Kahf

"Remember when the boys were looking for shelter into the cave, and then they prayed, o our Lord, give us mercy from thy side and sempurnakanlah to us straight in the Affairs of pointers we (it). Then We shut their ears a couple of years in a cave. Then we wake them up, so that we know which of the two factions were more precise in calculating some of the long time they lived (in the cave). We profiled thee (Muhammad) the story correctly. Indeed they are youth-youth who believe in God, and we add to them the instructions. " (Al-Kahf QS-[18]: 10-13)

Is the story kahf a number of youth who believe in Almighty God. Together they join a dog, anyway. Asleep in the cave for hundreds of years, the young men had survived Kahf of Diqyanus, the King of Roman cruelty devotee idols.

 

nothing person becomes everything person

A Jobless man applied for the position of 'office boy' at Microsoft.
The HR manager interviewed him then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.
'You are employed' he said.
'Give me your e-mail address and I'll send you the application to fill in, as well as date when you may start.'
The man replied 'But I don't have a computer, neither an email'.
'I'm sorry', said the HR manager. If you don't have an email, that means you do not exist. And who doesn't exist, cannot have the job.'

e-books: English I

English I 

I want to share some of my e-books which discuss more about English language and others. I hope those can be useful for anyone who is going to discuss and study about them. You can also share your e-books, materials, information, discussion, other knowledge here. I want to thank to some of my friends who also share his/her materials which I post in this occasion. 

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1.      101 Great Classroom Games by Alexis Ludewig and Amy Swan Ph.D

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2.      Advanced Language Practice with key: English Grammar and Vocabulary by Michael Vince with Peter Sunderland

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Teks Psikologi Sosial

THE FIELD OF SOCIAL

PSYCHOLOGY

Three men were attacked and one of them beaten to death when their car stalled on a street in the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn early yesterday morning. The victims, who were on their way home from work, were black, and the police said the attack was unprovoked and “racially motivated.”

A 29 year-old unemployed father of eight children leaped onto the tracks of a Greenwich Village subway station yesterday morning and saved the life of a 75 year-old-blind man who had stumbled and fallen between the cars of a train that was about to pull out.

“I wasn’t thinking about the danger, just that, hey, somebody needs help,” said Reginald Andrews, who tore ligaments in his right knee as he pulled the confused, bleeding victim into a narrow crawlspace under the edge of the platform while others tried frantically to halt the train.

“I’d do it again-I’d do it for anybody who needs helps,” said Mr. Andrews.

In a Kamikaze-like attack, a man drove a truck loaded with thousands of pounds of TNT into an American military headquarters in Beirut, leveling the building, and killing over 200 sleeping Marines.

After another fruitless round of negotiations, United States and Russian arms negotiations meeting in Geneva adjourned the 121” session without reaching agreement.

Although political fortunes rise and fall, few instances are as dramatic as the career of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the early 1980s. Just one year after a national public opinion poll showed that the British public though she was the worst Prime Minister in history, she was swept back into office with the greatest landslide in forty years.

Teks Pendidikan Sex

SEX in SPACE

Dr. Roy Levin, Institute of Space Biomedicine, Sheffield University.

Dr. Levin has found that little is known about sexual physiology in space, and how people’s bodies work in these unusual conditions, “There’s the effect of the absence of gravity; the effect of radiation; and the effect of being caught up in the very small environment with a lot of other people. All these things are going to have effects on human sexuality and reproduction. At the moment the attitude is: don’t have sex in space because we can’t cope with it. But sooner of later it’s going to be a much grater problem, when we have long voyages – say three years to Mars.

I think the mixed crew space flight is going to be a real problem for both sexes. At the moment it’s usually that there’s one female, or two females and a larger number of males. But it will be interesting to think what would happen if you had six females and one male.” There are scientific advantages for women in space. “They use less oxygen, they use less food, they are equipped intellectually just as much as men. And they can also move objects physically just as much as men because of course, there’s no weight.”

    Is an all-women crew likely? “I don’t think so; men control the funds in space research. I think they would look aghast, although it would be the more sensible thing to do.”

What about the reproduction – having babies in space? “There’re too many problems at the moment to allow somebody to go through with this; although you can never tell with human beings. Nature will win out in the end.”

Teks Masalah gizi

FOOD, NUTRITION AND HEALTH

The Staff of Life

From birth to death, food is a dominant factor in our lives. In a single year, on a three-meal-a-day basis, most of us eat well over 1000 meals. We know that the food we eat is necessary for our very being-we know it provides the energy for the quite breathing at night and the full activity of the day. We know too that it builds, maintains, regulates muscles and bones, nerves and brain, eyes, hair and all our physical being.

But food does much more than nourish, for most of us enjoy eating. Food makes us fell secure and happy; we use food as a link in our friendships, as an expression of pleasure during our holidays, and as a symbol of our religious life.

Food is the world’s biggest business. A large part of the world’s work is concerned with the growing, processing, and preparation of food. In the United States one farm worker produces enough food for 25 persons, but think of all the people who work in the factories that process the food, in the markets that sells the food, or in restaurants, institutions, and homes that serve the food. We spend an important amount of our income for food. We have food in abundance an in variety.

Teks Kedokteran

NEAR-DEATH PSYCHIC EXPERIENCES

Dr. Ann Robinson

Many people who have been close to death have described similar experiences they had while unconscious. Some spoke of stepping out of the body, then returning; others met friends and dead relatives. Dr. Robinson says that there is evidence that these experiences have medical explanation. “There is quite convincing evidence that the temporal lobe is the seat of these experiences: they can be isolated to the temporal lobe of the brain.

The blood supply to the temporal lobe is the very end of a major artery which supplies the back part of the brain. It seems as if at the time of the death there is decrease blood supply to the brain…and that is the part suffers from the lack of blood. And it seems as if the seat of the experience is in the memory store in the temporal lobe. The experience is modified… people who have suffered bereavement might well meet a dead relative, and so on.”

Teks Bahasa Surat kabar

ROAD  Accidents

Claim 14 Lives

At least 14 people died in road accidents on Friday as most Indonesian Muslims were preparing to observe Idul Fitri holiday next week.

Ten people were killed in a road accident in the East Java district of Paiton, the other four died in another accident in South Lampung regency, Lampung Province.

Brig. Wayan, a police officer at the Paiton police sub precinct, said the tragic accident in Paiton began as a tanker truck was heading south west toward Surabaya, from Probolinggo regency in Friday morning.

Suddenly a minibus was seen overtaking two horse drawn carts from the opposite direction. The minibus was apparently going too fast to stop, according to the police officer.

 As a result, 10 people were killed and 17 others were badly injured in the accident, said Agus, a paramedic at the Kraksaan Hospital emergency Unit.

Four people died instantly in the accident while, while six others died on the way to Kraksaan hospital. It was not clear whether all the victims were the passengers of the minibus, which was overloaded with 24 fishermen.

Teks Fenomena Paranormal

AUSSIES

‘EMBRALE THE PARANORMAL’

By Judy Skatssoon

February 24, 2004

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WOMEN see dead people but blokes are more likely to believe in aliens, according to a poll suggesting Australians are wiling to accept the paranormal.

Most of us believe in ESP, haunted houses and the afterlife, and we have a voracious appetite for reading horoscope and watching television shows with paranormal content. But whether we believe in it or not, the supernatural evokes a strong response. Those who do not passionately believe are equally passionate about it being a load of baloney, according to a Reader’s Digest survey to be released this week.

The survey of 1000 people found eight in 10 Australians believe there are people who posses’ psychic powers. At least seven in 10 believe in the afterlife and in haunted houses. Women are more ready than men to accept other-worldly help, with half saying they had sought the advice of a psychic or astrologer, compared with just 20 per cent of men.

Sixty-three per cent of women believe it is possible to communicate with dead people, compared with 38 per cent of men. And 17 per cent more women than men believe in psychic powers or ESP. Men outranked women on only one question in the survey – 65 per cent believe that extraterrestrial beings have visited earth at some time, compared with 60 per cent of women.

Gambuh

     One of the types of courtly dance-drama mentioned in the old records survives in Bali today, preserved by a continuous performing tradition that goes back 400 years. This is Gambuh, a bebali, or semi-secular, dance of the temple’s second courtyard, which is performed without masks. In Gambuh, aspects of the manners and ideals of the sophisticated courtiers of the Majapahit era are preserved, as well as the musical repertoire, choreographic ideas, and highly refined literature of the period. Archaic, formal, and stately, Gambuh is accompanied by its peculiar form of music, dominated by wailing flutes (suling), and is presented by grave dancer-actors who chant and intone lengthy speeches.

Gambuh is also of great importance in Balinese dance because of its influence on later forms; it is the source and prototype for the more modern forms of dance-drama like Topeng, Wayang Wong, Arja, Legong, and Balinese choreographers have relied heavily on Gambuh for notions of structure, characterization, means of dramatization, compositional elements, costume, musical repertoire, and other features. In addition, Gambuh is the point of contact and communication between the dancer and the accompanying gamelan in every type of dance that developed later (Figure 4).

The traditional locus for the Gambuh performance is the jaba tengah, or second courtyard, of the temple. This space serves as the ante-room to the jeroan and, like it, is enclosed by a wall about 2 meters high. It contains buildings and pavilions in which kitchen equipment, ceremonial paraphernalia, musical instruments, and costume items are stored between festivals. Tall ceremonial gateways (candi bentar) give access to the outer courtyard and to the jeroan. As the middle space in the traditional Balinese temple, the Jana tengah is, in effect, a transitional zone between the sacred and secular space.

Narrative Text

THE LOST NECKLACE

Abridge from: Compton’s Precyclopedia Vol.5

By Soemarto

Centuries ago, a young girl sat as still as she could while a man carved her picture into a large stone in a palace wall. It had taken many days. She was very glad when he almost finished it. Her fingers tugged at the golden hawk that hung on a string of red beads around her neck. But the necklace broke and the beads scattered on the ground. The carver picked them all up and he promised to fix them in a short time. The girl said that the necklace was a birthday present from her father.

When the girl grew up she gave the necklace to her daughter who in turn gave it to her daughter, too. One day when a terrible war broke out, the people of the city ran away leaving many things behind.

One of the things left was the pretty necklace.

The enemy soldiers took everything of value they could find. But the beautiful necklace lay unnoticed among some broken toys. Years went by; the drifting sands covered the city and the walls. Each year the city was buried deeper and deeper. Camel caravans passed on it. But nobody knew there was a city buried under the desert.

Then one day, some men and women came looking for buried cities. A fresh water spring and the way the sand had been heaped by the wind told them something might be buried there. And they started digging. They dug for days, deeper and deeper, wider and wider but still they found nothing.

Expository Text

Language of Love

Language is often slow to keep up with changes in society. This shows in the language we use to describe the person we romantically love. Keith Harvey reports.

Love is what makes the world go round, or at least that’s what they say…If you love someone but you’re not married, how do you refer to that person? Do you fell comfortable describing someone as your “lover”, for example? A recent BBC English programme asked a group of English speakers to give their opinion on using the word “lover” to describing the person they love:

“Lover”, um, it just sounds too sexual. It just refers to what I do in bed!”

“It just implies a fling, I think.”

“The word ‘lover’ you wouldn’t tend to use in conversations to your friends.”

“I don’t have a lover.”

“I don’t know it sort of implies, maybe you’re not living together, or maybe you’re somebody’s mistress.”

“It makes me blush a bit, actually, if people say ‘lover’. I always think, I don’t think I really want to know that.”

Those people weren’t happy about using the word “lover” to describe someone they’re having a relationship with. One of them even found the word embarrassing.

But if you’re not married and having a relationship with someone, what word do you use to describe them?

1. A Private Conversation

 Last week I went to theatre. I had a very good seat. The play was very interesting. I did not enjoy it. A young man and a young woman were sitting behind me. They were talking loudly. I got very angry. I could not hear the actors. I turned around. I looked at the man and the woman angrily. They did not pay any attention. In the end, I could not bear it. I turned round again. ‘I can’t hear a word!’ I said angrily.

‘It’s none of your business,’ the young man said rudely. ‘This is a private conversation!’

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Translate into Indonesian

Minggu lalu, saya pergi ke bioskop. Saya menempati sebuah tempat duduk yang sangat ideal. Pertunjukannya sangat menarik. Saya tidak dapat menikmatinya. Seorang pemuda dan pemudi duduk di belakangku. Mereka berbica dengan keras. Saya marah. Saya tidak dapat mendengar para pemain pertunjukkan. Saya menoleh ke belakang. Saya melihat pemuda dan pemudi itu dengan marah. Mereka tidak menanggapi. Akhirnya, saya tak dapat menahan kemarahan saya. Saya menoleh lagi. ‘saya tidak dapat mendengarkan pertunjukkan!’ saya berkata dengan marahnya.

‘Ini bukan urusanmu,’ pemuda itu menjawab dengan kasar. ‘Ini percakapan/urusan pribadi!’

UNIT 1 : Intructions for Comprehension Precis and Composition

Precis is a test of your ability to find the important points in a piace of writing and to put them together. To write a precis, you must be able to do two things. You must be able to understand what you read, and to put ideas together. Comprehension is a test of your ability to understand what you read. Composition is a test of your ability to put ideas together. So Precis, Comprehension and Compisition are closly related to each other.

Unit 1 contains twenty-four short pieces. There are some questions under each piece. Your answer to these questions will be in short, simple sentences. Put your answers together. In this way, you will make a short paragraph. Your paragraph will be a precis of the piece. At the same time, it will be a composition.

Before you begin each exercise, read these instructions carefully. Read them each time you begin a new piece. They are very important.

An Analyzing of Practice and Progress

An Integrated Course for Pre-Intermediate Students

A book of L.G. Alexander

NEW CONCEPT ENGLISH – Green cover

All thanks to Allah that has given me a chance to share my knowladge to others.

I try to analyze the books of L.G. Alexander which I think having a good explanation of English structure. I analyze every lesson by myself, so it is possible if there are many mistakes. I hope this analysis can help other people who want to study English language. I am quite welcome for comments, suggestions, and additional information to complete this writing.

“Deny Hidayat”

Before I am going to analyze every lesson, I want to quote some brief general principles which is represented for the teacher.

Kisah Lucu Penuh Motivasi

1. Setelah makan malam, seorang ibu dan putrinya bersama-sama mencuci mangkuk dan piring, sedangkan ayah dan putranya menonton TV di ruang tamu.

Mendadak, dari arah dapur terdengar suara piring yang pecah, kemudian sunyi senyap. Si putra memandang ke arah ayahnya dan berkata, "Pasti ibu yang memecahkan piring itu." "Bagaimana kamu tahu?" kata si Ayah. "Karena tak terdengar suara dia memarahi orang lain," sahut anaknya.

Quote:

Kita semua sudah terbiasa menggunakan standar yang berbeda melihat orang lain dan memandang diri sendiri, sehingga acapkali kita menuntut orang lain dengan serius, tetapi memperlakukan diri sendiri dengan penuh toleran.

2. Ada dua grup pariwisata yang pergi bertamasya ke pulau Yi Do di Jepang. Kondisi jalannya sangat buruk, sepanjang jalan terdapat banyak lubang. Salah satu pemandu berulang-ulang mengatakan keadaan jalannya rusak parah dan tak terawat.

Sedangkan pemandu yang satunya lagi berbicara kepada para turisnya dengan nada puitis, "Yang kita lalui sekarang ini adalah jalan protokol ternama di Yi Do yang bernama jalan berdekik yang mempesona."

Quote:

Walaupun keadaannya sama, namun pikiran yang berbeda akan menimbulkan sikap yang berbeda pula. Pikiran adalah suatu hal yang sangat menakjubkan, bagaimana berpikir, keputusan berada di tangan Anda.

3. Murid kelas 3 SD yang sama, mereka memiliki cita-cita yang sama pula yaitu menjadi badut. Guru dari Tiongkok pasti mencela, "Tidak mempunyai cita-cita yang luhur, anak yang tidak bisa dibina!"

Sedangkan guru dari Barat akan bilang, "Semoga Anda membawakan kecerian bagi seluruh dunia!"

Quote:

Terkadang orang yang lebih tua, bukan hanya lebih banyak menuntut daripada memberi semangat, malahan sering membatasi definisi keberhasilan dengan arti yang sempit.

4. Istri sedang memasak di dapur. Suami yang berada di sampingnya mengoceh tak berkesudahan, "Pelan sedikit, hati-hati! Apinya terlalu besar. Ikannya cepat dibalik, minyaknya terlalu banyak!"

Istrinya secara spontan menjawab, "Saya mengerti bagaimana cara memasak sayur." Suaminya dengan tenang menjawab, "Saya hanya ingin dirimu mengerti bagaimana perasaan saya , saat saya sedang mengemudikan mobil, engkau yang berada disamping mengoceh tak ada hentinya."

Quote:

Belajar memberi kelonggaran kepada orang lain itu tidak sulit, asalkan Anda mau dengan serius berdiri di sudut dan pandangan orang lain melihat suatu masalah.

5. Sebuah bus yang penuh dengan muatan penumpang sedang melaju dengan cepat menelusuri jalanan yang menurun, ada seseorang yang mengejar bus ini dari belakang.

Seorang penumpang mengeluarkan kepala keluar jendala bus dan berkata dengan orang yang mengejar bus, "Hai kawan! Sudahlah Anda tak mungkin bisa mengejar!"

Orang tersebut menjawab, "Saya harus mengejarnya . . ." Dengan nafas tersenggal-senggal dia berkata, "Saya adalah pengemudi dari bus ini!"

Quote:

Ada sebagian orang harus berusaha keras dengan sangat serius, jika tidak demikian, maka akibatnya akan sangat tragis! Dan juga dikarenakan harus menghadapi dengan sekuat tenaga, maka kemampuan yang masih terpendam dan sifat-sifat khusus yang tidak diketahui oleh orang lain selama ini akan sepenuhnya muncul keluar.

6. Si A : "Tetangga yang yang baru pindah itu sungguh jahat, kemarin tengah malam dia datang ke rumah saya dan terus menerus menekan bel di rumah saya."
Si B : "Memang sungguh jahat! Adakah Anda segera melapor polisi?"
Si A : "Tidak. Saya menganggap mereka orang gila, yang terus menerus meniup terompet kecil saya."

Quote:

Semua kejadian pasti ada sebabnya, jika sebelumnya kita bisa melihat kekurangan kita sendiri, maka jawabannya pasti berbeda.

7. Zhang San sedang mengemudikan mobil berjalan di jalan pegunungan, ketika dengan santai menikmati pemandangan yang indah, mendadak dari arah depan datang sebuah truk barang.

Si sopir truk membuka jendela dan berteriak dengan keras, "Babi!"
Mendengar suara ini Zhang San menjadi emosi, dia juga membuka jendela memaki, "Kamu sendiri yang babi!"

Baru saja selesai memaki, dia telah bertabrakan dengan gerombolan babi yang sedang menyeberangi jalan.

Quote:

Jangan salah tafsir maksud kebaikan dari orang lain, hal tersebut akan menyebabkan kerugian Anda, juga membuat orang lain terhina.

8. Seorang bocah kecil bertanya kepada ayahnya, "Apakah menjadi seorang ayah akan selalu mengetahui lebih banyak dari pada anaknya?"
Ayahnya menjawab, "Sudah tentu!"
"Siapa yang menemukan listrik?"
"Edison."
"Kalau begitu mengapa bukan ayah Edison yang menemukan listrik?"

Quote:

Pakar acapkali adalah kerangka kosong yang tidak teruji, lebih-lebih pada zaman pluralis terbuka sekarang ini.

9. Ketika mandi Toto kurang hati-hati telah menelan sebongkah kecil sabun, ibunya dengan gugup menelepon dokter rumah tangga minta pertolongan.

Dokter berkata, "Sekarang ini saya masih ada beberapa pasien, mungkin setengah jam kemudian saya baru bisa datang ke sana."

Ibu Toto bertanya, "Sebelum Anda datang, apa yang harus saya lakukan?"
Dokter itu menjawab, "Berikan Toto secangkir air putih untuk diminum, kemudian melompat-lompat sekuat tenaga, maka Anda bisa menyuruh Toto meniupkan gelembung busa dari mulut untuk menghabiskan waktu."

Quote:

Jika peristiwa sudah terjadi, mengapa tidak dihadapi dengan tenang dan yakin. Daripada khawatir lebih baik berlega, dari pada gelisah lebih baik tenang.

10. Sebuah gembok yang sangat kokoh tergantung di atas pintu, sebatang tongkat besi walaupun telah menghabiskan tenaga besar, masih juga tidak bisa membukanya.

Kuncinya datang, badan kunci yang kurus itu memasuki lubang kunci, hanya diputar dengan ringan, "plak" gembok besar itu sudah terbuka.

Quote:

Hati dari setiap insan, persis seperti pintu besar yang telah terkunci, walaupun Anda menggunakan batang besi yang besar pun tak akan bisa membukanya. Hanya dengan mencurahkan perhatian, Anda baru bisa merubah diri menjadi sebuah anak kunci yang halus, masuk ke dalam sanubari orang lain.

quoted on Kaskus.us

“Teman Camp”

Catatanku di Pare Kediri Part I :

“Teman Camp”

Silaturrahmi akan memanjangkan umur, akan memanjangkan rejeki, dan akan memanjangkan yang pendek-pendek deh pokoke...Begitulah kiranya... dan aku yakin bangettt dengan hal itu karena aku mengalami sendiri pengalaman-pengalaman yang tak terduga dan tak disangka dikarenakan silaturrahmi yang terjalin antar sesama manusia, sesama kaum muslimin dengan eratnya...

It’s d story...

Awal hari aku lalui di Pare kediri dengan kesendirian karena memang anak baru yang masih hijau di camp ku “Samudra camp-Elfast camp”, keadaan yang masih asing bagiku yang memang kurang mudah berinteraksi dengan sesama teman camp yang pada saat itu sibuk dengan program kursus masing-masing. Camp sebenarnya bukan hal baru bagiku, karena hampir sama dengan kondisi saat aku ber-asrama di STAIN Palangka Raya dulu. Tapi ini beda, aku berada jauh di tanah jawa, dengan bahasa yang emank susah untuk aku sesuaikan, biasa sih anak banjar abis gitu...hee...lebay dikit...

Wibawakah Anda Menurut Anda

SAAT mendengar kata “berwibawa”, apa yang ada di benak Anda?

Pasti terlintas kata-kata profesional, pekerja keras, cerdas, dikagumi, dan berada di posisi atas.

Kata “berwibawa” biasanya mengacu pada seseorang yang penting, yang segala tindak-tanduk dan ucapannya dianggap penting di kantor.

Namun sesungguhnya orang yang dianggap berwibawa tidak selalu harus atasan. Anda yang masih tergolong karyawan biasa pun bisa meningkatkan wibawa dengan mengikuti 10 hal berikut.

1. Berpakaian profesional

Meski lekat dengan istilah “Jangan menilai seseorang hanya dari penampilan luar saja,” dalam dunia profesional istilah ini tidak berlaku. Penampilan dihitung dalam penilaian. Ada beberapa tingkatan ekspektasi saat seseorang melihat penampilan orang lain di tempat kerja. Kita tentu memiliki ekspektasi tinggi terhadap penampilan seorang eksekutif. Berpakaianlah seperti seorang eksekutif jika ingin dipandang seperti mereka.

2. Pilih tatanan rambut terbaik

Frances Cole Jones, penulis buku The Wow Factor: The 33 Things You Must (and Must Not) Do to Guarantee Your Edge in Today's Business World, menyarankan agar membersihkan wajah dari rambut. “Rambut yang menutupi wajah akan selalu membuat Anda terlihat lebih muda dan kurang berpengaruh,” kata Jones. Untuk para wanita, potongan rambut berponi sebaiknya dihindari karena akan membuat wajah Anda kekanak-kanakan dan kurang dewasa. Sementara pria disarankan tidak memanjangkan rambut dan menatanya dengan rapi.

Kebetulan itu Pasti

Perjalanan hidup dimulai dari sekarang, dimulai saat kau membaca artikel ini. Saat dimana kau merasa bahwa kau adalah segalanya, kau yang berpikir, kau yang melakukan, kau yang hanya berada di dunia ini. Betapa terasa bahwa hanya diri inilah yang selalu ada dan diperhatikan setiap saatnya oleh diri kita sendiri, oleh keadaan kita sendiri, dan oleh pandangan kita sendiri. Kita berada di diri kita yang tidak dengan terpaksa kita tempati, tanpa dengan sengaja kita inginkan, karena dulunya kita telah memilih untuk menjalaninya, begitulah diri kita saat membaca artikel pendek ini.

Suatu kebetulan apabila kau membaca artikel ini dengan hanya sepintas tanpa memikirkan lebih jauh dan mendalam lagi apa maksud dari artikel yang ditulis ini. Pandangan tentang kehidupankah? Sesuatu yang bermanfaat kah? Sesuatu yang aneh kah? Sesuatu yang nyeleneh kah? Terserah kau, dan begitulah seharusnya anda berpikir saat membacanya. Semua kebetulan itu akan menjadi pasti dan harus anda pastikan dengan pola pikir atau pandangan anda yang segera akan berubah karena pengaruh dari artikel ini. Kehidupan anda pun akan berjalan dengan sangat mudah bahwa anda memang benar-benar ada dan menyadari keberadaan anda bahwa anda adalah orang yang ada, sekarang, dulu, nanti tapi tak pasti.

Dimulai  dengan kata-kata, suatu kebetulan itu pasti. Begitulah kehidupan ini berjalan. Banyak ibarat dan khayalan manusia tentang kehidupan yang berjalan di sekitarnya atau yang sedang dia jalani. Banyak pengalaman yang terungkap dari berbagai versi ilmu dan sudut pandang mengenai kehidupan.

Para Tokoh yang menginspirasi KH. Ahmad Dahlan

Faktor eksternal yang memberikan inspirasi kepada KH.Ahmad Dahlan mendirikan Muhammadiyah adalah adanya berbagai kebangkitan umat Islam di Timur Tengah. Beberapa tokoh yang menginspirasi KH. Ahmad Dahlan antara lain:

1.       Jamaluddin al-Afgani

Nama lengkapnya adalah Sayyid Jamaluddin Al-Afghani bin Shafdar Al-Husaini yang lahir pada tahun 1835 M di As’adabat dekat Kota Kunar yang termasuk kawasan distrik Kabul bagian timur Afghanistan. Sejak masa kecilnya telah nampak pada diri Al-Afghani kecerdasan dan kemauan yang besar untuk  menggali pengetahuan. Dalam usia delapan tahun ia mulai belajar disiplin ilmu  dan menguasai beberapa ilmu, diantaranya Al-Quran, bahasa Arab, hadits, fiqih, ilmu kalam, politik, sejarah, musik dan termasuk ilmu-ilmu eksak.

Al-Afghani merupakan seorang tokoh pembaharu Islam yang mengajak umat, pemimpin dan kelompok agar bersatu dan bekerjasama dalam meraih kemajuan dan membebaskan diri dari itervensi Barat. Untuk tujuan di tersebut,  Al-Afghani mencetuskan ide Pan Islamisme. Semangat ini dikobarkan ke seluruh negeri Islam yang tengah berada dalam kemunduran dan dominasi Barat.