The more I looked upon the people around me. The more I got confused. As part of the society, I couldn’t isolate myself from them. I am part of the great social system that Allah has created. There’s no escaping. I must learn how adapt to the new idea that I live with the ideas of chaos around me.
Am I the one in the wrong or is it that I am trap in this new mindset that I have. Isn’t not that Allah had said that all that I have is from him. Nothing that I has is mine. Even my own self is his and his alone. Non belong to me.
I’m confused. The more I think, the more I’m confused. The more I know the more I’m lost. Lost in my own thoughts.
I think I’m way ward from the right path. Allah, I felt lost.
As if I was left, ignored by Allah.
Allah, lead me to you…
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Thinking Logically
Recently, I attended a tahlil and at the end of it there is a short tazkirah relating on the journey of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) to see Allah to receive from Al-Khaliq himself, the Solah. More than once the speaker had emphasised that in this case as Moslem we must believe in the journey as demanded by our faith. As he said that, if by using logic only, we will reach a conclusion that the journey is impossible.
On that note my mind starts drifting away a moment from the talk to start asking myself, why? Why can’t logic accept such incredible journey is possible? By what kind of parameters that is being used to analyse or to arrive to a conclusion that such journey is impossible?
This question bothers me for days. Why human logic can’t accept it? After referring to Oxford Advance Learners Dictionary, it had simple definition of ‘Logic’ that states; “Logic is a way of thinking or explaining something, whether right or wrong”. This simple definition describes the majority of average people understanding when they refer to thinking logically.
What is wrong with this line of thought? Most people have this paradigm logic that excluded the existence of Allah. This is where the fallacy of most Moslem thinking. How can you accept that Allah exist but put Allah out of the equation when we are to think logically? Doesn’t that contradict each other?
Why this style of thinking dominated Moslem minds?
This is the result of a continuous reconditioning of the mind by intellectuals which do not believe Allah exist. These so called, materialist scientists exclude Allah of this world. They had set a standard that when you think logically you should dismiss the existence of a superior being. Stating that the inclusion of this superior being as a deterrence to logical thinking, since its very existence cannot be proven empirically.
Fascinatingly, this way of thinking is fallacy in par se. During the tazkirah, the speaker had gave an example of the existence of God is like the presents of sugar in a glass of water. By using our tongue, our taste receptors, we will find out that the water is sweet. Since we know the character of sugar, which is sweet. Immediately, we suspect there is sugar in the water. We can’t see the sugar, we can’t see anyone drop in the sugar but yet, we know there is sugar present in the water. We don’t need to see the sugar physically.
Some may argue, how can we be sure its sugar? Some other substance could also produce sweetness similar to sugar. This is where the understanding of sugar comes in. If you totally understand sugar, you immediately know if it’s real sugar or something else.
Thus in this case, he said that in order to detect the present of Allah, we need to study Allah. We need to know His character. We cannot study His Zat or form as He has described himself as ‘not similar to anything that has been created or even any form that crosses our mind’. Knowing His characteristic we can immediately, detect Allah present as we detect the present of sugar in our glass of water.
I found it strange that in physics, most of the particles that had been detected by physicists cannot be seen, only can be detected using instruments. And the particles are studied by looking at its signatures that it left behind after a certain nuclear reaction. From its own distinct signature of the particle, its mass, characters and even spin are known.
What is the difference with the detection nuclear particles and of Allah? Isn’t our receptor are instruments of detection?
What cannot be seen, felt, taste or heard doesn’t mean that it does not exist. We detect its presents by seeing, feeling, tasting and listening to its signatures that it leaves behind. This is what Allah meant that ‘you can see Me by looking at My signs that I have created around you’.
Now, let us return to the Isra’ Mikraj? The journey is logic with the involvement of Allah. As simple as that, the mystery is solved.
Some people said that with the inclusion of Allah, there can be no exact science. There would be disorder. As when Allah is introduce to logical thinking, everything is possible. There will be not system, only chaos. Again this is a fallacy. Allah created the universe not randomly or in not particular order but according to a perfect structured system. Everything happens according to this perfect system or known as Sunnatullah or to some as the Law of Nature. The motion of celestial bodies, the birth of a child happens when a man and a woman mate and humans cannot walk on water.
Still now and then, Allah wants human to ‘see’ Him. Thus he created miracles that defy the ‘usual’ laws of nature as He see fit. Such as miracle like the birth of Prophet Jesus is without the need of a father, Prophet Abraham was thrown into a huge bonfire, the fire turned cold and of course the miracle journey of the Prophet Muhammad PBUH.
How to add Allah to logical thinking?
Simple, when a man and a woman is married, Insya-Allah, they will be blessed by Allah with children. Still, they have to be married or have sex but having sex doesn’t guarantees the baring of a child. If we are hungry, we still need to consume some kind of food and Insya-Allah, we will not hunger after that. Thus, where is the chaos in this logical thinking? Is it beautiful to think in this logical way? Everything is according to Sunnatullah, subject to the permission of Allah.
This way, we have Allah in mind in everything that we do. Doesn’t that, what Allah want us to do? Doesn’t this line of thinking keep us in mind that we are vulnerable and always in need of Allah? Beautifully, with this concept, it also makes us to become courageous as we know others can’t hurt us, if He forbids it. Also doesn’t with this notion helps us to easily accept the journey of Isra’ Mikraj?
I end my rambling with a piece of thought, “without Allah, the very existence of the universe is ILLOGIC”.
On that note my mind starts drifting away a moment from the talk to start asking myself, why? Why can’t logic accept such incredible journey is possible? By what kind of parameters that is being used to analyse or to arrive to a conclusion that such journey is impossible?
This question bothers me for days. Why human logic can’t accept it? After referring to Oxford Advance Learners Dictionary, it had simple definition of ‘Logic’ that states; “Logic is a way of thinking or explaining something, whether right or wrong”. This simple definition describes the majority of average people understanding when they refer to thinking logically.
What is wrong with this line of thought? Most people have this paradigm logic that excluded the existence of Allah. This is where the fallacy of most Moslem thinking. How can you accept that Allah exist but put Allah out of the equation when we are to think logically? Doesn’t that contradict each other?
Why this style of thinking dominated Moslem minds?
This is the result of a continuous reconditioning of the mind by intellectuals which do not believe Allah exist. These so called, materialist scientists exclude Allah of this world. They had set a standard that when you think logically you should dismiss the existence of a superior being. Stating that the inclusion of this superior being as a deterrence to logical thinking, since its very existence cannot be proven empirically.
Fascinatingly, this way of thinking is fallacy in par se. During the tazkirah, the speaker had gave an example of the existence of God is like the presents of sugar in a glass of water. By using our tongue, our taste receptors, we will find out that the water is sweet. Since we know the character of sugar, which is sweet. Immediately, we suspect there is sugar in the water. We can’t see the sugar, we can’t see anyone drop in the sugar but yet, we know there is sugar present in the water. We don’t need to see the sugar physically.
Some may argue, how can we be sure its sugar? Some other substance could also produce sweetness similar to sugar. This is where the understanding of sugar comes in. If you totally understand sugar, you immediately know if it’s real sugar or something else.
Thus in this case, he said that in order to detect the present of Allah, we need to study Allah. We need to know His character. We cannot study His Zat or form as He has described himself as ‘not similar to anything that has been created or even any form that crosses our mind’. Knowing His characteristic we can immediately, detect Allah present as we detect the present of sugar in our glass of water.
I found it strange that in physics, most of the particles that had been detected by physicists cannot be seen, only can be detected using instruments. And the particles are studied by looking at its signatures that it left behind after a certain nuclear reaction. From its own distinct signature of the particle, its mass, characters and even spin are known.
What is the difference with the detection nuclear particles and of Allah? Isn’t our receptor are instruments of detection?
What cannot be seen, felt, taste or heard doesn’t mean that it does not exist. We detect its presents by seeing, feeling, tasting and listening to its signatures that it leaves behind. This is what Allah meant that ‘you can see Me by looking at My signs that I have created around you’.
Now, let us return to the Isra’ Mikraj? The journey is logic with the involvement of Allah. As simple as that, the mystery is solved.
Some people said that with the inclusion of Allah, there can be no exact science. There would be disorder. As when Allah is introduce to logical thinking, everything is possible. There will be not system, only chaos. Again this is a fallacy. Allah created the universe not randomly or in not particular order but according to a perfect structured system. Everything happens according to this perfect system or known as Sunnatullah or to some as the Law of Nature. The motion of celestial bodies, the birth of a child happens when a man and a woman mate and humans cannot walk on water.
Still now and then, Allah wants human to ‘see’ Him. Thus he created miracles that defy the ‘usual’ laws of nature as He see fit. Such as miracle like the birth of Prophet Jesus is without the need of a father, Prophet Abraham was thrown into a huge bonfire, the fire turned cold and of course the miracle journey of the Prophet Muhammad PBUH.
How to add Allah to logical thinking?
Simple, when a man and a woman is married, Insya-Allah, they will be blessed by Allah with children. Still, they have to be married or have sex but having sex doesn’t guarantees the baring of a child. If we are hungry, we still need to consume some kind of food and Insya-Allah, we will not hunger after that. Thus, where is the chaos in this logical thinking? Is it beautiful to think in this logical way? Everything is according to Sunnatullah, subject to the permission of Allah.
This way, we have Allah in mind in everything that we do. Doesn’t that, what Allah want us to do? Doesn’t this line of thinking keep us in mind that we are vulnerable and always in need of Allah? Beautifully, with this concept, it also makes us to become courageous as we know others can’t hurt us, if He forbids it. Also doesn’t with this notion helps us to easily accept the journey of Isra’ Mikraj?
I end my rambling with a piece of thought, “without Allah, the very existence of the universe is ILLOGIC”.
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Memories
I had once had this wish that I could easily forget certain memory or memories, especially, those relating to painful memories and some embarrassing ones. I tried every single day to deny that the incidence ever happened to me. I understand why I felt that way. It was because what had happened was something to which I could ever thought that I would do.
I had always said to myself that if it ever occurred, I will not be the cause of it. It turned out that I was wrong. It drove me almost to the edge of my sanity. I became short fused and had pleasure in looking for some one to hurt and fight. I didn’t understand why. As if I had this desire of hurting myself. As if I hate myself. Yes, I guest that was it. I hated myself. I couldn’t accept that I did such a terrible thing.
Amazingly, I kept my sanity. I kept on going, even with a terrible bleeding. As they say, time would heal anything. Slowly but painfully, the wound healed but in such a dead pace. It was when I turned to God that everything starts to reviled itself. He had given me the strength that I so in need. He reviled to me the truth. It was as if I was all these time, in a terrible dream. He has awakened me from my deep slumber. No doubt in my mind, that God had purposely delayed the process as to the time when I was ready to accept the truth.
I realised that in God the Omnipotent knowledge, it was in his knowledge, that what I had back then could do me more harm than good. It’s a painful reality that I had to accept.
I felt that He tailored for me, some long plot to get me there. That’s why sometimes I felt I’m only playing God’s script that he had beautifully laid out for me. For that, I prayed day and night for the ending to be full of light and bright.
Now, I know. Now, I understand. Memories acts like a vivid reminder for all of us. That’s why we remember some and forget some. Those that retains will significantly shapes our life’s decisions. In order to grow wiser we must go through all kinds of painful mistakes. Like knowing how hot is boiling water, acts as a reminder to never touching it again in the future or how best to handle it. In this case, how you look at your memories is also vital. Again, the guide of Allah is needed. Without His guidance, we may interpret the memories erroneously.
Memories mould you to be the person you are today. Yes, if you had different memories in the past, you would have been someone totally different. So, choosing your future is like choosing your past, your history, your memories. And your memories turns you to the person you are in the future.
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
My First Entry
I guest, I should began with, "Hello World". I'm born on the last day of the first month of the year 1978. Born under the snake that holds the water urn. Always considered myself as abstract. I some time even confused myself.
Many more would come. Especially, those ideas of mine. Waiting to see the light of day. My thoughts of this and that. It's hard when you have to many interest. Maybe, I'm interested in life. Full of zealiousness towards life. Kind of easy to see when you find that I'm kind of person who likes to have a good laugh.
'Take care of Allah and He will take care of you'
Many more would come. Especially, those ideas of mine. Waiting to see the light of day. My thoughts of this and that. It's hard when you have to many interest. Maybe, I'm interested in life. Full of zealiousness towards life. Kind of easy to see when you find that I'm kind of person who likes to have a good laugh.
'Take care of Allah and He will take care of you'
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