Indefinite Mubtada' cannot be at the front of a sentence, so Khabar will take its place at the front.
Thursday 31 March 2011
Wednesday 23 March 2011
Graduation
Today I realized something that made me want to cry but I laughed out instead (becoming schizophrenic?). I usually upload Teacher Nabeel's playlist of lessons and will see the beginner's lessons (by Teacher Asif) and advance lessons (by Dr V Abd Rahim). It is only me that call it beginner's lessons because that's what I thought it was. I usually only see about 15 beginner's lessons because somehow I did not upload further list.
Then I saw Lesson 21 (!). I was shocked (hehehe-now I can see how silly I was) and quickly upload all the videos in the playlist. What I call beginner's lessons are not for beginners. It goes all the way to 96 Lessons!
I don't know what's the difference between Teacher Asif's classes and Dr Abd Rahim's advance class.
Every lesson is about 120 minutes. On average I can only finish 1 lesson in 2 weeks (watch video, do exercise and flashcards, do mastering arabic workbook) minus holidays, not counting busy week or no mood week.
I estimate I can cover 96 lessons in... 4 years.
That's the same time to complete a Master's Degree in Medicine and become a specialist.
So, while laughing to myself, I made a promise that when I finish 96 lessons I will award myself with a Graduation Day.
I'm thinking of 3 Graduation Day Venues:
1. Canada- to visit Teacher Asif Meherali and let him present me with a copy of a Quran (to replace the scroll).
2. Sidney- to visit Teacher Nabeel Al-Khalidy and do as above.
3. Makkah al Mukarramah- to perform Umrah and climb to Hira' Cave, where the Quran was first revealed (is that permissible by the authorities?).
InsyaAllah. La hawla wala quwwata illa billah...
Now..9/96. Smiling to myself.
Then I saw Lesson 21 (!). I was shocked (hehehe-now I can see how silly I was) and quickly upload all the videos in the playlist. What I call beginner's lessons are not for beginners. It goes all the way to 96 Lessons!
I don't know what's the difference between Teacher Asif's classes and Dr Abd Rahim's advance class.
Every lesson is about 120 minutes. On average I can only finish 1 lesson in 2 weeks (watch video, do exercise and flashcards, do mastering arabic workbook) minus holidays, not counting busy week or no mood week.
I estimate I can cover 96 lessons in... 4 years.
That's the same time to complete a Master's Degree in Medicine and become a specialist.
So, while laughing to myself, I made a promise that when I finish 96 lessons I will award myself with a Graduation Day.
I'm thinking of 3 Graduation Day Venues:
1. Canada- to visit Teacher Asif Meherali and let him present me with a copy of a Quran (to replace the scroll).
2. Sidney- to visit Teacher Nabeel Al-Khalidy and do as above.
3. Makkah al Mukarramah- to perform Umrah and climb to Hira' Cave, where the Quran was first revealed (is that permissible by the authorities?).
InsyaAllah. La hawla wala quwwata illa billah...
Now..9/96. Smiling to myself.
Monday 21 March 2011
Belajar Bahasa Arab Sambil-Sambil
Found this Malay-Arabic website, and I really like it because the owner updates it everyday. He teaches Arabic proverbs and famous sayings, with meanings and explanation. As I am fond of poetry, proverbs, quotations etc, I find this page a laziness-buster (hehehe) to me, because learning arabic grammar everyday can sometimes be quite taxing (setan lah tu kan)..
Maybe I will purchase some of his books when I return to Malaysia, insyaAllah. They look interesting.
Ila Liqa'!
Maybe I will purchase some of his books when I return to Malaysia, insyaAllah. They look interesting.
Ila Liqa'!
Tuesday 15 March 2011
Hikmah
Today I learned something amazing! Another of my favourite Quranic story is the story of Prophet Musa (as) and Khidir (as). Everytime I come across this story I will learn something new. So 2 new things I learned about the story (one today, one last week)..
1. This is from a lecture by Syeikh Bilal Philips. He said we think that the 3 stories of Musa (as) and Khidir (as) all has the same theme ie everything that happened have hidden hikmah (Allah's wisdom). But have we noticed that in the 3 stories Allah is teaching us about 3 different hikmahs? Amazing, amazing....The 1st about the fisherman's boat, the hikmah was known quite soon, probably in the next few days. The second story the hikmah will NEVER be known in this lifetime, because the child died, and the parents would always miss him. They will probably know in the next life. The third story the hikmah were to be known in many years, when the orphans were adults and would find the treasure. So in everything that happens to us, know that there is always a hikmah behind it, whether we will know it soon, many years later or NEVER. But there always is.
2. This I got today from my Ipod's apps of daily hadith. There is a hadith narrated by Ibn Abbas (ra) that says-"If you take care of the commands of Allah, Allah will take care of you". According to a scholar, Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali, one of the thing that Allah will take care of us is that he will take care of our children. This was reflected in the second and third story of Musa (as) and Khidir (as). The child who was killed will of course go to Jannah because he died as a child. So he was saved from becoming a disbeliever and making his parents disbelievers. Allah saved him because his parents were righteous. Now, I have always look at this story from the point of the parents, but it has never occurred to me that Allah is saving the child too. And the third story also Allah send Khidir (as) to re-erect the orphans' house to secure the treasure underneath it. Allah took care of the orphans because their parents were righteous. So if we take care of Allah's commands then Allah will take care of our children even AFTER our deaths. There is no better life insurance than this. Who is the better carer of our children other than Allah swt Himself?
No wonder we have to read AL-Kahfi every Friday. When can I understand it straight away?
I have this anxiety of not being able to finish at least the beginner's classes before I start working again. I know too well I won't have time and energy to..I don't want to think about it!! But...there is a hikmah in this.. I just have to believe it. Ya Allah...help me..You Own Time..please give baraqah to my time...
1. This is from a lecture by Syeikh Bilal Philips. He said we think that the 3 stories of Musa (as) and Khidir (as) all has the same theme ie everything that happened have hidden hikmah (Allah's wisdom). But have we noticed that in the 3 stories Allah is teaching us about 3 different hikmahs? Amazing, amazing....The 1st about the fisherman's boat, the hikmah was known quite soon, probably in the next few days. The second story the hikmah will NEVER be known in this lifetime, because the child died, and the parents would always miss him. They will probably know in the next life. The third story the hikmah were to be known in many years, when the orphans were adults and would find the treasure. So in everything that happens to us, know that there is always a hikmah behind it, whether we will know it soon, many years later or NEVER. But there always is.
2. This I got today from my Ipod's apps of daily hadith. There is a hadith narrated by Ibn Abbas (ra) that says-"If you take care of the commands of Allah, Allah will take care of you". According to a scholar, Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali, one of the thing that Allah will take care of us is that he will take care of our children. This was reflected in the second and third story of Musa (as) and Khidir (as). The child who was killed will of course go to Jannah because he died as a child. So he was saved from becoming a disbeliever and making his parents disbelievers. Allah saved him because his parents were righteous. Now, I have always look at this story from the point of the parents, but it has never occurred to me that Allah is saving the child too. And the third story also Allah send Khidir (as) to re-erect the orphans' house to secure the treasure underneath it. Allah took care of the orphans because their parents were righteous. So if we take care of Allah's commands then Allah will take care of our children even AFTER our deaths. There is no better life insurance than this. Who is the better carer of our children other than Allah swt Himself?
No wonder we have to read AL-Kahfi every Friday. When can I understand it straight away?
I have this anxiety of not being able to finish at least the beginner's classes before I start working again. I know too well I won't have time and energy to..I don't want to think about it!! But...there is a hikmah in this.. I just have to believe it. Ya Allah...help me..You Own Time..please give baraqah to my time...
Monday 7 March 2011
Wednesday 2 March 2011
People of Al-Kahfi
LOVE this Quranic analysis!! The story of AlKahfi is actually my favourite story, maybe you can guess why, it's because of their medical miracle :), and of course because of their courage, steadfastness and friendship.
Human Beings in the Quran (Insaan and Basyar- the difference)
This week Teacher Nabeel is teaching the word Insaan and Basyar. I JUST realized that he actually upload his videos in continuous fashion. He sometimes upload videos of Quranic verses, which I thought were random videos. Only today that I noticed the verses that he uploaded were related verses to the words that he just taught. Subhanallah, May Allah reward him.
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