Missing Serkam

I'm missing Serkam. Near masjid, near sawah, near jugaklah dengan town (i.e. less than 30 mins drive). Very nice. When tengah berkhayal, I find myself berkhayaling about being in Serkam. That subuh routine, that COULD be a routine. I imagine getting a land/house there.. So peaceful. Kat Singapore, dekat masjid pun tak sedekat rumah titah dengan masjid sey. It's like just crossing the road. The serenity during dawn. Best best.. Last time I've imagined getting a kampung house kat a place near the beach, where there's white sands and coconut trees. I've seen those somewhere dekat Pahang. But now the house near a sawah is also tempting. Next time, if there is a next time, macam nak bawak Hadi and Faris, his cousin. I'm truly madly deeply in love with that place.

Then I compare dengan the busy cosmopolitan life, like kat Singapore ni.. It's like viewing the world from 2 different angles.

One, on being close and seeing Allah's creation.. appreciating it and being thankful. (Yes, the stars are so visible from darker areas like the kampung.)

The Beneficent
Hath made known the Quran.
He hath created man.
He hath taught him utterance.
The sun and the moon are made punctual.
The stars and the trees adore.
And the sky He hath uplifted; and He hath set the measure,
That ye exceed not the measure,
But observe the measure strictly, nor fall short thereof.
And the earth hath He appointed for (His) creatures,
Wherein are fruit and sheathed palm trees
Husked grain and scented herb.
Which is it, of the favors of your Lord, that ye deny?
Al Quran, Ar Rahman 55:1-13


The other a constant reminder on how the world is only an illusion, a distraction. With all the TV shows and the branded goods and the peer pressure..

Know that the life of this world is only play, and idle talk, and pageantry, and boasting among you, and rivalry in respect of wealth and children; as the likeness of vegetation after rain, whereof the growth is pleasing to the husbandman, but afterward it drieth up and thou seest it turning yellow then it becometh straw. And in the Hereafter there is grievous punishment, and (also) forgiveness from Allah and His good pleasure, whereas the life of the world is but matter of illusion.
Al Quran, Al Hadid 50:27

I would prefer to be in a place that reminds me of Allah's creations, not in a place full of illusions & distractions.

But then I remember what a friend once said when we talked about migrating, 'We're placed where we are for a reason. We have a role to play - kalau kita sumer pegi migrate to such places, then who will stay to help to jihad for Islam and do dakwah kat sini? As long as we are not stopped from practising our religion, we're still fine. '

Well, ok. Agreed.