.:: FatehulKashfia ::.

Satu paper dah beres,alhamdulillah!Seperti biasa,paper marketing kali ini turut menuntut Cik Intan untuk "menggoreng sesedap mungkin" demi menjamin kelangsungan pembelajarannya di bumi UK,haha!Tak senonoh betul,but I guess,paper Marketing Strategy tu quite OK la kot.

Well,my friend,this menggoreng thingy is not a thing to be proud of la.Coz it's like a signal showing that I'm not fully prepared for the exam(again!).Even though I think I didn't do well enough for this marketing paper,I'm still happy for the fact that my writing has improved in terms of referencing the essays.It seems that I did take note from my mistakes during the last exams,whereby I wrote essays without mentioning the authors and the year when the information is published.Bajet cam each and every points tu come from myself,sedangkan they are other people's idea,hehe!So business people,take note on this matter yer.PROPER referencing is very-very important in academic writings,especially kalau anda tidak mahu dikenakan tindakan plagiarism and wants to score in your exams.

Dear Adham,Hasi-chan,Hazwan and Yussamir,thank you for your prayer and support!I'm so glad to have good friends around me even we only met in the virtual reality!I believe that this is Allah's mercy on me.So,in order to show my appreciation,I present u a photo of flowers in bouquet sebab kalau nak post kat korang,mahal banget postagenya.Jadila eh??haha~

Fuhhh,my internet is back,alhamdulillah!!2,3 hari ini internet di Perkampungan Riverside Point asyik down je memanjang,dan menyebabkan banyak urusan duniawi kami tertangguh,hehe!!

Tergerak hati nak menulis entri ini setelah menghadiri circle yang dianjurkan oleh Islamic Society di Univ of Nottingham setiap minggu.Circle ini diconduct oleh Sister Fulla,seorang wanita Algeria yang amat saya kagumi dan hormati bukan hanya kerana ketinggian ilmunya dalam Islamic knowledge,tetapi Sister Fulla merupakan seorang yang sangat pandai mengupas ayat-ayat al-Quran dan bercerita tentang sesuatu dengan sangat detail.Honestly,she manages to sparks interest in me on how truthful and interesting this holy book is.Praise to Allah SWT the Almighty, kerana Dia yang berkuasa membukakan hati saya dan memberi saya peluang untuk beroleh ilmu dari Sister Fulla.



Semalam kami mengupas serba sedikit kisah prophet Joseph,or Nabi Yusuf 'alaihissalam.Sebelum ke circle,saya sebenarnya sudah membuat sedikit preparation yakni dengan membaca surah tersebut terlebih dahulu to revise and get the whole picture of the story.Malangnya saya tidak mendapat ilham,kenapa Allah SWT menurunkan Surah Yusuf kepada kita??I don't get it...saya tidak nampak its messages!Risau,memikirkan selama ini ada sahaja idea comes into my mind when I try to interprete any ayah from any surah.But this time,it seems the other way around..



Cuak!!Kenapa saya tidak nampak tanda-tanda tersebut??Ngeee..

But alhamdulillah,akhirnya saya mendapat sedikit pencerahan setelah menghadiri circle semalam.Mengikut Sister Fulla,al Quran ini dibahagikan mengikut segment dan theme yang tersendiri untuk dijadikan pengajaran kepada pembacanya.It's like a story book yang diindahkan dengan literature Arab yang tinggi dan mendalam maksudnya.According to Tafsir Ibn Kathir itu sendiri:

"The Arabic language is the most eloquent, plain, deep and expressive of the meanings that might arise in one's mind. Therefore, the most honorable Book, was revealed in the most honorable language, to the most honorable Prophet and Messenger , delivered by the most honorable angel, in the most honorable land on earth, and its revelation started during the most honorable month of the year, Ramadan. Therefore, the Qur'an is perfect in every respect."(12:2)

Sister Fullah further explains that the theme brought by Surah Yusuf is various trials yang diturunkan kepada Allah for the believers.I was..hurmmm,wowww,ok...I never thouught of that!!



Surah Yusuf ini juga diturunkan ketika zaman boikot di Mekah,in the year of Sorrow whereby Rasulullah SAW kehilangan 2 insan yang paling dikasihi dalam hidupnya yakni Saidatina Khadijah,isteri pertamanya dan juga bapa saudaranya,Abu Talib.Surah ini diturunkan bagi menguatkan semangat Rasulullah SAW dan umat Islam pada zaman tersebut.Diwahyukan Allah akan kisah Nabi Yusuf yang duji secara berterusan namun beliau tetap bersabar dan meletakkan setiap pergantungannya kepada Allah SWT.Nabi Yusuf bukan sahaja dianiaya oleh adik-beradiknya yang dengkikan perhubungan baiknya dengan bapanya,Nabi Ya'kub,malah dia turut diuji dengan perasaan takut apabila dijual dan dijadikan hamba ketika beliau masih kecil,sedih kerana terpaksa berjauhan dengan orang yang dikasihi(Prophet Jacob),being imprisoned,temptation through desire and many other trials.

Setelah diterangkan oleh Sister Fulla,I found that this surah can teach us a lot of things..and it somehow has a very close link to our life once u have understood its context clearly.Antara ibrah yang boleh diambil dan direnungkah bersama dari surah tersebut ialah:

• Dialogues between adults and children are important.See verse 4-5,when Yusuf refers to Nabi Ya'kub when he has a problem.Pada zaman Nabi Yusuf ni,the people really believe in dreams and it is part of their culture..kerana itulah Allah SWT berikan mukjizat yang berupa ilmu mentafsirkan mimpi kepadanya.The same thing goes to Musa 'Alaihissalam,zamannya adalah zaman magic/ilmu hitam/sihir/ilusi optik or whatever u name it.Sebab itu dapat mukjizat tongkat jadi ular yang memakan ular-ular ahli sihir yang lain.Meanwhile,zaman Jesus adalah zaman yang mementingkan medication dan zaman Nabi Muhammad SAW,orang-orang pada zaman tersebut sangat mengagungkan poetry..maka diberikan Rasulullah al-Quran sebagai salah satu mukjizat agung untuk membantunya.The challenge to create satu surah semisal al Quran is still open until now,but definitely nobody succeed..
  

• Sex education can be taught but must be presented in modest way.This shows that awareness of sex education is not totally neglected in Islam.Bermula dari ayat yang ke 23.I think almost everyone knows about kisah Nabi Yusuf digoda Zulaikha.But what shocks me out is that I overlooked perkataan Al-Abwab i.e. pintu-pintu dalam verse 23.Betapa dasyatnya Nabi Yusuf digoda sampaikan setiap pintu-pintu rumah itu ditutup bagi menghalang Nabi Yusuf melarikan diri.I don't know how does this would affect you guys,but his test affects me so much.If I were in his shoes,I would be completely scared,panicking...or maybe lose hope!(sigh)

• Wouldn't it be so hurtful if your siblings pakat-pakat do something bad on you,sedangkan you are not at all guilty.Dan boleh pulak adik-beradik Nabi Yusuf ini berkompromi untuk membunuh Nabi Yusuf dan kemudian fikir can repent later.Dah misleading sangat konsep taubat mereka ni..Moreover,this supports lagu "Iman Mutiara" by Raihan,whereby Iman is not inherited..but you need to search for hidayah and practising Islam to build this Iman.Buktinya sudah jelas;Nabi Yusuf dan adik-beradiknya adalah keturunan Nabi Ya'kub,who is the son of Nabi Ishak,anaknya Nabi Ibrahim.Mereka dari keturunan yang baik-baik!But adik beradik Nabi Yusuf still backstep him kerana cemburukan kasih sayang ayah mereka yang tampak lebih kepada Nabi Yusuf.In conclusion,we are all human being and we'll go astray kalau terpedaya dengan tipu muslihat syaitan..Let's be careful and be more alert with every sin that we have committed yea??
  

Alamak...banyak pulak cakap.Walhal exam dah 12 May ni,hahaha!!Selamat berexam semua!!Jangan lupa,ujian Nabi Yusuf lagi hebat dan dahsyat compared dengan ujian yang kita hadapi sekarang.Jangan lemah semangat ye =)

Caucincau~

Alhamdulillah,kita sudah memiliki beberapa website Islamik yang menarik dan user friendly seperti shareislam,islam tomorrow dan youtubeislam..Namun,ana pohon para sahabat untuk berterusan mendoakan team iluvislam untuk lebih komited,lebih bersemangat dan b'istiqamah untuk membangunkan satu Web Islam yang setanding atau lebih baik dari GodTube.com ini.

InshaAllah..


Sumber tambahan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godtube

Berikut adalah petikan rakaman daripada siri wawancara Hard Talk anjuran stesen penyiaran televisyen BBC,Britain bersama Tun Dr Mahathir(TDM).I think the interview is quite interesting and sangat menarik utk ditonton,direnung dan difikir-fikirkan bersama sahabat-sahabat yang lain.To make it more interesting,ana suggest antum semua baca ulasan allahyarham Rustam A. Sani berkenaan wawancara ini diblognya,but preferably after watching all these videos.

Yang menjadi "pull factor" untuk saya pos entri kali ini kerana saya merasa keliru dengan pernyataan yang dikeluarkan oleh TDM.Kenapa,apa yang TDM cakap contradicts from what I have heard before?

Kenapa dalam satu video dia mengaku Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim(DSAI) telah dizaliminya ketika dia memegang tampuk pemerintahan dulu,and this video pulak cakap DSAI is guilty,and that's why dia disumbat dan dihumban ke dalam lokap??!

So which one is the true statement???

More questions bombarding my head..

Apakah video yang menidakkan kesalahan DSAI itu telah diedit secara "melampau" seperti yang yang dikatakan oleh sesetengah pihak sehingga menyebabkan penontonnya silap faham??Atau kesalahan ini perlu disandarkan kepada saya kerana analisa dan interpretation yang misleading??It might be,saya pun masih memiliki banyak kekurangan dan kelemahan yang perlu diimprove..

Ataupun...mungkin TDM sendiri yang miss something??Hurmmmm~

Duhhhh...people nowadays are more educated,cmon!!..Some of us will not blindly accept what we heard without doing further investigation first.Saya bukan nak pro parti mana2 or nak serang sesiapa,certainly no..But I'm totally against this attitude - putar belit ayat/fakta for the sake of him/herself.Saya cuba untuk berhusnuzon(berprasangka baik),malangnya t berjaya lagi..hehe!InshaAllah akan terus berusaha..

Dan ini juga menjadi sebab kenapa kami mahukan pemimpin yang adil,kerajaan yang berwibawa dan media yang telus!!Adalah menjadi fitrah bagi manusia untuk mencintai keadilan dan sebarang kebaikan,kerana kami sendiri diciptakan oleh Yang Maha Adil(Al 'Adl)dan Yang Maha Pengasih dan Penyayang(Ar-Rauf)

Wallahualam...

Gonna take a break from looking after my hubby..lol

Being occupied with loads of assignments and also final revision before the upcoming exams.

InsyaAllah will continue soon..Probably when i get bored with reading the business and economics stuff,haha..(even during exam)

Wish me luck!I'm desperately struggling to finish my Economics of Pricing and Decision Making coursework.*tough tough*

Daa~

A much handsome pic of Dawud Wharnsby Ali [edited]

A traveler, writer, troubadour and multi-instrumentalist, Dawud (David) Wharnsby first emerged onto the North American folk music scene in 1991. His debut solo recording "Blue Walls and The Big Sky” (1995), firmly established his skills not only as a crafty lyricist, but also as a powerful vocalist, capable of drawing listeners into his world like a vibrant stage actor or an intimate storyteller.

Merging the Celtic/folk styles of his upbringing with sounds and embellishments of the Middle and Far East, his 1996 CD "A Whisper Of Peace” was followed by a string of internationally recognized recordings including, "Road To Madinah” (1999), "Sunshine, Dust and The Messenger” (2001) and "The Prophet's Hands” (2002) - all released through the US based label Sound Vision. Wharnsby's unique lyrical style, warm voice and knack for penning catchy melodies yield a rich reception from his listeners world-wide, who in many cases do not even speak English as their first language.

Several of Wharnsby's latest recordings feature collaborations with the likes of UK based artist, producer and peace activist Yusuf Islam (formerly CAT STEVENS) South African songwriter Zain Bhikha, Canadian percussion ensemble The Fletcher Valve Drummers, and award winning producer/songwriter Zuriani (KEB'MO', BRENDA RUSSELL, MELISSA MANCHESTER). His newest CD, “Vacuous Waxing” brings together a unique mix of featured artists, including Canadian songwriter Bill Kocher, UK bass legend Danny Thompson (PENTANGLE, NICK DRAKE, EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL, DONOVAN, RICHARD THOMPSON, ERIC CLAPTON), Canadian icon Stephen Fearing (BLACKIE & THE RODEO KINGS, SARAH McLACHLAN) and world renown sitar master Irshad Khan.

SOURCE:http://www.wharnsby.com/Biography/


Oh yeah...I pick one song that I think is beautifully written and strongly conveyed the message of Islam,through brother dawud's talent.Here you go;The Veil by Bro Dawud Wharnsby Ali..