Post by penasenja on Jan 9, 2005 2:55:35 GMT -5
Baca sampai bawah .
Kalau you all perasaan, the original e-mail was sent in 2001 iaitu 3
tahun lepas pada ingatan@yahoogroups.com, penulis asal e-mail ni
seolah-olah macam tau aje kita akan diserang tsunami walaupun ianya
digambarkan sebagai simbolik. Hairan juga ye
.............................
Wallahualam ...
__________________________________________________________
ini original email 2001
----- Original Message -----
From: Amri Rohayat <AmriR@mesdaq.com.my>
To: ingatan <ingatan@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 2:46 PM
Subject: [ingatan] Be ready - the wave will come
> Assalamualaikum.
>
> Are you sitting comfortably in your chair? Tell me, adakah kita sudah
> berasa aman dengan Islam dan iman yang ada pada diri kita sekarang?
Do
> we feel safe in this coccoon called "Malaysia"? Do we think it will
be
> here for us and our later generations forever? It might not be, you
> know.
>
> Let's take a walk outside. Naik ke atas bukit di belakang sana, dan
> lihatlah ke arah lautan yang luas terbentang. Di titik horizon sana
> ada keputihan memanjang. Itulah ombak tsunami besar yang dinamakan
> globalisasi. Ia sedang menuju ke sini.
>
> Ombak pertama akan tiba di pantai kita lebihkurang 3 tahun lagi. Ia
> akan menenggelamkan sebahagian dari kita. Kemudian lepas itu akan
> datang pula ombak-ombak lain, bertingkat-tingkat. Setiap satu akan
> menenggelamkan lebih sedikit bukit yang diatasnya kita berdiri ini.
>
> Kalau kita tak jaga dari sekarang, saya bimbang kita akan habis
hanyut
> sekeliannya.
>
> **********
> That's being a bit melodramatic, I know, but if you will permit me, I
> would just like to conclude the previous two postings I sent about
> being aware of muslihat jahat puak kuffar untuk meruntuhkan iman kita
> sekeliannya.
>
> Ever since I started posting to Ingatan, I have always been
interested
> in one particular theme: that is, the need for us all to deepen our
> understanding of the true Islam at the personal / individual level.
In
> other words, to return to the simple and beautiful Islam, one that
> does not overly emphasise the performance of rituals (syariah) alone.
> An Islam that takes everything in balance,and that is practical and
> easy to
follow.
>
> I believe (and I hope I am wrong!) that there is a rising sense of
urgency
> for us all to do this. Although ilmu ugama saya taklah dalam mana -
> like
I
> always say, just takat tumit je - but I feel I have to discharge my
> responsibility to remind us all to cover ourselves from now. Kalau
> tidak, nanti di akhirat Allah mungkin akan tanya saya, kamu tahu
> tentang itu
ini,
> tapi pasal apa tak bagi tahu orang lain? Apa saya nak jawab?
>
> Sebab tu walaupun saya banyak juga dapat e-mail yang kata itu-ini,
> membuatkan saya kadang-kadang rasa sedih sampai nak give up aje, tapi
> because I feel I can't just keep quiet and watch events unfold, saya
> buat pekak dan teruskan jugak contribute di sini. As long as I know
my
> niat is right, it's okay with me what others want to say.
>
> **********
> Rasa saya kita selalu lupa, tapi wajarlah kita mengucapkan syukur
> alhamdulillah selepas setiap solat, kerana telah dianugerahi nikmat
> dilahirkan Muslim dalam negara Malaysia ini. Di sini iman kita tidak
diuji
> Allah dengan begitu hebat. So all this while many of us can still
have
> a fragile iman, and not worry about being converted to Christianity
> etc, because the environment and the authorities protected us.
>
> Tapi kita jangan leka, sebab dunia ini tak akan selamanya aman damai.
> Malaysia ini pun tak akan sentiasa terlindung dari ancaman kekufuran,
> sepertimana keadaannya hari ini.
>
> 1. Dalam Qur'an dan hadis Nabi s.a.w. kita sudah diingatkan bahawa
> akan datang suatu ketika di mana kacau bilau akan melanda seluruh
> dunia. Hinggakan orang baik akan mengikut orang jahat, kerana
> disangkanya baik.
>
> 2. Kemudian, kita diingatkan pula, bahawa "tongkat" yang ada sekarang
> - alim ulama, tok guru, dsb - akan hilang berperingkat-peringkat.
Bila
Allah
> hendak melenyapkan ugama dari sesuatu penduduk, maka caranya ialah
> akan dimatikan ulama-ulama benar sedikit-sedikit, hingga akhirnya
> tinggal ulama dunia atau ulama palsu saja.
>
> 3. Akhir sekali, kita diberitahu berkali-kali juga, bahawa di akhirat
> itu nanti, "every person is responsible for him/herself."
>
> Based on these, I believe ultimately we will have only ourselves to
depend
> to decide which is right and which is wrong. Don't be so
overdependent
> on the ulama, ustaz or 'alim... There will come a time when they are
> either no longer around, or you may not be able to trust them
anymore.
>
> These conditions may not happen in our lifetime, or even in our
children's
> lifetime, but it will happen eventually. That much is certain.
>
> In any case, we can't afford to wait until it happens before we act.
> Satu hari nanti, bila ayat-ayat al-Qur'an sudah hilang dari hati
> Muslim, dan
ia
> tinggal hanya sebagai tangkal atau hiasan dalaman rumah kita, then we
will
> know it is already too late. Masa tu, jangankan nak menyesal, malah
> kita dah tak tahu pun lagi "sesal" itu apa dia!
>
> **********
> You see, since 1995, I have been watching events in the world scene
unfold
> with great (and, sometimes, grave) interest. And for as long as I can
> remember, I have been telling people here who would care to listen to
> get used to behaving at an international level.
>
> I also said they should start adopting lifelong education to
> continuously upgrade their skills and knowledge, not just vertically
> (i.e., getting better at what they do) but also horizontally (that
is,
> acquiring new skills).
>
> Even though the Asian Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) will only take
place
> in 2003 (well, Dr M is trying to defer parts of it to 2005 here), I
> thought they would need that period to get used to using the latest
> technologies so that they would be able to compete at higher levels.
>
> You see, in a global economy, Malaysian companies and workers are
> faced with marketing-savvy American and European companies. These
guys
> have thrived in some of the most cut-throat markets in the world and
> survived. You can bet that those survivors are the best at their game
> and they are hungry for more.
>
> This, to me, is the great danger of globalisation. All this while,
our
> companies and people have been protected while outside, foreign
> companies have been sharpening their skills. For now, our government
> is able to
keep
> up this protectionist shield, but if globalisation comes to pass,
national
> boundaries around the world will be nothing more than just a symbolic
> gesture.
>
> Yes, it's true when the Western world says globalisation is the
> leveller of playing fields. Meaning, even a 5-man company in Taiping
> can compete with a giant US corporation if it can outwit the bigger
> guy.
Unfortunately,
> none of them bothered to tell us that the playing field is skewed in
their
> favour!
>
> Hakikatnya, lantai pentas globalisasi ini tak sama rata untuk semua
> syarikat di dunia ini.
>
> **********
> Tapi itu bahagian ekonomi, jadi saya tak mahu sentuh dengan mendalam
dalam
> konteks e-group Ingatan ni. What I am concerned about in here is
that,
> with the breaking down of national barriers, our country will also be
> exposed to an influx of cultural change that we will be helpless to
resist,
> unless we ourselves have a very strong foundation in our moral
> beliefs.
>
> Globalisation is not just an economic tidal wave - it will also
create
> culture shock in societies around the world. Kalau sekarang ni kita
> dah risaukan budak-budak terpengaruh dengan black metal, wait till
our
country
> gets over-run by icons and images from foreign cultures!
>
> Sedangkan sekarang ni pun - diwaktu Malaysia masih kukuh di bawah
perintah
> Muslim - sempadan kita boleh dengan senang dibolosi gejala-gejala
yang
> membawa keruntuhan iman seperti black metal, VCD lucah, MTV, rogol
> anak dsb. Itupun kita dah terkial-kial nak bendung. Bagaimana nanti
> bila dunia dah tak ada sempadan?
>
> Dalam keadaan kucar kacir yang saya anggap akan timbul disebabkan
oleh
> arus globalisasi nanti, yang tinggal untuk pegangan kita hanyalah
> Qur'an dan Sunnah. Sekiranya kita tak membiasakan diri mendalami
> kedua-dua
sumber
> ini secara peribadi dari sekarang, maka saya bimbang satu persatu
kita
> akan hanyut dibawa ombak.
>
> Sebelum zaman itu tiba, kita masing-masing mempunyai tanggungjawab
> untuk memastikan kefahaman kita tentang Islam ini cukup kuat hingga
> boleh tahan ribut taufan fitnah sekalipun. Dan kita mesti memastikan
> iman kita ini adalah keimanan yang sebenar.
>
> We must do this, for our sake and for the sake of our families. And
> for our future generations. Tak sedihkah kita bila dalam kubur tu
> nanti, ada malaikat datang bawa berita, cucu-cicit kita dah pakat
> keluar Islam semuanya?
>
> **********
> Yang paling saya risaukan ialah, perubahan-perubahan ini saya rasa
> akan datang secara gradual and in waves (bertingkat-tingkat). We'll
> probably get adjusted to each wave, hinggakan akhirnya kita sendiri
> mungkin tak sedar perubahan yang melanda. Seperti juga perubahan
> negara kita ni dari negara pertanian ke negara industri - tak terasa.
>
> And that is the real danger - because with each wave, we will get
used
> to the changes in cultural climate. Tengok sajalah generasi sekarang
> ni - pada mereka, budaya MTV tu dah tak ada apa-apa. Sedangkan cuma
10
> tahun lepas, kita rata-rata akan terasa ganjil melihat orang
perempuan
> Melayu di kaca TV memakai t-shirt ketat dan singkat sampai nampak
> pusat. Nowadays -ho-hum! - we're already so used to that.
>
> Jadi saya berpesan pada diri saya dan anda semua, gunakanlah masa
yang
> ada ni sebaik mungkin untuk bersiap sedia mempertahankan Islam kita
> masing-masing. Jangan dah terantuk baru nak tergadah.
>
> Wallahualam.
Kalau you all perasaan, the original e-mail was sent in 2001 iaitu 3
tahun lepas pada ingatan@yahoogroups.com, penulis asal e-mail ni
seolah-olah macam tau aje kita akan diserang tsunami walaupun ianya
digambarkan sebagai simbolik. Hairan juga ye
.............................
Wallahualam ...
__________________________________________________________
ini original email 2001
----- Original Message -----
From: Amri Rohayat <AmriR@mesdaq.com.my>
To: ingatan <ingatan@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 2:46 PM
Subject: [ingatan] Be ready - the wave will come
> Assalamualaikum.
>
> Are you sitting comfortably in your chair? Tell me, adakah kita sudah
> berasa aman dengan Islam dan iman yang ada pada diri kita sekarang?
Do
> we feel safe in this coccoon called "Malaysia"? Do we think it will
be
> here for us and our later generations forever? It might not be, you
> know.
>
> Let's take a walk outside. Naik ke atas bukit di belakang sana, dan
> lihatlah ke arah lautan yang luas terbentang. Di titik horizon sana
> ada keputihan memanjang. Itulah ombak tsunami besar yang dinamakan
> globalisasi. Ia sedang menuju ke sini.
>
> Ombak pertama akan tiba di pantai kita lebihkurang 3 tahun lagi. Ia
> akan menenggelamkan sebahagian dari kita. Kemudian lepas itu akan
> datang pula ombak-ombak lain, bertingkat-tingkat. Setiap satu akan
> menenggelamkan lebih sedikit bukit yang diatasnya kita berdiri ini.
>
> Kalau kita tak jaga dari sekarang, saya bimbang kita akan habis
hanyut
> sekeliannya.
>
> **********
> That's being a bit melodramatic, I know, but if you will permit me, I
> would just like to conclude the previous two postings I sent about
> being aware of muslihat jahat puak kuffar untuk meruntuhkan iman kita
> sekeliannya.
>
> Ever since I started posting to Ingatan, I have always been
interested
> in one particular theme: that is, the need for us all to deepen our
> understanding of the true Islam at the personal / individual level.
In
> other words, to return to the simple and beautiful Islam, one that
> does not overly emphasise the performance of rituals (syariah) alone.
> An Islam that takes everything in balance,and that is practical and
> easy to
follow.
>
> I believe (and I hope I am wrong!) that there is a rising sense of
urgency
> for us all to do this. Although ilmu ugama saya taklah dalam mana -
> like
I
> always say, just takat tumit je - but I feel I have to discharge my
> responsibility to remind us all to cover ourselves from now. Kalau
> tidak, nanti di akhirat Allah mungkin akan tanya saya, kamu tahu
> tentang itu
ini,
> tapi pasal apa tak bagi tahu orang lain? Apa saya nak jawab?
>
> Sebab tu walaupun saya banyak juga dapat e-mail yang kata itu-ini,
> membuatkan saya kadang-kadang rasa sedih sampai nak give up aje, tapi
> because I feel I can't just keep quiet and watch events unfold, saya
> buat pekak dan teruskan jugak contribute di sini. As long as I know
my
> niat is right, it's okay with me what others want to say.
>
> **********
> Rasa saya kita selalu lupa, tapi wajarlah kita mengucapkan syukur
> alhamdulillah selepas setiap solat, kerana telah dianugerahi nikmat
> dilahirkan Muslim dalam negara Malaysia ini. Di sini iman kita tidak
diuji
> Allah dengan begitu hebat. So all this while many of us can still
have
> a fragile iman, and not worry about being converted to Christianity
> etc, because the environment and the authorities protected us.
>
> Tapi kita jangan leka, sebab dunia ini tak akan selamanya aman damai.
> Malaysia ini pun tak akan sentiasa terlindung dari ancaman kekufuran,
> sepertimana keadaannya hari ini.
>
> 1. Dalam Qur'an dan hadis Nabi s.a.w. kita sudah diingatkan bahawa
> akan datang suatu ketika di mana kacau bilau akan melanda seluruh
> dunia. Hinggakan orang baik akan mengikut orang jahat, kerana
> disangkanya baik.
>
> 2. Kemudian, kita diingatkan pula, bahawa "tongkat" yang ada sekarang
> - alim ulama, tok guru, dsb - akan hilang berperingkat-peringkat.
Bila
Allah
> hendak melenyapkan ugama dari sesuatu penduduk, maka caranya ialah
> akan dimatikan ulama-ulama benar sedikit-sedikit, hingga akhirnya
> tinggal ulama dunia atau ulama palsu saja.
>
> 3. Akhir sekali, kita diberitahu berkali-kali juga, bahawa di akhirat
> itu nanti, "every person is responsible for him/herself."
>
> Based on these, I believe ultimately we will have only ourselves to
depend
> to decide which is right and which is wrong. Don't be so
overdependent
> on the ulama, ustaz or 'alim... There will come a time when they are
> either no longer around, or you may not be able to trust them
anymore.
>
> These conditions may not happen in our lifetime, or even in our
children's
> lifetime, but it will happen eventually. That much is certain.
>
> In any case, we can't afford to wait until it happens before we act.
> Satu hari nanti, bila ayat-ayat al-Qur'an sudah hilang dari hati
> Muslim, dan
ia
> tinggal hanya sebagai tangkal atau hiasan dalaman rumah kita, then we
will
> know it is already too late. Masa tu, jangankan nak menyesal, malah
> kita dah tak tahu pun lagi "sesal" itu apa dia!
>
> **********
> You see, since 1995, I have been watching events in the world scene
unfold
> with great (and, sometimes, grave) interest. And for as long as I can
> remember, I have been telling people here who would care to listen to
> get used to behaving at an international level.
>
> I also said they should start adopting lifelong education to
> continuously upgrade their skills and knowledge, not just vertically
> (i.e., getting better at what they do) but also horizontally (that
is,
> acquiring new skills).
>
> Even though the Asian Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) will only take
place
> in 2003 (well, Dr M is trying to defer parts of it to 2005 here), I
> thought they would need that period to get used to using the latest
> technologies so that they would be able to compete at higher levels.
>
> You see, in a global economy, Malaysian companies and workers are
> faced with marketing-savvy American and European companies. These
guys
> have thrived in some of the most cut-throat markets in the world and
> survived. You can bet that those survivors are the best at their game
> and they are hungry for more.
>
> This, to me, is the great danger of globalisation. All this while,
our
> companies and people have been protected while outside, foreign
> companies have been sharpening their skills. For now, our government
> is able to
keep
> up this protectionist shield, but if globalisation comes to pass,
national
> boundaries around the world will be nothing more than just a symbolic
> gesture.
>
> Yes, it's true when the Western world says globalisation is the
> leveller of playing fields. Meaning, even a 5-man company in Taiping
> can compete with a giant US corporation if it can outwit the bigger
> guy.
Unfortunately,
> none of them bothered to tell us that the playing field is skewed in
their
> favour!
>
> Hakikatnya, lantai pentas globalisasi ini tak sama rata untuk semua
> syarikat di dunia ini.
>
> **********
> Tapi itu bahagian ekonomi, jadi saya tak mahu sentuh dengan mendalam
dalam
> konteks e-group Ingatan ni. What I am concerned about in here is
that,
> with the breaking down of national barriers, our country will also be
> exposed to an influx of cultural change that we will be helpless to
resist,
> unless we ourselves have a very strong foundation in our moral
> beliefs.
>
> Globalisation is not just an economic tidal wave - it will also
create
> culture shock in societies around the world. Kalau sekarang ni kita
> dah risaukan budak-budak terpengaruh dengan black metal, wait till
our
country
> gets over-run by icons and images from foreign cultures!
>
> Sedangkan sekarang ni pun - diwaktu Malaysia masih kukuh di bawah
perintah
> Muslim - sempadan kita boleh dengan senang dibolosi gejala-gejala
yang
> membawa keruntuhan iman seperti black metal, VCD lucah, MTV, rogol
> anak dsb. Itupun kita dah terkial-kial nak bendung. Bagaimana nanti
> bila dunia dah tak ada sempadan?
>
> Dalam keadaan kucar kacir yang saya anggap akan timbul disebabkan
oleh
> arus globalisasi nanti, yang tinggal untuk pegangan kita hanyalah
> Qur'an dan Sunnah. Sekiranya kita tak membiasakan diri mendalami
> kedua-dua
sumber
> ini secara peribadi dari sekarang, maka saya bimbang satu persatu
kita
> akan hanyut dibawa ombak.
>
> Sebelum zaman itu tiba, kita masing-masing mempunyai tanggungjawab
> untuk memastikan kefahaman kita tentang Islam ini cukup kuat hingga
> boleh tahan ribut taufan fitnah sekalipun. Dan kita mesti memastikan
> iman kita ini adalah keimanan yang sebenar.
>
> We must do this, for our sake and for the sake of our families. And
> for our future generations. Tak sedihkah kita bila dalam kubur tu
> nanti, ada malaikat datang bawa berita, cucu-cicit kita dah pakat
> keluar Islam semuanya?
>
> **********
> Yang paling saya risaukan ialah, perubahan-perubahan ini saya rasa
> akan datang secara gradual and in waves (bertingkat-tingkat). We'll
> probably get adjusted to each wave, hinggakan akhirnya kita sendiri
> mungkin tak sedar perubahan yang melanda. Seperti juga perubahan
> negara kita ni dari negara pertanian ke negara industri - tak terasa.
>
> And that is the real danger - because with each wave, we will get
used
> to the changes in cultural climate. Tengok sajalah generasi sekarang
> ni - pada mereka, budaya MTV tu dah tak ada apa-apa. Sedangkan cuma
10
> tahun lepas, kita rata-rata akan terasa ganjil melihat orang
perempuan
> Melayu di kaca TV memakai t-shirt ketat dan singkat sampai nampak
> pusat. Nowadays -ho-hum! - we're already so used to that.
>
> Jadi saya berpesan pada diri saya dan anda semua, gunakanlah masa
yang
> ada ni sebaik mungkin untuk bersiap sedia mempertahankan Islam kita
> masing-masing. Jangan dah terantuk baru nak tergadah.
>
> Wallahualam.