Friday, October 20, 2006

The Nobel Prize....

Assalamualaikum wbt buat saudara-saudara seaqidah sekalian…subhanallah, bulan Ramadhan yang baru sahaja menjenguk hanya tinggal beberapa hari sahaja lagi untuk pergi meninggalkan kita semua..sebagaimana cepatnya ia datang, begitu jualah cepatnya ia pergi…namun, sewajarnya kita merenung jauh ke dalam sudut hati dan cuba menghisab diri..sejauh mana Ramadhan itu telah kita isi dengan amalan-amalan yang sepatutnya...seandainya Ramadhan kali ini kita penuhi dengan melipatgandakan ibadah, alhamdulillah..ianya satu petanda yang baik..menunjukkan kita telah berjaya ‘graduate’ daripada Madrasah Ramadhan yang Pengetuanya adalah Allah SWT. Tapi seandainya it’s the other way around, maka kerugian besarlah bagi kita… “Rugilah orang yang didatangi Ramadhan, kemudian bulan itu telah berlalu tetapi dosanya tidak diampuni.” [Riwayat Ahmad]…semoga kita semua dipelihara Allah darinya…Ameen.


Suka untuk ana kaitkan entry kali ni dengan The Nobel Prize Award. In The Nobel Prize Award, the winner for that year will be announced in front of other world class scientists. MashaAllah, siapa yang tak nak untuk dinobatkan sebagai pemenang. Tambahan pula, di kalangan orang-orang ternama yang bukan calang-calang. Semuanya nampak professional dan educated. It’s going to be very competitive and only the best among the best would be granted the prize. For this entry, ana terasa untuk share dengan antum semua tentang The Nobel Prize yang diterima oleh dua orang dua orang scientist dari Perth, Australia. Mereka telah berjaya menjumpai bacteria yang menyebabkan penyakit ulcer perut dan gastritis. Oleh sebab kejayaan mereka menjumpai dan meng ‘confirm’kan bacteria tersebut (i.e. Helicobacter pylori), justeru mereka layak untuk menerima award tersebut. Furthermore, penyakit berkaitan dengan usus ni memang sangat menular di bumi Australia. Ana pun kurang periksa kenapa Australians are prone to inflammatory bowel disease…tapi ana assume sebab dietary intake mereka. Allahu a’laam..Untuk makluman , entry kali ini agak panjang. Harap antum semua dapat bersabar untuk membacanya dari awal hingga akhir (if you really have some spare time). Thank you in advance for your time.
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Sedikit info tentang sejarah The Nobel Prize (ana copy and paste je ni..takperlah kot..sebab tak perlu sign plagiarism sheet…hehe)




The Nobel Prize

Every year since 1901 the Nobel Prize has been awarded for achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for peace. The Nobel Prize is an international award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank established The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize. Each prize consists of a medal, personal diploma, and a cash award.

Australian 2005 Nobel Prize Winners

Barry Marshall and Robin Warren received the prize in 2005 for their discovery in 1982 of the Helicobacter pylori bacterium which causes stomach ulcers and gastritis.

A summary from the Press Release concerning the achievement in Medicine and Physiology:

This year's Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine made the remarkable and unexpected discovery that inflammation in the stomach (gastritis) as well as ulceration of the stomach or duodenum (peptic ulcer disease) is the result of an infection of the stomach caused by the bacterium Helicobacter pylori.

Robin Warren (born 1937), a pathologist from Perth, Australia, observed small curved bacteria colonizing the lower part of the stomach (antrum) in about 50% of patients from which biopsies had been taken. He made the crucial observation that signs of inflammation were always present in the gastric mucosa close to where the bacteria were seen.

Barry Marshall (born 1951), a young clinical fellow, became interested in Warren's findings and together they initiated a study of biopsies from 100 patients. After several attempts, Marshall succeeded in cultivating a hitherto unknown bacterial species (later denoted Helicobacter pylori) from several of these biopsies. Together they found that the organism was present in almost all patients with gastric inflammation, duodenal ulcer or gastric ulcer. Based on these results, they proposed that Helicobacter pylori is involved in the aetiology of these diseases.

Even though peptic ulcers could be healed by inhibiting gastric acid production, they frequently relapsed, since bacteria and chronic inflammation of the stomach remained. In treatment studies, Marshall and Warren as well as others showed that patients could be cured from their peptic ulcer disease only when the bacteria were eradicated from the stomach. Thanks to the pioneering discovery by Marshall and Warren, peptic ulcer disease is no longer a chronic, frequently disabling condition, but a disease that can be cured by a short regimen of antibiotics and acid secretion inhibitors.
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Satu perkara yang ana nak antum semua fikirkan..apakah yang dimaksudkan dengan “Nobel”? Adakah mereka yang telah dinobatkan sebagai pemenang The Nobel Prize selama ianya telah diadakan sememangnya layak untuk memegang title tersebut? Kalau ana rujuk kamus yang ada di sisi ana sekarang ini, “Nobel” is defined as “morally good or generous in a way that is admired.”

Namun begitu, dalam Islam ana rasa konsep nobel itu sedikit berbeza dengan requirement yang berbeza daripada The Nobel Prize. Allah berfirman dalam Al-quran yang berbunyi:

“Hai manusia, sesungguhnya Kami menciptakan kamu dari seorang laki-laki seorang perempuan dan menjadikan kamu berbangsa-bangsa dan bersuku-suku supaya kamu saling kenal mengenal. Sesungguhnya orang yang paling mulia di antara kamu di sisi Allah ialah orang yang paling bertaqwa di antara kamu. Sesungguhnya Allah Maha Mengetahui lagi Maha Mengenal.” [QS49:13]

Justeru, cubalah fikir-fikiran…wajarkah mereka diagung-agungkan hanya kerana mereka memberi sumbangan dalam bidang masing-masing…ana tak kata yang kita tak perlu menghargai jasa mereka, tapi berpadalah dalam mengangkat darjat seseorang kerana taraf kita masih hambaNya hatta setinggi mana ilmu dan kepakaran yang kita ada. Kita mungkin bisa menjadi lebih mulia daripada Malaikat dan bisa juga menjadi lebih hina dan rendah daripada binatang ternak. Namun ketahuilah, seandainya kita mengagungkan Allah, kitalah insan yang paling mulia kerana kita telah meng ‘izzahkan kuasa yang paling hebat di antara yang terhebat (i.e. The Ultimate One, Allah SWT).

Afwan katsiran kalau seandainya entry kali ni agak memeningkan kepala antum semua..ana tertarik untuk kongsikan ini dengan antum selepas mengikuti Katibah Akhawat di sini…alhamdulillah, banyak pengalaman bermakna ana dapat sepanjang program tersebut. Moga antum dapat mengambil manfaat daripada apa yang ana cuba sampaikan ni. Again, ambillah apa yang baik darinya dan tolong buang jauh-jauh apa yang tidak sepatutnya diambil.

Akhir kalam, ana mengambil kesempatan untuk memohon rimbunan keampunan seandainya ada mengabaikan hak antum semua….kekurangan ana dan keterlanjuran perilaku ana selama ana bergelar seorang sahabat kepada diri antum. Maaf zahir dan batin..


Kullu ‘aam wa antum bikhayrin…Ameen


Wallahu ta'ala a'laam



Thursday, October 19, 2006

Pohon Taqwa




"Sesungguhnya pohon yang berguguran daun-daunnya sepanjang tahun telah sampai masa untuk tumbuh kembali, menyaluti pohon taqwa sekali lagi setelah dilanda angin kencang maksiat yang berpanjangan. Ia akan tumbuh semula untuk menjadi pohon yang rendang dan lebat buahnya, mengeluarkan buah sepanjang masa dengan izin Tuhannya, maka dengannya berbekallah seorang mukmin sepanjang tahun hingga bertemu dengan Ramadhan yang akan datang. Diriwayatkan oleh Ahmad dengan sanad yang sahih dari Abdullah bin Amru sesungguhnya Nabi SAW telah bersabda: “Puasa dan Al-quran memberikan syafaat kepada hamba. Pada hari kiamat berkata puasa: Wahai Tuhan, aku telah menghalangnya dari makanan dan minuman pada siang hari, maka syafaatku padanya.”"

Monday, October 16, 2006

Ishbiri ya ukhti...isbiri....

Assalamualaikum wbt khususan ila sohibaty, Sumayyah Abdul Aziz…may this entry reach you in the best state of Eemaan and health…I really mean it, inshaAllah…aasifati atas kelemahan diri ini..saya dah lama terdetik untuk menulis secebis tinta harapan buat diri awak dan juga keluarga yang pada saat ini sedang diuji oleh Al-Khaliq dengan dugaan yang bagi saya amatlah berat untuk ditanggung…benarlah, “berat mata memandang, berat lagi bahu memikul”..Semoga awak dan keluarga terus tabah dan bersabar…inshaAllah, pasti ada jalan penyelesaiannya..dan saya pun berharap agar pengakhirannya adalah yang terbaik…Ameen….


Last Friday Khalid went to the HKL for inguinal lymph node biopsy and CT scan...the results didn't come out yet...but from the blood that was taken that day...he had increase in total WBC...30, and very low platelet, only 26 (N:150-400) for those who did not know. This is a bad sign...we were very worried that the disease will come back again....we prayed so hard that it will not relapse after 2 years Khalid in remission...The doctor let him went back home just for the weekend and gave him Prednisolone (steroid) to suppress the production of white blood cells... Buton Monday, despite of the steroid his WBC still increasing...up to 50...


The doctor took the blood again and observed it under the microscope...and Khalid was confirmed to get the disease again, but now it manifest as a leaukimia...I'm very sad...kesian Khalid...Besarnya ujian Allah...lagi sebulan he's going to take SPM that was delayed for 2years...he is going to be 19 this December and still haven't finish school...Sepuluh Akhir Ramadhan we've got to use it sangat2...banyakkan doa...semoga Allah sembuhkan Khalid...and Sumayyah too...Last Tuesday...he'd started the chemotherapy back...again...induction treatment for 1month...Adriamycin and Vincristine....raya kat hospital lagi this year...


Untuk kawan2 semua...tolong doakan adik saya...Jazakallah khairan kathira....May Allah bless all of you....
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Ya ALLAH kurniakankanlah kami kekuatan dan ketabahan utk mnghadapi segala taqdirMu..sembuhkanlah kami agar mudah kami menjalani kehidupan sbg jundiMu, seandainya itu yg terbaik buat kami..terima kasih buat semua yg membantu dan mendo'akan kami sekeluarga..semoga ALLAH merahmati kita semua..selamat mencari lailatulqadr...moga ALLAH perkenankan sgl permohonan kita..ameen Ya Rabb
-sumayyah abdul aziz-
uni of auckland, ramadhaan 1427H


MashaAllah, terasa sebak di dada saya bila membaca posting awak di friendster…saya pun tak dapat bayangkan bagaimana situasi awak sekarang…kesian pada adik Khalid..dalam usia yang muda, sudah diberi ujian maha hebat dari Allah…tapi yakinlah, Allah tidak pernah dan tidak akan membebani seseorang hambaNya melainkan apa yang mampu ditanggunginya [QS2:286]

Terkenang saya pada ketika saya menginap di rumah awak sekeluarga di Jasin..kalau tak salah ingatan saya ini, masa tu kita semua tengah study leave sebelum SSABSA…syukur alhamdulillah, saya dan Tasnim sempat ke rumah awak…frankly speaking, I adore your family very much. Memang suasana dan pengalaman yang saya dapat sewaktu bersama awak dan keluarga sangat berbeza. I pray that I can have that ‘bi’ah solehah’ as your family and instill it to my own family members..inshaAllahu khayr

Ketahuilah Sumayyah dearie…awak dan keluarga memang telah dipilih oleh Allah untuk menerima ujian sebegini rupa. Jelas Allah memang sayangkan awak sekeluarga…terimalah ujian ini dengan hati yang lapang..bak kata syuhadah yang selalu saya ingat di saat dugaan bertamu… “Sabar, syukur dan redha…itulah yang terbaik”..

Sememangnya ujian itu suatu yang berterusan..tiada kan berhenti sehinggalah kita dipanggil bertemu Ilahi..

“Tiap-tiap yang berjiwa akan merasakan mati. Kami akan menguji kamu dengan keburukan dan kebaikan sebagai cubaan (yang sebenar-benarnya). Dan hanya kepada Kamilah kamu dikembalikan.” [QS21:35]

Ujian, dugaan dan cabaran itu boleh datang dalam bentuk yang baik (khayr) ataupun buruk (syarr)…suka saya mengambil ‘ibroh dari peristiwa korban Nabi Ismail. Perintah mengorbankan Nabi Ismail, anak kesayangan Nabi Ibrahim adalah bukti yang ujian boleh akan datang bertentangan dengan apa yang kita inginkan. Di situlah hadirnya tuntutan berkorban, ketaatan dan bukti kecintaan kepada Allah…subhanallah, moga ianya dapat menenteramkan hati awak sekeluarga…Ameen

Sahabatku Sumayyah yang kucintai kerana Allah,

Maafkan diri ini andai tidak bisa mengurangkan beban di pundak…tapi percayalah Sumayyah, titipan doa dari kami sentiasa dikirimkan buat awak sekeluarga…Ya Allah, semoga Sumayyah Abdul Aziz mampu menjadi setabah dan sehebat Sumayyah dan ahli keluarga (Ammar dan Yasir)….ringankanlah beban penderitaan mereka..dan hadirkanlah ketenangan di lubuk hati mereka..Wallahu musta’an….Ameen Ya Rabbal ‘Alamin…


“Ketika iman kepada Allah telah merekah subur dalam jiwa dan kemanisannya telah berpadu dengan hati, maka orang yang merasakannya akan menjadi orang yang sangat penyabar dari setiap mara bahaya, tidak berkeluh-kesah dari hari-hari yang penuh dendam, juga tidak gundah gulana di malam-malam yang terhimpit musibah. Bahkan sebaliknya, dari penampilan mereka, kita melihat sikap keberanian dan kegagahan yang luar biasa mengagumkan tapi juga tidak melupakan kelembutan. Manakala ujian yang sangat dahsyat menimpanya dan bahaya besar menggoncangkannya, iman dan keteguhannya kian bertambah, sabar, dan keyakinannya kian teguh dan mantap.”

Wallahu ta'ala a'laam..
Ukhtil mukhlisah,
Sahabatmu yang jauh di mata, namun qarib di hati...
~Yusrina~
23 Ramadhan 1427H

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Invocations throughout Ramadhan...the blessed month



1st 5th day of Ramadhan

O Allah, on this day make my fasts the fasts of those who fast (sincerely), and my standing up in prayer of those who stand up in prayer (obediently), awaken me in it from the sleep of the heedless, and forgive me my sins , O God of the worlds, and forgive me, O one who forgives the sinners.

O Allah, on this day, take me closer towards Your pleasure, keep me away from Your anger and punishment, grant me the opportunity to recite Your verses (of the Qur'an), by Your mercy, O the most Merciful.

O Allah, on this day, grant me wisdom and awareness, keep me away from foolishness and pretention, grant me a share in every blessing You send down, by Your generosity, O the most Generous.

O Allah, on this day, strengthen me in carrying out Your commands, let me taste the sweetness of Your rememberance, grant me, through Your graciousness, that I give thanks to You. Protect me, with Your protection and cover, O the most discerning of those who see.

O Allah, on this day, place me among those who seek forgiveness. Place me among Your righteous and obedient servants, and place me among Your close friends, by Your kindness, O the most Merciful.


6th-10th day of Ramadhan

O Allah, on this day, do not let me abase myself by incurring Your disobedience, and do not strike me with the whip of Your punishment, keep me away from the causes of Your anger, by Your kindness and Your power, O the ultimate wish of those who desire.


O Allah, on this day, help me with its fasts and prayers, and keep me away from mistakes and sins of the day, grant me that I remember You continously through the day, by Your assistance, O the Guide of those who stray.

O Allah, on this day, let me have mercy on the orphans, and feed [the hungry], and spread peace, and keep company with the noble­minded, O the shelter of the hopeful.

O Allah, on this day, grant me a share from Your mercy which is wide, guide me towards Your shining proofs, lead me to Your all encompassing pleasure, by Your love, O the hope of the desirous

O Allah, on this day, make me, among those who rely on You, from those who You consider successful, and place me among those who are near to you, by Your favour, O goal of the seekers.

11th-15th day of Ramadhan


O Allah, on this day, make me love goodness, and dislike corruption and disobedience, bar me from anger and the fire [of Hell], by Your help, O the helper of those who seek help.

O Allah, on this day, beautify me with covering and chastity, cover me with the clothes of contentment and chastity, let me adhere to justice and fairness, and keep me safe from all that I fear, by Your protection, O the protector of the frightened.

O Allah, on this day, purify me from uncleanliness and dirt, make me patient over events that are decreed, grant me the ability to be pious, and keep company with the good, by Your help, O the beloved of the destitute

O Allah, on this day, do not condemn me for slips, make me decrease mistakes and errors, do not make me a target for afflictions and troubles, by Your honor, O the honor of the Muslims.

O Allah, on this day, grant me the obedience of the humble expand my chest through the repentance of the humble, by Your security, O the shelter of the fearful.

16th-20th day of Ramadhan


O Allah, on this day, grant me compatability with the good, keep me away from patching up with the evil, lead me in it, by Your mercy, to the permanent abode, by Your Godship, O the God of the worlds.

O Allah, on this day, guide me towards righteous actions, fulfil my needs and hopes, O One who does not need explanations nor questions, O One who knows what is in the chests of the (people of the) world. Bless Muhammad and his family, the Pure.

O Allah, on this day, awaken me with the blessings of its early mornings, Illuminate my heart with the brightness of its rays, let every part of my body follow its effects, by Your light, O the illuminator of the hearts of those who know.

O Allah, on this day, multiply for me its blessings, and ease my path towards its bounties, do not deprive me of the acceptance of its good deeds, O the Guide towards the clear truth.

O Allah, on this day, open for me the doors of the heavens, and lock the doors of Hell from me, help me to recite the Qur'an, O the One who sends down tranquility into the hearts of believers.

21st-25th day of Ramadhan

O Allah, on this day, show me the way to win Your pleasure, do not let Shaytan have a means over me, make Paradise an abode and a resting place for me, O the One who fulfills the requests of the needy.

O Allah, on this day, open for me the doors of Your Grace, send down on me its blessings, help me towards the causes of Your mercy, and give me a place in the comforts of Paradise, O the one who answers the call of the distressed.

O Allah, on this day, wash away my sins, purify me from all flaws, examine my heart with (for) the piety of the hearts, O One who overlooks the shortcomings of the sinners.

O Allah, on this day, I ask You for what pleases You, and I seek refuge in You from what displeases You, I ask You to grant me the opportunity to obey You and not disobey You, O One who is generous with those who ask.

O Allah, on this day, make me among those who love Your friends, and hate Your enemies, following the way of Your last Prophet, O the Guardian of the hearts of the Prophets.

26th-30th day of Ramadhan


O Allah, on this day, make my efforts worthy of appreciation, and my sins forgiven, my deeds accepted, my flaws concealed, O the best of those who hear.

O Allah, on this day, bestow on me the blessings of Laylatul Qadr, change my affairs from (being) difficult to (being) easy, accept my apologies, and decrease for me [my] sins and burdens, O the Compassionate with His righteous servants.

O Allah, on this day, grant me a share in its nawafil (recommended prayers), honor me by attending to my problems, make closer the means to approach You, from all the means, O One who is not preoccupied by the requests of the beseechers.

O Allah, on this day, cover me with Your mercy, grant me in it success and protection, purify my heart from the darkness of false accusations, O the Merciful to His believing servants.

O Allah, on this day, make my fasts worthy of appreciation and acceptance, according to what pleases You, and pleases the Messenger, the branches being strengthened by the roots, for the sake of our leader, Muhammad, and his purified family. Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.