Study Time

Don't We All?

Heart Warming experience.

(by an anonymous writer)

I was parked in front of the mall wiping off my car. I had just come from the car wash and was waiting for my wife to get out of work. Coming my way from across the parking lot was what society would consider a bum.

From the looks of him, he had no car,no home,no clean clothes and no money. There are times when you feel generous but there are other times that you just don't want to be bothered. This was one of those"don't want to be bothered times."

"I hope he doesn't ask me for any money," I thought. He didn't.

He came and sat on the curb in front of the bus stop but he didn't look like he could have enough money to even ride the bus.

After a few minutes he spoke. "That's a very pretty car," he said. He was ragged but he had an air of dignity around him. His scraggly blond beard keep more than his face warm.

I said, "thanks," and continued wiping off my car.

He sat there quietly as I worked. The expected plea for money never came. As the silence
between us widened something inside said, "ask him if he needs any help." I was sure that he would say "yes" but I held true to the inner voice.

"Do you need any help?" I asked.

He answered in three simple but profound words that I shall never forget. We often look for wisdom in great men and women. We expect it from those of higher learning and accomplishments.

I expected nothing but an outstretched grimy hand. He spoke the three words that shook me.

"Don't we all?" he said.

I was feeling high and mighty, successful and important, above a bum in the street, until those three words hit me like a twelve gouge shotgun. Don't we all?

I needed help. Maybe not for bus fare or a place to sleep, but I needed help. I reached in my wallet and gave him not only enough for bus fare, but enough to get a warm meal and shelter for the day. Those three little words still ring true.

No matter how much you have, no matter how much you have accomplished, you need help too.

No matter how little you have, no matter how loaded you are with problems, even without money or a place to sleep, you can give help.

Even if it's just a compliment, you can give that. You never know when you may see someone that appears to have it all. They are waiting on you to give them what they don't have. A different perspective on life, a glimpse at something beautiful, a respite from daily chaos, that only you through a torn world can see.

Maybe the man was just a homeless stranger wandering the streets. Maybe he was more than that.

Maybe he was sent by a power that is great and wise, to minister to a soul too comfortable in themselves.

Maybe God looked down, called an Angel, dressed him like a bum, then said, "go minister to that man cleaning the car, that man needs help."

Don't we all?

In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us.

My favourite spot while driving at alam damai

Hijjaz - Fatamorgana

Matahari & Api

Imej matahari yang paling jelas diperolehi oleh Royal Swedish Academy OfScience pada 14 nov 2002 melalui Swedish Solar Telescope

Sebagai Renungan:

Diriwayatkan bahawa Rasululallah pernah menceritakan betapa asalnya kejadian api di dunia ini. Setelah nabi adam dihantar ke dunia kerana kesalahanya memakan buah larangan maka Allah swt telah memerintahkan Jibril as supaya mengambil api dari neraka untuk dihantar ke dunia untuk kegunaan nabi adam as. Maka jibril as pun diperintahkan untuk meminta api tersebut daripada malaikat penjaga api neraka iaitu Zabaniah.

Jibril: wahai zabaniah, aku diperintah untuk mengambil sedikit api neraka untuk dihantar ke dunia bagi kegunaan adam as.

Zabaniah: sebanyak mana sedikit itu ?

Jibril: sebesar kurma...

Zabaniah: kalau sebesar buah kurma api neraka itu engkau bawa nescaya akan cairlah tujuh lapis langit dan tujuh lapis bumi akibat kepanasanya.

Jibril: kalau begitu berilah aku sebesar separuh dari buah kurma...

Zabaniah: kalau sebesar separuh buah kurma api neraka ini engkau letakan di dunia nescaya tidak akan turun walaupun setitik hujan dari langit dan tidak ada suatu pun tumbuhan akan tumbuh di bumi nanti..
Memandangkan keadaan yang rumit ini maka jibril as pun menghadap Allah untuk mendapatkan saiz yang perlu dihantar ke dunia. Allah swt pun memerintahkan supaya jibril mengambil sebesar ZARAH sahaja dari api neraka untuk dibawa ke dunia.

Maka jibril as pun mengambil api neraka sebesar zarah dari zabaniah tetapi oleh kerana kepanasan yang keterlaluan api neraka sebesar zarah itu terpaksa disejukan dengan mencelupnya sebanyak 70 kali ke dalam sungai di syurga dan sabanyak 70 buah sungai. = 70 x 70

Selepas itu jibril as pun membawa api itu turun ke dunia dan diletakan di atas sebuah bukit yg tinggi, tetapi sejurus setelah diletakan tiba-tiba bukit itu terus meleleh cair maka cepat-cepat jibril mengambil semula api tersebut dan dihantar semula ke neraka.

Hanya sisa-sisanya sajalah yang terdapat di dunia ini seperti api yang sering kita gunakan untuk berbegai keperluan dan juga api yang terdapat di gunung berapi dan lain lain lagi.

PENGAJARAN: Bayangkanlah kepanasan api neraka yg sebesar zarah yang terpaksa disejukan dalam 70 buah sungai dengan sebanyak 70 celup setiap sungai dan hanya sisanya saja itupun manusia tidak dapat bertahan akan kepanasanya bagaimana dengan api di neraka itu sendiri. SEBESAR ZARAH SAHAJA.

Rasulullah s.a.w. bersabda, maksudnya:

"Sesungguhnya orang yang paling aku kasihi di sisiku ialah seorang mukmin yang keadaannya serba sederhana, tetapi rajin mengerjakan solat (wajib dan sunat), dia baik dalam beribadah kepada Tuhan dan selalu taat kepadaNya secara diam-diam" (Riwayat Tarmizi)

Rasulullah s.a.w. bersabda maksudnya:

"Sesungguhnya orang yang sangat aku kasihi dan terdekat padaku di hari kiamat ialah yang terbaik budi pekertinya. Dan orang yang sangat aku benci dan terjauh daripadaku pada hari kiamat ialah orang yang banyak bercakap, sombong dalam percakapannya dan berlagak menunjukkan kepandaiannya" (Riwayat Tarmizi)

Rasulullah s.a.w. bersabda maksudnya:

"Barangsiapa yang bertaubat kepada Allah selagi belum terbit matahari dari arah barat, maka Allah menerima taubatnya" (Riwayat Muslim)

Rasulullah s.a.w. bersabda maksudnya:

"Ingatlah kepada Allah dalam masa senangmu, nescaya Dia akan mengingatimu di masa susah" (Al-Hadith)

Muslim Scientists During Golden Age of Islam

George Sarton's Tribute to Muslim Scientists in the "Introduction to the History of Science,"

"It will suffice here to evoke a few glorious names without contemporary equivalents in the West: Jabir ibn Haiyan, al-Kindi, al-Khwarizmi, al-Fargani, al-Razi, Thabit ibn Qurra, al-Battani, Hunain ibn Ishaq, al-Farabi, Ibrahim ibn Sinan, al-Masudi, al-Tabari, Abul Wafa, 'Ali ibn Abbas, Abul Qasim, Ibn al-Jazzar, al-Biruni, Ibn Sina, Ibn Yunus, al-Kashi, Ibn al-Haitham, 'Ali Ibn 'Isa al-Ghazali, al-zarqab, Omar Khayyam. A magnificent array of names which it would not be difficult to extend. If anyone tells you that the Middle Ages were scientifically sterile, just quote these men to him, all of whom flourished within a short period, 750 to 1100 A.D."

The Good & Bad In Us

The most destructive habit...........Worry
The greatest Joy.....................Giving

The greatest loss.....................Loss of self-respect
The most satisfying work....................Helping others

The ugliest personality trait....................Selfishness
The most endangered species..........Dedicated leaders

Our greatest natural resource.....................Our youth
The greatest 'shot in the arm'.............Encouragement

The greatest problem to overcome.....................Fear
The most effective sleeping pill.............Peace of mind

The most crippling failure disease................Excuses
The most powerful force in life.....................Love

The most dangerous pariah....................A gossiper
The world's most incredible computer.......The brain

The worst thing to be without.....................Hope
The deadliest weapon....................The tongue

The two most power-filled words..............'I Can'
The greatest asset....................Faith

The most worthless emotion....................Self-pity
The most beautiful attire....................SMILE!

The most prized possession.....................Integrity
The most powerful channel of communication.......Prayer

The most contagious spirit..................Enthusiasm
The most important thing in life..................GOD THE ALMIGHTY.