Asma'ul Husna bukan sekadar sebuah irama. Malah, ia mengatasi lirik yang indah sebuah nasyid walaupun ia boleh dilagukan. Ia adalah teras rumusan tentang akidah yang benar, dibina di atas arasy nama-nama Allah. Ia sehimpun nama-nama Tuhan yang memperkenalkan sifat diriNya dalam 99 nama-nama mulia. Di sana ada erti yang mendalam bagi setiap satu dari nama-nama Nya.
Seorang muslim yang berbakat untuk dididik adalah muslim yang gemar memerhati dan mendalami setiap satu dari bait nama-nama dan sifat-sifat yang terakam dari asma'-asma'Nya itu. Keadaan tidak seharusnya terhenti di situ. Seterusnya Muslim itu perlu sedaya mungkin menggabungkan dirinya dengan Islam, justeru faham akan sifat Allah yang menjadi Al Khaliq.
"Dialah Allah, tidak ada Tuhan (yang berhak disembah) melainkan Dia. Dia mempunya Asma ul-Husna (nama-nama yang baik)." Surah Taha ayat 3.
According to Hussain Yaacob (1992), Nik Abdul Aziz B. Nik Mat was born in 1931 at Pulau Melaka, a village located about 7 km from Kota Bharu town. His father, the late Tok Guru Haji Nik Mat B. Raja Banjar is a famous Islamic Scholar at that time. The late Haji Nik Mat Alim was the founder for Pulau Melaka Islamic School or Sekolah pondok (hut type school). Haji Nik Mat really serious about his sons Islamic education and this is one of the factor that contributed to the style of leadership perform by Tok Guru Nik Aziz. He trained all his son and daughter about the Islamic knowledge from early days.
Furthermore, Tok guru Nik Aziz also had been sent to learn Islamic knowledge from To Khurasan, one of the most famous ‘Guru’ in Kelantan at that time. Later, Tok Guru Nik Aziz continue his study with a few other Islamic Scholar in Kelantan and Jertih, Terengganu with the late Tuan Guru Haji Abbas Haji Ahmad at Madrasah Ittifaqiah.
After 5 years studied at the school, in 1952 Tok Guru Nik Aziz went to India to further his study at the Deoband Darul Ulum in India. The course at Deoband took about 5 years. From India, Tok Guru Nik Aziz continue his Islamic Education at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt. There, he took the Arabic Language and Islamic Law as main subject After 4 years, this brilliant Tok Guru managed to pass and finish his Bachelor Of Arts and Master of Art in Islamic law. In 1962, Tok Guru Nik Aziz went to Malaya (now Malaysia). Tok Guru Nik Aziz can speak a few foreign languages such as Arabic, Tamil, Urdu and English.
In 1963, Tok Guru Nik Aziz married with Tuan Sabariah Tuan Ishak (at that time his wife was 14 years old). Now, both of them got 10 children (5 daughter and 5 sons). According to Tok Guru Nik Aziz, all his children took Islamic education as their main subject.
Career path
After coming back from Egypt, Tok Guru start his work as the full time religious teacher and become an Islamic preacher, to full fill his father ambition. In the middle of 1960, Tok Guru Nik Aziz was a part time teacher and teaches the adult class people for one year (Guru kelas dewasa KEMAS). He agreed to be the teacher because they (the class supervisor) allow him to gave his lectures without any term and condition (Tak payah ikut telunjuk atau arahan orang kemas, so dia setuju, jangan silap faham pula macam MB Kedah tu selalu do kata) .
Political Career
Tok Guru Nik Abdul Aziz seriously join the Parti Islam Semalaysia or PAS after resigned as the adult class teacher. In a few month after that, i.e. in 1967, he was offered as the candidate for by-election for Kelantan Hilir (now Pengkalan Chepa) parliamentary seat. He has won the by-election at Kelantan Hilir or Pengkalan Chepa parliamentary seat from the year 1967 and every time there was another election, he won the seat until 1986 when he was transferred to another parliamentary seat in Bachok, Kelantan.
Nik Aziz as the Central Ulamak Council Chief
Tok Guru Nik Aziz has been elected as the Central Ulamak Council Chief from 1968 until now. This position give him authority to advice all matters pertaining to Islamic faced by the party and the followers.
Nik Aziz as the Kelantan’s PAS Commisioner
As a good leader, Tok Guru Nik Aziz’s followers has request to the top party’s leaders to appoint him as the Kelantan state party commisioner. They (the followers) need a leaders that was well versed about Islam and they did not want any secular leaders anymore. At last, the top party’s leaders had agreed to appoint him as the Kelantan’s PAS commissioner, a strong position that give him certain power to manage and control the party’s activities particularly in Kelantan . Compare to the other state, Kelantan is the only state in Malaysia with the biggest PAS followers. In another words, the position as Kelantan’s PAS Commissioner is actually a big opportunity and not so many opposition party leader in Malaysia ca
Tiada bacaan lain yang boleh menitiskan air mata. Baca sambil mengingat kebesaranMU dan mengenang Allahyarham Tok Guru Nik Aziz. Al Fatihah untuk arwah, tenanglah kamu di sana, setelah penat menyebarkan kalimah-kalimah pesan Allah.
[ Asmaul-Husna : Dengan Nama-Mu Aku Hidup karangan arwah Tuan Guru Nik Aziz]
Dari bahagian Selipat Sirih
"Asma'ul Husna bukan sebuah irama. IA bukan juga lirik indah sebuah nasyid walaupun iA boleh dilagukan. Ia adalah teras rumusan tentang Akidah yang Benar, dibina di atas Arasy nama-nama Allah. IA sehimpun nama-nama Tuhan yang memperkenalkan sifat diri-Nya dalam 99 asma-Nya yang Mulia. Di sana ada erti yang mendalam bagi setiap satu daripada nama-Nya.
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* Bacaan yang ringan sekadar untuk perehat minda dalam musim peperiksaan yang mendatang.
* Topik 99 nama Allah ini boleh jadi berat dan boleh jadi ringan. Sama ada ingin berbahas dalam bentuk asas Tauhid(bersangkut paut dengan sifat 20 atau 3 kategori tauhid) atau boleh juga dalam bentuk ringan.
* Arwah TGNA, pada hemat saya, menggunakan Pendekatan yang kedua dalam membicarakan 99 asma-ul husna ini menjadikan buku ini satu Bacaan yang ringan. Bahasa yang digunakan mudah Dan setiap nama diterjemah dan diolah secara ringkas.
* Namun, tak bererti buku ini tidak memberi impak yang besar. ('Double' Negatif di situ lol). Bagi mereka yang pernah mendengar kalam bicara arwah sama ada di Medan Ilmu Kelantan, YouTube atau di mana-mana sahaja, tentu tahu walaupun bahasa yang digunakan mudah, tetapi maksudnya mendalam. Seolah-olah tulisan ini berbicara terus kepadaku. Tulisan ini 'hidup'. Boleh terasa 'ruhnya'.
* Menarik sebenarnya apabila difikirkan kembali, berapa ratus kali kita sudah laungkan asma-ul husna ini dalam program, roll-call, perhimpunan Dan sebagainya tetapi setakat mana kita tahu makna setiap nama tersebut, faham serta selami maksud-maksud nama tersebut dalam kehidupan seharian?
* Mula-mulanya agak sukar untuk menghafal maksud nama-nama. Ada 99 nama semuanya nak ditukar dari bahasa Arab ke bahasa Melayu. Tetapi hakikatnya, nama-nama tersebut ada 'pattern' tersendiri dari segi susunan.
Ini antara coraknya:-
1. Nama yang digandingkan bersama dan maksud lebih kurang sama. Contoh:- * Ar-Rahman & Ar-Rahim {Pemurah & Penyayang} * Al-Khaliq & Al-Bari' & Al-Musawwir {Penciptaan} * Al-Ghaniyu & Al-Mughni {Kaya dan Menjadikan kaya} * As-Salam, Al-Mu'min & Al-Muhaimin {Sejahtera, Aman, Pelindung}
2. Nama yang kontra maksudnya Dan diganding bersama. Contoh:- * Al-Qabidh & Al-Basit {Sempit & Luas} * Al-Mui'zzu & Al-Mudzillu {Memuliakan & Menghinakan}
3. Nama-nama yang maksud lebih kurang sama tetapi susunan diletak berasingan. Contoh * Al-Ghaffar & Al-Ghafur (Pengampun) * Al-jabbar & Al-Qahhar (Gagah)
Dan seterusnya. Hakikatnya, memang benar dalam bahasa lain tidak dapat diberi erti yang sebenar maksud-maksud nama-nama ini walaupun diterjemahkan sama, tetapi untuk 'orang awam' tidaklah ada masalah untuk menggunakan metod ini.
Mungkin ada yang akan kata. Tak akan nak hafal maksud sahaja?
Yes. Prosesnya 'step by step.'
Dahulu hafal dalam bahasa Arab dan "nyanyikan".
Sekarang hafal maksud nama-nama tersebut.
Seterusnya hayati dan selami dalam hidup setakat yang boleh sebagai hamba.
Dan boleh pergi langkah lebih jauh, halusi dan dalami erti sebenar Asmaul-Husna tersebut.