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Manusia itu sesungguhnya mati, kecuali yang berilmu, yang berilmu pula tertidur, kecuali yang mengamalkan ilmunya, yang mengamalkanya pula tertipu, kecuali yang Ikhlas.

Maka, ingatlah, janganlah tertipu, walaupun, penipuan yang tidak disedari, ingatlah, apabila nyata ketiadaan dirimu itu, maka nyatalah yang ADA, siapakah yang Ada itu? tidak lain, KEBENARAN (Al Haq), oleh karena itu, “matikanlah dirimu sebelum kamu mati”, maka, siapakah yang ada setelah kematian dirimu itu? tidak lain, AKU ( Al Haq) lah yang Ada.

Setelah Dia yang ada, maka selain dariNya adalah, fatamorgana, hanya bayangan, hanya kekosongan dan sesungguhnya Dialah yang meliputi kekosongan dan ketiadaan dirimu itu, maka ingatlah, kekosongan dirimu itulah, dan ketiadaan dirimu itulah SINGGAHSANA NYA, dan di situlah Dia bersemayam, bukan pada jasadmu, bukan pada jiwamu, bukan di hatimu, dan bukan juga pada ruhmu.

oh.. betapa indanya ini, bagi yang mengerti

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Perasaan yang dimiliki oleh manusia, seperti rasa malu, rasa jijik timbul secara otomatik dan tidak dipaksa untuk merasakannya. Perasaan itu timbul begitu saja, ketika berhadapan dengan kotoran timbul rasa jijik, ketika berhadapan dengan harimau timbul rasa takut.

Merasa adalah kerja ruh. Perasaannya bertukar berdasarkan apa yang dilihat. Kalau lihat makanan rasa ingin, kalau melihat cacing rasa jijik. Begitulah perasaan itu selalu silih berganti. Begitu jugalah dengan rasa bertuhan. Kalau kita tidak kenal Tuhan, akan sukar untuk menimbulkan rasa bertuhan. 

Walaupun kita memiliki ilmu tentang Tuhan berkuasa, Tuhan memberi ilmu dan lain-lain lagi, tidak terasa Tuhan itu Maha Pelindung dan Penyelamat, Maha mengetahui dan seterusnya.Tetapi kalau kita tahu Tuhan berkuasa dan memahami bagaimana kuasa Tuhan itu, barulah sedikit banyak merasakan Tuhan berkuasa. 

Misalnya untuk merasakan pentingnya oksigen yang telah Allah beri dalam kehidupan kita. Kita tutup hidung, tentu tak lama kita dapat bertahan.

Bila orang yang tak ada rasa takut dengan Tuhan, seperti kisah seorang ibu yang membawa anaknya masuk ke tengah hutan. 

Sampai di rumah dia ceritakan pada ibunya dia bertemu dengan singa, yang dia katakan cantik dan dia pun belai-belai. 

Begitulah keadaan seorang anak yang tidak kenal dengan harimau, dia tidak ada rasa takut. Tetapi berbeda dengan dengan ibu yang telah kenal dengan harimau, tentu akan timbul rasa takut dan bimbang dengan keselamatan anaknya ketika mendengar cerita anaknya tentang perjumpaan dengan harimau.

Jadi untuk orang yang belum ada rasa, maka disuruh untuk berpikir. Sebagai latihan kalau kita melihat ciptaan Tuhan seperti gunung, sungai, laut, burung dan lain-lain, kita cuba kaitkan dengan Tuhan. Itulah yang disebut tafakur. Bila latihan selalu dilakukan, maka satu masa akan terasa secara otomatik, seperti perasaan-perasaan yang lain.

Bedanya dengan para sasterawan yang jiwanya halus, tetapi jika tidak dikaitkan dengan Tuhan, maka bila melihat gunung yang terasa betapa hebatnya gunung. Bila melihat laut yang terasa betapa hebatnya laut. Sebab itu mereka seperti orang yang tidak siuman, asyik dengan diri sendiri. 

Jadi di tahap awal yang perlu dilakukan adalah berpikir tentang ciptaan Tuhan. Tetapi lama kelamaan, bila sudah kenal Tuhan maka akan datang perasaan-perasaan yang berkaitan dengan Tuhan secara otomatik, seperti rasa takut, bimbang, cemas dan lain - lain

Sebab itu orang-orang yang hatinya sudah sentiasa merasakan wujudnya Tuhan, maka akan timbul rasa mabuk.

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IBLIS hakikatnya adalah ego, yaitu keadaan keterpisahan dari ke-ESA-an, disebabkan kelamnya hati. Maka dari sebab iblis/ego inilah muncul segala macam syetan.

SYETAN artinya adalah jauh, yaitu segala kondisi hati, fikir, dan perbuatan yang jauh dari Tuhan/Kesucian. Sehingga sehari-hari hanya ada panas neraka membakar di dada: benci, jengkel, amarah, dendam, iri, dengki, dan sebagainya.

KAFIRUN artinya adalah orang yang menutupi, yaitu menutupi/mengingkari nur ilahi yang ada pada dirinya. Sehingga perbuatannya hanya merusak, jauh dari kesucian, jauh dari Rohman Rohim (kasih sayang). Dengan kata lain kafirun adalah pelaku syetan (jauh) tadi.

Segala ritual (sistem ibadah) dalam semua agama di dunia ini tujuan hakikinya adalah untuk membersihkan hati dari ego/iblis, yang otomatis akan membersihkan syetan - syetan (perbuatan jauh dari suci). Menjauhkan diri dari laku kafir (menutupi) Nur Ilahi pada diri.

Namun justru kebanyakan orang menggunakan ritual - ritual agama untuk menuruti ego/iblisnya, sebab ketidakpahaman akan hakikat agama. Sehingga ritual (sistem ibadah) yang dilakukan bukannya membersihkan hati tapi malah menjadi laku syetan. Termasuk ingin surga sekalipun, itu tetap saja menuruti ego/iblis.

Maka betullah sabda nabi: "tidurnya orang alim (ahli hakikat makrifat), lebih utama dari pada sholatnya orang bodoh." Ya sebab itu tadi, orang yang tidak paham hakikat dan makrifat, segala perbuatannya hanya didasarkan ego/iblis.

Ketika masih awam ya boleh - boleh saja menggambarkan iblis, syetan, dajjal, malaikat, dan lain - lain sebagai sosok tubuh ada kepala dan anggota badan. Kalau iblis dan syetan digambarkan berkobar ada tanduknya, malaikat digambarkan bercahaya ada sayapnya, dajjal digambarkan matanya satu. Semua selalu dianggap wujud dan bentuk materi, bahkan surga dianggap sebagai istana dan bidadari, neraka dianggap kubangan/jurang besar yang berisi api.

Sekali lagi kalau sekedar penggambaran ya silakan saja, untuk mbujuki yang masih berada di level paud atau TK. Tapi kalau sudah puluhan tahun ngaku beragama kok masih mensosokkan kayak gitu ya rasanya tidak pas.

Agama itu ranahnya selalu sifat dan rasa, sebab sifat dan rasa adalah abadi. Agama ranahnya adalah semua yang abadi, bukan sosok, materi, atau fisik. Hanya saja sering di disimbolkan dan ibaratkan oleh para Rasul dengan wujud - wujud fisik dan materi, karena tingkat pemahaman manusia umum masih pada level fisik dan materi. Apa ada manusia yang mau hanya disuruh baik tanpa dibujuki imbalan fisik/materi? Maka akan selalu ada para pembimbing hati yang memahamkan hakikat - hakikat dari semua yg disampaikan para Rasul.

Pahamilah ini dengan kedewasaan jiwa, sambung rasa kepada jiwa Rasulullah. Sehingga kita tidak mungkin menunjuk iblis, syetan, ataupun kafir kepada yang di luar diri kita, sebab itu semua justru kenyataan diri kita sehari - hari. Bahkan manusia suci pun tidak akan menunjuk - nunjuk orang lain.

Maka raihlah kesucian hati untuk memusnahkan segala keburukan tersebut dari diri. KELUARLAH DARI CERITA MENUJU KENYATAAN... ini 

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Ali bin Abu Thalib ra pernah bertanya sama Rasulullah Muhammad SAW.,Apa Sesunguhnya., yang di sebut Sunah..?

Rasulullah Muhammad SAW., menjawab.,

- Ma'krifat Adalah Modalku. - Akal Fikiran Sumber agamaku.- Cinta adalah Dasar Hidupku.- Rindu Kendaraanku.- Berzikir adalah Kawan dekatku.- Keteguhan Perbendaharaanku.- Duka adalah Kawanku.- Ilmu Senjataku.- Ketabahan adalah Pakaianku.- Kerelaan Sasaranku.- Faqir adalah Kebangganku.- Menahan diri Pekerjaanku.- Keyakinan Makananku.- Kejujuran Perantaraku.- Ketaa'tan adalah Ukuranku.- Berjihad Perangaiku.- Dan hiburanku dalam Shalat.


1. Ma'krifat Modalku.

Awalaudin Ma'krifatullah.Awal beragama nengenal Allah SWT.

Man Arafa Nafsahu Wa Qod Arafa Rabbahu.Siapa yang mengenal dirinya akan mengenal Tuhannya.

Hikmahnya.Baru awal..!!??Bukan puncak..!!??

Hati-hati..!!! Terjebak dengan Ma'krifat Iblis dan Ma'krifat Firau'n.

Jangan mengharapkan Tahta, Harta dan Prestise.


2. Akal fikiran Sumber Agamaku.

Sesungguhnya., Ilmu Ma'krifatullah bisa dieterima oleh Akal sehat, Empiris, Rasional dan Ilmiah.

3. Cinta adalah Dasar Hidupku.

Rasulullah Muhammad SAW., berjihad juga dengan Cinta. Bukan karena dendam, benci dan lain-lain.

4. Rindu Kendaraanku.

Rindu bertemu dengan Allah SWT.Baik di Dunia dan di Akhirat.

5. Berdzikir teman dekatku.

Hikmahnya.

  • a. Agar Iblis dan Jin tidak berdaya menggoda.
  • b. Seperti HP., Agar selalu OL dapat sinyal dan lain-lain, agar siap menerima SMS dan Panggilan dari Allah SWT
Dengan begitu kita akan bisa membedakan, mana petunjuk dari Allah SWT (Ilmu Laduni), Iblis dan Jin.

6. Keteguhan perbendaharaanku.

Berpegang teguh pada tali Allah SWT.

Itibar.Berpegang teguh pada Kitabullah dan Sunah Rasulullah Muhammad SAW. Tidak akan pernah sesat selama-lamanya

7. Duka adalah kawan dekatku.

Hidup penuh dengan cobaan, tapi tidak bersediih dan berduka cita.

8. Ilmu adalah Senjataku.

Agar tidak tertipu dan kena tipu.

9. Ketabahan adalah pakaianku.

Selalu bersabar dan bersyukur, walau apapun yang terjadi.

10. Kerelaan Sasaranku.

Ikhlas dan Lillahi Taa'la..Tidak mengharapkan upah, penghargaan, prestise dan lain-lain.

11. Faqir kebanggaanku.

Kutipan Hadits.- Sorga di penuhi oleh orang miskin.

  • - Allah SWT., malu menghisap oarang miskin yg Shaleh.
  • - Sesunguhnya bukan kemiskinan yg ku takutkan terhadap umatku, tapi adalah kemewahan.
  • - Yang di sebut rezeki adalah, apa yg habis dimakan dan dipakai, sisanya akan di minta pertanggung jawabannya
12. Menahan diri Pekerjaanku.

Menghilangkan sifat.- Sombong.- Ujub.- Ria.- Iri.- Dengki.- Takabur.- Pendendam.- Kikir.- Dan lain-lain.

13. Keyakinan Makananku.

Apa-apa yang dikatakan siap di pertanggung jawabkan Dunia dan Akhirat.

14. Kejujuran Perantaraku.

Kunci Islam adalah Jujur. Terutama Jujur pada diri sendiri dan Allah SWT.

Inilah salah satu syarat, Shalat bisa Khusyuk atau Shalat merupakan Mi'rajnya orang Muslim.

15. Ketaatan Ukuranku.

Iman itu bisa naik turun, jika di ukur dari kataatan.


16. Berjihad Perangaiku.

Jihad = Johud = Bersungguh-sungguh.

Kutipan Hadits.Puncak Islam adalah Jihad.

17. Hiburanku dalam Shalat.

Walau seberat apapun beban hidup, akan terhibur dengan Shalat.

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Ka’bah merupakan kiblat shalat bagi seluruh umat Muslim sedunia. Lokasi Ka’bah berada di dalam wilayah Masjidil Haram yang terletak di kota Makkah, Arab Saudi. Musim Haji setiap tahunnya di sini akan terasa dengan datangnya ribuan kaum Muslim dari berbagai penjuru dunia, di samping juga melaksanakan Umrah maupun berziarah ke sejumlah lokasi bersejarah di sana.

Ka’bah memiliki arti yang sangat penting bagi umat Muslim. 

Ka’bah memiliki rahasia tersembunyi, bahkan tempat-tempat sekitar Ka’bah termasuk depan pintu Multazam merupakan tempat mustajab untuk berdoa. Namun, tahukah Anda jika ternyata ada banyak fakta unik di balik kesucian bangunan Ka’bah?

Yuk kita simak.

1. Ka’bah mengeluarkan sinar radiasi

Planet bumi mengeluarkan semacam radiasi, yang kemudian diketahui sebagai medan magnet. Penemuan ini sempat mengguncang National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), badan antariksa Amerika Serikat, dan temuan ini sempat dipublikasikan melalui internet.

Namun entah mengapa, setelah 21 hari tayang, website yang mempublikasikan temuan itu hilang dari dunia maya. Namun demikian, keberadaan radiasi itu tetap diteliti, dan akhirnya diketahui kalau radiasi tersebut berpusat di kota Makkah, tempat di mana Ka’bah berada.

Yang lebih mengejutkan, radiasi tersebut ternyata bersifat infinite (tidak berujung). Hal ini terbuktikan ketika para astronot mengambil foto planet Mars, radiasi tersebut masih tetap terlihat. Para peneliti Muslim mempercayai bahwa radiasi ini memiliki karakteristik dan menghubungkan antara Ka’bah di planet bumi dengan Ka’bah di alam akhirat.

2. Zero Magnetism Area

Di tengah-tengah antara kutub utara dan kutub selatan, ada suatu area yang bernama ‘Zero Magnetism Area’, artinya adalah apabila seseorang mengeluarkan kompas di area tersebut, maka jarum kompas tersebut tidak akan bergerak sama sekali karena daya tarik yang sama besarnya antara kedua kutub.

Itulah sebabnya jika seseorang tinggal di Makkah, maka ia akan hidup lebih lama, lebih sehat, dan tidak banyak dipengaruhi oleh banyak kekuatan gravitasi. Oleh sebab itu, ketika mengelilingi Ka’bah, maka seakan-akan fisik para jamaah haji seperti di-charge ulang oleh suatu energi misterius dan ini adalah fakta yang telah dibuktikan secara ilmiah.

3. Tekanan Gravitasi Tinggi

Ka’bah dan sekitarnya merupakan sebuah area dengan gaya gravitasi yang tinggi. Ini menyebabkan satelit, frekuensi radio ataupun peralatan teknologi lainnya tidak dapat mengetahui isi di dalam Ka’bah.

Selain itu, tekanan gravitasi tinggi juga menyebabkan kadar garam dan aliran sungai bawah tanah tinggi. Inilah yang menyebabkan shalat di Masjidil Haram tidak akan terasa panas meskipun tanpa atap di atasnya.

Tekanan gravitasi yang tinggi memberikan kesan langsung kepada sistem imun tubuh untuk bertindak sebagai pertahanan dari segala macam penyakit.

4. Tempat ibadah tertua

Pembangunan Ka’bah telah dilakukan sejak zaman Nabi Adam AS. Ada pula sumber yang menyebutkan, Ka’bah telah dibangun semenjak 2000 tahun sebelum Nabi Adam diturunkan. Pembangunannya pun memerlukan waktu yang lama karena dilakukan dari masa ke masa.

Menurut sebagian riwayat, Ka’bah sudah ada sebelum Nabi Adam AS diturunkan ke bumi, karena sudah dipergunakan oleh para malaikat untuk tawwaf dan ibadah. Ketika Adam dan Hawa terusir dari Taman Surga, mereka diturunkan ke muka bumi, diantar oleh malaikat Jibril. Peristiwa ini jatuh pada tanggal 10 Muharam.

5. Ka’bah memancarkan energi positif

Ka’bah dijadikan sebagai kiblat oleh orang yang shalat di seluruh dunia, karena orang shalat di seluruh dunia memancarkan energi positif apalagi semua berkiblat kepada Ka’bah. Jadi dapat Anda bayangkan energi positif yang terpusat di Ka’bah, dan juga menjadi pusat gerakan shalat sepanjang waktu karena diketahui waktu shalat mengikuti pergerakan matahari.

Itu artinya, setiap waktu sesuai gerakan matahari selalu ada orang yang sedang shalat. Jika sekarang seseorang di sini melakukan shalat Dhuhur, demikian pula wilayah yang lebih barat akan memasuki waktu Dhuhur dan seterusnya atau dalam waktu yang bersamaan orang Indonesia shalat Dhuhur orang yang lebih timur melakukan shalat Ashar demikian seterusnya.

Memandang Ka’bah dengan ikhlas akan mendatangkan ketenangan jiwa. Aturan untuk tidak mengenakan topi atau tutup kepala saat beribadah haji juga memiliki banyak manfaat. Rambut yang ada di tubuh manusia dapat berfungsi sebagai antena untuk menerima energi positif yang dipancarkan Ka’bah.

Wallahu a'lam bishawab

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Kemuliaan suatu ilmu tergantung pada perkara yang dipelajari dalam ilmu tersebut. Karena tidak ada yang lebih mulia daripada Allâh Subhanahu wa Ta’ala, maka ilmu mengenal Allâh merupakan ilmu yang paling mulia. Cara mengenal Allâh itu bisa dilakukan melalui : 
  • Ayat-ayat kauniyah (tanda-tanda keagungan Allâh pada alam semesta atau seluruh makhlukNya), dan 
  • Ayat-ayat syar’iyah (tanda-tanda keagungan Allâh, pada syari’at atau agama-Nya).
Mengenal Allâh Azza wa Jalla mencakup 4 bagian yaitu :
  1. Mengenal keberadaan Allâh.
  2. Mengenal keesaan rububiyah Allâh.
  3. Mengenal keesaan uluhiyah Allâh (hak Allâh untuk diibadahi)
  4. Mengenal nama-nama dan sifat-sifat Allâh Azza wa Jalla 
Keempat bagian ini merupakan satu kesatuan, tidak boleh dipisah-pisahkan. Berikut ini penjelasan singkat tentang empat perkara di atas.

1. MENGENAL ADANYA ALLAH SUBHANAHU WA TA’ALA

Kita wajib meyakini bahwa Allâh Pencipta seluruh makhluk benar-benar ada, walaupun kita tidak pernah bertemu, melihat, mendengar secara langsung. Banyak sekali dalil-dalil yang menunjukkan hal ini. Diantaranya firman Allâh Subhanahu wa Ta’ala :

أَمْ خُلِقُوا مِنْ غَيْرِ شَيْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ الْخَالِقُونَ 

Apakah mereka diciptakan tanpa sesuatupun (yakni tanpa Pencipta), ataukah mereka yang menciptakan (diri mereka sendiri)? [ath-Thûr/52:35]

Maksudnya, keadaan manusia atau makhluk yang sudah ada ini tidak lepas dari salah satu dari tiga keadaan :

a. Mereka ada tanpa Pencipta. Ini tidak mungkin. Tidak ada akal sehat yang bisa menerima bahwa sesuatu itu ada tanpa ada yang membuatnya.

b. Mereka menciptakan diri mereka sendiri. Ini lebih tidak mungkin lagi. Karena bagaimana mungkin sesuatu yang awalnya tidak ada menciptakan sesuatu yang ada.

c. Inilah yang haq, yaitu Allâh Azza wa Jalla yang telah menciptakan mereka, Dialah Sang Pencipta, Penguasa, tidak ada sekutu bagi-Nya.

Seorang Arab Baduwi ditanya, “Apakah bukti tentang adanya Allâh Azza wa Jalla?” Dia menjawab, “Subhânallâh (Maha Suci Allâh)! 

Sesungguhnya kotoran onta menunjukkan adanya onta, bekas telapak kaki menunjukkan adanya perjalanan! Maka langit yang memiliki bintang-bintang, bumi yang memiliki jalan-jalan, lautan yang memiliki ombak-ombak, tidakkah hal itu menunjukkan adanya al-Lathîf (Allâh Yang Maha Baik) al-Khabîr (Maha Mengetahui).”

Imam Ahmad rahimahullah ditanya tentang hal ini, beliau menjawab, “Ada sebuah benteng yang kokoh, halus, tidak ada pintu dan jendela. 

Luarnya seperti perak putih, dalamnya seperti emas murni. Ketika dalam keadaan demikian, tiba-tiba temboknya terbelah, lalu keluarlah darinya seekor binatang yang dapat mendengar dan melihat, memiliki bentuk yang indah dan suara yang merdu.” 

Yang dimaksudkan oleh Imam Ahmad adalah seekor ayam yang keluar dari telurnya. [Lihat Tafsîr Ibnu Katsîr, surat al-Baqarah, ayat ke-21]

Sesungguhnya keyakinan adanya Sang Pencipta, Allâh Azza wa Jalla , merupakan fithrah makhluk. Oleh karena itulah Fir’aun, bahkan Iblis, juga meyakini hal ini. Allâh Subhanahu wa Ta’ala berfirman tentang Fir’aun dan kaumnya yang mengingkari mu’jizat Nabi Musa Alaihissallam :

وَجَحَدُوا بِهَا وَاسْتَيْقَنَتْهَا أَنْفُسُهُمْ ظُلْمًا وَعُلُوًّا ۚ فَانْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُفْسِدِينَ 

Dan mereka (Fir’aun dan kaumnya) mengingkarinya karena kezaliman dan kesombongan (mereka) padahal hati mereka meyakini (kebenaran)nya. Maka perhatikanlah betapa kesudahan orang-orang yang berbuat kebinasaan. [an-Naml/27:14]

Oleh karena itu, tidaklah semata-mata seseorang meyakini adanya Allâh berarti dia adalah orang Islam atau beriman.

2. MENGENAL KEESAAN RUBUBIYAH ALLAH SUBHANAHU WA TA’ALA

Kita wajib meyakini keesaan rububiyah Allâh, yaitu bahwa hanya Allâh yang mencipta, memiliki, menguasai, dan mengatur seluruh makhluk. Hanya Allâh Azza wa Jalla yang menghidupkan, mematikan, memberi rizqi, mendatangkan kebaikan, mendatangkan bencana. 

Tidak ada sekutu bagi Allâh Azza wa Jalla dalam seluruh perkara di atas, baik malaikat, nabi, wali, jin, ruh, atau lainnya.

Rububiyah (mencipta, memiliki, dan mengatur/menguasai) seluruh alam semesta ini hanyalah bagi Allâh semata. Allâh Azza wa Jalla berfirman :

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ 

Segala puji bagi Allah, Rabb (Pemilik, Penguasa) semesta alam. [al-Fâtihah/1:2]

Jenis tauhid ini tidak diingkari oleh orang-orang musyrik di zaman Rasûlullâh, bahkan mereka mengakuinya, sebagaimana dinyatakan oleh beberapa ayat al-Qur’ân. Antara lain, firman Allâh Azza wa Jalla .

"Katakanlah, “Siapakah yang memberi rezeki kepadamu dari langit dan bumi, atau siapakah yang kuasa (menciptakan) pendengaran dan penglihatan, dan siapakah yang mengeluarkan yang hidup dari yang mati dan yang mengeluarkan yang mati dari yang hidup dan siapakah yang mengatur segala urusan” Maka mereka (orang-orang musyrik jahiliyah) menjawab, “Allâh”. Maka katakanlah: “Mengapa kamu tidak bertaqwa (kepada-Nya)?” [Yunus/10: 31]

Demikian juga Iblis mengakui hal ini, dia mengakui bahwa Allâh-lah yang telah menciptakannya dari api. 

قَالَ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَلَّا تَسْجُدَ إِذْ أَمَرْتُكَ ۖ قَالَ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِي مِنْ نَارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُ مِنْ طِينٍ 

Allah berfirman, “Apakah yang menghalangimu untuk bersujud (kepada Adam) di waktu Aku menyuruhmu?” Iblis menjawab “Saya lebih baik daripadanya: Engkau ciptakan saya dari api sedang dia Engkau ciptakan dari tanah”. [al-A’râf/7:12]

Oleh karena itulah, seseorang yang meyakini adanya Allâh dan keesaan kekuasaan-Nya belum bisa disebut orang Islam atau orang beriman, sampai dia mengimani keesaan uluhiyah Allâh, juga mengimani nama-nama dan sifat-sifat Allâh, sebagaimana akan dijelaskan di bawah ini.

3. MENGENAL KEESAAN ULUHIYAH ALLAH (HAK-NYA UNTUK DIIBADAHI).

Kita meyakini bahwa yang berhak diibadahi hanya Allâh Subhanahu wa Ta’ala . Tidak boleh memberikan ibadah kepada selain Allâh, walaupun kepada makhluk yang dekat kepada-Nya, seperti malaikat atau rasul Allâh Azza wa Jalla . Apalagi kepada makhluk yang derajatnya di bawah mereka, seperti: manusia, jin, binatang, pohon, batu, senjata, planet, bintang, ataupun lainnya. 

Tauhid inilah makna yang terkandung di dalam perkataan Lâ ilâha illa Allâh, karena maknanya adalah tidak ada yang berhak diibadahi selain Allâh. Dia Azza wa Jalla berfirman :

إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ 

Hanya Engkaulah yang kami ibadahi dan hanya kepada Engkaulah kami mohon pertolongan. [al-Fâtihah/1:5]

Allâh Azza wa Jalla juga berfirman :

قُلْ إِنَّمَا يُوحَىٰ إِلَيَّ أَنَّمَا إِلَٰهُكُمْ إِلَٰهٌ وَاحِدٌ ۖ فَهَلْ أَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ 

Katakanlah, “Sesungguhnya yang diwahyukan kepadaku adalah,”Bahwasanya Ilahmu (yang kamu ibadahi) adalah Ilah Yang Esa, maka hendaklah kamu berserah diri (kepada-Nya)”. [al-Anbiyâ’/21:108]

Keimanan terhadap keesaan uluhiyah Allâh (hakNya untuk diibadahi) ini adalah inti dakwah seluruh rasul. Dan inilah yang diingkari oleh orang-orang musyrik dan kafir. Allâh Azza wa Jalla berfirman.

وَعَجِبُوا أَنْ جَاءَهُمْ مُنْذِرٌ مِنْهُمْ ۖ وَقَالَ الْكَافِرُونَ هَٰذَا سَاحِرٌ كَذَّابٌ﴿٤﴾أَجَعَلَ الْآلِهَةَ إِلَٰهًا وَاحِدًا ۖ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَشَيْءٌ عُجَابٌ

"Dan mereka heran karena mereka kedatangan seorang pemberi peringatan (rasul) dari kalangan mereka; dan orang-orang kafir berkata, “ini adalah seorang ahli sihir yang banyak berdusta”. Mengapa ia menjadikan ilah-ilah itu Ilah Yang Satu saja. Sesungguhnya ini benar-benar suatu hal yang sangat mengherankan. [Shad/38: 4-5]

Tujuan dari pengenalan keesaan uluhiyah Allâh ini adalah supaya kita mencintai Allâh, tunduk kepada-Nya, takut dan berharap kepada-Nya, serta mengesakan ibadah hanya kepada-Nya.

Ibadah kepada Allâh yaitu merendahkan diri dan taat kepada Allâh Subhanahu wa Ta’ala dengan penuh kecintaan, pengagungan, mengharapkan rahmat, dan takut terhadap siksa. Hal itu dilakukan dengan cara melaksanakan perintah Allâh Azza wa Jalla dan menjauhi larangan-Nya. 

Adapun ruang lingkup ibadah yaitu segala yang dicintai dan diridhai oleh Allâh Azza wa Jalla , baik berupa perkataan dan perbuataan, yang lahir maupun yang batin. 

Ibadah akan diterima oleh Allâh dengan dua syarat yaitu ikhlas dan mutâba’ah. Ikhlas yaitu: mencari ridha Allâh semata, sedangkan mutâba’ah, yaitu mengikuti Sunnah (ajaran) Nabi Muhammad.

Oleh karena itu orang yang meyakini keesaan hak Allâh untuk diibadahi, dia akan mempersembahkan segala jenis ibadah hanya kepada-Nya semata. Di antara jenis-jenis ibadah adalah ketaatan yang mutlak dengan harap dan takut; kecintaan yang disertai ketundukan mutlak; do’a; niat di dalam beribadah (ikhlas); menyembelih binatang; takut; tawakal; dan lainnya.

4. MENGENAL NAMA-NAMA DAN SIFAT ALLAH

Yaitu mengimani dan menetapkan seluruh nama-nama Allâh dan sifat-sifat-Nya, yang tersebut di dalam Kitab al-Qur’ân dan Sunnah yang shahih, dengan tanpa menyerupakan dengan makhluk. 

Allâh Azza wa Jalla berfirman,

وَلِلَّهِ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ فَادْعُوهُ بِهَا ۖ وَذَرُوا الَّذِينَ يُلْحِدُونَ فِي أَسْمَائِهِ ۚ سَيُجْزَوْنَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

“Hanya milik Allâh asmâ-ul husnâ, maka bermohonlah kepada-Nya dengan menyebut asmâ-ul husnâ itu dan tinggalakanlah orang-orang yang menyimpang dari kebenaran dalam (menyebut) nama-nama-Nya. Nanti mereka akan mendapat balasan terhadap apa yang telah mereka kerjakan. [al-A’râf/7: 180]

لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ ۖ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ 

Tidak ada sesuatupun yang serupa dengan Dia, dan Dia-lah Yang Maha Mendengar lagi Maha Melihat. [asy-Syûrâ/42:11]

Sesungguhnya Allâh Subhanahu wa Ta’ala adalah Yang Paling Tahu segala perkara, termasuk yang paling tahu tentang Allâh adalah Allah Azza wa Jalla sendiri. Allah Azza wa Jalla berfirman :

قُلْ أَأَنْتُمْ أَعْلَمُ أَمِ اللَّهُ 

Katakanlah: “Apakah kamu lebih mengetahui ataukah Allâh?” [al-Baqarah/2: 140]

Demikian juga yang paling mengetahui tentang Allâh di antara semua makhluk adalah Rasul-Nya. Sehingga penjelasan para Rasul tentang Allâh Azza wa Jalla adalah haq. Sedangkan perkataan orang-orang kafir dan musyrik tentang Allâh hanyalah dugaan semata. Allâh berfirman :

سُبْحَانَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ الْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ﴿١٨٠﴾وَسَلَامٌ عَلَى الْمُرْسَلِينَ﴿١٨١﴾ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ 

Maha suci Rabbmu yang mempunyai keperkasaan dari apa yang mereka katakan, dan kesejahteraan dilimpahkan atas Para rasul, dan segala puji bagi Allah Rabb seru sekalian alam. [ash-Shâffât/37: 180-182]

Oleh karena itulah mengenal nama dan sifat Allâh Azza wa Jalla hanyalah lewat jalan wahyu. Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal rahimahullah berkata tentang sabda Nabi Shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam :

إِنَّ اللهَ يَنْزِلُ إِلَى سَمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا

Sesungguhnya Allâh turun ke langit dunia 
Atau :

إِنَّ اللهَ يُرَى فِي الْقِيَامَةِ 

Sesungguhnya Allâh akan dilihat pada hari kiamat 

Dan yang serupa dengan hadits-hadits ini, “Kami beriman kepadanya dan membenarkannya, dengan tanpa (bertanya) bagaimana, tanpa (menetapkan) makna (yang lain), tanpa menolak sesuatu darinya. Dan kami mengetahui bahwa semua yang dibawa oleh Rasûlullâh n adalah haq, kami tidak menolak Rasûlullâh Shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam. Dan kami tidak mensifati Allâh lebih dari yang Dia menyifati diri-Nya dengan tanpa batasan dan akhir. (Allâh Azza wa Jalla berfirman :)

لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ ۖ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ 

Tidak ada sesuatupun yang serupa dengan Dia, dan Dia-lah Yang Maha Mendengar lagi Maha Melihat. [asy-Syûrâ/42:11]

Dan kami mengatakan (tentang sifat Allâh) sebagaimana Dia berkata; Kami menyifati-Nya dengan semua sifat yang Allâh pergunakan untuk menyifati diri-Nya; Dan kami tidak melanggar batasan itu. Dan penyifatan dari orang-orang yang menyifati-Nya tidak sampai kepada hakikat-Nya. Kami beriman kepada al-Qur’ân semuanya, baik yang muhkam (maknanya jelas) dan mutasyabih (maknanya samar). 

Dan kami tidak akan menghilangkan dari-Nya satu sifat pun dari sifat-sifat-Nya karena kekejian yang dibuat-buat, kami tidak melanggar batas al-Qur’ân dan al-Hadîts. Dan kami tidak mengetahui hakekatnya keculai dengan membenarkan Rasûlullâh n dan menetapkan al-Qur’ân.” [Lum’atul I’tiqâd, hlm. 3]

Inilah bagian-bagian mengenal kepada Allâh dan beriman kepada-Nya. Semoga penjelasan ini menambah ilmu bagi kita semua, dan semoga Allâh selalu membimbing kita di atas jalan yang lurus. Aamiin

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Religion’s Secret to Happiness: It’s Friends, Not Faith - Religion can be good for your health, and especially your mental health, according to the latest studies, which show that church-goers are happier and more satisfied with their lives than those who don’t attend services. But what exactly is it about religion that is so beneficial to health?


Some might argue that it is the power of faith in a being or power beyond ourselves. But according to a study led by Chaeyoon Lim, a sociology professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison, the reason religion makes us happy may have more to do with friends than with faith. 

Using data from the Faith Matters Study, a survey of U.S. adults conducted in 2006 and 2007, Lim and his colleagues found that 33% of those who attended religious services every week and reported having close friends at church said they were extremely satisfied with their lives, while only 19% of those who went to church but had no close connections to the congregation reported the same satisfaction.

As Lim noted in a statement describing his findings:
“To me, the evidence substantiates that it is not really going to church and listening to sermons or praying that makes people happier, but making church-based friends and building intimate social networks there.”
The results support the idea that friends and acquaintances can have a powerful, even contagious effect on our health. In other work conducted by Dr. Nicholas Christakis at Harvard Medical School and John Fowler of University of California, San Diego, it’s clear that our social network, regardless of how close or distant we are to the people in them, can influence our health. Christakis and Fowler showed that even people separated from you by up to three degrees can influence your weight, your happiness, or even whether you quit smoking or are prone to loneliness. 

A version of that idea of social connectedness may explain Lim’s findings, which were consistent across Protestant, evangelical and Catholic religions; they applied to Mormons and Jewish believers as well, despite their smaller sample size in the study. Lim stresses that the sense of community that religion promotes is an important part of helping people to feel involved and worthwhile, and therefore may contribute to an overall sense of happiness. ( time.com )

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Religion can be a source of comfort that improves well-being. But some kinds of religiosity could be a sign of deeper mental health issues.

Seeing their kids more eager to pray than play video games, most parents would shout, “Hallelujah” or whatever their expression of joy. And they should. Research shows that religion can be a positive force in the lives of children, just as can be for adults. “Religion,” says Bill Hathaway, a clinical psychologist of religion and Dean of the School of Psychology and Counseling at Regent University, “is related to the child having a higher sense of self esteem, better academic adjustment and lower rates of substance abuse and delinquent or criminal behavior.”

So if your child is immersed in scripture after school and prays regularly throughout the day, you may breathe a sigh of relief. She’s such a good girl. My boy is okay.

Or maybe not. Your child’s devotion may be a great thing, but there are some kids whose religious observances require a deeper look. For these children, an overzealous practice of their family faith — or even another faith — may be a sign of an underlying mental health issue or a coping mechanism for dealing with unaddressed trauma or stress.

Therapists in private practice report that they are seeing children and teens across a range of faiths whose religious practice can be problematic. The amount of time they spend praying, or in other acts of spiritual practice, is not as important, they say, as the quality of this devotion, and whether it helps the children or instead isolates them and undermines their schoolwork and relationships. Children with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), for example, may rigidly repeat holy verses, say Hail Mary’s or focus on other rituals less out of a deeper sense of faith but more as an expression of their disorder. “It looks positive but could be negative,” says Stephanie Mihalas, a UCLA professor and licensed clinical psychologist.

Such ritualistic behavior, she says, may also reflect a child’s way of coping with anxiety, and in reality could be no more spiritual than fanatical hand washing or dreading to walk on cracks. “These kids fear that if they don’t obey their religious rules perfectly,” explains Carole Lierberman, MD, a psychiatrist in Beverly Hills, “God will punish them.”

Some children suffer from scrupulosity, a form of OCD that involves a feeling of guilt and shame. Sufferers obsessively worry that they have committed blasphemy, been impure or otherwise sinned. They tend to focus on certain rules or rituals rather than the whole of their faith. They worry that God will never forgive them. And this can signal the onset of depression or anxiety, says John Duffy, a Chicago area clinical psychologist specializing in adolescents. “Kids who have made ‘mistakes’ with sex or drug use,” he says, “may have trouble forgiving themselves. “

Such fastidiousness to religious practices may not seem so harmful, but extreme behavior such as delusions or hallucinations may be a sign of serious mental illness. Seeing and hearing things that are not there can be symptoms of manic-depressive, bipolar disorder, or early onset schizophrenia. But parents may be less attuned to such unhealthy behavior when it occurs under the guise of faith.

It’s not unusual that children in families where marital discord, harsh discipline, abuse, or addiction are present, perform rituals for protection. If they know their parents approve of religion, says Lieberman, “they try to be good little children and stay below the radar of the family chaos or parents’ rage.” Or, as Mihalas has seen, some children push their already observant parents to be even stricter, fearing that catastrophe will strike otherwise.

When does religiosity raise these red flags? The crucial test focuses on how the kids are functioning in the rest of their lives. Are they doing well at school, playing sports or music, socializing with friends? If so, then their faith is probably a source of strength and resilience. If, however, the religious practices and rituals seem to be overtaking their daily lives, and displacing their normal activities, experts suggest taking steps to understand what’s triggering the focus on faith. To guide the discussion, here’s what they recommend:

Model a healthy balance between religion and life
Show them in your own behavior, suggests Mihalas, how religion can co-exist with enjoying life.

If your child switches to a different style of religion, be tolerant
If your children are doing well in other areas of their life, don’t panic, says Hathaway. Unless you feel strongly that they are morally wrong, take this shift in stride.

Be alert to a sudden and pervasive shift in religious practice
Talk to your child about it. Ask her what her religion means to her. Ask him what he is getting out of it, how it makes him feel.

If you feel your child needs help, find a therapist comfortable with religion
Before engaging a therapist, ask about his or her comfort level with devout religious practice.

Religious families need not worry that therapy will draw their child away from their faith, Hathaway says. He recalls one girl struggling with anorexia who felt that she could never be “good enough” to satisfy the harsh, judgmental God of her imagination. After psychological treatment that included a spiritual element, she not only recovered from her anorexia, she developed a more positive view of God, of other people and herself. Instead of being weighed down by guilt and anxiety, her spiritual life became a comfort and joy. And that’s the role that religion should have for people of faith. ( time,com )

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Is Allah the Name of God? - Allah is the name of the only God in Islam. Allah is a pre-Islamic name coming from the compound Arabic word Al-ilah which means the God, which is derived from al (the) ilah (deity).

The Arabic name for “God” is the word “Al-ilah.” It is a generic title for whatever god was considered the highest god. Different Arab tribes used “Allah” to refer to its personal high god.  “Allah” was being worshipped at the Kaa’ba in Mecca by Arabs prior to the time of Mohammed. It was formerly the name of the chief god among the numerous idols (360) in the Kaaba in Mecca before Mohammed made them into monotheists. Historians have shown that the moon god called “Hubal” was the god to whom Arabs prayed at the Kaa’ba and they used the name “Allah” when they prayed.

Today a Muslim is one who submits to the God Allah.

Islam means submission to (Allah), but originally it meant that strength which characterized a desert warrior who, even when faced with impossible odds, would fight to the death for his tribe. (Dr. M. Baravmann, The Spiritual Background of Early Islam, E. J. Brill, Leiden, 1972)

Many believe the word “Allah” was derived from the mid- eastern word “el” which in Ugaritic, Caananite and Hebrew can mean a true or false God. This is not the case, “The source of this (Allah) goes back to pre-Muslim times. Allah is not a common name meaning “God” (or a “god”), and the Muslim must use another word or form if he wishes to indicate any other than his own peculiar deity.” (Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics (ed. Hastings), I:326.)

According to the Encyclopedia of Religion, Allah corresponded to the Babylonian god Baal, and Arabs knew of him long before Mohammed worshipped him as the supreme God. Before Islam the Arabs recognized many gods and goddesses, each tribe had their own deity. There were also nature deities. Allah was the god of the local Quarish tribe, which was Mohammed's tribe before he invented Islam to lead his people out of their polytheism. Allah was then known as the Moon God, who had 3 daughters who were viewed as intercessors for the people into Allah. Their names were Al-at, Al-uzza, and Al-Manat, which were three goddesses; the first two daughters of Allah had names which were feminine forms of Allah. Hubal was the chief God of the Kaaba among the other 360 deities. Hubal was the chief God of the Kaaba among the other 360 deities. Hubal was a statue likeness of a man whose body was made of red precious stones whose arms were made of gold. (Reference Islam George Braswell Jr.)

“Historians like Vaqqidi have said Allah was actually the chief of the 360 gods being worshipped in Arabia at the time Mohammed rose to prominence. Ibn Al-Kalbi gave 27 names of pre-Islamic deities...Interestingly, not many Muslims want to accept that Allah was already being worshipped at the Ka'ba in Mecca by Arab pagans before Mohammed came. Some Muslims become angry when they are confronted with this fact. But history is not on their side. Pre-Islamic literature has proved this.” (G. J. O. Moshay, Who Is This Allah? (Dorchester House, Bucks, UK, 1994), pg. 138).

History has shown Mecca and the holy stone al-Kaaba were holy sites for pre-Islamic pagan Arabs. The Kaaba in Mecca was formerly named Beit-Allah meaning House of Allah. We are told it was first built in heaven. This is in contradistinction to what Moses was instructed to build, something overlooked by the Muslims in their reading of the Bible.

The Koran tells us that Mohammed drove the other idols away; he made one God now the only god and he was its messenger. He kept the Kaaba as a holy, sacred place and confirmed that the black stone had the power to take away man's sins. He obligated every believer to make a pilgrimage to the stone at least once in his lifetime. (Sura 22:26-37) No Old Testament saint ever had a pilgrimage to the Kaaba and kissed its black stone despite stories that Abraham and Ishmael restored it.

Mohammed used the name Allah which was formerly the name of a specific idol without ever distinguishing it from the idol the Meccan’s were already worshipping. This was a modification of their former worship but never a complete break. He never did say for the people to stop their worship of the wrong Allah, for the right one. It can still be monotheism and not be the God of the Bible

Al-Lat which is a T at the end of the name of Allah, was represented by a square stone whose major sanctuary was in the city of Taif. In the sanctuary was a black stone in the town of Qudayd between Mecca and Medina. She was the goddess of fate, a female counterpart of Allah. Al-uzza was the goddess of east Mecca. It has been said there were human sacrifices made to her and Islamic tradition tells of a story of Mohammed’s grandfather almost sacrificing his son the father of Mohammed to her. What prevented this was his seeking counsel from a fortune teller which told him to ransom his son with one hundred camels. Muslims look to this as the will of Allah to bring Mohammed into existence. (Reference Muhammad husain haykal, Hayat mohammed)

“The name Allah, as the Qur'an itself is witness, was well known in pre-Islamic Arabia. Indeed, both it and its feminine form, Allat, are found not infrequently among the theophorous names in inscriptions from North Africa.” (Arthur Jeffrey, ed., Islam: Muhammad and His Religion (1958), p. 85.)

The literal name of Mohammed's father in Arabic is Abd Allah. His uncle's name Obred Allah. These names show the devotion of Mohammed's families pagan roots, and also prove that Allah was part of a polytheistic system of worship before Allah was made the supreme and only god from the other God's. This should be proof to the pre- Islamic root of the name of Allah to the Muslim. Remember they were pagans who used this name. He kept his family name above all the other names. Mohammad had good intentions in removing the people from their polytheistic worship however he did not go far enough in his reform.

Mecca was the place where the idol Allah was located, so the people would face in that direction when they prayed. Prior to Islam the people would pray 5 times a day facing Mecca (The Encyclopedia of Islam p.303) Prior to Islam's beginning each Arab tribe used Allah to refer to its own particular high god. This is why Hubal, the Moon god, (known by other names) was the central focus of prayer at the Kaabah and people prayed to Hubal and they used the name Allah. The crescent moon was the symbol of the moon God Allah (Hubal) and is still used as a symbol of Islam today (although they have changed the meaning to be -from Mecca to the moon Islam will spread). Today there is hardly a Muslim that knows its ancient origin. History records it as an ancient pagan fertility symbol that is found throughout the Middle East. Mohammed smashed all the idols that led the people into idolatry but the black stone was kept which Muslims continue to kiss today. This was another practice that preceded Mohammad.

Mohammed made Allah into a single being who, unlike the Bible's God who is called Father, has no Son. Because of this portrayal, there is no fellowship or love among the godhead before God created man. Creation and man therefore become a necessity for God to express His attributes or characteristic's. This God has never revealed Himself to man but revealed only His will. This God is so removed from man that it is impossible to know him in a personal way, he relates to man only through his will and law. It is a religion of obedience no different than any other.

To the Muslim God is strictly singular, all seeing, all hearing, almighty, He is the first and the last. But what differs is that he has no Son and he cannot be called Father who relates to His son in a unique way (Son and Father does not mean offspring in historic Christianity).

Of the 99 names of God in Islam, not one is “Father” or has a personal connotation. The difference is not to be overlooked. The God of the Bible is personal and wants an ongoing friendship with each of us. Islam portrays God as one who expects us to do our religious duty or He angers. There are rules to be obeyed and one can only please him but not know him personally. No Muslim would ever consider being able to have a personal relationship with him, by talking to him, and loving him. Jesus instead taught Christians to pray “our Father in heaven” (Matthew 6:9). Throughout the Old Testament God was real to the prophets who had him personally speak to them and they to him. “Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously with one another by profaning the covenant of the fathers?” (Mal 2:10)

In Islam some state that if one memorizes the 99 names of Allah and repeats them he will get into paradise because they give the believer power, making them conscious of God. Neither the Koran nor the Hadith speak of these names in such a way. The Suras in the Koran begin with “In the name of Allah, most gracious, most merciful. Yet in practice Islam's god is portrayed as stern, harsh, having compassion on those who do right and deals severely with those who do not.

To a Muslim the God of the Bible who is described as triune is offensive and pagan, reminding them of what Mohammed destroyed. This is recorded in their Qu'ran. They interpret this as 3 separate Gods and not a unified one. “ They are unbelievers who say God is a third of three. No God is there but one God.” While Muslims affirm Jesus' virgin conception, they deny He had any pre-existence that would imply He is God. To call a prophet God is the ultimate in blasphemy to them. “ Verily God will not forgive the union of other gods with himself.” This is a true statement; however if Jesus is who He said He is, the true God, then it is they who are in union with another than the true God.

Muslims claim that the name Allah can be found in the Bible. This is no different than what the Jehovah's Witnesses do for the name Jehovah. Allah is not called Yahweh once in the Koran but neither is Yahweh called Allah in the Bible. So they can't be the same God. Neither is the word Elohim which is applied to Yahweh over 2,500 times in the Bible used in the Koran. Neither is he called I Am, which He said to Moses would be His name forever.

The God of the Bible identifies himself as the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Jacobs name is later changed to the name Israel, being the father of the 12 tribes of Israel. The God of the Bible calls Jerusalem the city of David and that the Messiah would descend from his lineage. Neither does the God of the Bible does not mention Mecca or Medina but instead Jerusalem 800 times. Yet Jerusalem is not mentioned in the Koran, which the Muslim claims as there own.

The God in the Bible is called the God of the Jews, an impossibility with Allah. They are called his chosen people, but they are not Allah's chosen. Allah commands the Muslim to not take the Jews or Christians as friends, Sura.5:51 disdains the Jews. Mohammed said, “The last hour will not come before the Muslims fight the Jews, and the Muslims kill them.” (Mishkat Al Masabih Sh.M. Ashraf pp.147, 721, 810-11, 1130). So how could Israel inherit the land or any of God's promises from Allah, if he is their God. Clearly he is not the same God of the Bible.

Muslims trying to prove their position from the Bible point to the Old Testament with the word alleluyah, interpreting the first portion of the word alle as Allah. The word [H]alleluyah is not a compound Hebrew word. It is not two words but a singular word meaning praise to Yahweh. (alle- praise, lu-to, yah-Yaweh). The beginning of the word is Hallel meaning praise. This has nothing to do with an Allah, and the last syllable of the word is a reference to Yahweh the God of the Bible, this is hardly any evidence for their assertions. They are also confusing Aramaic with Arabic. This is not unusual, as Muslims will often take words and meanings set in another language and culture and adopt them for proof of their own book or religion.

This word play only gets more ludicrous as they try to have Jesus saying the name of their God. When Jesus was on the cross they claim when he cried out Eli, Eli it was really is Allah, Allah. The New Testament was written in Greek, however it points us to him speaking the Aramaic language, not Arabic. Jesus was quoting Psalm 22:1 which read in full says, Eli, Eli Sabbathani “My God, My God why have you forsaken me.” What makes even less sense for this position is the fact that they don't believe that it was Jesus on the cross in the first place, but that another took His place. Some think it was Judas; so it was Judas crying out Allah, Allah?

The first Arabic translation of the Bible was made about the 9th century. Nowhere is the name of Allah found in the Old or New Testament. When Islam became the dominant political force people were coerced to use the name Allah for God or suffer the consequences from the hands of militant Muslims. Because of Islam's dominance Allah became the common name of God. The translators of the Bible gave in to the religious pressures and substituted Allah for Yahweh in the Arabic Bibles, but this is not the name of the God of the Hebrews, nor of the creator who made heaven and earth because of its source in paganism. His nature and attributes have only a few basic similarities and many more differences. And the most important point is that all through the Qu'ran it says Allah has no son.

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Physicists at an underground laboratory have caught an ultra-rare particle in the act of reappearing.

For only the third time, scientists have detected elementary particles called neutrinos in the act of changing from one type, called muon, to another, called tau, on the several-hundred-mile trip between two laboratories.

"It proves that the muon neutrinos are some kind of Superman-type particle: They get into a phone booth somewhere in between and change into something else," said Pauline Gagnon, a particle physicist at Indiana University, who was not involved in the experiment.

The new discovery bolsters the theory that the sneaky neutrinos oscillate from one type to another, which is why physicists detect fewer coming from the sun than predicted.

Sun particles

The nuclear reaction that powers the sun also produces massive numbers of solar neutrinos, tiny, uncharged particles that reach Earth and pass virtually undetected through ordinary matter, said researcher Antonio Ereditato, a physicist at the University of Bern in Switzerland and a member of the team that conducted the experiment, called OPERA (Oscillation Project with Emulsion-tRacking Apparatus).

"Each square centimeter of your body is touched every second by 60 billion neutrinos from the sun," Ereditato told LiveScience.

But for the last two decades, scientists have detected fewer neutrinos from the sun than they expected.

The dominant explanation for this neutrino shortage, proposed in 1957 by Italian physicist Bruno Pontecorvo, argued that neutrinos oscillate between three flavors, or types: electron, muon and tau.

As a result, neutrinos seem to disappear, because detectors try to measure them in one flavor when they have oscillated to another one.

Scientists have caught many neutrinos in the act of disappearing. But catching neutrinos as they appear has been far more elusive — since 2010, only two other tau neutrinos have been discovered.

Reappearing particles

To find these rare events, physicists with the OPERA project shot a beam of muon neutrinos from the physics lab CERN in Switzerland 454 miles (730 kilometers) through the Earth's crust to Gran Sasso Laboratory, buried underneath a mountain in Italy.

During the travel, a very small fraction of the neutrinos naturally changed flavor, and when they reached the laboratory some tiny fraction of them were detected by a 4,000-ton "camera," transforming into a similar flavored particle and then decaying after a short distance. These fleeting events produce a faint blip of light recorded by one of 9 million photographic plates, Gagnon told LiveScience.

Because neutrinos have no charge, they only interact with matter through the weak force, which doesn't happen very often, Gagnon said.

Tau neutrinos morph into tau particles that travel for such just a few millimeters before decaying into hadrons, so they are even harder to detect.

The newly discovered tau neutrino bolsters the notion that the discovery of two others, in 2010 and 2012, were real.

This detection is statistically quite strong: The chance that the researchers are mistaken is about one in a million, Ereditato said.

The findings could provide other insights into tau neutrinos.

"Neutrinos have a mass and measuring this mass is quite difficult, because it's extremely small," Gagnon said.

But because neutrinos' mass determines how quickly they oscillate, and in turn how frequently they should be detected, finding tau neutrinos could help physicists nail down these elusive particles' mass, she said.

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Muara dari perjalanan spiritual para penghayat spiritualitas Jawa, tidak lain untuk kebahagiaan hakiki – sebuah kehidupan yang mulia, melalui proses manunggaling kawula kalawan Gusti, atau tumbuhnya kesadaran akan sifat roroning atunggil (dwi tunggal) di dalam diri, yang ditunukkan oleh konsep Aku ing sajroning Ingsun, Ingsun ing sajroning Aku . Ajaran spiritual Jawa membimbing para penghayatnya untuk memasuki kondisi hening, sehingga bisa bertemu dengan alam sunya ruri. Mereka yang telah mencapai titik ini, akan mendapatkan ketenangan batin sekalipun menghadapai situasi dan kondisi yang sangat gawat. Karena antara manusia sebagai mahluk dengan Tuhan sebagai Sang Pencipta terjadi titik temu yang harmonis.

Batin manusia selalu tersambung dengan getaran energi Tuhan: kehendak Tuhan menjadi dasar atas segala tindakan yang dilakukannya. Atau disitilahkan sebagai sesotya manjing embanan, ing batin amengku lair. Sesotya adalah ungkapan yang mengandaikan Tuhan bagaikan permata yang indah tiada taranya. “Permata” yang menyatu ke dalam embanan. Embanan sebagai ungkapan dari jasad manusia. Penghayat ajaran Jawa yang telah sampai pada tujuan perjalanan, adalah sosok sebagaimana dilukiskan dalam The Book of Mirdad karya Mikhail Naimy, pujangga keturunan LebaNon sahabat Kahlil Gibran:Ia yang berpikir, berbicara,bertindak,bersikap, dan berkehendak selaras dengan Kebenaran (karena Kebenaran, Tuhan, telah bersemayam di dalam dirinya!).

Untuk mencapai kondisi di atas, penghayat spiritualis Jawa perlu menumbuhkan kesadaran hakiki lapis demi lapis, melalui kegiatan semedi dan rangkaian laku prihatin. Semedi adalah meditasi ala Jawa: seseorang menarik diri dari kesibukan raga dan pikiran, berkonsentrasi pada helaan nafas, dan perlahan-lahan memasuki alam hening. Pada titik tertentu, pelaku semedi diharapkan bisa bertemu dengan Sukma Sejati atau Guru Sejati, cermin keberadaan Gusti Allah di dalam diri. Lebih jauh lagi, pelaku semedi juga diharapkan bisa mengalami persentuhan dengan Kekosongan Sejati (alam sunyaruri). Melaluisemedi, mata batin kita menjadi terasah.

Cakrawala pandang kita, dunia yang kita sentuh, akan melampaui apa yang selama ini begitu terbatas karena sekadar mengandalkan pencerapan oleh panca indera. Sementara itu, laku prihatin adalah pelengkap dari kegiatan semedi: di sini, berbagai kegiatan pengendalian hawa nafsu sekaligus ekspresi kewelasasihan kepada sesama dalam rangka hamemayu hayuning bawono dikondisikan menjadi bagian tak terpisahkan dari hidup seorang penghayat spiritualitas Jawa. Melalui peningkatan intensitas dan kualitas semedi maupun laku prihatin, diasumsikan seorang penghayat spiritualitas Jawabisa makin dekat dengan jatidirinya, makin tak berjarak dengan Sang Esensi, Hyang Yaktining Hurip. (Gusti ingkang papanipun ing bagusing ati), yang pada titik idealnya disebut dengan keadaan manunggaling kawulo kalawan gusti.

Seorang penghayat spiritualitas Jawa yang konsisten, akan mengalami peningkatan kesadaran secara terus menerus, dari kesadaran ragawi, kesadaran rasional, hingga kesadaran sukma dan rasa sejati. Makin lama, doktrin yang beku, rumusan kebenaran yang bersifat eksternal yang dikondisikan atau dijejalkan dari luar, makin ditinggalkan, seiring dengan meningkatnya kesadaran bahwa sumber kebenaran itu sebenarnya ada di dalam diri. Saat yang sama, keselarasan dengan alam semesta makin meningkat: diri ini makin terasah untuk membaca tanda-tanda alam, alam telah menjadi buku suci yang menginformasikan keagungan Sang Pencipta sekaligus hukum-hukum-Nya yang kekal.

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Is Allah the Name of God? - Allah is the name of the only God in Islam. Allah is a pre-Islamic name coming from the compound Arabic word Al-ilah which means the God, which is derived from al (the) ilah (deity).

The Arabic name for “God” is the word “Al-ilah.” It is a generic title for whatever god was considered the highest god. Different Arab tribes used “Allah” to refer to its personal high god.  “Allah” was being worshipped at the Kaa’ba in Mecca by Arabs prior to the time of Mohammed. It was formerly the name of the chief god among the numerous idols (360) in the Kaaba in Mecca before Mohammed made them into monotheists. Historians have shown that the moon god called “Hubal” was the god to whom Arabs prayed at the Kaa’ba and they used the name “Allah” when they prayed.

Today a Muslim is one who submits to the God Allah.

Islam means submission to (Allah), but originally it meant that strength which characterized a desert warrior who, even when faced with impossible odds, would fight to the death for his tribe. (Dr. M. Baravmann, The Spiritual Background of Early Islam, E. J. Brill, Leiden, 1972)

Many believe the word “Allah” was derived from the mid- eastern word “el” which in Ugaritic, Caananite and Hebrew can mean a true or false God. This is not the case, “The source of this (Allah) goes back to pre-Muslim times. Allah is not a common name meaning “God” (or a “god”), and the Muslim must use another word or form if he wishes to indicate any other than his own peculiar deity.” (Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics (ed. Hastings), I:326.)

According to the Encyclopedia of Religion, Allah corresponded to the Babylonian god Baal, and Arabs knew of him long before Mohammed worshipped him as the supreme God. Before Islam the Arabs recognized many gods and goddesses, each tribe had their own deity. There were also nature deities. Allah was the god of the local Quarish tribe, which was Mohammed's tribe before he invented Islam to lead his people out of their polytheism. Allah was then known as the Moon God, who had 3 daughters who were viewed as intercessors for the people into Allah. Their names were Al-at, Al-uzza, and Al-Manat, which were three goddesses; the first two daughters of Allah had names which were feminine forms of Allah. Hubal was the chief God of the Kaaba among the other 360 deities. Hubal was the chief God of the Kaaba among the other 360 deities. Hubal was a statue likeness of a man whose body was made of red precious stones whose arms were made of gold. (Reference Islam George Braswell Jr.)

“Historians like Vaqqidi have said Allah was actually the chief of the 360 gods being worshipped in Arabia at the time Mohammed rose to prominence. Ibn Al-Kalbi gave 27 names of pre-Islamic deities...Interestingly, not many Muslims want to accept that Allah was already being worshipped at the Ka'ba in Mecca by Arab pagans before Mohammed came. Some Muslims become angry when they are confronted with this fact. But history is not on their side. Pre-Islamic literature has proved this.” (G. J. O. Moshay, Who Is This Allah? (Dorchester House, Bucks, UK, 1994), pg. 138).

History has shown Mecca and the holy stone al-Kaaba were holy sites for pre-Islamic pagan Arabs. The Kaaba in Mecca was formerly named Beit-Allah meaning House of Allah. We are told it was first built in heaven. This is in contradistinction to what Moses was instructed to build, something overlooked by the Muslims in their reading of the Bible.

The Koran tells us that Mohammed drove the other idols away; he made one God now the only god and he was its messenger. He kept the Kaaba as a holy, sacred place and confirmed that the black stone had the power to take away man's sins. He obligated every believer to make a pilgrimage to the stone at least once in his lifetime. (Sura 22:26-37) No Old Testament saint ever had a pilgrimage to the Kaaba and kissed its black stone despite stories that Abraham and Ishmael restored it.

Mohammed used the name Allah which was formerly the name of a specific idol without ever distinguishing it from the idol the Meccan’s were already worshipping. This was a modification of their former worship but never a complete break. He never did say for the people to stop their worship of the wrong Allah, for the right one. It can still be monotheism and not be the God of the Bible

Al-Lat which is a T at the end of the name of Allah, was represented by a square stone whose major sanctuary was in the city of Taif. In the sanctuary was a black stone in the town of Qudayd between Mecca and Medina. She was the goddess of fate, a female counterpart of Allah. Al-uzza was the goddess of east Mecca. It has been said there were human sacrifices made to her and Islamic tradition tells of a story of Mohammed’s grandfather almost sacrificing his son the father of Mohammed to her. What prevented this was his seeking counsel from a fortune teller which told him to ransom his son with one hundred camels. Muslims look to this as the will of Allah to bring Mohammed into existence. (Reference Muhammad husain haykal, Hayat mohammed)

“The name Allah, as the Qur'an itself is witness, was well known in pre-Islamic Arabia. Indeed, both it and its feminine form, Allat, are found not infrequently among the theophorous names in inscriptions from North Africa.” (Arthur Jeffrey, ed., Islam: Muhammad and His Religion (1958), p. 85.)

The literal name of Mohammed's father in Arabic is Abd Allah. His uncle's name Obred Allah. These names show the devotion of Mohammed's families pagan roots, and also prove that Allah was part of a polytheistic system of worship before Allah was made the supreme and only god from the other God's. This should be proof to the pre- Islamic root of the name of Allah to the Muslim. Remember they were pagans who used this name. He kept his family name above all the other names. Mohammad had good intentions in removing the people from their polytheistic worship however he did not go far enough in his reform.

Mecca was the place where the idol Allah was located, so the people would face in that direction when they prayed. Prior to Islam the people would pray 5 times a day facing Mecca (The Encyclopedia of Islam p.303) Prior to Islam's beginning each Arab tribe used Allah to refer to its own particular high god. This is why Hubal, the Moon god, (known by other names) was the central focus of prayer at the Kaabah and people prayed to Hubal and they used the name Allah. The crescent moon was the symbol of the moon God Allah (Hubal) and is still used as a symbol of Islam today (although they have changed the meaning to be -from Mecca to the moon Islam will spread). Today there is hardly a Muslim that knows its ancient origin. History records it as an ancient pagan fertility symbol that is found throughout the Middle East. Mohammed smashed all the idols that led the people into idolatry but the black stone was kept which Muslims continue to kiss today. This was another practice that preceded Mohammad.

Mohammed made Allah into a single being who, unlike the Bible's God who is called Father, has no Son. Because of this portrayal, there is no fellowship or love among the godhead before God created man. Creation and man therefore become a necessity for God to express His attributes or characteristic's. This God has never revealed Himself to man but revealed only His will. This God is so removed from man that it is impossible to know him in a personal way, he relates to man only through his will and law. It is a religion of obedience no different than any other.

To the Muslim God is strictly singular, all seeing, all hearing, almighty, He is the first and the last. But what differs is that he has no Son and he cannot be called Father who relates to His son in a unique way (Son and Father does not mean offspring in historic Christianity).

Of the 99 names of God in Islam, not one is “Father” or has a personal connotation. The difference is not to be overlooked. The God of the Bible is personal and wants an ongoing friendship with each of us. Islam portrays God as one who expects us to do our religious duty or He angers. There are rules to be obeyed and one can only please him but not know him personally. No Muslim would ever consider being able to have a personal relationship with him, by talking to him, and loving him. Jesus instead taught Christians to pray “our Father in heaven” (Matthew 6:9). Throughout the Old Testament God was real to the prophets who had him personally speak to them and they to him. “Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously with one another by profaning the covenant of the fathers?” (Mal 2:10)

In Islam some state that if one memorizes the 99 names of Allah and repeats them he will get into paradise because they give the believer power, making them conscious of God. Neither the Koran nor the Hadith speak of these names in such a way. The Suras in the Koran begin with “In the name of Allah, most gracious, most merciful. Yet in practice Islam's god is portrayed as stern, harsh, having compassion on those who do right and deals severely with those who do not.

To a Muslim the God of the Bible who is described as triune is offensive and pagan, reminding them of what Mohammed destroyed. This is recorded in their Qu'ran. They interpret this as 3 separate Gods and not a unified one. “ They are unbelievers who say God is a third of three. No God is there but one God.” While Muslims affirm Jesus' virgin conception, they deny He had any pre-existence that would imply He is God. To call a prophet God is the ultimate in blasphemy to them. “ Verily God will not forgive the union of other gods with himself.” This is a true statement; however if Jesus is who He said He is, the true God, then it is they who are in union with another than the true God.

Muslims claim that the name Allah can be found in the Bible. This is no different than what the Jehovah's Witnesses do for the name Jehovah. Allah is not called Yahweh once in the Koran but neither is Yahweh called Allah in the Bible. So they can't be the same God. Neither is the word Elohim which is applied to Yahweh over 2,500 times in the Bible used in the Koran. Neither is he called I Am, which He said to Moses would be His name forever.

The God of the Bible identifies himself as the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Jacobs name is later changed to the name Israel, being the father of the 12 tribes of Israel. The God of the Bible calls Jerusalem the city of David and that the Messiah would descend from his lineage. Neither does the God of the Bible does not mention Mecca or Medina but instead Jerusalem 800 times. Yet Jerusalem is not mentioned in the Koran, which the Muslim claims as there own.

The God in the Bible is called the God of the Jews, an impossibility with Allah. They are called his chosen people, but they are not Allah's chosen. Allah commands the Muslim to not take the Jews or Christians as friends, Sura.5:51 disdains the Jews. Mohammed said, “The last hour will not come before the Muslims fight the Jews, and the Muslims kill them.” (Mishkat Al Masabih Sh.M. Ashraf pp.147, 721, 810-11, 1130). So how could Israel inherit the land or any of God's promises from Allah, if he is their God. Clearly he is not the same God of the Bible.

Muslims trying to prove their position from the Bible point to the Old Testament with the word alleluyah, interpreting the first portion of the word alle as Allah. The word [H]alleluyah is not a compound Hebrew word. It is not two words but a singular word meaning praise to Yahweh. (alle- praise, lu-to, yah-Yaweh). The beginning of the word is Hallel meaning praise. This has nothing to do with an Allah, and the last syllable of the word is a reference to Yahweh the God of the Bible, this is hardly any evidence for their assertions. They are also confusing Aramaic with Arabic. This is not unusual, as Muslims will often take words and meanings set in another language and culture and adopt them for proof of their own book or religion.

This word play only gets more ludicrous as they try to have Jesus saying the name of their God. When Jesus was on the cross they claim when he cried out Eli, Eli it was really is Allah, Allah. The New Testament was written in Greek, however it points us to him speaking the Aramaic language, not Arabic. Jesus was quoting Psalm 22:1 which read in full says, Eli, Eli Sabbathani “My God, My God why have you forsaken me.” What makes even less sense for this position is the fact that they don't believe that it was Jesus on the cross in the first place, but that another took His place. Some think it was Judas; so it was Judas crying out Allah, Allah?

The first Arabic translation of the Bible was made about the 9th century. Nowhere is the name of Allah found in the Old or New Testament. When Islam became the dominant political force people were coerced to use the name Allah for God or suffer the consequences from the hands of militant Muslims. Because of Islam's dominance Allah became the common name of God. The translators of the Bible gave in to the religious pressures and substituted Allah for Yahweh in the Arabic Bibles, but this is not the name of the God of the Hebrews, nor of the creator who made heaven and earth because of its source in paganism. His nature and attributes have only a few basic similarities and many more differences. And the most important point is that all through the Qu'ran it says Allah has no son. ( letusreason.org )

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Islam menjadikan "amar makruf nahi munkar" sebagai kewajiban dasar yang harus dilaksanakan oleh setiap Muslim sesuai dengan kadar kemampuannya masing-masing. Bahkan kedua spirit tersebut menjadi asas keutamaan, sumber kebaikan dan ciri khusus umat Islam yang membedakannya dari umat manusia lainnya.

Allah SWT berfirman, "Kalian adalah umat terbaik yang dilahirkan untuk manusia, yang menyuruh kepada yang makruf dan mencegah dari yang munkar dan beriman kepada Allah." (QS. Ali Imran: 110).

Dalam kaitannya dengan amar makruf (menyuruh kepada kebaikan), hampir semua kalangan mengetahui strategi dan prinsip yang harus diterapkan. Diantaranya metode penyampaian yang baik, tidak menyakiti pihak lain, menjauhkan diri dari isu SARA, dan melakukan perdebatan dengan kepala dingin (QS. An-Nahl: 125).

Namun, dalam kaitannya dengan nahi munkar (mencegah kemunkaran) tidak semua kalangan memahami syarat-syarat yang harus dipenuhi sebelum melakukan tindakan. Padahal, pemenuhan syarat-syarat tersebut berkaitan erat dengan hasil yang akan di dapat, khususnya agar tindakan mencegah kemunkaran tidak melahirkan kemunkaran baru yang lebih besar, tidak menimbulkan tindakan balas dendam, dan tidak dikecam pihak lain karena dipandang sebagai tindakan yang tidak memiliki dasar kuat (illegal).

Dr Yusuf Al-Qardhawi mensyaratkan beberapa hal dalam pelaksanaan nahi munkar sebagaimana tersebut dalam hadis shahih riwayat Abu Said Al-Khudri bahwa Rasulullah SAW bersabda, "Barang siapa di antara kalian melihat suatu kemunkaran, maka hendaklah merubahnya dengan tangan (kekuasaan)nya. Barang siapa tidak mampu melakukannya, maka hendaklah merubahnya dengan lisannya. Barang siapa yang tidak mampu melaksanakannya, maka hendaklah merubahnya dengan hatinya. Yang terakhir itu adalah iman yang paling lemah."

Pertama, hendaknya kemunkaran tersebut disepakati kemunkarannya. Artinya kemunkaran yang diperangi masuk dalam kategori perbuatan haram, bukan makruh atau meninggalkan yang sunah/mustahab.

Kedua, hendaknya kemunkaran tersebut nyata dan kasat mata. Adapun seandainya kemunkaran tersebut tersembunyi dari pandangan manusia, maka dilarang memata-matainya dengan berbagai alat dan perangkat apa pun, karena Islam hanya membolehkan pemberian sanksi terhadap munculnya kemunkaran yang nyata dan kasat mata, bukan yang tersembunyi.

Ketiga, memiliki kemampuan (kekuatan) yang diyakini dapat membasmi (memerangi) kemunkaran dengan mudah dan elegan. Kekuatan di sini berarti fisik dan nonfisik serta berwenang atau memiliki otoritas dalam melakukan tindakan memerangi kemunkaran.

Keempat, tidak ada kekhawatiran bahwa kemunkaran yang diperangi akan melahirkan kemunkaran baru yang lebih besar sehingga menyebabkan fitnah, pertumpahan darah, merugikan pihak lain, makin tersebarnya kemunkaran, menimbulkan kekacauan dan kerusakan di bumi.

Ibnu Qayyim meriwayatkan bahwa suatu hari Ibnu Taimiyah RA berkata, "Pada masa pendudukan pasukan Tartar (Mongolia), aku bersama para sahabatku berjalan melewati kumpulan masyarakat yang meneguk minuman keras dengan nyata. Sebagian sahabatku mencela tindakan tersebut dan hendak melarangnya, namun aku mecegahnya kukatakan kepada mereka, ‘Sungguh, Allah SWT mengharamkan minuman keras karena ia dapat membuat orang lupa kepada Allah dan lupa shalat. Adapun pasukan Tartar itu dengan meminum khamr justru membuat mereka lupa dari membunuh manusia, menawan orang dan merampas harta. Maka biarkanlah mereka’."

Demikian penting landasan ilmu pengetahuan dalam "amar makruf nahi munkar" sehingga tindakan mulia tersebut tidak semata-mata bertumpu pada hasil, melainkan juga bertumpu pada kemaslahatan yang lebih besar dan tidak munculnya kemunkaran baru yang lebih dahsyat. ( republika.co.id )

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