Assalamualaikum.
Last weekend we talk about The Power of Substitution. (I received quite a feedback, thank you for those who replied).
We all have problems, don't we?
So, did you manage to substitute your thought?
I bet you don't. Because me neither.
Why was that?
I forgot one important element. The most important one. This is the thing that we all need to know sebelum buat apa-apa pun atas dunia ni.
Because, the truth is, atas dunia ni, kita tak mampu buat apa-apa pun kalau Allah tak izin.
Nothing we can do on our own.
Contoh kita parking kereta. It's a parallel parking.
Kita parking, masuk, cantik. What do we say dalam hati, "Fuh cantik aku parking. Tengok ah sape..."
The fact that kita boleh parking dengan cantik, bukan sebab kita hebat. Tapi sebab Allah izin.
I first learned about this from lecture Nouman Ali Khan, tajuk Praying For Success. Dalam lecture ni, Ustadh Nouman explain tentang doa yang Nabi Musa baca selepas diperintahkan untuk berjumpa dengan Firaun.
Doa apa?
Nabi Musa doa dulu. Because he knows, he can't do it, kalau Allah tak tolong.
At the end of the lecture, Ustadh Nouman explain: Seorang budak pandai Math, bagi lah dia soalan apa-apa pun, "Fuh easy..." Semua dia boleh jawab.
The truth is, dia pandai, bukan sebab dia pandai, tapi sebab Allah izin. Sebab Allah bagi dia pandai.
So, apa kaitan dengan The Power of Substitution?
Boleh ke nak switch mind kita dari fikir masalah kepada benda lain? Boleh, if and only if, kalau Allah izin.
Kalau Allah tak izin, baca buku yang kita paling suka sekalipun, tengok movie yang paling best sekalipun, still teringat jugak masalah kita...
Dulu mentor saya pernah pesan, "Orang selalu kata usaha + tawakkal. Tak tepat. Yang lebih tepat, tawakkal + usaha."
Meaning, tawakkal dulu, baru usaha.
Look at it this way:
The other I shared about : Share everything you know. If we really want to share, we should start with 'tawakkal'; meaning, doa dulu, istikharah dulu, doa mohon pertolongan, "What should I share?"
Then, baru usaha.
Meaning that, apa yang kita buat tu, based on... dari Dia. Kat depan nanti mungkin ada banyak halangan, but we have to trust, itu path yang disusun untuk kita, yang awalnya bermula dengan kita mohon pertolongan. (Ihdinas siratal mustaqim…)
You got it?
Macam mana nak apply dalam the power of substitution?
Talk to Allah about all your problems. He already knows. Find a time, tell Him everything, tell Him this problem has been occupied your mind… help me. I couldn't figure out what should I do. Show me the way.
Got it?
This. is. important.
Personal Note: Tahun lepas, 2022 kena Covid. I didn’t tell anyone in my family. Only my boss knew masa tu, colleagues pun tak tahu. 5 hari demam panas, tak baik-baik. So I called seorang alim yang beramal dengan Asmaul Husna..
Masa tu beliau pesan baca Ya Salam 111x atau 160x untuk kesihatan. (Start with istighfar & selawat. End with selawat too). Then baca juga zikir Hasbunallah wani’mal wakil (100x) untuk apa-apa pertolongan dari Allah. Alhamdulillah, dengan izin Allah, demam pun baik…
Today, I continue baca Hasbunallah wani’mal wakil (100x), sambil dalam hati minta tolong Allah tunjukkan jalan… (in anything, urusan kerja, urusan peribadi.. just anything..)
حَسْبُنَا اللهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيْلُ
Hasbunallah wani’mal wakil (100x)
Makna : “Cukuplah Allah sebagai penolong kami.”
Meaning : “Sufficient for us is Allah, and (He is) the best Disposer of affairs.”
p.s: Elak pakai zikir counter, pakai tasbih instead. (Read more here: baca explanation bertulis.)
Kita kena faham, tak ada benda pun kita boleh buat sendiri, walau hebat macam mana pun kita dalam bidang kita.
Even though I shared about The Power of Substitution last weekend, kalau Allah tak izin, guna lah formula paling hebat sekalipun, tak dapat jugak.
And then kena ingat, kalau kita terlalu fikir masalah, terlalu sedih, terlalu marah, agak-agak siapa suka kita berada dalam keadaan macam tu?
Macam mana Islam nak bangkit kalau kita fikir masalah kita je? The world has bigger problem. Kita ada peranan masing-masing…
Alright guys, if there’s only ONE thing you learn from this private newsletter, I hope it would be, “Kita kena faham yang kita hidup berTuhan…”
With that, I end my sharing today.
As always, feel free to hit reply and let me know what you think or if you have any questions I can answer.
Love you guys.
Talk to you next week, inshaAllah.
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