...Ramadhan Kareem...

RAMADHAN KAREEM, READERS

MAY THIS RAMADHAN BETTER THAN THE PREVIOUS

seriously i miss Ramadhan in Brisbane..

i miss the atmosphere

i miss the experience

i miss the gatherings

i miss buyutuuna fi Ramadhan

i miss tadarus al-quran 

i miss the iftars and sahurs

i miss the tarawikh

i miss the iktikaf 

i miss the bazaar ramadhan 

i miss the time when we cooked 

i miss everything i went through

and what i miss most 

------ is the companions -----

nak balik Brisbane

...as promised...

our farewell vid...


"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened."

...10-things-i-always list...

Someone asked me to share what i like best in Brisbane when i was studying there. i guess i can't really answer the questions. reason being? easy! i like all the places i went and i stayed, including Malaysia.. so, it's not fair to talk about it here since i'm a Malaysian.. But i shall share you the facts of .........................

10 things I always did when i was in Brisbane and i currently miss

p/s: i wish i could put on the pictures i've taken for all the events but early this year, my hard disk crushed and whoooosh, all the pictures of 2009 were gone..



First year

1. It was a must for me and Ayu Best every week to go to the city, bought kebab/pizza and Easyway Taro Milk Tea with Pearl and had our chat at the Botanical Garden in front of QUT Garden's Point Campus while eating. (^_^)

Botanical Garden (pic from Sheikh Google)

2. cooked our favourite pastas and pizzas. back then, ayu best, umai, kak fad and kelsey were my housemates.

3. sipped our coffee or chocolate drink at night while waiting for the laundry to finish in front of the laundry room at Kelvin Grove Urban Village. sejuk..

4. went to Ustaz Aslam's class every monday night with kak lin from QUT. and the class was at University of Queesland. had to take 2 buses to reach there. always reached home late at night but i really enjoyed the night trips on the bus. (^_^) 

5. spent other times (if i didn't do 4 things above) at the library, computer lab and my bedroom in front of the laptop.

Second year

1. had dinner with Nurul at Brisbane River riverside. both of us meratah seekor ayam from Nando's. had a ride on the City Cat and talked about ourselves all night long while watching lampu- lampu.

2. shopping groceries at Chinatown. had to take 2 buses to reach there. still remember, if it was my turn, i would drag the orange shopping trolley. then, terhuyung- hayang bawak shopping trolley yang super berat bila dah habis shopping.

3. walked to the nearest Coles (Coles ni macam Jusco and Carrefour kat Malaysia) sambil heret the orange shopping trolley.

4. Our weekly sister gatherings and Brisbond (our brand name for bersukan) hehe

5. ber'U' dengan Al-Banna dan Wafa'.. oh, miss you guys big time!! huhu






owh, so pathetic. this post would be better if it's sprinkled with pictures. okay, i'll put some pictures later after i rummage my cds (where i store all the pictures taken in year 2008) 

..so, it has been a year??..

It has been a year since i left the land of down under.

oh yeah, we were supposed to board the plane on the 30th November 2009, but something happened and the flight was delayed to the next day on the 1st of December 2009. it was a luck for us to stay another day to breathe Australia oxygen and sleep in a very comfortable hotel bed. hehe..

i'm contemplating how on earth can i remember it more than i remember Malaysia in my daily life. yaahh, i know the reason, because, i'm not currently there. just like when i was in OZ i always thought of Malaysia and home much. few of my cohort friends are going to QUT this month for graduation. deep inside my heart i want to join them, but of course, lots of things to be considered especially money, the condition of the house when i'm there, and most importantly, JIRIM. can't let my hand loose for this coming event.

i notice, i don't talk much about my life in Australia in this blog even though initially this blog was set up to tell stories and my whereabouts living overseas. and i have regretted a bit since i didn't write much about it. i went through most of my previous posts last night to finish my 'labeling-the-posts" job. they reminded me some of my ups and downs in Brisbane for those two years. surprisingly, the posts helped me revisit the agonies i had to finish the assignments. hehe. didn't notice that back then, writing blog when i was having problems in assignments was a therapy for me. (^_^) i hope to keep this blog forever, that when i'm down in future, i can always read previous posts and gain strengths from my previous me.

i still want to visit Brisbane one day. may be just for a short honeymoon trip, or for the sake of bringing our children for a school holiday to feel the breeze again and also to bring back the memories i have created with my fellow Ashabul Brisbane. but that must be put after our hajj and umrah trips.

Thanks Allah for giving me the chance to study and live in a place i never ever dreamed before

..Once upon an Eid-ul-Adh...

Eid Mubarak everyone!!! Oh, i miss this greet. Muslim overseas will always greet us with this line every time we celebrate eid compared to us in Malaysia who will say, Selamat Hari Raya.

Celebrating Eid-ul-Adha without my family members i mean with ma, abah and adik2 is not a big deal to me anymore. i still remember a year before i flew to Australia, i celebrated my Eid-ul-adha in Mid Valley Megamall with a friend. that was my first time. the two years after that i spent it in Brisbane with my akhowat. these two years in Brisbane taught me to appreciate and feel the ruh of the eid itself which so far, made them the BEST EID experiences of all. even though i was there without my family and did not have lembu as much as i had lembu in Kelantan, the feeling was just so special. oh Allah, only You know how I miss that time.

and this year, i'm glad i have my uncles, aunties and counsins with me in Putrajaya, to be exact at masjid kristal, putrajaya. and guess what, the feeling of being in Brisbane came bit by bit. not because of the khutbah or whatever, but it's just because of the atmosphere at that time. i was surrounded by foreigners!!! right left, they were everywhere in the mosque. from india, south africa, syria, bangladesh (knew it by their english slang) talking to each other while the khutbah was recited (obviously, the khutbah was in malay, how on earth they would understand malay)

they took pictures together as in big groups. hugging each other, say 'eid mubarak' to each other (btw, i was sad because they didn't say it to me even though i was just under their noses). they did exactly the same on what we did when we were in brisbane!!! ya la, what else could we do other than taking pictures and huggings during raya kan??haha. waaa, miss Brisbane big time.

okay, i amik gambar mereka curi2..

(2010, Masjid Kristal, Eid-ul-Adh)

our group picture during one of the eid celebrations.

(2009, park depan rumah, eid-ul-fitr)

But to my surprise, raya in Putrajaya was also all about taking pictures and no lembu.. hehe. memang la style beraya di perantauan. huhu.

(2010, Masjid Kristal, Eid-ul-Adh)

p/s: i miss the tazkirah about pengorbanan Nabi Ibrahim a.s and Nabi Ismail a.s

...When I am sad...

back in brisbane, when i was sad, i would always go for a city cat ride.

now in malaysia, when i am sad, i miss the time when i was sad, back in brisbane

...Kampung vs 'kampung'...

Bismillahirrahmanirraheem...

Everyone who’s going back for good like me must be very busy packing stuff, if not, busy working to get some money to bring home, or may be busy thinking which places to spend this last- 2- weeks-before-I – lay – my – back – in- Malaysia, and many other agendas in minds that only Allah knows. But in short, I conclude that we are in mood of going back. Some is very eagerly thinking of it, not few who don’t want to go back and wish that it’s just an end year holiday. But friends, we do have to face the reality. Malaysia is waiting for us =)

Talking about busy, I am too, busy. Busy packing things, so far I only managed to pack only 5 medium boxes containing books, and soft toys (I got a really big box just for my toys) leaving behind souvenirs and clothes. Guess I need another 3 boxes to put them all. It’s just for the packing part, not including the interesting part of how much I spent to buy souvenirs, to hire professional cleaners to clean the house, the carpet cleaning, budget to ship all those things, calling here and there confirming the termination of electricity, hot water, internet, hand phone, bank as well as the agents and many more. Indeed, it is not just me going through these processes, I believe others also feel the same. It is the procedures that everyone who wants to BFG has to go through no matter where you are. It’s to make sure that you are leaving others’ country as ‘neatly’ as you come to it and to leave no debt to the people here.

Telling all of these preparations is firstly not to say that I am boosting myself how busy I am. In fact I am not that busy, living the life as usual. But, to say honestly, these are the things that fill my neurons right now to make sure everything is alright and settled before I leave Australia.

It is for physically well- being preparation. Not forgetting the mental and spiritual. Just now K.A called and asked my mutabaah amal to make sure I follow it closely as preparation to go back home, not to mention few BFG programs attended. Planning few things to do with adik2 to strengthen our ukhuwah and saqofah in this last bit, and many many more.

Emotionally eager to go back and see loved ones who I leave for nearly two years. Can’t imagine how Yo will look like, he must be taller than me by now. how Mek will smile and hug me as if I am still a small child, ma, abah and all. All these add up the spice. Seriously can’t wait to go back and see them. I bought a lot of souvenirs, rela berhabisan just for them, just to see their smiling faces getting presents from overseas.

Balik kampung, siapa tak gembira. Jumpa ahli keluarga. Jumpa sanak saudara. Jumpa rakan taulan.

Tetapi, semua itu tidak pasti. Yes, going back to Malaysia is not confirmed yet. Even though my flight to Malaysia is confirmed to be on this 30^th November, it is still not confirmed.

Why? Kerana kita ada ‘kampong abadi’ yang mungkin melambai- lambai kita pulang dahulu sebelum sampai ke Malaysia.

That is the thing that we (especially me) always forget.

Gembira kita nak balik ke kampong di Malaysia, rela berhabisan untuk pastikan segalanya berjalan lancar.

Tetapi sejauh mana kita bersedia untuk kembali ke kampong akhirat yang sememangnya tempat abadi kita? Apakah persediaan kita?

Jika nak balik Malaysia atau any kampong di Malaysia, mesti ada bekalan untuk dibawa balik. Ada pisang untuk adik, sedikit duit untuk mak ayah. Tetapi, apa bekalan kita untuk ke kampong akhirat? Ada tak baca quran supaya jadi menyuluh di dalam kegelapan kubur? Ada tak buat sedekah jariah? Berapa banyak pahala yang dah kita kumpul untuk ditunjukkan kepada pencipta kita?

Bukanlah saya nak sampaikan sehingga tidak perlu untuk bersedia untuk pulang ke Malaysia langsung. itu perlu, kerana kita tidak tahu ajal kita bila. (sebab tu kena sedia awal- awal ,maut itu pasti) Tetapi, ini adalah peringatan di sebalik keghairahan untuk balik ke kampong, bahawa jangan kita lupa asal usul sebenar kita. Ke mana destinasi terakhir kita. Memang jika di dunia, mungkin bagi saya, Kelantan hala tuju terakhir setakat ini, tetapi, hidup kita bukan hanya setakat di dunia.

Kadang- kadang terlalu ghairah nak bershopping tambahan pula jika ada sale, solat ditinggalkan atau pun dilengah- lengahkan. Kerana asyik nak merasai pengalaman di negara orang buat kali terakhir, soal halal haram diketepikan sebab nak ‘merasa’. Buat farewell campur lelaki perempuan dengan alasan ‘this is the last time we are together’ tak menjaga batas pergaulan lelaki dan perempuan. Adakah ini persediaan kita nak balik ke ‘kampung’ kita?

Mungkin ada yang masih tak sedar, atau tak tahu, tak apa, kita boleh sedarkan dia supaya dia sedar. Tetapi yang dah sedar? Mungkin lalai dan leka. Yelah, tak salah pun nak buat benda- benda tu mungkin for the first and the last? Agak- agaknya kalau mati saat tu, apa alasan kita? Nauzubillahi minzalik.

Seperti yang saya kata tadi, bukan nak suruh stop packing up and let solat 24/7, tetapi betulkan niat balik. Duit habis beribu- ribu beli souvenir tetapi Allah tak kira sebagai pahala sebab tak solat atau lalai waktu solat dan niat yang salah contohnya nak beli untuk kekasih, supaya dia lagi sayang.

Banyak sangat kes- kes simple macam ni yang kadang- kadang membuatkan kita lupa di mana sebenarnya kampong halaman kita.

“Allah menjanjikan kepada orang-orang mukmin, lelaki dan perempuan, surga yang dibawahnya mengalir sungai-sungai, kekal mereka di dalamnya, dan tempat-tempat yang bagus di surga 'Adn. Dan keridhaan Allah adalah lebih besar; itu adalah keberuntungan yang besar.” (QS. At-Taubah, 9: 72)

Agaknya, dengan tujuan shopping macam tu, dapat tak kita sampai ‘rumah abadi’ kita yang sehebat itu?

"Tidak Aku (Allah) jadikan jin dan manusia melainkan agar mereka beribadah kepada-Ku." (51:56)

Lepas tu, tak kan tak boleh nak shopping langsung? Atau buat farewell langsung?

Islam is the way of life, semua yang kita buat boleh dijadikan ibadah asal ada niat yang betul kerana Allah dan mengikut syariat. Apa salahnya niatkan beli hadiah semua itu kerana Allah dan untuk menggembirakan hati ahli keluarga, sanak saudara dan rakan- rakan. Dan kalau pergi shopping pun, buat lah plan supaya tidak terlepas pahala solat di awal waktu atau pun tak terlepas waktu solat. Kan cantik. Kill two birds with one stone. inshaAllah preparation untuk dunia dan juga akhirat.

banyak lagi contoh lain, tapi mungkin ini antara yang relevan.

Semoga menjadi peringatan diri sendiri terutamanya dan sesiapa sahaja yang akan balik ke kampong halaman masing- masing tak semestinya yang mahu BFG.

“ Wahai orang yang beriman! Bertaqwalah kepada Allah dan hendaklah setiap orang memerhatikan apa yang ada diperbuatnya untuk hari esok (akhirat), dan bertaqwalah kepada Allah. Sungguh, Allah maha teliti terhadap apa yang kamu kerjakan.” (59:18)

jika kamu kejar dunia, akhirat akan berlari tinggalkan kamu dan dunia belum pasti kamu akan dapat.. tetapi, jika kamu kejar akhirat, nescaya dunia akan kejar kamu dan akhirat sudah pasti kamu perolehinya

Allahu'alam.


p/s: nak BFG semuanya kena kuat especially hubungan dengan Allah.**peringatan untuk saya**

...merokok...

subhanallah. video ni pendek dan kelakar tapi ada pengajaran. merokok dekat dengan kematian. yes, true. it doesn't mean that i know when the death is going to overtake us (only Allah knows), but the fact that they harm their body by smoking seems like they 'are begging' to Allah, to take the nikmat of healthy body.

hish, dah lah hidup ni sekejap je. tak perlu la nak singkatkan lagi dengan hisap rokok.

i am the anti- smoker. i hate smokers to the extend that i will close my nose if they smoke near to me. it seems that i am showing my discomfort openly and not respecting the person, but, who cares?. they don't deserve my respect. i know it's harsh, but have you ever think what they think when they smoke openly? they don't even think of their loved ones' health, what more the public.


Living to study in Australia for nearly 2 years is enough for me to fall in love with it. with efficient and sophisticated technology, friendly services, facilities, beautiful scenery, and many more, they are all perfect except one. smokers are everywhere.

rasa macam semua peringkat umur pun merokok, dari remaja, dewasa, orang tua, lelaki, perempuan, rural, urban, xkira dari negara mana pun, etc etc etc. semua pun merokok. everywhere except tempat larangan merokok. kalau pergi Brisbane city tu, pening rasa dengan asap rokok especially bila duduk atas seating chairs depan kedai- kedai. seriously, i can't stand living in such environment.

at least in Malaysia, before i left, the smokers are among the men, the women are some smokers but not so obvious like here.


i was brought out by a non- smoker dad. but i had my grand dad who was a smoker, in fact heavy smoker. bukak puasa pun dengan rokok dulu.

but, alhamdulillah wa syukurillah, last night when i talked to him, he said that he quit smoking. by now it should be 6 months since his last dose. =)

alhamdulillah. only Allah knows how happy i was hearing to that. i know it's hard to leave it once addicted, but yeah, he did it.

i pray to Allah to bless and grant that doctor, who advised and help my grand dad, so Allah gives him every best thing in life and may Allah reward him with the best rewards.

i believe the doctor has done his 'dakwah' job perfectly (of course with Allah's help) to make all this happen. dakwah means amal maaruf nahi mungkar, mengajak ke arah kebaikan dan meninggalkan kejahatan.

so, doctors, bagi lah nasihat banyak- banyak kepada perokok tegar agar mereka pun berubah ye!



p/s: kan seronok kalau Malaysia betul- betul buat sistem macam tu. nampak orang nak hisap rokok, pergi baca yasin kat dia supaya ingat mati sikit.

"cukuplah mati sebagai peringatan"

...Selamat Ulang Tahun yang Pertama...

Semalam, 6 November 2009, saya menyambut ulang tahun saya yang pertama. bukan yang pertama di dunia, tetapi ulang tahun pertama berada di atas jalan dakwah dan tarbiyyah ini. Walaupun bukan genap setahun (i.e. saya mendapat tarbiyyah earlier than 6 November 2008), saya letakkan tahun 2008 sebagai milestone untuk mengira langkah- langkah saya di atas jalan ini.

Alhamdulillah, tiada kata yang boleh diucap, melainkan alhamdulillah kerana Allah masih memilih saya bersama di kalangan akhowat- akhowat seangkatan. namun saya sedar, setahun itu masih bukan kejayaan, kerana hakikatnya diri ini mengharap di jalan ini nafas terakhir dihembus. tetapi, syukur itu juga perlu, supaya nikmat ditambah- tambah lagi.


Nilaiku bukan satu undi


bila diri berada di atas jalan tarbiyah dan dakwah ini, nilai undi kita bukan lagi satu. malah berganda- ganda.

bayangkan, seorang yang mempunyai fikrah agama yang solid dari al- Quran dan sunnah dapat menarik beberapa orang untuk diberikan kebaikan, kefahaman agama yang sebetulnya. hakikatnya orang yang mempunyai ilmu dan kefahaman, tidak akan menghentikan apa yang difahami itu hanya setakat dirinya sendiri. ilmu dan kefahaman itu mesti dialirkan kepada orang lain supaya kebaikan itu dapat dikongsi bersama. dan bayangkan jika kita dapat mengalirkan ilmu itu kepada seorang, memahamkan mereka tentang risalah ini, seorang itu akan teruskan perjuangan bersama- sama dengan kita untuk menarik seorang lagi untuk diberikan kefahaman yang sama. itu hanya seorang, jika ada yang berkemampuan, mungkin lebih ramai boleh ditarik, yang dikalangan yang ramai itu, lebih ramai yang akan ditarik.


Formula ini juga yang digunakan oleh Rasulullah SAW untuk mengislamkan dunia. bermula dari seorang, dan akhirnya ramai sehingga mencapai 2/3 dunia.





jadi, betapa bernilainya diri kita sekiranya kita memahami agama ini dan berusaha untuk menyebarkannya. beruntunglah sesiapa yang memilih untuk berada di jalan tarbiyah dan dakwah ini. tetapi hakikatnya jalan ini bukan senang. bak kata orang yang berpengalaman, jalan dakwah tidak ditaburi bunga mawar, tapi penuh dengan duri. susah, memang susah.

Lagi susah nak tarbiyah diri sendiri. ramai yang gugur kerana memilih untuk kalah dengan pertarungan nafsu. apatah lagi untuk buat dakwah. nak seru orang buat kebaikan dan tinggalkan kejahatan. hendak berhadapan dengan orang yang banyak kerenah, memang memenatkan dan makan hati. apatah lagi hidup di dunia yang memang banyak 'grey area'. tetapi jalan susah itu jugalah yang terbaik. malah, memang diiktiraf oleh Pencipta kita sendiri.

“Siapakah yang lebih baik perkataannya daripada orang yang berdakwah (menyeru) kepada Allah, mengerjakan amal yang saleh, dan berkata: “Sesungguhnya aku termasuk orang-orang yang menyerah diri?” (Fushilat (41): 33)


jadi, apa lagi kita nak selain diiktiraf menjadi orang yang 'terbagus' ucapannya?



Dan mungkin ada juga yang fikir,

"saya nak tarbiyah je lah, tak nak buat dakwah sebab dah ramai orang yang buat, lagipun rasa tak layak, alah, kalau saya tak buat pun, saya tak tarik sorang je. kalau rugi pun, rugi sorang je.."


pernah tak terfikir macam ni? anda pasti ke anda hanya akan hilang seorang??

honestly saya juga pernah terdetik di hati, saya hanya akan hilang seorang, tetapi hakikatnya inferens saya salah.


jom kita fikirkan.


hakikatnya, kita tertarik kepada dua tarikan, tarikan syariat dan tarikan syaitan. jika kita tidak tertarik kepada tarikan syariat, definitely kita akan terdedah kepada tarikan syaitan.


jadi, bayangkan tadi, jika kita tidak menarik seorang itu ke arah kebaikan, orang itu akan ditarik ke arah perkara sebaliknya. dan seorang itu akan menarik at least seorang dan mungkin lebih ramai ke arah perkara yang tidak syarie itu. jadi, kita pula menjadi sebab pihak musuh mempunyai lebih ramai pengikut.

jadi, adakah kita hanya hilang satu je??

worst than that, kita yang menyumbangkan ahli kepada pihak musuh dengan cara kita hanya berdiam diri dan memilih untuk 'membaikkan' diri seorang diri.

see, separuh dari itu, hilang..

jadi, apa tindakan kita? diam atau bertindak?


"tarbiyah dan dakwah" jahiliyah sedang bergerak, tarbiyah dan dakwah kita?


sekadar perkongsian ilmu dan tazkirah kepada diri sendiri terutama- tamanya..

..sedarlah, dirimu bukan satu undi...

jika harimau mati meninggalkan belang, biarlah aku mati meninggalkan Islam.

sumber:
Perbentangan Tarbiyyah & Kehidupan: Kejelasan terhadap dakwah dan tanggungjawab diri sendiri. K.A

...Why Tazkirah??...

Snapshot from Mukhayyam spring

An experience based on Saifullah Al-Faruk’s Battalion. =)

[Jundullah Battalion saya tak tau ye =) ]

Bush walking for approximately 2 hours and along the way, we did a lot of activities as well as finishing the tasks on few checkpoints

- Answering questions

- Admiring Allah's creations

- Sharing stories of our sahabiah

- Going through unexpected ‘tribulation’ which was a tree bigger than our pemeluk tumbang

- Walking ‘under’ the waterfall and had refreshing splashes of the water

- Our ithar (melebihkan kawan) got tested =)

- Taking pictures

- Sharing own personal stories with ahlul group

- ‘Taaruf’ing

We went through everything perfectly and also nearly exhausted when it came to few last metres. Well I guess after the place where the tree collapsed, everyone’s face showed the tiredness, but still glad to see that we could laugh and share stories while walking, ascending to the top (itu pun after habiskan seplastik roti jem. Hehe).

Until we stopped at the last check point (finally!!). and we couldn’t wait to know what was the last task (s) that we had to complete. We got the tasks in the pink envelope. Well, it was special one. Previously, the task sheets were in white envelope. =)

Weirdly, as the tasks were, we were asked to do take pictures of everyone in the group individually and as a group (yeah, let’s do it, we gotta have something to reminisce this moment smile sheepishly) a dikir barat performance (weird but maybe to entertain ourselves after tiring ourselves walking for 4 km) a Hari Raya Haji dedication (well, this one was quite nonsense and fishy, but hey, it’s just another few months ahead, let’s do it).

Basically everyone enjoyed doing those tasks including me who had to be the Tok Jogho of the group, the lyric writer too as well as being the trainer to train another non- kelantanese Saifullah Al-Faruk. But really we had so much fun!! They (I mean, my non- kelantanese Saifullah Al-Faruk) were so cute and determined to sing the song in Kelantan dialect even though some of them were laughing their heart out. Thumbs up to them, you guys can be good kelantanese speakers. Believe me!! (especially Sarah). Hehe.

After doing all of the tasks in just 15 minutes, we headed back to our camp base and settled down. Then, we had the ‘real’ war against Jundullah Battalion.

Enough of telling story.

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“Ikut arahan hanya dari sampul yang bewarna putih ye?” well, that was the exact command from the camp commander before we started our bush walking activity. =)

Hehe. What to say? What’s with the pink envelope? What’s with all the tasks that we had completed?

It was just a trap to make sure whether we either listened carefully to the command or forgot them at all.

Some replied back,

“saya dengar tapi saya lupa”

“patut la rasa macam pelik je”

“saya pun rasa pelik kenapa last skali pink, tapi takpe mungkin yang last adalah special”

“patutla jahiliyah semacam je tasks dia”

And many more feedback that we got during the discussion and reflection session.

But what struck me was the opinion from F who said,

“saya rasa sebab perjalanan yang lama dan penat. Sepanjang jalan banyak yang kita buat, halangan kita lalui, sampai buatkan kita lupa arahan yang awal2 tadi”

I absoulutely, totally agree with that. I believe others shared the same thought too.

It’s because the journey took a long time, activities required the thinking and physical contact, sahabiah story to be told, made everyone forget about this very vital command.

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Same goes to this life.

Along the way when we are too busy with our work, our study, our problem, our family and friends, we tend to forget other bigger things that also need equal attention or may be more attention from us. For example this simple question, what is our purpose of life?

Most of the time, people get so much indulged into their own world that they forget Allah created them to be the abid and khalifah, that we just have to please Allah not others.

We just think of this worldly pleasure, the money, a scroll of degree @ master @ phd whatsoever or just being exhausted after a hectic life....

that the hereafter sake was neglected.

Astaghfirullah

So, how? What if we always forget? We are “An-Nas” in which one of the characteristics is forgetful?

Did Allah ever leave us without guidance?

Well, Allah created everything having its own couple. Day and night. Small and big. Love and hatred. Heaven and hell....

Forgetfulness and REMINDER.

We shall make you to recite (the Quran), so you (Muhammad) shall not forget (it), Except what Allah, may will, He knows what is apparent and what is hidden. nd We shall make easy for you (Muhammad) the easy way (i.e. the doing of righteous deeds). Therefore remind (men) in case the reminder profits (them). The reminder will be received by him who fears (Allah), But it will be avoided by the wretched

(Al-A’la 89: 6-11)

Indeed, human being a.k.a we need the constant reminders so that we are always on the right path. So people, tazkirah is just not for the usrah people or for the “orang baik2” only, it’s for all (most needed to orang2 yang tak berapa baik like me)

Okay, enough said. enough rambling.

P/S: this rambling is one way to give myself tazkirah after ‘crowding’ my brain with The Hungry Bunyip story world =) hopefully will benefit others too

Saifullah Al-Faruk

Jundullah