friends, dato and tansri,
in less than 4 weeks time we malaysians are going to the poll again. ge 14.
pivotal in this poll is whether there is going to be a malay tsunami which will change the whole landscape of how we perceive and go about our life in future , or is this going to be 'business as usual'.
i dare put it to you that from my humble perspective, islam has not changed the malay ways of going about life very much in the last 50, 60 years.
if one visit kelantan or kedah, the hinterland of malay muslim region, our kampong and bandar remain 'kotor', rubbish everywhere.
visit pantai cinta berahi or pantai dalam rhu on a saturday evening and you will come to agree with me a 100 %.
at the top end, we have in every state, the 'untouchable elites' getting their excessive share of wealth replenished every now and then with thousands of hectares of 'balak ' concessions, depleting state and national wealth into the very few hands top end, but also benefiting the honourary 'tengku' wong , lee and tans.
lower down the scale, we have the political elites raping the earth like nobody's business while they can within the limited 5 year short lease, before the next cohort of change who carry carry on the same tradition years in and years out.
in the middle we have bureacrats milking the cows as and when necessary.
at the lowest end we are crippled by 'tidak apathy' and relative ignorance and apoor understanding of our ugama, that criticism of leaders are wrong within the ugama and tantamount to 'mengumpat' which is generally abhorrent.
the concept of amr ma'aruf nahi mungkar in the ugama is over-ride.
our tamaddun islam is to say the least pathetic.
this would be the observation if say an independent scholar from mars were to study us in 2018!
yet just hardly a thousand years ago we have luminaries like umar alkhatab and umar abdul aziz who were supreme examplar of islam at its best!
umar abdul aziz [ umayyid caliph, circa 717 to 720 ce ] was known to have asked his 'p a' to whats happ his son, who requested to have an audience with him at the istana in damascus of old, whether he was seeing him on official business or was it personal.
" personal..", was the answer.
umar abdul aziz, the father, stayed back in the huge istana that night, in his room waiting for his son's appointment, lighted just by one candle!
no 'balak concession'
no free ''20, 30 % buta money commission over the top for any major federal project or rapid , lrt or mrt project of that time'', etc and etc and etc.
that is islam at its best!
when will we ever learn?
dr nik isahak
They used to sleep but little of the night, (17) And ere the dawning of each day would seek forgiveness, (18) And in their wealth the beggar and the outcast had due share. (19) And in the earth are portents for those whose faith is sure. (20)
commentary by ustad muhammad mustaffa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmKEipJadnE&t=96s
27:50.......three rukun ihsan : ...almuraqaba', al it'kon, al ikhlas---- al muksinun
34: 15 .......islam kita orang melayu tak ada tamaddun!
37: 20 .......on muhammad asad's profound observation!
qari, shaykh sa'ad said al ghamdi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAhT0LH5c3g
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