So a few weeks ago, we got 'tayangan' at the surau . Then , there was a video talking on how to achieve taqwa. All along the video was played , i even failed to recall what is the meaning of taqwa. I asked my friends (my age) about the meaning but the answer was hollowing. I tried so hard to remember it as we had learnt it in Form 3 if im not mistaken. It was such a shame because it was clearly shown that we only learn things to pass with flying colours in exams, instead of absorbing them in our mind and in order to prepare ourselves to become great khalifahs soon. Maybe it was because our intention. Usually people go to school, burn their midnight oil trying to even understand the question of addmath (i do that) , work their ass off to achieve the highest score in papers and even plead the teachers to give extra mark from 79.5 to 80 (i did that, too *facepalm) to make their parents happy . To embrace their selves. To be known as a genius.There's a story narrated by my friend about a servant of Allah who moved to Madinah from Mecca to marry a girl as it was the condition set by the girl. The girl was really beautiful , and she said that if the man really want to settle down with her, he must moved to Madinah. And so did he. And he just got to tie the knot with her, but not Allah's blessings. So the lesson of the story is, if we do something not because of Allah but something else , we will just get that SOMETHING ELSE not Allah's bless. Same goes with the exam thing , if we just study so hard just to get A+ and a "Very Good!" on the papers, that's all we get. We'll not achieve the greatest payback which is His bless.Sooner or later, we will eventually forget things we learnt as we have already squeezed our brains and let them spilt on the papers.
SO, what is taqwa?
Sounds easy but its effing not since satan exists hoho. Yes, its not easy to achieve it , especially in this everything-you-can-know-or-watch-with-just-a-click age. But its worth the priceless jannah, right? You cant get something great by doing nothing. Jannah needs sticks and stones of life , tears and even blood. WE all want that husnul khatimah which means a good ending right ? so good luck !
p/s : Good luck for my brothers and sisters who are struggling with their SPM right now ! Break legs yaww
