Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Surah al Muzammil, 73.......Shaykh Abu Talha Commentary, Part 2
shaykh abu talha, commentary part 2
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWvLONMDplQ&t=18s ]
" it is just tempting to just go to the mountains and withdraw, but that is not a correct approach....withdraw mentally, but not physically...stick to our ideals. we are muslims! continue the daawah"
" over the years we have collected millions and zillions of wrong ideas in our brains and minds, it is up to us to use our 'islamic filters' to clean up all the garbage built on wrong premises..."
shaykh abu talha on al fatihah,
http://tafseerkoran.blogspot.com/2012/09/surah-al-fatiha-1-1-7.html
' at worse, they would love to drone him, if political correctness would not be a major issue'.
their rationale is that they say this is 'qutbism', and any reminder of this should be nipped in the bud.
''you muslims can have your god, but no Rabb please!''
.....that summarises the credo of the western world on islam now.
"if you must still insist to have your Rabb, and practice in the public space,we will drone and declare war on you....1stly we get our mega propanganda machine, cnn, bbc and aljazira to demonise you guys years ahead...we will put economic sanctions on you ...we will arm your rebel fractions to the teeth............we will get security council to vote and declare that it is legal to rape and plunder your country! ".
that have happened in afghanistan, syria and yemen,libya, somalia and any where for that matter in future....any thing ok except your Rabb.
Monday, January 21, 2019
Surah al Muzammil, 73..........let us be provocative!
friends, dato and tanseri,
with surah al muzammil, the 4th surah to be revealed to our nabi[pbuh],we have several choice here.
we can remain with prof quraish shihab or shaykh tawfique chowdhury or even listen to ustad nouman ali khan or shamsuri......all 'run of the mill' tafseer, with a high degree of 'political correctness'.
but i want to be a wee bit provocative today.
we listen to shaykh abu talha.
his commentary is original and 'no hold barred'.
i love his take on surah al fatihah which we did at the start of our long , wonderful journey weaving thru the qur'an from al fatihah, thru to juz amma and then on to al baqarah and thereafter..
we started in sept 2012 and insyaallah by end of march we should qatam our tafseer masterclass when we reach surah abasa.
shaykh abu talha has been labelled many thing by his detractors, .....a return to 'qutbism' etc and etc.
this is of course scandalous game of labelling.
just listen to him and then make up your mind.
put yourselves in the shoes of our nabi[pbuh]
bear in mind when nabi had this surah, it was only the 4th surah handed to him..ie after iqra'. followed by surah al mudhatir and surah al qalam.
not much of qur'an as yet revealed to our nabi [pbuh] up to that point.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
O thou wrapped up in thy raiment! (1) Keep vigil the night long, save a little - (2) A half thereof, or abate a little thereof (3) Or add (a little) thereto - and chant the Qur'an in measure, (4) For we shall charge thee with a word of weight. (5) Lo! the vigil of the night is (a time) when impression is more keen and speech more certain. (6) Lo! thou hast by day a chain of business. (7) So remember the name of thy Lord and devote thyself with a complete devotion - (8) Lord of the East and the West; there is no God save Him; so choose thou Him alone for thy defender - (9) And bear with patience what they utter, and part from them with a fair leave-taking. (10) Leave Me to deal with the deniers, lords of ease and comfort (in this life); and do thou respite them awhile. (11)
masha allah!
seven long years
this life is not a picnic but alhamdullillah we are almost there!
the quran is a universal need...and those who think and ponder will benefit most from it.
dr nik howk
ps: i am sorry, the audio is not great.
recitation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQdJKlZOVt8
shaykh abu talha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQjHmYT12R4
" the issue of muhammad with the quraish of his time over the issue of god or gods was not the issue of god or no god....the quraish also have god, too many of them in fact.
the issue is in fact about having a Rabb!.."
" keep your Rabb always in the foreground and background in whatever you do or perceive in your life..."
shaykh abu talha on al fatihah,
http://tafseerkoran.blogspot.com/2012/09/surah-al-fatiha-1-1-7.html
' at worse, they would love to drone him, if political correctness would not be a major issue'.
their rationale is that they say this is 'qutbism', and any reminder of this should be nipped in the bud.
you muslims can have your god, but no Rabb please!'
.....that summarises the credo of the western world now.
if you must have your Rabb, we will drone and declare war on you.
that have happened in afghanistan, syria and yemen and any where for that matter in future....
Saturday, January 19, 2019
Before We Move On to Surah al Muzammil, 73.........On Zikr Using Asma al Husna; Solat Hajat & Virtues of Istagfirullah....
friends, dato and tanseri,
before we move on to surah al muzammil let us make a brief stopover at a pesantren in downtown jakarta....have a peep at up and coming ustaz, ustaz adi adiyat and also ustad abdul somad.
ustaz adiyat had his early education in several pesantren in indonesia and after his degree in islamic study locally , later went on to libya to study under several luminous figures there.
let us pick his 'brain' and wisdom on several issues pertaining to asma al husna, solat hajat and istigfar.
these constitute 'ranting' and 'branch' issues in the ugama along with issues such as maulid, 'talkin', tahlil etc etc and etc, but take prominence in our bumi malaysia due to our relative overall ignorance in our ugama and also the bludgeoning number of graduates from the nedj peninsula and also jordan who are more schooled in the fundamentalist approach to the ugama.
these people choose to go around with blinkers and wanted the rest to follow them as well
the great majority of our ustaz however come from the pondok- indian subcontinent route and later in their education got 'washed' up in the azhari school in egypt.
they constitute the mainstream and are in control of jakim etc etc and etc., the controlling body of 'ugama' administration in the country. they are generally older and thus less internet savvy, but their leverage over the ummah are the suraus, masjid and madrasah.
jakim controls all these.
..................
i choose ustaz adi adiyat here because he was initially from the pesantren, then joined the salafiyah schools in jakarta and later went on to libya to polish off his education.
thus he has a balance view of the issues involved.
we close off with ustaz as somad, also of indonesia whom i like for his wise attitude towards branch issues in our din, or what we term as 'benda2 khalifiah ulama'.
ustaz somad is of the sunni-maturidi-shafei--azhari school and it is interesting how he gauge ustaz adi adiyat, despite their obvious difference in orientation.
follow his short discourse as well on jemaah tabligh whom the rest of the daawah flocks generally looks down and consider lower in the 'animal scale of things'.
......................
in life we can of course go around with blinkers and join the 'wahabis' if we choose to, i call them 'school prefects'.
excellent.
but personally i 'condong' towards the 'lovers'
life is much sweeter and kinder. ..to wake in the wee hours of the morning and whisper 'sweet nothings' day in and day out when the rest of the world are sleeping, all the rules and regulation of the ugama you may know, but to push you forward you need 'love'.
the 'wahabis' ore generally not 'professors of love', in my humble estimation.
at best they are overglorified 'school prefects' who are able to commit to memory a few hundred more selected hadiths of their choice over socalled 'morons like me and you'
beside this, i do not enjoy going thru life saying, "this is bidaah, that is bidaah and that my friend is also bidaaah".
i love to hear dr maza the mufti from wang kelian a lot but he and his men are overdoing the 'bidaah ' thing.
let us listen to both ustaz adi adiyat and ustaz abdul somad.
a long discussion but great education for us 'newbies'.
listen.
dr nik howk
ustaz somad on ustaz adi adiyat:
Friday, January 18, 2019
Surah al Jinn, 72........Prof Quraish Shihab; Ayat 19 to Ayat 28
commentary of ayat 19 to ayat 24 by prof quraish shihab, in 'bahasa'
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtfawSpe8Yg&t=2097s ]
from pearls & gem, a 2011 article on death and dying :
'unto HIM is the journeying..'
[ http://drnikisahak.blogspot.com/2011/02/unto-him-is-journeying.html ]
' alchemy is the difference between dust and gold. for the sufi though, there is no difference between dust and gold'
shems friedlander
Thursday, January 17, 2019
Surah al Jinn, 72..........Ayat 11 to Ayat 18; Prof Quraish Shihab
prof quraish shihab, commentary of ayat 11 to ayat 18, in 'bahasa'
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfhuHv7jhrk&t=2s ]
' ya rabb, dont judge me for i am certainly of the zholim...embrace me with your mercy and your rahmah.'
stories from pearls & gem : tales from al qalwa, 2017...the exorcist
[ http://drnikisahak.blogspot.com/2017/01/al-qalwa-tales-from-crocodile-dundee-to.html ]
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Suraj al Jinn, 72........Prof Quraish Shihab & Shaykh Tawfique Chowdhury
recitation surah al jinn by shaykh abu bakr ash shatiri
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPVv7a4w640 ]
shaykh tawfique chowdhury, commentary of surah al jinn
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2w15AjOhpM&t=55s ]
prof quresh shihab, commentary ayat 1 to ayat 10 [ 'bahasa' ]
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHzJiyoRlRY ]
Sunday, January 13, 2019
Surah Nuh, 71.............Shaykh Tawfique Chowdhury
friends, dato and tanseri,
it must have been 5 pm plus or there about, 4th january.
i was on a firefly, atr 72-500 twin turbo-prop aircraft flight to beautiful terengganu, despite a weather report earlier warning of cyclone pabuk hitting the state that day.
'we are landing shortly, put back up your table, and straighten your seat...'
after a long choppy 15 minutes, and this part of teganung just over kenyir is always turbulent, i could just see the runaway coming up....and my favourite nasi kerabu breakfast makan place near the end of the terengganu airport western side of the runway coming into view.
this is 2 days post umrah.
i was still in continuous zikr mode irrespective of the time.
i stopped my usual 'tasbih, tahlil and tahmid' for a while and start dreaming of having 3 days of bliss at 'the sanctuary', my pantai telaga papan beach pondok.
i need that 3 days of respite to rest my aching body , before serious work at the hospital back in KL.
the last 11 days of umrah has surely taken it's toll!
an aching back from spinal stenosis due to years of abuse from horse back riding, a bad catarrhal cough from bronchitis and a brain and muscles full of virus......
" oops, i am sorry we cannot land...we will try another one. ', came the young pilot's voice over the intercom.
i assumed there must be a strong whiff of crosswind that must have pushed the small aircraft off course at the last minute.
visibility was otherwise good .
i knew that landing standard operating procedures dictates all pilot to abort landing if at 500 feet, the runway could not be seen visibly.
it was impossible he could not see the runway.
the green roof of nasi kerabu mak cik gemok at batu rakit i could see!
'it must a strong whiff of wind ', i reassured myself.
after a long further 20 minute of circling the airport we still could not land!
the cabin was dead quiet.
malaysians, especially the malay terengganu crowd are not particularly expressive.
i had a foreboding sense of panic by now.
i was still in ' full tahlil, tahmid and tasbih' mode continuously. i dont know about the rest.
the long one with even 'lau haula wala kuwatta illa billa hilaliyyul azim' thrown in.
the pilot this time took a long route towards phillipines. i could see the outline of pulau redang on my left, being left far behind, then he turned the plane back to KT.
I felt a sense of panic.
the cabin still very quiet.
could even hear a pin drop!
" mashaalah!...do we have enough fuel? this economy air carriers usually carry just enough to land only twice!! ", played into my mind.
" do we have enough fuel!?.....do we have enough fuel?''
the light aircraft was definitely dropping in height all the time.
"full instrumental landing ", i assumed myself,but we were in the cloud for a good 5 minutes, i think perhaps longer.
nothing to be seen except the white fluffiness of the cloud and water vapour.
" omg! omg!", i changed gear.
no more the long tasbih, tahlil and tahmid but just 'astagfirullah hal azim astagfirullah hal azim
astagfirullah hal azim....'
still in the cloud , more than 5 minutes now already!
still dropping!
it is time for panic now, another gear change,''la ila haillallah, laila haillah, la ila haillallah....''..
" this is it! ", i told myself.
must be ready for a sea landing and an 'instant maggi mee' delight for the barracudas of teganung.
''omg....can death be this easy!? "
and just then i saw choppy blue water of the sea....then the beginning of the eastern side of the terengganu runway.
al hamdullillah! what a flight!
occasionally situation like this is healthy to the soul!
when life is just a collection of breaths, one always has to be in constant remembrance.
mashaaallah!
today we start on surah nuh with shaykh tawfique chowdhury.
it is certainly nice to be alive and still able to whisper things to allah!
dr nik howk
commentary by shaykh tawfique chowdhury,
[ https://namvideo.com/watch/pMRY0gpJgYU ]
recitation,
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpJXVwAE-_Y ]
it must have been 5 pm plus or there about, 4th january.
i was on a firefly, atr 72-500 twin turbo-prop aircraft flight to beautiful terengganu, despite a weather report earlier warning of cyclone pabuk hitting the state that day.
'we are landing shortly, put back up your table, and straighten your seat...'
after a long choppy 15 minutes, and this part of teganung just over kenyir is always turbulent, i could just see the runaway coming up....and my favourite nasi kerabu breakfast makan place near the end of the terengganu airport western side of the runway coming into view.
this is 2 days post umrah.
i was still in continuous zikr mode irrespective of the time.
i stopped my usual 'tasbih, tahlil and tahmid' for a while and start dreaming of having 3 days of bliss at 'the sanctuary', my pantai telaga papan beach pondok.
i need that 3 days of respite to rest my aching body , before serious work at the hospital back in KL.
the last 11 days of umrah has surely taken it's toll!
an aching back from spinal stenosis due to years of abuse from horse back riding, a bad catarrhal cough from bronchitis and a brain and muscles full of virus......
" oops, i am sorry we cannot land...we will try another one. ', came the young pilot's voice over the intercom.
i assumed there must be a strong whiff of crosswind that must have pushed the small aircraft off course at the last minute.
visibility was otherwise good .
i knew that landing standard operating procedures dictates all pilot to abort landing if at 500 feet, the runway could not be seen visibly.
it was impossible he could not see the runway.
the green roof of nasi kerabu mak cik gemok at batu rakit i could see!
'it must a strong whiff of wind ', i reassured myself.
after a long further 20 minute of circling the airport we still could not land!
the cabin was dead quiet.
malaysians, especially the malay terengganu crowd are not particularly expressive.
i had a foreboding sense of panic by now.
i was still in ' full tahlil, tahmid and tasbih' mode continuously. i dont know about the rest.
the long one with even 'lau haula wala kuwatta illa billa hilaliyyul azim' thrown in.
the pilot this time took a long route towards phillipines. i could see the outline of pulau redang on my left, being left far behind, then he turned the plane back to KT.
I felt a sense of panic.
the cabin still very quiet.
could even hear a pin drop!
" mashaalah!...do we have enough fuel? this economy air carriers usually carry just enough to land only twice!! ", played into my mind.
" do we have enough fuel!?.....do we have enough fuel?''
the light aircraft was definitely dropping in height all the time.
"full instrumental landing ", i assumed myself,but we were in the cloud for a good 5 minutes, i think perhaps longer.
nothing to be seen except the white fluffiness of the cloud and water vapour.
" omg! omg!", i changed gear.
no more the long tasbih, tahlil and tahmid but just 'astagfirullah hal azim astagfirullah hal azim
astagfirullah hal azim....'
still in the cloud , more than 5 minutes now already!
still dropping!
it is time for panic now, another gear change,''la ila haillallah, laila haillah, la ila haillallah....''..
" this is it! ", i told myself.
must be ready for a sea landing and an 'instant maggi mee' delight for the barracudas of teganung.
''omg....can death be this easy!? "
and just then i saw choppy blue water of the sea....then the beginning of the eastern side of the terengganu runway.
al hamdullillah! what a flight!
occasionally situation like this is healthy to the soul!
when life is just a collection of breaths, one always has to be in constant remembrance.
mashaaallah!
today we start on surah nuh with shaykh tawfique chowdhury.
it is certainly nice to be alive and still able to whisper things to allah!
dr nik howk
commentary by shaykh tawfique chowdhury,
[ https://namvideo.com/watch/pMRY0gpJgYU ]
recitation,
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpJXVwAE-_Y ]
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