A Teacher and Student.

I once heard Nouman Ali Khan explaining, the feeling khushoo', he was picturing a situation, a preschool teacher in front teaching one whole quiet class. Then there are two students at the back talking and giggling to each other, secretly. Teacher caught them and yelled out their names. The two students go like terkejut, terus tunduk, instant takut and malu, suddenly all alert.

Now THAT, for a little while what they are feeling there, is khusyoo'.

The students acknowledge their wrongs and are feeling bad for doing it and getting caught, they acknowledge the superiority of the teacher over them.

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To talk about teacher and student relationship and relating it with the Lord and the slave...

A teacher would of course has love and care for her students. When a kid is running around the school field and he fell and injured himself, while he is under her supervision, course she would worry. If he's been missing class for a week she'd call up his parents to ask about him. She cares, she loves, she bares this sense of responsibility towards him.

But is it with that love she has for him, that when he doesnt get his homework done, shes not gonna piss off and not give a little yank? With that care for him is she gonna give him free A's and let him pass exams easily?

And the most important thing, most solid thing for a teacher, no teacher would at all want her students to fail. If there's any of a teacher's biggest, most unselfish wish for any other being aside from her, is to see her students attain success. The pride and glory she felt looking at her former long gone student, now a full grown successfull man, great career etc, coming around visiting his late school and just briefly thanking her.

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Allah He cares for us. SO MUCH. His most awesome most perfect creation is the creation of humans. The arabic word He uses to describe 'creating' us is different than what He uses to describe 'creating' earth and heavens and other things. Really, look it up, study bro Nouman's tafseer. He takes utmost PRIDE in creating us, moulding our structure, giving us life. From when we are a drop of liquid to such a complex organism occupying His land.

Why would Allah want to ever shower you with his blessings and forgiveness? Not because of the countless honorable deeds you may have been doing your whole life (if you've done such), not even because you asked for it, He still give you, more and even more, because again, you are His. You are His slave and He is Your master.

Imagine a tired mom not sleeping at nights, comforting her crying baby, attending to her needs, not even having the feeling to whine or complain about it. Because thats HER baby there, HER daughter, HER own flesh and blood, that came out of HER. and she is HERS.

And WE ARE HIS. Most of us forget, are oblivious to the reality of this supreme feeling, if theres anything to be grateful of, is that HE IS OURS. Rabbi, MY Rabb. Rabbuna, OUR Rabb.

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He created the heavens and he takes pride in honoring you with the blessings and happiness from Him.

He created hellfire and He would almost hate to see His slaves having to be punished and suffer there.

He showed you the way to good,  and to worst. Created Hell not that he wants you to there. Created heavens not that you are entitled to attain it so easily.

And all of this, this system, this principle, is only for your own good.

Its all up to you, and the choices you make. The last thing a lazy student can do is putting the blame on his teacher.

Semoga kita dapat mencari kestabilan dan ketenangan di antara HARAP dan TAKUT kepada Allah, Tuhan KITA.

Semoga kita dapat menghayati dan mengagungkan, nilai dan kedudukan Allah dalam diri kita, cinta dan syukur kita padanya. Lebih dari ibu bapa kita dan orang lain.