what can we do?

The similitude of believers in regard to mutual love, affection, fellow-feeling is that of one body; when any limb of it aches, the whole body aches, because of sleeplessness and fever.” [Sahih Muslim, Book 032, Number 6258]

How can the rest of us not be hurt by what's happening to our brothers and sisters all over the world? Not just Muslim ones, all of mankind are our brothers and sisters.

But what can we do... especially here where freedom of speech is heavily controlled and regulated... and the politics... well... is beyond our control...

Let's pray for them. That's the only way, pray for them. If you believe in God, and the hereafter, pray.

20

Ya Ilahi by Mustafa Al-'Azaawy

Oh God...Oh, God
Tell me how I can avoid my extreme passions and disruptions ...

How can I endure when I am playing with the boiling coals?
How can I awake when my passion is disturbing my heart? [2]

Chorus

Inside me there is a mark of dominant weakness
as well as excess from which I suffered [2]

I suffer from disorder, estrangement, and attraction toward my clay.
Moreover, I experience some calamities. [2]

Chorus

Here I am coming to you for the sake of Your Protection.
Nobody ever got lost under Your Protection
I thank You God in the mornings and the nights.
I send You extols and the recitations of my lips. [2]

Oh God... [2]

Chorus [2]

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It's been quite a year, being 19. So many changes, so many friends gained, so many different experiences and of course, so much knowledge gained, Alhamdulillah...

Lol in mathematical terms I would say I've had an exponential increase in the number of friends... something I'm really grateful for, Alhamdulillah...

Perceptions changed, mindset changed... SubhanAllah...

But still so many flaws... so many faults... so many things about myself that I'm not pleased with... especially when the person I find it the hardest to forgive is myself.

May the life-long endeavour I've recently undertaken be of comfort to this troubled heart of mine, InsyaAllah.

How did I spend my 20th birthday?

Heh to be honest, I didn't want any hoo-haa. My family doesn't really make a big deal out of our birthdays, so it's usually a simple pizza or cake.

And to spend my birthday with a mind-cracking usrah session... is something new, and something I really truly love and appreciate. I so want to get started on something, some alternative form of entertainment for us Muslim youths... and Alhamdulillah with a group of my friends, it might just be coming your way, InsyaAllah! =)

I wanted to perform the Friday Prayers at Sultan actually but I got there wayyy too late. But Alhamdulillah, I managed to ridha' (and reminded myself that it was considered a voluntary prayer for me)... and I actually managed to find the hikmah behind, and SubhanAllah there were so many.

One of them being Given the opportunity to see the determination of the brothers... praying on top of the block at the ablution area! MasyaAllah...

Heh, I was just going through one of the albums for Muzikaraya =) My prayers were with you guys... I'm sure you guys had great a show! =D

Anyway, please don't expect a lot of posts from me for a while, I'm in a pretty confused state of mind right now, and I think this might just be the beginning =)

In the meantime, please do pray for my first serious job interview to go well tomorrow =)))

And for my Sayangs to have a safe surgery... just sent them for sterilisation just now... Tawakkal & ridha, Mahirah, tawakkal & ridha...

You all take care =)

Updated at 6.28pm on Monday, 26th October 2009.

illusion

We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin





We are, aren't we?


Think about it.


We know Heaven and hell exist.


But do we truly believe it?


Because if we believe in their existence,


We wouldn't be so tied and caught up with this world.


We should know that this is not reality.


That the afterlife, the life that our ruh, our souls, will abide in forever is the reality.


So this? The computer in front of you, your own flesh?


It's all an illusion.


A pretty hard concept to digest.


But just think through it =)

Not that we should totally ignore this world

Just don't get too caught up with it.

Learn and know our limits.


Wallahu'alam bissowab

a stranger

On the authority of Ibn 'Umar, radiyallahu 'anhuma, who said: The Messenger of Allah, sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam, took me by the shoulder and said:

"Be in this world as though you were a stranger or a traveler/wayfarer."

[Bukhari]


Alhamdulillah

Sometimes it's the things that hurt the heart that makes you realise the level of your Iman.

Which is why, we've got to remember that this world is only temporary. No point getting overly upset about anything. =)



Anyways, I had a great time over the weekend with the former docents gang =D

Politics laa, history laa, languages.... even the supernatural couldn't escape our ever-whirring minds. Haha! I think it's really due to our newest member Malik ahaha... welcome to the family!

And I get to spend time with Zahroh and Arif and his gal! Haven't met Arif for only Allah swt Knows how long, I miss that akhy of mine! Haha!

Aaaah I miss the whole docents gang! =DDD










One of his students at En-Naeem told Arif that he looks like Didicazli. Ahaha! Yeah, he does, at first glance =D


Aaahhh I've just gone through APEX's MUIS Appreciates album on Syamim's profile... haha... now I miss the APEX gang! Farhana...Hannah....Hamizah... Diyanah... Abbas Bhaiyya... Hafiz... and everyone else!

Can't jalan raya on weekends anymore though, my next two are fully booked! My Pergas PPTI just started the new module so my Sundays are filled. I'm wondering if I should crash Gema Ghufran... hehe... I was invited...soooo....hehe =) Haven't seen the awesome Ghuran gang for so long...

Okay I better go sleep... Just watched yet another awesome episode of Criminal Minds =))) A killer with a heart, that's a first...

It had a good quote to end it off with. Always does ;)

~No matter how dark the moment, love and hope is still possible~

[67:16]

Can you ever feel secure that He Who is in Heaven Will not cause the earth to swallow you up when, lo and behold, it begins to quake?

Earlier this morning at around 10.30am, I was totally caught off-guard when one of my colleagues told me to evacuate the building. Apparently there were tremors, and the peeps in the floors above experienced that.

So I went out to Muhajirin, where most of them were gathered at, and apparently while some felt the tremors, some did not. Seems like only the peeps on the sixth floor and above could feel it, since my dept on the 2nd floor didn't.

Heh well if I didn't feel any, they wouldn't have either...

Anyway, I was observing the people around me. Observing the reactions, the dynamics...

So I happened to glance into the men's musolla. I saw one man, seated there, all alone. It was the Mufti.

I was really struck by that. No offence to the other staff, and this is actually something I should bash myself up with...

To turn immediately to Allah swt at a time like that... SubhanAllah... And he stayed even after we could go back into the building... Only Allah swt Knows how long he stayed there... and what he's saying to Him...

It was only a gist of the 6.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Sumatra at that time, but still it's a reminder to us. I mean, what would we do? Would we be frantically running around, trying to save every possession?

Or fall prostrating on the ground, in fear, in awe, in submission to Allah swt?

It's not something you can answer when you've never been in that kind of situation before. You can plan it out and say,"Oh I'm definitely gonna grab my passport, my handphone, my tarjamah, my wallet..." etc etc

When disaster strikes, I bet the first thing we'd do is to yank our family members out of bed and run for safety.

Your life. Our lives. That's all that matters. Not the skinny jeans you bought from Levi's or the shirt you finally got your hands on that was the same brand as Muse's Matt Bellamy's.

And that's a tiny bit like how it's gonna be like during the Day of Judgement. It'll be worse then.

It's your life that matters. How you spent it.

A reminder to myself first and to you =)

In other news, I can't wait for next week... I really, really need all those dzikr ;) International Conference and all those lectures... wooohooo I'm getting really hungry! =D

May Allah swt Bless Majlis Raudhotul Muhibbin Singapura and SimplyIslam for organising all these events for us =)))