Apabila manusia ditimpa kemudaratan (malapetaka), dia memohon kepada Kami, kemudian apabila Kami berikan nikmat kepadanya dari Kami, dia berkata: Hanya aku mendapat nikmat itu dengan ilmu pengetahuan. Bahkan ia adalah ujian (adakah dia bersyukur atau tidak), tetapi kebanyakan mereka tidak mengetahui.
(Quran 39:49)
Tidakkah mereka tahu bahawa, Allah melapangkan rezeki begi sesiapa yang dikendakinNya dan menyempitkannya (bagi sesiapa dikehendakiNya). Sesungguhnya yang demikian itu menjadi ayat-ayat (tanda) bagi kaum yang beriman.
(Quran 39:52)
Tafsir ayat 52 diolah oleh Prof. Dr. H. Mahmud Yunus:
Allah SWT melapangkan rezeki bagi siapa yang dikehendakinya, iaitu orang-orang yang berusaha menurut sunnatullah dan menyempitkan rezeki bagi siapa ynag dikendakiNya iaitu ornag yang malas berusaha dan hanya menanti pemberian dan belas kasihan orang. Sebab itu salah sekali orang yang meminta murah rezeki dan lapang kehidupannya, sedangkan dia malas berusaha.
What I learn and a reminder to myself:
When in difficulty, sad or hoping something, we always remember Allah. Example, repeatedly we pray 'Ya Allah, I really hope to get this job, I will work hard and may it will become ibadah for me to get halal income for my family'. After getting the job, we too busy of working hard and neglecting our ibadah especially solat. Continuously forgetting and neglecting ibadah, we become arrogant of the status and sometimes we think we get and deserved it because of our hard work and knowledge. Yes we should be proud the effort of working hard, but only by Allah's willing we achieved what we have today. So let us working hard to achieve our ambition, not arrogant in His earth, not jealous of someone else achievement and be grateful for what He gives us. Alhamdulillah..
Reference, my old yet lovable tafsir
p/s- Writer is someone that still lack of knowledge but willing to learn. Please correct if spotted any mistake or misinformation especially that related to phrases from Al-Quran, hadith and fact. Your advice, critic and suggestion is much appreciated. Salam =)
