(STIBA.ac.id) Makassar – After the odd semester vacation, STIBA Makassar has started its lecture activities again. The inaugural lecture became the initial momentum for teaching and learning activities in this year’s even semester.

Head of STIBA Makassar Akhmad Hanafi Dain Yunta, Lc., M.A., Ph.D. became the first speaker in the inaugural lecture which was held on Monday (23/01/2023). In his oration, Ustaz Akhmad explained many interpretations of the verses recited by the reciter at the opening of the event.

“The theme of our first lecture is Way of Knowledge, Way of the Warriors of Heaven. So, as the reciter read earlier, knowledge is jihad, therefore those who study knowledge are mujahid, warriors. The verse that was read earlier explains to us how the motivation for the struggle is in studying, because from the point of view of the flow of the verse, before verse 122 in Surah At-Tawbah,

وَمَا كَانَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لِيَنْفِرُوا كَافَّةً ۚ فَلَوْلَا نَفَرَ مِنْ كُلِّ فِرْقَةٍ مِنْهُمْ طَائِفَةٌ لِيَتَفَقَّهُوا فِي الدِّينِ وَلِيُنْذِرُوا قَوْمَهُمْ إِذَا رَجَعُوا إِلَيْهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَحْذَرُونَ

“It is not proper for the believer to go all (to the battlefield). Why not go from each class among them some people to deepen their knowledge of religion and to warn his people when they have returned to him, so that they can take care of themselves.” (QS. At-Tawbah: 122).

Before this verse was mentioned, said Ustaz Akhmad, the flow of the previous verses talked about jihad. That jihad must face problems, must be tired, must be tiring. The challenges are many.

“So after that Allah explained that there was another field of jihad. Not all Muslims have to go down the arena to face the enemy physically, but there must be a jihad against their passions. Fighting everything that can distract us from the path of seeking knowledge. So the language is also the language of jihad. The words “liyanfiru” and “liyundziru” are the language of jihad,” said Ustaz Ahmad at the Anas bin Malik Mosque, Monday (23/01/2023).

Furthermore, Ustaz Akhmad explained that seeking knowledge is the path of jihad for those seeking knowledge. Hence the need for seriousness. Moreover, after Allah said,

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قَاتِلُوا الَّذِينَ يَلُونَكُمْ مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ وَلْيَجِدُوا فِيكُمْ غِلْظَةً ۚ

“O you who believe, fight for those around you, and let them find violence from you.” (QS. At-Tawbah: 123).

As part of the form of jihad, seeking knowledge also has consequences that must be borne by the students of knowledge who are on the jihad front.

“So in the name of jihad, there are bound to be injured, some sad, crying, and some even dying. But everything will be rewarded by Allah if we are truly committed, honest about the truth of this path of seeking knowledge,” said Deputy Chairman of the Wahdah Islamiyah Sharia Council.

At the end of his speech, Ustaz Akhmad quoted two verses from Imam Syafii Rahimahullah:

بقَدْرِ الكدِّ تُكتَسَبُ المَعَــالي ومَنْ طَلبَ العُلا سَهِـرَ اللّيالي
Heights are achieved based on the size of hard work…
Whoever wants to reach the top then he will stay up late

ومَنْ رامَ العُلى مِن ْغَيرِ كَـدٍّ أضَاعَ العُمرَ في طَـلَبِ المُحَالِ
Whoever hopes for heights/glory without fatigue…
So actually he just spent his life to achieve something impossible…

تَرُومُ العِــزَّ ثم تَنامُ لَيـلاً يَغُوصُ البَحْرَ مَن طَلَبَ اللآلي
You expect success then at night just sleep?
People who are looking for pearls must dive in the ocean

ما في المَقامِ لِذي عَقلٍ وَذي أَدَبِ مِن راحَةٍ فَدَعِ الأَوطانَ وَاِغتَرِبِ

Smart and civilized people will not stay in their hometown
Leave your country and migrate to other people’s lands

سافِر تَجِد عِوَضاً عَمَّن تُفارِقُهُ وَانصَب فَإِنَّ لَذيذَ العَيشِ في النَصَبِ
Go! you will get replacements from relatives and friends
Be exhausted, the sweetness of life is felt after tired of fighting

إِنّي رَأَيتُ وُقوفَ الماءِ يُفسِدُهُ إِن ساحَ طابَ وَإِن لَم يَجرِ لَم يَطِبِ
I saw the still waters become corrupted by being held back
If it flows it becomes clear, if it is stagnant it becomes cloudy/smelly

وَالأُسدُ لَولا فِراقُ الأَرضِ مااِفتَرَسَت وَالسَهمُ لَولا فِراقُ القَوسِ لَم يُصِبِ
Lions will never prey if they do not leave the nest
If the arrow does not leave the bow it will not hit the target

وَالشَمسُ لَو وَقَفَت في الفُلكِ دائِمَةً لَمَلَّها الناسُ مِن عُجمٍ وَمِن عَرَبِ
If only the sun in its orbit did not move and remained still
Of course humans get bored of him and are reluctant to look at him

وَالتِبرُ كَالتُربِ مُلقىً في أَماكِنِهِ فَإِن تَغَرَّبَ هَذا عَزَّ مَطلَبُهُ
Gold ore is like ordinary soil before being excavated from the mine
After being processed and mined, humans are busy fighting over it

وَالعودُ في أَرضِهِ نَوعٌ مِنَ الحَطَبِ وَإِن تَغَرَّبَ ذاكَ عَزَّ كَالذَهَبِ
Agarwood is like ordinary wood in the forest
If taken to the city it turns expensive like gold

The inaugural lecture was officially opened by the Chairman of the Senate of STIBA Makassar Ustaz Muhammad Yusran Anshar, Lc., M.A., Ph.D. While Ustaz Muh. Ikhsan Zainuddin, Lc., M.Sc., Ph.D. became a guest speaker for the first lecture.

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