https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQWNeGyRu0k
[ tj winter aka abdal hakim murad on tassawwuf in islam ]
[ tj winter aka abdal hakim murad on tassawwuf in islam ]
friends, dato and tansri,
i love shaykh abdal qadir al jilani's futuh al ghaib [ revelations of the unseen ], or his secrets of secrets; ibnu arabi's very short almost sublime treatise on journey to the lord of power; very difficult to read, ibnu athaillah's al hikam; jalaluddin rumi's beautiful and ecstatic mathnawi; and imam alghazali's very concise and sharp,mukasyafatul qulub [ exposition of the hearts ]
where does that puts me?
my salafi/wahabbi friends will say 'omg al doktor! you are threading dangerous waters.....full of gharib and dhaif hadiths...these are bidaah literatures. certainly nabi did'nt write these......it is not in muslim or bukhari!...don't waste your time.
read only ibnu qayyim and ibnu taymiah..... these two have all done the homework for you!
it is safer for your aqidah!'.
mashaallah these fully blinkered people!
mashaallah these fully blinkered people!
they use one ruler for everyone on earth......and only two tok gurus!
ok, to be fair to them, not two but three to be exact.
forgetting that the 'islamic tree' is composed of a summation and collection of 1450 years of hundreds, if not thousand of tok gurus and allah-enlightened and gifted souls, with tauhid and taqwa uppermost in their minds.
this over simplification and 'blinkering' of islamic history and scholarship reminded me of pol pot of the khmer rouge infamy, who , rubbished several thousand years of the old cambodian empire's history , and named 1975 as 'year zero' for cambodians!
theirs is one way of looking at things......the 'school prefect' way...the 'pea brained' way, in my own estimation.
if you want to enjoy your ugama, love the creator and his creations, and uppermost, love his nabi, there are other ways to 'skin the proverbial cat'
ok, to be fair to them, not two but three to be exact.
in their scheme of things,the rest of scholars and tok gurus can go and fly kites !
this over simplification and 'blinkering' of islamic history and scholarship reminded me of pol pot of the khmer rouge infamy, who , rubbished several thousand years of the old cambodian empire's history , and named 1975 as 'year zero' for cambodians!
theirs is one way of looking at things......the 'school prefect' way...the 'pea brained' way, in my own estimation.
if you want to enjoy your ugama, love the creator and his creations, and uppermost, love his nabi, there are other ways to 'skin the proverbial cat'
listening to dr tj winter aka abdal hakim murad very sophisticated and nuanced lecture gives me a lot of solace.
a breath of fresh air.
a long one , i must warn you, but very 'cerebral' and profound.
a breath of fresh air.
a long one , i must warn you, but very 'cerebral' and profound.
dr nik isahak
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From: Azmi Wan Hamzah <azmiwanhamzah@ha>
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 11:54 AM
To: Nik Isahak Wan Abdullah
Cc: Wan Ariff ; Prof. Wan Mohd; aro@rm; hamzah@cempak; dbmaji; nadzru. azhari; nadimah154; Dato Nadzri; khus; regina94
Subject: Re: still hot from the stove......
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 11:54 AM
To: Nik Isahak Wan Abdullah
Cc: Wan Ariff ; Prof. Wan Mohd; aro@rm; hamzah@cempak; dbmaji; nadzru. azhari; nadimah154; Dato Nadzri; khus; regina94
Subject: Re: still hot from the stove......
Nikhowk, my sincere and heartfelt congratulations on your most refreshing call for a broadening of the boundaries of spiritual and intellectual inspiration, discourse and sources. For quite a while i was beginning to despair that in your anger, frustration and exasperation with and over the ummah and our current lot, that you have lost sight of the broader perspective. As you flail and thrash about in your angst, (much of which I share, by the way) I was beginning to wonder if nikhowk has not lost it, and whether I should just look away. Therefore, your 'hot from the stove' summation was most welcomed and goes a long way to restore the respect that i hold for your sincere and painstaking endeavours to share your broad and deep reading and research. Please accept my sincere apologies for allowing the doubts to occasionally rise.
Salam and regards,
Azmi WH
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From: Nik Isahak Wan Abdullah <drnikisahak@hotmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 4:11 PM
To: Azmi Wan Hamzah
Cc: W
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 4:11 PM
To: Azmi Wan Hamzah
Cc: W
i am most humbled by your sincerity and honesty tan sri.
i must apologise that in my writings, oftentimes i came across as 'that demonic' figure full of fire and barbs!
indeed there is still some 'rumi' in me that occasionally emerge truimphant.
i still can respect the rhyme and reason why the salafis/wahabbis [ for want of better terms ] take their position and austere narrative to life and faith, even though my heart veers nearer to the azhari/al ghazalian narrative of life.
it is much kinder and softer
but having said that, i will definitely have an epileptic fit if my youngest daughter come back one day and tell me she now subscribes to siti kassim,amina wadud or irshad manji brand of islam.
...[ and by the way, for those sis type of people still fighting to have manji's book un-banned in malaysia, irshad just got married last to her new found girlfriend, in hawaii...that is her brand of liberty in islam! ].
...[ and by the way, for those sis type of people still fighting to have manji's book un-banned in malaysia, irshad just got married last to her new found girlfriend, in hawaii...that is her brand of liberty in islam! ].
even sisters of islam type of liberalism will cause some degree of minor convulsion in my household.
allah forbids insyaallah.
your sincerely,
dr nik howk
ps:
i enjoy rumi and occasionally listen to prof coleman barks interpretation of his poems.
barks , a retired linguistic professor in athens, usa become world famous because of rumi.
to the west he is the world's expert on rumi.
but omg!
he has been very successful in totally 'de-islamizing' rumi.
rumi grew up in the millieu of the koran, traditions and syariah.
you would not be able to recognize all these in the 'modern' rumi.
in fact, one could well be pardoned to think that rumi was christian!
an example of christian/jewish hegemony even in traditional literature.
which brings me to remind you guys about taqwa, and saidina umar's working definition of taqwa:
" taqwa is like walking or rather tip toeing oneself carefully on a path full of thorns and low lying branches.."
in 2017, we have to take that kind of approach in our ugama.
too many ' thorns' and too many 'low lying branches' out there in our daily lives, from seemingly unexpected quarters!
in malaysia now , off hand if you must ask me what are the obvious thorns ...individuals like farouk peru et al and g25 are one of them. it is not a new animal.'it is just a sanitized unisex version of sis, under the very same leadership.
in malaysia now , off hand if you must ask me what are the obvious thorns ...individuals like farouk peru et al and g25 are one of them. it is not a new animal.'it is just a sanitized unisex version of sis, under the very same leadership.
to be blunt, tan sri, too many wolves in sheep clothing!
and that tansri, is the very basis why salafism and wahabism are popular amongst our youth of today. young people like short cuts....understandably they want their ugama to be safe from all these nonsense!
......the way out is not easy for the present generation.
it is back to ilm , ilm ilm and ilm.
[ come , enjoy rumi, my apology though...this a sanitized version by coleman barks....]
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rom: sam <ham@cemp
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2017 4:46 PM
To: Nik Isahak Abdullah
Subject: Re: Fw: before we move on to surah al ghafir......tj winter on tassawwuf and islam
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2017 4:46 PM
To: Nik Isahak Abdullah
Subject: Re: Fw: before we move on to surah al ghafir......tj winter on tassawwuf and islam
Doc,
You can, indeed, be all fire and brimstone, as TS Wan Azmi hinted at.
But please do not apologise for it. Our characteristics are what make us individuals and interesting. I may not agree with much of what you say, but l am glad there are individuals like Doc Nik around. Or the world would be a dull place indeed.
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From: Nik Isahak Wan Abdullah <drnikisahak@hotmail.com>
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2017 8:31 PM
To: sam
Cc: azmiwanhamzah@half; azaman@mud; nadzru. azhari; ; Che Ibrahim Che Idris; khusna1951; yazmanha; nik_johan@h; niknathash
Subject: Re: Fw: before we move on to surah al ghafir......tj winter on tassawwuf and islam
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2017 8:31 PM
To: sam
Cc: azmiwanhamzah@half; azaman@mud; nadzru. azhari; ; Che Ibrahim Che Idris; khusna1951; yazmanha; nik_johan@h; niknathash
Subject: Re: Fw: before we move on to surah al ghafir......tj winter on tassawwuf and islam
unfortunately dato we currently are at the makkan surah part of the kor'an in our tafseer after a long journey of almost 5 years.
you are a late student of sort, so i must apologise.
the makkan variety [ az zumar, yasin, etc and etc ] are all fire and brimstone i am afraid.
it is mostly ''you are with me or you are bound for hell'' kind of stuff.....
stuff that can turn one time chief gedebe and gangsters likes of hamzah and umar into giants of their time and epitome of faith.
we have to look at the qur'an from that angle as well.
i am glad, you too felt the 'heat'.
it is never too late to change one's course.
dr nik howk
you are a late student of sort, so i must apologise.
the makkan variety [ az zumar, yasin, etc and etc ] are all fire and brimstone i am afraid.
it is mostly ''you are with me or you are bound for hell'' kind of stuff.....
stuff that can turn one time chief gedebe and gangsters likes of hamzah and umar into giants of their time and epitome of faith.
we have to look at the qur'an from that angle as well.
i am glad, you too felt the 'heat'.
it is never too late to change one's course.
dr nik howk
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