to think about..

“Aku khawatir terhadap suatu masa yang rodanya dapat menggilas keimanan. Keyakinan hanya tinggal pemikiran, yang tak berbekas dalam perbuatan. Banyak orang baik tapi tak berakal, ada orang berakal tapi tak beriman. Ada lidah fasih tapi berhati lalai, ada yang khusyuk namun sibuk dalam kesendirian. Ada ahli ibadah tapi mewarisi kesombongan iblis. Ada ahli maksiat rendah hati bagaikan sufi. Ada yang banyak tertawa hingga hatinya berkarat dan ada yang banyak menangis karena kufur nikmat. Ada yang murah senyum tapi hatinya mengumpat dan ada yang berhati tulus tapi wajahnya cemberut. Ada yang berlisan bijak tapi tak memberi teladan dan ada pelacur yang tampil sebagai figur. Ada orang yang berilmu tapi tak paham, ada yang paham tapi tak menjalankan. Ada yang pintar tapi membodohi, ada yang bodoh tak tahu diri. Ada orang beragama tapi tak berakhlak dan ada yang berakhlak tapi tak bertuhan. Lalu di antara semua itu, di mana aku berada?”
(Ali bin Abi Thalib)

from: Mbak Siska

Allah Knows

We Always Asked: "Why was I tested?"
Al-Qur'an Answered:  "Do men think that they will be left alone saying,'We believe', and that they will not be tested? We did test those before them, and Allah will certainly know those who are true from those who are false." [29:2-3]


We Always Asked: "Why I never get what I wanted?"
Al-Qur'an Answered: " It is possible that you dislike a thing which is good for you, and that you love a thing, which is bad for you. But Allah knows, while you know not." Surah Al-Baqarah [2:216]


We Always Asked: "Why Was I burned This Way?"
Al-Qur'an Answered:"Allah does not place a burden to a soul greater than it can bear. It gets every good that it earns, and it suffers every ill that it earns." Surah Al-Baqarah [2:286]& " So verily, with every difficulty there is relief: (repeated) Verily, with every difficulty there is relief." Surah Al-Insyirah [94:5-6]


We Always Asked: "Why I am Losing Hope?"
Al-Qur'an Answered: "So lose not heart, nor fall into despair: For you will be superior if you are true in Faith." Surah Al-Imran [3:139]


We Always Asked: "How can I Face it?!"
Al-Qur'an Answered: " O you who believed! Persevere in patience and constancy; vie in such perseverance; strengthen each other; and fear Allah that you may prosper." Surah Al-Imran[3:200] & "And seek(Allah's) help with patient, perseverance and prayer: It is indeed hard, except to those who bring a humbly submissive (to Allah)." Surah Al-Baqarah [2:45]


We Always Asked: "What do I get from all these?"
Al-Qur'an Answered: "Indeed, Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and properties (in exchange) for that they will have the garden (of Paradise)..." Surah At-Taubah [9:111]


We Always Asked: "To Whom Could I Depend?"
Al-Qur'an Answered: "(Allah) suffice me: there is no god but He: On Him is my trust- He the Lord of the Throne (of Glory) Supreme." Surah At-Taaubah [9:129]


We Always Asked: "But I can't take it anymore!"
Al-Qur'an Answeres: "...and never give up hope of Allah's Soothing Mercy; truly No one despairs of Allah's Soothing Mercy. except Those who have no faith." Surah Yusuf [9:87]& "Despairs not of the Mercy of Allah: for Allah forgives All sins for He is Often- Forgiving, Most Merciful." Surah Az-Zumar [39:53]