Sharing..... (^_^)

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

How are u?? Semoga sentiasa dlm rahmat dan perlindungan الله jua....

Just to post a short reminder for myself and anyone who opens his/her heart to accept something good, انشاء الله

I'd like to share a few verses from the Qur'an...hope that they remind u of how the dunia is just a transit for us before returning to الله, and that all that we have now, the nikmat and hardships that we face, are all tests from الله....who amongst us are worthy of Allah's blessings and jannah (syurga)...???

"Ketahuilah, sesungguhnya kehidupan dunia itu hanyalah permainan dan senda gurauan, perhiasan dan saling berbangga diantara kamu serta saling berlumba-lumba dalam kekayaan dan anak keturunan, seperti hujan yang tanam-tanamannya mengkagumkan para petani; kemudian (tanaman) itu menjadi kering dan kamu lihat warnanya kuning kemudian menjadi hancur. Dan di akhirat (nanti) ada azab yang keras dan ampunan dari الله serta keredhaanNya. Dan kehidupan dunia tidak lain hanyalah kesenangan yang palsu.

Berlumba-lumbalah kamu untuk mendapatkan ampunan dari Tuhanmu dan syurga yang luasnya seluas langit dan bumi, yang disediakan bagi orang-orang yang beriman kepada الله dan rasul-rasulNya. Itulah kurnia الله , yang diberikan kepada siapa yang Dia kehendaki. Dan الله Mempunyai kurnia yang besar.

Setiap bencana yang menimpa di bumi dan yang menimpa dirimu sendiri, semuanya telah tertulis dalam Kitab (Lauh Mahfudz) sebelum Kami Mewujudkannya. Sungguh, yang demikian itu mudah bagi الله .

Agar kamu tidak bersedih hati terhadap apa yang luput dari kamu, dan tidak pula terlalu gembira terhadap apa yang diberikanNya kepadamu. Dan الله tidak menyukai setiap orang yang sombong dan membanggakan diri,

iaitu orang yang kikir (kedekut) dan menyuruh orang lain berbuat kikir. Barangsiapa berpaling (dari perintah-perintah الله ), maka sesungguhnya الله , Dia Maha Kaya, Maha Terpuji."

[Surah Al-Hadiid: 20-24]

Semoga bermanfa'at, amin~

Back after long hiatus....again (-_-')

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

Greetings to everyone....

I know it has been a long time since I last posted on (well, even visited) this blog.......

I've been thinking, doing things, thinking, and doing things over and over again that I start to question myself, what is my priority in life? Theoretically, I know what life is, what is to be expected from me, what I need to do, how I should lead my life, etc....but, it has been a bit difficult for me....الحمد لله it has been much much better now (^_^)

I have been searching, wondering about what I should do.....but, after getting much help from good people around me and taking lessons from my own mistakes, other people's mistakes, seeing people's courage and dedication to whatever they believe in, taking all these positively has made my ind clearer انشاءالله (^_^)

Thank you my family, sisters, brothers, friends, colleagues, people-on-the-street-doin'-their-own-thing, thank you all!! And not forgetting, The Most Gracious and The Almight الله for the many many chances that You have given me, a humble servant of yours (-_-)

To those people out there, be more sensitive to your loved ones....sometimes, they may look strong on the outside, but a human is still a human...we all have needs and one of the needs is to be cared for, no matter how much we try to deny it, we want to be cared for, and loved by others even just a little (@_@) listen to those soft cries that are hidden behind strong brick walls, waiting to be set free.....listen.........look...........feel................

I think that is all for now....

Thank you all...!! May your days be filled with beneficial things, not only tou you alone, but to others as well (^_^)

Salaam.....

SentuhanMu

Assalamu'alaikum wrwb....

Asif jiddan for the long hiatus...just want to share :)

After a very long time, I sometimes feel like there is something missing in my heart...I did my part on carrying out my responsibilities (though a lot of improvements need to be made), but my heart still feels sunken....I realised, what made me feel that way was that I have neglected my heart of its prime source of food, one that can make it beat healthily and lightly, without worries: remembering Allah, tarbiyyah dzatiyyah....I have been busy with worldly duties that I have made my heart (and my iman) suffer a lot....

This morning, as I was driving to school, I recited istighfar....suddenly, my eyes move up and I was looking at this amazing view (while driving on the more or less straight road)...I saw the morning sky, still greyish, sliced through by rays of sunlight....Slowly, the sky opened up, giving way for more light to penetrate through it....Subhanallah! It was so beautiful...I was suddenly reminded of Surah al-Insyiqaq (when the sky is split asunder)...it reminded me of how the world will come to its end...I was afraid and hopeful....alhamdulillah, Allah still loves me and still wants to give me a chance to carry out my duties as recited in the Qur'an (51:56, and 2:30)....alhamdulillah, Allah has awaken my heart from it's comfort zone in the best possible way...I felt refreshed, reborn, and very very very happy :D

I wish I can share this beautiful feeling of knowing that Allah loves me and still does....I really really wish that I can share how it feels like :D

Anyway, I gotta go....wish U will be given the chance to feel the bliss of iman :)

Salaam....

Kesiannya kaum lelaki~

Assalamu'alaikum wrwb....

Wahh~ It has been quite a long time since I last posted my entry here....hope the previous one has brought benefit to those who read it (^_^)

Anyway, today, saja2 kn cerita about kaum yg dJadikan berpasangan dgn kita, kaum adam.....u might ask, eh, napa tia tiba2 ceta pasal laki2 ani....?? Oiitttzzz....!! before u jump into wild conclusions, let me tell u lah....bukan apa, batah sudah benda ani bermain2 dFikiran & pernah sudah jua dBincangkan.....tadi lagi timbul ceta ani when I was talking to this close friend/sis of mine....kami kesian dgn laki2 zaman ani, esp those yg beriman & sedang cuba istiqomah dlm mempertahankan & mempertingkatkan iman drg.....banyak banar dugaan drg...isy3

Lihat atas, dosa.....lihat bawah, dosa.....lihat kiri, dosa lagi....lihat kanan, dosa jua....nada kn drg kn jalan tutup mata kn...?? kesian.....Banar tah kata Rasulullah SAW pasal umat akhir zaman ani....banyaknya wanita yg berpakaian tapi (hakikatnya) mereka telanjang.....

Yg pakai baju, skirt, seluar kurang kain atu, obvious lah, banyak yg inda bercover tu....tapi, mcm mana dgn those yg pakai baju panjang tangan tapi baju atu ketat atau melihatkan shape tubuh (walaupun kadang2 mungkin kurang menggiurkan)?? Kalau yg lawa body shape drg atu, lagi tia, mudah melakat tu mata melihat, even bini2....sbb kita manusia, andang fitrah tani suka pd benda2 yg cantik....ada yg pakai baju, skirt atau seluar yg inda ketat tapi jarang.....nampak jua shape....lagi tia membagi kn melihat...napa plg...?? well, ikut pendapat ana lah kn, kalau ana lah (sekiranya ana lelaki biasa yg mungkin kurang pandai bermujahadah & melawan panahan syaitan pd mata & hati), kalau yg kna lihatkan sikit2 atu, makin ana ingin kn tau cana sebenarnya usulnya, curious hati olehnya....apa inda, yg kna lihatkan silhouette atau bayang2 sja.....lagipun, dh lihatkan sikit atu, napa inda tarus sja lihatkan banar2...ani mcm playing hard-to-get.....maybe, some of these ladies teringin kn melihatkan kecantikan yg ada supaya kna adore or something, tapi inda jua mau melihatkan semuanya sbb malu & mungkin jua ada sikit2 kesedaran pasal batas2 aurat dlm islam, atau pasal takut di pandang lain oleh masyarakat....nda tau lah ah...Allahu a'lam....atu pendapat ana sja.....

Lagipun, apa gunanya kita berlawa2 masa ani....?? banar kita muda masa ani....tapi one day, kita kn kahwin....mau kah sekiranya kita 'persembahkan' diri kita utk si suami, kulit2 mulus yg sudah dLihat oleh banyak lelaki lain...?? rambut kita yg sudah dPerhatikan oleh mata2 lelaki lain....?? bentuk tubuh yg sudah dJamah oleh mata2 lelaki2 yg lain....?? apa yg tinggal utk si suami...?? Sekadar mahkota kita?? bukankah sepatutnya si suami seharusnya mendapat yg terbaik dari kita...?? especially dari segi iman & takwa....kalau kita banar2 beriman & bertakwa, kita akan berhati2 dgn apa sahaja yg kita lakukan, cara pergaulan, cara berpakaian, etc.....sekali terlihat kulit kita oleh pandangan mata lelaki yg bukan muhrim, kita akan rasa malu & sedih dgn kelalaian kita dlm menjaga aurat...takutnya kita utk berbuat dosa seperti takutnya kita di humban ke dalam api neraka.....Na'uzu billahi min dzalik.....

Maaf sekiranya bahasa ana agak 'celupar' atau too straight forward...

So, iatah, as I said earlier, kesian kaum lelaki...dh lh banyak jumpa bini2 esp kalau jln2 (sbb ratio laki2 to bini2 kan sikit), as lelaki yg kn jadi pemimpin kaum wanita, banyak tugas & tanggungjawab yg perlu drg pikul.....so, girls and ladies dLuar sana, please lah, jaga diri masing2.....kasihani lah bakal2 pemimpin tani.....

Sekadar nukilan hati ana....Harap jgn ambil hati, tapi ambillah pengajaran, ayt :) 

Yang baik drpd Allah, yg buruk atu dari diri ana sendiri..... Salaam....

The Importance of Knowledge

Assalamu'alaikum wrwb......

Just about an hour ago (well, before I fell asleep briefly, I couldn't tahan the sleepiness hehe), I was listening to 1 of Malcolm X's recorded speeches on Youtube before this colleague of mine came to me about something. He saw the screen on my laptop and somehow, what he said about Malcolm X disturbed me..It was something about him joining an islamic extremist organisation so I googled Malcolm X up, and read Wikipedia....

Reading the article on him amazed me...It made how different environments and knowledge can shape a person's life and his determination to do something, while others might just wait at the background for a miracle to happen or somebody else to do something they believe they couldn't do....As I read, I became disturbed, sad and a feeling of wanting to do something washed over me...According to this article by Wikipedia (sorry, I was just reading from 1 source so I myself might be biased in giving a brief 'account' of what he went through and giving my opinion here, as I do not know this man very well and his life in reality), Malcolm X was a brilliant student when he was in junior high school but dropped out due to a racist statement by his teacher (when he said he wanted to become a lawyer)....He went through a lot in his 39 or 40 years of life, starting from becoming a troubled teenager and adult, which got him imprisoned for about 10 years...While in prison, and right after he went out of prison, he came to know an organisation, the Nation of Islam (NOI), and became  a very important figure in the organisation and outside, became an activist fighting against racism (something like that), giving talks for NOI to the public, esp the African-American who felt the injustice of racism back then, until the time when he was killed and the allegations after that...You can read more on his life from the website, his autobiography, and from other sources....Talking about Malcolm X is not my main reason for publishing this entry...I browsed down the article and my eyes caught 'The Man Who Didn't Shoot Malcolm X' and checked this interesting article.

The man who didn't shoot Malcolm X, Khalil Islam (then known as Thomas 15X), was imprisoned for 22 years for the crime he allegedly didn't commit (I can't say he truly didn't although it seems like he is innocent, cz I do not know for sure) and told his side of the story and how he know of Malcolm X...What interests me is not his innocence, but instead his story back then when he was a lieutenant of NOI's Temple No. 7. (Please do read the article fully).  He was also a troubled teenager (addicted to heroine by the age of 12) until he was imprisoned at Attica if I am not mistaken. There, he came to know about NOI and after his release from prison, he went to join this organisation.

It was really saddening reading what he had gone through in life. It was clear from his interview in this article (he was imprisoned for 22 years for the crime he claimed he didn't do) that he was 'manipulated' by this organisation in believing that the founder was a God (in human form or something) and Elijah Muhammad, the leader of NOI at that time, was a prophet or a messenger of God.....Knowing the teachings of islam, we clearly know that this is wrong...how can a mere human be God (Allah), how can Allah be in the form of a being (makhluk), be the same as what He has Created? He surely would not be a Creator if He is the same as what He Creates, right? And how can there be a prophet after Nabi Muhammad SAW (pbuh) when he is the last prophet to be sent for us until the Day of Judgement? How can a person, calling himself a muslim, acknowledge this? We cannot and should not sneer at them or blame them for not knowing this because they at that time didn't know the truth. We should pity them because they didn't know. And we should also reflect upon this matter, that there are probably a lot of other people now who might have a similar problem too, not knowing and not understanding about islam, so they cannot see and feel the beauty of islam. Upon knowing and realising this, we should remember that it is our job to help these people out, to see islam as it actually is and to live a true life of a muslim as how our loved Prophet Muhammad SAW taught, with guidance from the Qur'an.

Knowledge is power. Even Rasulullah had stated in at the end of his khutbah after the opening of Mecca, 'sampaikan daripadaku walau satu ayat'....islam encourages the seeking of knowledge and to use knowledge appropriately, as long as it doesn't go against the syari'at of islam. 

So, what are we going to do? Sit back & wait for others to teach, talk and spread islam, or are we going to proactively help other people to understand islam? Islam is not a religion that promotes violence, and it is not a deen that restricts its embracers and followers from becoming successful in life here in the dunia as well....well, one can only know once they truly embrace the silamic teachings and applying them in their daily lives, Allahu a'lam.....