Unfinished

Bismillah..

"under the same sky"

the stark contrast against the dark sky

a clean split, despite being whole

one half shadowed, another illuminated

seeing you so bright

yet..incomplete

and there's this ache

can only name one for its pain

"unfinished"

why did you told me, KM?

the one to introduce us about Surah Asy-syams

why are you led astray? :"(

...up until now, I've always believed

if you meet because of Allah

you can only part because of Allah

because if anything

I hope you'd be my family/ neighbor in Jannah

to leave now

for reasons tied to dunya

I can't accept it

would always wait

for you to come back

a teacher once confessed this

no matter what

your heart is always tied to the brother you had faith tied to

would always keep on hoping

when the day came

when he appeared (returned)

no words can describe it

or rather

only one could

"found"

June 2012

these hearts break

but we're waiting

Le Familia

we're here

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To Forgive..

Bismillah..

"The heart of a muslim is like a bird.."

Abdullah Ibn ‘Abbas reported that the Prophet Muhammad said, "It is my desire/love that Surahtul Mulk should be in the heart of every Muslim’"

Abu Huraira reported that Muhammad said, “The Qur’an contains a surah of thirty ayats which will intercede for a man until he is forgiven. It is: ‘Blessed be He Who has the Kingdom in His Hand!’ 

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"Jadilah engkau pemaaf.."

"Jadilah engkau pemaaf dan suruhlah orang mengerjakan yang ma'ruf, serta berpalinglah dari pada orang-orang yang bodoh." 

Surah Al-A'raf,7:199

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"..yang bersih hati dan lapang dada"

Dalam suatu riwayat disebutkan bahwa Abdullah bin 'Amr dibikin penasaran oleh ''keistimewaan'' salah seorang Anshar. 

Pasalnya, setiap kali melihat orang itu, Nabi SAW selalu berkata, ''Ini dia calon penghuni surga!'' 

Setelah diteliti dan diselidiki, Abdullah menjadi tahu keistimewaan orang itu. 

Dia adalah orang yang bersih hati dan lapang dada. 

(H.R. Ahmad).

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5 jenis dugaan yang kerap ditimpa seorang muslim adalah:

i) Orang Mukmin yang dengki kepadanya

ii) Orang Munafiq yang membencinya

iii) Orang kafir yang mahu memeranginya

iv) Syaitan yang hendak menyesatkannya

v) Nafsu yang sentiasa bertarung dengannya

..dan ciri-ciri Imaniyyah untuk menjadi manusia yang Rabbani (iaitu beberapa sifat-sifat yang terkandung di dalam ayat suci) adalah:

i) Orang yang sentiasa bertaubat

ii) Orang yang ‘abid

iii) Orang yang sentiasa bertahmid memuji Allah Subhanahu Wata’ala

iv) Orang yang berpuasa atau berkelana

v) Orang yang rukuk dan sujud

vi) Orang yang sentiasa menyuruh yang ma’ruf, mencegah yang munkar

vii) Orang yang sentiasa menghormati batasan-batasan Allah SubhanahuWata’ala

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The growing

Bismillah..

from a ghuraba

to this nation's "Negara Zikir"

only You could've made it happened, O Allah

Ya Rahman~ Ya Rahim~

My praise could never exceed Your own :")

The Prophet and Messenger of Allah (alayhi salatul wasalam) has told us in an authentic hadith, "Islam began as something strange, and it will return as something strange, so give glad tiding to the strangers (ghurabaa)." (Collected by Muslim)

Katakanlah: "Aku tidak berkuasa menarik kemanfaatan bagi diriku dan tidak (pula) menolak kemudharatan kecuali yang dikehendaki Allah. Dan sekiranya aku mengetahui yang ghaib, tentulah aku membuat kebajikan sebanyak-banyaknya dan aku tidak akan ditimpa kemudharatan. Aku tidak lain hanyalah pemberi peringatan, dan pembawa berita gembira bagi orang-orang yang beriman".

Surah Al-A'raf, 7: 188

left behind

not ghostly footprints

but live words

Alhamdulillah~ :")

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白

Bismillah..

belajar erti ikhlas

agar mengapai redhaMu

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Heartstrung

Bismillah..

5 years and counting..

it's my favorite picture of us

standing there, backdrop of a waterfall

5 years had passed

and I can hardly believed it

to stand there, to still be here

together

when life had ripped from us

through obstacles

through loose threads

am still dumbfounded

is it true?

is this ukhuwwah real?

5 years later

what it'll be?

my loves, you said your heartbeats were loud

at the thought of going back there

what is this, O Allah swt?

to remind us

why we met (because of Allah swt)

what we vow to uphold (ibadah & khalifah)

who we are to be (a true muslim - solat, ibadah, life and death)

"Hadis daripada Abu Hurairah,Rasulullah S.A.W bersabda...

Apabila akhirat nanti, ada 7 orang yang akan mendapat naungan Allah.Mereka adalah..dua lelaki (sahabat) yang berkasih sayang kerana Allah, bertemu dan berpisah  kerana Allah  dgn mengharapkan keredhaannya..."

I want to see that video again

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Live records

Bismillah..

Walls have memories

sands are witnesses

times may change, but places..

existence lingers

words drift as whispers of the wind

but the land remembers

of long-held expectations

the way universe would hum in anticipation

till the day arrived

then,

why weep?

dear clouds

heart-broken as you are

you're still there

high up in the sky

cry is a sign of mercy

there is hope

as long as there's one who held unto his legacy

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sound of the ocean

Bismillah..

I heard it again

the loud gentle roar

deep ocean,

what knowledge you wanted me to partake?

twas' the tale of Nabi Yunus a.s,

who got tired of his people (in their disbelieving/ disobeying Allah swt)

and he ran

to catch a ship voyage to the sea 

to a new land

to new people

yet, Allah swt planned differently

the sky thundered

and the sea shaken

"what?" "why?", they asked

what could've made the God angry?

they put everything to chance

that for the one who lost

be thrown to the sea

once, twice

what is this?

why is the most gentle, soleh man lost in this game of chance

He finally understood

O Allah swt, am I one of the dzalimun?

thrown to the sea

 suddenly a huge figure arose

a deep voice that reflects the sound of the deepest ocean

swallowed in the belly of the beast

or rather, another of His hamba

the whale (nun) fasted as Nabi Yunus a.s had fasted

to preserve his live of 40 days

until he truly gets it

I did wrong

I did wrong

I'm sorry, please forgive me

verily I did a grave wrong

in a half-conscious state, the whale (nun) threw up, along with his body to the shore

papaya trees grew nearby

he took strength, nurse himself back to health

and came back to his people

to his surprise

in his absence, his last warning had gripped their hearts and they repented

before they could proclaim their syahdah from him

he had dissapeared (escaped to the sea)

now that he had returned...

Alhamdulillah~ Alhamdulillah~ Alhamdulillah~ :")

now I know, O Allah
that tale was to comfort me, wasn't it? :")
sound of deep ocean

"And [mention] the man of the fish, when he went off in anger and thought that We would not decree [anything] upon him. 
And he called out within the darknesses, "There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers.
So We responded to him and saved him from the distress. And thus do We save the believers."
Al-Anbiya, 21:87-88

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O Allah

only You know what war I'm fighting

help me

help me to be stronger than I already am

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Words

Bismillah..

"Dari Abu Hurairah radhiallahuanhu, sesungguhnya Rasulullah Shallallahu’alaihi wasallam bersabda: Siapa yang beriman kepada Allah dan hari akhir hendaklah dia berkata baik atau diam, siapa yang beriman kepada Allah dan hari akhir hendaklah dia menghormati tetangganya dan barangsiapa yang beriman kepada Allah dan hari akhir maka hendaklah dia memuliakan tamunya"

 - Riwayat Bukhori dan Muslim

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Patience

Bismillah..

Sayyidina ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab once said, “If gratitude and endurance were two camels, I would not mind which of the two I mounted."

Both gratitude and endurance are provisions for the Muslim on his journey towards Allah swt. This was why the following verse has been repeated many times in the Noble Qur’an,

“Surely, therein are signs for ever patient [and] thankful person. ”

 Ibrahim, 14: 5

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