A very powerful message for us to ponder and act upon…insyaAllah…

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The 7.9 magnitude earthquake which struck China’s Sichuan Province on May 12th caused indiscriminate death and damage on a massive scale. It is feared 50,000 have been killed, a further 200,000 injured and millions left homeless.

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60 TAHUN NAKBAH PALESTIN (15 MEI 1948-15 MEI 2008 )

oleh : Dr Zainur Rashid Zainuddin
Perunding Aman Palestin

(Sempena 60 tahun Nakbah (malapetaka) pembentukan Negara Haram Israel
sejak 15hb Mei 1948 )

Istilah Nakbah mungkin adalah satu perkataan yang agak asing bagi
sebahagian rakyat Malaysia melainkan buat mereka yang benar-benar
prihatin mengenai isu umat Islam antarabangsa terutamanya di Palestin.

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

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

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

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