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August 27, 2011

Oh Allah, please forgive me

Alhamdulillah, we've been given the opportunity to perform the Isya' and Tarawih prayers in Masjid Negeri for this past week. And there's one day where Syeikh Sa'ad Sai'd Al-Ghamdi lead the prayers (Imaam). I still remember how bliss it was when he recited the Al-Quran. Memang menusuk ke hati. Bukan sekadar bacaan nya yang merdu tapi mostly because he knew what he was reciting... And among all the ayaah that he recited, there's one that'd made my heart melted and my tears burst. At that time, I wasn't remember the chapter and verse number. I just caught the meaning. Bila balik, I pun cariklah ayat yang dimaksudkan. And it's an ayaah from surah At-Tahrim:-

يَـٰٓأَيُّہَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ تُوبُوٓاْ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ تَوۡبَةً۬ نَّصُوحًا عَسَىٰ رَبُّكُمۡ أَن يُكَفِّرَ عَنكُمۡ سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمۡ وَيُدۡخِلَڪُمۡ جَنَّـٰتٍ۬ تَجۡرِى مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَـٰرُ يَوۡمَ لَا يُخۡزِى ٱللَّهُ ٱلنَّبِىَّ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مَعَهُ ۥ‌ۖ نُورُهُمۡ يَسۡعَىٰ بَيۡنَ أَيۡدِيہِمۡ وَبِأَيۡمَـٰنِہِمۡ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَآ أَتۡمِمۡ لَنَا نُورَنَا وَٱغۡفِرۡ لَنَآ‌ۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ ڪُلِّ شَىۡءٍ۬ قَدِيرٌ

O you who believe, turn to Allah with a faithful repentance. It is hoped from your Lord that he will write off your faults, and will admit you to the gardens beneath which rivers flow, on the Day when Allah will not disgrace the Prophet and those who believed with him. Their light will run before them and to their right hands. They will say, “Our Lord, perfect for us our light, and forgive us. Indeed you are powerful over every thing.” _At-Tahrim, 66:8


I'm sinful. And I just hope that Allah will forgive me. and so that I can follow the path of Rasulullah and the sahaabah. And so that I can be with the believers in Paradise.


P/S: How's your last phase of Ramadhan this year? How's preparation fot AidilFitri? Feel free to read my previous entry about Hari Raya: Sunnah ke tak amalan kite.Kalau nak baca click sini
Sekian terima kasih :-)

August 22, 2011

Hayya bil 'arabiyyah @ TV Al-hijrah

Cube baca tajuk tu mengikut lagu tema hayya bil 'arabiyyah dalam radio IKIM.FM. Hehehe...

Do you know about one new islamic channel named TV AL-Hijrah? Xiet dapat siaran tv ni a few months ago but the coverage was very bad. Tapi sekarang dah cantik dah...

I should give pujian to those yang mengusahakan dan menjayakan siaran ni. Why? Sebab ia adalah satu alternatif channel yang sangat bagus. Banyak memaparkan cerita-cerita bercorak pendidikan samada secara direct atau indirect, terutamanya pendidikan agama Islam. Lagi-lagilah bulan Ramadhan sekarang ni kan. Banyak la kuliah2 ilmu disiarkan. 

Sejak mengikuti siaran tv Al-Hijrah ni, Xiet perasan pemilihan drama2 dan filem2 nya lebih universal. Ada beberapa cerita yang ditayangkan datang dari negara timur tengah. Ada juga dari negara sempadan, mengisahkan kehidupan masyarakat Islam di sana. After all, all the dramas are worth watching. Pendek kata, dapatlah kita tonton cerita2 yang luar dari kebiasaan kita. Dapat juga belajar cultures mereka. Sungguh umatnya Islam, tapi cara hidupnya, culturenya berbeza. Menarik!

Cerita2 bersifat discovery pun banyak. Antaranya tentang siri The Sign of The Creator by Harun Yahya, tentang sejarah saintis2 muslim, dan macam-macam lagi lah...

Paling Xiet suka, ada banyak cartoon yang bersifat mendidik seperti cerita tentang kisah2 nabi dan surah2 di dalam Al-Quran. Sesuai untuk kanak2 macam Aaron Houdd. Mostly in English pulak tu. Terbaekkk!

And ada satu perkara yang best untuk diri Xiet sendiri, iaitu boleh sharpen Arabic. Ada beberapa siaran memang dalam Bahasa Arab. Sangat lah sesuai untuk otak Xiet yang dah berkarat ni belajar balik bahasa Al-Quran tu.

Masa sekolah menengah dulu Xiet boleh faham dan bertutur sikit2 dalam bahasa Arab. Cuma Bahasa Arab skema la (fushah). Bukan bahasa pasar ('ammi). Yelah, belajar kat sekolah pun kan Bahasa Arab fushah. Dulu masa sekolah biasalah budak2 suka hafal karangan kan. Tapi Xiet tak suka hafal. Kalau exam, perah la otak sampai kecut untuk buat karangan sendiri. Tak kisah la kelam kabut pun, tapi Xiet suka buat sendiri supaya boleh meningkatkan bahasa itu sendiri. Walaupon mungkin hasilnya, Xiet tidak mendapat sebuah karangan yang baik. Namun Alhamdulillah, masa SMA form 4 pun result tak mengecewakan. Dapatlah Jayyid jiddan. Lagi beberapa peratus sahaja nak Mumtaz, dan oleh kerana pada batch tersebut tiada pelajar yang mendapat Mumtaz, maka Xiet telah menjadi antara top 5 di dalam sekolah pada tahun itu.

Lepastu masuk U, ambil bidang Sains kan. Confrim2 la tak de sepatah perkataan pun menggunakan bahasa Arab sebagai bahasa perantaraan. Time tu masih menebal lagi kecintaan dalam Bahasa Arab. Time tu masih boleh dengar Mona Jasman (Ikim.Fm) membebel2 dalam Bahasa Arab. 

Tapi lama kelamaan bila dah tak praktis, makin luput la skill memahami and bertutur dalam bahasa tu. Yelah, macam bahasa lain jugak, B.Inggeris misalnya. Kalau lama tak cakap kan bila nak cakap tu mula la kurang confident. Vocab pun lari entah ke mana...

Terakhir Xiet test power adalah hujung tahun 2009, masa tu Yusuf Qardawi datang Masjid Negeri. Masa tu Xiet pregnant Aaron Houdd 6-7 bulan. Memang ada translator tapi Xiet berusaha untuk faham direct dari beliau. Herm... memang rasa berkarat la time tu sebab dah tak dapat faham semua. Dapat faham sebahagian aje.

Sekarangni, dah semakin jarang sangat membaca, mendengar atau bertutur dalam Bahasa Arab. Paling2 pun time recite Al-Quran and hadith je. Tu pun, kebanyakan hadith dah senang dah. Ada translation english or malay lagi...So tinggal time baca quran je lah. 

Perkara paling Xiet suka tentang arabic ni adalah memudahkan penghayatan ketika solat dan membaca quran. Memang satu bonus yang tak ternilai harganya! Bila baca quran tak payah la sikit2 tengok translation. Dulu boleh la, sekarang ni sayangnya dah tak macam dulu. Masa terawih pun sedih je sebab sekarangni secara keseluruhan, Xiet hanya boleh faham dalam 20-30% je kalau Imam baca ayat2 yang Xiet tak familiar and tak hafal. Teruk kan?!

So sekarangni memang perasaan nak belajar balik bahasa arab sangat menebal. Lagi2 bak kata hubby, kena prepare la kalau kena lepak 'sana' lama-lama, kenala tau bahasa depa. Takla rasa susah sangat. Huhuhu...

Xiet bercita-cita nak ajar Aaron Houdd Bahasa Arab jugak. Tak rugi. Kalau kita boleh belajar Spanish, French, Mandarin, Korea, etc... So why not bahasa yang boleh menambah kefahaman kita di dalam mempelajari Al-Quran, dan juga membantu menambah kekhusyukan di dalam solat... Kan?

August 15, 2011

1Malaysia: A chain is no stronger than its weakest link

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What happen to the world nowadays? Am I being stupid all this while? Or am I too slow to digest the reality? So many conflicts arise nowadays. Mostly are political related!

Never mind about the world today. Let us narrow the scope. Let just focus on our beloved country, Malaysia. What happen to Malaysia nowadays? Have you noticed?

We’ll be celebrating our 54 years of Merdeka Day (Independent Day) end of this month. It’s a half century of journey, a long way have passed by. It’s an age of a wise, mature man who embraces millions of life experiences, if we could transform this into human form.

Living in multiracial cultures for 54 years should signify living in harmony. It should be like living as a big family. If a married couple achieve pure understanding, tolerance and deference by these long years, so should Malaysia. If we can accept differences in each of our siblings, than we should’ve accepted differences among races.

But personally, I think Malaysians are not mature enough to live in multiracial country. I don’t see respect in a real mean is truly employed in our life. I’m not talking about being racist. Racist at some points are obligatory. It’s our nature to become racist and protect our own race and religion. Whoever ask me to stop being racist, I think he is out of his mind... and hypocrite. If you are not racist, others are. So you’re implying a dream philosophy.

What I want to bring here is the way we cope with other races. We should be fair despite races and religions. We should learn about other’s cultures than only we can show respect towards them. How can you respect others if you don’t know their cultures? For instance:
1)     You say you respect Indians but you ta-pau them meat for lunch?
2)     You say you know Malays well enough but you invite them for liquor party.
3)     You’ve been friend with many Malays but you still unaware that adultery is prohibited in Islam and so you offer him a sexy chick.
4)     Or you (Malay) insulting the Chinese for eating swine as filthy and disgusting as the swine
5)     You live in an Islamic country but you complain about the Azaan (prayer calling)
6)     You scold the Chinese for eating in public during Ramadhan but aren’t they are not supposed to fasting so why scold them?
7)     You panggil the India as Keling in front of them, purposely to insult them.
8)     You just can’t tolerate each other and keep pointing fingers at each others’ cultures or beliefs.

That’s why it is so important to learn and know about other races. We don’t have to agree to their beliefs, fair enough to at least take note on main issues, so that we don’t cross the border in our says and actions.

I was raised in a village of Malays as majority. I obtain my education in Islamic schools. I don’t have many non-Malay friends. But that’s not an excuse for me to not learn about other races, because I am Malaysian.

I went to the churches to learn Christianity. It was one of the best moments in my life because I’d got the chance to learn other religion from its believers, in their sacred place. I’d got the chance to join some of the ceremonies, eat the food they’d prepared and talk about our beliefs for a change. From there, I met a few Chinese and Indian friends too. Hence, I wasn’t just learning Christianity, but I’d learnt mixture of cultures as well. The moments were wonderful because it succeed to show our respect to each other. It’d portrayed real harmony. If some of you readers by now have taught I was tried to be converted, you are wrong. Learning other religions has made me appreciate Islam even more.

Alas, that situation is really rare in reality.

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom”_Aristotle.

This simple quote from Aristotle holds big meaning. I love the idea that we must first know ourselves before we know others. We must show respect to ourselves before we demand respect from others. By all means, we must be honest for who we really are, and portray honesty in front of others. Honesty... is another difficult thing to do. Because honesty against hypocrisy.

We often fail to make others respect us and vice versa by denying the real facts (the truth about our races, religions and cultures). We are not ready to open our heart to admit those facts. We are not ready to have an open discussion. Therefore we fabricate issues. Later, we claim them as sensitive issues. As it happen, someone has to apologize and the issue will be closed unsettled.

Some issues are real sensitive. Racial issues are among the most popular. I don’t think we should let the issue sealed unsettled. By doing this, we let our multiracial country in danger. If no fair explanation and justification is made, everybody will hold grudge by the misconceptions and sooner or later, it might explode!

But there are so-called sensitive issues with no fundamental sentiments at all. There are either came from some depraved political parties for their stupid political games, or by some groups who’d been so long avoided to see the real facts. This kind of so-called sensitive issues are mushrooming the upstream media.

I hate when politics interfere racial issues because consequently we won’t get to know the truth. When they say they want to settle the issue, they often make it more revolting! It’s either they are ignorant to see the later impact could jeopardize our harmony, or that is their actual target- to jeopardize our harmony for their personal objectives.

I did mention that Malaysians are not mature enough to live in multiracial, multireligious and multicultural country. But the fact is, we are living in one country, and we've been living with this for more than 54 years now. So let’s work together to achieve harmony in this country. Don’t get oversensitive by the propaganda done by some irresponsible groups, and say NO to the politicized racial issues!

P/S: Please accept the fact that each of our races has weaknesses. If you fail to accept your weakness, and rather fabricate them as sensitive issue, you are living in denial....

P/S 2: The most common claims- Melayu: Pemalas, banyak mat rempit and penghuni teramai pusat serenti. Cina: Kiasu, selfish and tak reti respect orang. India: Samseng, pandai cakap tapi tak pandai bikin... Betul atau tidak, kita sendiri boleh tau. So tak guna kita overreacted terhadap benda macamni. Yang penting, proof to others that we are good people :P

P/S 3: Terselamat lah bangsa2 lain. Hehehe

Xiet Enigma
Shah Alam

August 4, 2011

Pesta Ibadah a.k.a The festival of worship

What, nak lagi self reminder for this ramadhan?
Tapi nak yg stylo2 yang highly motivated tapi jugak yang rilek2? (banyak cekadak)

OK2. Jom tengok yang ni pulak.
two versions are available. both are awesomeeeee! ngeheee...

P/S 1: Don't just watch and smiling dude. Let's improve.

Malay version


English version



P/S 2: Feel free to read my previous post reagarding ramadhan. Please click here. :P

I LOVE YOU Ramadhan by AimanAzlan

So busy this Ramadhan huh? Yeah, yeah... So many things to catch up on life rite? Time is shorten by the traffic jam, the preparation for iftor, the taraweh prayer...

Don't have time to feed your soul with tazkirah, ceramah and all?
All right, all right....

So let brings tazkirah here,
Don't worry.... it won't take long. I bet its worth your 9 minutes 5 secs.

It's a good reminder for us especially during this Ramadhan... And I think all the points fit us all the months. So let's try them this ramadhan month and inshaAllah keep them up the other months as well....

KEY POINT IS : PATIENCE.

Happy watching lads! :D