(28. Let not the believers take the disbelievers as friends instead of the believers, and whoever does that, will never be helped by Allah in any way, unless you indeed fear a danger from them. And Allah warns you against Himself, and to Allah is the final return.)
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Makcik : Owh, pakcik tak solat sejak pakcik terlantar selama 2 bulan ni.

Pelajar : Hmmm, pakcik tahu tak cara-cara bersolat ketika sakit? Ada kemudahan untuk solat ketika sakit.

Makcik  : Tahu. Pakcik ni orang-orang masjid.

Selang 3 hari kemudian, kami dikejutkan dengan berita kematian pakcik tersebut. Al-Fatihah. Sungguh tak disangka-sangka, bila ajal tiba, tiada siapa yang dapat menghalang. Semoga Allah merahmati hambaNya.

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The speed of how events unfolded that afternoon took me by surprise. I certainly did not expect it to happen, but then again doctors only rarely do predict these things accurately. My thoughts seemed to freeze as I sought to fully comprehend what was happening. For a brief moment, I wanted to believe that the nurse had made a mistake and was over-exaggerating, as some of the more inexperienced would often do. But this was no rookie nurse; Mary¹ was the ward sister. And as I started to realize the gravity of the situation, my heart sank in horror.

Perhaps I looked the way I felt because it was then that my registrar, Mairead, screamed to me, “Get a cannula in him now! Go! Go! GO!!” as she began CPR. From then on, everyone’s thoughts and actions were very much automated. While Mairead frantically attempted to secure the airways, I somehow managed to insert a second wide-bore cannula into the last patent vein in Mr Burke’s left antecubital fossa and took over doing chest compressions from one of the nurses. My hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis went into overdrive, releasing the powerful peptide hormones AVP (arginine vasopressin) and CRH (cortisol-releasing hormone) to activate the stress response. The cardiac arrest team arrived rather promptly, like the ‘back-up’ police officers would call for in movies. The medical registrar oncall appeared calm and unfazed, as they do, and listened intently to a rushed summary of Mr Burke’s history from Mairead. Fintan’s cool persona was in stark contrast to Mairead’s, and stood out amidst all the chaos and commotion. He looked comfortably out of place, like a man who calmly sips his soup while the restaurant he dines in blazes in flames. It was a reassuring image, somewhat bizarrely, in such a highly-charged emergency situation.

Amongst the ‘back-up’ team were two Malaysian interns. For a moment, as brief as it was, stress levels dropped a notch as I made eye-contact with Razif, three years my junior in college. In our bachelor medical student days, we shared late nights together embroiled in battles of wit and courage for the right to be crowned champions of Risk. But this was no game and there was no time for reverie. Mr Burke spluttered copious amounts of foul-smelling, horrible ‘black stuff’ onto my yellow shirt² (and matching tie) as I held the face mask, rather loosely it suggests; most of the coffee-ground vomitus spilling onto the floor and onto my shoes. With each chest compression, more black vomitus leaked from his mouth. Things were not going well, despite the efforts of Fintan, who by now had taken over the task of orchestrating the ‘cardiac response’. The late arrival of the anaesthetic registrar did not change matters significantly, although he did expertly guide a large nasogastric tube through Mr Burke’s nasal passage into his stomach, allowing suction of his gastric contents and ending the vomiting of digested blood: haematemesis as it is called in medical jargon³.

I lost count of time and cannot say accurately how long we persevered in trying to revive Mr Burke. Mr Burke, who just a few hours ago was walking and talking, now lay pulseless with traces of black vomitus around his mouth and all over the front of his bare chest. Mr Burke, who a week ago walked into hospital to receive chemotherapy for his Dukes A⁴ colon cancer, will now leave the hospital in a brown wooden box.

That was perhaps my last participation in a ‘cardiac arrest’ situation as an SHO⁵ in Medicine before my switch to the wonderful world of Psychiatry⁶. But it was definitely not my last experience as a doctor, nor was it the most tragic.
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KONSEP ATAU FALSAFAH ISLAM TENTANG PENDIDIKAN

Firman Allah S.W.T.:

“Maka adakah orang yang mengetahui bahawa Al-Quran yang diturunkan kepadamu dari Tuhanmu itu (wahai Muhammad) perkara yang benar, sama dengan orang yang buta matahatinya? Sesungguhnya orang-orang yang mahu memikirkan hal itu hanyalah orang-orang yang berakal sempurna.” (Maksud Surah al-Ra’d (13):19),

“(Setelah diterangkan yang demikian) maka adakah mereka sengaja tidak berusaha memahami serta memikirkan Al-Quran? Atau telah ada di atas hati mereka kunci penutup (yang menghalangnya daripada menerima Al-Quran)? (Maksud Surah Muhammad (47):24).

“Sesungguhnya berjayalah orang yang menjadikan dirinya – yang sedia bersih – bertambah-tambah bersih (dengan iman dan amal kebajikan), Dan sesungguhnya hampalah orang yang menjadikan dirinya – yang sedia bersih – itu susut dan terbenam kebersihannya (dengan sebab kekotoran maksiat).” (Maksud Surah al-Syams (91):9-10).
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(54. O you who believe! Whoever from among you turns back from his religion (Islam), Allah will bring a people whom He will love and they will love Him; humble towards the believers, stern towards the disbelievers, fighting in the way of Allah, and never fearing the blame of the blamers. That is the grace of Allah which He bestows on whom He wills. And Allah is All-Sufficient for His creatures’ needs, All-Knower.) (55. Verily, your Protector is Allah, His Messenger, and the believers, those who perform the Salah, and give Zakah, and they bow down.) (56. And whosoever takes Allah, His Messenger, and those who have believed, as protectors, then the party of Allah will be the victorious.)
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(159. And by the mercy of Allah, you dealt with them gently. And had you been severe and harsh-hearted, they would have broken away from about you; so pardon them, and ask forgiveness for them; and consult them in the affairs. Then when you have taken a decision, put your trust in Allah, certainly, Allah loves those who put their trust (in Him).) (160. If Allah helps you, none can overcome you; and if He forsakes you, who is there after Him that can help you And in Allah (Alone) let believers put their trust.) (161. It is not for any Prophet to illegally take a part of the booty, and whosoever deceives his companions over the booty, he shall bring forth on the Day of Resurrection that which he took. Then every person shall be paid in full what he has earned, and they shall not be dealt with unjustly.) (162. Is then one who follows (seeks) the pleasure of Allah like the one who draws on himself the wrath of Allah His abode is Hell, and worse indeed is that destination!) (163. They are in varying grades with Allah, and Allah is All-Seer of what they do.) (164. Indeed, Allah conferred a great favor on the believers when He sent among them a Messenger from among themselves, reciting unto them His verses (the Qur’an), and purifying them, and instructing them (in) the Book (the Qur’an) and Al-Hikmah [the wisdom and the Sunnah], while before that they had been in manifest error.)
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Murah rezeki bukan sekadar membawa maksud memperolehi kekayaan harta, tetapi juga ia merangkumi konsep yang lebih luas. Rezeki yang dikurniakan Allah mungkin hadir dari segi Allah mempermudahkan setiap urusannya, mudah memahami ilmu yang dipelajari, mendapat ketenangan dalam hidup, sentiasa berasa cukup dan bersyukur atas nikmat yang diberikan, memperolehi keluarga yang soleh serta memperolehi kebahagiaan hidup di dunia dan akhirat. Kita dituntut supaya memohon kepada Allah agar Allah memberkati setiap rezeki yang kita perolehi.

Memperbanyakkan doa:

1. Doa ketika duduk di antara 2 sujud
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