FIRST RAMADHAN

ASSALAMUALAIKUM AND HI ALL !

today is our first day of ramadhan. everything went well. even tough im supposed to be in UKM, Alhamdulillah that i have opportunity to spent my first ramadhan at home since friday i have no class and fortunately my palapes training for this weekend was canceled. 

what i loved is my mom cooked me my favourite dishes. i ate a lot since i need to minimize my expenses in college so when i got this chance to eat a lot of food so i ate them all. my mom cooked 'tauki' or also known as 'yong tau fu' soup. besides that my mom also bought me 'keropok lekor' hahaha. sounds childish but its the fact that are all my favourite food.

after all i still need to prepare for my examination that coming just around the corner. so i need to be ready.  i can't enjoy so much. that the worst part ever when i'm happy to enjoy my meal out of sudden my mind was full of examination thought. i hate that.

However thats what we call rules of life. you can't enjoy all the time. if theres no hard time then you never no what is the meaning of life. thats it.!

so i guess thats all for now. till we meet again next blog. love you all.

Panda is cute

ASSALAMUALAIKUM EVERYONE !

IM SO EXCITED TO SHARE MY TODAYS ACTIVITIES. I JUST BACK FROM ZOO NEGARA AS A VOLUNTEER. WE WERE DIVIDED INTO FEW GROUPS. EACH GROUP HAVE THEIR OWN WORK TO DO. LIKE MY GROUP WAS SENT TO MAMMAL KINGDOM.

SO WE HELP THE ZOOKEEPER TO CLEAN FEW CAGES LIKE ME MYSELF CLEANING AND FEED THE PORCUPINE, PADEMELON AND BRUSH-TAILED PORCUPINED. OTHER THAN THAT, THERE WAS OTHER ANIMALS CAGES LIKE STRIPED HYENA, SERVAL CAT AND BINTURONG. THAT WAS EXCITING ENOUGH BUT KNOW I WANNA TELL YOU THE BEST PART EVER. WE GO AND MET OUR CUTY PANDA THAT CAME FROM CHINA. HE IS SO CUTE I FEEL LIKE HUGGING HIM. SO LOVELY.

I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE YOU SOME FACTS ABOUT THIS CUTE ANIMAL.

The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca, literally "black and white cat-foot"; Chinese: 大熊猫; pinyin: dà xióng māo, literally "big bear cat"), also known as panda bear or simply panda, is a bear native to south central China. It is easily recognized by the large, distinctive black patches around its eyes, over the ears, and across its round body. The name "giant panda" is sometimes used to distinguish it from the unrelated red panda. Though it belongs to the order Carnivora, the giant panda's diet is over 99% bamboo. Giant pandas in the wild will occasionally eat other grasses, wild tubers, or even meat in the form of birds, rodents, or carrion. In captivity, they may receive honey, eggs, fish, yams, shrub leaves, oranges, or bananas along with specially prepared food.

• About 2,000 pandas are found in the wild.
• 99% of a Panda's dietconsists of bamboo.
• The giant pandais actually a bear.
• Young elephants, pandas, koalas, and hippos eat the feces of their mothers.
• Pandas can poop up to 40 times a day.
• The life span of giant pandas in the wild is approximately 20 years.
• Out of their natural habitat more than 60% ofmale pandas exhibit no sexual desire at all.
• The West first learned of the giant panda in 1869, when a French missionary received a skin from a hunter.
• Female pandas are fertile only up to 3 days a year.
• Pandas have lived on Earth for 2 to 3 million years.

Road Relay is tiring?

Road Relay is tiring?

yes it is but i had so much fun cause i can work together with my team. its it tough but we manage to finish almost 5km bring along tyre of 3tonne truck, log and 2 bullet boxs. we need to carry all using our creativity the easiest  way to bring it.

 Today i got hat experienced. today this is our activity at  Markas Palapes.

Experience is something you cant buy but going through. Being in palapes wasnt soemthing bad and wasnt something worst. you gain many kind of experienced that not all people deserve to. here is where you learn how to describe people, are ther helpful ? are they selfish? are they nice as u think before. this is the platform you judge people ony after you know them. 

Interesting facts about Qur'an

ASSALAMUALAIKUM TO EVERYONE,

Since fasting month (Ramadhan) is coming there will be time for Nuzul Quran which mean the best time to recite Quran and you'll get award then before. So i want to share with you:

What are some interesting facts about the Qur'an?

In the name of Allah, the most gracious, the most merciful.

Here are a list of interesting facts about the Qur'an.

• The Qur'an has 30 parts(Juz).
• The Qur'an has 114 surahs/Chapters.
• In the name of Allah, the most gracious, the most merciful (Bismillah Al-Rahman Al-Raheem) is repeated114 times in the Quran.
• All except for Surah “Al Tawbah” start with Bismillah al-Rahman al-Raheem.
• Al-Baqarah is the longest surah in the Qur'an.
• Al-Kawthar is the shortest surah in the Qur'an.
• Milk is the best drink mentioned in the Qur'an.
• Honey is the best food thing mentioned in the Qur'an.
• The best night is the Night of Power in Ramadan (Laylat al Qadr) which falls on any day of the last ten days of Ramadan, mostly on the odd days, it was on this night the first verses of the Qur'an was revealed to Prophet Muhammad PBUH in a cave.

• Surah Yaseen is called the HEART of the Qur'an.
• Surah Al-Ikhlas is considered as one third of the Qur'an.
• Qur'an was revealed over 23 years: 13 of it in Mecca (Makkah) and 10 of it in Madina.
• Surah An Nisa speaks about laws of marriage
• For every letter of the Qur'an that is recited or that is heard, 10 Rewards are granted per letter.
• Reading even one verse of the Qur'an in Ramadan is equal to reading the entire Quran in other months.
• The Qur'an will intercede for people on the day of Judgment for those who had recited it.
• The Qur'an will testify against the people on the day of Judgment for not reciting it.
• Mary or in Arabic Maryam is the only woman mentioned by name and with an entire chapter in her name, chapter 19 Surah Maryam.
• Muslims in the Russian Republic of Dagestan rushed to see a nine-month-old boy who had verses from the Qur'an appearing spontaneously on the skin of young Ali Yakubov. Thousands visited his home to witness the miracle.
• Whoever reads Qur'an everyday will have the glow of Noor (Divine light/Halo) emitting from their faces.
• You mustn't touch the Qur'an that is the Arabic unless in a state of purity or Wudu that is after the ritualistic Ablution.
• The Qur'an must be revered with respect and kept on the highest shelf or place in the house, the area must be clean and free of insects movements, the Qur'an must not be read by placing in on your lap nor turning it's pages using your fingers wet by your spit. Women must touch the Qur'an during their montly menstural periods.
• The Qur'an should never touch the ground so they keep a custom made wooden book holder to read the Qur'an easily while sitting on the ground.
• The infamous and notrious Christian pastor Terry Jones in 2010 planned to create “International Burn a Qur'an Day" , He’s still fighting for it, but his plans to burn 2,998 Qurans on September 11 2013 were cut short when he was arrested for illegally transporting kerosene to the burning site, along with a trailer filled with Qur'ans and a grill. Another incident is when American soldiers in Afghanistan threw several Qur'ans, kept for storage, into a waste fire accidentally and this caused days of rioting that left a lot of people dead.
• A very controversial fact is that Saddam Hussein commissioned a copy of the Qur'an to be written in his own blood.
• The Dubai National Qur'an Awards, a contest in which children recite the Qur'an from memory in pursuit of 250,000 UAE ($70,000) and the top prize, there’s also an award for most the beautiful voice.
• The Qur'an is a miracle in itself, no book can ever compare to it's elegance, wisdom, and knowledge. It is a challenge which still hasn't been won yet and it shall remain so.                                                  And if you are in doubt about what We have revealed (the Qur'an) to Our worshipper (Muhammad PBUH), then produce a chapter like it, and call your witnesses (supporters and helpers) besides God if you are truthful.  And if you do not do it, and you can never do it, then fear the Fire (Hell) whose fuel is men and stones.  It has been prepared for disbelievers.  And give good news (O Muhammad) to those who believe and do good deeds, that for them are gardens (Paradise) in which rivers flow....  
     Qur'an, 2:23-25
• The Qur'an is considered a completion of the all the books revealed before it, the Torah given to Prophet Moses PBUH, the Pslams given to Prophet David PBUH,  the Gospel given to Prophet Jesus PBUH.
• The Qur'an is also called AL Furqan because it is used to judge the truth from the falsehood.
• "Read" is the first command that was revealed to Prophet Muhammad PBUH which is the core of the Qur'an to read, to gain knowledge, to question, to contemplate the verses and the signs of Allah SWT.

Ramadhan

Assalammualaikum and good evening to all of you 

Ramadhan is coming and im so excited cause usually this is the month that I CAN EAT ALL FOOD THAT I WANT. HAHAAHAHHA...

So with this opportunity i want to tell all of you that might know or not knowing what Ramadhan is.

Ramadan is the most sacred month of the year in Islamic culture. Muslims observe the month of Ramadan, to mark that Allah, or God, gave the first chapters of the Quran to the Prophet Muhammad in 610, according to the Times of India. During Ramadan, Muslims fast, abstain from pleasures and pray to become closer to God. It is also a time for families to gather and celebrate.

Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar, which is a lunar calendar based on the cycles of the moon. Observances begin the morning after the crescent moon is visibly sighted, marking the beginning of the new month. Traditionally, people searched for the slight crescent using the naked eye, which has led to the declaration of different starting times for Ramadan, due to weather or geography. In order to have a more consistent start time for Muslims around the world, however, astronomical calculations are now sometimes used. Using science to mark the beginning of the month is controversial, however, and in many parts of the world, Ramadan still does not begin until religious leaders announce that they have personally seen the crescent moon, according to Holidays.net. 

In 2018, Ramadan will begin at sunset on May 15 as Muslims search for the crescent moon, according to the Islamic Networks Group. Fasting begins the next day. In upcoming years, it will begin on May 5, 2019; April 23, 2020; and April 12, 2021. 

Powerful symbol of unity

The observance of Ramadan is very personal and individual and is a time for "sacrifice and renunciation as well as a period of reflection and spiritual growth," Florian Pohl, associate professor of religion at Oxford College of Emory University, told Live Science. Pohl added that Ramadan is also a powerful symbol of unity, with Muslims around the world fasting simultaneously while bringing family and friends together.

Imam Ossama Bahloul, resident scholar of the Islamic Center of Nashville, said that when he hears about Ramadan, "joy comes to my mind with the memories of my mother and father and the impact it had on our home. ... It continues to be an absolute joy." 

When Ramadan arrives, Yushau Sodiq, associate professor of religion and Islamic studies at Texas Christian University, feels "thrilled, because I am expecting it just like any other Muslim," and uses the celebration to further connect himself to God and to services within his community.

Ramadan is a time when Muslims from all over the world come together. Sodiq said that in the United States, for example, some community mosques host Muslims from as many as 30 or 40 countries. Pohl said that it is also growing more common for people from various religions to come together during Ramadan to learn more about each other's cultures.