Kau jua mampu memusnah.
Hati,
Kau kuat,
Kau jua lemah tak berdaya.
Hati,
Kau lembut,
Kau jua keras seperti batu.
Hati,
Kau teguh,
Kau jua selalu berubah.
Wahai diri,
Hati yang bagaimanakah mahu kau miliki?
Assalamu'alaikum . . . Hahaha...lama betul 'cuti' menulis! Nak kata busy, tak pulak, tapi tak de ilham la..maafla ye. Tapi jangan risau, I'm still fine and okay, alhamdulillah, kering idea je... Meh nak share something about myself. Sejak dari kecik, I think I'm quite a pathetic girl. Kurus, macam tak cukup kasih sayang dan nutrisi. And I can't remember any joyous and happy memoirs from my childhood. Tapi tak kisahla kan, sbb para rasul dulu pun, zaman kanak-kanak mereka jauh panggang dari api kalau dibandingkan dengan zaman kanak-kanak sekarang. Gameboy, xBox, PS2, PS3, anime, etc etc etc. The only memory that I still remember till now is my bittersweet memories of my cats and hamsters (yes, I'm a pathetic animal lover! Can't help it!)Bukankah Kami telah melapangkan untukmu dadamu? Dan Kami telah menghilangkan daripadamu bebanmu? Yang memberatkan tanggunganmu? Dan Kami tinggikan bagimu sebutan namamu. Kerana sesungguhnya sesudah kesukaran itu ada kemudahan, (sekali lagi ditegaskan) sesungguhnya sesudah kesukaran itu ada kemudahan. Maka apabila kamu telah selesai dari sesuatu urusan, kerjakanlah dengan sungguh-sungguh urusan yang lain. Dan hanya kepada Tuhanmu lah hendaknya kamu berharap. (Al-Inshirah: 1-8)
Mengapa kita diperintahkan agar menutup aurat? Sekali lagi, rujuk Surah An-Nur, ayat 30 & 31 dan juga hadis di atas tadi. Lagipun, aurat itu melambangkan maruah sesorang, lebih-lebih lagi wanita kerana wanita memang indah ciptaan-Nya. Tidaklah bermaruah sesorang wanita itu jika dia tak menutup aurat, sebab dia menjadikan dirinya sebagai tontonan awam, ala-ala free show gitu. I wanto to stress here to all my beloved sisters, tutup aurat bukanlah sekadar memakai tudung, tapi yang lain2 pun hendaklah 'ditudungkan' jugak. Tak nak la tudung dah elok tutup dada, tapi yang lain-lain tersembul sana, terdedah sini, mengganggu pandangan! Kalau makanan kita nak yang elok tertutup, nak beli baju, nak yang bersih, tak nak yang kotor dah disentuh orang, nak beli buku atau apa kat kaunter, nak yang tersorok kat belakang-belakang kaunter/rak tu. Jadi mengapa tidak kita lakukan begini terhadap tubuh kita. 'Sorokkan' tubuh kita sebaik mungkin sebab kita malu kalau orang yang ajnabi lihat tubuh kita. Inikan lagi tubuh badan pinjaman Tuhan kepada kita. Bukan calang-calang tau yang meminjamkan! Again, if we don't care about Him, we couldn't care more.Damba Cinta-Mu by Raihan
Tuhanku ampunkanlah segala dosaku
Tuhanku maafkanlah kejahilan hamba-Mu
Ku sering melanggar larangan-Mu
Dalam sedar ataupun tidak
Ku sering meninggalkan suruhan-Mu
Walau sedar aku milik-Mu
Bilakah diri inikan kembali
Kepada fitrah sebenar
Pagiku ingat petang kualpa
Begitulah silih berganti
Oh Tuhanku Kau pimpinlah diri ini
Yang mendamba cinta-Mu
Aku lemah aku jahil
Tanpa pimpinan dari-Mu
Kusering berjanji depan-Mu
Sering juaku memungkiri
Kupernah menangis kerana-Mu
Kemudian ketawa semula
Kau Pengasih Kau Penyayang Kau Pengampun
Kepada hamba-hamba-Mu
Selangkahku kepada-Mu
Seribu langkah Kau padaku
Tuhan diri ini tidak layak ke syurga-Mu
Tapi tidak pula aku sanggup ke neraka-Mu
Kutakut kepada-Mu
Kuharap jua pada-Mu
Mogaku kan selamat dunia akhirat
Seperti rasul dan sahabat
- What are the benefits of having a strong faith? What does faith means to you?
- There are lots of benefit of having a strong faith, for example, it acts as your guidance and it makes you realize the aim/purpose of your life. Faith, literally means a belief that you hold, and personally for me, faith means everything for me. It gives you the answer to everything such as why this happened to you, not to other people, why some people are rich and some people are poor and so on.
- What is it like being a Muslim in Plymouth - are there any difficulties, what are the good things?
- There are not many difficulties, I would say. It's just that when we go out to the town during the night, we would usually being called names & laughed at mostly by the teenagers. But it's not a big problem now. I think I'm used to it now.
- To discuss Ramadhan, its significance, whether fasting, prayer etc is more difficult when the majority of people aren't doing the same thing.
- I think the significance of Ramadhan is to differentiate other beliefs' fasting practices. For example, in Christianity (Catholic), on Fridays, the believers fasting by not eating meat. In other beliefs, the believers fast, but they can drink but not eat; or they can break their fast at a time that they decide on themselves. But in Islam, we start fast from the sun rises till the sun sets. We cannot eat, drink and involve in sexual activities. Fasting also disciplines us because we have to constrain ourselves from doing non-beneficial things. We are encouraged to read the Holy Qur'an and do good deeds. Fasting also makes us feel the hardship that poor people face, like hunger.
- Its not hard at all to fast when other people are not doing the same thing. This is when the strong faith comes in, again. If we have a strong faith, nothing is hard for us to do what is being told. It's vice-versa. But I believe it is quite important to have people of the same faith besides you so that you get the support and motivation to practice the belief.
- How much would it mean to local Muslims to have an official mosque?
- It would mean a lot! This is because a mosque is a place where all Muslims can meet, pray together and have discussions. It is also a place that can strengthen our relationship as we can meet regularly.
- Has the perception of Muslims changed in the light of terrorist attacks etc.? How can this be countered by both the wider community and the Muslim community themselves?
- Hurm...I think some people stare at us. But we as Muslims never agree with terrorism as the teaching of Islam doesn't have this. It is certainly not in Islam. However, we do get the negative effect of terrorism. Its not fair. We all are blamed for something that we don't commit.
- I think the misunderstanding can be countered by having forums or discussions so that this issue will be clear. These will help people to understand what is the real teachings of Islam.
- Can you explain briefly on how women is treated in Islam.
- Basically people will think that women is treated unequally mainly because we have to cover up and wear scarf. We are actually treated as princesses. We have to cover up as our beauty is only for our husband, not everyone. Our Prophet also taught us that we have to put our mother first before our father. By covering up we also show our modesty as we don't show our beauty and body to everybody. We also have the right to have education; ot's up to us whether we want to grab the chance or not
- Do you feel local people are interested in finding out more about your culture and beliefs?
- I think so. It's a human nature to know something that they don't know. Even if they are not interested, we still would like to tell them about the real Islam. This is because I believe that many people still do not know about our belief; some think Muslims worship a black box in a desert (Mecca), & kiss the ground 5 times a day!
- Drinking alcohol - do you feel left out?
- Not at all. There are other ways to enjoy ourselves. Besides that, by looking at the students' behaviour in Marjon here especially after they had parties, I'm very thankful that I don't drink. They usually shouting here & there, and bottles are scattered around. And we all know that alcohol has more negative effects than positive.
- As students, why did they decide to study here?
- Because the opportunity for me to travel in Europe is bigger than other places. Besides that, I don't like Science and Maths!

Actually, I was supposed to be writing my assignment now instead of 'blogging'. Tapi tak boleh nak fokus sejak membaca berita tentang Allahyarhamah Nurin Jazlin. Hati ni sayu & sedih. Saya pernah kehilangan adik yang tersayang (tapi dia tidaklah diambil dari dunia sekejam itu), so I know the depression & sadness that her parents, siblings & relatives feel. Semoga mereka tabah setabah-tabahnya dalam menghadapi ujian-Nya."Jika Allah menimpakan sesuatu kemudaratan kepadamu, maka tidak ada yang dapat menghilangkannya kecuali Dia. Dan jika Allah menghendaki kebaikan bagi kamu, maka tak ada yang dapat menolak kurnia-Nya. Dan Dia memberikan kebaikan itu kepada sesiapa yang dikehendaki-Nya di antara hamba-hamba-Nya dan Dialah Yang Maha Pengampun lagi Maha Penyayang." (YUNUS: 10)
"Dan Dia mendapati engkau tercari-cari jalan yang benar, lalu Dia memberikan petunjuk." (Al-Duha: 7)
"Dan tidak ada seorang pun akan beriman kecuali dengan izin Allah; dan Allah menimpakan kemurkaan kepada orang-orang yang tidak mempergunakan akalnya." (YUNUS: 100)
"Before & After - ISLAM"
- Poem by Yusuf Estes
"Dialah yang memberi rahmat kepadamu dan malaikat-Nya memohonkan keampunan untukmu, supaya Dia mengeluarkan kamu dari kegelapan kepada cahaya yang terang. Dan adalah Dia Maha Penyayang kepada orang-orang yang beriman." (Al-Ahzab: 43)
- "Kerana itu, ingatlah kamu kepada-Ku, nescaya Aku ingat pula kepadamu, dan bersyukurlah kepada-Ku, dan janganlah kamu mengingkari nikmat-Ku". (Al-Baqarah: 152)
- "Hai orang-orang yang beriman, makanlah di antara rezeki yang baik-baik yang Kami berikan kepadamu dan bersyukurlah kepada Allah, jika benar-benar hanya kepada-Nya kamu sembah". (Al-Baqarah: 172)
- "Sesuatu yang bernyawa tidak akan mati melainkan dengan izin Allah, sebagai ketetapan yang tertentu waktu-Nya. Sesiapa yang menghendaki pahala dunia, nescaya Kami berikan kepadanya pahala dunia itu, dan sesiapa yang menghendaki pahala akhirat, Kami berikan pula pahala akhirat itu. Dan Kami akan memberi balasan kepada orang-orang yang bersyukur". (Al-'Imran: 145)
- "Dan ingatlah juga , tatkala Tuhanmu memaklumkan: "Sesungguhnya jika kamu bersyukur, pasti kami akan menambah nikmat kepadamu, dan jika kamu mengingkari nikmat-Ku, maka sesungguhnya azab-Ku sangat pedih." (Ibrahim: 7)
- ". . .Dan sesiapa yang bersyukur maka sesungguhnya dia bersyukur untuk kebaikan dirinya sendiri dan sesiapa yang ingkar, maka sesungguhnya Tuhanku Maha Kaya lagi Maha Mulia." (Al-Naml: 40)
- "Dan kerana rahmat-Nya, Dia jadikan untukmu malam dan siang, supaya kamu beristirehat pada malam itu dan supaya kamu mencari sebahagian dari kurnia-Nya pada siang hari dan agar kamu bersyukur kepada-Nya." (Al-Qasas: 73)
- ". . . Dan sesiapa yang bersyukur kepada Allah, maka sesungguhnya ia bersyukur untuk dirinya sendiri; dan sesiapa yang tidak bersyukur, maka Allah Maha Kaya lagi Maha Terpuji." (Luqman: 12)
- "Kerana itu, maka hendaklah Allah saja kamu sembah dan hendaklah kamu menjadi orang-orang yang bersyukur." (Al-Zumar: 66)
". . . Dan sedikit sekali dari hamba-hamba-Ku yang berterima kasih." (Saba': 13)
I know that my life will never be the same again. From the moment I knew the truth, the real truth, I know my journey, my life courses and my path will be harder and different compared with before. I can't wish to turn back time, to the time that I didn't know. What happened meant to happen. Que sera sera. What will be, will be. I am one of the chosen ones. I have to do what I now know. No turning back, never again!
Duhai Tuhan, betapa mencabarnya hidup ni...Hati yg selalu berubah2...dugaan dan nafsu yg menggoda, dtg tnpa henti. Susah kan nk jaga hati? No wonder hadis yg pertama pun bincangkan ttg niat, sbb niat tu pun dtg dr hati. Yg menentukan baik buruk setiap insan pun hati.Semoga hati ini sentiasa disinari dgn sinar mahmudah,ameen...
I really don't know what am I writing now, just feel like doing so. May Allah swt help and guide me in navigating my life and be consistent (istiqamah) in everything good that I've started, ameen...
Assalamu'alaikum...
Ntah kenape setelah sekian lama, baru terbit rasa nk menulis lagi. Before this, I was preoccupied with assignment that had taken my mental resources away.
Cinta...memang besh, memang indah...Tapi AWAS!! Kerana cinta tu buta (which we know and always know). Tapi kenapa ia buta? Well, speaking from my previous experience , it is blind for thousands of reason. Here I listed three of which I can think of:(honestly,saya dulu was one of thousands ys trsasar jugak =<)
So, utk mencelikkan kembali cinta yg buta ikut nafsu, berikan sepasang mata baru kpd cinta kita, iaitu mata IMAN & TAQWA..Cinta kepada & kerana Allah swt & RasulNya, Insya Allah,cinta kita xkan buta,dan kita dpt menahan diri kita drpd panahan cinta bernafsu.Jadi, sama2lah kita mantapkan IMAN & TAQWA kita agar cinta kita tak tersasar drpd cinta yg hakiki & abadi...
Bercintalah dlm cara yg dihalalkan (kahwin).Mmg susah,tp ingat, Allah swt akan menolong org yg berusaha memperbaik diri krn-Nya, Insya Allah...