Surah Fussilat...........ayat 26 to ayat 36

friends, dato and tansri,

our internal reality or how we look at life can be 'rabbunallah' or 'rabbusyaitan'.
we can look at life  through a 'green, islamic ' perspective, or through a secular, shaytanic ,though purely humanistic, some would say, perspective.

deeds must all proceed from 'laila haillahallah'.
any deed that does not proceed from this station, however good it is perceived to be it's doers, is meaningless. it has no posterity except to satisfy some 'uneducated' egos.

i 'do good only for goodness sake ' , an arrogant cliche and battle cry, coming from secular humanistic people, in the eye of allah, carries no weight.

it is of prime importance for all of us to know rather this 'fine aspect' of our 'ugama'.....'niat' or 'nawaitu' is everything.

deeds follow faith.
and faith cannot be blind.
faith must be founded on the premise of understanding
in short, there must be ilm, ilm and ilm behind faith.







Those who disbelieve say: Heed not this Qur'an, and drown the hearing of it; haply ye may conquer. (26) But verily We shall cause those who disbelieve to taste an awful doom, and verily We shall requite them the worst of what they used to do. (27) That is the reward of Allah's enemies: the Fire. Therein is their immortal home, payment forasmuch as they denied Our revelations. (28) And those who disbelieve will say: Our Lord! Show us those who beguiled us of the jinn and humankind. We will place them underneath our feet that they may be among the nethermost. (29) Lo! those who say: Our Lord is Allah, and afterward are upright, the angels descend upon them, saying: Fear not nor grieve, but hear good tidings of the paradise which ye are promised. (30) We are your protecting friends in the life of the world and in the Hereafter. There ye will have (all) that your souls desire, and there ye will have (all) for which ye pray. (31) A gift of welcome from One Forgiving, Merciful. (32) And who is better in speech than him who prayeth unto his Lord and doeth right, and saith: Lo! I am of those who surrender (unto Him). (33) The good deed and the evil deed are not alike. Repel the evil deed with one which is better, then lo! he, between whom and thee there was enmity (will become) as though he was a bosom friend. (34) But none is granted it save those who are steadfast, and none is granted it save the owner of great happiness. (35) And if a whisper from the devil reach thee (O Muhammad) then seek refuge in Allah. Lo! He is the Hearer, the Knower. (36) 

translation by pickthal




[  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i7aOf3JHwo  ]

commentary from ayat 29 by shaykh mokhtar al maghraoiu





[  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSRRtEjpx80   ]

commentary by dato ustaz shamshuri, ' in bahasa '.....his commentary is preceded by discussion of hadith first. 



personally i find the shyakh very profound in his discourse and dato shamshuri, just as great.
listen to both, if you have time......