Fainted.

I hope everyone out there is doing well.. That's the least that I could wish for. I just had an accident, from a split second of fainting. It was yesterday morning as I was walking into the bathroom for a shower. I had to hold on to the bathroom door, as I was feeling dizzy, didn't get the chance to sit down and suddenly I was already on the floor. Back of my head hurt very badly. I could only lie down and my view at that time was the bottom of the sink. My head must have knocked on the sink as I fell to the floor. I could even feel the swelling grew bigger and bigger as I was holding my head.. I measured it later, yep, it was big.. 10cm in diameter. Big and painful. My kids who were sleeping in the room, were awoken to the loud bang. They came running to see why was I on the floor (I'm sorry kids, you had to see your mama at her worst).

Alhamdulillah, I'm still alive. I could have fallen differently and it could be fatal. There's not much safety features in the bathroom. There is a shower partition that has a sharp edge, and I knew my fate will not be the same if that was where I landed yesterday. Well, that's all I want to share. With it, I hope we will get our lessons. Whatever that you can think of, never forget to thank Allah, He watches over us. Again and again..

Paradise

I really love this piece of blog by En. Ahmad Sirajudin (late), I wish to treasure it in my blog and have my friends to read it. Hopefully it will bring the same feeling of gladness and hopes for everyone of you.. I do hope for the same, any corner in His paradise, enough for me to be with my family and friends whom I love so much..

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Paradise

From the Quran and the Hadith (Saying of the Prophet) I get the impression that paradise is a place filled with gardens, orchards, rivers and stately mansions of dwellers of paradise. The gardens are not only pleasing to the eyes but produce fragrance that appeal to the senses. The orchards abound with fruits of all types, you name it, its there. Grapevines, dates, berries , citrus and melons all ready for picking. I think my favorite fruit, durian, is also in the list because it says "all types".Three are rivers overflowing with milk. There are rivers overflowing with honey and wine too! You won't get drunk drinking it.

The dwellers of paradise are of the same age - 33 years old. So its kind of hard to tell between grandpa and grandson. Folks in paradise converse in Arabic. I think the language is simply "installed" into them like computers. Their memories and their experience of the once long gone earthly days survive death and continue in their consciousness in paradise. So there is a lot of things to talk about to pass the time. Prophet Muhammad says everybody in paradise experiences a sense of bliss and well being. There is no sickness, no death, living forever. Its hard for us today to comprehend time that goes on and on without end.

A family on earth remains a family in paradise assuming that nobody drops off to hell during the grueling test on Judgment Day. A man in paradise who so inclined towards a second wife may chose a "maiden of paradise" the Quran describes "maids of modest gaze, most beautiful of eyes"
(Al-Saffat, 48) There is no procreation in paradise. No seed is ensued during sexual activity. Otherwise paradise will be full of children!

Above all, the best thing in paradise is the opportunity and the privilege to "Gaze at the countenance of Allah" - the Creator of all things.

Today I have a place I consider my own little private paradise. It is my back yard where I take my afternoon naps under the shade of cempaka trees. During flowering seasons, the trees produce fragrance too, but I think it is not as good as that in real paradise. As I doze off to sleep, with half closed eyes, I watch the cloud through breaks in the branches where little birds hop and chirp in merriment. The breeze that blows is refreshing. All that I ask from Allah is a place like this in any corner of His paradise. Any corner will do as long as it is not in hell

Posted by Ahmad Sirajudin at 8:14 PM

I'm me..

I'm a little bit of her,
Little bit of him.

I'm a little bit of my brothers,
Little bit of my sisters.

I'm a little bit of my friends,
Little bit of my foes.

I'm a little bit of this world,
Little bit of me.