lamanya...

pilahan masih lgi hijau...
lama btol ak tak buka blog ni...
apa lagi menulis...
ya.mungkin barangkali subuk dengan persiapan utk menghadapi spm...
pejam celik..pejam celik...
tggal seminggu.....
Ya Allah...takutnya....

bila dihitung2....ak lepas ni akan mengorak langkah..
insyaAllah,itupun jika ada rezeki....
terkadang terfikir keluarga yang akan ku tinggalkan buat sementara waktu....
mungkinAllah tdak mengujiku dengan kesusahan wang ringgit
tapi ak diuji sebagai anak tunggal....
ak dapat rasakn tanggungjawab ak terhadap ibu bapaku lepas ini amat berat...
bukan mengeluh atau sebagainya...
ak khuatir andainya ak xmampu menjadi anak yang terbaik...

semoga kebahagiaan aku dan keluargaku berkekalan hingga ke akhirat..
insyaAllah...

buat yeman2 seperjuangan...
doakan ak n rakan2ku yang blak bjuang mggu hdapan....

syukur,,,(erti syukur)

Lafazkan Kalimah Syukur
Lafazkan Kalimah Itu
Alhamdulillah

Segalanya Yang ku Kecapi
Adalah Milikmu Ilahi -tuhan Maha Pemurah-
Tak Kan Terbalas Walaupun Sebesar Zarah

Kenikmatan Yang Bertandang
Terkadang Tidak Dihiraukan - Lepas Dari Pandangan -
dan Bila Hilang Barulah Dikesalkan

Adakalanya aku Hanyut
Adakalanya aku Lupa
Adakala aku Leka
Ampunilah
Kerana ku Manusia
Lemah dan Tidak Berdaya Di Sisimu
Seringkali Terlupa Nikmatmu
Datang Tiada Jemu
Bila Terhimpit Mulalah
Mencari dan Menyebut Namamu
Barulah Merasai Makna Sebenar Erti Syukur
Syukur Atas Rahmatmu

Adakala ku Hanyut
Adakala ku Lupa
Adakala ku Leka dan Adakala ku Alpa
Kerana ku Manusia
Lemah dan Tak Berdaya
Seringkali Terlupa Nikmat Yang Kau Kurnia
ku BerSyukur Ya Tuhan
Segala Pemberian
Walau Luas Lautan
Bukanlah Perbandingan
ku Tingkat Keimanan
ku Gilap Ketaqwaan
Sebagai Perlambangan
Terima Kasih ku Tuhan

Onak Duri Kehidupan
Jatuh Bangun Sendirian
Ada Hikmah Yang Tersimpan
Yang Menguji Iman

BerSyukurlah Selalu
Sentiasalah Redha dan Menerima
Tiap Ujian Tiba Bukan Diminta
Sebaliknya Allah Maha Mengetahui

Kan ku Bertasbih Selalu
Bertahmid Berzikir Padamu
Sebagai Tanda ku Nilai
Rahmatmu Tuhan

aku BerSyukur Ya Allah
Segala Pemberianmu Pada Ku
Seluas Lautan Pun Bukanlah Jadi Ukurannya
Memang Tiada Bandingan
Segalanya Yang ku Kecapi
Adalah Milikmu Ilahi -tuhan Maha Permurah-
Bukan Miliku Pinjaman Sementara
Syukur Alhamdulillah

Sesungguhnya Solatku

Amalku
Hidupku
Matiku
Kerna Allah Yang Satu
Kuserahkan Segala Harta Jiwa dan Raga
Sebagai Tanda Cinta
Kepadamu Yang Esa

ke makam bonda...

Kami Mengunjungi Pusara Bonda
Sunyi Pagi Disinari Suria
Wangi Berseri Puspa Kemboja
Menyambut Kami Mewakili Bonda

Tegak Kami Di Makam Sepi
Lalang-lalang Tinggi Berdiri
Dua Nisan Terkapar Mati
Hanya Papan Dimakan Bumi

Dalam Kenangan Kami Melihat
Mesra Kasih Bonda Menatap
Sedang Lena Di Dalam Rahap
Dua Tangan Kaku Berdakap

Bibir Bonda Bersih Lesu
Pernah Dulu Mengucupi Dahiku
Kini ku Rasakan Kasihnya Lagi
Meski Jauh Dibatasi Bumi

Nisan Batu Kami Tegakkan
Tiada Lagi Lalang Memanjang
Ada Doa Kami Pohonkan
Air Mawar Kami Siramkan

Senyum Kemboja Menghantar Kami
Meninggalkan Makam Sepi Sendiri
Damailah Bonda Dalam Pengabdian
Insan Kerdil Menghadap Tuhan

Begitu Bakti Kami Berikan
Tiada Sama Bonda Melahirkan
Kasih Bonda Tiada Sempadan

Kemuncak Murni Kemuliaan Insan

pengakhiran Ramadhan Karim...

tarawih malam ni alhamdulillah..aku dapat mengejakannya di masjid secara berjemaah...syukur alhamdulillah kesihatanku baik berbanding tahun lepas....
rasa istimewa pula tarawih malam ni...mungkin kerana malam terakhir untuk tahun ini...sedih juga bertandang di benak hatiku...adakah ramdhan untukku tahun hadapan?????wallu'alam..doaku agar aku dapat bertemu lagi dengan bulan yang penuh barakah dan rahmah...
semasa tarawih tadi...tenang saja rasa hati ini...ditambah pula dengan lunak suara imam yang mengalunkan ayat ayat suci al-quran yang lain dari malam malam sebelumnya...
masjid menjemput imama jemputan malam ini...dibaca qunut nazilah sekali...selepasnya ada pula majlis penyerahan sumbangan buat lebih 200 orang anak yatim....alhamdulillah..segala berjalan lancar..mantan MB Perlis juga turut hadir dan menyediakan sedikit jamuan buat para jemaah....
semua ini berlaku pada tahun ini...namun aku past merindui alunan ayat2 suci al quran dalam tarawih pada hari hari lain....aku juga harap sendainya aku masih diberi kesempatan bernafas sebagai hamba tahun hadapan,aku ingin ramadhan yang lebih baik daripada tahun ini......
memndangkan raya juga bakal menjelma...dikesempatan ini...kupohon seribu kemaafan buat ibu dan ayah...seluruh ahli keluarga,sahabat handai,guru-guru dan semua yang mengenali diri ini....maaf sekiranya terkasar bahasa mahupun terkhilaf perbuatan....sebenarnya bukanlah mudah untuk bernafas dalam jiwa hamba....sekiranya tiang kehambaan masih lagi goyah...semoga rasa kehambaanku akan mekar dari hari ke hari....
ayat pun sudah makin berbelit...mungkin kekeringan fikrah...jadi rasanya sampai di sini dahulu...tak mahu pula terlebih melalut malam malam ni...tengok tengok pengisian tulisan ini hanya kosong semata-mata....

salam lebaran buat seluru muslimin dan muslimat
mak dan abah tercinta
nenek dan datuk yang teramat dikasihi
kaum keluarga
sahabat yang dirindui
guru-guru yang berjasa
arwah mak ngah,arwah pak ngah,arwah tok wan,arwah nyang...

ikhlas dari..
nor atikah bt ahmad nordin
28 ramdhan/18 september 2009

perginya sebutir bintang....

Kehilangan seorang yang daku anggap seperti ayah cukup memukul benak hati ini...walaupun hakikatnya tiada sebarang pertalian darah antara kami...namun didikan arwah cukup bermakna buatku....tidak ku sangka pagi aku telah membaca yasin padanya..petangnya aku dimaklumkan beliau sudah menghadap Ilahi...Ustaz Shamsudin..seorang guru,pengetua dan "ayah" pada srikandi SMKAP seorang yang begitu penyayang...sehinggakan kami seringkali dipanggil dengan gelaran anak yang baik akan mendengar kata....
Walaupun aku hanya sempat berada di bawah tampuk kepimpinannya hanya 2 tahun namun kata-kata nasihat arwah masih melekat dalam minda...kata orang,yang patah tumbuh yang hilng berganti..namun yang berganti tidak akan sama seperti yang telah pergi..begitu banyak kebaikan arwah sepanjng hayatnya sehinggakan tidak terdaya aku mengungkap satu per satu..cukuplah Allah menilainya....semoga ustaz berbahagia di sana....semoga Allah mencucri arwah rahmat...

bio...jom tgok..

nih bkan apa..tengah2 study bio td...teringat nak surf internet tntng independent assortment...
dah jumpa rasa tringin nak share ngan kengkawan..jom la baca..mana la taw kalau ada yang baru and boleh menambahkn pengetahauan kita...
lets check!

The laws of inheritance were derived by Gregor Mendel, a 19th century ^[1] monk conducting hybridization experiments in garden peas (Pisum sativum). Between 1856 and 1863, he cultivated and tested some 29,000 pea plants. From these experiments he deduced two generalizations which later became known as Mendel's Laws of Heredity or Mendelian inheritance. He described these laws in a two part paper, Experiments on Plant Hybridization that he read to the Natural History Society of Brno on February 8 and March 8, 1865, and which was published in 1866.^[2]

Mendel's conclusions were largely ignored. Although they were not completely unknown to biologists of the time, they were not seen as generally applicable, even by Mendel himself, who thought they only applied to certain categories of species or traits. A major block to understanding their significance was the importance attached by 19th Century biologists to the apparent blending of inherited traits in the overall appearance of the progeny, now known to be due to multigene interactions, in contrast to the organ-specific binary characters studied by Mendel.^[1] In 1900, however, his work was "re-discovered" by three European scientists, Hugo de Vries, Carl Correns, and Erich von Tschermak. The exact nature of the "re-discovery" has been somewhat debated: De Vries published first on the subject, mentioning Mendel in a footnote, while Correns pointed out Mendel's priority after having read De Vries's paper and realizing that he himself did not have priority. De Vries may not have acknowledged truthfully how much of his knowledge of the laws came from his own work, or came only after reading Mendel's paper. Later scholars have accused Von Tschermak of not truly understanding the results at all.^[1]

Regardless, the "re-discovery" made Mendelism an important but controversial theory. Its most vigorous promoter in Europe was William Bateson, who coined the term "genetics", "gene", and "allele" to describe many of its tenets. The model of heredity was highly contested by other biologists because it implied that heredity was discontinuous, in opposition to the apparently continuous variation observable for many traits. Many biologists also dismissed the theory because they were not sure it would apply to all species, and there seemed to be very few true Mendelian characters in nature. However later work by biologists and statisticians such as R.A. Fisher showed that if multiple Mendelian factors were involved in the expression of an individual trait, they could produce the diverse results observed. Thomas Hunt Morgan and his assistants later integrated the theoretical model of Mendel with the chromosome theory of inheritance, in which the chromosomes of cells were thought to hold the actual hereditary material, and create what is now known as classical genetics, which was extremely successful and cemented Mendel's place in history.

Mendel's findings allowed other scientists to predict the expression of traits on the basis of mathematical probabilities. A large contribution to Mendel's success can be traced to his decision to start his crosses only with plants he demonstrated were true-breeding. He also only measured absolute (binary) characteristics, such as color, shape, and position of the offspring, rather than quantitative characteristics. He expressed his results numerically and subjected them to statistical analysis. His method of data analysis and his large sample size gave credibility to his data. He also had the foresight to follow several successive generations (f2, f3) of his pea plants and record their variations. Finally, he performed "test crosses" (back-crossing descendants of the initial hybridization to the initial true-breeding lines) to reveal the presence and proportion of recessive characters. Without his hard work and careful attention to procedure and detail, Mendel's work could not have had the impact it made on the world of genetics.

[edit] Mendel's Laws

The principles of heredity were written by the Augustinian monk Gregor Mendel in 1865. Mendel discovered that by crossing white flower and purple flower plants, the result was not a hybrid offspring. Rather than being a mix of the two, the offspring was purple flowered. He then conceived the idea of heredity units, which he called "factors", one which is a recessive characteristic and the other dominant. Mendel said that factors, later called genes, normally occur in pairs in ordinary body cells, yet segregate during the formation of sex cells. Each member of the pair becomes part of the separate sex cell. The dominant gene, such as the purple flower in Mendel's plants, will hide the recessive gene, the white flower. After Mendel self-fertilized the F1 generation and obtained the 3:1 ratio, he correctly theorized that genes can be paired in three different ways for each trait; AA, aa, and Aa. The capital A represents the dominant factor and lowercase a represents the recessive. (The last combination listed above, Aa, will occur roughly twice as often as each of the other two, as it can be made in two different ways, Aa or aA.)

Mendel stated that each individual has two factors for each trait, one from each parent. The two factors may or may not contain the same information. If the two factors are identical, the individual is called homozygous for the trait. If the two factors have different information, the individual is called heterozygous. The alternative forms of a factor are called alleles. The genotype of an individual is made up of the many alleles it possesses. An individual's physical appearance, or phenotype, is determined by its alleles as well as by its environment. An individual possesses two alleles for each trait; one allele is given by the female parent and the other by the male parent. They are passed on when an individual matures and produces gametes: egg and sperm. When gametes form, the paired alleles separate randomly so that each gamete receives a copy of one of the two alleles. The presence of an allele doesn't promise that the trait will be expressed in the individual that possesses it. In heterozygous individuals the only allele that is expressed is the dominant. The recessive allele is present but its expression is hidden.

Mendel summarized his findings in two laws; the Law of Segregation and the Law of Independent Assortment.

[edit] Law of Segregation (The "First Law")

The Law of Segregation states that when any individual produces gametes, the copies of a gene separate, so that each gamete receives only one copy. A gamete will receive one allele or the other. The direct proof of this was later found when the process of meiosis came to be known. In meiosis the paternal and maternal chromosomes get separated and the alleles with the characters are segregated into two different gametes.

[edit] Law of Independent Assortment (The "Second Law")

The Law of Independent Assortment, also known as "Inheritance Law", states that alleles of different genes assort independently of one another during gamete formation. While Mendel's experiments with mixing one trait always resulted in a 3:1 ratio (Fig. 1) between dominant and recessive phenotypes, his experiments with mixing two traits (dihybrid cross) showed 9:3:3:1 ratios (Fig. 2). But the 9:3:3:1 table shows that each of the two genes are independently inherited with a 3:1 ratio. Mendel concluded that different traits are inherited independently of each other, so that there is no relation, for example, between a cat's color and tail length. This is actually only true for genes that are not linked to each other.

Independent assortment occurs during meiosis I in eukaryotic organisms, specifically metaphase I of meiosis, to produce a gamete with a mixture of the organism's maternal and paternal chromosomes. Along with chromosomal crossover, this process aids in increasing genetic diversity by producing novel genetic combinations.

Of the 46 chromosomes in a normal diploid human cell, half are maternally-derived (from the mother's egg) and half are paternally-derived (from the father's sperm). This occurs as sexual reproduction involves the fusion of two haploid gametes (the egg and sperm) to produce a new organism having the full complement of chromosomes. During gametogenesis - the production of new gametes by an adult - the normal complement of 46 chromosomes needs to be halved to 23 to ensure that the resulting haploid gamete can join with another gamete to produce a diploid organism. An error in the number of chromosomes, such as those caused by a diploid gamete joining with a haploid gamete, is termed aneuploidy.

In independent assortment the chromosomes that end up in a newly-formed gamete are randomly sorted from all possible combinations of maternal and paternal chromosomes. Because gametes end up with a random mix instead of a pre-defined "set" from either parent, gametes are therefore considered assorted independently. As such, the gamete can end up with any combination of paternal or maternal chromosomes. Any of the possible combinations of gametes formed from maternal and paternal chromosomes will occur with equal frequency. For human gametes, with 23 pairs of chromosomes, the number of possibilities is 2^23 or 8,388,608 possible combinations.^[3] The gametes will normally end up with 23 chromosomes, but the origin of any particular one will be randomly selected from paternal or maternal chromosomes. This contributes to the genetic variability of progeny.

Figure 1: Dominant and recessive phenotypes. (1) Parental generation. (2) F1 generation. (3) F2 generation. Dominant (red) and recessive (white) phenotype look alike in the F1 (first) generation and show a 3:1 ratio in the F2 (second) generation

Figure 2: The genotypes of two independent traits show a 9:3:3:1 ratio in the F2 generation. In this example, coat color is indicated by B (brown, dominant) or b (white) while tail length is indicated by S (short, dominant) or s (long). When parents are homozygous for each trait ('SSbb and ssBB), their children in the F1 generation are heterozygous at both loci and only show the dominant phenotypes. If the children mate with each other, in the F2 generation all combination of coat color and tail length occur: 9 are brown/short (purple boxes), 3 are white/short (pink boxes), 3 are brown/long (blue boxes) and 1 is white/long (green box).

Sim-Chinese sive. (1) Parental generation. (2) F1 generation. (3) F2 generation. The "red" and "white" allele together make a "pink" phenotype, resulting in a 1:2:1 ratio of red:pink:white in the F2 generation.

Table showing how the genes exchange according to segregation or independent assortment during meiosis and how this translates into Mendel's laws

The reason for these laws is found in the nature of the cell nucleus. It is made up of several chromosomes carrying the genetic traits. In a normal cell, each of these chromosomes has two parts, the chromatids. A reproductive cell, which is created in a process called meiosis, usually contains only one of those chromatids of each chromosome. By merging two of these cells (usually one male and one female), the full set is restored and the genes are mixed. The resulting cell becomes a new embryo. The fact that this new life has half the genes of each parent (23 from mother, 23 from father for total of 46) is one reason for the Mendelian laws. The second most important reason is the varying dominance of different genes, causing some traits to appear unevenly instead of averaging out (whereby dominant doesn't mean more likely to reproduce - recessive genes can become the most common, too).

There are several advantages of this method (sexual reproduction) over reproduction without genetic exchange:

1. Instead of nearly identical copies of an organism, a broad range of offspring develops, allowing more different abilities and evolutionary strategies.
2. There are usually some errors in every cell nucleus. Copying the genes usually adds more of them. By distributing them randomly over different chromosomes and mixing the genes, such errors will be distributed unevenly over the different children. Some of them will therefore have only very few such problems. This helps reduce problems with copying errors somewhat.
3. Genes can spread faster from one part of a population to another. This is for instance useful if there's a temporary isolation of two groups. New genes developing in each of the populations don't get reduced to half when one side replaces the other, they mix and form a population with the advantages of both sides.
4. Sometimes, a mutation (e. g. sickle cell anemia) can have positive side effects (in this case malaria resistance). The mechanism behind the Mendelian laws can make it possible for some offspring to carry the advantages without the disadvantages until further mutations solve the problems.

A Mendelian trait is one that is controlled by a single locus and shows a simple Mendelian inheritance pattern. In such cases, a mutation in a single gene can cause a disease that is inherited according to Mendel's laws. Examples include sickle-cell anemia, Tay-Sachs disease, cystic fibrosis and xeroderma pigmentosa. A disease controlled by a single gene contrasts with a multi-factorial disease, like arthritis, which is affected by several loci (and the environment) as well as those diseases inherited in a non-Mendelian fashion. The Mendelian Inheritance in Man database is a catalog of, among other things, genes in which Mendelian traits causes disease.

sumber:wikipedia

Allah Cinta...

Allah cinta pada orang berzikir
Allah cinta pada orang berfikir
Allah cinta pada orang yang taat
Allah cinta pada orang bertaubat

Allah cinta pada orang yang jujur
Allah cinta pada orang bersyukur
Allah cinta pada orang dermawan
Allah cinta pada orang yang sabar

hidup di dunia hanyalah sebentar
setiap perbuatan kan mendapat balasan
hidup di dunia hanyalah sejenak
setiap pertaubatan kan mendapat ampunan

Allah ya Allah
Allah ya Rahman
Allah ya Allah
Allah ya Rahim

hari lahirku...

wif my beloved mama...

sedar xsedar...kalau dikira mengikut bulan islam..
hari ini hari lahirku...
thanks ma kerana telah melahirkanku...
tanpamu pastinya ak x dpt melihat dunia....
sudah 17 tahun parents bekorban untukku..
tp bila difikir2 balik...
sejauh mana and sebesar mana pengorbanan ak sbgai anak...
dan jika dilihat dari sudut bergelar seorang hamba...
apakah aku sudah ersedia menemui pencipta..
apakah semua amalanku sudah terlalu cukup menampung kesalahanku...
aku masih terlalu sedikit amalan
untuk menghidu harumnya syurgaNya....
semoga 15 ramadhan ini...
bukanlah ramdhan terakhir bagiku...
aku ingin menabur bakti buat orang tuaku...
aku ingin menjadi hamba yang muti'ah paNya...
Ya Allah...
jadikanlah aku hamba yang sanggup bekorban demi agamaMu
biarpun tidak setanding Siti Khadijah mahupun Ainul Mardhiah..
biarlah aku menjadi sebahagian dari sifat2 mereka...
jadikanlah aku anak yang solehah buat orang tuaku...
jadikanlah aku hamba yang syahid di jalanMu...
jadikanlah aku shabat yang membina..
jadikanlah aku hamba yang bersyukur...
jadikanlah aku,Atikah...
seperti maksud namaku...
berani..bersih..dan mulia...
aku ingin menjadi hamba yang cemerlang dunia
tetapai gemilang di akhirat....
istajibillah humma du'a ana
ya Rahman...

ya Ghaffur..ya Rahman..
ampunilah dosa kedua ibu bapaku...
sayangilah mereka spt mana mereka menyayangiku
semenjak kecil...
berilah rahmahMu kepada mereka....

15 ramadhan/5 september 2009

what's special about holy Quran???

Dr. Tariq al-Swaidan dalam penelitiannya mendapati beberapa perkara yang disebut dalam al-Quran mempunyai persamaan dengan lawannya. Perkataan lelaki disebut sebanyak 24 kali dalam surah-surah tertentu. Disebut juga sebanyak 24 kali perkataan wanita dalam keseluruhan al-Quran. Seterusnya dalam penelitian beliau, perkara lain juga didapati berjumlah yang sama. Perkataan Dunia disebut sebanyak 115 kali dan Akhirat juga 115 kali; perkataan Malaikat 88 kali manakala Syaitan juga 88 kali; Hidup 145 kali manakala Mati 145 kali; Zakat 32 kali, Barakah juga 32; Berfikir 49, Nur 49, dan Penderitaan 114, "Kesabaran" juga 114 kali.



wallahu'alam...

cerita hati by hafiz hamidun..

Semalam yang telah pergi
Menghilang tanpa jejak
Membawa bersama cereka
Getar dan ketawa

Dan kini ku mencari
Kalau masih ada kesan
Yang terus tersisa di dada
Pantai permainan

Jalanan yang panjang
Bersimpang haluan
Bagai pentas luahan rasa
Tiada bersempadan

*
Pada awan biru ku melakar kata-kata
Pada langit cerah ku panah semua cerita
Dengarlah mentari suara hatiku menyanyi
Berterbangan jiwa merentasi pelangi

Mungkinkah ada esok
Untuk ku ukirkan kalimah
Menjadi arca pembuktian
Pengabdian cinta


Gerimis menitis gugur membasahi bumi
Bagai menangisi sebuah cerita hati
Andai kau fahami semua hikayat pendita
Seribu tahun kau pasti bisa setia
Ke alam syurga

padaMu kubersujud...

Ku menatap dalam kelam
Tiada yang bisa ku lihat
selain hanya nama-Mu Ya Allah

Esok ataukah nanti
Ampuni semua salahku
Lindungi aku dari segala fitnah

Kau tempatku meminta
Kau beriku bahagia
Jadikan aku selamanya
Hamba-Mu yang slalu bertakwa

Ampuniku Ya Allah
Yang sering melupakan-Mu
Saat Kau limpahkan karunia-Mu
Dalam sunyi aku bersujud

pada-MU

lagi lagu kegemaranku....

AINUL MARDHIAH

Dirimu pembakar semangat perwira
Rela berkorban demi agama
Kau jadi taruhan berjuta pemuda
Yang bakal dinobat sebagai syuhada'
Itulah janji pencipta yang Esa

Engkaulah bidadari dalam syurga
Bersemayam di mahligai bahgia
Anggun gayamu wahai seorang puteri
Indahnya wajah bermandi seri
Menjadi cermin tamsilan kendiri
Untuk melakar satu wacana
Buatmu bernama wanita

Ainul Mardhiah
Kau seharum kuntuman di taman syurga
Menanti hadirnya seorang lelaki
Untuk menjadi bukti cinta sejati

Oh Tuhan
Bisakah dicari di dunia ini
Seorang wanita bak bidadari
Menghulurkan cinta setulus kasih

Di hati lelaki bernama kasih

*sebenarnya bukan apa..hari ni saya dah bebas drpada trial..so...bosan2...jumpa lagu ni...sja ja nk mnambahkan bilangan poting=)

ramdhan..ada apa padanya???

Kelebihan Ramadan

• Daripada Anas (r.a), Katanya: Bersabda Nabi (s.a.w) : Tiada daripada seorang hamba apabila melihat ia sehari bulan Ramadan lantas dia memuji Allah ( kerana kedatangan bulan rahmat dengan kelebihan dan keistimewaanya) kemudian dibacanya Al-Fatihah tujuh kali, melainkan diafiatkan Allah daripada sakit matanya pada bulan ini.

• Kelebihan bulan Ramadan dan keagungannya dengan adanya malam Lailatul Qadar yang dirahsiakan, sehingga mendapat keampunan dan pahala serta darjat dan darjah tertinggi bagi orang yang berjaya mendapatkan malam Lailatul Qadar dengan dipenuhi amal ibadah dan bertaqwa kepada Allah, disamping sembahyangnya yang sunat , istiqfar, tasbih dan berzikir sepenuhnya.

• Berkata Saidina Ali, Nabi (s.a.w) telah bersabda apabila engkau melihat sehari bulan maka bacalah olehmu "AllahuAkbar" 3 kali, kemudian bacalah :
(Segala kepujian bagi Allah yang telah menjadikan aku dan telah menjadikan engkau, dan telah menentukan bagi engkau pangkat-pangkat (darjah) dan telah menjadikan engkau tanda (kekuasaan) bagi sekalian alam) nescaya bermegah Allah akan Dia dengan malaikat dan firmanNya: Hai malaikat! saksikanlah kamu, bahwa Aku telah merdekakan daripada api neraka, atau dibacakan :

(Ya Allah, zahirlah Ramadan atas kami dengan keamanan dan keimanan dan dengan keselamatan dan keIslaman, Tuhanku dan Tuhan engkau Allah.)

• Bersabda Nabi (s.a.w) : Bahawa syurga berlenggang-lenggang ia dan berhias dari setahun ke setahun kerana masuknya bulan Ramadan. Pada awal malam bulan Ramadan bertiup angin di bawah Arasy bergeraklah daun kayu lemah-longlainya di dalam syurga. Terdengarlah desiran daun-daun kayu, hembusan sang bayu syurga yang teramat indahnya.Seni rentak lagunya menawan seluruh perasaan nurani. Maka berhiaslah bidadari sekaliannya lalu berdirilah di atas puncak mercu syurga itu. Lantas bersuaralah bidadari : Adakah orang yang hendak meminang kami kepada Allah, kata bidadari pula: Apakah malam ini namanya? jawab Malek Ridwan (malaikat), Hai bidadari yang cantik manis, inilah malam awal Ramadhan, Lalu Allah berfirman: Hai Ramadan bukalah pintu syurga Bab AlJanan untuk orang-orang yang berpuasa daripada umat Muhammad (s.a.w). Hai Malek Ridwan tutuplah pintu neraka Al-Jahim daripada umat Muhammad (s.a.w), hai Jibrail belenggukan syaitan, lontarkannya ke dalam lautan supaya tidak membinasakan umat Muhammad akan puasanya. Maka berfirman Allah pada tiap-tiap malam Ramadan tiga kali : Adakah orang yang meminta ampun? Akan Aku ampunkan!

• Pada malam Lailatul Qadar menyuruh Allah Ta'ala akan Jibrail Alaihisalam turun ke bumi, lalu turunlah Jibrail ke dalam perhimpunan malaikat ke bumi bersamanya bendera hijau lalu dipacakkan ke atas Kaabah, baginya 600 sayapnya , setengahnya tiada dibuka keduanya, melainkan pada malam Lailatul Qadar baharulah dibukakan keduanya, hingga sampai dari timur ke barat ( Musyriq Ke Maghrib ). Untuk menyelamatkan umat Muhammad, Lalu memberi salam kepada tiap orang yang berjaga pada malam Lailatul Qadar beribadah kerana mencari keredaan Allah, dan orang-orang yang duduk beribadah, orang yang sembahyang dan berzikir dan berjabat tangan sesama mereka mukmin dan mengucap amin doa orang-orang mukmin hingga terbit fajar subuh....... berkata para malaikat kepada Jibrail , apakah Allah berikan pada hajat orang mukmin dari umat Muhammad (s.a.w) pada bulan Ramadan ini? Berkata Jibrail bahawasanya Allah menilik kepada umat Muhammad yang berpuasa dan beribadah padanya dan dimaafkan mereka, diampunkan dosa-dosa mereka, melainkan empat orang yang tiada diampunkan dosanya: yaitu orang yang kekal minum arak, orang yang derhakakan ibubapanya, orang yang memutuskan sillaturrahim dan orang yang tidak bercakap dengan saudaranya lebih dari 3 hari.

• Apabila pada malam akhir Ramadan dinamakan malam persalinan. Pada malam hari raya Aidilfitri didatangkan Allah malaikat kepada tiap-tiap negeri turunlah mereka ke bumi, berdiri pada permukaan jalan menyeru dengan suara yang kuat, semua mendengarnya kecuali jin dan manusia berkata mereka, hai umat Muhammad keluarlah kamu menghadap tuhan yang amat mulia (sembahyang raya di pagi raya) yang memberi pemberian yang berpanjangan dan mengampun akan dosa-dosa yang besar. Apabila tibalah umat Muhammad ke tempat sembahyang, firman Allah kepada maliakat : Hai malaikatKu, apakah balasan orang yang mengambil upah apabila selesai kerjanya ? Jawab malaikat , hai Tuhan kami, sempurnakanlah upahnya! Firman Allah bahawa Aku saksikan kamu hai malaikatku, telah aku jadikan pahala mereka dari puasa mereka pada bulan Ramadan mereka mendirikan sembahyang, ialah keredaanKu dan keampunanKu kepada mereka! Maka firmannya lagi : Hai segala hambaku, pohonlah kamu kepada ku, maka demi ketinggianku dan kebesaranku, tiada memohon kepadaku hari ini akak sesuatu bagi agamamu dan duniamu, melainkan Aku kurniakan kepadamu! (Al-Hadith).

• Sabda Nabi (s.a.w) : Diberi kepada umatku lima perkara yang belum pernah diberi kepada umat-umat dahulu sebelumnya :
• a) Bau mulut orang berpuasa lebih harum daripada kasturi di sisi Allah
• b) Segala perbelanjaan dan derita lapar selama puasanya adalah syurga balasannya.
• c) Diampunkan dosa-dosa mereka pada malam Lailatul Qadar.
• d) Amalan yang dilakukan pada bulan Ramadan digandakan kepada 10 hingga 700 kali ganda, melainkan puasa maka ianya bagiKu, Aku balas kepadanya yang berkuasa menahan syahwatnya, makan minumnnya kerana Aku.
• e) Dan mereka dikurniakan nikmat kepada mereka keseronokkan ketika berbuka dan ketika menemui tuhan di akhirat.(Al-Hadith)

• Sabda Nabi (s.a.w) : Menunaikan yang sunat diberi balasan pahala fardhu, dan amal fardhu diberi balasan 70 kali ganda. Bulan puasa adalah bulan sabar (sabar dalam berbuat taat kepadaNya.), dan sabar itu adalah syurga balasannya bulan ini dilebihkan rezeki kepada hambanya orang mukmin, diampunkan baginya dosa-dosa. Barang siapa memberi makan kepada orang berpuasa pahalanya seperti memerdekakan hamba dan diampunkan dosanya, berkata sahabat : Bagaimana kami tak sanggup memberi makan orang yang berpuasa (berbuka puasa) ya Rasullullah - Allah memberi pahala ini kepada orang yang memberi seteguk susu atau sebiji kurma atau segelas air, barang siapa kenyangkan orang berpuasa diampunkan Tuhan dosanya, diminumkan Tuhan dari kolam Hudh sejenis minuman yang tiada dahaga lagi kemudiannya hingga masuk ia ke syurga dan pahalanya seperti pahala orang berpuasa. (Al-Hadith)

• Puasa menurut segala yang disuruh dan menjauh segala pantang larangannya, diampunkan dosanya, dan bertasbih, bertahlil dibinakan rumah indah dalam syurga.

• Barang siapa hadir ke dalam majlis zikir pada bulan Ramadan, ditulis tiap langkahnya ibadat setahun, dan pada hari Qiamat bersamaku di bawah Arasy. Siapa tetap berjemaah dalam bulan puasa didirikan kota bercahaya indah, cemerlangnya , dan yang berbakti kepada ibubapanya Allah memandang rahmat kepadanya, dan isteri yang berbuat sesuatu mencari keredaan suaminya, maka pahala yang besar Allah kurniakan kepadanya , seperti Siti Maryam dan siapa yang menyampaikan hajat orang mukmin, Allah menunaikan seribu hajatnya, dan siapa bersedekah kepada fakir miskin (yang ada anak isteri) tiap langkah dikurniakan kepadanya seribu kebajikan, dihapuskan seribu kejahatan dan diangkatkan seribu darjat baginya. (Al-Hadith).

• Orang yang sembahyang bulan Ramadan tiap sekali sujud, dikurniakan kepadanya 1700 kebajikan, dan dibinakan rumah didalam syurga daripada permata bagi orang yang berpuasa dan beribadat, 75000 malaikat meminta ampun baginya dari pagi hingga tenggelam matahari, dan dibina sebuah mahligai baginya . (Al-Hadith)

• Pada hari Qiamat, Allah memerintah Malek Ridwan supaya dikeluarkan orang-orang berpuasa daripada kuburnya dengan keadaan lapar dan dahaga, lalu disuruh Malek Ridwan berikan segala keinginan mereka dari segala macam makanan dan minuman syurga. Maka Malek Ridwan memerintah kepada anak-anak membawa talam-talam makanan , minuman dan buah-buahan. Sebagai balasan berlapar di bulan Ramadan. (A-Hadith)

• Orang mukmin yang tidur dalam bulan puasa kerana puasa Ramadan, dia membalikkan badannya sambil meyebut Allah! maka kata malaikat kepadanya : Rahimakallah (Allah Mencucuri Rahmat kepada kamu.)
• - Apabila dia berdiri maka berdoalah hamparannya : (Wahai Tuhanku, kurniakanlah kepadanya hamparan permaidani tebal kepadanya di dalam syurga)
• - Apabila memakai pakaian , berdoalah pakaian (Wahai Tuhanku, kurniakan kepadanya pakaian syurga)
• - Apabila memakai kasut, berdoalah kasut (Wahai Tuhanku, tetapkanlah atas titian Siratul Mustaqim!)
• - Apabila memegang timba berdoalah pula timba : (Wahai Tuhanku kurniakan kepadanya gelas syurga!)
• - Apabila mengambil air sembahyang , berdoalah air itu : (Wahai Tuhanku sucikannya daripada segala dosa dan kesalahan!)
• - Apabila berdiri sembahyang , berdoalah rumahnya: ( Wahai Tuhanku cahayakanlah kuburnya dan luaskanlah , lapangkanlah kuburnya!)
• Serta menilik Allah kepadanya , maksudnya : HambaKu berdoa dan Aku menerima! (Al-Hadith)

• Malaikat yang banyak muka bersujud kepada Allah pada hari Qiamat, satu muka sujud , satu muka melihat syurga, satu muka melihat neraka, satu muka melihat Arasy , lalu berkata malaikat itu : Wahai Tuhanku , ampunlah umat Muhammad, kasihanilah mereka! janganlah disiksa orang yang berpuasa Ramadan dari umat Muhammad! (Al-Hadith)

• 
  
• Keredaan Allah (bagi orang yang taat)
• Keampuan Allah (bagi orang yang maksiat)
• Jaminan Allah (bagi orang yang taat)
• Kejinakan Allah (bagi orang yang tawakkal)
• Anugerah Allah (bagi orang yang benar).
• Ramadan, Ramada, ertinya : membakar - yakni menghapuskan dosa dosa orang yang berpuasa dan beribadat bulan Ramadan.
• Ramadan ertinya bulan mendapatkan keredhaan Allah dan keampunan bagi hambaNya. Orang yang mendapat keredhaan dan keampunan Allah bererti memberi jaminan (kerana ibadatnya pada bulan mulia dengan penuh taat) mendapat syurga anugerah Allah bagi hambaNya yang benar benar melakukan ibadat kerana Nya pada bulan Ramadan termulia ini dengan ganjaran pahala sehingga seribu kali ganda dan keampunan yang banyak sekali, teristimewa pada malam Lailatul Qadar.
• 
  
• "Bahawa di dalam syurga terdapat bilik bilik, dilihat dari luar nampak di dalamnya dan dilihat dari dalam kelihatan di luarnya, berkata sahabat : untuk siapakah ya Rasulullah? Lantas Baginda menjawab : Ialah bagi orang yang baik percakapannya, bagi orang yang memberi makan makanan, bagi orang yang sentiasa berpuasa, bagi orang yang sembahyang di tengah malam sedang manusia banyak tidur." (Al Hadith)


• "Semulia mulia sedeqah ialah sedeqah pada bulan Ramadhan." (Al Hadith)

• 
  
• "Puasa itu perisai dan sedeqah itu memadam kesalahan dosa sepertimana air memadamkan api." (Al Hadith)
• 
  
• "Siapa memberi makan ( berbuka puasa) kepada orang puasa makan baginya seumpama balasan pahala orang yang berpuasa dengan tidak kurang sedikitpun ." (Al Hadith)

• Sabda Nabi (s.a.w) : Tiada daripada seorang hamba berpuasa Ramadan, diam tiada berkata yang sia sia dan daripada yang haram dan yang makruh, dan sentiasa menyebut Allah (berzikrullah), menghalalkan yang dihalalkan Allah, mengharamkan akan yang diharamkan Allah, tiada mengerjakan kejahatan, melainkan sehingga berakhir Ramadan, telah diampunkan baginya segala dosanya, dan tiap tasbih, tiap tahlil, dibinakan sebuah rumah yang terindah di dalam syurga daripada permata zamrud, di dalamnya daripada yaqut merah indah, di dalam rangka permata itu (yaqut) terdapat sebuah khemah, di dalamnya terdapat bidadari ( hurul ain isteri syurga). Terhias dengan permata bercahaya indah yang menerangkan bumi seluruhnya.(Al Hadith)

• Sabda Nabi (s.a.w) : Bahawasanya bagi Allah beberapa kejadianNya, dijadikan mereka supaya menyampaikan segala hajat orang dan supaya orang meminta tolong kepada Nya, pada menyempurnakan segala hajat yang diperlukan, mereka itulah orang yang aman daripada siksa Allah (Riwayat At Tibrani) (Al-Hadith)

• Sabda Nabi (s.a.w) : Bahawa pintu langit dan pintu syurga dibuka pada awal Ramadan hingga akhir malam Ramadan, tiap orang yang bersembahyang pada malamnya dituliskan baginya tiap satu sujud 1700 kebajikan, dibina rumah baginya di dalam syurga daripada yaqut merah indah, baginya 70 pintu daripada emas yang bertatah yaqut permata yang merah, orang yang berpuasa pada awal Ramadan diampunkan segala dosanya hingga ke akhir bulan Ramadan, dibinakan baginya tiap tiap hari sebuah mahligai di dalam syurga, mempunya 1000 pintu daripa emas, dan meminta ampun baginya 70 000 malaikat dari pagi hingga tenggelam matahari (Al Hadith)

• Sabda Nabi (s.a.w) : Kelebihan hari Jumaat pada bulan Ramadan atas segala hari yang lainnya seperti kelebihan Ramadan atas segala bulan (Al Hadith)

• Barangsiapa mengerjakan ibadat pada bulan Ramadan dengan keimanannya dan ikhlasnya kerana Allah, maka di ampunkan segala dosanya yang telah lalu (Al Hadith)

• Sabda Nabi (s.a.w) : Tidur orang yang berpuasa itu adalah ibadat, dan nafasnya itu adalah tasbih, doanya itu mustajab, dosanya diampunkan Allah, dan amal ibadatnya dilipatgandakan . (Al Hadith)

• Apabila berakhir bulan Ramadan, menangis wali-wali Allah kerana terpisahnya bulan yang paling mulia yang digandakan ibadat berlipatkali ganda daripada bulan bulan yang lainnya, bulan Allah mudah menerima ampun taubat hambaNya, bulan yang banyak sekali diturun rahmat ke alam, bulan yang terdapat padanya malam Lailatul Qadar, suatu rahmat dan rahsia yang dikurniakan kepada hamba hamba Nya yang salihin, yang tidak terdapat pada bulan bulan yang lainnya. Mereka menangis kerana belum tentu akan dapat menemui bulan termulia ini pada tahun tahun hadapan, kiranya dipanjangkan umur.

• Apabila berakhirlah malam bulan Ramadan, menangislah tujuh petala langit dan tujuh petala bumi, dan segala malaikat, jerana berlalu Ramadan berlalulah kelebihan, sebab musibah bagi umatku, dan duduk segala malaikat bagi musibah, orang bertanya : Ya Rasullullah, apa itu musibah ? Jawab rasullullah (s.a.w), Kerana segala doa padaNya itu mustajab, sedakah makbul, segala kebajikan digandakan dan siksa kubur diangkat, maka apakah musibah yang terlebih besar daripada ini bagi umatku?! (Al-Hadith)

• Malam Lailatul Qadar adalah malam rahsia, yang turunnya padanya malaikat Jibrail dan beberapa malaikat dengan perintah Allah. Orang yang berjaga dengan malam ibadatnya untuk mendapatkan malam Lailatul Qadar yang terahsia itu yang tidak diketahui oleh manusia, hanya orang-orang solihin yang hampir, orang berusaha mendapatkan malam mulia itu dengan berjaga malam pada sepuloh malam Ramadan yang terakhir maka diampunkan tuhan segala dosanya. Di pahalakannya dengan banyak , dirahmatkannya dengan limpah kurnia. Dan orang-orang solihin yang dikurniakan Allah mendapat malam Lailatul Qadar itu satu keberuntungan kebahagiaan bagi akhirat, mendapat keampunan dan rahmat terbesar, mendapat pimpinan Allah dalam hatinya, mendapat keredaan Allah dalam hidupnya dunia dan akhirat.

• Malam Aidilfitri, malam raya, disunatkan kepada kita berjaga malam, beribadah, bertakbir "AllahuAkbar" sepanjang malamnya. Akan mendapat keampunan yang banyak, pahala yang besar, rahmat Allah tercurah kepadanya. Siapa yang menghidupkan dua malam raya (AidilFitri & AidilAdha) dengan ibadatnya dan takbirnya , tiada dimatikan hatinya pada hari yang dimatikan segala hati. (Al-Hadith).

mari bersama hayati keindahan islam dengan menghayati bulan rahmah...

zuhud..iman...dan sahabat membina...

zuhud asas kepada iman.....

like this......

atas nama cinta
lagu: unic

Tika mata
Diuji manisnya senyuman
Terpamit rasa menyubur harapan

Dan seketika
Terlontar ke dunia khayalan
Hingga terlupa singkat perjalanan
Tersedar aku dari terlena
Dibuai lembut belaian cinta

Rela aku pendamkan
Impian yang tersimpan
Enggan ku keasyikan
Gusar keindahannya
Merampas rasa cinta
Pada Dia yang lebih sempuna

Bukan mudah
Bernafas dalam jiwa hamba
Dan ku cuba
Menghindarkan pesona maya
Kerna tak upaya ku hadapinya
Andai murka-Nya menghukum leka

Diatas nama cinta
Pada yang selayaknya
Kunafikan yang fana
Moga dalam hitungan
Setiap pengorbanan
Agar disuluh cahaya redha-Nya


Biar sendiri hingga hujung nyawa
Asal tak sepi dari kasih-Nya
Kerna sesungguhnya hakikat cinta
Hanya Dia yang Esa

Saratkan hati ini dengan cinta hakiki
Sehingga ku rasai
Nikmat-Nya
Syurga-Nya
Cinta-Nya



ada pengajaran lagu ni...ni yang suka...
tersirat makna yang mendalam...
lagu unic memang best2....

" bukan mudah..bernafas dalam jiwa hamba
dan kucuba hindarkan pesona maya..
kerna tak upaya kuhadapinya
anda MURKA_NYA menghukum leka...."

luahan rasa...

alhamdulillah....

huh..lega rsanya..akhrnya tggal 1paper ja ag tok trial ni...bercadang nak buat penambahbaikan kat blog nih..tapi nampak gayanya mcam xboleh lagi la..asal bka blog ja dok nampak buku fizik lak...yaallah..baru skit ja dugaan dah rasa lemah....something wrong ni...nampaknya aku kena upgrade sesuatu dalam diri ni...........
sedar xsedar dah nak puasa nih.....moga2 aku sempat bernafas dalam bulan ramadhan tahun ni...insyaAllah....teringat pmergian arah ibu saudara tersayang...dah nak masuk lima tahun...2 ramadhan ni genapl lima tahun arwah kembali kerahmatullah...semoga arwah ditempatkan bersama para solihin.....bulan ramdhan juga merupakan hari jadiku....15 ramadhan....teringat dkat arwah mak ngah...dia adlh org yg paling hampir dganku...mcm ibu kedua........

lepas rindu.....

bukan apa...lama sangat tak buka....maklumlah...macam benda nak kena buat...tapi tak la sebanyak student u....
hitung sana...hitung sini.....Ramadhan dah hampir sesangat nih.....harap-harap kali ni ibadat lebih sempurna & terjaga la...tahun lepas kurang sihat..moga2 tahun ni Allah memberkan kesempurnaan kesihatan..di samping dapat melakukan ibadat dengan sempurna...dapat la juga buat persipan untuk SPM yang juga bakal menjengah tiba....
dalam trial ni pun maih lagi diuji.....tapi tak apalah....itu kuasaNya...selagi kita sebagai manusia boleh menerimanya....kita terima la dengan penuh rasa tawadhu'......
lega rasanya....tinggal lagi 4 paper..walaupun sbject yg agak berat tapi at least da lepas 7 subject....doaku...semoga kawan2 dan diriku berjaya dan dibayar dengan byran yg setimpal atas usaha yang kita lakukan sama-sama......
agi idup agi ngalaban!!!chaiyo!!!!!

meiosis vs mitosis

saya tgah surf intrnet td..boring2 lpas study..saya cari la pasl tajuk yang saya agak pening...
dah terjumpa saya rasa nak kongsi ngan kengkawan especially yang ngah bersedia nak mjawab trial ni...ni ha....kalau2 la xjumpa dlm buku teks....comparison between meiosis and mitosis...(saja ja la nak boh gak..bg penuh blog selain dpt share ngan kengkawan suma...sharing is caring:) )hehe

A Comparison between Mitosis and Meiosis

hm..kalau2 naik soalan ni at least sahabat2 sekalian ingat saya..lpas 2 apalagi..doa2 la kejayaan bersama..
lau xdak pon...tuk paparan and penegtahuan..hehe

crossing over:)

kawan2...tgok ni selalu...peringatan buat kita...(trial 09)

• 30/7-bahasa arab 1 & bahasa arab 2
• 03/7-bahasa melayu 1 & bahasa melayu 2
• 04/8-english 1 & english 2 & sejarah
  
• 05/8-chemistry 1,2,and 3
• 10/8-pqs
• 11/8-psi 1 & psi 2
• 12/8-add math 1 and add math 2
• 13/8-biology 1 &2
• 14/8-matematik 1&2
• 17/8-physics 1,2,3

lepas 17 july ni kta prepare la dri nak puasa pula....
takot2 asyik strudy ja..ibadah pula terabai....
harap2 semuanya seimbang....
hablu minallah wa habluminannas pon seimbang...
ramadhan kali ini diharap agar membawa lebih banyak barakah dalam hidupku.....
tak sabar lak rasanya menunggu kedatangan ramadhan...
semoga ramdhan 2009 lebih baik dari ramadhan 2008....
insyaAllah...
ahlan ya Ramadhan...:)

kawan2...tgok ni selalu...peringatan buat kita...

• 
  

semangat!!!datang la semangat...huhu

hari ni..saya da bercadang nak study bio...bukan nk kecoh2..sja ja...bla tulis kat sini skurang-kurangnya dapat memperingatai diri dengan janji terhadap diri nih.....
alhamdulillah...sejak akhir2 ni...rsanya pelajaran yg diberi dapat diterima dengan baik...atas keizinana Allah juga...apa yg dulu masih kabur,sekarang dah jelas skit.....thanx my frenz....and also ny teachers...krana bantuan kalian di saat akhir jgalah saya da semkin faham....

kepada sahabat2ku...
smoga kita semua berjaya dengan izin-Nya....
kalian berada dalam doaku....
insyaAllah.....
to my parents...
thanks for supporting me....
kalian selalu ada ketika diri ini memerlukan...
smoga kalian mendapat redhaNya....
sayang kalian selamanya....

ditelan mati emak...dluah mati bpa...

ya Allah..dilema2...xtaw nak buat mcm mna...
perlukah kita berbohong demi menjaga hati semua especially shbt2 yang kita xnak seorang pon terluka???
kalau pilih di kanan...di kiri terasa begitu juga sebaliknya....

al-quran memperjelaskan batas-batas aurat wanita...

What is the meaning of Surah an-Nur ayah 31?

The Arabic text of this ayah is:

Wa qul li al-mu'minat yaghdudna min absarihinna wa yahfazna furujahunna wa laa yubdina zenatahunna illa maa zahara min haa wal-yadribna bi khumurihinna ala juyubihinna; wa laa yubdina zenatahunna illa li bu'ulatihinna aw aba'ihinna aw aba'i bu'ulatihinna aw abna'ihinna aw abna'i bu'ulatihinna aw ikhwanihinna aw bani ikhwanihinna aw bani akhawatihinna aw nisa'ihinna aw maa malakat aymanu hunna aw at-tabi'ina ghayri ulu'l-irbat min ar-rijal aw at-tifl alladhina lam yazharu ala awrat an-nisa wa laa yadribna bi arjulihinna li yu'lama maa yukhfina min zenatahinna. Wa tubu ilaAllahi jami'an, ayyuha al-mu'minun la'allakum tuflihun

A translation of this is:

And say to the faithful women to lower their gazes, and to guard their private parts, and not to display their adornment except what is apparent of it, and to extend their headcoverings (khimars) to cover their bosoms (jaybs), and not to display their adornment except to their husbands, or their fathers, or their husband's fathers, or their sons, or their husband's sons, or their brothers, or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their womenfolk, or what their right hands rule (slaves), or the followers from the men who do not feel sexual desire, or the small children to whom the nakedness of women is not apparent, and not to strike their feet (on the ground) so as to make known what they hide of their adornments. And turn in repentance to Allah together, O you the faithful, in order that you are successful

As we can see, this ayah contains six commands for the Muslim sister, which I will list briefly, inshallah.

1) Lower the gaze.

2) Guard the private parts.

3) Not display the adornment "except what is apparent of it".

4) Draw the khimar to cover the jayb.

5) Not display the adornment except to the people listed in the ayah.

6) Not stamp the feet so as to give knowledge of hidden adornment.

Three of these commands relate to behavior, which are lowering the gaze, guarding the private parts, and not stamping the feet. The other three relate to dress. It can also be noted that commands 3 and 5 are actually parts of the same command. Thus there are two basic rules for the dress of the Muslim sister:

A) Not display the adornment except "what is apparent of it" except to the people listed in the ayah.

B) Draw the khimar to cover the jayb.

There are three things that need to be explained in this:

1) What does "what is apparent of it" refer to?

2) What type of garment is the khimar?

3) What is the woman's jayb?

Inshallah, I will deal with each of these questions in turn.

What does "what is apparent of it" refer to?

There is a difference of opinion on this, and was even among the Sahaba (rAa). The opinion of Abdullah ibn Masud (rAa) is that "what is apparent of it" refers to the outer surface of the woman's garments. This would not permit any of her body to be seen whatsoever (uncovering one or both eyes is a concession to necessity).

The other opinion is that "what is apparent of it" refers to the face and hands and/or to the decorations that are worn on the face and the hands. This is the opinion of Aisha Umm al-Muminin (rAa), Anas ibn Malik (rAa), Abdullah ibn Abbas (rAa), and Miswar ibn Makhrama (rAa) - these are all Sahaba - and also of Ata (rAa), Qatada (rAa), Sa'id ibn Jubayr (rAa), Mujahid (rAa), al-Dahhak (rAa), and al-Hasan (rAa) - these are all Tabi'un (rAa). Almost every tafsir (commentary on the Quran) will include some if not all of these authorities for this opinion.

Among the commentators themselves, some of the most respected have followed the "face and hands" opinion. Among these are Imam Tabari, Imam Zamakhshari, Imam Fakhr ad-Din Razi, and Imam Qurtubi. Here is what they have written in their own words.

Imam Abu Jafar Tabari: "The strongest and most accurate view is that which says that the exemption refers to the face and the hands. Also included are kohl, rings, bracelets, and makeup. We say that this is the strongest and most accurate opinion because all scholars are unanimous that everyone who needs to pray must cover the awra in his or her salat. A woman may reveal the face and the hands in her salat, while she must cover the rest of her body. What is not awra is not haram to be revealed"
from his tafsir of Surah an-Nur ayah 31, this is in Volume 18, pages 118-119 of Jami Bayan Ta'wil al-Qur'an

Imam Abu'l-Qasim Zamakhshari: "Why is the woman permitted to display 'what is apparent of it'? Because to conceal that would cause her inconvenience. A woman is forced to deal in commodities with her hands. She is compelled by genuine need to expose her face especially at the times of giving evidence, litigating in court, and marriage. She is compelled to walk the streets and expose her feet, especially poor women. This is the meaning of 'illa maa zahara min ha', that is, what the situations of ordinary life compel her to expose"
from his tafsir of Surah an-Nur ayah 31

Imam Fakhr ad-Din Razi: "Since the showing of the face and hands is necessary, the jurists had no choice but to agree that they are not awra"
from his tafsir of Surah an-Nur ayah 31

Imam Abu Abdullah Qurtubi: "Since the normal case is that a woman’s face and hands are revealed by the force of habit and for worship, as this is required in salat and hajj, then it is appropriate to say that the exemption applies to these"
from his tafsir of Surah an-Nur ayah 31

From this, we can see that the predominant opinion on the meaning of "what is apparent of it" is that it refers to the face and hands. In the context of the ayah, it means that around non-mahram men, women are allowed to display their faces and their hands. This is the exemption that Allah SWT has given. Everything else must be covered.

What type of garment is the khimar?

In common usage, the words "head" and "face" are distinct. Unless specified otherwise, the word "head" is not taken to refer to the face, but instead refers to the rest of the head, while the word "face" is specially used to designate the face. An example of this is the process of wudu; the Quran and hadiths mention washing the "face" separately from wiping the "head", and we do not again run our hands over the face when we get to the stage of wiping the head. In order to say that the khimar is a garment which covers the face, therefore, it must be specified that it covers the "face". If the khimar just covers the "head" then the general meaning is that it covers the hair. If you think about how we use these words, inshallah you will see that I am correct.

Keeping this in mind, here are some definitions of the khimar and what it means in classical Arabic:

Imam Abu'l-Fida ibn Kathir: "Khumur is the plural of khimar which means something that covers, and is what is used to cover the head. This is what is known among the people as a khimar."

The dictionary of classical Arabic, Aqrab al-Mawarid: "[The word khimar refers to] all such pieces of cloth which are used to cover the head. It is a piece of cloth which is used by a woman to cover her head."

Shaykh Muhammad al-Munajjid on Islam Q&A: "Khimaar comes from the word khamr, the root meaning of which is to cover. For example, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Khammiru aaniyatakum (cover your vessels).” Everything that covers something else is called its khimaar. But in common usage khimaar has come to be used as a name for the garment with which a woman covers her head; in some cases this does not go against the linguistic meaning of khimaar. Some of the fuqahaa’ have defined it as that which covers the head, the temples and the neck. The difference between the hijaab and the khimaar is that the hijaab is something which covers all of a woman’s body, whilst the khimaar in general is something with which a woman covers her head."

Shaykh Muhammad Nasiruddin Albani: "The word khimaar linguistically means only a head covering. Whenever it is mentioned in general terms, this is what is intended."

Now, in case my argument presented above about "covering the head" versus "covering the face" does not seem convincing, we can also look at what some tafsirs say about the exact meaning of the commandment in Surah an-Nur ayah 31 regarding the khimar:

Imam Abu Abdullah Qurtubi: "Women in those days used to cover their heads with the khimar, throwing its ends upon their backs. This left the neck and the upper part of the chest bare, along with the ears, in the manner of the Christians. Then Allah commanded them to cover those parts with the khimar."

Imam Abu'l-Fida ibn Kathir: "'Draw their khumur to cover their bosoms' means that they should wear the khimar in such a way that they cover their chests so that they will be different from the women of the jahiliyyah who did not do that but would pass in front of men with their chests uncovered and with their necks, forelocks, hair and earrings uncovered."

Both Imam Qurtubi and Imam ibn Kathir are agreed that the women of jahiliyyah (in imitation of the Christian women, according to Imam Qurtubi) used to wear the khimar to cover their hair, but they threw its ends upon their backs. This sloppy way of wearing the khimar exposed the forehead, ears, neck, and upper chest. Subsequently, Allah SWT ordered them to draw their khimars to cover themselves. It is easy to see how pulling the ends forward again and pulling the khimar tightly around the circle of the face then fastening it at the throat, letting the ends fall downwards, would cover the forehead, ears, neck, and upper chest, as Imam Qurtubi and Imam ibn Kathir have specified. It should also be easy to recognize in this a description of the headscarf of the Muslim sister.

The point is, neither Imam Qurtubi nor Imam ibn Kathir describes that the khimar was to be pulled over the face, even though each specifies a variety of anatomical features of the woman.

This should be strong evidence that the word khimar means HEADSCARF. Its linguistic meaning is a headcovering, not a face veil, and the information provided by both Imam Qurtubi and Imam ibn Kathir clearly shows that the khimar is to be worn as a HEADSCARF not as a face veil.

What is the woman's jayb?

Actually, the quotes from Imam Qurtubi and Imam ibn Kathir provide a pretty good explanation of what the jayb is. The usual translation of the term is "bosom". The word "jayb" has also given its name to a certain type of mathematical curve

As well, Surah al-Qasas ayah 32 in Arabic reads "Usluk yadaka fii JAYB ka takhrur bayda'a..." which means "Thrust your hand into your chest and it will come out white..." (this is a story about the prophet Musa, alayhi salam).

Shaykh Muhammad Nasiruddin Albani says that the word "jayb" is related to the word "jawb" which refers to something cut out, and he says that in this context it refers to the neckline of the woman's dress.

In any case, all of these definitions clearly point to the bosom, the upper chest, or the neck and upper chest. They certainly do not mean "face" or "entire body"!

Summary

Surah an-Nur ayah 31 gives two basic commands in regard to women's dress. The first of these commands is that the Muslim sister shall cover all of her beauty except "what is apparent of it" whenever non-mahram men are present. The majority opinion on the meaning of "what is apparent of it" is the face and hands.

The second command is to draw the khimar to cover the jayb. In classical Arabic, the khimar is the headcovering or headscarf, and the jayb is the bosom or more generally the neck and upper chest. Imam Qurtubi and Imam ibn Kathir have provided a precise description of how the khimar is to be drawn to cover the jayb, and why this was necessary. Neither the word "khimar" nor the word "jayb" has anything to do with the face.

Therefore, the first command (to cover the beauty) contains a specific exemption that the majority of scholars have taken to refer to the face and the hands. And the second command (regarding the wearing of the khimar) does not mandate the covering of the face either.

In conclusion, I feel that there is a very strong case to be made that Surah an-Nur ayah 31 does not make niqab fard, but in fact allows the display of the face and hands.

p/s:

asify jiddan...saya tak dapat nak muatkan ayat 31 surah ini dalam bahasa arab kerana laptop saya ni masih belum format arabic.....

man..and...religion....

Ever since the history of mankind began, man has been practicing different forms of worship and piety.

There was no nation on the earth unattached to a religion and performing its rites in one-way or another. This is because piety is an instinct, a natural feeling deeply rooted in man's being. It can neither be hushed, nor muted in an individual's conscience, nor can the human conscience be prevented from sensing it, or going towards it.

Yet, the instincts of piety and worship have not always been guided by soundness and purity; rather they, in most instances, have been deviated expressions and abnormal practices of worship; religion, in its pure state, is that which is represented by monotheism, the path announced by the prophets and heralded by the apostles, for maintaining the correct mode of worship and to lead the caravan of mankind towards the shores of goodness and peace.

So, the observer of the history of religious myth, and of devious worship in man's life, finds a variety of religious expressions. He finds heliolatry, astrolatry, idolatry, zoolatry, pyrolatry, worship of monarchs, etc.

Analyzing the rise of these deviated religions, and studying the elements, which conspired in developing them, one finds them all connected to a superstitious interpretation of the universe and the afterlife. This in turn discloses the lowness of those peoples knowledge and their ability to fabricate fancy fables that stemmed from their own ignorance and superstition. These rites also illustrate the social customs and the imaginative traditions of those peoples, and their stifled mental and moral capabilities.

History is full of such religions, rituals and superstitious rites. Taken as a whole they reveal man's ignorance and the lowness of his conscience and feelings in such a way as to cause both astonishment and disgust. Some used to slay their sons in sacrifice to their imagined gods, presenting them as offerings at the alter of a false sacredness. They supplicated and requested the idols grace and the blessings of those stony, silent structures.

History tells us of many ignorant nations, peoples and civilizations such as the Babylonians, the Sumerians, the Chaldeans, the Pharaohs, the Greeks, the Assyrians, the Persians, the Romans, the Arabs (of Jahiliya). History also stresses that all those exterminated nations had some sort of worship, religion, and rites which they used to practice, but they were unnatural, superstitious and deviated forms.

The Glorious Qur'an notes abundantly the dark and tragic side of the lives of the perished primitive ignorant groups. It draws our attention to the missions of the messengers and prophets, the inviters to true worship and the saviors and reformers of humanity as a whole.

Considering these facts and other historical evidences, we realize that the existence of religion and worship in the course of man's history is clear proof that religion is not a passing phenomenon, nor is it an imaginary compensation for his sufferings from the hardships of his painful life. Neither is it an expression of his failure in understanding the universe and life and in logically and scientifically explaining them; nor is it an opiate for the downtrodden and subjecting them to the injustice of oppressors and exploiters as Marx, the founder of Collapsed Communism, asserted by saying that "Religion is the opium of the people".

All these assumptions and biased interpretations, which are being presented by the propagators of materialism and infidelism, with the purpose of falsifying the objectives of religion and destroying the mental and spiritual fundamentals on which it is based, are but futile and refutable allegations which are disproved by objective historical evidence.

Herein, we reiterate some of the numerous and most important realities that the mind has but to accept: -

1. The Natural Proof:
By this we mean man's instinctive inclination towards religion. This is an inborn proclivity (tendency) found in man since his existence on earth. It explains the genuine driving force and the inner compulsion present in man's constitution, pushing him towards worshipping a being greater than himself.

He feels the mighty superintendence dominant over the whole of existence. He feels the need to be patronized, to appeal to something grand and holy, to which man may expose his desire for worship. This exercise grows and changes man's internal being in an attempt to understand the existence of a truth that is the greatest truth. This practice is accompanied by an anxious quest for this truth, which fills man's soul and attracts him to it, as he feels its richness and the possibility of its filling up all the dimensions of the vacancy, contrasted with his own feelings of deficiency. He feels its superiority over the whole world, whose boundaries he is inclined to cross and beyond which he wants to eternalize his being. This world is unable to respond to the absolute expansion in his soul, nor can it be a substitute for that truth which is sought by him. Thus, he always tends to proceed ahead to the truth which is much more eminent than this tangible world, comprehending that this truth has all the ability to satisfy his innate longing which presses upon both his conscience and sub-conscience.

This innate feeling is a true objective one, because it is a natural instinctive tendency. Its existence in man is supported by three objective facts. They are:

• Thinking of the abstract of time and place, as well as of the attributes of the tangible world.
• The inclination to sanctify the Perfect Absolute, seeking to come under His greatness and to feel small in His Presence.
• Feeling imperfect while imagining the idea of perfection, searching for it and wanting to march in its direction.

All these feelings are accepted scientific facts proved by psychological studies, in the same way as the intuitive truths and the verbal utterances coined by man to refer to these essential, innate feelings are.

If we comprehend that being religious is a native force deeply rooted in man's self, we will also comprehend that man's devotional tendency is a fact, not legend or superstition. This is because man's natural genesis knows nothing of superstition, nor of legends.

It is in this respect, as it is in respect of his other instincts and tendencies born in him, such as the instincts driving him to knowledge, sex and food.

The mythical and legendary aspect of human life, expressed through different forms and peculiar rituals, appears only when man suffers from a state of loss and of deviation from the true Allah. In this condition man's imagination plays havoc and he draws a picture of religion and of god as was typical during the era of Jahiliyah (Pre-Islamic Ignorance). The Qur'an, confirming this fact, says: "They are Hanifs (tend) to Allah, not polytheists", which Imam Al-Sadiq (A.S.) explained, saying that. Allah's creation never changes. He has made them to instinctively know Him."

Imam Ali (A.S.), in a speech explaining piety and the inborn inclination to worship Allah, explicitly says:

"Allah sent prophets - after Adam - with revelations to guide mankind, when many people broke their given promises to Allah and went against their word, forgot their duties and divine rights and began accepting others as their gods and worshipping them, Satan had instigated them to give up the ways of Allah and forsake His worship. Allah sent His apostles successively, one after another, so that they may remind the human beings of the duties which nature has cast upon them as part of the plan of their existence and in redemption of the pledges made by their souls in the spiritual world on the day of creation. These Prophets were to draw the attention of humanity towards the blessings and bounties bestowed by Him, to convey His message to them, to teach them to intelligently and wisely use the treasures hidden in their intellect..." He further adds: "The best thing that the beseechers plead with Allah the Exalted is faith in Him and His Messenger and fighting (the Polytheists) for His sake, as this is the highest degree of Islam, and the word of unity which is in the innate nature..."

2. The Scientific Proof:
By this we mean the testimony of the sciences and knowledge, presented through their programs, ways of thinking, conclusions, and the results of their researches, which have discovered the composition of matter and the nature of life, and which interpreted the genesis of the universe and existence. All of these are reason enough to believe in a Creator, Innovator, Organizer, and Manager of this universe, and to reject the idea of things happening at random, haphazardly and by mechanical evolution. These concepts of things happening at random are the results of the preaching of the apostates and materialists, in the adolescent period of science, as a theory explaining existence and life.

3. The Historical Proof:
This can be discerned in the long history of religion and messages; in the numerous prophets and messengers, ever since the dawn of humanity till this day. Mankind, even during the darkest periods of ignorance and blindness, and with every era and generation, has beheld some guiding prophet, a preaching messenger, and a changing message, as an expression of Allah's grace, His beneficency to His servants.

This successive coming of the prophets, spread over a long time, generation after generation, alongside man's progress, and parallel to his historical existence, is an explicit proof of the truthfulness of the Prophet's mission and the soundness of their preaching. Otherwise, there would not have been such an enormous number of prophets during different historical stages, all of them proclaiming a similar truth and forwarding the same principles. It is incredible that so great a number of men, in diverse ages, nations and places, should falsely claim to be prophets, and yet they should all be identical in their message. Were the preaching's of those prophets false and groundless, contradictions and differences would have been quite obvious in them. Every message would have borne its special specifications, contradicting those of the other, and the objectives of those prophets and their concepts of Allah, religion and the hereafter would have also been contradictory. Actually, it is the contrary, which we see. We discern a unity of call in the messages of all those prophets; the call to believe in the Oneness of Allah, to have faith, to believe in the other world, to be interested in reforming mankind and in correcting its conduct and the order of its life. This confirms the unity of the source, Allah, and the unity of the call and goal.

4. The Objective Proof:
This proof can be inducted by scrutinizing the message of religion and monotheism, and the final code of divine laws (the Islamic laws). By induction and studying the Islamic laws individually, in detail and aims, one can recognize the truth of the divine message, and discover its humanistic and reformative side, its keen interests in the welfare of man and in delivering him, regardless of color, social position, time and place. Then, one would realize the falsity of the accusations attributed to religion, as a consequence of explaining it vis-à-vis the ignorance of the materialist interpretation, some aspects of which we related earlier. We know religion to be a message of deliverance, a call to salvation and luminous sign on the dark road. Its purpose is to save mankind, to break the bonds of slavery and open the channels of light and a happy life before a straying humanity.

"Those who follow the Apostle-Prophet the Ummi, (one who neither reads not writes), whom they find written down with them in the Torah and the Gospel (who) enjoins them good and forbids them evil, and makes lawful to them the good things and makes unlawful to them impure things, and removes from them their burden and the shackles which were upon them; so (as for) those who believe in him and honor him and help him, and follow the light which has been sent down with him, these it is that are the successful." Holy Qur'an (7:157)

"But the chiefs of those who disbelieved from among his people said: We do not consider you but a mortal like ourselves, and we do not see any have followed you but the most abject among us, at first thought, and we do not see in you any excellence over us: nay, we deem you liars. He said: O my people! Tell me if I have with me clear proof from my Lord, and He has granted me mercy from Himself and it has been made obscure to you; shall we compel you to (accept) it while you are averse from it? And, O my people! I ask you not for wealth in return for it; my reward is only with Allah and I am not going to drive away those who believe; surely they shall meet their Lord, but I consider you a people who are ignorant: And, O my people! Who will help me against Allah if I drive them away? Will you not then mind? And I do not say to you that I have the treasures of Allah; and I do not know the unseen, nor do I say I am an angel; nor do I say about those whom your eyes scorn (that) Allah will never grant them (any) good - Allah knows best what is in their souls - for then most surely I should be of the unjust." Holy Qur'an (11:27-31)

"And do not drive away those who call upon their Lord in the morning and the evening, they desire only His favour; neither are you answerable for any reckoning of their, nor are they answerable for any reckoning of yours, so that you should drive them away and thus be of the unjust." Holy Qur'an (6:52)

Thus, the Glorious Qur'an presents verses speaking of the aims of religion, of its role in man's life, of its attitude towards the poor and the deprived who are the followers of the prophets, and the first to respond to the call of Faith, the call of rescue, liberation and delivery. It also clarifies the attitude of the proud, arrogant and influential against the weak, and the calls of the prophets and their objectives. It likewise registers the prophet's reactions towards the proud whose thoughts are filled with conceit and haughtiness. In this way the Qur'an proves to us that religion supports the weak and the deprived, and is the power that strikes justly and sincerely at the greed and the pride of the criminal despots, so that we may realize that religion is not a means of persecuting the poor, nor is it the peoples opium, a passing phenomenon in man's life, or a social activity, like other costumes and traditions which appear for a short span or specific period, then disappear altogether without a trace. Nor is it an illusion used by man to convince himself of another world that compensates for his failure in this present one.

Religion is a law inseparable from man's nature just as the laws of physics and life are inseparable from matter and living beings. This is because the Creator of the world has given man the longing for his Creator and directed man towards Him.

"Then set your face upright for religion in the right state - the natural disposition..." Holy Qur'an (30:30)

Yet, this natural or inborn disposition, as such, is subject - through ignorance and obstinacy - to deviation, impurity, and diversion from the path of true religion, as is the case with many of man's instincts and inclinations which deviate from their natural orbit, causing man, to follow diverse types of harmful and perverted customs. Hence the coming of apostles and religions to set right such deviations, restore man's natural inclination to Allah, the Exalted, and satisfy the natural instinct in man for truthful worship upon which rests mankind's happiness. This natural inclination is, actually, the starting point for receiving the principles of religion and adhering to them.

Once again we repeat here that this natural disposition in man cannot be looked upon as a legendary or mythical idea, since legends and myths are the offspring of an invalid imagination and illusion that subvert man's thinking. Man's native inclinations are a true case, met in the world of reality by an actual existence to which they turn, and which is the source of its satisfaction. Thus, the existence of Allah and worshipping Him becomes an outstanding fact, a counterpart of which, inside man, is the deep tendency to worship and the natural direction towards this Great Originator.

Superstition and myth originate when man is ignorant of his actual destination, and his mind is void of any clear vision. The Glorious Qur'an calls such deviation of beliefs as.

"...they are gone away from us, nay, we used not to call upon anything before..." Holy Qur'an (40:74)

"Have you then considered him who takes his low desire for his Allah, and Allah has made him err having knowledge..." Holy Qur'an (45:23)

"And when Abraham said: My Lord! Make this city secure, and save me and my sons from worshiping idols: My Lord! Surely they have led many of mankind astray; then whoever follows me, he is surely of me; and whoever disobeys me, You surely are Forgiving, Merciful." Holy Qur'an (14:35-36)

Thus, the Glorious Qur'an considers the abnormal and superstitious expression of man's ignorant inclination as erroneous and straying, since it is imaginary, and unreal, and a wandering expression that would not realize man's objective. Hence the saying of the Qur'an: "...they are gone away from us, nay, we used not to call upon anything before..." Holy Qur'an (40:74)

MIND'S NEED FOR RELIGION
It is not possible to separate man's way of thinking from his way of living and his dealing in life. Man is a wise and understanding being who thinks for himself, wants to comprehend his surroundings and tries to know the beginning and the end of everything, in order to be able to understand the mysteries of the world and the beings around him. He tries to discover:

• How did this world begin?
• Where is it going to?
• Why is he here in this life?
• What is the goal of his existence?
• Where will he end to?
• What does life itself mean?
• How should he conduct his life?

Man has always been looking for convincing answers to these questions. The answer to them either leads him to happiness and welfare, or wretchedness and misfortune.

The answer, though short in their form and brief in their expression, are yet great in their meanings, important in their reality and deep in their effects.

It is these answers, which define how man should live, behave, understand life and estimate the importance of his own existence.

By providing correct answers one may resolve an important crisis of thought-the crisis from which man has long been suffering, unable to find correct answers he has been tormented by anxiety and uncertainty and forced to wander through as abyss of erring.

Therefore, the right answers form the basic principles of the philosophy of life, and soundly evaluate life and man's existence. The correct answers to these questions have always been confined to two contradictory theories, both in their truth and in the resulting constructions that are based upon them. The two answers are: The first given through religion, lighting the path of righteousness and faith with rational proof; the second given by error and denial, aiming at invoking mist to obliterate clear visibility, to envelope man's conscience and prevent is from directing itself towards Allah, the Beginning and the End of existence. Religion's answer offers, through its call and message, and interpretation of the universe and life, and an explanation of man's existence, and of his links with them; while the other answer bases its explanation in retort to the idea of faith, denying its reasoning and explanation. Religion bases its interpretation and viewpoint on believing that this universe, life and man have a Creator, a Lord, a God head; and that man's existence on this earth is neither a meaningless and aimless one, nor is it random happening. Life and man have their goals and values exceeding the time span of man's existence on the earth's surface. He has a supreme objective to pursue, embodying it through his attitudes, his deeds and his general activities in a world that goes beyond perception and the time spent in this world. It is the other eternal world and the eternal extension of the absolute:

"Whoever disbelieves, he shall be responsible for his disbelief, and whoever does good, they prepare (good) for their own souls". Holy Qur'an (30:44)

"And all have ranks according to what they do..." Holy Qur'an (6:132)

In this way, religion presents to man a correct explanation of his existence, and gives him a lasting vision that plucks out the roots of his doubt, mental anxiety and fear of perishing, losing, and uselessness in this life.

Thus, by this explanation, religion opens to man the door to the expanses of life. He then organizes his life according to a perfect and unified ideological basis, taking him to results and objectives in life free of disorder, contradiction and objectives in life free of disorder, contradiction and disappointment. It offers him, besides other things, a sound ideological program, perfect in its order and movement, leading him to understand life and to adhere to a defined and explicit conduct.

The believer believes in the existence of a Just, all-knowing, all-powerful and Wise Creator. He further believes in the Day of Judgement and in the responsibility rested upon him for all of his deeds, and he expects rewards on the Day of judgement for his good deeds in this world. Therefore, he behaves according to this belief, and on this basis he forms every detail of his life, such as his ideas, attitudes, feelings and relations, formulating them within this unified ideological frame.

What a wonderful expression is used by the Qur'an in reference to this fact, describing the faithful elite who recognize the value of life and know the meaning of existence. The Holy Qur'an says:

"...and reflect on the creation of the heavens and the earth: Our Lord! Thou have not created this in vain! Glory be to You; save us then from the chastisement of the fire:" Holy Qur'an (3:191)

As to the answer of the second group, it is the viewpoint expressed by the disbelievers. They view this world and this life only from inside, disregarding all ties and connections with the invisible world and the Creator, having built their opinion on a faithless interpretation denying the existence of the Creator, the Innovator; they have sentenced mankind to lasting annihilation and transformation into dust, mixing with the elements of the earth, (lost in every nook and cranny) without return or resurrection. In this way the living feelings of man are pushed down to lowest pitch of death, despair and eternal destruction. It is a disaster that befalls the optimistic and hopeful feelings, and man becomes a prey of despair, goes astray, and submits to decay and decline. Life becomes an arena for conflict and a chance to partake of transient sensual pleasures and appetites, accompanied by a complete death of any feeling of happiness or knowledge of the meaning of life. Life, to them, is but a period of futile misery, with no hope or expectation and since there would be no other world, no divine justice, no punishment, no reward, no responsibility, no retribution, and no immortality, man is reduced to the level of the plants of the earth and the worms of the ground. Thus, this interpretation has done away with all human values.

There is no doubt that man has never been subjected during his lifetime to a more dangerous catastrophe than the deluge of this devastating one which sentences him to live and die within this terrestrial prison, returning to the terrible soil of destruction. So, what would, then, life mean? What would be its value? Why does not man do whatever he wants, even if such practices meant misery for others and ended their lives with the most horrible types of torture? They say that man's life does not go beyond this limited secular period, which is lost in the timelessness of the universe, which swallowed millions of generations and consumed the entire ancient humanity. How wonderfully the Qur'an illustrates this tragedy of the intellect, which the rejecting and ignorant mind imagined, while trying to fabricate its argument and speak its ideology:

"Far, far is that which you are promised with. There is naught but our life in this world; we die and we shall not be raised again." Holy Qur'an (23:36-37)

And how exact is the Qur'an in drawing the tragic picture to which this miserable, straying man reached: "...(as for) those who have lost their souls, they will not believe." Holy Qur'an (6:12)

"Say: Shall We inform you of the greatest losers in (their) deeds? (They are) they whose labor is lost in this world's life and they think that they are well versed in skill of the work of hands. These are they who disbelieve in the revelations of their Lord and the Day of Resurrection We assign no weight to them." Holy Qur'an (18:103-105)

So, as the Qur'an describes them, it is these folk of disbeliever's who have lost themselves, and lost their lives, turning life into a hell of misery, instead of making it a blessing and full of happiness, just because they deceive themselves with their distorted understanding of life and existence, and think that it does them good, while actually it takes them away from the path of Allah and His message. They think that they have discovered the right path and have put their feet on the right track. But it is this self-deceit to which the Qur'an refers by saying:

"The life of this world is made to seem fair to those who disbelieve, and they mock those who believe..." Holy Qur'an (2:212)

So, what other disaster to which man is subjected can be more devastating than losing oneself, leading to the loss of humanity, the loss which befalls man because of this mental wandering, ideological abnormality, and systematic deviation.

Therefore, no sane man doubts the necessity of abolishing this ideology and changing this materialistic way of comprehending life, and resorting to a realistic way of thinking, that is coordination with the cosmic reality of nature, thought and society.

This way of thinking is not to be found except in mental reasoning, through mind's innate originality and exact theoretical activity. Mind is the actual thinker, the conscious power that moves according to the general universal existence, and co-ordinates with it, since it a part of it - the highest example of its movement and order.

This is why the Qur'an addresses the mind and argues with it as it is the only force in harmony with the logic of the Qur'an, and is able to comprehend its course and hear its call. It says:

"...thus do We make the signs distinct for a people who understand." Holy Qur'an (30:28)

"...Most surely there are signs in this for a people who reflect." Holy Qur'an (39:42)

When the mind is given freedom of thinking and contemplation, away from influences, deviations, and factors of misinterpretation, it will be able to discover the mental climate, which assists its growth, and to properly understand life. That climate is the way of the Qur'an and religion. Only under its light the mind can explain life and estimate it as required. In this way man would discover his inefficiency ad his need to follow the path of religion and to be guided by it.