Humaira

Anak ibu sudah berumur 8 bulan 3 minggu dan 3 hari hari ini.

Humaira tunggu ibu balik daripada kerja

Alhamdulillah, so far her development is so good.

Cumanya kadang2 terasa dia punya keinginan yang sangat kuat dan cepat untuk explore the world. Umur 3 bulan, Humaira sudah terlonjak2 minta diangkat untuk melihat keliling. Bila diletak dia menangis, bila diangkat dia berbunyi2 macam bercakap.. Umur 6 bulan setengah, sewaktu pergi makan di sebuah kedai Humaira memegang bekas sudu/garfu dan menterbalikkan keseluruhan isi dalamnya. Sewaktu umurnya 7 bulan, dan sehingga sekarang kerjanya di restoran adalah bermain sudu. Umur 8 bulan, Humaira cuba2 untuk makan sendiri. Yang berlaku akhirnya adalah bermain dengan makanan sendiri, habis seluruh tubuh dan skirt yang dipakai berlumur dengan bubur. Yang masuk mulut? Hanya suapan pertama dan kedua sahaja.. itupun sebab ibu yang suapkan.. huhuh

Humaira belum pandai merangkak. Walau sudah boleh duduk, dia malas nak bergerak sendiri. Semuanya dipanggil2 orang mengangkat.. Tetapi dia memang suka makan, dan merajuk bila kita makan tak bagi dia sama... Oh anakku yang bulat sekali...

"Ibu, saya sudah habis main dengan makanan... Ops, habis makan dah"

Bulan lalu Humaira tumbuh dua batang gigi hadapan bahagian bawah. Seminggu dua sebelumnya, agaknya kerana gatal gusi dia menggigit sahaja di sana sini. Penyebabnya – nipples cracked kedua2 belah sampai berdarah – even gunakan pam susu. Akhirnya gunalah tangan itupun tak boleh nak kumpul sebab ada darah bercampur2 juga. Kesian tengok dia merengek2 tidak dapat susu badan, menangis beria2 tetapi nak buat macamana mak dia pun sakit tak tahan dan takkan nak kasi air susu berdarah pula kan… Akhirnya dia redha juga kot.. malam ke-2 dan ke-3 tak merengek2 lagi.. lepas malam ke-4 , bila dah sembuh dan boleh beri semula secara terus, Humaira macam melepaskan gian..

"Ibu, saya demam. Tapi saya suka senyum kan ibu kan"

Minggu lepas Humaira demam panas. Panas sungguh. Terkejut juga rasa. Pukul 9 malam, bila periksa suhu badan Humaira 37.7 Celcius, kami berikan ubat demam. Pukul 2 pagi, terasa tangan panas sangat. Ibu bangun periksa suhu badan Humaira sudah lebih 39C. Ibu ambil tuala dan tuamkan badan Humaira, beri lebih air kosong dan susu badan. Sejam lepas itu suhunya sudah turun ke bawah 38C semula. Ingatkan esok pagi sempat la sebelum ke tempat kerja singgah sebentar berjumpa doctor. Pukul 5 pagi, sekali lagi suhu badan Humaira naik balik lebih 39C. Kejut Abah, dan kami pun bersiap2 membawa Humaira ke klinik. Keluar dari klinik, kami dengar azan subuh… Agaknya tidak dapat tidur lena malam itu, Humaira tidur sebaik sahaja sampai ke rumah.

Ibu terus bersiap2 ke tempat kerja. Kebetulan untuk 2 hari itu, isnin dan selasa ada mesyuarat penting dengan pihak atasan setiap pagi bagi 2 perkara berbeza. Jadinya tak dapatlah nak ambil cuti seluruh hari, nasib baik team partner memahami. Selepas waktu makan tengahari, ibu bawa Humaira balik untuk lihat sendiri keadaan dia. Lebih lega Humaira depan mata. Dan seperti biasa manjanya menjadi2 la.. Pantang nampak ibu bangun je, pasti merengek2. Dek kerana tak cukup tidur 2 malam berturut2, hari ke-3 ibu pulak yang tak boleh bangung waktu pagi. Yeahh akhirnya berehat sahaja di rumah sambil melihat budak kecil yang semakin sembuh itu.

Selang beberapa hari kemudian, kami lihat ada tunas 4 batang gigi hadapan bahagian atas pula nak keluar. Wahh cepat nya.. Agaknya itu lah sebab nak demam, nak dapat gigi-gigi baru.. patutlah, budak ni rajin betul bercakap. "Ab-bah" , panggil Humaira pagi2. "agigugugaga...", dia sudah bercerita pada Abahnya. "A-bu, bu" panggil Humaira. Sampai bersembur2 air liur sebut "Bu". Selagi tak menyahut, selagi tu dia panggil.. Humaira belum pandai sebut 'Ibu' betul2.. "Agigugugaga laala.." entah apa dia cerita dalam bahasa Jerman.. memang bunyi betul2 macam Jerman.

"Eh! Ada kamera?"

Semalam dia menjerit2 nak makan pasta beef chilies with coconut milk (pasta daging masak lemak cili api) di SweetChat Mid Valley. Bila diberi bubur ubi manis yang dilecek (sweet potatoes), dia geleng2 kepala sambil kata "na, na, na, na, na"... Aiks, sudah bijak membuat pilihan? Humaira, humaira... Kalau dah ada kaki ni entah apa pula ceritanya.

6 & 7 months

Nur Humaira
Esok Nur Humaira akan genap berusia 7 bulan..
Dia masih lagi anak manja ibu yang tidak boleh lihat ibunya hilang dari pandangan mata walaupun sekejap. Bila ibu ada di sekeliling, dia selalu akan menangis bagaikan dipukul waktu abah memegangnya walaupun abah tidak buat apa2. hai anak ibu seorang ini... tapi bila abahnya tidak kelihatan, sibuk memanggil nama abah (oh, yaa dia sudah pandai menyebut 'Ab-Bah' tetapi ibu menjadi ' 'i-bu atau selalunya berbunyi 'a-bu).

Yang pelik, bila ibu betul2 tidak berada di sekitar dan ditinggalkan dengan orang lain boleh pula dia buat hal sendiri.. isk isk isk...

Ini gambar humaira diambil sewaktu dia berusia 6 bulan, waktu ni kami sedang sibuk mencari lampu untuk rumah baru..

Botak sedikit.. rambut dicukur kali ke-2 sewaktu raya cina kerana 'cukur bantal' atau rambut tumbuh di sebahagian kepala sahaja..nampak macam sabut kelapa..

Beberapa kali cubaan mengambil gambar senyuman dia yang cukup sukar.. akhirnya berjaya :D

Pindah Rumah
2 minggu lepas kami telah berjaya mengangkut segala barang dari rumah lama ke rumah baru. Berpeluh2 juga la kiranya.. Skarang rumah masih dalam proses pengemaskinian dan rupanya sudah berubah sedikit baik dari warehouse ke rumah kongsi keh keh keh..

Housewarming? rumah kami memang terasa 'warm' di waktu pagi kerana bilik tidur utama betul2 mengadap matahari terbit.. ya, waktu pilih itu saya memang sengaja memilih matahari terbit dari tingkap bilik kerana saya sukakan waktu pagi.. tapi kini kena fikir2 juga untuk membeli langsir tebal (demi cik abang :P). Jadinya secara official belum terfikir la nak buat housewarming, tapi kalau nak dtg calling2 aje.. takde problem.. hehe


Ha ini gambar humaira dua-tiga hari yang lalu.. waktu pagi ibu sangat sibuk bersiap2 dia juga sibuk memanggil2.. anak ibu ini pun a morning person.. pagi2 sudah bangun daa banyak susah nak siap. jadi bagi melekakannya, inilah yg abah dia buat... jadi sarkis sekejap hehe

The Ring

Siti & Insyirah, more than a year ago..time flies so fast huh..

Not a story of ghost or thriller or scare.. But somehow i feel good whenever i had the chance to talk to her. Have not heard from this Mak Yong for quite some times. Well, the ring this afternoon was really make me feel good.

Thanks dear friend. :)

Alien

I'm back.
For a while.

I know .. I know.. I have not been very good in updating my blog anymore. Not after I were married. Where were I all this while? Do you believe me if I said I were abducted by an alien and put on hold for months? Well, do believe me..
When I first encountered the existence of the alien, I thought I will be intact but it remained temporary only as later I was strike by the sickness. I figured out that the alien has implanted on me a special devise that instructs me to follow the rules and regulations under the nation of outer space. There goes all the Dos and Don’t list. No fast foods, no soy ketchup, no bad smells, no chicken, no cooking, no house cleaning, no..no..no.. Whenever I tried to break the rules, the sky will suddenly change and I see lightning coming towards me. Later, I’ll be blank and toilet will be the next top destination to be visited.

Sometimes, I asked for the favour. Who knows, the alien will allows me to break the rules once in a while. I will be really2 begging for it, or gives the reasoning in a soft voice (of course I am doing it with a sincere heart.. you know, the alien can even detect whether I really meant for it or just a sweet talker). At a certain time, when i was lucky i'll get it my way. But at most time, you can guess it..that i dont get it my way... not anymore.

As the arrival of the alien in our life were although not plan in the first place, but anticipated. My husband was earlier being freaked with what happened to me, perhaps he did not understand how complicated it is. So, I negotiated with the alien perhaps we should give him a dose or two of what I am having. He did, was injected with the dose, only a mild one and he looked terrible for a week or two. Ha ha ha . Opss.. I mean I should be thankful he understood the situation better now, and has been very supportive to me. Thank you, dear :p

Oh, don’t get me wrong. I love the alien anyway. I am so used to having it near to me. I think the alien loves me too… especially after the incident. Have you encountered a situation where you were having a bad dream and suddenly become half awaken, half asleep? You seems to be awake from your sleep, but seems to still have part of the bad dream.. That is when you can’t move your body or talk, but already half conscious. I was making funny sounds, actually asking for help from my husband to help me fully awake. It was then I felt the alien in it soft movement moved around me as if worry for me, and tried to help me become fully conscious. How sweet... I felt touched with that ‘wonderful’ gesture.


So..you will be thinking when the alien be coming back home? I do not have the exact answer, perhaps earlier or perhaps later than the tentative date. I was informed that the date will be few days after Hari Raya.. Oh, thinking about that we thought of celebrating Hari Raya this time in KL only. Who knows, in case of emergency the road to the hospital is clear on that day. Only then, we should pray that the doctors do not clear their offices also...

Terima Kasih

AlHamdulillah..
Majlis walimah di rumah saya di Alor Gajah dan di rumah suami di Kuala Terengganu sudah selesai.

Lelah sepanjang majlis sudah beransur hilang. Bersyukur sebab ada ibubapa serta ahli keluarga yang banyak membantu. Kalau tidak ada mereka, rasanya sukar sekali saya membuat persiapan.

Terima kasih untuk setiap kedatangan, ucapan, hadiah dan kiriman salam. Ramai yang menghantar SMS meminta maaf tidak dapat hadir kerana keuzuran kesihatan, keadaan dan masa. Mungkin rezeki saya ramai yang sakit pula, apa2 pun niat untuk cuba datang saya ucapkan terima kasih banyak2.. Doakan yang baik2 untuk kami..

Pada malam membuka hadiah, terasa bagaikan wish list comes true.. Kami teka2 hadiah yang ada, tak sangka bila dibuka pembalut apa yang kami perlukan diberi tetamu. Utk seorang teman yang saya kenali berbelas tahun lalu, diselitkan pula sekeping surat istimewa untuk saya. Terharu membacanya. Terima kasih teman.

Majlis di Kuala Terengganu disambut dengan kempen pilihanraya. Asalnya tarikh dipilih adalah pada minggu ini, minggu berlangsungnya pilihanraya. Tetapi akhirnya diawalkan atas sebab2 yang lebih baik. AlHamdulillah, Dia yang mempermudahkan segala perkara. Kalau tidak pasti sedikit kecoh kerana pertembungan ini.

Gambar masih belum siap. Kami (saya) juga belum dpt melihat sebahagian gambar sendiri kerana kamera sendiri terlupa untuk dikeluarkan dalam sibuk2 itu. InshaAllah akan dikongsi bila berkesempatan, atau ada yang ingin berkongsi? :D Saya melihat blog2 Farra, Hany dan Mudin terselit sekeping dua gambar di majlis kami.. Mungkin boleh berjalan2 ke sana? :)

Sepanjang perjalanan untuk berkahwin ini, tidak dinafikan ada juga perkara2 yang berlaku. Namun seolahnya dipermudahkan segala urusan dan ada sahaja jalan keluar. Pastinya berkat doa semua, keluarga dan kawan2.. Apa pun sedang dan masih belajar menjadi orang rumah yang baik.. harap2 kelak tuan rumah juga org yg dapat saya bergantung hidup dunia akhirat :)

Terima kasih utk kali ini..

cuba teka apa tu..

hi people..
i'm back..after all this while.
at last.
and at least, for this time.

guess the current situations are really consuming my energy and my brain capacity. kinda of exhausted too.. but as the common says, life goes on.
now i understood better when people said how hard it is when you're doing both the work and study at the same time.. although you thought that you have some spare time before enroll into the class.

oh, yes. i have been assigned for another task (in a different division) since early September. and as always when it comes to changing my task and role, i will take time to juggle myself back between the old task, the new role, expectation on me for that role, get used with people in the new place, suiting my self and soul to that role etc. here is when the mood is like a roller coaster for several weeks that is sometimes goes high and down or both at the same time.. i think i miss my good friends so much :)

and.. new born babies of my dear friends, including my best friend - (siti) Iena panadol and my twin - Zarid, not forgotten my dear junior Hainey. To siti and hainey, Congratulations and welcome to parenthood. to Zarid, alHamdulillah everything is fine for you this time :) .

what else?
Added another member to our family - my 5-going-to-6 months old niece - Dhiya Adrianna (mak dia ni suka betul kasi nama susah i nak sebut). the brother turned to 2 years and 7 months already and now is busying with pens and papers to writting (scrabble).

so there was one day..that i thaught him how to draw a simple drawing.
one round in the middle, followed by five 3/4 rounds surrounding that big round, one straight line and almost-triangle-shape leaf like.. i said to him: cuba teka, apa ni.. He exclaimed: Ung-nge (Bunga).

another one.. double-round shapes in the middle, with another big round surrounding the shapes. 2 U-type shapes on top of the big circle, another one inside the circle, two-6-shapes on the left, another two-6-mirror-shapes on the right side.. He said: Bear..

i drew a big circle, with small-circle on top and some vertical lines in the middle . I said to him: ini ball (bola).. he said: epal..

drew another one..told him "kita lukis itik, ok" he nodded his head .. and said to him when i'm done "itik".. he looked at that drawing and shout out: tortoise.

heard my sister was laughing out loudly behind...
adoi. anak buah saya.

Finally...

Finally..
I will be a student again. The class will start by middle of June.
And the best part is that the course is proposed to be under HRDF, which means the cost will be borne by my company. If it is true and being approved, Alhamdulillah.

So now .. have to revise back the study skill; and sharpen the rusted memory.. Hopefully i will be able to survive towards the end of these coming 2 years... Pray for me, dear friends. That i am worth every single cent spend on me :)

Related post: Dalam Dilema

A Brief Introduction to a Scripture

[1] Pulau Lang Tengah
Last time i used to go on vacations with friends to Islands in Malaysia. Part of the trip is for snorkelling. I have not going to any island these few years (Pulau Langkawi and Nami Island in Korea not considered that island) and i am kind of missing the scenery.

Pulau Lang Tengah..

I really wish to go there now, but nobody is around to go with...

[1] A Brief Introduction to A Scripture
Received this in one of my mailing list; have not been active lately (or for a long time huuhuh) in the group. Hope i will be able to joining them back soon... Worth reading! : )

Written by alFaisal
http://demipena. blogspot.com

Edited by Habibah Binti Abdul Razak
Cyberjaya
17 April 2008/ 10 Rabiul Akhir 1429

Mohandas K. Gandhi once said, "It is the duty of every cultured man or woman to read sympathetically the scriptures of the world. If we are to respect others' religions as we would have them respect our own, a friendly study of the world's religions is a sacred duty."

If you do not agree that it is a duty, then just take Gandhi's words as an advice and consider it as one of the options for peaceful interfaith approach.

To me, the idea of a religion is reflected from every single message within its scriptures, since the scriptures are able to speak to us much more than what we can see from its followers. And yet Malaysia , for a country which is so rich with its multi ethnic and multi religion communities, is very lacking in people who would actually take the initiative to embrace the spirit of what Gandhi had called upon.

But not so for Ash. A man with brilliant thoughts, a good friend and my rap guru, he's the very first person I've known who has made a genuine effort to study the scriptures from other faiths. He's a Hindu and yet that does not stop him from reading the Bible and the Quran. I was only a young teenager back then, and I couldn't bring myself to even touch any scriptures other the Quran. There had always been a permeated sense of how taboo it is to read other religion's scriptures.

But as I grew up, I finally gave myself a chance to see what the scriptures besides the Quran have to say, to help me in understanding about other people's faiths. But it takes more than just a simple reading, having a clear perspective of the history and background of the scriptures is very important in understanding it.

For example, to read the verse of 1 Corinthians of the Bible and simply assume that the whole book was written by Jesus Christ, would be terribly erroneous and a severe case of ignorance. Lack of interest in research and exploring the background of a scripture would definitely lead the reader towards confusion and misconceptions.

THE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND OF QURAN

This is an invitation to learn briefly about Muslims' Holy Scripture, the Quran. You don't have to become a Muslim or a future Muslim to know this. Regardless of what your opinions are about Islam, you still have every right to know this information.

Quran is an Arabic word, which literally means 'the recitation' or 'the reading'. Muslims believe that it is the Word of God, which He had revealed to His Prophet Muhammad through the angel Gabriel. It was memorized by Prophet Muhammad and then was dictated to his companions.

Before analyzing the Quran or going deep into its history, a question should be asked. Are the words in the Quran that we have today exactly the same with the ones revealed to us through Prophet Muhammad centuries ago? This is an important issue to resolve, because there would be no point in discussing the Quran itself if what we have today has been changed from its revelation to the Muslims during the time of Prophet Muhammad.

In order to answer that question, we need to look into the methods on how the Quran has been preserved to this very day, which includes:

[1] Memorization

[2] Recorded in writing

It is through the combination of these two elements that has ensured the preservation of the Quran.

MEMORIZATION

The literacy level in Arab back then was not like what it is today -- not everybody had the ability to write down the revelation. But everybody was able to recite the verses and commit them to memory.

Prophet Muhammad had encouraged his companions to learn and practice each verse of the revelation and transmit it to others. To recite the Quran regularly is an encouraged act of worship. Besides that, it is also compulsory to recite the Quran in the daily ritual/prayers called 'solah'. In other words, the verses of Quran were repeatedly recited by the believers, memorized and used in the daily prayers (solah). And everything that I have just mentioned is still happening to this day.

During the time of Prophet Muhammad (even before it), memorization was like a second nature to the Arabs. Dr. Michael Zwettler, an expert in Classical Arabic language and literature, as well as in pre- and early Islamic culture and civilization had mentioned:

"The poetry of Arabs, in the ages which preceded the rise of Islamism, was perpetuated by oral tradition; for in ancient times, when writing was not used or scarcely used, memory was exercised and strengthened to a degree now almost unknown."

If it has crossed your mind on how impossible it is to memorize the whole Quran, consider this. Today, when the literacy level is far better than centuries ago, we still have hundreds of thousands of people who memorized the whole Quran. And each Muslim would definitely memorize at least one or two Surah (chapter) from the Quran.

For the early Muslims among the companions of Prophet Muhammad, it was much easier for them to memorize since the Quran took approximately 23 years before the entire revelation came to an end. With the Arabs' memorization culture and the capacity of time in over two decades for them to absorb the Quran, nothing is impossible.

RECORDED IN WRITING

Other than the companions who had followed Prophet Muhammad in reciting the text by heart, there were also some of them who were able to read and write. Those companions had acted as scribes and wrote down the verses. Prophet Muhammad was unlettered, he did not know how to read and write, and therefore he called upon numerous scribes to write for him.

But the Quran that was recorded in writings during the the time of Prophet Muhammad was not in the form of a book. The materials used to record the verses were many – stones bark of trees, wood, cloth and various other things. The task of collecting Quran as a book was undertaken by Abu Bakr, the leader of the Muslims after Prophet Muhammad's death.

QURAN IN THE FORM OF MANUSCRIPT

Below are the simplified chronicles on how the Quran was compiled into the form of a book.

Abu Bakr (the first Caliph and successor to the Prophet) had ordered Zaid Bin Thabit to collect the Quran into one manuscript six months after the death of Prophet Muhammad. It was suggested by Umar al-Khattab (who would later become Abu Bakr's successor), worried about the great number of Qurra (memorizers of the Quran) who had been killed during the battle of Yamama.

A committee was formed to complete this task of collecting the written Quranic material in the form of a single book, led by Zaid Bin Thabit himself. The compilers had insisted on very stringent criteria when it came to examining the written material that had been submitted to them as a safeguard against any errors.

This manuscript of the Quran remained with Abu Bakr until he died. It was then passed on to and remained with Umar al-Khattab (successor to Abu Bakr). After Umar al-Khattab died, the manuscript stayed with Hafsah, Umar's daughter and wife of Prophet Muhammad.

The copy of the Quran that was prepared and compiled by the committee had also included the list of memorizers of the Quran who had been unanimously approved by the Muslim world. If the committee had made the slightest error, tens of hundreds of the Qurra (memorizers of the Quran) would be able to notice and correct it.

That is how the memorization and written records of the Quran complement each other, offering a check and balance method in preserving the Quran from any slight change or error during its compilation.

Until to this very day, anyone who tried to create a false Quran will fail miserably because any error is easy to be detected by the Muslims. Even if entire copies of the Quran today are burned until there's no copy left in the whole world, there's no worries at all since we would still have the 'copies' in the heart of those who memorized the whole Quran.

QURAN DURING THE TIME OF UTHMAN

First of all, a person who studies the history of Islam should be very clear in making the distinction between Caliph Uthman and the caliphs of the Ottoman Empire . I've encountered who have made this mistake, when they heard Caliph Uthman had made an official copy of Quran in the Quraishi dialect (the dialect in which the Quran was revealed to the Prophet and was memorized by his companions), they thought he was one of the caliphs from Ottoman Empire.

Quran was originally revealed in the Quraishi dialect of Arabic. But God then revealed the Quran into seven dialects to facilitate the people who did not speak other dialects. During the time of Caliph Uthman (one of Prophet Muhammad's companions and the successor to Umar al-Khattab), the differences in reading the Quran among the different tribes were getting obvious. The situation worsened when each tribe started claiming that their way of reciting was the correct one.

Uthman then took a proactive approach by making an official copy of Quran in the Quraishi dialect. It should be noted that this compilation of the Quran by the Uthman Committee is not a new version of Quran. It is still the Quran with the same message that what has been revealed by God through Prophet Muhammad, and the purpose of this new copy is simply as an official standardization of the dialect.

In order to accomplish this, Uthman had asked Hafsah for the copy of the manuscript that had been compiled during the time of Abu Bakr so that he could compile the Quranic material in perfect copies. The early copy prepared by Abu Bakr served as the principal basis of the new one. He asked Zaid Bin Thabit again and a few other companions of the Prophet to rewrite the manuscript in perfect copies.

When it had been completed, Uthman sent the perfect copy to each major city like Makkah, Madinah, Damascus , Kufah and Basrah.

Uthman then proceeded to burn any other copies other than this final copy. Although the action was quite drastic, it was for the betterment and the harmony of the whole Muslim community. Uthman's action had also been unanimously approved by the companions of the Prophet.

Uzbekistan - Holy Koran Mushaf of Othman

The final copy that had been perfectly compiled by Uthman can still be seen until today. The copy that Uthman had sent to Madina was removed by the Turkish authorities to Istanbul . The treaty of Versailles contains the following clause:

"'Article 246: Within six months from the coming into force of the present Treaty, Germany will restore to His Majesty, King of Hedjaz, the original Koran of Caliph Othman, which was removed from Madina by the Turkish authorities and is stated to have been presented to the ex-Emperor William II"." [Fred L. Israel, Major Peace Treaties of Modern History, New York, Chelsea House Pub., Vol. II, p. 1418]

The copy reached Tashkent in 1924 and it remains there until today. Visit the link below to see the news and UNESCO reports about the copy.

Tashkent's hidden Islamic Relic [click]

Uzbekistan - Holy Koran Mushaf of Othman (UNESCO) [click]

THEY SAID…

Sir William Muir in Life of Mohamet said, "There is probably no other book in the world which has remained twelve centuries (now fourteen) with so pure a text".

In Geschichte des Qorans (History of the Quran), the book written by Theodore Noeldeke, Friedrich Schwally (who had helped Noeldeke) had mentioned in the book, "As far as the various pieces of revelation are concerned, we may be confident that their text has been generally transmitted exactly as it was found in the Prophet's legacy."

I hope that this simple explanation and chronology of the history and background of the Quran would help my brothers and sisters from other religions to have a quick understanding about the Quran. I have tried my best not to burden readers with heavy historical facts and quotes. More personal research and endeavor are greatly encouraged for those who would like to gain more information than what I have shared here.

Galileo Galilei said, "All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them."

opss.. I did it again

Related link: Kisah Pelbagai

I am not sure how do i updated this.
But basically it was quite an adhoc decision. I received SMSed at 6.30 in the morning from Cik As asking if we want to meet or i have the intention of going to the KLIBF; and i decided to say OK because after reading Hany's blog i feel like having my own book of Ibn Battutah.

And then.. There i was with Cik As, went to Hall 2 (the place i missed on my last visit); it was my luck actually (or is it because Cik As' luck that thrown into me) i got special price (really special!) on Ibn Battutah's book. Thanks a lot to the person at the booth, because of him i managed to buy more books.

Here is my other book lists, on top of previous visit:



From bottom:
1. Pengembaraan Ibn Battutah
2. Sejarah Rasul Ulul Azmi Terbesar : Nabi Muhammad by Tarikuddin Haji Hassan
3. Magazines (price at Rm1/mag):
a) Milenia Muslim (Feb 2008) Cover Story: Hentikan Sensasi Media Malaysia-Indonesia
b)Aniqah Feb 2008 Cover Story: Kanser di kalangan kanak2
c) Forward OCt 2007 Cover Story: Malaysia's Invicisble Street Children
d) Forward Nov 2007 Cover Story: In the Crosshairs:Muslim Charities
e) Forward Feb 2008 Cover Story: Siti Hasmah shining bright under Tun's shadow
4. Kaum-kaum yang pupus by Harun Yahya
5. Detektif Indigo Kembali (3rd series of remaja indigo) by FT
6. CD Muhammad Utusan Terakhir
7. CD Raihan Rangers
8. CD Ana Muslim (Singer Cheb Ali)
9. Free CD on A Call To ReOpen: The Sept. 11 Investigation - Confronting The Evidence


Well, supposed i want to take picture with the winner of Calon Menantu Episod 1 (met him at the Saba booth) , but i managed to snap a photo with FT only.. Courtesy of Cik As' camera as i did not bring my camera.



So i guess..i am really broke now..
Anyone to offer me lunches for a week or two, perharps?

Missing him

"Yom, Jom!"

That will be one of his favourite quotes at all time, for me.
I would have to call him everyday, or else if he is the one who called me, i will be disturbed by at least 3-4 times a day. So, if i were the one to start first, we will talk at most once a day, or seldomly max twice a day.

I did traveled every week just to see him. Especially when he made the phone call and call my name with the soft sound "Yom..." ; and i felt like flying to him now and then. Now, i barely had enough time to go back seeing him.

I enjoyed very much hearing stories he keeps on repeating my name at home when he is playing by himself. I played hide and seek with him, over the phone and he did actually searching for me when the people around him asked him what he is looking for by leaving the phone there. (ha ha ha).

His loves for airplane started with me. He associates anything on plane on me. So does the sea and the sky, and Ultraman, and Shreek and CalCium! He talks on fish with me. He imitates my words, he repeats sounds i made, he shouts telling my mom i'm back when he sees me at the front door. He eats what i eat, make my mom confused because he usually does not want to eat it. He sleeps like me (when i was small:P).

And today he is TWO.
Yes, i am missing him today.

Better Days

After several months and weeks of highly tense atmosphere ; plus the non-productive , almost non-existence ability to perform and 'i can't think straight now, let me clear my cloud first' things..

These two days seems to show better lights on my work here. I feel more productive, as i managed to complete more tasks and doing more things, getting used to some pace.


Well, except to later time in the afternoon.. But then, it is all right.
Today, I achieved better than my own expectation. :p

Kisah Pelbagai

[1] Kisah Awan




kisah ini,
kisah diawangan.
pada dua dan yang menghampiri lapan,
tiada padanya keliru atau resah.
kerana awan itu..

dah sungguh,
tidak tersangkakan,
tiba pada dua dan yang menghampiri lapan.

kisah ini.
masih panjang ceritanya,
kerana awan tak pernah berhenti satu di tempatnya.


[2] Kisah KLIBF 2008

Took leave, and went there on 4/4/08, when the ladies friend pushed me to buy a book: Surat Ungu Untuk Nuha by Noor Suraya. They highly recommended this book.. Seeing the book at first, i have this kind of look on my face. I would consider myself quite a 'heavy reader', and i touched story like this once in a while only. But as Aida stressed out i will like it, so i just give it a try. I was lucky indeed, the writer was there.. She signed the book for me with this message:

Salam sayang buat Zue Ika,
Benarkah tidak semua laut akan menemui pantai?

Kasih,
Noor Suraya.


i don't have the answer.. do you?

p/s: Aida eyes go green on me.. ahhahaha kalau tidak ibu2 mau pulang cepat, dan saya dah start sakit kepala , tentu dah minta mereka pulang dulu nak beli buku lain..

ok, ini buku2 yg saya beli..



1. A-Z Sulaman Manik (jgn tanya kenapa beli, sebab saya pun tak tahu..hahahah)
2. Siri Tokoh Cendekiawan Islam by Sulayman Fayyad:
a. Ibn Battutah Pengembara Islam
b. Ibnu'l -Awwam Tokoh Pertanian
c. Jabir bin Hayyan Ahli Kimia
d. Ibn Malaka Tokoh Ilmu Kinetik
(mmg cita2 nak kumpul kisah2 mereka ni, mana tahu boleh guna kemudian hari. buku nipis2 oklah utk orang2 yg lambat membaca macam saya:D )
3. Yang Bernama Cinta (beli nak cukupkan kuota masuk pertandingan cabutan bertuah, tapi tgk2 bahasa dia pun ok..)
4. 366 Cerita Rakyat Malaysia ( nak baca pada anak buah..hehehe tapi saya pun dah habis terbaca cerita rakyat Iran, 3 biji limau, mcm best jugak..:D )
5. Badai Semalam by Khadijah Hashim (percaya tak, hanya RM2 aje..)
6. Rona Bosphorus by Zaid Akhtar
7. Surat Ungu Untuk Nuha by Noor Suraya

Banyak buku saya tak sempat beli, buku Astronomy di MPH penuh bergambar, cuma RM40 aje. Buku Pengembaraan Ibn Battutah (nampak Hany ada beli.. hint hint * nak pinjam nanti2* ehhehe) , ingat nak cari juga buku yg Incik Rol reviewed, tak sempat cari. ada rasa nak pergi lagi, tapi tak tahu ler sempat atau tidak.. : )

Buku2 FT? saya menantikan Remaja Indigo, buku2 lain hampir semua dah ada kecuali Karbala..
Di tangan pun, banyak buku tak terbaca habis lagi.. Dibeli sejak beberapa bulan lalu adalah beberapa belas, dan baru habis beberapa.. wahahhaha adoii, baca cepat jgn tak baca..


[3] Kisah Kita

Dah buat kiraan Income Tax atau belum? Jangan lupa (termasuk yang menulis ini), tarikh tutup akhir bulan ini.. :)

A True Love Story

[1] Breaking news yesterday; cannot say much anymore. Anyway do check this link out so you are not going to turn up like her.

[2] The posting on Multiplier Effect III is coming soon.. not able to type it right now. (Hope i don't sound stupid when writing on this theory. :P )

[3] Received this from one of the friend. Same story, but different way of telling..

Quote from another friend's reply:

It fits the theme ("the greatest human love of all times). And it also include parts about misconception about Islam. Why did Prophet Muhammad married many women. It explains the reasons for his multiple marriage.

A True Love Story

By: Hesham Hassaballa

She was one of the noblest women around, coming from a very prominent family. She was also quite beautiful and the holder of a considerable amount of wealth, being a prominent businesswoman. To marry her would have been a great feat for any man, and indeed, quite a few of the most prominent and wealthy men in society had asked for her hand. Yet, she rejected them all; already being a widow, she had lost the desire to marry again.

Until he came into her life. He was young man of 25, and although he was also of a noble family, he was an orphan and was not a man of many means. He had made a meager living tending sheep in the hills surrounding the city. Yet, he had an impeccable moral character, and he was widely known as one of the most honest men around. That is what attracted her to him: she was looking for someone honest who could conduct business for her, as she - a woman in a fiercely patriarchal society - could not do it herself. So, he started working for her.

After he came back from his first business trip, she asked her servant, whom she sent with him, about him and his conduct. The servant amazed her by his report: this young man was the kindest, gentlest man he had ever met. Never did he treat the servant harshly, as many others do. Yet, there was more: as they traveled in the heat of the desert, the servant noticed that a cloud had followed them the entire time, shading them from the blazing sun. The businesswoman was quite impressed with her new employee.

Not only that, this new employee proved to be an astute businessman in his own right. He took his employer's merchandise, sold it, and with the profits bought other merchandise that he sold again, thus profiting twice. All this was enough for her: the embers of love in her heart that were once extinguished re-kindled again, and she resolved to marry this young man, who was 15 years younger than she.

So, she sent her sister to this young man. She asked him, "Why are you not married, yet?"

"For lack of means," he answered.

"What if I could offer you a wife of nobility, beauty, and wealth? Would you be interested?" she told him.

He replied in the affirmative, but when she mentioned her sister, the young employee chuckled in amazement.

"How could I marry her? She has turned down the most noble men in the city, much wealthier and prominent than me, a poor shepherd," he said.

"Don't you worry," the sister replied, "I'll take care of it."

Not long after, the wealthy businesswoman married her young employee, and it was the beginning of one of the most loving, happiest, and sacred marriages in all of human history: that of Prophet Muhammad and Khadijah, the daughter of Khuwaylid. When they were married, the
Prophet was 25 years old, and Khadijah was 40. Yet, that did not bother the Prophet one bit. He loved her so deeply, and she loved him as deeply. They were married for 25 years, and she bore him seven children: 3 sons and 4 daughters. All of the sons died in young age.

Khadijah was a source of immense love, strength, and comfort for the Prophet Muhammad, and he leaned heavily on this love and support on the most important night of his life.

While he was meditating in cave of Hira, the Angel Gabriel came to the Prophet Muhammad and revealed to him the first verses of the Qur'an and declared to him that he was to be a Prophet. The experience terrified the Prophet Muhammad, and he ran home, jumping into Khadijah's arms crying, "Cover me! Cover me!" She was startled by his terror, and after soothing and comforting him for a while, the Prophet was able to calm down and relate to her his experience.

The Prophet feared he was losing his mind or being possessed.

Khadijah put all his fears to rest: "Do not worry," she said, "for by Him who has dominion over Khadijah's soul, I hope that you are the Prophet of this nation. Allah would never humiliate you, for you are good to your relatives, you are true to your word, you help those who are in need, you support the weak, you feed the guest and you answer the call of those who are in distress."

She then took him to her cousin, Waraqah ibn Nawfal - a scholar well-versed in the Judeo-Christian scripture - and he confirmed to the Prophet that his experience was Divine and he was to be the Last Prophet.

After his ministry began, and the opposition of his people became harsh and brutal, Khadijah was always there to support the Prophet Muhammad, sacrificing all of her wealth to support the cause of Islam. When the Prophet and his family was banished to the hills outside of Mecca, she went there with him, and the three years of hardship and deprivation eventually led to her death. The Prophet Muhammad mourned her deeply, and even after her death, the Prophet would send food and support to Khadijah's friends and relatives, out of love for his first wife.

Once, years after Khadijah died, he came across a necklace that she once wore. When he saw it, he remembered her and began to cry and mourn. His love for her never died, so much so, that his later wife A'isha became jealous of her. Once she asked the Prophet if Khadijah had been the only woman worthy of his love. The Prophet replied: "She believed in me when no one else did; she accepted Islam when people rejected me; and she helped and comforted me when there was no one else to lend me a helping hand."

Much has been made and said about Prophet Muhammad's multiple marriages. There are many who smear the Prophet as a womanizing philanderer, citing his multiple marriages. This is absolute propaganda. As a response to those who malign the Prophet , IF the Prophet were anything of the sort, he would have taken advantage of his youth to do such a thing. But he did not! At a time when it was a common custom to have multiple wives, the Prophet did not marry anyone else while he was with Khadijah.

It was only after Khadijah died, may God be pleased with her, that he married other women. Most of these wives were widows, whom the Prophet married to care after them, or they were the daughters of prominent Arab chieftains, so that the Prophet could form a cohesive Muslim society out of a fiercely tribalistic (and barbaric) Arab culture. The smears against the Prophet fall flat on their faces once the light of truth shines brightly upon them.

In a song about the Prophet and Khadjiah, Muslim rappers Native Deen sing: "We look for stories of love in places dark and cold/When we have a guiding light for the whole world to behold." Many of what we call "love stories" today are nothing more than stories of lust and desire, physical attraction disguised as love.

Yet, I can find no love story more powerful, more spiritually uplifting, more awe inspiring as that of the Prophet Muhammad and Khadijah. It is a shining example of what an ideal marriage is, and if I ever claim that I love my wife, I must gauge my actions with that of the Prophet. As the country commemorates Valentine's Day, and everywhere we turn this month, "love is in the air," I cannot help but reflect upon, what is to me, the greatest of all love stories: that of Muhammad and Khadijah. Even with all of its amazing and creative talent, Hollywood could not have come up with a story greater than this.

Hesham A. Hassaballa is a physician and writer based in Chicago.
You can visit his blog at www.drhassaballa. com.

Ramadhan 22nd: Smiles

...sMiLeS....

Somewhere in the comment column for my training evaluation, it reads:
"Senyum selalu, saya sukakan senyuman itu. You have a nice smile. "



Someone told me:
Your smile make my day.



Another person said to me:
Looking at your smiles, make all my worries gone.


Well, it does give smiles on my face.. thank you for making my day.:D

err.. should i keep on smiling?:P:P