Is Israel A Reality?

Naim Naqvi of India says, in the opinion columns of Indian Express that, after all, Israel is a reality Iran should not waste its efforts.

By: Naim Naqvi | 22-Apr-2009 Reply | Forward

That Israel is a new political and geographical reality, whether the Islamic world like it or not. This nation took birth at the crack of history. Iran and the Arab world have no choice today but to accept this fact. By dint of the backing of the West and the yeoman's efforts of Jews this nation has emerged as a world power.

Accepting Israel is not bad like enjoying the rape when it is inevitable. Muslims and Jews, both the county cousins should learn to live together in peace and harmony. They should do a SWOT analysis of themselves and try to make the best of the situation.

Too much blood has already been shed and for no avail. Iran's rhetoric is not taking it anywhere and Arabs are no more that enthusiastic to fight for Palestinians cause if did ever exist. Iran is a country of oldest civilization, rich culture and great history. Discretion on its part should be the better part of valor. Iran is a world power to reckon with and it should not waste its time in dying for lobster sauce. What Arab can't do Iran can't do any better.

Naim Naqvi wrote another piece on the same expressing his sympathy towards the Palestinians as follows:

I feel sorry for Palestinians

By: Naim Naqvi | 23-Apr-2009 Reply | Forward

I have been in the middle east for the major part of life. I know the strengths, weaknesses, predilections, prejudices and and idiosyncrasies of Arabs. Being a resident of Bombay I have had many Jewish friends who migrated to Israel.

I know many Iranians very closely. During my stay in West I had very considerate and
affectionate teachers who helped me in my life. My statement was based on hard facts, ground realities and study of history. I know Palestinians didn't deserve what they got. But, but what can they do now? Violence had brought nothing but miseries and retributions.

Our Muslim brothers in Arab world did nothing for them except some lip service and Khayrat. The Palestinian community didn't rise like Phoenix, like Jews or like any living nation. They were contended in their cocoons and accepted the role of helpless victims. Except few stray doctors and engineers there was no out-put from them. So, beggars can't be choosers. Life is like that ! It is too harsh and
snide but it is a fact of our life.

Pamameen gave him a reply to Naim Naqvi as follows in three separate
dispatches.

No National liberation Movement will be defeated

By: pamameen | 23-Apr-2009 Reply | Forward
Reply to Naim naqvi: part 2.Mr Naqvi,

your entire analysis and assertion is based on the acknowledgement of the concept of might is right. It is a pathetically defeatist attitude from someone like you, who are culturally, at least, partially associated with the struggle of Palestinian people.

Oslo accord was the proof of what you say: the Palestinians acknowledge the legality, legitimacy reality and existence of Israel as a nation and accepting two-nation solution based on borders existing before the 1967 war.

But the Palestinian borders have shrunk from 49.2% given by the UNO in 1948 to less than 10%.

How would people like you explain Israel incapacitating even the agreed two-state solution?

You say the cousins( the Arabs and Jews: I fully agree) And, so why not the cousins annihilate the idea of Jewish supremacy and go for a one state fully democratic nation where all will have equal rights. Please read “PEACE NOW” of Israel which a few weeks ago reported that the Israeli Ministry of Construction and Housing, is planning to construct 73,300 housing Units in the West bank thus doubling the
colonizer-settler population. So would you say that Israel is after all a world power and the Palestinians yield to them, accept construction of more settlements, do not resist, stop your liberation struggle, and after all history has far too many episodes of conquests of superior nations on weaker nations.?

The Palestinians may not succeed in liberating their nation during the life time of Naqvi or the present writer, but Wallahi, they will succeed one day.

A Palestinian couplet says that more forcefully “ LET NONE BE WITH US PROUD AND OVERBEARING FOR, WE CAN BE AS BRAVE AS STUPID”

I agree, we can forget about Arabs coming to the help of Palestinians, but the non-Arab Muslim world is forcefully reawakening and be reckoned with fear by Israel.

Did Richard the lion and the Crusaders succeed in holding on to their conquest of Jerusalem? No after all, the Palestinians waited for 140 years for a Sallahuddin Ayubi be born to liberate their lands from the European hordes.

Try to kill your defeatist attitude Mr Naqvi and stop marketing your pro-Israeli stand and in the process weakening the enthusiasm and spirit of Muslims in general and Indian Muslims in particular.

Brother Naqvi, you may if you happen to live then, may write the same words, after Israel has achieved its secret goal of occupying all the land according to their Biblical Prophesy( a huge lie and a myth repeated out of political expediency) between Nile and Euphrates and after Israel has up rooted the entire 10 million people of Palestine in order to create a Zionist Racist Empire meant for the
world Jewry ( the total population is around 12 million) and eventually enslave the entire Middle East.

Who denies Jihad as mentioned in the Quran under these circumstances?

Who denies the fact that “Fight against them as they fight against
you”,

Who denies the fact that.“Persecution is worse than killing; chase them out from the places from where they chased you out”.

Who denies the fact that, this world is transitory and the hereafter is eternal.

Who denies the fact that we should not call a martyr as dead, the martyr lives and is looked after?

Do not yield to bullies Mr. Naqvi. Non-violence is an excellent principle, no doubt, but it can never be an acceptable article of faith under ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, if that is so, one will allow his tolerance to reach the level of cowardice-ness. It is better to die for a righteous cause rather than dying as a coward.

Pam Ameen.

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Enslaved To.

As we progress towards achieving our main goals in life such as getting a good degree whilst finding a could-be-husband/wife material, getting a stable job, living in a comfortable home with a complete set of entertainment system, and of course buying a luxury sports car even though you know two years down the year you will soon realize how a terrible mistake it was and so forth, the majority of us tend to think what the society wants us to think and not how our minds think.

Ever so often, our mind has been shaped into thinking that positive outcomes can be generated when complying to what the society is doing. In contrast however, what the minorities are doing often create somewhat a threat by certain interested parties when in fact, what the minorities are doing is actually helping these individuals, which makes up the whole community moving towards a healthier society.

The inability of people to think outside the normal norm has caused the majority of individuals to be left untouched and unaware of the bigger issues that is causing havoc in the community. Drug lords, junkies, night prowlers, red light hunters, bandits, burglars, rapists, law breakers, devil worshippers and so on add onto the fall of the morale and islamic values of people in the community.

The latter speaks for itself as other methods to fool individuals in the particular nation is uninterrupted. Each and everyone of us is left with a huge, if not, little impact of these more obvious tools. Some cannot even see that they are on the verge of being beheaded by these mind-blowing-eye-watching-profile/data-tracking-mind-manipulating muck that tells us what follow, tells us what to say and tells us how to think.

In all aspects of life, this evil beast, even though unfortunately loved by many, has been able to destroy families, corrupt the young and old, eradicate love and nurture hate, interfere with our daily decision makings, create commotion within the household and so on until it becomes the primary discussion of all ages and groups. And yet lawyers, scholars, family counselors, therapists and other problem solving analyst are unable to pinpoint the cause of problems, issues and dilemmas being hoisted.

We have seen outrage, dissatisfaction, misery, anger, obscenity, immorality, smart-ass attitude, dumbness, uncivilized uneducated characters being imitated continuously in households, workplace, public places, religious ceremonies, sports arena, graveyards, telephone conversation where presence of just one person physically or via image or audio is enough for this "stunt double" to exhibit or mimic what he or she has seen or heard.

What is this evil beast that has the persuasive power to change how we think, what we should wear, who should we go out with, what we should eat and so on? Its none other than, television that sits in every home of every man in this universe. Not only it can cause our minds to be poisoned and being instilled with manipulated facts on certain issues especially on the worldwide agenda and especially on news with regards to islamic issues but it also keeps us busy 24 hours.

Television is able to satisfy and fulfill each and every need of different age groups, classes, race, status and so on. There is no group that is being left out, even for muslims, their eyes will be fixated on islamic documentaries or talks by scholars on DVDs, nasyeed video clips, miracles of Allah clips and so on. The list goes on and on until we become enslaved to this mean machine.

Not to disregard of its importance such as education via television (sesame street? really?), important information IS available on television such as time of solat, time to break sawm and so on but the fact that it brings harm more than good is obvious. Its harm will continue to over weigh its benefits. How? You may have an islamic channel on but whats challenging is avoiding whats in between the show you are watching. Ads?

Usually, it does not go over the duration of 120 seconds but the impact that it makes on our mind can last for years and even until our demise. We might say that we won't be influenced easily by these eenie weenie images such as the upper part of a female torso or a muscular guy showing his abs or a little glimpse of a couple smooching and some crazy guy screaming and so on but did you know that if we let our eyes gaze upon this "mystical images", we will further indulge ourselves into something big (bigger sin?), unknowingly.

In relation, surely we all have heard about the Prophet's hadeeth regarding the heart where it all starts with lil' spots but sooner or later the small spots will form into ONE BIG SPOT. That's when we feel that its ok to watch as long as not touch (or do it). Can we really avoid something that has become a habit? Like picking your nose when no one is around?

These negativities that comes from within television will prove to be true when a person realizes that he or she is wearing what the people in television is wearing, they will think like them, talk like them, behave like them and try to imitate them as much as they can. Heck, we now live in a society based on what has been portrayed in television (media). Indirectly, television is telling us what to do and because of this, most of us just never think anymore.

Therefore because of this annoying and threatening pattern, each and one of us must comprehend that we must not allow this disease to spill over onto the next generation because it will be difficult to shape a generation that will uphold the principles of islam if we are also still enslaved with poisonous external factors. We must try to instill and educate the next generation with the ability to think, the independent to make critical decisions, to read and to develop the necessary skills to avoid social ills and worldly frills.

In conclusion, television will always cause problems and the only way societal problems can be eradicated and the society can upgraded is by removing the habits of having breakfast, lunch and dinner in front television or getting rid of television altogether replacing it with non-celebrity related discussions or maybe issues which revolves around the islamic world at large and how we can do to help change the negative perceptions that has resulted from television.

Wallahu'alam

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Produk: Islam

Segala puji dan syukur kita panjatkan kepada Allah Azza Wa Jalla kerana di atas kasih sayang dan rahmatNya jua, kita masih berada dalam keadaan yang sehat dan masih lagi mampu mengerakkan jari jemari, mata, telinga, mulut dan terutama sekali akal kita demi untuk memikirkan keagungan ciptaan Allah yang tiada tandingan dengan ciptaan manusia.

Kita ucapkan salam kesejahteraan kepada nabi yang kita sering rindui dan kita kasihi, nabi Muhammad, keluarga serta sahabat2 baginda dan mereka yang sentiasa berusaha untuk menegakkan kalimah Allah di muka bumi ini.

Manusia dan jin telah diciptakan oleh Allah hanyalah untuk patuh, tunduk dan akur dengan perintah Allah. Untuk mematuhi apa yang disuruh oleh Allah dan bukan saja menjauhi tetapi membersihkan diri kita daripada perkara2 ataupun amalan2 yang bertentangan dengan kehendak Ilahi.

Kita perlu sentiasa bersyukur kerana kita masih mengakui bahawa tiada Tuhan yang berhak disembah melainkan Allah dan nabi Muhammad adalah hamba dan pesuruh Allah. Kita mungkin tidak perasaan bahawa satu nikmat yang Allah berikan kepada kita ialah nikmat menjadi seorang manusia yang menganut agama islam, satu-satunya agama yang diredhai oleh.

Jika kita perhatikan, masih banyak lagi manusia yang terombang ambing dengan maksiat dan banyak di antara mereka yang masih menyangka bahawa kehidupan di dunia ini adalah kehidupan yang hakiki dan tidak percaya kepada kehidupan akhirat. Orang2 yang tidak suka kepada ajaran yang di bawa oleh nabi Muhammad akan coba untuk merosakkan lagi manusia yang masih lagi tidak sedar ini dan mereka juga akan sedaya upaya untuk merosakkan aqidah dan akhlak orang islam sendiri.

Orang islam sendiri kadang2 tertipu dan termakan dengan tipu helah yang direka oleh musuh2 Allah. Mereka akan mencipta sesuatu benda yang akan membuat kita kadang2 lalai daripada mengingat Allah dengan apa jua cara. Kita lihat berapa ramai manusia yang dilalaikan oleh drama2, filem2, novel2, permainan komputer, membeli barang2 yang tidak perlu dan sebagainya. Tanpa kita sedari, banyak daripada adik2, abang2, ibu dan ayah kita terpersona dengan benda2 yang diciptakan oleh manusia sendiri.

Yang menyedihkan, mereka tidak pula terpersona dan menghabiskan masa mereka memikirkan apa yang diturunkan oleh Allah dan apa yang telah diciptakanNya. Kita dapat menyalahkan siapa2 kerana setiap perkara yang kita lakukan adalah di atas kehendak kita sendiri dan jika bukan kerana paksaan dan lupa, maka Allah akan menuntut kelalaian kita suatu masa nanti.

Sebagai seorang muslim, kita perlu sedar bawah tugas untuk menyedarkan orang yang masih leka, lalai dan tidur adalah satu kerja yang berat dan ianya perlu kepada displin diri yang tinggi, semangat yang tidak utuh, keyakinan yang tidak akan pudar dan keperibadian yang sempurna baik dari akhlak, kefahaman dan aqeedah.

Bagaimana kita akan dapat memastikan orang yang kita ajak akan mendengar cakap kita? Jika kita lihat dalam seerah nabi kesayangan kita, sebelum wahyu yang pertama diturunkan, orang2 di Mekah tahu bahawa nabi Muhammad adalah seorang manusia yang dipercayai, tidak pernah berdusta, amanah, peramah, suka menolong orang yang susah, tidak pernah mengikut sesuatu amalan tanpa usul periksa dan banyak lagi.

Oleh sebab itu, walaupun penyebaran islam semasa diperiod Mekah hanya terdiri daripada beberapa orang terdekat seperti isteri, sepupu dan sahabat2 nabi yang terdekat, tapi sesudah nabi berhijrah ke Madinah, ramai manusia yang berlomba-lomba ingin masuk agama islam kerana keadilan, keaslian, kesatuan, keharmonian dan lain2 faedah yang dapat diraih daripada menganut agama islam.

Perlu diketahui bahawa nabi dan para pengikut-pengikutnya bukan hanya menyebarkan islam dengan berceramah dikhalayak ramai, akan tetapi, mereka melakukannya dengan cara memberi contoh yang sepatutnya. Mereka akan mengamalkan apa yang disuruh oleh Allah dan rasulNya. Mereka akan berbuat baik kepada jiran mereka, menolong orang yang ditindas dan dicerca, mereka akan bersikap lembut kepada orang miskin, anak yatim dan yang fakir dan sebagainya.

Nabi dan para sahabat tahu bahawa untuk mengajak manusia kepada Allah, mereka hendaklah terlebih dahulu membeli islam itu sendiri. Mereka bukan masuk kerana terpaksa tapi mereka masuk islam kerana mereka tahu bahawa hanya dengan islamlah mereka akan selamat di dunia dan di akhirat.

Cuba kita lihat keadaan seorang yang mempunyai idea untuk membuka sebuah bisnes. Walaubagaimana pun, orang tersebut tidak mempunyai modal untuk memulakan bisnes tersebut. Jadi, orang tersebut terpaksa menyediakan berapa yang diperlukan, kos2 permulaan, pulangan yang akan didapati hasil daripada perniagaan setiap bulan dan sebagainya.

Selepas selesai, sebuah proposal yang lengkap akan dihadapkan kepada bank akan yang memberikan modal kepada orang tadi. JIKA sekiranya pegawai bank tersebut yakin bahawa idea yang hadapkan untuk meyakinkan, maka, insya Allah, orang tersebut sekarang sudah mempunyai wang untuk mula bergerak.

Begitu juga dengan islam, bagaimana kita akan mampu menjual sesuatu barang jika sekiranya kita sendiri tidak membelinya? Islam adalah satu cara hidup yang lengkap yang sepatutnya menjadi panduan dalam hidup kita. Siapa lagi yang sepatutnya menjadi modal kita, selain daripada Nabi Muhammad yang telah mampu "menjual" islam kepada seluruh umat manusia.

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3 Perkara

Sahabat2 nabi telah diberikan oleh Allah kesempatan untuk dididik oleh manusia yang menjadi buah percakapan manusia sejak baginda dilahirkan sehinggalah ke hari ini. Keberkesanan nabi Muhammad dalam membentuk keperibadian setiap sahabat telah menghasilkan seorang hamba Allah yang bukan sahaja tidak kenal penat lelah tetapi masih berpegang teguh kepada kalimah shahadah walaupun terpaksa mengharungi kepanasan, kepedihan, kematian keluarga dan kerosakan harta benda.

Orang2 seperti bilal adalah salah seorang sahabat yang diangkat darjatnya oleh Allah walaupun dia seorang hamba berkulit hitam. Disebabkan keutuhan iman yang melekat pada dada, dia rela kepada hambatan2 dan seksaan2 yang menimpa dirinya. Dilalui setiap kesakitan dan keperitan tanpa keluh kesah, tanpa sesal. Bahkan, disebabkan cobaan yang ditimpakan kepada beliau, iman beliau semakin bertambah dan air mata yang berlinangan bukanlah air mata simpati, akan tetapi, itulah air mata iman yang dibuahkan dari hati yang betul faham maksud mengucapkan kalimah "Laa Ilaa Ha Ill Lallah".

Manusia yang tidak tahu bahasa arab mungkin tidak akan faham erti yang tersirat di dalam kalimah tersebut tapi bagi orang arab, inilah maksud pengabidan secara total. Manusia biasa seperti kita hanya akan memandangkan kalimah tersebut sebagai ritual dilakukan semasa kita sembahyang dan bukan semasa kita hidup di luar sembahyang. Disebabkan itulah orang 2 jahiliah di zaman nabi sangat tidak suka kepada ajaran yang dibawa oleh nabi kesayangan kita, nabi Muhammad.

Makna mengucapkan kalimah syahadah merangkumi setiap aspek kehidupan kita sehari-hari tanpa mengira tempat, masa dan keadaan, bukan saja semasa solat, puasa dan sebagainya. Para sahabat faham risalah yang dibawa oleh Rasulullah sehingga mereka seakan-akan dapat merasa amanat yang dipikul oleh Nabi. Nabi akan menyampaikan setiap ayat kepada sahabat-sahabat2 yang ada. Lalu sahabat2 ini pula akan menyampaikannya kepada yang tidak ada. Walaupun alat2 komunikasi seperti sekarang tidak ada, tapi, mereka masih mampu menyampaikannya walaupun terpaksa berjalan beribu batu.

Sejarah telah membuktikan hebatnya para sahabat2 nabi yang bertungkus lumus melakukan kerja2 mengajak manusia kepada yang hak dan mencegah mereka daripada melakukan perkara2 yang di larang oleh syariat islam. Mereka yang tegak berdiri, bersatu dan bersama-sama menempuh musuh2 islam yang sentiasa saja ingin merosakkan bumi Allah seperti mempromisikan kebatilan, mengambil hak2 orang miskin, menindas orang2 miskin dan berlaku tidak adil kepada manusia baik yang beragama islam ataupun tidak.

Tapi apakah yang menyebabkan para sahabat2 dahulu mampu bertahan walaupun dihempas ombak yang berketinggian 10 meter? Sehinggakan mereka mampu menakluki beberapa kuasa besar seperti rome. Adakah disebabkan mereka ini bebadan tegap? Adakah disebabkan mereka mempunyai kelengkapan dan senjata yang canggih? Adakah kerana mereka bertaqwa kepada Allah lalu Allah berikan mereka kemenangan?

Kalah dan menangnya sesebuah angkatan tentara bukan sahaja tergantung kepada keramaian, kekuatan askar2 dan cara mereka menghadapi musuh. Akan tetapi, ianya juga tegantung kepada keperibadian setiap diri dalam kumpulan tersebut. Bayangkan, jika terdapat seorang munafik yang ikut berperang melawan musuh. Sebaik sahaja orang ini melihat musuh, dia akan lari kerana takut berhadapan dengan musuh..ini akan menyebabkan orang2 mukmin merasa sedikit gentar disebabkan sikap orang munafik tadi.

Jadi, setiap diri kita hendaklah mencari jalan untuk memantapkan diri kita sehingga kita dapat menjadi sahabat2 yang dididik oleh nabi kesayangan kita. Mengikut sejarah, sahabat2 dan orang2 selepas mereka hendaklah mempunyai 3 perkara yang perlu diasah secara berterusan. 3 perkara tersebut adalah seperti di bawah:

1) Mental
2) Fisikal
3) Spiritual

Jika kita perhatikan, aspek material tidak ditekankan kerana material hanyalah sebagai sebab musobab dan juga tambahan kepada hidup seseorang dan ianya tidak bertahan lama. Sama seperti apa yang disangkakan oleh orang bukan islam. Mereka menyangka bahawa harta benda yang mereka ada akan dapat dijadikan tebusan semasa di akhirat kelak. Berlainan dengan kita orang mukmin.

Setiap sahabat mempunya daya fikiran yang jauh dan mereka mempunyai idea2 yang bernas dan boleh dipakai. Disebabkan cara fikiran mereka yang luas, mereka mampu mengupas sesebuah topik dengan begitu teratur sekali. Mereka mampu membahaskan sesuatu perkara dengan cara professional dan bukan ikut kemahuan nafsu mereka. Mereka mampu berdebat dengan orang bukan islam lalu menukarkan mereka menjadi orang yang mengtauhidkan Allah Ta'ala.

Badan yang cergas dan kuat juga menyumbang kepada kesuksesan individu, kumpulan, masyakarat dan negara. Orang akan menyangka bahawa orang yang kuat ialah mereka yang mampu menarik sebuah keretapi ataupun sebuah kapal terbang. Akan tetapi, jika kita perhatikan kekuatan tersebut tidak akan bertahan lama kerana keikhlasan dalam menjana tenaga tersebut bukan dihasilkan daripada buah iman yang ada di dada tetapi hanyalah untuk ikut pertandingan2 "siapa kuat" di khalayak ramai. Badan yang cergas bukan sahaja tertumpu kepada bentuk fisik tapi cergas juga bermaksud dayatahan dan kemampuan kita untuk bangun ditengah malam untuk solat tahajjud, berpuasa semasa orang lain menikmati makan tengah hari dan sebagainya.

Tadi kita sudah membincangkan betapa pentingnya jasad dan intellectual kita untuk meraih kejayaan dalam kehidupan dunia dan akhirat. Tetapi kedua-dua perkara tersebut tidak akan lengkap tanpa ruh yang sehat. Ruh ataupun spiritual adalah sesuatu yang mengikat di kedua-dua perkara tadi. Tanpa ruh, badan yang kuat akan masih merasa takut jika berhadapan dengan hantu. Tanpa ruh yang mantap, fikiran kita akan terkonkong dan tidak akan sempurna selagi apa yang terletak di dada kita sudah jernih dan bersih dari segala yang kotor.

Bagaimana untuk menjadikan ruh kita sehat? Jika kita perhatikan nabi Muhammad, baginda telah dikerahkan oleh Allah untuk solat tahajjud dan salah satu tujuannya adalah untuk mempersiapkan diri baginda melawan musuh dan juga memberikan baginda kekuatan untuk bekerja di siang hari. Sahabat2 dan orang2 selepas mereka juga membiasakan diri mereka dengan pelbagai aktiviti spiritual seperti qiyam, membaca al qur'an selepas suboh, berzikir, bertahmid, dan apa sahaja yang bersangkut paut dengan diri mereka sendiri. Disebabkan ruh yang sehat, tersinarlah cahaya keimanan yang dapat dipamerkan dari segi tingkah laku, percakapan dan pemikiran.

Kita hendaklah faham bahawa jika kita coba untuk menempuh satu jalan sahaja, maka jalan yang lain, kita mungkin akan gagal. Untuk mencapai ketiga-tiga perkara tersebut, ianya perlu kepada keseimbangan. Ini bermaksud, kita kalau dapat mencapai purata 100% dalam ketiga-tiga perkara dan bukan 33% bagi setiap kategori. Cuba bayangkan, seorang manusia yang mempunyai bahagian atas, pertengahan dan bahagian bawah. Mana satu yang kita pilih?

a) Kepala yang kecil, badan yang perut buncit, kaki yang kurus
b) Kepala yang besar, badan yang kecil, dan kaki yang panjang
c) Kepala yang sedang, badan yang sedang dan kaki yang sedang

Jadilah seorang manusia yang meniru gaya kehidupan Nabi Muhammad dan orang2 selepas baginda kerana dengan itu, kita akan dapat merasa apa erti kita menganut agama islam.

Wallahu'alam.

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Sincerity Rock Bottom

Our behavior whether it is positive or negative can sometimes be easily judged and although we will never find out why certain people do certain things, it is important that for us to analyze our behavior towards men or women, animals and our surroundings so that we can slowly rectify and correct our purpose of accomplishing something.

As mentioned, most of us often judge a book by its title, and not its cover. The cover alone would not really give you an idea what the content of the book is. For example, we could be searching a book about motivation and once the word “Motivation…” is sighted, we could be banging our head against the wall soon after, after finding out the book that was bought was to motivate its readers to be a homo for example, to pursue whatever you please AT ALL COSTS!

The above example illustrates just how important it is for each and every one of us to avoid jumping into conclusion when witnessing incidents outside the normal circle. Unfortunately for some of us, we have the tendency to quick finger pointing at someone especially if something is at fault or if something did not go well as planned. Weird when we can easily see a tiny black dot being surrounded by a bigger white circle. Are seeds of adam supposed to operate that way?

Yes and no. The answer lies within us. We try our best to operate in a way which pleases Allah the most. Period! Sadly, most of us sometimes forget to that once the pen has been lifted, there is no way we can change what has happened. We then start to blame one another for a little tiny mistake which is not only time consuming but also would not really make much difference. When no one is around, there’s only one left to be blamed and we all know who He is. Is this fair?

Why did this happen? Why didn’t you do that? Why didn’t you do this instead? Why two not five? These are the typical questions a normal person would usually ask. When all is said and when all is done, there only one we should rely on and that is Allah. As humans, we can only stretch our hands so far and belittling should not even cross our mind. Maybe, we need to be more sincere in carrying out our duties be it study, work, house chores, activities or any kind of good deeds.

Getting things done for the right cause can be done but that 100% sincerity can easily go down if we are easily distracted with the magnificent creation of Allah. That’s when satan sweeps in. Satan will lure us until our sincerity hits rock bottom. The trick is to be focused and keep in mind that every word, every action and every good intention is for Allah’s sake. We want to make sure that our good intention does not clash with any evil intention. Even a little bit. Zilch!

So, we should do things for the right reasons and not for the left reasons as taught in Islam. Left reasons are regrettably more deadly than a cancer that ruins our body organ because if you’re in it for the left reasons, you could very well be fuel that burns sorry souls.

O Allah…
Give us strength to carry on…
Until there’s only one anthem
To be heard across the nation
:(

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Bored of Boredom

Despite our relentless attempts to ease our heart, at the end of the day, most of us still find it difficult to sleep at night. When the day wakes, its all back to the way we first started until the darkness plays its part. In the morning, fresh and ready to tear the world apart with Israeli made products, each and every one of us make our way towards our destined cry for pride.

Without feeling any remorse for missing fajr, we listen intently and write down any points given by the speaker who stood before us while some of us stare into the world that capture everything in sight. Ironically, it does not apply to all occasions. Wondered if only one prayer was granted, would the world be in a different state? They knew it could not be done but due to humiliation, five was the final cut.

They knew people during the past acted more badly than present and knew that most of us would care less, let alone take care, of what has been descended from above. Is it sheer coincidence or pure luck? The pen has been lifted ever since the ball started rolling as we witness the day when everything collides, dead or alive. We are weak but are we going to continue to live as a liar.

Everyday we beg for a greener grass on the other side but can we really move on while we still cling on to our past. Time is ticking while we ask for more signs but can we really see when we interpret things differently. Miracles will not happen if you ask but can only happen you least expect it. Snap whatever you can, dslrs won’t be of much use if this hurdle will only be left as portraits in your life.

The more and more estranged we are with life, the more we will understand the true meaning of life. There is no need for us to look for signs in the stars or the Stars because every word, every reflex and everything that crosses our mind may well be evidence of undisputed unmatched exalted known to every living organism that’s not known and known to men and the like.

Our heart beats in sorrow while the genesis of men continues to be fooled by physical powers known by many. Bait isn’t necessary as catch is easy. They lured us with read-between-the-lines-you-fool shows that our mind can’t even highlight the real message being delivered. Our mind can’t even tell which is right and which is wrong anymore because it has been infested, not by cockroaches, centipedes or rats, but merely by teen shows, who-wants-to-be-famous shows and sell-your-body-to-the-devil sellout concerts.

But does a clogged pipe will always be blocked? If a shoeshine can be made continuously and consistently, then maybe, there is still hope for a little sparkle of glimmering light.

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H i d a y a h

Seorang manusia akan selalu mencari. Ada yang mencari wang ringgit, ada yang mencari pangkat dan kedudukan dan ada pula yang mencari tempat tinggal yang jauh daripada hiruk piruk bandar. Kalau yang masih kanak2, adik2 kita akan mencari tempat bermain seperti playground dan juga pantai. Ada juga mereka yang mengambil kesempatan ini untuk menyediakan tempat2 bermain seperti yang kita lihat digedung-gedung perniagaan seperti Jolibee dan sebagainya.

Setelah kanak2 tadi meningkat remaja, mereka akan mencari tempat juga untuk bermain tapi permainan yang sesuai dengan naluri mereka. Mereka akan pergi berkelah bersama kawan-kawan, bermain game tahan lasak dan seterusya. Kanak2 tadi tidak akan selama-lamanya menjadi kanak2 dan ketika itulah mereka akan meningkat menjadi dewasa. Hasil daripada didikan yang telah diberikan semasa kanak2 sehinggalah remaja, mereka masih lagi mencari sesuatu perkara ataupun permainan yang menghiburkan hati mereka. Mereka akan menguji bakat mereka, mereka akan menubuhkan satu band dan sebagainya.

Sebenarnya, manusia tidak akan habis2 mencari sesuatu dalam kehidupan mereka. Saat ibu mereka melahirkan, mereka sudah cenderung kepada apa yang mereka dengar dan lihat. Kemahuan yang diberikan oleh Allah kepada kita adalah sebenarnya suatu cobaan ataupun challenge bagi kita. Ada segelintir manusia yang pernah mencoba semuanya sehinggakan manusia disebelah negara barat ada menyenaraikan list ataupun perkara2 yang ingin dilakukan sebelum mati. Ada yang ingin merantau keseluruh dunia dalam 40 hari, ada yang ingin berkahwin dengan setiap jenis bangsa yang ada dan ada pula yang ingin terjun dari pesawat dari ketinggian yang amat dahsyat dengan hanya menggunakan seluar dalam sebagai penyelamat.

Jika kita perhatikan, manusia yang tidak mempunyai pegangan akan lebih banyak melakukan kerosakan. Cuba perhatikan keadaan umat2 dahulu. Ada yang melepaskan nafsu mereka kepada lelaki, ada yang membunoh anak kerana takutkan miskin, ada yang menyembah berhala dan seterusnya. Semua ini sudah dirakamkan di dalam kitabullah yang agung. Setiap kejadian yang berlaku sepatutnya menjadi pengajaran bagi kita untuk mereflek diri kita agar tidak jatuh ke dalam lembah kehinaan. Disebabkan oleh keengganan orang2 dahulu dan kesombongan mereka terhadap rasul2 yang membawa risalah, mereka dihancurkan oleh Allah dengan sekelip mata dan tidak seorang pun yang tinggal untuk melawan ajal mereka.

Orang arif pernah berkata bahawa orang yang pernah mengalami / hidup dalam kegelapan akan lebih menghargai hidup dalam cahaya walaupun sedikit. Maksudnya disini, manusia yang pernah hidup dalam keadaan jahiliah akan bersungguh-sungguh memastikan cahaya yang sedikit tadi tidak akan pudar. Cuba gambarkan seorang manusia yang sesat di dalam gua. Dia akan meraba-raba dihadapan dibelakang, kiri dan kanan dan memerhatikan dengan penuh teliti apa yang ada disekelilingnya. Sebaik sahaja cahaya ditemui, orang tersebut akan meluru ataupun pergi ke cahaya itu. Mungkin kita pernah mendengar term yang biasa digunakan dalam movie2 barat "Go towards the light".

Tapi, jika kita sentiasa sahaja hidup dalam keadaan yang terang, kita akan menyangka bahawa keadaan kita sudah ok sedangkan kita sendiri belum pernah merasa susahnya hidup dalam kegelapan. Mungkin ada yang mensalah tafsirkan bahawa kalau sekiranya aku ingin menghargai cahaya yang ada walaupun sedikit, adakah itu bermaksud aku mesti mencoba semua jenis maksiat yang ada? Tidak kerana setiap cahaya datang dalam berbagai bentuk dan setiap diri akan tahu cahaya mana yang perlu diikuti.

Sebagai contoh, adakah kita mahu dipotong tangan kerana mencuri atau adakah kita mahu merasa direjam sampai mati kerana berzina? Rasanya tidak. Oleh sebab itu, setiap kisah2 yang disebut di dalam Al Qur'an, kita hendaklah coba untuk menjiwainya sehingga kita betul2 merasa apa yang umat2 dahulu merasa. Bukan sahaja itu bahkan kawan2 kita, keluarga kita dan orang2 sekeliling kita pun pernah hidup di bawah kegelapan. Setiap kali ini terjadi, mereka akan menceritakan bagaimana jahilnya mereka dahulu dan perbezaan mereka yang sangat positif.

Hidayah juga akan datang jika kita bersusah payah dalam mencari hidayah itu sendiri. Sebagai contoh, seorang lelaki yang hidup di sebuah negara yang arak dihalalkan, daging bagi dijadikan pakaian dan wanita dipamerkan tanpa seutas benang, akan mengerti dan faham betapa beratnya menjadi seorang muslim yang berpegang teguh dengan hidayah yang Allah berikan kepadanya. Menahan diri kita daripada maksiat ataupun dosa dan noda juga hidayah yang Allah ilhamkan kepada kita.

Jadi, bagi mereka yang ingin mencari cahaya tidak perlu pergi ke America ataupun pergi ke Afrika, tapi cahaya sebenarnya sudah berada di hadapan mata kita. Samaada kita ingin menghargainya atau tidak, itu terpulang kepada kita. Setiap kebaikan dari tingkah laku dan tutur kata yang menyeru kepada kebaikan, sebenarnya itulah cahaya yang insya Allah akan menyelamatkan kita semua daripada menjadi bahan api neraka.

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UNACCEPTABLE (GUITAR HERO)

Tell me if you guys think this is funny!

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Sealed Black

There are three kinds of people in this world. The first kind is those people who have realized that they have made a mistake and decides to come clean. The second kind is those people who realized that a mistake have been made but decided to continue on making MORE mistakes. The last kind would be those who does not even KNOW that they are in fact on a brink of disaster.

For all we know, we could fall into the first category but we just don't know it yet due to our slim confidence. Sometimes we are so indecisive that it takes some of us a while to decide whats good and whats not. Just like going into a local restaurant or even prior to that. The time taken to choose where to eat is a big hassle for some family especially those who have a lot of kids. These kids we plan to have could just be our friends who tells you where to go during the weekend and what plans they have. Its NOT what plans you have. Its like your just a tail and what makes up the whole you is your friends.

Once we realized we've made a mistake, we need to be stringent and positive towards our change. Otherwise, you will only last for a few weeks until you go back to your old habit. Care needs to be taken when going onto the good path. Coming clean is much more easier than going to an exam unprepared because if you're going for an exam, it could well be your last paper that you will need to get your degree/master/doctorate/ or whatever. If you failed, then you'd have to resit and that would mean another six months on a foreign soil.

Sometimes we think that trying to get back to you islamic roots is hard. Thats because we are so comfortable with the way we are, even though sometimes we feel that something is just "missing", we still go on with our common daily activities. Such as going out to movies, hanging out talking bout a friend's friend and things like that, what happened during the weekend and so on. Irnoically, people sitting down to discuss about the ummah or deepening our knowledge of our religion is found weird. It's like this, when the majority sees something thats good, its actually bad and vice versa. Make sense?

Which is much worse, the second type or the third? Perhaps, the third one is much worse. Someone who picks his/her nose in front of everybody but he/she doesnt think its a bad habit. Or on a more extreme examples, a foreigner who drives on a wrong lane but still able to smile to everyone. The prophet once said that everytime a sin is committed, a black dot is mark on the human's heart. This hadeeth is telling us that if we continue making sins, our heart will be covered with black spots, no unless we repent, the chances of us accepting the words of Allah and revitalizing our emaan is far stretched. Just like trying to dig a hole into the center of the eart. By the way, its not a mistake if its done twice. You're just fiddling with Allah. Repent & resent.

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Jaga Dari TID0R

Pernahkah kita menegur ataupun memberi nasihat kepada ibu bapa, saudara, kawan-kawan dan juga orang yang tidak kenali untuk berhenti melakukan sesuatu perkara? Kita mungkin pernah menegur ibu bapa kita untuk tidak mengatakan sesuatu yang tidak baik kepada adik beradik mereka. Kita mungkin pernah menegur sepupu kita supaya berhenti melihat porno ataupun menyuruh mereka untuk mengenakan hijab semasa keluar rumah. Apapun jua jenis teguran ataupun nasihat yang berguna yang kita lakukan, kita sebenarnya, walaupun tanpa kita sedari, sudah memainkan peranan sebagai penyambung lidah Nabi kesayangan kita, penyelamat umat.

Nabi Muhammad, manusia yang paling agung telah mampu mengerakkan hati2 yang dahulunya keras seperti batu menjadi cair seperti air yang meluncur dari puncak gunung yang tinggi. Mereka yang menerima apa yang disampaikan oleh baginda merasa seakan-akan kehidupan mereka menjadi tenang sehinggakan musik dan melancong keluar negeri tidak perlu. Bagi mereka cukuplah sudah Al Qur’an menjadi penenang hati mereka.

Mereka tidak perlu melihat filem-filem hindustan untuk mengeluarkan air mata mereka kerana qalam Allah sudah cukup untuk menitiskan air mata mereka kepada nasib yang bakal mereka terima nanti di akhirat kelak. Dalam keadaan yang sayu sepi, Surah Mursalat yang dibaca sudah cukup untuk mengingatkan mereka kembali kepada nikmat Allah yang tidak terkira banyaknya. Mereka yakin dengan pertemuan dengan Tuhan mereka dan oleh itu persiapan yang rapi rancak dibuat untuk memastikan setiap diri mendapat redha yang lebih berharga daripada batu permata seberat 2 kilo.

Kehidupan seorang manusia di dunia perlu kepada peringatan kerana tanpa peringatan, kita kemungkinan akan menyusur lebih jauh lagi ke arah yang akan membuat hati kita remuk dan tulang rusuk kita bertembung menjadi satu. Teguran dan nasihat adalah berguna bagi orang2 yang berakal dan hanyalah menjadi bahan ejekan dan membuatkan mereka yang mempunyai ego marah (kesombongan) dalam kejahilan. Dan perumpamaan orang yang menerima nasihat adalah seperti orang yang hampir2 di baham api yang akhirnya selamat dikeluarkan

Bayangkan keadaan seorang lelaki yang sedang nyenyak tidur di atas sebuah tilam yang empuk di dalam bilik yang berbackgroundkan lagu instrumental dan bunyi air yang boleh membuat seseorang merasa seakan-akan mereka berada di sebuah tasik. Di bilik juga terdapat majalah2 dan dvd-dvd yang berunsurkan zina. Dalam masa yang sama, keadaan luar rumah sudah dipenuhi dengan api yang sudah memakan sebahagian daripada rumah tersebut.

Ahli keluarga lelaki berkenaan sudahpun selamat dikeluarkan dan yang tinggal hanyalah lelaki yang sedang nyenyak tidur tadi. Disebabkan oleh kuatnya dan panasnya api yang membakar, ibu ayah, adik beradik, jiran2 termasuklah pasukan penyelamat hanya mampu menyelamatkan lelaki tadi dengan memanggil namanya dan berteriak “API! API!” beberapa kali. Namun, lelaki tersebut tidak juga sedar2 dari tidurnya sehinggalah kedengaran suara manusia meronta-ronta kepanasan meminta tolong…

Kejadian di atas sebenarnya mengambarkan kehidupan kita di dunia. Kita sekarang sedang tidur dalam sebuah mimpi yang panjang. Persekitaran kita membuatkan kita tidur lebih lena. Musik dan dendangkan lagu yang mengasyikan membuat kita lupa tentang firman Allah dan segala percakapan dan perbuatan nabi kesayangan kita, kita pandang sebelah mata sahajar. Ingatlah, wang yang berjuta, isteri yang jelita tapi tidak beriman langsung tidak akan mendatangkan manfa’at bahkan hanya akan menambah beban kepada kita di akhirat kelak.

Kita sudah jauh hanyut dibuai mimpi ini sehinggakan kita tahu peduli nasib saudara2 islam kita yang berada di tempat yang telah ditadirkan oleh Allah tempat jihad sehinggalah hari kiamat Kita merasa kita tidak perlu khuatir tentang kemiskinan yang menimpa orang2 islam dan musim sejuk yang mereka hadapi. Samada mereka mempunyai baju tebal, tutop kepala dan kasut untuk memanaskan badan mereka yang bukan sahaja merasa dingin bahkan ditambah lagi dengan kelaparan adalah tanggungjawab orang2 yang berkuasa. Aku..."Aku hanya mampu memberikan sekalong doa…”

Sikap kita yang tidak kisah kepada keadaan sekeliling akan menyebabkan kita hancur di dalam kehinaan yang amat sangat nanti. Kita tidak akan sedar selagi kita merasa kita lebih baik daripada yang memberi nasihat Kita tidak akan sedar selagi kita merasa lebih kaya ataupun lebih berilmu daripada orang tadi. Ketahuilah, orang yang sebegini, sedar atau tidak, telah manjadikan nafsu sebagai tuhannya..naudzubillah.

Manusia akan bangun apabila teguran ataupun nasihat diberikan kepada mereka diterima walaupun berat. Di saat itulah mereka baru sedar kesilapan yang mereka lakukan. Mereka seakan-akan seperti orang yang baru bangkit dari kubur lalu melihat keadaan sekeliling yang diubah seperti sampah yang dibiarkan selamat beberapa bulan lamanya. Tapi, kita perlu ingat, nasihat yang diterima tidak akan berkekalan lama kerana manusia jika dikelilingkan oleh persekitaran yang sama, akan masih terbuka kepada dorongan jahat syaitan.

Persekitaran yang sama disini bermaksud, kita tidak akan dapat merobah diri kita selagi kita tidak berpindah ataupun menukarkan benda2 yang telah menyebabkan kita melakukan maksiat di suatu ketika dulu. Sebagai contoh, jika kita mempunyai kawan2 yang selalu bergossip ataupun mengumpat, kita perlu mencari kawan2 baru / lain kerana disebabkan kawan2 yang kuat bergossip itu tadi, kita pun sama macam mereka. Ingatlah, masih banyak lagi mereka yang mempunyai sifat islami, kita hanya perlu mencari di tempat-tempat yang bersesuaian. Asalkan kawan2 baru tadi bukan aliran sesat. Sebenarnya, kawan yang baik adalah mereka yang sentiasa menegur kita walaupun kadang2 OUCH kerana mereka inilah orang yang cuba menyelamatkan kita daripada dibakar oleh api tadi walaupun mereka tidak meminta bayaran.

Jadi, apabila kita bangun, cobalah sedaya upaya untuk bangun. STAY AWAKE! kerana besar kemungkinan, nasihat kawan kita tadi akan membawa kita ke syurga. Jazakallah/Jazakillah kepada yang memberi peringatan dan yang mencegah dari kemungkaran. Allah Maha Besar!

Ataukah kamu meminta upah kepada mereka....(Al Qalam:46)

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In case you've forgotten

Boys and girls, feed your ego with this.

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Lampu Trafik

Apakah fungsi Lampu Trafik? Apakah yang akan jadi jika Lampu Trafik tidak berfungsi? Mungkinkah akan adanya berlaku perlanggaran yang tiada henti? Bolehkah para pengguna jalanraya hidup tanpa trafik? Polis berada di mana jika lampu trafik rosak?

Pemandu kereta yang bertauliah mungkin akan merasa senang hati apabila memandu di atas jalanraya yang, walaupun sesak, ada peraturan dan papantanda papantanda yang bersesuaian. Pemandu tersebut akan berhenti apabila melihat tanda merah, memberi jalan di tempat yang ada tanda triangle dan memandu mengikut had2 yang telah ditetapkan.

Sebaliknya, pemandu yang "terlalu" bertauliah akan hanya memandu dengan berwaspada apabila melihat polis berada di hadapan ataupun di belakang mereka. Mereka akan memotong dengan tidak menggunakan lampu isyarat kiri atau kanan dan tidak berhenti apabila melihat orang berada di zebra crossing. Banyak lagi perkara2 yang pemandu semacam ini langgar. Jika ada yang terasa..cermin kembali diri anda dan sila rujuk buku2 yang bersesuaian.

Apakah yang dapat kita pelajari daripada dua jenis pemandu di atas? Pemandu yang pertama menggambarkan insya Allah, orang yang ingin selamat. Selamat pergi dan selamat kembali. Orang jenis ini adalah mereka yang perlu kepada peraturan yang telah ditetapkan dan mereka akan ikut apa sahaja peraturan2 yang ada dengan sebaiknya, walaupun dalam keadaan jalanraya kosong. Mereka akan memberi laluan kepada pejalan kaki dan menolong sesiapa sahaja yang perlu bantuan dengan membulatkan hati mereka kepada Allah.

Orang yang kedua pula adalah mereka yang mahu cepat walaupun mahu cepat walaupun tidak selamat. Pemandu jenis ini selalu sahaja didapati melanggar peraturan jalanraya dan selalunya mementingkan diri sendiri apabila memandu. Kita mungkin pernah mendengar orang yang mabuk semasa memandu terlibat dengan kemalangan. Kita mungkin pernah melihat sendiri pemandu macam ini berjalan apabila lampu masih merah dan berhenti di kawasan petak kuning. Mereka ini juga suka menyusahkan orang lain seperti double parking dan meletak kereta di tempat yang dikhaskan (tanda kerusi roda).

Cuba kita gambarkan kedua jenis pemandu di atas. Hubungan mereka kedua sebenarnya berkati rapat dengan keperibadian pemandu tersebut. Hubungan kehidupan manusia dengan dunia vs pemandu dengan jalanraya. Dunia = jalanraya / manusia = pemandu (obviously). Sekarang cuba kita pandang lebih jauh lagi, maju kehadapan dan perhatikan macammana perasaan seorang hamba Allah yang taat dan patuh kepada perintahNya serta menggelak daripada yang hina. Mereka akan hidup adalam keadaan hati yang sentiasa ingat kepada Allah, dan setiap langkah dan gerak geri mereka akan dipantau dengan rapi sekali sehinggakan setiap sesuatu yang dilihatnya sudah cukup untuk memperingatkannya kepada dunia akhirat.

Kucing yang mati di jalan mengingatkan pemandu pertama kepada kematian, jalan yang berlobang memperingatkannya kepada hidup yang penuh dengan cobaan dan pemandu yang mencuri jalan mengingatkannya kepada manusia yang suka mengambil kesempatan di dalam kesempitan. Dia kasihan melihat perempuan yang tidak menutop aurat yang sedang menunggu di stesyen bus. Bagi mereka, ini melambangkan tugas yang belum selesai kerana besar kemungkinan kebanyakan mereka yang tidak bertudong / mengenakan pakaian yang ketat / mengumpat dan sebagainya tidak tahu akan kewajipan untuk menjauhi perkara2 tersebut. Setiap putaran tayar dan arah yang dilihat mengingatkan mereka tentang kebesaran Allah.

Sebenarnya lampu trafik adalah sebagai kiasan untuk menggambarkan betapa perlunya manusia kepada peraturan dan menjalani kehidupan seharian. Peraturan yang dimaksudkan disini ialah kitabullah (Al Qur'an) yang di bawa oleh nabi kesayangan kita semua dan sunnah baginda. Kehidupan kita akan bekecamuk jika sekiranya kita tidak mempunyai apa2 panduan dan hanya mengikut peraturan2 yang dicipta sendiri oleh manusia. Cuba perhatikan bagaimana keadaan jalanraya apabila lampu trafik rosak. Semua kereta akan terus memandu tanpa menghiraukan pemandu yang lain. Apabila ini berlaku, sudah setentunya, trafik akan bertambah dan apabila trafik bertambah, bos pun naik angin.

Apa yang perlu ialah kita semua kembali kepada jalan yang lurus dan bukan jalan yang bengkok kerana jika kita menempuh satu yang yang bengkok, kita mungkin tidak akan dapat mencari jalan keluar tapi jika istiqomah berdiri (memandu) di jalan yang lurus, insya Allah, Allah akan membantu dan memudahkan jalan untuk menuju kepadaNya.

Barakallah.

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Hercules or Hercalius on Islam

Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas:

Abu Sufyan bin Harb informed me that Heraclius had sent a messenger to him while he had been accompanying a caravan from Quraish. They were merchants doing business in Sham (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan), at the time when Allah's Apostle had truce with Abu Sufyan and Quraish infidels. So Abu Sufyan and his companions went to Heraclius at Ilya (Jerusalem). Heraclius called them in the court and he had all the senior Roman dignitaries around him. He called for his translator who, translating Heraclius's question said to them, "Who amongst you is closely related to that man who claims to be a Prophet?" Abu Sufyan replied, "I am the nearest relative to him (amongst the group)."


Heraclius said, "Bring him (Abu Sufyan) close to me and make his companions stand behind him." Abu Sufyan added, Heraclius told his translator to tell my companions that he wanted to put some questions to me regarding that man (The Prophet) and that if I told a lie they (my companions) should contradict me." Abu Sufyan added, "By Allah! Had I not been afraid of my companions labeling me a liar, I would not have spoken the truth about the Prophet. The first question he asked me about him was:

'What is his family status amongst you?'

I replied, 'He belongs to a good (noble) family amongst us.'

Heraclius further asked, 'Has anybody amongst you ever claimed the same (i.e. to be a Prophet) before him?'

I replied, 'No.'

He said, 'Was anybody amongst his ancestors a king?'

I replied, 'No.'

Heraclius asked, 'Do the nobles or the poor follow him?'

I replied, 'It is the poor who follow him.'

He said, 'Are his followers increasing decreasing (day by day)?'

I replied, 'They are increasing.'

He then asked, 'Does anybody amongst those who embrace his religion become displeased and renounce the religion afterwards?'

I replied, 'No.'

Heraclius said, 'Have you ever accused him of telling lies before his claim (to be a Prophet)?'

I replied, 'No. '

Heraclius said, 'Does he break his promises?'

I replied, 'No. We are at truce with him but we do not know what he will do in it.' I could not find opportunity to say anything against him except that.

Heraclius asked, 'Have you ever had a war with him?'

I replied, 'Yes.'

Then he said, 'What was the outcome of the battles?'

I replied, 'Sometimes he was victorious and sometimes we.'

Heraclius said, 'What does he order you to do?'

I said, 'He tells us to worship Allah and Allah alone and not to worship anything along with Him, and to renounce all that our ancestors had said. He orders us to pray, to speak the truth, to be chaste and to keep good relations with our Kith and kin.'

Heraclius asked the translator to convey to me the following, I asked you about his family and your reply was that he belonged to a very noble family. In fact all the Apostles come from noble families amongst their respective peoples. I questioned you whether anybody else amongst you claimed such a thing, your reply was in the negative. If the answer had been in the affirmative, I would have thought that this man was following the previous man's statement. Then I asked you whether anyone of his ancestors was a king. Your reply was in the negative, and if it had been in the affirmative, I would have thought that this man wanted to take back his ancestral kingdom.

I further asked whether he was ever accused of telling lies before he said what he said, and your reply was in the negative. So I wondered how a person who does not tell a lie about others could ever tell a lie about Allah. I, then asked you whether the rich people followed him or the poor. You replied that it was the poor who followed him. And in fact all the Apostle have been followed by this very class of people. Then I asked you whether his followers were increasing or decreasing. You replied that they were increasing, and in fact this is the way of true faith, till it is complete in all respects. I further asked you whether there was anybody, who, after embracing his religion, became displeased and discarded his religion. Your reply was in the negative, and in fact this is (the sign of) true faith, when its delight enters the hearts and mixes with them completely. I asked you whether he had ever betrayed. You replied in the negative and likewise the Apostles never betray. Then I asked you what he ordered you to do. You replied that he ordered you to worship Allah and Allah alone and not to worship any thing along with Him and forbade you to worship idols and ordered you to pray, to speak the truth and to be chaste. If what you have said is true, he will very soon occupy this place underneath my feet and I knew it (from the scriptures) that he was going to appear but I did not know that he would be from you, and if I could reach him definitely, I would go immediately to meet him and if I were with him, I would certainly wash his feet.'

Heraclius then asked for the letter addressed by Allah's Apostle which was delivered by Dihya to the Governor of Busra, who forwarded it to Heraclius to read. The contents of the letter were as follows: "In the name of Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful (This letter is) from Muhammad the slave of Allah and His Apostle to Heraclius the ruler of Byzantine. Peace be upon him, who follows the right path. Furthermore I invite you to Islam, and if you become a Muslim you will be safe, and Allah will double your reward, and if you reject this invitation of Islam you will be committing a sin by misguiding your Arisiyin (peasants). (And I recite to you Allah's Statement:)

'O people of the scripture! Come to a word common to you and us that we worship none but Allah and that we associate nothing in worship with Him, and that none of us shall take others as Lords beside Allah. Then, if they turn away, say: Bear witness that we are Muslims (those who have surrendered to Allah).' (3:64).

Abu Sufyan then added, "When Heraclius had finished his speech and had read the letter, there was a great hue and cry in the Royal Court. So we were turned out of the court. I told my companions that the question of Ibn-Abi-Kabsha) (the Prophet Muhammad) has become so prominent that even the King of Bani Al-Asfar (Byzantine) is afraid of him. Then I started to become sure that he (the Prophet) would be the conqueror in the near future till I embraced Islam (i.e. Allah guided me to it)."

The sub narrator adds, "Ibn An-Natur was the Governor of llya' (Jerusalem) and Heraclius was the head of the Christians of Sham. Ibn An-Natur narrates that once while Heraclius was visiting ilya' (Jerusalem), he got up in the morning with a sad mood. Some of his priests asked him why he was in that mood? Heraclius was a foreteller and an astrologer. He replied, 'At night when I looked at the stars, I saw that the leader of those who practice circumcision had appeared (become the conqueror). Who are they who practice circumcision?' The people replied, 'Except the Jews nobody practices circumcision, so you should not be afraid of them (Jews).

'Just Issue orders to kill every Jew present in the country.'

While they were discussing it, a messenger sent by the king of Ghassan to convey the news of Allah's Apostle to Heraclius was brought in. Having heard the news, he (Heraclius) ordered the people to go and see whether the messenger of Ghassan was circumcised. The people, after seeing him, told Heraclius that he was circumcised. Heraclius then asked him about the Arabs. The messenger replied, 'Arabs also practice circumcision.'

(After hearing that) Heraclius remarked that sovereignty of the 'Arabs had appeared. Heraclius then wrote a letter to his friend in Rome who was as good as Heraclius in knowledge. Heraclius then left for Homs. (a town in Syrian and stayed there till he received the reply of his letter from his friend who agreed with him in his opinion about the emergence of the Prophet and the fact that he was a Prophet. On that Heraclius invited all the heads of the Byzantines to assemble in his palace at Homs. When they assembled, he ordered that all the doors of his palace be closed. Then he came out and said, 'O Byzantines! If success is your desire and if you seek right guidance and want your empire to remain then give a pledge of allegiance to this Prophet (i.e. embrace Islam).'

(On hearing the views of Heraclius) the people ran towards the gates of the palace like onagers but found the doors closed. Heraclius realized their hatred towards Islam and when he lost the hope of their embracing Islam, he ordered that they should be brought back in audience.

(When they returned) he said, 'What already said was just to test the strength of your conviction and I have seen it.' The people prostrated before him and became pleased with him, and this was the end of Heraclius's story (in connection with his faith).

Sahih Bukhari

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Ouch!

If you think you’re having a bad day, wait till you die. You’ll have the worse time EVER. It all actually depends on how you live your life on earth. One thing is certain; it won’t be like a rollercoaster or a pony ride and you and I WILL die one day.

Dying in front of a cameraman or watching some actor playing dead is easy money but have you really thought about the actual process of dying? I do, sometimes…Most of us aren’t scared of dying or death because we usually think that we still have plenty of time to kill. Ironic is it not?

Most people kill their time by talking RUBBISH, talking about other people, talking about people’s spouses / relative / people they know and don’t know, wealth they wish they had, which stores are having grand sales, what happened yesterday or what’s going to happen tomorrow, what they had for dinner / lunch / supper / breakfast, what they did during summer and the list continues. P2P (People 2 people) . Observe from now on.

Have you ever heard of somebody talking about how eerie someone’s death was? A dead on collision, body halved, eyes popped out, died without clothes on (while having illegal sex), hung over a tree, limbs lying here and there and so on. The point is, have you ever imagine how you death will be? Maybe you’ve imagined yourself being run over by a moving truck or maybe drowning in a pool of shame surrounded by swines.

Whatever it is, its TIME to think about death coz if death is always on your mind, the chances of you stealing, raping someone, killing, drinking alcohol and so on would be unlikely. I once heard someone said, “Death is the best teacher”. Would you actually pay someone to remind you about death every second of the day? I didn’t think so. You can’t even afford to get a complete set of Tafseer by Ibn Katseer. Such pity.

Our beloved prophet Muhammad once said, “the smartest amongst you are those who prepares for their death...” (Narrated by Ath Thabrani). Masya Allah, such a good hadeeth for us to reflect upon. On a another hadeeth, “Abundantly remember the destroyer of pleasures (meaning death) (Narrated by An Nasaa’i).

Finally, Al Hasan, may Allaah have mercy on him, said: “Death has exposed the reality of life and left no reason for one with a sound mind to be happy in it." Yunus Ibn ‘Ubayd said: "The remembrance of death deprived us from enjoying our families and wealth." Also, Mutarrif said: "Death spoils for the people of pleasure, their enjoyment. So look for pleasure in which there is no death. The people of Paradise do not die, so their lives will become comfortable, and they do not become sick, so they live a pleasant, eternal life.”

If you’re smart, think. If not, then you’re opposite smart, just like the bird image on display.

Barakallah.

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Riadah

Dengan nama Allah yang Maha Pemurah Lagi Maha Penyayang. Wahai manusia! Agunglah TuhanMu bagaimanapun keadaanmu.

Riadah ataupun bersukan bermaksud melakukan aktiviti yang boleh mengeluarkan peluh daripada badan kita. Bemain bola, berenang, jogging, bermain badminton dan sebagainya adalah contoh riadah yang boleh dilakukan.

Tahukah kita bahawa melakukan riadah adalah penting kerana bukan ianya membantu menyehatkan tubuh badan kita bahkan ianya akan mengeratkan ukhwah (kekeluargaan) di antara kawan2 kita.

Mengeratkan jalinan silaturrahim di antara saudara islam kita adalah penting kerana kekuatan sesuatu umat bergantung kepada ikatan yang ada. Gambarkan sahaja baju yang kita pakai sekarang, ianya dibuat daripada catuman benang yang banyak sehinggakan untuk dikoyakkan pun susah. Cuba bayangkan manusia berpegang kepada aqidah yang sama dan hanya berpegang teguh pada tali Allah, apakah yang akan berlaku?

Jadi, semasa beriadah, mesrakanlah lawan (kawan), kuatkanlah kekeluargaan kerana setiap orang muslim itu itu bersaudara. Allah, Yang Maha Maha Tinggi/Mulia.

Barakallah.

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Doa Semasa Rasulullah dianiaya..

"Ya Allah, kepadaMu aku mengadu kelemahanku, kekurangan dayaupayaku dan kehinaanku pada pandangan manusia. Ya! Arhamarrahimin! Engkaulah Tuhan orang yang ditindas. Engkaulah Tuhanku. Keoada siapakah Engkau menyerahkan diriku ini, kepada orang asing yang akan menyerang aku atau kepada musuh yang menguasai aku?

Sekiranya Engkau tidak murka kepadaku maka aku tidak peduli. Namun, afiatMu sudah cukup buatku. Aku berlindung dengan nur wajahMu yang menerangi segala kegelapan dan teratur di atas nur itu urusan dunia dan akhirat, daripada Engkau menurunkan kemarahanMu kepadaku atau Engkau murka kepadaku. KepadaMulah aku tetap merayu sehingga Engkau reda. Tiada sebarang daya (untuk melakukan kebaikan)dan tiada upaya (untuk meninggalkan kejahatan) kecuali denganMu."

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Yell ow!

Do people really shout when they see a ghost? The answer is no. Why? Here's why. Have you ever felt that your body is being "squashed" by an unseen being? During those times, you may or may not saw a black figure dangling over your body and as much as you wanted to, you can never scream at the top of lung. You can try shouting but trust me, nothing comes out.

Does it matter? It does coz the so called ghost movies we've seen often showed people shouting when they see foreign objects and stuff like that but in fact, when real ghosts show you can't have a go. So if you think you've yelled when you saw a ghost, please let me know so that people know that it can be done.

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