Sunday, April 6, 2008

...moga ALLAH merahmatimu...


At last... yesterday mom called and said that Salam's dead body was finally found, 5 kilometers away from the place he went.. after 5 days of searching.. how sad.. ;'( arwah's dead body was buried last night. pity his family... it must be hard for them to live their lives as usual after this, as nothing happened.. May ALLAH bless them with strength.. ameen...

Macam mana ye nak kurangkan rasa sedih bila org tersayang 'tinggalkan' kita...? hm... maybe it's better for us to look at the bright side. kita berpisah bukan semata2 perpisahan, tetapi berpisah sementara untuk kembali bertemu di syurga nanti.. insyaALLAH.. ;) bila fikir macam tu, moga2 kurang sikit rasa sedih di hati.

Teringat pulak ceramah ustadz majid masa kat matric 2 taun lepas. Ada satu soalan masa tu: kenapa perlunya hari akhirat?? Pastu ustadz jawab dgn soalan jugak, why not??? sebab ustadz kata, antaranya kat sana nantilah satu2nya peluang utk kita bertemu semula org2 tercinta yg terpisah masa kat dunia. Btol jugak kan... kalau tak, mmg sampai bila2 kita dah takkan ada peluang utk jumpa dgn yg terpisah. Dan alangkah bahagia andai pertemuan pada kedua kali tu, 'berlatar belakangkan' syurga yg penuh dgn nikmat & kerehatan yg kekal. Ma ajmala!

P/s: Semoga ALLAH meletakkan arwah nursalam sebaris dgn golongan org2 yg mendapat rahmat dariNYA... Ameen..

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

...Quran uses 'we' for ALLAH...


Aritu baca buku pasal soalan2 biasa yg ditanya oleh non muslims (who have some knowledge of Islam). Saja nak kongsi, moga boleh dimanfaatkan, especially kalo ‘diterjah’ dgn soalan mcm ni

Q: Does Islam believes in several God because the Quran uses the word ‘we’ when God speaks in the Quran?

A: Islam is strictly a monotheistic religion. It believes in and adheres to uncompromising monotheism. It believes that God is one, and unique in His attributes. In the Quran, God often refers to Himself using the word ‘we’. But this does not mean that Islam believes in the existence of more than one God.


Two types of plural:
In several languages, there are two types of plurals; one is a plural of numbers to refer to something that occurs in a quantity of more than one. The other plural is a plural of respect.

a) In the English language, the Queen of England refers to herself as ‘we’ instead of ‘I’. This is known as the ‘royal plural’.

b) Rajiv Gandhi, the ex-Prime Minister of India used to say in Hindi, “Hum dekhna chahte hain”. ‘Hum’ means ‘we’ which is again a royal plural in Hindi.

c) Similarly in Arabic, when ALLAH refers to Himself in the Quran, He often uses Arabic word ‘nahnu’ meaning ‘we’. It does not in indicate plural of number but plural of respect.

Tawheed or monotheism is one of the monotheism is one of the pillars of Islam. The existence and uniqueness of one and only one God is mentioned several times in the Quran. For instance in Surah Ikhlas, it says:

“Say He is ALLAH the one and Only.”

...shocked...


Petang semalam, masa tgh lepak2 kat bilik, tiba2 ma telefon.. ada berita sedih n sangat mengejutkan aku.. sampai sekarang fikiran aku masih terganggu dgn berita tu.. Anak sulung ustazah Fauziah n ustaz Husin (majikan aku masa keje tadika n ajar ngaji dulu) hilang.. nama dia nur salam. dulu sekolah starp. batch bawah aku. dia n kawan2 pegi memancing kat lombong. kat selayang kalo tak silap aku. aku tak sure apa jadi, tapi 2org hilang.maybe kena hanyut air..dalam suratkhabar tulis ada tanah jerlus. sorang dah jumpa mayatnya, tapi anak ustazah ni sampai saat aku tulis post ni, tak dijumpai lagi..ntah apa nasib dia..

aku tak tau macam mana perasaan parents dia sekarang ni. perasaan adik2 dia lagi.. kalo fikir2, rasa sayu sgt.. macam nak nangis pun ada.. sape tak sedih kan.. anak sakit pun dah susah hati.. apa lagi yg tak tau nasib samada masih hidup atau tak..isk isk.. :'( tapi aku kenal ustazah tu sbg seorang yg sgt tabah. mak aku kata, semalam ustzh cakap, dia redha atas apa shj takdir yg ALLAH tentukan. yg penting sekarang ni, mesti jumpa anak dia. Hidup atau mati, wallahu a'lam.. tapi aku yakin, jauh di sudut hati ustazah, mesti tetap harapkan anak dia masih hidup..

aku kenal salam tu.. dulu masa aku ajar iqra', dia ada jugak tolong ngajar kalau dia tgh cuti. aku tak dapat bayangkan kalau dia akan pergi dulu.. :''(

Ya ALLAH, berilah ketabahan hati kepada ahli keluarganya utk menerima apa sahaja takdir yg telah tercatat di sisiMu..

p/s: moga diri ini tidak diuji dgn apa yg tidak terdaya utk dipikul.. ameen..