Al-Fatihah MH17

There is probably just one thing I want to say on this. Upon hearing of the terrible tragedy that has befallen Malaysians yet again, I remembered about a video of Ustaz Nouman Ali Khan's which I then played on YouTube. In that video titled " Trials and Tribulations" he mentioned this of us:

Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people."

 

Ustaz NAK said that 'He will not give us a trial we could not overcome with our ability" . I only know alhamdulillah of one thing I cannot face if it happened to me and that was my kids going before me in death. I then thought about what I wrote previously on Facebook when I saw countless of Mums crying over their dead children and Huda my dear friend from Singapore who wrote " I feel the same". Immediately that was my response in thought. My kids. Going before me. No no.

 

The sadness stuck with me through all of this morning and I prayed and prayed for the souls of all passengers on board MH17. But then, a friend txted me to say our work colleague was on that flight with her baby and sister. Although I knew her only by acquintance I feel deeply saddened. 

But, above all.. I thank Allah I was not placed in the situation her husband is in now.

 

Rest In Peace JC Ng, work colleague and friend...

Doa supaya hati ditetapkan iman

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  يامقلب القلوب ثبت قلبي على دينك
  'Yaa Muqallibal Quluub, Tsabbit Qalbi ‘Ala Diinik'
  
  Artinya: “Wahai Dzat yang membolak-balikkan hati, teguhkan hati kami di atas agama-Mu.”
  
[HR.Tirmidzi 3522, Ahmad 4/302, al-Hakim 1/525, Lihat Shohih Sunan Tirmidzi III no.2792]
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  يا مقــلـب لقــلــوب ثبــت قــلبـــي عــلى طـا عــتـك
  'Yaa Muqallibal Quluub, Tsabbit Qalbi ‘Ala Ta'atik'
  
  Artinya: “Wahai Dzat yg membolak-balikan hati teguhkanlah hatiku diatas ketaatan kepadamu”
  [HR. Muslim (no. 2654)]
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  اللَّهُمَّ مُصَرِّفَ الْقُلُوبِ صَرِّفْ قُلُوبَنَا عَلَى طَاعَتِكَ
  'Allaahumma Musharrifal Quluub, Sharrif Quluubanaa ‘Alaa Tho'atika'
  
  Artinya: “Ya Allah yang mengarahkan hati, arahkanlah hati-hati kami untuk taat kepadamu.” (HR. Muslim)
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  رَبَّنَا لَا تُزِغْ قُلُوبَنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنَا وَهَبْ لَنَا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْوَهَّابُ
  'Rabbabaa Laa Tuzigh Quluubanaa Ba’da Idz Hadaitanaa wa Hab Lana Mil-Ladunka Rahmatan Innaka Antal-Wahhaab'
  
  Artinya: “Ya Tuhan kami, janganlah Engkau jadikan hati kami condong kepada kesesatan sesudah Engkau beri petunjuk kepada kami, dan karuniakanlah kepada kami rahmat dari sisi Engkau; karena sesungguhnya Engkau-lah Maha Pemberi (karunia).”
  (QS. Ali Imran: 7)

Orang gila sahaja kata Tuhan itu tak ada

As a microbiologist quite used to streaking bacteria on an agar plate, I find today's supposedly mundane task extremely challenging when the bacteria which you require to show specific characteristics is affected by the time and how much you streak as they each have distinct life-cycle and autolysis phases. How much? What time is best time to streak?? 1 colony. Different growth phases. And 1 have at least 1000 on each of the 5 plates I streaked last night.

Such trademark stamp "This IS ME " created by Him even in minute life creatures like this.. SubhanAllah...

Sesungguhnya mana mana saintis yang kata Tuhan itu tiada; he's a farce. I am still struggling to understand the workings behind such vast knowledge like this. Dent in the boundary of accepted knowledge made by me? Not even close...