Random thoughts…

Malaysian politicians says the darndest things….Really…are they even thinking?

Most of them..are  so corrupt that  a bunch of 12 year olds will not elect them as  their class monitor…and yet we see them babling on tv and newspapers…

Allah help us all…

“It’s a Miracle!!”

After an earthquake shoke  a country…a tsunami hit an island…we’ll always hear some structures that were “miraculously” spared…an old mosque maybe…an old building or two..which mysteriously survive even though a more modern building crumbles…

A mosque survives the tsunami

A mosque  survives an earthquake

A miracle is one way to see it…we can just go on with our lives like usual after that….a miracle is unexplainable as it is…so,why ponder?

But there’s always another view….what if,the buildings that survived..were actually built to last longer,better…with standard more than that were destroyed…The Standard of Allah….

As Sunnatullah(Law of Allah)…will always prefer the better and the best than the lesser ones(eventhough principally it’s good)….hence as Ali karramallah hu wajhah said something like this

“ the Good(Haqq) without a system will always lose to the Bad(Baatil) with a better system”

..how very true…

Pyramids..built to last..most probably they’ll still be here for another thousand year

Imagine a group of people building a structure..using the best materials,from the best plan of the best architects…it’s destined to last longer than a building made by lazy people,using a plan made hastily(or from an unprofessional man)from greed…it’s just plain logic….

Now…are we doing our jobs according to Allah’s Standard…or are we just building “something” that will collapse on our heads in the near future…

Hopefully…a lesson is learnt from the stadium

Wallahualam…

PS: This Article was inspired from a talk by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf

on the word “Doctor”

Somehow along these few months I’m working as one… I forgot that a doctor doctors..

It’s a “verb” as much as it it a “noun”…

Then I stumbled upon a Russian textbook..and read the deontology and ethics part….though ironically in Russian the word “VRACH@DOCTOR”  can be translated as “to tell lies”…But in more ancient time.. it means “to talk”

Meaning that a “doctor” is someone who has the ability to talk and help patients with words…

a Latin proverb stated” DIXI et ANIMAM LEVAVI”-”I said and thus I relieved pain”..now I wonder if I’ve ever relieved anyone’s pain with my words..maybe I’ve even elevated it…

Tomorrow’s my 1st Neonate call…

Before and After…

Sometimes I feel that I’m always meant to be “the guy from that unknown place”

Present day

“So..from where did you graduate?”

“Russia”

“Wa..really?Moscow?Siberia?”

“Nope..from Volgograd..more southern skit”

(Blank stare…)

(Trying to be more helpful) “Previously known as Stalingrad…the Statue of Mother Russia is there you know”(not to forget the gesture of how the statue raises her arm”

(Blank stare…)

“It’s about 1000km from Moscow… “

“Wow…that’s far” (at this point we both know the conversation is over)

“Yea…let’s talk about something else…”

and About 6 years ago

“Hey foreigner..where are you from..India?China?Vietnam?”

“Nope I’m from Malaysia” (beaming cause “everyone” must have heard about KLCC,Sepang or KLIA)

(Blank stare..)

“It’s kinda between Thailand and Singapore..”

“Indonesia?”

“no..no..between them..”

“Filipina?”

“no..no..between them…we’re right in the middle”

“India?”

“Let’s talk about the weather shall we…”

*There were no actual conversations like these two examples…but both of them summarised them all…

My Eid in Malaysia(After 6 years abroad)

FAMILY

1st day raya..

Sarsi + Orange:  TZA’s cocktail..hopefully none of the kids who drank this had diarrhea..

My grandparents with their latest great-grand daughter(my cousin’s daughter)

Our extended family together(though missing a few),from moyangs to cicits….

COLLEAGUES

2nd and 3rd Raya…

Mr Nik’s house(our head of department,rightmost in the pic)

Miss Ain’s house(1 of the Surgeons)

Some of the HOs and MOs from the department at my place

MAAHADIAN(SPM 01) REUNION

3rd Raya..

After 7 years..we met again in Duan’s house.kudos to one of the guys who sponsored all the food…

Guys from my batch(half of us couldn’t fit the pic)..we’ve reached all continents studying@working..from ustazs to surveyors…a warm up before the big 2011 grand reunion..InsyaAllah…

Selamat Pengantin Baru…Updated(at last..)

This summer gets busier with weddings…..hehe..

Congrats to:

-Ain and Muneer(juniors in Moscow’s M2)

-Hanif and Anis(Juniors in Moscow and Nizny Novgorad)

-Yakin(my Senior in Maahad) and Wife

-Nadia(My sis) and Aliff( both Juniors in M2)

-Hazimi(my housemate and groupmate in Russia for 6 years) and Mahfuzah

-Yana(my  second cousin) and Husband

-Matpih and Zura(Juniors in Volgo)

-Idham(batchmate in Moscow) And Wife

-Afiq Awe and Dayah(Juniors in Moscow)

-Che Din(Junior in Moscow) and Wife

-Fakhrullah(Junior in Moscow) and Wife

-Abang Hairul Nizam and Wife

and others that I forgot(maybe my postman got married)..

senyuman yakin menandakan sesi akad berjaya

yakin n wife

senyuman lebar pengantin dan bonda

cerap bergambar dekat jimi..mungkin mengharapkan giliran dia pula seterusnya untuk kawen?..

nadia,aliff and their parents

from pink to green…

Congrats again…Semoga Allah memberkati perkahwinan kamu semua..

Wallahualam…

From Sabre to Scribe…

After much Contemplation ( Actually I just glanced at my DVD Writer) I’ve decided to change my blog’s name to “just A simple Scribe”… a more appropriate name than “the Whitesabre” because I don’t think it represents my blog’s theme anymore…

Wallahualam…

Sayyid Muhammad Naqib Al-’Attas Al-Ba’Alawi Al-Husaini interviewed by Sheikh Hamzah Yusuf

Sayyid Muhammad Naqib bin ‘Ali bin ‘Abdullah bin Muhsin Al-’Attas (born September 5, 1931 – is the direct descendant of Sayyidina Al-Husain, Prophet Muhammad’s grandson) is a prominent contemporary Arab Muslim philosopher & thinker from Malaysia. He is one of the few contemporary scholars who is thoroughly rooted in the traditional Islamic sciences & who is equally competent in theology, philosophy, metaphysics, history, and literature. He is considered to be the pioneer in proposing the idea of Islamization of knowledge. Al-’Attas philosophy & methodology of education have one goal: Islamization of the mind, body & soul & its effects on the personal & collective life on Muslims as well as others, including the spiritual & physical non-human environment. He is the author of twenty-seven authoritative works on various aspects of Islamic thought & civilization, particularly on Sufism, cosmology, metaphysics, philosophy & Malay language & literature.

wiki

Summary:

WISDOM(knowledge of the true real(haqq)places of things) + ADAB(actions to put things to their places of haqq) = JUSTICE

and the main crisis of Muslims is the lack of ADAB..

May Allah Guide us all…

Wallahualam…

Tерпеливость(Patience)..

Part of Iman(Faith) is Sabr(Patience)…and Patience will not arise when we still have selfishness in ourselves…

A selfish person can never be patient..because part of being patient is selflessness…when someone loses his patience,who is he thinking about? Himself and his interests of course…

Everyday we have little or big test on our patience whether we know it or not..and Patience as Syaikh Hamza Yusuf say is not when we say “Sorry that I punched you…I really didn’t mean it”.Patience is when we hold back the punch..

May Allah give us all His Taufiq and Hidayah…

 

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Wallahualam…

 

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