Ramadan Kareem to all you. Ramadhan Kareem untuk semua Anda.

Allah says: “O you

who believe! Allah berfirman: "Hai kalian yang percaya! fasting has been prescribed
for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become Al-Muttaqoon
(the pious).” (Qur'an, 2:183) puasa telah Diwajibkan atas kamu seperti yang
diresepkan untuk orang-orang sebelum kamu, supaya kamu menjadi Al-bertaqwa
(yang saleh). "(Al Qur'an, 2:183)
… ...
Just like every year, the month of Ramadan is here again. Sama seperti setiap tahun,
bulan Ramadan adalah di sini lagi. What you gain from this month depends completely
on you. Apa yang Anda dapatkan dari bulan ini tergantung sepenuhnya pada Anda. Every
Ramadan, similar to every act of worship holds the same opportunities every time you
come across it. Setiap Ramadan, sama dengan setiap tindakan ibadah memegang
kesempatan yang sama setiap kali Anda datang di atasnya. However, you can make it
different and better for yourself in how you approach this month and the faith and beliefs
that you hold deep within you. Namun, Anda dapat membuatnya berbeda dan lebih baik
bagi diri Anda sendiri dalam cara pendekatan Anda bulan ini dan iman dan keyakinan
yang Anda pegang mendalam dalam diri Anda. To start out, you need to ask yourself –
Do you want to make it different? Untuk memulai, Anda harus bertanya pada diri sendiri
- Apakah Anda ingin membuatnya berbeda? What do you expect to get in return? Apa
yang kamu harapkan untuk masuk kembali? What would you do to make the most of it?
Apa yang akan Anda lakukan untuk membuat sebagian besar dari itu?

If you are a practicing Muslim and if you have not already, you will surely come across
many occasions during this month when you will be reminded about the blessings of
Ramadan. Jika anda adalah seorang Muslim dan jika Anda belum melakukannya, Anda
pasti akan menemukan banyak kesempatan selama bulan ini ketika Anda akan diingatkan
tentang berkat-berkat bulan Ramadan. The gist of those sayings and the underlying
teachings and wisdom will primarily focus on the tremendous opportunities that you as a
Muslim have at your disposal moment after moment during this month to seek
forgiveness and expiation of your sins, and add to your rewards. Inti dari perkataan
mereka dan yang mendasari ajaran-ajaran dan kebijaksanaan terutama akan berfokus
pada kesempatan yang luar biasa Anda sebagai seorang muslim memiliki pembuangan
Anda saat setelah saat selama bulan ini untuk mencari pengampunan dan pemulihan dari
dosa-dosa Anda, dan menambah penghargaan Anda.

Yet, despite all these reminders year after year and getting the opportunity to earn so
many gains, many of us still do not maximize these opportunities. Namun, meskipun
pengingat semua tahun demi tahun dan mendapatkan kesempatan untuk mendapatkan
begitu banyak keuntungan, banyak dari kita masih tidak memaksimalkan peluang ini.
Instead, if people were told that engaging in certain behaviors could help them in gaining
real worldly goods, the situation will reverse and they will surely make the most of it.
Sebaliknya, jika orang-orang diberitahu bahwa terlibat dalam perilaku tertentu dapat
membantu mereka dalam memperoleh barang-barang duniawi nyata, situasi akan mundur
dan mereka pasti akan membuat sebagian besar dari itu. The potential to earn tangible
rewards makes the motivation different and as a result different types of beliefs spring
into action. Potensi untuk memperoleh ganjaran nyata membuat motivasi berbeda dan
sebagai akibat kepercayaan jenis musim semi ke dalam tindakan. The connection seems
more direct between the potential of those tangible earnings and the impact of those
earnings to their daily lives. Sambungan tampaknya lebih langsung antara potensi
penghasilan yang nyata dan dampak dari pendapatan mereka untuk kehidupan sehari-hari
mereka.

However, when speaking in the context of religious faith, where rewards may not seem as
tangible and where the returns may not be as immediate, the motivation and beliefs take
on a different turn and therefore the drive to rush toward earning the rewards and the
motivation to have our sins forgiven is not as strong as it should be for a number of us.
Namun, ketika berbicara dalam konteks iman religius, di mana imbalan mungkin tidak
tampak sebagai nyata dan di mana kembali mungkin tidak langsung, motivasi dan
keyakinan mengambil giliran yang berbeda dan karenanya dorongan untuk bergegas
menuju mendapatkan ganjaran dan motivasi memiliki diampuni dosa-dosa kita tidak
sekuat sebagaimana mestinya untuk sejumlah dari kami. The rewards and punishments do
not seem as real. Imbalan dan hukuman tidak tampak sebagai nyata.

A number of factors influence people's motivations when it comes to following religious

teachings. Sejumlah faktor yang mempengaruhi motivasi orang ketika datang untuk
mengikuti ajaran agama. Here, we will focus on two for now. Di sini, kita akan fokus
pada dua untuk saat ini. The first has to with our faith and the second has to do with our
understanding regarding the effect of our sins on our lives. Yang pertama harus dengan
iman kita dan yang kedua berkaitan dengan pemahaman kita mengenai efek dari dosa-
dosa kita di kehidupan kita.

Take a quick check of your faith. Ambil cepat memeriksa iman Anda. How seriously do
you take the commandments behind the verses of the Quran? Seberapa serius kamu
mengambil perintah-perintah di balik ayat-ayat dari Quran? What importance do you give
to the prophet's sayings? Pentingnya apa yang Anda berikan kepada perkataan-perkataan
nabi? Is there any hesitation on your part to implement those commandments in your
daily lives? Apakah ada keraguan di pihak Anda untuk melaksanakan perintah-perintah
mereka dalam kehidupan sehari-hari? Do the rewards promised in the Quran truly excite
you and on the same token does the fear of the punishments in the Quran and Hadith
prevent you to indulge in more sins? Apakah imbalan yang dijanjikan dalam Quran
benar-benar menggairahkan Anda dan token yang sama tidak takut akan hukuman dalam
Quran dan Hadis mencegah Anda untuk menikmati lebih banyak dosa? If the answer to
all these questions is not a strong “ YES ”, then it's time to further renew your faith. Jika
jawaban untuk semua pertanyaan ini tidak kuat "YA", maka sudah waktunya untuk lebih
memperbaharui iman anda. The need to strengthen our faith and belief in Allah, belief in
is His words in the Quran and the teachings of our Prophet Muhammad (SAWS), is
extremely essential. Kebutuhan untuk memperkuat iman dan keyakinan kita kepada
Allah, kepercayaan adalah kata-kata-Nya dalam Quran dan ajaran Nabi kita Muhammad
(SABAH), adalah sangat penting. The fact is that stronger our belief and faith, the more
seriously we will take the words of Quran and the sayings of the Prophet and the more
actively we will strive to make them part of our lives. Kenyataannya adalah bahwa kuat
keyakinan dan iman kita, semakin serius kita akan mengambil kata-kata Al-Qur'an dan
perkataan Nabi dan semakin aktif kita akan berusaha untuk membuat mereka bagian dari
kehidupan kita.

The good news is that the month of Ramadan provides many opportunities to strengthen
our faiths. Kabar baiknya adalah bahwa bulan Ramadhan memberikan banyak
kesempatan untuk memperkuat iman kita. One of the steps in strengthening our faiths is
to consciously recognize the need to do so and to ask Allah to help us in this effort. Salah
satu langkah dalam memperkuat iman kita adalah untuk secara sadar mengenali
kebutuhan untuk melakukannya dan meminta Allah untuk membantu kami dalam upaya
ini. Allah and prophet recognize the weakness of the human heart in terms of the
dwindling faith levels. Allah dan nabi mengenali kelemahan hati manusia dalam hal
tingkat iman yang semakin menyusut. The prophet said: “Faith wears out in your heart
as clothes wear out, so ask Allah to renew the faith in your hearts.” (narrated by al-
Haakim in his Mustadrak and al-Tabaraani in his Mu'jam with a saheeh isnaad). Nabi
berkata: "Iman habis dipakai dalam hatimu sebagai pakaian usang, sehingga meminta
Allah untuk memperbaharui iman dalam hatimu." (HR. Al-Hakim dalam Mustadrak
dan al-AthThabarani dalam Mu'jam dengan sanad yang shahih ).

Another factor that can help in understanding the blessings of Ramadan and the
tremendous opportunities that it holds for us is to understand the nature of “sins” and how
our sins – the many that we constantly accumulate by our own actions and deeds – impact
us. Faktor lain yang dapat membantu dalam memahami berkat-berkat bulan Ramadan dan
peluang luar biasa yang berlaku bagi kita adalah untuk memahami sifat "dosa" dan
bagaimana dosa-dosa kita - banyak yang kita terus-menerus menumpuk oleh tindakan
kita sendiri dan perbuatan - dampak kita. The better we understand the ghastly nature of
our sins, the rate at which we accumulate them, along with their undesirable impact on
our daily lives and the hereafter, the more it can propel us away from committing sins in
general and the more it will drive us to seek forgiveness for our sins. Semakin baik kita
memahami sifat mengerikan dosa-dosa kita, tingkat di mana kami mengumpulkan
mereka, beserta dampak yang tidak diinginkan pada kehidupan sehari-hari kita dan
akhirat, semakin dapat mendorong kita menjauh dari melakukan dosa secara umum dan
semakin banyak itu akan mendorong kita untuk mencari pengampunan untuk dosa-dosa
kita.

Ibn Qayyim provided one of the great descriptions of sins and the impact of sins in this
life and after. Ibnu Qayyim memberikan salah satu deskripsi besar dosa dan dampak dosa
dalam kehidupan ini dan sesudahnya. Here is a very short summary of what he compiled
about how our sins impact our lives. Berikut adalah ringkasan yang sangat singkat dari
apa yang ia dikompilasi tentang bagaimana dampak dosa-dosa kita hidup kita. [islam-
qa.com] [islam-qa.com]
• Sins deprive a person of provision (rizq) in this life. Menghilangkan dosa
seseorang penyediaan (Rizq) dalam kehidupan ini. In Musnad Ahmad it is
narrated that Thawbaan said: “The Messenger of Allah (SAWS) said: 'A man
is deprived of provision because of the sins that he commits.'” (Narrated by
Ibn Maajah, 4022, classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh Ibn Maajah).
Dalam Musnad Ahmad ada sebuah hadits yang Thawbaan berkata:
"Rasulullah (SABAH) berkata:" Seorang pria ini dirampas penyediaan
karena dosa-dosa yang ia melakukan. ' "(HR. Ibnu Majah, 4022,
digolongkan sebagai hasan oleh al -Albani dalam Shahih Ibnu Majah).
• A sinful person experiences a sense of alienation (indifference) with his Lord,
and between him and other people. Seorang orang berdosa mengalami rasa
keterasingan (ketidakpedulian) dengan Tuhannya, dan antara dirinya dan
orang lain. One of the salaf had said that he could see the impact of
disobedience to Allah (in some aspects of his daily life). Salah seorang salaf
mengatakan bahwa ia bisa melihat dampak dari ketidaktaatan kepada Allah
(dalam beberapa aspek dari kehidupan sehari-hari).
• A person who commits sins sees that things become difficult for him.
Seseorang yang melakukan dosa melihat bahwa hal-hal menjadi sulit
baginya. In any matter that he turns to, he finds the way blocked or he finds
it difficult. Dalam masalah apa pun bahwa ia menoleh, ia menemukan jalan
terhalang atau dia menemukan kesulitan. By the same token, for the one who
fears Allah, things are made easy for him. Dengan cara yang sama, bagi
orang yang takut kepada Allah, hal-hal dibuat mudah baginya.
• 'Abd-Allaah ibn 'Abbaas said: “Good deeds make the face light, give light to
the heart, and bring about ample provision, physical strength and love in
people's hearts. 'Abdullah bin' Abbas berkata: "Selamat perbuatan
membuat wajah terang, memberikan cahaya ke jantung, dan membawa
banyak ketentuan, kekuatan fisik dan cinta dalam hati orang-orang. Bad
deeds make the face dark, give darkness to the heart, and bring about
physical weakness, a lack of provision and hatred in people's hearts.”
Perbuatan buruk membuat wajah gelap, berikan ke jantung kegelapan, dan
membawa kelemahan fisik, kurangnya penyediaan dan kebencian dalam hati
orang. "
• Sin breeds sin until it dominates a person and he cannot escape from it.
Melahirkan dosa dosa sampai mendominasi seseorang dan ia tidak dapat
melarikan diri dari itu. Sin weakens a person's willpower. Dosa melemahkan
kemauan seseorang. It gradually strengthens his will to commit sin and
weakens his will to repent until there is no will in his heart to repent at all…
so he seeks forgiveness and expresses repentance, but it is merely words on
the lips, like the repentance of the liars, whose hearts are still determined to
commit sin and persist in it. Secara bertahap memperkuat kehendak-Nya
untuk melakukan dosa dan melemahkan kehendak-Nya untuk bertobat
sampai tidak ada akan di dalam hatinya untuk bertobat sama sekali ... jadi
dia mencari pengampunan dan menyatakan pertobatan, tetapi hanya kata-
kata di bibir, seperti pertobatan dari pembohong , yang hatinya masih
bertekad untuk melakukan dosa dan bertahan di dalamnya. This is one of
the most serious diseases that is likely to lead to doom. Ini adalah salah satu
penyakit yang paling serius yang mungkin membawa kepada kehancuran.
He becomes desensitized and no longer find sins abhorrent, so it becomes his
habit, and he is not bothered if people see him committing the sin or talk
about him. Dia menjadi peka dan tidak lagi menemukan dosa menjijikkan,
sehingga menjadi kebiasaannya, dan ia tidak peduli jika orang-orang
melihat dia melakukan
Ramadan Kareem to all you. Allah says: “O you who believe! fasting has been
prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may
become Al-Muttaqoon (the pious).” (Qur’an, 2:183)
…
Just like every year, the month of Ramadan is here again. What you gain from
this month depends completely on you. Every Ramadan, similar to every act of
worship holds the same opportunities every time you come across it. However,
you can make it different and better for yourself in how you approach this month
and the faith and beliefs that you hold deep within you. To start out, you need to
ask yourself – Do you want to make it different? What do you expect to get in
return? What would you do to make the most of it?

If you are a practicing Muslim and if you have not already, you will surely come
across many occasions during this month when you will be reminded about the
blessings of Ramadan. The gist of those sayings and the underlying teachings
and wisdom will primarily focus on the tremendous opportunities that you as a
Muslim have at your disposal moment after moment during this month to seek
forgiveness and expiation of your sins, and add to your rewards.

Yet, despite all these reminders year after year and getting the opportunity to
earn so many gains, many of us still do not maximize these opportunities.
Instead, if people were told that engaging in certain behaviors could help them in
gaining real worldly goods, the situation will reverse and they will surely make the
most of it. The potential to earn tangible rewards makes the motivation different
and as a result different types of beliefs spring into action. The connection seems
more direct between the potential of those tangible earnings and the impact of
those earnings to their daily lives.

However, when speaking in the context of religious faith, where rewards may not
seem as tangible and where the returns may not be as immediate, the motivation
and beliefs take on a different turn and therefore the drive to rush toward earning
the rewards and the motivation to have our sins forgiven is not as strong as it
should be for a number of us. The rewards and punishments do not seem as
real.

A number of factors influence people’s motivations when it comes to following

religious teachings. Here, we will focus on two for now. The first has to with our
faith and the second has to do with our understanding regarding the effect of our
sins on our lives.
Take a quick check of your faith. How seriously do you take the commandments
behind the verses of the Quran? What importance do you give to the prophet’s
sayings? Is there any hesitation on your part to implement those commandments
in your daily lives? Do the rewards promised in the Quran truly excite you and on
the same token does the fear of the punishments in the Quran and Hadith
prevent you to indulge in more sins? If the answer to all these questions is not a
strong “YES”, then it’s time to further renew your faith. The need to strengthen
our faith and belief in Allah, belief in is His words in the Quran and the teachings
of our Prophet Muhammad (SAWS), is extremely essential. The fact is that
stronger our belief and faith, the more seriously we will take the words of Quran
and the sayings of the Prophet and the more actively we will strive to make them
part of our lives.

The good news is that the month of Ramadan provides many opportunities to
strengthen our faiths. One of the steps in strengthening our faiths is to
consciously recognize the need to do so and to ask Allah to help us in this effort.
Allah and prophet recognize the weakness of the human heart in terms of the
dwindling faith levels. The prophet said: “Faith wears out in your heart as
clothes wear out, so ask Allah to renew the faith in your hearts.” (narrated
by al-Haakim in his Mustadrak and al-Tabaraani in his Mu’jam with a
saheeh isnaad).

Another factor that can help in understanding the blessings of Ramadan and the
tremendous opportunities that it holds for us is to understand the nature of “sins”
and how our sins – the many that we constantly accumulate by our own actions
and deeds – impact us. The better we understand the ghastly nature of our sins,
the rate at which we accumulate them, along with their undesirable impact on our
daily lives and the hereafter, the more it can propel us away from committing sins
in general and the more it will drive us to seek forgiveness for our sins.

Ibn Qayyim provided one of the great descriptions of sins and the impact of sins
in this life and after. Here is a very short summary of what he compiled about
how our sins impact our lives. [islam-qa.com]

• Sins deprive a person of provision (rizq) in this life. In Musnad Ahmad it is

narrated that Thawbaan said: “The Messenger of Allah (SAWS) said: ‘A man
is deprived of provision because of the sins that he commits.’” (Narrated by
Ibn Maajah, 4022, classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh Ibn Maajah).
• A sinful person experiences a sense of alienation (indifference) with his Lord,
and between him and other people. One of the salaf had said that he could
see the impact of disobedience to Allah (in some aspects of his daily life).
• A person who commits sins sees that things become difficult for him. In any
matter that he turns to, he finds the way blocked or he finds it difficult. By
the same token, for the one who fears Allah, things are made easy for him.
• ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Abbaas said: “Good deeds make the face light, give light to
the heart, and bring about ample provision, physical strength and love in
people’s hearts. Bad deeds make the face dark, give darkness to the heart,
and bring about physical weakness, a lack of provision and hatred in people’s
hearts.”
• Sin breeds sin until it dominates a person and he cannot escape from it. Sin
weakens a person’s willpower. It gradually strengthens his will to commit sin
and weakens his will to repent until there is no will in his heart to repent at
all… so he seeks forgiveness and expresses repentance, but it is merely words
on the lips, like the repentance of the liars, whose hearts are still determined
to commit sin and persist in it. This is one of the most serious diseases that is
likely to lead to doom. He becomes desensitized and no longer find sins
abhorrent, so it becomes his habit, and he is not bothered if people see him
committing the sin or talk about him.