Pantai Nan Indah

Setiap kali balik kampung ke Terengganu, kita pasti melalui pantai nan indah ini di sekitar Pekan, Pahang. It is not a private beach nor is public beach with amenities.
Pantai ini menyimpan banyak sejarah. Suka, duka, riang, tawa, tangisan, pantai ini menjadi saksi.
Semoga Allah kukuhkan semangat, tabahkan hati dan cekalkan jiwa menghadapi dugaan dan ujian Allah seteguh pantai ini, walau dilanda badai berjuta kali, pantai ini tetap indah. Pantai ini menyimpan seribu rahsia, namun ia tetap teguh berdiri dan berbakti pada hambaNya yg mencari ketenangan. Alhamdullillah.
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Kekuatan Sebenar

Kekuatan seorang lelaki memang nampak pada mata kasar
Tubuhnya sasa, tenaganya jelas dan sangat mudah dijangka.
Di mana pula kekuatan seorang wanita?
Itulah letaknya di hati.
Tiada siapa boleh menelah
Apakah yang tersirat di hati ini
Hanya Allah yang tahu
Inilah urusan antara hati dan Tuhannya.
Ya Allah, berikan aku kekuatan
Kekuatan sebenar adalah di hati
Ampunkan dosaku, berkatilah hidup ini.
Perjalanan hidup adalah untuk ke depan
Ayuh, pandang ke depan, kuatkan hati.
Adakah ini satu penganiayaan?
Adakah ini satu anugerah?
Inilah dia universiti hidup, takkan dapat kau belajar segala ilmu ini di buku, kitab dan mana2 universiti di dunia.
Manakan pula diajar orang tuamu.
Belajar sendiri, tabahkan hati.
Sesungguhnya Allah bersama hambaNya yang bersabar.
Maka khabarkan khabar gembira untuk mereka yg bersabar.
Amin Ya Allah.
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Cinta Kerana Allah

Tajuk buku terbaru buat penguat jiwa, pembakar semangat dan penenang hati hasil tulisan Ustaz Pahrol Mohamad Juoi. Bagus betul, rasa susah nak letak bila dah start baca.
Makna cinta berbeza-beza, tapi cinta pada Allah itu fitrah. Kena polish selalu sebab takut when clouded with cinta sesama manusia. Cintailah manusia kerana Allah. Manusia hanya pinjaman, sebagai jalan menuju syurga.
Kalau nak rasa nikmat cinta Allah, ialah bila bertahajud dan merasa nikmat sifat perhambaan dan nikmatnya ibadah kepada Allah. Memang benar tahajud malam itu adalah ubat jiwa yg paling mujarab. Ayuh! Bina minda dan jiwa agar ditarbiyah mempunyai jiwa telus dan suci.
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The Best Time

The best time of our life is when we were kids. We have no clue what's happening next, what had happened and only know of what's to be enjoyed at the moment.
Hence, children should be treated as children, don't press them to perform like adults, or to understand the story behind a story.
Joy and laughter from your own generation is the best gift ever. Alhamdullillah.
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Hijrah

Kadang-kadang hati rasa berdebar tetiba
Kadang-kadang ada juga rasa gembira
Kadang-kadang rasa sedih pun ada

Adakala rasa macam nak nangis
Adakala rasa nak tersenyum sentiasa
Ah, mari kita lupakan hal ini!

Manakan mungkin sekelip ini
Hati masih meronta, kenapa ujian ini yg diberi?
Memang benarlah syurga itu mahal harganya.

Istiqamah, berusaha, berdoa
Semua hak milik Allah
Suami, anak, harta, apatah lagi diri kita sendiri, semua hanya pinjaman.

Penuhkan harimu dgn aktiviti berfaedah
Usaha lebih keras untuk lebih maju
Kejayaan hanyalah untuk mereka yang bersabar atas ujian Allah.

Kuatkanlah hatimu
Hijrah itu bagus
Supaya kamu lebih kenal siapa TuhanMu.
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Isteri Solehah dan Pintu Syurga

Menurut hadith Nabi s.a.w., jika seorang isteri mendirikan solat, menunaikan puasa dan mentaati suami, dia akan dibenarkan masuk syurga dari mana2 pintu yg dia suka. Wallahualam.
Ko ingat senang nak pilih mana2 pintu? Masa ni aku terbayang pintu di masjidil haram dan masjid nabawi, banyaknya pintu. Kita kena ingat pintu tu supaya senang bila nak keluar nanti. Tapi pintu syurga hanya satu arah. Sebab itu dia istimewa.
Antara kelebihan seorang isteri ialah tempatnya di sisi suami, supaya mereka berdua merasa cenderung dan tenteram apabila bersama. Itulah hikmah yang paling besar dalam satu perkahwinan.
Apabila berkahwin anak adam, maka sempurnalah sebahagian dari agamanya, dan hendaklah ia bertakwa kepada Allah untuk sebahagian yg lain. Maka lengkaplah pakej seorang muslim.
Cenderung dan tenteram. Dari sini lahirlah doa supaya keluarga kita menjadi keluarga yg penuh dgn rahmah, sakinah dan mawaddah.
Allah memberi ganjaran yg tinggi kepada mereka yg bersabar dan mereka itulah yg Allah beri kemenangan.
Apakah kamu dibenarkan berkata "Sesungguhnya aku telah beriman", sedangkan engkau belum diuji? Ketahuilah Allah akan beri ujian setakat mana yg hambaNya mampu menanggung. Maka beruntunglah mereka yg bersabar dan sentiasa bertakwa.
Syurga itu mahal harganya.

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Aduh Romantisnya

Tiada siapa sangka
Apa sebenarnya sifat romantis antara suami isteri
Memberi bunga perkara biasa
Mengucap sayang juga biasa
Romantis itu banyak maknanya pada setiap pasangan
Saat paling romantis hanya antara pasangan yang tahu

Alamak bestnya
Tiada siapa sangka
Sungguh luar biasa
Suami membacakan surah Yassin pada isteri yg sihat
Kenapa? Sebab isteri tidak suci
Kenapa? Untuk mententeramkan jiwanya
Tapi kenapa? Kerana mengharapkan redha Allah....
Aduh saat paling romantislah!
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Of Challenges and Consequences

As we grow older, we are very much expected to be much wiser. To gain wisdom, we have to take challenges, so that only we can know how far we can reach.

 

Last week in the offsite training session, the remarkable journey undergone by a group of people really tickled my mind. The group of people who had done the work in 355 days can now deliver in mere 59 days. They proved it. They became benchmark all around the world. Amazing. The same group of people. No one got retrenched. The conclusion was - it is not the people we have do not have the competency or capability, it is just that people don't realize they have such capability and potential. They don't know they have the potential, or simply their potential has not been unlocked. The job of a leader is to unlock the potential in their followers.

 

Leaders must first walk the talk, to do that, you must first demonstrate the way. A movie starring Al Pacino "Inch-by-Inch" showcases that we must know where is that inch. We can either be 1 inch slower or 1 inch faster. But unless we try, we will never know where our inch is.

 

I was told that this is a dramatic move for a career. Well, unless I try, I will not know where my inch is. Successful people are people who have failed and rise up from their failure, not from people who have never tried and hence, never failed. We'll see how it goes.

 

I have also received a book written by Jim Collins on How Organizations Fail, which is the same author that wrote "From Good to Great" and "Built to Last". It is amazing to note that companies that have been successful eventually fail when they did not work harder or agile enough to move with the change in environment. The book just illustrates at organization level. The same concept actually applies to individuals. We have to continue learning new things and stay alert, stay relevant. Just like Steve Job's remarks in Stanford's Commencement Day - Stay Foolish.

 

You know that thing called "Facebook", such an amazing creation. Down memory lane, I browsed through chats with my friend Arwah Rosmiza. What she had gone through and how I would imagine if she is alive today. If only she knew her days were numbered, she would have done so much more. Gone to many more places, seen more people, done so much of voluntary works, good deeds to family members and friends, if only she knew. That's 1 point that I learn.

 

Take the risk, try it. Stretch it. Learn from failure. Keep the limit high. Go for it. What's the worst that can happen?