Apabila Allah membuat keputusan menciptakan Adam, kelompok makluk yang lain mempersoalkan keputusanNya. Kelompok Malaikat: Adakah Engkau (Ya Tuhan kami) hendak menjadikan di bumi itu orang yang akan membuat bencana dan menumpahkan darah (berbunuh-bunuhan), padahal kami...
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I was raised by parents who dote on me, but I spent quite a big part of my early adult life wondering and wandering.
Now as a middle aged man, a husband and parent, I felt the need to put my reflections and lessons I gleaned from my life into a journal.
This is my legacy. It may be not filled with material wealth. The messages in here may not even be valuable to everyone. But I do hope my legacy fulfils part of my responsibilities as a parent, and maybe seeded an act of change in the future.
Dear Legacy
The moment you arrived, I was in disbelieve. As much as I tell myself that I want to be a father, there was a part of me that was telling myself I shouldn’t. That I...
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I was raised to believe that grades is everything. In primary school, I got a scolding for getting Bs in my subjects. Then when I wanted to enter the workforce, it seemed that the buzzword...
Continue reading...AL MALIK (The All-Sovereign): Beware The Powerful
When I was running my business dealing with gold and silver for a few short years, I learned the true nature of power: that much of the evil of this world is well and truly...
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A woman came to The Prophet ﷺ and complained to him about her husband that he invites too many guests and she has become weary from preparing food for them and hosting them. The Prophet...
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“Seorang anak muda liberal pernah tanya saya, apa dalil wajib pakai tudung bagi perempuan? “Saya jawab dalilnya surah an-nur ayat 31. “Dia jawab, dalil tersebut tak kuat utk katakan wajib. Ada dalil lain yg kata...
Continue reading...Success
Success is not determined by money or time but desire. The equation is simple. When you desire something so much that you will use up what little time and money you have to do it....
Continue reading...Explaining “What is Money?” in 4 words
Money is a tool to measure value. It seems ridiculously simple but it is surprisingly a struggle for most people to define what exactly money is. Often, when asked this question, people tend to say...
Continue reading...The Tourist of the Koran
I chanced upon Lesley Hazleton’s Ted Talk video “A “Tourist” Reading the Koran” recently. She is a British author whose work focuses on “intersection and interactions between politics and religion”. She is also an Agnostic...
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