Tujuan Allah menghantar kita

[Ibnu Syamil]

Allah menghantar kita ke dunia ni atas tujuan utk menghambakan diri kepadanya. Kalau kita ingat...masa di alam ruh dulu, kita dah janji pada Allah...(ingat ke?:d). Boleh rujuk dalam Al-quran:-
"Dan (ingatlah wahai Muhammad) ketika Tuhanmu mengeluarkan zuriat anak-anak Adam (turun-temurun) dari (tulang) belakang mereka, dan Ia jadikan mereka saksi terhadap diri mereka sendiri, (sambil Ia bertanya dengan firmanNya): "Bukankah Aku tuhan kamu?" Mereka semua menjawab: "Benar (Engkaulah Tuhan kami), kami menjadi saksi". Yang demikian supaya kamu tidak berkata pada hari kiamat kelak: "Sesungguhnya kami adalah lalai (tidak diberi peringatan) tentang (hakikat tauhid) ini". Atau supaya kamu tidak mengatakan:" Sesungguhnya ibu bapa kamilah yang melakukan syirik dahulu sedang kami ialah keturunan (mereka) yang datang kemudian daripada mereka. Oleh itu, patutkah Engkau (wahai Tuhan kami) hendak membinasakan kami disebabkan perbuatan orang-orang yang sesat itu?" Dan demikianlah Kami menjelaskan ayat-ayat keterangan Kami satu persatu (supaya nyata segala kebenaran), dan supaya mereka kembali (kepada kebenaran)."
(Al-A'raf:172-174)
Saya mengajak diri dan sahabat2 supaya selalu merenung maksud yg ada pada ayat ini; agar kita ingat...kita ni datang ke dunia atas satu perjanjian. Perjanjian dengan Allah yg Maha Agung. Sama ada suka atau tidak, kita perlu usahakan utk menjadi org yg bertaqwa di atas muka bumi ini. Insha-Allah.
Hidup di atas dunia Allah ini memang takkan lepas dari ujian. Sama ada ujian yg kita sedar atau tidak. Sama ada ujian kesenangan atau kesusahan. Itu lah hakikat kehidupan. Ujian...adalah merupakan tapisan Allah, sebelum kita benar2 diiktiraf sebagai hambaNya yg bertaqwa. Moga2 dengan rahmat Allah, kita lepas sehingga ke tapisan yg terakhir. Moga2 dengan rahmat Allah juga, kita dapat merasai nikmat syurga, dan dijauhkan dari siksaan neraka. Benarlah senikata satu nasyid tu..."syurga menagih ujian, sedang neraka dipagari oleh nikmat"... di balik nikmat2 dunia yg dikejar itu ada api neraka...na'uzubiLlah. Oleh sbb itu, benarlah dunia ini penjara bagi mukmin dan syurga bagi org kafir.. Sesungguhnya, cita2 mukmin itu jauh...sehingga ke akhirat sana. Apalah nilainya kesenangan yg sedikit di dunia ini, jika di akhirat sana kita tak dapat mengecapinya. Biarlah kita miskin harta, tetapi tidak miskin jiwa. Kerana org yg kaya jiwanya dengan taqwa kepada ALlah dah pasti mendapat tempat yg mulia di sisi ALlah.
Teorinya mudah kawan2, tapi mcm biasa...praktikalnya memerlukan lebih dr seribu satu pengorbanan! Sama2 usaha insha-Allah. Dan sama2 doa Allah beri rahmat kepada kita, hambaNya yg dah pasti sgt dhaif...

[KrisEmas]

For the same reason new Muslim converts are better referred to as reverts, since we were all Muslims during our covenant with Allah (SWT). Once we were born into this world, our parents determine our religion, as stated in these ahadith:
Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported:
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: An infant is born according to his (true) nature (fitra). It is his parents who make him a Jew, a Christian or a Magian just as a she-camel gives birth to its young ones. Do you find any deficiency in their limbs?
[Bukhari, Muslim]

Al-Aswad ibn Sari reports: "I joined God's Messenger in four expeditions. Once, when our people had killed enemy fighters, they also attacked their children. On hearing this, the Prophet was very angry and rebuked them saying:
'How is it that some people attack children?' One man said: 'Messenger of God, are they not the children of unbelievers?' He said: 'The best among you have been born to unbelievers. Let it be known that every human being is born following the right faith. He will continue to do so until he is able to express himself. His parents then make of him a Jew or a Christian.'"

The hadith means that everyone has the innate potential to become a Muslim. Meaning peace, salvation and obedience, Islam is, first of all, the natural religion of all creatures. Since everything in nature has been created to render absolute obedience to God and functions according to His laws, all creatures are Muslims. Considered from the viewpoint of their bodily structure, every human being and jinn, regardless of their religion, is muslim, since all bodies operate according to the laws determined for them by God. If a new-born could lead a completely isolated life free of environmental effects, he or she would remain a natural Muslim.

This hadith has another meaning: A new-born's mind is like a blank tape on which everything can be recorded. If he or she could be protected from any external effect that would bring about some impurity in his or her brain, such a person easily could receive anything related to Islam and become a perfect Muslim. But if the mind is made impure with many adverse elements, or if non-Islamic dogmas and traditions are fed into it, the person will become a follower of those religions or face great difficulties while trying to become a good Muslim.

Every new-born is like a seed to grow a good Muslim, for everyone comes to the world as the seed of a future Muslim. Adverse conditions cause this seed to be deformed or spoiled and, consequently, to become a follower of another religion or, according to the surrounding conditions, of no religion at all. Therefore, improving one's family and environmental conditions is vitally important if we want to produce good Muslims. After a child has reached the age of puberty, sins are a primary factor in deforming the seed. For this reason, it is said that every sin has the potential to guide the sinner to unbelief. So, we must do our best to protect ourselves against sins. Family, education, and environment are also of great importance for this purpose.

Only recently, group of neuroscientists at the University of California at San Diego has identified a region of the human brain that appears to be linked to thoughts of spiritual matters and prayer. Their findings suggest that we as a species are genetically programmed to believe in God.

I remind myself and others to becareful what we feed our brain. Most of the prgrams, movies on TV are not bringing us closer to Allah in fact taking us away from the pleasure of Allah. Just look at the amount of sex and violence potrayed on TV, you'll know what I mean.

May Allah keep us to the right path.

Wallahu 'alam