MEMULIAKAN WANITA ADALAH TANDA KEMULIAAN SEORANG LELAKI



1. 
Perintah Allah supaya menggauli isteri dengan baik dan sabar dengan karenah isteri.

Firman Allah s.w.t yang bermaksud:
“…dan bergaullah kamu semua dengan mereka (isteri-isteri kamu itu) dengan cara yang baik. 
Kemudian jika kamu(merasa)benci kepada mereka (disebabkan tingkah lakunya, 
janganlah kamu terburu-buru menceraikannya);
kerana boleh jadi kamu bencikan sesuatu,
sedang Allah hendak menjadikan pada apa yang kamu benci itu kebaikan yang banyak (untuk kamu).”
(Surah Al-Nisa’:19)

2.
Wasiat Rasulullah s.a.w supaya menggauli isteri dengan baik.
Sabda Rasulullah s.a.w yang bermaksud:
“Berwasiatlah kamu semua supaya berlaku baik terhadap isteri-isteri.
Sesungguhnya kamu semua mengambil mereka dengan amanah Allah dan kamu semua menghalalkan persetubuhan dengan mereka dengan kalimah Allah.”
(Riwayat Al-Tirmidzi)

3.
Berbuat baik kepada isteri lambang kesempurnaan iman.

Sabda Nabi s.a.w yang bermaksud:
“Orang mukmin yang paling sempurna imannya ialah yang baik budi pekertinya dan lemah lembut terhadap isterinya.”
(Riwayat Abu Daud)

4.
Lelaki yang paling baik ialah lelaki yang berbuat baik kepada isteri.
Hadis yang diriwayatkan oleh Ali bin Abi Talib bermaksud:

“Rasulullah s.a.w bersabda:
Lelaki yang paling baik ialah yang amat baik terhadap isterinya,
dan aku adalah yang paling baik terhadap isteriku.
Tidak ada seseorang yang memuliakan wanita,
kecuali dia seorang yang mulia.
Tidak ada yang menghina wanita,
kecuali orang yang rendah pekertinya.”
(Riwayat Abu Daud).

5.
Larangan menyakiti isteri
Rasulullah s.a.w bersabda mafhumnya,
“Aku tidak tahan melihat lelaki yang mudah memukul isterinya. Tidakkah malu orang yang memukul isterinya seperti memukul budak, dipukul pada siang hari dan digaulinya (setubuhinya) pada malam hari?”

Baginda Rasulullah s.a.w sangat MARAH tatkala melihat seorang suami memukul isterinya.
Rasulullah menegur, “Mengapa engkau memukul isterimu?”

Lantas soalan itu dijawab dengan agak gementar,
“Isteriku sangat keras kepala.
Sudah diberi nasihat dia tetap degil, jadi aku pukul dia.”

“Aku tidak bertanya alasanmu,
aku menanyakan mengapa engkau memukul teman tidurmu dan ibu kepada anak-anakmu?”
Sahut Rasulullah s.a.w.

Dan juga Rasulullah s.a.w bersabda,
“Yang terbaik di antara kalian adalah yang bersikap paling baik terhadap isterinya.”
(Hadis riwayat Imam al-Tirmizi dan al-Nasai)

Nabi menegah memukul isteri sesuka hati.
Baginda menyandarkan mereka kepada Allah dengan panggilan “hamba-hamba Allah di kalangan wanita”,
sebagai gesaan supaya kita patuh kepada Allah s.w.t dan berwaspada daripada melampaui batas.

Nabi s.a.w bersabda:

عَنْ إِيَاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي ذُبَابٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لاً تَضْرِبُوا إِمَاءَ اللَّهِ

Maksudnya:
Daripada Iyas ibn ‘Abdillah ibn Abi Zubab berkata:
Bersabda Rasulullah s.a.w:
“Janganlah kamu memukul hamba-hamba Allah di kalangan wanita.”

Rasulullah s.a.w. memarahi Al-Walid bin ‘Uqbah kerana memukul isterinya, sehingga Baginda berdoa:

اللَّهُمَّ عَلَيْكَ الْوَلِيدَ ، اللَّهُمَّ عَلَيْكَ الْوَلِيدَ
Maksudnya:
Ya Allah,
terserahlah kepada-Mu dengan apa yang patut dihukum pada Al-Walid!
Ya Allah terserahlah kepada-Mu dengan apa yang patut dihukum pada Al-Walid!.
(Hadis riwayat Al-Tabrani di dalam Tahzib Al-Athar dan Imam Ahmad di dalam Musnad Imam Ahmad).

WE ARE CREATED OUT OF NOTHING:

WE ARE CREATED OUT OF NOTHING:



Atheists contend that matter existed from eternity, that it had no beginning and that all formations evolved fortuitously.

Creator of the heavens and the earth from nothingness, He has only to say when He wills a thing, “Be,” and it is.(2:117)

The Arabic word “beda’a” means creation of something out of nothing. This word also connotes the fact that something is created not on a pattern previously designed of something but as a completely new entity having no precedence. The greatest marvel of the creation is the creation of all concepts out of nothing. Think of the spectrum of colors. None of us can visualize a color that we have not already seen, nor can we produce that color. We are familiar with colors that already exist, but we cannot possibly create a new color. God, on the other hand, created all colors at a time when the concept of color did not exist, just as the universe did not exist before. To create a concept and its range of contents out of nothing is beyond human imagination and power.

Atheists contend that matter existed from eternity, that it had no beginning and that all formations evolved fortuitously. For example, in his books, famous materialist theoretician George Politzer contends that the universe was not created; had it been so, the universe would have been the work of a God who would have created it at a given moment out of nothing, that in order to be able to accept the theory of creation, one had to posit the existence of a moment when there was no universe, as it was to emerge from the void.

Atheism is the belief that God does not exist and materialism is the belief that only physical things have reality. These two words are often used as synonyms. Atheists who refute God’s existence accept the infinite existence of matter, and are, consequently, materialists. Atheists contend that matter was not created but existed from eternity. The postulate of the eternal existence of God and that matter was created goes back to the monotheistic religions. All the monotheistic religions postulate that God existed from eternity and that matter was created by God. The fact that matter was created also proves the existence of God and that Judaism and Christianity and Islam are religions revealed by God.

It is true that there are still some people today who worship the sun, the moon and fire. They carry on their practices and rituals without any logical, scientific or philosophical justification. It is futile to logically or scientifically refute beliefs that do not value reason, logic and science. Such people need evidence that would break down their prejudices and relieve them of their obsessions. Throughout history there have been three separate viewpoints that allege to be in conformity with reason and science. These viewpoints at least declare that they accept reason, logic and science as criteria. In the present book, I shall try to expound on these ideas and analyze their relevancy.

These three views are:
1) Monotheism: There is but one God, He that created this magnificent physical universe and everything in it, living or inanimate.

2) Atheistic materialism: Matter has been in existence since eternity. Everything is made of matter from a chain of fortuitous events.

3) Agnosticism: We cannot know which of these two viewpoints is correct. Both may be justified in their postulates. Essentially there are two fundamental alternatives. For the third announces that none of these views can be proved rather than propounding a new view. The agnostic point of view contends that we cannot know whether matter and things were created or not. For instance in his Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, David Hume’s (1711-1776) three interlocutors exhibit contrasts, namely “the accurate philosophical turn of Cleanthes” with “the careless skepticism of Philo” and “the rigid inflexible orthodoxy of Demea;” the words of Philo reflect the agnostic attitude. Kant (1724-1804) in The Critique of Pure Reason asserts that we cannot know whether matter was created or not. (Although his ideas were agnostic in character, Kant believed in God.)

THE BIG BANG INVALIDATES BOTH AGNOSTICISM AND ATHEISM

The agnostic’s assertion may be expressed by the sentence, “We cannot know whether there is a God or not, and we cannot know whether the universe has been in existence since eternity or not.” He believes that nothing is or can be known. If the hypothesis “Matter had a beginning” is confirmed, the assertion that “Matter had no beginning” would be refuted and the contention “We cannot know whether it had a beginning or not” will be proved wrong. Thus, demonstration of the fact that matter had a beginning is a blow not only to atheism but also to agnosticism and skepticism. Once the hypothesis of the beginning and creation of matter has been confirmed, the atheists should abandon their disbelief and the agnostics their skepticism. If you remember the words in the sura The Prophets, verse 30, “Will they not believe even then?” this statement in the verse that described the Big Bang is a sign according to which the unbelievers will stick to their own convictions, or lack of conviction. It has become clear that an agnostic is no different than a man who worships the cow and the denial of the atheist is tantamount to the adoration of fire; these people base their philosophies on absolute lack of evidence, sheer delusion, total lack of logic and scientific reasoning.

The claims of rationality and the so-called scientific approach of the atheists and agnostics have been debunked. In the coming pages we shall see that both in the creation of the universe, in things created within the universe and in the creation of living beings, an intelligently designed process is going on, and we shall demonstrate that the objections of agnostics and skeptics to this assertion are merely delusions.



BEFORE THE BIG BANG:

It was understood that time existed in relation to the movements of matter. As matter and its movements did not exist prior to the Big Bang, time did not exist before the Big Bang. Matter and time came into being after the Big Bang. Their existence depends on each other. Roger Penrose and Stephen Hawking conclusively proved in mathematical terms that the universe had had a beginning. The Big Bang theory confirmed the hypothetical alternative suggested by atheists that the universe had to have a beginning if it had been created. In brief, the claims of atheists have been proven wrong in scientific terms and in terms of logic and reason; and yet the atheistic attitude is still prevalent today due to reasons like stubbornness, delusion and arbitrariness. If there are two theses that negate each other, the substantiation of either of them disproves the other’s argument. The contention of atheists that matter existed from eternity having thus been falsified, the fact that it was created becomes the incontestable truth, discrediting the conviction of unbelievers. Insistence of denial of this proven fact is a gross mistake and an example of inexcusable dogmatism.

To the contrary, these are clear signs in the hearts of those who are granted knowledge. None deny Our messages except the unjust.(29:49)

TEACHINGS OF THE BIG BANG:

The Big Bang theory confirmed that the universe and time had a beginning and that matter did not exist from eternity but was created. The assertion that the universe existed from eternity was thus debunked. The Big Bang not only demonstrated that the universe was created by the Creator, but at the same time the false beliefs like the distribution of sovereignties among divinities, each having under his command the earth, the sun, the moon and the mountains respectively, were proved wrong. It became clear that whoever He was Who had devised the initial composition of the universe, having recourse to the Big Bang, was the Creator of everything. Thus the universe was under the exclusive control of One Single Power and this power was not shared. The universe evolved from a single point; the Author of that point was also the Originator of men, rivers, stars, butterflies, supernovas, colors, suffering and happiness, music and aesthetics. Since everything came into being emerging from the oneness, He must be the Author of that “oneness.

The Big Bang showed that the matter idolized by atheists, and the matter that makes up the entire universe is but an insignificant speck of dust, so to say. Those who witnessed that from that insignificant speck there have emerged men, beasts, plants, and the universe in its glowing colors understand that the genius was not inherent in the matter itself but in something exterior to it, i.e., in the Creator. Close your eyes and try to imagine the void and open them to behold the trees, the seas, the heavens, your own image reflected in the mirror, the food put at your disposal for your consumption and the works of art. . . . How could all these glorious things have emerged all by themselves from the dark and from one single point in the void? For intelligent minds, the creation unfolds itself not only in artistic aesthetics but also in mathematical terms. The velocity of expansion of the universe is of such a critical point that, according to the expression of a scientist, had the velocity been different at the primeval explosion less than 1/1018, the universe would have collapsed, sinking unto itself and never coming into being as it is. Likewise had the quantity of matter been less than it actually was, the universe would have scattered around, rendering the formation of the celestial bodies impossible. The force applied in the disintegration of the initial composition at the moment of creation is not only incommensurably great, but the design behind it is infinitely ingenious. Thus everything was designed by our Creator to make possible the existence of the universe. All these events are meant to show the blindfolded the infinite power of our Creator and the fact that He designed everything to the most infinitesimal detail perfectly. We are witnessing another fact through these phenomena: impossibility does not exist in the vocabulary of the Creator; it suffices Him to wish that something come about, and there it is.




Astrophysics in the Glorious Quran

THOSE WHO DISBELIEVE IN THE END OF THE UNIVERSE:

The time has come now to examine the end of the world and the universe as expressed in the Quran. We are fully convinced that there has been no other book in the entire history of mankind that has given such a detailed account of the beginning and end of the world. Delve into all the books in history preceding scientific data and you will see that there is none like the Quran. It was said that the Quran would provide the signs and evidence; here they are, then! Will these not suffice for someone who is unbiased?



Those who disbelieved said, “There is no coming of the Hour for us.” Say, “No, by my Lord, the knower of the unseen, it will certainly come upon you.”[34:3]

If We give him a taste of mercy after suffering some adversity, he says, “This belongs to me. I do not think that the Hour will come. Even if I am returned to my Lord, I will find in Him better things.” Certainly We will inform the disbelievers of all their works and We will afflict them with severe retribution.[41:50]

It is man’s habit, confined in his own time bracket, to consider everything around him as constant and static. At the time of the Prophet, speaking of the end of the world, and especially of the universe, would be beyond conception. People ignorant of the fact that
the world was an object flying in space, considered it a safe and sound place under their feet. They could not have believed that the day would come when everything would vanish.

As the accumulation of knowledge increased, thanks to scientific discoveries, it became clear that the end of the universe and of our world was inevitable. No one of sound mind today would assert that the world will exist forever. Even if no other celestial phenomenon occurs, it is certain that once the energy of the sun is exhausted, the end of the world will become unavoidable. However, the way and the exact time of this occurrence cannot be predicted.

To give you an example, the laws of thermodynamics indicate that the end will come. A stove’s heating of a room; our leaving a cup of tea to cool down are subject to this law. Especially Rudolf Clausius’s studies have led to the adoption of a measure of the unavailable energy called entropy. The total entropy continuously increases in the universe. The sun’s heat flows toward the cold of the universe and this process is irreversible…

LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS SEEN UNDER THE LIGHT OF RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY

Will this process go on forever? The answer will be “No.” When heat reaches a constant temperature, there comes about a static state called “thermodynamic balance.” The flow of heat from the sun and from the multitude of stars may last for billions of years, but it is not inexhaustible.

At the end of a time bracket, the laws of thermodynamics will make the activities going on in the universe come to a standstill. Under the circumstances, we can make the following deductions:

1- That the universe had a beginning, and
2- That it will come to an end one day.

All religions that have expounded belief in one God throughout history have been defenders of these two arguments. The Quran had this to say about the beginning and end of the universe. (In the first three chapters we read the miraculous statements of the Quran about the beginning of the universe.) On the other hand, materialists claim that matter has existed since eternity and will continue to exist forever and ever. In other words, they deny the beginning that led to the idea of creation and the end of the world and the universe, the sine qua non of religion. (In the two verses quoted above we saw the objections raised at the time of the Prophet against him.) When, as a result of developments in astrophysics, it became clear that the universe did have in fact, a beginning and an end, some atheists tried to fit their theories to the new discoveries. However, it is evident that before this issue was scientifically established, the atheists were against this idea. Nevertheless, despite the data provided by scientific studies, there are still atheists who refuse to believe that the universe had a beginning and that it will have an end.

The laws of thermodynamics confirm the assertions of monotheistic religions. This is then the scientific evidence supporting the teachings of the three major monotheistic religions regarding the end of the world. Had the universe existed since eternity, according to the laws of thermodynamics, all actions in the entire universe would have come to a standstill by now (according to thermodynamic balance). The fact that there is still action in the universe shows that the universe had no eternal existence, but that it had a beginning. Given the fact that there is still action going on in the universe and that it had a beginning, the end of the universe must come- at least according to the laws of thermodynamics. However, it appears that we shall not have to wait for the consequence of the laws of thermodynamics 

[We shall come back to this point in Chapter 68 and 69]

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