This is an excerpt from Saydul Khaatir, one
of my favorite books.
Captured Thoughts.
Have you ever tried to capture them?
This blog and few others are my way to
capture my thoughts... my deepest thoughts, are kept for myself though.
This book, for me, transcends all
biographies. Not many scholars have written their thoughts, at least not that I
know of ( which is a lot, meaning a lot that I don't know )
Reading it is really a potion for the soul.
The Soul Between the Enchantment of the
Dunyaa and that of the Hereafter
When listening to a sermon or preaching,
one’s heart may become vigilant but once one has left the gathering where
Allaah is being mentioned, hardness and inattentiveness returns! Reflecting
upon the reason for this sudden change, I realised what it was. I noticed that
people vary when it comes to this (i.e. the effect of preaching on them).
Generally speaking the heart does not
assume the same level of alertness during the preaching and after for two
reasons:
Firstly: Preaching is like whipping which
leaves no pain, but it hurts only while being whipped. Secondly: During the
sermon, the listener normally has nothing to distract his attention. Mentally
and physically setting aside worldly matters and listening whole heartedly.
Then once back to the worldly life, he will be attracted by its allurements.
How then could one remain in the same state
as prior to the sermon? This state of affairs happens to all humanity. However,
this affect does vary with those who listen with their hearts. Some of them are
unhesitatingly callous to what goes on around them.
If they are visited by life’s hustle and
bustle, they become self conscious, as Hanzalah (the companion, radiya Allahu
‘anh) said about himself: “Hanzalah is a hypocrite…” [in a Hadeeth related by
Muslim]
Some others tend to be of a more forgetful
character. Sometimes though they excel (in good deeds) after listening to a
sermon.
In fact, such people are like stalks that
sway with the wind!
Others are but little affected; the effect
on their hearts lasts only for the period of the sermon. It soon disappears,
just like water when poured on a smooth rock!
~~~~~~~~~~~
Deep, no?
Life is a quest. A quest for meaning. But
like Ustaz Hasrizal wrote in his blog,
'Is there Khidir to explain to us the
wisdom of everything we face in life?'
[open Surah al-Kahfi if you don't know what
I mean]
There is always a reason behind everything.
Always. Nothing that happens is ever futile, if Allah led us to them...
If we put dunya as our barometer, we'll never truly find happiness. Those words above, sometimes feels like a stab in the heart, for truth very rarely doesn't hurt. The question is, when we stare at the truth right in the eye, can we recognise it?
If we put dunya as our barometer, we'll never truly find happiness. Those words above, sometimes feels like a stab in the heart, for truth very rarely doesn't hurt. The question is, when we stare at the truth right in the eye, can we recognise it?
Me? Still searching, insyaAllah...
Biiznillah~
Kita hanya manusia, dan manusia sering
terlupa. Marilah mengingatkan sesama kita, moga berjumpa di syurga~
