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Be more grateful. And change.

24 Mar

 

And this below, is a recent status update from Hilal Asyraf of Langit Ilahi.

Manusia,
suka hidup dalam mimpi,
lena,
harap itulah yang nyata.

Tetapi mimpi,
bukan realiti,
tidak berlaku,
tidak terjadi,
hanya kepalsuan,
yang membaluti,
agar kita rasa mahu terus menyambung tidur,
lagi dan lagi.

Realiti memang pahit,
kebenaran bukan semuanya manis,
tetapi dengan berhadapan realiti,
kita bergerak memperbaiki,
buruk kepada baik,
baik kepada lebih baik,
dan itu semua realiti,
terjadi,
bukan hanya mimpi.

Memang realiti tidak seindah mimpi,
tetapi realiti itu kebenaran,
satu juta ringgit di dalam mimpi,
dengan satu sen di alam realiti,
masih satu sen alam realiti lebih mahal.

Maka bangkitlah dari mimpi,
lihatlah realiti,
dan laksanakan perubahan.

Perubahan takkan berlaku,
jika manusia tidak punya.kesedaran

*****

These few days, I’ve been worrying, cried and thought a lot over some stupid petty things, things that I know I shouldn’t be thinking too much about. Earlier this evening, I went out for a walk, and also to top up my public transport 3-months-pass. When I was on my way back to my apartment, I purposely slowed down my pace and thought about the reason why I was being as-I-described or simply, pathetic.

And then I knew, that my problem was that I wasn’t being grateful enough. A close friend of mine just lost her dear sister, another friend on Facebook just lost her father.

Oh and while I was like 100 meters away from my apartment, I saw a man. He was carrying the large blue worn-out Ikea bag on his shoulder. I don’t want to judge, but he LOOKED like the typical homeless person in Warsaw, and he was searching for something from the large garbage bin, probably things that he could sell to the recycling company.

So seeing all those situations happening around me, what more reason for me to not be grateful? I really have to learn to be more grateful. Kena lebih bersyukur!

 

Just remember while you have a roof over your head, clothes on your back, food on your plate, some do not.

 

 

You’re Exposed To It So Much That You’re Desensitized To It

19 Feb

A reminder to myself as well.

 

“Stuff you’re watching on the internet, stuff you’re watching on TV, the kinds of things you say, the kinds of words you used, words can also be shameless; the kinds of language that you use is shameless, these sorts of things, we became desensitized to. And the more we become desensitized to it, the more spiritually we become bankrupt.”

 

Ali Imran verse 135

“And those who, when the have committed Fahishah (shameless acts) or wronged themselves with evil, remember Allah and ask forgiveness for their sins – and none can forgive sins but Allah  - and do not persist in what (wrong) they have done while they know.”  Quran [3:135]

 

 

Memahami Penyakit Cinta Masyarakat

9 Feb

Photo courtesy of brohamzah.blogspot.com

 

An article from Langit Ilahi. I like how the author described the perspective of love in Malaysia.

Motivasi: Sebelelum aku bernikah - Memahami penyakit cinta masyarakat

Contents include: Couple – Terlalu islamik – Ibu bapa yang silap – Suasana yang tidak membina

No harm reading, yes?

 

Again With Relationships!

8 Feb

OMG I just love her. When I look at the length of this video posted on Facebook, at first I kind of ignored it. But later, I clicked on it. And Alhamdulillah, I’m soo glad I did. (This video would not be very convenient for those who don’t understand Malay)

 

 

For more videos of Beetles & Roses, here’s the playlist on YouTube. I just discovered that in some videos of the playlist titled ‘short movie’, my junior from high school was in it LOL

This one, is funny, yet informative. Also posted on Facebook today but this one is by Muslim Speakers.

 

Paperman, cool animation.

 

They Buried Me Alive

14 Jan

 

From Hadith Of The Day Facebook page:

Today you woke up and washed yourself, one day you will be washed. Today you prayed, one day you’ll be prayed on. Today you walk and choose where to go, one day they will say: “Take him/her to the grave”. Today you dressed yourself, one day you will be dressed with a single white sheet. Today you are walking on the earth, one day the earth will cover you. For some people their day was yesterday, for others it will be today, for us it will be sooner or later. This is such an important message for all of us. I hope we can take heed of it. Join us to say Ameen!

 

From hadithaday Facebook page:

Allah, the Almighty and Exalted, gives mercy to those who we never expect would enter paradise. It is not our place to assume who amongst us will be accepted by Allah and who amongst us will not…

It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Two men will enter Paradise, one of them kills the other.
They said: Messenger of Allah, how is it so?
He said: One of them fights in the way of Allah, the Almighty and Exalted, and dies a martyr. Then God turns in mercy to the murderer who embraces Islam, fights in the way of Allah, the Almighty and Exalted, and dies a martyr.

[Muslim :: Book 20 : Hadith 4658]

 

 

Apabila datang kematian kepada seorang dari mereka, mereka berkata,

“Ya tuhanku, kembalikanlah aku (ke dunia), agar aku berbuat amal kebajikan yang telah aku tinggalkan. “

(Al-Mukminun: 99-100)

………………………………………………………………………………………

“Bermegah-megahan telah melalaikan kalian, sampai kalian masuk ke dalam kubur.
Janganlah begitu, kelak kalian akan mengetahui (akibat perbuatan kalian itu),
Dan janganlah begitu, kelak kalian akan mengetahui.

Janganlah begitu,
jika kalian mengetahui dengan pengetahuan yang yakin,
Nescaya kalian benar-benar akan melihat neraka Jahim,

Dan sesungguhnya kalian benar-benar akan melihatnya dengan mata kepala sendiri,
Kemudian kalian pasti akan ditanyai pada hari itu tentang kenikmatan
(yang kalian megah-megahkan di dunia itu). “

(At-Takatsur: 1-8)

……………………………………………………………………………………….

“Dan, jika kamu (Muhammad) melihat ketika mereka dihadapkan ke neraka,
lalu mereka berkata,

sekiranya kami dikembalikan (ke dunia), tentu kami tidak akan mendustakan ayat-ayat tuhan kami, serta menjadi orang-orang yang beriman’,

(tentulah kamu melihat suatu peristiwa yang mengharukan). Tetapi (sebenarnya) telah nyata bagi mereka kejahatan yang mereka dahulu selalu menyembunyikannya.

Sekiranya mereka dikembalikan ke dunia, tentulah mereka kembali kepada apa yang mereka telah dilarang mengerjakannya. “

(Al-An’am: 27-28)
…………………………………………………………………………………..

Dan bagi orang-orang yang kufur ingkar terhadap Tuhan mereka,
disediakan azab neraka Jahannam, dan itulah seburuk-buruk tempat kembali.

Apabila mereka dicampakkan ke dalamnya, mereka mendengar suara jeritannya meraung-raung, sedang ia menggelegak.

Hampir-hampir ia pecah berkecai-kecai kerana kuat marahnya. Tiap-tiap kali dicampakkan ke dalamnya sekumpulan besar (dari orang kafir), bertanyalah penjaga-penjaga neraka itu kepada mereka:

“APAKAH BELUM PERNAH ADA ORANG YANG DATANG MEMBERI PERINGATAN KEPADAMU (DIDUNIA) ?”

Dan mereka berkata: “Kalaulah kami dahulu mendengar dan memahami (sebagai orang yang mencari kebenaran), tentulah kami tidak termasuk dalam kalangan ahli neraka”.

Akhirnya mereka mengakui dosa-dosa mereka (sebagai orang-orang yang kufur ingkar), maka tetaplah jauhnya rahmat Allah dari ahli neraka

(Al Mulk: 6-11)

 

 

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