Ramadhan Al-Mubarak

Masjid Jamek Gemas

Alhamdulillah, it is that time of year, when Muslims once again rejoice in the coming of the fasting month of Ramadan.  It is not really rejoicing in celebrating the first day of this month with much fanfare and gastronomic goodness but more so about the feeding of the soul.

Immediately after the official announcement informing Muslims in Malaysia about the first day of Ramadan, people, young and old, men and women, put on their clean attire and head for the nearest mosque or musalah to perform the Terawih prayers.  It is indeed something to note, that this particular auspicious month is not celebrated with the normal brouhaha of how other occasions are celebrated.   In fact we begin this month by reinforcing our faith in acknowledging that there can be only one God and that is Allah.

It is also on a happy note that this blogger writes that the mosque last night was full to the brim (at least someone told me about it later after the Terawih since for the whole of the prayer, I was at the very front 'saf') and happier still to note that I saw two of my form six students there after the prayers (trying to slip away from bumping into me!)

Indeed, I pray and hope that I will be given the determination and tenacity to continue my nightly journey to the mosque for the whole of this month of Ramadan (and Insya Allah, many more Ramadans in future) and that my plight in being a Muslim will be accepted and find its way into Allah's grace.

Seri Tanjong Astana Rumbia

Remember......

I have never been one to meddle in other people's business nor have I ever paid them any notice.  The main reason for my blase attitude towards them is most probably because I think that these people have a reason for doing what they do and that their reason is valid.  I also suppose the other reason could be that I feel empathy towards them and that my heart goes out to them.

On the other hand, I have no compassion for those whose business it is to jeopardise all that I (and others!) have worked hard to achieve, especially when these people seem to have nothing at all to lose but everything in the world to gain.  It is this unfairness and unjust that I do not condone and have no place in my social vocabulary. 

I know it is useless to speak out my feelings when you consider the fact that I am just a mere lowly teacher who has no significance at all to the cause (sic!) that these people are trying to justify as valid, compared to they themselves who are high up there in the social heirarchy, irregardless of how they got there in the first place.

Hence, I can only turn to Allah Almighty and hope and pray that things will not turn out so badly and that the intentions lobbied by those who do not deserve them will not be fulfilled.  We all know that Allah works in mysterious ways and in the immortal words of one of my former students : if Allah brings us to it, Allah will bring us through it.  Amin.