Sempena Maulidur Rasul, Masjid Negeri Pulau Pinang ada menganjurkan majlis mengupas buku di atas, yang memperincikan peribadi Nabi kita, dari segi tuturkata, cara melayan tetamu, sahabat-sahabat (dalam konteks kita rakan sekerja), dan macam-macam lagi. Sayang tidak berkesempatan pergi... dek kursus ACLS.
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My favourite Burdah. Yea I know it is not the one recited during Maulid...
Another statement deserved for "WTX" remark, whereby X is whatever unpleasant word you could think of. Eg. What the cuss?
Norani Othman, a sociologist and founding member of SIS Forum Malaysia, a Muslim women's organization, said some in the government may be playing dirty politics, but Anwar is being stubborn and vain.
"Whatever his sexual orientation is, I'd advise him to just let it go and resign so our alternative politics is not held hostage," she said. "Whether Monica Lewinsky's blue dress or the underwear here, they belong to the same rubbish bin of contemporary history."
Everyone knows about the Chilcot inquiry. On the other side of the Atlantic, things are different. They're at the forefront, with full determination despite new guards are now staffing the White House.
If you fancy satire, you should try Full Battle Rattle. Location: Iraq. Yes, it seems Afghanistan is much prominent now. Hmmm... not at the best time to write a movie review...
After spending almost one and a half hour watching this: Inilah Filem Paling Sengal
What it means: Wishing you to be prosperous in the coming year, and red envelope please! Source: http://goodcharacters.com/newsletters/gong-xi-fa-cai.html
Heh, because of 1Malaysia spirit, I can give green angpows too!
// Photo op with Mr Kevin @ PMCSA CNY Dinner
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Hmmm... Maulidur Rasul. Celebration by Prophet Muhammad's birthday. My oh my, so you want to organise a parade? Its not even a tradition by the prophet Muhammad, but hey, no harm doing it as long as you don't claim it is his instruction. You see, Kelantan has no parade organised, but nobody make any noise?
Anyway, this brouhaha reminds me of the jolly of having Maulid celebration back in high school. Apart from parade, we have lectures on and quiz up and running - with aims to refresh back thought and knowledge about our prophet Muhammad. Everyone was kinda happy about it.
As for the parade, at one particular year it was decided that each batch need to assemble a team, more of a choir, to recite appraisals of the prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him (selawat in arabic), or poems (burdah), and then have them do the parade around the school compound.
// An example of Maulidur Rasul parade. This is quite advanced and extravagant, ours were simple - no banner at all, everyone just dressed the same - white baju melayu, green samping, with black songkok. In the light of current situation, you might want to hold up a huge banner saying - "Nabi Anti Rasuah", "Perasuah Masuk Neraka", "Rasuah HARAM!". Heh, let's see if anyone got detained under ISA, heh or State Religion Department for that matter.
This effort prompted many discoveries of 'selawat' and 'burdah' version, including its meaning. A form of intellectual pursuit eh? Yes! At least most of us has no problems comprehending - since all of them in Arabic. Did I tell you that we learn Arabic in school?
The day came, and every batch was duly prepared. And then there was a surprise : One of the selawat rhymes exactly like Siti Nurhaliza's Cindai, originally by Imam as-Syed Jaafar bin Hasan bin Abdul Karim al-Barzanji - in short Imam Al-Barzanji - yes the Malay word Berzanji comes from his name!
Alright let's do some karaoke here:
Marhaban Jaddan / Jaddal Husaini - Welcome! The grandfather of Imam Husain
Marhaban Ya Nur / Ya Nur 'Aini - Welcome! Oh the light of my eyes!
Marhaban Jaddan / Jaddal Husaini - Welcome! The grandfather of Imam Husain
Marhaban Ya Nur 'Aini - Welcome! Oh the light of my eyes!
The stanza above rhymes with: Cindailah mana / tidak berkias
Jalinnya lalu / rentah beribu
Bagailah mana / hendak berhias
Cerminku retak seribu
Then here comes the chorus, no doubt everyone cheered!
Anta Shamsun Anta Badrun - You are the sun, you are the moon
Anta Noorun Fawqa Noori - You are light upon lights
Anta Ikseerun wa Ghaali - You are gold and even more priceless
Anta Misbaahu's-Sudoori - You are the light of hearts
Hendaklah hendak hendak ku rasa
Puncaknya gunung hendak ditawan
Tidaklah tidak tidak ku daya
Tingginya tidak terlawan
When the result was announced that team didn't win anything. Heh, obviously too much of a parody... Duhhh its quite hard for the judge (our teachers of course!) to accept such a brave stunt. Well, now everyone knows Cindai and Selawat cannot sit together, its hedonisme and spiritual. Yeah, like oil and water.
Morale of the day - If you want to do selawat, do it right. Dapat pahala! Check this link out eh?
Postscriptum - That weekend, am going to have ACLS course. No parade I suppose.
Alright, the first column is what you want to do. You can read it up alongwith translation, or you pursue on further, by memorising. It will be a remarkable feat, not to mention the rewards from Him. Aisemen, alot to catch up laaa...
Somebody forwarded this nifty table to me on Facebook recently. First time I came across with this, it was yonks ago, back in Form 1, albeit in written form. Lama... Upon enrolment to a secondary school in Kajang, I was surprised to see everyone was competitive in terms of memorising the Quran. It was the 'in' thing. If you don't follow the crowd, you are a loser with a capital L.
Everyone was so committed to it and if you throw a stone during school assembly, you're bound to hit someone who'd memorise at least 2 volumes (out of 30 excluding the bonus volume Juz Amma). Urgh, what a peer pressure! Translation-wise, we had Arabic lessons anyway, ultimately for PMR and much later, SPM, so everyday there is a word to learn.
Of course all the Arabic vocabs and grammars seem to be dissipating continuously, until now. Heck, even my Arabic ustazah, cried when advising me on how to do with it, as the final exam was around the corner. "Abadi, jangan gagal dalam Bahasa Arab, ya? Paling kurang, dapatlah faham apa yang imam baca," I just sighed, and said to myself - "Apalah lembab sangat aku...."
Anyway I think I'd drifted too far from the main point. Reading Quran, is quite simple to grasp as its about eye to voice coordination, and with lots of practice - read it everyday, you should be fluent in no time. However, one should remember, its a bad thing to read it without Tajwid - reciting in proper pronounciation and intonation, as even slightest mistake could alter the meaning.
C'mon, most of us will be parents soon enough, and it is a shame if one still having problems with Tajwid. How can one teach own child then? Ketam hendak mengajar anak berjalan? Then you'll need someone else to teach them, but it is sad to hear stories about parents being stingy - they can pay hundreds for private tuition, but for this, a tiny RM10 a month! (Sepuluh ringgit cukuplah....) And yet they expect the teacher to do it everyday. What the!
Heh, it was still vivid until now. The teacher wielded a long cane while going through checking out our recitation one by one. One mistake, that's it - a gentle hit on fingers, and you gotta restart all the way from the beginning. Some of us were damn quick like a bullet train - "Baca perlahan-lahan, sikit, bukan macam keretapi, main langgar saja..." When everyone was finished...
Heh, this is not about Tarannum yet - reciting it out with melody. As what Adnan Sempit puts it - "When there is a will, there is a highway"
