Lesson from Butterfly

A Greeting To Our Moslem Brothers:“HAPPY EIDUL FITRY”

Butterfly

It looks beauty when we see they fly or perched on the leaf

Withtheir incredible patterns

Andcolors on their wings

Where did they come from?

We all know butterfly came out from cocoon that made by the caterpillar

Inthis phenomenon, Allah want to show usmeaning of Ramadan values

First

FromUgly

ToBeauty

Caterpillar is scary creature for most people.

or even to see it. We don’t want to touch

Why?

For most people, caterpillar will make them itchiness.

Some people feel disgusted with caterpillar body.

People - as their act while meet caterpillar - judged it was ugly creature.

How about butterfly?

We are all agree, it is a beautiful creature

Withtheir colorful wingsAndamazing pattern.

Allah gives Ramadan to us

Tobring people chance to revolution their life.

In eleven month

Wewas contaminate with our circumstances

Oreven ourselves to make lot of sin to life.

Ramadan bring us shiam (fasting)

Whichis same as cocoon do

Toconvert ourselves become new person

Newhuman

Newbaby born

We become different person by akhlak al karimah – good attitude

Where people really give greatrespect

Second

FromEarth Character

BecomeHeavenly Character.

Caterpillar is creating as earth creature

Which cannot go far from their resources – food, job, etc.

Caterpillar just thinks how to search and fill their ‘stomach’ from their area.

It is different with butterfly

Theyspread out to other area.

They can reach faraway from their home.

They can see more than caterpillar see.

Butterfly not just sees what they want to eat

Butalso where they will place their next generation.

Allah teaches us to be able to transform from who have earth character

Suchas selfish

Toomaterialistic

Stomachorientation

Intoheaven character

Suchas wise

Visionary

Andable to make quantum leap of their da’wah(convey the message of goodness).

We can see caterpillar such as a selfish creature

Whichlooking for leaf and eat it

Sometimeone leaf is not enough

They have to become greedy to fill what they want and full it

Sometimes people loose control on what their orientation in life

With Ramadan, Allah give a chance to convert ourselves

Becomevisionary, wise

Andalso concern to spread out to other world what we obtained as a true Moslem.

We DO NOT just think in a small area and short term

Butglobally and for future

Forour replacement

To the nextgeneration.

Third

FromVandalize

ToConstructive

No one will being in fresh or fine when caterpillar come to it

When caterpillar come to fruit

Thefruit will rotten

When caterpillar comes to leaf

Theleaf will full with holes

When they come to wood

Thewood becomes crumbly

It is totally different with butterfly

Butterfly arrives to flower

Andthen fruit will come out from the flower

Butterfly come to leaf

Thenthe leaf looks beautiful

Allah want us to change our habits who full with destruction

Tonature

Toenvironment

Evento ourselves

And change intoconstructive behavior

Builtsomething useful

Growand nurture others

Because it is Moslem all about

Becomehelpful for other Moslems, people and other creatures

B’Coz, Islam is for "Rahmahlil 'Alamiin“ – Merciful for the universe

Fourth

From Far away from

Become near with them

As first value, no people want to near by caterpillar

But, see what happen when the caterpillar make a revolution to their life…

Becomebutterfly

Nopeople want to far away from it

For some people, they hunt the butterfly to be their collection

Because of its beauty and flying back and forth

Ramadan is a month to transform our bad behavior into akhlak al-karimah, good attitude, good behaviour

Allah galvanizes us in a full month training

Become different people

Wholoved by our brother, sister, parent, son and daughter, family, friend, and even our enemies

Because we transformed our unworthiness behavior

Into“Jannah” (Heavenly) behavior

Nobody wants to go far away from people who have “jannah” behavior.

Thence, please, let us make this Ramadan to remove our sinfulness and replace with heavenly character

I wish...We can get the most from this Ramadan

Ameen

“Wa Allahu A’lam”Only Allah Knows Everything

HappyEidul Fitri Mubarakah