Suatu hari semasa Dr. Izham Nayan, 43 sedang berbual-bual dengan seorang
lelaki warak yang dipanggilnya Pak Syeikh, terpacul dari mulut orang
tua itu mengenai soal perpaduan orang Melayu silam
“Hisss!! Sapa kata Hang Jebat mati dibunuh Hang Tuah? Mengarut..!! Pak Syeikh melenting ketika melontarkan kata-katanya.
“Ini tidak benar!” sambung Pak Syeikh lagi.
Dr. Izham terus mendengar kata-kata Pak Syeikh itu dengan penuh minat.
Berdasarkan pengalaman Pak Syeikh itu, manakan bisa dua saudara pahlawan
sateria melayu seagama yang telah mengaku bersaudara, berbunuh-bunuhan
sesama sendiri?
Berdasarkan cerita Pak Syeikh, dua
pahlawan Melayu bersaudara sedari kecil telah berjaya melawan
lanun-lanun Siam yang mengganas di utara negeri Kedah.
Keberanian tujuh bersaudara itu menyebabkan mereka terpilih menjadi anak
angkat Sultan Kedah seterusnya diutus membantu Sultan Melaka menghalau
lanun-lanun yang bermaharajalela di perairan Melaka. Hang Tuah akhirnya
dilantik menjadi Laksamana Melaka. Rakan-rakannya menjadi hulubalang
istana.
“Hang Tuah, Hang Jebat, Hang Kasturi, Hang Lekir, Hang
Lekiu, hangpa semua pi tolong raja Melaka. Depa tu ada masaalah
penyamun!
“Hang (loghat Kedah) ertinya kamu. Sekarang nama
Lekir, Lekiu merupakan nama tempat di Kedah,” terang Pak Syeikh itu
kepada Dr. Izham.
Pak Syeikh berhujah lagi,
seandainya dua manusia kepala penyamun yang saling bermusuhan sekalipun,
jika dikurung dalam sebuah rumah selama tujuh hari tujuh malam pasti
mereka akan berbaik-baik semula.
“Inikan pula saudara sesumpah!
Sebangsa dan seagama. Manakan boleh diterima akal, mereka bertarung
tiga hari tiga malam tanpa henti, kemudian berbunuhan?” soal Pak Syeikh
lagi.
Pak Syeikh mengulangi lagi bahawa Hang Tuah dan Hang Jebat tidak berbunuh-bunuhan sesama sendiri.
“Tak. Mereka berdua mencari akal macam mana nak selesaikan soal
perpaduan bangsa Melayu. Setiap penyakit ada ubatnya!” beritahu Pak
Syeikh.
Persoalan yang dilontarkan Pak Syeikh itu ada
kebenarannya. Dr. Izham yang juga Pengarah Majlis Permuafakatan Ummah
(PEWARIS) melihat hujah yang dibawa Pak Syeikh itu dari sudut positif.
Beliau membelek semula pelbagai versi naskah Hikayat Hang Tuah dan
Sejarah Moden Melayu. Berdasarkan kajian, terdapat sebanyak 11 versi
kesemuanya ada menceritakan pertikaman antara Hang Jebat dan Hang Tuah.
Mungkin apa yang diceritakan Pak Syeikh ini versi ke-12 yang terlepas
pandang oleh pengkritik dan pengkaji sejarah Melayu.
Atau
mungkin juga apa yang diceritakan Pak Syeikh ini suatu lagenda!. Atau
mungkin suatu analogi baru yang sengaja dicipta untuk menolak versi
bangsa Melayu sangup berbunuh-bunuhan sesama sendiri. Versi baru ini
lebih positif untuk perpaduan Melayu.
Dr. Izham terfikir ada
baiknya Hang Jebat tidak mati di tangan Hang Tuah. Benar seperti kata
Pak Syeikh itu bahawa selagi bernama Melayu, mana mungkin mereka sanggup
berbunuh-bunuhan sesama sendiri! Inikan pula bertikam selama tiga hari
tiga malam tanpa henti!
Dr. Izham melihat adengan ketika
pertelingkahan berlaku antara Hang Jebat dan Hang Tuah suatu taktik
paling hebat dalam sejarah kepahlawanan Melayu. Di sinilah letaknya seni
persilatan orang Melayu.
Ketika itu para tali barut dan kroni Sultan Melaka dan Pateh Gajah Mada asyik mengendap untuk menyaksikan perlawanan tersebut.
Keadaan meyebabkan Hang Tuah dan Hang Jebat berhenti sebentar untuk
mencari akal. Pada perkiraan Dr. Izham perlawanan tesebut tidak lebih
hanyalah sebagai ‘berlatih’ saja. Maklumlah sudah lama Hang Jebat dan
Hang Tuah tidak bertemu dan mempraktis ilmu persilatan masing-masing.
Pada hemat Dr. Izham, mana mungkin Hang Jebat sanggup melepaskan Taming
sari yang keramat itu hingga terpacak ke lelangit bumbung istana?
Melainkan ia dibuat secara sengaja! Ya! Taktik ini dipercayai
disengajakan.
Akhirnya Hang Jebat mencederakan sendiri jari
kelengkengnya dengan keris sultan yang dibawa Hang Tuah didalam gulungan
langsir. Perbuatan Hang Jebat itu pula dilakukan secara beselindung
bagi membolehkan tidak ada mata kroni Sultan Melaka mahupun Pateh Gajah
Mada mengetahuinya.
Hang Tuah pula berpura-pura menyerang
dengan keris Taming Sari yang telah bertukar tangan. Disinilah
terletaknya kehebatan taktik Hang Tuah dan Hang Jebat.
Keris
Taming Sari terkenal amat berbisa dan tidak wajar Hang Jebat menggunakan
keris tersebut untuk melukai jarinya, melainkan ia mesti bertukar
tangan dengan hang Tuah.
“Kalau tak tukar, bila Hang jebat hiris jari kelengkeng boleh bawa maut!” hujah Dr. Izham.
Hang Jebat pula berpura-pura memekap perutnya dengan tangan kiri yang
berlumuran darah, mengikat dan merenjiskan darah tersebut pada kain
langsir istana. Para pengampu dan pembodek sultan bersorak mengatakan
Hang Jebat sudah ditikam Hang Tuah! Walhasil…itu hanya sandiwara belaka.
“Orang bukan lihat luka, orang lihat darah…” kata Dr. Izham lagi.
Pada hemat Dr. Izham, keadaan itu membolahkan Hang Jebat mengamuk
dengan selesa selama tujuh hari tujuh malam membunuh hanya para kroni,
pengampu sultan dan pengadu domba kepada Hang Tuah.
Jika Hang
Jebat ditikam dengan Taming Sari, mana mungkin pahlawan itu masih boleh
mengamuk selama itu? Tentu tidak logik sebab keris Taming Sari amat
berbisa.
Sekali lagi Dr. Izham berhujah, melainkan bukan keris
Taming Sari yang digunakan sebaliknya keris milik Sultan Melaka dan luka
kecil hanya pada jari kelengkeng sahaja bagi meyimbah darah ke perut
Hang Jebat.
Setelah habis mengamuk Hang Jebat kononya dikatakan
mati dirumah Hang Tuah. Sekali lagi kejadian ini tidak lojik. Namun
tidak seorang pun dibenarkan melihat jenazah Hang Jebat.
“Syoknya, Hang Jebat mati diriba Hang Tuah!” cerita Dr. Izham.
Kononya Hang Tuahlah yang memandikan, mengapankan dan meyembahyangkan sendiri jenazah Hang Jebat.
Lojiknya, kata Dr. Izham selepas Hang Jebat membersihkan saki-baki
pengampu, kroni sultan Hang Tuah dan Hang Jebat selepas itu kembali
semula mendalami ilmu persilatan dengan guru mereka Adi Putera.
Dua pahlawan itu seterusnya memohon untuk pergi merantau sehinggalah ke
Pattani membuka pesantren di sana dan mengajar murid-murid ilmu
persilatan dan mengaji Al-Quran.
Melalui identiti baru itu
mereka berdua berjaya melahirkan ramai pahlawan melayu yang hebat dan
terkenal memerangi penjajahan di Nusantara.
Paling menarik, Dr.
Izham menyatakan kesemua ahli keluarga Hang Jebat dan Hang Tuah pulang
semula ke Kedah dan tinggal di Pulau Melaka di Langkawi.
Dr.
Izham ada juga mendengar cerita orang bahawa Mahsuri adalah dari susur
galur keturunan Hang Tuah. Mereka membawa bersama resepi makanan tradisi
dan menamakannya sempena negeri Melaka.
Umpamanya cabai melaka kerana orang Melaka suka makan pedas, buah Melaka, gula Melaka dan lain lain lagi.
Akhir kalam, Dr. Izham sekali lagi bersetuju dengan Pak Syeikh bahawa
dalam soal perpaduan orang Melayu : ‘Air dicincang tak akan putus!’
Sesukar manapun situasi yang dihadapi, pasti ada muslihat bagi menyelesaikannya tanpa mengorbankan nyawa orang Melayu.
Berdasarkan kisah Hang Tuah dan Hang Jebat tadi, pihak istana mahukan
si Jebat dibunuh maka tidak ada masaalah bagi Tuah membunuh nama si
Jebat. Perkara ini perlu dilakukan berhati-hati agar titah raja tetap
keramat. Yang mati adalah nama Hang Jebat, bukan semangatnya. Hang Tuah
dan Hang Jebat hidup sampai ke tua mencapai taraf makam wali.
Berdasarkan lagenda ini, Dr. Izham menyimpulkan bahawa orang Melayu
telah banyak kali diuji sejak peristiwa Hang Tuah bertikam dengan Hang
Jebat, Malayan Union dan peristiwa 13 Mei 1969.
“Menariknya, dalam menghadapi soal genting ini, orang Melayu kembali bersatu! Kembali kuat!” katanya.
Dr. Izham percaya orang Melayu sekali akan bersatu sekiranya survival
kehidupan mereka diancam dan terancam oleh suasana sekeliling yang
mencemaskan masa depan bangsa dan agama Islam.
“Jika tidak bersatu kata-kata ‘Takkan Melayu Hilang Didunia’ hanya tinggal nama!” kata Dr. Izham mengingatkan.
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18 May, 2012
17 May, 2012
Professor VS Student
Professor : You are a Muslim, aren’t you, son ?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor: So, you believe in GOD ?
Student : Absolutely, sir.
Professor : Is GOD good ?
Student : Sure.
Professor: Is GOD all powerful ?
Student : Yes.
Professor: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to GOD to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But GOD didn’t. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?
(Student was silent.)
Professor: You can’t answer, can you ? Let’s start again, young fella. Is GOD good?
Student : Yes.
Professor: Is satan good ?
Student : No.
Professor: Where does satan come from ?
Student : From … GOD …
Professor: That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student : Yes.
Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn’t it ? And GOD did make everything. Correct?
Student : Yes.
Professor: So who created evil ?
(Student did not answer.)
Professor: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don’t they?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor: So, who created them ?
(Student had no answer.)
Professor: Science says you have 5 Senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son, have you ever seen GOD?
Student : No, sir.
Professor: Tell us if you have ever heard your GOD?
Student : No , sir.
Professor: Have you ever felt your GOD, tasted your GOD, smelt your GOD? Have you ever had any sensory perception of GOD for that matter?
Student : No, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t.
Professor: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student : Yes.
Professor : According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says your GOD doesn’t exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student : Nothing. I only have my faith.
Professor: Yes, faith. And that is the problem Science has.
Student : Professor, is there such a thing as heat?
Professor: Yes.
Student : And is there such a thing as cold?
Professor: Yes.
Student : No, sir. There isn’t.
(The lecture theatre became very quiet with this turn of events.)
Student : Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don’t have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can’t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.
(There was pin-drop silence in the lecture theater.)
Student : What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Professor: Yes. What is night if there isn’t darkness?
Student : You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light. But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and its called darkness, isn’t it? In reality, darkness isn’t. If it is, were you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?
Professor: So what is the point you are making, young man ?
Student : Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.
Professor: Flawed ? Can you explain how?
Student : Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good GOD and a bad GOD. You are viewing the concept of GOD as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can’t even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing.
Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
Professor: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.
Student : Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?
(The Professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was going.)
Student : Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor. Are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher?
(The class was in uproar.)
Student : Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor’s brain?
(The class broke out into laughter. )
Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor’s brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?
(The room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable.)
Professor: I guess you’ll have to take them on faith, son.
Student : That is it sir … Exactly ! The link between man & GOD is FAITH. That is all that keeps things alive and moving.
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor: So, you believe in GOD ?
Student : Absolutely, sir.
Professor : Is GOD good ?
Student : Sure.
Professor: Is GOD all powerful ?
Student : Yes.
Professor: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to GOD to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But GOD didn’t. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?
(Student was silent.)
Professor: You can’t answer, can you ? Let’s start again, young fella. Is GOD good?
Student : Yes.
Professor: Is satan good ?
Student : No.
Professor: Where does satan come from ?
Student : From … GOD …
Professor: That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student : Yes.
Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn’t it ? And GOD did make everything. Correct?
Student : Yes.
Professor: So who created evil ?
(Student did not answer.)
Professor: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don’t they?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor: So, who created them ?
(Student had no answer.)
Professor: Science says you have 5 Senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son, have you ever seen GOD?
Student : No, sir.
Professor: Tell us if you have ever heard your GOD?
Student : No , sir.
Professor: Have you ever felt your GOD, tasted your GOD, smelt your GOD? Have you ever had any sensory perception of GOD for that matter?
Student : No, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t.
Professor: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student : Yes.
Professor : According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says your GOD doesn’t exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student : Nothing. I only have my faith.
Professor: Yes, faith. And that is the problem Science has.
Student : Professor, is there such a thing as heat?
Professor: Yes.
Student : And is there such a thing as cold?
Professor: Yes.
Student : No, sir. There isn’t.
(The lecture theatre became very quiet with this turn of events.)
Student : Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don’t have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can’t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.
(There was pin-drop silence in the lecture theater.)
Student : What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Professor: Yes. What is night if there isn’t darkness?
Student : You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light. But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and its called darkness, isn’t it? In reality, darkness isn’t. If it is, were you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?
Professor: So what is the point you are making, young man ?
Student : Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.
Professor: Flawed ? Can you explain how?
Student : Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good GOD and a bad GOD. You are viewing the concept of GOD as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can’t even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing.
Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
Professor: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.
Student : Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?
(The Professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was going.)
Student : Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor. Are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher?
(The class was in uproar.)
Student : Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor’s brain?
(The class broke out into laughter. )
Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor’s brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?
(The room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable.)
Professor: I guess you’ll have to take them on faith, son.
Student : That is it sir … Exactly ! The link between man & GOD is FAITH. That is all that keeps things alive and moving.
10 May, 2012
Jersi Baru Chelsea 2012/2013
Hari ini 10 May 2012 adalah tarikh pelancaran bagi jersey baru Chelsea untuk musim depan. Jersey kali ini masih lagi bersama ADIDAS walaupun prestasi Chelsea yang agak kurang memberangsangkan. Namun apa yang menyedihkan adalah kumpulan Liverpool FC tidak lagi ditaja oleh ADIDAS kerana prestasi yang agak suram pada musim ini. Kedua-dua pasukan ini agak kurang menyerlah pada musim ini dalam liga (EPL) namun berjaya meraih kejayaan dalam Carling Cup bagi LIVERPOOL dan FA Cup bagi CHELSEA.
Berbalik kepada tajuk asal pada hari ini ialah tentang jersey baru Chelsea pada musim depan. Perubahan besar bagi jersey baru adalah warna temanya adalah Biru dan Emas. Namun warna putih masih dikekalkan untuk warna nombor dan nama pemain.
Untuk dapatkan keterangan lebih lanjut, boleh layari http://www.chelseamegastoreasia.com/
Berbalik kepada tajuk asal pada hari ini ialah tentang jersey baru Chelsea pada musim depan. Perubahan besar bagi jersey baru adalah warna temanya adalah Biru dan Emas. Namun warna putih masih dikekalkan untuk warna nombor dan nama pemain.
Untuk dapatkan keterangan lebih lanjut, boleh layari http://www.chelseamegastoreasia.com/
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