I hope I'll be able to be one of them in the near future, insyaAllah. Amin.
Bare in mind: pelajar perubatan bukanlah manusia paling sibuk dekat dunia ni! Change is possible.
In 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...
“If I had My Child to Raise Over Again”
By Diane Lemons
(From Chicken Soup for the Soul)
If I had my child to raise all over again :
I’d build self-esteem first, and the house later.
I’d finger-paint more, and point the finger less.
I would do less correcting and more connecting.
I’d take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my eyes.
I would care to know less and know to care more.
I’d take more hikes and fly more kites.
I’d stop playing serious and seriously play.
I would run through more fields & gaze at more stars.
Hmm. Sometimes parents forget that children have a mind of their own from the first step they take to the day they get married and a looong time after. As we judge our children's attitude, so our children judge us.
As a daughter, I cannot deny the fact that I scrutinize every action and every decision my parents make. Those that I disagree with, I vow not to ever repeat them or do unto others. But sometimes, after the deed is done, then only do I realize I've echoed the very act I opposed and resisted before.
Kita Manusia Yang Hina dan Allah Memuliakan Kita dengan Islam
Renungkanlah peribadi Umar bin Khattab ra ketika hari pertamanya memeluk Islam. Tidak perlahan tamparan jahiliah yang menyapa pipi Fathimah adiknya, akan tetapi apabila dia dipancari hidayah dalam hatinya dia berkata;
“Ya Rasulullah, bukankah kita dalam kebenaran?”
“Ya.” Jawab Baginda.
“Bukankah mereka dalam kebatilan?”
“Ya.”
“Lalu mengapa kita harus sembunyi-sembunyi?”
“Lalu apa pendapatmu Umar?”
“Serulah Islam terang-terangan.”
Maka Rasulullah saw menggelarnya Al-Faruq kerana Allah menganugerahkan kepadanya kemampuan membezakan hak dan batil.
Ukirkanlah kata Umar dibilikmu, dirumahmu, dimana sahaja. Ukirkanlah dan hiasilah dengan tinta emas. Fahamilah kata-katanya dibawah;
“Nahnu qaumun a’azzanallah bil Islam, famahna nabtaghi izzah, bi ghairi ma a’azzanallah, azallanallahu. Kita adalah kaum yang hina, kemudian Allah muliakan kita dengan Islam, barangsiapa yang mencari kemuliaan selain dari apa yang Allah muliakan kita, maka Allah pasti akan menghina kita.”