Wednesday, April 27, 2011

HAPPY VIEWING!




I GO COCO...NUTS... ON A HOT DAY!
















Tuesday, April 26, 2011

'PONDERS END' - ENFIELD - A REMINISCENT

I took a fancy for the "title".... been there in 1985

BEING KIND TO YOURSELF IN MOMENTS OF STRESS

When the stresses of life set in, take a moment and do something kind for yourself. Take a bubble bath and have a long soak. Put on your favourite music CD. Take a much-needed nap. Being kind to yourself will open your heart and mind again to the doors of possibility and the solutions to your problem.

FOOD FOR THE HEART

Our grand business in life is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. JOHN-ROGER



TRUSTING YOUR OWN CAPABILITIES

You are born with talents, capabilities, a thinking brain and a loving heart. Reflect - when faced with challenges in life, do you forget your wonderful capabilities or do you make full use of them? Have faith and trust in your own capabilities. You will soon find every challenge lighter and every battle easier to win.

FOOD FOR THE HEART

It is never safe to look into the future with eyes of fear. E.H. HARRIMAN



'BISMILLAHIRRAHMANIRRAHIM' SEBAGAI KUNCI PINTU SYURGA

Diriwayatkan bahawa Rasulullah SAW bersabda: "Pada malam perjalananku ke langit, diperlihatkan kepadaku semua syurga. Maka aku melihat empat macam sungai: Sungai Air, Sungai Susu, Sungai Khamar dan Sungai Madu. Lalu aku bertanya kepada Jibril: "Dari mana air ini bersumber dan ke mana ia mengalir?"

Jibril menjawab: "Mengalir ke kolam Al-Kautsar, tetapi aku belum mengetahui dari mana air ini bersumber. Cuba ku tanya dahulu dengan Tuhanmu."


Kemudian datanglah seorang malaikat dan berkata kepadaku: "Hai Muhammad, pejamkanlah matamu!" Tiba-tiba aku berada berdekatan sebuah pohon bersebelahan sebuah Kubah yang terdiri dari Mutiara Putih, pintunya dari yaqut hijau dan kuncinya dari emas merah. Jika dunia dan seisinya diletakkan di atas Kubah ini, akan seperti burung yang hinggap di atas gunung atau seperti telur yang diletak di atas gunung.

Aku melihat sungai-sungai itu mengalir dari bawah kubah tersebut. Ketika aku hendak kembali, berkatalah malaikat tersebut menyuruhku memasukinya. Aku bertanya: "Bagaimana aku boleh masuk, sedangkan pintunya terkunci?"

Berkatalah malaikat tersebut: "Kuncinya berada di tanganmu, iaitu lafaz Bismillahirrahmanirrahim."

"Maka aku mengucapkan Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Tiba-tiba terbukalah pintu Kubah itu dan masuklah aku ke dalamnya. Maka aku menyaksikan dari keempat sudutnya mengalirnya keempat-empat sungai itu. Ketika aku hendak pulang, maka malaikat itu menunjukkan aku tulisan Bismillahirrahmanirrahim tertulis di atas sudut-sudut Kubah itu. Aku menyaksikan bahawa Sungai Air bersumber dari Mim lafaz Bismillah, Sungai Susu bersumber dari Ha lafaz Allah, Sungai Khamar bersumber dari Min lafaz Arrahman dan Sungai Madu bersumber dari Mim lafaz Arrahim. Maka tahulah aku bahawa sumber-sumber sungai itu dari lafaz Bismillahirrahmanirrahim."

Kemudian Allah SWT berfirman: "Hai Muhammad! Barangsiapa dari umatmu yang menyebutku dengan nama-nama ini, akan Ku beri minum dari sungai-sungai ini."



Monday, April 25, 2011

HIKMAH SUJUD

Sujud lega sistem pernafasan

Mungkin ramai di kalangan umat Islam tidak sedar mengenai pelbagai hikmah yang tersembunyi ketika sujud. Pada hal, kita perlu sedar bahawa tiada suatu pun ciptaan dan suruhan Allah s.w.t. yang sia-sia malahan setiap ciptaan itu mempunyai kelebihan yang selalunya tidak terjangkau akal manusia. Manusia melakukan sujud dalam dua bentuk, iaitu sujud fizikal seperti ketika bersolat dan sujud spiritual berbentuk ketaatan kepada perintah Allah s.w.t. dan menjauhi larangannya. Ulama mengatakan sujud ketika solat adalah waktu manusia paling hampir dengan Allah s.w.t. dan mereka menggalakkan kita bersujud lebih lama. Antara hikmah lain sujud adalah melegakan sistem pernafasan dan mengembalikan kedudukan organ ke tempat asalnya.

BERNAFAS KETIKA SUJUD PULA BOLEH:

- membetulkan kedudukan buah pinggang yang terkeluar sedikit dari tempat asalnya
- membetulkan pundi peranakan yang jatuh
- melegakan paru-paru daripada ketegangan
- kedudukan sujud adalah paling baik untuk berehat dan mengimbangkan lingkungan bahagian belakang tubuh
- menggerakkan otot bahu, dada, leher, perut serta punggung ketika akan sujud dan bangun daripada sujud
- pergerakkan otot itu menjadikan ototnya lebih kuat dan elastik, secara automatik memastikan kelicinan perjalanan darah yang baik
- mengurangkan kegemukan
- organ terpenting iaitu otak manusia menerima banyak bekalan darah dan oksigen
- mengelakkan pendarahan otak jika tiba-tiba menerima pengepaman darah ke otak secara kuat dan mengejut serta terhindar penyakit salur darah dan sebagainya.

Dari segi psikologi pula, sujud membuatkan kita merasa rendah diri dihadapan Yang Maha Pencipta sekaligus mengikis sifat sombong, riak, takbur dan sebagainya. Dari segi perubatan, kesan sujud yang lama akan menambahkan kekuatan aliran darah ke otak yang boleh mengelakkan pening kepala dan migrain, menyegarkan otak serta menajamkan akal fikiran sekali gus menguatkan mentality seseorang. Menurut kajian, terdapat beberapa urat saraf di dalam otak manusia yang tidak dimasuki darah sedangkan setiap inci otak menusia memerlukan darah yang cukup untuk berfungsi secara normal dan sempurna.




Wednesday, April 20, 2011

PROCRASTINATION





By the streets of "by and by," one arrives at the house of "never." - Cervantes

Never put off till tomorrow that which you can do today. - Franklin

Indulge in procrastination, and in time you will come to this, that because a thing ought to be done, therefore you can't do it. - Charles Buxton

How mankind defers from day to day the best it can do, and the most beautiful things it can enjoy, without thinking that every day may be the last one, and that lost time is lost eternity! - Max Muller

To be always intending to live a new life, but never do find time to set about it: this is as if a man should put off eating and drinking and sleeping from one day and night to another, till he is starved and destroyed - Tillotson

Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform, and mortal men lay hold on heaven.

Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment leaves the vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; at fifty chides his infamous delay, pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; in all the magnanimity of thought, resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. - Young

Delay not till tomorrow to be wise; tomorrow's sun to thee may never rise. - Congreve



Tuesday, April 5, 2011

MUSLIM CONVERTS/QADA DAN QADAR


Dr. Gary Miller (Abdul-Ahad Omar)

A very important Christian missionary converted to Islam and became a major herald for Islam. He was a very active missionary and was very knowledgeable about the bible. This man likes mathematics so much, that is why he likes logic. One day, he decided to read the Quran to try to find any mistakes he might take advantage of while inviting Muslims to convert to Christianity. He expected the Quran to be an old book written 14 centuries ago, a book that talks about the desert and so on. He was amazed from out he found.

Dr. Gary Miller authoured: "The Amazing Quran" (I have yet to procure). You can find more at: http://islam.thetruecall.com or www.drgarymiller

SURAH 16 Al-Nahl (Bees) Verse 12:

"For you (God) subjected the night and the day, the sun and the moon; the stars are in subjection to His Command . Verily in this are signs for people who are wise."

The practical angle from which this perfect celestial order is seen is underlined on account of its value as an aid to man's travel on earth and by sea, and to his calculation of time. This comment becomes clear when one bears in mind the fact that the Qur'an was originally a preaching addressed to men who only understood the simple language of their everyday lives.

Dr. Maurice Bucaille is an eminent French surgeon, scientist, scholar and author of: "The Bible, The Qur'an and Science."

QADA DAN QADAR - An extract from "Allah is Calling" by: Zainudin Hashim

Percaya kepada qada dan qadar adalah mempercayai bahawa segala yang berlaku, selepas seseorang berusaha, adalah ketentuan Allah semata-mata. Ini dapat dilihat dalam satu hadis nabi yang berbunyi seperti berikut - Satu hari seorang sahabat datang berjumpa Rasulullah. Apabila baginda bertanya bagaimana dia datang, dia menjawab, "Menaiki unta." Rasulullah bertanya lagi, "Di mana unta kamu?" Dia menjawab, "Aku biarkan tanpa diikat sebab aku bertawakal kepada Allah." Rasulullah berkata, "Ikat unta kamu dulu dan barulah bertawakal." Ikat di sini maknanya berusaha dan berbuat sesuatu supaya unta tidak dapat lari. Orang yang bertawakal sebenarnya sedang beribadat. Itulah namanya ibadat hati. Yankin dengan bantuan Allah selepas bersusah-payah adalah akhlak di kalangan para nabi.

Tidak mustahil bagi individu yang sebelum ini tergolong dalam golongan penganut Kristian atau apa sahaja agama ciptaan manusia, tetapi kerana kesungguhannya mendalami kebenaran agama Islam, serta hasil penyelidikan dan kajian mengenai Islam, maka dia diberi taufiq dan hidayah Allah untuk menerima Islam sebagai agama terakhir pencariannya.

Begitulah yang terjadi kepada Dr. Maurice Bucaille, seorang saintis terkemuka dari Perancis, seorang penyelidik sains lewat 70-an, mencari kebenaran fakta mengenai sains, dari manakah sumber asalnya, dari Bible atau al-Quran? Takdir Allah menggerakkan hatinya membelek kitab al-Quran. Kebetulan surah yang dibukanya ialah surah Yasin. Menerusi surah ini beliau bertemu hakikat ilmu sains menerusi ayat 38 hingga 40.

Dan (sebahagian daripada dalil yang tersebut ialah) matahari; ia kelihatan beredar ke tempat yang ditetapkan baginya; itu adalah takdir Tuhan Yang Maha Kuasa, lagi Maha mengetahui; dan "bulan pula Kami takdirkan ia beredar melalui beberapa peringkat, sehingga di akhir peredaranya kelihatan kembali ke peringkat awalnya (berbentuk melengkung) seperti tandan yang kering. (Dengan ketentuan yang demikian), matahari tidak mudah baginya mengejar bulan, dan malam pula tidak dapat mendahalui siang, kerana tiap-tiap satunya beredar terapung-apung di tempat edaran masing-masing."

Selepas membaca tiga ayat daripada surah Yasin itu, akhirnya beliau membulatkan tekad untuk memeluk Islam kerana yakin bahawa sains sebenarnya bersumberkan kepada Al-Quran.




Sunday, April 3, 2011

YOUR BEST COMPANION IS A BOOK

One's faith will increase when one reads beneficial books, especially books written by practicing Muslim writers. The book is the best giver of sermons and it has a forceful effect in guiding one towards goodness and away from evil.

An activity that brings about joy is for you to read a book and develop your mind through the acquisition of knowledge.

Al-Jaahiz, an Arab writer from centuries ago, advised one to repel anxiety through the reading of books:

"The book is a companion that does not praise you and does not entice you to evil. It is a friend that does not bore you, and it is a neighbour that causes you no harm. It is an acquaintance that desires not to extract from you favours through flattery and it does not deceive you with duplicity and lies. When you are pouring through the pages of a book, your senses are stimulated and your intellect sharpens... Through reading the biographies of others, you gain an appreciation of common people while learning the ways of kings. It can even be said that you sometimes learn from the pages of a book in a month, that which you do not learn from the tongues of men in a century. All this benefit, yet no loss in wealth and no need to stand at the door of the teacher who is waiting for his fees or to learn from someone who is lower than you in manners. The book obeys you by night as it does by day, both when you are travelling and when you are at home. A book is not impaired by sleep nor does it tire in the late hours of the night. It is the teacher who is there for you whenever you are in need of it, and it is the teacher who, if you refuse to give to it, does not refuse to give to you. If you abandon it, it does not decrease in obedience. And when all turn against you, showing you enmity, it remains by your side. As long as you are remotely attached to a book, it suffices you from having to keep company with those that are idle. It prevents you from sitting on your doorstep and watching those who pass by. It saves you from mixing with those that are frivolous in their character, foul in their speech, and woeful in their ignorance. If the only benefit of a book was that it keeps you from foolish daydreaming and prevents you from frivolity, it would certainly be considered a true friend who has given you a great favour."