Take a Note

an effort to remember

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Free Pass

I believe I had built a pretty solid wall. And that it will strong enough to encounter any potential harm to my secret realm, the only place I keep all the untold story about pretty much everything. A comfy room deep inside me where I dance with the rain and no one knows i'm crying.

For such a place to be seen by others is what makes me really mad. I tend to flee whenever I sense that situation is coming. Then come back with even thicker layer of walls added.

At some points, I do share the story of what happened inside it. Ofcourse most of the time those stories are filtered, and shallowed. However I still gave some people a free pass access. Those people I trust will never give me prejudice.

One day a quake occured in the middle of the night. Maybe because I let my guard down, I failed to detect someone is coming after my realm. Too late, he arrives at the place where I never expected unauthorized person will reach. It is a breach!

I cut the power, and everything becomes dark. Suddenly I hear him whispers. Saying he will not judging me and that he will respect whatever happen in this place.

I take some time to think and conclude that maybe I can try to give him my trust. There's no other way. He already sees everything and I have no ability to manipulate memory. Thus I decide to give him the free pass key.

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“Be very wary of the consequences of sins, and be very hasty in seeking to erase them by returning to God, because sins have evil and ugly consequences, whether they come quickly, or whether they accumulate and befall you all at once.”

— Ibn al-Jawzi

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I had a high five with a new acquaintance, and it felt strange enough that I looked into my palm at once. Somehow it leaves tingling sensation. She asked me why, I said maybe because it's my first time to literally touch other person since pandemic days. I can't believe something as trivia as having a high five would make me miss the old days, when we can shaking hands, hugging and grouping with no worries.

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Season

As the wind blows through the window

My mind travels to somewhere a long time ago

When it was rare to fight my ego

And just concern about places to go

Time passes by and I am at the present

Trying to comprehend the situation

In which many people are doing comparison

Are we not gonna have faith in our own season?

Although it may far from expectation

We could still draw some imagination

Being grateful for every companion

And never lose the path in devotion

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Ada harap yang tiba-tiba menyeruak

Haruskah kuterima atau kutolak?

Rupanya aku belum juga fasih

Tuk selalu memohon kepada Yang Maha Pengasih

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Ilmu pengetahuan

Tulisan kali ini terinspirasi oleh quote populer, "Knowledge without wisdom is ... ". Jika dicari di laman gugel, banyak sekali versi lengkap dari kalimat tersebut. Let's just appreciate other people's pov.

Saya pribadi percaya bahwa manusia tidak hanya memiliki tingkatan knowledge yang berbeda, namun juga wisdom. Bedanya adalah seringkali knowledge seseorang dapat diukur dengan berbagai metode tes yang ada saat ini, katakanlah nilai rapor, temuan ilmiah, gelar, dsb. Smart people are considered knowledgeable. And when they are wisdom enough, they may get the best thing out of it.

Sekelompok orang mungkin diberikan knowledge yang sama. Namun ide-ide yang dikembangkan oleh setiap orang dari knowledge tersebut bisa jadi sangat berbeda.

Di tangan orang yang licik, knowledge hanya menjadi alat melancarkan kejahatannya. Maka sebaik-baiknya knowledge adalah yang dibarengi dengan wisdom, sehingga mampu menghasilkan manfaat dan menjauhi daripada berbuat kerusakan.

#Day3 #Writingchallenge

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Bertumbuh

Benih kehidupan ada banyak macamnya. Bertumbuh menjadi makhluk bernama manusia. Pun makhluk hidup jenis lainnya. Yang ditentukan oleh Sang Pencipta.

Dia mencipta hewan untuk makanan dan tunggangan. Dia mencipta tumbuhan untuk pangan, sampan dan perlindungan. Manusia mendapat semua berkah kehidupan.Namun lalai mewariskannya pada anak cucu akhir jaman.

Maka benarkah manusia sedang bertumbuh?Yang bertambah hanyalah jumlah tubuh.

Tapi aku tak pesimis untuk memandang jauh. Layaknya pelaut yang gagah mencari tanah harapan untuk berlabuh.

#Day2 #Writingchallenge

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Dandelion

Ia ada dari keadaan tidak ada. Rabb semesta alam memutuskan untuk menghadirkannya di dunia. Di tempat itu, tepat disitu, tidak meleset barang satu senti.

Lama ia hanya diam di satu tempat, menerima segala intisari bumi dan berkah langit. Mempersiapkan diri menghadapi takdir yang telah ditentukan untuknya.

Buah kesabarannya adalah sayap yang akan membawanya terbang. Angin yang mengantarnya membawa pesan dari Rabb: Semoga engkau diberkahi dimanapun kau berada, menebar manfaat bagi lebih banyak orang.

Mungkin kau takkan pernah mendapat kesempatan kedua untuk hidup seutuhnya. Namun semesta tau, benih kebaikan yang kau sebarkan akan kembali utuh di suatu tempat. Berbahagialah, Dandelion.

#Day1 #Writingchallenge #Terbang

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Another good time

Something seepin' to the heart

Without me, myself, noticing it

For all the laughter and those good days

For all the concern and the chances

I respect them wholeheartedly

When it was end of our walk together

I wish I could see you in another good time

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Sometimes i wanna stay

Sometimes i wanna leave

When i am going to pray

Which one i wish to be conceded?

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I think kindness is somehow contagious. It runs through a chain we couldnt see and pay us back in the future. So if you stop being kind, you break the chain with your own hand and thus you'll receive little to nothing from others

Just a morning thought

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“We often wonder why God gives and takes, constricts and expands. What we forget is that human beings understand things by their opposites. Without dark, we can’t understand light. Without hardship, we wouldn’t *experience* ease. Without the existence of deprivation and loss, we couldn’t grasp the need for gratitude or the virtue of patience. And without separation, we wouldn’t taste the sweetness of reunion. Glory be to the one who gives—even when He takes.”

— Yasmin Mogahed

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وَمَا لَنَا أَلَّا نَتَوَكَّلَ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَقَدْ هَدَانَا سُبُلَنَا وَلَنَصْبِرَنَّ عَلَى مَا آَذَيْتُمُونَا وَعَلَى اللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُتَوَكِّلُونَ

And what right do we have to not put our trust in God when it is He who has guided us to our paths of life? We will surely bear with patience the harm you do us, and let all the reliant ones put their reliance on God. (Quran 14:12)

Source: to-jannah, via IslamicArtDB

Check out our book The Sayings of Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah.

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Holy Quran. After watching this video, I added one more reason why the word "Holy" is often being paired with Quran. We can't just read Quran and hope to gain hikmah. Seeking Allah's refuge and protection before and during recitation is an absolute necessity.

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Mission Impossible: Fallout

Beware, this is just a random thought.

As i've been becoming a fan of action movie, ofc Tom Cruise is on my favourite actors list. Why? Just, h.o.t and c.o.o.l at the same time. He is 56 and still run like a storm ⚡

But that's not the reason why i want to write this. After knock my work off for the day, I went to theatre, watch his movie, and had my late dinner around 10. Not too bad for my short weekend. But, I think i'm not in my right mind after reading this

I hate that it touches my personal life. I hate to feel envious over something grey, something i can't be sure. But, I know I'll be just fine.

"I'm working on it", is a phrase frequently said by him and his team at this movie. I get this sentence as the highlight too, I'm working on it. Maybe others find me a little bit slow. But I believe I too a lil bit faster than another. Therefore, as long as I do the best, I will not add unnecessary burden to myself. I believe Allah will accept our duas. He, who never resting, will definitely help if we ask Him to.

Last but no least, I am grateful we are humankind. I really hope we'll never be cursed to be such sweater. I mean it.

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SOMEONE There is someone I admire a lot. For his body language, his way of talking, his way to act, his way of giving courage, his excellent achievements, to be named some. But you know what? I like you more

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A(other) day to remember

I woke up this early morning and there was food on my desk. My bike couldn't started up and there was go-jek ready to convey me to the office. I was wondering what to eat for iftaar and there was my senior offered me a complete set of dinner for free. My leg became numb, I bet it was because of my lack of excercises nowadays. Can you guess what happen after that? Someone led my heart to walk away back and forth, gained some sweat. She's a stranger, but her toughness drew my attention. Many other old ladies did actually. What a day to have so much blessing. Alhamdulillah...

Speaking of which, someone else surprised me (and everyone I think), for he recited hadith in front of us after dhuhr prayer and couldn't help but crying in the middle of his recitation. I have no rights to make a judgement, but let me have positive thought about this. May Allah give them health, wealth and happiness, a life with Allah's guidance.

(اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ)

[QS. Al-Fatihah 6]

Ramadhan 22nd 1439H 9.33 pm.