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Alhamdulilah..

Alhamdulilah,Segala puji bagi Allah swt kerana dengan limpah kurnia dan izin Nya,saya telah mencapai umur  61 tahun pada hari ini.Satu tahun telah berlalu sejak tarikh lahir tahun lepas dan satu tahun saya lebih hampir dengan mati.

Salah satu manfaat bagi mereka yang dilanjutkan umur saperti saya ialah saya masih lagi diberi peluang untuk beribadah kepada Allah dengan kualiti yang lebih baik dibandingkan dengan semasa saya muda dahulu.Satu lagi ialah bertambuhnya ilmu dan pengalaman untuk mengenal diri sendiri..dan mengenal Allah.

Perkara yang amat penting semasa dihari tua ialah kesihatan.Sekali lagi saya memanjat rasa syukur kepada Allah jua kerana memberi rahmat kesihatan kepada diri saya.Tanpa keshitan segala urusan yang kita rancang akan terjejas atau tergendala.Teringat kawan-kawan yang sakit dan telah mati lebih dulu dari saya..

Kepada yang masih muda,jangan tunggu bila tua nanti untuk membuat sesuatu yang baik.Mungkin kita tidak sampai tua atau sampai tua tetapi tidak berupaya.

Ya Allah,aku memohon taufik dan hidayat,perlindungan dan pertulongan dari Mu Ya Allah untuk meneruskan hidup ini dengan lebih berilmu,lebih beramal dan lebih beriman dari masa-masa yang lepas sebelum tiba masanya aku kembali kepada Mu,Ya Allah.

Nostalgia of My 50s..

Remember your iPod ten years ago?I love to have it wherever I go..This photo reminds me of my  love for music on the go and my encounter of five years with a French car-Citroen C5.Those days were when I was in my 50s and now I am in my 60s.My toys have changed to something they call iPad and MyVi.I was called Uncle Gadget then,now I call myself Grandpa Gadget.

Daun dalam daun?

Saya amat terpesona dengan daun-daun saperti gambar disebelah kanan.Pada mulanya saya tertarik kepada bentuk semacam lukisan daun diatas daun,tetapi selepas merenung sedikit mendalam,saya terbaca mesej tersirat didalam kejadian daun-daun ini..

Dalam perjalanan hidup yang pendek ini,kita diberi kesempatan untuk melihat pelbagai ciptaan Illahi,tetapi sayang   sekali kita gagal memberi pemerhatian yang sewajarnya untuk melihat,menikmati,memahami dan menghayati kehebatan dan keagungan pencipta segala sesuatu sama ada di langit atau di bumi.Kita terkejar kesana dan kesini dan terlupa dan alpa dengan apa yang bersama dan dekat dengan kita.

“Ya Tuhan kami, tiadalah Engkau menciptakan ini dengan sia-sia. Mahasuci Engkau, maka peliharalah kami dari siksa neraka.” (TQS. Ali Imran: 191)

 “Dia menumbuhkan bagi kamu dengan air hujan itu tanam-tanaman; zaitun, kurma, anggur, dan segala macam buah-buahan. Sesungguhnya, pada yang demikian itu benar-benar ada tanda (kekuasaan Allah) bagi kaum yang memikirkan.” (TQS.an-Nahl: 11)

Dia lah Allah, Yang Menciptakan sekalian makhluk; Yang Mengadakan (dari tiada kepada ada); Yang Membentuk rupa (makhluk-makhlukNya menurut yang dikehendakiNya); bagiNyalah nama-nama yang sebaik-baiknya dan semulia-mulianya; bertasbih kepadaNya segala yang ada di langit dan di bumi; dan Dia lah Yang tiada bandingNya, lagi Maha Bijaksana.

(Al-Hasy-r 59:24) |

Dibawah ini satu suasana yang cantik dan tenang anugerah Allah kepada maklukNya..

 

Tip:On being humble..

Many of us belong to the middle class and have our lunch and dinners at hotels and nice restaurants.One of the way to tame and train(tarbiyyah) our hearts so that we remain humble inside and outside is to eat where normal or common people eat their meals.Here is a photo of mine,attending a free iftar(breaking of fast) event at Masjid Sultan Mizan during the last Ramadhan.Another time I have my breakfast at the a small kiosk at the back of a shop along Jalan TAR,KL.

This is one way to take care of our hearts through our stomachs..

Humility

Getting close to  Allah by voluntary deeds is only done by those people who are completely humble and submissive to Allah. Similarly, having love for the beloved servants of Allah (HisAuliya) only comes about through humility and humbleness. Furthermore, some of Allah's beloved servants are the poorest and most humble people of this world. One must love them and be kind to them and accept them as one's brothers. This can only be accomplished by those who are humble and free of arrogant pride. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) stated,

"Allah has revealed to me that you must be humble, so that no one boasts over another." [Muslim]

Compiled From:
"Commentary on the Forty Hadith of al-Nawawi" - Jamaal al-Din M. Zarabozo, pp. 1439-1441

 

 

Tip:To see blue Putrajaya Lake..

If you are visiting Alamanda,Putrajaya,just walk to The RASA Food Court and go out through the back door and walk down the stairs and you shall arrive at the lakeside and see this view.This place is only accessable by walking/cycling by the public and my cycling group cycle here almost every week.

Putrajaya has more beautiful places than I can count with my fingers but we must walk or cycle there.Better still,join me cycling-good for eyes,legs and heart..

To my friends in Putrajaya,please keep the water clean so that it remains blue all the time..

Below is a view of Pullman Hotel seen from Presint 4,Putrajaya.

 

Between truth and falsehood..

We donot need to have the minds of rocket scientists to differentiate between the truth and falsehood.With some knowledge and pondering on what have been going on at global,national,society and individual level,we should have known what is the truth and the falsehood in this business of life. We can choose to believe or not to believe;and we can choose to do or not to do;and likewise to be or not to be.The truth exists on its own but falsehood needs to be invented!

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On leaves..

On leaves:I just wondered how many billions of leaves are there on this planet earth?Everyday,they generate fresh oxygen for all of us....Let us thank The Lord of All the Worlds(known and unknown,seen and unseen)-Allahu Rabbul 'alamin for His mercy(rahmah) for all of us..Syukran Ya Allah.All praises belong to You.Alhamdulilah

Have you got a dream?

My dream is to be a freelance photo-journalist one day...This photo was taken by my son Munir on 1/2/2007 using my Lumix FX8.Now I am more motivated because one of my photos was bought by an ad agency to advertise property project for their client and the prints appeared on NST,The Star and The Edge nation wide.

500px / Adib Noh / First sale!

A few days ago,an Advertisement Agency contacted me and requested to buy my photo as shown.I was elated and felt very happy because this is the first time in my life that one of my photos will get published in our national dailies-not to mention that I will get paid for something I love doing.Before I gave my consent,I asked the executive the purpose of using my photo.She told me that it will be used by her client to advertise their product to commemorate our 50th Malaysia Day yesterday-16th September,2013.I was very happy when I saw this photo of mine got published.I cannot keep this good news to myself,so updated my Facebook(Berisman) informing my friends and gave thanks to my photography sifus.My smile lasts for the whole day..and my fingers were very busy responding to more than 50 comments and more than 100 likes.It was a day to remember!!!

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Happy Malaysia Day

Happy 50th Anniversary to Malaysia and let us keep our environment green and clean..