Thoughts Milling About

In response to the post "When someone close passes away, we reflect" the late Kak Ruby had left this comment in my Facebook. We will remember to live, Kak Ruby. May Allah be merciful on your soul. Al-Fatihah. ~ start ~ Ruby Ahmad at 11:02am on November 18th, 2008 Losing anyone close, any one we love, is painful, but no one word or any number of words, can describe the exact excruciating piercing pain! That bad. Really that bad!! It will make anyone stop in their tracks & just lose motivation & this I would seriously say dangerous time for anyone. One can be easily de-motivated... ...whence, in truth, one should be motivated to continue life, for the love we have for our dearly departed. To continue doing good things, & to continue praying for our dearly departed. I remember Red in 'Shawshank Redemption' said: 'Get busy living, or get busy dying' Of course we must get busy living, & let knowledge of the inevitable (birth & death) only to spu...

Hari Isnin 15/3/2010, hanya dua hari lepas, Masruhen jadi rakan tasmi' saya di maahad. Mas memang terkenal dengan bacaan yang baik dan suara yang lunak. Saya memanggilnya dengan nama gelaran Mas Al-Qari. Semalam, hari Selasa, selepas jamaah maghrib, kami sama-sama hafal ayat-ayat baru di surau. Saya di saf hadapan dan dia di saf paling belakang. Pabila hampir waktu isyak, saya memasang amplifier dan menjemput Mas untuk laungkan azan kerana memang sudah lama saya teringin mendengar Mas azan. Mesti baik azannya sebab suaranya yang bagus. Sebaik saja beliau mula azan, Ustaz Mansor Al-Hafiz, imam surau dan juga guru tahfiz kami terus berkata, "Bagus dia azan." Saya berdiri bersandar di tiang sambil menghayati alunan azannya. Memang bagus dan saya amat berhajat untuk menjadikannya bilal surau. Hari ini memang saya bercadang untuk mengajarnya memasang amplifier. Saya toleh kiri dan kanan saf tapi tidak nampak Mas ketika jamaah maghrib dan isyak tadi. Jam ...