MECCA
CRANE CRASH;
A YESTERDAY
THAT FAILS TO FADE.
Yesterday cannot be tagged 'gone' if the events embedded in
it still haunts. Factually, it still abides with us if its memory lingers. Today could as well be a reflection of
yesterday; we must have either lived up to or against its repercussions. We
are being admonished day in day out to let the past be if it would not add to
the happiness of the present but rather deduct. However, who forgoes such event
that shook the globe and all its inhabitants. Who forgoes such occurrence that
made its reporters shivered in speeches and fidgeted in writing; The Makkah Crane fall.
It's one year already when the entire Ummah was robbed of the
euphoric feeling of Hajj 1436 commencement, made to sob and wail for that unprecedented
incident with a death toll of over a hundred lives. That crane crash in The
House of Allah that left over two hundred Muslims injured is 365 days in
memory. Indisputably, Iman shook, Taqwa shrunk, Ikhlas swayed. AlhamduliLlah,
only to revert to its intact and initial state, devoid of doubts and blemish.
Who would have ordained such if not Allah who already said; “We will surely test
you through some fear, hunger and loss of money, lives and crops… [2:155].
It is no exaggeration that eyes reddened, heart skipped its
beats, ears deafened to sounds above threshold, eyes beheld blurrily in spite
of a bright day light. Arguably, the fall of that metal-work in the House of
Allah made us shiver and quiver; we stammered and stuttered in speeches owing
to fear, with reasons not far-fetched.
However, all sorts of remarks from haters and antis of Islam
were not enough to douse the flame of our faith. Have a keen look around; your
neighborhood, communities, market places and the likes; Muslims still long to
visit the Sacred Mosque.
Evidently and coincidentally, today marks another eagerly
anticipated day; the best and holiest day in Islam, The Day of Arafah. “This
day I have perfected for you your religion and completed my favor on you and
chosen for you Islam as a religion…” [surah Al-Maeda(5);3]
Ain't we stronger in spite of the incidence? The fall of the
crane left us dejected but didn't quench our love and uncontestable desire for
the 5th pillar of Islam. We still nurse the desire to visit the Prophet's birth
and death places, we still saved from our income to purchase tickets that will
guarantee we feed our eyes on the sight of the black apparelled structure; the
Holy Ka’aba.
As millions of Hajj pilgrims perform the crux of Hajj rites
today; climbing the mount of Arafah and as we, the non-pilgrims abstain from
food and drink to mark this glorious day, let’s endeavor to pour out our heart
to Allah in Du’a and Supplications. Who else listens? “Call on Me, I will answer
you” (Qur’an 40; 60). May Allah accept all our acts as ibadaat.
It was narrated that the Holy Prophet said: The best of
supplications is on the day of Arafah and the best which I and the Prophets
before me have said is:
“Laa ilaaha ill-Allaah wahdahe la shareeeka lah, lahu’l-mulk
wa lahu’l-hamd wa huwa ‘ala kulli shay’in qadeer”. [At-Tirmidhi]
“There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner or
associate; His is the Dominion, to Him be praise, and He has power over all
things”.
As salamu ‘alaykum wa RahmotuLlah wabarakatuh,
See also,
https://rahmarz.blogspot.com.ng/2016/08/you-have-dream-cross-stream.html
Masha Allah
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