Al-Insyirah

Surah Al-Insyirah. (Source)

Not entirely energetic or motivated. Let's recite this surah and hopefully all of us can get the benefit from above. InshaAllah.

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم: Dengan nama Allah Yang Maha Pemurah lagi Maha Penyayang.

1. أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ Bukankah Kami telah melapangkan untukmu dadamu?,
2. وَوَضَعْنَا عَنْكَ وِزْرَكَ Dan Kami telah menghilangkan dari padamu bebanmu,
3. الَّذِي أَنْقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ yang memberatkan punggungmu?
4. وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ Dan Kami tinggikan bagimu sebutan (nama)mu.
5. فَإِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا Kerana sesungguhnya bersama kesulitan itu ada kemudahan,
6. إِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا sesungguhnya bersama kesulitan itu ada kemudahan.
7. فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانْصَبْ Maka apabila kamu telah selesai (dari sesuatu urusan), kerjakanlah dengan sungguh-sungguh (urusan) yang lain,
8. وَإِلَى رَبِّكَ فَارْغَبْ dan hanya kepada Tuhanmulah hendaknya kamu berharap.

Just watch the explanation of this surah from Imam Suhaib Webb on TV Al-Hijrah last night. The really true understanding on what we are reading from the Quran is veeeeeeeerryyyyyyyyyyyyy important. InshaAllah. Let's understand what does Allah says in the Quran. Amin.

"DAVID BECKHAM IS BRITAIN'S FINEST STRIKER OF A FOOTBALL NOT BECAUSE OF GOD-GIVEN TALENT BUT BECAUSE HE PRACTISES WITH A RELENTLESS APPLICATION THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF LESS GIFTED WOULDN'T CONTEMPLATE" – Sir Alex Ferguson –

Wordless Wednesday

I took this picture from a movie. Can u guess what movie it was and what is this picture about? :)




"DAVID BECKHAM IS BRITAIN'S FINEST STRIKER OF A FOOTBALL NOT BECAUSE OF GOD-GIVEN TALENT BUT BECAUSE HE PRACTISES WITH A RELENTLESS APPLICATION THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF LESS GIFTED WOULDN'T CONTEMPLATE" – Sir Alex Ferguson –

Imam

What is great being an Imam? Okay, what is Imam actually? Well, there are several concepts regarding Imam. And in this entry I’m about to tell you about an Imam of being the leader for people during prayers. Yes, that kind which we can see, the leader where he leads the prayer and every steps of prayer will be followed by others behind him. In most cases, Imam is a male. If all the jemaah (group members) is women, so the leader can be one from them, also a woman. But once there is a male, so the male must lead the prayers.

My experience, well, honestly I seldom become an Imam during prayers. Just sometimes and most of them when the jemaah is small in number. Might be the group of 2, 3 or 4 person. Not so many of people. And usually I have to become an Imam when the others are reluctant to step forward to become an Imam.

I frequently thinks that someday I will be ready to become an Imam by myself later on, without realizing it. No, I don’t think so. I always give ways for others to become an Imam. Like in our office, I usually let Basyir led the prayers. And just sometimes when Basyir thinks that he has being Imam so many times so he wanted me to become an Imam. So, it’s ok but it just the group of two persons.

Last Wednesday, on my way back from a meeting at Kuantan, I stop at Gambang R&R for Maghrib and Isya’ prayers. After finish up my ablution process, there is still a jemaah from a prayer session, so I just waited for them to finish their prayers since I’m no longer can join them and become masbuq. After the group finishes their prayers, then I waited for any person to start the new jemaah. I just lean on the wall to wait for other person. Few of us watch each other faces and giving a signal to let any other else to lead the prayer.

And suddenly come someone and started the calling of prayer. And suddenly other people stepping a step behind. It seems no one would volunteer to become an Imam. Well, no one wanted to take the responsibility and eventually I volunteering myself to lead the prayers. It actually common. Even though I’m quite nervous at first, but I believe someday I will lead prayers more frequent. I cannot forever hide and let other to lead. I am a man, I will become a leader one day and cannot anymore rely on other else at that time.

The situation is normal, and I believe no one would give a d**n about this. But, it is some kind of special moment for me. So, it just a natural situation until I give my salam to signal the finish of the prayer. After finishing my du’a and I turn my head to the back and there are many people behind me, they were following my prayers gesture before. Alhamdulillah, it’s good. Our prayers finish normally. We shakes hand even we don’t know each other, and we smiled.

Well, that’s just my experience. People must weird of reading my experience like this. It’s okay, I know. It just special for me because I didn’t lead prayers in many occasion. Perhaps it’s already time for me to enhance my spiritual side which long lost taken. Must return to my former self back then. InsyaAllah, Allah will help me and I must strive for it. Amin Ya Rabb.

"DAVID BECKHAM IS BRITAIN'S FINEST STRIKER OF A FOOTBALL NOT BECAUSE OF GOD-GIVEN TALENT BUT BECAUSE HE PRACTISES WITH A RELENTLESS APPLICATION THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF LESS GIFTED WOULDN'T CONTEMPLATE" – Sir Alex Ferguson –

FA Cup Manchester City Vs Manchester United

Aku bermimpi Manchester United dikalahkan dengan jaringan 5 berbalas 3 menentang Manchester City. Namun hakikatnya Manchester United menewaskan Manchester City dengan jaringan 3 - 2. Bravo. Berikut adalah berita selanjutnya;

This victory will matter to Manchester United regardless of the fact that the FA Cup is the lesser priority. Defeating the holders, Manchester City, after that 6-1 trouncing by them in the league at Old Trafford is to be relished. Sir Alex Ferguson will now expect his men to believe they can compete on equal terms with these opponents in the Premier League.

United were a match for a City side cut to 10 men but it took a while for them to accept that Vincent Kompany was gone. The referee, Chris Foy, had sent him off in the 12th minute after a two-footed lunge although his opponent Nani was not endangered. Officials at large were insistent that Foy's interpretation was consistent with current guidelines.

City will have taken something from a seemingly unequal struggle. Considering they had been 3-0 down to a merciless United – Wayne Rooney opening the scoring two minutes before the dismissal with a superb header from Antonio Valencia's cross – they displayed spirit and, with Roberto Mancini's readjustments, tactical wisdom. In Kompany's absence a 3-5-1 system adopted after half-time had more flexibility than anticipated.

United were troubled by the formation and were also in two minds as to whether they should strive to prey on outnumbered opponents or simply work their way quietly towards full time.

It is to City's credit that they rallied to score twice but their inability to show resilience at the onset came as a surprise. United would have had a better excuse for frailty and anxiety here after the 3-0 collapse at Newcastle United. No one doubts that Kompany was missed or that it is a blow to the club, who will appeal the sending-off. It is most likely they will have to do without their captain for four games since he has already been banned this season, following a red card at Wolves in October.

City seem to rely on Kompany greatly and it is no help either that Kolo Touré has departed with his brother Yaya for the Africa Cup of Nations. United themselves had looked depleted. They are so lacking in numbers that Paul Scholes, now a coach at Old Trafford, was named among the substitutes and will be available for the rest of the season. The 37-year-old was brought on here.

He may have participated in many a win over City and done much to bring about those results but this day should linger in his thoughts since it can have been only wildly unexpected. When Scholes decided his time as a player was at an end last season not many disagreed vehemently. Injuries may have been a handicap to Ferguson but, despite this victory, United's squad still have to be redeveloped.

There should be few grievances to fill the aftermath with quarrels. United sought a second penalty when claiming that Aleksandar Kolarov had felled Valencia but a handball appeal after a shot by the City left-back seemed to come off the arm of Phil Jones was also ignored.

City, much as they will rage against the red card for Kompany, should be embarrassed by their first-half disintegration. United were merciless for a while. Patrice Evra's cross took a deflection but Danny Welbeck was acrobatic enough to volley past Costel Pantilimon. Five minutes from half-time the Romania goalkeeper saved a Rooney penalty awarded for Kolarov's foul on Welbeck but the striker headed home the rebound.

City still took great credit for their second-half endeavours, with Kolarov lifting a free-kick over the wall and past Anders Lindegaard. The struggle grew more intense when Sergio Agüero met James Milner's low ball to cut the lead further after the goalkeeper had pushed the forward's first shot back to him.

The losers take some pride from the day. In stoppage time they were pressing for an equaliser and at the full-time whistle the delight of the visiting United supporters was topped up with relief that their team had stopped short of bungling what looked a certain victory.

There is no cause to upbraid City. Having floundered in the Champions League, they had the Premier League as the sole trophy of compulsive interest to them. No one supposes they are on the brink of capitulation but they look a different side. City bore no relation to the line-up who, until recently, could not help but score goals in abundance.

Fluctuations are to be anticipated but this experience is new to the contemporary City. They have to reckon with factors such as the dip in form of David Silva. It seemed certain he would be elected the 2012 footballer of the year. He is too good not to be prominent again before long.

Mancini, for the moment, is inconvenienced if not exactly embattled. While his side struck twice there is no longer a sense that there will be a spate of goals to sweep away the opposition. That confident mood never lasts long enough for any club's liking. This may have been an FA Cuptie but United will have left the Etihad Stadium feeling much more optimistic about the league than they had at St James' Park four days earlier.

Sumber: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/jan/08/manchester-city-manchester-united-fa-cup

"DAVID BECKHAM IS BRITAIN'S FINEST STRIKER OF A FOOTBALL NOT BECAUSE OF GOD-GIVEN TALENT BUT BECAUSE HE PRACTISES WITH A RELENTLESS APPLICATION THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF LESS GIFTED WOULDN'T CONTEMPLATE" – Sir Alex Ferguson –

YB Dr Hasan Ali Dipecat

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 8 — The PAS central working committee has sacked Datuk Hasan Ali as a party member with effect from today, party organ Harakahdaily reports.

President Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang said in a statement today that after weighing up all views from its central working committee in today’s monthly meeting, it decided to revoke the Selangor executive councillor’s membership.

“The decision was made based on Datuk Hasan Ali’s actions which have wronged and damaged the party’s interest as provided for in the PAS constitution,” the Marang MP said.

Last month, Hasan (picture) criticised PAS in Umno-controlled media such as Utusan Malaysia, Berita Harian and TV3 for purportedly abandoning its Islamist credentials for the sake of political gain.

Hasan accused PAS, which removed him as Selangor chief after its general assembly in June 2010, of straying from its original struggle for an Islamic state by pushing for a welfare state.

The Gombak Setia assemblyman again earned the ire of his colleagues this week when he said tomorrow’s rally in support of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as the opposition leader learns the verdict of his two-year-long sodomy trial was a waste of time.

Abdul Hadi had already backed the rally and other party leaders said Hasan had insulted the party president by going against his decision.

It is not known whether the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) Selangor government will drop him from the state executive council where he is in charge of religious affairs.

PAS women’s wing chief Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff told The Malaysian Insider that the decision was reached unanimously.

“The decision was made after careful study, discussion and advice given to Hasan but he still ignored orders and still went against the party’s policies,” she said.

Hasan can still appeal to the party’s Syura Council, its powerful decision-making body made up of religious scholars.

PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat also attended today’s monthly meeting.

Sumber: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/pas-sacks-hasan-ali/

"DAVID BECKHAM IS BRITAIN'S FINEST STRIKER OF A FOOTBALL NOT BECAUSE OF GOD-GIVEN TALENT BUT BECAUSE HE PRACTISES WITH A RELENTLESS APPLICATION THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF LESS GIFTED WOULDN'T CONTEMPLATE" – Sir Alex Ferguson –

Ohisashiburi

Ohisashiburi desu nee, Buroggu. (Translation: Long time no see, blog!). Hehe, just a thing to make me trying to smile. Well, blog, you know what. The world has change a lot. It is already 2012. You see, 2012. I have seen 2012 movie on 2009. Okay, tiada format yang proper di sini. Kali ini menulis mengikut suka hati aku.

Aku tengah dengar lagu Akhil Hayy – Farshi Turab masa menulis ni. Sebelum ni aku dengar The Chosen One oleh Maher Zain. Sungguh syahdu lagu kali ini. Alhamdulillah, aku tak tahu lagu syahdu kontemporari. Masih baik gerak hati ini untuk menjenguk lagu-lagu baik ketika mood tak menentu. Tapi kadang-kadang jadi mengong jugak. Boleh pegi bantai lagu Linkin Park kalau tengah-tengah tensen. Tapi masa belajar je la, konon nak release tensen. Tapi hakikatnya sujud itulah detik ketika yang paling sesuai untuk release tensen. Ketika itulah paling dekat, dengan Dia. Biarkan daku sujud selamanya.

Betul blog. Dunia dah berubah. Sekarang aku berasa macam insan tak berguna. Anyone ever will cry for me when I am dead? I don’t know. Is it the world will misses me when I’m gone? I don’t know. I’ve been an a**hole for sometimes now. Dari berada di puncak roda, boleh kata la, masa grad dari diploma dulu. Kemudian struggle dengan gelungan roda berada dibawah dan mencuba untuk memusing ke atas kembali. Nampak macam hampir berjaya, namun hampeh blog. Betul aku cakap kat kau. Sampah aku ni. Na’uzubillah min zalik. I cannot give up on life. Allah has granted this opportunity, to live the life of eternity.

But actually, I have lost my will to live. But I don’t want to commit suicide. Of course, it’s haram. As long as I remember some scene from Three Idiots, remember those faces that you loved the most before you are about to do something stupid. Yes, 3 idiots, a nice movie. Cite pasal kejuruteraan. Nice. Tapi cite sesuai untuk student la. Dan berguna juga untuk pensyarah untuk menaikkan semangat student masing-masing. Aku rasa director cite tu kene buat sequel la, 4 idiots ke, 5 idiots ke, untuk tunjukkan dunia pekerjaan sebagai jurutera pulak. Hahaha.

Blog, dulu-dulu dengan kau la aku menepek nak menulis macam-macam. Memang berminat betul la aku menulis. Tapi sekarang dah sunyi kan? Betul, maafkan aku blog. Ye tak ye, aku dah banyak sangat sebut maaf/sorry lately. Macam cerita Wanted pulak. Brader protagonist tu asyik cakap “I’m sorry”. Kadang-kadang tu dalam slow motion. Tak caya cuba tengok cite tu  kejap. Hahaha.

Macam ni blog, dulu aku student. Dapat bilik sorang je kat rumah sewa tu. Jadi aku memang syok, banyak dapat ilham dan idea untuk merapu-rapu dalam ni. Tak segan silu nak menulis. Tapi dah grad dan masuk ke alam sebenar ni, keje la pulak. Kerja-kerja-kerja. Betullah, kalau non-muslim kerja untuk kekayaan diri. Namun aku kena tahu, kerja adalah ibadah. Walaupun etika kerja aku tak berapa nak proper dan kelam kabut. Haha, silly me. Ukur baju di badan sendiri. Law of attractions, itulah antara prinsip kakak aku, antaranya yang dipegang sekarang ni. Walaupun satu-satu hal dalam kehidupan kita, kita perlu berfikiran positif. Contohnya, kita sentiasa berharap dalam diri kita bila memandu dengan berkata “Janganlah eksiden”. Tapi tak elok jika berkata begitu, sebab ada perkataan negative “eksiden” disitu. Jadi yang elok sebenarnya adalah “Semoga semuanya selamat dan berjalan lancar, Amin”. Janganlah berputus asa, ya betul. Kena biasakan diri dengan perkataan positive. Yes, law of attractions.

Hehe, you know what, my sister must already recognize myself, my character. I always thinking negative. That’s why my mental is now negative. Na’uzubillah. So prevent myself from negative thinking. Payah bebenor nak tukar pemikiran orang sebenarnya. Aku pun tengah cuba menukarkan setting pemikiran aku ni. Namun agak sukar. Aku tak tahulah, mungkin life crisis aku adalah ketika ini. Kecamuk. Haha. Sedangkan sebenarnya duduk rumah saja. Kerja pun dekat. Entahlah, aku pun tak tahu. Pencarian aku dah terpesong landasan. Itu yang kelangkabut sengal alam je tu.

Sebenarnya, quality diri aku telah hilang, meresap dek angin. I am no longer the person that I am proud few years back. 5 years ago to be exact. Tanya mak, adakah dia bangga dengan aku, tak kot. Jadi aku kena berubah. Menaip saja pun tak guna. Itulah aku, kata nak berubah, namun susah nak dipraktikkan. Everyone, saya nak minta maaf jika saya ada melakukan salah dan silap kepada kalian semua. I beg for all of your forgiveness. Sementara masih sempat, tuntutlah apa-apa yang kekurangan dari saya. Jika mampu, saya akan usahakan yang terbaik dan sebaik mungkin. I want to thanks Allah, He has given me this opportunity to write an apology to all of you.

Maafkan saya mak, walaupun kini giliran saya menemani mak selepas mak berpindah-pindah rumah abang-abang dan kakak yang lain selama 6-7 tahun ini, tidak sebagus mana diri ini melaksanakan amanah tersebut. Astaghfirullahal’azim. InsyaAllah, saya ingin meminta maaf dari mak setiap pagi sebelum pergi kerja. Manalah tahu. Kehidupan dunia adalah lumrah alam yang fitrah, tiada siapa dapat mengubahnya.

Adoi, sedih betullah. Kena pulak dengar lagu sedih ni. Hihi. I believe the time which change myself bit by bit was, when my best friend forever passed away in 2007. Syafiq, I missed you so much. Mamak (panggilan diri aku yang special hanya untuk Syafiq dan Adibah, dan mungkin juga anak-anak Kakju, insyaAllah) dulu selalu bayangkan kita dah tua-tua nanti (maklumlah, pakcik dan anak sedara beza 2 tahun saja) duduk atas kerusi malas dekat halaman rumah Atok ni, kita pandang menghadap KLCC. Tapi mungkin masa tu banyak bangunan lagi tinggi dari KLCC. Wallahua’lam. Mamak selalu bayangkan yang kau akan jadi pengapit mamak kalau mamak sempat kahwin. Lepas tu mamak jadi pengapit kau pulak masa kau kahwin. Kengkadang tu mamak bayangkan kita join venture buat bisnes. Tapi jarang mamak dapat berangan secara spesifik apa yang kita akan usahakan. Tapi kalau kau nak tau Syafiq, mamak suka berangan benda yang tak masuk akal. Kita jadi pemain bola professional untuk Malaysia. Walaupun fizikal kita besar, tapi mamak bayangkan ktia slim la. Kau jadi striker dan mamak jadi midfield. Tak pun kita dua-dua tukar posisi ikut kesesuaian. Kalau salah seorang dari kita score, kita akan celebrate sama-sama. Memang pasti, inilah yang mamak selalu berangan kan. Tak lojik kan? Tapi itulah yang mamak selalu khayalkan. Kalau duk sensorang ke, kalau drive ke, ikutlah bile mase mamak nak berangankan. Tapi itu cuma angan-angan. Kau pun dah takde. Al-Fatihah. Suatu masa dihadapan nanti, mamak harap kita berjumpa lagi. Rindu sangat la. Harap ada Ummi kau sekali. Al-Fatihah. Dan jika diizinkan oleh Allah, kita satu family berkumpul bersama.

To my beloved: I’m sorry again and again.

Okay sekarang lagu Maher Zain – InsyaAllah (versi melayu). Saje nak quote;

Kembalilah kepada yang Esa,

Yakin padaNya, Panjatkanlah doa,

Ooo, Ya Allah, pimpinlah daku dari tersasar,

Tunjukkan daku ke jalan yang benar,

(Jalan yang benar) x3.

Tiap kali aku dengar lagu ni, mesti aku teringat masa aku pasrah dengan tekanan kerja di Taman Melawati dulu. Masa dekat Melawati tu la, aku betul-betul suka dengar lagu Maher Zain nih. Walaupun amat tekanan, tapi aku rasa dekat melawati ni lah aku banyak belajar pasal paip air. Namun, kalau structure, hampeh. Buntu, sangkut aku. Tapi time tu aku rase macam hampir-hampir pro la bab-bab paip air ni. Tapi sebenarnya jauh lagi dari level pro tuh. Terima kasih Encik Nik, hanya Allah lah dapat membalas jasa encik atas tunjuk ajar encik. Macam tu lah aku rase elok turunkan ilmu. Tapi slack tu la, projek bungalow yang aku buntu tu. InsyaAllah, jika diberi rezeki untuk handle projek air yang lain, aku cuba terima dan bersungguh-sungguh.

Memandangkan entri ini terlalu sedih untuk aku post, tapi aku tetap post. Tapi, aku kan turunkan entri ni ke 2^nd entry sebab aku akan post copy/paste entri tentang pemecatan YB Dr Hasan Ali dari Pas. Entahlah, siapa yang betul siapa yang salah. Dr Hasan Ali yang betul ke, PAS yang betul ke, PKR yang betul ke ataupun yang paling betul adalah DAP? Aku pun tak tahulah. Macam-macam hal dunia sekarang ni.

In memories of :-

i)        My Father

ii)      My Sister (Kak Ngah)

iii)    My Best Friend Forever a.k.a. My Nephew (Mohd Syafiq)

Al-Fatihah.

"DAVID BECKHAM IS BRITAIN'S FINEST STRIKER OF A FOOTBALL NOT BECAUSE OF GOD-GIVEN TALENT BUT BECAUSE HE PRACTISES WITH A RELENTLESS APPLICATION THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF LESS GIFTED WOULDN'T CONTEMPLATE" – Sir Alex Ferguson –