Assalamu'alaikum wbt ...
AlhamduLillah syukur ... atas nikmatNYA yang sangat berharga ... menyelusuri batu-batu yang telah menjadi saksi kehadiran para Anbiya AS ... maka nikmat ALLAH yang manakah yang akan kamu dustakan wahai diri?
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seperti juga adik ku Andah ... memaklumkan kepada keluarga, rakan dan taulan ... akan selamat kembalinya ke tanah air tercinta ... namun ujarnya "hatiku tinggal di sana" ...
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mana mungkin lapis demi lapis kehidupan dan suasana yang begitu kompleks dapat dibayangkan dengan cebisan kata-kata tipis ...
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diri ini tidak berputus asa ... ku tanya pada yang empunya cerita ... jauh dari pendengaran semua ... ku pinta jawab dari HATInya ...
"what do you wish for us to DO ... and what do you wish for us to FEEL"
and this was what our dear Palestinian brother, who was guiding us for our Baitul Maqdis Tour, said to me ...
"please tell the world that you are with us ... and please tell your friends and families to DO NOT STOP visiting the Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque ... please tell the world that we are not alone ... by coming here you are telling the Israelis that we have friends ... Al-Aqsa belongs to the entire Muslim ummah ... and we are just the guardian ..."
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... yes my beloved all ... the Palestinians indeed are the guardian to the Holy Al-Aqsa Masjid ... but one very early cold morning, slightly after 3.30 a.m., while others were still in the comfort of their homes and lodgings ... we four sisters witnessed a different reality ... Alang, Acik, Andah and I ... along with a few others led by Cikgu K of Pagoh ... reached the heavy iron gate to the courtyard of the Mosque ... painted dark green ... more than 12 ft high ... and we looked at the closed gate with the most heavy of hearts ... waiting for the armed Israeli security police to open it ...
some Palestinian elders sat in rows right in front of the gate ... quietly in contemplation ... drawing deep into their hearts in order to understand the meaning of things ...
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yes ...
the Palestinians are the guardian ... armed Israel's police hold the key ...
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and in the Holy Land ...
every where we turned ... every gate we entered ... the presence of Israel's armed security police reminded us ... to tread gently upon the cobblestones that lined the pavements and the hundreds of years old maze of tunnels through which we accessed the gates to the large courtyard of the Holy Dome of the Rock and the Masjid Al Aqsa ...
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dear beloved ... witness that i have conveyed the message ...
wassalam
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more recent realities here ...
image source ... demotix.com
the armed ...
the unarmed ...
cobblestones ... our silent witness ...
Subhanallah.. pengalaman yg tiada erti nilainya.
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Welcome back sahabat..
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Tetibo lak Sham emo..
Assalamualaikum wbt dear Sham,
DeleteAlhamduLillah syukur sangat ... dapat melihat sendiri ... solat subuh in Baitul Maqdis about 4.55am ... about 4.00am the huge door to the masjid courtyard was opened by the Israeli's armed security police from the inside. Photographs were not allowed whenever there were police ... for the Palestinians this has been part of their daily life ... for us sedih sangat sangat ... everytime i think about it ... menitis air mata ...
thank you much Sham ... for caring ... may Allah SWT beri kebaikan berganda kepada yang sabar ... aameen.
... and we left ... Amman was getting much awaited rain and cold wind ... another pesan from another Amman Brother Guide (part Chechen and part Arab) ...
"we are expecting very bone cold weather next week ... we need the rain without the cold wind ... so when you go back to Malaysia please pray for us for the rain without the cold wind".
i am remembering this as i am remembering his request for anyone who has extra scarf (the pashmina) to give to a shivering Syrian refugee young girl at the door of our bus asking for some donations ...
syukur sangat Ya Allah for warm Malaysia ...
take care Sham ... will visit Sham's place after the 15th insyaAllah ... may Allah ease :)
... and when we left ...
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