aku suka memerhati gelagat orang di sekeliling. dalam LRT, COMUTER, BAS, kat mahallah, aikol, skitar uia, mall, dsb.
cerita dalam LRT or COMUTER
susah nak dapat seat kalau naik dari station yg dok tengah2. lelaki2 yg naik train samada tua or muda kecik or besar putih or hitam kaya or miskin kebanyakannya selfish. biar je org perempuan berdiri. dayus betul! @ takut kena cop "baik la konon". mentang2 la yg berdiri tu bkn mak or nenek or kakak or adik or anak or kaum kerabat or gal fren dia, dia buat tak nampak jer. kadang2 tu pura2 tdo lagi. siap berdengkur lak tu, langsung tak di hingin nk ofer seat dia duduk kat golongan berkenaan. kalau boleh nk jer harap kat seat tu ada gam. kalau boleh nak jer ckp kat perempuan2 yg kerling2 seat dia tu " apa tengok2?!".
satu hari aku naik LRT kat kl central. so da expect la takde seat kosong. ada la 2-3 mamat ni duduk. aku tengok dorang satu persatu. semua bg reaksi seperti aku cite sebelum ni. lepas train bergerak beberapa meter, ada la sorang mamat ni yg aku da cop "dayus!" bangun n ofer seat dia kat aku. "trima kasih" aku ckp kt dia sambil tersenyum puas coz dlm ramai2 yg berdiri tu aku la yg plg pandai buat muka kecian. hehe. tp sebelum tu dia teragak- agak la. maybe takut kena cop "baik la konon". pape pun insiden berkenaan membuatkan aku percaya masih ada yg tak dayus!.
tp mamat tu tak ensem...huhu
dekat MALL
sedih sangat bila tengok ramai yg tak tutup aurat... bebas bergaul pegang sana sini. "hati telah gelap hilang cahaya..." lirik sebuah lagu raihan yg mengisahkan keadaan manusia akhir zaman. nauzubillah...
bila masuk kedai2 plak aku slalu tgk2 jer. kekadang berlakon cam nak beli. kasut (kat tmpt aku semua yg pakai di kaki tu panggil kasut temasuk slipar dsb xcept stokin) yg cantik, baju yg cantik kebanyakan nya tak menutup aurat. so malas la nk beli. tak leh pkai anytime anywhere. tp sebenarnya takde duit pun. hehe
bila tengok org sambar 3-4 helai jeans, t-shirt, kasut, beg dsb aku tumpang gembira tgk dorang. dalam hati aku berkata "bnyk duit dorang. murah rezeki. tp aku? biar allah uji rezeki aku tak banyak di dunia. jgn di akhirat takde rezeki kat syurga da la. nauzubillah..."
kat uia
aku suka perhatikan gelagat mak cik cleaners n gardeners. dorang la yg paling jitu menjayakan kempen kitar semula dgn mengumpul botol2, surat kabar, kertas notes lama yg student buang, tin2 dan seumpama dgn nya tuk dijual sbg pendapatan sampingan. pernah aku tanya sorang cleaner ni berapa harga sekilo botol air jawab dia"1.50 dik..." ok gak tu. skali jual bkn sekilo berpuluh2 kilo. mak cik kayo!
so, aku tabik mereka semua ni. sanggup keje di tengah terik matahari, msuk keje time student tak bgn tido lg, cuci tandas yg tak pernah kekal bersih dan wangi, buang sampah yg sentiasa busuk dan kotor, sapu dan mop lantai, angkat pinggan n gelas ktorang kt cafe, tanam pokok, siram pokok, dsb. kerana dorang la idop kat campus rasa cam anak tuan besar. hehe.
adakala time buat keje sama2 dorang gurau senda N gelak ketawa. cam enjoy jer keje dorang yg anak2 melayu pandang SEBELAH MATA or tak pndang langsung!. tp tu kerje halal. lebih baik dari minta sedekah. lebih berjaya dari 'tanam anggur'. lebih mulia dari mencuri...
disebabkan mereka cleaners bolehkah mereka semua dianggap pembersih?
tidak semestinya... pernah aku dan wawa berjalan2 kat tempat jual baju di central yg sebaris ngan bank muamalat tu. ada la sorang mak cik cleaner ni lalu dari arah bertentangan sambil membuka plastik roti. lepas jer dia amek roti dr dlm plastic tu, dengan selamber nye dia buang plastik tu kat tempat dia lalu tu tanpa segan silu.
ktorang terkedu!
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
balik kampung. are we ready?
di tanah air yg penuh kontroversi ni, balik kampung adalah satu fenomena, kemestian! rugilah mereka yg tak dpt merasa pengalaman balik kg. bagi aku balik kg means back to the root. balik untuk mengingati asal usul.kerana org melayu kebanyakannya berasal dari kg sebelum merantau ke bandar dan membina kehidupan baru di situ.
pernah seorang sahabat aku menggunakan istilah "kg" merujuk kepada sesuatu yg tidak moden, tak up to date dsb. aku agak kurang senang dengan beliau. mmg kampung tidak seperti bandar tapi di situlah ada ketenangan dari hiruk pikuk kota. di situlah ada senyuman jiran tetangga yg sukar didapati di kawasan kediaman org bandar.
aku merasa balik kg bila start blaja form 1 di MMAS. bila weekend or school holidays tak sabar nak balik rumah. sekolah di bandar tak menjanjikan persekitaran yg nyaman. udara penuh asap kenderaan. pencemaran bunyi yg membingitkan amat mengganggu tumpuan. pape pun aku stil enjoy outing ke pekan alor star. mkn abc special kat pekan rabu. cuci mata kat ct plaza dsb. tp lain hal nya dengan balik kg. bila sampai rumah rasa mcm tak nak balik semula ke sana. walaupun ct plaza seolah melambai2 aku lebih selesa shopping di nat (pasar spt pasar tani), pasar malam atau pekan kecil berhampiran rumah. coz it feels like home. apakan daya tuntutan pendidikan memaksa aku melangkah ke sana sehingga tamat sekolah menengah.
alhamdulillah aku berjaya melanjutkan pelajaran ke IIUM. bila di kota, definisi balik kg punya makna lebih mendalam kerana berjauhan dari keluarga hampir 500kms. dari bandar alor star aku mula turun key el. kalau dulu cuci mata kat ct plaza sekarang ada tempat lebih besar spt mid n OU. alamat lenguh kaki kalau round habes tempat tu. stil tempat gah dan mewah ini tak mampu menandingi kesukaanku pada pasar malam dan nat di kampung. kalau dulu aku biasa dikelilingi 'masyarakat antabangsa' dari siam atau burma, kat key el rumpun nya lebih luas. ada indon, filipino, bangla, paki, africa, arab, nepal, dan berbagai bangsa lagi. oleh itu sekarang ni aku selesa merujuk balik kampung sebagai balik kepada adat dan budaya melayu kerana di situ tiada masyarakat antarangsa seramai di kota.
setelah menamatkan LLB aku sambung pulak LLBS. belajar dgn ulamak2 yg masyhur dan berpengalaman luas. satu syarahan oleh dato hashim yahya di suatu petang mengubah definisi balik kampung aku sekali lg. pada petang berkenaan balik kampung bukanlah topic perbincangan tetapi hanya selingan. selingan yg memberi makna mendalam. selingan yg penuh erti bukan sembang yg tidak berisi.
dato' bertanya kami semua kat mana kampung kita? masing2 terbayang kampung masing2. (agakan jer, coz itu la yg aku bayangkan time tu, aku agak org lain pun byg camtu gak la, if dorang teringatkan mende lain tu aku tak tahu la.) ktorang tak jawab soalan tu dan menanti jawapan dari dato'.
dengan penuh keinsafan beliau menerangkan bahawa kampung kita semua adalah syurga di akhirat sana. kerana di situ asal usul kita. di situ lah asal usul hawa. untuk balik ke kampung di dunia kita mesti menyiapkan bekalan yg sesuai seperti duit minyak, tol dan makan kat R&R. keta pun kena servis. sama jugak untuk balik ke kampung syurga kita mesti punya bekalan! mesti punya amal yg mampu menjadi bayaran kepada tol titian sirat. amal yg mampu jadi bekalan tenaga tuk menunggu hisab.
bersediakah kita? cukupkah bekalan kita? akan sampaikah kita ke kampung syurga?
astaghfirullah............
pernah seorang sahabat aku menggunakan istilah "kg" merujuk kepada sesuatu yg tidak moden, tak up to date dsb. aku agak kurang senang dengan beliau. mmg kampung tidak seperti bandar tapi di situlah ada ketenangan dari hiruk pikuk kota. di situlah ada senyuman jiran tetangga yg sukar didapati di kawasan kediaman org bandar.
aku merasa balik kg bila start blaja form 1 di MMAS. bila weekend or school holidays tak sabar nak balik rumah. sekolah di bandar tak menjanjikan persekitaran yg nyaman. udara penuh asap kenderaan. pencemaran bunyi yg membingitkan amat mengganggu tumpuan. pape pun aku stil enjoy outing ke pekan alor star. mkn abc special kat pekan rabu. cuci mata kat ct plaza dsb. tp lain hal nya dengan balik kg. bila sampai rumah rasa mcm tak nak balik semula ke sana. walaupun ct plaza seolah melambai2 aku lebih selesa shopping di nat (pasar spt pasar tani), pasar malam atau pekan kecil berhampiran rumah. coz it feels like home. apakan daya tuntutan pendidikan memaksa aku melangkah ke sana sehingga tamat sekolah menengah.
alhamdulillah aku berjaya melanjutkan pelajaran ke IIUM. bila di kota, definisi balik kg punya makna lebih mendalam kerana berjauhan dari keluarga hampir 500kms. dari bandar alor star aku mula turun key el. kalau dulu cuci mata kat ct plaza sekarang ada tempat lebih besar spt mid n OU. alamat lenguh kaki kalau round habes tempat tu. stil tempat gah dan mewah ini tak mampu menandingi kesukaanku pada pasar malam dan nat di kampung. kalau dulu aku biasa dikelilingi 'masyarakat antabangsa' dari siam atau burma, kat key el rumpun nya lebih luas. ada indon, filipino, bangla, paki, africa, arab, nepal, dan berbagai bangsa lagi. oleh itu sekarang ni aku selesa merujuk balik kampung sebagai balik kepada adat dan budaya melayu kerana di situ tiada masyarakat antarangsa seramai di kota.
setelah menamatkan LLB aku sambung pulak LLBS. belajar dgn ulamak2 yg masyhur dan berpengalaman luas. satu syarahan oleh dato hashim yahya di suatu petang mengubah definisi balik kampung aku sekali lg. pada petang berkenaan balik kampung bukanlah topic perbincangan tetapi hanya selingan. selingan yg memberi makna mendalam. selingan yg penuh erti bukan sembang yg tidak berisi.
dato' bertanya kami semua kat mana kampung kita? masing2 terbayang kampung masing2. (agakan jer, coz itu la yg aku bayangkan time tu, aku agak org lain pun byg camtu gak la, if dorang teringatkan mende lain tu aku tak tahu la.) ktorang tak jawab soalan tu dan menanti jawapan dari dato'.
dengan penuh keinsafan beliau menerangkan bahawa kampung kita semua adalah syurga di akhirat sana. kerana di situ asal usul kita. di situ lah asal usul hawa. untuk balik ke kampung di dunia kita mesti menyiapkan bekalan yg sesuai seperti duit minyak, tol dan makan kat R&R. keta pun kena servis. sama jugak untuk balik ke kampung syurga kita mesti punya bekalan! mesti punya amal yg mampu menjadi bayaran kepada tol titian sirat. amal yg mampu jadi bekalan tenaga tuk menunggu hisab.
bersediakah kita? cukupkah bekalan kita? akan sampaikah kita ke kampung syurga?
astaghfirullah............
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
GOD'S NAME: NON MUSLIMS CALLING THE CREATOR " ALLAH"
I FOUND THIS ARTICLE IN HARAKAH DAILY. THE TITLE AS IN THE POST TITLE. HOPEFULLY IT WOULD BE HOPEFUL TO ANY PEACE SEEKER AS I AM.
The name "Allah" is the Arabic word that refers to the one true God who created the heavens and the Earth – the God of all the Prophets from Adam to Noah to Abraham to Moses to Jesus to Muhammad (peace be upon them all).
The word Allah comes from the Arabic word “ilâh” meaning “deity, god, divine being” combined with the definite article “al”. Put together, they make “al-Ilâh” or literally “the God” which is then elided together as “Allah”.
Essentially, "Allah" is the literal Arabic equivalent to the English word "God" with a capital "G" while the Arabic word "ilâh" is the literal equivalent of the English word "god" with a lower-case "g".
The Qur'ân uses the name Allah consistently when referring to the message of all of the prophets and to the various beliefs of all of the people.
Even when the Qur'ân quotes people of other religions saying false things about the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth, the word Allah is used.
We have, for example, where certain Jews are quoted as saying: "And the Jews say: 'The hand of Allah is tied up!' Their hands shall be shackled, and may they be cursed for what they say. Nay, both His hands are spread out, He bestows as He pleases." [Sûrah al-Mâ'idah: 64]
We have the Christian doctrine of the trinity conveyed in the following verse: "They surely disbelieve who say: 'Lo! Allah is the third of three' when there is no god but the One Allah. If they desist not from so saying a painful doom will fall on those of them who disbelieve." [Sûrah al-Mâ'idah: 73]
We also have in the Qur'ân: "And the Jews say: 'Ezra is the son of Allah', and the Christians say: 'The Messiah is the son of Allah'." [Sûrah al-Tawbah: 30]
These verses are in Arabic and use the Arabic name Allah. The fact that the Qur'ân does not shy away from using this word even when it speaks about the falsehood of the people of unbelief shows that the name "Allah" is truly universal, and can be used by anyone to refer to the true Creator of the heavens and the Earth.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) always referred to God as Allah when he discussed the beliefs of the Jews and Christians with him. They did so as well.
We have the challenge between the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) to the Christians of Najran about their false belief in the divinity of Christ. The Arabs of Najran were Arab and were certainly speaking Arabic.
We read in the Qur'ân where Allah commands His Messenger: “If any one disputes in this matter with thee, now after (full) knowledge hath come to thee, Say: Come! Let us gather together, our sons and your sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves: then let us earnestly pray. And invoke the curse of Allah on those who lie.” [Sûrah Âl-`Imrân: 61]
The people of Arabia all referred to the Creator of the heavens and the Earth as "Allah", whether they were Jews, Christians, or pagans. This is the reason why, in pre-Islamic times, many people of all three faiths already carried the name `Abd Allah.
They included the Prophet's father `Abd Allah b. `Abd al-Muttalib who died before the Prophet (peace be upon him) was born, as well as the Prophet's cousin `Abd Allah b. Abî Umayyah who only accepted Islam shortly before the conquest of Mecca.
They included the prominent Jewish rabbi of Madinah, `Abd Allah b. Salâm, who became one of the most eminent of the Prophet's Companions. Of course, he had been given the name `Abd Allah by his Jewish family long before Islam.
The measures that have recently been taken in some countries to bar non-Muslims from referring to God as "Allah" in their religious publications are quite unfortunate. The publications is question are ones written in languages where the name used for the Creator of the heavens and the Earth is the name "Allah".
The purpose behind these restrictive measures is the fear that those publications will confuse Muslims who speak those languages and who might read those publications. Be that as it may, the confusion on a global scale which is being caused by the restriction is far worse.
Islamic workers who try convey the message of Islam to Jews and Christians have been struggling against the widely held belief idea that the god of the Muslims is some exotic deity other than the one who sent Abraham, Moses, and Jesus (peace be upon them all). It has been a long and uphill effort. These recent measures in some countries to ban non-Muslims form using the name Allah have resulted in confirming and entrenching those false suspicions among non-Muslims.
It is the duty of Muslims today to redouble their efforts to teach the people of the world that there is only one true God who created the heavens and the Earth; that all of the prophets and messengers were sent by Him with the same essential teaching: to worship the Creator alone and not set up partners with Him; that Allah is the God of Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus – and Muhammad (peace be upon them all).
And Allah knows best.
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Prepared by the Research Committee of IslamToday
The name "Allah" is the Arabic word that refers to the one true God who created the heavens and the Earth – the God of all the Prophets from Adam to Noah to Abraham to Moses to Jesus to Muhammad (peace be upon them all).
The word Allah comes from the Arabic word “ilâh” meaning “deity, god, divine being” combined with the definite article “al”. Put together, they make “al-Ilâh” or literally “the God” which is then elided together as “Allah”.
Essentially, "Allah" is the literal Arabic equivalent to the English word "God" with a capital "G" while the Arabic word "ilâh" is the literal equivalent of the English word "god" with a lower-case "g".
The Qur'ân uses the name Allah consistently when referring to the message of all of the prophets and to the various beliefs of all of the people.
Even when the Qur'ân quotes people of other religions saying false things about the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth, the word Allah is used.
We have, for example, where certain Jews are quoted as saying: "And the Jews say: 'The hand of Allah is tied up!' Their hands shall be shackled, and may they be cursed for what they say. Nay, both His hands are spread out, He bestows as He pleases." [Sûrah al-Mâ'idah: 64]
We have the Christian doctrine of the trinity conveyed in the following verse: "They surely disbelieve who say: 'Lo! Allah is the third of three' when there is no god but the One Allah. If they desist not from so saying a painful doom will fall on those of them who disbelieve." [Sûrah al-Mâ'idah: 73]
We also have in the Qur'ân: "And the Jews say: 'Ezra is the son of Allah', and the Christians say: 'The Messiah is the son of Allah'." [Sûrah al-Tawbah: 30]
These verses are in Arabic and use the Arabic name Allah. The fact that the Qur'ân does not shy away from using this word even when it speaks about the falsehood of the people of unbelief shows that the name "Allah" is truly universal, and can be used by anyone to refer to the true Creator of the heavens and the Earth.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) always referred to God as Allah when he discussed the beliefs of the Jews and Christians with him. They did so as well.
We have the challenge between the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) to the Christians of Najran about their false belief in the divinity of Christ. The Arabs of Najran were Arab and were certainly speaking Arabic.
We read in the Qur'ân where Allah commands His Messenger: “If any one disputes in this matter with thee, now after (full) knowledge hath come to thee, Say: Come! Let us gather together, our sons and your sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves: then let us earnestly pray. And invoke the curse of Allah on those who lie.” [Sûrah Âl-`Imrân: 61]
The people of Arabia all referred to the Creator of the heavens and the Earth as "Allah", whether they were Jews, Christians, or pagans. This is the reason why, in pre-Islamic times, many people of all three faiths already carried the name `Abd Allah.
They included the Prophet's father `Abd Allah b. `Abd al-Muttalib who died before the Prophet (peace be upon him) was born, as well as the Prophet's cousin `Abd Allah b. Abî Umayyah who only accepted Islam shortly before the conquest of Mecca.
They included the prominent Jewish rabbi of Madinah, `Abd Allah b. Salâm, who became one of the most eminent of the Prophet's Companions. Of course, he had been given the name `Abd Allah by his Jewish family long before Islam.
The measures that have recently been taken in some countries to bar non-Muslims from referring to God as "Allah" in their religious publications are quite unfortunate. The publications is question are ones written in languages where the name used for the Creator of the heavens and the Earth is the name "Allah".
The purpose behind these restrictive measures is the fear that those publications will confuse Muslims who speak those languages and who might read those publications. Be that as it may, the confusion on a global scale which is being caused by the restriction is far worse.
Islamic workers who try convey the message of Islam to Jews and Christians have been struggling against the widely held belief idea that the god of the Muslims is some exotic deity other than the one who sent Abraham, Moses, and Jesus (peace be upon them all). It has been a long and uphill effort. These recent measures in some countries to ban non-Muslims form using the name Allah have resulted in confirming and entrenching those false suspicions among non-Muslims.
It is the duty of Muslims today to redouble their efforts to teach the people of the world that there is only one true God who created the heavens and the Earth; that all of the prophets and messengers were sent by Him with the same essential teaching: to worship the Creator alone and not set up partners with Him; that Allah is the God of Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus – and Muhammad (peace be upon them all).
And Allah knows best.
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Prepared by the Research Committee of IslamToday
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