The Beauty of Quran #1

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Ramadan Kareem (Generous month of Ramadan) is here! Mubarak Ramadan to many of us who are given another opportunity to gain His blessings and His rewards during this holy.
May each good deeds of ours are accepted. Amin!
And most importantly, May He give us the strength and encouragement to gain His rewards throughtout this month and make us a better muslim. Amin!

2 nights back, I was reading the Quran translation (by Dr MuhdTaqi-ud-Din Al-Hilah & Dr Muhd Muhsin Khan) of Surah Al -Baqarah (The Cow).
Ayat 42 from this Surah caught my attention. Before we jump straight to the ayat, lets look at the ayat before. To have a better undertsanding of the next ayat.

Ayat 41:
And, believe in what I have sent down (this Quran), confirming that which is with you (the Taurat) and the Injeel (Gospel), and be not the first to disbelieve therein, and  buy not with My Verses (the Taurat and the Gospel) a small price and Fear Me and Me Alone.
Ayat 42:
And mix not truth with the falsehood, nor conceal the truth (i.e. Muhammad S.A.W is Allah's Messenger and his qualities are written in your Scriptures, the Taurat and Injeel, while you know the truth.


Nabi Muhammad S.A.W and his qualities are "revealed" on the authentic version of Taurat and Injeel! MasyaAllah!

         In Torah
The Lord said to me [Moses]: ‘What they say is good. I will raise up for them a Prophet like you among their brothers; I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him. If anyone does not listen to My words that the Prophet speaks in My Name, I will Myself call him to account.’ (Deuteronomy, 18.17-9)
website: http://www.thewaytotruth.org/prophetmuhammad/proofs.html

‘O Moses, surely I will raise up for them a Prophet like you, from among their brothers (that is, from among the children of Ishmael); I will put my Word in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him. If anyone does not listen to my words that the prophet speaks in my name, I Myself will call him to account.’ (Deuteronomy, 18:18-19.)

website: http://www.thewaytotruth.org/prophetmuhammad/proofs.html

Moses said: ‘O my Lord, I have found in the Torah a community, as the best of the communities, that will be raised for (the benefit) of mankind; they enjoin the good and forbid the evil, and they believe in God. Let it be my community!’ (God) said: ‘That is the community of Muhammad.’³ website: http://www.thewaytotruth.org/prophetmuhammad/proofs.html

In Injeel
The Prophet who will come after Jesus is referred to as ‘the Master of the world’ in several places in the Gospels.

Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. (John, 14:30)

When Paraklit comes - the Spirit of truth - who comes from the Father, he will testify about me. (John, 15.26)

I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. But when he, the Spirit of Truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. He will bring glory to me by taking what is mine and making it known to you (John 16. 12-14)

Interesting is'nt it! The Prophets Nabi Musa A.S. (Moses) and Nabi Isa A.S. (Jesus) revealed to their own communities (by His Grace) on the arrival of Nabi Muhammad S.A.W.

However sad to say that on a certain forum on the web, some claimed that the verse in Injeel (John 14:30) was referring to a false prophet.
May Allah forgive them and lead them to the right path.

On the forum, it also states that Nabi Isa A.S (Jesus) will be brought back and "conquer" this world. Which interestingly, I read somewhere that Nabi Isa A.S will be brought to defeat Dajjal. I have not read the verse on this in the Quran yet. So lets not touch on it yet.

Wonder what other interesting discoveryies awaits for me from the Quran. Heee! Masya'Allah!

The long forgotten pleasure

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Yesterday Kak Erni & I went to catch a monologue by a scripwriter (whom i used to know her as only an actress), Haryani Othman.
It was my first time watching a single performaner acting multiple characters.
most of the time, we are only able to watch an actor/ actress acting multiple characters on the silverscreen (y is it called silverscreen btw?)
back to the play, it was simple layout from the (single) cast, to the props (2 chairs, table with cookies and jars and tray and ......), simple lighting and the lepak-habis dia(mono)logue.
Hani had to change character interchangablely. within seconds. expressions change, tone of voice. within seconds.
i take a while to change my mood from the worried headless "itik" to a gracious "swan" .
back to the play,now, thats what i call ART!

expressions.... :) whaoz! she did great. awesome. alot of parts i could easily relate or "feel" her.
ok, im not a good critic/ someone who gives good or membina opinions.
basically, i love the simplicity of the play yet the intense emotions that were presented.

it just occured to me that actually i love going to plays, musicals. how much i missed them.
the long forgotten pleasure.

i cant think of a proper, suitable title for this post

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Death. Accidents. Illness. Mistreated

I have been staring, typing and deleting and re-typing this first sentence for the past 7mins.
I have no idea how to begin blogging abt this without having much reservations about my thoughts and feelings yet I dun wish to sound like im gloatting over the misfortunes that are my close colleagues and acquaintance went and are going through.

Death: A close colleague of mine, a great sweet kakak whom I consider as the kelakar-seram kakak, lost her mom last Wednesday. It was considered as a sudden death as no one expected it. All her illness was considered as normal old age illness.
As I was talking to her yesterday, she did mentioned that her mom's passing hasnt really get into her yet. She's slightly affected but hasnt felt the impact yet.
There are times when she was doing something and thought about her mom...and then she realized that her mom is no longer ard.

An acquaintance lost her 9-year old son in a road accident in Aussie. Heard the news on radio this morning which then a close fren of mine texted and informed me that someone I knew is involved in the road accident.
A family trip which ended up tragic.
I have always regarded her as a strong lady eversince I met her. Strong willed and firm with her grounds and beliefs. Close-knitted family. The accident also involved her husband and 3 other children. Her husband and one of her child are in critical condition.

Illness and Mistreated: Another close collegue is diagnosed with somekind of illness that weakens her legs and made her lose appetite. Losing her leg strength bit by bit made her feel useless cause she will always need to depend on others and be next to her in case she might fall. Someone who used to be so independant suddenly has to depend on others makes her feel more sorry for herself. hates it!, she said.
Condition at home, being verbal abuse by the in-law made it worst.

Ina Lillahi Wa Ina Ilayhi Raajioon
May Allah grant strength and will power to these incredible ladies to pull through the rough times. May the misfortunes bring them closer to Him.

When such incidents inflicted people that we know or have known, it just dawn on us how fortunate we are, right now. And how great He is. The happiness that we are experiencing right now, be it monetary, relationships, health fortunes will surely be gone as He willed.

As I read back the paragraph before this, i realize too that all along i noe how fortunate i am but i dont really appreciate it. how i've taken advantage of its existance.
=(
Do i have to lose it in order to count it as a blessing?

 

just a feeling

hanya terkilan.

as simple as that.

Larger than Life Itself

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Who are we to question His forgiving attributes. Who are we to doubt it.
May He forgive me, we and us if we ever thought of "am I forgiven?"
What are repeated ones? Is it forgiven as well?

In surah Ta-Ha (20:44), Allah instructed Moses (Musa A.S) and Aaron (Haron A.S) to speak mildly to Pharaoh(Firaun). He gave Pharaoh (someone who is known to be the most evil person on earth....and regarded himself as god? - im not too sure if he did regarded himself as god) chance to repent.  Ayat as below.

What is our sins compared to his? we fail to greet one another...again. we happened to speak about another sister/brother...(initially the niat was to just vent out frustration. but it turned to be a gossip session...argh!). we shouted or showed displeasure....(nie either PMS or case of tak-cukup-tidur).

Allah's grace is larger that what we can possibly image!
we sinned, we seek for forgiveness, and try not to commit the same mistake.
if not commiting seems impossible now, then we can try to reduce the degree and the intensity of the committed sin.

Rights, main point is do not despair on His mercy. Why give up on ourselves when He havent!
(note to self)

What I have written above are just some points (based on my human(E) experiences also) from a good lecture given by Nouman Ali on Never Give Up Hope
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BNIfki5qdw

	Faqoola lahu qawlan layyinanlaAAallahu yatathakkaru aw yakhsha "But speak to him midly; perhaps he may take warning or fear (Allah)"

Limitations

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All of us have limitations, dont we. Limits to how much we can perform or control over matters. we are humans afterall.

I have been feeling tired lately due to work.
and the thought that my exams are around the corner yet work takes too much of my energy to study at night.
There were days when I felt that I didnt have sufficient sleep/ rest.

The tiredness took a toll on me on last Friday.
I was more cranky, more sensitive. I even felt hurt wen Tok Mat answered my question in his "do-not-bother-me" tone and his bochup gestures (yes, at times he is like that. spot the similarities between me and him :P). anws, i was so hurted that I literally cried wen he tried to "pacify" me. His pacify is by asking AniQ to disturb me "kacau auntie AniQ tu yg tgh merajuk". free flow of tears laaa. there I was, streams of crsytal clear tears flowed for about 5mins, in front of AniQ and my 2 younger sisters.

ok, anyways, whats my objective of writing this entry.
Well, what im trying to simply say is that, though part of my course at SIM did taught me about socioemotion and the self-control, I am ordinary human. simply ordinary with no special skills nor great knowledge, i do have my break-down days. do not expect me, in fact anyone, to be 100% of what we have learnt...everyday.  please consider that most people have bad days. What we've learnt takes more den just cultivating it in our own daily lives. 

Do not expect much from others. We are humans with limitations. And we wont have gotten this "far" w/o His guidance nor help.

Surah Al-Kahf (18:43)
"he had no one besides God to help him, nor could he himself achieve any success"  

a highly recommended video

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I hope I've gotten the spelling of Bismillah right. I was just testing out the arabic online keyboard which I found guess where..online lorz. :P
anyways do let me know if  the spelling is wrong aite. I have checked online and the Quran on the spelling, but I may have gotten it wrong.

In my previous entry in regards to hijab, one of my frequent questions was .."what if my character/ behaviour doesnt reflects good on Islam". Think I didnt mentioned that another top doubt I had (hopefully it will still remain as past tensed, insyaAllah) was "what if I found out  that its not my time yet. and remove the hijab".
MasyaAllah, with His grace, a talk by Wardinah Saffiyah enlightened me. It can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh8FWDNBrTk (Struggling to be a better msulimah everyday)

Quran, is her guidance.
Like every skills, it has to be horn and like what the spore government has been saying and a campaign that is highly supported, lifelong learning.
We need to constantly seek for knowledge in Islam. Learn about it and understand the Quran.
Constant questioning, analyze and be critical. Look for answers. Masya'Allah!
With the acquired knowledge and discovery, insyaAllah, it will get us closer to Him. Make us desire more for His love. and with His grace, the good deeds and donning on the proper hijab will be of nature to us.
Do not remain stagnant. Like all love, it has to be nurtured, watered and light from the sun daily,
Lets treat our eeman as a plantation. mine is padi fields since i like the view of the fields at Bandung. (I believe its padi fields)

Highly recommend you to watch the video.

"semoga kita tidak leka dlm perjalanan ini dan sentiasa ber-rendah diri. Amin"