Friday, August 26, 2005

Mohon sumbangan SEGERA

Assalamualaikum wbt,

Kali ni saya menulis dengan penuh keseriusan.

Mohon sumbangan daripada semua sekiranya berkemampuan untuk membantu junior saya di MMU dahulu yang sedang menjalani pembedahan akibat cancer. Perbelanjaan pembedahan dan rawatan lanjut menelan belanja sebanyak RM 15,000. Really need financial support from you guys untuk membantu pembedahan ini.

His name is Ekram, and he is a brother to us in Islam walaupun tiada pertalian darah.

Sekiranya ingin menyumbang, boleh e mail atau msg saya personally as saya rasa kurang selesa nak release bank account di sini. I can provide you the details of the patient if you insist via e mail or YM.

E-mail address: iena_panadol@yahoo.com
YM! : iena_panadol


Saya menyeru antum menyumbang sekiranya berkemampuan. Sama2 kita doakan kesihatan Ekram pulih seperti biasa.

Wassalam.

GM oh GM!

Assalamualaikum wbt,

Saya tersenyum membaca reply Hany di tag boardnya:

iena: isk isk hany, naper lama tak update blog nih?

HanyFF: ainurul!!! w'salam wbt apa kabar, lama x jumpa! datang2la selalu . siti, hany kena hukum. kerja sampai mati bosan! ada sesiapa nak lepaskan saya?

iena: sabar yer hany, you are not the one yg rasa mcm tu, huhu

HanyFF: segala rasa yg siti tulis dlm blog dulu, semua dah rasa..


:)

Bukan berniat untuk mengeluh, tapi mungkin sebahagian dr mereka yang bekerja direct di bawah General Manager faham apa yang kami rasa ketika ini.

Ketika saya mula2 di'absorb' di bawah GM, ditugaskan membuat reporting dan analysis, subhanallah, betul2 saya gembira. Saya gembira kerana saya ditugaskan untuk buat sesuatu yang saya rasa mampu mencabar kemampuan saya berbanding berada di posisi lama, iaitu menguruskan kes-kes legal and court di samping menjalankan customer retention program yang membenarkan saya berjalan satu Malaysia.

Tapi Ya Tuhan, bekerja direct di bawah GM memerlukan anda mempunyai satu skill dan competency yang tinggi untuk memenuhi segala expectations beliau. Perlu menjadi sangat teliti, critical (sbb GM akan tanya why the trend is like this and not like that), perlu pandai buat forecasting, perlu expert dalam semua bidang kerja dan teknologi sedia ada.

Sejak saya bekerja di bawah GM, saya amat rajin ke kedai buku mencari majalah mengenai future technology dan perkembangan business TM.

Dilihat dari satu aspek, banyak kebaikannya. Satu latihan secara tidak langsung bagi membentuk peribadi yang lebih baik dan competent. Tapi di sepanjang proses pembentukan itu, astaghfirullah, umpama cacing kepanasan dibuatnya. Tidak tahu erti duduk diam, ada sahaja yang perlu dibuat dan diselesaikan.

Report, analysis, slide presentation, meeting, strategy, etc etc.

:)

Mengeluh pun tidak guna. Bak kata Donald Trump (i like this fella, reading his books made me learnt so much about life) "Do love your job, because you still have to deliver regardless you like it or not."

Nak tak nak, kena 'cinta'kan keje yg kita buat skang ni. Believe me, to all of you yg keje direct bawah GM, you will learn a lot about leadership and life perspective from them. Compared to us, they had passed thru this life longer and perhaps better, becoz we are greener than them. Try to benefit as much as we can from them, and hopefully one day we can become at par with them, if not better.

Hany, kita harungi ini bersama-sama k, kecuali kalau Zainal rasa dia nak 'import' kita masuk Change Management Office. Keje ngan Ismail Nordin best jugak,kan? Hehe ;)

Wassalam :)

Thursday, August 25, 2005

Dilemma

Assalamualaikum wbt,

Ada seorang adik minta saya postkan cerita2 gembira di blog ini.

Dan ada seorang adik lain yang sedang menangis kesedihan.

Entah harapan di hati adik mana satu yang saya ingin restui.

Tersepit dalam dilemma orang-orang yang saya kenali, tapi berbeza isi hati.

Wassalam.

Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Kerehatan yang tidak sepatutnya

Assalamualaikum wbt,

Mencoret sebentar sebelum menunaikan solat Zuhr, kerana tiba-tiba idea banyak mencurah di kepala.

Pernah merasa diri anda rasa bersalah kerana merasa anda punya kerehatan yang tidak sepatutnya?

Kini saya merasakannya, sejak bulan lepas. Dan semakin bertambah apabila bersemuka dengan insan seperjuangan pada Jumaat lepas, di dalam keadaan yang tidak sepatutnya.

Walaupun saya menyambung study dan sibuk dgn segala tuntutan yang berkaitan dengannya, entah kenapa saya rasa saya hilang sesuatu dalam hidup saya. Especially selepas saya berehat sementara dr bergiat dgn Nisa'.

I lost my way already, my focus in life has been diverted to somewhere else.

And now i realized that clearly, which i didn't before for the past several months.

Pertemuan dengan seseorang pada Jumaat lepas menyedarkan kembali saya, ke mana arah tujuan hidup saya perlu dihalakan.

Dan saya lupa sebentar ttg itu, kerana keseronokan study dan pelbagai isu hidup barangkali.

Ah, terlupa saya kita punya misi.

Dan saya sudah jauh ketinggalan dari sahabat-sahabat yang lain.

Kini perlu memfokuskan kembali diri, pada matlamat yang satu.

Hanya yang satu itu.

Wassalam.

::: Jangan Tangisi susu yang TUMPAH......... :::

Ada sebuah ungkapan klasik berbunyi: “Di dunia ini, sebenarnya, tiada sesuatu yang baru!” Sekiranya kita melihat dari segi tabiat, keinginan dan perwatakan manusia, sejak dahulu hinggalah sekarang ini, maka ungkapan di atas amat tepat. Manusia memang mempunyai tabiat dan kecenderungan yang sama, yang itu juga: ada persahabatan dan perselisihan, ada kezaliman dan ada pula keadilan, ada saat berdamai dan ada ketikanya berperang. Malah, ada bangsa yang bangun dan maju, ada pula bangsa yang jatuh tersungkur. Begitu jugalah dengan tamadun serta peradabannya.

Allah s.w.t. menyeru manusia supaya mengambil pengajaran dari peristiwa lalu, kejadian dan peristiwa yang sudah dilalui oleh umat terdahulu. Dari sini jelaslah bahawa kehidupan manusia merupakan streotaip, suatu pengulangan dari yang sudah pernah ada atau dialami umat yang sebelum kita. Apa yang kita hadapi sekarang sudah pernah dilalui oleh umat atau generasi yang sebelum kita, dan ini juga akan dialami oleh generasi yang selepas kita nanti. Jadi kita dituntut supaya mengambil pengajaran dari peristiwa lampau atau kejadian pada generasi terdahulu, supaya kita dapat memperbaiki keadaan yang sedang dan akan berlaku.

Allah s.w.t. berfirman:

Maka ambil iktibar (pengajaran), wahai orang-orang yang mempunyai penglihatan. (Surah al-Hasyr: 2)

Begitu manusia berganti dan masa berubah, namun watak dan kecenderungannya tetap juga serupa. Maka, memandang ke belakang, sejarah manusia yang panjang itu, melahirkan kebijaksanaan. Cara ini akan dapat menembus masa lalu sambil memperhatikan pelbagai peristiwanya, membahas nasihat-nasihatnya, dan mengambil bekal dari percubaan-percubaan orang-orang terdahulu, lalu kita tahu bagaimana mereka menjauhkan diri mereka dari kesesatan. Inilah pandangan seorang mukmin yang bijaksana.

Allah s.w.t. berfirman , yang maksudnya: Maka apakah mereka tidak berjalan di muka bumi, lalu mereka mempunyai hati yang dengannya mereka dapat memahami atau mempunyai telinga yang dengannya mereka dapat mendengar? Kerana, sesungguhnya bukanlah mata itu yang buta, tetapi yang buta ialah hati yang di dalam dada.

(Surah al-Hajj:46)


Satu daripada pengajaran yang diberikan oleh Allah kepada mereka adalah supaya mengalihkan pandangan mereka ke masa depan dan memalingkan fikiran mereka dari masa lalu, serta mencegah mereka dari terpaku menangisi keruntuhan masa lalu yang telah pergi, dan tidak akan berulang kembali. Sikap menangisi nasi yang sudah menjadi bubur bukanlah sikap yang terpuji.

Berikut ini marilah kita perhatikan suatu kisah yang dapat dijadikan iktibar kepada kita;

“Apabila sampai pada suatu pagi, semua murid dalam kelas disuruh masuk ke makmal. Tidak berapa lama setelah itu, seorang guru datang dengan membawa segelas susu yang kemudian diletakkan di atas meja yang ada di hadapannya. Semua murid memandang kearah gelas yang berisi susu itu dan bertanya-tanya dalam hati: Apa pula gerangan hubungan susu dalam gelas itu dengan pelajaran yang akan diterangkannya kali ini? Guru itu berdiri serta merta dari kerusinya, lalu tangannya tersentuh gelas berisi susu tersebut hingga ia jatuh berkecai dan isinya tumpah ke tanah. Kemudian, dengan suara yang hampir berteriak, beliau berkata kepada murid-muridnya:

"Jangan tangisi susu yang tertumpah!”

“Kemudian guru itu meminta semua muridnya melihat pecahan-pecahan gelas dan cairan susu yang telah meresap ke dalam tanah itu, lalu ia berkata: “Cuba lihat baik-baik, saya ingin kamu meresapkan pelajaran ini kedalam hati untuk selama-lamanya. Susu tadi telah hilang seperti yang kamu lihat, meresap kedalam tanah. Tidak ada satu kekuatanpun yang mampu mengembalikannya walau hanya setitis. Barangkali, jika kita mahu berfikir dan berhati-hati, mungkin kita dapat mengelakkan kejadian tersebut, tetapi kini segalanya telah terlambat. Apa yang dapat kita kerjakan sekarang adalah mengelapnya dan melupakannya. Lalu, kita teruskan pekerjaan lain yang masih tersisa, yang perlu diselesaikan.

Alangkah tepatnya pengajaran tersebut, dan hal yang hampir sama disebut dalam hadis yang berikut ini: Minta tolonglah kepada Allah dan jangan menjadi lemah. Jika engkau ditimpa sesuatu maka janganlah mengatakan: “Seandainya aku mengerjakan begini maka akan menjadi begitu!” Tetapi katakanlah: “Itu semua adalah takdir Allah, apa yang dikehendaki-Nya dibuat-Nya.” Sebab, perkataan: “seandainya…” itu akan membuka pintu buat syaitan.

Keberanian untuk melepaskan masa lalu, maka kita, dengan izin Allah, mampu meneruskan perjalanan hidup kita dengan penuh semangat dan harapan semoga di lain kali berjaya………….


Being happy doesn’t mean everything’s’ perfect, it just means you’ve decided to see beyond the imperfections………..

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Assalamualaikum wbt,

Such a lovely article, would you agree with me? :)

My exams alhamdulillah went fine, and i had already obtained result for one of the papers. Alhamdulillah my marks was beyond my expectation, million thanks to Allah.

UIA sdg berconvest, byk jubah yg best2 kat UIA, sesaper nak bershopping jubah silalah ke UIA k.

Tak sabar pulak rasanya nak berconvo, my convo will be in next 2 years, lambatnya :(

Ain, Aniza,Sam,Rahimi and Fahmee Gorgom sure tgh happy giler dah habis master skang ni. Me jugak yg lambat habis. Takpe takpe, study in UIA is fun, and i dun even regret for pursuing my MBA in UIA :)

Semalam jumpa Halim and had a drink sekejap before balik rumah, he showed me his ACCA result. He passed!! Hehe, now i have 2 friends yang dah ada ACCA cert (Mafus and Halim), Shuba and Aleen tak sure dah lepas ke belum.

Congrats pada Azrin yg convo semalam, moga lepas ni jadi cikgu yang baik k ;) Simpan bebaik hadiah akak tau! :D

Ahad lepas pergi berjalan ke Convest bersama Azrin dan Kak Ika, beli jubah 3 pasang, carikan Azrin hadiah convo, and lepas tu berjalan ke cultural exhibition by UIA foreign students. Best best, habis semua bende kami tanya kat students yg buka booth, siap ambil gambar ngan real pedang lagi.Seronok betul :)

Ok guys, later k. I need to concentrate on Business Plan 2006 pulak skang ni.

Assalamualaikum wbt :)

Monday, August 15, 2005

Mata Garfield

Assalamualaikum and greetings,

I'm in in the middle of exam week rite now, same like Rollie.

How was my Strategic Mgmt paper on last Sunday?

Funny actually, very2 funny. I woke up at 2 a.m on Sunday to have my last revision on the subject, and the paper was at 9 a.m. No problem with that actually as i used to do that since kat U dulu selagi rasa tak yakin boleh jawab paper dgn baik.

The total marks for my paper is 80, which half of it is meant for 4 short questions which were mostly derived from the text book, and i am confident that i can get the 40 marks straight away, insya Allah as the questions were not that hard. Tapi kelakar gaklaa sbb ada satu soalan tu dia tanya ttg core competency TM (core competency ni adalah capabilities yg dimiliki oleh TM yang boleh dijadikan competitive advantages against rivals), it was so sad that i couldn't figure out even one for TM! So sad actually, at least if the question had asked me to pick up any company in Malaysia and shall i pick up Maxis, i would be happily tell that they are excellent in providing good customer service. But the question was asking me to explain the core competency of the company that i am working now, and i could not lie to Prof as he knows me very well that i am working in TM, and even had requested for my help for his house phone installation when i was in my first semester!

Soalan senang tapi tak tau apa nak jawab, pk pk apa bende nak goreng pasal TM punya core competency. Tapi rasanya tak baik tipu,nanti malu jer ngan Prof. So ambil ler soalan lain. Sedih betul. Sama ada TM ada core competency atau tidak, allahualam. Perhaps TM is good at something that i am not aware of,mana tahukan. Kesian TM dpt pekerja like me yg ignorant ttg company sendiri nih, hehe.

Another 40 marks was meant for study case, yang kelakarnya, kami tak mampu nak produce jawapan panjang2. Confuse jek rasanya, betul ker soalan ni 20 markah setiap satu nih (case study ni ada 2 subset questions) , sbbnya jawapan dia mmg pendek sgt2. 3 baris jek dah habis, tak tau nak expand mcm mana dah. Utk satu case study yang 40 markah tu, kitorang cuma mampu produce less than 1 page of answer sheet. Cuba bayangkan, logik tak 40 markah tapi jawapan tak sampai sehelai kertas pun. Memasing confuse biler kuar dr exam, tak tau betul ker tidak mark allocation tu. Kalau ler dibuatnya salah, free2 jek hilang markah mcm tu jek. Minta-mintalah Prof terima my answer, ameen.

Rite after exam, lunch di JJ Wangsamaju with Kak Ika (my classmate), and after that visit rumah sewa baru Ika@Zu (nama manja Zulaikha Mohd Basir) :P. Better dr rumah yang lama,rumah baru ni is more refreshing. Sampai2 jek Ika dah suh lari 3.5 km utk program Angkasawan tu. Tapi mmg takkan lari pun utk program tu, tgh sakit kepala dgn keje skang ni :)

Ika masak my favourite,syukran Tikot sbb masakkan makanan yg best2 :). She cooked for me daging masak blackpepper (my fav), sup sayur and agar2 buah. Terkejut biler dpt tau dia masak special sbb me nak dtg, best best. Pasnih saper nak merasa masakan best Ika, leh berkunjung umah sewa dia ek hehe.

Tidur selama 45 minit di rumah Ika sebelum bergerak ke MMU. Abg Amir bagi pengisian ttg syahadah, best actually. Tapi sbb me yg tak cukup tidur sbb buat revision dr pukul 2 pagi non-stop sampai ke exam, lepas tu hanya sempat tidur di rumah Ika 45 minit jer, makanya di tengah2 pengisian tu mata dah jadi mata Garfield sbb mengantuk sgt.

Last-last keluar kelas pastu jalan2 sbb nak hilangkan mengantuk, pergi berjalan ke arah library dan kemudian duduk di hadapan tangga menuju ke Dewan Besar MMU yang menghadap tasik, tgk kecantikan lampu2 Putrajaya yang rasanya mmg tak wujud langsung ketika i was in MMU dulu. Dah 3 tahun tinggalkan MMU, dah banyak bangunan naik di Putrajaya and Cyberjaya. I was sitting there alone, looking at the scenery, tgk puas2 dan kemudian pergi menyinggah ke bangunan STAD menjenguk bilik SRC, tempat me, Ika and Zainal bertapa dulu. Waktu jadi exco dulu, bilik di hostel cuma jadi tempat tidur sahaja, kebanyakan masa dihabiskan di bilik SRC dan kelas :) Ingat lagi biler time exam jek, me mmg akan beruzlah ke surau FOE atau FOM sbb tak nak kena ganggu by Presiden atau other exco. Kalau seminggu exam, seminggu itu ler melarikan diri ke surau fakulti mana2 utk study dan tak akan menjenguk bilik SRC. Mmg exco lain dah faham, kalau time exam jer SU derang ni takkan menunjukkan diri hehe.

Sampai skang pun begitu, kalau ler melarikan diri dr keje dibenarkan, mmg akan beruzlah ke mana2 yg dirasakan sesuai utk my exam ni. Tapi i am not entitled for cuti belajar sbb i did not apply for TM scholarship for my MBA. I reluctant to take becoz i will have to continue my bonding contract with TM for another 3 years if i do so,if not mistaken. And that will be the last thing that i want to do in life rite now. Tak nak sambung contract dgn TM actually sbb i want to quit and do something else asap. Rasa mcm nak ambil cuti belajar and concentrate on study jek skang ni. Tgh in heavy pressure gak ni actually sbb ada MCM Fraud 1 Sept ni, everytime ada MCM Fraud jer mmg life akan jadi bz sgt2 sbb nak compile reports for 2 months.

Rabu ni kena kuar report and slide presentation MCM, and Sabtu ni ada mid term Quantitative Decision Making (QDM). Belajar ttg Statistic dan kena pandai buat conclusion drpd outcome tu. Dulu ingatkan Finance susah, tapi rasanya subject ni lagi killer. Calculationnya senang jek, tapi kalau dpt soalan mmg tak tau nak start dr mana sbb susah nak tafsir soalan nak apa sebenarnya. Calculation senang tapi tak reti nak define apa yg dia nak, tak guna jugak. Khamis ni cuti and akan ke UIA, nasib baik GM approve cuti walaupun predict dia takkan luluskan. Alhamdulillah. Tapi Jumaat kena keje balik, tak bestnya. Takpe, if i manage to attempt all past year questions by this Thursday, should be ok kot. Ramai classmates nak bercuti n datang UIA pada Khamis tu, kena join gak derang so that kalau tak faham leh tanya straight away.

Ok guys, kepala dah pening dah actually ni. Tak cukup tidur,nak kena tidur awal hari ni.

Assalamualaikum wbt :)

Friday, August 12, 2005

Life

Assalamualaikum wbt,

:)

Subhanallah, kita masih berpeluang bertemu di sini sambil menghirup udara yang tak berapa segar (sbb jerebu), but we still have chance to live, to stay with our beloved ones, and ultimately to be grateful and still have chance to repent ourselves to get rahmah wa maghfirah from our ultimate love in life, which is Allah swt.

Life is short, so short that i am afraid i could not fulfill my tasks as a good daughter,sister,friend,colluege,subordinate, boss or just simply an ordinary person that should perform better in every aspect of my life.

I had so much weaknesses in me, and i admit that, and i know you guys also have your own. But let's not forget that there is still time for us to always reflect ourselves (muhasabah) and work for improvement, as life itself is a school that teach us a lot about life survival, dream fulfillments, goal achievements and ect. Along the journey, we had faced so many things that had passed thru our path, and had built and developed ourselves to become better, if it's not wiser.

If we really2 look deep into ourselves, starting from when we were babies, until the breath that we are taking now, there were so many things that could make you laugh for some 'immature' actions that we had taken during our life, and some were so sad and stressful that had made us become stronger from time to time.

Masya Allah, we had been given opportunity to have all this in life, and the most important thing is that, we had been selected to be in islam and iman since we were born (alhamdulillah), and i believe most of us had kept some jealousy towards those reverts (from other religions reverted to Islam) as Allah had clearly show them His way, had bestow them with His rahmah, how lucky they are! Just how lucky!

We are also lucky, provided we are holding steadfastly to Allah. Be a good muslim and mukmin, and always pray for our safety now and hereafter.

Walk together beside me my dear friends, for i am so weak and vulnerable to commit sins. Hold my hands tight, as i am not strong to face this world alone without strength by Allah and concern from you guys. Let's face this journey towards Allah in jama'ie in order to instill strengths among ourselves.

Don't forget about our brothers and sisters in other countries that are facing so many tribulations in life. They are tested with wars and bloodsheds, perhaps to measure their patience and kifaraah, whereas we are tested with harmony and wealth, to see whether we are grateful or not.

Alhamdulillah for i still had a chance to write like this as for quite sometimes i had no idea what to write.

Berkat hari Jumaat kot :)

Wassalam.

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Kena bersyukur




Among flowers, i like the sunflower the most becoz it gives me some sort of energy by looking at its striking refreshing yellow colour, eventho it does not has any romantic features on it as compared to tulips and roses.

I like sunflowers, and i was been mesmerized on how big and beautiful they can be actually. In UIA, in front of Mgmt Centre Building, you could see a garden of big,tall and lovely sunflowers. I had touched some of them by my fingers, and felt like want to pluck them out everytime i did that. But i was not that brutal to commit that so-called 'soft' crime, seriously :)

~actually part ni telah diedit dr berbau so demotivating to become something else~. Sbb tukar? Terasa malu dengan diri sendiri sbb merasakan masalah diri adalah yang paling besar, sedangkan masalah org lain lebih lagi sgt2 besar. Kena selalu2 bersyukur yer wahai diri :) Susah jadi anak/org manja+mengada2 ni, ada masalah sket dah terasa mcm masalah tu sebesar dunia, padahal takde paper pun sebenarnya, saja mengada2 :P

Ok guys, please pray for my success.Ahad ni i'll be having my first mid term on Strategic Mgmt. 5 chapters nak kena baca, satu pun belum bersentuh. Malam ni kena sentuh jugak at least 1 chapter.

:)

Wassalam.

Tuesday, August 09, 2005

Jundullah



By Fatima Asmal, Islam Online Correspondent

DURBAN, South Africa, August 8, 2005 (IslamOnline.net) - Hundreds of people are expected to attend the funeral of South African caller to Islam Sheikh Ahmed Deedat, who passed away in the early hours Monday, August 8.

Sheikh Deedat, 87, passed away at his home in Trevennen Road, Verulam in the province of KwaZulu Natal at 7 a.m.

His son Yusuf told IOL that the cause of his death was heart failure.

The family was not in a state of shock, said Yusuf. “As Muslims we believe that every soul shall taste death.”

He added that the last moments of his father’s life were peaceful, and coincided with the commencement of a recitation of "Surah Yaseen" on an Islamic radio station.

“Channel Islam had just introduced and begun to play Surah Yaseen when the throes of death began,” he explained. “My father just looked at us and then passed away.”

Funeral

Sheikh Deedat will be buried in the Verulam cemetery after Salaatul-Maghrib (Maghreb prayers) Monday.

Hundreds of people from around the country are expected to participate in his funeral prayer, and his family says that people from across the world, such as India, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been calling to convey their condolences.

“His death comes as a shock to us,” Maulana Ahmed Kathrada, of the Jamiatul ‘Ulama (Scholars' Group), a local theological body, told IOL.

He added that Sheikh Deedat had served not only South Africans, but the Muslim Ummah at large, for many years.

“We pray that Allah Grants him a lofty position in Jannah (Paradise), and that He Grants his family patience, especially his wife who has endured so much during the last few years.”

Dedicated Wife


He was bed-ridden for almost a decade.


Mrs Hawa Deedat, who had spent the last nine years nursing her husband and administering his daily injections, was present at her husband’s side at the time of his death, and she is well, said Yusuf.

“She is the wife of a soldier, and can therefore only be a soldier herself."

Several other religious leaders and political figures expressed their sadness at the news of Sheikh Deedat’s death.

Mr. Ashwin Trikamjee, president of the South African Hindu Maha Sabha, said that Sheikh Deedat would be missed by Muslims worldwide and the greater South African Muslim community.

“I think that the Islamic community has lost a great man, who was totally committed to the cause of Islam,” he said.

Mr. Trikamjee said that Sheikh Deedat had made a huge impact on constructive religious debate.

Mr Riaz Jamal, a director of the Al-Ansaar Foundation in Durban, South Africa, who had done a thesis on Sheikh Deedat as part of his Masters in Islamic Studies, said that there was a need for the Muslim and Christian worlds to continue to bring audiences together for religious debate and dialogue.

“Sheikh Ahmed Deedat was a global caller to Islam,” he said.

"I don’t think any other Muslim wrote to the Pope, inviting him to Islam, but Sheikh Deedat did. It’s our responsibility to continue in propagating his message.”

Sheikh Deedat’s health had been steadily deteriorating in the last few months after he had suffered various complications related to the lock in syndrome stroke which had left him paralysed and bed-ridden for almost a decade.

His death marks the end of an era of Da’wah in which his name became synonymous with breaking down inter-faith barriers.

His Life

Born on July 1, 1918, Sheikh Deedat arrived in South Africa, from India, as a nine-year-old in August 1927.

Although he hadn’t previously been exposed to the English language, he learnt it in six months, excelled at school and finished top of his class.

However, due to financial considerations, his father removed him from school during his early years of secondary schooling. He was sent to work in a store in a rural area, where his mission of Da’wah began.

Students from a Christian missionary school would visit the store preaching their beliefs to him, and knowing little more than the shahadah (testifying that no god but Allah and Muhammad is His prophet), he found it difficult to defend his beliefs.

He then stumbled upon a book which carried a religious dialogue between a Muslim imam and a Christian priest, and this proved to be the first of many books which he would read on the subject.

He began researching both religions and recording his findings in a notebook, after which he started delivering lectures in South Africa.

First Lecture


Deedat became famous for a debate with US Reverend Jimmy Swaggart, on the topic “Is the Bible the Word of God.”


His first lecture was entitled “Muhammad (peace be upon him): Messenger of Peace,” at it was delivered in 1940, to 15 people at a cinema in his province.

Within a short space of time, the numbers grew and people crossed the racial divides which were then prevalent in apartheid South Africa, to listen to him, and to participate in the questions and answers sessions which followed his lectures.

Although some Christians and Muslims felt that his style was blunt, many others reverted to Islam, and Da’wah soon began to dominate his life, with the audiences at his lectures reaching forty thousand.

In 1957, Sheikh Deedat, together with two of his friends, founded the Islamic Propagation Center which printed a variety of books and offered classes to new Muslims.

In 1986, he visited Saudi Arabia for a conference, and in his first television interview, enthralled the Arab world with his dynamic personality and in depth knowledge of comparative religion.

He then visited the United Kingdom, Morocco, Kenya, Sweden, Australia and Denmark on lecture and debating tours.

In the United States, he became famous for a debate with the American Reverend Jimmy Swaggart, witnessed by 8,000 people on the topic “Is the Bible the Word of God.”

On May 3, 1996, Sheikh Ahmed Deedat suffered a stroke which left him paralysed from the neck down, and also meant that he could no longer speak or swallow.

He was flown to a hospital in Riyadh, where he was taught to communicate through a series of eye-movements.

He spent the last nine years of his life in a bed in his home in Verulam, South Africa, encouraging people to engage in Da’wah.

He continued to receive hundreds of letters of support from around the world.

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Kehilangan besar di dalam dunia Islam, seperti perginya Allahyarham Ahmed Deedat dan Allahyarhamah Zainab Al Ghazali pada 3 Ogos yang lepas.

Moga Allah kurniakan rahmahNya pada roh mereka berdua.

Wassalam.

Monday, August 08, 2005

Lurus



Lurus

Semahu itu lurus jalanku
Sedamba itu lurus hatiku
Secuba itu lurus akalku

Bagai serasa mahu
merungkai pakaian dunia ini
mulus menuju
ke arah satu jalan
selurusnya
betul betul
mahu selurusnya

tanpa ada persimpangan
tanpa ada jalan bengkok

nun di sana
ada nur pastinya

nun di sana
ada bahagia janjinya

tapi apakan daya

jalan hidup ini
jarang yg lurus betul
selalunya

kembara lagi kita
menjejak jalan
mencari ihsan
moga sentiasa sasa
bertapak

di jalan lurus itu.

Wassalam.

Sunday, August 07, 2005

My Beloved

My Beloved

There was a time in my youth,
When Islam was only a custom.
They said, "Say la ilaha illa-llah
And pray you'll go to Heaven."

Ah, how simple, no struggle in this.
Just a word, and simple act.
Thereafter, I'm absorbed in this world again
With my "assured" place in Paradise intact.

But this was not to be my fate
For Allah chose to guide my heart.
I learnt of a man who struggled so hard
When his mission was from the start.

The story of someone who had morals,
Spoke gently; kindness he knew.
Never fearing to say what's right,
His conviction in Islam was true.

The touch of his hand was as soft as silk
To comfort a crying child
To mend his clothes or do the chores,
Never complaining, he always smiled.

His smell was always of musk,
And cleanliness he kept at his best.
Stark contrast with the heroes of today,
Who stink of beer and sweat.

He held the hands of his Companions,
Unashamed to play with many children.
So modest, so humble, a perfect example
That strangers could not recognize him.

His eyes slept little for nights were precious,
His prayers he treasured much greater.
To pray Tahajjud in the depths of night,
Seeking forgiveness, and nearness to his Creator.

He broke his tooth for me at Uhud
And bled for me at Ta'if.
He cried for me, tears of concern,
Just so I could have this belief.

His enemies admired his teachings,
Uniting every religion, every clan.
Till Islam came to every corner of the world,
O, but indeed he was only a man.

To own a house or build his wealth,
Was not his main priority.
To establish Islam was more essential,
To bring us under a higher authority.

Don't you want him to plead for your case
When before Allah the Judge you stand?
Don't you wish to be around his fountain,
A burning desire to drink from his hand?

So I love him more than all creation,
My leader, my humble Prophet.
Muhammad was a mercy to all mankind
And to me he is my beloved.


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*Excerpted from: http://members.cox.net/arshad/islam.html

Forwarded by adik Muhaimin.

Soalan yg perlu ditanya pd diri sendiri termasuk saya...betul ker Rasulullah tu our most beloved? Ker spouse? Ker Mawi AF3?

Think and muhasabah carefully, very2 carefully.

Wassalam.

Friday, August 05, 2005

Musim waleemah

Assalamualaikum wbt,

Tiba-tiba dapat banyak pula kad jemputan kahwin. Tahniah untuk pasangan-pasangan ini:

1. Abg Amar Muazam dan pasangan
2. Abg Eejam dan my geng, Norlela
3. My beloved sis, Kak Wiyah dan pasangan
4. Hadhrami dan pasangan
5. Fazrul dan pasangan

dan yang paling best..

6. One of my bestfriends, AYU dan Azirull.

Hmm..camner nih, Ayu pun 27 Ogos, Kak Wiyah pun 27. Sorang kat JB, sorang kat Melaka. Dedua mmg amat rapat with me, sorang mmg geng, sorang kakak best.

Hmm..hmm..we'll see later. Silap silap haribulan dedua kenduri pun tak dpt nak pergi kalau tiba-tiba ada presentation pada hari Ahadnya. Kalau takde, mmg akan skip kelas nanti.

:)

Kalau ke JB, happy krn akan bertemu kembali geng2 umah di Taman Dahlia, Melaka dulu. Cuma Husna jer yg masih di UK tak dpt nak balik. Hopefully Paie and the rest boleh turun kenduri Ayu. Rindu nak berkumpul dengan geng2 rumah.

Kalau ke Melaka pula, saya akan menghadiri majlis waleemah salah seorang kakak yang paling saya sayang sgt2, kami sentiasa bersama mengikuti program bersama Kak Nuun dahulu.

Tak bestnya, Kak Wiyah dah pindah Melaka sekarang ni. Dah tak boleh nak jumpa selalu kecuali di YM.

Tapi takpe, bertemu dan berpisah krn Allah, laisa hazha kazalik? :)

Wassalam

Wednesday, August 03, 2005

Jerebu

Assalamualaikum wbt,


Sudah 2 hari jerebu menyerang Kuala Lumpur.

Jadi berkabus, malap pandangan.


Saat ini,

Pernahkah kita terfikir..

Ttg 'jerebu' di hati-hati kita?


Wassalam.

Usaha

Assalamualaikum wbt,

Saya menulis catatan ini ketika berada di TTC untuk training DSS (Decision Support System), hehe. Training tak start lagi sbb participants ramai yg tak dtg lagi, makanya saya mengambil kesempatan untuk update blog ni.

Saya nak menyentuh ttg bab usaha dan kaedah berusaha.

Mendengar kuliah pagi di TV3 recently yang menyentuh ttg bab usaha, ada org hanya menyerahkan segalanya pada takdir, mengharapkan miracles do happen. But they are unlikely to happen to us unless biiznillah, and kebanyakan perkara sememangnya memerlukan usaha kita.

To get something, kita kena berusaha, but still we have to decide which approach that is suitable to us according to Islam teachings and guidelines.

Matlamat tak menghalalkan cara, bukan? :)

Catatan ini mengambil kira pandangan saya pada rancangan realiti TV yang sdg hangat diperkatakan sekarang ini 'Akademi Fantasia' dan 'Mencari Cinta' :D

Wassalam

Monday, August 01, 2005

An astronaut to be??

Hello SITI ZURINA OTHMAN.

Terima kasih kerana mendaftar dengan Agensi Angkasa Negara (ANGKASA) sebagai calon untuk program angkasawan.
Sukacita dimaklumkan bahawa tuan/puan telah dipilih untuk menjalani ujian seterusnya.

2. Sehubungan dengan ini, ANGKASA akan mengadakan proses saringan pemilihan angkasawan di beberapa tempat di seluruh Malaysia seperti berikut :-

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Tarikh: 27 Ogos 2005, Masa: 7.00 pagi
Lokasi: Pangkalan Udara Kuantan ( Pahang )

Perasmian oleh Y.A.B. Dato’ Sri Najib Tun Abdul Razak
Timbalan Perdana Menteri Malaysia merangkap
Menteri Pertahanan Malaysia
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dan pada

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Tarikh: 3 September 2005, Masa: 7.00 pagi
Lokasi: Diadakan serentak di :

1.Kem Mahkota Kluang ( Johor )
2.Kem Penrissen Kuching ( Sarawak )
3.Kem Lok Kawi Kota Kinabalu ( Sabah )
4.Pangkalan Udara Butterworth ( P.Pinang )
5.Pangkalan Udara Subang ( Selangor )
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3. Semua calon yang telah disenarai pendek boleh memilih salah satu lokasi seperti yang dinyatakan di atas dan semua calon dikehendaki mengesahkan pilihan lokasi ujian kecergasan fizikal tersebut dengan mengisi maklumat ke dalam laman web Angkasawan sebelum 7 OGOS 2005.

4. Semua calon dinasihatkan membuat persediaan awal dari segi latihan fizikal. Kelayakan minimum ujian larian 3.5 km ialah 20 minit.

5. Semua calon dikehendaki memastikan keadaan kesihatan mereka membenarkan mereka menjalani latihan larian dan ujian tersebut dan pihak ANGKASA tidak akan bertanggungjawab ke atas sebarang kecederaan atau kemalangan yang berlaku semasa latihan atau ujian dijalankan.

6. Untuk makluman tuan/puan, segala perbelanjaan persendirian untuk menghadiri ujian tersebut adalah di bawah tanggungan calon sendiri.

Sekian, terima kasih.
Agensi Angkasa Negara (ANGKASA)

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Hihi, tak sangka saya dapat melepasi saringan pertama selepas mendaftar utk program ni dulu ( memain jek apply actually). Mmg ler kecil2 dulu one of my ambitions adalah nak jadi astronaut sbb saya suka sgt dgn astronomy (waktu kekecik dulu kan bebudak suka berangan nak jadi apa yang dirasakan best). Saya mmg teringin nak keje dgn NASA. Tak sangka ler dpt peluang mcm ni.

Anyway, saya mmg takkan pergi pun saringan ni. Giler ker hapa nak berlari sepanjang 3.5 km dlm 20 minit. 1 km pun belum tentu saya lepas dlm 20 minit tu. Lupakan je ler nak achieve that target hehe.

Anyway, at least separuh dr impian saya sewaktu kecil sudah dimakbulkan Allah. Biasanya mmg begitu, saya perasan apa yang saya impikan biasanya akan terkabul, cuma cepat atau lambat jer. Alhamdulillah dpt juga rasa keseronokan jadi calon program Angkasawan :)


Conversation thru TM e mail antara geng2 saya yang buat saya tergelak kat depan PC biler saya bagitau mereka ttg e mail saya terpilih utk saringan kedua:

Saya : Kot kot ler aku dapat, aku ambik gambar Bumi,pastu aku post laju kat korang nanti ek ekekeke.

Farah : Weh....betul ker leh jadi angkasawan?..jgn nanti jadi naga sawan laks..ekkeke...nanti leks gi training ala2 NASA ke tuh?...

Ika : baguihlah, jadi angkasawan kwn aku, tak jumpa kluangman.. mana tau dpt star wars-man satu, he he he:D

Siha : Siti, bukan angkawasan malaysia yg pertama dah dipilih? ini batch yg ke 2 ka?

Jie : siti gudlak...nanti sampai kat angkasa lepas tuh teropong2 la sikit kat bumi nih...gerenti kau nampak aku tgh melambai2 tangan kat kau...:P

Ayat Jie mmg buat saya gelak betul lepas baca e mail dia. Comel2 kan geng2 saya? Hehe :D

Wassalam.