Last week, hubby and I attended the ESQ 165 training in marriot, putrajaya for 3 days starting from 16-18th May. In fact I was quite excited & looking forward to participate since we were about to sign up externally on our own expenses until I saw the advertisement in our company website. The speakers were Indonesian and from Indonesia, 2 of them & the younger one is quite good looking :). Looking at their faces, mcm buat facial, bersih & bercahaya. Hubby guessed they regularly perform solat tahajjud, wallahuallam.
The training was great, the sound and the audio systems were perfect. By the way, ESQ stands for Emotional and Spritual Quotient. 165 means 1 value, 6 principles, 5 actions.
~ 1 value for our faith in Allah.
~ 6 principles based on 6 pillars of faith (6 rukun iman) and
~ 5 actions based on 5 pillars of Islam (5 rukun Islam).
If I were to write on every single thing that I gathered from the training, it'll be a lot. So many things that I'd like to share here... hmmm maybe bit by bit, insyallah. It might not be in a structured way, mana2 yg teringat & terkesan jerlah kot, tambah2 kelemahan hamba Allah sorang ni yg lemah & pelupa gitu.... However, something good about this training was that I didn't notice the time flew so fast and I managed to stay till past 7pm. Kalau training lain dah panas montot, kul 5pm dah sound trainer... Normally, the staffs from my co. attended training to acquire certain knowlwdge or skills i.e. to close some skill gap or maybe to take a break from office. But this one, tell you our brains had to work harder. I can say pengisiannya agak berat but alhamdulillah, I was there to learn & experience something which may not be often offered by my organisation...
Stressing on our syahadah, our faith in lailahaillallah bahawasanya Tiada tuhan yg disembah melainkan Allah. Also a lot of sharing in the scientific findings with the ones stated in the Quran. Contoh teori big bang, mawar merah di angkasa, etc & etc... Amazingly, banyak....Satu persatu Allah tunjukkan pd manusia, teori2 yg dijumpai lately berhubugkait dgn kalimah2 suci Allah SWT . Andai kita celupkan jari ke laut, air yg melekat di jari itu sajalah ilmu pengetahuan yg ada pd manusia sekelian alam, walhal selebihnya adalah dlm pengetahuanNya...Subhanallah!
I notice that the speakers repeated the surah Al-shams several times during that 3 days training. Below, the tranlations of the surah Al-Shams (The Sun):
By the sun and it's brightness
by the moon, as she follows him
by the day, which shows its splendor
by the night, which draws a veil over it
by the haven and Him who made
by the earth and He who spread
by the soul and He who perfected it.
Jika dihayati ayat2 dalam surah Al-Shams, betapa hebat ciptaanNya dan dengan sendirinya tersedar betapa hebat & besar Penciptanya. Andai kita meneliti dan hayati setiap kejadianNya, pasti kita akui akan kebesaranNya. Betapa Allah menjadikan matahari agar adanya cahaya menyinari maya, siang dan malam silih berganti. Betapa Allah menjadikan langit tanpa sebarang tongkat, menjadikan bumi & seluruh isinya. Allah menciptakan manusia & roh... Dlm setiap jiwa anak Adam sebelum dilahirkan, sudah termeterai perjanjian dgn penciptaNya. Demi jiwa & segala penyempurnaannya... Dlm setiap diri manusia tersedia ada 'Built-in' sifat2 Al-Husna, sifat2 terpuji Allah semasa lahirnya. Jika diamati setiap manusia akan terdorong kearah sifat2 yg baik, andai kita lawan sifat2 ini, hati manusia dgn sendirinya kucar kacir, rasa bersalah, tiada ketenangan. Seperti ciptaan2 Allah yg lain, ada peraturan tertentu, contoh bumi, ia tetap berputar, pada paksinya dan bertawaf mengelilingi matahari. Andai tergelincir, binasalah bumi. Begitu jugak jiwa manusia, ada peraturan2 tertentu, andai tergelincir, rosaklah jiwanya. Andai tidak mengerjakan aturan2 Allah, contohnya meninggalkan solat, puasa (5 pillars) dll, maka akan meninggalkan titik2 hitam, andai lama2 terkumpul, hati menjadi kotor dan keras... Dgn mengerjakan solat dapat mencegah manusia dari melakukan kemungkaran.
Another thing yg teringat kata2 Pak Trainers, andai bumi bertawaf dan berzikir pd Allah, setiap benda hidup, i.e. termasuk makhluk binatang dan tumbuhan di langit, di bumi dan jua di lautan berzikir pd Allah, tidak malukah manusia yg berjalan di atas bumi dan memijak rumput, pasir, batu2 yg berzikir itu melakukan maksiat?
By the soul and He Who perfected it, and inspired it with knowledge of what is wrong for it and what is right for it. Indeed successful will be the one who purifies it. And indeed failure will be the one who corrupts it. - Al-Shams
Sekiranya Nabi Muhammad, Rasulullah SAW yg maksum beristigfar 70-100 kali dlm sehari, apatah lagi kita manusia biasa, umat akhir zaman ni. Ini peringatan untuk diri sendiri jugaklah...
Dlm surah Al-Shams, Allah bersumpah ke atas tujuh ciptaanNya...
Demi matahari dan sinarnya di pagi hari
Demi bulan apabila ia mengiringi
Demi siang apabila ia menampakkan diri
Demi malam apabila ia menutupi
Demi langit dan seluruh binaannya
Demi bumi dan yang ada di hamparannya
Demi jiwa dan penyempurnaannya
Allah mengilhamkan sukma kefasikan dan ketakwaan
Beruntunglah bagi yang mensucikannya
Merugilah bagi yang mengotorinya
Subhanallah, Subhanallah...
Enjoy the song - Demi Matahari
Nik Mad & his mentor, Abg Atid...
