Fasting Dialectic of Humanity-Spirituality

By: Asep Salahudin. Esais dan dekan di IAILM Pesantren Surabaya, Tasikmalaya Hidden sweetness, Found inside an empty stomach this! When the lute belly filled, he can not sing, Both with high or low pitch. If the brain and belly burn as fast, they will continue to fire issued a lament of the chest. Through the fire, every time you're going to burn a hundred veils. And you're going to climb a thousand degrees above the road and in your passion. " Poetry entitled Burning Fasting Hijab above written poet leading Jalaluddin Rumi (born on 30 September 1207 AD in Balkh, now Afghanistan, and died on December 16, 1273 AD at Qunya, Turkey). Poetry a beautifully mendedah happenings substantial meaning of fasting. For Rumi fasting is not just business liability law which decreed God, but also a path (tariqa) to achieve greatness humanity (humanity) and embrace the warmth of spirituality. Fasting initiation into a field so that people remember the khitah and back to the bow of his nature. When a person fasts empty stomach and satisfactory whole body and soul, he is actually the middle pave the way to the throne peak goodness, emptiness, Nuning ning, mystic silence (mystic silence). Fasting becomes the most strategic for total brood over existence journey ourselves both ontological (the nature existence) and existential (the meaning of existence). Through fasting, we are made aware of the particulars kedaifan we once ordination the greatness of God can only be approached through the `theology negativa '. The Lord God said when different people. Fasting became a symbol of the search will be crowned that faith with God The most beautiful known through negation; `we can understand more about what God is not than about what it is He '(we can know much more about what God is not than about what He is). Fasting humanitarian implications into a divine movement.

implications for humanity. Fasting is a ritual `capital 'and also' social capital 'in order building a life in order not to lose the adab and create humanitarian who found it muruahnya. This is reworded poet Rumi that fasting will burn b hundred hijab. And you will s climb thousand degrees above the road and in your passion. Hijab is the social meaning can be called politics increasingly distant from prophetic function as a medium to achieve prosperity and virtue life. Growing economic life. Bounced in the current economic so that the free market instead of siding against the welfare of the ba on the contrary many investors increasingly make the subject primary. Law also increasingly blunt sharp downward and upward and / or culture loses his genitals. Personally, it's da pat hijab means a person who lives, Langan orientasi essential. Hijab is the wheel's been membikinnya lives, Langan quality of life even in the midst of abundance were tragically ben da. In the interpretation of Seyyed Hossein Nasr, hijab like this kind of `People are more interested in being out of the loop and is increasingly away from the core, of the spirit that moves around the circle '. That's also the main reason why the Prophet intentionally provide time to gather his companions preached convey the virtues of fasting and memaklumatkan glory Ramadan. We see snippets of the sermon: 'O people, moon God is full of grace and mercy has come to you, a month is the best month of all months in front of him; noon is the best day, night is the best night, and timeTunya wak there was the best time. He is the month when God invited you to a party and you have been as receiving this special gift. Tug-breath you are given reward of worship. In this month, all deeds of worship and welcome your prayers ... Hungry and thirst you remind yourself of hunger and thirst in Day of Resurrection. Respect those who are elderly, be gentle to the young, and forged a friendship with companion Tolan and relatives family. ' With a universal phenomenon seen a very fast effect great for both personal and social life, a very able understood that each local religions and beliefs of various civilization makes fast as the core teachings of the Sharia.

Is not only acted faiths of Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddha. But also long before that, the ancient Egyptians, Chinese, Tibetan, Greece, already diving fasting moored on the intention of creating peace on earth to make a harmonious relationship with heaven. In Natches side, in Central America, and China is also doing it as noted in the Encyclopedia of tat Encyclopedia of Religion. They believe that by fasting would be multiplied's patience and motivation solid. Then not air overage if the Romans when they wanted to go to the field game, his commander called on his troops to advance fasting. Ancient Chinese view fasting as a panacea in curing various diseases. The Babylonians believed fasting as an effort of all sin and mistakes. Javanese society before Islam came, even the pre-Hindu and Buddhist, are recognize fasting. Moreover, they were always known as ethnic obsessed for a harmonious relationship with God (Mulder, 1983). They faithfully perform rituals in the hope of peace, protection, and also hope that does not disturb other supernatural spirits evil (Alisyahbana, 1977). Call it a typology fasting Javanese who acted first. Among other things in Pasa (Ramadan), mutih tapa, tapa ngrawat, geni tapa pati, tapa ngebleng, ngrame tapa, tapa nggantung, tapa kungkum, mendem tapa, tapa ngli. When Islam came and require fasting in the month of Ramadan, the Archipelago did not mind because it was so used. Moreover, the Islamic fasting and fasting `cultural 'has a meaning which is not far differently, namely as a strategy to control the passions. Also as a mystical path in order melonjakkan humanitarian level. Word Seyyed Hossein Nasr, `Road mystical as born in the form of Sufism is one way when people try to turn off the air desires in order to be reborn in the Divine and experience union with the True. ' Pasa (or fasting) becomes meaningful when be sold. Ngelmu iku kalakone kanthi laku (the science of beneficial new or existing benefits when implemented). Fasting is meaningful when has contributed to efforts to build humanity (humanity) are sublime.