Everything we have is a gift from God

Praise be to my Lord, The Most Wonderful The Most Forgiving…

Many times we think of God's Great Gift to us. Allah is of course the Greatest Gift. Without Him nothing else would matter. But you see… the bottom line is, everything we have is a gift from Him, The Al-Mighty Lord.

The gift of life is from God. If not for Him we would not exist. Every breath we take is a gift from Allah. Our physical strength, mental ability, and spiritual sensitivity are all gifts.

In facing our days, a lot of thing we have as a gift. Whether we have little or much, what we are blessed with is ultimately from our Lord, Allah S.W.T… Even it is talents, time, health, wealth, friends, work, or love… we have Allah to thank for all of these. He gives freely, not based on what we deserve, but solely on His goodness.

He blesses us with life and health. Let us be thankful while we have them and use them for good. He blesses us with loved ones. Let us think of them often, pray for their needs, and be there for them whenever we can. He blesses us with forgiveness. Let us humble ourselves before Him, reveal our faults, and follow after future truths. He blesses us with His Words (The Quran). Let us read and appreciate it anew daily for spiritual guidance and sustenance.

In surah Al-Insan : 2-3, Allah S.W.T said, “We created Man from a drop of mingled sperm, in order to test him: So We gave him (the gifts), of Hearing and Sight. We showed him the Way: whether he be grateful or ungrateful (rests on his will).”

You see… everything we have is really a gift from Him. Even when He takes away something from your hand, don’t think He is punishing you. He is just leaving you empty handed to receive something better! So don’t have to worry much cuz Allah knows best… J

Dear Allah…

I thank You for my being able to see and to hear every day. I'm blessed because You are a forgiving Allah (SWT) and You always understand me. You have done so much for me and You keep on blessing me. You never turn You back on me even when I turned my back on You. Forgive me this day for everything I have done, said or thought that was not pleasing to you. I ask now for Your forgiveness…

Dear Allah…

I pray that every eye that reads this knows there is no problem, circumstance, or situation greater than Allah (SWT). I realise that even I have a big problem; I always do have The Greater Allah. Every battle is in Your hands for You to fight. I pray that these words be received into the hearts of every eye that sees them and every mouth that confesses them willingly...

Don't give up...

Praise be to my Lord... The Most Understanding, The Most Wonderful...

This post is dedicated to everyone especially me.

In this world that surrounds us, we sometimes brake down and fall. We try to fight in this world that always seems to fight us back. We’ll hide away in corners and put upon ourselves pain. We have to know this: There’s no escape from this life cuz we all must face something that suffer. Although we may struggle… then, we fall and fall, Allah will stand by our side and He’ll stay with us through those damn difficult moments. He is your shoulder to cry on and He’ll ALWAYS be around you.

Do remember that no ones perfect and everybody will have to face something hard. But anything can be done with a little faith and hope, right? Hey… I can promise that it WILL get better. Just stop giving up your life. Continue your life doing the best you can do. Allah will help you. Believe it…

You are stronger than you think, so remember to stand tall. Do note that every challenge in your life helps you to grow. Every problem you encounter strengthens your mind and your soul. Every trouble you overcome increases your understanding of life. When all your troubles weigh heavily on your shoulders, remember that beneath the burden you can stand tall, because you are never given more than you can handle... and you are stronger than you think

“Believe in Allah and Rasulullah, and you strive hard and fight for Allah with your wealth and lives, that is better for you if you know.”The Quran (As-Saff: 11)

For we all suffer sometimes in our lives. Some of us suffer loss, others from the feeling of being different. There are so many things that bring us down. Some sit in their rooms and just cry and pray for a better life, some of us can’t handle things and reach for the knife. Whatever makes you depressed, no matter how down you feel, how close to giving up you get, don’t!!!

Hold on, be strong, there is always someone out there who cares for you. Life has it’s up and downs, and one day, it’ll look up for you too. If you need someone to turn to, Allah is there all the time :D.

O Allah, do help us to face this life. You are the best….

Du'a

In The Name of Allah, The Most Gracious The Most Merciful. He is the one who never ever forget to guide the humans in their lives though they always forget to be with Him (obey His order).

With His love, He sent us something as the guidance for His slaves and that is the du’a. Du’a is something very important in the muslims life. Why not? Du’a is the weapon for us. And it is the bond of the relationship between the Lord and His servants. So, it is absolutely not good if we stop praying to Allah. If we stop praying, we’ll lose Allah’s blessing. So, let’s raise our hands and du’a to the end.

And your Lord said: “Invoke Me, (i.e. believe in My Oneness (and ask Me for anything) I will respond to your (invocation), Verily, those who scorn My Worship, they will surely live n hell in humiliation!” (The Quran: Ghafir: 60)

Praise be to our Lord…

There is no such thing of simple life. Everything in life is tough and NOBODY will face it successfully EXCEPT those who believe (mukminun). Cuz the believers always bring their faith no matter where they are. Those who have faith means they have connection with Allah so they’ll refer (du’a) everything to the Al-Mighty in everything they are facing. But know what?? Absolutely Allah loves the mukmins who pray for their selves AND the others than those who pray only for themselves. So, besides praying for ourselves, why not we pray for others? The key to get du’as from many people and many angels is from making du’a for other muslims.

Whenever you make a du’a for other muslims without their knowledge, the angel will say ‘and the same to you.’

“The du’a that Allah answered faster is the one that made by one muslim for another in his absence.”(Abu Dawud & Tarmizi)

But do remember this...

The Prophet (saws) has said in a Hadith narrated by Abu Hurayrah: Make Du’a and be assured of being answered, and know that Allah does not answer a Du’a from a careless heart, which is not concentrating.

And Allah knows everything…

Allah knows best

Allah knows what's best for us
So why should we complain?
We always want the sunshine
But He knows there must be rain
We always want the laughter
And the merriment of cheer
But our hearts loose their tenderness
If we never shed a tear
Allah tests us often
With suffering and with sorrow
He tests us not to punish us
But to help us meet tomorrow
For growing trees are strengthened
If they withstand the storm
And the sharpness of the chisel
Gives the marble grace and form
Allah tests us often
And for every bit of pain
Provided we are patient
Is followed by rich grain
So whenever we are down
And everything is going wrong
It is just Allah's way
To make our spirit strong

I just wanna share this poem with everybody who lose hope in their life. Well maybe, including me. Come on, just believe this.... What happened to us is just for our goodness. Of course, it is not what we call life if there is no test. So, learn to be strong to face it.

Do people think that they will be left because they say: "We believe (in Allah)," and will not be tested? (The Quran, Al- 'Ankaboot: 2)

You see, everybody in this world will be tested and of course the muslims will be tested the most. Having those damn tribulation doesn't mean that Allah didn't love us but that is one of the prove that shows He cares about us.

Things aren’t always as they seem. Ummu Musa was told to throw her son in the river, Prophet Yusuf was left for dead in a well, Maryam delivered a child alone, Aishah was accused of a terrible sin, Prophet Yunus was swallowed by a whale, Prophet Ibrahim was thrown in the fire, Prophet Muhammad SAW lost the love of his life Khadijah, and Ummu Salamah thought no one could be better than Abu Salamah. (Peace be upon them all). Yet look at how it turned out for them in the end... So don’t worry, Allah has a plan for you. Just put your trust in Him so you'll be ok. Insha-Allah...

Lastly, Allah knows everything.

Who He loves?

I read something beautiful on an Islamic Q & A site last night, somebody asked how do we know when Allah loves us and is pleased with us, what are the signs? Obviously it caught my attention and I went on reading, it is great to know there are some signs that we can look for to know if Allah is pleased with us or not. So, I am going to share it with you here in my blog. Actually, this is the straight answer from the Islamic Q & A site. I just hope we together will read it and take it to our life. Insha-Allah…

Praise be to Allah.

Among the signs that the Lord is pleased with His servant is that He guides him to do good deeds and avoid haram things. This is proved by the words of Allah:

“While as for those who accept guidance, He increases their guidance and bestows on them their piety” [Muhammad: 17]

“As for those who strive hard in Us (Our Cause), We will surely guide them to Our paths (i.e. Allah’s religion — Islamic Monotheism)” [al-‘Ankaboot: 69]

But if a person is hindered from doing good deeds and avoiding haram things, then that is a sign that Allah is not pleased with him. Allah has also explained in His Book that the sign of His being pleased with His slave and of His guidance is that He opens his heart to true guidance and true faith.

And the sign of misguidance and being far from the Straight Path is distress and constriction in the heart. Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“And whomsoever Allah wills to guide, He opens his heart to Islam; and whomsoever He wills to send astray, He makes his heart closed and constricted, as if he is climbing up to the sky. Thus Allah puts the wrath on those who believe not” [al-An’ am: 125]

Ibn 'Abbas said, commenting on this verse: “And whomsoever Allah wills to guide…” He opens his heart to tawheed and belief therein.Tafseer Ibn Katheer, 2/175

Another sign of Allah’s love for His slave and His being pleased with him is that He makes him beloved to His slaves. Al-Bukhaari (3209) and Muslim (2637) narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet Muhammad said:

“When Allah loves a person, He calls out to Jibreel: ‘Allah loves So and so,’ so Jibreel loves him. Then Jibreel calls out to the people of heaven, ‘Allah loves So and so, so love him.’ So the people of heaven love him and he finds acceptance on earth.”

Al-Nawawi said: “and he finds acceptance on earth” means that people love him and are pleased to see him, so their hearts incline towards him. It says in another report: “and he finds love on earth.”

And Allah knows best.

Allah is the creator

This blog is not big enough to include all the miracles of the Holy Quran. So now, I am just gonna write here something simple to share.

Dr. Zakir Naik from India was once giving a lecture on Quran and Modern Science where thousands of people attended. One of the participants asked the following question to him after he finished his lecture: “How do you prove that God exists to a person who is an atheist?” He answered thus: If you see a plane flying by in the sky which is unique from all other planes, and you wish to know the mechanisms behind how this plane is flying, who would you ask first? Of course, you would ask the creator of this plane first because he knows all the engineering involved in it. Similarly, who would know the engineering of this universe before anyone else knew? The Creator of the universe of course. Therefore, Allah, the Creator of EVERYTHING, has given us in the Quran such information which no one knew when the Quran was revealed to prove that there is a God who created everything and that He must be obeyed.

Dear readers, you did not come to this life with your own will. Also, you will not leave this world with your own will. Then why live this life according to your own will? A Muslim is he who submits himself to the will of Allah. So, lets pray to Him for whatever we are up to cuz He is everything and He knows everything. Why not we together ask Him to give us the best cuz Allah is the Creator and He knows every single thing about what He created.

“O you who believe! Fear Allah as He should be feared. [Obey Him, be thankful to Him, and remember Him always], and die not except in a state of Islam [as Muslims (with complete submission to Allah)].”(The Quran, 3:102.)

Berjalanlah untuk Mendapatkan Ketenangan

Keluarlah dari rumah, lalu perhatikanlah apa yang ada di sekeliling kita,

di depan mata kita dan di belakang kita

Dakilah gunung-gunung

Jamahlah tanah di lembah-lembah

Panjatlah batang-batang pepohonan

Teguklah air yang jernih

dan

dekatkanlah hidung ke kelopak mawar


Pada masa itu, kita pasti akan merasakan jiwa kita benar-benar merdeka dan bebas seperti burung yang berkicauan melafazkan tasbih di angkasa kebahagiaan.

Keluarlah dari penjara hidup kita dan tutuplah mata kita dengan kain hitam.

Berjalanlah di bumi Allah yang sangat luas ini dengan sentiasa berzikir dan bertasbih..

Marilah sekali-sekala kita membaca quran

di tepi sungai,

di tepi hutan yang rimbun,

di antara burung-burung yang berkicauan

membaca untaian puisi cinta,

atau

di depan gemercik aliran air sungai

yang sedang mengisahkan perjalannya dari hulu ke hilir.

Lihatlah.. Betapa sayangnya Allah kepada kita

Tidak pernah Allah menghadirkan cubaan tanpa cara untuk menyelesaikannya.

Kesedihan..

Kekecewaan..

Keresahan..

Semuanya boleh dihilangkan dengan pelbagai cara...

Jadi, mengapa kita masih ingin membiarkan diri kita musnah ditelan kedukacitaan.

Kedukaan tidak sepatutnya dibiarkan menghancurkan hati dan jiwa kita.

kerana...

dunia yang remeh ini semestinya tidak layak untuk menyebabkan mengalirnya setitis air mata berharga...

My family's pizza recipe

Well this is my family’s pizza recipe. My mom always makes it for us since I couldn’t remember but I never know how to do it ‘till now. Actually, I’m not really good in cooking and that is why I felt excited if I know how to cook something. Anyway, pizza is my favourite. Oh yeah… Before anything, I really wanted to beg you not to laugh at me for feeling wound up cuz now I know how to bake a pizza myself. Hey…its still cool, isn’t it? Not going to talk more longer so, “have a try and enjoy you hand make pizza!!!”

Pizza Dough (Makes enough dough for two 10-12 inches pizza)

• Warm water - 400 ml
• Yeast - 2 1/4 teaspoons
• Bread flour – 16 oz [Actually, we can use all purpose but bread flour will give a crisper crust (my mom told me that)]
• Olive oil – 2 table spoons
• Salt – 1/2 teaspoon
• Sugar – 1 table spoon
  

Toppings

• Tomato/chili/pasta sauce
• Tomato puree
• Oregano leaves
• Margarine
• Mozzarella cheese (shredded) - 250g
• Mushrooms (thinly sliced)
• Bell peppers (stems and seeds removed, thinly sliced)
• Minced chicken meat (fried)
• Tomato (thinly sliced)
• Sausage (fried, thinly sliced) [Any other additional are allowed]

Special equipment needed

• A pizza stone, recommended if you want your pizza to be more crusty [Actually, my mom never use it in making a pizza, but you can use it if you wanted]
• A pizza pan
• A pizza wheel (for cutting the pizza) not required, but easily to deal with than a knife

METHOD

Making the pizza dough

Add the flour with sugar, salt, olive oil, water and don't forget the yeast. Mix and knead it to form a dough. My mom says, if the dough seems a little too wet, sprinkle a bit more flour.

Cover the dough with cling film. Live it for 1 to 1 1/2 hour or 'til it doubled in size.

Preparing the pizza

1. Remove the cling film from the dough and punch the dough so it deflates a bit. Divide the dough in half. From 2 round balls of dough.
2. Working one ball of dough at a time, take one of dough and knead and roll it before place it on the pizza pan. After putting the kneaded and rolled dough on the pizza pan, use your palm to flatten the edge of the dough where it supposed to be thicker.
   
   

3. Spoon on the tomato/chilli/pasta sauce and a bit tomato puree then spread it on the flattened dough, sprinkle the oregano leaves, place your desire toppings on the pizza and finally the shredded cheese on it. Don’t forget to apply some margarine at the edge of the pizzao9. Do the same thing to the other dough.

4. Bake the pizza in the oven for 200 degree Celsius about 30-35 minutes.


Well, this is the product of my family’s pizza. I love it and I know you’ll love it too. Lets together have our lunch.

Mmmm… Yummy… Ops… Sorry, ALHAMDULILLAH…

Allah Knows - Z.Bhikha & D.Wharnsby

“Here, I wanted to share with all my friends a nasheed that I’ll listen to it every time I’m disappointed or feel life is a glimmer of hope. For those who always face life with a gloomy day, listen to this nasheed and understand it. Insya-Allah you’ll find the light of happiness. Ya Allah, please give us a peaceful heart in standing our time before death”

When you feel all alone in this world

And there's nobody to count your tears

Just remember no matter where you are

Allah knows Allah knows

When you carrying a monster load

And you wonder how far you can go

With every step on that road that you take

Allah knows Allah knows

No matter what, inside or out

There’s one thing of which there’s no doubt

Allah knows Allah knows

And whatever lies in the heavens and the earth

Every star in this whole universe

Allah knows Allah knows

When you find that special someone

Feel your whole life has barely begun

You can walk to the moon shout it to everyone

Allah knows Allah knows

When you gaze with love in your eyes

Catch a glimpse of paradise

And you see your child take the first breath of life

Allah knows Allah knows

No matter what, inside or out

There’s one thing of which there’s no doubt

Allah knows Allah knows

And whatever lies in the heavens and the earth

Every star in this whole universe

Allah knows Allah knows

When you lose someone close to your heart

See you whole world fall apart

And you try to go on but it seems so hard

Allah knows Allah knows

You see we all have a path to choose

Through the valleys and hills we go

With the ups and the downs never fret never frown

Allah knows Allah knows

No matter what, inside or out

There’s one thing of which there’s no doubt

Allah knows Allah knows

And whatever lies in the heavens in the earth

Every star in this whole universe

Allah knows Allah knows

Cuz no matter what, inside or out

There’s one thing of which there’s no doubt

Allah knows Allah knows

And whatever lies in the heavens and the earth

Every star in this whole universe

Allah knows Allah knows

Every grain and sand

In every desert land, He knows

Every shade of palm

Every closed hand, He knows

Every sparkling tear

On every eyelash, He knows

Every thought I have

And every word I share, He knows

ALLAH KNOWS

Waiting for the call - Irfan Makki

Assalamualaikum friends… I would like to share with all of you a nasheed that I really like to listen to. The title of the nasheed is ‘Waiting for The Call’ but sometimes people call it ‘Islam in My Vein’. Irfan Makki sings it. I like him because of his soft voice and he can control the tone easily. I can bet he'll make everybody being hypnotize from hearing him reciting the quran. Believe it or not . Believe it. I have to tell you in case you didn’t know yet that his singing voice is completely similar to Michael Jackson’s. You don’t trust me? Okay then. Listen it yourself. Good luck!

Persahabatan

Persahabatan... Tidak akan ada sesiapa pun yang menafikan indahnya persahabatan. Memang indah... Suasana yang mendung pun boleh menjadi cerah kembali. Tapi, kadang-kadang orang salah faham tentang erti persahabatan. Adakah persahabatan itu hanya dengan menegur dengan cara yang menyakitkan? Adakah persahabatan itu hanya dengan menghiburkan tanpa memberi kesan apa-apa? Ataupun, hanya dengan memberi hadiah yang kegembiraannya hanya sementara? Menemani tanpa perasaan kasih sayang seperti sesuatu yang tidak bernyawa? Hanya dengan berSMS atau menghantar e-mail? Berbual kosong? Mengajak kepada kemungkaran? Tidak! Semuanya tidak!!! Bahkan persahabatan seperti itu hanya akan menyebabkan retaknya hati, terseksanya jiwa, serta membawa kepada kemurungan yang berpanjangan. Malah, persahabatan seperti ini hanya diibaratkan seperti najis di tepi jalan. Tidak bernilai dan tidak dihargai sama sekali. Apa sebenarnya persahabatan? Inilah sesuatu yang tidak dapat dirasai oleh semua insan. Persahabatan itu hanya akan tersingkap disebalik hati-hati yang dipilih Allah sahaja. Ya, betul. Persahabatan itu merupakan anugerah yang sangat indah. SANGAT INDAH Persahabatan itu adalah dengan berkongsi rasa resah, rasa gelisah, dukacita mahupun gembira. Semuanya dihadapi bersama. Sebaik-baik teman merupakan mereka yang sentiasa sedia mendengar rintihan kita ketika kita bersedih hati, sentiasa sedia memahami kita ketika kita berdukacita, sentiasa sedia menemani kita ketika kita disisihkan, sentiasa sedia memeluk kita ketika kita memerlukan pelukan dan kehangatan kasih sayang,sentiasa memberi kita harapan ketika kita rasakan kehidupan ini sudah tidak bermakna lagi, sentiasa memberi kita semangat ketika kita berputus asa untuk terus berusaha, dan sentiasa sedia berkongsi cerita atas sesuatu yang menyebabkan kita bahagia. Persahabatan yang ikhlas bukan sahaja dengan ketawa bersama-sama tetapi juga menangis bersama-sama. Sahabat seperti payung dalam hujan. Sahabatnya tidak akan dibiarkan basah dalam derita. Sahabat yang sebenar juga seperti rumah yang sering menjadi pelindung daripada sebarang kecelakaan, seperti kereta yang sering memudahkan sebarang urusan. Sesuatu yang paling wajib dihargai, sahabat sejati seperti matahari, sanggup korbankan dirinya sendiri hanya untuk kebahagiaan sahabatnya. Sungguh beruntung mereka yang beroleh sahabat sejati.
Ya Allah, anugerahkanlah kepadaku sahabat seperti ini, yang akan mengajakku bersama-sama dengannya mengejar cinta-Mu. Dan jika Kau menghadiahkan sahabat kepadaku, Kau hadirkanlah kepadaku rasa ingin menghargainya sampai ke akhirat. Ameen...

Something to remember

Where there is Life,
There is Hope;
Where there is Hope,
There is Trust;
Where there is Trust,
There is Love;
Where there is Love,
There is Faith;
Where there is Faith,
There is Success;
Where there is Success,
There is Allah;
That means everything is started with Allah.
So lets pray to Him for whatever we do,
and whatever we are up to...