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tree of life

THE STORY OF THE TREE OF LIFE

A wise man once told a person, just to test him that in India there is such a tree, that whoever eats of the fruits of that tree, never dies. When the King heard of this, he fell in love with it. He immediately sent a messenger to India to search for this tree. The messenger wandered around in india from place to place in search of this tree. He wandered about in quite a distressed state, but nowhere did he find such a tree. Whenever he enquired from people, they would tell him: Only mad people look for such a tree. They used to jeer and scoff at him. At last when he had became tired of roaming around like that in a foreign country and exhaused by the difficulties of travel, he dicided to return home. He was very disappointed. On his return he met a Qutub Sheikh along the way. He said to the Sheikh: O Sheikh this is a time for mercy and benevolence. I have become helpless and disappointed in my quest. This is a time for your kindness. The Sheikh replied: What is your disappointment And what is the nature of your quest? He replied: My King has given me this job to search for such a tree in India That whosoever eats of its fruits will live fore ever. I have wandered around in India for years and searched everywhere But no sign of it did I find. People jeer at me and consider me a mad one. The Sheikh listened to him,laughed and said: O Saleem, this tree is only the bounty of knowledge. Through knowledge a person finds everlasting life And one without knowledge is a dead one. You have searched for the outer form of knowledge and therefore lost the way. You have been deprived of the form of knowledge too, because you failed to understand the inner meaning. LESSON: The wise man who originally told the story about the tree in India actually compared knowledge to a tree. His aim was to test the listener. Knowledge is an abstract concept and such abstract concepts do not stand by themselves alone. For their existence they require an agent or a place on which to exist. Thus knowledge can only be acuired from the Ulama. The Ulama are the tree. By knowledge is meant only that knowledge which caauses one to reach Allah. The knowledge which is to a means of livelihood and leads to employment in industry and trade, is called industrial knowledge and trade knowledge. True knowledge is only knowledge of deen, through which a person tries to please his Master and thereby acquire a life of honour in both worlds. Without this knowledge a person is a corpse, even if he is alive. For this reason, the wise man knowledge, recognition of Allah (Ma'rifat) is impossible. May Allah grant us true knowledge and grant us the ability to practice according to that knowledge, Ameen.
by Moulana Jalaluddin Rumi (R.A)

raja si muraq

salam.

it has been ages since i last wrote. the last time was 1st march, and the last posting was 16th march. Peh! u might be wondering what has happened to me. well, nothing extraordinary took place, except that maybe the venom of this dunia fana has got the better of me, that i just could not sit and write my thoughts. yeah, i was sure busy with the usual chores: teachers' job which is endless, just like house work and responsibilities at home. but thinking back, i would have surely like to come up with a few postings now and then, though i do keep up my reading of the usual blogs such as wak jono and harimau menaip and tukar tiub, to name a few.. tapi tu la dia, keracunan dunia meresap segala rasa.

do you know why i'm using the image of a bird for this posting? sebenonya, i was thinking of 'raja si muraq'. do you know this bird or the story behind it? ala, this bird was mentioned in one of m.nasir's songs, 'tanya sama itu hud-hud', kalau tak silap la. now, do you recall? in the 'tanya sama itu hud-hud' song, it was said that thousands of birds were searching for sirmurgh, but only 30 birds managed to get to the mountain top where the supposedly sirmurgh was living. these 30 birds had to overcome a number of tribulations in order to get to the summit, but when they finally reached the destination, the so-called sirmurgh was nowhere to be found. so what actually was sirmurgh, and why only 30 birds, and what were the obstacles that they had to get over? hmm, care to share your side of the story?

it's getting late, guess this should be ample for now. u guys out there, b good, insyaAllah. ttfn

Saturday, February 21, 2009

suka duka

hari-hari yang kita lalu umpama mengharung padang hijau tiada

berkasut

pabila terpijak rumput renik umpama baldu hati gembira mau

berlari mengejar mimpi

takala terpijak duri sembilu ibarat pisau menghiris hati meraung

kesusahan

dialas kaki ini ibarat hilang pula deria jiwa

.......mari kita terus berlari lagi di padang hijau pemberian tuhan

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kitab hikam tok pulau manis -3

dan (qawi[1]) dan (qadiir[2]) dan (‘aziiz[3]) dan (kamalat[4]) maka fana’lah ia daripada tiap-tiap barang yang lain daripadanya.
(Dan inilah) bagi orang yang melihat akan kamalat qudrah Tuhannya kerana bahawasanya barangsiapa tiada melihat akan kamalat qudrah Tuhannya dalam ma’rifah, maka gugurlah ia daripada keadaan yang sempurna. Maka apabila engkau lihat akan kamalat qudrat Tuhanmu maka fana’lah engkau daripada tiap-tiap barang yang lain daripadaNya dan hendaklah engkau ketahui kehendakNya daripadamu dalam tiap-tiap hal[5] dan maqal[6] dan maqam. (Dan inilah) kesudah-sudahan adab[7] kerana bahawa sanya yang dikehendaki Haq Ta’ala itu, bahawa ada IA, tiada engkau. Maka adalah engkau gugurlah ikhtiar dan putuslah daripada iradah[8] pada tiap-tiap barang yang didirikan akan dikau dalamnya daripada tajrid[9] dan segala sebab.

notakaki:
[1] Bererti Maha Kuat – lawan bagi perkataan ‘dhoif’
[2] Bererti Yang Maha Kuasa – lawan bagi perkataan ‘lemah’ atau ‘ajuz’
[3] Bererti Yang Maha Mulia – lawan bagi perkataan ‘hina’ atau ‘haqir’
[4] Bererti segala kesempurnaan – lawan bagi perkataan ‘kurang’ atau ‘naqais’ (segala kekurangan)
[5] Keadaan
[6] Perkataan, penuturan, pengucapan dan bahasa isyarat
[7] Adab al-Haq itu adalah adab yang paling tinggi sekali martabatnya, tetapi dia tidak boleh berdiri dengan sendirinya tanpa adab syariat dan adab khidmat kerana kesemuanya merupakan serumpun yang tidak boleh dipisah-pisahkan.
[8] Kehendak atau kemahuan
[9] Pada bahasa ertinya tanggal. Pada istilah tasauf tajrid ialah mengasingkan diri dengan tujuan untuk bersunyi-sunyi dengan Allah Ta’ala dan menumpukan hati sepenuh-penuhnya kepada Allah, mengasingkan diri untuk beribadar semata-mata, sebagai lawan daripada as-sabab yaitu mengusahakan penghidupan atau mencari nafqah. Menurut Sheikh Ibn ‘Ajibah, tajrid disisi ahli sufi ada tiga jenis iaitu:
a) Tajrid dzahir
b) Tajrid bathin
c) Tajrid dzahir dan bathin
Sila rujuk kitab Iqazul Himam dan al-Futuhatul Ilahiyyah oleh Sheikh ibn ‘Ajibah untuk keterangan lanjut.

birthday..

salam.
just got back from my parents place in pj. today's bak's birthday. he's 80, beb! not as strong as before, but his mind is still alert and very much alive with the happenings around him.
Allah has given bak a long and wonderful life, albeit some incidents yang agak menyedihkan dalam hidupnya. but he has taken everything in his stride..
meriah jugak beb, bila balik dan berkumpul ramai-ramai. all my siblings were there, all seven of us, plus nephews, nieces, and cucu-cucu sedara. it was a pot luck session, although the earlier plan was to have a bbq. xpe la, next time pulak kot..
last week was mak's birthday. she's 75. mak is still ok. makan terlalu lalu, : - ) , segalanya membuka seleranya, tu yg boleh tahan 'berisi' badannya, hanya sakit lutut tak leh nak buat apa dah kot.. kena dengan berat badan yg terlebih dan exercise yg kurang, dont think the ache in her knee will ever disappear. one thing that is rather worrying about mak is that since a couple of years ago, she finds it hard to fall asleep at nite. sometimes it lasts until dawn, barulah ngantuk. sabar je la mak. nak buat macam mana. zikrullah dan selawat je la byk2.

bak dan mak yang sangat ku cintai,
doa anakmu pasti meniti dibibir setiap hari,
apatah lagi di hati senantiasa mengingati,
semakin ku berusia, semakin ku menyedari,
tiada kasih sejati di dunia ini,
melainkan kasih bak dan mak yang tak pernah henti-henti....

maafkan anakmu yang terlalu,
menyakiti hatimu dalam segala sesuatu,
suatu tika dahulu, tika jiwa kacau,
tika jiwa nanar, tika jiwa lara,
tika jiwa gelora....

maaf zahir batin bak n mak.

Syair Dagang
Hai sekalian kita yang kurang
nafsumu itu lawan berperang
jangan hendak lebih baiklah kurang
janganlah sama dengan orang

Amati-amati membuang diri
menjadi dagang segenap diri
baik-baik engkau fikiri
supaya dapat emas sendiri

~Hamzah Fansuri