I see everybody is hyped up about His Majesty’s titah. I managed to hear some parts of it yesterday. Trillions of thanks to Mrs Mike for letting me hear it from her radio back home (YM –> her mic against her radio). The perks of technology! But! But! earlier today, I gots this from muh twitter: HERE is the link to the HM’s titah as aired on the news.
Taken from Ranoadidas.com
Looking at all the facebook and twitter msgs, quite a lot of Bruneians are cheering behind HM. It was an inspiring titah, indeed. Score, HM! You’ve won back the hearts of your people 
*throws confetti*
I think, for so long, I have always wondered if HM really knew the dark and dirty on goings of his government and his people. Does he surf through the HYS of Brudirect? Does he read blogs? Does he have a twitter account under a pseudo name? *Giggles* So yesterday’s titah was comforting (in a way) as he has proved to me and the rest of his people that he IS aware of what goes on in his country – both reported and unreported..both good and bad. And now, he’s going to make sure that we pull ourselves together!
That’s the good part. Now, the sad part.
How did we get to this point? How did the people of an Islamic nation become so complacent, spoiled, wasteful, fame and media greedy, and ignorant/indifferent towards the Islamic teachings? Why did we allow our own people go this far?? It’s heart breaking. It’s heart breaking to see how a supposedly Islamic nation, ummah, is weak. Weak in beliefs, practices and characteristics.
Where is our faith in Allah? Have we become too proud? Have we become too comfortable with all the blessings Allah has given us? We have free education, free medical service, no income tax. We can get jobs as long as our moms, dads, uncles, aunties, cousins etc are in the department/ministry/office. Political stability, manageable inflation rates, subsidised petrol rates. What more do we want?? With so much blessings, instead of drawing closer to Allah we’ve grown further from Him. WHY?! Have we become ungrateful to Allah’s Mercy? Do we not fear Allah’s wrath?
Do we want to live in a Brunei where the people have a blurred perception of ethics? Where the offices and homes are reeking with corruption and scandal? Where it becomes a norm to have boyfriends and girlfriends of our children staying over and sleeping in their bedrooms? It’s not impossible. Not impossible at all.
Spain, a country that was once a strong Islamic nation and the hub for various knowledge from arts to science. Look at it now. Walking down the streets of Spain donning a hijab invites a lot of weirded-out stares. Islam was in Spain for about 700 years. If Islam came to Brunei around 1400, and now we’re already in the year 2000’s. How many years has Islam been in Brunei? 600 years? We’re only 100 years behind from Spain. Nobody thought Islam would die in Spain. It’s not impossible if Islam was to die in Brunei too.
So, do we want to be another Spain?
Nauzubillahi min zalik.
Instead of pointing fingers, or laughing and dissing the so called guilty parties why don’t we look into ourselves for a change. Do we regularly practice any zikir or wirid on a daily basis? Do we wait until we are told before we do anything? How much do we depend on our parents to feed us and give us cash? Do we make a habit of going left and right with a non mahram? Have we been performing solat hajat regularly to seek for the safety and protection of ourselves and our people? Is our ruh well fed and satisfied, or has it been neglected and often forgotten?
We can continue to cheer and condemn all we want, but will that do any good? Would that lead to any change? Would that help the nation? Will that help our ummah? So let us stop wasting time engaging in things that are not beneficial, and think about what WE as individuals can do to answer HM’s call!
“Sesungguhnya Allah tidak mengubah keadaan suatu kaum sebelum mereka mengubah keadaan diri mereka sendiri.” (Ar Ra’d 13:11)
“..Verily, God does not change men’s condition unless they change their inner selves..” (Ar Ra’d 13:11)
Allahu akbar!!
