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Great Wisdom

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Words of Great Wisdom "I am a traveler seeking the truth, a human searching for the meaning of humanity and a citizen seeking dignity, freedom, stability and welfare under the shade of Islam. I am a free man who is aware of the purpose of his existence and who proclaims: “Truly, my prayer and my sacrifice, my living and my dying are all for Allah, the Lord of the worlds; no partner has He. This, am I commanded and I am of those who submit to His Will.” This is who I am. Who are you?" (Hassan al-Banna)

Amalan

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Ada satu doa yang pendek tetapi sangat besar manfaatnya sekiranya diamalkan dalam kehidupan seharian kita. Doa yang dimaksudkan seperti sabda Rasulullah s.a.w. seperti berikut : Rasulullah s.a.w. mengajarkan kepada umatnya satu doa yang jika dibaca tiga kali di waktu pagi dan tiga kali di waktu petang maka akan terhindarlah kepada yang membacanya daripada segala kemudaratan disepanjang hari tersebut. Doa daripada hadis di atas adalah seperti berikut : Download Mengikut kamus Dewan Bahasa Edisi Ketiga, ”Mudarat” membawa maksud seperti berikut : 1. Tidak Beruntung, Menanggung Rugi 2. Tidak Berhasil, Tidak Berjaya, Gagal 3. Berbahaya 4. Melarat, Bertambah Payah Dengan itu jika kita amalkan doa yang tersebut di atas, insya’Allah kita akan terhindar daripada ”mudarat” yang disebutkan. Maka dengan itu faedahnya yang diperolehi ialah kita akan : 1. Beruntung, Tidak Menanggung Rugi. 2. Berhasil, Berjaya dan Tidak Gagal. 3. Selamat dari bahaya. 4. Tidak melarat, Menjadi Senang. Keberu...

Esteemed Path

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The first lesson in the esteemed Naqshbandi Silsilah is Latifa-e-Qalb . Upon this, the seeker traveling the spiritual path ( salik ) engages in the spiritual exercise of muraqabah , where he or she sets aside some private time to sit and reflect on Allah . In this exercise the salik strives to empty the heart of all thoughts and imagines the blessings and mercy of Allah entering the heart and erasing its darkness. As if in gratitude to being cleansed of darkness the heart joyfully calls out the Name of Allah over and over again… Allah! Allah! Allah! A general scientific principle states that whenever a vacuum is created, something comes in to fill it and therefore the vacuum does not stay as is. Similarly when we sit and strive to remove all thoughts from our heart the aim is to create a void that will hopefully be filled with thoughts of Allah . Darkness and light cannot coexist in the same space. Hence the more we strive to rid our hearts of filth, the hope is that divine li...

Oceans & Navigation

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The family of Hj Mazlan Muslim comprising of his wife Noorhayati, son Muhammad Sufi and daughter Munirah having snack at Brunei beach near Tg. Kidurong. It was during the previous AidilAdha celebration in 2008. We spent about 10 days at Miri, Sarawak & travelled to Brunei in order to see the next door state. As we enjoy the tidbits, we also ponder on the Divine creations - the seas. A certain number of verses in the Glorious Quran deal with the seas & navigation. As subjects for reflection, they provide indications of Divine Omnipotence that arise from the facts of common observation. The following verses are examples of this: "(Allah SWT) has made the ship subject to you, so that it runs upon the ocean the His Command." (Surah 14: 32) "(Allah SWT) is the One who subjected the ocean, so that you eat fresh meat from it & you extract from it ornaments which you wear. You see the ships plowing the waves, so that you seek of His Bounty. Maybe, you will be thankfu...

Sufi Orders

Like most Sufi orders, Naqshbandiyyah does not identify itself in terms of distinctive doctrines but in terms of spiritual practice. Naqshbandiyyah understands the development of the mystical awareness of God to consist of four successive stages. Firstly, the purification of one's outer life through the shar'iah (law). Secondly, the purification of one's inner life through the tariqah (mystical path). Thirdly, the attainment of a state of closeness to God in one's everyday life (haqiqah). Fourthly, the realisation of God's presence through ma'rifah (interior knowledge). One of the means used by Islamic mystical orders to progress to a deeper awareness of God is through ritual prayer (dhikr, which means "remembrance") and derives from the Qur'anic injunction "And remember God often" (62:10). This consists of a repetition of one or all of the beautiful names of God, or of certain religious formula such as the Islamic profession of fait...

Muhasabah

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Muhasabah Maka, marilah kita sebagai Muslim yang ingin mencapai kebaikan di dunia dan di akhirat bermuhasabah mengenai kehidupan seharian kita sendiri. Dalam tempoh 24 jam, berapa banyakkah masa yang kita wakafkan untuk Islam dan Muslimin? Berapa banyakkah masa yang kita gunakan untuk kepentingan masyarakat? Beruntunglah bagi Muslimin yang banyak meluangkan masa untuk membaca, menghadiri bengkel-bengkel ilmiah dan sebagainya lagi. Jika sebaliknya, maka tergolonglah mereka dalam kalangan mereka yang rugi. Cabaran untuk membina sebuah masyarakat yang benar-benar memanfaatkan waktunya ke arah kebaikan sangat hebat. Dengan hiburan yang melampau-lampau dalam masyarakat kita hari ini, ditambah pula dengan kurangnya agamawan yang mahir dalam selok-belok penyiaran televisyen, rasa-rasanya agak mustahil kita lakukan semua ini. Sekiranya lebih ramai agamawan yang mahir dalam bidang pembikinan media elektronik, maka kemungkinan besar masa-masa yang berkualiti dalam kalangan masyarakat kita ...

The Glorious

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Allah SWT says in the Glorious Quran : "There, the (only) protection comes from Allah, the True One. He is the Best to reward, & the Best to give success. " (Al-Kahf(18): 44) "Disana pertolongan itu hanya dari Allah SWT yang Hak. Dia adalah sebaik-baik pemberi pahala & sebaik-baik pemberi balasan." Hadith Rasulullah SAW: "Barangsiapa yang bertekad menghubungkan diri kepada Allah SWT semata, nescaya Allah SWT menjamin segala keperluannya & memberinya rezeki dari yang tidak pernah diduganya. Dan barangsiapa yang bertekad menghubungkan diri kepada dunia semata, nescaya Allah SWT menyerahkannya kepada dunia itu." "That the People of the Scripture (i.e. Jews & Christians) may know that they control naught of the bounty of Allah SWT, but that the bounty is in Allah's hand to give to whom He will. And Allah SWT is of infinite bounty." Al-Hadid(57): 29