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I dont quite remember when I was reading this verse of Holy Quran but I still remember what is the thing that come across my mind while I was trying to understand it. I dont dare to say that what I will explain later is the true meaning of the verse but I believe that what I want to tell about will at least have something that we all can think about. Many muslims nowadays always like to refer what philosophist said about how to motivate ourselves thus we take for granted the most holy book that we should refer if we want to motivate ourselves, Al-quran. Its not that I want to say what the philosophist wrote is not true but the question here is why we dont want to make Al-quran as our first reference book. Its just obvious that what human said has many possibilities of being wrong but what Allah s.w.t said is definitely correct.

I wont deny that some people are afraid to read and try understand the Al-Quran because they lack of the knowledge, but until when does this thing will go on and on. Today, there are so many translation of the Al-quran has been made and our duty is just to read and try understand it. If we find it hard to understand there are many ustaz we could refer to. There are lots of verse in the Al-quran that we can easily understood but its just a matter we want to try it or not. Al-quran is made so that people can understand it. This thing has been remind by Allah again and again in the Al-quran but do we even care for that. In surah Al-Qamar, 54:17,22,32,40, Allah s.w.t said,

“Dan sesungguhnya telah kami mudahkan Al-quran untuk pelajaran, maka adakah orang yang mengambil pelajaran”.

This goes again in surah Al-muddatstsir 74:55, Allah s.w.t said,

“Maka barangsiapa menghendaki, nescaya dia mengambil pelajaran daripadanya (Al-quran).”

There are lots of other verse that said about the importance of Al-quran but I guess if I want to list it out, surely it will steal a lot of time and thus what I want to deliver here will not reach to you. Its better if I just jump to the verse that I want to quote here from Surah Al-Muzzammil, 73:20. Allah s.w.t said

“Sesungguhnya Tuhanmu mengetahui bahwasanya kamu berdiri (sembahyang) kurang dari dua pertiga malam, atau seperdua malam atau sepertiganya dan (demikian pula) segolongan dari orang2 yang bersama kamu. Dan Allah menetapkan ukuran malam dan siang. Allah mengetahui bahwa kamu sekali-kali tidak dapat menentukan batas-batas waktu-waktu itu, maka Dia memberikan keringanan kepadamu, karena itu bacalah apa yang mudah (bagimu) dari Al-quran. Dia mengetahui bahwa akan ada di antara kamu orang-orang yang sakit dan orang2 yang berjalan di muka bumi mencari sebahagian karunia Allah; dan sebahagian yang lain lagi berperang di jalan Allah, maka bacalah apa yang mudah (bagimu) dari Al-quran dan dirikanlah sembahyang, tunaikanlah zakat dan berikanlah pinjaman yang baik. Dan kebaikan apa saja yang kamu perbuat untuk dirimu niscaya kamu memperoleh (balasan)nya di sisi Allah sebagai balasan yang paling baik dan yang paling besar pahalanya. Dan mohonlah ampunan kepada Allah;sesungguhnya Allah maha pengampun lagi maha penyayang.”

To be frank, when I was reading the verse, it was my first time reading it and suddenly this thought came into my mind. Why do we exist in this world? Why does some people can be rich and why some people is so poor? Why does some people can be so genius but some people have difficulties in understanding things? Why some people are so strong and why some people are so weak? Have we ever thought about the true reason for our existence in this world? The general reason yeah of course I believe every muslims know but what is our specific reason of why Allah create us in this world. Some people believe that if we work hard we can get anything we want but to me I believe that every people in this world has their own specific reason of why we exist in this world. The people that work hard, I believe that it is in their nature that they want to work hard but even so we can still see there are lots of people try hard but they fail. Some people like to blame it on fate but can we actually blame it on the fate? If we blame it on the fate it is just the same as we say that it is Allah’s mistake things like that happen, Nauzubillah, I pray that we are far from being that group of people.

And there goes the concept of “Redha” means to say that we accept that what Allah has destined for us. Does it mean that we dont have to work hard and just accept the fate? No, it is far from that. Allah has ask us to work hard to achieve what we want to be but we must accept whatever has destined for us. If we fail in something that we do, its probably because we have done some mistake in the process, and its up to us to repair the mistake and become succesful. Work hard is a must but whatever happens then, we have to accept it. Along the process we probably caught something that actually is the true reason of why we do exist in this world. We have to discover this on our own and nobody could tell us this thing except ourselves. So in everything that you do now, try to think about this and who knows you might discover your true reason of your existence in this world. Everybody is special and thus everybody has their specific reason of existing. And when you find it, work hard for it and be a successfull person. May Allah bless us. Thats all.    

p/s: Try to read and understand the verse. You’ll find it useful. From the very beginning of our existence Allah already created us for some reason. And whats obvious is everybody has their own special characteristic. Dont you find this amazing?       

Anyway, I have always realized from long time ago that my true love, is not something that I can give to human. In my opinion if true love were to exist, I don’t think that it should be given to human. Allah S.W.T says in Surah Ali Imran ayat 14, 3:14

“Dijadikan indah pada (pandangan) manusia kecintaan kepada apa-apa yang diingini, iaitu: wanita-wanita, anak-anak, harta yang banyak dari jenis emas, perak, kuda pilihan, binatang-binatang ternak dan sawah lading. Itulah kesenangan hidup di dunia: dan di sisi Allah lah tempat kembali yang baik (syurga).

From what Allah says in the Holy Quran, there are several things that being highlighted here. First, it is known to us that Allah has created human to see the thing that they desired as something so beautiful or attractive that makes them love it. That is probably why there is proverb saying that beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. Different people desire different things.

As guidelines, the first thing being reminded is of course the attraction of woman. It is known from the early history of mankind, that woman is known to have a great impact to man. Although it is being fated that by Allah that Adam has eaten the restricted fruit, everyone knows that eve is the one that persuade Adam to eat those fruits. Woman can bring good things to man but also can bring great destruction.

To some people they really loved their children that they are willing to fulfill everything that their child wishes that in the end it will destroy their children. There are also some people interested in gathering all the wealth in this world. If they have 1 million, they want to have 100 million, if they have 100 million, they want to have 1 billion. For them money is everything. They love their money more than everything else.

What is love actually? Usually when we talk about love people always refers it to a relation between man and woman. Love defined by

Oxford

is an intense feeling of deep affection which means that love can be defined as something that someone really likes. Then it is not a mistake to say that people who really like music, love music or people who really like money, love money.

If love were to be ranked according to someone liking, it should have been like below;

1)      Allah S.W.T

2)      Nabi Muhammad S.A.W

3)      Parents/Husband/Wife

4)      Others

This is why I strongly believed that if true love were to exist, Allah is the only one who deserved to have our true love. Kadang2 rasa pelik bila tgk ade org kat dlm tv ckp “ sampai hati ko menduakan aku”. Macam mana die leh cakap camtue. Setiap org harus ade rasa cinta pada Allah so camne die leh cakap tak menduakan. Dan yang sebenarnya cinta kita pada Allah yang tak boleh diduakan. Our love to Allah should be the greatest and we should not take others as the same. Sometimes I wonder how people can feel so down hearted that they want to kill themselves just because they broke up with their girlfriend. I wont deny that the feeling of frustration will always remain but its shouldn’t be that bad. This kind of thing would not have happen if they know who they should give their greatest love to. Just imagine how would your girlfriend do to you if you did not listen to them? Maybe both of you will fight over it and end up broke up. Now just imagine how many time have we did not listen to Allah’s order? Imagine how life would it be if Allah’s ignore you. Everything that we have now is what Allah has given to us. Your ear, eyes, legs, life, hands and everything. But Alhamdulillah, with His Rahmat and Rahim, He stills let us go on with our life as usual. However, how many of us realized this thing? How many of us really show our appreciation?

I’m not saying all these things because I am better than you all but just want to share what I have within me. We are orders by Him to keep reminding among us, giving advices. So here I am, giving what I thought would be beneficial for us. We are given such a wonderful brain and Allah has ask us to think. So think about this. That’s all.

After completing my studies in SAS, I was offered a place in UTP. Well, at first I was a little bit disappointed since I was hoping that I could further my studies in overseas, but I guess it’s the better choice for me. Anyway it was an excellent decision that I’ve made looking at the achievement I acquired during my studies in UTP. Only Allah knows what would have happen to me if I was to further my studies in overseas. Hehhehehhe…

Campus life is always an exciting moment for everyone who have the chance to get in. It is the moment that you’ll remember for your whole life. So to anybody who will and is experiencing their campus life, just make sure that you make it an interesting memory for you to bring along for the rest of your life. Once you’ve got to work, you will have more responsibility, lesser leisure time and you’ll start to feel more energy drain out from you.

As early as first year, I’ve opened up my first chapter of love. However it did not turn out very good. Most probably caused there are too many differences between us. And I guess the way I approach her is also not acceptable kot. There is also this one girl who shows her interest in me, but I guess I’m not interested with her, so I just rejected her. The way she approaches, scares me. I’m not saying that I don’t like the idea of having a girl making the first move but there are better ways of how a girl should tell their feeling to a man they like. It doesn’t have to be so straight forward and it shouldn’t be so secret. Some might say that you should try to see whether she suits you or not first but in reality at first glance we will know that whether the girl or the boy has the possibility of becoming our couple. And I guess I don’t like the idea of giving hope that you are not sure you can fulfill it or not. Unless I’m certain with my decision, I’m not going to go on with the relationship.

Second, third and fourth year, I was really busy occupying myself with my cocuriculum activities that I forgot about having relationship with girl. And I guess it was the moment that I enjoyed very much. Learning about how to run a programme from the beginning until the execution, managing a committee, managing an organization, communicating with people and lots and lots of other skills that I would never imagine I could have acquired if I only sit in my room, playing with the computer. I don’t really like politics but I’m certain that it is a must in our life. Politics can bring harmonies if people use it correctly but unfortunately nowadays it is likely to be use for destruction. I would never have thought that even in politics as small as campus election, people would try to do dirty job just to make sure they’ll get the position they wanted. What’s making thing worse if people who did this dirty thing are hiding themselves within a very good organization they involved. If things like this happen not only they will bring shame to themselves but they will also bring bad reputation to the organization they lead. In short, “Matlamat tidak pernah menghalalkan cara”.

When I was doing my practical, once again I tried to approach this one girl that I’ve been looking at for sometime. So, I beranikan diri phoned her, ask her out and always keep in touch. I’m not a direct person so I don’t really have the courage to declare my feelings toward her. So I just keep in silent and tried to show that I cared for her with all those things we’ve done together. Unfortunately, again things did not turn out as I expected it would be. Just when I want to confess, some bad things happen and we just get on with life like nothing has happen before. I feel really frustrated looking at the time I’ve spent and those things that I’ve done but I guess that is what it takes in this kind of relationship. There is no guarantee that you can be a successful person. If it is a success, then it is good for you but if you fail just takes it as something that will make you more mature in handling this type of relationship.

So I go on with my life and just before I completed my studies, the feelings come again. I don’t really know when or where this new relation that I’ve built will go but what I’m sure is I really like her. We don’t know what will happen in the future but I believe that what we do now will determine what will happen to us in the future. I hope that things would work out between me and her. May Allah bless us.

Anyway, I have always realized from long time ago that true love is …… To be continued in the last chapter of “In Search for True Love” – (4) – “the answer”