Abqorian Planet

Only in count of years, not century, the Islam since Rasulullah to Khaliph Utsman bin Affan have spread supremely. Not only its tauhid (Oneness/Monotheism) taught, but also on its claimed territory.

A Moslem scientist, Prof. Hamidullah has studied about this case in his research titled al Watha’iq as Siyahsiyya, tracked it very detail. In Rasulullah’s era, until 11 years after hijrah (moving to Medina), Islam has claimed not less then 1 million squared-mile. Whereas Khaliph Abu Bakar, which has ruled from year 11th to 13th Hijry, made an extra 200.000 squared-mile expansion. A very booming expansion happened in time of Khaliph Umar bin Khattab which expanded 1.500.000 squared-mile wide. Meanwhile, in Khaliph Utsman bin Affan’s era, the claimed territory about 800.000 squared-mile.

Without means to compare to other sahabat, Umar bin Khattab has done an outrageous expansion, in politic or akidah (religious creed). Because of this immensely oversize territory he gained , this khaliph stopped his expansion.
History recorded, that when the power was just so rising, but Umar bin Khattab just so afraid. Not afraid of loosing his power but afraid of Allah which then will ask responsibility of every human. One day, Umar bin Khattab said to himself, “I was so scared. This land was so huge. And the thing I scared is the responsibility that I couldn’t give. How about if there is a camel lost in this land, hungry and then die. Surely, I will be asked for answer in later day”, as Umar mention the responsibility to himself.



Umar bin Khattab has given a very valuable lesson to history. He was not only ‘feeling able to’ but also ‘able to feel’ sometimes. A lots of us also ‘feeling able to’. In some point, of course it can give us a positive strength to produce a work, an advantage for human being. But in many cases, especially in history of man power, feeling able has brought a so destructive disaster. Not only the destruction of the rulers, but also to the ruled ones.

When ‘feeling able’ has dominated, the sense and the ability to feel will become blunt. And when the sense and the ability to feel has blunt, big responsibility has crushed. Instead of advantage, detriment will produced. Three main combination always needed by the ‘big man’. Which are the ability to hear, the ability to view future vision, and the ability to sense the signs. A sense, that keep heart and soul live and always whisper goodness, and truth. And we, must take those three as provision.

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