Await it’s arrival…Sang Murabbi…

Dia dan Dunia

Dia
melihat dunia
tiada harga
tak tersisa
kerna yang tercipta
akhirnya binasa

Irama dunia
menangis dalam tidur
jiwa yang luntur
akal yang mundur
selamatkah dia
sebelum nyanyian sempat bermula

Dia berdiri
telapak waktu mengorak hari
mencari erti
menjejak realiti

Antara dia dan dunia
sempadan milik bicara
dua ilham satu jiwa
dusta jujur
salah benar
hawa al-haq

Saat dunia melambai
gelap yang menggapai
Saat dia melambai
cahaya yang mencapai

Dunia
melihat dia
tinggi iman
mulia nilai
kerna yang bermujahadah
akhirnya syurga

-alwalid,Dis 07

Exams…

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim~

Oh yes people! It’s that time of the year again. Kind enough to lift up your face from the book and lend us a sec? Now we know you may pretty well be in the middle of mountains of books or piles of papers or the fact that i-am-stuck-with-this-laptop-finishing-my-assignments and not to forget the calculators be it graphic or a normal casio 750 (eheh), but lets take a minute to just give some nourishment to our souls, shall we? Hee.

“Nor shall they compass Aught of his knowledge Except as He willeth” [2:255]

Asserts the fact that no one attains any part of Allah’s knowledge except what Allah conveys and allows. This part of the Ayah indicates that no one ever acquires knowledge of Allah and in His Attributes, except what He conveys to them.

Sounds familiar? This is an ayah from the Holy Qur’an, ayatul Kursi. And it speaks on its own, doesn’t it? Every single bit of knowledge in this whole wide world belongs to Him, and what we are learning right now, is just a teeny weeny small drop of a huge, endless ocean. He owns all in this world, and He controls each of it. Think about this: even if we go to classes every single day, focus our eyes ears mouth toes (!!) to the lecturers speaking in front of the class, without Allah’s will, the knowledge would not stay in our hearts. Hearts? Yea, hearts. Here’s a song by Talib alHabib, “Knowledge is light” with a verse that goes like this,

The great Imam ash-Shafi’,
he went to his teacher Waki`
Complaining about the weakness of his memory.
He told him, ‘abandon rebellion,
for knowledge is a light
and the light of Allah is not bestowed upon a rebel.’
The light of Allah
knowledge is light~

So what about it? Back to basics – of sunatullah and syariatullah. Study hard+smart; give it your best – yes, that’s the formula to success. But as Muslims, we have something extra. We have our hearts to keep purified, in all aspects of life, including studies. Keep Him happy, do what He says and abandon rebellion, so that the light comes into our heart; insyallah. Above all, believe, that Allah has ultimate control of everything, which is tawakkal ‘alaAllah.

“And if any one puts his trust in Allah, sufficient is (Allah) for him” [65:3]

By having this in our hearts, whatever lies in front of us, we know that it is surely the best for us, as He has the best plans of all (read: the long awaited results! ngaa~). So tawakkal, not just after we’ve finished with our exams and waiting anxiously for that my-future-is-in-this-script, but earlier on, from the beginning of our studies. For we know, that it is all upon His will. Finally, just something to share, a duaa which insyallah will be for the good of us all:

… Allahumma infa’nii bimaa ‘allamtanii wa’allimnii maa yanfa’uunii …
Oh Allah! Make useful for me what you have taught me and teach me knowledge that will be useful to me

I have been blessed indeed.

by Ahmed Bukhatir

Today, upon a bus,
I saw a girl with golden hair.
And wished I was as fair.
When suddenly she rose to leave,
I saw her hobble down the aisle.
She had one leg and wore a crutch.
But as she passed, she smiled.
Oh God, forgive me when I whine.
I have two legs the world is mine.

With feet to take me where I `d go.
With eyes to see the sunset’s glow.
With ears to hear what I’d know.
Oh God, forgive me when I whine.
I have blessed indeed, the world is mine.

I stopped to buy some candy.
The lad who sold it had such charm.
I talked with him, he seemed so glad.
If I were late, it `d do no harm.
And as I left, he said to me,
“I thank you, you’ve been so kind.
You see,” he said, “I `m blind”
Oh God, forgive me when I whine.
I have two eyes the world is mine.

With feet to take me where I `d go.
With eyes to see the sunset’s glow.
With ears to hear what I’d know.
Oh God, forgive me when I whine.
I have blessed indeed, the world is mine.

I saw a child with eyes of blue.
He stood and watched the others play.
He did not know what to do.
I stopped a moment and then I said,
“Why don’t you join the others, dear?”
He looked ahead without a word.
And then I knew. He couldn’t hear.
Oh God, forgive me when I whine.
I have two ears the world is mine.

With feet to take me where I `d go.
With eyes to see the sunset’s glow.
With ears to hear what I’d know.
Oh God, forgive me when I whine.
I have been blessed indeed, the world is mine

Cerita Tunas Taqwa

Assalamualaikum wbt.

Alhamdulillah pada hari sabtu lepas (19/04/08), MSM Leeds telah mengadakan program Tunas Taqwa yg bertujuan untuk mengajar anak-anak masyarakat melayu di Leeds solat, hafal doa, menghormati ibu bapa dan bersuka ria. Berikut adalah petikan kata-kata anak-anak ini dan sedikit gambar preview.

“Uncle Ajak, can I have more ice-cream?” Afham, 9thn yg kelaparan

“This doa is too long to memorise!” Akram, 10thn berceloteh kpd Akhi Khalid ketika dipaksa menghafal doa masuk tandas.

“Uncle Pejai, you misspelled wholding. its suppose to be holding“. tulisan Akhi Pejai di white board ditegur oleh Nadzirah,10thn. huhu..memalukan sungguh dpn budak2 ni.

Dan banyak lagi kata-kata yg melucukan dan meninggalkan kenangan manis kpd kami. Antara ahli MSM lain yg terlibat adalah Akid, Siti Hajar, Ain, Mala, Dina dan Iman. Berikut adalah gambar-gambar manis kami:

Abbas, tersenyum gembira selepas makan

Setiap saat aku di Andalusia…

Al-Hambra

Di tengah kesibukan kota Granada
Kini terbina indah sebuah menara
Setelah lima ratus tahun menunggu
Akhirnya azan terdengar di situ

Suara itu kembali bergema
Mengajak sujud pada Yang Esa
Bersihkan segala debu dan noda

Yang terpalit di kubah Al-Hambra

Al-Hambra
Singgahsanamu pernah bersinar
Al-Hambra
Indralokamu merah bercahaya
Dengan cahaya iman dan taqwa

Terdengar azan di kota lama
Gemersik di seluruh buana
Nyalakan cinta yang membara
Perjuangan yang tiada sudahnya

Sejarah seringkali bertandang
Tamadun silam kembali gemilang
Bangun Granada dan Cordova
Teguhkan istana Al-Hambra

Al-Hambra
Singgahsanamu pernah bersinar
Al-Hambra
Indralokamu merah bercahaya
Umat silam membina empayar
Kegemilangan

Al-Hambra ..Al-Hambra
Andalusia oh Al-Hambra

Al-Hambra
Singgahsanamu pernah bersinar
Al-Hambra
Indralokamu merah bercahaya
Bagunlah Granada berdirilah Kordova
Teguhkan kembali istana Al-Hambra
Suburkan semangat Andalusia
Subur semula…..Al-Hambra

www.liriknasyid.com

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salam all

a reminder to myself first and foremost….

something for all of us to contemplate about:

I pray this reaches you all in the best of Imaan and health. Ameen.

There has been something bugging me for a very long time….

The issue of Muslim friendships: a whole new level…

There is a trick Shaytan that has and he has really used it well with the youth, especially in the west. What he does is confuse the believer by making him think he is doing something good, while infact the opposite is true.

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