Tuesday, January 27, 2009

10 Minutes :D

Assalamualaikum :)..

I'd like to share a video which will remind us (hopefully), how in the same dimension of time, lots of things can happen. While we're sleeping last night, there were people-at the other side of the world-struggling for food. While we were having a good time with our family last weekend, there were people who cried for their loved ones, who were killed in front of them. While we were watching the 'live' coverage of Ghaza, the people there were frantically finding for covers. What we simply ignore-the opportunity to use our time freely, according to our will-might be a priviledge for others. what did we use our last 10 minutes for? By Ahmad Imamovic:




Somehow, the world seems unfair. How can we live peacefully here, while our brothers and sisters are suffering. How can we simply enjoy the basics-like the water comin out of the tap-while our brothers and sisters, had to beg for the same needs. Life is unfair. The Almighty is the Most Just; spot anything contradictory :)?

Personally, that's why Islam emphasizes in believing the hereafter. Our life is a test for us, indeed. The 'joy' of living harmoniously, properously and peacefully, is also a test, and it isn't easy either. How most of the time, we failed to realize that our life in this world isn't gonna last. We focus most of our attention to the worldly matters. It's not a wrong idea to strive for the world, the problem arise when we forget the world hereafter.

We sympathized our brothers and sisters who suffered. The notion of we should be grateful that we live in such (relatively) peace country is all too common these days. But what do we do with this kinda priviledge (or rather responsibility)? Aren't we the one who lives under the cover of peace suppose to do something, at least to think something that need to be done to those so called unfortunates. Is it enough to just sit and be grateful our country is as it is today? Who, in the name of The Almighty, guarantee that the peace we had will last? What if we are someday gonna sit on the same chair as our 'unfortunates' brothers and sisters today? At that moment of despair, we heard a country keep on saying to be grateful that theirs are peaceful. What then, will we do? I'd like to share a quote from Rev. Martin Niemoller, commenting on events in Germany 1933-1939:

"They came first for the Communists..
but I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews...
but I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for the Unionists...
but I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Unionist.
Then they came for the Catholic...
but I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me...
and by that time...
there was no-one left to speak up for me."

Isn't this what we're currently doing?

For the sake of being 'moderate', let's just accept the sayings for us to be grateful for our calm (again, relatively) situation that we're currently in. But really, when was the last time we realized that our peaceful life is also a test for us. A test cloaked under the hood of freedom, liberty and civil rights. As we will all stand before Allah and be judged.

Jz sharin my 2cents :D

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