chase the DEVIL out of me

It was not until I took my shower this morning when the scene appeared.

I was in a familiar room, like it was my own room (I know now it wasn't), when I suddenly felt so scared as if they were pair of dark eyes looking at me. I tried to get out of the room. But then I changed my mind. I tried to dare the owner of the invisible eyes.

I stood on the bed (I think it was a bed…or chair perhaps?), and challenge myself. Let’s just face this unknown source of fear once and for all. I tried to mouth few zikr that I know. To my surprise (or was it exactly how I thought it would be?)  I couldn't recite anything. My lips and my tongue didn't want to cooperate. Nothing came out of my mouth except hard breath and alien language. “So this is how people felt when they said they can’t recite a thing”, I thought to myself.

In that struggled, I remembered I was thinking to myself, “Just try to recite anything short. Anything that could scare that thing out of it wits.” And I finally did it. I can’t be sure now but I think I did recite ‘Lahawlawala quwwata illa billah’.

لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ اِلَّا بِالله.

[There is no might and no strength except with the help of Allah.]

A few times, until my lips and my tongue found their way to cooperate. Until the sound of the zikr came out clearly and loudly.

And that’s when something dark came out of nowhere scream angrily. And it came to me. And I wasn't even scared anymore. And I faced it. And...well, that’s as far as I could remember. That's as far as the scene appeared in my mind.

Honestly, it took me few seconds to determine whether it's real or just a dream. I tell you, it was a dream. And even if it was real, I hope I really chased the devil out of me. 

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“Maukah aku tunjukkan kepadamu sebuah kalimat yang berasal dari bawah ‘Arsy dari pusaka surga? Katakanlah olehmu: لا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله ‘tidak ada daya dan kekuatan kecuali dengan kekuasaan Allah’, niscaya Allah akan mengatakan, ‘hambaKu telah menyerahkan dirinya dan meminta perlindungan.”
(HR Al-Hakim dari Abu Hurairah r.a)

Anas ibn Malik (radiyallahu anhu) narrated: Rasulullah (salallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “Whoever recites when he leaves his home: 'In the Name of Allah, I have placed my trust in Allah, and there is no might or power except with Allah,' it will be said to him: You have been guided, spared and protected, and Shaytan will be kept far from him.”

Meaning & Virtues of Hauqalah

Mimpi itu.

Assalamualaikum semua.

Semalam ketika membaca al-Quran, aku melewati Surah Ibrahim ayat 7 yang berbunyi:

{وَإِذْ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكُمْ لَئِنْ شَكَرْتُمْ لَأَزِيدَنَّكُمْ ۖ وَلَئِنْ كَفَرْتُمْ إِنَّ عَذَابِي لَشَدِيدٌ {7

Terdetik untuk berkongsi dengan korang mimpi aku sekitar 2 tahun lepas. Mimpinya agak kabur, cuma ayat di atas terngiang-ngiang sebaik sahaja aku membuka mata. Datang studio pagi itu, terus aku tanya kawan aku lulusan Darul Quran, cik uyun, dalam surah apa ayat tersebut. Dan kemudian aku mengamati maknanya. Yup, go on...sila rujuk terjemahan Quran sekarang. Maksud ayat tersebut lebih kurang begini:

"Dan (ingatlah) tatakala Tuhan kamu memberitahu: "Demi sesungguhnya! Jika kamu bersyukur nescaya Aku akan tambahi nikmatKu kepada kamu, dan demi sesungguhnya, jika kamu kufur ingkar sesungguhnya azabKu amatlah keras". (Ibrahim 14: 7)

"And [remember] when your Lord proclaimed, 'If you are grateful, I will surely increase you [in favor]; but if you deny, indeed, My punishment is severe." (Abraham 14: 7)

Sentap kan? Tertanya-tanya kepada diri sendiri, mengapa agaknya ayat itu muncul dalam mimpi? Adakah cukup rasa syukur selama aku hidup di muka bumi ini? Atau memang tidak pernah puas dengan apa yang Tuhan kurniakan. Yang ada dibiar, yang tiada dikejar. Walau mimpi kadang hanya mainan tidur, namun aku yakin, ia peringatan halus dari Tuhan. 

Teringat kisah saat Rasulullah S.A.W ditanya oleh Saidatina Aishah, apabila melihat baginda berterusan bersembahyang sehingga menyebabkan kaki baginda bengkak. Aisyah berkata: "Bukankah Allah telah mengampunkan dosamu yang terdahulu dan yang akan datang? 

Baginda menjawab: "Salahkah aku menjadi seorang hamba yang bersyukur?"

Bagaimana pula dengan kita? Dengan cara apa kita mengekspresikan rasa syukur kita? Kadang  kita terlupa, di akhir waktu nanti kita bakal ditanya tentang segala nikmatNya yang diberi, bukan yang telah pergi. 

{فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ {13

"Maka yang mana satu di antara nikmat-nikmat Tuhan kamu, yang kamu hendak dustakan?" (Ar-Rahman:13) 

"So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?" (Ar-Rahman 55: 13)

Semoga Allah sentiasa mengilhamkan kita supaya tetap rasa bersyukur dengan segala nikmat yang telah Dia kurniakan. Amiin.

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Macamana dengan korang? Ada kisah mimpi atau kisah syukur untuk dikongsikan? :)