Pengalah?

"kita semua pemenang, tiada 'pengalah'" - Vince AF1

true. when we hit the walls along the bumpy road of life, we're actually successful in finding the way to fail. and we failed again big time, we're actually successful in not make our way back up again.

there's no denying we all fails every now and then, learn from failures, execute the actions, that's the attitude of a winner.

right, so the only distinction between us is:

a) those who learns from the mistakes and take necessary actions and;

b) those who whines and didn't do anything.

kita yang mana satu? (please, don't judge others, judge yourself je)

but then again, the sore loser is the one who doesn't learn from the pasts; the mistakes of the people of the past that's encrypted in the Quran and the vast history of humanity. there are sets of example who're the sore losers of the past in the people of Lut, Hud, Salleh, Nuh not to mention the sons of Israel.

of course, we'll only learn about it during yaumul Qiyamah, when our deeds will all be counted up and measured on al-Mizan.

oh, one thing I learned about al-Mizan which kinda strikes me is that al-Mizan is actually like a modern day penimbang berat, not a dacing (yg macam lambang BN tu) like what we always assume. the argument of the mufassirin (orang yg tafsir2) is that the good deeds have weight, while bad deeds will add up to nothing. 

Dan adapun orang-orang yang berat timbangan (kebaikan)nya, maka dia berada dalam kehidupan yang memuaskan.

Dan adapun orang-orang yang ringan timbangan (kebaikan)nya, maka tempat kembalinya adalah neraka Hawiyah.

(Al-Qari'ah: 6-9)

before that, the sequence of the yaumul qiyamah is that the horns will be blown three times, first time is when everything dies, except for whom Allah wills, then after Allah knows whatever the ti,e gap, the second one is blown and we were brought up from death.

Dan ditiuplah sangkakala, maka matilah siapa yang di langit dan di bumi kecuali siapa yang dikehendaki Allah. Kemudian ditiup sangkakala itu sekali lagi, maka tiba-tiba mereka berdiri menunggu.

the third one is when the we're called to the land of mahsyar.

yaitu hari (yang pada waktu itu) ditiup sangkakala lalu kamu datang berkelompok-kelompok,

there we are given the kitab, shown what is in the kitab; the lists of our good deeds is shown as well as the bad deeds. but then, we do not know just yet whether our amal will be accepted by Allah or not, because the malaikat, they don't know what is in our heart, only Allah knows it.

then we will wait.

wait.

wait.

wait.

wait.

and terus wait.

until every Rasul and Nabi has been judged by Allah.

wait.

wait.

wait.

wait.

and terus wait.

those syuhada', solihin, muhsinin were judged.

wait.

wait.

wait.

wait.

and terus wait.

until our turn comes, depressing kan? tunggu lama2, agak2 kalau nak tunggu ayah datang jemput balik sekolah dulu pun dah rasa lama, what if the penantian is like forever, mind you that one day in akhirah is like a thousand years in dunya. plus, the waiting is like senyap sunyi kot, no one is allowed to talk! 

can't talk, can't walk, can't do anything, you just stand and wait (pernah marching kan? kawad kaki, kena diri like forever tengahari dengar pegawai berucap panjang lebar rasa nak lepuk je kepala dia suruh cepat sikit) and struggling with the sweat up until your nose where your feet barely touches the ground and the sun only a couple of inches on top of your head. dahaga lagi, lapar lagi (tak makan setengah hari pun dah jadi macam apa dah kalau kat dunya ni) only those who are from the ummah of Muhammad je yang dapat minum from his 'kauthar' well yang mengenyangkan.

bayangkan everyone akan mengaku dia ummat Muhammad, termasuklah kita ni, berbillion2 manusia berlari nak dapatkan Nabi, dan beribu-ribu malaikat yang bengis will be there and halang kita one by one, sampai Nabi merayu dekat malaikat-malaikat tu, "why are you doing this? they're my ummah" the malaikat said, "o Prophet of Allah, you don't know what they did after you died". Those who were from his ummah, Nabi akan kenal dengan cahaya yg lahir dari kesan wudu', so, konfirm2 orang yang tak solat tak dapat nak minum dari telaga Nabi dan kena campak and halang kita dari pergi berlindung dengan Nabi.

agak-agak nak mintak kat siapa lagi kalau bukan kat Nabi? T____T

ok, we will be there, waiting, thinking hrmm, "banyak jugak solat sunat aku, qiyam aku, sedekah aku, amal soleh aku, nasihat aku, etc." but then, when we were brought up in front of Allah, Allah said those deeds, they're nothing. sebab apa? tak ikhlas. there's no sincerity in our deeds! bayangkan betapa muflisnya kita. mana nak garap pahala? timbangan kita kosong!

pernah dengar cerita tentang pelacur yang beri minum anjing dari telaga dengan kasut dia? dia masuk syurga kan? agak-agak sebab apa? pelacur kot! kita ni yang solat hari-hari, boleh masuk neraka jugak, sebab what distinguish our amal in front of Allah nanti during the judgement is ikhlas/sincerity.

we might do a lot of tilawatul Quran, hafazan, giving out nasihah, but it might not add up to even anything if we are not careful with our heart, our niat. we might be doing it for the sake of something else rather than Allah, we might be do it so that one will look at us and think, "hmm, juruh budak ni", or we want the muslimah/akhowat think we are good, or we want people to acknowledge our efforts. it's hard to be sincere, but it's possible. Muhammad PBUH has showed the way, that's why we need our solah, we need to pray to Allah every moment so that we will not divert from Him.

hrmm where are we just now? oh, timbangan yang kosong, so back to ayat surah al-qari'ah tadi, timbangan yang berat akan ke syurga, and yg ringan will go to hellfire. 

that's the sunnatullah, semuanya lies on our amal yang ikhlas, i.e. Allah redha dengan kita. that's pemenang, so sebenarnya ada juga lah 'pengalah',

so I remind myself and you, ittaqullah, have fear in Allah. don't ever give up on Allah.

O My slaves who have transgressed against themselves (by committing evil deeds and sins)! Despair not of the Mercy of Allah: verily, Allah forgives all sins. Truly He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

O Allah we've wronged ourselves, forgive us and bless us for if You don't we will be from the khosirin.

O Allah do not make our heart go astray, after You've guided us, and be mercy upon us, for You grant mercy without measure.

May Allah guide us along the way and be pleased with our life and grant us Jannatulfirdaus.

Amin.

Wallahua'alam.