None of Bible's Writers Believed That Jesus is God

Christians and Muslims both believe in Jesus, love him, and honor him. They are, however, divided over the question of his divinity.

Fortunately, this difference can be resolved if we refer the question to both the Bible and the Quran, because, both the Bible and the Quran teach that Jesus is not God.

It is clear enough to everyone that the Quran denies the divinity of Jesus, so we do not need to spend much time explaining that.

On the other hand, many people misunderstand the Bible; they feel that the belief in Jesus as God is so widespread that it must have come from the Bible. This article shows quite conclusively that the Bible does not teach that.

The Bible clearly teaches that Jesus is not God. In the Bible God is always someone else other than Jesus.

Some will say that something Jesus said or something he did while on the earth proves that he is God. We will show that the disciples never came to the conclusion that Jesus is God. And those are people who lived and walked with Jesus and thus knew first hand what he said and did. Furthermore, we are told in the Acts of the Apostles in the Bible that the disciples were being guided by the Holy Spirit.

If Jesus is God, surely they should have known it. But they did not. They kept worshipping the one true God who was worshipped by Abraham, Moses, and Jesus (see Acts 3:13).



All of the writers of the Bible believed that God was not Jesus. The idea that Jesus is God did not become part of Christian belief until after the Bible was written, and took many centuries to become part of the faith of Christians.

Matthew, Mark, and Luke, authors of the first three Gospels, believed that Jesus was not God (see Mark 10:18 and Matthew 19:17). They believed that he was the son of God in the sense of a righteous person. Many others too, are similarly called sons of God (see Matthew 23:1-9).



Paul, believed to be the author of some thirteen or fourteen letters in the Bible, also believed that Jesus is not God. For Paul, God first created Jesus, then used Jesus as the agent by which to create the rest of creation (see Colossians 1:15 and 1 Corinthians 8:6). Similar ideas are found in the letter to the Hebrews, and also in the Gospel and Letters of John composed some seventy years after Jesus. In all of these writings, however, Jesus is still a creature of God and is therefore forever subservient to God (see 1 Corinthians 15:28).



Now, because Paul, John, and the author of Hebrews believed that Jesus was God’s first creature, some of what they wrote clearly show that Jesus was a pre-existent powerful being. This is often misunderstood to mean that he must have been God. But to say that Jesus was God is to go against what these very authors wrote.

Although these authors had this later belief that Jesus is greater than all creatures, they also believed that he was still lesser than God. In fact, John quotes Jesus as saying: “...the Father is greater than I.” (John 14:28). And Paul declares that the head of every woman is her husband, the head of every man is Christ, and the head of Christ is God (see 1 Corinthians 11:3).



Therefore, to find something in these writings and claim that these teach that Jesus is God is to misuse and misquote what those authors are saying. What they wrote must be understood in the context of their belief that Jesus is a creature of God as they have already clearly said.

So we see then, that some of the later writers had a higher view of Jesus, but none of the writers of the Bible believed that Jesus is God. The Bible clearly teaches that there is only one true God, the one whom Jesus worshipped (see John 17: 3).

In the rest of this article we will explore the Bible in more depth, and deal with the passages which are most often misquoted as proofs of Jesus’ divinity. We will show, with God’s help, that these do not mean what they are so often used to prove.

Evidence From the Acts of the Apostles:



Jesus performed many miraculous wonders, and he without doubt said a lot of wonderful things about himself. Some people use what he said and did as a proof that he was God. But his original disciples who lived and walked with him, and were eyewitnesses to what he said and did, never reached this conclusion.

The Acts of the Apostles in the Bible details the activity of the disciples over a period of thirty years after Jesus was lifted up to heaven. Throughout this period they never refer to Jesus as God. They continually and consistently use the title God to refer to someone else other than Jesus.



Peter stood up with the eleven disciples and addressed the crowd saying: “Men of Israel, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know.” (Acts 2:22).



It was God, therefore, who did the miracles through Jesus to convince people that Jesus was backed by God. Peter did not see the miracles as proof that Jesus is God.

In fact, the way Peter refers to God and to Jesus makes it clear that Jesus is not God. For he always turns the title God away from Jesus. Take the following references for example:

“God has raised this Jesus...” (Acts 2:32)

“God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.” (Acts 2:36)

In both passages, the title God is turned away from Jesus. So why he did this, if Jesus was God?

For Peter, Jesus was a servant of God. Peter said: “God raised up his servant...” (Acts 3:26). The title servant refers to Jesus. This is clear from a previous passage where Peter declared: “The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus.” (Acts 3:13).

Peter must have known that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob never spoke of a Triune God. They always spoke of God as the only God. Here, as in Matthew 12:18, Jesus is the servant of God. Matthew tells us that Jesus was the same servant of God spoken of in Isaiah 42:1. So, according to Matthew and Peter, Jesus is not God, but God’s servant. The Old Testament repeatedly says that God is alone (e.g. Isaiah 45:5).

All of the disciples of Jesus held this view. In Acts 4:24 we are told that the believers prayed to God saying: “...they raised their voices together in prayer to God. ‘Sovereign Lord,’ they said, ‘you made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything in them.’” It is clear that the one they were praying to was not Jesus, because, two verses later, they referred to Jesus as “...your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.” (Acts 4:27).



If Jesus was God, his disciples should have said this clearly. Instead, they kept preaching that Jesus was God’s Christ. We are told in Acts: “Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.” (Acts 5:42).

The Greek word “Christ” is a human title. It means “Anointed.” If Jesus was God, why would the disciples continually refer to him with human titles like servant and Christ of God, and consistently use the title God for the one who raised Jesus? Did they fear men? No! They boldly preached the truth fearing neither imprisonment nor death. When they faced opposition from the authorities, Peter declared: “We must obey God rather than men! The God of our fathers raised Jesus...” (Acts 5:29-30).

Were they lacking the Holy Spirit? No! They were supported by the Holy Spirit (see Acts 2:3, 4:8, and 5:32). They were simply teaching what they had learnt from Jesus — that Jesus was not God but, rather, God’s servant and Christ.

The Quran confirms that Jesus was the Messiah (Christ), and that he was God’s servant (see the Holy Quran 3:45 and 19:30).

Jesus is Not All-Powerful, and Not All-Knowing:



Christians and Muslims agree that God is all-powerful and all-knowing. The Gospels show that Jesus was not all-powerful, and not all-knowing, since he had some limitations.



Mark tells us in his gospel that Jesus was unable to do any powerful work in his hometown except few things: “He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.” (Mark 6:5). Mark also tells us that when Jesus tried to heal a certain blind man, the man was not healed after the first attempt, and Jesus had to try a second time (see Mark 8:22-26).

Therefore, although we hold a great love and respect for Jesus, we need to understand that he is not the all-powerful God.



Mark’s Gospel also reveals that Jesus had limitations in his knowledge. In Mark 13:32, Jesus declared that he himself does not know when the last day will occur, but the Father alone knows that (see also Matthew 24:36).

Therefore, Jesus could not have been the all-knowing God. Some will say that Jesus knew when the last day will occur, but he chose not to tell. But that complicates matters further. Jesus could have said that he knows but he does not wish to tell. Instead, he said that he does not know. We must believe him. Jesus does not lie at all.



The Gospel of Luke also reveals that Jesus had limited knowledge. Luke says that Jesus increased in wisdom (Luke 2:52). In Hebrews too (Hebrews 5:8) we read that Jesus learned obedience. But God’s knowledge and wisdom is always perfect, and God does not learn new things. He knows everything always. So, if Jesus learned something new, that proves that he did not know everything before that, and thus he was not God.



Another example for the limited knowledge of Jesus is the fig tree episode in the Gospels. Mark tells us as follows: “The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs.” (Mark 11:12-13).

It is clear from these verses that the knowledge of Jesus was limited on two counts. First, he did not know that the tree had no fruit until he came to it. Second, he did not know that it was not the right season to expect figs on trees.



Can he become God later? No! Because there is only one God, and He is God from everlasting to everlasting (see Psalms 90:2).

Someone may say that Jesus was God but he took the form of a servant and therefore became limited. Well, that would mean that God changed. But God does not change. God said so according to Malachi 3:6.

Jesus never was God, and never will be. In the Bible, God declares: “Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me.” (Isaiah 43:10).

The Bible clearly shows that Jesus was not all-powerful and all-knowing as the true God should be.

The Greatest Commandment in the Bible and the Quran:



Some will say that this whole discussion over the divinity of Jesus is unnecessary. They say, the important thing is to accept Jesus as your personal savior. On the contrary, the Bible’s writers stressed that, in order to be saved, it is necessary to understand who exactly is God. Failure to understand this would be to violate the first and greatest of all the commandments in the Bible. This commandment was emphasized by Jesus, on whom be peace, when a teacher of the Law of Moses asked him: “‘Of all the commandments, which is the most important?’ ‘The most important one,’ answered Jesus, ‘is this: Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’” (Mark 12:28-30).

Notice that Jesus was quoting the first commandment from the book of Deuteronomy 6:4-5. Jesus confirmed not only that this commandment is still valid, but also that it is the most important of all the commandments. If Jesus thought that he himself is God, why did not he say so? Instead, he stressed that God is one. The man who questioned Jesus understood this, and what the man says next makes it clear that God is not Jesus, for he said to Jesus: “‘Well said, teacher,’ the man replied. ‘You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him.’” (Mark 12:32).

Now if Jesus was God, he would have told the man so. Instead, he let the man refer to God as someone other than Jesus, and he even saw that the man had spoken wisely: “When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, ‘You are not far from the kingdom of God.’” (Mark 12:34). If Jesus knew that God is a trinity, why did not he say so? Why did he not say that God is one in three, or three in one? Instead, he declared that God is one. True imitators of Jesus will imitate him also in this declaration of God’s oneness. They will not add the word three where Jesus never said it.



Does salvation depend on this commandment? Yes, says the Bible! Jesus made this clear when another man approached Jesus to learn from him (see Mark 10:17-29). The man fell on his knees and said to Jesus: “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus replied: “Why do you call me good? No one is good — except God alone.” (Mark 10:17-18).

By so saying, Jesus made a clear distinction between himself and God. Then he proceeded with the answer to the man’s question about how to get salvation. Jesus told him: “If you want to enter life, obey the commandments.” (Matthew 19:17, also see Mark 10:19).



Remember that the most important of all the commandments, according to Jesus, is to know God as the only God. Jesus further emphasized this in the Gospel According to John. In John 17:1, Jesus lifted his eyes to heaven and prayed, addressing God as Father. Then in verse three, he said to God as follows: “Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.” (John 17:3).

This proves beyond doubt that if people want to get eternal life they must know that the One, whom Jesus was praying to, is the only true God, and they must know that Jesus was sent by the true God. Some say that the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God. But Jesus said that the Father alone is the only true God.

True followers of Jesus will follow him in this too. Jesus had said that his true followers are those who hold to his teachings. He said: “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.” (John 8:31). His teaching is that people must continue to keep the commandments, especially the first commandment which emphasizes that God is alone, and that God should be loved with all our hearts and all our strengths.



We love Jesus, but we must not love him as God. Today many love Jesus more than they love God. This is because they see God as a vengeful person who wanted to exact a penalty from them, and they see Jesus as the savior who rescued them from the wrath of God. Yet God is our only savior. According to Isaiah 43:11, God said: “I, even I, am the LORD, and apart from me there is no savior.” Also God said according to Isaiah 45:21-22: “Was it not I, the LORD? And there is no God apart from me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none but me. Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.”



The Quran confirms the first commandment and addresses it to all humankind (see the Holy Quran 2:163). And God declares that true believers love Him more than anyone else or anything else (Quran 2:165).

Paul Believed That Jesus is not God:



Many people use Paul’s writings as proof that Jesus is God. But this is not fair to Paul, because Paul clearly believed that Jesus is not God. In his first letter to Timothy, Paul wrote: “I charge you, in the sight of God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, to keep these instructions...” (1 Timothy 5:21).

It is clear from this that the title God applies not to Christ Jesus, but to someone else. In the following chapter, he again differentiates between God and Jesus when he says: “In the sight of God, who gives life to everything, and of Christ Jesus, who while testifying before Pontius Pilate made the good confession...” (1 Timothy 6:13).

Paul then went on to speak of the second appearance of Jesus: “the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, which God will bring about in his own time.” (1 Timothy 6:14-15).

Again, the title God is deliberately turned away from Jesus. Incidentally, many people think that when Jesus is called “Lord” in the Bible that this means “God.” But in the Bible this title means master or teacher, and it can be used for addressing humans (see 1 Peter 3:6).

What is more important, however, is to notice what Paul said about God in the following passage, which clearly shows that Jesus is not God: “God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. To him be honor and might forever.” (1 Timothy 6:15-16).

Paul said that God alone is immortal. Immortal means he does not die. Check any dictionary. Now, anyone who believes that Jesus died cannot believe that Jesus is God. Such a belief would contradict what Paul said here. Furthermore, to say that God died is a blasphemy against God. Who would run the world if God died? Paul believed that God does not die.



Paul also said in that passage that God dwells in unapproachable light — that no one has seen God or can see him. Paul knew that many thousands of people had seen Jesus. Yet Paul said that no one has seen God, because Paul was sure that Jesus is not God. This is why Paul went on teaching that Jesus was not God, but that he was the Christ (see Acts 9:22 and 18:5).

When he was in Athens, Paul spoke of God as “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands.” (Acts 17:24). Then he identified Jesus as “the man he (i.e. God) has appointed.” (Acts 17:31).

Clearly, for Paul, Jesus was not God, and he would be shocked to see his writings used for proving the opposite of what he believed. Paul even testified in court saying: “I admit that I worship the God of our fathers...” (Acts 24:14).

He also said that Jesus is the servant of that God, for we read in Acts: “The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus.” (Acts 3:13).

For Paul, the Father alone is God. Paul said that there is “one God and Father of all...” (Ephesians 4:6). Paul said again: “...for us there is but one God, the Father . . . and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ...” (1 Corinthians 8:6).



Paul’s letter to the Philippians (Philippians 2:6-11) is often quoted as a proof that Jesus is God. But the very passage shows that Jesus is not God. This passage has to agree with Isaiah 45:22-24 where God said that every knee should bow to God, and every tongue should confess that righteousness and strength are in God alone. Paul was aware of this passage, for he quoted it in Romans 14:11. Knowing this, Paul declared: “I kneel before the Father.” (Ephesians 3:14).

The letter to the Hebrews (Hebrews 1:6) says that the angels of God should worship the Son. But this passage depends on Deuteronomy 32:43, in the Septuagint version of the Old Testament. This phrase cannot be found in the Old Testament used by Christians today, and the Septuagint version is no longer considered valid by Christians. However, even the Septuagint version, does not say worship the Son. It says let the Angels of God worship God. The Bible insists that God alone is to be worshipped: “When the LORD made a covenant with the Israelites, he commanded them: ‘Do not worship any other gods or bow down to them, serve them or sacrifice to them. But the LORD, who brought you up out of Egypt with mighty power and outstretched arm, is the one you must worship. To him you shall bow down and to him offer sacrifices. You must always be careful to keep the decrees and ordinances, the laws and commands he wrote for you. Do not worship other gods. Do not forget the covenant I have made with you, and do not worship other gods. Rather, worship the LORD your God; it is he who will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies.’” (2 Kings 17:35-39).

Jesus, on whom be peace, believed in this, for he also stressed it in Luke 4:8. And Jesus too fell on his face and worshipped God (see Matthew 26:39). Paul knew that Jesus worshipped God (see Hebrews 5:7). Paul taught that Jesus will remain forever subservient to God (see 1 Corinthians 15:28).

Evidence from the Gospel of John:



The Gospel of John, the fourth Gospel, was completed to its present form some seventy years after Jesus was raised up to heaven. This Gospel in its final form says one more thing about Jesus that was unknown from the previous three Gospels — that Jesus was the Word of God. John means that Jesus was God’s agent through whom God created everything else. This is often misunderstood to mean that Jesus was God Himself. But John was saying, as Paul had already said, that Jesus was God’s first creature. In the Book of Revelation in the Bible, we find that Jesus is: “the beginning of God’s creation” (Revelation 3:14, also see 1 Corinthians 8:6 and Colossians 1:15).

Anyone who says that the Word of God is a person distinct from God must also admit that the Word was created, for the Word speaks in the Bible saying: “The LORD brought me forth as the first of his works...” (Proverbs 8:22).

This Gospel, nevertheless, clearly teaches that Jesus is not God. If it did not continue this teaching, then it would contradict the other three Gospels and also the letters of Paul from which it is clearly established that Jesus is not God. We find here that Jesus was not co-equal with the Father, for Jesus said: “...the Father is greater than I.” (John 14:28).

People forget this and they say that Jesus is equal to the Father. Whom should we believe — Jesus or the people? Muslims and Christians agree that God is self-existent. This means that He does not derive his existence from anyone. Yet John tells us that Jesus’ existence is caused by the Father. Jesus said in this Gospel: “...I live because of the Father...” (John 6:57).



John tells us that Jesus cannot do anything by his own when he quotes Jesus as saying: “By myself I can do nothing...” (John 5:30). This agrees with what we learn about Jesus from other Gospels. In Mark, for example, we learn that Jesus performed miracles by a power which was not within his control. This is especially clear from an episode in which a woman is healed of her incurable bleeding. The woman came up behind him and touched his cloak, and she was immediately healed. But Jesus had no idea who touched him. Mark describes Jesus’ actions thus: “At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, ‘Who touched my clothes?’” (Mark 5:30). His disciples could not provide a satisfactory answer, so Mark tells us: “Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it.” (Mark 5:32). This shows that the power that healed the woman was not within Jesus’ control. He knew that the power had gone out of him, but he did not know where it went. Some other intelligent being had to guide that power to the woman who needed to be healed. God was that intelligent being.

It is no wonder, then, that in Acts of the Apostles we read that it was God who did the miracles through Jesus (Acts 2:22).

God did extraordinary miracles through others too, but that does not make the others God (see Acts 19:11). Why, then, is Jesus taken for God? Even when Jesus raised his friend Lazarus from the dead, he had to ask God to do it. Lazarus’ sister, Martha, knew this, for she said to Jesus: “I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.” (John 11:22).

Martha knew that Jesus was not God, and John who reported this with approval knew it also. Jesus had a God, for when he was about to ascend to heaven, he said: “I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.” (John 20:17).

John was sure that no one had seen God, although he knew that many people had seen Jesus (see John 1:18 and 1 John 4:12). In fact Jesus himself told the crowds, that they have never seen the Father, nor have they heard the Father’s voice (John 5:37). Notice that if Jesus was the Father, his statement here would be false. Who is the only God in John’s Gospel? The Father alone.

Jesus testified this when he declared that the God of the Jews is the Father (John 8:54). Jesus too confirmed that the Father alone is the only true God (see John 17:1-3). And Jesus said to his enemies: “...you are determined to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God.” (John 8:40). According to John, therefore, Jesus was not God, and nothing John wrote should be taken as proof that he was God — unless one wishes to disagree with John.

God and Jesus Are Two Separate Beings:



Many people use certain verses of the Bible as proof that Jesus is God. However, all of these verses, when understood in context, prove the opposite!

For example, in Matthew 9:2, Jesus said to a certain man, “Take heart, son; your sins are forgiven.” Because of this, some say that Jesus must be God since only God can forgive sins. However, if you are willing to read just a few verses further, you will find that the people “...praised God, who had given such authority to men.” (Matthew 9:8). This shows that the people knew, and Matthew agrees, that Jesus is not the only man to receive such authority from God.

Jesus himself emphasized that he does not speak on his own authority (John 14:10) and he does nothing on his own authority, but he speaks only what the Father has taught him (John 8:28). What Jesus did here was as follows. Jesus announced to the man the knowledge Jesus received from God that God had forgiven the man.

Notice that Jesus did not say, “I forgive your sins,” but rather, “your sins are forgiven,” implying, as this would to his Jewish listeners, that God had forgiven the man. Jesus, then, did not have the power to forgive sins, and in that very episode he called himself “the Son of Man” (Matthew 9:6).

John 10:30 is often used as proof that Jesus is God because Jesus said, “I and the father are one.” But, if you read the next six verses, you will find Jesus explaining that his enemies were wrong to think that he was claiming to be God. What Jesus obviously means here is that he is one with the Father in purpose. Jesus also prayed that his disciples should be one just as Jesus and the Father are one. Obviously, he was not praying that all his disciples should somehow merge into one individual (see John 17:11 and 22). And when Luke reports that the disciples were all one, Luke does not mean that they became one single human being, but that they shared a common purpose although they were separate beings (see Acts 4:32). In terms of essence, Jesus and the Father are two, for Jesus said they are two witnesses (John 8:14-18). They have to be two, since one is greater than the other (see John 14:28). When Jesus prayed to be saved from the cross, he said: “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.” (Luke 22:42).

This shows that they had two separate wills, although Jesus submitted his will to the will of the Father. Two wills mean two separate individuals.

Furthermore, Jesus is reported to have said: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46). If one of them forsook the other, then they must be two separate entities.

Again, Jesus is reported to have said: “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” (Luke 23:46). If the spirit of one can be placed into the hands of another, they must be two separate beings.

In all of these instances, Jesus is clearly subordinate to the Father. When Jesus knelt down and prayed he obviously was not praying to himself (see Luke 22:41). He was praying to his God.

Throughout the New Testament, the Father alone is called God. In fact, the titles “Father” and “God” are used to designate one individual, not three, and never Jesus. This is also clear from the fact that Matthew substituted the title “Father” in the place of the title “God” in at least two places in his Gospel (compare Matthew 10:29 with Luke 12:6, and Matthew 12:50 with Mark 3:35). If Matthew is right in doing so, then the Father alone is God.

Was Jesus the Father? No! Because Jesus said: “And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.” (Matthew 23:9). So Jesus is not the Father, since Jesus was standing on the earth when he said this.

The Quran seeks to bring people back to the true faith that was taught by Jesus, and by his true disciples who continued in his teaching. That teaching emphasized a continued commitment to the first commandment that God is alone. In the Quran, God directs Muslims to call readers of the Bible back to that true faith. God have said in the Quran:

Say: “O people of the Book (Christians and Jews)! Come to a word that is just between us and you: that we shall worship none but God, and that we shall associate no partners with Him, and that none of us shall take others as lords beside God.” (Quran, 3:64)

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Penyusun: Ummu Aiman
Muraja’ah: Ustadz Aris Munandar

Masya Allah, anti sudah hafal 5 juz ???
Hmmm…

Secara fitrah manusia, pastilah senang jika dirinya dipuji. Saat pujian datang -apalagi dari seseorang yang istimewa dalam pandangannya- tentulah hati akan bahagia jadinya. Berbunga-bunga, bangga, senang. Itu manusiawi. Namun hati-hatilah duhai saudariku, jangan sampai riya’ menghiasi amal ibadah kita karena di setiap amal ibadah yang kita lakukan dituntut keikhlasan.


Niat yang ikhlas amatlah diperlukan dalam setiap amal ibadah karena ikhlas adalah salah satu syarat diterimanya suatu amal di sisi Allah. Sebuah niat dapat mengubah amalan kecil menjadi bernilai besar di sisi Allah dan sebaliknya, niatpun mampu mengubah amalan besar menjadi tidak bernilai sama sekali.

Kali ini, kita tidak hendak membahas tentang ikhlas melainkan salah satu lawan dari ikhlas, yaitu riya’.

Hudzaifah Ibnu Yaman pernah berkata:

“Orang-orang bertanya pada Nabi shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam tentang hal-hal yang baik sedangkan aku bertanya kepada beliau tentang hal-hal jelek agar aku terhindar dari kejelekan tersebut.” (HR Bukhari dan Muslim)

Maka saudariku muslimah, marilah kita mempelajari tentang riya’ agar kita terhindar dari kejelekannya.

Mari Kita Berbicara tentang Riya’

Secara bahasa, riya’ berasal dari kata ru’yah (الرّؤية), maknanya penglihatan. Sehingga menurut bahasa arab hakikat riya’ adalah orang lain melihatnya tidak sesuai dengan hakikat sebenarnya.

Al Hafizh Ibnu Hajar menyatakan, “Riya’ ialah menampakkan ibadah dengan tujuan agar dilihat manusia, lalu mereka memuji pelaku amal tersebut.”

Pernahkah ukhti mendengar tentang sum’ah? Sum’ah berbeda dengan riya’, jika riya’ adalah menginginkan agar amal kita dilihat orang lain, maka sum’ah berarti kita ingin ibadah kita didengar orang lain. Ibnu Hajar menyatakan: “Adapun sum’ah sama dengan riya’. Akan tetapi ia berhubungan dengan indera pendengaran (telinga) sedangkan riya’ berkaitan dengan indera penglihatan (mata).”

Jadi, jika seorang beramal dengan tujuan ingin dilihat, misalnya membaguskan dan memperlama shalat karena ingin dilihat orang lain, maka inilah yang dinamakan riya’. Adapun jika beramal karena ingin didengar orang lain, seperti seseorang memperindah bacaan Al Qur’annya karena ingin disebut qari’, maka ini yang disebut sebagai sum’ah.

Bahaya Riya’

Ketahuilah wahai saudariku, bahwa riya’ termasuk ke dalam syirik asghar/kecil. Ia dapat mencampuri amal kita kemudian merusaknya.

Amalan yang dikerjakan dengan ikhlas akan mendatangkan pahala. Lalu bagaimana dengan amalan yang tercampur riya’? Tentu saja akan merusak pahala amalan tersebut. Bisa merusak salah satu bagiannya saja atau bahkan merusak keseluruhan dari pahala amalan tersebut.

Berikut ini beberapa bentuk riya’:

1. Riya’ yang mencampuri amal dari awal hingga akhir, maka amalannya terhapus.

Misalnya seseorang yang hendak mengerjakan shalat lalu datang seseorang yang ia kagumi. Kemudian ia shalat dengan bagus dan khusyu’ karena ingin dilihat orang tersebut. Riya’ tersebut ada dari awal hingga akhir shalatnya dan ia tidak berusaha untuk menghilangkannya, maka amalannya terhapus.
2. Riya’ yang muncul tiba-tiba di tengah-tengah amal dan dia berusaha untuk menghilangkannya sehingga riya’ tersebut hilang, maka riya’ ini tidak mempengaruhi pahala amalannya. Misalnya seseorang yang shalat kemudian muncul riya’ di tengah-tengah shalatnya dan ia berusaha untuk menghilangkannya sehingga riya’ tersebut hilang, maka riya’ tersebut tidak mempengaruhi ataupun merusak pahala shalat tersebut.
3. Riya’ muncul tiba-tiba di tengah-tengah namun dibiarkan terus berlanjut, maka ini adalah syirik asghar dan menghapus amalannya. Namun dalam kondisi ini ulama berselisih pendapat tentang amalan mana yang terhapus, misalnya riya’ dalam shalat. Apakah rakaat yang tercampuri riya’ saja yang terhapus ataukah keseluruhan shalatnya?

Pendapat pertama menyatakan bahwa yang terhapus hanyalah pada amalan yang terkait. Pendapat kedua, yaitu perlu dirinci:

1. Kalau amalannya merupakan satu rangkaian dan tidak mungkin dipisahkan satu dengan yang lain, misalnya shalat dhuhur empat rakaat, maka terhapus rangkaian amal tersebut.
2. Kalau amalannya bukan merupakan satu rangkaian, maka amal yang terhapus pahalanya adalah sebatas yang tercampuri saja. Misalnya seseorang yang bersedekah kepada sepuluh orang anak yatim. Saat bersedekah pada anak kesatu sampai yang kelima ia ikhlas. Akan tetapi riya’ muncul saat ia bersedekah pada anak ke-enam, maka pahala yang terhapus adalah sedekah pada anak ke-enam. Contoh yang serupa adalah puasa.

Riya’ itu Samar

Pada asalnya, manusia memiliki kecenderungan ingin dipuji dan takut dicela. Hal ini menyebabkan riya’ menjadi sangat samar dan tersembunyi. Terkadang, seorang merasa telah beramal ikhlas karena Allah, namun ternyata secara tak sadar ia telah terjerumus kedalam penyakit riya’.

Saudariku, pernahkah engkau mendengar langkah laki seekor semut? Suara langkahnya begitu samar bahkan tidak dapat kita dengar. Seperti inilah Rasulullah shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam menggambarkan kesamaran riya’. Beliau shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam bersabda:

“Kesyirikan itu lebih samar dari langkah kaki semut.” Lalu Abu Bakar bertanya, “Wahai Rasulullah, bukankah kesyirikan itu ialah menyembah selain Allah atau berdoa kepada selain Allah disamping berdoa kepada selain Allah?” maka beliau bersabda.”Bagaimana engkau ini. Kesyirikan pada kalian lebih samar dari langkah kaki semut.” (HR Abu Ya’la Al Maushili dalam Musnad-nya, tahqiq Irsya Al Haq Al Atsari, cetakan pertama, tahun 1408 H, Muassasah Ulum Al Qur’an, Beirut, hlm 1/61-62. dishahihkan Al Albani dalam Shahih Al Targhib, 1/91)

Rasulullah shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam mengkhawatirkan bahaya riya’ atas umat Islam melebihi kekhawatiran beliau terhadap bahaya Dajjal. Disebutkan dalam sabda beliau: “Maukah kalian aku beritahu sesuatu yang lebih aku takutkan menimpa kalian daripada Dajjal.” Kami menyatakan, “Tentu!” beliau bersabda “Syirik khafi (syirik yang tersembunyi). Yaitu seseorang mengerjakan shalat, lalu ia baguskan shalatnya karena ia melihat ad seseorang yang memandangnya.”

Hal ini tidak akan terjadi, kecuali karena faktor pendukung yang kuat. Yaitu karena setiap manusia memiliki kecenderungan ingin mendapatkan pujian, kepemimpinan dan kedudukan tinggi di hadapan orang lain.

Bentuk Riya’

Wahai ukhti muslimah, didalam mencapai tujuannya, para mura’i (orang yang riya’) menggunakan banyak jalan, diantaranya sebagai berikut:

1. Dengan tampilan fisik, yaitu seperti menampilkan fisik yang lemah lagi pucat dan suara yang sangat lemah agar dianggap sebagai orang yang sangat takut akhirat atau rajin berpuasa.
2. Dengan penampilan, yaitu seperti membiarkan bekas sujud di dahi dan pakaian yang seadanya agar tampil seperti ahli ibadah. Ketika menjelaskan QS Al Fath, dalam Hasyiah Ash Shawi 4/134 disebutkan, “Yang dimaksud ‘bekas sujud’ bukanlah hitam-hitam di dahi sebagaimana yang dilakukan oleh orang-orang bodoh yang ingin riya’ karena hitam-hitam di dahi merupakan perbuatan khawarij.”
3. Dengan perkataan, yaitu seperti banyak memberikan nasehat, menghafal atsar (riwayat salaf) agar dianggap sebagai orang yang sangat memperhatikan jejak salaf.
4. Dengan amal, yaitu seperti memperlama rukuk dan sujud ketika shalat agar tampak khusyu’ dan lain-lain.

Kiat Mengobati Penyakit Riya’

Wahai saudariku, setiap insan tidak akan pernah lepas dari kesalahan. Sebaik-baik orang yang melakukan kesalahan adalah yang bertaubat kepada Allah atas kesalahan yang pernah dilakukannya.

Hati manusia cepat berubah. Jika saat ini beribadah dengan ikhlas, bisa jadi beberapa saat kemudian ikhlas tersebut berganti dengan riya’. Pagi ikhlas, mungkin sore sudah tidak. Hari ini ikhlas, mungkin esok tidak. Hanya kepada Allahlah kita memohon agar hati kita diteguhkan dalam agama ini. َ

Selain itu, hendaknya kita berusaha untuk menjaga hati agar terhidar dari penyakit riya’. Saudariku, inilah beberapa kiat yang dapat kita lakukan agar terhindar dari riya’:

1. Memohon dan selalu berlindung kepada Allah agar mengobati penyakit riya’

Riya’ adalah penyakit kronis dan berbahaya. Ia membutuhkan pengobatan dan terapi serta bermujahadah (bersungguh-sungguh) supaya bisa menolak bisikan riya’, sambil tetap meminta pertolongan Allah Ta’ala untuk menolaknya. Karena seorang hamba selalu membutuhkan pertolongan dan bantuan dari Allah. Seorang hamba tidak akan mampu melakukan sesuatu kecuali dengan bantuan dan anugerah Allah. Oleh karena itu, untuk mengobati riya’, seorang selalu membutuhkan pertolongan dan memohon perlindungan kepada-Nya dari penyakit riya’ dan sum’ah. Demikian yang diajarkan Rasulullah dalam sabda beliau:

“Wahai sekalian manusia, peliharalah diri dari kesyirikan karena ia lebih samar dari langkah kaki semut.” Mereka bertanya, “Wahai Rasulullah, bagaimana cara kami memelihara diri darinya padahal ia lebih samar dari langkah kaki semut?” beliau menjawab, “Katakanlah:

اللّهُمَّ إِنَّانَعُوْذُبِكَ مِنْ أََنْ نُشْرِكَ بِكَ شَيْئًانَعْلَمُهُ وَنَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِمَا لاَ نَعْلَمُ

‘Ya Allah, kami berlindung kepada-Mu dari perbuatan syirik yang kami ketahui. Dan kami mohon ampunan kepada-Mu dari apa yang tidak kami ketahui.’” (HR. Ahmad)

2. Mengenal riya’ dan berusaha menghindarinya

Kesamaran riya’ menuntut seseorang yang ingin menghindarinya agar mengetahui dan mengenal dengan baik riya’ dan penyebabnya. Selanjutnya, berusaha menghindarinya. Adakalanya seorang itu terjangkit penyakit riya’ disebabkan ketidaktahuan dan adakalanya karena keteledoran dan kurang hati-hati.

3. Mengingat akibat jelek perbuatan riya’ di dunia dan akhirat

Duhai saudariku di jalan Allah, sifat riya’ tidaklah memberikan manfaat sedikitpun, bahkan memberikan madharat yang banyak di dunia dan akhirat. Riya’ dapat membuat kemurkaan dan kemarahan Allah. Sehingga seseorang yang riya’ akan mendapatkan kerugian di dunia dan akhirat.

4. Menyembunyikan dan merahasiakan ibadah

Salah satu upaya mengekang riya’ adalah dengan menyembunyikan amalan. Hal ini dilakukan oleh para ulama sehingga amalan yang dilakukan tidak tercampuri riya’. Mereka tidak memberikan kesempatan kepada setan untuk mengganggunya. Para ulama menegaskan bahwa menyembunyikan amalan hanya dianjurkan untuk amalan yang bersifat sunnah. Sedangkan amalan yang wajib tetap ditampakkan. Sebagian dari ulama ada yang menampakkan amalan sunnahnya agar dijadikan contoh dan diikuti manusia. Mereka menampakkannya dan tidak menyembunyikannya, dengan syarat merasa aman dari riya’. Hal ini tentu tidak akan bisa kecuali karena kekuatan iman dan keyakinan mereka.

5. Latihan dan mujahadah

Saudariku, ini semua membutuhkan latihan yang terus menerus dan mujahadah (kesungguhan) agar jiwa terbina dan terjaga dari sebab-sebab yang dapat membawa kepada perbuatan riya’ bila tidak, maka kita telah membuka pintu dan kesempatan kepada setan untuk menyebarkan penyakit riya’ ini ke dalam hati kita.

Belajar dari Para Salaf

Duhai muslimah, berikut ini adalah kisah salaf yang menunjukkan betapa mereka menjaga diri dari riya’ dan sum’ah. Mereka tidak menginginkan ketenaran dan popularitas. Justru sebaliknya, mereka ingin agar tidak terkenal. Mereka memelihara keikhlasan, mereka takut jika hati mereka terkena ujub (bangga diri).

Abu Zar’ah yahya bin Abu ‘Amr bercerita: Pernah Adh-Dhahhak bin Qais keluar untuk memohon hujan bersama-sama dengan orang-orang, tapi ternyata hujan tidak turun dan beliau juga tidak melihat awan. Beliau berkata: “Dimana gerangan Yazid bin Al Aswad?” (dalam satu riwayat: tidak seorang pun yang menjawab pertanyaan beliau. Beliau pun bertanya lagi: “Dimana Yazid bin Al Aswad Al Jurasyi? Jika beliau mendengar, saya sangat berharap beliau berdiri.”) “Ini saya”, seru Yazid. “Berdirilah dan tolonglah kami ini di hadapan Allah. Jadilah kamu perantara(*) kami agar Allah menurunkan hujan kepada kami.”, kata Adh-Dhahhak bin Qais. Kemudian Yazid pun berdiri seraya menundukkan kepala sebatas bahu serta menyingsingkan lengan baju beliau kemudian berdoa: “Ya Allah, sesungguhnya hamba-hamba-Mu ini memohon syafaatku kepada-Mu.” Beliau berdoa tiga kali dan seketika itu pula turunlah hujan yang sangat deras sehingga hampir terjadi banjir. Kemudian beliau pun berkata: “Sesungguhnya kejadian ini membuat saya dikenal banyak orang. Bebaskanlah saya dari keadaan seperti ini.” Kemudian hanya berselang satu hari, yaitu Jum’at setelah peristiwa itu beliau pun wafat. (Riwayat Ibnu Sa’ad (7/248) dan Al Fasawi (2/239-pada penggal yang terakhir). Atsar ini shahih).

(*) Dalam keadaan ini, meminta perantara dalam berdo’a diperbolehkan, karena Yazid bin Al Aswad Al Jurasyi yang menjadi perantara masih dalam keadaan hidup, dan beliau adalah seorang yang shaleh. Bedakan dengan keadaan orang-orang yang berdo’a meminta kepada orang yang dianggap shaleh yang sudah meninggal dunia di kubur-kubur mereka! dan ini merupakan Syirik Akbar yang membuat pelakunya kekal di neraka jika belum bertaubat. -ed

Berkata Hammad bin Zaid rahimahullah: “Saya pernah berjalan bersama Ayyub tapi beliau melewati jalan-jalan yang membuat diriku heran dan bertanya-tanya kenapa beliau sampai berbuat seperti ini (berputar-putar melewati beberapa jalan). Ternyata beliau berbuat seperti itu karena beliau tidak mau orang-orang mengenal beliau dan berkata: ‘Ini Ayyub, ini Ayyub! Ayyub datang, Ayyub datang!’” (Riwayat Ibnu Sa’ad dan lainnya).

Hammad berkata lagi: “Ayyub pernah membawa saya melewati jalan yang lebih jauh, maka sayapun berkata: ‘Jalan ini lebih dekat!’ Beliau menjawab: ‘Saya menghindari kumpulan orang-orang di jalan tersebut.’ Dan memang apabila dia memberi salam, akan dijawab oleh mereka dengan jawaban yang lebih baik dari jawaban kepada yang lainnya. Dia berkata: ‘Ya Allah sesungguhnya Engkau mengetahui bahwa aku tidak menginginkannya! Ya Allah sesungguhnya Engkau mengetahui bahwa aku tidak menginginkannya!’” (Riwayat Ibnu Sa’ad (7/248) dan Al Fawasi (2/239-pada penggal yang terakhir). Atsar ini shahih).

Kita berlindung kepada Allah dari penyakit riya’. Semoga Allah menjadikan kita seorang mukhlishah, senantiasa berusaha untuk menjaga niat dari setiap amalan yang kita lakukan. Innamal ‘ilmu ‘indallah. Wa’allahu a’lam.

Maraji’:

1. Terjemah Sittu Duror, Landasan Membangun Jalan Selamat. ‘Abdul Malik Ahmad Ramdhani. Media Hidayah. Cetakan pertama. 2004.
2. Mutiara Faidah Kitab Tauhid Syaikh Muhammad At Tamimi. Abu ‘Isa ‘Abdullah bin Salam. Cetakan pertama. LBIA Al Atsary.
3. Majalah As-Sunnah edisi 05/ VIII/ 1425H/ 2004M.

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keletihan dakwah.. manisnya ukhuwah

Assalamualaikum ikhwah dan akhawat sekalian,

Perjalanan dakwah ini memang panjang dan meletihkan.

1. Kadang-kadang, mungkin kita termengah-mengah kehabisan nafas untuk terus menjejakkan kaki hingga sampai ke tujuan.
2. Kadang-kadang, mungkin kita tersenggok-senggok merasa tidak kuat dan hampir tertinggal oleh derapan serta gerakan para kafilah dakwah ini.
3. Kadang-kadang, mungkin kita tersangkut dan terjatuh oleh aral yang melintang serta kesulitan yang dihadapi dalam perjalanan.

Tidak seorangpun di antara kita yang tidak pernah mengalami suasana perasaan seperti itu bahkan hampir semua kita, walau sekukuh manapun keperibadiannya, pasti akan mengalami situasi lemah dan merasa kekurangan tenaga.

Memang demikianlah sifat jiwa manusia sepertimana yang pernah disabdakan oleh Rasulullah saw dalam salah sebuah hadits sahih bahwa keimanan itu ada kalanya bertambah dan berkurang. Ia bertambah kerana amal soleh dan berkurang kerana kemaksiatan.

Tapi kita perlu ingat bahwa :

1. Selama kita berusaha untuk tetap berada dalam kafilah ini, insyaAllah, kelemahan dan kekurangan kita tidak akan mampu menjatuhkan kita.
2. Selama kita tetap komitmen bergerak dalam orbit komuniti jama’ah dakwah, insyaAllah kita akan menerima banyak keistimewaan dan barakah.
3. Selama kita tetap memelihara hubungan baik dengan kafilah dakwah, insyaAllah semua kelalaian dan penyimpangan kita kemungkinan besar akan dapat diluruskan dan kembali kepada jalan yang benar.

Kesimpulannya adalah :

Kita hanya akan jatuh terhina, tenggelam dan terseret oleh arus yang lain tatkala kita berada di luar arus atau orbit jama’ah dakwah.

Salah satu barakah hidup bersama orang-orang soleh adalah, mereka sentiasa mampu memberi nasihat dan pencerahan hati bagi orang yang duduk bersamanya.

Sabda Rasulullah saw :

“Sebaik-baik sahabat adalah, orang yang bila engkau melihatnya, menjadikan kamu mengingati Allah”.

Renungkanlah perkataan Rasulullah saw tersebut.

Hanya sekadar melihat seorang teman yang soleh akan memberi cahaya kesolehan yang berbeza dalam diri orang yang melihatnya.

Melihat orang lain yang lebih tinggi kadar ibadah, zuhud, jihad dan ilmunya, pasti akan memberi pengaruh yang besar dalam diri kita.

Merekalah orang yang akan mempengaruhi tahap kezuhudan, ibadah dan jihad kita. Oleh kerana itu, para sahabat generasi pertama disebut sebagai generasi istimewa antara lain lantaran mereka sentiasa hidup bersama Rasululluh saw.

Di dalam kitab `Nuzhatul Fudhola’, ada seorang salaf mengatakan :

“Jika aku merasakan kekesatan hati, maka aku segera pergi dan melihat wajah Muhammad bin Wasi’”.

Abdullah bin Mubarak juga pernah mengatakan :

“Jika aku melihat wajah Fudhail bin Iyadh, aku biasanya menangis”.

Itulah salah satu prinsip yang dipegang oleh orang-orang soleh terdahulu. Bagi mereka, bertemu dengan saudaranya adalah bekalan kerohanian yang dapat membawa kepada kebangkitan ruhani mereka dan memang demikianlah yang berlaku.

Mari kita semak sebuah kisah yang disampaikan oleh Ibnul Qosim, salah seorang ulama fiqh di Mesir yang wafat pada tahun 191 H sebagaimana yang dinukilkan di dalam kitab `Tartibul Madarik’:

“Aku pernah mendatangi Imam Malik sebelum waktu fajar. Aku tanyakan dia tentang dua masalah, tiga masalah, empat masalah dan aku benar-benar melihatnya dalam suasana lapang.

Kemudian aku mendatanginya hampir setiap waktu sahur. Kadang-kadang kerana keletihan, mataku terasa mengantuk dan aku tertidur. Ketika Imam Malik keluar ke masjid, aku tidak mengetahuinya.

Kemudian aku dibangunkan oleh pembantunya sambil mengatakan:

“Gurumu tidak tertidur seperti kamu, padahal ketika ini usianya telah mencapai 49 tahun. Setahuku, ia hampir tidak solat subuh melainkan dengan wudhu’ yang dipakai untuk solat Isya’.”

Apakah yang terlintas dan terdetik di dalam jiwa kita tatkala mendengar kisah di atas?

Subhanallah!, riwayat-riwayat seperti itu banyak disampaikan dalam atsar sehingga sulit bagi kita untuk tidak menerimanya sebagai suatu kebenaran.

Disebutkan di sana, wudhu’ Imam Malik tidak batal sepanjang malam dalam rentang waktu hampir separuh abad di mana keadaan seperti ini biasa dilakukan pada malam-malam musim panas.

Maknanya, Imam Malik rela untuk menyedikitkan makan dan minum sepanjang hari sehingga ia mampu memelihara wudhu’nya.

Tercatat juga di dalam kitab `Nuzhatul Fudhola’ bahwa salah seorang salafus soleh pernah bercerita :

“Aku pernah bangun pada waktu sahur untuk mempelajari Al Qur’an kepada Ibnu Akhram, seorang ulama’ Damsyik. Tapi ternyata kehadiranku telah didahului oleh sekitar 30 orang dan aku belum memperolehi giliran sampai datang waktu asar.”

Kebiasaan pada waktu itu, setiap orang diberi giliran untuk mempelajari Al Qur’an sekitar 2 halaman.

Lihatlah terhadap kesabarannya yang luar biasa untuk menanti giliran membaca 2 halaman Al Qur’an dari sebelum fajar hingga waktu asar. Yang lebih menghairankan lagi, kedatangannya sebelum fajar telah didahului oleh kurang lebih 30 orang.

Membaca dan menelaah tatacara kehidupan orang-orang soleh juga mampu membangkitkan semangat baru dalam diri kita. Boleh dikatakan, membaca dan menelaah kehidupan mereka hampir sama dengan kita menziarahi dan berhadapan dengan mereka sehingga kitapun menerima barakah dari Allah kerananya.

Oleh kerana itulah, Imam Ibnul Jauzi pernah mengatakan di dalam kitab `Qimmatuz zaman `indal ulama” :

“Aku berlindung kepada Allah dari tatacara kehidupan orang yang tidak mempunyai cita-cita tinggi hingga dapat diteladani oleh orang lain yang tidak mempunyai sikap wara’ yang boleh ditiru oleh orang yang ingin berzuhud.

Demi Allah, hendaklah kamu mencermati perilaku suatu kaum, mendalami sifat dan berita tentang mereka kerana dengan memperbanyakkan meneliti kitab-kitab mereka adalah sama dengan melihat mereka.

Bila engkau mengatakan telah mendalami 20,000 jilid buku, bererti engkau telah melihat mereka melalui kajian engkau terhadap tingkatan semangat mereka, kepandaian mereka, ibadah mereka, keistimewaan ilmu yang tidak pernah diketahui oleh orang yang membacanya……..”

Maka, marilah kita sering mengunjungi saudara kita di atas jalan ini. Jangan jauhkan mereka dari hati kita.

Selalulah berkunjung, bertatap muka dan memandang wajah mereka. Di sanalah kita akan menemui keberkatan hidup berjama’ah yang dapat memberi bekalan bagi jiwa agar kita dapat meneruskan perjalanan ini hingga sampai ke tujuan dan matlamat yang terakhir iaitu ridha Allah dan syurgaNya.

Ya Allah, kekalkanlah kaki-kaki kami di atas jalan dakwah yang mulia ini walaupun perjalanannya panjang dan meletihkan serta dipenuhi oleh segala onak dan duri. Jadikanlah sahabat-sahabat seperjalanan kami sebagai teman setia yang mampu memberi kekuatan tenaga dan pencerahan hati kepada kami sehingga kami menemuiMu dalam keadaan mendapat keridhaanMu serta syurga yang dijanjikan.

Ameen Ya Rabbal Alameen

Wan Ahmad Sanadi Wan Ali (WAS)Shah Alam29/6/2010 @ 5:41 PM