sakit,telah dibantu,atau telah mati, sedangkan kita masih share,copy cerita yg lama.Tidakkah itu satu dusta dan pembohongan.Istilah 'saya copy dari group sebelah' tidak menyebabkan malaikat yg dikiri tidak mencatatnya sebagai dosa,kerana kita tidak sahihkan,kita berdusta.Saya tahu,hasrat hati nak buat baik tetapi telah menjadi dosa yg berantai kerana ujudnya manusia lain pula yg share,copypaste.

Berhentilah dari memanjang maklumat tanpa kesahihan,nabi larang.Tolong sampaikan itu baik,tetapi sahihkan,jangan bila ditanya,sekedar jawab saya tolong panjangkan shj.Bahkan ada orang yg menulis kata bagai mengancam 'jika anda seorang muslim','jika anda ada hati' dsbnya untuk minta dipanjangkan, adalah sesuatu yg menjebak dosa.Hakikatnya jika kita tidak menyebar satu maklumat,bukanlah berdosa,tetapi jika kita menyampai maklumat yg tidak benar,itu dusta.Sebab itu disebut diam lebih baik dari berkata kecuali perkataan yg baik dan benar.

Beberapa kali saya pernah mendengar orang perkhabaran seseorang mati,tetapi akhirnya,tersalah maklumat.Ada seorang ajk masjid ditempat saya dah buat pengumuman seseorang mati kerana dengar cerita,nasib baik ada jemaah yg segera mensahihkan dan membetulkan maklumat yg salah itu.Saya rasa anda pun pernah alami hal ini,inilah bukti benarnya pesan nabi.Berhentilah dari bercerita, share,copy,whatsapp sesuatu yg tidak disahihkan sendiri,anda sedang menjana dosa berdusta.Dok rasa kita buat baik,rupanya dok berdusta. Wallahua'lam

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The Paradox Of Our Time

The paradox of our time in history is that
we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers;
wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints;
we spend more, but have less;
we buy more, but enjoy it less.

We have bigger houses and smaller families;
more conveniences, but less time;
we have more degrees, but less sense;
more knowledge, but less judgment;
more experts, but more problems;
more medicine, but less wellness.

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get angry too quickly, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too seldom, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.
We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.
We've learned how to make a living, but not a life;
we've added years to life, not life to years.

We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor.
We've conquered outer space, but not inner space;
we've done larger things, but not better things.

We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul;
we've split the atom, but not our prejudice.

We write more, but learn less;
we plan more, but accomplish less.
We've learned to rush, but not to wait;
we have higher incomes, but lower morals;
we have more food, but less appeasement;
we build more computers to hold more information to produce more copies than ever, but have less communication;
we've become long on quantity, but short on quality.

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion;
tall men, and short character;
steep profits, and shallow relationships.
These are the times of world peace, but domestic warfare;
more leisure, but less fun;
more kinds of food, but less nutrition.

These are days of two incomes, but more divorce;
of fancier houses, but broken homes.
These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throw away morality, one-night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer to quiet to kill.

It is a time when there is much in the show window and nothing in the stockroom;
a time when technology has brought this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to make a difference, or to just hit delete...

~Anon.

10 peraturan untuk berjaya - ala mereka

My Notes

1. Break the rules??
   
2. Train your mind. Change nervousness to excitement. Reinterpretation.
   
3. Be Patient. Achievement takes time.
   
4. Take Accountability
   
5. Outdo Yourself ...at edu summit, MS 70% of executives spend 70% of their presentations talking about how to beat Apple. At Apple 100% of executives spend 100% of their presentations talking about....
   
   Finite players play to beat people around him. Infinite players play to be better than themselves. Gilobes. Ni la concept muslih. Chet!
   
6. Stack the deck. Put self in the position of strength. Be around people who want you to be around them.
   
7. Be the last to speak. Nelson Mandela. Tribal leaders sit in circles. His father, a tribe leader, was always the last to speak. Only ask question to ounderstand futher. no more no less. Gilobes!! Nabi sallallahu 'alaihi wa ssallam macam ni la der!
   
8. Be authentic. Be your self.
   
9. Find your passion. Is a result, energy when we engage something that we love, we'd do for free.
   
10. Start With Why. Why - How - What.

Kenapa ketua makan last

Notes;

Endorphine

  ?

Dopamine

  ?

Serotonin

  ?

Oxytocin

  ?

Kalau ko tak paham manusia, ko tak paham bisnes, bai.

Notes

Berkenaan Sekolah Tahfiz

DAH TANYA SANGAT...

Ada pihak datang interview pakcik...mintak cadangan bagaimana nak menambahbaik sekolah tahfiz. Pakcik cakap soalan itu tak perlu timbul kalau amanah diberikan kepada ahlinya. Maka timbulnya soalan itu menunjukkan betapa berleluasanya masalah yg telah timbul apabila amanah tidak diberikan kepada ahlinya. Sekolah tahfiz itu dibina di atas premis yg kabur. Pendirinya tidak faham matlamat pendidikan Islam, dan bagaimana institusi tahfiz yg mereka dirikan itu boleh membantu mencapai matlamat itu.

Manusia yg terdidik tidak semestinya hafiz 30 juzuk, dan hafiz tidak semestinya seorang yang terdidik. Ini adalah faktanya walaupun ramai yg akan merasa sensitif dengan kenyataan ini.

Menurut al-Ghazali, apabila Rasulullah ﷺ wafat, dari kalangan 20 ribu sahabat yang berada di Madinah pada masa itu hanya terdapat enam orang hafiz al-Qur’an (dua orang daripadanya dipertikaikan). Kebanyakan sahabat yang lain hanya sekadar menghafaz satu atau dua surah sahaja, dan diriwayatkan bahawa yang menghafaz hanya Sūrat al-Baqarah dan al-Anʿām adalah dari kalangan mereka yang alim.

Pakcik malas nak cerita panjang tentang perkara ini di sini. Cukuplah pakcik bukilkan di sini kenyataan Imam Ghazali tentang mereka yg terpedaya dengan al-Quran dalam Kitab Kecelaan Tipu Daya (yg pakcik terjemahkan tu....). Cuba baca dan perhatikan kata Imam Ghazali:

"Puak yang lain menjadi ghurur dengan bacaan al-Qur’an yang mereka tidak fahaminya. Barangkali mereka mengkhataminya sekali sehari semalam. Lidah seorang dari mereka tidak lekang darinya sedang hatinya masih teragak-agak di lembah angan-angan kerana dia tidak pernah berfikir tentang makna al-Qur’an untuk dia mengambil peringatan darinya, mengambil nasihat darinya, mematuhi perintah dan larangannya, mengambil pengajaran pada tempat yang sepatutnya dia mengambil pengajaran, dan lain-lain lagi daripada apa yang telah kami sebut dalam Kitāb Ādāb Tilāwat al-Qur’ān dalam persoalan tujuan tilawah. Maka dia telah terpedaya sedangkan dia menyangka bahawa tujuan diturunkan al-Qur’an itu adalah untuk dibaca dalam keadaan lalai terhadap maksudnya. Bandingannya adalah seorang hamba yang menerima suatu tulisan dari tuannya dan dalamnya terdapat perintah dan larangan—dia tidak menumpukan usahanya untuk memahami dan mengamalkannya tetapi berpuas-hati dengan menghafaznya sedangkan dia berterusan berada dalam keadaan menyanggahi apa yang diperintahkan tuannya, dia mengulang-ulang membaca tulisan itu dengan suara dan lagunya seratus kali sehari—maka dia patut dikenakan hukuman. Selagimana dia menyangka yang demikian itulah yang dikehendaki dari tulisan itu maka sesungguhnya dia telah terpedaya. Benar, bacaannya dikehendaki agar dia tidak lupa apa yang dihafaznya, dan hafazannya dikehendaki untuk mengetahui maknanya, manakala maknanya dikehendaki untuk diamalkan dan diambil manfaat darinya. Ada yang memiliki suara yang merdu, maka apabila dia membacanya dan mengambil nikmat dengannya dan terpedaya dengan perbuatan mengambil nikmat darinya dan menyangka bahawa yang demikian itu adalah kelazatan munajat kepada Allah ﷻ dan mendengar Kata-kataNya sedangkan sebenarnya ia adalah kelazatannya mendengar suaranya sendiri. Kalau digantikan apa yang dibaca itu dengan syair atau perkataan lain dia tetap mendapat kenikmatan yang sama. Maka dia sebenarnya telah terpedaya kerana dia tidak memeriksa hatinya sehingga dia mengenali bahawa sebenarnya kelazatan yang dinikmatinya dari Kalam Allah ﷻ itu datangnya dari keindahan susunannya dan maknanya atau dari suaranya?"

Sekolah tahfiz yg ada hari ini tak faham semua ini. Bahkan apa yg disebut inilah yg mereka lakukan. Dan orang ramai yg tak tahu apa menyangka tahfiz itulah pendidikan Islam...