Love starts from eyes...
grows with dreams and end with tears...
but UKHUWWAH starts with Ta'aruf,
grows with Tadhiyah and
everlasting in JANNAH. Ameen
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Rancang dengan apa yang ada di tangan
Bukan yang kita angan-angankan
Ohh... kita membina cita dan harapan
Bukan mimpi dan igauan
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EPILOG SILAM
Dalam mengenang kisah hidup silam
Ku sedar dari kesilapan lalu
Tuhan beratnya dosa-dosaku
Masih adakah ampunan buatku...
Tuhan... dalam menempuh hidup ini
Banyaknya dugaan datang menguji
Tuhan... ada yang dapat kugagahi
Dan ada yang gagal kuhindari
Tuhan dosaku menggunung tinggi
Tapi taubatku tak kutepati
Tuhan... rahmatMu melangit luas
Terlalu sedikit ku bersyukur
Kini ku kembali padaMu
Mengharap maghfirah dariMu
Moga terampunlah dosa-dosaku
Biarpun ujian melanda,
Ku tetap berkasih padaMu
Kerna kuyakin kasihMu
Kekal tiada sudahnya.
One Thousand Million Smile
by Allahyarham Sudirman
There's a gift I'd like to give you
That can't be bought or sold
A ray of sunshine across the waters
That comes straight from the soul
Let us join our hands together
To bind the colours of our skin
A rainbow under GOD's Great heaven
A sign that love will always win
One thousand million smiles
I bring to you across the miles
In my land of sunshine
Or in your land of snow
Makes no difference where you are
If you let your feeling show
One thousand million ways
To love each other every day
For the poet and the old man
For the mother and the child
These One thousand million smiles
If the world is full of sorrow
Then what's the meaning of life
If war's the master of the house
And hunger is his wife ooo...
But a shining bridge of lovin' smiles
And tender helping hands
Will bind all men on earth together
And will forever stand
So here I Stand with heart in hand
I bring this gift from my homeland
So take these smiles and sweets hellos
Keep then in your heart where ever you may go
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Damba Cinta Mu
dendangan kumpulan nasyid Raihan
Tuhanku ampunkanlah segala dosaku
Tuhanku maafkanlah kejahilan hambaMu
Ku sering melanggar laranganMu
Dalam sedar ataupun tidak
Ku sering meninggalkan suruhanMu
Walau sedar aku milikMu
Bilakah diri ini kan kembali
Kepada fitrah sebenar
Pagi ku ingat petang ku alpa
Begitulah silih berganti
Oh Tuhanku Kau pimpinlah diri ini
Yang mendamba cintaMu
Aku lemah aku jahil
Tanpa pimpinan dariMu
Ku sering berjanji depanMu
Sering jua ku memungkiri
Ku pernah menangis keranaMu
Kemudian ketawa semula
Kau Pengasih Kau Penyayang Kau Pengampun
Kepada hamba-hambaMu
Selangkah ku kepadaMu
Seribu langkah Kau pada ku
Tuhan diri ini tidak layak ke syurga Mu
Tapi tidak pula aku sanggup ke neraka Mu
Ku takut kepadaMu
Ku harap jua padaMu
Moga ku kan selamat dunia akhirat
Seperti rasul dan sahabat
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SUCCESS
Success will come
to those who dream the impossible,
who willingly make sacrifices,
Who refuse to accept defeat,
who keep going
though the path gets tougher by day,
You are the person who knows
what success means,
You've devoted yourself to
accomplishing the goals you believe in,
You are not afraid to be a little different,
but continue to find solutions to your dreams,
You have a strong sense of purpose,
readily accepting challenges along the way,
You are succces...
Keep believing in yourself
and find happiness in the days ahead....
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TO REALIZE
To realize
The value of a sister,
Ask someone Who doesn't have one.
To realize
The value of ten years:
Ask a newly Divorced couple.
To realize
The value of four years:
Ask a graduate.
To realize
The value of one year:
Ask a student who Has failed a final exam.
To realize
The value of nine months:
Ask a mother who gave birth to a still born.
To realize
The value of one month:
Ask a mother who has given birth to
A premature baby.
To realize
The value of one week:
Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize
The value of one hour:
Ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.
To realize
The value of one minute:
Ask a person
Who has missed the train, bus or plane.
To realize
The value of one-second:
Ask a person
Who has survived an accident.
To realize
The value of one millisecond:
Ask the person
who has won a silver medal in the Olympics
Time waits for no one.
Treasure every moment you have.
You will treasure it even more when
you can share it with someone special.
To realize the value of a friend:
Lose one.
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A story of life..................................
An old American Muslim lived on a farm in the
mountains of eastern Kentucky
with his young grandson.
Each morning Grandpa was up early
sitting at the kitchen table
reading his Quraan. His grandson wanted
to be just like him and tried
to imitate him in every way he could.
One day the grandson asked,
"Papa, I try to read the Quraan just
like you but I don't understand it,and what I do
understand I forget as soon as I close the book.
What good does reading the Quraan do?"
The Grandfather quietly turned from putting coal in
the stove and replied,
"Take this coal basket down to the river
and bring me back a basket of water."
The boy did as he was told,
but all the water
leaked out before he got back to the house.
The grandfather laughed and said,
"You'll have to move a little faster next time,
" and sent him back to the river
with the basket to try again.
This time the boy ran faster,
but again the basket
was empty before he returned home.
Out of breath, he told his
grandfather that it was impossible
to carry water in a basket,
and he went to get a bucket instead.
The old man said,
"I don't want a bucket of water; I
want a basket of water.
You're just not trying hard enough,"
and he went out the door
to watch the boy try again.
At this point, the boy
knew it was impossible,
but he wanted to show his grandfather
that even if he ran as fast as he could,
the water would leak out
before he got back to the house.
The boy again dipped the basket into
river and ran hard,
but when he reached his grandfather
the basket was again empty.
Out of breath, he said,
"See Papa, it's useless!"
"So you think it is useless?"
The old man said,
"Look at the basket."
The boy looked at the basket
and for the first time
realized that the basket was different.
It had been transformed from
a dirty old coalbasket
and was now clean, inside and out.
A friend forwarded this story to me.
So I don't know whether this is true or not.
But, it tells us that
Al-Quraan has the healing power
to purify dirty souls.
Wallahu'alam.
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I would like to share with you guys
the lyrics of the theme song of
my favourite anime, Fruit Basket.
The animation is about Tohru,
the protagonist in the story.
FRUITS BASKET
I was so happy, you were laughing
With a smile that melts everything away
Spring is still far away, inside the cold earth,
Waiting for the time to sprout
For instance, even if today is painful
And yesterday's wounds remain
I want to believe that I can free my heart and go on
I cannot be reborn
But I can change as I go on, so
Let's stay together always
For instance, even if today is painful
Someday it will become a warm memory
If you leave everything up to your heart
I understand the meaning our living here
It is to know the joy of having been born
Let's stay together always
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Sebuah puisi lama, hasil nukilan
ketika masih berada di UKM.
HAKIKAT PERJUANGAN
Manusia selalu berkata bahawa
hidup itu satu perjuangan,
Tapi pernahkah ia terfikir harga yang
harus dibayar untuk membeli sebuah
perjuangan?
Lidah petah berkata,
tangan menghayun ke kanan dan ke kiri,
Pernahkah terlintas
hakikat perjuangan di hati naluri?
Di sana sini manusia sibuk bermegah diri,
Melaungkan itu dan ini,
Tidak terfikirkah
amanat Allah yang ditanggung selama ini,
Sedangkan lidah asyik berbicara,
Sehingga pesanan Rasulullah
dianggap enteng cuma,
Tidakkah terfikir balasan dan azab di neraka,
Atau sudah yakin diri akan mendiami syurga,
Sedarlah hanya Allah Penentu Segala.
Banyak orang ingin berjuang....
Tapi sayang sekadar
melukut di tepian gantang,
Melepaskan batuk di tangga,
Tanpa memahami...
erti perjuangan yang sebenarnya,
Kabur dengan hala tuju perjuangannya,
Hanya melihat, mendengar dan menurut,
Tanpa menimbangkan dengan akal,
Ingat, anugerah Allah bukan untuk dipersia,
Gunakanlah ia dengan sebaik mungkin,
Ayuhai sahabat,
Jangan biarkan mindamu
dijajah sewenangnya,
Fikir dulu sebelum bertindak,
Rasulullah sering berpesan,
Janganlah ada di antara kamu
menjadi manusia yang tidak berpendirian..
Berpegang teguh
pada Al-Quran dan As-sunnah
Insya-Allah,
dirimu tidak terkapai dilambung ombak.
Sesungguhnya
perjuangan menuntut pengorbanan,
Takwa, Ikhlas dan Sabar,
Disatukan menjadi kekuatan,
Perkukuhkan dirimu dengan ilmu di dada,
Hanya orang berilmu mampu menilai,
Hakikat perjuangan yang sebenarnya,
Percayalah ia bukan mudah,
Menuntut segala pemahaman
zahir dan batin,
Berjuanglah sebagai hamba Allah,
Yang hanya
ingin mencari keredaan-Nya.
Jangan anggap dirimu yang paling baik,
Andai imanmu
tidak seteguh Saidina Abu Bakar,
Atau dirimu
tidak seberani Khalid Al-Walid
di medan perjuangan,
Usahlah
menabur kata-kata nista tentang orang lain,
Hisab dirimu,
sejauh mana hubunganmu dengan Al-Khaliq...
Jadilah pejuang Islam yang tulen,
Istiqamah dengan perjuangan,
Beriman dengan hati,
Menilai dengan ilmu,
Membuktikan dengan amalan,
Itulah hakikat perjuangan............
NUR ISLAMI
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Another poem that appreciates women
but until now, I am unsure of the writer
of this particular poem. If anybody knows,
please let me know OK,
Jazakallahu khairan kathira.
WANITA : AKAL SENIPIS RAMBUTNYA
Jangankan lelaki biasa,
Nabi pun terasa sunyi tanpa wanita,
Tanpa mereka, hati, fikiran,
dan perasaan lelaki akan resah,
Masih mencari walaupun ada segalanya...
Apa yang tidak ada di syurga,
namun Adam tetap rindukan Hawa,
Pada wanitalah lelaki memanggil
ibu, isteri atau pun puteri,
Dijadikan wanita dari
tulang rusuk yang bengkok,
Untuk diluruskan oleh lelaki,
Tapi kalau lelaki sendiri tidak lurus...
Mana mungkin kayu yang bengkok
menghasilkan bayang yang lurus,
Luruskan wanita dengan jalan yang ditunjukkan Allah,
Kerana mereka dicipta
sebegitu rupa oleh Allah.
Didiklah mereka dengan panduan dariNya,
Janganlah cuba
menjinakkan mereka dengan harta,
Kerana nantinya mereka semakin liar,
Janganlah
menghiburkan mereka dengan kecantikan,
Kerana nantinya mereka semakin menderita,
Yang sementara itu
tidak dapat menyelesaikan masalah.
Kenalkan mereka kepada Allah,
Zat yang kekal,
Di situlah punca kekuatan dunia,
Akal senipis rambutnya,
tebalkanlah ia dengan ilmu,
Hati serapuh kaca,
kuatkanlah ia dengan iman,
Perasaan selembut sutera,
hiasilah ia dengan akhlak,
Suburkanlah ia,
kerana dari situlah nantinya
mereka akan lihat,
Nilaian dan keadilan Tuhan...
Bisikkan ke telinga mereka bahawa,
Kelembutan bukan satu kelemahan,
Ia bukan diskriminasi Tuhan,
Sebaliknya di situlah kasih sayang Tuhan,
Wanita yang lupa hakikat kejadiannya,
Pasti tidak terhibur dan tidak menghiburkan...
Tanpa ilmu, iman dan akhlak,
Mereka tidak akan lurus
bahkan akan membengkok,
Itulah akibatnya
andainya wanita tidak kenal Tuhannya
Bila wanita derhaka,
dunia lelaki akan huru-hara,
Lelaki pula
janganlah mengharapkan ketaaatan
tetapi binalah kepimpinan,
Pastikan
sebelum memimpin wanita menuju Ilahi,
Pimpinlah diri sendiri kepadaNya,
Jinakkan diri pada Allah,
Nescaya akan jinaklah segala-galanya,
Di bawah pimpinanmu..
Janganlah mengharapkan isteri semulia
Fatimah Az-Zahra’
Andai peribadimu tidak sehebat
Saidina Ali Karamallahu Wajhah...
Woman Work
I’ve got the children to tend
The clothes to mend
The floor to mop
The food to shop
Then the chicken to fry
The baby to dry
I got company to feed
The garden to weed
I’ve got the shirts to press
The tots to dress
The cane to be cut
I gotta clean up this hut
Then see about the sick
And the cotton to pick.
Shine on me, sunshine
Rain on me, rain
Fall softly, dewdrops
And cool my brow again.
Storm, blow me from here
With your fiercest wind
Let me float across the sky
‘Til I can rest again.
Fall gently, snowflakes
Cover me with white
Cold icy kisses and
Let me rest tonight.
Sun, rain, curving sky
Mountain, oceans, leaf and stone
Star shine, moon glow
You’re all that I can call my own.
By Maya Angelou (b. 1928)
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The Value of Mother
A little boy came up to his mother
in the kitchen one evening while
she was fixing supper,
and he handed her
a piece of paper that
he had been writing on.
After his mom dried her hands
on an apron, she read it, a
nd this is what it said:
For cutting the grass: $5.00
For cleaning up
my room this week: $1.00
For going to the store for you: .50
Babysitting my kid brother
while you went shopping: .25
Taking out the garbage: $1.00
For getting a good report card: $5.00
For cleaning up and
raking the yard: $2.00
Total owed: $14.75
Well, his mother looked at
him standing there,
the boy could see the memories
flashing through her mind.
She picked up the pen,
turned over the paper he'd written on,
and this is what she wrote:
For 9 months I carried you while
you were growing inside me: No Charge.
For all the nights that I've sat up with you,
doctored and prayed for you: No Charge.
For all the trying times, and all the tears
that you've caused through the years: No Charge.
For all the nights that were filled with dread,
and for the worries I knew were ahead: No Charge.
For the toys, food, clothes,
and even wiping your nose: No Charge,
Son, When you add it up,
the cost of my love is: No Charge.
When the boy finished reading
what his mother had written,
there were big tears in his eyes,
and he looked straight at his mother
and said, "Mum, I sure do love you".
And then he took the pen
and in great big letters he wrote:
"PAID IN FULL"
"Your Lord ( ALLAH ) has decreed that
you should worship nothing except Him,
and show) kindness to your parents,
whether one or both of them attain old age
(while they are) still with you,
never say to them 'Shame! nor scold either of them.
Speak to them in a generous fashion.
Protect them carefully and say:
'My Lord, show them mercy,
just as they cared for me as a little child'"
[Surah 17:23-24].
Sahabat, tanpamu, perjuangan ini tidak bermakna.....
Teman Sejati (Brothers)
Selama ini
Ku mencari-cari
Teman yang sejati
Buat menemani
Perjuangan suci
Bersyukur kini
PadaMu Illahi
Teman yang dicari
Selama ini
Telah ku temui
Dengannya di sisi
Perjuangan ini
Senang diharungi
Bertambah murni
Kasih Illahi
Kepada Mu Allah
Ku panjatkan doa
Agar berkekalan
Kasih sayang kita
Kepada mu teman
Ku pohon sokongan
Pengorbanan dan pengertian
Telah ku ungkapkan
Segala-galanya...
Kepada Mu Allah
Ku pohon restu
Agar kita kekal bersatu
Kepada mu teman
Teruskan perjuangan
Pengorbanan dan kesetiaan
Telah ku ungkapkan
Segala-galanya
Itulah tandanya
Kejujuran kita
