Allahuakbar...

"Dan di antara tanda-tanda kekuasaan-Nya, engkau melihat bumi kosong sepi (dalam keadaan kering dan tandus), maka apabila Kami menurunkan hujan menimpanya, bergeraklah tanahnya serta suburlah tanamannya. Sesungguhnya Allah yang menghidupkannya sudah tentu berkuasa menghidupkan makhluk-makhluk yang telah mati: sesungguhnya Ia Maha Kuasa atas tiap-tiap sesuatu"

(Fussilat : 39)

Selamat Hari Guru

To all teachers out there ... Selamat Hari Guru. Thanks for being a great inspirer. You have inspired and added meaning to all our lives ... thank you. May Allah bless you with the best, always.

Mothers Day .....

Hope weekend had been good, especially those who had celebrated Mothers' Day yesterday. I had a wonderful Saturday and Sunday. Had evening tea at OTWC BK with my sisters and mak on Saturday, then had dinner of maggi goreng, also with them. Sambil sembang, sambil minum kopi. Jenuh tuan rumah dok refill coffee! Since hubby was away travelling, took opportunity to sleep over at my sister's in BK. Her hubby was also away. So it was ladies' outing and sleep over. Opps.. plus one boy (my nephew). It was a total fun - we chat-chitting and gossiping and also dok melayan my niece Soffeya till wee hours. Si-kecik ni seronok dapat 100% control of my iPhone, selalu the brother yang conquer. Lepas subuh, ingat nak balik tapi letih punya pasal continued with a short nap. Then the chat-chitting continued over breakfast. Mak pun nampak happy sangat-sangat. Honestly speaking, it was the nicest and most memorable mothers' day celebration for us. - walaupun without 'expensive' dinner or lunch. It was nice to be able to make mak happy. That was us - dapat jumpa macam ni pun dah cukup. Especially me, when my weekends are mostly tied-up. Whenever I can, I will make a point to visit mak. I left BK at almost 1.30 pm after my other sis from Kajang arrived with her family. Had to join my in-laws for mothers' day lunch at Raju Banana Leaf Rest. in Jalan Gasing. Another round of celebration! Letih dah.. Hope it is not too late to wish all a happy and a blessed Mother's Day.

Tazkirah Jumaat ....

Wang dan harta bukan segala-galanya ...

Detik Waktu

Tidak mungkin dapat dikembalikan dengan wang. Sehari berlalu tidak akan mungkin berulang. Kelmarin sudah menjadi sejarah. Setiap kesempatan yang ada hari ini jangan dipersiakan. Ingatnya, kita cuma ada hari ini kerana esok belum tentu. Jalankan tanggungjawab sebaik, seikhlas mungkin, tanggungjawab kita dengan Allah, dengan insan-insan yang kita sayangi, agar waktu-waktu yang berlalu tidak kita kesali.

Kebahagian

Wang boleh membuat kita kita berasa senang, tetapi wang tidak menjanjikan walau secupak kebahagianpun dari dalam lubuk hati kita. Renungkan - berapa ramai orang kaya yang tidak boleh tidur lena walau dalam bilik berhawa dingin, katil yang empuk. Wang tidak dapat membeli tidur yang lena.

Kasih-sayang dan cinta

Wang tidak boleh membeli cinta. Wang sememangnya boleh membuat orang terpesona, tertarik tetapi cinta sejati berasal dari lubuk hati untuk bersama-sama berkongsi rasa, berkongsi pengalaman, serta saling menghargai. Cintakan wang hanya boleh menjadi cinta yang pura-pura - cinta yang tidak kekal.

Kesihatan

Wang tidak boleh menggantikan kesihatan yang hilang. Kesihatan boleh dijaga tanpa memerlukan modal seperti bersenam dan berjoging. Kesihatan minda boleh diraih dengan mendekatkan diri kepada Allah SWT. Jangan lalai solat lima waktu.

Persahabatan

Teman dan sahabat boleh dicari tetapi tidak boleh dibeli. Persahabatan yang berlandaskan wang ringgit akan terlerai di saat kita tidak ada wang.

Bagaimanapun, wang dan harta cukup penting kerana Allah SWT dan Rasulullah SAW juga menggalakkan umatnya mencari kekayaan. Tetapi ia hanyalah sebuah keperluan, bukannya sebuah tujuan. Jangan keliru antara keperluan dan tujuan. Jangan tersalah tafsir hingga keperluan dianggap tujuan, dan yang sepatutnya tujuan itu dijadikan keperluan. Wang, harta dan kemewahan bukanlah segala-galanya. Ia tidak akan dibawa bersama ke liang lahad.

("Petikan dari artikel dalam Majalah Milenia, April 2011 - tulisan Hajideen")

Alhamdulillah, dah sampai Jumaat. I so look forward to the weekend. Needed a relaxing and restful weekend.

Wish all readers a good weekend, a good rest.

Little diversion .......

Just thought of diverting from the normal life stories ....

Accepting differences and embracing the common traits - we might get on a whole lot better instead of treating each other as if we were separate species. Different people with different qualities are much needed in a team, in a community, in a country for that matter to achieve the highest, to be the best. If both are strong leaders, a quick decision makers and an impulsive hotheads, then who is going to see to the details? Who is going to do the work instead of just generating the ideas? Ignore the differences - see the benefits. View any differences lightly and use it wisely to make any team, any nation effective. If you are both a genuine leaders, is it right to be wrestling for the driver's seat? Definitely no. It would only caused destruction. You should look into the common things that is in you - celebrate and use those things wisely - in combination or alternately. Combining talents you have in common will take you a long way and through an easier time than if you both pull in different directions. Is this all workable, when most we have are power-crazy individuals?

"Show forgiveness, enjoin what is good, and turn away from the foolish (ie. don't punish them)" - {Quran 7: 199}

Long Mah & 'Bok'.....

I went back to Sg. Korok few weeks back. Just a day trip. Balik visit kubur arwah ayah, arwah tok & tok wan in Sg. Korok and later to Masjid Bukhary, visiting kubur2 my late grandmother (sebelah mak) and aunties. Balik masa tu memang niat nak visit all the kubur. Alhamdulillah, mission accomplished! In Sg. Korok, managed to also visit my mak sedara whose husband passed away last December. This uncle, we called him Njang 'Ad was ayah's cousin. After ayah passed away, we turned to him for help on lots of things. Whenever we managed some collections for masjid, for tahlil, we turned to him for help. Hearing the wife recollecting his last moments was quite a sad affair. Njang Som was a strong woman but this strong woman succumbed to the sadness and cried. I cried too! Melodrama sungguh! But this is life. Njang 'Ad has gone to meet his Creator. Our time will come. Sooner or later - no one can tell. After the sad episode dekat rumah Njang Som, I left to visit another aunt, Long Mah. Long Mah dengan Njang Som are biras (their late husbands were brothers). Long Mah dah tua. She was telling my girls that her age dah close to 100! She can't walk anymore, mengesot saja around the house. She was alone at home when we arrived. I asked her - "Long kenai dah cek?". Dia jawab - "Bok ka?" Bok is my sister. When I corrected her, dia angguk. "Ohh.. Da. Bok tak mai?". Dia ingat my sister ja. Hushhh.. how sad. Tapi tak pa. Aku sembang-sembang dengan dia, a lot of things. Dia ingat kami kecik2. Dia ingat arwah ayah. She told my girls about us kecik2 dulu. Before I left I took picture with her. She cried when I hugged her goodbye. Between her soft sobs and my sadness, I heard her saying "Bok mai lagi na? Bawak suami sekali"! That point of time, I did not correct her anymore. Basically I walked into her house as Bok, sembang-sembang as Da and finally left her as Bok! I hope my next visit, I will be able to see her again, insyaAllah. Maybe as Bok jugak. Can't blame her - we sisters in our age now mostly looked alike. Mak pun kata - anak2 dia semua pakai tudung pipi nampak macam ubi kentang! Wow.. that's mak. Dia pernah kata - aku tak boleh jadi 'datin' sebab aku 'samseng pak lohor'. Agaknya orang Kedah saja tau apa makna samseng pak lohor tu. Or maybe mak aku sorang ja yang tau. Wallahua'lam!

I love reminiscing those days, walau dalam serba kepayahan, we had fun. I missed my kampung house buat most of all I missed arwah ayah. Alfatihah untuk semua yang telah meninggalkan kita.

Rasulullah SAW bersabda yang bermaksud :

"Tidak beriman seseorang kamu, sehingga dia mencintai saudaranya seperti dia mencintai dirinya sendiri." [Hadis diriwayatkan oleh Al-Bukhari dan Muslim]

Seteguk Air .....

Hidup ini adalah sementara

dan kita persis

seorang pengembara

yang sesekali

singgah berteduh di bawah pohon

untuk melepaskan dahaga

setelah letih daripada

sebuah perjalanan jauh.

Seteguk air

yang kita minum di dunia

adalah sekadar pelepas dahaga

tetapi di akhirat kelak

kita akan berhadapan

dengan kedahagaan lebih dahsyat

ketika mentari

berada sejengkal di atas kepala.

Sedarilah

dunia hanya sementara

dan akhirat kekal selama-lamanya.

Zahari Hasib,

Teluk Intan, Perak (sajak dipetik dari Majalah Milenia - September 2009)

Sabda Rasullah SAW yang bermaksud :

"Syaitan itu berjalan pada manusia melalui jalannya darah, maka sempitkanlah tempat perjalanannya dengan lapar dan zikrullah". {Hadis riwayat Ahmad, Al-Bukhari, Muslim dan Abu Daud}