Hail the Judge is a Chinese movie which was set with the Imperial China genre. Pao is a new young talented judge, who would like to expose the wrongdoing of corrupted officers. A valuable lesson from his father, who was once a corrupted officer, is ‘if the corrupted officers are vicious, then the decent officers should be more vicious’. Hehehehe, it takes a crook to fight a crook. But, one is a bad crook and another is a good crook. There is a proverb in Malay, that is, ‘baru kena buku dengan ruas’ which means ‘it serves you right’ or ‘you deserve it’.
At-Taubah 9:112
ٱلتَّٰٓئِبُونَ ٱلْعَٰبِدُونَ ٱلْحَٰمِدُونَ ٱلسَّٰٓئِحُونَ ٱلرَّٰكِعُونَ ٱلسَّٰجِدُونَ ٱلْءَامِرُونَ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَٱلنَّاهُونَ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ وَٱلْحَٰفِظُونَ لِحُدُودِ ٱللَّهِۗ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
[Such believers are] the repentant, the worshippers, the praisers [of Allah ], the travelers [for His cause], those who bow and prostrate [in prayer], those who enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong, and those who observe the limits [set by] Allah . And give good tidings to the believers.
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Don’t let your emotion cloud your judgement.
– American Assassin-
Use your Heart, Ears and Eyes
On 17 July 2020, I wrote ‘we see with eyes, listen with our ears and sense with our heart for efficacious communication’, which I got from the Chinese drama entitled Qin Empire: Alliance. Interestingly this morning I came across the verse 2:7 in the Quran which means the same thing. For people who don’t want to believe in the Quran, Allah has sealed their heart, ears and eyes so that they will never be able to understand. This thus proves that these three sensory abilities are extremely important for us to completely understand what is going on around us.
Al-Baqarah 2:7
خَتَمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَعَلَىٰ سَمْعِهِمْۖ وَعَلَىٰٓ أَبْصَٰرِهِمْ غِشَٰوَةٌۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ
Allah has set a seal upon their hearts and upon their hearing, and over their vision is a veil. And for them is a great punishment.
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Darkness, Thunder and Lightning
It is interesting to see how analogy is used to describe people who don’t want to listen. They rather be in the dark than choosing the right path. Their situation is described as someone who is in the dark with thunder and lightning. When there is thunder, he will close his ears and when the lightning strikes, he will get little bit of light to move forward and return to the complete darkness soon after.
Al-Baqarah 2:19
أَوْ كَصَيِّبٍ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فِيهِ ظُلُمَٰتٌ وَرَعْدٌ وَبَرْقٌ يَجْعَلُونَ أَصَٰبِعَهُمْ فِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِم مِّنَ ٱلصَّوَٰعِقِ حَذَرَ ٱلْمَوْتِۚ وَٱللَّهُ مُحِيطٌۢ بِٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
Or [it is] like a rainstorm from the sky within which is darkness, thunder and lightning. They put their fingers in their ears against the thunderclaps in dread of death. But Allah is encompassing of the disbelievers.
Al-Baqarah 2:20
يَكَادُ ٱلْبَرْقُ يَخْطَفُ أَبْصَٰرَهُمْۖ كُلَّمَآ أَضَآءَ لَهُم مَّشَوْا۟ فِيهِ وَإِذَآ أَظْلَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَامُوا۟ۚ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَذَهَبَ بِسَمْعِهِمْ وَأَبْصَٰرِهِمْۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
The lightning almost snatches away their sight. Every time it lights [the way] for them, they walk therein; but when darkness comes over them, they stand [still]. And if Allah had willed, He could have taken away their hearing and their sight. Indeed, Allah is over all things competent.
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Hubungan manusia dan kebodohan adalah sesuatu yang menarik untuk dikaji. Ada orang yang memang bodoh dan tahu dia bodoh, ada yang bodoh tapi tak tahu yang dia bodoh. Ini golongan bodoh tak boleh diajar, cerdik tak boleh diikut. Ada yang berpura-pura bodoh, ada yang berlakun bodoh (buat bodo), ada yang boleh diperbodohkan, ada yang pandai memperbodohkan.
Pada suatu hari, Si Bodoh yang tidak tahu dianya bodoh cuba memperbodohkan yang berpura-pura bodoh. Si berpura-pura bodoh cuba menolong Si Bodoh. Tanpa disangka-sangka Si Bodoh diperbodohkan oleh Si berpura-pura bodoh. Si berlakun bodoh melihat kebodohan masing-masing dengan senyum sinis 😬.
Something to Ponder
See with your eyes
Listen with your ears
Sense with your heart
It takes three sensory components for efficacious communication.
Tikus Membaiki Labu
Kenapa ada perumpamaan bagai Tikus Membaiki Labu? Bila masa dan bagaimana terjadinya tikus membaiki labu? Maksud tikus membaiki labu ialah apabila seseorang ingin membaiki sesuatu yang dia tiada ilmu pengetahuan mengenainya dan akhirnya menyebabkan benda yang dibaiki itu semakin rosak dan mendatangkan kemudaratan. Apa yang boleh kita pelajari ialah kita kaji dan selidik dulu sebelum cuba membaiki sesuatu benda atau keadaan. Jangan sampai kita mengambil keputusan yang akan merumitkan lagi keadaan. Kita kena mengakui yang ada perkara yang kita tidak tahu atau tidak berilmu dan dalam dunia ini ada orang yang lebih pandai dari kita. Janganlah kita menjadi seperti tikus yang hanya mendatangkan kerosakan.