Aduka Taruna – Penulis Blog yang menghina Almarhum Sultan

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Salam all ,

Sedikit catatan mengenai Aduka Taruna , sebelum beliau tersasul menghina Almarhum Sultan Iskandar . Membaca catatan dibawah ternyata beliau memang benar benar terlampau dan terlajak . Jika Saidina Ali dan Aisyah Isteri kesayangan Rasulullah disifatkan sebagai “bangang nak mampus ” apatah lagi komen beliau mengenai Almarhum Sultan . Apapun bak kata Pepatah melayu ” Terlajak Perahu boleh berundur ….Terlajak berblogging …buruk padahnya …sama samalah kita mengambil iktibar ….Wasalam..

Bukan saya tidak kasihankan Aduka Taruna ini, saya rasa sejak artikel dia menghina Sultan Johor itu, maka bagaikan HUKUM KARMA sudah jatuh ke atasnya. Saya merasakan beliau di dalam tekanan jiwa yang hebat, lebih hebat dari terkena badai tsunami. Namun apabila membaca beberapa lagi AYAT-AYAT INDAH” beliau yang turut menghina isteri RSAW, sahabat-sahabat RSAW dan ulamak-ulamak, maka saya merasakan memang ADIL beliau ditimpa musibah sedemikian rupa kerana melihat cara dan gaya beliau menulis dan menghina sungguh melampau batasan.

Yang pelik, blog beliau mempunyai ramai follower juga, dalam 200 lebih. Saya terfikir apakah follower blog beliau juga menyokong dan bersekongkol dengannya kerana mendiamkan diri sahaja malah bersama-sama menjadi penyokong blog yang suka menulis kutukan dan hinaan ke atas sesama muslim. Mentaliti apakah yang terhasil dalam masyarakat kita pada hari ini hingga tidak ada sedikitpun sensitiviti terhadap perkataan-perkataan yang sedemikian rupa.

Mari kita sama-sama nilaikan tulisan sang ADUKA TARUNA yang terlampau ini.

Sebelum ini Aduka Taruna juga pernah menghina Ulama’-Ulama’ Mahzab dan juga Isteri Rasulullah saw, Aisyah. Dalam tulisan beliau bertajuk “Wahabi Perlis”, beliau menulis;

“Pada gua, mazhab2 ni semua bangang nak mampos. Aku mazhab Shafie, ekau mazhab Hambali, dio mazhab Hadari. Kalau mak gua Shafie, gua kena Shafie. Kalau geografi gua Shafie, gua kena Shafie gak (Elin sorang jer Shafie Apdal). Kan ke ketetapan yang baling bongok dalam dunia. ” dan;

“Samo gak isu perang Muawwiyah-Aishah dgn Ali. Pada gua Aishah dan Muawwiyah manusia stupid dalam tajuk itu. Lu nak hukum gua kapir pun gua no hal punya. Memang 2-2 salah, tapi paling berat kat mangkuk 2 ekor tuh. Apa ingat Aishah isteri Nabi dia maksum. ”

Dalam tulisan bertajuk “Sembang Mazhab” dia menulis;

“Takda maknanya, mak gua Shafie, gua kena Shafie sampai mampos. Sambung ke anak cucu. Ada bahan mentah yang suruh lu terikat dengan keturunan dan terikat dengan tafsiran 3rd party? Pada gua, ada banyak tafsiran Shafie yang mengarot, sebagaimana banyak lagi tafsiran mengarot dari mazhab lain. Kerana apa? Kerana kuasa mentafsir bahan mentah, Allah tak beri kepada hanya 4 ekor mazhab ni secara mutlak. Refresh beb… refresh sket.”

dan; “Muawiyah + Aishah plak.

Lagi 2 ekor mangkuk. 2 ekor mangkuk bukan pada ahli syurganya atau pertalian darah Nabi, tapi kepada tajuk. Isteri Nabi Nuh jatuh hukum bangang, tetap jatuh hukum bangang. Anak Nabi Nuh jatuh hukum bangsat, tetap jatuh hukum bangsat. Anak Nabi Adam jatuh hukum sohai, tetap tiada kompromi. Sohai sebab bunuh saudara sendiri.

Anak Nabi Muhammad SAW kalau mencuri, potong tangan dia. Seandainya dia bertaubat selepas itu, atau redha Allah lebih tinggi dari perbuatannya mencuri, dia tetap Allah masukkan dalam syurga .

Aishah penyebab kematian ratus ribu nyawa dan darah muslim, dia tetap jatuh hukum bangang nak mampos. Dalam tajuk itu.

“Jumhur ulama menetapkan keduanya tidak salah. Tapi Ali menghampiri kebenaran.”

What the f**k? Berapa ramai mampos sebab kerja bodoh dikatakan tiada yang salah? Hanya kerana status elite Aishah? Hanya kerana dia kerabat diraja atau hanya kerana dia keturunan Syed? Islam itu Allah punya atau ulama punya? Niamakahai.”

Cuma satu komentar saya terhadap Aduka Taruna, dia memang BIADAP dan patut DIAJAR.
 
Terkini – Penulis blog ini (Aduka Taruna) telah menyerah diri di Balai Polis …

Top 10 Youngest Internet Millionaires

Internet has proved to be a good place of investment for many entrepreneurs, young and old. Some of the young entrepreneurs have earned huge success in their projects and have become millionaires at an early age.

This list includes 10 such young entrepreneurs who have become millionaires on the internet.

10) Greg Tseng and Johann Schleier-Smith

Greg Tseng and Johann Schleier-Smith Tagged Inc. co-founded

Age: 28 years old
Project: Tagged
Wealth: $45 million

Tagged Inc. was co-founded by Harvard graduates and entrepreneurs Greg Tseng and Johann Schleier-Smith. Tagged.com was launched in October 2004 by Tagged Inc. and is privately owned.Tagged.com is a social networking site founded in 2004. Tagged is the subject of numerous customer complaints for sending deceptive bulk mail and is regarded as a phishing and spamming site and an “E-mail scam” by consumer anti-fraud advocates. It is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States

9 Jake Nickell

Threadless Co-founders Jake Nickell

Age: 28 years old
Project: Threadless
Wealth: $50 million

Threadless is a community-centered online apparel store run by skinnyCorp of Chicago, Illinois, since 2000. Co-founders Jake Nickell and Jacob DeHart started the company with $1,000 in seed money after entering an Internet t-shirt design contest.

Members of the Threadless community submit t-shirt designs online; the designs are then put to a public vote. A small percentage of submitted designs are selected for printing and sold through an online store. Creators of the winning designs receive a prize of cash and store credit..

8 Alexander Levin

ImageShack Co.founder Alexander Levin

Age: 23 years old
Project: ImageShack
Wealth: $56 million

ImageShack is an image hosting website on the Internet. ImageShack has a subscription service, but the majority of their revenue is produced from advertising related to their free image hosting. The imageshack.us Alexa ranking as of September 25, 2007 is one of the top 40’s. According to Nielsen//NetRatings, ImageShack was the fourth fastest growing web brand in July, 2006.

7 John Vechey

PopCap Games Co-founder John Vechey

Age: 28 years old
Project: PopCap Games
Wealth: $60 million

PopCap Games is a leading American casual game developer and publisher, based in Seattle, Washington, United States. It was founded in 2000 by John Vechey, Brian Fiete and Jason Kapalka, and currently employs more than 180 people. Most of Popcap’s games can be played free in a limited form, with the full version available for a fee.

PopCap’s flagship title Bejeweled has sold more than 25 million units across all major platforms. PopCap games are available for Web, PC and Mac, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, cell-phones, PDAs, iPod Classic, iPhone/Touch and other mobile devices.

6) Angelo Sotira

DeviantArt Co-founder Angelo Sotira

Age: 26 years old
Project: DeviantART
Wealth: $75 million

DeviantArt (official typeset as deviantART; commonly abbreviated as dA) is an American online community with worldwide appeal showcasing various forms of user-made artwork. It was first launched on August 7, 2000 by Scott Jarkoff, Matthew Stephens, Angelo Sotira and others. DeviantArt, Inc. is headquartered in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California, United States. As of May 2009[update] the site consists of over 10 million members, over 81 million submissions, and receives around 105,000 submissions per day. The domain deviantart.com attracted at least 36 million visitors annually by 2008 according to a Compete.com study.

DeviantArt aims to provide a place for any artist to exhibit and discuss works. Works are organized in a comprehensive category structure, including photography, digital art, traditional art, literature, Flash, filmmaking, skins for applications and others, along with extensive downloadable resources such as tutorials and stock photography. “Fella,” a small robotic cat character, is the official DeviantArt mascot.

5) Andrew Michael

Fast Hosts founder Andrew Michael

Age: 29 years old
Project: Fast Hosts
Wealth: $110 million

4) Blake Ross and David Hyatt

Mozilla firefox project by Dave Hyatt and Blake Ross.

Age: 22 years old
Project: Mozilla
Wealth: $120 million

Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. Firefox has 22.98% of the recorded usage share of web browsers as of August 2009[update], making it the second most popular browser in terms of current use worldwide after Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, which has 66.97%.

To display web pages, Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine, which implements most current web standards in addition to several features which are intended to anticipate likely additions to the standards.

Latest Firefox features include tabbed browsing, spell checking, incremental find, live bookmarking, a download manager, private browsing, location-aware browsing (aka “geolocation”) based exclusively on a Google service and an integrated search system that uses Google by default in most localizations. Functions can be added through add-ons, created by third-party developers, of which there is a wide selection, a feature that has attracted many of Firefox’s users.

Firefox runs on various versions of Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and many other Unix-like operating systems. Its current stable release is version 3.5.3, released on September 9, 2009[update]. Firefox’s source code is free software, released under a tri-license GNU GPL/GNU LGPL/MPL

3) Chad Hurley

Chad Hurley co-founder and Chief Executive Officer youtube

Age: 30 years old
Project: YouTube
Wealth: $300 million

Chad Meredith Hurley (born 1976) is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of the popular San Bruno, California-based video sharing website YouTube. In June 2006, he was voted 28th on Business 2.0’s “50 People Who Matter Now” list. In October 2006 he sold YouTube for $1.65 billion to Google.

Hurley worked in eBay’s PayPal division-one of his tasks involved designing the original PayPal logo before starting YouTube with fellow PayPal colleagues Steve Chen and Jawed Karim.

Hurley is a user interface expert and was primarily responsible for the tagging and video sharing aspects of YouTube

2) Andrew Gower

Andrew Christopher Gower is a British games developer and co-founder of Jagex Ltd

Age: 28 years old
Project: Runescape
Wealth: $650 million

Andrew Christopher Gower (born 2 December 1978) is a British games developer and co-founder of Jagex Ltd, the company he founded with Paul Gower and Constant Tedder. He is noted for writing MMORPG RuneScape, with the assistance of his brother, Paul Gower and also a lead developer.

Jagex Games Studio (or Jagex Ltd./Jagex Software/JAGeX) is a producer of online computer games based in Cambridge, UK. It is best known for the three versions of its RuneScape MMO, as well as for having produced the FunOrb games site and developing the ‘to be released’ MechScape MMO. Jagex has over 350 employees, with all content development, management, and customer support provided ‘in house’.

The company produces games exclusively written using the Java language, its name standing for “JAva Gaming EXperts”. It has received a number of awards for its achievements and is one of the highest profile developers in the UK.

1) Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg Facebook Founder

Age: 23 years old
Project: Facebook
Wealth: $700 million

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (born May 14, 1984) is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur. As a Harvard student, he created the online social website Facebook with fellow computer science major students and his roommates Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. Facebook is a social networking site popular worldwide. Zuckerberg serves as Facebook’s CEO. He has been the subject of controversy for the origins of his business and his wealth.

Time Magazine added Zuckerberg as one of The World’s Most Influential People of 2008. He fell under the Scientists & Thinkers category for his web phenomenon, Facebook, and ranked 52 out of 101 people.

Lawyer to the Late Micheal Jackson Embraces Islam

…… from Prisoner of Joy’s blog

An American millionaire, Mark Shaffer declared his Islam in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, 17th October 2009. Mark was at that time on a holiday in Saudi Arabia to visit some famous cities like Riyadh, Abha and Jeddah for 10 days.

Mark is a well-known millionaire and also a practiced lawyer in Los Angeles, specializing in cases of civil laws. The last big case he handled was the case of the famous American pop singer, Michael Jackson, a week before he passed away.

A tourist guide who accompanied Mark for 10 days in Saudi Arabia, Dhawi Ben Nashir told: Since he set foot for the first time in Saudi Arabia, Mark already started to ask question about Islam and Solat. As soon as he arrived in Saudi, Mark stayed in Riyadh for two days. While in Riyadh, Mark was very interested in Islam. After moving to Najran, we went to Abha and Al-Ula. There, his fascination on Islam grew more obvious, especially the time when we ventured out into the desert.

Mark was amazed to see three Saudi youths who were in our group in Al-Ula, performing solat in the expanse of the very wide desert. A very fantastic panorama indeed.

After two days in Al-Ula, we went to Al-Juf. As soon as we arrived in Al-Juf, Mark asked if I could get him some books on Islam. I then obtained some books on Islam for him. Mark read all those books. The next morning, he asked me to teach him how to perform solat. I then taught him how to pray and take wudhu (ablution). Then, he joined me and performed solat beside me.

After solat, Mark told me that he felt peace in his soul. On Thursday afternoon, we left Al-Ula heading for Jeddah. He looked very serious throughout the journey reading those books about Islam. On Friday morning, we visited the old town of Jeddah. Before the time for the Friday prayer approached, we went back to the hotel and I excused myself to go for the Friday prayer. Then, Mark told me: I would like to join you for the Friday prayer so that I can witness myself how the Friday prayer is like. So I answered: welcome…

We then went to a masjid which was not far from the hotel where we stayed in Jeddah. Since we were quite late, I and many other jamaah had to pray outside, as the number of jamaah was overflowing. I could see Mark observing the jamaah, especially after the Friday prayer was completed, when everybody was shaking hands and embracing each other with radiant and happy faces. Mark was very impressed with what he saw.

When we return to the hotel, Mark suddenly told me that he wanted to become a Muslim. So I said to him: Please have a shower first. After Mark took the shower, I guided him in saying the kalimah of shahadah (declaration of faith) and then he prayed two rakaah. Later on, Mark expressed his desire to visit the Masjidil Haram in Makkah and perform solat there before leaving Saudi Arabia.

In order to fulfill his wish, we went to the Da’wah and Irshad office in the area of Al-Hamro’, Jeddah, to obtain a formal proof of his conversion to Islam, so that he would be allowed to enter the city of Makkah and Masjidil Haram. Then, Mark was given a temporary certificate of his conversion to Islam. As a number of group members who participated in Mark’s visit to Saudi Arabia had to go back to America on Saturday afternoon, Al-Hamdulillah, Ustadz Muhammad Turkistani was willing to send Mark to the Holy Land of Makkah that same morning.

Regarding Mark’s visit to Masjidil Haram, Ustadz Muhammad Turkistani narrated: After Mark obtained his temporary certificate, we straight away departed heading for the noble Masjidil Haram. When he witnessed the Masjidil Haram, he face looked radiant and it emanated an extraordinary happiness. When we entered the Masjidil Haram and witnessed the Ka’bah for ourselves, his happiness increased. By Allah, I could not express that scene with words. After performing the tawaf around the noble Ka’bah, we performed the sunnah solat and went out of Masjidil Haram. I could see Mark very reluctantly wanting to leave Masjidil Haram.

After Mark declared his Islamic faith, he had the chance to express his happiness in Al-Riyadh Newspaper saying: I could not express my feeling at this time but I am being reborn and my life has just started… then he added: I am very happy. This happiness that I am feeling could not be expressed in words especially when I visited the Masjidil Haram and noble Ka’bah.

Regarding his next step after his conversion to Islam, Mark explained: I will learn more about Islam, I will delve deeper into this religion of Allah (Islam) and come back to Saudi Arabia to perform the Hajj.

As to what impelled him into converting to Islam, Mark explained: I have already had information about Islam, but it was very limited. When I visited Saudi Arabia and personally witnessed the Muslims there, and saw how they performed the solat, I felt a very strong drive to know more about Islam. When I read true informations about Islam, I became confident that Islam is a religion of haq (truth).

Sunday morning, 18th October 2009, Mark left the Airport of King Abdul Aziz Jeddah heading for America. When filling in the immigration form before leaving Jeddah, Mark wrote ISLAM as his religion.

Farewell Mark… May Allah bless you and make you an obedient Muslim and a Da’i who would invite the American society to benefit from the happiness of being Muslims, just as how you have felt because only Islam could save mankind in this world, as well as in the akhirah later… Ameen. (fj/eramuslim)

Personal Achievements

Its already been almost 6 years now since I got divorced ….. and been struggling for survival with my 6 kids ….. against the odds and adversities of life ….. sigh ….. thank you Allah, you are the Most Merciful as I am thankful always for the countless blessings YOU have showered me and my family with …….

Educating my children with strong family values was tough and difficult for a single parent like me, especially when they’re bombarded with different messages day in and day out.  And I am fully aware that maintaining family values require dedication and persistence.

Setting myself as an example.  Being human, I too am vulnerable to mistakes and errors.  However, I have to think of solutions almost every other day.  Its not a choice, its a responsibility.  As a parent, my kids hear what I tell them, but a stronger message comes from them seeing how I behave and react to circumstances.  I have to play the role model because that way, my kids may equate my successes and happiness in life with the way I had lived mine and hoping they’ll strive to be like me ….. or even better!

I’d talk about values. My real life episodes have always been the basis of discussions between my kids and I. I’ve had a great deal of tough times raising them single-handedly, but despite that, I am still proud to be blessed with my 6 kids …… whenever I feel terribly down and in despair, I’d tip-toe to their rooms while they’re asleep & melt my depressions away simply by running my slender fingers thru their ruffled hair ……  whispering “Subhanallah ….. Walhamdulilah …. Walailahaillallah ….”   I’ll always forgive them, because it is most effective when nurturing family values.  Usually at a later & suitable time, I would go beyond the surface details to talk about the underlying values behind every wrongful actions they had conquered….. making them understand why …. as well as it’s consequences.

Filtering the media. We all know that the media portrays what sells, not what we should aspire to. That includes supervising and monitoring their internet activities.  Hope you people out there understand what I’ve been trying to convey here  – Maintaining family values definitely require a firm grounding in reality…… and oh boy! it aint easy!

High expectations? Well not in that sense ….. rather, I’d expect something quite more like this ….. “when one member does or says something that’s not in keeping with the expected values, advice them to be better next time”. Never, ever give up! Dib Mossavi did not …… hehehehe

Images during my graduation on 17 January 2010 at Sunway Convention Centre.

Dear Diary – 28 Jan 2010

My feelings were driven deeper today. I am convinced  that retreat is always a smart idea. I also may ultimately decide that a relationship is worth the extra effort for now, but I am still conflicted about my willingness to play in the realms of love……. ramai sgt Mat Rempit, Mat Reput, Mat Tipu, Mat Pretend hehehehe eh macam-macam Mat lagi lah …..

Who wouldnt be happy if the pressures in life decreases, betul tak?  Looking back, my experiences have taught me much about life. I even had many opportunities  to integrate my feelings into my social interactions with colleagues and peers alike. Trusting others enough to freely share my heart is the greatest gift possible. Perhaps I shouldnt miss the chance to let someone special past my defensive walls………. ooohhh takde ke lagi Noble Knights ….. I long for the era where the Adams have due respects for their Eves ….. Amin!

Dear Diary – 22 Jan 2010

Being busy … (mana tak? was in Cameron Highlands from Wed – Fri!!), along with the satisfaction of a job well done, left me in a good mood. It didnt matter if others don’t realize how much I have contributed. For now, it’s about meeting my own quality standards….. cewah cewah mentang-mentang la dah jadi part of QA team hehehehe ……   I know very well that  my low-key approach will eventually work to my advantage and my extra effort will be acknowledged and appreciated….. insha’allah ….

……………. my willingness to wait for satisfaction lingered all day.  Was kinda a lil impatient initially, ….. still ….. wanna make pleasurable moments last longer …….. relax Dib, its important to pay attention to your feelings, otherwise you’ll  react without thinking of the consequences. ….. hey! its Friday babe!!! ….. lets  look  forward to a relaxing weekend dengan anak-anak ……..

BURGER KING SALADS

BURGER KING, Canada

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BURGER KING, Mexico

Que comer ensaldas es un castigo? Entonces no conoces nuestra ensalada Cesar es exquisita y te hara cambiar tu concepto acerca de las ensaladas. Disfrutala COMO TU QUERAS agregando un filete de pollo de Tendergrill.

BURGER KING,
Argentina

Vivi Green -
Proba el delicioso sabor de lechugas freschas zanahoria, choclo, huevo,  tomate cherry, quesso y pollo grillado.

BURGER KING, Puerto Rico

Side Salad – Un complemento saludable para acompanar tu combo favorito. Una porcion mas modica de ensalada de crujiente lechuga iceberg, tomate, brecol, pepinillo fresco, zanahoria rallada y queso cheddar rallado.  Anada bacon bites y crutones si lo prefiere. Pruebela con alguno de nuestros aderezos disponibles : Ranch, Fat Free Ranch, Thousand Island, Creamy Caesar y Lite Italian.

BURGER KING, Turkey

Akdeniz Salata – Akdeniz yesiligi, dilimli kirmizi biber, dilimli siyah zeytin, kup kesilmis, beyaz peynir parcalari, cherry domates, muhtesem Burger King salata sosu ile tam bir klasik.

Quality Iceberg Lettuce for McDonald’s

extracted from www.rijkzwaan.com

During a suppliers’ assessment of McDonald’s, vegetable processor Van Gorp Greenfood recently chieved the Benchmark Excellence Performance.  This time, the company supplies 1,150 branches of the restaurant chain and serves as an example for other vegetable processors.  Part of the secret is in setting up its own nursery, Dutchgrowers, in 2003.

With this step, Van Gorp Greenfood took the summer production of iceberg lettuce, the main lettuce type used by McDonald’s. almost totally into its own hands.  “The aim is not to get the highest number of lettuces or kilos per hectare, but an excellent quality of raw product for Van Gorp Greenfood,”  Ronald Peeters explain.

As General Manager of Duthgrowers he is responsible for a good 200 hs of iceberg lettuce.  “Out whole growing strategy is based on quality nd reliability, for instance by carrying out a lot of preventive actions.  We do numerous crop checks, hoe a lot, and the harvesting weight is always secondary to the quality.”

Rob Thijssen, director of Van Gorp, tkes over : “There are no more discussions about such things as irrigatio, fertilisers and harvesting times.  When there are any growing problems we decide, by mutual consultation, whether we will cut the lettuce or not and, if necessary, plan in extra personnel on the lettuce processing lines.  Because of the short lines we are always well-informed.

“At Van Gorp Greenfood, quality and food safety are paramount.  If there is any insect pressure, each head of lettuce is halved or quaterred to prevent that not even one insect finishes up in the end product.  “With McDonald’s we cannot afford to make the slightest mistake.”

Van Gorp Greenfood and Dutch-growers are regular visitors to the Rijk Zwaan demo days in Fijnaart.  There, but also in their own trial fields in Limburg, they and Rijk Zwaan assess which iceberg lettuce varieties best meet the demands of the vegetable processor.  Reliability is the very first requirement, followed by a good spherical shape, even in extreme conditions.  Van Gorp also likes to see lettuces that have been allowed to grow steadily, with the leaves arranged like roof tiles and a nice, light green colour.  Top variety where that is concerned is Silvinas RZ, the main variety for Dutchgrowers at the moment, but the trials this year have been scaled up again, with the addition of Diamantinas RZ, a variety with a better colour but whose ideal growing method has yet to be found.  Rijk Zwaan is closely involved in this process.  A valuable partner, thinks crop advisor Sjaar Kuypers : “As long as a good 20 years ago, Rijk Zwaan was the first company to have varieties with specific advantages for vegetable processors.  Since then there has been successful collaboration and we are now 95% Rijk Zwaan varieties in the summer season.”

Dear Diary – 17 Jan 2010

I feel it’s high time I let go off the past. Shukran Allah, my emotional intensity’s easing up and I am more optimistic about the future. Life was kind of a paradox before because I was inclined to identify with the surrounding communities. And although I strived to be part of the social network, I was also so fearful of losing my individuality tempting me to rebel.

I also wont let myself get too carried away with what I plan to do otherwise I’ll exhaust myself too soon. If at any time I start a particular project, then unexpectedly, too much work crops up, I’ll make sure I know when to call it quits. I don’t have to prove anything to myself now, even if others may judge me as less than capable. All I have to do is give my best effort …. and then subtly …. just walk away. Learning is about being wiser than before and staying that way …..

HAITI EARTHQUAKE – More pictures …

There are reports of a substantial number of deaths in Haiti after Tuesday’s devastating earthquake.

The epicentre of the magnitude 7.0 quake was near the densely populated Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince.

The first pictures to emerge after sunrise on Wednesday showed streets strewn with bodies and the rubble of destroyed buildings.

Witnesses have reported people crying out from beneath the rubble, but with no sign of any significant rescue effort so far. The Red Cross has warned that it will be extremely difficult to provide emergency aid.

The civilian head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission is missing and feared dead along with many other people at the UN headquarters.

The presidential palace was badly damaged, but the Haitian ambassador to Mexico said President Rene Preval had survived.

PENGAJARAN PENTING

“Tidak ada kesusahan (atau bala bencana) yang menimpa (seseorang) melainkan dengan izin Allah dan sesiapa yang beriman kepada Allah, Allah akan memimpin hatinya (untuk menerima apa yang telah berlaku itu dengan tenang dan sabar) dan (ingatlah), Allah Maha Mengetahui akan tiap-tiap sesuatu.” [Surah at-Taghabun:11]

Sebagai umat Islam, kita hendaklah sentiasa takut dan mempunyai kesedaran ke hadrat Allah SWT dan berserah kepada takdir yang telah berlaku di sekeliling kita. Gempa bumi menukarkan keselamatan kepada ketakutan, kaya kepada miskin, mengakibatkan anggota keluarga terpisah dan menukarkan hidup kepada mati. Tanpa syak, ia merupakan satu pengajaran dan satu peringatan kepada mereka yang beringat, agar mereka akan kembali kepada Tuhan mereka dan Pencipta mereka.

Rasulullah SAW telah memberitahu kepada kita bahawa gempa bumi adalah merupakan salah satu daripada tanda-tanda kiamat. Baginda memberitahu kita bahawa gempa bumi akan lebih banyak berlaku pada hari-hari terakhir bumi ini. Ahmad mengatakan dalam sebuah Hadith yang diriwayatkan oleh Abu Hurairah RA bahawa Rasulullah SAW bersabda: “Tidak akan berlaku kiamat sehingga ilmu diangkat, masa berlalu dengan cepat, gempa bumi akan meningkat, munculnya fitan dan al-Harj akan meningkat. Para sahabat bertanya: “Apakah al-Harj, Ya Rasulullah?” Baginda menjawab, “Al-Qatl (pembunuhan)”. Dan dalam satu lagi hadith ketidakadilan dan penindasan dalam masyarakat dikaitkan dengan hukuman daripada Allah SWT seperti gempa bumi, kemusnahan tanaman oleh serangga dan banjir.

Allah SWT berfirman: “Adakah patut kamu menyangka bahawa kamu akan masuk Syurga, padahal belum sampai kepada kamu (ujian dan cubaan) seperti yang telah berlaku kepada orang-orang yang terdahulu daripada kamu? Mereka telah ditimpa kepapaan (kemusnahan hartabenda) dan serangan penyakit, serta digoncangkan (oleh ancaman bahaya musuh), sehingga berkatalah Rasul dan orang-orang yang beriman yang ada bersamanya: Bilakah (datangnya) pertolongan Allah? Ketahuilah  sesungguhnya pertolongan Allah itu dekat (asalkan kamu bersabar dan berpegang teguh kepada agama Allah).” [Surah al-Baqarah:214]

Allah SWT telah meminta agar kita bersabar menghadapi ujian dari-Nya dan meneruskan perjuangan untuk menjadikan Islam sebagai satu ideologi yang menyeluruh dan Allah SWT memberi jaminan bahawa kesabaran merupakan kemenangan yang paling besar, Insya Allah.

Tidak kira apakah bentuk kekufuran yang mereka lakukan, yang pasti ialah hukuman daripada Allah SWT di atas kekufuran mereka.  Gempa bumi merupakan amaran daripada Allah SWT, bukan sahaja kepada mereka yang berada di kawasan tersebut, tetapi juga kepada seluruh umat manusia dan terutamanya kepada mereka yang mengaku Islam, bahawa mereka haruslah kembali kepada Tuhannya dan Ad-Deennya iaitu Islam. Ramai dari kalangan umat Islam pada hari ini telah melakukan begitu banyak dosa dan ada diantara dosanya termasuk dosa-dosa besar, yang boleh membawa mereka terkeluar dari lingkungan Islam, manakala ada yang secara tidak sedar menjadi kufur. Kita melihat mereka yang melengah-lengahkan dan ada yang meninggalkan solat, memakan makanan dan meminum minuman yang haram, mengamalkan riba, tidak menunaikan amanah, melakukan kerja-kerja mungkar dan mencegah yang ma’aruf, memerintah dengan menggunakan undang-undang kufur, menyokong dan membuat alasan bagi pemerintah mereka yang murtad dan kerajaan  mereka di bumi umat Islam, menyekutu sesuatu dengan Allah SWT samada dari nama-Nya, sifatnyanya dan perbuatannya, pergaulan bebas, mendedahkan aurat mereka, mendengar musik dan lagu atau mennton filem yang melalaikan dan maksiat, meninggalkan al-Quran dan Sunnah. Kesemua ini telah lama wujud dalam masyarakat kita.

“Patutkah kamu merasa aman (tidak takut) kepada Tuhan yang pusat merintahanNya di langit itu: Menunggang-balikkan bumi menimbus kamu, lalu bergegarlah bumi itu dengan serta-merta (melenyapkan kamu di bawahnya)? Atau patutkah kamu merasa aman (tidak takut) kepada Allah yang pusat pemerintahanNya di langit itu: Menghantarkan kepada kamu angin ribut yang menghujani kamu dengan batu; maka dengan itu, kamu akan mengetahui kelak bagaimana buruknya kesan amaranKu?” [Surah al-Mulk 67:16-17]