WHAT IS THIS SITE ABOUT?


This site is dedicated to establish the fact that our ultimate success in this Dunia and Akhirat is only in religion - obedience to Allah s.w.t and following the Sunnah of Nabi s.a.w.

I think before we venture into a sacred and holy issue like religion, we should at least qualify ourselves, right? So, I have posted this three mind-boggling questions for all of us to answer or just ponder.

What is your purpose of life here on earth?
What are your necessities in life on earth and who fulfilled it?
What are your responsibilities in life here on earth?

This simple qualification is togauge our awareness on our purpose, neccessities and responsibilities.

In this blog, I shall commit to these basic tenets....

-I shall not dwell into hukum hakam, halal haram as those are better handled by an Ustaz or Alim. After all, hukum hakam is just 1/6 of the Quran! What is the other 5/6? Muslims are already engaged in thousands of arguments and we don't need to further fan the fire or "tragedy". I was told, even in Solat, there are more than 200 "point of disagreement"!

-I shall not dwell into furu', Fiqh and other intricacies. Islam has 2 major sects, 4 major Mazhabs, more than 20 types of fikrah, many ideologies, different political affiliations and other trends. Discussions on this is filled to the brim, some already exploded! So, I am not wasting time in any war of words on any issues with anyone.

-I shall dwell into sharing with you some food for the soul. As our body needs nutrients, our soul too needs nur (light) in the form of reminders from the Quran, Hadith, Hayatus Sahabah, provoking questions and fikir to enlighten our hearts! An enlightened heart ( heart filled with the Greatness of Allah and the love of Nabi s.a.w, virtues of amal and promises of Allah etc) will drive us to amal, insya Allah. It is all about our iman (faith) and our amal ( deeds)

-I shall dwell into instilling the fikir, risau and bimbang ( thoughts, worries and anxiety) of Nabi s.a.w towards his ummat and the fikir, risau and bimbang about the state of our iman and the quality of our amal.

-I shall dwell into imparting the virtues of amal ( fadhillat amal) so that we can value each amal and be convinced of the promises of Allah s.w.t behind each amal. Only when we know the virtues of amal would we be encouraged to amal!

-I shall qualify that most posts here are excerpts or notes dictated from the many sermons I attended the last fifteen years and books, audio and video presentations by many Ulama's, Hafiz, Muhaddith, Alims and Maulanas from all over the world. I shall also qualify that the posts here can be referred to many Muktabbar books on Islam.

-I shall qualify that our limited knowledge on Quran and the known Muktabbar books of Islam may lead us to perceptions, misinterpretation and assumptions on some issues. If to understand Quran needs 17 key ilm (knowledge) and with 300000 Hadith in different Books and 4 different Mazhabs with different interpretations, I think we can agree the huge task for all of us to grasp Islam. However, there is indeed, today, although very rare and few, people who are a Hafiz, a Muhaddith and an Alim of the four Mazhabs! Yes! We just need to "identify" their traits and if possible, muzakarrah with them. However, identifying that trait is a different ilm altogether!

-I shall ensure that contents of this blog is about self-correction, not correcting others! It was not intended to be educational nor producing decrees or fatwa! You can't be an Ustaz by visiting this Blog! It is for you and me to gauge the state of our iman and amal. When we know our state of iman and amal, measured against a certified yardstick i.e yardstick in the eyes of Allah swt and Rasulullah s.a.w, we will know "how good or bad we are"! So, from there we would begin to see what we need to do to enhance our iman and amal!

Agree? Are you with me?

I hope, from this blog, you would get that "food for your soul" and eventually be able to gauge your state of iman and quality of amal. Again, this blog is about self-correction, not correcting others!

I am also happy to hear your comments! By the way, for the benefit of all, I do mix English and Malay in my blog purely to maintain the authenticity of the notes and messages. Please comment...

May Allah give us hidayat. Doa...

Saturday, January 3, 2009

ALLAH S.W.T IS IN COMMAND OVER ALL IN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE!

The sovereignty of the whole universe rests in Allah s.w.t's grasp. The entire universe is in motion by His command, whether it's the morning or the night, darkness or light, winter or summer, Allah's power is in motion behind it, it's by Allah's decision.

The heat in the sun is not its own and not just a coincidence! It is Allah s.w.t who has filled it with so much fuel all at once. Allah s.w.t created it. We all know that every machine needs fuel and has to be repaired, but this machine, the Sun, which has been rotating for the last millions of years with a speed of 600000 miles/hour, no steering, no gear, no brake, no engine, no driver and no one to direct it had never stopped and been repaired! The heat it throws in one second equals to that of 100,000 atom bombs! It has been unceasingly throwing this heat since the last millions of years, and it’s throwing it right now and will throw it in the future too. The Sun was granted all this power through just this one verse: "Wa ja’alna siraajan nwahhaaja" - "We have made it a dazzling lamp" -An-Naba' 13

The temperature of the Suns inner surface is 12,000 degrees Fahrenheit and its inner temperature is 27 million degrees Fahrenheit! Allah s.w.t is controlling all this heat that passes over to us. If He let it (the Sun) free it would come near us and the whole world would burn away into ashes. And if He would move it away from us the whole world would freeze up and become as cold as the North and South Poles, it would freeze. Allah s.w.t is holding onto the Sun's reins so tightly that neither does it loosen so it may come nearer to us and burn us nor does it move away so that we freeze away. Allah s.w.t says : "Ash shamsu tajree limustaqarrillaha dzhalika taqdeerul azeezil hameed. Walqamara qaddarnahu manaazila hatta aada kal urjoonil qadeem kullun fee falakin yasbahoon" -“And the sun runs in an orbit of its own, that is the decree of The Almighty ,The All-knowing and the moon, for which We have determined phases, till it becomes like an old date stalk (dried-up and curved)" -Yaasin 39 In another verse, Allah s.w.t says: "Litaa lamoo adadassineena wal hisaab"-"He commanded the sun to rotate so that you may compute the years and to measure (time)" -Yunus 5.

Then the sun itself has no power to clash into the moon and the day can't run or overtake the night. Nor do the sun and moon outstrip one another and neither can the day and night collide into one another! Allah s.w.t says: "kullun fee falakeen yasbahun" - "Each floats in an orbit"- Yaasin 40
. Then Allah s.w.t says: " Dzhalika taqdirul aziz il hakeem" - "This is the Decree of the Almighty the Wise" = Yaasin 38

This is ALLAH's calculation, there can't be any blunder in it ! Allah s.w.t says: "Washamsu wal qamaru bi husbaan" - "And the sun and the moon move along their appointed courses" - Ar-Rahmaan 5. Allah s.w.t has calculated and fed all the information inside it ever since He has created it, so that it can't divert to any other direction until the sound of qiyamah doesn't break it. Allah s.w.t who is controlling this extensive system ( the sun, moon and orbits) is controlling the systems of the entire universe. Whatever He (Allah s.w.t) desires happens in the universe and what we desire can't happen without His command! Whereas what He attempts can happen without our wanting! "Wa maa tashaauna illa an yasha allahu rabbul aalamin"-
"Your wishes are of no avail unless Allah The Sustainer of all the worlds wills" At-Takweer 29

May Allah s.w.t instill in our hearts this yaqin that Allah s.w.t is in command over the whole universe!



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