Who moved my cheese?

From autumn gathering, i share with you......


For the 1st 'cheese' that we can take as our own advice......

This is about something that we believe. Let we consider the cheese as our religion "Islam". The more important Islam is to you, the more you want to hold on to it. If you can feel that Islam is very2 important to you, surely you will never let it go from you. Feel it deeply my brothers and sisters.
Indeed Allah said in Holy Quran, "And whoever desires other than Islam as religion - never will it be accepted from him, and he, in the Hereafter, will be among the losers." (3:85) and "And Abraham instructed his sons [to do the same] and [so did] Jacob, [saying], "O my sons, indeed Allah has chosen for you this religion, so do not die except while you are Muslims." (2:132).


Then come 2nd cheese in the story.....
This cheese is about changing. In the story, the littlepeople didn't want to find New Cheese because they believed that the Old Cheese will come again to them. As time running continuously, the Old Cheese like gone forever. One of the littlepeople relieved that situation. He suggest to the other littlepeople, but surprisingly, the other one didn't want to change although they didn't touch any food since the Old Cheese gone.
From the above summary of the story, we can know that we have to change if our belief is wrong. The littlepeople believed that the Old Cheese will remain forever, and that's the reason why they feel so hard to change. For us as Muslims, we have to take this advice if we don't want to become 'extinct' (gone from Allah's favor). We have to change from bad to good.
Looking at history of Rasulullah saw, there was 'hijrah' from Mecca to Medina. Also, there were changing in Rasulullah's saw companion behaviour, from jahiliyya to Islam. Alhamdulillah, brothers and sisters, we now are Muslims, but please change from worst to better, better to the best Muslims we could be. InsyaAllah.
Indeed Allah said in Holy Quran, "For each one are successive [angels] before and behind him who protect him by the decree of Allah. Indeed, Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves. And when Allah intends for a people ill, there is no repelling it. And there is not for them besides Him any patron." (13:11)


Then come 3rd cheese in the story.....
Straight to the point, above cheese is about 'muhasabah'. You should know your own 'smell' when it's getting bad, and when you should take bath. You should recognized your own act which own is wrong and whcih one is good. The bad act you should reduce it or throw it away from your life, but then the good act you should do more to make your life in Allah's favor. InsyaAllah.


Above 3 cheeses are very important for a Muslim to take care of Islam. Move with the straight path of Islam....Allah Akbar. InsyaAllah.

p/s :
Those 3 are the only cheeses that i got from autumn gathering. In the book of 'Who Moved My Cheese', there are more cheeses than above 3, if you can take the cheese to adapt them into your principle, go ahead. InsyaAllah for Islam, brothers and sisters. IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK PLEASE DOWNLOAD FROM THE 'ISLAMIC FILES'.....(left side column of this blog). Wallahua'lam.

Di sebuah perkampungan pedalaman, terdapat seorang lelaki yang warak dan sangat taat pada agamanya. Agamanya melarang keras perhubungan diantara lelaki dan perempuan yang tidak di ‘ikat’ dengan ‘tali’ yang sah. Bersebelahan rumah lelaki itu terdapat sebuah keluarga yang terdiri daripada 3 orang abang dan seorang adik perempuan. Ibu bapa mereka sudah meninggal dunia, terbunuh dalam kancah peperangan.

Suatu hari, dikhabarkan sebuah peperangan akan berlaku di sebuah negeri. Peperangan itu membabitkan musuh-musuh yang telah membunuh ibu bapa 4 beradik tersebut. Lalu, 3 abang itu tidak melepaskan peluang menyertai perang untuk tujuan membalas dendam.

Di pagi hari mereka memulakan perjalanan tempat peperangan, mereka telah meminta pertolongan dari lelaki warak itu. Mereka meminta supaya adik perempuan mereka di beri makan setiap hari dan segala perbelanjaan akan di tanggung mereka. Di kala pemergian 3 abang tersebut, adik perempuan sempat meminta lelaki warak itu mendoakan kejayaan abang-abangnya.

Hari pertama, lelaki tersebut hanya meletakkan makanan yang di sediakan di hadapan rumahnya dan menjerit supaya perempuan itu mengambil makanan sendiri. Sambil proses pengambilan itu berlaku, lelaki tersebut sibuk menelaah buku-buku. Tiada pertembungan jasad yang berlaku dan inilah yang dirancang dan diinginkannya. Prosedur ini berterusan sehingga seminggu.

Setelah seminggu berlalu, seperti biasa, sedang lelaki itu hendak meletakkan makanan di tempat kebiasaan, syaitan telah membisikkan sesuatu ke telinganya, “haih, engkau nih, kesian la perempuan tuh, kene berjalan ke mari, dah la panas terik.Kan perempuan ni kaum yang lemah. Apa kata engkau pergi letakkan makanan tu didepan rumahnya. Tak panas, tak perlu berjalan jauh”. Dalam hati si lelaki itu, “ Betul juga, baik aku pergi letak didepan rumahnya. Ala, tak bertembung pun, dia kat dalam, aku kat luar. Lepas letak terus balik.” Lalu lelaki tersebut pergi meletakkan makanan di hadapan rumah perempuan itu dan terus pulang. Prosedur ini berlanjutan selama seminggu tanpa ada pertembungan.

Selepas seminggu berlalu, sekali lagi syaitan membisikkan sesuatu, “apa la kau ni, kesian la perempuan tu, bila dia ambil makanan, asyik-asyik dah sejuk. Tak sedap la makanan tu. Cuba engkau beri makanan tu hand-to-hand.” Dalam hatinya, “betul juga, kesian la makan makanan sejuk. Lagipun bila bagi makanan tu, tak usah la pandang muka, dan cakap pun tak perlu.” Lalu pergilah lelaki tersebut dengan hati terbuka. Dia mengetuk pintu, lalu menghulurkan makanan itu. Perempuan itu mempelawa lelaki itu masuk, akan tetapi, lelaki itu terus menoleh dan pulang.

Keesokan harinya, apabila mahu mengulangi proses yang sama, imannya telah pudar sedikit dan nafsunya membuak akibat ajakan perempuan itu. Syaitan membisikkan lagi, “Kau ni, kecil hati perempuan tu, bila orang ajak pergi sajalah. Bukan nak buat ape pun, masuk rumahnya sahaja.” Bertambah lagi ajakan itu untuk masuk ke rumah perempuan itu dengan bisikkan syaitan. Lalu, lelaki tersebut bersetuju untuk masuk ke rumah perempuan itu. Pada mulanya, dia hanya minum the dan terus pulang. Kemudian, lama-kelamaan akibat iman yang sudah pudar, lelaki tersebut telah melanggar hukum agamanya dengan mengadakan hubungan di luar pertalian sah.

Dengan perasaan sangat bersalah dan pemikiran yang kurang waras, lelaki tersebut telah membunuh perempuan itu untuk menutup perbuatannya itu dari diketahui oleh abang-abangnya. Lelaki itu menanam mayat perempaun tersebut didalam rumahnya sendiri.

Setelah 3 bulan berlalu, abang-abang pulang dengan selamat membawa kejayaan. Perihal adik mereka dibunuh telah di tutup dengan alasan yang adiknya telah di culik orang. Pada suatu malam, ketiga-tiga beradik itu didatangi syaitan, lalu diberitahu perihal adik mereka dibunuh. Setelah mengetahui hal sebenar, mereka bertiga membunuh lelaki tersebut sebelum dia sempat meminta maaf.

Sekian.

Message:

1) Syaitan sentiasa mencari jalan paling halus untuk menyesatkan kita. Jika dilihat dari cerita diatas, walaupun ia nampak baik (menyenangkan perempuan itu), tetapi muslihat di sebalik itu lebih dahsyat.

2) Peristiwa diatas boleh di buktikan dengan kejadian-kejadian yang terjadi pada remaja-remaja kita. Contohnya, tidak mengapa sepasang kekasih yang kononnya muslim, muslimah, bertemu. Bukannya berpegang tangan seperti orang lain. INILAH YANG DIINGINI OLEH SYAITAN.

Suatu hari, seorang lelaki, Luqman Al-Hakim, telah memanggil anaknya. “Wahai anakku yang tercinta, debgan petunjuk dari Allah s.w.t, ayah ingin membawa kamu keluar ke bandar. Pergilah bersiap sedia sementara ayah mempersiapkan kenderaan(unta) kita”. Pada ketika anaknya berlalu, Luqman Al-Hakim berdoa kepada-Nya semoga perjalanan mereka ini akan mengajarkan anaknya sesuatu yang berguna untuk dijadikan panduan hidup, amin.

Sekembali anaknya di pintu rumah, Luqman Al-Hakim menyuruh anaknya menaiki unta. Tanpa berkata apa-apa, anaknya terus menaiki unta itu. Akan tetapi, Luqman Al-Hakim tidak menunggangi unta, sebaliknya hanya berada didepan dan menarik unta tersebut. Lalu, mereka meneruskan perjalan mereka ke bandar.

Setelah satu jam berlalu, mereka melalui sekumpulan manusia yang sedang istirehat di tepi jalan. Dari jauh kumpulan tersebut memerhatikan Luqman Al-Hakim dan anaknya. Setelah beliau menghampiri kumpulan tersebut, lalu berkata salah seorang dari mereka, “terlalu biadap anak itu membiarkan ayahnya berjalan sedangkan dia berada senang diatas unta”.

Tanpa menghiraukan kata-kata itu, beliau meneruskan perjalanan sehingga bayangan kumpulan tersebut hilang dari pandangan. Kemudian, Luqman Al-Hakim menyuruh anaknya turun dari tunggangan dan beliau menaiki unta pula. Perjalanan ke bandar diteruskan dengan di pandu oleh anaknya yang berjalan dihadapan unta.

Beberapa ketika berlalu, datanglah segerombolan saudagar dari arah bertentangan. Mereka menghampiri Luqman Al-Hakim dan anaknya, seraya berkata, “sungguh jahat orang ini membiarkan anaknya berjalan sedangkan dia senang duduk diatas unta”.

Seperti kejadian sebelum ini, setelah jauh meningalkan gerombolan itu, Luqman Al-Hakim menyuruh anaknya menaiki unta bersama-sama. Lalu mereka meneruskan perjalanan. Seperti kejadian sebelum ini, sekumpulan manusia yang lain berkata, “Sungguh tidak berperikemanusiaan orang-orang itu, menyeksa unta dengan bebanan sedangkan mereka senang duduk diatasnya”.

Kali ini, Luqman Al-Hakim dan anaknya berjalan tanpa menaiki unta. Setelah beberapa minit berjalan, tibalah mereka di bandar. Setelah dilihat oleh orang-orang bandar akan Luqman Al-Hakim dan anaknya hanya menarik untanya tanpa menunggangi, lalu mereka berkata, “betapa bodohnya orang itu tidak menggunakan nikmat(unta sebagai kenderaan) yang diberi”.

Setelah selesai urusan dibandar, Luqman Al-Hakim dan anaknya terus pulang ke rumah. Tiba mereka di rumah, beliau bertanya kepada anaknya, “wahai anakku yang tercinta, apakah yang dapat kamu ambil dari peristiwa-peristiwa yang terjadi semasa perjalanan kita ke Bandar tadi?”. Lalu anaknya berkata,” sesungguhnya ayahlah yang lebih mengetahui dari saya”.

“Anakku, sesungguhnya didunia ini terdiri dari berbagai-bagai ragam manusia, dan kita tidak boleh lari dari kata-kata orang lain terhadap perbuatan kita walaupun baik mahupun jahat. Jadi, kamu janganlah mudah putus asa dalam mengajak manusia ke jalan benar walaupun di hina, di sangka buruk dan sebagainya. Janganlah pula kamu menjadi seperti orang-orang yang kita bertemu tadi, sesungguhnya Allah berfirman

19. Sesungguhnya orang-orang yang suka terhebah tuduhan-tuduhan yang buruk dalam kalangan orang-orang yang beriman, mereka akan beroleh azab seksa yang tidak terperi sakitnya di dunia dan di akhirat; dan (ingatlah) Allah mengetahui (segala perkara) sedang kamu tidak mengetahui (yang demikian).

(surah An-Nuur, 24:19)

Islam and Modern Science

*~part of the lecture by Seyyid Hossein Nasr *~

Now today, I shall limit my discourse to Islam and its relation to modern science. This is a very touchy and extremely difficult subject to deal with. Many people feel that that in fact there is no such thing as the Islamic problem of science. They say science is science, whatever it happens to be, and Islam has always encouraged knowledge, al-ilm in Arabic, and therefore we should encourage science and what’s the problem? -there’s no problem. But the problem is there because ever since children began to learn Lavoiser’s Law that water is composed of oxygen and hydrogen, in many Islamic countries they came home that evening and stopped saying their prayers. There is no country in the Islamic World which has not been witness in one way or another, to the impact, in fact, of the study of Western Science upon the ideological system of its youth. Parallel with that however, because science is related first of all to prestige, and secondly, to power, and thirdly, without [science] the solution of certain problems within Islamic society [is difficult], from all kinds of political backgrounds and regimes, all the way from revolutionary regimes to monarchies, all [governments] the way from semi-democracies to totalitarian regimes, all spend their money in teaching their young Western science.

And therefore I want to begin by first of all by expressing for you, (making things easier, categorizing it a bit), three main positions which exist in the Islamic world today as far as the relationship between Islam and modern science is concerned, before delving a bit more deeply into what my own view is. First of all, is the position that many people re-iterate.

This position itself is not something new. It is something that was inculcated in many circles of the Islamic world during the past century and going back historically, it was the position taken up by Jamaluddin Al-Afghani who migrated to Egypt and called himself Al-Afghani. The famous reformer, a rather maverick [figure], of the nineteenth century was at once a philosopher, political figure, Pan-Islamist and anti-Caliphate organizer.
He came up with views :~

1) science per se is what has made the West powerful and great. And the West is dominating over the Islamic world because it has this power in its pocket. And since this is being allowed, this is being done, there must be something very positive about this science, that science itself is good, because it gives power.

2) science came from the Islamic world originally and therefore Islamic science is really responsible for the West’s possession of science and the West’s domination of the Islamic world itself. And therefore, all the Muslims have to do is to reclaim this science for themselves in order to reach the glories of their past and become a powerful and great civilization.

And the gist of his views :~
1) it equates the Islamic science with Western science which, in fact, it is not the same.

2) it equates the power of the West with the power of science. To some extent this is true, but not completely so.

3) it believes that acquisition of this science of the West [by the Muslims] is, no more no less, than the
Muslims claiming their own property which has somehow been taken over by another continent and [the
Muslims] just want back what is really their own.

Now, this point of view had a great deal of impact upon the Islamic world, upon the modernist circles, and in order to understand what is going on in the Islamic world today it is important to see what consequences flow from this.

I want to pursue what happened to Jamaluddin’s thesis in the nineteenth century. The modernists in the Islamic world [are] one of three important groups that came into being in the nineteenth century. The other two being those who are now being dubbed as the fundamentalists, a term which I do not like at all but which is now very prevalent, and third, those who believe in some kind of Mahdiism, some kind of apocalyptic interference of God.

The modernists took on this thesis of Jamaluddin, and during the last century and a half, they have carried the banner of a kind of rationalism within the Islamic world which will accord well with the simple equation of science with Islamic science and with the Islamic idea of knowledge, al-ilm. [Interestingly,] as a consequence of this, the Islamic world during this one hundred and fifty year period produced very few historians of science and very few philosophers of science. It produced a very large number of scientists and engineers, some of whom very brilliant and studying in the best institutions of the world like here, but it produced practically no major philosopher and historian of science until just a few decades ago. This problem [was just left aside] because it was uninteresting and irrelevant, and all the debate that was being carried out in the West itself about the impact of science upon religion, upon the philosophy of science, [about] what this kind of knowing meant, these were circumvented, more or less, in the Islamic educational system.

The modernists forces within the Islamic world, decided to neglect and overlook the consequences of Western science, either philosophical or religious and felt that Islam could handle the matter much better than Christianity. [They felt] that there was something wrong with Christianity [as] it buckled under the pressures of modern science and rationalism in the nineteenth century, and this would not happen to Islam. Certain Western thinkers, in fact, followed this trend of thought.

Today, every Thursday evening when you turn on Cairo radio there are one or two very famous lecturers who are, in fact, very devout Muslims, loved by the people of Egypt, [and] the heart of their message is every single verse of the Quran which deals with either Ta’akul or Taffakur, that is intellection or knowledge or observation or mushahida. These [verses] are interpreted ``scientifically’’, that is, as an attempt to preserve Islam through scientific support for the Islamic revelation, for the Quran itself. And this is a very strong position in the Islamic world today. Therefore [the Muslim] thinks in fact there is no problem as far as Islam and modern science are concerned.

Today people of that kind of background, again want nothing to do with a discussion of the philosophical implications of science, but very much identify themselves with the Al-Afghani position, that science is al-ilm and let’s get on with it, let’s not bother with its implications. This is a [very important] position which I have traced for you rather extensively, because it is still very much alive in the Islamic world today.

p/s: This is the first position of the science in Islamic world today.......The 2nd position i will post it soon......with the other discussion......Hope you can understand what he trying to say....If not......

Download the soft copy of his lecture in my 'Islamic file' on this blog (on the side frame of this blog)........

NICE STORY - from Ibrahim Ali........

A traveler once came to the mosque to see the prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) after greeting
the prophet, he was asked where he was from. The traveler replied that he came from very
far just to get a few questions answered.
Following is the dialog between the traveler and the prophet.
Traveler : I do not want adha'b (punishments) to be written in my account.
*Prophet : Behave well with your parents *
Traveler : I want to be known amongst people as an intelligent person.
*Prophet : Fear Allah (Jalla Jalaluh), always. *
Traveler : I want to be counted amongst Allah's favorites.
*Prophet : Recite Quran every morning and evening. *
Traveler : I want my heart to always be enlightened. (Roshan and Munawer)
*Prophet : Never forget death. *
Traveler : I never want to be away from Allah's blessing.
*Prophet : Always treat fellow creatures well. *
Traveler : I never want to be harmed by my enemies.
*Prophet : Always have faith in only Allah. *
Traveler : I never want to be humiliated.
*Prophet : Be careful of your actions. *
Traveler : I wish to live long.
*Prophet : Always do Silat-Arahem. (Goodness towards blood Relations) *
Traveler : I want my sustenance to increase.
*Prophet : Always be in wudhoo (Ablution). *
Traveler : I wish to stay free of adhahb in the grave.
*Prophet : Always wear pure (paak) clothes. *
Traveler : I never want to be burned in hell.
*Prophet : Control your eyes and tongue. *



Traveler : How do I get my sins forgiven?
*Prophet : Always ask forgiveness from Allah with a lot of humility.
Traveler : I want people to respect me always.
*Prophet : Never extend your hands of need at people. *
Traveler : I want to always be honored.
*Prophet : Never humiliate or put down anyone. *
Traveler : I don't want to be squeezed by fishare qabr. (Squeezing in the grave)
*Prophet : Recite surat Al-Mulk (The Dominion) often. *
Traveler : I want my wealth to increase.
*Prophet : Recite surat Al-Waqiah (The Inevitable) every night. *
Traveler : I want to be safe and at peace on Day of Judgment.
*Prophet : Do zikr (Praises) of Allah from dusk to night. *
Traveler : I want to be in full attention and concentration during prayers.
*Prophet : Always do wudhoo (Ablution) with concentration and attention.

ENEMY WITHIN........

SIAPA MUSUH ANDA?

BIODATA IBLIS

Pengenalan Diri

Nama: Iblis La’natullah

Tarikh lahir: Sejak ia enggan sujud kepada Adam setelah diperintahkan oleh Allah

Status diri: Fasiq kelas pertama

Agama: Kufur

Tempat tinggal: Hati² orang yg. lalai

Kawasan/Daerah: Semua tempat yg. tidak ada di dalamnya usaha mengingati Allah

Tunjuk arah perjalanan: Bengkang bengkok (tiada haluan)

Tempat tinggal tetap: Neraka Jahanam

Isteri di dunia: Setiap wanita yg tidak menutup aurat

Kaum kerabat: Semua golongan Taghut

Satus Perniagaan

Modal pusingan: Angan-angan kosong

Tempat pertemuan: Pasar (not mean we cannot go to pasar, but see the purpose of

going there)

Musuh/Saingan: Setiap orang Islam

Dalil/Hujah: Fatamorgana (maya)

Motto kerja: “Hipokrasi asas akhlak”

Uniform kerja: Segala warna, seperti sesumpah. Setiap tempat ada warnanya (pemutar belit)

Kesukaan: Orang lalai dari mengingati Allah

Yang melemahannya: Istighfar

Lambang korporat: Sebarang tatu

Pejabat: Tandas dan bilik air

Sifatnya: Muzabzab. (Ikut suka hati mak bapak dia)

Rakan kongsi: Golongan munafiq

Sumber rezeki: Harta haram

Jenis perkhidmatan: Menyeru manusia berbuat mungkar

Jawatan: General Manager golongan al-Maghdhubi alihim dan golongan ad Dhallin

Tempoh perkhidmatan: Sampai hari kiamat

Hala perjalanan: Neraka

Laba perniagaan: Habaan Manthura (masuk angin keluar asap)

Rakan kongsi: Syaitan dari kalangan jin dan manusia

Teman sejawat: Orang yg berdiam diri dari menegakkan kebenaran

Jenis tanggungan: Pembohongan

Ganjaran: Dosa dan segala jenisnya

Kaedah komunikasi: Mengumpat, mengadu domba, fitnah

Makanan kesukaan: Daging org mati (ghibah)

Yang ditakuti: Orang mu’min yg. bertaqwa

Yang dibenci: Lelaki dan perempuan yg. mengingati Allah

Daya tahan: Lemah (Sesungguhnya daya tahan syaitan sangatlah lemah [4:76])

Perangkap: Wanita

Kegemaran: Menggoda dan menyesatkan

Cita-cita: Supaya semua manusia jadi kafir

Ajal: Waktu tertentu menjelang kiamat

Kerja yg. paling disukai: Homoseks dan lesbian

p/s: Setelah mengetahui sifat2 musuh anda, masihkah anda mahu menjadi rakan kongsi/ teman sejawat/ sahabat syaitan? Be wise in choosing your f!r!i!e!n!d

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