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SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDIL FITRI

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JOYOUS MOMENT 

Dear Friends and Relatives,

Wishing all  'SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDIL FITRI' AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

Many thanks to all Netlog friends who have contributed beautiful photos to grace 'BANYUEMAS'

Sincerely,

Aishah Said

 

SPIRIT OF RAMADAN

NIKMAT-NYA! 

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LET'S LEARN TO SAY....

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PHOTOGRAPHY - CANTIK!

MUSLIM GIRL OF TURKIYE (TURKEY) "CANTIK"

ROMANIAN GIRL 'CAUGHT NAPPING' - HUMOUR

Photos contributed from new found friend, Ankara, TURKEY

MOUNTAIN ART...

MEMORY OF MY SCHOOL DAYS - ART CLASS

TODAY it is sure-real

WE ARE A PEOPLE ......

'A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT'

PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY A FRIEND FROM TURKEY

THE GOOD-ENOUGH LIFE

Let's be honest:  Love is not all that you need.  However... When you do have love in your life, it makes up for many things you may lack.  But if you lack love, then no matter what else you have, or how much you have it will never be enough.  

By:  UNKNOWN 

In the beginning, Man went to work in the morning and came home in the evening, while Woman stayed at home and took care of the house, the children, and Man.  Then  World War II came, and Man left for Europe or the Pacific.  Woman was asked to support the war effort and spend some time in the factory just temporarily, until Man returned.

Not only did many women realise that they liked working outside the home, but men conceded - some reluctantly , others gladly - that women could do the work.

Even though women workd outside the home, expectations remained high for their roles inside the home.  They'd come a long way, baby, but they still had to get dinner on the table, take care of the children, do the laundry, clean the house, remember to send birthday cards to relatives, and keep their husbands sexually satisfied.  Society essentially  told women that, sure, you can have it all - but if you're going to do it all, you'd better do it well.

Today, while women on average still do a lot more work in the home than men, they are not the only ones who have to do it all and do it well.  An increasing number of men are asked, are required - and, yes sometimes even want - to contribute more in the home and become more involved in the raising of their children.  

There was a new world order, one in which both men and women had more priviledges and more responsibilities.  Unfortunately, though, the feminist revolution, with all its significant achievements, was as unable to slow down earth's revolution and extend our days beyond twenty-four hours.  So while demands on our time increased significantly, there was no corresponding increase in our time and no corresponding decrease to expectations.   

Men and Women were officially banished from Pleasantville. In their new world - a world which is more equitable and fair, and also more demanding - can Man and Woman find happiness?  The answer, to many, seems to reside in achieving what has become to be called "work-life balance." 

VINTAGE!

I treasure black and white photos

A MATTER OF SPEECH...

A Christian friend whom I was very close with, many many years ago said: 'GOD WORKS IN STRANGE WAYS.' It is a "consolation" which I do not deny the fact.

THE BLUE ROSE

For years I became romantically involved with men who weren't emotionally available or capable of making a long-term commitment.  My relationships were full of pain.  I wanted to get married so I knew I had to do something radically different.

One day I decided to pray, "God I don't know how to pick the right partner, so please, please choose my Divine Beloved for me, and prepare us both for our upcoming union. And God, just so I'm sure to know who you've chosen for me, let him somehow present me with a blue rose."

Every day after that for five months, I affirmed that my Divine Beloved was coming to me, and that we would recognise each other at the right time.

Every day I let go of a little more control and opened a little more to God loving me.  And every day I looked for my blue rose.

Twelve days after I left my abusive boyfriend, I attended a networking luncheon, where Alan Cohen was speaking.  He spoke about the power each of us has to bless another human being.  It touched me so deeply that when he invited us all to do a blessing exercise.  I was the first to jump out of my chair.  Over 100 people around me scrambled to find a partner.

Suddenly everything, was quiet and a young blue-eyed man stood in front of me.  We joined hands and gazed into each other's eyes.  Following the exercise I asked, "Will you bless me?"  For several minutes he silently poured unconditional love and blessings onto me. He then asked, "Will you bless me?" and I returned the love.  We didn't say anything else to each other.

The exercise ended and we returned to our seats.  I was in a daze.  In  a few minutes the young man returned and introduced himself as David Rose.  I knew then that God himself had presented me with my blue-eyed Rose.

A year later we married.

Contributed by: Brenda Rose        

WALLA! ...AN EXPRESSION!

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LAND OF THE PHARAOHS....

Firawn Pharaoh.  Ruler of Egypt, pre-Islamic or non-Islamic.  In the Quran, used in stories about Moses, (Musa) and Harun.  In the Muslim tradition, refers to Egyptian kings and is associated with Abraham and Joseph.    

MY FAVOURITE COLOUR

CONTRIBUTED PICTURE....BE BACK SOON!

'GOD IS EVERYWHERE'......

'GOD IS WATCHING US, SO WE MIGHT AS WELL MAKE  OURSELVES INTERESTING'

Picture contributed by Egyptian friend whose native language is Arabic

MEMBACA AL-QUR'AN/READ AL-QUR'AN

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Membaca Al-Quran, baik mengetahui artinya ataupun tidak, adalah termasuk ibadah amal soleh dan memberi rahmat serta manfaat bagi yang melakukannya, memberi cahaya ke dalam hati yang membacanya sehingga terang benderang, juga memberi cahaya kepada keluarga rumahtangga tempat Al-Qur'an itu dibaca.

RASULULLAH BERSABDA: "HENDAKLAH KAMU BERI NUR (CAHAYA) RUMAH TANGGAMU DENGAN SOLAT DAN DENGAN MEMBACA AL-QUR'AN."

RASULULLAH MEMERINTAHKAN, "PERBANYAKLAH MEMBACA AL-QUR'AN DI RUMAHMU, SESUNGGUHNYA DI DALAM RUMAH YANG TAK ADA ORANG MEMBACA AL-QUR'AN, AKAN SEDIKIT SEKALI  DIJUMPAI KEBAIKAN DI RUMAH ITU, DAN AKAN BANYAK SEKALI KEJAHATAN, SERTA  PENGHUNINYA SELALU MERASA SEMPIT DAN SUSAH."

Briefly:  Prophet Muhammad S.A.W. (pbuh) said "ILLUMINATE YOUR HOME BY PRAYING AND READING AL-QUR'AN."  He added: "READ AL-QUR'AN FREQUENTLY. A HOME WHOSE OCCUPANTS, DO NOT READ AL-QUR'AN, RARELY WILL BE AT PEACE AND  WILL EXPERIENCE MISFORTUNE AND MISERY."

  

 

1.  Surah 114:  Al-Nas (Mankind)  Picture 2.  "Adorable"  these contributed by an Egyptian friend whose native language is Arabic.

GOD'S SERVANTS/HAMBA ALLAH

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HELLO CUTIE BABY YOU REALLY FEEL SAFE AND SECURE (JUST LOOK AT THE BABY'S ARMS TIGHTLY WOUND)

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THANK YOU HUSEYIN WITH YOUR LINKS TO MY WEBSITES MY 'PAGEVIEWS' PEAKED TO MORE THAN 15,000 TODATE.

HELLO MADAM SUNSHINE 

 I LOVE THESE PHOTOS 

THE DAYS ROTATE IN BRINGING GOOD AND BAD

It has been related that Imam Ahmad visited Baqi ibn Mukhalid while he was sick and said to him:

"O 'Baqi, rejoice in Allah's reward.  The days of health are devoid of sickness and the days of sickness are devoid of health."

This means that during days of health one never contemplates sickness, for plans and ambitions then increase as do hopes and desires.  During days of severe sickness, however, one forgets matters that pertains to times of health, weak despair encamps itself within the sick soul, and thus hopelessness prevails.   

Commenting on this verse, Ibn Katheer wrote:

 "Allah is describing man and the base characteristic that he is the possessor of (with the exception of those believers upon whom Allah has bestowed His mercy).  In general, if man is afflicted with hardship after ease; he become hopeless of ever seeing good in the future, he shows disdain for the past - as if he never experienced good days - and despair for the future as if he never expected succor and relief." 

SPLENDOUR - ABOVE THE CLOUDS...

Closer to their god: The Taktshang Tiger's Nest monastery clings to a cliff 2,300 ft above the Paro Valley floor in Bhutan at such a height it looks down on the clouds

MY BEAUTIFUL FRIEND

THIS CONTRIBUTED BY A ROMANIAN FRIEND WHOSE PHOTOS I POSTED IN THIS SITE 

ROMANTIC!

ADUHAI! I LIKE THIS - KREATIF

THESE ILLUSTRATIONS CONTRIBUTED BY A TRULY ROMANTIC FRIEND, AN ALGERIAN WHOSE NATIVE LANGUAGE IS FRENCH  WHOSE PHOTOS SYMBOLISE ROMANCE

DAUGHTERS AND SONS

THANK YOU COUSIN SULAIMAN FROM PERTH AND FRIENDS FOR THESE BEAUTIFUL QUOTES

THE SUPPLICATION OF THE WRONGED

Ibraheem at-Tamimi once said.

"When a man wrongs me, I pay him back with an act of mercy."

When some money was stolen from a righteous man who lived in Khurasaan, he began to weep.  Fu'dayl, who saw him in that state, asked, "Why do you cry?"  He answered, "I remembered that Allah shall gather me and the thief together on the Day of Judgement, and I cried, feeling pity for him."

A man slandered a scholar from the early generations of  Islam.  In return, the scholar gave him a gift of dates, and when later asked about the gifts, he said,

"Because he did good to me (ie. on the Day of Judgement the man would have to give him some of his good deeds or take from him some of his bad ones)."

THREE PLAQUES

I AGREE!

A wise person hang up three plaques in his office that he would read daily.

Written on the first was, "Your today, your today!"  Meaning live within the boundaries of today,  working and striving.  

The second said, "Reflect and be thankful."  Meaning, contemplate Allah's blessings upon you and then be grateful.

And "Don't be angry," was written on the third.

DO NOT EXPECT GRATITUDE FROM ANYONE

Allah, the Almighty, created His slaves so that they may worship and remember Him, and He provided sustenance for them so that they may be grateful to Him.  Nevertheless, many have worshipped other than Him and the masses are thankful not to Him, but to others, because the characteristic of ingratitude is widespread among human beings.  So do not be dismayed when you find that others forget your favour or disregard your kind acts.  Some people might even despise you and make you an enemy for no other reason than that you have shown them kindness.

From among the ever-repeating pages of history is a story of a father and his son:  the former raised him, fed him, clothed him and taught him:  he would stay up nights so that his son could sleep, stay hungry so that his son could eat, and he would toil so that his son could feel comfort.   And when the son became older and stronger, he rewarded his father with disobedience, disrespect, and contempt.  

So be at peace if you are requited with ungratefulness for the good you have done.   Rejoice in your knowledge that you will be rewarded from the One Who has unlimited treasures at His disposal.

This is not to say that you should refrain from performing acts of kindness towards others:  the point is that you should be mentally prepared for ingratitude.

Perform acts of charity seeking Allah's pleasure because with this attitude you will assuredly be successful.  The ungrateful person cannot really harm you: praise Allah that that person is the transgressor and that you are the obedient servant.  Also, remember that the hand that gives is better than the hand that receives.  Many people are shocked at the nature of ingratitude in others, as though they had never come across this verse and others like it.

Hence do not be in a state of agitation if you give someone a pen as a gift and he uses it to satirise you, or if you give someone a walking stick to lean upon and he strikes you with it.  As pointed out earlier, most human beings are ungrateful to their Lord, so what treatment should you and I expect?

ENLIGHTENMENT....

BEAUTIFUL QUOTES

SURAH 7 AL-A'RAF (THE HEIGHTS)

Sila lihat website:  www.banyuemas2qss.blogspot.com (commentary in English in the process)
 
Pintu langit sentiasa mengalu-alukan roh orang Mu'min.

Firman Allah Ta'ala:

'Sesungguhnya orang-orang yang mendustakan keterangan-keterangan Kami, dan memandang rendah terhadap nya, tidak akan dibukakan pintu-pintu langit kepada mereka' 

MY FRUITS OF LABOUR.....

The only form of labour...which gives a workingman a title to its fruits is that which a man exercises as his own master, and by which some new form or new value is produced. - Pope Pius XI

Dear Readers,

I welcome you to my websites:

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I am happy to announce since the inception of netlog.com in April, when I became proactive and Huseyin Meric a netlog friend became a follower of my 2 websites:  I am over the moon....my PAGE VIEWS have peaked up to 14,500 and rising weekly. 99 percent of photos and  illustrations were contributed by professional netlog friends.  Friends, thank very much!  Happy viewing....

Sincerely yours, 

AISHAH SAID

MAYIT MENDAPAT FAEDAH DARI DOA, SEDEKAH DAN BACAAN AL-QURAN

SURAH 112 AL-IKHLAS (PURITY OF FAITH)


Please view commentary of Surah Al-Ikhlas at:  www.banyuemas2qss.blogspot.com (please save this address or type out, many thanks). 

Hadiah Al-Quran yang sangat memberi manfaat kepada orang mati, kendatipun seluruh Al-Quran itu baik dan penuh berkat, ialah membaca 11 kali dari surat Al-Ikhlas yang sangat mulia itu.  Hal ini telah disandarkan kepada mimpi-mimpi benar dan diberkati.  Lantaran itu hendaklah setiap orang membaca 11 kali dari surat yang mulia itu, pada tiap-tiap malam ataupun tiap-tiap hari, ataupun lebih dari itu, ataupun kurang, meskipun sekali seminggu pada malam Juma'at, dan dihadiahkan pula pahalanya untuk kedua ibu-bapanya, untuk guru-gurunya, ataupun sesiapa yang dipandang berhak atas dirinya. 

Di antara yang mendatangkan faedah bagi si mayit di dalam kuburnya ialah mendoakannya, memohon istighfar baginya dan bersedekah untuknya  ada berbagai-bagai berita yang memberi petunjuk kepada perkara ini, di antaranya mimpi-mimpi yang benar daripada setengah-setengah orang saleh dan orang yang terkenal baik suluknya.

Diriwayatkan di dalam sebuah Hadis, bahawasanya Sa'ad bin Ubaidah r.a. berkata kepada Rasulullah s..a.w.:  Sesungguhnya ibuku telah meninggal dunia secara mengejut.  Kalau dia masih boleh bercakap (dalam sakitnya), niscaya dia akan bersedekah.  Apakah boleh aku bersedekah untuknya.  Maka ujar baginda alaihis-salam: Ya.  Lalu Sa'ad pun mengorek sebuah perigi, dan dijadikan airnya sedekah atas nama ibunya.

Berkata seorang kepada Rasulullah s.a.w.:  Wahai Rasulullah!  Kedua ibu-bapaku telah meninggal dunia, adakah lagi sesuatu kebaktian yang dapat kulakukan untuknya?  Jawab baginda: Ada empat.  Mendoa bagi keduanya, memenuhi segala janjinya, membuat baik kepada teman-temannya, dan menghubungkan silaturrahim yang tidak tersambung kecuali  dengan perantaraaan keduanya.

Diriwayatkan lagi, bahwa baginda pernah bersabda:  Kalau tidak kerana adanya orang yang hidup, niscaya binasalah segala orang yang mati.  Maksudnya:  tidak ada lagi orang yang mendoakan bagi si mati, ataupun memohon istighfar dan belas-kasihan terhadap si mati.

Bersabda Rasulullah s.a..w.:

"Umatku ialah umat yang dirahmati.  Mereka masuk ke dalam kubur dengan dosa-dosa seperti gunung, dan keluar daripadanya sedang mereka telah diampunkan dari dosa-dosa itu, iaitu dengan istighfar orang hidup kepada si mati, sedekah, doa dan bacaan Al-Quran untuk mereka, para Malaikat membawa semua itu dalam piring-piring besar dari cahaya; ditudung pula dengan kain sutera.  Kemudian para Malaikat itu berkata kepada tuan yang punya:  Inilah hadiah yang dikirimkan si fulan untukmu.  Maka si penerima itu akan merasa senang dan gembira."    



    

AL-QURAN SEBAGAI PETUNJUK.....

AL-QURAN SEBAGAI PETUNJUK BAGI  MANUSIA DALAM MENJALANI KEHIDUPAN

Ketika manusia tersesat dari jalannya di masa jahiliyahnya maka ia tertimpa kebingungan, kegelisahan, dan keterasingan, Al-Quranlah yang telah mengenalkan kepada kita hakikat manusia, peranannya dalam kehidupan, dan tujuan ia diciptakan.  Al-Quran adalah petunjuk bagi perjalanan hidup manusia dari awal hingga akhir kehidupannya.  Allah menciptakan alam semesta dari menjadikannya sebuah petunjuk untuk dijadikan pegangan bagi manusia yang hidup di muka bumi.  Tanpa Al-Quran seseorang tidak akan bisa merasakan kehidupan yang seimbang di alam ini.

Di era kita yang serba canggih ini diliputi dengan berbagai perselisihan dan pertentangan, ada pihak-pihak yang menciptakan sarana elektronik yang harus di berikan petunjuk.  Bila tidak, maka manfaatnya akan hilang. Berbagai penelitian mengungkapkan bahawa banyaknya kesah bunuh diri dan pembunuhan di Negara Barat merupakan jauhnya seseorang dari Al-Quran.  Firman Allah Ta'ala:

"Dan barangsiapa berpaling dari peringatan-Ku, maka sesungguhnya baginya penghidupan yang sempit..." (Surah 20: Thoha 124)

Yaitu, sempit dalam jiwa, harta, dan keluarga.  Pertama kali Allah menciptakan manusia berasal dari segenggam tanah lalu meniupkan ruh ke dalamnya.  Selanjutnya Allah mengenalkan tujuan hidupnya.  Allah Ta'ala berfirman:

"Dan Aku tidak menciptakan jin dan manusia melainkan supaya mereka menyembah-Ku." (Surah 51 :Adz-Dzariyat: 56)

Allah mengenalkannya kepada jalan yang harus dipegang kandungannya serta memberikan perincian yang tertera dalam kitab-Nya dan sunnah Rasul-Nya.  Agar manusia mengetahui perjalanannya setelah kematiannya berupa hari kebangkitan, hisab, pemisahan antara yang baik dan yang buruk kemudian akan ada balasan antara syurga dan neraka.  Al-Quran telah menjelaskan fase-fase kehidupan secara lengkap mulai dari awal hingga akhirnya serta menjelaskan pula rambu-rambu dalam kehidupan.



  

QUOTES - JOHN C MAXWELL

Success is a continuing thing;

It is growth and development.

It is achieving one thing and using that as a steppping

stone to achieve something else.

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The highest 

reward for your work is not what you get for it, but what

you become by it.

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Life is like riding in a taxi.

Whether you are going anywhere or not, 

the meter keeps ticking