Maka nikmat Allah manakah yang kamu dustakan?

Syafiq and I left Alor Setar after Subuh on Friday, 18th November, as usual in high spirits and excited that we were finally going to go to KL. Everything went well and smooth until we reached Seberang Jaya road in Penang.. It was after the hospital. We were in the middle of heavy traffic. We were on the right lane as we were going to head south. Suddenly, the car stopped. Dead. The temperature was high and it refused to start. Ya Allah, we were caught in the middle of a heavy traffic jam due to the morning traffic rush. I turned on the emergency lights. There was nothing we could do but sit and wait. Motorbikes and cars zoomed speedily on both sides of the lane. I was so afraid but we were so calm. I could only recite "Rabbi-yassir-wala-tuassir". Permudahkanlah Ya Allah, permudahkanlah.

Suddenly, a man on a motorbike knocked on the car's window and asked what was wrong. He wore a Penang Bridge vest. We told him the car would not start. So, he said it was okay. Syafiq got out and together with him, pushed the car to the left side of the road where there was an emergency lane. He stopped the cars and managed to take us safely across. I could only breathe in relief as at least we were out of the rush hour traffic. It was already slightly after 8:00am. Syukur Alhamdulillah. That man was the from the Penang Bridge unit. At least I did not cause anybody to be late for work. Dalam kesukaran, Kau beri kami kemudahan. "Maka nikmat Allah manakah yang kamu dustakan?"    

Syafiq opened the bonnet and saw that the radiator's water was dry. We saw a nasi lemak stall across the side of the road. So, he crossed over the drain and walked to them and asked for some water and the man kindly gave us a bottle of it. Ya Allah, Kau permudahkan segala urusan kami. Then, PLUS Bantuan came and stopped to assist us. The two men managed to lower the temperature enough to send us to Juru R&R. One of them even drove us there in case something happened again. When we reached the R&R, they checked our car and could not find anything wrong with it. The car was only 3 years old. He suggested that we went to Proton Service at Juru Auto City. Okay....I called Shaun, my nephew, a lecturer at UiTM Permatang Pauh. Syukur he was in Penang. He was in KL last week. I could not thank the two men enough for being very kind to us. Ya Allah, kau temukan aku dengan orang-orang yang baik yang mempermudahkan kesusahan ku. "Setelah kesusahan datang kesenangan; setelah kesusahan datang kesenangan; Hendaklah engkau berusaha dan hanya kepada Tuhan mu engkau berserah" (Surah Al-Insyirah). 


At Proton Service, there were a lot of cars. By the time they called me it was almost noon. The technicians took a break at 12:30pm due to Friday prayers. They would continue after the prayers at 2:45pm. Shaun sent me to his house to rest and took Syafiq to the mosque After we had lunch, he sent me back to the service centre. He had to go back to his office for a meeting. I could only thank him and hope that the car would be alright. I expected I'm going to be charged a few hundred ringgit being Proton Service. They told me what they had to do and estimated cost. I agreed. They changed the thermostat, did welding and something about the coolant. It came to Rm81.00. Alhamdulillah. By now it was almost 5:00pm. I could only thank them. Yes, we wasted a whole day there but maybe it was Allah's way of teaching me patience and tolerance. We continued our way to KL. It was raining heavily along Perak highway. Finally, we reached Hafsah's house around 11:00pm, tired and sleepy. Alhamdulillah.

Dalam kesukaran, Kau beri kemudahan. Dalam kesusahan, Kau beri kesenangan. Dalam kekalutan, Kau beri ketenangan. Dalam kerisauan, Kau beri petunjuk dan bimbingan. Dalam kekecewaan, Kau beri kesabaran. Ya Allah, aku hanya mampu melafazkan syukur ku dalam sujud ku. Syukur aku dan Syafiq masih dalam perlindungan, keberkatan dan keredhaanMu. "Maka nikmat Allah manakah yang kau dustakan?"

                Hasbiyallah-hu-wanikmal-wakeel  (Cukuplah Allah bagi ku)