'eid Mubarak !!

Hello there!. Assalamu’alaikum, May Peace and Blessings Be Upon You,
Still early but I have no choice than to wish you ‘Eid Mubarak!! The fact than I’m leaving in a couple of minutes and my worriness about the absence of internet access at my hometown drove me to write this short post..InsyaAllah, We pray to Allah so that He accepts our Siyam(Fasting), Qiyam and Other ‘ibadah throughout this blessed month. We also pray to Allah that, hopefully this month would be a stepping stone for all of us to initiate changes in our lives(defintely a better one!) be it a major one or a minor one.Amin..Again, I wish you al of you :
>Eid Mubarak (in Arabic)
>‘Kai Zhai Jie Kuai Le’ (In Chinese)
>Selamat Hari Raya ‘eidul Fitri (In Malay)
>‘Nonbu Perunal Nal Valtukkal’ (In Tamil)
>‘Iyi Bayramlar (In Turkish)
Others..maybe you can help me =D

Anyway, have a nice ‘eid!. This song is dedicated to all of you whether I know you personally or not, to my parents definitely!, friends, blogger friends and not to forget my best friend in Egypt, Ma Xu Ming..may Allah bless you my dear. Amin.
A song by Kareem Salama-A Land Called Paradise.

Chorus:
I wanna live in a land called Paradise
I wanna go to the valley of the King
I wanna live in a land called Paradise
Wanna see the birds fly and I wanna hear the angels

Sing the praises of my Lord so far above
As I move poetically with the struggle I fall in love
I look to the left, I look to the right, and all I gaze upon
Reveals the source of flowers, rainbows, and the dew at dawn
Some see before and some see in and some see after
I let my sight pierce the chains and see the master

Chorus:
I wanna live in a land called Paradise
I wanna go to the valley of the King
I wanna live in a land called Paradise
Wanna see the birds fly and I wanna hear the angels sing

So many times in my life, I ask myself the question
What got me brought me into all this mess I'm swimming in
But pain is not and neither harm in the pool of bliss
So slap me with your hand or kiss me with your softest kiss
Tell me that you love me or that you don't like me now
Tell me you invite me or that you don't want me around
I won't cry over a world that can't change my life
I'll put my money on what lies ahead in Paradise

Chorus
I wanna live in a land called Paradise
I wanna go to the valley of the King
I wanna live in a land called Paradise
Wanna see the birds fly and I wanna hear the angels sing

I try to do right and love my wife and trade and pray and talk
I can be anywhere, do anything, and I'm mindful of God
I'm pleased in good and happy in harm and now I realize
That I already live in a land called Paradise

Chorus
I wanna live in a land called Paradise
I wanna go to the valley of the King
I wanna live in a land called Paradise
Wanna see the birds fly and I wanna hear the angels

I wanna live in a land called Paradise
I wanna go to the valley of the King
I wanna live in a land called Paradise
Wanna see the birds fly and I wanna hear the angels sing

I wanna hear the angels sing...

p/s:Thanks to Sis. Zabrina for sharing this.

Of Love Letter & The Holy Qur’an

Recently, a friend of mine had reminded me something of great significance. Something, which I personally take it easy though it is not really the case!. Something which I supposed to put it close to my heart, yet I always pretend that I know it and understand it inside out!. Astaghfirullah, May Allah forgive me.

While having a small discussion at the mosque, this friend of mine asked me,

“Dear brother, What would you do if you are in love with someone and it happened to be that this lover of yours is not of the same race/ethnic with you.? Then one day, she sent you a love letter but it is written in the language that you could not understand. I mean it’s written in the language of your lover. You cannot understand even a single word but this letter is extremely important for you. What do you then??”. “Erm.Quite an interesting discussion” I said in my heart. Then I answered: “My dear brother, definitely I’ll try the best of my abilities to translate that letter! It doesn’t matter how and how long but the most important thing is as long as I can read and understand the letter, I would be really happy as it is given by my lover! !Don’t you agree !.

Then he said,
“That is how you should look at the Holy Qur’an. It is given by your first and your Only Lover Who is truly incomparable. In fact, He loves you so much to the extent that He sent you a complete code of life which is the Holy Qur’an. Now, it is up to you how would try to understand it”.

Astaghfirullah..Indeed he was right. I am not an Arabic speaking person nor do I an Arab of origin. However, does it mean that it restricts me from understanding this precious and the most valuable ‘letter’ that was given to me? O Allah, how much efforts have I done to understand this ‘love letter’ which of utmost importance in my life? Do I really appreciate this ‘love letter’ that You have given me Ya Allah? If yes, in what ways do I appreciate it? If not why it is so Ya Allah?.
Subhanallah.. Thank you to this friend of mine. With the grace of Allah, he had reminded me something which is really important. Yes, definitely I cannot say that, well he is a native speaker of Arabic, that’s why it’s not a big deal for him. Such argument is totally unacceptable at the first place!. The fact that this ‘love letter’ was sent down in Arabic does not mean that it is only for the Arabs to understand it. Nor does it mean God is being unfair at the first place. It is totally absurd to say that. The main point here is that, If I really appreciate this ‘love letter’ which is given to me by the Most special ‘Individual’ in my life, definitely I would try to make effort to understand it though it takes days and nights to get even a glimpse of that ‘letter’. It is all depending on me. Do I just want to sit with the “letter’ in front of me while knowing that by not doing anything I won’t get anything in return? Or do I make efforts of trying to open up the dictionaries (at least) or to go the experts so that they can help me translating that letter? The choice is in my hands. As the saying goes, “you reap what you sow”.

AllahuA’lam (Allah knows Best).

Ramadhan: A Gift To The Beloved

Subhanallah, it’s been halfway already for the fasting month of Ramadhan.
I couldn’t say anything but time is moving extremely fast. I feel like I am still walking at a slow pace while Ramadhan is gearing up and racing at such an extreme pace leaving me thousand miles behind!. In fact it’s been 15 days already!.

Wow, this is really frightening if you ask me. Why is it frightening anyway?.

The fact that I had not taken seriously the ‘prize’ that all the people along the way had reminded me with if I win this ‘race’ is definitely something which is very shameful and such a big lost. Meaning that, along the way there are so many people supporting me and keep encouraging me to reach my final destination as the prize is really worth to be won. In fact, you cannot get it in a normal competition or race. The race is something which only takes place once in a year and you cannot guarantee yourself that you can enter the same race next year!.Yes, who knows, you might not live that longer or you might even be sick at that particular moment.

However, the problem is, despite that I know such ‘prize’ is extremely valuable, still I am moving at a slow pace. Why does it happen anyway?. Isn’t it supposed to be that, the ‘prize’ would motivate me to try my best to win this race? Or is it that, I am not interested with the prize? This one, I don’t think so. Erm..I assume that maybe I don’t put myself wholeheartedly to this race. That is why, sometimes I run fast but most of the time I am walking though!.

Dear friends, I am so sorry if I have put jigsaw puzzle in your mind. You might even think that I am hallucinating I guess! =D
I can assure you that I’m not! What I am trying to imply here is, this month of Ramadhan is something like a race as I see it. The ‘supporters’ would be the verses from the Qur’an and the sayings of Rasulullah as to show how they are telling us so many wisdoms behind the month of Ramadhan and thus encouraging us to increase our deeds or ‘amal .In fact, Taqwa (God Fearing) is said to be the prominent goal for fasting as it is mentioned in one of the verses of the Qur’an. As such, the final destination of the race exemplifies Taqwa. The ‘prize’ would be the so many bounties, blessings and gifts which are bestowed from God to the human being. What makes you qualify to gain and acquire this is when, you wholeheartedly embrace the spirit of Ramadhan and subsequently try the best of your ability to reach your final destination which is Taqwa. Only then, you would know how significant it is to measure your pace-whether to make it faster or even ending the race in a slow manner..(Drum please!!)....And the winner is....

AllahuA’lam (Allah knows Best).