tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-296619342024-03-22T04:43:29.795+08:002006-2012: Finding MyselfIn truth all of us are sinners, and it is only from Allah’s mercy upon us that He is "As-Sitteer" - the One who veils our faults and our flaws, and makes us seem better than we really are in others’ eyes...Arifahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677109631113182139noreply@blogger.comBlogger305125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661934.post-25305495519353243852012-05-29T23:42:00.000+08:002012-05-29T23:42:08.282+08:00What will come of it?<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">My comrades.. my sisters.. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">I fear that you have forgotten me,</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Do you still miss me? </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Are you still praying for me?</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Or have I lost that privilege</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Of having a thousand benediction come my way,<br />
Since I chose silence as my companion?<br />
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I'm treading a lost journey,<br />
I'm searching for a drowning soul,<br />
When will I find her again, I wonder?</span>Arifahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677109631113182139noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661934.post-45520398033528282512011-11-05T22:21:00.004+08:002011-11-05T22:25:58.371+08:00Blast of Iman<div style="text-align: justify;">I feel like I am at a crossroad, among one of the crossroads of my life. A decision has to be made. A very eminent one. One that will affect most importantly my Iman and after that, the lives of those I love most. It will definitely affect my life, but I think I can bear with that. I might have to suffer for awhile to adjust to the changes I will go through but to think of the misery that I will bring to the people I love... THAT I don't think I can endure.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">But... to be stuck HERE is not an option. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Have you ever felt lost like you can't be saved any more? Despair is a very very very cruel emotion. It can make you feel like you are stuck in the deepest of the deepest ocean. No one will want to save you because trying will only mean risking their life. You feel like giving up, to give out your last breath and surrender to the darkness of the sea and ultimately the blackness of death.<br />
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Ever so suddenly a rush of air was blasted into your lungs. You will gulp that precious whirl of air greedily, ferociously, savagely... because your very life depends on it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">What if it was your <i>Faith</i> that is in that deep dark sea of sins and ignorance? And that blast of air was a blast of <i>Hidayah</i> to your soul that will increase your<i> Iman</i> and save you from the blackness of hell fire?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I think it is time I force myself to take that gulp. It feels like this will be my last chance to rise up to the surface and beyond... and even if it isn't my last, I don't think I want to risk putting my <i>Faith</i> on the edge again...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Bismillahi tawakkaltu a'lallah!</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I am strong only because Allah put me right here, right now. He knows I am strong enough for whatever He puts me through.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div>Arifahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677109631113182139noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661934.post-68121594203528744582011-11-04T23:09:00.000+08:002011-11-04T23:09:26.626+08:00The power of repentance<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/VAHEuqXT5yQ?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Subhanallah!</div>Arifahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677109631113182139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661934.post-70705193253294969472011-10-29T12:31:00.001+08:002011-10-29T12:32:06.115+08:00Chasing stars<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Building myself up! </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Alhamdulillah.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>^_^</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><br />
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I keep telling myself that I am strong.<br />
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But everyone wants to feel like someone cares.<br />
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And everyone wants to know they're not alone.Arifahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677109631113182139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661934.post-28064908857072685342011-07-02T15:53:00.001+08:002014-05-29T13:57:00.356+08:00Real life doctor<div style="text-align: justify;">This entry will be alternating between Malay, English and Manglish. Kalau rasa tak suka baca bahasa campur aduk dalam satu entry, sila jangan proceed ye.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It has been more than 5 months. 5 months of life revolving around me but me having no life. It you get what I mean. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Saya wonder, bila orang awam (ie mereka yang pekerjaannya tak terlibat dalam bidang perubatan seperti nurse, dietician, pharmacist, even cleaner dekat hospital) tengok doktor, apa yang mereka fikirkan? Gah, glamour, gaji besar, hidup senang? </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The reality is, we work like slaves. And if we don't have family members (thank you husband, family and in-laws!) who understand the hecticness of our job, the tiredness at the end of the day, the feeling of wanting to quit and do something else but still persisting because responsible adults don't quit half way - I don't think I could have even completed even a month of housemanship.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>Arifahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677109631113182139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661934.post-24962469209522335692011-04-10T19:24:00.004+08:002011-08-17T11:01:50.558+08:00Imam As-Syafie, may Allah bless your soul.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;">If a man spreads his secret with his own tongue</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;">and blames another... then he is a fool.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;">If his own breast is too narrow to conceal his own secret,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;">Then the breast of the one in whom he places it is even narrower.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;">Part from the days where you used to do as you wish</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;">And restrain your soul when the decree of Allah is ordained</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;">And don't despair over the events of the past</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;">For none of the events of the dunya were ever meant to remain</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;">And be a man who is firm upon his affairs</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;">And whose character is that of pardoning and nobility</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;">And there is no sadness or happiness that is continuous</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;">Just as there is there is no comfort or pain</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;">If you are a person who is satisfied with what he has</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;">Then you and the owner of all possessions are equal</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;">And upon he who's open valley death descends upon</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;">Then there is no earth or sky to protect you from it</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;">And the earth of Allah is vast but</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;">When the ordainment of Allah descends even the open valley congests.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;">~ Imam Shafi</span>Arifahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677109631113182139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661934.post-89809103220605187772011-04-10T19:19:00.002+08:002011-04-10T19:19:31.125+08:00Just so that I won't forget.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah, O Karim,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Please have mercy on me,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah, O Karim,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Please forgive me for the sins I committed in the past</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">And those I will commit in the future.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Have mercy on all the Muslimeen,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">And guide them.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Guide me O Allah,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">And guide my parents,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">My siblings, my cousins,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">My aunts and uncles,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">My nephews and nieces and so forth.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I ask You to strengthen my iman and those around me.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I ask You to soften my heart</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">And to soften the hearts of the believers.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Forgive me for my shortcomings, for only You are perfect.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Please forgive me if I ever got too wrapped in a matter</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">That I didn’t have time to utter Your name.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Please forgive me for all the salat I missed</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Because of ignorance or laziness,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Please forgive me for all the fasts I didn’t make up,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Thinking it was “alright, since I fasted most of the days anyway”.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Please forgive me</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">For the pound I never dropped into the metal cup for the homeless man begging on the street.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Please spark the love of Islam in my heart and in the hearts of every single Muslim</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Until it gets implanted in their children and their children’s children and so on.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I ask that You help me for I am weak</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">And will only grow stronger by Your strength,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">So Allah please strengthen me</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">To fight Shaytaan and his whispers.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">And if I ever fell into his trap</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">And followed my desirer,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Then sincerely forgive me,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">For that displays not only my weakness,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">But Your greatness as well.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Please lighten the punishment in the grave</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">For those before us and those after us.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Please Allah, lighten the punishment</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">And please shed light into every Muslim’s grave.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">If I ever was too afraid</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">To stand up for Your deen</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Because of what others would think</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Then forgive me, for I was a fool for doing so.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Please protect me and each Muslim,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">And protect especially the orphans and the widows.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Please strengthen the faith</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Of the destitute Muslims around the world,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">So they have hope to live.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">If I ever forgot to do dua for even one suffering Muslim,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Then forgive me for then it is, as I haven’t done dua for the entire ummah.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Please be the light of my eyes, ears and heart.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Please be the light on the sides of me</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">And the light behind me</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">And the light in front of me.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Please forgive me</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">For all the foul words I spoke</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Either out of ignorance or</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Because I was trying to be “cool”.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Please forgive me</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">If I never stopped to think about You,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Due to “other important things”</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Please forgive me</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">For not having enough time</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Or creating time for reading the Quran.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Please forgive me</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">For listening to music</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">And watching movies and t.v.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Please forgive me</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">For all the yelling I’ve done</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">And the arguments I’ve been in.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">For the only time</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The voice should be raised</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Is for Your praises!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Please forgive me</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">For my disrespect towards my family,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Elders, siblings and so on.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Please forgive me for any backbiting I have been accused of,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Whether I did it consciously or unconsciously.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah, Rab al-Alamin,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Forgive me,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Forgive me for everything.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">So for everyone,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Every single Muslim,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Dead or alive,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I do dua that You forgive them for all their sins.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Please please please</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Help the suffering Muslims</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">of Kashmir, Palestine, Chechnya,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Bosnia, Gujarat, Nigeria,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Iraq, Afghanistan and everywhere around the world.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Please O Allah, make the Mujahideen victorious,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">And let the beauty of Islam reign!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah, give victory to the Muslims!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah, please let true Islam reign!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah, please increase our knowledge of Your deen and this world.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Please help us all and guide us,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">For You are everything to us.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I cannot stress how much I ask for Your forgiveness and Your guidance.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I fear You</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I fear You soooo much words cannot describe.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I fear the day when I will meet You,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">And I WILL meet You.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">When we are one on one,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">And I have no one’s help or support.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">No one can take the blame for me</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Nor I for them.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The only thing I will have</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Is a little book given to me by You</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">That has my deeds.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Please forgive me for my thoughts,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">For even though I get sinned for my actions,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I cannot help but feel guilty for my thought</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">And I ask You to forgive me for them</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">And to clear my mind of any impurities</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Until You become the only thing on my mind.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Please forgive me</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">If I ever did anything out of gain</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">For this life and not for Your pleasure.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">If I did anything to “show off”</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Then please forgive me for that.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I do dua that You grant us all God-fearing spouses</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">And grant us righteous children.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I do dua that You continue to strengthen this ummah until the Day of Resurrection.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Forgive me for whatever I have not mentioned,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">For I am bound to forget</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">…but You,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">through Your greatness…</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">You never forget.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Please grant all the Muslims Jannah-tul-Firdaus.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O Allah,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I ask that You shed Your mercy</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">On all the Prophets (peace be upon them)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">And on all the Angels (peace be upon them).</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Lastly, I do dua</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">You shed Your mercy</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">On the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him),</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">His family and companions.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I do dua that You grant Muhammad</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The highest station in paradise.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Rabinna Aataina</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Fiduniya Hasinathow</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Wa Fil Akhirati Hasinathow,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Wakina Adhab innar</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Ameen</span>Arifahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677109631113182139noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661934.post-11481251814315374492011-01-24T06:13:00.002+08:002011-01-24T06:15:00.383+08:00A new world, the first step.And all hours long, the town<br />
<br />
Roars like a beast in a cave<br />
<br />
That is wounded there<br />
<br />
And like to drown;<br />
<br />
While days rush, wave after wave<br />
<br />
On its lair.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
An invisible woe unseals<br />
<br />
The flood, so it passes beyond<br />
<br />
All bounds: the great old city<br />
<br />
Recumbent roars as it feels<br />
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The foamy paw of the pond<br />
<br />
Reach from immensity.<br />
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<br />
<br />
But all that it can do<br />
<br />
Now, as the tide rises,<br />
<br />
Is to listen and hear the grim<br />
<br />
Waves crash like thunder through<br />
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The splintered streets, hear noises<br />
<br />
Roll hollow in the interim.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #e06666;">I need You by my side. Please God. Bismillah.</span></em></div>Arifahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677109631113182139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661934.post-54135204569881940852011-01-09T22:54:00.000+08:002011-01-09T22:54:17.363+08:00Pursuit of happyyyyness<div style="text-align: center;">It is easier to whine and blame everyone else for your woes. But where does it get you?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is my life and I CHOOSE to be happy. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Change starts NOW!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sending happy vibes and looooove to all~</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Bismillah.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://stuff.pyzam.com/funnypics/animals/happycat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" n4="true" src="http://stuff.pyzam.com/funnypics/animals/happycat.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Arifahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677109631113182139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661934.post-14312988087833487912011-01-04T13:35:00.009+08:002011-01-04T13:48:22.285+08:00Bahasa Jiwa Bangsa<div style="text-align: justify;">I am first and foremost a Muslim! Who was born a Malay and who is proud of her Malaysian Malay heritage and language but prefers to talk and write in English if she can. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">No, I am not trying to be someone I'm not nor am I degrading the dignity of my culture. For me, it is merely an extension of my personality nor does it have anything to do with the pride of my people. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you were to tell me that the Malay language would be banished as the current official language of Malaysia and that it would not be compulsory for the younger generation to know the language to be called a Malaysian citizen - believe me, I would instantly go on a riot, bring the news to the parliament and totally make a big deal out it!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-style: italic;">However, we have to understand that </span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-style: italic;">being proud of your language has nothing to do with how frequent you use it but it has everything to do with</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> how well</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-style: italic;"> you know it.</span></u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-style: italic;"> To stereotypically judge someone as being unpatriotic just because he/she chooses to speak in English is abominable. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sadly, on the other end of the spectrum, there are people who look down upon those who choose to write and speak in Malay. It seems that there is a popular notion that having the ability to speak and write well in English seems to be a cool trend to follow and those who go against the flow will always be viewed as freaks of nature - which I personally think is uncalled for and absolutely stupid!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">To put it simply, there is nothing wrong in writing and speaking English if you were born a Malay (or Chinese and Indian for that matter) nor is there anything shameful about impressively writing and speaking in Malay either. <i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">The point is to know and be proud of your heritage but at the same time to be comfortable standing in your own shoes and shining your own personality.</span></b></i><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I can perfectly write in Malay, when I feel like it! ^_^<br />
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Oh and evidently, I would also love to master the Arabic language in the future, insyaAllah!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">*cheerios*</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div></div>Arifahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677109631113182139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661934.post-36364484007971227292011-01-02T13:30:00.003+08:002011-01-02T13:46:08.300+08:00Crisp and clean<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >The start of a new year always leave me with a feeling of positive anticipation. It's like stepping into a new world where every possibility is there for us to achieve if only we believe and try hard enough. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Unfotunately (or fortunately?), 24 years on this earth has thought me at least one very important thing, you never know what you'll get. You plan and you dream and you work and you hope but most of the time you'll be very much surprised by the turn of events. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span">The </span><span class="Apple-style-span">disappointments, the failures, the hopelessness, the wanting-to-give-up, the why-does-everything-seems-to-go-wrong, the whatever and what the heck? Hehe.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >But so it seems, that the human spirit never ceased to amaze me. You somehow WILL find the strength and the courage to stand up and move on. Because frankly speaking, that's what life really is about don't you think? Moving forward.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >And where is our destination? To God. Always to Him. Moving forward to Our Creator. Because in every thing that we do, for every second that we spend on any endeavor, if it doesn't bring us closer to Him, is there any happiness left to hope for?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Here's to a brand new year, with a brand new hope and a renewed sense of faith.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b><i>Bring it on 2011!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><br /></span></div>Arifahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677109631113182139noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661934.post-48277095086077971782011-01-01T22:57:00.002+08:002011-01-01T22:59:37.085+08:00Sweeping off the cobwebs!<div style="text-align: center;">Trying to bring back the writing mood. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's been awhile...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Arifahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677109631113182139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661934.post-39192923448950399612010-11-13T12:59:00.002+08:002010-11-13T13:05:30.529+08:00Win Win<div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Sesungguhnya Allah telah ridha terhadap orang-orang mukmin ketika mereka berjanji setia kepadamu di bawah pohon</span></span></b></i><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" >, maka Allah mengetahui apa yang ada dalam hati mereka lalu menurunkan ketenangan atas mereka dan memberi balasan kepada mereka dengan kemenangan yang dekat (waktunya). </span></span></b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" >[Al-fath - 46:18]</span></span></b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Kemenangan yang dekat waktunya. Bertahan hati, sebentar sahaja lagi. </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Help is coming, insyaAllah!</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></b></i></div>Arifahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677109631113182139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661934.post-61106552760626713482010-11-06T20:05:00.003+08:002010-11-06T20:15:42.455+08:00I miss you..<div style="text-align: center;">Aku rindu amat! T_T</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DTnXX9ZsgbI?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Demi cintaMu ya Allah</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pada Muhammad nabiMu</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ampunilah dosaku</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wujudkan harapanku</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ya Rasullallah</div><div style="text-align: center;">Siapa yang cinta pada nabinya</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pasti bahagia dalam hidupnya</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Muhammadku Muhammadku dengarlah seruanku</div><div style="text-align: center;">Aku rindu aku rindu kepadamu Muhammadku</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Kau yang mengaku cinta kepada nabimu</div><div style="text-align: center;">Kau yang mengaku merindukan nabimu</div><div style="text-align: center;">Jika kau benar-benar cinta dan rindu </div><div style="text-align: center;">Kepada Muhammad nabimu</div><div style="text-align: center;">Buktikan</div><div style="text-align: center;">Taati perintahNya, tinggalkan laranganNya</div><div style="text-align: center;">Teladani akhlaknya</div><div style="text-align: center;">Niscaya kelak kau akan berjumpa dengan Rasullallah</div><div style="text-align: center;">Niscaya kelak kau akan berkumpul dengan Rasullallah</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Kau ajarkan hidup ini untuk saling mengasihi</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ku tanamkan dalam hati kuamalkan sejak dini</div><div style="text-align: center;">Engkaulah nabi pembawa cinta</div>Arifahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677109631113182139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661934.post-38398158878162611032010-10-26T17:25:00.005+08:002010-10-26T17:42:22.270+08:00Maher Zain: A da'ei in his own way!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />The first time I heard Maher Zain's 'Insha Allah' almost a year ago, I had tears in my eyes and a swell on my chest. He depicted my feelings and my experiences so well I almost thought he was reading my mind. He started out small (with his first single, can't remember whether it was 'Insha Allah' or "Palestine Will Be Free') in October 2009 but now has turned out to be huge a star through out the whole world, among Muslims and Non-Muslims alike. Alhamdulillah, I believe that Allah has sent him to us in our time as one of His medium of Hidayah (Guidance) to all. Through his songs, many has viewed Islam differently, better inyaAllah.<br /><br />Here's a short biography of Maher Zain. May Allah repay him with Jannah for his hard work in spreading Islam the best way he can. Let us take example of his good character and learn from his experience, so that we can believe with utmost confidence that as long as there is still life in us, WE CAN CHANGE FOR THE BETTER!! InsyaAllah.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Leaving behind a lucrative career in the mainstream music industry in New York wherein he worked with internationally renowned producer </span>RedOne<span style="font-style: italic;"> who has worked with chart-topping artists </span>Akon<span style="font-style: italic;">, Lady Gaga, Enrique </span>Iglesias<span style="font-style: italic;"> and the late Michael Jackson to mention just a few, </span>Maher<span style="font-style: italic;"> chose instead to make music which reflects his roots of being both European, Arab and Muslim and he is working with Awakening Records (who launched the career of British artist </span>Sami<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>Yusuf<span style="font-style: italic;">) to inspire the youth across the world. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">In early March 2010, </span>Maher's<span style="font-style: italic;"> debut album Thank You Allah (released by Awakening Records) was the No.1 highest selling album on Amazon (in the world music section). </span>Maher<span style="font-style: italic;"> has already had concerts in Sweden, Canada, Australia, US, UK, France, Egypt, Algeria, and Bahrain to mention just a few. With his passion, incredible talent and unique style, the sky is the limit for </span>Maher<span style="font-style: italic;">. </span><br /><br />Maher<span style="font-style: italic;">’s first musical inspiration came from his father, who was a singer himself, performing locally in the beautiful Mediterranean city of Tripoli - Lebanon. Fascinated by the music and instruments, </span>Maher<span style="font-style: italic;"> got his first keyboard when he was only ten and ever since music officially became an integral part of </span>Maher<span style="font-style: italic;">’s world. His family moved to Sweden when </span>Maher<span style="font-style: italic;"> was only 8, where he continued his schooling, and later entered university and got a Bachelors degree in Aeronautical Engineering. With things changing around him, one thing remained the same - his strong passion for music. He would spend late nights at school with his friends where they would sing, rap, compose and experiment with music in every way. It </span>didn<span style="font-style: italic;">’t take him long to realize that music became an integral part of who he is. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">After being involved for a while in the music scene as a music producer, </span>Maher<span style="font-style: italic;"> was introduced to </span>RedOne<span style="font-style: italic;">, a gifted music producer who was fast rising in the music scene in Sweden. </span>Maher started working with RedOne<span style="font-style: italic;"> and later moved to New York. For a few years he was in the middle of the hot rush of the NY music industry, working with chart topping artists such as Kat </span>Deluna<span style="font-style: italic;"> on her debut album including smash hits ‘Whine up’ and ‘Run the Show’.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Maher</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> had what many would describe as a dream job for someone so young in such a glamorous business, but for </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Maher</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> it felt like this was far from what he would call ‘the dream’, “I loved the music but I hated everything that surrounded it, it always felt like something </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">wasn</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">’t right”. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">In January 2009, </span>Maher<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>Zain<span style="font-style: italic;"> decided to work on an album that reflects his identity – Arab, Western and Muslim - and signed with Awakening Records. </span>Maher<span style="font-style: italic;">’s debut album Thank You Allah reached the number 1 spot on Amazon’s World Music charts and number 9 on the R&B charts. In January 2010, in a music competition organized by </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Nujoom</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> FM (Egypt’s biggest music radio station) </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Maher</span><span style="font-style: italic;">’s track ‘Ya </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Nabi</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Salam</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Alayka</span><span style="font-style: italic;">’ was voted as the Best Song for 2009. Runners up included big names like Hussein </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Aljismi</span><span style="font-style: italic;">, </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Mohammed</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Mounir</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> and </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Sami</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Yusuf</span><span style="font-style: italic;">. </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Maher has already performed at sold out concerts in Algeria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Egypt, England, France, Holland, Sweden, and the US amongst others and is fast becoming the ‘next superstar of Islamic music’. </span><br /><br />Maher<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>Zain<span style="font-style: italic;">’s album mixes the sounds of R&B with traditional spiritual, soul and contemporary pop music, not just updating spiritual music and </span>inshad<span style="font-style: italic;"> but fearlessly reviving it with contemporary flair. </span>Maher<span style="font-style: italic;">’s debut album Thank You Allah is an instant classic of great power and timeless, </span>unassailably<span style="font-style: italic;"> intense spirituality. </span>Maher<span style="font-style: italic;"> is fast becoming recognized as one of </span><span style="font-style: italic;">modern Islamic Music’s seminal voices after his ground-breaking single and animated music video “Palestine Will Be Free,” his music video “</span><span style="font-style: italic;">Insha</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> Allah” shot on location in London and directed by famous British director Mike Harris who has worked with </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Coldplay</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> and Madonna among others, and his latest video “The Chosen One” - about the life and the peaceful teachings of Prophet Muhammad - shot in Los Angeles. </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Maher</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Zain</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> is clearly poised to take up modern Islamic Music to a new level. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">As a supremely gifted artist and producer, </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Maher</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> brings his music to a wider audience not by watering down his message, but by making songs of supreme power, conviction, and glorious beauty, fusing elements of R&B, traditional spiritual music, pop, Arabic and Turkish music into daring arrangements. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">After his experience in the Music Industry, </span>Maher<span style="font-style: italic;"> feels blessed to able to finally find the right way, put his talent to its best use, and produce music that is closer to his roots, and he feels like it’s his turn now to help others through his music to do the same: </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">“If I had one thing I’d like to tell people out there it would be that it’s so easy to see the right way if we just open our eyes and look properly; that’s what happened to me.”<br /><br /></span></span></div>Arifahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677109631113182139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661934.post-58855407637143494722010-10-19T21:23:00.005+08:002010-10-19T21:30:01.430+08:00All alone<div style="text-align: justify;">Sometimes, it is so hard to persevere when you feel that you have no one to turn to or support you. But.. we have Allah by our side! Never ever forget that.</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(160, 82, 45); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">Every time you feel like you cannot go on</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(160, 82, 45); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><div style="text-align: center;">You feel so lost</div><div style="text-align: center;">And that you're so alone</div><div style="text-align: center;">All you is see is night</div><div style="text-align: center;">And darkness all around</div><div style="text-align: center;">You feel so helpless</div><div style="text-align: center;">You can’t see which way to go</div><div style="text-align: center;">Don’t despair and never loose hope</div><div style="text-align: center;">Cause Allah is always by your side</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Insya Allah you’ll find your way</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Everytime you can make one more mistake</div><div style="text-align: center;">You feel you can’t repent</div><div style="text-align: center;">And that its way too late</div><div style="text-align: center;">Your’re so confused, wrong decisions you have made</div><div style="text-align: center;">Haunt your mind and your heart is full of shame</div><div style="text-align: center;">Don’t despair and never loose hope</div><div style="text-align: center;">Cause Allah is always by your side</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Turn to Allah</div><div style="text-align: center;">He’s never far away</div><div style="text-align: center;">Put your trust in Him</div><div style="text-align: center;">Raise your hands and pray</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(160, 82, 45); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">Ya Allah</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(160, 82, 45); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><div style="text-align: center;">Guide my steps don’t let me go astray</div><div style="text-align: center;">You’re the only one that showed me the way</div></span></div>Arifahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677109631113182139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661934.post-60531722422131226852010-10-17T01:37:00.007+08:002010-10-17T01:54:27.196+08:00A candle in the dark.<div style="text-align: justify;">Left and right people are going against the Word of the Almighty, cheering the council of the Devil's herd.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And <i><span class="Apple-style-span">we</span></i> are stuck in the midst of chaos and confusion. A spark of truth in our hearts remain, but not strong enough to light the gloom in our soul.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Yet <span class="Apple-style-span"><i>we</i></span> strongly adhere to what we hold on to dear, that it is not the dark that has befell but only an eclipse waiting to fly.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">Because </span><span class="Apple-style-span">we</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> choose to light a candle, rather than curse the darkness.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">[18:29] Proclaim: "This is the truth from your Lord," then whoever wills let him believe, and whoever wills let him disbelieve. We have prepared for the transgressors a fire that will completely surround them. When they scream for help, they will be given a liquid like concentrated acid that scalds the faces. What a miserable drink! What a miserable destiny! </span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">[18:30] As for those who believe and lead a righteous life, we never fail to recompense those who work righteousness.</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></i></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">[18:31] They have deserved gardens of Eden wherein rivers flow. They will be adorned therein with bracelets of gold, and will wear clothes of green silk and velvet, and will rest on comfortable furnishings. What a wonderful reward; what a wonderful abode!</span></span></i><p></p></div>Arifahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677109631113182139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661934.post-77500555016581419852010-10-15T13:52:00.008+08:002010-10-15T14:22:02.722+08:00Redha = Contentment<div style="text-align: justify;">There are times in life when you are at a certain point and then you realize that you can never have imagined your life would be like this a year ago, maybe even 5 months ago. The things you worry about or were tormented with in the end turned out to be just fine. And then it suddenly hits you.. all this while Allah has always had your back. When He promised that He will provide for you, that whatever happens to you <span style="font-weight: bold;">IS</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">the best for you</span>, He meant exactly that!<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:85%;" >Say: "Nothing shall ever happen to us except what Allah has ordained for us. He is our Maula (Lord, Helper and Protector). And in Allah let the believers put their trust." [At-taubah - 9:51]</span><br /><br />This recognition of divine intervention always, more often than not occurs in retrospect. When everything has settled down. When you have moved on with life after calamity strikes. When your worries are gone with the wind of time. When you have accepted what has been given to you. And then you look back at your life. In retrospect.<br /><br />It is always in our reflection of ourselves (our <span style="font-style: italic;">muhasabah</span>) that we will see how benevolent and bountiful Allah's Love and Mercy really is. The times we take to retract ourselves from the world of chaos and materialism outside and look inside carefully, these are those times that awareness and acceptance will come to us. And peace will befall us, a peace that can make even the most weary and discontented, serene and calm.<br /><br />That is what we call <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Redha</span>. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:Helvetica,Arial;" ><small><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">"As for him who gives (in charity) and keeps his duty to Allah, and believes in the Best reward from Allah (i.e. Allah will compensate him for what he will spend in Allah's way). So, We will make smooth for him </span></small></span><span style=";font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">the path of Bliss..</span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:Helvetica,Arial;" ><small><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">" [Al-layl - 92:5-7] </span></small></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" ><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">"And have in their minds no favour from anyone for which a reward is expected in return, But only the desire to seek for the Countenance of their Lord Most High. And soon will they attain<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">(complete) satisfaction.</span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">" </span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:Helvetica,Arial;" ><small><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">[Al-layl - 92:17-19] </span></small></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" ><br /></span></span></div>Arifahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677109631113182139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661934.post-12733843800398166522010-10-11T17:33:00.002+08:002010-10-11T17:35:10.530+08:00A reminder to myself.<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="400" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xtjwtmjbOKE?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xtjwtmjbOKE?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="385"></embed></object><br /></div><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The religion itself becomes a mean by which you promote your own ego. It's ironic because the religion was revealed for us to be humble ourselves. But now we are using that very Deen to express our arrogance.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Is the religion here to serve our needs, or are we here to serve Allah's Deen?</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">I have a very bad case of ego!<br />Please help me correct myself O Allah.<br />-_-</span><br /></div> </div>Arifahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677109631113182139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661934.post-74461209232964079482010-10-11T12:34:00.003+08:002010-10-11T12:39:10.651+08:00Muhasabah Diri: Usaha yang belum cukup<p style="text-align: justify;">Graf "Bagaimana boleh bertahan?". Bagaimana memahaminya?</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Ianya boleh di bincangkan bagaimana atau betul dan salahnya. Tapi ia hanya pengalaman dari sunnatullah. Kita berusaha dan orang lain juga berusaha… tak semestinya kita bangga dengan pencapaian kita. Maybe ada formula lain yang lebih baik.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Fasa semasa belajar adalah paling kritikal dalam generasi Y. Di masa itu ia umpama besi yang berada di leburan atau relaunya. Semasa itulah masa untuk dibentuk oleh apa saja ideologi dan trend. Siapa yang cepat dan mampu bekerja keras dengan menggunakan sunnatullah yang paling tepat, nescaya dia berjaya membentuk seramai mungkin bentuk-bentuk manusia yang ada di dalam masyarakat.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Oleh kerana masa itu pendek dan masa pelajarlah saat paling mudah untuk diubah, maka saat itu juga perlu dibentuk ke tahap ke paling maksima. Maksima dari segi swing kepada Islamnya, maksima dari segi semangatnya, maksima dari segi keinginan dan rasa perlu kepada ilmu. Juga maksima untuk berpisah dari jahiliyyah akidah, perasaan dan kelakuan tingkahlaku.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Berjaya atau tidak semasa pembentukan dan pembenturan semasa fasa menjadi pelajar, itulah yang membentuk keinginan hidupnya semasa selepas belajar. Ingin atau tidaknya untuk meneruskan apa yang difahami dan dipegangi semasa zaman belajar ditentukan banyak oleh ia mencapai tahap lulus atau melepasi ‘area’ gelombang. Selepas gelombang akan ada kawasan tenang dan aman. Sesiapa yang tidak dapat melepasi area gelombang itulah maka ia akan terumbang ambing selepas zaman belajar!</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Oleh itu…</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Usaha maksima perlu dilakukan semasa zaman belajar…. <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">adakah anda sebagai murabbi sanggup bertungkus lumus untuk itu?</span> Atau mad’u anda akan meninggalkan anda dengan senyum selepas zaman belajar mereka dan berkata: “Terima kasih kak kerana membantu saya ber’halaqah’ semasa saya di IPT…. Tapi lepas kerja ni tengoklah dulu samada saya akan bersama atau tidak…!".</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Murabbinya terkebil-kebil…. di mana silap aku?</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Tapi semua hati manusia adalah di dalam kuasa al-Rahman, di bolak balikkan ke mana yang dikehendakiNya.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Dipetik dari:</span></span> <a href="http://muntalaq.wordpress.com/2010/06/28/bagaimana-boleh-bertahan/">http://muntalaq.wordpress.com/2010/06/28/bagaimana-boleh-bertahan/</a><br /></p>Arifahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677109631113182139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661934.post-25994689968116406432010-10-03T17:03:00.005+08:002010-10-03T17:24:27.746+08:00Questions and answers?<div style="text-align: justify;">I just realize today that most of the time in life we don't always get the answers to our questions at the exact time we are looking for it or at the very second we want it. It will come to you at the right time, when you are ready mentally, emotionally and spiritually to accept it. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And that's the hard part. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To be patient until you reach that right time actually zaps a lot of your energy off. Especially if you keep dwelling on it and blaming everything and everyone else in the world for not helping you get to the answers you wanted.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So the good thing to do is to let go. To stop blaming. To keep looking. To be patient until the time comes. In the mean time, to build yourself up, to prepare yourself so that when the answers come to you, you are strong enough to use the answers you get to move on to becoming a better, greater person to those around you.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I hope you're <i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >enlightened</span></b></i> by my entry in the way that best suits you. Even if you don't really know what I'm talking about! Hehe. ;)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Penning off, for now.</div>Arifahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677109631113182139noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661934.post-40667151130757107602010-09-29T20:40:00.006+08:002010-09-29T21:13:21.384+08:00Keindahan Islam terletak pada akhlak ummatnya.<div style="text-align: center;"><object width="400" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CHB3QozDzGI?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CHB3QozDzGI?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="385"></embed></object></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Allah.. terlalu lama hati ini tidak mencoretkan sesuatu di ceruk kecil ini. Moga Allah terima niat kerdil saya agar penulisan yang tak seberapa ini dipandangNya sebagai amal soleh di sana kelak.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Betapa saya sedar lemahnya diri dalam menjalani jalan yang penuh simpang siur ini. Jalan yang sukar penuh berduri tapi pada hakikatnya amat manis bagi mereka yang mengerti erti 'pengorbanan' yang sebenar. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Terkadang dek kerana hati yang penuh noda-noda hitam, perasaan sombong diri dan takabur mudah saja meresap masuk. Gunung nan tinggi terasa mudah didaki dengan </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>kaki sendiri</i></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, langit terasa dekat digapai dengan</span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> tangan sendiri</span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Semuanya atas usaha sendiri</span></i>.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Aku lah yang hebat.. aku lah yang baik.. aku lah yang paling banyak berkorban.. Aduh, semuanya aku, aku, aku!! Habis, siapa yang menciptakan kaki dan tangan itu? Siapa yang memberi kudrat untuk memanjat gunung itu? Dan sesungguhnya, siapa yang memberi hati untuk merasai perasaan serta keinginan yang kuat sehingga boleh memanjat dan menggapai segala-galanya, kalau bukan Dia Sang Pencipta yang Maha Hebat?!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Astagfirullah. Astagfirullah. Astagfirullah.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Buat mereka yang terlalu istimewa buat diri saya (Abang, Ibu, Abah, Kak If, Tiqah, Afiq, close families, Ikhwah Akhwat and close friends serta semua yang mengenali diri ini, especially those who are reading this - I just had a strong feeling to put your names down), maafkan saya kerana terlalu banyak cacat dan celanya akhlak yang dipamerkan. Sedangkan<i><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" >akhlak itulah cerminan kepada utuhnya keimanan serta hubungan saya dengan Sang Ilah di Langit sana. Akhlak itulah petunjuk kepada tahap kekuatan semangat saya dalam menjalani apa yang saya dakwahkan. </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >Moga Allah bantu saya untuk mencantikkan lagi akhlak dan layanan saya terhadap mereka yang saya sayangi kerana Allah. Amin, Ya Rabb Al-Amin. </span></b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Terlalu banyak tarbiyah yang ingin Allah ajarkan pada kita melalui peristiwa-peristiwa yang Dia sendiri susunkan untuk kita sebenarnya. Cuma kita sahaja yang perlu memilih untuk belajar dari kesilapan itu atau terus-menurus membiarkan diri kita berada di dalam kegelapan jahiliyyah.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Benarlah, keindahan Islam itu terletak pada akhlak ummatnya!</span></span></b></div>Arifahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677109631113182139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661934.post-46879250157830598172010-09-01T20:00:00.004+08:002010-09-24T08:56:09.735+08:00Can I make a difference?<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;">I am at the centre of a mount, bearing my soul to the world. My head spinning and spinning and spinning around. There seem to be only darkness around me and only the music of chaos that my ears can hear. It feels like my fellow humans are condemned to a lifetime of sufferings.<br /><br />The strong always pushing down the meek and dainty, always wanting to be on top, always afraid of giving what they believe is theirs to keep. Those below always in a perpetual state of doom and sorrow, where hope to them is not something to hold on to.<br /><br />I am trying.. I am trying..</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span> <div align="center"><span style=";font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color:red;"><b>"And never give up hope of Allah's soothing Mercy:<br />Truly no one despairs of Allah's soothing Mercy<br />except those who have no faith."<br />(12:87)</b></span></span></div> <!-- / message --><br /></div>Arifahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677109631113182139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661934.post-82550140537093907502010-08-12T11:11:00.004+08:002010-09-24T08:57:10.742+08:00Qalamullah<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said: 'When a man dies and his relatives are busy in funeral, there stands an extremely handsome man by his head. When the dead body is shrouded, that man gets in between the shroud and the chest of the deceased.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Thereafter he turns to his dead companion and says, '</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >I am the Qur'an</span><span style="font-size:85%;">, which you used to read, sometimes in a loud voice and sometimes in a low voice. Do not worry. After the interrogation of Munkar and Naker, you will have no grief.'</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;">When the interrogation is over, the handsome man arranges for him from Al-Mala'ul A'laa (the angels in Heaven) silk bedding filled with musk.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said: 'On the Day of Judgement, before Allah, no other Intercessor will have a greater status than the Qur'an, neither a Prophet nor an angel.'</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:85%;" ><i>Lets all read lots and lots of the Quran! Especially on this blessed month. =)</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:85%;" ><br /></span></div>Arifahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677109631113182139noreply@blogger.com1