Saturday, May 30, 2009

Sabah Negeri Bawah Bayu....

Alhamdulillah....pada 25-28 mei 2009 saya dan anak buah dari CKM, berada di Sabah....kerana ada tugas yang perlu diselesaikan...

Dah lama tak ke sana...akhir sekali tahun 2007, tu pun transit saja kerana ke Limbang melalui jalan darat masuk Brunai D Salam dari kk...
Banyak perubahan...pembangunan agak tersergam indah...

Dulu pada tahun2 1990an semasa di MKN,JPM memang kerap u alik ke sana....boleh kata seluruh Sabah sehingga ke pendalaman...antaranya Tawau, Lahad Datu, Sempurna, Kunak....di sebelah sini pula di Sandakan...Pulau Banggi...berbalik ke Beufort, Papar, Tuaran, ....dan sekitar KK...

Baru2 ni sempat ke Kundasang, Ranau....balik singgah kat Tamparuli, jambatan Tamparuli...masih gagah...jambatan gantung tu pun masih boleh di lalui....makan sekejap kat Tempalok...

Sungguh indah suasana di sana....kat Kundasang...sayang tak dapat tengok puncak gunung Kinabalu...kabus dan hujan di sana....termasuk kat Pusat Latihan Islam Kundasang, JAKIm Sabah, ....ingat macam dok London....winter....

Yang seronoknya .....dapat jumpa sahabat lama semasa sama2 belajak kat pondok Pak Ya dulu...dah lama dah 30 tahun lalu....kami masih ingat...dan dia sempat bagi no hp kawan2 lama yang dah lama tak jumpa jugak di semenanjung niii....Sg Petani Kedah dekat ngan umah ja....tapi tak jumpa...depa ghamai dah berjaya jadi kontraktor....busines macam2...kalah kitanya.....

Pa2 pun nampak perubahan ketara di Sabah nak banding dulu2.....Islam dah terserlah....nampak sangat jelas kesepakatan masyarakat di sana......sekolah2 agama wujud d mana2....sekali pandang macam dok semenanjong.......saya difahami ramai orang semenanjong d sana......

Ya la, teringat semasa di MKN dulu kita memang berusaha keras wujud integrasi nasional antara Sabah dengan Semenanjong......cita2 tu agak dah tercapai......Syabas Sabah...

Semuanya kerana kesyumulan Islam itu sendiri.....yang akhirnya dapat merubah keadaan....

Islam syumul........





Friday, May 29, 2009

On Bismillah...continue

It goes like this.....

someone who makes a journey through the deserts of Arabia has to travel in the name of a tribal cheif and enter under his protection, for in this way he may be saved from the assaults of bandits and secure his needs......

And so,,,,two men went on such a journey and entered the desert. One of them was modest and humble, the other proud and conceited. The humble man assumed the name of a tribal cheif, while the proud man did not.

.....The first travelled safely wherever he went. If he accountered bandits, he said;"I'm travelling in the name of such -and-such tribal leader...," and they molest him. If he came to some tents, he would be treated respecfully due to the name...

But the proud man suffered such calamities throughout his journey that they cannot be described. He both trembeled before everything and begged from everything. He was abased and became an object of scorn.

Sunday, May 24, 2009

On Bismillah

Bismillah, In the Name of God, is the start of all things good. We too shall start with it....Know, O my soul! Just as this blessed phrase is a mark of Islam....so too it is constanly recited by all beings through their tongues of this position.

If you want to know what an inexhaustible strength, what an unending source of bounty is Bismillah, listen to the following story which is in the form of a comparison.


to be continue.........