SABRA AND SHATILA
By Robert Fisk
What we found inside the Palestinian camp at ten o'clock on the morning of September 1982 did not quite beggar description, although it would have been easier to re-tell in the cold prose of a medical examination. There had been medical examinations before in Lebanon, but rarely on this scale and never overlooked by a regular, supposedly disciplined army. In the panic and hatred of battle, tens of thousands had been killed in this country. But these people, hundreds of them had been shot down unarmed. This was a mass killing, an incident - how easily we used the word "incident" in Lebanon - that was also an atrocity. It went beyond even what the Israelis would have in other circumstances called a terrorist activity. It was a war crime.
Jenkins and Tveit were so overwhelmed by what we found in Chatila that at first we were unable to register our own shock. Bill Foley of AP had come with us. All he could say as he walked round was "Jesus Christ" over and over again. We might have accepted evidence of a few murders; even dozens of bodies, killed in the heat of combat. Bur there were women lying in houses with their skirts torn torn up to their waists and their legs wide apart, children with their throats cut, rows of young men shot in the back after being lined up at an execution wall. There were babies - blackened babies babies because they had been slaughtered more than 24-hours earlier and their small bodies were already in a state of decomposition - tossed into rubbish heaps alongside discarded US army ration tins, Israeli army equipment and empty bottles of whiskey.
Where were the murderers? Or to use the Israelis' vocabulary, where were the "terrorists"? When we drove down to Chatila, we had seen the Israelis on the top of the apartments in the Avenue Camille Chamoun but they made no attempt to stop us. In fact, we had first been driven to the Bourj al-Barajneh camp because someone told us that there was a massacre there. All we saw was a Lebanese soldier chasing a car theif down a street. It was only when we were driving back past the entrance to Chatila that Jenkins decided to stop the car. "I don't like this", he said. "Where is everyone? What the f**k is that smell?"
Just inside the the southern entrance to the camp, there used to be a number of single-story, concrete walled houses. I had conducted many interviews in these hovels in the late 1970's. When we walked across the muddy entrance to Chatila, we found that these buildings had been dynamited to the ground. There were cartridge cases across the main road. I saw several Israeli flare canisters, still attached to their tiny parachutes. Clouds of flies moved across the rubble, raiding parties with a nose for victory.
Down a laneway to our right, no more than 50 yards from the entrance, there lay a pile of corpses. There were more than a dozen of them, young men whose arms and legs had been wrapped around each other in the agony of death. All had been shot point-blank range through the cheek, the bullet tearing away a line of flesh up to the ear and entering the brain. Some had vivid crimson or black scars down the left side of their throats. One had been castrated, his trousers torn open and a settlement of flies throbbing over his torn intestines.
The eyes of these young men were all open. The youngest was only 12 or 13 years old. They were dressed in jeans and coloured shirts, the material absurdly tight over their flesh now that their bodies had begun to bloat in the heat. They had not been robbed. On one blackened wrist a Swiss watch recorded the correct time, the second hand still ticking round uselessly, expending the last energies of its dead owner.
On the other side of the main road, up a track through the debris, we found the bodies of five women and several children. The women were middle-aged and their corpses lay draped over a pile of rubble. One lay on her back, her dress torn open and the head of a little girl emerging from behind her. The girl had short dark curly hair, her eyes were staring at us and there was a frown on her face. She was dead.
Another child lay on the roadway like a discarded doll, her white dress stained with mud and dust. She could have been no more than three years old. The back of her head had been blown away by a bullet fired into her brain. One of the women also held a tiny baby to her body. The bullet that had passed into her breast had killed the baby too. Someone had slit open the woman's stomach, cutting sideways and then upwards, perhaps trying to kill her unborn child. Her eyes were wide open, her dark face frozen in horror.
"...As we stood there, we heard a shout in Arabic from across the ruins. "They are coming back," a man was screaming, So we ran in fear towards the road. I think, in retrospect, that it was probably anger that stopped us from leaving, for we now waited near the entrance to the camp to glimpse the faces of the men who were responsible for all of this. They must have been sent in here with Israeli permission. They must have been armed by the Israelis. Their handiwork had clearly been watched - closely observed - by the Israelis who were still watching us through their field-glasses.
When does a killing become an outrage? When does an atrocity become a massacre? Or, put another way, how many killings make a massacre? Thirty? A hundred? Three hundred? When is a massacre not a massacre? When the figures are too low? Or when the massacre is carried out by Israel’s friends rather than Israel's enemies?
That, I suspected, was what this argument was about. If Syrian troops had crossed into Israel, surrounded a Kibbutz and allowed their Palestinian allies to slaughter the Jewish inhabitants, no Western news agency would waste its time afterwards arguing about whether or not it should be called a massacre.
But in Beirut, the victims were Palestinians. The guilty were certainly Christian militiamen - from which particular unit we were still unsure - but the Israelis were also guilty. If the Israelis had not taken part in the killings, they had certainly sent militia into the camp. They had trained them, given them uniforms, handed them US army rations and Israeli medical equipment. Then they had watched the murderers in the camps, they had given them military assistance - the Israeli airforce had dropped all those flares to help the men who were murdering the inhabitants of Sabra and Chatila - and they had established military liason with the murderers in the camps
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Sunday, February 27, 2011
Sit and Wait?
Sit and Wait?Dr. Ali Al-TimimiTranscribed from the lecture "Muslims and Studies of the Future" |  |
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We have been informed by the Prophet sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam about many events that will occur in the future. What attitude should we take in this regard?
There are some ideas which some Muslims have that we should just sit and wait for `Eesaa ibn Maryam to come, we should just wait for the Mahdee to appear and until that time we should just sit and just engage ourselves with a lot of intellectual discussions and so forth. Just s it and wait for these events to occur. This is not the way of the Sunnah, the way of the Sunnah is that we face a qadar with a qadar so therefore we know that for instance that Constantinople will be taken over by the Christians again because the Prophet (Sallallaahu `alaihi wa sallam) said that. Constantinople, when it's going to be conquered before the Day of Judgment, it will be conquered without fighting, but that Muslims will say Allaahu Akbar, and some of its walls will fall, and they'll say laa ilaaha ill Allaah, and some of it walls will fall. This is going to be one of the signs of the Day of Judgment, just by saying these takbeers, the city walls will collapse.
We know therefore that what we call now Istanbul will have to return back to Christians one day. So then do we just say let the things in Turkey go as they are? Let the secularism and let the Western entrenchment in Turkey continue as it is, because this is a divine decree that Allaah has decreed.
No, we fight that qadar with another qadar, in the sense that we make sure that da`wah is in Turkey is strong for as long as it is, so when the time comes for that to occur, it occurs. The Prophet (Sallallaahu `alaihi wa sallam) told us that an Ethiopian with two thin shanks will destroy the Ka`bah, piece by piece. So therefore do we say, "Well, OK, it's going to happen, the Ethiopian s going come and destroy the Ka`bah, so therefore whatever happens in the East Africa, we'll just let it happen?" No. We know this will happen, one day the Ka`bah will be destroyed by an Ethiopian, but we fight that qadar with a qadar by making sure that the da`wah is strong in East Africa and that it remains that no non-Muslim country ever has a rule in East Africa, but that strong Muslim states have that.
There are some ideas which some Muslims have that we should just sit and wait for `Eesaa ibn Maryam to come, we should just wait for the Mahdee to appear and until that time we should just sit and just engage ourselves with a lot of intellectual discussions and so forth. Just s it and wait for these events to occur. This is not the way of the Sunnah, the way of the Sunnah is that we face a qadar with a qadar so therefore we know that for instance that Constantinople will be taken over by the Christians again because the Prophet (Sallallaahu `alaihi wa sallam) said that. Constantinople, when it's going to be conquered before the Day of Judgment, it will be conquered without fighting, but that Muslims will say Allaahu Akbar, and some of its walls will fall, and they'll say laa ilaaha ill Allaah, and some of it walls will fall. This is going to be one of the signs of the Day of Judgment, just by saying these takbeers, the city walls will collapse.
We know therefore that what we call now Istanbul will have to return back to Christians one day. So then do we just say let the things in Turkey go as they are? Let the secularism and let the Western entrenchment in Turkey continue as it is, because this is a divine decree that Allaah has decreed.
No, we fight that qadar with another qadar, in the sense that we make sure that da`wah is in Turkey is strong for as long as it is, so when the time comes for that to occur, it occurs. The Prophet (Sallallaahu `alaihi wa sallam) told us that an Ethiopian with two thin shanks will destroy the Ka`bah, piece by piece. So therefore do we say, "Well, OK, it's going to happen, the Ethiopian s going come and destroy the Ka`bah, so therefore whatever happens in the East Africa, we'll just let it happen?" No. We know this will happen, one day the Ka`bah will be destroyed by an Ethiopian, but we fight that qadar with a qadar by making sure that the da`wah is strong in East Africa and that it remains that no non-Muslim country ever has a rule in East Africa, but that strong Muslim states have that.
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Muslims' Victories Before the Dajjal's Appearance
Muslims' Victories Before the Dajjal's AppearanceA. Hijazi © 1995 But, Some of Its Signs Have Already Come! | |
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Jabir bin Samurah narrated, "Nafi' bin 'Utbah said, 'We were accompanying the Messenger of Allah sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam to a battle.' Then, he (Nafi') said, 'Then, some people from the west (of Madinah) came to the Prophet wearing clothes made of wool and they met him next to a mound. They were standing while the Messenger of Allah was sitting.' He (Nafi') then said, 'So I told myself, "Let me come closer to them and stand between them and him so that they will not assassinate him." He (Nafi') then said, '(Then, I said to myself) "They may be having a conversation with him." However, I came close by and stood between them and him.' He (Nafi') then said, 'And then I memorized four sentences from him, and I can count them with my hand. He said,
"You will invade the Arabian Peninsula and Allah will grant it (to you). Then (you will conquer) Persia and Allah will grant it (to you). Then, you will invade Ar-Rum and Allah will grant it (to you). Then, you will invade The Dajjal and Allah will grant him (to you)." Nafi' said to Jabir, "O Jabir! We do not believe that the Dajjal will appear until Ar-Rum is conquered."[Ibid., no. 2028]
The land of Ar-Rum is Europe and Rome is its heart. The Messenger of Allah gave us the good tidings that we will conquer Rome, the capital of Christendom today, after the Muslims conquered the first capital of Christendom, Constantinople.
Imam Ahmad narrated that Abdullah bin 'Amr bin Al-Aas said, "While we were around the Messenger of Allah) writing (the Hadith) the Messenger of Allah sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam was asked/ 'Which of these two cities will be conquered first, Constantinople or Romiyah (Rome)?' He said, 'The city of Heraclius will first be conquered.' He meant Constantinople.'' [Al-Hakim, Al-Mustadrak, vol. 4, p. 508. Also, see As-Silsilah as-Sahihah, vol. 1]
"You will invade the Arabian Peninsula and Allah will grant it (to you). Then (you will conquer) Persia and Allah will grant it (to you). Then, you will invade Ar-Rum and Allah will grant it (to you). Then, you will invade The Dajjal and Allah will grant him (to you)." Nafi' said to Jabir, "O Jabir! We do not believe that the Dajjal will appear until Ar-Rum is conquered."[Ibid., no. 2028]
The land of Ar-Rum is Europe and Rome is its heart. The Messenger of Allah gave us the good tidings that we will conquer Rome, the capital of Christendom today, after the Muslims conquered the first capital of Christendom, Constantinople.
Imam Ahmad narrated that Abdullah bin 'Amr bin Al-Aas said, "While we were around the Messenger of Allah) writing (the Hadith) the Messenger of Allah sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam was asked/ 'Which of these two cities will be conquered first, Constantinople or Romiyah (Rome)?' He said, 'The city of Heraclius will first be conquered.' He meant Constantinople.'' [Al-Hakim, Al-Mustadrak, vol. 4, p. 508. Also, see As-Silsilah as-Sahihah, vol. 1]
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Signs of the Appearance of the Dajjal and His Destruction
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Signs of the Appearance of the Dajjal
A lengthy hadith narrated by Ibn Majah, Ibn Khuzaimah, and ad-Dhiyaa’, attributed to Abu Umamah, reports that the Prophet of Allah, sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam, said,
“There will be three hard years before the Dajjal (appears). During them, people will be stricken by a great famine. In the first year, Allah will command the sky to withhold a third of its rain, and the earth to withhold a third a third of its produce. In the second year, Allah will command the sky to withhold two thirds of its rain, and the earth to withhold two thirds of its produce. In the third year, Allah will command the sky to withhold all of its rain, and it will not rain a single drop of rain. He will command the earth to withhold all of its produce, and no plant will grow. All hoofed animals will perish, except that which Allah wills.” He (sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam) was asked, ‘What sustains people during that time?’ He said, “Tahlil, takbir and tahmid (Saying, la ilaha ill Allah, Allahu Akbar and al-hamdulillah). This will sustain them just as food does.” [Sahih Al-Jami` as-Saghir, no. 7875]
Abdullah bin Umar narrated that the Messenger of Allah sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam said,
“The fitnah of Al-Ahlas (continuous calamity) is mass desertion and war. Then, the fitnah of As-Sarraa [meaning ‘the rich’, when some reach people use their money to hire others to fight for them] will start from under the feet of a man who claims that he is of me (of my descendants). However, he is not of me, for my loyal friends are the ones who have taqwa. Afterwards, people will unite around a man whose reign is unstable. Then, the fitnah of Ad-Duhaymaa [it is called ‘dark and black fitnah’ because of its enormity] (will start) and will not leave any member of this nation without severely touching him. When it is thought that its time has come to an end, it will be lengthened. Meanwhile (during this fitnah), a man will wake up as a believer and will meet the night as a disbeliever, until people divide into two camps: A camp of belief that contains no hypocrisy, and a camp of hypocrisy that contains no belief. If this happens, then await the Dajjal on that day or the next.” [Ahmad, Abu Dawood and al-Hakim, Mishkatul-Masabih, vol. 4, no. 5403]
There are other signs to the imminent coming of the Dajjal. Mu`ath narrated that the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam, said,
“The flourishing of Jerusalem will mark the desertion of Yathrib (Madinah). The desertion of Yathrib will mark the start of Al-Malhamah [the great war that will start between ar-Rum and the Muslim forces before Muslims conquer Constantinople for the second time]. The start of Al-Malhamah will mark the conquering of Constantinople. The conquering of Constantionple will mark the appearance of Dajjal.” [Sahih Al-Jami` as-Saghir, no. 4096]
The flourishing of Jerusalem will happen by the hands of Muslims, by the will of Allah, after it will be retrieved from the Jews.
The Holy Land will be the seat of the Caliphate because the Messenger of Allah sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam said to Ibn Hawalah,
“O Ibn Hawalah! If you live to see the seat of the Caliphate of the Holy Land, then earthquakes, disasters and great calamities are imminent. Then, the Hour will be closer to people than this hand of mine to your head!” [Al-Hakim in Al-Mustadrak, vol. 4, p. 420, and he says, “Sahih”]
Then, Muslims will migrate to Ash-Sham to join the Jihad against the enemies of Allah from among the Jews and Christians. People of Madinah will desert it, not because they dislike it, but for the purpose of joining the Jihad for the sake of Allah. Then, it will be totally uninhibited, wild animals and beasts will roam through it, and it will stay deserted until the Hour begins.
Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam, said,
“Madinah will be deserted while in its prime! Then, it will be inhabited by birds and beasts.” [Al-Hakim in Al-Mustadrak, vol. 4, p. 436]
“They (Muslims) will leave Madinah while in its prime. Only wild beasts and birds will roam it. The last persons to be gathered (for the beginning of the Last Day) will be two shepherds from (the tribe) of Muzainah heading towards Madinah. They will be herding their sheep, and (when they reach it) they will find it deserted. When they reach Thaniyyat Al-Wadaa` they will collapse on their foreheads (because the Hour will have started then).” [Ahmad, Al-Bukhari and Muslim, As-Silsilah As-Sahihah, vol. 2, no. 683]
Also, Abdullah bin `Amr said, “There will be a time among people when every believer will migrate to Ash-Sham.” [Al-Hakim in al-Mustadrak, vol. 4, p. 457, and he says “Sahih according to the conditions of Bukhari and Muslim” Adh-Dhahabee agrees.]
The Destruction of Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal
As was narrated in the Hadith by An-Nawwas bin Sam`an, the Dajjal will be killed at the hand of Jesus son of Mary.
The Dajjal’s death will occur after the angels turn him towards Ash-Sham away from the outskirts of Madinah. He will perish in Ash-Sham near the eastern door of Lud in Palestine, may Allah return it to the Muslim.
Before we start mentioning the second coming of Jesus son of Mary, we will mention the story of Al-Mahdy, Muhammad bin Abdillah.
Al-Mahdi will appear just before the coming of Jesus, alaihis salam. He will lead the Muslim nation with justice and kindness and establish Allah’s rule. A righteous Caliphate will reappear after the earth has experienced its share of injustice and tyranny. Jesus son of Mary will pray behind him. Among Al-Mahdi’s characteristics is that he will spend money on his subjects without counting it, along with many of his other righteous deeds that were mentioned in several correct hadiths.
“There will be three hard years before the Dajjal (appears). During them, people will be stricken by a great famine. In the first year, Allah will command the sky to withhold a third of its rain, and the earth to withhold a third a third of its produce. In the second year, Allah will command the sky to withhold two thirds of its rain, and the earth to withhold two thirds of its produce. In the third year, Allah will command the sky to withhold all of its rain, and it will not rain a single drop of rain. He will command the earth to withhold all of its produce, and no plant will grow. All hoofed animals will perish, except that which Allah wills.” He (sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam) was asked, ‘What sustains people during that time?’ He said, “Tahlil, takbir and tahmid (Saying, la ilaha ill Allah, Allahu Akbar and al-hamdulillah). This will sustain them just as food does.” [Sahih Al-Jami` as-Saghir, no. 7875]
Abdullah bin Umar narrated that the Messenger of Allah sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam said,
“The fitnah of Al-Ahlas (continuous calamity) is mass desertion and war. Then, the fitnah of As-Sarraa [meaning ‘the rich’, when some reach people use their money to hire others to fight for them] will start from under the feet of a man who claims that he is of me (of my descendants). However, he is not of me, for my loyal friends are the ones who have taqwa. Afterwards, people will unite around a man whose reign is unstable. Then, the fitnah of Ad-Duhaymaa [it is called ‘dark and black fitnah’ because of its enormity] (will start) and will not leave any member of this nation without severely touching him. When it is thought that its time has come to an end, it will be lengthened. Meanwhile (during this fitnah), a man will wake up as a believer and will meet the night as a disbeliever, until people divide into two camps: A camp of belief that contains no hypocrisy, and a camp of hypocrisy that contains no belief. If this happens, then await the Dajjal on that day or the next.” [Ahmad, Abu Dawood and al-Hakim, Mishkatul-Masabih, vol. 4, no. 5403]
There are other signs to the imminent coming of the Dajjal. Mu`ath narrated that the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam, said,
“The flourishing of Jerusalem will mark the desertion of Yathrib (Madinah). The desertion of Yathrib will mark the start of Al-Malhamah [the great war that will start between ar-Rum and the Muslim forces before Muslims conquer Constantinople for the second time]. The start of Al-Malhamah will mark the conquering of Constantinople. The conquering of Constantionple will mark the appearance of Dajjal.” [Sahih Al-Jami` as-Saghir, no. 4096]
The flourishing of Jerusalem will happen by the hands of Muslims, by the will of Allah, after it will be retrieved from the Jews.
The Holy Land will be the seat of the Caliphate because the Messenger of Allah sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam said to Ibn Hawalah,
“O Ibn Hawalah! If you live to see the seat of the Caliphate of the Holy Land, then earthquakes, disasters and great calamities are imminent. Then, the Hour will be closer to people than this hand of mine to your head!” [Al-Hakim in Al-Mustadrak, vol. 4, p. 420, and he says, “Sahih”]
Then, Muslims will migrate to Ash-Sham to join the Jihad against the enemies of Allah from among the Jews and Christians. People of Madinah will desert it, not because they dislike it, but for the purpose of joining the Jihad for the sake of Allah. Then, it will be totally uninhibited, wild animals and beasts will roam through it, and it will stay deserted until the Hour begins.
Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam, said,
“Madinah will be deserted while in its prime! Then, it will be inhabited by birds and beasts.” [Al-Hakim in Al-Mustadrak, vol. 4, p. 436]
“They (Muslims) will leave Madinah while in its prime. Only wild beasts and birds will roam it. The last persons to be gathered (for the beginning of the Last Day) will be two shepherds from (the tribe) of Muzainah heading towards Madinah. They will be herding their sheep, and (when they reach it) they will find it deserted. When they reach Thaniyyat Al-Wadaa` they will collapse on their foreheads (because the Hour will have started then).” [Ahmad, Al-Bukhari and Muslim, As-Silsilah As-Sahihah, vol. 2, no. 683]
Also, Abdullah bin `Amr said, “There will be a time among people when every believer will migrate to Ash-Sham.” [Al-Hakim in al-Mustadrak, vol. 4, p. 457, and he says “Sahih according to the conditions of Bukhari and Muslim” Adh-Dhahabee agrees.]
The Destruction of Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal
As was narrated in the Hadith by An-Nawwas bin Sam`an, the Dajjal will be killed at the hand of Jesus son of Mary.
The Dajjal’s death will occur after the angels turn him towards Ash-Sham away from the outskirts of Madinah. He will perish in Ash-Sham near the eastern door of Lud in Palestine, may Allah return it to the Muslim.
Before we start mentioning the second coming of Jesus son of Mary, we will mention the story of Al-Mahdy, Muhammad bin Abdillah.
Al-Mahdi will appear just before the coming of Jesus, alaihis salam. He will lead the Muslim nation with justice and kindness and establish Allah’s rule. A righteous Caliphate will reappear after the earth has experienced its share of injustice and tyranny. Jesus son of Mary will pray behind him. Among Al-Mahdi’s characteristics is that he will spend money on his subjects without counting it, along with many of his other righteous deeds that were mentioned in several correct hadiths.
http://www.islaam.com/Article.aspx?id=402
Soalan : Kenapa digunakan perkataan 'Kami' untuk Allah?
Soalan : Kenapa digunakan perkataan 'Kami' untuk Allah?
Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.
Saya mendapat komen dari rakan blogger nasi ayam yang bertanya :
Salam Mahaguru, Harap sihat di bawah lindungan Allah swt.
Saya ada soalan, tetapi off topic, harap maafkan.
Saya baru selesai membaca alquran, dan saya menyedari banyak ganti nama Kami digunakan untuk mewakili Allah, selain dari perkataan Aku.
Contohnya dalam Surah AlMaarij-ayat 40, dan surah Yaasin-ayat 41,42,43 dan 44.
Saya cuba merujuk kepada internet, tetapi banyak sumber yang dijumpai mengatakan itu adalah bukti Tuhan itu tidak Esa, tetapi tiga. Saya merasa takut dan berhenti membaca kerana takut terpesong.
Namun begitu, persoalan kenapa penggunaan Kami selain Aku atau Allah masih berlegar-legar di fikiran saya.
Harap Mahaguru bantu saya, takut juga saya tersesat,kerana ini babitkan soal ketauhidan.
By nasi ayam on Why do Muslims wage war or quarrel against each ot... on 9/1/10
Maka selepas saya mengkaji perkara ini, inilah jawapan jawapan yang saya kira sesuai diberikan kepada pertanyaan di atas.
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala ada kalanya menggunakan gantinama 'Kami' didalam penurunan ayat ayat suci didalam bentuk Al quranul Karim melalui wahyu Nya kepada Rasul Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam dan ianya merupakan bimbingan dan panduan bagi kita makhluk ciptaan Nya untuk menghadapi kehidupan duniawi ini sebagai persediaan bagi kita menjalani kehidupan di akhirat pula nanti.
Sila lawati pautan ini untuk mengkaji ayat ayat suci Al Quran Al Karim yang berkaitan dengan penggunaan 'nahnu' @ gantinama untuk Allah yang membawa maksud 'Kami'.
Allah itu Maha Esa.
Ini tiada sebarang keraguan lagi bagi kita umat Islam yang berusaha mempelajari kebenaran ajaran ajaran Al Islam yang dibawa dan di sampaikan kepada kita oleh Junjungan Kita Muhammad al Mustafa Sayyidul Mursalin, Rasulullah Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam.
KeEsaan Allah itu diterangkan sejelas jelasnya didalam pelbagai ayat ayat suci Al Quranul Karim dan bilamana kaum Quraisy bertanya kepada Nabi Muhammad Rahmatulil Alamin tentang Allahu Ta'ala, maka diperturunkan Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala akan Surah Al Ikhlas untuk menjelaskan tentang DiriNya tanpa sebarang keraguan lagi :
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
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Qul huwa Allahu ahadSahih International
Say, "He is Allah , [who is] One,Muhsin Khan
Say (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)): "He is Allah, (the) One.Malay
Katakanlah (wahai Muhammad): "(Tuhanku) ialah Allah Yang Maha Esa;
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Allahu assamadSahih International
Allah , the Eternal Refuge.Muhsin Khan
"Allah-us-Samad (The Self-Sufficient Master, Whom all creatures need, He neither eats nor drinks).Malay
"Allah Yang menjadi tumpuan sekalian makhluk untuk memohon sebarang hajat;
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Lam yalid walam yooladSahih International
He neither begets nor is born,Muhsin Khan
"He begets not, nor was He begotten;Malay
"Ia tiada beranak, dan Ia pula tidak diperanakkan;
Didalam Surah Al Ikhlas ini, Allahu Rabbi menjelaskan tentang Diri Nya yang Maha Esa sejelas mungkin bagi manusia yang ingin mengetahui akan Tuhan Nya?
Bagi kita umat manusia yang mempunyai akal yang sempurna dan tahu akan maksud setiap ayat didalam Surah Surah Al Quran Al Karim ini sesudah mengkaji akan intipati tafsiran ayat ayat suci ini, maka tidak akan kita ada sebarang keraguan lagi tentang Ke Esa an Tuhan yang kita sembah dan menyerahkan diri kita kepada Nya.
Bagi orang yang mungkin keliru tentang penggunaan gantinama 'Kami' oleh Allahu Rabbul Alamin didalam beberapa ayat ayat suci Al Quranul Karim, maka hendaklah kita faham bahawa sesuai dengan kedudukan Allah, Tuhan Sekelian Alam membahasakan Diri Nya dengan perkataan perkataan yang memberi erti akan kedudukan Allah yang Maha Tinggi dan Maha Suci, yang paling hebat dari segala galanya, maka dipergunakan istilah ' Kami' untuk menunjukkan Kedaulatan Allahu Ta'ala mengatasi sekelian makhluk makhluk ciptaan Nya termasuklah segala raja raja, sultan, ratu dan sesiapa sahaja yang duduk memerintah, bersemayam diatas takhta kerajaan duniawi masing masing.
Gantinama 'Kami' itu digunakan untuk menjelaskan Kebesaran Allah dari sekelian alam alam ciptaan Nya yang tidak terjangkau oleh minda dan fikrah manusia mahupun para jin serta malaikat malaikatNya.
Cuba kita lihat contoh penggunaan gantinama 'Kami' ini oleh Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala didalam Surah Taha Ayat 102 berikut :
Surah Taha Ayat ke 102
Transliteration
Yawma yunfakhu fee assooriwanahshuru almujrimeena yawma-ithin zurqaSahih International
The Day the Horn will be blown. And We will gather the criminals, that Day, blue-eyed.Muhsin Khan
The Day when the Trumpet will be blown (the second blowing): that Day, We shall gather the Mujrimun (criminals, polytheists, sinners, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah, etc.) Zurqa: (blue or blind eyed with black faces).Malay
(Iaitu) hari ditiup Sangkakala, dan Kami akan himpunkan pada hari itu orang-orang yang bersalah dalam keadaan kelabu matanya.Surat Ţāhā (Ta-Ha) - سورة طه
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Transliteration
Wa/mur ahlaka bissalatiwastabir AAalayha la nas-alukarizqan nahnu narzuquka walAAaqibatu littaqwaSahih International
And enjoin prayer upon your family [and people] and be steadfast therein. We ask you not for provision; We provide for you, and the [best] outcome is for [those of] righteousness.Muhsin Khan
And enjoin As-Salat (the prayer) on your family, and be patient in offering them [i.e. the Salat (prayers)]. We ask not of you a provision (i.e. to give Us something: money, etc.); We provide for you. And the good end (i.e. Paradise) is for the Muttaqun (pious - see V.2:2).Malay
Dan perintahkanlah keluargamu serta umatmu mengerjakan sembahyang, dan hendaklah engkau tekun bersabar menunaikannya. Kami tidak meminta rezeki kepadamu, (bahkan) Kamilah yang memberi rezeki kepadamu. Dan (ingatlah) kesudahan yang baik adalah bagi orang-orang yang bertaqwa.Perlu difahamkan disini bahawa adalah teramat penting bagi kita setiap Muslimin dan Muslimat supaya tidak ada sekelumit was was terhadap Sifat Allahu Rabbul Alamin yang IaNya hanya Satu.
Tidak ada dua atau tiganya Allah yang Maha Pencipta kerana sudah sebegitu banyak sekali penerangan yang diperturunkan oleh Allahu Ta'ala kepada kita tentang Diri Nya yang Maha Esa melalui ayat ayat suci Al Quranul Karim dan melalui petunjuk petunjuk yang disampaikan oleh Rasul kita Muhammad Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam tentang Keesaan Allah.
Tidak masuk akal bahawa akan ada dua tiga tuhan kerana akan berlawanan dengan realiti fungsi tuhan itu sendiri.
Berlawanan dengan fahaman orang orang kaffir yang mengada adakan jumlah tuhan ciptaan penyelewengan fikiran karut mereka sendiri sesuai dengan kehendak masing masing.
Didalam kefahaman orang orang Yunani @ Greek zaman zaman dahulu, mereka merekacipta pelbagai macam tuhan untuk mereka sembah, puja dan puji ikut kepala otak masing masing.
Didalam bahasa Inggeris di sebut 'Greek Mythological Gods'.
Perkataan 'Mythological' itu sendiri membawa maksud 'Khayalan' atau 'Rekaan'.
Kepercayaan karut sebegini dikenali sebagai 'Polytheism' @ mempercayai akan keujudan serba satu tuhan. Macam masing masing ada peranan tertentu begitu.
Ada 'tuhan Zeus' @ ketua tuhan, duduk bersemayam dipuncak Gunung Olympia. Zeus tuhan fiksyen ini dikatakan mempunyai kuasa 'overriding' ke atas peranan tuhan tuhan yang lain, macam Ketua Kerajaan lah. :P
Semua ini karut semata mata.
Jangan membuang masa melayan bisikan bisikan iblis laknatullah yang menimbulkan was was didalam hati sanubari saudara.
Begitu juga dengan fahaman Kristian, Hinduism, Taoism dan segala macam 'ism' lagi. Semua fahaman fahaman ini tidak berasas dan merupakan dongeng ciptaan anak cucu Nabi Adam Alaihis Salam yang menyeleweng dari Ajaran Tauhid yang diajarkan kepada Ayahanda kita itu oleh Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala Sendiri!
Mustahil Allahu Rabbi, Tuhan Maha Pencipta kita mahu membiarkan makhluk ciptaan Nya iaitu Adam Alaihis Salam hanyut tanpa pedoman dan mempertuhankan sebarang ciptaanNya yang lain?
Didalam Surah Al Baqarah Ayat ke 21, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala berfirman :
Transliteration
Ya ayyuha annasuoAAbudoo rabbakumu allathee khalaqakum wallatheenamin qablikum laAAallakum tattaqoonSahih International
O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous -Muhsin Khan
O mankind! Worship your Lord (Allah), Who created you and those who were before you so that you may become Al-Muttaqun (the pious - see V.2:2).Malay
Wahai sekalian manusia! Beribadatlah kepada Tuhan kamu yang telah menciptakan kamu dan orang-orang yang terdahulu daripada kamu, supaya kamu (menjadi orang-orang yang) bertaqwa.Fikirlah akan maksud ayat diatas ini. Takkan Allah menciptakan kita dengan begitu sempurna, lengkap diperbekalkan kemampuan berfikir dan mengkaji akan sesuatu boleh sahaja membiarkan kita semberono pergi menyembah yang itu dan ini?
Sebab itu, kefahaman agama hanya dapat dicapai oleh manusia yang mahu berfikir dan menyedari akan kesementaraan hakikat kehidupan duniawi ini.
Kita dicipta Allahu Rabbi dari setitis camporan airmani ayah dan ibu kita yang di persenyawakan dan ciptaan kita ini diterangkan dengan sebegitu terperinci oleh Allahu Ta'ala melalui penurunan ayat ayat pertama sekali sebagai Kitab Suci terakhir Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala sebagai pedoman bagi kita, umat terakhir keturunan manusia melalui Rasul Nya yang terakhir dan terutama sekali iaitu melalui Rasulullah Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam.
Ingat lagi akan Surah Al Alaq, Ayat 1 sehingga ke 5?
Surat Al-`Alaq (The Clot) - سورة العلق
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Transliteration
Iqra/ bi-ismi rabbika allathee khalaqSahih International
Recite in the name of your Lord who created -Muhsin Khan
Read! In the Name of your Lord, Who has created (all that exists),Malay
Bacalah (wahai Muhammad) dengan nama Tuhanmu yang menciptakan (sekalian makhluk),
Transliteration
Khalaqa al-insana min AAalaqSahih International
Created man from a clinging substance.Muhsin Khan
Has created man from a clot (a piece of thick coagulated blood).Malay
Ia menciptakan manusia dari sebuku darah beku;
Transliteration
Iqra/ warabbuka al-akramSahih International
Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous -Muhsin Khan
Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous,Malay
Bacalah, dan Tuhanmu Yang Maha Pemurah, -
Transliteration
Allathee AAallama bilqalamSahih International
Who taught by the pen -Muhsin Khan
Who has taught (the writing) by the pen [the first person to write was Prophet Idrees (Enoch)].Malay
Yang mengajar manusia melalui pena dan tulisan, -
Ayat ayat suci ini diperturunkan kepada Junjungan kita, Nabi Muhammad Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam yang dipelihara Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala dari sebarang khilaf dan didalam keadaan Nabi tidak boleh membaca atau menulis, seorang 'Ummi'.
Allah itu Maha Esa wahai Muslimin dan Muslimat.
Ia Maha Sempurna.
Tidak Berkehendak atau Memerlukan.
Kita ini sahaja sebagai hamba ciptaanNya yang amat memerlukan Rahmat Ilahi dan MaghfirahNya.
Tuntutlah ilmu agama wahai saudara dan saudari sebagai pedoman kita masing masing menjalani kehidupan sementara duniawi ini.
Sebagai umat Akhirul Zaman, kita kan menghadapi pelbagai macam dugaan dan godaan sepertimana diperingatkan Nabi.
Berwaspadalah membaca dan mengikuti sebarang penulisan berkaitan agama dilaman laman blog yang kekadang penulisnya sendiri keliru dan merekacipta fahaman fahaman baru mengikut sesuka hati mereka.
Rujuklah kepada Al Quran Al Karim dan Hadis Hadis Sahih Nabi sebagai pedoman.
Sementara masih hidup, Insya Allah akan saya bantu setakat yang saya terdaya.
Saya sendiri senantiasa mempelajari ajaran ajaran Al Islam kita dan walaupun sampai ajal saya akan ada lautan lautan ilmu yang tak akan sempat saya sendiri ketahui.
Hanya Allahu Ta'ala sahaja Maha Mengetahui akan segala galanya.
Selamat berpuasa dan selamat hidup dan semoga matinya kita nanti tetap sebagai Mukmin!
Amin Ya Rabbal Alamin.
Wabillahi Taufik Wal Hidayah.
Wassalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.
* Sila layari laman laman berikut untuk bacaan lanjut :
http://mahaguru58.blogspot.com/2010/09/soalan-kenapa-digunakan-perkataan-kami.html
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