Closed my eyes. Breathed in.
“So which of the
favours of your Lord would you deny?”
[Ar-Rahman, 55:13]
Breathed out. Opened my eyes.
I think I have been spending too much time in this busy big
town that I need a real escape from the hustle and bustle of the City*. A real
escape, simply means a getaway to an idyllic and tranquil place, to at least
give some wonders of peace to my mind.
This weekend breakout is definitely a breath-taking one. I
feel closer to ‘home’, for some reasons. I definitely won’t regret saying ‘yes’
to go for a day trip to Brighton in the midst of a huge pile of readings and
essays that need to be done.
After visiting the Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, we went
to Al-Medinah Mosque to perform our Zuhr and Asar prayer. This is one of the
best mosque I have ever been. Even though there is no domes or minarets, just
one of the buildings among other houses on that street, this mosque has provide
excellent facilities and a comfortable atmosphere. It is very clean, equipped
with a toilet, and the best part is it’s a toilet with a bidet spray! We are so
grateful that it is a proper mosque, because it’s not easy to find a proper
place to pray in London, at every single place that you go. Hence this one is definitely
a blessing J
We left the mosque for the beach at around quarter to two,
and walked towards the pebble stone beach that we can see from afar (it wasn’t
a sandy beach like the ones we have in Malaysia though).
Living in the city, I can’t deny I am a bit too occupied
with modern technologies in this globalised world.
I looked at the beautiful buildings, thinking how remarkable
the architect is.
Wow, that bridge is so amazing! The engineers must be very
skillful!
Look at this gallery! Who is its interior designer? Look at
those notable paintings!
The wooden cupboard in my room, I wonder which carpenter
made it.
The sink is clogged, do you know a plumber that can figure
this out?
These museums are incredible!! I wish I can get to know the
curators!
The tubes are so efficient, who is the mastermind of this
transport project??
And the list goes on.
I don't mean to put the blame on modernisation of the world.
But gazing at the awe-inspiring view of the beach in Brighton made me realise…
…how far I am from the Creator who has been granting me
privileges, blessings and opportunities in my whole life. I am such a reckless
person, who sometimes not being grateful with what has been given to me all
this while. I might be one of the worst human being with inevitable
forgetfulness as I live in this world. My whole life sometimes went blank,
without having me realising that I am actually losing my connection with Him,
the One who knows it all.
‘I miss that old life
of mine’, sometimes my heart whispered to me silently.
The environment is too different now, physically and
mentally. Too hard to keep myself on the right track. Too engaged with things
made by manpower either, that I always forgot the ultimate end is not this
impermanent world, which is not even eternal.
Little did I think of the power of remembering Him, the Most
Powerful, the Most Generous. Little did I realise where these men’s knowledge
come from. Little did I really know how great the Creator of these men. Little
did I think about the lessons underlying all His creations in this world.
Little did I know, how far I have
wandered in the dark and eventually lost in my own aimless path.
I am glad that I actually took some time out of my worldly
life to admire His wonderful creations, to ponder about the nature, to realise
how close He is to me, no matter how much I have walked further and further
from Him. I looked at the charming beachside view. The sea-engineer, the pebble
stone inventor, the wave designer, the beach planner, the wind producer, the
cloud painter. Every single amazing thing that I can see in this view…
They weren’t created by a group of people with different
background of expertise and career…
They are all created by the only One and Almighty God. Created
by Him, who has made me realize that I have been missing something in my life.
And I just realised that sometimes we just have to stop and stare, and keep being
reminded of His blessings and love that He has always been showering us with
:’)
“Indeed, in the creation of the heavens
and the earth, and the
alternation of the night and the day,
and the sailing of ships through the ocean for the profit of mankind, and in the rain which Allah sends down from the skies, giving life thereby to the
earth after its lifelessness and dispersing therein every (kind of) moving
creature, and (His)
directing of the winds and the clouds controlled between the heaven and the earth; indeed are signs for a people who
use reason (wise).”
[Al-Baqarah, 2:164]
Amin
<3
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