Sebelum ini, saya sangat suka dengan kata-kata ni (untuk naikkan semangat bila malas salah satu):

Study is the priority, but da’awa is not the second

Studi itu yang utama, tapi dakwah tak jatuh nombor dua.

Sekarang, alhamdulillah, baru saya sedari, pepatah ni tak beberapa sesuai sebenarnya. Kita boleh qiaskan kepada beberapa anologi:

Kereta adalah penting, tapi tayar tak kurang pentingnya.

atau

Laptop adalah yang utama, tapi tetikus bukan jatuh nombor dua.

Seperti lucu bunyinya. Tapi itulah silap saya selama ini!

Lainlah kalau kita bandingkan:

Stereng adalah penting, tapi tayar tak kurang pentingnya.

atau

Keyboard yang paling utama, tapi mouse bukan jatuh nombor dua.

Barulah adil untuk perbandingan ini. Kerana kedua-dua calon sama tarafnya. ini tidak, nak bandingkan dakwah dan study, awal-awal dah silap, kerana study ‘tak layak untuk dicalonkan’. Dakwah ‘menang tanpa bertanding’. Betul kan?

Study subset kepada dakwah.

Dakwah itu tidak terhad, dan studi itu salah satu ‘alat’ menuju dakwah. Jadi??

“Hai orang-orang yang beriman, masuklah kamu ke dalam Islam secara keseluruhannya..”[Al-Baqarah, 2:208]

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Have we ever concern about our Iman? Here are the signs of weak IMAN …

1) Committing sins and not feeling any guilt.

2) Having a hard heart and no desire to read the Quran.

3) Feeling too lazy to do good deeds, e.g. being late for prayers

4) Neglecting the Sunnah.

5) Having mood swings, for instance being upset about petty things and bothered and irritated most of the time.

6) Not feeling anything when hearing verses from the Quran, for example when Allah warns us of punishments and His promise of glad tidings.

7) Finding difficulty in remembering Allah and making Zikr.

8) Not feeling bad when things are done against the Shariah.

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Bismillahirrahmanirrahim, Alhamdulillahi Robbil ‘Alamin wa Sayyidi Umurid Dunya wad Deen, Amma Ba’d,

Assalamualaikum again,

Let’s talk today on the universe we are living in since we are supposed to know what we are in and the fact that I’m currently reading ‘The Universe in A Nutshell’ by Stephen Hawking. Many scientists now believe in the Big Bang theory for the beginning of this lovely universe we are in; saying that this huge universe had actually started from a small extremely condensed energy. If you know of supernova, where a star exploding and scattering its materials and the energy in it to the surrounding space, then you’ll know what I mean.

This theory has caused a stirring up of the religious communities for it aligns well with the belief of God. In Islam, this is much or less a merit for our arguments against atheism; BUT we should be aware that Science doesn’t dictate how Islam is understood for we should know that Muslims are to put our Iman before our Aqal, lest we will be just like the atheist scientists who study and investigate the world we are living in but blinded by the avarice of their desires and uncontrolled dependence on their limited power of the mind. Even till today, we are seeing a great number of people of the Sciences who transgress from their belief of the existence of God.

Allah asked us to study and observe the nature in order to find Hidayah that Allah lays out for us. Allah asked the non-believers in Suratul Ghoshiah, verses 17-20: “Do they not look at the camels, how they were created? And at the heaven, how it was raised? And at the mountains, how they were rooted? And at the earth, how it was spread?” I can write more verses showing the importance of thinking and observing our surroundings for the sake of seeking the truth about Allah’s greatness but I rest this for you, O readers, to search them on your own, because I have another agenda in mind.

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saya mulakan dengan sabda rasulullah s.a.w.

“siapa yang berkehendakkan dunia, dia mestilah mempunyai ilmu; siapa yang berkehendakkan akhirat, dia hendaklah mempunyai ilmu; siapa yang berkehendakkan kedua-duanya maka hendaklah ia mempunyai ilmu’
Riwayat muslim

Di dalam Al-quran ada menyebut

… katakanlah: adakah sama orang yang berilmu pengetahuan dengan orang yang tidak berilmu pengetahuan? Hanya orang yang menerima peringatan ialah orang yang berakal” [Surah az-zumar: ayat 9]

Secara umumnya ilmu diketegorikan kepada dua: ilmu fardu ain dan ilmu fardu kifayah. Ilmu fardu ain lebih menjurus kepada perhubungan secara langsung antara manusia dengan Allah s.w.t. Ilmu tersebut mengajar dan membimbing kita untuk melaksanakan kewajipan dan amalan pengabdian seorang hamba kepada Allah s.w.t secara mutlak.
Sebagai seorang yang beragama Islam, kita wajib mempelajari ilmu fardu ain yang terdiri daripada ilmu Akidah, Syariah dan Akhlak. Ketiga-tiga bidang ilmu ini penting kerana merupakan asas untuk menanam akidah dan keimanan dalam hati dan jiwa untuk melahirkan insan yang baik dan sentiasa mengharapkan keredaan Allah s.w.t. Walaubagaimanapun, setiap muslim juga wajib menuntut ilmu fardu kifayah sebagai pelengkap kepada ilmu fardu ain yang bertujuan untuk memakmurkan alam ciptaan Allah s.w.t. Tuntutan untuk menguasai kedua-dua kategori bidang ilmu tersebut dipertanggungjawabk an ke atas kita untuk mencapai kesejahteraan hidup individu, membangun masyarakat dan negara.

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1 x 9 + 2 = 11
12 x 9 + 3 = 111
123 x 9 + 4 = 1111
1234 x 9 + 5 = 11111
12345 x 9 + 6 = 111111
123456 x 9 + 7 = 1111111
1234567 x 9 + 8 = 11111111
12345678 x 9 + 9 = 111111111
123456789 x 9 +10= 1111111111

9 x 9 + 7 = 88
98 x 9 + 6 = 888
987 x 9 + 5 = 8888
9876 x 9 + 4 = 88888
98765 x 9 + 3 = 888888
987654 x 9 + 2 = 8888888
9876543 x 9 + 1 = 88888888
98765432 x 9 + 0 = 888888888

Brilliant, isn’t it?And look at this symmetry:

1 x 1 = 1
11 x 11 = 121
111 x 111 = 12321
1111 x 1111 = 1234321
11111 x 11111 = 123454321
111111 x 111111 = 12345654321
1111111 x 1111111 = 1234567654321
11111111 x 11111111 = 123456787654321
111111111 x 111111111 = 12345678987654321

Now, take a look at this…

101%

From a strictly mathematical viewpoint:

What Equals 100%?
What does it mean to give MORE than 100%?

Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%?

We have all been in situations where someone wants you to
GIVE OVER 100%.

How about ACHIEVING 101%?

What equals 100% in life?

Here’s a little mathematical formula that might help
answer these questions:

If:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Is represented as:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.

If:

H-A-R-D-W-O- R- K

8+1+18+4+23+ 15+18+11 = 98%

And:

K-N-O-W-L-E- D-G-E

11+14+15+23+ 12+5+4+7+ 5 = 96%

But:

A-T-T-I-T-U- D-E

1+20+20+9+20+ 21+4+5 = 100%

THEN, look how far the love of God will take you:

L-O-V-E-O-F- G-O-D

12+15+22+5+15+ 6+7+15+4 = 101%

Therefore, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that:

While Hard Work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will
get you there, It’s the Love of God that will put you over the top!

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