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.
Friday, August 26, 2005
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 :)
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.
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.
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………..
*******************************************************************************
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 :)
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………..
*******************************************************************************
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 :)
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.
:)
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.
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
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.
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
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
------------------------------------------------------------
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)
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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.
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 :-
------------------------------------------------------------
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
------------------------------------------------------------
dan pada
------------------------------------------------------------
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 )
------------------------------------------------------------
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)
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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.
Friday, July 29, 2005
Cat Stevens- How I Came to Islam
Assalamualaikum wbt,
All I have to say is all what you know already, to confirm what you already know, the message of the Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) as given by God - the Religion of Truth. As human beings we are given a consciousness and a duty that has placed us at the top of creation. Man is created to be God's deputy on earth, and it is important to realize the obligation to rid ourselves of all illusions and to make our lives a preparation for the next life. Anybody who misses this chance is not likely to be given another, to be brought back again and again, because it says in Qur'an Majeed that when man is brought to account, he will say, {O Lord, send us back and give us another chance} The Lord will say, {If I send you back you will do the same}
MY EARLY RELIGIOUS UPBRINGING
I was brought up in the modern world of all the luxury and the high life of show business. I was born in a Christian home, but we know that every child is born in his original nature - it is only his parents that turn him to this or that religion. I was given this religion (Christianity) and thought this way. I was taught that God exists, but there was no direct contact with God, so we had to make contact with Him through Jesus - he was in fact the door to God. This was more or less accepted by me, but I did not swallow it all.
I looked at some of the statues of Jesus; they were just stones with no life. And when they said that God is three, I was puzzled even more but could not argue. I more or less believed it, because I had to have respect for the faith of my parents.
POP STAR
Gradually I became alienated from this religious upbringing. I started making music. I wanted to be a big star. All those things I saw in the films and on the media took hold of me, and perhaps I thought this was my God, the goal of making money. I had an uncle who had a beautiful car. "Well," I said, "he has it made. He has a lot of money." The people around me influenced me to think that this was it; this world was their God.
I decided then that this was the life for me; to make a lot of money, have a 'great life.' Now my examples were the pop stars. I started making songs, but deep down I had a feeling for humanity, a feeling that if I became rich I would help the needy. (It says in the Qur'an, we make a promise, but when we make something, we want to hold onto it and become greedy.)
So what happened was that I became very famous. I was still a teenager, my name and photo were splashed in all the media. They made me larger than life, so I wanted to live larger than life and the only way to do that was to be intoxicated (with liquor and drugs).
IN HOSPITAL
After a year of financial success and 'high' living, I became very ill, contracted TB and had to be hospitalized. It was then that I started to think: What was to happen to me? Was I just a body, and my goal in life was merely to satisfy this body? I realized now that this calamity was a blessing given to me by Allah, a chance to open my eyes - "Why am I here? Why am I in bed?" - and I started looking for some of the answers. At that time there was great interest in the Eastern mysticism. I began reading, and the first thing I began to become aware of was death, and that the soul moves on; it does not stop. I felt I was taking the road to bliss and high accomplishment. I started meditating and even became a vegetarian. I now believed in 'peace and flower power,' and this was the general trend. But what I did believe in particular was that I was not just a body. This awareness came to me at the hospital.
One day when I was walking and I was caught in the rain, I began running to the shelter and then I realized, 'Wait a minute, my body is getting wet, my body is telling me I am getting wet.' This made me think of a saying that the body is like a donkey, and it has to be trained where it has to go. Otherwise, the donkey will lead you where it wants to go.
Then I realized I had a will, a God-given gift: follow the will of God. I was fascinated by the new termino- logy I was learning in the Eastern religion. By now I was fed up with Christianity. I started making music again and this time I started reflecting my own thoughts. I remember the lyric of one of my songs. It goes like this: "I wish I knew, I wish I knew what makes the Heaven, what makes the Hell. Do I get to know You in my bed or some dusty cell while others reach the big hotel?" and I knew I was on the Path.
I also wrote another song, "The Way to Find God Out." I became even more famous in the world of music. I really had a difficult time because I was getting rich and famous, and at the same time, I was sincerely searching for the Truth. Then I came to a stage where I decided that Buddhism is all right and noble, but I was not ready to leave the world. I was too attached to the world and was not prepared to become a monk and to isolate myself from society.
I tried Zen and Ching, numerology, tarot cards and astrology. I tried to look back into the Bible and could not find anything. At this time I did not know anything about Islam, and then, what I regarded as a miracle occurred. My brother had visited the mosque in Jerusalem and was greatly impressed that while on the one hand it throbbed with life (unlike the churches and synagogues which were empty), on the other hand, an atmosphere of peace and tranquillity prevailed.
THE QUR'AN
When he came to London he brought back a translation of the Qur'an, which he gave to me. He did not become a Muslim, but he felt something in this religion, and thought I might find something in it also.
And when I received the book, a guidance that would explain everything to me - who I was; what was the purpose of life; what was the reality and what would be the reality; and where I came from - I realized that this was the true religion; religion not in the sense the West understands it, not the type for only your old age. In the West, whoever wishes to embrace a religion and make it his only way of life is deemed a fanatic. I was not a fanatic, I was at first confused between the body and the soul. Then I realized that the body and soul are not apart and you don't have to go to the mountain to be religious. We must follow the will of God. Then we can rise higher than the angels. The first thing I wanted to do now was to be a Muslim.
I realized that everything belongs to God, that slumber does not overtake Him. He created everything. At this point I began to lose the pride in me, because hereto I had thought the reason I was here was because of my own greatness. But I realized that I did not create myself, and the whole purpose of my being here was to submit to the teaching that has been perfected by the religion we know as Al-Islam. At this point I started discovering my faith. I felt I was a Muslim. On reading the Qur'an, I now realized that all the Prophets sent by God brought the same message. Why then were the Jews and Christians different? I know now how the Jews did not accept Jesus as the Messiah and that they had changed His Word. Even the Christians misunderstand God's Word and called Jesus the son of God. Everything made so much sense. This is the beauty of the Qur'an; it asks you to reflect and reason, and not to worship the sun or moon but the One Who has created everything. The Qur'an asks man to reflect upon the sun and moon and God's creation in general. Do you realize how different the sun is from the moon? They are at varying distances from the earth, yet appear the same size to us; at times one seems to overlap the other.
Even when many of the astronauts go to space, they see the insignificant size of the earth and vastness of space. They become very religious, because they have seen the Signs of Allah.
When I read the Qur'an further, it talked about prayer, kindness and charity. I was not a Muslim yet, but I felt that the only answer for me was the Qur'an, and God had sent it to me, and I kept it a secret. But the Qur'an also speaks on different l I began to understand it on anothlevel, where the Qur'an says, {Those who believe do not take disbelievers for friends and the believers are brothers} Thus at this point I wished to meet my Muslim brothers.
CONVERSION
Then I decided to journey to Jerusalem (as my brother had done). At Jerusalem, I went to the mosque and sat down. A man asked me what I wanted. I told him I was a Muslim. He asked what was my name. I told him, "Stevens." He was confused. I then joined the prayer, though not so successfully. Back in London, I met a sister called Nafisa. I told her I wanted to embrace Islam and she directed me to the New Regent Mosque. This was in 1977, about one and a half years after I received the Qur'an.
Now I realized that I must get rid of my pride, get rid of Iblis, and face one direction. So on a Friday, after Jumma' I went to the Imam and declared my faith (the Kalima) at this hands. You have before you someone who had achieved fame and fortune. But guidance was something that eluded me, no matter how hard I tried, until I was shown the Qur'an. Now I realize I can get in direct contact with God, unlike Christianity or any other religion. As one Hindu lady told me, "You don't understand the Hindus. We believe in one God; we use these objects (idols) to merely concentrate." What she was saying was that in order to reach God, one has to create associates, that are idols for the purpose. But Islam removes all these barriers. The only thing that moves the believers from the disbelievers is the salat. This is the process of purification.
Finally I wish to say that everything I do is for the pleasure of Allah and pray that you gain some inspirations from my experiences. Furthermore, I would like to stress that I did not come into contact with any
Muslim before I embraced Islam. I read the Qur'an first and realized that no person is perfect. Islam is perfect, and if we imitate the conduct of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) we will be successful. May Allah give us guidance to follow the path of the ummah of Muhammad (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam). Ameen!
Source: http://www.nzmuslim.net/article-10-page1.html
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Alhamdulillah beliau telah diberikan hidayah dan diberi peluang untuk menyumbang kepada dunia Islam.
Saya teringat, my turning point untuk saya lebih mengenali Islam adalah ketika saya di Pre-U. Ketika itu saya tinggal sebilik bersama sahabat baik saya Yaya. Kami berdua budak KL yang mmg tidak tahu apa-apa, nil about Islam, kecuali mengenai ibadat2 asas.
Teringat lagi di Maghrib itu..
Ketika itu saya sedang membaca Quran selepas solat, dan kemudian saya terjumpa dengan kalimah Ahsan (yg kelakarnya my senior pun nama Ahsan gak, but during this time mmg tak kenal dia sgt, tau nama jek).
Ahsan...mengambil kata root word Hassan yang bermaksud baik.
Ketika terjumpa itu, saya tiba-tiba tertanya dlm hati apakah kebaikan yg pernah saya lakukan selama saya hidup 18 tahun di dunia ketika itu.
Nothing rasanya.
And saya sgt2 sedih ketika itu, hingga menangis selama sejam di bilik. Yaya entah ke mana ketika itu.
Terasa saya bebetul membuang masa selama 18 tahun itu.
Dari situ saya bergerak sedikit demi sedikit, sehinggalah ke hari ini. Walaupun tidak seberapa pantas, tapi alhamdulillah masih bergerak, dan harapnya masih akan terus melangkah ke arah kebaikan.
Doakan saya menjadi muslimah yang berjaya dunia akhirat.
Wassalam.
All I have to say is all what you know already, to confirm what you already know, the message of the Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) as given by God - the Religion of Truth. As human beings we are given a consciousness and a duty that has placed us at the top of creation. Man is created to be God's deputy on earth, and it is important to realize the obligation to rid ourselves of all illusions and to make our lives a preparation for the next life. Anybody who misses this chance is not likely to be given another, to be brought back again and again, because it says in Qur'an Majeed that when man is brought to account, he will say, {O Lord, send us back and give us another chance} The Lord will say, {If I send you back you will do the same}
MY EARLY RELIGIOUS UPBRINGING
I was brought up in the modern world of all the luxury and the high life of show business. I was born in a Christian home, but we know that every child is born in his original nature - it is only his parents that turn him to this or that religion. I was given this religion (Christianity) and thought this way. I was taught that God exists, but there was no direct contact with God, so we had to make contact with Him through Jesus - he was in fact the door to God. This was more or less accepted by me, but I did not swallow it all.
I looked at some of the statues of Jesus; they were just stones with no life. And when they said that God is three, I was puzzled even more but could not argue. I more or less believed it, because I had to have respect for the faith of my parents.
POP STAR
Gradually I became alienated from this religious upbringing. I started making music. I wanted to be a big star. All those things I saw in the films and on the media took hold of me, and perhaps I thought this was my God, the goal of making money. I had an uncle who had a beautiful car. "Well," I said, "he has it made. He has a lot of money." The people around me influenced me to think that this was it; this world was their God.
I decided then that this was the life for me; to make a lot of money, have a 'great life.' Now my examples were the pop stars. I started making songs, but deep down I had a feeling for humanity, a feeling that if I became rich I would help the needy. (It says in the Qur'an, we make a promise, but when we make something, we want to hold onto it and become greedy.)
So what happened was that I became very famous. I was still a teenager, my name and photo were splashed in all the media. They made me larger than life, so I wanted to live larger than life and the only way to do that was to be intoxicated (with liquor and drugs).
IN HOSPITAL
After a year of financial success and 'high' living, I became very ill, contracted TB and had to be hospitalized. It was then that I started to think: What was to happen to me? Was I just a body, and my goal in life was merely to satisfy this body? I realized now that this calamity was a blessing given to me by Allah, a chance to open my eyes - "Why am I here? Why am I in bed?" - and I started looking for some of the answers. At that time there was great interest in the Eastern mysticism. I began reading, and the first thing I began to become aware of was death, and that the soul moves on; it does not stop. I felt I was taking the road to bliss and high accomplishment. I started meditating and even became a vegetarian. I now believed in 'peace and flower power,' and this was the general trend. But what I did believe in particular was that I was not just a body. This awareness came to me at the hospital.
One day when I was walking and I was caught in the rain, I began running to the shelter and then I realized, 'Wait a minute, my body is getting wet, my body is telling me I am getting wet.' This made me think of a saying that the body is like a donkey, and it has to be trained where it has to go. Otherwise, the donkey will lead you where it wants to go.
Then I realized I had a will, a God-given gift: follow the will of God. I was fascinated by the new termino- logy I was learning in the Eastern religion. By now I was fed up with Christianity. I started making music again and this time I started reflecting my own thoughts. I remember the lyric of one of my songs. It goes like this: "I wish I knew, I wish I knew what makes the Heaven, what makes the Hell. Do I get to know You in my bed or some dusty cell while others reach the big hotel?" and I knew I was on the Path.
I also wrote another song, "The Way to Find God Out." I became even more famous in the world of music. I really had a difficult time because I was getting rich and famous, and at the same time, I was sincerely searching for the Truth. Then I came to a stage where I decided that Buddhism is all right and noble, but I was not ready to leave the world. I was too attached to the world and was not prepared to become a monk and to isolate myself from society.
I tried Zen and Ching, numerology, tarot cards and astrology. I tried to look back into the Bible and could not find anything. At this time I did not know anything about Islam, and then, what I regarded as a miracle occurred. My brother had visited the mosque in Jerusalem and was greatly impressed that while on the one hand it throbbed with life (unlike the churches and synagogues which were empty), on the other hand, an atmosphere of peace and tranquillity prevailed.
THE QUR'AN
When he came to London he brought back a translation of the Qur'an, which he gave to me. He did not become a Muslim, but he felt something in this religion, and thought I might find something in it also.
And when I received the book, a guidance that would explain everything to me - who I was; what was the purpose of life; what was the reality and what would be the reality; and where I came from - I realized that this was the true religion; religion not in the sense the West understands it, not the type for only your old age. In the West, whoever wishes to embrace a religion and make it his only way of life is deemed a fanatic. I was not a fanatic, I was at first confused between the body and the soul. Then I realized that the body and soul are not apart and you don't have to go to the mountain to be religious. We must follow the will of God. Then we can rise higher than the angels. The first thing I wanted to do now was to be a Muslim.
I realized that everything belongs to God, that slumber does not overtake Him. He created everything. At this point I began to lose the pride in me, because hereto I had thought the reason I was here was because of my own greatness. But I realized that I did not create myself, and the whole purpose of my being here was to submit to the teaching that has been perfected by the religion we know as Al-Islam. At this point I started discovering my faith. I felt I was a Muslim. On reading the Qur'an, I now realized that all the Prophets sent by God brought the same message. Why then were the Jews and Christians different? I know now how the Jews did not accept Jesus as the Messiah and that they had changed His Word. Even the Christians misunderstand God's Word and called Jesus the son of God. Everything made so much sense. This is the beauty of the Qur'an; it asks you to reflect and reason, and not to worship the sun or moon but the One Who has created everything. The Qur'an asks man to reflect upon the sun and moon and God's creation in general. Do you realize how different the sun is from the moon? They are at varying distances from the earth, yet appear the same size to us; at times one seems to overlap the other.
Even when many of the astronauts go to space, they see the insignificant size of the earth and vastness of space. They become very religious, because they have seen the Signs of Allah.
When I read the Qur'an further, it talked about prayer, kindness and charity. I was not a Muslim yet, but I felt that the only answer for me was the Qur'an, and God had sent it to me, and I kept it a secret. But the Qur'an also speaks on different l I began to understand it on anothlevel, where the Qur'an says, {Those who believe do not take disbelievers for friends and the believers are brothers} Thus at this point I wished to meet my Muslim brothers.
CONVERSION
Then I decided to journey to Jerusalem (as my brother had done). At Jerusalem, I went to the mosque and sat down. A man asked me what I wanted. I told him I was a Muslim. He asked what was my name. I told him, "Stevens." He was confused. I then joined the prayer, though not so successfully. Back in London, I met a sister called Nafisa. I told her I wanted to embrace Islam and she directed me to the New Regent Mosque. This was in 1977, about one and a half years after I received the Qur'an.
Now I realized that I must get rid of my pride, get rid of Iblis, and face one direction. So on a Friday, after Jumma' I went to the Imam and declared my faith (the Kalima) at this hands. You have before you someone who had achieved fame and fortune. But guidance was something that eluded me, no matter how hard I tried, until I was shown the Qur'an. Now I realize I can get in direct contact with God, unlike Christianity or any other religion. As one Hindu lady told me, "You don't understand the Hindus. We believe in one God; we use these objects (idols) to merely concentrate." What she was saying was that in order to reach God, one has to create associates, that are idols for the purpose. But Islam removes all these barriers. The only thing that moves the believers from the disbelievers is the salat. This is the process of purification.
Finally I wish to say that everything I do is for the pleasure of Allah and pray that you gain some inspirations from my experiences. Furthermore, I would like to stress that I did not come into contact with any
Muslim before I embraced Islam. I read the Qur'an first and realized that no person is perfect. Islam is perfect, and if we imitate the conduct of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) we will be successful. May Allah give us guidance to follow the path of the ummah of Muhammad (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam). Ameen!
Source: http://www.nzmuslim.net/article-10-page1.html
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Alhamdulillah beliau telah diberikan hidayah dan diberi peluang untuk menyumbang kepada dunia Islam.
Saya teringat, my turning point untuk saya lebih mengenali Islam adalah ketika saya di Pre-U. Ketika itu saya tinggal sebilik bersama sahabat baik saya Yaya. Kami berdua budak KL yang mmg tidak tahu apa-apa, nil about Islam, kecuali mengenai ibadat2 asas.
Teringat lagi di Maghrib itu..
Ketika itu saya sedang membaca Quran selepas solat, dan kemudian saya terjumpa dengan kalimah Ahsan (yg kelakarnya my senior pun nama Ahsan gak, but during this time mmg tak kenal dia sgt, tau nama jek).
Ahsan...mengambil kata root word Hassan yang bermaksud baik.
Ketika terjumpa itu, saya tiba-tiba tertanya dlm hati apakah kebaikan yg pernah saya lakukan selama saya hidup 18 tahun di dunia ketika itu.
Nothing rasanya.
And saya sgt2 sedih ketika itu, hingga menangis selama sejam di bilik. Yaya entah ke mana ketika itu.
Terasa saya bebetul membuang masa selama 18 tahun itu.
Dari situ saya bergerak sedikit demi sedikit, sehinggalah ke hari ini. Walaupun tidak seberapa pantas, tapi alhamdulillah masih bergerak, dan harapnya masih akan terus melangkah ke arah kebaikan.
Doakan saya menjadi muslimah yang berjaya dunia akhirat.
Wassalam.
Seorang gadis itu...
Yang lembut fitrah tercipta,
halus kulit, manis tuturnya,
lentur hati ...
telus wajahnya,
setelus rasa membisik di jiwa,
di matanya cahaya,
dalamnya ada air,
sehangat cinta,
sejernih suka,
sedalam duka,
ceritera hidupnya ...
seorang gadis itu ...
hatinya penuh manja,
penuh cinta, sayang semuanya,
cinta untuk diberi ...
cinta untuk dirasa ...
namun manjanya
bukan untuk semua,
bukan lemah,
atau kelemahan dunia ...
ia bisa kuat,
bisa jadi tabah,
bisa ampuh menyokong,
pahlawan-pahlawan dunia ...
begitu unik tercipta,
lembutnya bukan lemah,
tabahnya tak perlu pada
jasad yang gagah ...
seorang gadis itu ...
teman yang setia,
buat Adam dialah Hawa,
tetap di sini ...
dari indahnya jannah,
hatta ke medan dunia,
hingga kembali mengecap ni'matNya ...
seorang gadis itu ...
bisa seteguh Khadijah,
yang suci hatinya,
tabah & tenang sikapnya,
teman lah-Rasul,
pengubat duka & laranya ...
bijaksana ia,
menyimpan ílmu,
si teman bicara,
dialah Áishah,
penyeri taman Rasulullah,
dialah Hafsah,
penyimpan mashaf pertama kalamullah ...
seorang gadis itu ...
bisa setabah Maryam,
meski dicaci meski dikeji,
itu hanya cerca manusia,
namun sucinya ALLah memuji ...
seperti Fatimah kudusnya,
meniti hidup seadanya,
puteri Rasulullah ...
kesayangan ayahanda,
suaminya si panglima agama,
di belakangnya dialah pelita,
cahya penerang segenap rumahnya,
ummi tersayang cucunda Baginda ...
bisa dia segagah Nailah,
dengan dua tangan
tegar melindung khalifah,
meski akhirnya bermandi darah,
meski akhirnya khalifah rebah,
syaheed menyahut panggilan Allah .
seorang gadis itu ...
perlu ada yang membela,
agar ia terdidik jiwa,
agar ia terpelihara ...
dengan kenal Rabbnya,
dengan cinta Rasulnya ...
dengan yakin Deennya,
dengan teguh áqidahnya,
dengan utuh cinta yang terutama,
Allah jua RasulNya,
dalam ketaatan penuh setia .
pemelihara maruah dirinya,
agama, keluarga & ummahnya ...
seorang gadis itu ...
melenturnya perlu kasih sayang,
membentuknya perlu kebijaksanaan,
kesabaran dan kemaafan,
keyakinan & penghargaan,
tanpa jemu & tanpa bosan,
memimpin tangan, menunjuk jalan ...
seorang gadis itu ...
yang hidup di alaf ini,
gadis akhir zaman,
era hidup perlu berdikari ...
dirinya terancam dek fitnah,
sucinya perlu tabah,
cintanya tak boleh berubah,
tak bisa terpadam dek helah,
dek keliru fikir jiwanya,
kerna dihambur ucapkata nista,
hanya kerana dunia memperdaya ...
kerna seorang gadis itu,
yang hidup di zaman ini ...
perlu teguh kakinya,
mantap iman mengunci jiwanya,
dari lemah & kalah,
dalam pertarungan yang lama ...
dari rebah & salah,
dalam perjalanan mengenali Tuhannya,
dalam perjuangan menggapai cinta,
ni'mat hakiki seorang hamba,
dari Tuhan yang menciptakan,
dari Tuhan yang mengurniakan,
seorang gadis itu ...
anugerah istimewa kepada dunia!
seorang gadis itu ...
tinggallah di dunia,
sebagai ábidah,
dahípayah & mujahidah,
pejuang ummah ...
anak ummi & ayah,
muslimah yang solehah ...
kelak jadi ibu,
membentuk anak-anak ummah,
rumahnya taman ilmu,
taman budi & ma'rifatullah ...
seorang gadis itu ...
moga akan pulang,
dalam cinta & dalam sayang,
redha dalam keredhaan,
Tuhan yang menentukan ...
seorang gadis itu dalam kebahagiaan!
Moga lah-Rahman melindungi,
merahmati dan merestui,
perjalanan seorang gadis itu ...
menuju cintaNYA yang ABADI!
Forwarded by a sahabat thru e mail.
Wassalam.
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Beautiful colors wa As Sajdah
[Sajdah 32:1] Alif-Lam-Meem. (Alphabets of the Arabic language – Allah and to whomever He reveals, know their precise meanings.)
[Sajdah 32:2] The revelation of the Book is, without doubt, from the Lord Of The Creation.
[Sajdah 32:3] What! They dare say that, “He has fabricated it”? In fact it is the Truth from your Lord, in order that you warn a nation towards whom no Herald of Warning came before you, in the hope of their attaining guidance.
[Sajdah 32:4] It is Allah Who created the heavens and the earth, and all what is between them, in six days, then (befitting His Majesty) established Himself over the Throne (of control); leaving Allah, there is neither a friend nor an intercessor for you; so do you not ponder?
[Sajdah 32:5] He plans (all) the job(s) from the heaven to the earth - then it will return to Him on the Day which amounts to a thousand years in your count.
[Sajdah 32:6] This is the All Knowing - of all the hidden and the visible, the Most Honourable, the Most Merciful.
[Sajdah 32:7] The One Who created all things excellent, and Who initiated the creation of man from clay.
[Sajdah 32:8] Then kept his posterity with a part of an abject fluid.
[Sajdah 32:9] Then made him proper and blew into him a spirit from Him, and bestowed ears and eyes and hearts to you; very little thanks do you offer!
[Sajdah 32:10] And they said, “When we have mingled into the earth, will we be created again?”; in fact they disbelieve in the meeting with their Lord.
[Sajdah 32:11] Proclaim, “The angel of death, who is appointed over you, causes you to die and then towards your Lord you will return.”
[Sajdah 32:12] And if you see when the guilty will hang their heads before their Lord; “Our Lord! We have seen and heard, therefore send us back in order that we do good deeds - we are now convinced!”
[Sajdah 32:13] And had We willed We would have given every soul its guidance, but My Word is decreed that I will certainly fill hell with these jinns and men, combined.
[Sajdah 32:14] “Therefore taste the recompense of your forgetting the confronting of this day of yours; We have abandoned you – now taste the everlasting punishment, the recompense of your deeds!”
[Sajdah 32:15] Only those believe in Our signs who, when they are reminded of them, fall down in prostration and proclaim the Purity of their Lord while praising Him, and are not conceited. (Command of prostration # 9).
[Sajdah 32:16] Their sides stay detached from their beds and they pray to their Lord with fear and hope - and they spend from what We have bestowed upon them.
[Sajdah 32:17] So no soul knows the comfort of the eyes that is kept hidden for them *; the reward of their deeds. ( * Paradise)
[Sajdah 32:18] So will the believer ever be equal to the one who is lawless? They are not equal!
[Sajdah 32:19] Those who accepted faith and did good deeds – for them are the Gardens of (everlasting) stay; a welcome in return for what they did.
[Sajdah 32:20] And those who are lawless - their destination is the fire; whenever they wish to come out of it, they will be returned into it, and it will be said to them, “Taste the punishment of the fire you used to deny!”
[Sajdah 32:21] And We shall indeed make them taste the smaller punishment before the greater punishment, so that they may return.
[Sajdah 32:22] And who is more unjust than one who is preached to from the verses his Lord, then he turns away from them? We will indeed take revenge from the guilty.
[Sajdah 32:23] And indeed We bestowed the Book to Moosa, therefore have no doubt in its acquisition, and made it a guidance for the Descendants of Israel.
[Sajdah 32:24] And We made some leaders among them, guiding by Our command, when they had persevered; and they used to accept faith in Our signs.
[Sajdah 32:25] Indeed your Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning the matters in which they used to differ.
[Sajdah 32:26] And did they not obtain guidance by the fact that We did destroy many generations before them, so now they walk in their houses? Indeed in this are signs; so do they not heed?
[Sajdah 32:27] And do they not see that We send the water to the barren land and produce crops with it, so their animals and they themselves eat from it? So do they not perceive?
[Sajdah 32:28] And they say, “When will this decision take place, if you are truthful?”
[Sajdah 32:29] Proclaim, “On the Day of Decision *, the disbelievers will not benefit from their accepting faith, nor will they get respite.” (* Of death or of resurrection)
[Sajdah 32:30] Therefore turn away from them and wait – indeed they too have to wait.
Beautiful colors of pictures, and a very meaningful surah for our tazkeerah.
Subhanallah wa astaghfirullah. May You bestow us with Your maghfirah wa rahmah Ya Allah.
Wassalam.
Value of something
Assalamualaikum wbt,
Why did Allah (SWT) create earth in the first place?
We needed to descend to earth because, as human beings, part of our makeup is that we do not realize the value of things unless we strive to get them; and if we get something easily we do not place much value on it, we then tend to give it away easily and will not be able to appreciate the magnificent blessing we have.
We see this example in ourselves and our relatives; your father has emigrated, struggled for 20 years in the Gulf, for example. Then you bought a car, took a ride and crashed it. You would not be as sad as your father would be. If you had been the one who bought it, not him, you would have taken care of it and felt the blessing of having it.
Allah (SWT) wanted us to go down to earth so that we may long to return to the Jannah, realizing its value. Therefore, only believers lived on earth. Why? Because they were the ones who longed for the Jannah; and those who did not, would pass by the hell. They are the ones who, with great difficulty, resist committing a sin when they could have easily done it because they want to please Allah (SWT), whom they cannot see; besides, they want to go to the Jannah.
I ask you by Allah (SWT), if you worked hard in this world, fasted Mondays and Thursdays while the weather was very hot, prayed in the mosque when it was bitter cold, obeyed Allah (SWT) and resisted sins, where would your position be when the doors of the Jannah are being opened? You would enter running and saying, “Is this the Jannah I worked for all my 60 years?” Do you see how delightful this is? This is also Allah's blessing upon us, that He created us with this nature so that we are able to love the Jannah more.
Imagine if you obeyed Allah (SWT) for 20 years and then met Him, what would that moment be like?
Imagine that you are walking along a street, you are tempted to take an unlawful glance; just say to yourself, “No, Allah can see me; I cannot disobey Him while He sees me.” You are about to take forbidden money; say, “I cannot, Allah (SWT) sees me and is watching me right now.” In Surat al-Alaq, Allah (SWT) says what can be translated as, “Knows he not that Allah does see (what he does)?” (TMQ, 96: 14), but you do not see Him.
Imagine the Day of Judgment when Allah (SWT) calls out, “Oh my servants! Oh inhabitants of the Jannah! Where are my servants who obeyed me without seeing me? Today is the day of abundance, so ask Me for whatever you want.”
Excerpt taken from one of yahoogroups.
~ ALLAH did not promise that life would be easy, but HE did promise to go with you..every step of your life, with HIM by your side..~
A lovely and very meaningful quotation, isn't it? :)
Wassalam
Why did Allah (SWT) create earth in the first place?
We needed to descend to earth because, as human beings, part of our makeup is that we do not realize the value of things unless we strive to get them; and if we get something easily we do not place much value on it, we then tend to give it away easily and will not be able to appreciate the magnificent blessing we have.
We see this example in ourselves and our relatives; your father has emigrated, struggled for 20 years in the Gulf, for example. Then you bought a car, took a ride and crashed it. You would not be as sad as your father would be. If you had been the one who bought it, not him, you would have taken care of it and felt the blessing of having it.
Allah (SWT) wanted us to go down to earth so that we may long to return to the Jannah, realizing its value. Therefore, only believers lived on earth. Why? Because they were the ones who longed for the Jannah; and those who did not, would pass by the hell. They are the ones who, with great difficulty, resist committing a sin when they could have easily done it because they want to please Allah (SWT), whom they cannot see; besides, they want to go to the Jannah.
I ask you by Allah (SWT), if you worked hard in this world, fasted Mondays and Thursdays while the weather was very hot, prayed in the mosque when it was bitter cold, obeyed Allah (SWT) and resisted sins, where would your position be when the doors of the Jannah are being opened? You would enter running and saying, “Is this the Jannah I worked for all my 60 years?” Do you see how delightful this is? This is also Allah's blessing upon us, that He created us with this nature so that we are able to love the Jannah more.
Imagine if you obeyed Allah (SWT) for 20 years and then met Him, what would that moment be like?
Imagine that you are walking along a street, you are tempted to take an unlawful glance; just say to yourself, “No, Allah can see me; I cannot disobey Him while He sees me.” You are about to take forbidden money; say, “I cannot, Allah (SWT) sees me and is watching me right now.” In Surat al-Alaq, Allah (SWT) says what can be translated as, “Knows he not that Allah does see (what he does)?” (TMQ, 96: 14), but you do not see Him.
Imagine the Day of Judgment when Allah (SWT) calls out, “Oh my servants! Oh inhabitants of the Jannah! Where are my servants who obeyed me without seeing me? Today is the day of abundance, so ask Me for whatever you want.”
Excerpt taken from one of yahoogroups.
~ ALLAH did not promise that life would be easy, but HE did promise to go with you..every step of your life, with HIM by your side..~
A lovely and very meaningful quotation, isn't it? :)
Wassalam
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Anugerah dari Dia
Assalamualaikum wbt,
If Allah loves people He puts them to trial, He tests them and places them in difficulty. Allah the Exalted states in Surah Baqarah : We will test you with something of fear, and hunger and loss of wealth, and souls and vegetation. And give glad tidings to those who have patience. Those who if in any difficulty or trial, or tribulation occurs to them or happens to them, they say: ˜Verily We are from Allah and to Allah we return.They are those who will receive prayers from their Lord and Mercy and it is those who are guided.
Saya tidak tahu untuk memujuk mereka-mereka yang pernah atau sedang merasa sedih kerana kehilangan, tapi saya tahu kehilangan seseorang/sesuatu yang disayang adalah perit.
Teringat saya kata-kata ustaz Zul ketika berprogram di Cameron Highland bercerita mengenai seorang ustaz sufi yang berdarah kakinya tetapi dia hanya membiarkan lukanya begitu sahaja.
Apabila ditanya oleh anak muridnya mengapa tidak berubat, jawabnya..
"Apa sahaja yang datang dari Kekasih adalah hadiah"
Tidak kira yang datang adalah berbentuk cubaan atau rahmah, wajiblah kita mengimani bahawa sesuatu yang berlaku itu adalah qadha' dan qadar Allah yang telah ditentukan ke atas diri kita.
Bukan mudah untuk menerima ujian perit, sedangkan jari terluka dihiris pun lidah hampir2 rasa nak curse, tak pun rasa nak baling pisau tu kat memana, inikan pulak ujian yang lebih berat dr itu.
Tapi perlu sentiasa diingat:
Surah Al-Ankabut ayat 2-3
Apakah manusia itu mengira bahwa mereka dibiarkan (saja) mengatakan:"Kami telah beriman", sedang mereka tidak diuji lagi?. Dan sesungguhnya Kami telah menguji orang-orang sebelum mereka, maka sesungguhnya Allah mengetahui orang-orang yang benar dan sesungguhnya Dia mengetahui orang-orang yang dusta.
dan
Surah Al-Baqarah ayat 286
Allah tidak membebani seseorang melainkan sesuai dengan kesanggupannya.
Wahai saudara-saudaraku, tidaklah layak saya berkata sebegini rupa kerana saya sendiri tidak tahu di mana kedudukan saya di depan Allah, tapi ingin sangat-sangat saya menyeru untuk bersabar kerana sabar itu adalah penghapus dosa dan penambah cinta al Rabb kepada kita.
Senyum dalam duka itu payah, bukan? Tapi saya percaya semua sudah merasa, cuma 'weightage'nya sahaja berbeza.
Perlu bersyukur atas segala nikmah/cubaan yang diterima.
Bukankah semuanya anugerah dari Kekasih Yang Abadi?
:)
Wassalam
If Allah loves people He puts them to trial, He tests them and places them in difficulty. Allah the Exalted states in Surah Baqarah : We will test you with something of fear, and hunger and loss of wealth, and souls and vegetation. And give glad tidings to those who have patience. Those who if in any difficulty or trial, or tribulation occurs to them or happens to them, they say: ˜Verily We are from Allah and to Allah we return.They are those who will receive prayers from their Lord and Mercy and it is those who are guided.
Saya tidak tahu untuk memujuk mereka-mereka yang pernah atau sedang merasa sedih kerana kehilangan, tapi saya tahu kehilangan seseorang/sesuatu yang disayang adalah perit.
Teringat saya kata-kata ustaz Zul ketika berprogram di Cameron Highland bercerita mengenai seorang ustaz sufi yang berdarah kakinya tetapi dia hanya membiarkan lukanya begitu sahaja.
Apabila ditanya oleh anak muridnya mengapa tidak berubat, jawabnya..
"Apa sahaja yang datang dari Kekasih adalah hadiah"
Tidak kira yang datang adalah berbentuk cubaan atau rahmah, wajiblah kita mengimani bahawa sesuatu yang berlaku itu adalah qadha' dan qadar Allah yang telah ditentukan ke atas diri kita.
Bukan mudah untuk menerima ujian perit, sedangkan jari terluka dihiris pun lidah hampir2 rasa nak curse, tak pun rasa nak baling pisau tu kat memana, inikan pulak ujian yang lebih berat dr itu.
Tapi perlu sentiasa diingat:
Surah Al-Ankabut ayat 2-3
Apakah manusia itu mengira bahwa mereka dibiarkan (saja) mengatakan:"Kami telah beriman", sedang mereka tidak diuji lagi?. Dan sesungguhnya Kami telah menguji orang-orang sebelum mereka, maka sesungguhnya Allah mengetahui orang-orang yang benar dan sesungguhnya Dia mengetahui orang-orang yang dusta.
dan
Surah Al-Baqarah ayat 286
Allah tidak membebani seseorang melainkan sesuai dengan kesanggupannya.
Wahai saudara-saudaraku, tidaklah layak saya berkata sebegini rupa kerana saya sendiri tidak tahu di mana kedudukan saya di depan Allah, tapi ingin sangat-sangat saya menyeru untuk bersabar kerana sabar itu adalah penghapus dosa dan penambah cinta al Rabb kepada kita.
Senyum dalam duka itu payah, bukan? Tapi saya percaya semua sudah merasa, cuma 'weightage'nya sahaja berbeza.
Perlu bersyukur atas segala nikmah/cubaan yang diterima.
Bukankah semuanya anugerah dari Kekasih Yang Abadi?
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Wassalam
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