Once in Awhile  

Sunday, February 07, 2010

There is so many feelings you can have at a time. There is so many secrets you can keep bottled up inside of you. Until a point where hope is beyond your grasp.

Why is it so easy to feel like you are loosing yourself sometimes?

We often seem to forget, in the midst of chaos that we live in, that when it comes down to it all we ever crave for is understanding and better still, acceptance.

Not to accept that we shall be stuck forever in confusion or in a sea of ignorance, no. But to accept that to be human is to err, to fall, to succumb to ill desires, to just let go.

Beyond everything else, to have faith that our spirit will once again soar to the peak of victory. When we truly believe that circumstances can be changed, for the better.

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Makan Dalam  

Wednesday, February 03, 2010


Bukan masanya untuk berputus asa.
Teruskan langkah.
Moga Allah izinkan kita bertemu di taman indah itu kelak.
Kuatkan semangat ya?

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Reverting  

Monday, January 25, 2010

Of reversion generally he stated: “I use the word revert because, I mean, everyone uses convert because that is just a Western ideal. You know (in the Western context) that you have converted to something. But when you look into Islam I guess you realize that the term Muslim just means it comes from Islam, Right? It is a statement of what you are. So Islam means to submit your will to God; to do what God asks you to do; whereas a Muslim is someone who is doing it. So if you are not doing what God has asked you, you are not a Muslim.

So, in effect, Muslim is not a noun, it’s a doing word (a verb). Therefore, my tree in the backyard is doing what God asked it. The tree is Muslim to me, you know! It’s submitting its will to God. Everything has energy. So when you’re born, you’re Muslim, you know! ‘I’m hungry’ - you cry - that’s Islamic you know,” he says laughing. “You are acting in accordance with your nature, and it’s only when you get a little bit older, and people teach you stuff, that you go away from Islam because you take on someone else’s ideals. Then when you want to come back, you revert, because you were already Muslim when you were born.”

-Abu Bakr, an Australian revert-

MUSLIM: It's not a noun, it's a verb. You have to do it. We are considered a Muslim because we do what a Muslim should do; submit ourselves to Allah's will. So let's be frank with ourselves, have we done what we are suppose to do? If we haven't, then consider this... are we really a Muslim after all?

Strive and Allah will help you through!

A short message by Arifah Abd. Rahim.

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Trust  


Trust is a hard thing.

Trust is allowing someone else to do and be for you.
Trust is giving away power and telling secrets and sharing things that you would never want anyone else to know.
Trust is using faith. Faith in another person's decisions, and choices, and knowledge.
Trust is when you know that the other person would do everything in their power for you if you needed them.
Trust is knowing that they will never let you down if they can help it.
Trust is not needing to speak, because the one you can rely on is there.

Trust is hard.

Trust requires being vulnerable.
Trust needs to be returned.
Trust cannot be fleeting.
Trust requires more than a passing glance.

Trust is hard.

Trust leans.
Trust waits.
Trust hopes.

Trust is hard.

Trust is giving a piece of yourself to another knowing it will be safe.
Trust is giving a piece of yourself to another not knowing if things will change.

Trust is hard.

Sometimes, trusting means you will be disappointed and let down.

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Problems are problems  

Saturday, January 23, 2010

You don’t have to love every single part of your job. You have to love the final product. What makes you motivated is not that you are laying bricks all day long, but the idea that you are building a mansion. The process itself can be boring, but if you have a purpose, it will motivate you. Follow up and follow through, till the end. That is where the prizes are.

Quoting my sister:

Everyone has problems, the difference is how we handle them. Or should I say, tests from Allah?

There, you see.. enlightenment sometime comes from the most unexpected places.
Let's see how I handle them this time around. Pray with me!


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Kejutan  

Sunday, December 27, 2009

"Kehidupan di dunia tidak akan seronok andai tiada kesukaran. Kerana kesukaranlah yang mengajar kita untuk tetap bersyukur dan terus bergantung harap pada yang Esa."

Baru mendapat berita kematian (lagi) seorang Muslim, ayah kepada salah seorang bekas rakan serumahku saat usai solat asar tadi. Terkesima sebentar lalu hati tidak henti-henti mengucapkan innalillah dan astaghfirullah.

Terasa seperti ujian yang sedang ku lalui terlalu kecil, amat amat minute jika hendak dibandingkan dengan apa yang rakanku itu sedang lalui kini.

Terbayang dirinya yang terkapai-kapai tanpa kehadiran seorang wali kelak dihari pernikahannya, tanpa seorang pemberi semangat ketika menjelang hari peperiksaannya nanti, nyatanya tanpa tempat mengadu dan bermanja sepanjang hidupnya di masa hadapan.

Secara jujur, tidak tahu apa yang hendak diucapkan padanya. Jika ucap takziah semakin sedihkah dia? Jika memberi kata-kata semangat marahkah dia kerana tidak memahami situasinya?

Maka, yang mampu diberikan dengan setulus ikhlas adalah sebuah doa agar Allah memberinya kekuatan untuk meneruskan kehidupan, agar Allah memberinya petunjuk untuk menjadi Muslim yang lebih baik kerana kematian itu tiada warning signs, agar kesukaran dan ujian ini mengajar dia untuk tetap bersyukur dan terus bergantung harap pada yang Esa.

May Allah ease your pain and give you peace of mind, my friend. I love you.

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H1431 - Titik Perubahan Kita InsyaAllah!  

Saturday, December 26, 2009

A bit late I might say, but better late than never. Shift your paradigm and change your life for paradise, insyaAllah. Ameen.



Merantai itu bukan rantai itu tapi fikirannya.

Akhir perjalanan kita adalah di syurga, insyaAllah, dan kita akan jumpa orang-orang yang hebat. Rasulullah, Abu Bakr, Aishah.. Syurga hanya menerima orang-orang yang hebat masuk kedalamnya. Sekiranya kita tak hebat, apa pilihan yang kita ada? Tak layak ke syurga, ke nerakalah pilihan kedua.

Maka, kita tiada pilihan melainkan kita mesti menjadi manusia yang hebat.

Allah menjadikan manusia sebaik-baik kejadian. Sempena tahun baru ini, kejayaan terbesar kita adalah apabila kita berjaya mengenal di manakah keistimewaan dan potensi kita.

95:4 - Sesungguhnya kami telah jadikan manusia dengan sebaik baik kejadian.

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