Aug 31 2008
Sempena Ramadhan – Don’t Just Get Wet
Alhamdulillah
we get to see Ramadhan again. Because last Ramadhan I didn’t have enough of it.
At least I felt so. I can’t really recall what I did last Ramadhan. Bangun
sahur-puasa-visit bazaar Ramadhan-buka puasa dengan kawan-kawan-Tarawih-baca
Qur’an sikit-sikit-puasa-Tarawih-cuti puasa-puasa again-tak sempat
Tarawih-puasa lagi-buka puasa kat tempat best-terlepas sahur-puasa-shopping
raya-and ganti puasa… that was it. Hmm…We’ve been given enough rope, but most
of us only got ourselves hung instead. Most of us did, I know.
I mean,
we all know how big and sacred and precious and special the month of Ramadhan
is. We all know it isn’t just about refraining from eating, drinking, and
intercourse or anything like it… It even makes us think of the misfortunes of
the poor, and takes in a sense of solidarity and mutual care among us Muslims
of all backgrounds. Regardless how high we are now, how at peak, how
intelligent and how ever rich and content we are now, we know we should have
depleted all the inflated opinions of ourselves… and return back on the ground.
But how many of us make the most of it? Of Ramadhan…
Lest we
never see Ramadhan again (because we never know), let’s spare ourselves with extra
‘ibadah beyond our routine during Ramadhan, viz. solat Tarawih, voluntary night
prayer, reading sections from the Qur’an, and paying voluntary charity to the
poor… ease off the backbiting or badmouthing and all the so-worldly engagements,
fortify ourselves with tazkirahs, and get to understand the meaning of the
Qur’anic verses. We know we don’t need to wait for that ‘time of life’ to get
to start all these…
We’ve
heard this saying (I can’t recall where from) ‘Bekerjalah seperti kamu akan
hidup seribu tahun lagi, beribadatlah seperti kamu akan mati pada esok hari’.
There’s another little add-on (but
from Roger Miller), ‘Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet’. Well,
got what he meant?
imanamerazhar
