The Beauty of Al-Quran

An old American Muslim lived on a farm in the mountains of eastern Kentucky with his young grandson. Each morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table reading his Qur’an. His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to imitate him in every way he could.  One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa! I try to read the Qur’an just like you but I don’t understand it, and what I do understand I forget as soon as I close the book.

What good does reading the Qur’an do?” The Grandfather quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and   replied, “Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of water.” The boy did as he was told, but all the water leaked out before he got back to the house. The grandfather laughed and said, “You’ll have to move a little faster next time,” and sent him back to the river with the basket to try again. This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was empty before he returned home. Out of breath, he told his   grandfather that it was impossible to carry water in a basket, and he went to get a bucket instead.

The old man said, “I don’t want a bucket of water; I want a basket of water. You’re just not trying hard enough,” and he went out the door to watch the boy try again. At this point, the boy knew it was impossible, but he wanted to show his grandfather that even if he ran as fast as he could, the water would Leak out before he got back to the house. The boy again dipped the basket into river and ran hard, but when he reached his grandfather the basket was again empty.

Out of breathe, he said, “See Grandpa, it’s useless!” “So you think it is useless?” The old man said, “Look at the basket.” The boy looked at the basket and for the first time realized that the basket was different. It had been transformed from a dirty old coal basket and was now clean, inside and out. “Son, that’s what happens when you read the Qur’an. You might not   understand or remember everything, but when you read it, you will be changed, inside and out. That is the work of Qur’an in our lives.”

nenas ku dah berbuah...

Aku telah menanam beberapa pokok nenas pemberian jiran di kg, lebih 2 tahun lepas. Satu darinya telah mengeluarkan buah awal tahun ni, tetapi batangnya telah patah sebelum buahnya cukup masak. Ada aku ambil gambarnya, tetapi di dalam komputer lama, belum lagi aku copy ke komputer baru ini. Aku telah menanam 2 dari anaknya ke dalam pasu pula. 

Baru-baru ni, 2 pokok telah berbuah pula. Inilah buahnya, harap-harap sempatlah masak buahnya di pokok nanti, Insya Allah.

My garden...

Antara beberapa pokok-pokok yg terdapat di kebun kecilku....

Pokok-pokok heliconia ni rajin berbunga....ianya ditanam oleh penyewaku dulu.

Pokok bunga kertas ini juga peninggalan penyewaku dan juga rajin berbunga sepanjang tahun.

Pokok kaktus ni mendapat second chance di tangan kami. Suami menjumpainya dibuang org, sayang melihatnya lalu dibawa balik. Telah 5 tahun kami membelanya.

Pokok kaktus ni diambil dari kg, senang membiak, telah dialih ke beberapa pasu.

Yg ni pun senang hidup dan membiak.

Dulu, sebelum kawen, tak berminat gardening. Minat bertanam ni berjangkit dari suami. Dia mula dengan membawa balik beberapa batang pokok utk ditanam. Bila dia tiada di rumah, aku telah menjaga dan mula menambah koleksi dengan mengambil beberapa pokok dari kg. Ada yg telah mati akibat kekeringan, terutama apabila kami lama tiada di rumah.

bunga orkid ku...

Pokok orkid ni sebenarnya dah lama ditanam... tapi belum pernah berbunga. So, ianya telah tidak diperhatikan sehingga suami bagitau orkid kita dah berbunga.... Seronok rasanya menengok bunganya yg comel...

Anuar Zain - Ketulusan Hati

Maher Zain - Insha Allah | ماهر زين - إن شاء الله

makan free...

semalam, kekenyangan makan free... tapi yg pertama salam sauk jugak... tak lah free, hehe... pi jemputan kawen dua pupu kat taman melawati, tak pi tak leh sbb anak tunggal, the first n the last kenduri kawen... pergi dgn sister dr kg, yg dtg dgn husbandnya, 2 org cucu serta abah. masa nak keluar, anak buah tepon nak ajak gi sama, tp dia baru bangun tidor, tak kan nak tunggu dia, tapi dia janji akan hantar balik nanti sbb rumah dia tak jauh dr rumah ku. masa pergi, jam gila kat mrr2 sampai pandah indah, pas tu clear sikit. anak buah sampai kol 2.30 ptg... seb baik tak tunggu dia kat rumah tadi. balik pulak, maknya offer nak antar balik sbb dia nak gi raya kat bangi nanti, ok lah tu.

pas tu nak pi rumah sepupu kat cheras, mrr2 jam giler lagi arah ke cheras, terus masuk lembah keramat, sister nak pi rumah jiran lama kat keramat, semuanya tak de kat rumah. tepon kengkawan yg tinggal dekat2 situ, lela tak jawab, pi beraya kot, ina pulak ada kat sg buloh, sdg beraya, pas tu nak gi beraya kat cheras. redah pulak ke rumah datin jamaliah, dia tak de di rumah, anaknya kata dia gi shopping. bila ditepon, katanya lambat lagi nak balik tapi ada buat laksa, makanlah dulu, so kami pon makanlah walaupun tak jumpa tuan rumah. dah tu, pi rumah lain2 tu, tak dapat makan ape2, sbb tak de org, ni dah dioffer makan, kami makan je lah.

ada satu lagi jemputan open house kat putrajaya shangri la hotel, ajak sister n bro in law pi makan, mula2 tu tak nak, tapi bila cakap bukan selalu dapat pi makan kat hotel, depa pun setuju.. tak rugi pergi, makanan mcm2 ada, tapi sbb dah kenyang, makan sate, yong taufu dan kambing panggang je... dapat jugak jumpa a few friends from secondary school dulu, alhamdulillah. tq datin for the invitation.

around 12.30 am, terima panggilan dari one of the friends who also attended the open house, seb baik belom tido lagi. her father just passed away, Innalillah. tu lah, baru suka-suka dpt jumpa semula, dpt pulak berita sedih. pagi-pagi lagi dah bersiap nak pi ziarah kat usj, bertolak 8.30 pagi, sampai 9.20 pagi, tak biasa pi usj ni...jenazah akan dikebumikan pagi ni jugak. stayed on until jenazah dibawa ke surau utk urusan mandi dan kafan. had to leave then sbb ada jemputan kawen anak opismate kat bangi pulak. takziah to u ,mar. semoga roh ayah mu dicucuri rahmat dan ditempatkan bersama org2 beriman, Amin.

sampai je rumah, mandi, terus get ready. masa nak keluar, terjumpa neighbour, baru berkesempatan nak salam raya... ha ha ha...sebelah rumah tu... kat kenduri, dapat jumpa bekas opismate yg dah bersara, lama betol tak jumpa mala ni. lama jugak lah stayed on...