Tentang blusukan dan Sultan Harun Al Rashid
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Bambang Santoso
Dec 13, 2014, 2:35:05 AM12/13/14
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Assalamu 'alaykum wR wB
Selamat pagi teman2 milis yg budiman.
Selamat pagi teman2 milis yg budiman.
Sharing saja, ya:
Rupanya padanan kata blusukan yg paling mendekati dalam bahasa Inggris adalah 'hands-on operation'
Ref:
Selanjutnya, berikut ini adalah secuplik kisah blusukan seorang Sultan yg legendaris:
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Haroun al-Rashid's care in the selection and supervision of his officials was responsible for the romantic legend about him. He used to sally out into the streets of Baghdad by night, disguised as an ordinary citizen. He would wander through the city, stopping occasionally to inquire of those he met how they felt about their government.
Countless stories tell of this practice. On one occasion, a shopkeeper criticized the Caliph. When the Caliph-in-disguise asked why, the shopkeeper replied: "He stays in the palace too much. The people never see him."
The next day a royal procession wound its way down that
same street. The Caliph reined in his white steed before the shop that
he had visited the night before. Beckoning the shopkeeper forward,
Haroun al-Rashid asked gravely: "My friend, do you still feel that the
Caliph does not mingle with his people?"
The terror-stricken subject feared that he would pay
with his head for having spoken thus to his sovereign. But the Caliph
smiled and threw him a bag of gold before riding on.
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Ref:
Saudi Aramco World : The Splendid Sultan
Semoga one day, Indonesia mempunyai lagi seorang pemimpin yg legendaris dan dicintai seluruh rakyatnya.
Juga semoga aktivitas di week end ini menambah senyum bahagia dan 'dekik' (lesung pipit) dipipi teman2 beserta keluarga,
Wassalam,
Bambang S. Santoso
warga biasa - karyawan ADCO
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