Monday, October 5, 2009
Perfection.
بسم الله الرحمن الحيم
Not a perfect person. Yet, am striving for perfection.
People always said that, why bother practice and try, cause everyone will never be perfect. I disagree. Aim for the skies as, if you fall and fail, maybe you will get to grasp the stars.
Perfection is a subjective matter and abstract. It can't never be gauged with a standard. What is perfect for a person will never be perfect in other person's eyes.
Perfection for me lies in 3 vital factors. Islam, Ittiba and Ikhlas. With these 3 factors, one will be able to lead a perfect life and will achieve perfection. Perfection in one's own eyes not in the eyes of others or in arabic term, insan kaamil.
Islam? The first factor that all of us have achieved it, insyaAllah. So, in my opinion, there's no problem with that.
Ittiba'? Well, there's always problem in carrying out this factor. Ittiba' means following our beloved Prophet Shollallahu Alaihi Wasaalam in every actions that we do. Ibaadah, Muaamalat, Munaakahat and many others. Al- Qur'an and As- Sunnah are the reference. However, do we really follow the Qur'an and Sunnah in our daily lives? Do we really know the basis and dalils behind every actions that we take? Behind every ibaadah that we do?
Ikhlas? Ahh.. Another factor that is very hard for me especially to instil in my soul. Ikhlas means to be very sincere in doing things only for Allah. Yet, time and again, I find myself doing things not for His sake whereby actually I can gain a lot of tsawaab if I do things lillahi ta'alaa. Being forced into doing things, complaining about the responsibilities that I was assigned to carry out and others. Purify the intention and you will find peace in your heart. That is what I believe yet there's no doubt that is is extremely hard to carry it out. Mujahadah.. in every path that one took in the pursuit of mardhatillah, there will always be obstacles. However, the obstacles will make one stronger if one follows the path that is guided by Allah and Rasul Shollallahu Alaihi Wasallam.
Perfection? Am striving for it.
p.s just some ramblings of mine as a reminder for me to do some self- reflection.p.s.s sorry to my faithful readers for not updating my blog for quite a time. Want to know about my experience in UIA, wait for my book on it. ;)Wassalam.
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