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Allah mengajarkan padamu untuk hidup bahagia, tenang, dan selalu yakin padaNya.

Jangan bersedih dan putus asa, atas apa yang hilang dari dunia. Jangan sedih atas hari kemarin, karena dia tidak akan kembali. Jangan pula meratapi hari ini, karena dia pasti pergi. Impikanlah matahari yang bersinar terang esok hari.

Tidakkah kau tahu, bahwa kesulitan itu selalu diikuti oleh kemudahan, seperti kesabaran yang selalu diiringi kesenangan. Adalah suatu yang mustahil, sebuah keadaan tidak pernah berubah.

Allah lebih kasih sayang pada hamba-hambaNya daripada seorang perempuan pada anaknya. Menjauh dariNya tidak akan membuahkan sesuatu kecuali rasa sakit.

Sesungguhnya perasaan dekat denganNya melahirkan ketentraman denganNya, kebahagiaan dengan perhatianNya, dan kegembiraan dengan perlindunganNya. Sesungguhnya perasaan dekat itu adalah buah dari ketaatan kepadaNya dan hasil dari mencintaiNya.

(Aidh al Qarni)

Pernahkah kita berpikir bahwa kita sering memberi nilai kepada sesuatu karena tampilan terkininya, bukan karena asal-usulnya?. Contohnya penilaian kita kepada nasi dan beras.

Kita cenderung lebih menghargai nasi daripada beras karena nasi bisa langsung dimakan. Padahal jika kita runut asal-usulnya, nasi bukanlah apa-apa, jika beras tidak rela menjalani proses menjadi nasi. Dan jika kita runut lagi, beras juga bukan apa-apa, sebab ia adalah hasil dari proses tanam dan tumbuh selama berbulan-bulan dari akar, batang dan daun padi.

Begitu juga hidup kita. Kita sering menilai seseorang karena tampilan terkininya yang cantik, sehat, mapan, pintar, atau soleh, karena memang sosok itu yang berhubungan langsung dengan kita. Padahal jika kita runut asal-usulnya, manusia adalah hasil dari proses panjang dan rumit dari masa janin hingga dewasa.

Kenyataan inilah yang seharusnya membuat segala sesuatu dinilai berharga, bermartabat dan mulia. Seorang anak jalanan yang tergolek di trotoar, adalah mahluk berharga yang tidak mungkin dicari gantinya jika kita renungkan bagaimana proses asal-usulnya. Sepotong roti yang kita buang karena kita kekenyangan, adalah benda yang berharga karena ia telah melewati proses yang panjang hingga menjadi roti. Segelas air yang kita buang adalah benda berharga jika kita memikirkan bagaimana ia menjalani proses hingga hadir di hadapan kita.

Nah, tak ada sesuatu pun yang tak berharga dari kehidupan jika kita mau sejenak saja memikirkan proses asal-usulnya.

(IYUS in Annida)

Ketika ku mohon padaNYA kekuatan, IA beri aku tantangan agar aku jadi kuat.

Ketika ku mohon padaNYA kebijaksanaan, IA memberiku masalah tuk ku pecahkan.

Ketika ku mohon padaNYA kemakmuran, IA memberiku akal tuk berpikir.

Ketika ku mohon padaNYA cinta, IA memberiku orang-orang untuk ku tolong, ku cintai.

Ketika ku mohon padaNYA bantuan, IA memberiku jalan.

Ketika ku mohon padaNYA ampunan, IA memberiku kesempatan.

Aku mungkin belum menerima apa yang ku pinta, tapi aku selalu menerima apa yang kubutuhkan saat ini, apa yang terbaik menurutNYA. Doaku terjawab sudah.

( sumbernya dari mana ya.. aku lupa..yang jelas seh dari fotokopian yang dikasih temenku jaman dahulu )

Sabar adalah berusaha agar hati kita senantiasa husnudzhan padaNYA, menerima segala ketentuanNYA walaupun terasa pahit, menyakitkan dan meresahkan.

Sabar adalah merasa bahagia apabila kita dapat membuat orang lain tersenyum, apabila kita bisa membahagiakan orang lain.

Sabar adalah meniti hari dengan memelihara diri menjadi seseorang yang tenang, matang dan dewasa.

Sabar adalah tiada lelah berdoa meminta padaNYA dan yakin suatu saat akan dikabulkan; tidak di dunia ya di akhirat.

Sabar adalah berikhtiar maksimal, dan hasilnya kita serahkan padaNYA. Satu catatan, ikhtiar itu harus sesuai dengan aturanNYA.

Sabar adalah mensyukuri nikmatNYA dengan memanfaatkan segala yang kita miliki tuk menegakkan dienNYA, sebelum DIA mengambilnya kembali dengan cara yang terbaik menurutNYA.

Menguatkan kesabaran yang kita miliki adalah bagian dari kesabaran.

Jadilah engkau seorang yang mempunyai cita-cita yang tinggi. Aku berharap engkau selalu meningkat, jadi yang terbaik, selalu dan selalu. Berhati-hatilah dan jangan sampai turun dan jatuh.

Ketahuilah hidup itu hanya beberapa menit, bahkan hanya beberapa detik. Jadilah engkau seperti semut dalam kesungguhan, ketekunan, dan kesabaran. Coba, dan terus coba. Bertobatlah jika engkau kembali melakukan dosa, dan kembalilah pada pintu tobat. Hafalkan kembali al-Quran jika engkau telah lupa. Kembalilah mengingatnya tuk yang kedua kalinya, ketiga kalinya..bahkan untuk kesepuluh kalinya. Yang terpenting, engkau tidak merasa gagal dan frustasi, sebab sejarah kehidupan tidak pernah mengenal kata akhir; akal tidak mengenal kata selesai..di sana selalu ada selalu ada upaya dan perbaikan.

Sesungguhnya umur itu seperti tubuh yang mungkin bisa dipercantik dengan operasi, seperti bangunan yang masih mungkin direnovasi. Jauhi sekolah bernama kemalasan dan kegagalan. Hilangkan prediksi-prediksi sakit, bencana, kesedihan, musibah, kesulitan dari hatimu.

QS Al Maidah : 23 "Dan hanya pada Allah hendaknya kamu bertawakal, jika kamu benar-benar orang yang beriman"

Aidh al-Qarni

(wake up !!!)

Salah satu kunci keberhasilan program ASI eksklusif adalah kontinuitas. Buat ibu yang bekerja, hal ini bisa dibantu dengan pembuatan ‘Bank ASI’.

ALAT

1. Freezer di rumah.
2. Freezer di kantor, jika tidak ada, termos es dengan es batu.
3. Kantong plastik biasa, ukuran 1/2 kilogram.
4. Gelas minum bersih.
5. Spidol permanen.

MEMERAH dan MENYIMPAN

1. Setidaknya sebulan sebelum masuk kerja, mulailah memerah dengan ASI dengan tangan.
- Perah areola (bagian gelap sekitar puting) dengan ibu jari, telunjuk dan jari tengah. Tekan areola dengan ritme seperti ritme mengisap bayi. Arahkan aliran ASI ke gelas bersih.
- Tulis tanggal pemerahan pada kantong plastik, dengan spidol permanen.
- Masukkan ASI perahan pada kantong plastik, ikat dan simpan pada freezer.

2. Dua minggu sebelum bekerja, mulailah melatih memberi ASI perahan dengan sendok.

3. Saat ibu kembali bekerja, usahakan memerah dari kedua payudara minimal 4 jam sekali sebanyak 3 kali selama jam kerja. Simpan ASI perahan dengan plastik dalam freezer kantor atau termos es.

MENCAIRKAN ASI BEKU

1. Siapkan air hangat suam kuku dalam rantang atau panci kecil.
2. Taruh plastik berisi ASI beku dalam air hangat itu. ASI akan mencair dalam 5 menit.

MEMBERIKAN ASI

1. Pukul 06.00. Susui bayi sekenyangnya.
2. Pukul 07.00. Ibu berangkat bekerja.
3. Pukul 08.00-17.00. Bayi diberi ASI perahan di rumah. Ibu memerah ASI di kantor jam 10.00, 14.00, dan 16.00.
4. Pukul 17.00. Ibu pulang bekerja. Hentikan pemberian ASI perahan tepat pukul 17.00. Bayi segera menghisap ASI dari ibu.
5. Malam hari. Susui bayi sesering dan selama mungkin.

CATATAN :

1. Jangan biasakan memberi susu formula sebab bayi akan cepat kenyang dan kurang menghisap ASI. Jika hisapan ASI berkurang, produksi ASI otomatis turun.
2. Jangan gunakan dot, agar bayi tidak mengalami nipple confusion (bingung puting), sehingga bayi menolak puting ibu.
3. Jangan khawatir jika bayi tidak buang air setiap hari. Hampir seluruh bagian ASI bermanfaat dan tidak banyak yang harus dibuang.
4. Jika bayi sudah memasuki usia 6 bulan, berikan makanan pendamping semi padat dan hentikan sebelum pukul 17.00.

From:  Ira Puspadewi, IBFAN (International Baby Food Action Network), in UMMI

Saudariku, sesungguhnya bersama kesusahan ada kemudahan. Setelah cucuran air mata, akan terbit senyuman. Setelah malam ada siang.

Ketahuilah, sesungguhnya engkau diganjar pahala. Jika engkau seorang ibu, anak-anakmu akan menjadi penyokong Islam, jika engkau mendidik mereka dengan benar. Mereka akan berdoa untukmu dalam sujud-sujud mereka. Sungguh nikmat yang luar biasa menjadi seorang ibu yang penuh kasih dan kelembutan. Dan cukuplah bagimu untuk merasa mulia dan bahagia bahwa ibu Nabi Muhammad SAW adalah seorang ibu yang menghadiahkan bagi seluruh manusia seorang pemimpin dan Rasul yang mulia.

( Aidh al-Qarni )

Darwinism, in other words the theory of evolution, was put forward with the aim of denying the fact of creation, but is in truth nothing but failed, unscientific nonsense. This theory, which claims that life emerged by chance from inanimate matter, was invalidated by the scientific evidence of clear “design” in the universe and in living things. In this way, science confirmed the fact that Allah created the universe and the living things in it. The propaganda carried out today in order to keep the theory of evolution alive is based solely on the distortion of the scientific facts, biased interpretation, and lies and falsehoods disguised as science.

Yet this propaganda cannot conceal the truth. The fact that the theory of evolution is the greatest deception in the history of science has been expressed more and more in the scientific world over the last 20-30 years. Research carried out after the 1980s in particular has revealed that the claims of Darwinism are totally unfounded, something that has been stated by a large number of scientists. In the United States in particular, many scientists from such different fields as biology, biochemistry and paleontology recognize the invalidity of Darwinism and employ the concept of intelligent design to account for the origin of life. This “intelligent design” is a scientific expression of the fact that Allah created all living things.

We have examined the collapse of the theory of evolution and the proofs of creation in great scientific detail in many of our works, and are still continuing to do so. Given the enormous importance of this subject, it will be of great benefit to summarize it here.

-The Scientific Collapse of Darwinism
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Although this doctrine goes back as far as ancient Greece, the theory of evolution was advanced extensively in the nineteenth century. The most important development that made it the top topic of the world of science was Charles Darwin’s The Ori f Species, published in 1859. In this book, he denied that Allah created different living species on Earth separately, for he claimed that all living beings had a common ancestor and had diversified over time through small changes. Darwin’s theory was not based on any concrete scientific finding; as he also accepted, it was just an “assumption.” Moreover, as Darwin confessed in the long chapter of his book titled “Difficulties of the Theory,” the theory failed in the face of many critical questions.

Darwin invested all of his hopes in new scientific discoveries, which he expected to solve these difficulties. However, contrary to his expectations, scientific findings expanded the dimensions of these difficulties. The defeat of Darwinism in the face of science can be reviewed under three basic topics:
1) The theory cannot explain how life originated on Earth.
2) No scientific finding shows that the “evolutionary mechanisms” proposed by the theory have any evolutionary power at all.
3) The fossil record proves the exact opposite of what the theory suggests.

by Harun Yahya.
More? on www.harunyahya.com.

Allah tells us that believers will undergo many tests in this world. For example, they will be tested in their personal lives and with their possessions, or will be confronted with traps set by unbelievers and be falsely accused. In other words, they may encounter difficulties at every stage in their lives. But the important thing is that they continue to practice the Qur’an’s morality in difficult times, remember Allah without ceasing, give thanks, and realize that everything will turn out well.

Of course, it is easier to do these things when one is enjoying His blessings than when one is undergoing difficult times. But one of the main things that prove the strength of the Muslims’ faith is their refusal to compromise their moral character. Muslims who patiently endure poverty, hunger, fear, personal and material loss, illness, threats from unbelievers, slander, and entrapment will receive a better reward for their moral excellence.

The Qur’an gives many examples of the entrapments and tyranny suffered by the Prophets and other devout Muslims. One example of this is the tyranny that Pharaoh exercised over his people. In the Qur’an, Allah says that this was a testing from Himself:
Remember when We rescued you from the people of Pharaoh. They were inflicting an evil punishment on you�slaughtering your sons and letting your women live. In that there was a terrible trial for you from your Lord. (Surat al-Baqara, 49)

As this verse says, everything that unbelievers do to prevent good is a test for believers. Their unwavering moral character, courage, and fortitude they display while enduring these trials will increase their reward and status in Paradise. The Qur’an tells us what kind of tests believers will undergo and the fine moral character they will display, as follows:
We will test you with a certain amount of fear and hunger, and loss of wealth, life, and fruits. But give good news to the steadfast. Those who, when disaster strikes them, say: “We belong to Allah, and to Him we will return.” Those are the people who will have blessings and mercy from their Lord; they are the ones who are guided. (Surat al-Baqara, 155-57)

The trust and submission described in these verses is a good example for all Muslims. But unbelievers cannot understand this patient trust, for they think that believers are just like themselves and behave according to their own misguided criteria. Thus, they think that believers will respond to abundant wealth by getting caught up in it, and will allow difficulties and frustration to make them so afraid that they will abandon their belief.
But this is a grave error on their part, for Muslims who understand the secret of this world’s trials know that one of the finest things to do in such circumstances is to be patient.

For those Muslims who practice the Qur’an’s morality and do their best to inculcate this fine morality in others, all such troubles are a sign that they are on the right path. As a result, they increase their eagerness, joy, and determination to continue following His path.
In the Qur’an, Allah speaks of laws that have remained unchanged throughout history. One of them is that believers will encounter difficulty and frustration and be subjected to oppression by unbelievers. However, the unbelievers will never succeed in their aims:
They were very near to scaring you from the land with the object of expelling you from it. But had they done so, they would only have remained there a short time after you. That was the pattern with those We sent before you as Our Messengers. You will not find any changing of Our pattern. (Surat al-Isra’, 76-77)

This is one of the secrets of this world’s trials. Allah has warned Muslims of the many things that they will face, and has revealed that they will be able to enter Paradise only if they face the same difficulties as the preceding believers did:
Or did you suppose that you would enter the Garden without facing the same as those who came before you? Poverty and illness afflicted them, and they were shaken to the point that the Messenger and those who believed with him asked: “When is Allah’s help coming?” Be assured that Allah’s help is very near. (Surat al-Baqara, 214)

by HARUN YAHYA

There is a common saying among non-religious people : Someone who has fallen on hard times has no friends. This is a good expression of the common idea that you cannot find a real friend when you need one. However, friendship, loyalty, and faithfulness are very important in a person’s life, for those who are in financial difficulty or ill, or in need of spiritual support, want a real close friend at their side—. Friend who is a believed —to help them.

But since all relationships in non-religious societies are based on opportunism, unbelievers can never find a true friend. Only when they are in trouble or need do people see the real face of those whom they had always considered to be their friends. Their supposed friends even give trouble to them in such difficult times. For example, people going through times of need complain that no relative calls, that they are left alone, and that no one gives them any support.
For example, a wealthy person who drives an expensive car and eats in gourmet restaurants generally has a wide circle of friends, including many close ones. But if he loses his job and starts to work in a salaried position in his own factory, how will his relationships fare? Will his circle of friends show him the same love and respect that they did when he was rich? Will he be treated with the same interest, respect, and affection as when he wore expensive clothes and drove a luxury car? How will he be treated if he dresses modestly, does not throw his money around like he used to, and does not treat his friends to dinners? Clearly, he will not enjoy the same attention. Indeed, all of those whom he thought were his friends will turn their back on him. When they meet him, they will pretend not to see him or even might ridicule him. Actually, this person’s spirit has not changed; only his external appearance has changed. But because his erstwhile friends rely on outward material appearances, they abandon him in a moment, leaving him all by himself.

Take another example, that of a married couple. When they were married, they promised to stay together both in good times and bad. But what happens when the wife becomes paralyzed below the waist due to an accident and thus cannot walk or do anything for herself? What will her husband do? Perhaps he will stay with her for a while and help. But when he realizes that this is a permanent situation and one from which he will never benefit, everything suddenly changes. This example clearly shows how unbelievers regard loyalty, fidelity, and friendship: When the profit goes, the connection ends.

Most of those who do not abandon their spouse in such a situation stay because they are afraid of what their friends may think, not out of love and compassion for the handicapped spouse. On the surface, they appear dedicated and loyal, but they never feel real compassion and empathy for their spouse when he or she most needs it.
Another frequently encountered situation seen in unbelieving societies that are far from the Qur’an’s morality is how young people behave toward their elderly parents. For years, their families met their every need; but when their parents become old and their limbs do not support them any more, the young people do not show their parents the same loyalty and attention. They feel fettered by their elderly parents and usually put them in an old people’s home.

However, Muslims show the loyalty in how they treat their family members. They feed their parents but may not eat themselves, and will take great care to meet all of their needs. Allah describes how Muslims must behave toward their parents :
Your Lord has decreed that you should worship none but Him, and that you should show kindness to your parents. Whether one or both of them reach old age with you, do not say “Ugh!” to them out of irritation, and do not be harsh with them; rather, speak to them with gentleness and generosity. (Surat al-Isra’, 23) .

In other words, Muslims will not complain about believers who are in need; rather, they will help in every way they can, humanely and out of a good conscience. The only place you can find real friendship, sincere loyalty, and faithfulness is among devout Muslims. Muslims are friends, advocates, and helpers to one another. Obliged by their moral character to consider the good and well-being of their friends, even when they fall into desperate straits, they always do their best to fulfill their friends’ needs before their own and take pleasure in their acts of self-sacrifice. When their friends are ill or in financial distress, they do not mind seeing to their every need even before they are asked to do so. Even if they lose sleep and go hungry, they will not see their Muslim friends treated unjustly or in any need. In the Qur’an, Allah tells us about the true friends of believers :
Your friend is only Allah, His Messenger, and those who have faith: those who establish prayer, pay alms, and bow. (Surat al- Ma’ida, 55)

Those who believe and have migrated and striven with their wealth and themselves in the Way of Allah, and those who have given refuge and help, they are the friends and protectors of one another. But as for those who believe but have not migrated, you are not in any way responsible for their protection until they migrate. But if they ask you for help in respect of the religion, it is your duty to help them, except against people with whom you have a treaty. Allah sees what you do. (Surat al-Anfal, 72)

by Harun Yahya