UMATi, uMATi, umati: 08/27/11

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.’ Firman Allah Ta’ala: ‘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. (QS Al ‘Asr 103)

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ASEAH ISTERI FIRAUN

Isteri Firaun, yang menikahi seorang laki-laki yang namanya telah terpuruk dalam sejarah sebagai salah seorang penguasa paling menindas di DUNIA, mendapat kehormatan dikenang sebagai salah seorang Muslim paling unggul dalam sejarah. Menurut takdir yang telah ditetapkan baginya, Allah SubhanahuwaTa'ala telah menentukan mukmin yang taat ini tinggal bersama dengan salah seorang laki-laki terkejam di DUNIA, Firaun, yang berkuasa atas bani Israil di Mesir selama masa Nabi Allah Musa Alayhis Sallam.

Keimanan sempurna perempuan mulia ini yang disebutkan dalam Al 'Qur'an menjadi teladan bagi semua Muslim selama-lamanya:

Firman Allah Ta’ala: ‘Dan Allah mengemukakan satu misal perbandingan (yang menyatakan tidak ada mudaratnya) kepada orang-orang mukmin (berhubung rapat dengan orang-orang kafir jika tidak terjejas keadaan imannya), iaitu: perihal isteri Firaun, ketika ia berkata: "Wahai Tuhanku! Binalah untukku sebuah rumah di sisiMu dalam Syurga, dan selamatkanlah daku dari Firaun dan perbuatannya (yang kufur dan buas), serta selamatkanlah daku dari kaum yang zalim,’ (QS Al-Tahrim, 66: Ayat 11)

Keimanan sempurna isteri Firaun menjadi teladan, sebab ia harus menempatkan keimanannya kepada Allah di bawah keadaan yang amat sukar, dengan mengambil risiko besar. Lebih-lebih, tak silau oleh kekayaan yang melimpah - yang besarnya dapat diraih hanya oleh sangat sedikit orang di DUNIA ini - ia memperlihatkan kesetiaan mendalam kepada Allah dan menyingkapkan kekuatan watak yang besar.

Pada saat itu, rakyat Mesir percaya bahwa Firaun memiliki kuasa ilahi.

Menyalahgunakan kepercayaan rakyat Mesir ini, Firaun berani “menyatakan dirinya tuhan.” Sementara dikelilingi bahaya yang kasat mata itu, isteri Firaun menunjukkan tekadnya kepada Allah. Sungguh yakin bahwa kepercayaan yang dianut rakyat Mesir hingga saat itu semuanya salah, ia mengakui keberadaan Allah.

Jelas, inilah jalan yang meminta kesabaran besar dan hanya kesetiaan kepada Allah yang sepenuh hati dan tulus akan memungkinkannya. Karena isteri Firaun seorang yang beriman sempurna, ia mengambil pendekatan yang nalar dan menyembunyikan keimanannya dari Firaun. Ia dihormati dengan diangkat sebagai teladan bagi semua perempuan:

Dan Allah Subhanahuwa Ta'ala membuat isteri Firaun perumpamaan bagi orang-orang yang beriman, ketika ia berkata:

Firman Allah Ta’ala: 'Dan Allah mengemukakan satu misal perbandingan (yang menyatakan tidak ada mudaratnya) kepada orang-orang mukmin (berhubung rapat dengan orang-orang kafir jika tidak terjejas keadaan imannya), iaitu: perihal isteri Firaun, ketika ia berkata: "Wahai Tuhanku! Binalah untukku sebuah rumah di sisiMu dalam Syurga, dan selamatkanlah daku dari Firaun dan perbuatannya (yang kufur dan buas), serta selamatkanlah daku dari kaum yang zalim'. (QS Al-Tahrim, 66: Ayat 11)

Sekalipun isteri Firaun dapat berfoya-foya dalam kekayaannya, ia lebih memilih kehidupan yang diabdikan hanya kepada Allah dan menimbang redha Allah di atas segalanya. Kepasrahannya kepada Allah, kepercayaannya kepada Allah, kesabaran dan kedewasaannya membuatnya teladan bagi semua manusia.

KEIMANAN PARA PENYIHIR

Nabi Allah Musa Alayhis Sallam menyampaikan pesan Allah kepada Firaun dan mendukung kata-katanya dengan pertunjukan mukjizat yang dianugerahkan Allah kepadanya. Cara langsung dan meyakinkan Musa Alayhis Sallam ini membuat Firaun merasa sombong.

Dalam upaya menandingi pengaruh kuat Musa Alayhis Sallam dan memperhi-nakannya di mata kaumnya, Firaun menyelenggarakan pertandingan antara Musa Alayhis Sallam dan para penyihir paling terpercayanya.

Firaun sebenarnya cemas semua rakyat Mesir akan mempercayai Allah dan mele-paskan agama palsu mereka. Tujuan utamanya adalah keberlangsungan hidup pemerin-tahannya, pengorbanan pura-pura, ia fikir, mencukupi untuk melindungi dan bahkan memperkuat pemerintahan itu.

Ketika waktu yang ditetapkan tiba, Nabi Musa Alayhis Sallam dan para penyihir muncul di hadapan umum. Ketika para penyihir melakukan sihir mereka, tali-temali dan tongkat mereka tampak menggeletar. Lalu, Nabi Allah Musa Alayhis Sallam melontarkan tongkatnya, yang menelan sihir para penyihir Firaun. Al-Qur'an menceritakan kisah ini sebagai berikut:

Firman Allah Ta’ala: ‘Ahli-ahli sihir berkata: ”Hai Musa, kamukah yang akan melemparkan lebih dahulu, ataukah kami yang akan melemparkan?” Musa menjawab: ”Lemparkanlah (lebih dahulu)!” Maka, tatkala mereka melemparkan, mereka menyulap mata orang dan menjadikan orang banyak itu takut, serta mereka mendatangkan sihir yang besar (menakjubkan). Dan Kami wahyukan kepada Musa: ”Lemparkanlah tongkatmu!” Maka, sekonyong-konyong tongkat itu menelan apa yang mereka sulapkan. Karena itu nyatalah yang benar dan batallah yang selalu mereka kerjakan. Maka mereka kalah di tempat itu dan jadilah mereka orang-orang yang hina’. (QS Al-A’raf, 7: Ayat 115-119)

Firman Allah Ta’ala: ‘Maka tersungkurlah ahli-ahli sihir sambil bersujud (kepada Allah). Mereka berkata: "Kami beriman kepada Tuhan semesta alam, (yaitu) Tuhan Musa dan Harun’. (QS Al-Syu’ara, 26: Ayat 46-48).

Pilihan para penyihir, sejalan dengan penyingkapan oleh Nabi Allah Musa Alayhis Sallam bahwa sihir mereka palsu, sungguh kekalahan telak bagi Firaun, dan itulah penyebab kerasnya tanggapannya.

Betapa pun, ia telah diperhinakan di depan rakyatnya, ia telah kehilangan orang-orangnya yang paling andal yang berpaling ke Musa Alayhis Sallam, dan kedudukan Nabi Allah Musa Alayhis Sallam sebagai ancaman besar bagi pemerintahannya telah terbentuk.

Karena segenap alasan ini, ia memutuskan menghukum berat para penyihirnya:

Firman Allah Ta’ala: ‘Berkata Firaun: “Apakah kamu telah beriman kepadanya (Musa) sebelum aku memberi izin kepadamu sekalian? Sesungguhnya ia pemimpinmu yang mengajarkan sihir kepadamu sekalian. Maka sesungguhnya aku akan memotong tangan dan kaki kamu sekalian dengan bersilang secara bertimbal balik, dan sesungguhnya aku akan menyalib kamu sekalian pada pangkal pohon kurma dan sesungguhnya kamu akan mengetahui siapa di antara kita yang lebih pedih dan lebih kekal siksanya’. (QS Tha-Ha, 20: Ayat 71)

Sekalipun ada ancaman mengerikan dari Firaun ini, para penyihir telah beriman kepada Allah Taala pada saat mereka meresapi keberadaan Allah dan bersujud di hadapanNya. Mereka secara terbuka berpihak kepada Musa Alayhis Sallam; mereka tidak merasa khawatir kehilangan kemudahan-kemudahan tertentu dari Firaun. Sementara itu, mereka memohon ampun kepada Allah karena menentang dan berjuang melawan Nabi Allah Musa Alayhis Sallam:

Firman Allah Ta’ala: ‘Mereka berkata: “Kami sekali-kali tidak akan mengutamakanmu daripada bukti-bukti yang nyata (mukjizat), yang telah datang kepada kami dan, daripada Tuhan yang telah menciptakan kami; maka putuskanlah apa yang hendak kamu putuskan. Sesungguhnya kamu hanya akan dapat memutuskan pada kehidupan di dunia ini saja. Sesungguhnya kami telah beriman kepada Tuhan kami, agar dia mengampuni kesalahan-kesalahan kami dan sihir yang telah kamu paksakan kepada kami melakukannya. Dan Allah lebih baik (pahalaNya) dan lebih kekal (azabNya)’. (QS Tha-Ha, 20: Ayat 72-73)

Dari cerita di atas, menjadi jelas bahwa kepasrahan seseorang kepada Allah membangkitkan kekuatan watak, daya pribadi, dan rasa tanggung jawab. Para penyihir tidak akan pernah menganut sikap mulia itu jika mereka mendamba kemudahan dari pemerintahan Firaun. Di bawah keadaan waktu itu, pengalihan mereka ke jalan yang lurus nampak jelas bertentangan dengan kepentingan duniawi mereka.

Akan tetapi, semua peranti bagi kepentingan pribadi kehilangan maknanya bagi orang yang beriman kepada Allah. Hal itu karena Allah Yang memerintahkan jalannya semua peristiwa tersebut di atas. Orang yang beriman sempurna tidak mengajukan syarat bagi menjadi hamba Allah. Macam keimanan yang tidak terikat oleh syarat apa pun adalah keimanan yang sempurna. Dalam pengertian ini, keimanan para penyihir adalah keimanan tulus, sempurna, karena tanpa syarat.

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ASEAH The Wife Of Pharaoh

The wife of Pharaoh, who was married to a man who has gone down in history as one of the most oppressive rulers in the WORLD, has the honour of being remembered among the most superior Muslims in history. According to the destiny outlined for her, Allah had ordained this devout believer to share the same home with one of the cruellest men in the WORLD, Pharaoh, who reigned over the children of Israel in Egypt during the Prophet Musa Alayhis Sallam (peace be on him) time.

The perfected faith of this noble woman mentioned in the Qur'an sets an example to all Muslims for all time:

God Almighty says in the Holy Quran: ‘And Allah presents an example of those who believed: the wife of Pharaoh, when she said, "My Lord, build for me near You a house in Paradise and save me from Pharaoh and his deeds and save me from the wrongdoing people.’ (QS Al-Tahrim, 66: verse 11)

The perfected faith of the wife of the Pharaoh is exemplary, since she came to put her faith in Allah under very difficult conditions, by taking great risks. Moreover, unimpressed by a great fortune-the like of which was attainable by only a very few people in this world-she displayed a deep-seated devotion to Allah and evinced great strength of character.

At that time, the people of Egypt believed that Pharaoh was in possession of divine power. Abusing this belief of the Egyptian people, Pharaoh dared to "declare himself a deity." While surrounded with such imminent danger, the wife of Pharaoh showed her commitment to Allah.

Truly convinced that the beliefs adopted by the Egyptian people until then were all false, she acknowledged the existence of Allah. Certainly, this was a path, which demanded great patience and only a heartfelt and sincere devotion to Allah would render this possible.

A rational and strong-willed faith, quite remote from sentimentalism, could cope with the difficulties involved. Since the wife of Pharaoh was a person of perfected faith, she adopted a rational approach and concealed her faith from the Pharaoh. She was honoured by being held up as an example to all women:

To those who believe Allah has set an example in the wife of Pharaoh who said:

The Faith Of The Magicians

The Prophet Musa Alayhis Sallam (peace be on him) conveyed Allah's message to Pharaoh and supported his words with the performance of the miracles Allah granted to him.

This forthright and convincing manner of Musa Alayhis Sallam (peace be on him) made Pharaoh feel arrogant. In an effort to counteract the powerful influence of Musa Alayhis Sallam (peace be on him) and to humiliate him in the eyes of his people, he held a competition between Musa Alayhis Sallam (peace be on him) and his most trustworthy magicians.

Pharaoh was actually afraid that all the Egyptian people would believe in Allah and abandon their false religions. His sole aim being the survival of his system, a fraudulent gambit, he thought, would suffice to protect and even consolidate his system.

When the appointed time arrived, the Prophet Musa Alayhis Sallam (peace be on him) and the magicians appeared before the public. When the magicians performed their magic, their ropes and staffs appeared to slither. Then Musa Alayhis Sallam (peace be on him) threw down his staff, which swallowed up the sorcery of the Pharaoh's magicians. The Qur'an relates this story as follows:

God Almighty says in the Holy Quran: ‘They said, "Musa, will you throw first or shall we be the ones to throw?" He said, "You throw." And when they threw, they cast a spell on the people's eyes and caused them to feel great fear of them. They produced an extremely powerful magic. Then We inspired to Musa, "Now throw down your staff." And it immediately swallowed up their false devices. So the Truth prevailed and all that they had done was shown to be false. They were defeated then and there, and put to shame’. (Surat Al-A'raf, verse 115-119)

Believing this to be a sign of the existence of Allah and evidence of Allah's support to Musa Alayhis Sallam (peace be on him), the magicians embraced the faith:

God Almighty says in the Holy Quran: ‘The magicians prostrated themselves in adoration. They said, "We believe in the Lord of all the worlds, the Lord of Musa and Harun.’ (Surat Ash-Shu'ara', verse 46-48)

The magicians' choice, consequent upon the Prophet Musa Alayhis Sallam (peace be on him) exposure of their sorcery as fraudulent, was indeed a great defeat for Pharaoh, hence the fierceness of his reaction.

After all, he had been humiliated before his people, he had lost his most reliable men to Musa Alayhis Sallam (peace be on him) and the position of the Prophet Musa Alayhis Sallam (peace be on him) as a great threat to his system had been established. On all these counts, he decided to severely punish his magicians:

God Almighty says in the Holy Quran: Pharaoh said, "Do you dare believe in him without my leave? He must be your master, the one who taught you magic. I will cut off your hands and feet on alternate sides and have you crucified on palm trunks. Then you will know for certain which of us can inflict the harsher and longer lasting punishment." (Surah Ta Ha, verse 71)

In spite of these dire threats of the Pharaoh, the magicians had faith in Allah from the very moment they grasped Allah's existence and prostrated themselves before Him. They sided with Musa Alayhis Sallam (peace be on him) outright; they did not feel concerned over losing certain benefits from Pharaoh. Meanwhile, they asked for Allah's forgiveness for opposing the Prophet Musa Alayhis Sallam (peace be on him) and for struggling against him:

God Almighty says in the Holy Quran: ‘They said, "We will never prefer you to the Clear Signs which have come to us nor to Him who brought us into being. Decide on any judgment you like. Your jurisdiction covers only the life of this world. We have put our faith in our Lord, so that He may forgive us for our mistakes and for the magic which you forced us to perform. The reward of Allah is better and longer lasting.’ (QS Surah Ta Ha, verse 72-73)

From the above, it becomes obvious that one's submission to Allah engenders strength of character, personal power and a sense of commitment. The magicians could have never assumed such a noble attitude if they had sought for any benefit from the Pharaoh's system. Under the circumstances of their time, their conversion to the true path seemed to conflict with their worldly interests.

However, all these devices for personal interest lose their significance for one who has faith in Allah. That is because, Allah is the One who commands the course of all these events related above. A person of perfected faith does not stipulate conditions for being a servant to Allah. The sort of faith which is unbounded by any conditions is the true faith. In this sense, the faith of the magicians was a sincere, perfected faith, in that it was unconditional.

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