Felt the need to start a blog today to document our transformation. A year has gone by and the transformation that was initiated in November 2005 is starting to pick up momentum. Felt good after the briefing to Tan Sri, the new corporate executive directors and the group CEOs this morning. It was the first time the case for change and what we have done to become the " new company " by 2009 was presented to people outside the company.
The mood was good, even Tan Sri was taking notes, the comments constructive and the questions sincere, a desire to understand, a desire to transform ...
Surah Ar-Rad ( Guruh ) Surat ke 13, Ayat 11
" Sesungguhnya Allah tidak merobah keadaan sesuatu kaum sehingga mereka merobah keadaan yang ada pada diri mereka sendiri "
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I was touched when the verse 13:11 was quoted during that Friday 26/1/07 function. Not that it was the first time I heard of it, but the way it was narrated and interpreted. “God command you to change!” - The words strike me deep. I have some reservation on the statement made and beg to differ. For me, it basically says that we are result of our own deeds. And we are accountable for own actions. One needs to view the verse as total, even better if one could review the previous and the next verses. Similar saying can be found in verse 8:53 but relating to different situation.
Again, have to disagree with mindacergas, very little “transormation’ related issue in this surah, have to keep looking for “change” else where. There are at lease 18 related verses on “change”, “changed” and “exchange” and 3 verses on “transform/ed” in the Quran translation text. Following is the Malay translation of the Al Alaq surah – all 19 verses.
96:1 Bacalah dengan (menyebut) nama Tuhanmu Yang menciptakan,
96:2 Dia telah menciptakan manusia dari segumpal darah.
96:3 Bacalah, dan Tuhanmulah Yang Maha Pemurah,
96:4 Yang mengajar (manusia) dengan perantaraan kalam.
96:5 Dia mengajarkan kepada manusia apa yang tidak diketahuinya.
96:6 Ketahuilah! Sesungguhnya manusia benar-benar melampaui batas,
96:7 karena dia melihat dirinya serba cukup.
96:8 Sesungguhnya hanya kepada Tuhanmulah kembali (mu).
96:9 Bagaimana pendapatmu tentang orang yang melarang,
96:10 seorang hamba ketika dia mengerjakan salat,
96:11 bagaimana pendapatmu jika orang yang melarang itu berada di atas kebenaran,
96:12 atau dia menyuruh bertakwa (kepada Allah)?
96:13 Bagaimana pendapatmu jika orang yang melarang itu mendustakan dan berpaling?
96:14 Tidakkah dia mengetahui bahwa sesungguhnya Allah melihat segala perbuatannya?
96:15 Ketahuilah, sungguh jika dia tidak berhenti (berbuat demikian) niscaya Kami tarik ubun-ubunnya,
96:16 (yaitu) ubun-ubun orang yang mendustakan lagi durhaka.
96:17 Maka biarlah dia memanggil golongannya (untuk menolongnya),
96:18 kelak Kami akan memanggil malaikat Zabaniyah,
96:19 "sekali-kali jangan, janganlah kamu patuh kepadanya; dan sujudlah dan dekatkanlah (dirimu kepada Tuhan),"
(Caveat: I’m not a scholar in Islamic studies, …I pray for God’s guidance and protection from being astray)
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