God Almighty says in the
Holy Quran: "By Time, Indeed, mankind is in loss, Except for those who
have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and
advised each other to patience." (Demi Masa! Sesungguhnya manusia itu dalam
kerugian Kecuali orang-orang yang beriman dan beramal soleh, dan mereka pula
berpesan-pesan dengan kebenaran serta berpesan-pesan dengan sabar. (Surah 103
'Al-Asr: verse 1-3)

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Spread the WORD: Kesempurnaan Iman
Firman Allah Taala: Mereka
itu bersegera untuk mendapat kebaikan-kebaikan, dan merekalah orang-orang yang
segera memperolehnya. (QS Al-Mu'minun, 23: 61)

Kata sifat kamil dalam bahasa Arab berarti
sempurna, murni, dan lengkap. “Iman yang sempurna” (kamil iman) yang dibahas
Article ini mewakili tingkat tertinggi kedewasaan dan kedalaman iman yang dapat
dicapai seseorang. Namun, bagaimana iman seorang mukmin tumbuh matang dan
menjadi sempurna?
“Beriman kepada Allah” adalah meresapi bahwa
Allah Ialah Pencipta dan Pemilik tunggal segala sesuatu dan bahwa Dia
satu-satunya Pengadil. Itulah kepasrahan seseorang kepada Allah pada setiap
saat kehidupannya; itulah menyadari bahwa manusia memer-lukanNya, bahwa Allah
kaya tanpa memerlukankan, dan bahwa Dia menciptakan semua makhluk menurut suatu
takdir tertentu.
“Kepasrahan kepada Allah” menjadi mungkin
hanya lewat memiliki ketakutan besar kepada Allah, terikat erat kepadaNya dan
mencintaiNya melebihi apa pun atau siapa pun. Orang yang memasrah diri kepada
Allah, dalam pengertian yang sesungguhnya, mengangkat hanya Allah sebagai tuhan
nya.
Sepanjang hidup ia mengetahui bahwa tiap
kejadian yang ditemuinya terjadi atas kehendak Allah dan bahwa di balik setiap
kejadian itu, ada maksud-maksud ilahiah tertentu. Karena alasan ini, tidak
pernah ia menyeleweng dari sikap pasrahnya dan selalu ia tetap taat dan
bersyukur kepada Allah.
Untuk meraih iman yang sempurna, orang
perlu taat sebenar-benarnya mengikuti perintah-perintah Qur'an, wahyu Allah
cepat mana Dia memperkenalkan diriNya dan menyampaikan perintah kepada
hamba-hambaNya. Karena alasan ini, mukmin mem-berikan perhatian
sepenuh-penuhnya dalam mematuhi batasan-batasan Allah hingga hari ia wafat.
Sepanjang hidup ia memperlihatkan
sifat-sifat mukmin sejati tanpa lari dari kesabaran. Ketabahan yang ditunjukkan
orang yang beriman sempurna dalam hidup dengan nilai-nilai Qur'an merupakan
suatu sifat yang sangat penting dan khusus.

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Firman Allah Taala: Kemudian Kami jadikan
Al-Quran itu diwarisi oleh orang-orang yang Kami pilih dari kalangan
hamba-hamba Kami; maka di antara mereka ada yang berlaku zalim kepada dirinya
sendiri (dengan tidak mengindahkan ajaran Al-Quran), dan di antaranya ada yang
bersikap sederhana, dan di antaranya pula ada yang mendahului (orang lain)
dalam berbuat kebaikan dengan izin Allah. Yang demikian itu ialah limpah kurnia
yang besar (dari Allah semata-mata). (Surah 35 'Fatir: Ayat 32)

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Firman Allah Taala: Dan ada di antara
manusia yang menyembah Allah dengan sikap dan pendirian yang tidak tetap, iaitu
jika ia beroleh kebaikan, senanglah hatinya dengan keadaan itu; dan jika pula
ia ditimpa fitnah kesusahan, berbaliklah ia semula (kepada kekufurannya).
(Dengan sikapnya itu) rugilah ia akan dunia dan akhirat, itulah kerugian yang
terang nyata. (Surah 22 'Al ‘Haj: Ayat 11)
Di sini nampak ciri khas iman yang
sempurna. Mereka yang tidak memeluk keimanan sepenuh hati memuja Allah tepat di
“tepi terpinggir”, sementara orang-orang beriman sempurna mengambil Qur'an
sebagai panduan penting bagi diri di setiap saat kehidupan.
Sementara mereka yang tidak tulus menuntut
syarat-syarat tertentu demi menjaga keimanan, mereka yang beriman sempurna
sungguh tanpa syarat dalam ketaatannya.
Kelompok pertama tetap mengabdi pada agama
dan berpura-pura memperlihatkan nilai-nilai yang dipuji oleh Qur'an sepanjang
mereka merasakan nikmat-nikmat yang dianugerahkan kepada mereka dan semua
berjalan sesuai dengan keinginan mereka.
Namun, bila saja kehilangan nikmat atau
musibah menimpa, mereka segera berpaling dari atau menunjukkan ketidaktaatan
pada agama. Akan tetapi, orang yang beriman sempurna menunjukkan tekad yang tak
tergoyahkan pada iman dan kesetiaan mereka.

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Iman yang sempurna mewujud diri melalui
terus-menerus memperhatikan nurani seseorang. Nurani adalah sifat kejiwaan yang
membangkitkan sikap baik dan pikiran terpuji, dan membantu manusia berpikir
lurus dan membedakan yang benar dari yang salah.
Seorang yang beriman sempurna menyimak
suara nuraninya dalam keadaan apa pun. Kecenderungan sedemikian memastikan
akhlak dan sikap yang sejalan dengan Qur'an.
Nabi Muhammad Sallalla hu Alayhi was Sallam
menunjukkan pentingnya nurani dengan cara berikut:
Seorang laki-laki bertanya kepada
Rasulullah Sallalla-hu-Alayhi-was-Sallam: Apakah iman itu? Beliau menjawab:
Ketika perbuatan baik menjadi sumber kebahagiaan bagimu dan perbuatan jahat
menjadi sumber kejijikan bagimu, maka engkau mukmin. Lelaki itu lalu menanyai
Rasulullah Sallalla-hu-Alayhi-was-Sallam: Apakah dosa itu? Untuk mana beliau
menjawab: Ketika sesuatu mengganggu nuranimu, hentikanlah. (Ahmad)
Dari pilihan-pilihan yang dihadapinya,
mukmin memilih sikap dengan mana, ia ber-harap, Allah akan redha. Ia tidak
pernah menyerah kepada hawa nafsunya. Kesulitan-kesulitan yang dihadapinya
selagi menunjukkan sikap mulia ini tidak membuatnya merasa kecewa. Ia tidak
mengorbankan sikap yang paling patut karena dikuasai oleh keinginan sesaat dan
hasrat nafsunya.
Sebuah contoh dari kehidupan sehari-hari
akan membuat jelas hal ini. Mari kita beranggapan bahwa sebuah gudang besar
sedang terbakar. Dikepung oleh musibah seperti itu, si pemilik gudang
dihadapkan kepada banyak pilihan. Ia boleh juga, misal-nya, tinggal di dalam
dan, dengan menggerakkan para pekerjanya, berjuang mema-damkan api. Jalan lain
adalah meninggalkan gedung dan menyelamatkan diri sendiri tanpa memberitahu
para pekerjanya. Atau, ia boleh juga melakukan segalanya untuk menyelamatkan
semua pekerja sambil memanggil pemadam
kebakaran.
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God Almighty says in the
Holy Quran: "By Time, Indeed, mankind is in loss, Except for those who
have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and
advised each other to patience." (Qur'an Surah 103 'Al-Asr: verse 1-3)

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Spread the WORD: PERFECTED FAITH
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God Almighty says in the
Holy Quran: "Such people (the pious) are truly racing towards good deeds,
and they outstrip (others) therein." (Surat al-Mu'minun, verse 61)
The adjective "kamil" in Arabic
means perfect, genuine, and complete. The "perfected faith" (kamil
iman) discussed in this Article represents the highest level of maturity and
depth of faith an individual can ever attain. But how does a believer's faith grow
mature and become perfect?
"Having faith in Allah" is to
grasp that Allah is the sole Creator and Owner of everything and that He is the
only Judge. It is one's submission to Allah at every moment of his life; it is
being aware that one is in need of Him, that Allah is rich beyond need and that
He creates all things in compliance with a specified destiny.
"Submission to Allah" becomes
possible only through having a profound fear of Allah, being deeply attached to
Him and loving Him more than anything or anybody else. One who submits himself
to Allah, in the real sense, takes Allah alone as his intimate friend.
Throughout his life, he knows that each
event he encounters occurs by Allah's will and that behind every one of them
there are particular divine purposes. For this reason, he never strays from his
submissive attitude and always remains obedient and grateful to Allah.
To attain perfected faith, one needs to
comply strictly with the commands of the Qur'an, the revelation of Allah
through which He introduces Himself and conveys His commands to His servants.
For this reason, a believer pays the utmost attention to observing Allah's
limits till the day he dies.

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In
their efforts to earn the approval of Allah. The Qur'an however, refers also to
those who do not fully live by religion: "Among the people there are those
who profess to worship Allah, but who stand on the very fringe of true religion
. . ." (Surat al-Hajj, 11)
God Almighty says in the Holy Quran: Then
we caused to inherit the Book those We have chosen of Our servants; and among
them is he who wrongs himself, and among them is he who is moderate, and among
them is he who is foremost in good deeds by permission of Allah . That
[inheritance] is what is the great bounty. (Fatir ‘35: verse 32)

God Almighty says in the Holy Quran: And of
the people is he who worships Allah on an edge. If he is touched by good, he is
reassured by it; but if he is struck by trial, he turns on his face [to the
other direction]. He has lost [this] world and the Hereafter. That is what is
the manifest loss. (Surah Al ‘Haj ’22: verse 11)
Here appears the distinctive feature of
perfected faith. Those who do not embrace faith wholeheartedly worship Allah
right on the "very fringe" while the people of perfected faith adopt
the Qur'an as an essential guide for themselves at every moment of their lives.
While insincere people stipulate certain conditions for keeping their faith,
people of perfected faith are truly unconditional in their observances.
The former group remain devoted to the
religion and pretend to display the values praised by the Qur'an as long as
they enjoy the blessings given to them and everything goes their way. Yet,
whenever they are deprived of blessings or adversity befalls them, they simply
turn away from religion or show disloyalty to it. The people of perfected
faith, however, show an unshakable commitment to their faith and loyalty.

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All
these alternatives may seem reasonable from different points of view. The
conscience, however, guides man to the choice that would please Allah most.
Perfected faith is the faith of one who unconditionally assumes the most noble
attitude to which his conscience guides him, without feeling any trivial regret
or disappointment.
God Almighty says in the Holy Quran: And
who believe in what has been revealed to you, and what was revealed before you,
and of the Hereafter they are certain (in faith). (Surah Al ‘Baqarah, 2: verse
4)
Perfected faith manifests itself through
unceasing attention to one's conscience. Conscience is a spiritual quality that
engenders a good attitude and worthy thoughts, and helps man think straight and
tell right from wrong. A person of perfected faith listens to the voice of his
conscience under all circumstances. Such inclination ensures the morality and
attitudes that comply with the Qur'an. The Prophet Muhammad
Sallalla-hu-Alayhi-was-Sallam (peace and blessings of God be on him) pointed
out the importance of conscience in this way:
A person asked Allah's Messenger
Sallalla hu Alayhi was Sallam (peace and blessings of God be on him): What is
faith? He said: When a good deed becomes a source of pleasure for you and an
evil deed becomes a source of disgust for you, then you are a believer. He
again said Allah's Messenger Sallalla hu Alayhi was Sallam: What is a sin?
Whereupon he said: When something pricks your conscience, give it up. (Ahmad)
Of the alternatives he encounters, the
believer chooses the attitude with which, he hopes, Allah will be pleased. He
never stoops to baseness. The difficulties he encounters while displaying the
ideal attitude never make him feel frustrated. He does not compromise the most
appropriate attitude by being overtaken by the whims and desires of his lower
self.
An example from daily life will make this
issue clear. Let's assume that a big factory is on fire. Beset with such
adversity, the owner of the factory is faced with many alternatives. He may,
for instance, remain inside and, mobilizing the workers, struggle to put out
the fire. Another course would be to leave the building and save his own life
without notifying the workers. Or, he can do everything to save all his workers
and meanwhile call the fire department.
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