Sunday 28 February 2010

iRepent

Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem
Assalammualaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

Wash all the sins away

In every creation
there are His signs

When will you see
When will you understand
When will you differentiate
O' dear self
The clear difference
Between right and wrong
Between good and bad
Between deeds and misdeeds

Wake up
And repent
Read, recite, understand the Quran
Surely you are not too late
As long as you are still alive
After you read this

Astaghfirullah hal azheem

Wallahua'lam
Segala puji hanya bagi Allah, Tuhan sekalian alam

Thursday 18 February 2010

Real People, Real Reality

Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem
Assalammualaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

These are stories of real people
Lend a few minutes
And read about them

Companions of The Prophet Book 1

Companions of The Prophet Book 2

Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. And those with him are hard against the disbelievers and merciful among themselves. Thou (O Muhammad) see them bowing and falling prostrate (in worship), seeking bounty from Allah and (His) acceptance. The mark of them is on their foreheads from the traces of prostration. Such is their likeness in the Torah and their likeness in the Gospel - like as sown corn that send forth its shoot and strengthen it and rise firm upon its stalk, delighting the sowers - that He may enrage the disbelievers with (the sight of) them. Allah hath promised, unto such of them as believe and do good works, forgiveness and immense reward.

[al-Fath:29]

They are called the companions for a reason
Find out the reason why
Rabbi zidni 'ilma warzuqni fahma

P/S: If you want to buy the book, you can either:
1. Buy it online at Kitaabun (its available in UK but I am not sure whether they ship books to Malaysia or not)
2. Or order it from your local bookshops
(MPH/Kinokuniya/Borders and the likes)
3. Or read this historical treasures online

Wallahua'lam
Segala puji hanya bagi Allah, Tuhan sekalian alam

Wednesday 17 February 2010

Attaining Love

Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem
Assalammualaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

Dear brothers and sister
If we want Allah's love, maghfirah and His jannah
We will have to work our way to attain it

This path is not easy but its beautiful

"My servants cannot draw near to me through something else more lovable to me than performing the obligations I have enjoined upon them. Apart from those obligations, they continue to draw near Me through supererogatory acts of worship, until I love them. When I love them, I will be their ears with which they hear, their eyes with which they see, their hands with which they grasp, and their feet on with which they walk. If they ask me for something, I will give it to them immediately. If they seek refuge in Me from something, I will protect them from it."

[HR Bukhari: Bab ar-Riqaq]

Jawapannya sudah terang lagi bersuluh

"(O'Allah) We listen and we obey"

Wallahua'lam
Segala puji hanya bagi Allah, Tuhan sekalian alam

Sunday 14 February 2010

Tiada kata Terucap II

Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem
Assalammualaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu


Ya Rasul ya habibi

To have the prophet of mercy (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) at our doorstep and advancing him (pbuh) in to have tea with us is a dream full of hope, love, care, tenderness and aspiration - a dream it will be in this world. But, if we strive and hold on to the path of the Quran and the sunnah, we will be able to achieve this - in the hereafter. Insya Allah.

Astaghfirullah hal azheem
O'Allah, please cleanse our heart


Wallahua'lam

Segala puji hanya bagi Allah, Tuhan sekalian alam

Saturday 13 February 2010

Nasr Qareeb

Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem
Assalammualaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu


Open up your eyes and heart

Lets start helping our brothers and sisters in creed
by helping ourselves first

Dear brothers, do attend the subuh prayers in congregation at the masjid
and be steadfast with it, even if you have to crawl
Lets be kind to your parents & relatives
Lets read, memorize, understand & reflect on the Quran
Lets spread salaam and honest smiles
Lets (try to) be the best in your field of work
Lets smile and practice patience at all times
Lets find out about the well-being of muslims worldwide
Brothers and sisters, lets be aware of the state of the ummah
some are oppressed, some are at war, some are prisoners of their own faith
and some are oblivious towards these problems

But
It is not merely our shouts of freedom that the ummah needs
It is our filial piety to your parents
It is our salah, our zakah, our amr ma'ruf wa nahi mungkar
It is our honesty, our iman, our love
It is our dedication to jihad an-nafs that are needed
It is our effort to strengthen the bonds of brotherhood/sisterhood between us
To help the ummah, to raise the ummah
to raise us, in front of Allah the All-Mighty

Dear brothers and sisters
Lets supplicate to Allah at every wake
Lets remind each other of Allah
Lets remind each other with love, compassion, patience and goodness
Lets do this together

All of this can be found
in the glorious Quran
and in the history of our Messenger (s.a.w) & his companions (r.a)

Dear brothers and sister,
We always take good examples from others
When will we start to take examples from the best of all examples?
[al-Ahzab:21]


May Allah accept our deeds
[al-Baqarah:127]
Wallahua'lam
Segala puji hanya bagi Allah, Tuhan sekalian alam

Monday 8 February 2010

The Softening of the heart

Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem
Assalammualaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

Everything in this world praises the All-Mighty Creator
Don't be left behind


Subhanallahi wabihamdih

Take a deep breath and listen to a qari reciting the book of Allah. Open your heart and taste it, the sweetness of having the words of Allah floating in the atmosphere, penetrating through the hearts and enlightening the soul. Sometimes, words of tadzkir at tarheeb (reminders of apprehension) of the hell fire and the agony of death shook the heart in a way that it pierces through you and breaking your nafs into pieces while the gentle verses of love (tadzkir at targheeb) that tells you of the bounties of heaven melts in your heart, like a splash of cool raindrops falling on dry lands. These verses of love, softer than feather yet sharper than swords lingers around you as if it was living. With a soothing feeling, it mixes with your blood and flows through your veins, watering the flesh and organs to give life to the body and food to the soul.

Masha Allah tabarakallah
Its beautiful isn't it?

But, with this great blessings, comes great responsibility

How would it feel to be like those blessed martyrs to be chosen to die in the path of Allah (either on the battlefield or in any form of jihad fi sabilillah)? Definitely with my scarcely-there good deeds we might not be in the list yet but we'll try and try until Allah grants us His guidance and divine love to sow the seeds of iman in our hearts and let it grow as trees that bears fruits of love and matiinul khuluq or He took us away to His side as we strive for jannah. May we be blessed to live and die in the path of Allah to gain maghfirah and the promises that were jannatul firdausi as vast as the earth and the sky. Allahumma ameen.
To be continued...

Allahumma a'inni 'ala dhikrika wa syukrika wa husni ibaadatik
Subhanallah wa astghfirullah wa atuubu ilayk


Wallahua'lam
Segala puji hanya bagi Allah, Tuhan sekalian alam

Sunday 7 February 2010

Dunia yang Sementara

Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem
Assalammualaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

O'Allah, grant us Your Light

In life we have to make choices
It is not easy

It never is

Lets practice patience
because
Allah is with the sabireen
O' dear self, are you one of the sabireen?

Daripada Abu Malik al-Haris ibn `Asim al-Asya'arie r.a. beliau berkata: Rasulullah SAW telah bersabda: "Kebersihan itu sebahagian daripada iman. Ucapan zikir al-Hamdulillah memenuhi neraca timbangan. Ucapan zikir SubhaanaLlah dan al-Hamdulillah kedua-duanya memenuhi ruangan antara langit dan bumi. Sembahyang itu adalah cahaya. Sedekah itu adalah saksi. Sabar itu adalah sinaran. Al-Qur'an itu adalah hujah bagimu atau hujah ke atasmu. Setiap manusia keluar waktu pagi, ada yang menjual dirinya, ada yang memerdekakan dirinya dan ada pula yang mencelakakan dirinya."
[HR Muslim]
Just like a torch
Patience will light up our way
As we tread this path
In a world that is ending


A beautiful blessing
from Allah as-Sabr
[al-Baqarah:153]

Insya Allah
Wallahua'lam
Segala puji hanya bagi Allah, Tuhan sekalian alam

Friday 5 February 2010

Have You Heard?

Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem
Assalammualaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu


Rabbana afrigh 'alayna sabraw-wa tawaffana Muslimeen

Prisoners of faith

Prisoners of war

My brother, you are free behind these gates
My brother, you are free within these chains
For if upon Allah you do rely
The intrigues of His slaves can bring no pain


[From Behind Bars by Sayyid Qutb]

"Perumpamaan hubungan orang-orang beriman dari segi kasih-sayang, kecintaan, dan perasaan mereka adalah ibarat satu tubuh (jasad). Apabila satu dari anggotanya tidak sihat, maka seluruh anggota badannya akan berjaga malam dan demam (panas)."

[HR Bukhari&Muslim]

Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, Ghazzah, Chechnya, Kazakhstan, Waziristan and even our neighbours next door
Are you aware of their well-being?
or are we sleeping a bit too well these days?

Wallahua'lam
Segala puji hanya bagi Allah, Tuhan sekalian alam

Monday 1 February 2010

iMUSLIM

Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem
Assalammualaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu


We always want the best
But why can't we always strive to give the best too?

Total Immersion

Wahai hati, ikhlaslah
Wahai jiwa, ihsanlah

Wahai diri, bersabarlah

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱدۡخُلُواْ فِى ٱلسِّلۡمِ ڪَآفَّةً۬ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُواْ خُطُوَٲتِ ٱلشَّيۡطَـٰنِ‌ۚ إِنَّهُ ۥ لَڪُمۡ عَدُوٌّ۬ مُّبِينٌ۬ (٢٠٨) فَإِن زَلَلۡتُم مِّنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا جَآءَتۡڪُمُ ٱلۡبَيِّنَـٰتُ فَٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَڪِيمٌ

Wahai orang-orang yang beriman! Masuklah kamu ke dalam agama Islam sepenuhnya (dengan mematuhi) segala hukum-hukumnya dan janganlah kamu menurut jejak langkah Syaitan; sesungguhnya Syaitan itu musuh bagi kamu yang terang nyata.;
Maka kalau kamu tergelincir (dan jatuh ke dalam kesalahan disebabkan tipu daya Syaitan itu), sesudah datang keterangan-keterangan yang jelas kepada kamu, maka ketahuilah bahawasanya Allah Maha Kuasa, lagi Maha Bijaksana.

[al-Baqarah:208-209]

Sedarlah bahawa
Syurga is not free
Wallahua'lam
Segala puji hanya bagi Allah, Tuhan sekalian alam

Life is for Rent

Life is for Rent
"Ya Tuhan kami. Berikanlah kami Rahmat dari sisi-Mu dan sempurnakanlah petunjuk yang lurus bagi kami dalam urusan kami" [al-Kahf:10]