amigdala

“iza maa kunta za qolbin qonuu'in fa anta wa malikuddunnya sawaa un...”
that's the piece of letter that my uncle sent me, taken from mahfudzoth, arabic wise word..

it means something like this;

try to be satisfy with what u have got..
coz that's the only way to be "rich"...
becoming rich without material..
money, beauty sport cars, branded clothes, luvely apartment...
well, u may and u can have those stuffs if you (your parents) can afford it..
but u no need to have those to be rich..
by always "syukur", satisfy with what u'v got, u can achieve those level, immortal richness...

Dian Sastro, one of indonesian diva might has understood that well, it reflected from the poet in “Alhamdulillah”, one of Thoo Phat, Malaysian’s rapper’s song:

Sujudku pun takkan memuaskan inginku untuk hanturkan sembah sedalam kalbu.. Adapun kusembahkan syukur padamu ya Allah, untuk nama, harta, dan keluarga yg mencinta, dan perjalanan yang sejauh ini tertempa.. alhamdulillah.. pilihan dan kesempatan, yang telah membuat hamba mengerti akan makna diri..
semua lebih berarti apabila dihayati..
alhamdulillah..

ofcourse it can be applied only in particular condition, such as material achievement, but not in the field we have to compete, such knowledge achievement..
al’aalimu kabiirun wa in kaana hadatsan, wal jaahilu soghiirun wa in kaana syaikhon…
the man who has a knowledge will always be considered as a “big man” even on his early age.. and the man has no knowledge will always be considered as a “small man” even on his old age..

"Salamu'alaikum brother..."

the guy said to me, shaking my hand, warmly..

"ehh, wa'alaikum salam.."

I was about to enter the mosque, the only mosque in small city where i live, sunderland..
his salam suprising me, not only coz i didn't know him, but his 'mackem' face (sunderland local people) was tricking me, is he really moslem? coz i don't see much local moslem britain in this no-azan can be heard city. not even one. But soon my suprise feeling was changing to shame feeling. He told me later,

" Brother, do you know? it's sunnah to enter the mosque with your right feet first.."

i just realized that i was entering the mosque with my left feet.
soon i told him, with smiling face,

"ooH, yeah.. i knew it, thanks for reminding me anyway, Syukron my brother..."

Hehe.. i couldn't picture what i was feeling at that timie, ashamed? realizing what if someone know that there once a guy like me, who has spent more half of his life in pesantren, madrasah, was being admonished by mackem, which famous with its hooligan. Happy? knowing that the culture of watawashowbil haq watawashowbil- shobr still can be found nowadays even in this no azan city. Sad? realizing that i've been not feeling such experience even in my own country, the most moslem population country in the world.

Later i know the guy's name is David. Real Mackem. Born in Sunderland. He never miss sholat jum'at in the mosque. I know, coz he the only one who shollu 'alaa Muhammad loudly, everytime Khotib mentions His Name in his khotbah. May Allah always give him all the best of islamic kindness.

it's my first time to write my own blog...
exactly 1426 year after Rasulullah (peace be upon Him) made the most historical migration in Islamic history..
Hijrah...