“Ye are the best of peoples, evolved for mankind, enjoining what is right, forbidding what is wrong, and believing in Allah. If only the People of the Book had faith, it were best for them: among them are some who have faith, but most of them are perverted transgressors- sadaq Allah Al-Azeem-God Almighty speaks the truth. Al-e-imran (the family of 'imran, the house of 'imran 3:110)
dia siap boleh baring kat riba mak. Malas nak baca, layan dengar je la mak bertilawah. Mak cakap dengar tilawah quran pun boleh dapat pahala, in order to make herself felt better, dia pun tadah telinga je la walau memang kepala dah berat tak ingat- crazily sleepy and extremely lazy, a norm in her daily life.
“pernah tak dengar citer serigala dengan kambing?”- mak tanya usai melipat telekung dan menggantung sejadah. Huh? Dah sampai bed-time story ke ni? Rase macam tak dinner lagi- dia menala pandang ke jam dinding, baru pukul 8. ayah kat masjid lagi, malam ni malam jumaat, terus ayah tunggu isya’ kat sane.
“common la mak citer tuh, ade a flock of sheep and a wolf. This wolf would really keen on preying those young fragile innocent lamb yang tengah meragut rumput. But they were in a big group, cammane ek nak kidnap satu buat meal? Fikir punya fikir our intelligent wolf then got an absolute brilliant idea. He would wait till the sheep scattered over the grass field-forming smaller groups. And he would further wait patiently till one of the smaller groups tore apart- tunggu sampai ade anak2 kambing yang tatau jalan, tersesat, diverted away from its parents. Nanti kalau that lamb tinggal seekor nanti, barulah that wolf would launch an attack a.k.a an ambush.” Mendongak memandang mama yang dah siap menyusun telekung di rak. Mak angguk. Errr, mak nak dengar lagi ke? Ish, bed-time story sape nih?
“time tuh, mane boleh lari lagi mak. By comparing the size pun one can tell, a small lamb would not stand a chance to protect itself from becoming a prey to the hunger and aggressive wolf. Kalau boleh lari, very lucky la, one very fortunate lamb. But generally based on the predator-prey nature, kalau serigala tu dah aimed skit punyer lama dengan penuh kesabaran dan istiqamah, mane nak kasik lepas macam tu je.”
‘then lets try to relate that story-the one that you just told to the real world scenario.” Finally mak decided to become the jury and asked a cepu emas question to her daughter yang merangkap peserta pertandingan bercerita pada malam jumaat itu.
Alamak, apekah? Urmmm sabar tangga kejayaan kut, ke usaha pasti jaya? Hurrmmm adekah value of the story is tak pandai bela kambing nanti kene makan serigala? Ish...............
“ok, time’s up. Kalau tunggu dia bagi jawapan alamat tak dinner la semua orang dalam rumah ni.”- along dari dapur sesedap rase menyindir.
“It’s simple, listen...kenapa kambing tu kene makan?” “sebab memang makanan serigala?” bagi soalan balik kat mak yang dengan itu kene pukulan mak kat bahu walau tak de la sakit sangat. “pandai la. Sebab dia sensorang kat kawasan yang sunyi, tak de orang lalu nak tolong dia kalau ade anything happened. Kenape dia sensorang?” Ok, this time she tried to come out with some kinda mature answer “because it separated from its clan, made its own way somehow” “then?” “Once it’s away, isolated, it automatically became an easy target. Vulnerable, no back up squad to lend a hand. Diverted from its usual grassing location, unfamiliar place to the poor lamb but a very well recognized by the wolf. The predator won technically and tactically. He got the strength and intelligence. Sekian, terima kasih.” Kepala ditundukkan ala2 bagi hormat at the end of the performance.
Sekarang turn mak pulak nak bagi critics, mak mula buat muka serious “ tu bukan sebarang cerita. Itu perumpaan peranan syaitan ke atas manusia.Sesungguhnya syaitan itu adalah serigala bagi manusia seperti serigala terhadap kambing. Ia menyerang kambing yang jauh dan memencilkan diri. Kena hindari berpecah belah, kena berjemaah, bersama orang ramai dan melazimkan diri dengan masjid.”
Ouch! guessed that she got mum’s point. It was so obvious mak tengah tegur dia yang malas pergi mengaji kat rumah tok mah plus penyegan nak ikut mak ke masjid time ada cermah. Kan dah terkena batang hidung sendiri. Macam bagus je cerita siap dengan gaya dan intonasi, tapi rupanya tengah kutuk diri sendiri...Congrats 100x-dialah the unfortunate hampeh lamb-sengaja jauh daripada jemaah, nak isolate kan diri, senang lenang tengok tv kat rumah. Rupa2nya dah jadi mangsa syaitan, yang berjaya menghasut diri supaya jadi pemalas tegar dalam amal ibadah. Ceh ceh.
Kepala ditunduk. “ye mak, got your point already. Clear as crystal. Tak mo dah ponteng2 mengaji, orang ikut la mak nanti bebila mak pi dengar ceramah.” Mata mak mencerun “jangan jadi macam kambing yang lain pulak.” huh? Tak faham. “jangan jadi macam kambing2 yang len yang survived from the attack. After the incident those sheep remained in a big group-sorta safety measure. But after awhile, they started to forget things. Mula meragut rumput merata-rata. Not really in a big clan but scattered forming smaller groups. At the end, the history repeated itself. Again another lamb would become a victim.”
“sebab ape?” dia geleng. “sebab bukan kambing yang disuruh beristiqamah dalam kumpulan (jemaah), bukan jugak kambing yang disuruh saling ingat mengingat antara satu kambing dengan yang lain.. That’s why they never learned, tend to forget and fell to the predator.”
Allah said: "Accepted is your prayer (O Moses and Aaron)! So stand ye straight, and follow not the path of those who know not." Jonah 10:89
"Therefore stand firm (in the straight Path) as thou art commanded,- thou and those who with thee turn (unto Allah); and transgress not (from the Path): for He seeth well all that ye do."Hud 11:112
ya Allah, my Lord. indeed it's so difficult for me to stand firm (istiqamah) in your deen.
"I will mislead them, and I will create in them false desires; I will order them to slit the ears of cattle, and to deface the (fair) nature created by Allah." Whoever, forsaking Allah, takes satan for a friend, hath of a surety suffered a loss that is manifest."
An nisa’ 4:119In an authentic hadith, it was reported by Imam At-Timithi that the prophet (S.A.W.) used to say frequently this supplication, "O Allah, The One who changes hearts, make my heart firm on your deen. "
"O our Lord, do not make our hearts go astray after you had guided us."
"O our Lord, bless us with patience and help make our feet firm."
amin
-the chronic inflammation of iman syndrome- hope not lead to necrosis, a'uzubillahi min dzalik-
