Lailatul Qadar

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Waalaikumsalam...

Al-Qadar (kemuliaan), 97:1-5
Dengan nama Allah, Yang Maha Pemurah, lagi Maha Mengasihani
(1) Sesungguhnya Kami telah menurunkan (Al-Quran) ini pada Malam Lailatul-Qadar,
(2) Dan apa jalannya engkau dapat mengetahui apa dia kebesaran Malam Lailatul-Qadar itu?
(3) Malam Lailatul-Qadar lebih baik daripada seribu bulan.
(4) Pada Malam itu, turun malaikat dan Jibril dengan izin Tuhan mereka, kerana membawa
segala perkara (yang ditakdirkan berlakunya pada tahun yang berikut);
(5) Sejahteralah Malam (yang berkat) itu hingga terbit fajar!

Sebenarnya, dulu terdapat khilaf ulama’ yg mana satu antara berikut ialah malam lailatul qadar
- salah satu daripada 10 malam ganjil terakhir dalam bulan Ramadhan
- 17 Ramadhan

Jumhur ulama’ perpendapat, malam Lailatul Qadar ialah malam dimana Al-Quran diturunkan
dari Al-Lawh Al-Mahfuz ke langi dunia (salah satu daripada 10 malam ganjil terakhir dalam
bulan Ramadhan). Jika dihidupkan malam ini dengan beribadah kepada Allah s.w.t., akan diberi
ganjaran 1000 bulan beribadah.

Ibadah apa yg harus dilakukan?
Pada malam itu boleh berdoa, membaca Al-Quran, sembahyang, berzikir dan sebagainya.

Aisyah ra berkata, “Wahai Rasulullah, bagaimana menurutmu apabila aku mengetahui Lailatul
Qadr? Apa yang sebaiknya aku ucapkan?” Beliau bersabda, ’Ucapkanlah,

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ عَفُوٌّ كَرِيمٌ تُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ فَاعْفُ عَنِّى
Allahumma innaka ‘afuwwun kariim tuhibbul ‘afwa fa’fu’anni'.
"Ya Allah, sesungguhnya Engkau Maha Pemaaf lagi Maha Mulia yang menyukai permintaan maaf,
maafkanlah aku”
(HR Tarmidzi dan Ibnu Majah)

Bilakah malam Lailatu Qadar?

Narrated by 'Ubada bin As-Samit: The Prophet came out to inform us about the Night of Qadr
but two Muslims were quarreling with each other. So, the Prophet said, "I came out to inform you
about the Night of Qadr but such-and-such persons were quarreling, so the news about it had been
taken away…”
(HR Bukhari)

Narrated by Abu Said Al-Khudri, Rasulullah s.a.w said: "…Whoever was in Itikaf with me should
stay in Itikaf for the last ten days, for I was informed (of the date) of the Night (of Qadr) but I have
been caused to forget it. (In the dream) I saw myself prostrating in mud and water in the morning
of that night. So, look for it in the last ten nights and in the odd ones of them…"
(HR Bukhari)

Wassalam

Nuzul Quran

Assalamualaikum...
Waalaikumsalam...

Al-Quran merupakan satu "buku" yg penuh dengan nasihat, pengajaran , tunjuk ajar, ilmu,
sejarah dan ringkasnya miracle of the miracles.

Allah s.w.t. telah berjanji utk menjaga Al-Quran daripada dicampur aduk dengan tulisan manusia
sehingga hari kiamat. Al-Quran merupakan salah satu mu’jizat Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. Bahasanya
tiada tandingan dan kandungannya lengkap dan menyeluruh. Diberi ganjaran pahala yg besar bagi
sesiapa yg membacanya (sama ada dengan tahu atau dengan tidak tahu maksudnya).

Malam ini (17 ramadhan) adalah satu malam yg penuh dengan kemuliaan yg mana Nabi Muhammad
s.a.w. menerima wahyunya yg pertama di Gua Hira'. Tarikh 17 ramadhan ini tidaklah disebut secara
terang dlm Al-Quran. Secara tak langsung, dalam suatu ayat, hari turunnya Al-Quran itu sama dengan
hari bertemunya 2 pasukan (perang badar - thn ke-2 hijrah) Maka, Nuzul Quran adalah pada
17 RAMADHAN.

Surah Al-Anfal, 9:41
“… jika kamu beriman kepada Allah dan kepada apa yang telah diturunkan oleh Kami (Allah) kepada
hamba Kami (Muhammad) pada Hari Al-Furqan, iaitu hari bertemunya dua angkatan tentera (Islam dan
kafir, di medanperang Badar) dan (ingatlah) Allah Maha Kuasa atas tiap-tiap sesuatu”
Sempena dengan malam Nuzul Quran ini, marilah kita bersama sama fikir sejenak sejauh mana kita
mengetahui apakah itu AL-Quran, dan apakah implikasi A-Quran dalam hidup kita terutamanya dalam
alaf baru ini. Alaf yg dikatakan serba canggih, alaf yg dikatakan mengalami revolusi maklumat dan
sebagainya.

Al-Quran telah melalui 2 peringkat. Peringkat pertama, Al-Quran (semuanya) diturunkan dari Al-Lawh
Al-Mahfuz (Preserved Tablet) ke langit dunia. Peringkat kedua, diturunkan secara beransur2 kepada
Nabi Muhammad s.a.w.

Al-Quran:
- mengandungi 6666 ayat (termasuk bismillah)
- 114 surah
- diwahyukan kepada Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. secara beransur-ansur selama 23 tahun (13 tahun di
Mekah dan 10 tahun di Madinah) dalam bahasa arab dan disampaikan oleh Jibrail a.s. dengan perintah
Allah s.w.t.
- mukjizat Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. (dari segi bahasa dan kandungan)

Antara semua surah2 yg ada di dalam Al-Quran (114), semuanya bermula dengan bismillah kecuali satu surah
iaitu surah At-Taubah (Surah ke-9). Ini bermakna, hanya ada 113 kali bismillah disebut didalam Al-Quran.
Namun, ada satu kali lagi dimana bismillah disebut didalam Al-Quran, iaitu di dalam cerita Nabi Sulaiman
dan Balqis. Dalam kisah ini, Nabi Sulaiman mengantar surat kepada Balqis yg didahuli dengan bismillah.

Surah Al-Naml, 27:30
“Sesungguhnya surat itu dari Nabi Sulaiman dan kandungannya (seperti berikut): Dengan nama Allah,
Yang Maha Pemurah, lagi Maha Mengasihani”

Setelah Al-Quran telah sempurna diwahyukan, ramai yg menghafalnya. Selepas kewafatan Nabi
Muhammad s.a.w., berlaku perang secara besar-besaran sehingga menyebabkan ramai yg terkorban
(mati syahid). Pada ketika ini, Saidina Umar Al-Khattab telah mencadangkan supaya Al-Quran ditulis.
Selepas bermesyuarat, Khalifah Abu Bakar As-Siddik mengarahkan supaya Al-Quran ditulis dengan
(kemas).

Selepas Saidina Abu Bakar dan Saidina Umar wafat, ketika zaman Saidina Usman bin Affan,
beliau telah mengarahkan supaya Al-Quran dibukukan. Dikatakan Al-Quran itu dibuat dalam 6
salinan. Dikatakan juga, Al-Quran asal itu salah satunya masih ada di Topkapi Museum, Istanbul,
Turkey.

http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Quran/Text/Mss/topkapi.html
Wassalam

Math Clock

Qalb (Heart)

"Those who believed (in the Oneness of Allah - Islamic Monotheism), and whose QALB find rest in
the remembrance of Allah, Verily, in the remembrance of Allah do QALB find rest."
(Al-Quran 13:28)

1. Question: What does Qalb (Heart) mean and what is it?

Answer: It means "Driven Force" towards Soul or Ego, or good or evil. It is a conical-shaped piece of flesh in the
body. Outwardly its task is the pumping of blood and inwardly it is the computer of the whole body. If it is purified,
the whole body is improved, and if it is corrupted then the whole body is perverted.


2. Question: What properties does man's heart have?

Answer: The heart possesses billions of cells. Every few rows of the cells are allocated for the perception of
specific states. For example, the perception of lust, and the inspection of truths and perversions and other
diseases are a part of the signs of the heart's cells. The Holy Quran talks about them in several places.

"...They have Hearts wherewith they understand not..."
(Quran 7:179)
[the Knowledge of the Heart]

"...Indeed, it is not the eyes that grow blind, but it is the Hearts which are in the breasts that grow blind"
(Quran 22:46)
[Sight of the Heart]

"In their Hearts is a disease..."
(Quran 2:10)


3. Question: How could all these properties be contained in the Heart, whereas it seems to be a
piece of flesh?

Answer: The tongue is a piece of flesh, as well, but each part of it is specified to feel particular tastes. For
example, the tip of the tongue is fixed for sweetness, its sides for sourness, its end for bitterness, and it has
other partitions as well. Likewise, the Heart has its separate Nuclei for the perception of things.

The same way, the brain is one piece but, through the Grace of Almighty God, each part of it is arranged for
conservation and perception of specific matters of our five senses.


4. Summary of Verses From Al-Quran Related to Qalb

It is the heart which softens 39:23, or hardens 2:74
It is the heart that goes blind and refuses to recognize the truth 22:46
It is the heart that inspires the function to reason and understand. 7:179; 22:46; 50:37
In the heart, lies the root of all outward diseases 5:52
It is the seat of all inner ills 2:10
The heart is the abode of faith 5:41 and hypocrisy 9:77
It is the heart, which is the centre of all that is good and bad, whether it be contentment and peace 13:28,
the strength to face afflictions 64:11, mercy 57:27, brotherly love 8:63, God-Consciousness 49:3; 22:32;
or, doubt and hesitation 9:45, regrets 3:156, and anger 9:15

Housmanship Extended to 2 Years

Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican, the Director-general of health said that the ministry has extended the
housmanship duration for medical graduates to 2 years so that they can strongly kick start their career.

He said “Previously the housemanship duration was only for a year in three compulsory disciplines in either
medicine, paediatrics, surgery or medicine, surgery and obstrectics and gynecology (O&G) - with four months
in each posting. Now it was compulsory for them to be trained in six disciplines namely general medicine,
pediatrics, surgery, orthopedics, O&G and emergency medicine with four months in each postings over a
period of two years.

All housemen would be employed on scale UD41 (RM1999- RM5317) and upon successful completion of
their housemanship training, they would be confirmed in service and promoted to UD44 (RM3028- RM5570)
scale. If their performance was not up to the standard, the period of training could be extended,"

-Zen, MalaysiaToday

Hollywood Movie Cliches

BINOCULARS & GLASSES
- A villain will always commit murder right in front of the window when someone with binoculars is watching

BOMBS
- Evil geniuses who devise bombs to destroy things/people always have them detonate after at least an hour,
giving the hero ample time to defuse it

- When you cut the wire to the detonator, the timer will stop. You will not be able to do this, however, until
only one second remains.

- All wires have different colors, so the hero can easily differentiate them when he has to cut the right one

CARS & DRIVING
- There are always people carrying around large sheets of glass on the street during a car chase

- A car that crashes will always explode in a ball of flames, but not until the hero can pull the important
passengers to safety

DINING
- The hero and heroine in love always get a great table in a restaurant, even in New York City at lunch
on Saturday

ELEVATORS
- Movie elevators are always ready at that floor. But if the hero/heroine is being chased, elevator won't come.

HEROES
- The hero always misses the villan leaving the scene by seconds

- Heroes can go without food or sleep, with no measurable drop in physical or mental faculties, for at
least 72 hours.

- When a hero gets a bloody nose, he'll stop bleeding almost immediately

HOUSES
- Any apartment in Paris will have a view of the Eiffel Tower

SPORTS
- In any type of sport movie, a player on the field can look up into a crowd of 1 billion and immediately spot
their loved one.

TIME
- Movie timing is always exact. If a phone trace will take two minutes, for example, you can be sure that that
means 120 seconds, not a fraction more or less. Same for bombs, amount of time to get to a destination, etc

- Corollary to the above: all characters in a movie have their watches perfectly synchronized

VILLAINS
- The bad guy is the foreigner.

- Whenever a villain has captured the hero, he will pause for 5 minutes to tell the hero every detail of his
plan to destroy and/or rule the earth, including times, dates, and addresses

WOMEN
- Women always fight other movie women by pulling hair, falling to ground together, rolling over twice

- Women also scream or make some other noise at the precise moment the villain is close enough to hear