In pursuit of happiness
Long time ago which was few months back, I attended a talk organised by the Affinity Club and Student Life. The talk was about 'in pursuit of happiness". It was interesting and such an eye-opener indeed. One muslim representative, Saddiq Ansari, who never fails to amaze the audiences, talked about how human will never be able to fulfill his nafs, desire. Human's desire has no end to satisfy it. Like women who never stop buying clothes and so do like men who are always attracted by the beauty of other women even though they already have spouses. Unfortunately, we will never have enough resources to satisfy our needs. This ephemeral life never allow us to do so as the saying goes, 'hidup ini adalah ladang untuk akhirat'. As the vicegerent of earth, Allah has provided us the earth to be used to opt for his mercy and keredhaan, pleasure. By instilling in our mind that this life is temporary and does not deserve the fulfillment of our own nafs' satisfactions, we are the most happiest person in the world. This life is all about contributing as much as possible to the humanity for the sake of obeying Allah's rule. If we live for ourselves, then we will in the hereafter forever. In surah Az-Zuhkruf, Allah has mentioned about the fact that all kinds of relationship in this world will not be permanent ones in the hereafter except the relationships among those who fear him, and is based on taqwa and love for Allah. That is why the sahabah listed one of the three things that makes the worldly life pleasant and beautiful to them is the brotherhood relationship among them besides Al-Quran and the Qiyamulail. In fact, the sweetness of iman is attained when someone loves Allah and the prophet (pbuh) more than anything else, and when he or she will love only for Allah's sake, and he or she hates to turn to the old ways (kufr) like the way they hate being thrown into the hell. Therefore, how assured are we that we love Allah more than anything else when the love or the liking is not abided by the syariat? Young people should research more about this as we have came to a phase in this era where there is a mixture of true and false. This causes confusions that e.g. Allah's command in the Quran like 'La Takrabbu Zina' is taken literally in its meaning despite that simple things that can lead to such a thing is also considered as takrabbu zina. Therefore, the fact that our nafs can never be satisfied is enough to make us realize that it is always the best decision to follow the path as outlined by the Creator in the Al-Furqan. The promised jannah is the place where all our desires that are not satisfied due to the limited resources that the wordly life can provide, are fulfilled and pleased there.
To live life to the fullest is to live life in accordance with the Quran. That is a true happiness and what differs Islam than other religion is the fact that worshipping and getting closer to God in order to show love towards Him is not merely something to be felt mentally or spiritually, it is also involves something practical such as the 5 times daily prayers. That was one of the points in the talk that strikes me and something that I never think of before. Meaning that to love Allah requires actions, not only words. This leads me into thinking that, loving the Creator is easy to be uttered, but what makes it difficult is to actually practise what He asks us to do as outlined in the Quran . Even the Prophet also said that to love him, is to follow his sunnah. And how many actually really follow those two?
So, a self-note, let's walk the talk. No use at all writing here is the amal is not equal to it.
Long time ago which was few months back, I attended a talk organised by the Affinity Club and Student Life. The talk was about 'in pursuit of happiness". It was interesting and such an eye-opener indeed. One muslim representative, Saddiq Ansari, who never fails to amaze the audiences, talked about how human will never be able to fulfill his nafs, desire. Human's desire has no end to satisfy it. Like women who never stop buying clothes and so do like men who are always attracted by the beauty of other women even though they already have spouses. Unfortunately, we will never have enough resources to satisfy our needs. This ephemeral life never allow us to do so as the saying goes, 'hidup ini adalah ladang untuk akhirat'. As the vicegerent of earth, Allah has provided us the earth to be used to opt for his mercy and keredhaan, pleasure. By instilling in our mind that this life is temporary and does not deserve the fulfillment of our own nafs' satisfactions, we are the most happiest person in the world. This life is all about contributing as much as possible to the humanity for the sake of obeying Allah's rule. If we live for ourselves, then we will in the hereafter forever. In surah Az-Zuhkruf, Allah has mentioned about the fact that all kinds of relationship in this world will not be permanent ones in the hereafter except the relationships among those who fear him, and is based on taqwa and love for Allah. That is why the sahabah listed one of the three things that makes the worldly life pleasant and beautiful to them is the brotherhood relationship among them besides Al-Quran and the Qiyamulail. In fact, the sweetness of iman is attained when someone loves Allah and the prophet (pbuh) more than anything else, and when he or she will love only for Allah's sake, and he or she hates to turn to the old ways (kufr) like the way they hate being thrown into the hell. Therefore, how assured are we that we love Allah more than anything else when the love or the liking is not abided by the syariat? Young people should research more about this as we have came to a phase in this era where there is a mixture of true and false. This causes confusions that e.g. Allah's command in the Quran like 'La Takrabbu Zina' is taken literally in its meaning despite that simple things that can lead to such a thing is also considered as takrabbu zina. Therefore, the fact that our nafs can never be satisfied is enough to make us realize that it is always the best decision to follow the path as outlined by the Creator in the Al-Furqan. The promised jannah is the place where all our desires that are not satisfied due to the limited resources that the wordly life can provide, are fulfilled and pleased there.
To live life to the fullest is to live life in accordance with the Quran. That is a true happiness and what differs Islam than other religion is the fact that worshipping and getting closer to God in order to show love towards Him is not merely something to be felt mentally or spiritually, it is also involves something practical such as the 5 times daily prayers. That was one of the points in the talk that strikes me and something that I never think of before. Meaning that to love Allah requires actions, not only words. This leads me into thinking that, loving the Creator is easy to be uttered, but what makes it difficult is to actually practise what He asks us to do as outlined in the Quran . Even the Prophet also said that to love him, is to follow his sunnah. And how many actually really follow those two?
So, a self-note, let's walk the talk. No use at all writing here is the amal is not equal to it.
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