FAIZ'S GRADUATION DAY

A quiet birthday party

On June 19 2011 was my son's 21st birthday. As he was sitting for his semester exams there wasn't any celebration. Lagi pun Faiz tak mau apa-apa. Present pun tak mau. Tak apa... hadiah boleh datang kemudian. Kesian anak mama ni... hanya card saja mama mampu beri. Pada hari itu dia hanya potong kek banana chocolate, itu pun kongsi dengan Hari Bapa. Jadi satu kek share 2 occasion. "Selamat hari lahir anakku. Semoga panjang umur, murah rezeki, sihat walafiat dan maju jaya. Jangan lupa suruhan Allah."

Dan Byrd - Boulevard

Happy Birthday Sister

Yesterday, 18.2.2011 was my sister's 61st birthday.

Drop by to wish her happy birthday. She was a

very busy woman during her younger days,

even at 61 she is still busy. May Allah give her abundance of health and long life.

INSAF LAH

Bila dunia jadi sepi, senyap dan sunyi;
Hati pilu tidak terperi;
Apakah ini mimpi ngeri????
Atau realiti!!!!!
Dia pergi tidak kembali;
Kini....tiada lagi teman sejati.

Gementar tubuh seketika;
Gelap pandangan dihadapan mata;
Hidup sekarang teraba raba;
Baru teringat yang maha kuasa.

Sejadah, lama ditinggalkan;
Kiblat, arah mana perlu dihadapkan;
Quran, ingat kah lagi tajwid dan idgham;
Yasin, fasih kah lagi lidah melafazkan,
Zikir, mengubat jiwa yang kusam.

Ingat!!!!
Dalam setiap pergerakan
Islamkah zahir itu;
Tertutupkah aurat itu;
Dalam kelapangan dan kesibukan;
Dalam kesenangan dan kesusahan;
Siapa yang akan menolong, TUHAN....

Anak anak janganlah derhaka;
Ingat kepada ibu dan bapa;
Kalau mencari cinta;
Biarlah kerana nya;
Dalam memilih teman;
Biarlah yang beriman.

Wahai anak Adam!!!!!
Dengan titisan air mata;
Angkatlah kedua tanganmu;
Mohon ampun atas segala dosa;
Bertaubatlah dan sujudlah;
Sebab diri ini milik yang berkuasa.

Dearest Atfi

FASTING IN ISLAM Part 4

The Believers spend this month of Mercy

in acts of worship to seek forgiveness for their

sins and protection from falling into evil ways.

While good deeds and behaviour earn divine

rewards at all times, the rewards for the same

acts are manifold during this blessed month.

Thus Ramadan is also a month of increase in

acts of charity to please Allah The Most Merciful.

The Believers perform these acts with

a deep sense of gratitude (shukur) to Allah

The Giver of all bounty for blessing humanity

with the noble month of \ramadan.

The Believers view the act of fasting as

a holistic exercise by striving to keep their

eyes, ears, tongues, hands and feet - and

all the other organs - free from sin.

This is the true fasting.

The true fasting goes on after the physical

fasting has ended. One who has experienced

it would long for the whole year

to be like the month of Ramadan.

"There are two pleasures for the fasting

person: one at the time of breaking the fast

and the other at the time when he will meet

his Lord; then he will be pleased because

of his fasting." [Bukhari]

There is nothing like the fast of Islam in

any other religion for realizing physical

and spiritual well being.

Dr. Y Mansoor Marican, Ph.D

www.islam.gov.my