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Loose translation to the title: "Idul Fitri is just a moment away." It is a line from a popular muslim song sung by Indonesian group called Bimbo.

Idul Fitri literally means return to purity or a pure state (of human). It is a victorious day celebrated after the Ramadhan month, when human tries to fight the evil inside them. Thus Happy Idul Fitri means congratulations on returning to your pure state. Presumably.

This brings me to my first question: what does “a pure state of human” mean? What is pure anyhow? Can we really return to that state when we are pure – without any sin at all?

Another question: After a month of fasting in Ramadhan, how many of us have really managed to return to our pure form?

If the answer is no or don’t know to one of those questions, then what are we celebrating? Do we have the right or reason to celebrate?

Or perhaps the line is not that harsh. Perhaps it is not the result that counts – nobody knows the result except Him and we are certainly not Him - Who are we to judge? Perhaps it is more to the effort - How hard or consistent we have tried to fight the demon within us.

Thus, we congratulate those who have tried to do so. Since we are not the judge of other people’s or even our own effort, then we just positively assume everybody tries and all people deserve to be congratulated.

So to all who read this write-up: Happy Idul Fitri to all, and to all a good night. (oh, so original)