Learning Arabic?

A good detailed in pdf file of online learning :
http://www.sacredlearning.org/classrooms/arabic/


Recently enrol myself in an arabic course . I am truly a newbie dummie of arabic language....zero knowledge. I was procrasinating on mandarin or arabic course. The fact that I can undersand mandarin well but not able to write, read or speak (can say some owrds but shy cos scared people will laugh at my pronunciation).Most arabic course taught us to speak arabic but this course is intense, it taught read,write ,grammar and composition. How cool is that?

I think arabic is important to undertand the Holy Quran so that can "menghayati dengan lebih mendalam " (appreciate) the true meaning of Al-Quran although its just basics. Furthermore sometimes, we need to wakaf that certain ayat and might wakaf wrongly unless we have a good grasp of Arabic knowledge..and of course going to Mecca, Medina will be a breeze if u know their language.

This is a one year interactive course (includes chat,interactivev program and online learnig) where I will learn Arabic read, write, grammar and composition from Jamiyah with the Al-Madinah University international (combined). So insya-Allah, by the end of the year, I should know some basics ,I hope...

What I love is the vast library books online that is provided by www.mediu.edu.my and I cannot wait to get my login and password. YIPEE!!

And I hope at the end of the course, all of us can go some place where the Arabic language learnt can be applied on.Since the first teacher is Morrocan so how about Morroco? hehe!

Anyway our first lesson with this Morrocan teacher is quite interesting. Its actually practising our makhrajul huruf (alphabets of the holy Quran)and like reading from IQRA bk 1, heheh! Felt like a kid all over again!

But I realised the way our teacher pronounced it is different from the ones we practise from reciting the Al-Quran and its tajwid. Probably could be its dialect and accent. Anyway, I just doa that I can be exceptionally good..in Arabic...I hope, I prayed..insya-Allah.

fyi-total cost is about $1200 and u can pay within $300 X 4months. Alhamdulillah.

Our Prophet pbuh

Beautiful song by Hijjaz

Rasulullah dalam mengenangmu
Kami susuli lembaran sirahmu
Pahit getir pengorbananmu
Membawa cahaya kebenaran

Engkau taburkan pengorbananmu
Untuk umatmu yang tercinta
Biar terpaksa tempuh derita
Cekalnya hatimu menempuh ranjaunya

Tak terjangkau tinggi pekertimu
Tidak tergambar indahnya akhlakmu
Tidak terbalas segala jasamu
Sesungguhnya engkau rasul mulia
Tabahnya hatimu menempuh dugaan
Mengajar erti kesabaran
Menjulang panji kemenangan
Terukir namamu di dalam Al-Quran

Rasulullah kami umatmu
Walau tak pernah melihat wajahmu
Kami cuba mengingatimu
Dan kami cuba mengamal sunnahmu

Kami sambung perjuanganmu
Walau kita tak pernah bersua
Tapi kami tak pernah kecewa
Allah dan rasul sebagai pembela

Nasheed videos

To motivate oneself in hifz...(sorry songs are in malay)

Tahifz + Sunnah =new program of HIFZ

Recently read in the news that they might create a program whereby students memorize the Holy Quran and the hadis together. They will do a trial run this july and 30 students will be chosen. This programme is the collaboration of Kampung Siglap (Marine Parade) mosque and As-Syafaah Mosque(sembawang)

Alhamdulillah, its a dream come true...

I hope one day, I could join that program too! I've always wanted to find HIFZ of Al-Quran and Hadis-2 programs into 1. Always, and somehow my prayer is answered.Alhamdulillah.

Fact or fiction?
Someone told me that those who memorize Al-Quran only, is different than those who memorized Al-Quran and Hadith. This can be seen in the character of that individualistic. Hmm...fascinating...

Whatever it is, if one can memorize anything from AL-Quran of Hadith, to me, is a champion!

wallahu alam.

I will doa many times so that I can train my kids (or myself) to memorize both Al-Quran and the Hadis.I wish to start a new generation in my family line. A generation of huffaz. I think that would be perfect, insya-Allah. Amin.

I fall out with many good people...

I have been keeping mum for the past decades and suddenly as I aged, my patience are running short and my temper grew. Still I bite my lips and suffer in silence. Oh, the agony of not able to retaliate back or just do something or burst out...

Then one day, I realise I cannot take it any longer!!! I just EXPLODE...and I really mean EXPLODE!! I let out streams of hot tears and knife-like words to anyone who has cause grievance and danger to me.

Cannot do it anymore....

I really cannot tolerate anymore nonsense...

But as I let out, I felt better. Of course the truth hurts but somehow, they can improve and changed for the better. I should have done this earlier, should not have waited so long . I should have told them on the spot when that happens, no need to build or accumulate over the years.

Of course some retaliate with dagger -like words, worse than mine but at least all of us say our piece..and life goes on with less burden in the heart.

Some relationship grew better but somehow just burst like soap bubble and nowhere to be found..

Maybe this is one way, I can cleanse my heart so that I wont be so preoccupied with the worldly affairs as I indulge in Hifz...perhaps..wallahu alam.

Food to help ur memorization...

Okay, today I heard in IKIM fm Malaysia Islamic radio channel abut having good memory especially in order to be a huffaz:

There are many facts but most are common ones such as raisins eat 21 pieces everyday, daun ketumbar (coriander leaves) and green apple -its no good to eat them, make u forgetful and sourish items can cause more phlegm/lendih..honey is good...

other than common food listed above...these are some tips:
1.milk is good
2.eggs are good too, they are complete food for brains
3.kundur fruit aka winter melon fruit are good..if I'm not wrong Nabi s.a.w asked us to soak the fruit overnight in water and then drink it or eat it in the early morning before any breakfast
4.this is very interesting: if u eat a pomegranate fruit aka buah delima , ur heart will be bersih/sinar/cahaya (clean/cleansed/enlightened?)for 40 days (subhanallah) .Something like that...I think, one fruit cost about $5...though expensive , look at the benefits, masya-Allah. Mustafa centre always have.

Almonds/walnuts..are good

Also always have wudhu 24X7, thaT ALSO HELPS...

Sins...will make u forget ful too..even minor ones...like visual ones u watch on tv every day...

Allahu alam..that is all i can remember...if any error, please forgive.. that is my weakness...

p.s: Oh by the way, I bought FAQEH recently a compilation of goats milk,habatus sauda, raisins and others , I think about 14 items that are essential and are often used in the olden days...in Arab. My sons love it! Will check the ingredients and post the pic insya-Allah. Any one can eat them , any age...

Other hifz students/huffaz experience..

http://www.shukur.org/v4/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,105/topic,17728.0/

Anyone has similar stories, do give me the link....

OCBC islamic banking

These islamic banking has automatic zakat payments...GOOD!

and if u want to save to Hajj or anything else, there is a fixed savings plan for 2 years whereby there isnt any interest earned...HALAL. Read more below...

http://www.ocbc.com.sg/personal-banking/banking/Bnk_Dep_Inf_Listing.shtm

So when are u saving $$$ thru Islamic banking way?

FAQ on savings account:
http://www.ocbc.com.sg/personal-banking/downloads/banking/Al-Wadiah_faqs_english.pdf

Talking about my lowest point...

Recently there was a time that i got so low that I have no desire to live. I have nothing to look forward to. Everything looked so bleak, so dark, no ray of hope. I felt that I'm slowly drowning and no one can hear my cries. Silently, Im slipping away into the darkness.

It could be a personal experience of family "hiccups" or family "war" or recent demise of loved ones ...many recurring fitnahs tossed on me ..Everything in one. And I dont like to confide in others. I just let it rot within myself.

I used to confide in God but as my confidence slipped away and I felt that I am not a good muslim, not a good mother, not a good daughter or whatever... I tend to shun away from God too (my mistake)

And writing this blog, I felt that I need to be rigid and not open with my thoughts but I think again..Blog is like a diary of thoughts. If I cannot share my feelings and experience then what other channels can I go to, rite?

And s o I dont care what others think, I know my own niat...so here I am, opening up a little...

Anyway, I felt so low that I dont deserve to live...i know those are crappy thoughts and that syaithan are just happy I have those thoughts probably they add more fuel to my fire and thus the negative thoughts grew.

i cam to a point that I dont care about anything even my kids and then I think, I must do something. I began to watched movies that can bring tears to my face like "The Message" or nasheed with death as a message...

It worked a bit then I started to think that I must do something..I cannot continue doing this...

and I have left my best friend behind..the Holy Quran...

then, I decided to slowly....gain that confidence my slowly refreshing my old surahs...slowly and no pressure...for fear that my heart refuse and just turn away again...

Sometimes, we got to pujuk the heart/console it, say nice things...kata2 manis....

to be continued...

Motivational tools

I often heard that Human beings only use 1% of their brains... (What happens to the rest?!!!)

SO lack of motivation since I'm on a lone mission (in my household that is), I started to read many types of motivational books. I borrowed from libraries and also bought a few such as Lahirnya seorang jutawan, the birth of a millionaire by Azizi Ali.

U must be wondering why has millionaire and hifz got in common. Actually this book builds up my goals as I goes by. Because it illustrates that anyone can be Millionaires if u want to. And there was a time where I said and listen a nearby mosque Azan and somehow the particular sentences "Haiya Alas Solah, Haiya Alal falah...Let us pray and let us go towards excellence.

Somehow deep down some thing clicked. We were asked to achieve excellence in everything and that includes work. And I believed that Huffaz are the ones that are Millionaires. Because they memorized a book that contains so much information of anything and everything that cannot be found even in encyclopedia.

Thus I believed that they have inside info to be millionaires. But once the memorized the Holy Quran, I believed they are "Millionaires of info" not money but information...wide vast of information that are useful.

Anyway, I read this book to build up the confidence , the motivations and goals that are slowly slipping away since I embark in homemaker. I used to be a dynamic work person often multitasking and able to work well under pressure and active thus when I chose to nurse and take care of my kids full-time, part of me is gone. That career-mindedness is gone. MY future looked bleak. I was only motivated to mould my kids to be a success, future hufffaz and others but none for myself. I began to feel inferior and often, turn down my working friends invitation to meet-up for fear that I felt so lowly and thus no similar interest or whatsoever.

After reading a few books such as DARE, fight your fear ...I began to feel that there is a fire inside me , growing , motivating me to memorize again...start from scratch (Actually I stop for awhile because I felt that I'm not good enough, because I felt that I don't deserve to memorize the Holy Quran but then...not many will be "INVITED" to memorize the Holy Quran.So I should be thankful.Alhamdulillah.) I've tried convincing a fair deal of people to memorize the Holy Quran be it the beginners or those who are good in reciting. But not a single one willing to carry that responsibility (my circle only). I've told them that anyone (even though u are not good Al-Quran reciters)can be Huffaz. Just need a great determination and good niat. The rest will be open to you slowly.

Once u take the plunge , the doors will open wide for u.

SO get a huffaz to teach you and get ijazah till khatam Al-Quran.I believe any Muslim can do it irregardless of age. (What I wrote is to motivate myself too). Its never too late...seriously, trust me. I am doing it...so why can't u.

I have my ups and downs but I wont GIVE up, insya-Allah, I doa...

Places to pray in Singapore (Musolla)

Have u like in the middle of shopping or working or eating, u need to find a place to solat in a hurry? Or places that u are not familiar with? WEll, look no further, someone has compiled a "makeshift" musolla... (mashaAllah, May God bless that person)

http://web.singnet.com.sg/~mansal/musolla.htm

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If cannot view, go straight to this:
http://www.youtube.com/user/jarhood

Free Quranic software online!

this is very good for memorising The Holy Quran....
http://www.imaanstar.com/juz30.php

Hope it helps those future HUFFAz out there!