Ramadan as a Social Movement and Spiritual Base

Venturing light chatter, the author would like to review some of the verses of
longing. Longing which a year ago was transformed into crying tears of sadness after parting
with Ramadan. Longing may be if we surgical one at the heart of the Muslim faith, how we'll
miss-miss so sad to watch it almost freezes and crystallizes in regret because the feeling is
not optimal filling morning, afternoon, and night in Ramadan. And today, missed it as if picking
a dream.Soon, we will part with the warmth of Sha'ban and Ramadan will meet with
syahdunya. Ballighnaa Yaa Rabb .....
The dynamics of Ramadan this year will probably not differ much with the last
years. But the romance of our worship, the spirit of behavior and our behavior, depending on
how we construct and packaging. This momentum should not we let it pass like the wind that
sweeps the dust and then is not clear where the trail. Even more so for us that in the social
environment the trust as a leader, a minimum of leaders for ourselves each. Each of you is a
leader, and each leader is responsible for the leadership (the noble precepts of prophethood al Hadith).
According to the author, the momentum ahead of Ramadan, there are two dimensions
that should not escape our attention in our context as the leader wherever we stand
posts; The vertical dimension and the horizontal dimension. Ramadan is like the presence of
quarantine or annual training for our return revitalize the two-dimensional. The vertical
dimension is about spiritual values, about our relationship with our Lord God Almighty. The
horizontal dimension is about social values, about our relationship with fellow human beings,
about our sensitivity to fellow creatures of God the Creator.
Why is spiritual? Why should social? Basically two things are like two coins, hookedkelindan and impossible terkeping between one and the other.And Ramadan comes to bring
precepts improvements to both. Rites of daily worship which portions of more than months
others make Ramadan becomes more special in a spiritual context. Fasting, tadarrus, and
tarawih prayers at night are instruments that will directly strengthen the spiritual foundation in
us if we are serious about doing it. While social values incarnated in the real ujudnya. Fasting
and paying Zakat is about sensitivity, about how we can sense what is perceived by our
brothers are starving, then our share under umbrellas togetherness.
So is it true these two things related? About a week ago the author was involved in a
heated discussion with resource Ahmad Baso, an intellectual figure Ciputat the birth of the
brilliant work "Pesantren Studies". With slick he explained that social movements will not be
fruitless sweet if not based on spiritual values are qualified. Therefore, according Baso, the
Kyai that in fact society is seen as the spiritual literate ones who stand behind the freedom
fighters tempoe doeloe. Kyai plays a role as a tool of revolution and instruments character and
nation building.
"How can I make a social movement that his soul is empty souls, arid carefully, and
the spirit of the dead?", Said Baso with a satirical tone is high enough that the students these
days virtually dry stutter and spirituality.
This should be food for thought for all of us in our context as a leader for ourselves
each. Because after all, Ramadan comes to parse the deep chasm between the world of
spirituality and social reality. Hopefully in Ramadan this year we can further optimize our role
as leaders ourselves bai respectively, for our communities, and so forth. Marhaban Yaa
Ramadhaan .... Marhaban Duhai month with ten thousand blessing.