Life

Ma'ishah vs Hayat

True meaning of study- wear yourself out

Revision (preposition/adverb + attached pronoun)

Quranic subtlety in the use of the word 'Parents'

Abwayn vs Walidayn. Whenever the Quran mentions about goodness to parents, it will use Walidayn (root from mother), but when it refers to inheritance it will use Abwayn (root from father). In english both are translated as parents. Subhanallah!

Khabar Muqaddam

Indefinite Mubtada' cannot be at the front of a sentence, so Khabar will take its place at the front.

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.

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'!