apocalypse

pagi ini saya dan yani keluar ke pasar. baru je keluar pintu rumah, ada 2 orang lelaki berdiri depan tangga rumah kami. seorang yang berusia dalam lingkungan 40 ke atas dan seorang lagi macam budak laki 12-16 tahun kot.

laki yang dewasa tu cakap "we are gathering response about recent earthquake and tsunami and japan.

dalam fikiran saya: wahh reporter ke ni?

first soalan dia tanya kami "where are you from?"

kami (secara ragu2nya): "malaysia"

dia: what do you think about what happened in japan?

saya dan yani terdiam dengan sangat lama. both of us fikir 'ni pasal isu malaysia tak sensitif dengan jepun/statement2 aneh malaysia terhadap bencana kat jepun ke?'

pastu kami pun bagi jawapan yang meluahkan rasa simpati terhadap jepun.

and then.............cuba teka apakah jadi lepas tu?

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dia: "do you believe in God in the bible?"

saya: i believe we all share the same God. all of us

dia: do you read bible?

saya: yes i do.

dia: do you know that in the bible, it was stated that we are going to face earthquakes one after another that will eventually will lead to the end of the world?

saya dan yani: yes we know that.

dia: do you believe that this world is going to end soon?

saya: yes we do. As a muslim, we refer to the Quran and the Quran tells a lot about that day. In fact we believe that the day is going to come very soon based on what we see today, i mean the catastrophies and all.

dia: oh so you're muslim. tell me what the Quran says about the day?

saya dan yani (bukan serentak but we take turn in answering him): the Quran says that when the day is near, the earth will show its sign one after another. the earthquakes, the volcanos, the tsunamis, climate change. in short the world is not going to be stable anymore. there will be loads of catastrophies. one bad event leads to another big catastrophic event. its not only the earth but the whole universe.

dia: wow that's good to have somenone like you guys who truly understand this. because you see not many people believe that 'the day' is going to come and what the Quran says is very similar with what the bible says. do you know that one day after the end of the world, this earth is going to change into paradise where there will be no sufferings, no injustice. only good people will stay on this earth and the evils are all died?

saya: well literally yes. because the Quran says that there will be too many evils and injustice happening in this world. all people around the world are going to call for justice, call for a saviour. and there will be a big fight among the evil and the good people. the good will triumph over the evil. jesus will return and together with the his troops, they will lead this world full of good thing, no sufferings and no injustice. people will live in harmony. (however paradise and earth are two different things--at first we didnt really get his point so we totally forgot about this point)\

dia: its nice talking to you guys about this. i have a book abouth what bible told us regarding 'the end of the world'. is it ok for you to take it?"

kami: sure, no problem.

dia: please have a read first and maybe next time we can discuss about this.

kami: sure. nice talking to you =)

dalam buku tu ada tulis tentang bumi akan bertukar jadi syurga. agak sesal sebab agak blur masa dia tanya soalan tu. ingatkan dia maksudkan macam perumpamaan bumi sebagai syurga bila orang2 jahat dimusnahkan. huhu..mesti dia ingat kitorang percaya bumi akan bertukar jadi syurga. may Allah forgive us.

pengajaran daripada kisah di atas ialah, jangan takut dengan orang2 gereja yang datang approach kita. layan dengan baik. tunjukkan akhlak islam. tunjukkan kita punya faith terhadap islam. kalau tak tahu, jangan goreng2. kalau dia bagi risalah, pada pandangan saya apa salahnya ambil dan baca. pasanglah niat yang baik, suci lagi bersih, semoga dapat tolong kembangkan agama Allah.berdoa agar ditetapkan hati dalam islam. baca bible dengan hati yang terbuka. lepas tu cari ayat2 Quran atau hadith untuk encounter hujah mereka.

in this case, kami bertuah sebab dia tak debate pasal agama. dia cuma tekankan soal kiamat. baguskan pendakwah2 kristian ni. pergi rumah ke rumah untuk ingatkan orang yang kiamat akan datang, very soon. kami hormat dia atas sikap murni itu. namun kami harus bersedia sebab dia kata nak datang lagi untuk discuss =)

hari ni ada 'Hyde Street Day' yang mana semua muda-mudi akan berkumpul di hyde street, berparti dan minum arak dari pagi sampai malam. pakcik tadi patut bagi peringatan dekat golongan2 tu jugak. dahla pakai pelik2, ganggu ketenteraman awam pulak tu.

malam ni juga akan ada bulan penuh paling besar. and ada prediction juga yang esok akan ada earthquake. ada yang kaitkan fullmoon dengan earthquake sebab kuasa bulan boleh menyebabkan low tide and high tide so tak mustahil boleh disturb plat2 bumi ni. whatever it is, sentiasa je bersedia. selalunya kalau ada prediction earthquake, takkan jadi in reality. tapi tula, bersedia jela kan. dan enjoy the fullmoon, the wonder of Allah's creation =)

p/s: kat NZ ni, hari2 pun bersedia untuk earthquake =)