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Yeah, there's a new imposter in town.

The main antagonist of the Spirits of Sana series.

The Corruptor.

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What are 5 powerful Quran verses for strength?

Discover 5 Strength Powerful Quran Versesthat provide strength and guidance in challenging times. These verses can inspire and uplift your spirit, offering you the resilience needed to face life's trials.

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What is the importance of meeting other people’s needs and being good to them?

It is one of the most important duties of a Muslim to do other people favors and not to hurt them. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: “A Muslim is the one from whose hands and tongue other Muslims are safe.” (Bukhari, Faith, 3-4; Muslim, Faith, 64-66).

The Prophet also said: “The best friend in the sight of Allah is the one who is good to his companions; and the best neighbor in the sight of Allah is the one who is good to his neighbors.” (Bukhari, Faith, 31; Tirmidhi, Goodness, 28).

The believer is a person who waits for every opportunity to do favors and who does favors without a single minute of hesitation whenever s/he has got the opportunity and who has put his/her heart and soul into doing favors. Besides, according to a believer, favors can be done not only to human beings but also to animals and plants. In this sense, feeding a hungry animal or watering an almost-faded plant are favors, too.

The Prophet gives the following example about favors and evil things done to animals: “A prostitute was forgiven by Allah and put into Heaven, because, passing by a panting dog near a well and seeing that the dog was about to die of thirst, she took off her shoe, and tying it with her head-cover she drew out some water for it. So, Allah forgave her because of that and put her into Heaven." (Sahih al-Bukhari, Anbiya, 54/538; Muslim, Salam, 153-155)

On the other hand, the Messenger of Allah gives the second example as follows: “A woman entered (Hell) Fire because of a cat which she had tied, neither giving it food nor setting it free to eat from the vermin of the earth. And the cat died of hunger and that woman went to Hell because of that.” (Bukhari, Musaqat, 9; Muslim, Salam, 151-152).

Favors and kindness that are done to human beings - which are the most honorable of all creatures - are so precious that they cannot be compared to those done to other beings and are superior to them. In a Quranic verse, people to be good to are listed in accordance with their importance as follows: “Serve Allah, and join not any partners with Him; and do good- to parents, kinsfolk, orphans, those in need, neighbors who are of kin, neighbors who are strangers, the companion by your side, the wayfarer (ye meet), and what your right hands possess: For Allah loveth not the arrogant, the vainglorious.” (an-Nisa, 4:36)

When the verse is carefully examined, we see that we are ordered to do favors and kindnesses to a wide range of people including the whole society after we are warned that we must not attribute partners to Him and must worship sincerely. First, being good to parents, to relatives, to the orphans and the poor are listed. Then, being good to those who are in our neighborhood, who are our relatives, being good to who live away from us or those who are not our relatives, or to those who are not Muslims are listed.

Commentating on the verse in question, The Late Elmalili mentions the following hadith in the section related to neighbors:

“Neighbors are divided into three. First, if the neighbor is a relative and Muslim, he has got three rights: right for being a neighbor, right for being a relative and right for being a Muslim. Second, he has got two rights if he is not a relative: right for being a neighbor and right for being a Muslim. And the third one has got one right: right for being a neighbor. This is a neighbor who is either a Christian, or a Jew or an unbeliever.” That is to say, even if the neighbor is a follower of another religion or an unbeliever, it is his right for being a neighbor to be treated well. The best goodness that is valid in all corners of the world and in all kinds of situations is a believer’s representing the virtues he has got in the most appropriate and beautiful way and showing these virtues and beauties in his personal life, domestic life and social life. We are then ordered to be good to our friends in the verse, and our best and closest friends are our spouses. Actually, they are called friends for lives. Our spouses are followed by our other friends.

As already known, all kinds of kindness and favors done to relatives are called “sila ar-rahm” (reunion with relatives). Sila ar-rahm covers many types of kindness and favors from complimenting them, smiling at them, saluting them, asking their news to wishing the best for them, visiting them, meeting their needs, sharing their sorrows and giving them financial support. Especially in our day, ways of kindness and favors have been forgotten and almost all relations with relatives have been broken off.

Unfortunately, in our day, when parents and grandparents grow old to be unable to meet their daily needs on their own, they happen to find themselves in rest homes for the aged. These places are called “rest” homes; yet how can one be restful in a place where their children and grandchildren are not and they cannot see their children that they brought up with utmost care and cannot say “I am a parent, too”, where they cannot see acquainted people who look at them with affectionate and respectful eyes, where never a plate for them is placed on the dinner table and where generally their news is not asked at all? We designed a fake peace in our minds and said that those places are peaceful and we insisted on it, too. And we keep forcing them to feel that fake peace that we think there is and we seem to say: “They just eat and drink and sleep, how nice! What else could one ask for?” However, a human being is not a creature that can find peace in eating, drinking, and sleeping without doing anything else. Human being is a creature that is interested in his environment, in nature and in close contact with his children, grandchildren and even great-grandchildren. Yet unfortunately, today we have confined him to eating, drinking and sleeping.

These institutions are needed by some of us and are necessary, or course. They are places to find peace in for those who have got nothing left that will keep them in their homes anymore. Yet, those who send their aged ones away from home should think once again whether these places provide them with peace really.

Another group of people that we should help is said to be people stranded on their journey at the end of the verse stated above. The word “ibn sabil” in the Arabic origin of the text covers both stranded people and people who are our guests. The verse orders us to be good to slaves finally. However, thanks to Allah, there is no slavery today.

In short, when we consider the verse with a wide point of view, it is possible to say that we must be good to almost all people, regardless of religion, language, race and culture. In fact, we have adopted the understanding of waiting for an opportunity to do a favor to someone who has been bad to us and thus, instead of punishing that person because of his badness, directing him to think over what he has done, to regret it and to be good, from this verse and the likes.

The spirit of the good deeds: Pleasing Allah

Allah placed in hearts of all people the feeling of being good to other people. In this sense, every individual has got the potential to be good. This is a necessity of human disposition. However, there is a significant difference in terms of virtuousness between being good because of the potential of being good that Allah placed in everyone and being good as a result of contemplating Allah the Glorious. Just as one should love or dislike for the sake of Allah, so too will being good for the sake of Allah earn believers thawabs and also being good for this reason adds a different depth to deeds.

Let us make the subject more concrete with an example: A believer can save an ant from a difficult situation with the potential of goodness present in his disposition. It is impossible to say that it is not thawab. However, being good with the feeling and thought of “There is a potential of goodness in me. But, my Allah, I am doing this just to please You.” adds a different depth to goodness. Therefore, the reason for our goodness is the spirit of our goodness; actually this is the same about all or worships, too. This is also called “ikhlas.”

Let us finish our words with a hadith which puts Allah’s wide mercy and good will into words:

“Doubtlessly, Allah created the good and the evil and then declared them. Now, whoever wants to do something good yet does not do it, Allah records one thawab for it. If he wants to do that good thing and does it, Allah records it by folding it tenfold and seven hundred folds. If he wants to do something good and does not do it, Allah records one thawab for it. If he wants to do that bad thing and does it, Allah records it as one sin.” (Bukhari, Riqaq, 31; Muslim, Belief, 207)

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Done Twice! Once for what she genuinely tries and one for what comes natural.

Intentional: The Charmer

You're a master at intimate conversation and verbal enticement. You seduce with words, by getting people to open up to you. By establishing this deep connection quickly, people fall under your power. And then you've got them exactly where you want them!

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You don't really try to seduce people... it just seems to happen. Fun loving and free spirited, you bring out the inner child in people. You are spontaneous, sincere, and unpretentious - a hard combo to find! People drop their guard around you, and find themselves falling fast.

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Revolusi, Islam, dan Kontribusi Keumatan

*Tulisan ini telah dimuat Harakatuna 27 Maret 2022

Judul Buku: Spirit Islam pada Masa Revolusi Indonesia, Penulis: Kevin W. Fogg, Penerjemah: Yanto Musthofa, Penerbit: Noura Books (Mizan Publika), Tahun Terbit: Cetakan Pertama, November 2020, Tebal: 435 halaman.

Lewat studinya yang sudah menjadi klasik dan menjadi banyak rujukan, Kahin lebih menonjolkan peran elite sebagai aktor utama dalam nasionalisme dan revolusi di Indonesia. Sedangkan sejarawan kondang dari Universitas Cornell yang pernah dicekal masuk ke Indonesia, Ben Anderson, memberikan perhatian utama pada aktivitas para pemuda di sepanjang tahun 1944-1946, tahun-tahun yang teramat krusial dan menentukan.

Kevin Fogg dalam “Spirit Islam pada Masa Revolusi Indonesia” justru menelusuri kiprah dan komitmen kebangsaan umat Islam pada era perang kemerdekaan. Fogg berkisah tentang bagaimana seorang Mohammad Natsir-mantan politikus Islam terkemuka di awal kemerdekaan-bersama rekan-rekannya berjalan berkeliling sebuah pameran di Jakarta tentang Revolusi Indonesia pada tahun 1972 dengan hati masygul, karena sisi Islam dari revolusi tak bisa ditemukan dalam pameran tersebut (hal 35).

Fogg berpandangan bahwa konsolidasi umat Islam akar rumput di tengah kobaran api revolusi kurang mendapat tempat yang layak. Aspek-aspek yang menggerakkan narasi-narasi legitimasi rezim-terutama kultur pribadi Sukarno atau prestise militer sebagai pengawal kemerdekaan-mendapat perhatian cermat, sementara para pelakunya terlupakan (hal 36).

Apalagi secara statistik, umat Islam Indonesia merupakan salah satu yang terbesar. Jadi tak masuk akal jika perannya tak signifikan sama sekali. Ditambah dengan kenyataan bahwa secara geografis wilayah Indonesia begitu luas. Yang tentu saja kajian-kajian masa revolusi sebelumnya masih berkutat di Jawa.

Fogg dengan sadar mengisi kekosongan itu dengan mengambil sumber sejarah lisan dan episode di sekitar revolusi kemerdekaan yang terjadi di luar Jawa. Hal ini bisa menambah khazanah dan perspektif tentang bagaimana kontribusi umat Islam Indonesia masa revolusi kemerdekaan yang selama ini masih sedikit terabaikan.

Selepas proklamasi yang dibacakan oleh Sukarno dan Hatta di Jakarta, umat Islam di seantero Indonesia langsung meresponsnya dengan bersemangat. Mereka secara aktif langsung menggabungkan diri pada barisan-barisan perjuangan seperti Hizbullah dan Sabilillah.

Sejak permulaan revolusi, kaum Muslim akar rumput tak hanya menyebarkan slogan tentang agama dan perjuangan, namun mereka juga mendengar fatwa dari para ulama tentang perang. Salah satu dari fatwa-fatwa paling awal yang dikeluarkan oleh pemimpin Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), KH Hasjim Asj’ari, pada September atau Oktober 1945, kini hilang dalam sejarah, mungkin karena fatwa itu dikeluarkan dalam aksara pegon sehingga tidak disiarkan media cetak berhuruf Latin (hal 103).

Yang paling terkenal barangkali seruan resolusi jihad dari NU yang dikeluarkan pada 22 Oktober 1945 yang mendapat perhatian luas umat Islam Indonesia terutama di Jawa. Di Sumatra Utara, seorang ulama dari Jamiyatul Washliyah bernama M Arsjad Thalib Lubis mengeluarkan manifesto revolusi Islam bertajuk “Toentoenan Perang Sabil”. Fatwa yang biasanya terkait dengan urusan hukum atau ibadah, pada saat itu malah mengumandangkan seruan aksi melawan penjajah.

Bahkan karena banyaknya fatwa-fatwa tentang seruan perang sabil, wakil presiden Mohammad Hatta sampai harus mengeluarkan maklumat yang menyatakan bahwa siapa pun di luar pemerintah, ilegal mendeklarasikan perang  atau perang sabil. Dan faktanya hal tersebut tak berpengaruh terlalu banyak di akar rumput.

Seruan untuk melakukan aksi perjuangan yang dilandasi oleh spirit keagamaan memberikan motivasi bertempur demi membela Allah dan negara. Keyakinan inilah yang mendorong lasykar-lasykar Islam berjuang untuk hidup mulia atau mati syahid dalam setiap pertempuran yang diikutinya.

Meski tentara-tentara Islam ini bukan pasukan reguler, tidak berarti kontribusi mereka pada pertempuran tidak penting. Sebaliknya lasykar-lasykar Islam sering menjadi kekuatan tempur lokal yang paling kuat dan terkenal kegigihannya-dan sering dengan keberanian yang membabi buta-di medan tempur (hal 141).

Fogg menemukan bahwa terkadang keberanian-keberanian yang ditonjolkan oleh para milisi muslim yang militan itu berasal dari kekuatan-kekuatan jimat atau benda-benda keramat yang dibawa kemana-mana. Biasanya setelah diberi jampi-jampi oleh guru agama yang mereka hormati.

Tidak mengherankan, jika seorang tentara yang meyakini dirinya kebal senjata musuh, dia akan menjadi tak punya rasa takut dalam pertempuran. Para santri pejuang dari pedalaman yang meyakini magi islami digambarkan sebagai “massa fanatik” dengan “intensitas tujuan besar”, dan mereka pun ditakuti oleh tentara asing dan orang-orang Indonesia abangan (hal 165).

Namun akibatnya adalah ketika sebagian anggota lasykar ini merasa mempunyai keberanian “berlebih”, maka ketidaktakutan akan begitu tinggi, sehingga jumlah korban anggota lasykar muslim menjadi tak terelakkan.

Tak hanya dalam perjuangan fisik, umat Islam juga berperan secara signifikan dalam lapangan politik di awal revolusi dan sesudahnya. Sesudah insiden tujuh kata ketika mempersiapkan dasar negara apa yang hendak dibuat, sejumlah kompromi-kompromi pun  seperti pendirian Kementerian Agama, yang menurut Fogg adalah kemenangan penting bagi masyarakat Islam Indonesia.

Selain mengonfirmasi bahwa urusan keagamaan tidak bisa sepenuhnya dilepaskan dari pemerintahan di Indonesia, dengan adanya Kementerian Agama, ia merupakan kemampuan baru perlindungan pemerintah terhadap tokoh Islam.

Organisasi Islam seperti NU dan Muhammadiyah bisa memberi jaminan kehidupan yang layak bagi anggotanya dengan menunjuk mereka sebagai pejabat keagamaan lokal atau guru-guru agama di sekolah negeri atau dengan memberi kepada sekolah-sekolah Islam melalui kementerian (hal 289).

Lewat studinya yang komprehensif ini, Fogg menunjukkan bahwa umat Islam Indonesia berkontribusi secara siginifikan, tak hanya dalam perjuangan fisik yang ditunjukkan lewat aksi-aksi heroiknya, namun juga berperan banyak dalam menentukan hendak kemana arah langkah negara yang baru lahir tersebut.

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William Dunbar 1460-1530

LAMENT FOR THE MAKARS

brukle - frail, brittle

slee - sly

sary - sorry

dansand - dancing

dee - die

sickir - secure

wickir - wicker (twig)

potestates - potentates

tyrand - tyrant

campion - champion

stour - battle

closit - closed

sowkand - sucking

piscence - puissance (power)

rethors - rhetoricians

leeches - doctors

surrigians - surgeons

supplee - appease, defend

makar - bard

lave - remainder/rest

syne - since

tane - taken

alane - alone

remeid - remedy

dispone - dispose, prepare

MEDITATION IN WINTER

dirk - dark

drumlie - muddy

sabill - black

hewin - heaven

sangis - songs

lenthin - lengthen

dulë spreit - dull spirit

schoir - threat

forloir - lost/forlorn

mair - more

leif - live

requeir - request

compt - payment

yettis - gates

lowt - bow, stoop

drowp - droop, be dejected

kist - chest

cowp - cup

luif - love

let - prevent

sowp - sip

disport - pleasure, relaxation

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Sejarah Revolusi Indonesia dipenuhi penggambaran perang revolusi sebagai perang nasionalistis atau interaksi keras yang berbasis kelas. Dalam kajian besar ini, Kevin W. Fogg meninjau ulang Revolusi Indonesia (1945 - 1949) sebagai perjuangan umat Islam.

Dalam spirit keagamaan inilah, kaum Muslim taat - yang jumlahnya hampir separuh populasi - berperang. Mereka teryakinkan dengan seruan jihad dari ulama dan kyai bahwa mereka sedang menjalankan perang sabil melawan kaum kafir penjajah.

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[MURDER] and the Corruptor Comparison

Yes, [MURDER] is goofy.

He may be a demon, but at least he can whip up a good meal.

The Corruptor only wants total anarchy.

That's the only thing on its mind.

In the video, it wanted to go find the 4 spirits: Arco, Hailey, Vera, and Lucas, and kill them off, one by one, so they don't keep thwarting its plans.

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So, I tried my hand at making different expressions in Gacha Club, and this is the result.

I might put one as my pfp later.

(ft., The Spirits of Sabil!)