Ramadhan is Leaving Us Soon :(

As the last few days of Ramadan are with us now, many of us are still in shock at the speed with which Ramadan has passed. Our goals may not yet be realized, our habits may not yet have changed, and our hearts may not yet have felt the sweetness of this beloved month. Disheartened, many of us may have already given to despair, feeling that our Ramadans have not been as fruitful as we had wished and planned. To make things more uncomfortable, we sometimes pray in mosque where the Imam or those around us begin to cry, weeping loudly when they hear verses of the Qur’an or when the Imam makes the du`a’ (supplication) during witr. Everyone else seems to be touched by this blessed month; everyone else’s hearts seem to soak in sweetness of this faith, the tears soaking their cheeks as they beg for mercy, provision, and forgiveness.

What about me? What about you? How can we, too, be of those whose hearts are softened?

Make Du`a’

“If you have approached the end of Ramadan, and you do not yet feel it in your heart, keep knocking on the door of Allah subhanahu wa ta`ala (exalted is He). Keep knocking, keep knocking, and Allah will answer.” Ask Allah (swt) in all of the blessed times to make du`a’ to break the hardness of your heart and allow sincerity and gratitude to gush through. Ask Him to soften your heart, to fill it with an awe-inspiring realization of Him, to exchange your bad deeds for good deeds and let your heart tremble in awe of Him as your actions show love for Him.

Sit Alone, Think about Your Sins, and Ask for Forgiveness

Take a few minutes every day to sit and say, “AstaghfirAllah (I seek forgiveness from Allah).” Every time you make this request of Allah (swt), remember something you’ve done that may have displeased Him. Remember that time you yelled at your mom when all she was trying to do was help you? Remember that time you cheated on your exam? Sit and ask Allah (swt) forgiveness for every single thing you’ve done, great, small, intentionally, unintentionally, asking Him to replace the hardness of your heart with softness and replace your sins with forgiveness and good deeds.

Allah (swt) tells us in Surat al-Furqan:

“Except for those who repent, believe and do righteous work. For them Allah will replace their evil deeds with good. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful” (Qur’an, 25:70).

Sit Alone, Ponder Your Blessings, and Thank Allah (swt)

How many of us have been blessed with parents or others who love, mentor and care for us? We have been given trillions of blessings that so many have never tasted. How many people are ungrateful and forgetful of all they have been blessed with?

Sit and think of every blessing He has given you- the Qur’an, eyesight, clean water, literacy- the blessings are uncountable, as Allah (swt) tells us in Surah Ibrahim (14:34). Let us show gratitude, for when we are grateful, Allah (swt) increases us, “And [remember] when your Lord proclaimed, ‘If you are grateful, I will surely increase you [in favor]; but if you deny, indeed, My punishment is severe.’ (Qur’an, 14:7).

Let us sit, contemplate blessing after blessing, and continually move our lips in gratitude to Allah (swt), saying, “AlhamdulilLah (praise be to God),” asking Him to write us amongst those who are grateful to Him, asking Him to soften our hearts and allow us to be moved by gratitude for His Favors.

Contemplate the Qur’an

Allah (swt) poses this powerful question:

“Then do they not reflect upon the Qur’an, or are there locks upon [their] hearts? (Qur’an, 47:24)

How can we be of those whose hearts are not locked? We can make massive du`a’ that Allah (swt) opens our hearts, and we can contemplate the Qur’an. Listen to the Qur’an with a recitation which penetrates your ears and overwhelms your heart. While listening, go through the translation and work to understand the Qur’an.

When you go through the words, sit and really think about the meaning and the ways in which it applies to your life. Think about the meaning of the Qur’an and allow yourself to be captivated, head-over-heels in love with the powerful words of the Creator of the Universe- the One Who created you- the One Who revealed these words for your personal guidance. Allah chose you to be Muslim; He personally planned for you be of those who want to come back to Him and read the Qur’an. So go back to the Qur’an, be grateful for His favor upon you and sincerely seek to understand His Words.

Give Charity

The Prophet ﷺ has told us that, “Sadaqah extinguishes sins like water extinguishes fire” (Tirmithi). The sins we commit continually build up and rust our hearts. Without polishing, this rust will take over, covering the beautiful jewel beneath it. This jewel, when polished, gleams internally and externally, becoming a means of benefit for the person whose body it houses, and spreading light to all those around, bi’ithnillah (with the permission of Allah). With charity, we can help polish our hearts. Let us give in charity, asking Allah (swt) to soften our hearts, to remove the buildup of rust, and to purify our hearts and souls, bringing us back to Him `azza wa jal (the Almighty and Majestic).

Increase our Good Deeds

Allah (swt) tells us, “Indeed the mercy of Allah is near to those who do good” (Qur’an, 7: 56). God has also told us, “Indeed, good deeds remove the evil deeds. That is a reminder for those who remember” (Qur’an, 11:114).

Allah (swt) has made our religion so adaptable that we can worship Him through anything good we do, when done sincerely and correctly. Let us constantly renew our intentions; when we take out the trash, let it be an act of worship to keep our homes tidy and to please those whom we live with. When we smile at a passerby, let it be to spread the joy of the character of the Prophet ﷺ. All the while, let us seek the mercy of Allah (swt), begging of Him to soften our hearts, while we do good for His pleasure.

Have an Objective

In every salah (prayer), have an objective. Whether obligatory or extra, make the objective to come out of that prayer purer than you did when you were born. Ask Allah for `afiya - for your sins to be forgiven and wiped away, so that it is as if you never even committed them. Focus like someone who aims to be forgiven, recite Surat al-Fatiha like someone who will be forgiven, make sujood like someone who yearns with their heart and soul for their sins to be wiped away and replaced with righteous deeds. In the next prayer, make your objective Paradise. Concentrate like someone of Paradise; beg of Allah in sujood to be of the people of Paradise. In every rak`ah (unit of prayer), have a unique purpose and beg of Allah to make those desires realities.

There is still time to come back to Allah (swt) and really feel the weight of this blessed month! Allah (swt) loves when we go back to Him with sincerity and humility, carrying the burden of our sins to Him, with hopes of having them obliterated and being completely forgiven.

Let us go back to Him, asking for His forgiveness and pleasure, for Him to open our hearts and soften our limbs to His command, asking Him to replace the burden of our shortcomings with the blessing of His Mercy. Once we’ve done so, let us go back to Him, feeling light, overflowing with hope and pumped with energy to seek His pleasure through working passionately for His sake, feeling immensely optimistic that He will forgive us, reward us and answer us inshaAllah (God Willing).

Keep knocking on the door. Allah (swt), the One Who Answers, will undoubtedly answer.

May Allah swt accept all our good and lawful wishes. Indeed He knows the secrets of Hearts and No One can Accept dua's except Him. Ya Allah We Only beg from You. Please accept our humble duas. Aameen ya Rabb!!

My Latest CV ~ CV Orang Geram

#mylatestCV #experience

I have been working in HR for the past 7 years already.

This job is really challenging because we dealing with human being.

I’m not saying other job is not as challenging as this, but dealing with human are the challenges thing ever!

Human are the cleverest creatures of the entire universe. Human are the one who invented numbers, account, machine, computer, Facebook, You Tube, IG, and many more..hahaha..

If dealing with machine, or system or software is hard to do, but dealing with human who invented the machine or system or software is the hardest one!

Seriously, I never thought that working in a fine office would be very cruel and dirty.

Dirty in term of dirty job, makes other look bad in order to rise, back-stab each other in order to sustain

Basically, you jump, I stay.. you’re gone, I find your replacement who follow my order.

This bad working world need a yes-sir-man, never argue. So you will survive. Funny hah?

I was involved when we retrench people, I was involved when we had to let go most of our precious people..

The dirty work, ‘they’ let us do. When people questioning it, ‘they’ let us to answer..

When it comes to recognition, ‘they’ will claim they are the one who’s doing it.

‘They’ think that ‘they’ are so great hah? They were wrong.

There’s a lady in one office who has served the company for the past 15 years.

When ‘they’ took over the department 2 years ago, ‘they’ put her in the PIP (Performance Improvement Plan)

She is no longer entitle for bonus, she got only 3 months to put effort on the appraisal rate.

If she fail, they will terminate her, just like that.. and obviously, ‘they’ are purposely make her fail. 

So unfair.. if she is so bad, how can she stay and served during the days.

If she fails mean they are the one who failed because she is reported to them..

Those who keep arguing will be in a dangerous position.

You will surprised to see someone who is really helpful and responsive will get under performance/ below expectation rating.

Those who we didn’t know what they do in the office, what they have contribute will get excellent/ outstanding rating! And get promoted in the end.

Those who remain silent, will be silent from any career improvement. Stuck and stay. 

And those who have different point of view, different idea, different style, different treatment, will always being the targeted one.

And sadly that is me..

How many time I argue, I got nothing but a reminder.

How many time I go beyond my task, but I only got good rate with nothing at all.

How many time I got to raise my voice towards others, just to state my opinion.

How many time I got into war with my own boss.. And how many time people try to mess up with my job, my life.. but I’m here still survive..

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining about my job.. I’m just sharing my experience with you.

And hoping that you would not face the same.

When I saw people being bullied, I really hate it!

I really hate to hear it after so many time. I will help whatever I can but that people need to take care of themselves. They need to think about themselves.

I’m not a #heroseorangcinderella, but I fight for my right and I hope other people will do the same.

When you fight for it, but you don’t get it. It’s OK because you had tried.

Compare to those who never tried, they have failed already.

I never lost hope.. I never regretted with the path that I chose, from Pure Science Stream to Accounting to Human Resources.

Like the old says, “every cloud has a silver lining”. I believed that they will be a better environment, better treatment, better people, great aspiration when I got a new job.

If I can’t get one, I can create one!

Just calm down, put your hand on your chest and say.. “InsyaAllah, all izz well..”

So this is it. This is my latest CV. 

I look forward to hearing from you about the possibility.

Thanks in advanced for your time and trouble. 

Your assistant and cooperation is highly appreciated! 

Best Regards

~Moonlight Lady in Work~

Cover Your Aurah ~ Because You're Worth It!

#Reminder #pesananpenaja

Bertudung itu tidak wajib tetapi menutup AURAT itu yang wajib.

Tudung hanyalah kain menutup diri, tetapi rasa malu itulah penghalang hati daripada melakukan sesuatu yang dimurkai Ilahi.

Apabila Allah SWT mengharamkan wanita mendedahkan kecantikan zahirnya, bukan kerana Allah SWT hendak menyekat kebebasan wanita, tetapi kerana Allah menyayangi wanita.

Diarahkan Menutup Aurat Kerana Allah Sayang!

Hukum Allah yang wajib kita taati boleh diumpamakan seperti peraturan jalan raya. Adanya lampu merah, hijau dan kuning, papan tanda dan sebagainya.

Dengan mematuhi peraturan jalan raya, tidak akan berlaku kemalangan sekaligus selamatlah perjalanan.

Begitulah dengan mematuhi hukum menutup aurat, akan membawa keselamatan dalam kehidupan. Tidak ada wanita yang akan teraniaya dan menderita kerana hukum menutup aurat.

Sebaliknya, dengan mendedahkan aurat mereka telah menzalimi diri mereka dan merosakkan orang lain.

Begitulah rahsia Allah SWT yang Maha Penyayang apabila Dia menyuruh atau melarang sesuatu, manfaatnya pasti ada walaupun kadangkala tidak dapat dijangkau oleh fikiran manusia.

Percayalah, Allah Lebih Tahu Apa Yang Lebih Baik Untuk Kita

Petikan Surah Al Ahzab Ayat 59. 

Bermaksud : Hai Nabi katakanlah kepada isteri-isterimu, anak perempuanmu dan isteri-isteri orang mukmin, hendaklah mereka memakai baju jilbab (baju labuh dan longgar) yang demikian itu supaya mereka mudah dikenali. Lantaran itu mereka tidak diganggu. Allah maha pengampun lagi maha penyayang.

Orang yang beriman tidak akan ragu-ragu dengan sebarang hukum daripada Allah sama ada yang wajib atau yang haram melainkan dengan berkata, “Kami taat dan kami patuh.”

Justeru itu, jika kita mengaku kita beriman, akurlah kepada setiap perintah Allah SWT itu. Dia inginkan keselamatan dan kebahagiaan buat hamba-hambaNya.

Dan sesungguhnya sebilangan ahli Neraka ialah perempuan-perempuan yang berpakaian tetapi telanjang yang condong pada maksiat dan menarik orang lain untuk melakukan maksiat. Mereka tidak akan masuk Syurga dan tidak akan mencium baunya - Petikan dari Hadis Riwayat Bukhari dan Muslim. 

Keterangan : Wanita yang berpakaian tipis/jarang, ketat/ membentuk dan berbelah/membuka bahagian-bahagian tertentu.

Ramadhan semakin hampir, mari kita berubah ke arah yang lebih baik. Tutup Aurat dengan sempurna. Jom Berubah!

@selendang_Ka_Syorga 

#prepareforRamadhan

Search Ending.. I Finally Found You!

Suddenly I found you!

After all years past, now I found you.. but i just found a picture of you in somebody else blog.. weird tho.. before this, I tried google you, search through social media.. but I didn't found any trace of you.. I know you don't have one, I bet so.. finally I found a picture of you.. it's a picture of your wedding day! I saw you and your Niqabis wife in orange colour wedding suits.. didn't want to read the whole post..huhuhu

It's.. MasyaAllah.. still thinking why Allah want me to see this.. anyway, Mabruk! Barakallahu fik.. it's good to see you now..

Hence, I understand that Allah wants me to stop thinking of you or any possibility of finding you.. cause you already happy with someone else..

One of the thing that I would never forget, the night when both of us were crying on the phone.. the night when you held a Tahlil in your area for my Arwah Ayah on the night I held a Tahlil at my house.. that was the first night without Ayah.. you were there on the phone when I cried.. I can't even say a word, you hold the line just to make sure I'm alright..

I even heard you cried also.. I still remembered, it was the last day before you went to Egypt to continue your study.. back then, even we decided not to seeing each other anymore but you still there when I needed the most.. it's really means a lot to me..

Now, I can be satisfied seeing you happy.. I moved on.. but I can't help to forget the moment we had.. thanks a lot.. thanks for all memories.. I wish you both happy till Jannah..♥

#stopsearching #stophoping

#moveon #behappy #ifinallyfindyou #memorieswilllastforever

#StandWithAleppo

I will #StandWithAleppo

Bismillahirrohmanirrohim..

In the name of Allah, the beneficient, the merciful..i pray that Allah will protect muslim in Aleppo..release them, save them..grant victory to the Mujahideen..

May Allah heal their sick, heal their wounded and ease their pain and suffering..there's nothing much i can do here..except for dhua..please everyone..

Please keep praying..please do this because Aleppo need our prayers and for the sake of Allah and his messenger (pbuh)..Ya Rabb please accept our dhuas..

#pray4Aleppo #pray4Syria #moonlightlady

Pray for Aleppo, Pray for Syria

#Pray4Aleppo

#Pray4Syria

Ade orang nasihatkan aku,

Kita ni kalau ada business jangan campur adukkan dengan soal lain..

Contohnya ada FB personal and FB page (niaga) tapi dekat personal tu share or comment pasal politik, pasal isu-isu lain..nanti orang tak suka..

contohnya isu-isu panas, isu berbangkit, isu-isu sensitif termasuk pasal Isu Syria, isu Rohingya, Isu Palestine dan macam-macam lagi.

Ok, aku terima nasihat dia..ada betulnya..

tapi apelah gunanya kau berniaga tapi kau ketepikan isu-isu ini, lagi-lagi isu Umat Islam..

biarpun kau nak kaya sendiri dan tak fikirkan orang lain, itu hal engkau.

Aku nak share apa pun, ini hal aku..

Aku tak boleh duduk diam-diam sedangkan orang sekeliling aku ini tak tahu, tak faham, tak cakna ape yang aku tahu.. ada orang bertanyakan pada aku, Aleppo tu apa? Allahuakbar..

Ye, sebab ramai tak cakna, sebab tu aku share dalam pelbagai channel, whatsapp, facebook, Instagram, twitter, blog (walaupun dah lama orang tak bukak blog)

So, aku share berita, updates, segala macam yang boleh asalkan membantu mereka yang memerlukan..

Sekarang ni, aku tak minta ap-apa pun, derma pun aku tak minta dari kau yang ber 'business' tu, aku mintak kau sebagai orang islam turut berdoa untuk saudara Islam kita di Syria, di Aleppo yang sedang terkepung sekarang ni..

Bukalah mata, bukalah hati untuk melihat penderitaan mereka..mereka pun xmintak duit Ringgit Malaysia kau tu, mereka cuma mintak kau berdoa..

Allahuakbar..lupakanlah sebentar drama-drama kat tv tu..ayuh berdoa, bacalah qunut nazilah tu tiap usai solat..

Mari berdoa untuk mereka..aku merayu ni..😢

Sabda Rasulullah SAW yang bermaksud :

“Barangsiapa tidak mengambil berat tentang urusan umat Islam, maka bukanlah mereka daripada kalangannya”

Allahurabbi..

Coretan Seorang Alumni UiTM

 

Assalamualaikum wbt..

Aku seorang alumni UiTM Segamat dan UiTM Shah Alam..anda alumni cawangan mana?

Aku tertarik untuk menulis sesuatu kerana tahun ini anak-anak buahku punya rezeki menyambung pelajaran di UiTM juga..satu kebanggaan dalam hati melihat mereka turut mengikut jejak langkah kami..terima kasih pada Alongku yang dahulu memberikan inspirasi agar adik-adiknya turut sama menjejak kaki ke menara gading..sudah rezeki kami adik - beradik jadi anak didik UiTM..bermula dengan Along kemudian Ude dan aku..kini anak-anak buahku pula..

Apapun pendapat orang lain mengenai UiTM tak pernah memudarkan ingatanku pada UiTM Di Hatiku..masihku ingat dalam pada kegembiraan ayah dan mak terhadap pencapaian kami adik beradik..ada juga manusia yang panas hati..tiba-tiba berkata pada ayahku waktu itu..

"Alah bang, yang universiti tu Shah Alam je..yang cawangan tu semua kira tahap kolej je.."

Ayah pun tersentap berhari-hari lantas menalifon Along bertanyakan perkara itu..menggeleng kepala Along menerangkan pada Ayah..apalah niat manusia itu, pada Ayah dia cuma berkongsi kegembiraannya dengan saudara mara..namun, lain pula penerimaan mereka..sedih aku bila teringatkan cerita ayah..

Sewaktu aku mendaftar di kampus Segamat, sibuk mereka bertanyakan kursus yang aku pohon..aku mengambil jurusan Akaun waktu itu..jurusan yang tak pernah ku pohon masa isi borang UPU dahulu..walaupun begitu, atas restu Mak dan Ayah, aku teruskan biarpun tiada asas sewaktu sekolah dahulu..lantas bila balik kampung sibuklah manusia - manusia itu berteka-teka nak kerja apa nanti bila dah grad katanya..

"Sekarang ni orang ambil akaun dah berlambak..senang ke cari kerja nanti?" Orang itu pun menekankan sebab itulah semua anak-anaknya dihantar jadi pendidik..cerah masa depan senang dapat kerja nanti..katanya..

Aku cuma membiarkan kata-kata mereka berlalu begitu sahaja..niat aku belajar bukan untuk kerjaya..aku tak pernah menyesal belajar akaun. Satu pelajaran yang susah untuk kuhadam tapi akhirnya berjaya juga..tiada apa yang mustahil jika kita berusaha..

Pesanku pada anak-anak buahku..persetankan apa sahaja cakap-cakap orang yang tak membantu kepada masa depanmu..hadapilah hari ini dengan kesyukuran..percayalah Allah dah aturkan rezeki kita..Pasti ada hikmahnya kita dihimpunkan di UiTM ini..apa yang perlu kita lakukan adalah berusaha..kejar cita-cita..jadi orang yang berguna di dunia ini dan di akhirat sana..aku sampaikan pesan Ayahku iaitu Nenek kalian dahulu..

"Betulkan niat belajar kerana Allah supaya ilmu tu berkat..

pergi balik kelas jadi ibadat..

Jangan pernah tinggal solat..

InsyaAllah terhindar dari perkara keji dan maksiat.."

Ingatlah cabaran di Universiti datang pelbagai bentuk, tingkatkan iman..teguhkan hati..ambil segala peluang yang ada untuk membangunan diri..sahut cabaran dalam mengasah bakat kepimpinan dalam persatuan, cuba bakat dalam pelbagai sukan dan pertandingan, percayalah macam-macam keseronokkan akan terjadi sewaktu belajar ini..Yang pasti kalian takkan pernah melalui kenangan manis sebegini lagi nanti..treasure the moment you had now!!

Tak percaya? Kalian boleh tanyakan pada Alumni-Alumni UiTM serata Malaysia ni..kalian akan dapat jawapan yang sama..you will never met a good friend that you had during your study elsewhere..you will never know your talent if you're not discover it yourself..you will never succeeded if you never go and fight for it..do the best, Allah will take care of the rest..trust me.

Truthfully

~Moonlight lady~

UiTM Segamat 2003-2006

UiTM Shah Alam 2007-2009