Sunday, January 22, 2017

Memory and Gemeinschaft

Assalamualaikum wr wb

Memory

When you have a long life, around the 50’s age you will found appearance of your old memory and at the same time your fresh memory become shorter.

I am fifty now, at the last 2 years I got the voice in my head almost every day, this voice said: “Alfatihah itu ada 14 sabdu, hilang satu sabdu bukan Alfatihah namanya/Alfatihah has 14 sabdu, lost one sabdu become not Alfatihah”.  Sabdu/tasdid is symbol in Alquran like w (small W) and guides us to read doubling in single consonant.
I am trying hard to think about who said this to me, finally I remember this voice come from the ustadz/Islamic teacher when I was 9 or 10 years old. How come? I don’t know. This voice still comes but not often anymore now.

In last 3 months, another voice comes in my head. “Gemeinschaft”, I don’t know how the spelling because this Germany not English, but I remember this word comes from my first year in University 31 years ago at Sociology Class. Gemeinschaft means “feels unity” or the sense that make you feel connected to others with one or some reasons.
By the reasons, we can divide the gemeinschaft by place, by blood, by purpose, by faith, etc, everybody will find this sense in their social life. For Gemeinschaft by nation we say Nationality. Gemeinschaft has hierarchy, when there is conflict of interest between them, the highest hierarchy will take decision, for example “by blood” is higher than “by place”.

In our life as the Citizen of the Nation, we must put Nationality as the highest Gemeinschaft not others, so for any of conflict that touch the Nationality we must take the Nationality as the first choice. But some time we’ll see the Big Nation has a long conflict, vertical or horizontal, why??? I am afraid they still have The Nationality but lost The Gemeinschaft.

Allahu'alam bissawab
Wassalamualaikum wr wb

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