C5 A Night Of Wonder

Salam
Day 7th in Mekah.

I can't believe it. I climbed Jabbar Nur to the top. Nak tengok sangat Gua Hiraq but I almost gave up. I stopped every few steps and kept saying that I would just wait here while hub continued walking. Hub pushed me along and said "kalau tak nak panjat baik you tidur ja kat bilik tadi" huhu. Pedas tu :)

So I climbed and I climbed. Kejab kejab, I turned back and looked down and mak aiii gayattttnyaaa. No choice now, the only way was up. I even cried because I thought that I would never be able to go down again. Dalam hati terdetik, please forgive me Allah if I fell and die here. We started our climb at 10.30 pm and we arrived at the small cave at almost 1am. Lebih dari 20 kali saya berhenti :) just to catch my breath :).

The trip was purposely arranged night time.
1. sebab siang panas wei nak daki bukit.
2. mutawiff nak tunjuk gunung ni bercahaya di waktu malam. That is why its called "JabarNur" - gunung cahaya. You won't need torch light at all.

Amazingly indeed. Lagi naik atas lagi terang dan jelas gunungnya. The views downward was beautiful, night view of Kota Mekah.

The climb was really REALLY tough (utk saya yang tak pernah panjat whatever gunung). Anak tangganya besar besar bagak and most area has no railing to hold on to. And most area were very VERY steep. About 700 stairs and berbengkok bengkok to the top. Tangga nya tebal tebal ada yang saya terpaksa merangkak hehe. Kalau standard Batu Caves nya size tangga, gamaknya more than 2000 stairs. Serius.I could not imagine beribu tahun dulu how Siti Khadijah, wife of our beloved prophet panjat gunung berbatu batu ini untuk menghantar bekal makanan kepada Rasullullah SAW. And she was already more than 50 years old then. MasyaAllah and zaman tu mana ada tangga kan.

Dalam nak menangis, sampai juga kat atas. Lepas tu kena turun balik ke small opening in between the rocks to the cave (yang ni pun turun merangkak). Sangat kecil ruangnya. Muat untuk 2 orang sahaja.

Going down was never easy. But sorang kakak ni tell me to stay focus on my feet. Jangan pandang lebih dari itu :). Lutut sakit sangat sebab takada tempat berpaut nak kurangkan hentakan masa turun. I should have bought tongkat yang dijual kat kaki gunung masa naik, (ingat orang tua ja kan perlukan tongkat :), so tak belilah). Pagi esoknya kengkang :).

ps:
Ada incident kelakar- nak sampai gua tu , kena mengecikkan badan dan masuk ke gua area secara mengiring (cam ketam tu)- My body could not go through and I was stuck- hub tarik tak lepas. Hehe - impossible - memanglah I gumuk but hub lagi besar kan. Ish- rupanya kena ada teknik- kaki kena kangkang and naikkan satu satu utk lepas halangan batu tu. Huhu - berpeluh gak lak - kena gelak lagi :)

Perlu membaca balik kisah kisah nabi Muhammad SAW untuk betul betul menghargai perjuangan Baginda SAW.