Salaam.

"A man without any history is like a tree without roots."
- El-Malik el-Shabbaz (Malcolm X)


May Allah bless his soul. Amin. =)

Ni masa muka bulat, rambut mcm mangkuk.
Masa cute and nakal.
Masa org asyik tanye;

"Your brother, is it?"

Hmff.

I'd go speechless. (lol)
But now, I think I'd reply;

"Oh, not really. She's, my sister, my brother, my confidant, my confidante, my rival, my student, my teacher.. my best friend."

May Allah shower His love onto lil Mastura and make her be a great muslimah. Amin.

Salaam'alaikum.

"When someone criticises or disagrees with you, a small ant of hatred and antagonsim is born in your heart. If you do not squash that ant at once, it might grow into a snake, or even a dragon." -Jalaluddin Al-Rumi

~Ihfazillah yahfazak~



p/s: sooner or later, I'm going to miss them, despite the frequent squabblings. =')


Salaam.

Salaam.

"Bad hands requires more thinking, and losing temper will only do nothing."

"Winning doesn't always mean happiness."

Sounds logical, despite it came from a HongKong movie, Mahjong.
crite tu klakar.. best, walaupun psl Mahjong, kan.. ambil pati, buang hampasnya.=)

p/s: kan dah ckp..dah ternyata.. Cinta Allah je yang tiada kecewa.. degil lah Hafizah.. grr

Salaam'alaikum.
To my fellow erm commentors? (heh)

Dear Anonymous, Wa 'alaik salam. Whoever you are, I'd like to thank you for spending your time reading and posting a very comforting comment on my humble abode. Insya Allah, if I am granted the strength, I will continue my jihad through this blog. Thank you dear sister/brother. =)

Dear Atiqah and Farahin a.k.a My Two Faithful Readers, yes, I will be missing the both of you and the other. But fret not, with Allah by our side, everything will be fine, by His will. And I thank Allah for granting me such wonderful peers. Bersyukur selalu! ;)


For the past few days, some kind of discomfort has settled in my mind and heart. It made me feel uneasy all day long and ew, what a disgraceful servant I have been. Astaghfirullah. However, I'm feeling much better now... remembering that Allah will never let us down. It is us, who are always thinking/assuming that we have been abandoned. =(

Su'udzan sesame insan tu tak baik kan? Ape lagi klw su'udzan dgn Allah..?

Astaghfirullahal 'azim.. Another sin I've committed..

Tapi kan.. kenape manusia kalau susah je baru die nak lari kpd Allah.. bila senang2, mcm fikir hidup ni penuh dgn ni'mat je.. padahal masa senang2 tu lah yg dipenuhi ujian..?
K lah. mungkin ramai amik endah tak endah dgn benda ni, actually ana pun..sebab dah senang lenang kan, mane nak pikir2 pasal ujian/masalah tu sume..?
Yup, memang betul, "Inna ma'al 'usri yusra".. ah lepas tu jgn lupe bersyukur pulak..itulah yg batinnya~

[another reminder to myself]
So everytime Allah kurniakan ni'mat, imagine this scene..

*knocks head thrice*
Mind & Heart: Hello??? Hafizah???? Aren't you forgetting something???
Me: What?
Mind & Heart: Beli chocolate Cadbury Hazelnut yg besar 3 bar. -_-"
Me: Mane ade duit?
Mind & Heart: Bersyukur lah derk!!
Me: XD Alhamdu lillah.........

~~~~~~~~~~~~
k lame. BLOGGERENTAL (!) ADVISORY: JGN IKUT.

okeh, anyway, klw dah senang2 mcm tu..misalan dah bes O level, results bagus, diberi hadiah contohnya belanje makan, jgn lupe dzikrullah~ kan ade lagu Dawud Wharnsby, Remember Allah.. Do dzikr even when you're in the garden on your knees! K cute seh part tu. Heh.

that applies to me too lah kan.. makan Seoul Garden kenyang2, abeh lupa siapa yg kasi results tu bagus.. -_-"..na'udzubillah..astaghfirullah..
K K. lesson learnt: Sentiasa bersyukur. la in syakartum la aziidannakum.
membawa maksud; kalau kamu (kite lah tu kan..) bersyukur.. akan AKU (Allah!) menambahkan kurniaNya kpd kamu (us..).. Ahh.. k k..tak leh lupa tu..

AND another thing; kalau diberi ni'mat, kite MESTI bersyukur. Kalau diberi niQmat, pun MESTI bersyukur. orang kata, "sabar...sabar...ni ujian dari Allah..". okeh. tu betul. tapi ana lagi suke mcm ni.. "bersyukurlah..syukur..kerana ni ujian dari Allah.."

kenape eh? ape bezanya?

Yok kita renungkan- kalau orang yang ditimpa musibah tu dinasihati agar bersabar, kdg2 dia dah tak tertahan lagi (yelah..sabar pun ade peringkat2nya, ok?), dia pun berkata..
"sabar sabar~ sampai bila nak sabar??".. kalau dia dinasihati agar bersyukur, ade tak kita dgr orang kata.. "syukur syukur~ sampai bila nak bersyukur??" ..? Erm, rase2 nye, tak pernah ana dgr org berckp mcm tu.. =D

alrite. that part, actually abah ana yang explain kat kitorg. baruuu ana faham. nak applykan concept ni je.. insya Allah boleh.starting from now! ;)
Lagipun, bersyukur ni best tau.. kite rase mcm dah tak perlu ape2 lagi ikut nafsu..nak benda ni, benda tu.. nafsu tu kan ibarat air laut..bila diminum, hanya menambah haus.

dah makin haus....dah makin berkurangan water supply..dahlah singapore ni kekurangan air.. dahh jadi kwn syaitan sbb membazir.. jadi, tunggu ape lagi? bersyukurlah~ ok? ;)

Idzan, qad khalastu bayaani.. heh. k. LoL. Macam lah ade org nak bace. tak pe. tak kisah. =P

Semoga kami sentiasa di bwh keRedhaanNya. Amin~! =D

Wassalam.

Salaam'alaikum.

When the whole world feels like crushing down on you, what do you do?

Answer: Nothing, cuz I've never and do not ever want to feel the sensation of the world crushing down on me.
Na'udzubillah~!

Have you ever felt a huge burden on your shoulders, mind, your heart full of sorrow and everything seems to be so out of place, and yet when someone asks, "What is the matter?", you just can't explain, not even a bit..?

To be frank, I have A LOT of matters speeding off in my mind at 3 x 10^8 m/s squared and yet I don't think I can't pour them out here, even if my initial plan of posting was to rant about my bamboozling problems.

*covers face, wipes away tears.*

You know, sometimes I do feel like deleting this blog of mine, since it doesn't seem to bring benefits to myself or others, instead it's just full of junk. I do feel really futile. It seems like I have not and can't contribute to, or rather, help my own religion, Islam. I mean, look at this weblog. It's way nothing compared to thousands of my brothers' and sisters', who have been doing/done an incredible job spreading the word of Allah. And yet, here I am, ranting on rubbish. O Allah, would'n't it be nice to help You and gaining Your Help in return? ='(

Taman Mount Austin, JB. Insya Allah I'll be going there with my father for the enrollment of AusMat. I really do pray that Allah will lead me on with the matrics programme. And I would gratefully appreciate your du'aas for me, dear readers. Syukran. May Allah bless y'all.


Ilmu Allah tu luas; mana-mana bila diperolehi.
Jadi mujahidah mesti kuat dan berani- bukan saja jasmani tetapi rohani. kalau takut nak berhijrah, sampai bila Islam nak maju? Tak mengapa, biar tiada orang yang dikenali, yang penting ALLAH kenal kita. Tuntut ilmu dgn berhijrah bukan kerana kawan, bukan kerana nama, bukan kerana pangkat, bukan kerana materi, tetapi kerana ALLAH. Biarpun tempat tu kelihatan buruk/kuno,namun ilmu yang diterima tu yang penting.

Biarpun hina di pandangan manusia,tetapi di pandangan ALLAH, sangat berbeza.
Astaghfirullah, Innallah kaana tawwaba....

Manusia... tak lari daripada sifat lalai.. lalai kerana tiada perasan akan perbuatannya.. sikapnya- su'udzan, judgemental, hasad, dengki dan mcm2 sifat ar-radzilah..
Mulut manusia tiada henti mengata, menghukum tanpa menyelidik..
Kadangkala terlupa; bahawa Allah membenci mereka yang berkata-kata tanpa amal.
kadangkala leka dengan firmanNya; "Alaisallahu bi ahkamil haakimin.."
Kenapa pula mesti bersikap judgemental terhadap yang lain..?

Duhai diri, dhaifnya dikau........
Hafizah, majulah......
Bangkitlah wahai bint Abdul Latif.....
Malulah dengan ALLAH,
nikmat yang diberi terlalu banyak
tetapi dosa sahaja yang kau kumpulkan?
Na'udzubillah!
Hinanya dirimu andai disia-siakan sahaja masa mudamu
Hafizah.......
La tahzani...
Innallaha ma'ana.....
"La tahinu, wa la tahzanu, wa antumul a'laun.."
ayat-ayat suci yang kau alunkan di rumah, di masjid, yang ditasmi'kan Ustazah Mariam..
lupakah dikau?
' Al-ilm bi laa 'amal kasy syajarah bi laa thamar'
Na'udzubillah!

Ya Rabbi, Ya Rahman, Ya Latif, Ya 'Alim.....
Aku menyerah diriku sepenuhnya kepadaMu...
Perdengarkanlah isi hatiku...
Engkau lah Al-Khabir....

-Alfaqir ilallah, Hafizah bint Abdul Latif.

Who Would Like This Twenty-Dollar Bill?

An extract from Like the Flowing River by Paulo Coelho

Cassan Said Amer tells the story of a lecturer who began a seminar by holding up a twenty-dollar bill and asking: 'Who would like this twenty-dollar bill?'

Several hands went up, but the lecturer said: 'Before I give it to you, I have to do something.'

He screwed it up into a ball and said: 'Who still wants this bill?'

The hands went up again.

'And what if I do this to it?'

He threw the crumpled bill at the wall, dropped it on the floor, insulted it, trampled on it, and once more showed them the bill- now all the ceased and dirty. He repeated the question, and the hands stayed up.

'Never forget this scene,' he said. 'It doesn't matter what I do to this money. It is still a twenty-dollar bill. So often in our lives, we are crumpled, trmapled, ill-treated, insulted, and yet, despite all that, we are still worth the same.'

***

Some of you would be wondering; what? extract from Paulo Coelho again?
Heh. I love his stories; and I love sharing my likes with others. =)

p/s: I didn't know separation could be so... hurtful. O Allah, please give me strength to face these storms. ='(

God's Signs
An extract from Like the Flowing River by Paulo Coelho

An old illiterate Arab used to pray with such fervour each night that the wealthy owner of the great caravan decided to summon him so as to talk to him.

'Why do you pray with such devotion? How do you know God exists when you don't even know how to read?'

'I do know, sir. I can read everything that the Great Celestial Father writes.'

'But how?'

The humble servant explained.
'When you receive a letter from someone far away, how do you recognise the writer?'

'By the handwriting.'

'When you receive a jewel, how do you know who made it?'

'By the goldsmith's mark.'

'When you hear animals moving about near the tent, how do you know if it was a sheep, a horse, or an ox?'

'By its footprints,' replied the owner, surprised at all these questions.

The old man invited him to come outside with him and showed him the sky.
'Neither the thing written up there, nor the desert down below, could have been made or written by the hand of man.'

***

Subhanallah.. sebab tu, yang penting tu iman & taqwa, kan?
Wallahu a'lam. Allah knows best. =)

Remember HIM ^-^

You can always tell
when Allah remembers you
Just remember Allah,
that’s all you have to do.
All you have to do
to have Allah remember you
Is just remember Allah, Julla Jullalahu!

Remember when you’re swinging
Remember when you’re singing
Remember when you’re biking
Or hiking through the trees.
Remember when you’re laughing
Remember when you’re crying
Remember when you’re working
In the garden on your knees!


Make dzikr when you’re playing
And dzikr when you’re praying
Make dzikr when you’re walking
Or standing in a line.
Make dzikr in your head
Or when you’re laying on your bed.
Make dzikr in a chair
Make dzikr anywhere!


Your dzikr is reflection
That brings Allah’s protection,
Puts you in the right direction to love Allah!


You can always tell when Allah remembers you
Just remember Allah, that’s all you have to do.
All you have to do to have Allah remember you
Is just remember Allah, Julla Jullalahu!!

-Dawud Wharnsby =D

***

heh. cute lah. Ihafazillah yahfazak. =D
La in syakartum, La aziidannakum.
Sebab tu kene bersyukur selalu, kan?
Walaupun ada D, tetap kene bersyukur! Alhamdu Lillah!
Ala tak pe.. D for donut.. heh. donut bulat buntal kat pasar 5 posen tu sedap. hmm..lama tak beli. K ape plak melalut psl donut. Hah!
Another path I should take. yup. Insya Allah.. terpaksa tglkan usrah, demi mencapai cita2..
Sorg2 pat rantauan..mcm mane ekh..
hmm... tak pe, yg penting, Just remember Allah that's all you have to do..
=D

Salaam.

The Story of the Pencil
An extract from Like the Flowing River by Paulo Coelho

A boy was watching his grandmother write a letter. At one point, he asked:
'Are you writing a story about what we've done? Is it a story about me?'

His grandmother stopped writing her letter and said to her grandson:
'I am writing about you, actually, but more important than the words is the pencil I'm using. I hope you will be like this pencil when you grow up.'

Intrigued, the boy looked at the pencil. It didn't seem very special.
'But it's just like any other pencil I've ever seen!'

'That depends on how you look at things. It has five qualities which, if you manage to hang onto them, will make you a person who is always at peace with the world.

First quality: you are capable of great things, but you must never forget that there is a hand guiding your steps. We call that hand God, and He always guides us according to His will.

Second quality: now and then, I have to stop writing and use a sharpener. That makes the pencil suffer a little, but afterwards, he's much sharper. So you, too, must learn to bear certain pains and sorrows, because they will make you a better person.

Third quality: the pencil always allows us to use an eraser to rub out any mistakes. This means that correcting something we did is not neccessarily a bad thing; it helps us to keep us on the road to justice.

Fourth quality: what really matter in a pencil is not its wooden exterior, but the graphite inside. So always pay attention to what is happening inside you.

Finally, the pencil's fifth quality: it always leaves a mark. In just the same way, you should know that everything you do in life will leave a mark, so try to be conscious of that in your every action.'

***

Wallahu a'lam =D

Salaam'alaikum

"Blog adalah ruang peribadi." So it was the 4PM debate almost 2 years ago. Despite after much explanation and points being clarified, I am still unsure about the functions of a blog. blueh. So much for a debator, hafizah. kuikuikui. >.<
blog tu online journal eh? Ouhh.. So hari2 type uh ape yg kite buat for the past few days, rase ape, jumpe sape and so forth.

Ke..blog ni wadah utk berkongsi .. letak articles bermanfaat, lagu2 menginsafkan.. hmm.. Bagus tu. Dapat jugak pahala, insya Allah. Dan keredhaanNya. K. pahala tak penting sgt. KeredhaanNya yang vital.

Ke.. blog ni semata-mata nak menunjuk2? (eh, ade eh org mcm tu? erk.) k k.. **rewind**
**delete** k. hmm.. kalau niat mcm tu kan, dah dosa kan? Erk. Takut pulak klw ana mcm tu. Astaghfirullah.. Na'udzubillah!

Tapi kan.. ana tgk blog ni mcm ade some kind of extraordinary effect on others.. maksud?
Contohnya kalau tak update,nanti pembaca2 yg lain mcm betul2 nak si pemilik blog update. And klw diabandon blog tu, mcm org terpinga2 mane si pemilik pergi ni..? Seolah2 ade daya tarikan pulak blog ni. fuhh.. The Power of Blogging. (erk!)

'ala kulli haal, 'afwan kalau ana tak update blog. Blog ni kan hak si pemilik. Nak update boleh, tak nak update pun boleh. Nak-nak kene pemilik nan malas mcm ana ni. Haa.. (hihi). Ape2 je lah. and takkan lah sampai ke tahap menyindir sbb tak update kan blog tu. muaha. stakat seh. mcm err.. mengagung2kan blog..? ish. na'udzubillah. erm.. sensitip sgt tak benda ni? 'afwan lah yer kalau sensitif tapi nak luahkan je kekeliruan yg melanda. dari dulu lah ana tak paham. so.. ana gunakan cara jln ni jgk- blogging. BINGO! that hit the bell. Blog adalah ruang perkongsian... yang menuju ke arah kebaikan. Yes! tht's right. Fullstop.

Aaaaanywayyy, MACAMLAH ade org nak bace blog ana. LoL. mcm pahaaam jek. Oh i so love that phrase. Hah!k lah akhawat n ikhwan (cett..mcm ade je pembace setia), antum nak bace blog ana, silakan. tak nak bace, lagi bagus! hehe. sbb blog ni luahan hati je kan.. tapi ana harap sgt2 antum amik yg baik je lah k. kalau yg buruk, PLS DO correct me. k? Syukran jazilan!May Allah guide us all. Amin. =D

True Story...

There was once a man who was an enemy to Islam. He had three famous questions that no person could answer. No Islamic scholar in Baghdad could answer his three questions...thus he made fun of Islam in public. He constantly ridiculed Islam and the Muslims. One day a small boy, who`s age was 10, came along and heard the man yelling and screaming at Muslims in the street. He was challenging people openly to answer the three questions.

The boy stood quietly and watched. He then decided that he would challenge the man. He walked up and told the man, "I will accept your challenge".

The man laughed at the boy and ridiculed the Muslims even more by saying, "A ten year old boy challenges me. Is this all you people have to offer!"

But the boy patiently reiterated his stance. He would challenge the man, and with Allah`s help and guidance, he would put this to an end. The man finally accepted.

The entire city gathered around a small "hill" where open addresses were usually made. The man climbed to the top, and in a loud voice asked his first question.

"What is your God doing right now?"

The small boy thought for a little while and then told the man to climb down the hill and to allow him to go up in order to address the question.

The man says "What? You want me to come down?"

The boy says, "Yes. I need to reply, right?"

The man made his way down and the small boy, age 10, with his little feet made his way up.

This small child`s reply was "Oh Allah Almighty! You be my witness in front of all these people. You have just willed that a Kafir be brought down to a low level, and that a Muslim be brought to a high level!"

The crowd cheered and screamed "Takbir"...."Allah-hu-akbar!!!"

The man was humiliated, but he boldly asked his Second question... "What existed before your God?"

The small child thought and thought.

Then he asked the man to count backwards. "Count from 10 backwards."

The man counted..."10, 9 ,8 , 7 , 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1,0"

The boy asked, "What comes before 0 ?"

The man: "I don`t know...nothing."

The boy: "Exactly. Nothing was before Allah, for He is eternal and absolute."

The crowd cheered again...."Takbir!"...."Allah-hu-akbar!!!!"

The man, now completely frustrated, asked his final question. "In which direction is your Allah facing?"

The boy thought and thought.

He then asked for a candle. A candle was brought to him. The blessed child handed it to the man and asked him to light it.

The man did so and remarked, "What is this supposed to prove?"

The young boy asked, "In which direction is light from the candle going?"

The man responded, "It is going in all directions."

The boy: "You have answered your own question. Allah`s light (noor) goes in all directions. He is everywhere. There is no where that He cannot be found.

"The crowd cheered again...."Takbir!"...."Allah-hu-akbar!!!"

The man was so impressed and so moved by the boy`s knowledge and spirituality, that he embraced Islam and became a student of the young boy.

So ended the debate.

Who was the young boy?

The young boy was one of our leaders and one of the greatest scholars,
Imam Abu Hanîfa (May Allah bless him).

***Allah knows best =D***

About Struggling...

A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the
butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could go no further.

So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon.

The butterfly then emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings.

The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time.

Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body
and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.

What the man, in his kindness and haste, did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and
the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were Allah's way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. If Allah allowed us to go through our
lives without any obstacles, it would cripple us.

We would not be as strong as what we could have been. We could never "fly"!

I asked for Strength.........
And Allah gave me Difficulties to make me strong.

I asked for Wisdom.........
And Allah gave me Problems to solve.

I asked for Prosperity.........
And Allah gave me Brain and Brawn to work.

I asked for Courage.........
And Allah gave me Danger to overcome.

I asked for Love..........
And Allah gave me Troubled people to help.

I asked for Favours.........
And Allah gave me Opportunities.

I received nothing I wanted ........
I received everything I needed!

"fatabâraka-LLahu aHsanu-l khâliqîn"
"So blessed be Allah, the best of creators!"
Sura The Believer [Al-mu'minun](23) verse 14

Insya Allah, everything will be fine..
Dia Maha Arif di kala insan tidak mengetahui..
Dia sentiasa di sisi di kala insan meninggalkan diri ini.
Kasih sayangMu lebih luas dari kemurkaanMu...
I need You Ya Rahman..