How many words she’s read before,
She’s consulted thousand books or more,
Musty pulp and glue,
Soundproof her tiny room.
She cannot understand why this book in her hand
Fascinates her now so much,
She’s almost shy to touch.
Don’t think about the words it’s just a book paper and ink,
She reaffirms, reminds herself, a book can dictate what to think.
It enlights, intrigues her more, than others on her shelf,
Is it just another book? She sits questioning herself
O Allah she’s so afraid to read,
The wisdom that’s revealed may burrow in her mind,
She’ll be obliged to admit, she’ll be obliged to submit,
But will she be strong enough to live the truth she finds?
O Allah she’s so afraid to read.
The hall light is always on every night that he is gone,
He hears his mother toss in bed, when he slips in at dawn.
In the bookcase by the stair, he can see it sitting there,
Like a waiting watchful wise man scolding him with care.
In the morning will they fight about him being out all night?
Will he resent their gift of love and not admit that they are right?
All he wants is to fit in some place, but must he compromise his faith?
He can’t look himself or his parents in the face.
He takes the book upstairs unread,
Sets it close next to his head,
Then counts the prayers he’s missed,
And lays so hopelessly in bed.
O Allah he’s so afraid to read,
The wisdom that’s revealed may burrow in his mind,
He’ll be obliged to admit,
He’ll be obliged to submit,
But will he be strong enough to live the truth he finds?
O Allah he’s so afraid to read.
I sent an email to my loved one just the other day,
It’s sad communication has evolved this way.
We use so many words but have so little to relate,
As angels scribble down every letter that we say.
All the viral attachments sent, the passionate insults we vent,
It’s easy to be arrogant behind user passwords we invent.
But on the day the scrolls are laid,
With every word and deed displayed,
When we read our account, I know for one I’ll be afraid.
That day I’ll be so afraid to read,
Every harsh word that I’ve spoke and every time that I have lied,
I’ll be obliged to admit,
I’ll be obliged to submit.
Will I have strength owning up to each deed I’ve tried to hide?
O Allah I’m so afraid to read.
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Hmmmm... semenjak dua menjak banyak benar dif-dif kehormatan dari Malaysia melawat pekan Dublin. Bermula dengan Director MSD kita, kemudian Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Shafie Apdal , dan paling kemuncak rasanya, semalam : Dekan-dekan Fakulti Perubatan Universiti-universiti Awam Malaysia.
Setakat ini, yang pernah saya bersua muka (dalam majlis, seminar dsb) cuma ada dua - Prof Dato’ Dr Khalid Yusoff (UiTM) semasa Simposium IMAM UK EIRE dan Prof Ariff - nama penuh tak ingat(UIA) semasa seminar PPIM di UIA Kuantan. Oh ya, Prof Tahir di seminar PPIM dan Prof Omar Kasule (kupasan mengenai http://www.e-imj.com/Vol2-No2/Vol2-No2-H1.htm, yang sehingga sekarang saya masih cuba fahami sepenuhnya).
//Dr Syed Raisudin Syed Abdullah beramah mesra dengan para pelajar (Bakry dan Nizam)
//Perjumpaan dengan Datuk anjuran Kelab Umno Ireland - Beliau bersama Ruzaimi dan juga Asyraff semasa cabutan bertuah
//Ini pun dikira tetamu juga - Dr Ilan Pappe (tiada kaitan dengan petikan)
//Lagi para tetamu - Dr Ismail Adam Patel, Dr Ilan Pappe, dan Raymond Deane (juga tiada kaitan dengan petikan)
Jadi, semalam, tidaklah saya pergi, melihatkan hari ini peperiksaan kertas anatomi. Insha Allah in near future, we'll meet again - I just need some enlightenment about where's I am heading to, although it is a bit too premature perhaps to ramble alot about it. I'm not even finished with my first professional exam!
Oh ya, artikel terbaru Ust Hasrizal - Isu Wahabi: Tingkap Yang Disangka Pintu! rasanya cukuplah melarutkan sentimen "Kau jangan wahabi sangat" atau apa-apa saja yang sewaktunya berbekal fakta dan ilmu yang dangkal (kecoh-kecoh tapi tak tahu sangat pun).
Keterbukaan untuk menerima pandangan dari belah sana amatlah penting - semasa SPM dulu saya sendiri pernah sangsi dengan peristiwa Muawiyah dengan Ali, apatah lagi Yazid, di mana Muawiyah dan Yazid digambarkan seorang yang kita boleh curigai sehinggakan kita boleh berkata - apa punya jenis sahabat ini? Sedangkan kita tahu, Muawiyah telah meriwayatkan banyak hadith, jadi obviously menurut ilmu rawayah, beliau merupakan antara orang yang adil - yalah, kalau tak adil, macam mana nak jadi perawi?
Ha itu dia, pemikiran kita diracuni oleh bahan-bahan bacaan yang diragui kesahihannya - contoh mudah, buku teks sejarah SPM semasa zaman saya. Sampai sekarang masih timbul rasa kesal, dek menjadi produk asuhan dan pentarbiyyahan buku tersebut... hmmm macam itu? Sejarah yang kita tahu amatlah vague dan samar-samar, sehingga tidak merasakan impaknya kepada masyarakat silam dan eventually kita. Jadi terpaksalah kita go through balik sejarah - mencari kebenaran yang ditinggalkan. Bila kita tinggalkan sejarah, kita tiada masa depan (tak ingat tuan punya ayat ini). Baca dan check balik... don't be afraid to read!
Jesteru wahai produk-produk SPM yang sudah pun berada di IPT-IPT semua, marilah kita banyakkan membaca sejarah, seerah, tawarikh - its for your own good. Kadang agak sengal juga leher bila bersua dengan somebody yang tahu banyak tentang sejarah peristiwa yang berkait rapat dengan kita, sebagai contoh sejarah konflik Palestin - 1st Infifada, 2nd Intifada, yang kita sendiri banyak tak tahu! Jadi saya seru diri saya sendiri dan pelawat semua - Waste not your time with buku-buku yang dikategorikan sebagai picisan...
//Masihkah kita ingat akan Nurul Yakin? Bacalah balik sebelum dimakan lipas dan unggas!
Jom baca:
- Muqaddimah - Ibnu Khaldun, translated by Franz Rosenthal
- Pertelingkahan Para Sahabat: Antara Ketulenan Fakta & Pembohongan Sejarah - Asri Zainul Abidin
- Islam in Andalus - Ahmad Thomson
- For Christ's Sake - Ahmad Thomson
dan banyak lagi... jom kita cari lagi...
Cukuplah setakat ini - rasanya dah banyak out of tangent.
Waallahu a'lam.
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