Friday Sermon 25/4

Despite all challenges that we face, let our presence be felt by others through our meaningful contribution.

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Kekuatan Sebuah Doa

Semasa menghadiri sesi teh tarik yang pertama, bro Mustapha ada berkongsi cerita mengenai doa yang saya rasa patut saya kongsi bersama dalam blog ini.

Bro Moose, mengatakan kalau dari sudut psikologi, doa ini semacam “self-talk”. You talk to yourself, to boost your morale. If you noticed, the obvious is from the sportsman. Beliau juga mengatakan yang kita sebenarnya beruntung. Kenapa? Ini disebabkan dalam sehari kita mempunyai sekurang-kurangnya 5 waktu untuk berdoa. Bermohon untuk kebaikkan diri sendiri dan masyarakat secara amnya. Berapa ramai ya dari kita melapangkan masa mungkin seminit dua untuk bermunajat kepada ALLAH?

Secara tidak langsung agama Islam telah mengajarkan kita bahawa dengan berdoa kita akan mampu merubahkan bukan sahaja kehidupan malah ketentuan kita. Doa adalah senjata orang beriman. We do not need to go for yoga classes to relax ourselves. Prayers and doa is sufficient for us- the physical and spiritual aspects of one life.

Kita mungkin menganggap bahawa doa ini adalah salah satu “ritual” dalam solat. Dan kita juga menganggap dua adalah jalan terakhir apabila segala usaha kita tidak menampakkan hasil. Pemikiran seperti ini salah sama sekali dan mungkin tidak keterlaluan jika saya mengatakan pemikiran di atas ini sempit.

“Dua is conversation with Allah, out Creator, our Lord and Master, the All Knowing, the All Powerful. This act in itself is of extraordinary significance. It is the most uplifting, liberating, empowering, and transforming conversation a person can ever have. We turn to Him because we know that He alone can lift our sufferings and solve our problems. We feel relieved after describing our difficulties to our Creator. We feel empowered after having communicated with the All Mighty. We sense His mercy all around us after talking to the Most Merciful. We get a new commitment to follow His path for that is the only path for success. We feel blessed with each such commitment.”

(article from khalid baig)

Dalam apa perkara yang kita lakukan, seharus nya kita mulakan dengan doa dan mengakhiri dengan doa juga. Di antara kedua-dua doa itu kita sertakan dengan berkat usaha kita. Kerana doa sahaja tidak mencukupi. InsyaALLAH apa yang akan kita lakukan dan kita impikan akan menjadi kenyataan.

Yakinlah bahawa tiada doa yang terlalu kecil atau besar di sisi ALLAH. Berdoalah semasa kita dalam keadaan senang mahupun susah. Berdoalah untuk diri kita, keluarga kita, sahabat kita, guru kita dan seluruh umat Islam secara amnya. Berdoalah untuk kebaikkan di dunia dan akhirat.

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Account on First Teh Tarik Session

In the name of ALLAH, The most Gracious and most Merciful.

Why we called it teh tarik? When we want to hang out with friends, we usually ask our friends to have a drink with us. Therefore, teh tarik is chosen to be the activity name for Young Sultan gathering sessions.

First of all, I will like to thank bro Syahrizal and Warees staff for assisting in setting up the venue. Secondly to the invited speaker, Bro Mustapha Kamal who was willing to travel from Jurong and allocate some time for the short tazkirah. Last but not least, thank you to those who turned up. I am really grateful for it. Without you guys, this event will have to be postponed to a later date.

One of the intentions to have this teh tarik gathering is to strengthen the bonds among Young Sultan. Still remember the first time we had chilled out at Sultan? That was seven months back. Masya Allah, how time flies! Do we know each other well enough to stand united as one and progress together with one common tagline- “Dare to Da’wa”? I could not outline the answer for you guys. You know it better.

Today tazkirah was about self-esteem. It is best before we touch about other issues, that we brought self-esteem as our very first tazkirah. Self- esteem is more of how we view ourselves, our strengths and our weaknesses. With good self- esteem we are able to push all boundaries and everything is made possible. Let me recall and share with all of you on the analogy between life of an eagle and fish in a bowl.

Bro Mustapha shared that an eagle as we know is a strong predator. It is merciless to its prey. An eagle lifespan is up to 70 years old. That is about the same average lifespan of a human. As the eagle reached to the age of 40-45 years old, it faced aging in its life. As its beak getting longer, the eagle is depriving from eating. Its claws getting weaker and longer make it difficult to catch its prey. Its growing more feathers and this make it difficult to fly. What could the eagle do? First option is to wait to die. Second option is to go for a change and this will definitely cause pain along the way.

The eagle chooses the second option. It flies to the highest mountain. Guess what? It hit its own beak and breaks it into pieces so that it will grow a new shorter beak. It cut its own claws and pulls out its feathers. How struggling and painful the experience is. What is the reason behind all this actions? SURVIVAL! Are we willing to go such painful experience for a change in our life? It might be easy to just say yes but to undergo this entire change, are we ready for it?

Is there any other option? Yes we do. We can choose to be like the fish in the bowl. Its main routine from Monday till Sunday is to swim around the bowl, eat and sleeps. It has no vision, follow what its call fate and it is easily being replaced by a new fish after it died.

Which one will you like to be? Eagle or the fish in the bowl…

You decide what is great for you.