Showing posts with label book. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 08, 2013

Dalam Dekapan Ukhuwah

Seorang kawan bertanya dengan nada mengeluh.

“Di mana keadilan Alloh?”, ujarnya.
“Telah lama aku memohon dan meminta pada-Nya satu hal saja.
Kuiringi semua itu dengan segala ketaatan pada-Nya.
Kujauhi segala larangannya.
Kutegakkan yang wajib.
Kutekuni yang sunnah.
Kutebarkan shodaqoh.
Aku berdiri di waktu malam.
Aku bersujud di kala dhuha.
Aku baca kalam-Nya.
Aku upayakan sepenuh kemampuan mengikut jejak Rosul-Nya.
Tapi hingga kini Alloh belum mewujudkan harapanku itu.
Sama sekali.”

Saya menatapnya iba. Lalu tertunduk sedih.

“Padahal,” lanjutnya sambil kini berkaca-kaca, “Ada teman yang aku tahu ibadahnya berantakan. Wajibnya tak utuh. Sunnahnya tak tersentuh. Akhlaknya kacau. Otaknya kotor. Bicaranya bocor. Tapi begitu dia berkata bahwa dia menginginkan sesuatu, hari berikutnya segalanya telah tersaji. Semua yang dia minta didapatkannya. Di mana keadilan Alloh?”

Rasanya saya punya banyak kata-kata untuk menghakiminya.
Saya bisa saja mengatakan, “Kamu sombong. Kamu bangga diri dengan ibadahmu. Kamu menganggap hina orang lain. Kamu tertipu oleh kebaikanmu sebagaimana Iblis telah terlena! Jangan heran kalau do’amu tidak diijabah. Kesombonganmu telah menghapus segala kebaikan. Nilai dirimu hanya anai-anai beterbangan. Mungkin kawan yang kau rendahkan jauh lebih tinggi kedudukannya di sisi Alloh karena dia merahasiakan amal sholihnya!”
Saya bisa mengucapkan itu semua. Atau banyak kalimat kebenaran lainnya.

Tapi saya sadar.
Ini ujian dalam dekapan ukhuwah.
Maka saya memilih sudut pandang lain yang saya harap lebih bermakna baginya daripada sekedar terinsyafkan tapi sekaligus terluka.
Saya khawatir, luka akan bertahan jauh lebih lama daripada kesadarannya.
Maka saya katakan padanya, “Pernahkah engkau didatangi pengamen?”

“Maksudmu?”

“Ya, pengamen,” lanjut saya seiring senyum. “Pernah?”

“Iya. Pernah.” Wajahnya serius. Matanya menatap saya lekat-lekat.

“Bayangkan jika pengamennya adalah seorang yang berpenampilan seram, bertato, bertindik, dan wajahnya garang mengerikan. Nyanyiannya lebih mirip teriakan yang memekakkan telinga. Suaranya kacau, balau, sengau, parau, sumbang, dan cemprang. Lagunya malah menyakitkan ulu hati, sama sekali tak dapat dinikmati. Apa yang akan kau lakukan?”

“Segera kuberi uang,” jawabnya, “Agar segera berhenti menyanyi dan cepat-cepat pergi.”

“Lalu bagaimana jika pengamen itu bersuara emas, mirip sempurna dengan Ebiet G. Ade atau Sam Bimbo yang kau suka, menyanyi dengan sopan dan penampilannya rapi lagi wangi, apa yang kau lakukan?”

“Ku dengarkan, kunikmati hingga akhir lagu,” dia menjawab sambil memejamkan mata, mungkin membayangkan kemerduan yang dicanduinya itu. “Lalu kuminta dia menyanyikan lagu yang lain lagi. Tambah lagi. Dan lagi.”

Saya tertawa.

Dia tertawa.

“Kau mengerti kan?” tanya saya.
“Bisa saja Alloh juga berlaku begitu pada kita, para hamba-Nya. Jika ada manusia yang fasik, keji, munkar, banyak dosa, dan dibenci-Nya berdo’a memohon pada-Nya, mungkin akan Dia firmankan pada malaikat: “Cepat berikan apa yang dia minta. Aku muak dengan mendengar ocehannya. Aku benci menyimak suaranya. Aku risi mendengar pintanya!”

“Tapi,” saya melanjutkan sambil memastikan dia mencerna setiap kata, “Bila yang menadahkan tangan adalah hamba yang dicintai-Nya, yang giat beribadah, yang rajin bersedekah, yang menyempurnakan wajib dan menegakkan sunnah; maka mungkin saja Alloh akan berfirman pada malaikat-Nya: ‘Tunggu! Tunda dulu apa yang menjadi hajatnya. Sungguh Aku bahagia bila diminta. Dan biarlah hamba-Ku ini terus meminta, terus berdo’a, terus menghiba. Aku menyukai do’a-do’anya. Aku menyukai kata-kata dan tangis isaknya. Aku menyukai khusyu’ dan tunduknya. Aku menyukai puja dan puji yang dilantunkannya. Aku tak ingin dia menjauh dari-Ku setelah mendapat apa yang dia pinta. Aku mencintainya.”

“Oh ya?” matanya berbinar. “Betul demikiankah yang terjadi padaku?”

“Hm… Pastinya, aku tidak tahu,” jawab saya sambil tersenyum. Dia agak terkejut. Segera saya sambung sambil menepuk pundaknya, “Aku hanya ingin kau berbaik sangka.”

Dan dia tersenyum. Alhamdulillah.

***
Dikutip dari Buku 'Dalam Dekapan Ukhuwah' karya Salim A. Fillah. Credits to http://lentingkehidupanku.blogspot.com/2012/06/kutipan-buku-dalam-dekapan-ukhuwah.html

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Indonesia Book Fair 2010

I went to IBF with Irin at October 3rd, and we're all by ourself! without parents, because my mom, who gave us a drive, had another plans (read : Halal Bihalal, AGAIN) what a party! *dancing* with budget around Rp. 300.000,00 I got a ton of books! I feel like I was in a heaven of book ~

~Jembatan layang~


Today's schedule.

Book Stand at The Corner. Also used as SHINee stages several days ago :)


By the way, at that day, there were "Lomba Menirukan Suara Upin-Ipin" So there were Badut version of Upin-Ipin hanging around the book fair. Actually, I wanna took photos with them too! but, I think that I already too mature to do that sort of thing :(

Badut Upin-Ipin


And also in that day, there were a talkshow about a book titled "Menggapai Matahari". That book is really pisses me off. LOOK AT THE TITLE! LOOK! I DON'T WANT TO CHASE HIM, EITHER! (Okay, once again, word "SUN" in that book title refers to real "SUN", not a person name -_-) But, did you know the guest speakers at that talkshow? it was Ahmad Fuadi, the author of "Negeri 5 Menara". And beside, that's the main reasons why I decided to attend that talkshow, yea, because I wanna see the "Real" version of Ahmad Fuadi ---> norak.


Ahmad Fuadi, the author of "Menggapai Matahari" and the moderator of that Talkshow, Gola Gong, which is also an author were taking photos together.

Just FYI, I bought 12 books and 4 magazines!!! And it all cost below Rp. 250.000. Asks me then, "Are you really excited about went to IBF?" then I'll definitely answer, "I REALLY AM!!"

Sunday, September 05, 2010

study-holiday

"ih aku pengen jadi mbak mbak kasir di mall deh," ujar saya
"jangan." kata yangti.
"jadilah orang yang punya mall. yangti doain. jadilah orang yang punya karyawan."

that's it. i remember my conversation with my yangti (grandma) when i was... umm maybe when i was in kindergarten. silly. but my brains snap my childhood memory better than maths :p hehehe.

Oya, have i told you? after idul fitri holiday, there will be a Try Out at BP. i'm dying now -_- and a week after that, i still have to do mid-semester-exams at my school. big HUH! I don't wanna study! I wanna read more novels. I don't wanna touch that weird subject books!

But, I got some inspirations from Negeri 5 Menara novel. The story begins when Alif Fikri, a smart boy who just graduated from Madrasah Tsanawiyah (islamic school, same as junior high school) want to continue his study at public school and wanna be like his role model, ex president Habibie. but the problem is, Alif's Mom still wanna make he continue his study at Islamic School, not public school. she want him to be a religious person, an ustadz, just like Buya Hamka, a religious figure that still have family relations with them.

Of course Alif feel dissapointed. He lose his spirit. but he decided to continue his study at boarding school (we called it pesantren) named "Pondok Madani" in East Java. actually he didn't sure about his decision at that time. but life goes on, time changed, he started to like his new school and new friends. But this boarding school, Pondok Madani, isn't just an ordinary school. this school is very discipline and got high quality teachers and students. even the students must speak english or arabic as their everydays language, and they only able to learn those language just at 3 months. wow. and if they speak indonesian, they'll get a punishment.

In this school, we need to study hard. But with his bestfriends, Raja from Medan, Said from Surabaya, Dulmajid from Sumenep, Atang from Bandung and Baso from Gowa, Alif faces studying with happiness. Alif didn't regret his decision to school in there. He got many "life lessons" that can't be bought with anything. And when he growing old, he can visited 5 building that means very much to him since a long time ago, that is : Menara Masjid at his village, Monas (national monument), Menara Pondok Madani, Menara Jam Gadang, Big Ben.

This is it! A padat-jelas novel that fun to read! I often found a novel that contain many values and lessons, but I got very bored when i read it. but this novel is just different ; make me wanna read it and read it again. I have got some good quote and lessons from this novel, such as :

Man Jadda Wajada; when there is a will, there is a way; siapa yang bersungguh sungguh akan berhasil, simple quote with magic power.

and many more (I'll tell you at next posting)

see ya ^^