It's in your hands...

I read this story from a book and I just want to share it with all of you...

   Once there was a wise old man who could answer any question anyone asked him. Two young men decided to trick him. "We're going to fool that old man. We'll catch a bird and go to the old man and say, 'This taht we hold in our hands today, is it alive or is it dead?'
   "If he says 'Dead', we'll turn it loose and let it fly, and if he says 'Alive', we'll crush it."
So they caught a bird and carried it to the old man. "This that we hold in our hands today, is it alive or is it dead?" they asked.
   The old man looked at the men, smiled, and replied: "It's in your hands."

Perumpamaan Islam adalah seperti burung dalam cerita tadi. Pilihan terletak di atas tangan kita, samada membantu (menyebarkan ajaran Islam ke serata dunia) atau membunuh (membiarkan orang2 kafir menghancurkan Islam). Kita telah dilantik oleh Allah sebagai khalifah di atas dunia ini. Jadi, laksanakan tanggungjawab kita  sebaiknya.
Sebagai penutup, hayati bait2 sajak ini...

Sahabat,
Andainya kematian kau tangisi,
Pusara kau siram dgn air matamu
Maka diatas tulang belulang ku yg dah luluh
Nyalakan obor untuk umat ini
Dan....
Lanjutkanlah gerak merebut kemenangan
Sahabat,
Kematianku hanyalah suatu perjalanan
Memenuhi panggilan kekasih yg merindu
Taman-taman indah di syurga Tuhan
Terhampar menanti
Burung-burungnya berpesta menyambutku
Dan berbahagialah hidupku di sana
Sahabat,
Puaka kegelapan pastikan lebur
Fajarkan menyinsing
Dan alam ini kan disinari cahay lag
Relakan lah rohku terbang menjelang rindunya
Jgn gentar berkelana ke alam abadi
di sana cahaya fajar memancar.
(Nurkilan Sayyid Qutb. 1966)