Alif Lam Lam Ha knew HIS name, are you?
I remembered when I was 6 having my breakfast at tadika - while sat down with my kiddy friend in front of a plate of pinkish mihun and a glass of sunquick - I glance upon this curly wording on the top of the wall above the King & Queen photo;
I wonder myself at that time – whose Him?
We knew Him from His name – ﷲ – which stated in Quran almost at every corner of the page of 114 surah.
Haven’t you heard lately about the uproar about the use of His name?
Looking on it from my point of view – I’m not a religious person – the issue here is not about the right use of His name – it’s more about the right meaning of His name to a person. As always – a political and race card always love to take a center stage. And like usual the many of our ‘Si Tanggang‘ would love to make remarks like this…
Shae Yew, a 20-year-old ethnic Chinese studying in Britain, said he has no intention of returning to Malaysia ”unless I have no other options.”
”I … hated the policies which protected certain races and excluded the others. Over here, at least everyone is equal,” he said. [NY Times]
Back to the topics, are we the right Malaysian to own His name?
Qur’an was revealed to Nabi Muhammad SAW by Jibril – and written down later on by Nabi Muhammad SAW companions in arabic – the mother tongue of the Prophet.
That’s how it’s began for us, Muslim. I don’t know about others….
The fear of loosing His name is so overwhelmed – which some of you neglected to notice this was a battle not just recently but a long ago.
You’ve to know that as a Catholic, a person must preach out about their religious believes – in this context they have to find the best practice to deliver the message across.
There’s no wrong for them to communicate it in Malay either in newsletter or newspaper or risalah for that matter – but does it’s wise to use a word of Malay translation of – ﷲ – as a ‘Allah’ – the God of Islam to preach about the father of him (Jesus).
Lets imagine this – I have a daughter – and she having a promise to her Catholic friend – she write on her friend’s palm – Alif Lam Lam Ha – and her friend would do the same to her in Malay of Allah – and are those – ﷲ & Allah – the same God?
Nope.
It’s a different God of both religions. Only it’s all depending on how you, as a parent educating your kids about Him.
I don’t have a fear of loosing His name – He will be the same inside my heart with or without a name – but I do fear for others who didn’t knew Him yet.
Coz don’t worry, Alif Lam Lam Ha knew HIS name!
If God had a name what would it be?
And would you call it to his face?
If you were faced with him
In all his glory
What would you ask if you had just one question?
