Tuesday 31 May 2011

almost full-fledged



come 27th of june, this is what i have to be.
SUPER in every sense of the word.

and i know i will only be able to do it with His help.
bismillah.


:)

Monday 30 May 2011

with God's grace

"What you need to know about the past is that no matter what has happened, it has all worked together to bring you to this very moment. And this is the moment you can choose to make everything new. Right now."


- unknown -


hence, we shall focus on the (starting over) right now.
Bismillah.

:)

soulmate

"A soulmate is someone who has locks that fit our keys, and keys to fit our locks. When we feel safe enough to open the locks, our truest selves step out and we can be completely and honestly who we are; we can be loved for who we are and not for who we’re pretending to be. Each unveils the best part of the other. No matter what else goes wrong around us, with that one person we’re safe in our own paradise. Our soulmate is someone who shares our deepest longings, our sense of direction. When we’re two balloons, and together our direction is up, chances are we’ve found the right person. Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life."

- Richard Bach -


Saturday 28 May 2011

Yang kaya itu tidak kaya, Yang miskin itu tidak miskin

Firman Allah SWT maksudnya:
"Sesungguhnya orang yang paling mulia di antara kamu di sisi  Allah ialah orang yang paling bertakwa. Sesungguhnya Allah Maha Mengetahui lagi Maha Mengenal."
(Surah al-Hujurat, ayat 13)

Hadis riwayat dari Abu Zar r.a. Beliau berkata bahawa Rasulullah SAW bersabda kepadaku:
"Wahai Abu Zar, apakah engkau mengira bahawa orang yang banyak hartanya itu adalah orang kaya?"


Saya berkata: "Benar wahai Rasulullah "


Baginda bersabda: "Apakah engkau juga menyangka bahawa orang yang sedikit hartanya itu adalah orang yang fakir?"


Saya berkata: "Benar wahai Rasulullah."


Baginda pun bersabda:
"Bahawa sesungguhnya yang dinamakan kaya itu adalah kaya hati dan fakir itu adalah fakir hati. Oleh itu, sesiapa kaya (merasakan cukup) dalam hatinya maka tidak akan membahayakan dirinya apa yang sedikit dari harta dunia. Sesiapa fakir (merasa kurang) dalam hatinya maka harta dunia yang banyak tidak akan mencukupi baginya. Sesungguhnya yang merosak itu adalah sifat kikir yang ada pada dirinya."


(Hadis Riwayat Ibnu Hibban dalam sahihnya)

يَـٰٓأَيُّہَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَـٰكُم مِّن ذَكَرٍ۬ وَأُنثَىٰ وَجَعَلۡنَـٰكُمۡ شُعُوبً۬ا وَقَبَآٮِٕلَ لِتَعَارَفُوٓاْ‌ۚ إِنَّ أَڪۡرَمَكُمۡ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ أَتۡقَٮٰكُمۡ‌ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌ۬ 

Wahai umat manusia! Sesungguhnya Kami telah menciptakan kamu dari lelaki dan perempuan dan Kami telah menjadikan kamu berbagai bangsa dan bersuku puak, supaya kamu berkenal-kenalan (dan beramah mesra antara satu dengan yang lain). Sesungguhnya semulia-mulia kamu di sisi Allah ialah orang yang lebih takwanya di antara kamu, (bukan yang lebih keturunan atau bangsanya). Sesungguhnya Allah Maha Mengetahui, lagi Maha Mendalam PengetahuanNya (akan keadaan dan amalan kamu).

(Surah Al-Hujurat 49: Ayat ke 13)

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Friday 27 May 2011

taufik dan hidayah

"Wahai Tuhan kami! Janganlah Engkau memesongkan hati kami sesudah Engkau beri petunjuk kepada kami, dan kurniakanlah kami limpah rahmat dari sisiMu, sesungguhnya Engkau jualah Tuhan yang melimpah-limpah pemberianNya." 

(Ali 'Imraan:8)

Ya Allah ya Tuhanku yang membolak-balikkan hati,
tetapkanlah hatiku pada agamaMu dan sentiasa beriman kepadaMu.
 Setiap perkara yang aku lakukan,
biarlah segalanya hanya keranaMu ya Allah.
Sesungguhnya Kaulah Maha Pengasih lagi Maha Penyayang,
Maha Pengampun lagi Maha Mengasihani.

Wednesday 25 May 2011

just passing through this world


"This world is not a permanent place,
it is a passage,
a road on which you are passing."


- Ali Ibn Abi Talib (as) -

(via nargessi)

Tuesday 24 May 2011

ONLY ALLAH holds the key to everything, Surah Al-'An'am Ayat 59


"And with Him are the keys of the unseen treasures -- none knows them but He; and He knows what it is the land and the sea, and there falls not a leaf but He knows it, nor a grain in the darkness of the earth, nor anything green nor dry, but (it is all) in a clear book."

[Qur'an, Surah Al-An'am:59]

 

Sunday 22 May 2011

sentiasa berbaik sangka dengan Allah

"Dan boleh jadi kamu benci pada sesuatu padahal ia baik bagi kamu". 
(Al-Baqarah: ayat 216)

Dari Abu Hurairah ra., ia berkata: Nabi s.a.w. bersabda:
“Allah Ta’ala berfirman: “Aku menurut sangkaan hambaKu kepadaKu."
(HR Bukhari)

Dari Jabir bin Abdillah r.a. bahwa ia mendengar Nabi s.a.w. berkata tiga hari sebelum wafatnya:
"Jangan seorang di antara kalian mati kecuali dia berbaik sangka kepada Allah.”
(HR Muslim)

 
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Friday 20 May 2011

truthfulness leads to righteousness


An emperor in the Far East was growing old and knew it was time to choose his successor. Instead of choosing one of his assistants or his children, he decided something different. He called young people in the kingdom together one day. He said, “It is time for me to step down and choose the next emperor. I have decided to choose one of you.”


The kids were shocked! But the emperor continued. “I am going to give each one of you a seed today. One very special seed. I want you to plant the seed, water it and come back here one year from today with what you have grown from this one seed. I will then judge the plants that you bring, and the one I choose will be the next emperor!”


One boy named Ling was there that day and he, like the others, received a seed. He went home and excitedly told his mother the story. She helped him get a pot and planting soil, and he planted the seed and watered it carefully. Every day he would water it and watch to see if it had grown. After about three weeks, some of the other youths began to talk about their seeds and the plants that were beginning to grow.


Ling kept checking his seed, but nothing ever grew. Three weeks, 4 weeks, 5 weeks went by. Still nothing. By now, others were talking about their plants but Ling didn’t have a plant, and he felt like a failure. Six months went by-still nothing in Ling’s pot. He just knew he had killed his seed.


Everyone else had trees and tall plants, but he had nothing. Ling didn’t say anything to his friends, however. He just kept waiting for his seed to grow.


A year finally went by and all the youths of the kingdom brought their plants to the emperor for inspection. Ling told his mother that he wasn’t going to take an empty pot. But she persuaded him to go and be honest about what had happened. Ling felt sick to his stomach, but he knew his mother was right. He took his empty pot to the palace. When Ling arrived, he was amazed at the variety of plants grown by the other youths. They were beautiful-in all shapes and sizes. Ling put his empty pot on the floor and many of the other kids laughed at him. A few felt sorry for him and just said, “Hey nice try.”


When the emperor arrived, he surveyed the room and greeted the young people. Ling just tried to hide in the back. “My, what great plants, trees and flowers you have grown,” said the emperor. “Today, one of you will be appointed the next emperor!” All of a sudden, the emperor spotted Ling at the back of the room with his empty pot. He ordered his guards to bring him to the front. Ling was terrified. “The emperor knows I’m a failure! Maybe he will have me killed!”


When Ling got to the front, the Emperor asked his name. “My name is Ling,” he replied. All the kids were laughing and making fun of him. The emperor asked everyone to quiet down. He looked at Ling, and then announced to the crowd, “Behold your new emperor! His name is Ling!” Ling couldn’t believe it. Ling couldn’t even grow his seed. How could he be the new emperor? Then the emperor said, “One year ago today, I gave everyone here a seed. I told you to take the seed, plant it, water it, and bring it back to me today. But I gave you all boiled seeds which would not grow. All of you, except Ling, have brought me trees and plants and flowers. When you found that the seed would not grow, you substituted another seed for the one I gave you. Ling was the only one with the courage and honesty to bring me a pot with my seed in it. Therefore, he is the one who will be the new emperor!”


The Prophet taught, “Truthfulness leads to righteousness, and righteousness leads to Paradise. And a man keeps on telling the truth until he becomes a truthful person. Falsehood leads to Al-Fajur (i.e. wickedness, evil-doing), and Al-Fajur (wickedness) leads to the (Hell) Fire, and a man may keep on telling lies till he is written before Allah, a liar.”
[Sahih al-Bukhari, Vol. 8:116]

(via islamicthinking)

do right by others, speak the truth, and others will do right by you. :)

Wednesday 18 May 2011

la tahzan


"Be not sad, surely Allah is with us."

(Qur'an 9:40)


"So do not lose heart, and do not fall into despair; for you must gain mastery if you are true in faith." 

(Qur'an 3:139)

Dan janganlah kamu (merasa) lemah, dan jangan pula bersedih hati, sebab kamu paling tinggi (darjatnya), jika kamu orang beriman.

Tuesday 17 May 2011

Tuhanku, hanya kepadaMu aku berserah

"Trials and tribulation are like feeling the heat and cold, when one knows that they cannot be avoided, he will not feel anger at theirs onset, nor will he be distressed or disheartened." 

(Ibn Taymiyya)

Nobody said it's gonna be easy.

"Whenever a believer is stricken with any hardship or pain, anxiety or sorrow, harm or distress, even it be a thorn that has pricked him, God redeems thereby some of his failings."
(Al Bukhari & Muslim)

we can only plan, namun Allah yang menentukan segalanya.

"Although they plan, Allah also plans. And Allah is the Best of Planners."

(Al-Anfal 8:30)

Monday 16 May 2011

so help me God


"Apakah manusia itu mengira bahawa mereka dibiarkan (sahaja) mengatakan: "Kami telah beriman" sedang mereka tidak diuji lagi?"

- Surah Al-Ankabut, 29:2 -

Sunday 15 May 2011

Surah Al-Rum, Ayat 21


“And among His signs is this, that He created for you mates from among yourselves, that ye may dwell in tranquility with them, and He has put Love and mercy between your (hearts), verily in that are signs for those who reflect.”

[Qur'an 30:21]

Thursday 12 May 2011

Allah is sufficient for us



(via nargessi)

“Say: Allah is sufficient for us, and He is Al-Wakeel (the best disposer of affairs); We have placed our trust in Allah.”
(hasbunAllaha wa ni’mal Wakeel)

Sunday 8 May 2011

start them young



(via anditslove)

because she's just so cute like that..

and also because i love harry potter.. heh..

Thursday 5 May 2011

rumbling tummy

when i'm hungry, i like to look at pictures of food.. dont ask me why.. i dont understand the rationale behind my own actions either.. hehehe..

here are some of my favourites.. yumyum..

i love anything that has got to do with chicken..




or pasta.. i love almost every kind of pasta dish..





looks good doesnt it? hungry already like me? hehe..

and pizza..!!! how can anyone not loveeee pizza.. ;)




and last but not least, sushi!

i know.. not everyone can appreciate sushi.. hehehe..

there are soooo many sushi shops at NEX.. but NONE of it is HALAL.. bleargh..

hence, shall just enjoy the pictures for now.. :p




(via fyeahfoodcravings)

i am reallyyyy hungreeeh right now, i can eat a COW.. no la, of course not.. but you know what i mean.. ;)

if you are still hungry,

you can continue with desserts while i rummage my kitchen for food..

toodles everyone!

Wednesday 4 May 2011

seek & spread



Abu Nu’aym, Hilyah Al Awliya’, Vol3, p283.
(Source: b0nds0fl0ve)
(via islamicthinking)

today, i was reminded that i not only seek knowledge, but after that i have to spread that knowledge (in whatever means i'm capable of) so that more people will benefit from it.
Insya-Allah.

:)

Tuesday 3 May 2011

seeking knowledge

Today was my 1st day (after a very very very long absence) *covers face in shame* attending 'kuliah' or lecture at a mosque..

and i must say i'm loving it, alhamdulillah.. :)

learnt abt 'Qarin' today.. something that i've never known before & wouldnt have found out if i had not attended 'kuliah'..
syukur ya Rabb.. :)

it's never too late to seek knowledge.. and i'm glad i took this important first step..

Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala has commenced the revelation of the Holy Qur’an by mentioning regarding the importance of Knowledge,

“Read and your Lord is Most Honorable, who taught (to write) with the pen, who taught man what he knew not.”

(Holy Qur’an, Al-'Alaq, 96:3 - 5)



The Holy Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam encouraged all Muslims to acquire knowledge and share it. He said:

“Acquire knowledge, for he who acquires it in the way of Allah performs an act of piety; he who speaks of it, praises the Lord; he who seeks it, adores Allah; he who dispenses instruction in it, bestows alms; and he who imparts it to others, performs an act of devotion to Allah.”
(Bukhari, Muslim)

May every step we take in seeking for knowledge be a blessed one.
insya-Allah :)

Monday 2 May 2011

striving to be a better muslimah

is not gonna be easy.
i'm bound to face with many challenges, which may come in all forms.
but insya-Allah, with determination & will power as well as help from Allah s.w.t, i know i can do this. :)


"O Allah, put a great distance between me and my sins, as great as the distance You have made between the East and the West. O Allah, cleanse me of sin as a white garment is cleansed from filth. O Allah, wash away my sins with snow and water and hail."

[Bukhaari, 711; Muslim, 598]

"O Allah, correct my religious commitment which is the foundation of my life, and correct my worldly affairs in which is my livelihood, and grant me good in the Hereafter to which is my return. Make my life a means of accumulating good, and make death a respite for me from all evil."

[Muslim, 2720]

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