100% Pure, 100% Quality: Allah

100% Pure?

Would you drink 100% pure mineral water or mineral water mixed with 0.00000000001% of tap water?

It is natural for us to seek "perfection", purity, in the things we eat, drink, hence even in our relationship with others; sometimes we expect people to be perfect.

For example, it is said that blackcurrants that are made into Ribena ARE CHECKED 30 TIMES before a final selection is made. Why is there such a tedious and careful procedure?

To ensure quality, perfection, purity, and 'deriving natural, 'organic' goodness (instead of artificial, genetically-engineered products which have proven to be dangerous).

So, what is THE BEST 'thing', full of quality, perfection, purity, and contains 100% natural, 100% safe goodness?

From the Holy Qur'an, Surah Al-A'raf, verse 172:

And (remember) when thy Lord brought forth from the Children of Adam, from their reins, their seed, and made them testify of themselves, (saying): Am I not your Lord? They said: Yes, verily. We testify. (That was) lest ye should say at the Day of Resurrection: Lo! of this we were unaware; (172) 

 The answer is, The Creator: Allah

 Allah is free from any type, or kind of portion of imperfection we are able to imagine.


But we are not as 'obsessed' with Allah, as we are with anything else we claim to be interested in. Furthermore, it may even be a crime or somewhat of anomaly to be obsessed with Allah. You can be obsessed with fictitious novels, animated movies, movie stars, etc, but to be obsessed with Allah, always be talking about Allah and inviting people towards Allah is a specific profession; not just for any plain Muslim.

Some people are so afraid to open their mouths to talk about Allah, like it's some kind of sin to be talking about Allah. Well, we should be careful of what we say (are we totally ignorant that we can't even say; Allah is One?), but not to the extent of being totally fearful of talking about Allah, yet being totally fearless of always being in love with other things. 

This is a wrong type of fear.


In fact, the Qur'an tells us of people who spread lies and make up 'fictitious facts' about Allah, and then Allah tells us that Allah's purity does not change a bit because of what they say:


Surah Al-Kahf, verse 4 and 5:
And to warn those who say: Allah hath chosen a son, (4) (A thing) whereof they have no knowledge, nor (had) their fathers, Dreadful is the word that cometh out of their mouths. They speak naught but a lie.

Credit Card Companies = Loan Sharks

Debt Slave: When you are no longer seen as another human being

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Credit Card Companies are Loan Sharks (in Malaysia we call them 'Ah Long') that:

1) Look better
2) Have 'the law' on its' side

At this link (Malay Article), I did not read the article at all (because I don't need convincing that the lure of 'debt' is sweet), but the video at the end of it will somewhat suffice to help you understand. The video is in English.

Have a look at this and see if you can make the connection (between control, enslavement, desire and debt) :

The ‘system’ of control: How population/behavior is 'controlled': from top to bottom

1. “The eye”. Representing the Antichrist or Al-Masih Al-Dajjal (The False Messiah)
2. World monarch
3. Crown council of 13 (world’s riches, most powerful families)
4. Committee of 300 (world’s riches, most powerful sub-families)
5. Think tanks.
6. World financial control by means of controlling bodies such as IMF, Central Banks, Tax revenue, interest revenue, etc.
7. World resource control by means of controlling corporations such as NYSE, Exxon, AT & T, etc.
8. World population control by means of controlling Governments, Religious Bodies, the media.
9. Debt slaves. 

 Note: Info taken from The Arrivals, Episode 4. The summary of it can be read at this link

But what is important here, is that we all work together to overcome this pressing enslavement which seems to leave us with no choice but "to be in debt in order to live".

Because Allah is Just and full of Abundant Mercy; but the same can not be said about lots of people who wish to gain control and power of this world, be it in any kind of portion.

To many, 'people who are crazy for control/ power/ world domination' exist only in movies and childish cartoons, and I am not surprised that we are in fact, brainwashed by what we are being made to watch*, to believe that it is purely entertainment and fictional.

*what we are being made to watch = cartoons especially, by which adults and children alike are being made to perceive as purely harmless. But the same goes for young adult cartoons as well as movies. And who ever takes any of this seriously?

Life is difficult, but Allah did not purposely intend to make life insufferable for us.
Proof? Because Allah made trade legal but riba' haram (interest, which turn people into debt slaves!)

When will come the day in which we will take the Qur'an seriously?

When will come the day when we will stop making sounds of the letters (reciting the Qur'an) and start trying to understand the meaning and try to behave according to what it says?

Hopefully the day will come sooner than the day we realize that it's too late! (Death!)

We can work together, slowly but surely, and small step by small step to "undo" the 'control by debt enslavement' and poor means of sustaining life (poor free medical services, poor free education, etc).

This may mean little to you, but asses your DEBT again (especially for the purpose of attaining an education, and how you were forced into debt without you even realizing it!) and this in fact, means a lot to all those people who weren't 'as lucky' as you are and are totally denied education.

Education means occupation/work, occupation/work means money and affording the BASIC necessities in life. (The Pearl by John Steinbeck is a good book to help you reflect on this)

We CAN undo or at least relieve the condition we live in, in which there seem to be no other way out except to be in debt in order to afford medical services, education, etc.

The way? To return to Allah's laws and the example(s) of how to do it as shown as the Messenger. Easier said than done, yet slowly but surely, if we work together, it is definitely achievable.

(Note: And I? Still struggling very hard towards what I have written here. You could bash me up for my words here, or we could help each other in trying to become better Muslims.To each his own)

The Golden Goose, Hanzalah and spendin' time for things

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I have found a nice article which lightly discusses how priorities and other things in life are to be treated. Article in Malay by Ustaz Hasrizal, click here to read the article at his blog

Something to think about

Click here!

Kami juga suci

Sejak baca novel KCB, terasa sangat2 sedih dgn bagaimana 'anak orang kaya', 'anak diplomat', 'kehidupan dato' dan datin' di gambarkan di media samada elektronik, bercetak, etc.

Kehidupan mewah, tiada agama, kebaratan, bercakap bahasa Inggeris, pakaian dan akhlak yang menjolok mata, tidak layak untuk bersama dengan 'orang-orang suci' yang kebanyakan nya di gambarkan sebagai orang miskin dan dari kampung...

Hati saya membentak: KAMI JUGA SUCI!

Baba Ali as John Gray: Communication!

Interesting things I found out today

One, an article/blog entry shedding some light on the ESQ issue, for the link, click here

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Two, this fb status:

MasyaAllah! 4 orang Presiden Amerika Syarikat yang mati dibunuh, iaitu Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley dan Kennedy, mempunyai persamaan yang mengejutkan. Mereka dibunuh kerana usaha mereka memerangi riba dalam urusan matawang. Benar lah kata-kata Allah, pengharaman riba adalah satu peperangan. 

(source)

President Lincoln

President from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.

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President Mckinley 

President from 1897-1901.

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President Garfield

President from March 4, 1881 until his death on September 19, 1881, a mere 200 days in office.

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President Kennedy

President from 1961 until his assassination in 1963

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Three, the issue of children born out of wedlock (almost 2 born every hour!) Click here.

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What a nice song :D

Love 101: Songs about love

pic googled. Romeo & Juliet, the 'timeless' zenith of "true love". Astargfirullah. Never attempt such foolishness.

Secara realiti mahupun kata-kata, kita tak boleh melampau dalam menyatakan cinta kita kepada manusia. Sayang sekali...seolah-olah lagu-lagu yang di tulis sekarang memang menggambarkan (bukan saja lagu, malahan drama, jalan cerita/plot, etc) bahawa cinta antara lelaki dan perempuan memang menuntut pengorbanan sehabis-habis nya.

Sayang sekali, kerana itu adalah sesuatu yang sesat. Dan yang TIDAK SESAT pula, iaitu sanggup bermati-matian untuk Allah, pula, yang di pandang sebagai 'melampaui batas', 'tak masuk akal', 'gila' dan sebagai nya.

Bagaimana cara nya untuk identify / kenalpasti 'lirik' lagu yang melampaui batas? Apabila kata-kata nya boleh, malahan MESTI di tujukan buat Allah saja. Seperti dalam lirik lagu ini:

Contoh Satu: "Sampai Syurga"
(pernyataan yang melampau di gelapkan)


Ku membenarkan jiwaku
Untuk mencintaimu
Ku persembahkan hidupku
Untuk bersama kamu

Dan diriku untuk kamu
Belum pernah kumerasai begitu

Semua itu telah berlalu
Harapanku palsu
Dan mungkin hari yang satu
Terus ku tertunggu

Di hatiku masih kamu
Belum pernah ku ingin terus memburu

Aku lemah tanpa kamu*
Ku inginmu dampingi ku
Aku fahami aku bukan terbaik
Untuk dirimu

Namun aku tetap aku
Yang terbaik untuk diriku
Hanya satu
Hanya kamu

Ku membiarkan hatiku
Untuk merinduimu
Ku menghamparkan sakitku
Untuk tatapan kamu

Bersamamu harapanku
Hilang dalam terang yang membutakanku

Aku lemah tanpa kamu*
Ku inginmu dampingi ku
Aku fahami aku bukan terbaik
Untuk dirimu

Sampai syurga ku menunggu
Sampai syurga ku cintamu
Hanya kamu

Dan segala yang ku ada
Ku berikan semua
Untuk dirimu saja

Ku mahu dirimu
Bahagia untuk selamanya
Biar sampai syurga
Aku menunggu cinta darimu
Agar ku sempurna

Aku fahami aku bukan terbaik
Untuk dirimu
Namun aku tetap aku
Yang terbaik tuk diriku

*berasa sedikit lemah tanpa yang tersayang di sisi tidak lah 100% salah, cuma, perlu di hadirkan dalam hati bahawa yang paling mencintai kita sentiasa bersama kita, iaitu Allah. Oleh itu terkembali lah rasa kekuatan itu, kerana kekuatan hakiki bersumber dari sumber asli cinta yang selamat lagi menyelamatkan: Allah

p/s: Saya tidak ada apa-apa against Faizal Tahir. Dia seorang penyanyi berbakat, mempunyai suara yang alhamdulillah, merdu.

pic googled. Romeo dan Juliet lagi. Mereka memanggil nya 'Trajedi' apabila dua orang bercinta tidak dapat hidup bersama, tapi sedarkah kita, ia adalah trajedi bila hati kita tidak kenal dan cinta Allah seperti mana Allah layak di cintai dan di agung kan?

Contoh Dua: "Mahakarya Cinta"

Begitu berat melangkah
Melihat kau bersamanya
Adakah aku yg salah
Atau hanya helah saja

Ku masih mencintai diri kamu
Walau kau menjauh
Ku rindu

Kau bagaikan udara
Yang membantu aku untuk terus hidup diatas dunia
Tanpamu ku lemah
Pasti aku tak berdaya
Kerna kau mahakarya cinta
Hoo..Hooh

Biarpun kau tidak mahu
Menerima kasih daku
Ku kan setia bersamamu
Sehingga ke akhir waktu

Ku tetap menyayangi diri kamu
Biar kau berlalu
Ku rindu

Kau takkan dapat aku lupakan
Kerna kau lah punca cinta kita
Mengajarkan ku erti bahagia
Temanilahku semula

Dengarlah pesanan daku
Yang masih akan menunggu

Sense of Humor: How much is too much?

 for source of illustration, see link for 'Jesus Action Figure'.

I don't like people making fun of my religion, but I also feel sad when people make fun of their own. Some people will call it creative or just plain humorous, educational even, and even money-making. For example, products/toys like "Jesus Action Figure" , "Virgin Mary Toast Stamper", Dashboard Jesus, and many more. Products like this does not actually surprise me when they are 'thinkers' and 'intellectuals' out there who even claim that religion is a disease of the mind. Astargfirullah...

But honestly, it is not these toys, products or physical idols that pose a threat. At least not anymore.

Don't believe me? Allah says in the holy Qur'an that the Yahudi and the Nasrani will NEVER be satisfied with us until we follow (read: copy) their way of living. Please check Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 120. And I mean that, go and get the translation NOW and look for 'chapter 2' on top of the page and search for verse 120.

So what I mean to say is, it's not so much of the obvious invitation to convert as much as it is a stealth-y, slow and steady, irresistible seduction to do what they do.

Note to self: Many or most will be suspicious of you, a homemaker with a degree in TESL, trying to 'talk' about religion. Never falter from the truth, no matter how it is made to look like a crime. Never. Never. Ya Muqallibal Qulub, Tsabit Qulubana 'Ala dinik!

Muslimah Berilmu: Emergency Home Birth

Link 1 (original article dari babycenter.com)

Link 2 (Versi Bahasa Melayu olahan saya)

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Secara Ringkas nya anda perlu:

1. call 999/hospital/org2 lain yg penting...UNLOCK PINTU DEPAN..
2. amek towel banyak2- letak bawah punggung
3.baring atau duduk--JANGAN DIRI
4.guide baby keluar dgn tangan, kalau boleh perlahan2 sampai keluar semua sekali maksudnya plus placenta
5.tapi kalau tak keluar takpe...rilek..
6.baringkan baby sedekatnya atas badan, lap baby
7.susukan dia kalau boleh (kalau sampai)
8.kalau tak, manipulate nipples untuk bantu susu keluar (susu keluar akan buat placenta keluar)
9.JANGAN POTONG URI SENDIRI...(kenapa tak boleh yek? medic students tolong tanye lecturer anda....)

The Medicalization of Child Birth: Adakah anda tahu?

Pic: babycenter.com

Perhatian kepada semua bakal doktor dan doktor2 yang sedia ada, selain kpd ibu2 dan bakal2 ibu bahkan juga ayah! Artikel ini untuk anda jika anda mahu menjimatkan duit serta kembali kepada amalan2 yang lebih alami

(Ayat-ayat di bawah di ambil dari sumber ini: pautan)

1.
The true horror comes in the fact that these views are being exported across the world.   As the U.S. is such a powerhouse of marketing, more impressionable regions are adapting to these customs, despite the overwhelming evidence that the U.S. approach to childbirth IS SERIOUSLY FLAWED!.

Nota: Di sini mereka menceritakan bagaimana kebiasaan/ amalan/ kepercayaan di Amerika (mengenai proses melahirkan) 'di export', 'di popular kan', di 'market' kan atau 'di tanam kan' ke negara-negara lain yang begitu terikut-ikut, mudah terpengaruh, naif ("impressionable"), WALAUPUN pada realiti nya, begitu banyak bukti menunjukkan pendekatan Amerika kepada proses kelahiran mengandungi kesalahan2 dan kesilapan yang SERIOUS!

2.
We as a country need to reach beyond our own boundaries to embrace an effective model of maternity care.  We, as women, mothers, and families, must educate ourselves as to the true process of labor and childbirth.

Nota: Di sini mereka menyatakan tindakan yang mereka akan lakukan. Jika mereka boleh mempunyai kesedaran begini, saya merasakan para muslimah juga patut SEDAR bahawa sebagai hamba2 Allah yang berdedikasi, mereka malahan lebih2 lagi patut MENUNTUT ILMU mengenai 'the true process of labor and childbirth' kerana menuntut ilmu itu fardhu dan satu bentuk ibadah kepada Allah, malah bukti dedikasi kita kepada kebenaran.

3.
We must regain our faith in our bodies' perfect ability to have a baby.  We must look at what the research is already telling us - that nature has it right!

Nota: Seorang doula pernah beritahu saya, "Yakini lah, bagaimana hati, limpa, perut, jantung, etc tahu tugas mereka masing2, begitu juga 'alam' (nature) telah program badan wanita untuk secara automatic tersedia untuk melahirkan". Ya, orang2 yang tidak kenal Allah seringkali mengagung-agungkan 'kuasa alam'. Bagaimana pula kita? Adakah kita yakini bahawa Allah Yang Maha Pengasih dengan ilmu-Nya yang super-super hebat dan luas telah menciptakan dan program badan wanita untuk melahirkan? Sayang sekali jika anda mendabik-dabik dada sebagai muslimah sejati tetapi tidak atau kurang berilmu! (Lagi2 dalam ilmu2 yang melibatkan wanita)


Kesimpulan saya: Di sini saya ingin menyeru kepada diri saya dan semua muslimah agar allocate masa, duit, perhatian serta dedikasi serta kecintaan kepada kebenaran (haq) kepada perkara-perkara seperti proses conception (persenyawaan), kehamilan, melahirkan, menyusu, kecantikan (luaran dan dalaman fizikal, ruhani-sudah pasti!), pendidikan anak-anak dan lain2. But most important of all, to realize that all this can't be achieved alone.