Saturday, August 13, 2005
Nice heading right ? I won't be that bad enough not to explain the meaning of it ." Hai Al Al Falah " means " comes to success " . It's adapted from the Quran . Well read this very interesting article in the newspaper . It really made me to ponder on certain issues . This article was actually an excerpt from a Firday sermon the writer ( Dr Maher Hathout ) gave . It deals with the issue of the defination of ISLAM . As far as we are concerned now , many innocent people ( including the muslims ) are becoming the prey to the predators of counterfeit islam . The writer said that their religion (islam) is based on thinking . The message is " Liqawmin yaaqiloon " , which means " to people who think " . He also stated that the signs of God are revealed to those who reflect , ponder , analyse and contemplate . These are the characteristics mentioned in the Quran as the prerequisites of a believer .This actually proves to us that our fellow muslims are people with great virtue . However there are other people out there who simply tarnish the pure values of a true muslim ; which to my regret is a very serious matter . The writer also stated one point which I would really like to highlight . " It is sad to see gurus of hate programming young people to blow themselves up while the gurus remain at home , safe and sound " How true ? I really salute the writer . It must have took him so much of courage to voice out his view in such a very eloquent way . However , it's not surprising if one hails his knowledge as he is the senior adviser for the muslim public affair ( a non-profitable organisation ) . Hats off to you Dr Hathout . Thus , we should respect our muslim friends and forge good friendship with them as islam really teach them to be humane and instil in them the virtues needed for a true muslim . Well I am feeling quite ok now . However a little stressed though . I heard from Nigel that the promos are like approximately 8 weeks away . I got a little disappointed with the SOORKALAM ( tamil debate ) today . I was really rooting for Raffles Institution . I think they deserve to win . CHIJ Saint Theresa's Convent didn't perform well enough . In fact the RI guys were vert straight forward and precise with their speech and view . Man .. disappointment . RI guys did well for the impromptu questions ( asked by the judges ) as well . But I am happy that Subramaniam Aravind got the best speaker award . He deserve it . I like the way he rebutted the last speaker of the opposition team's ( STC ) view . Thumbs up ! Went to school at 8.15 AM for my dikir practise . They did well for their auditions . I wish we get selected to perform for teacher's day . It's an honour to be performing in Dikir Barat . Man , it's not easy to master the hand gestures ( or it that what i should call it ? ) . Quite alot of interesting stuffs happened in school today . Shiva had a bad day . I pity that girl . She experienced a very terrible thing the night before and still managed to turn up for school to do her lit project . Boy !! I thought that girls were not as strong but Shiva proved me otherwise . Hats off to you buddy ! Yesterday we had a friendly match with the Victoria School ( VS ) guys . Haha . They were yound buds ( sec 1 and sec 2 & sec 3 ) . I liked especially this puny guy . He was about 1.40++cm and ran around . He looked super adorable . In fact his stick was ' taller ' than him . He was half my size . He could run fast but I could still outrun him . Although I'm still not 100% fit ( in fact I cannot do PE * grin * ) I could outrun most of the guys yesterday , not that they were slow but I was fast for them . But soon , I accidentally stretched my muscles in the knee and felt a sharp pain . I had to stop playing floorball . I'm soo frustrated la . I JUST don't have the patience to sit back and watch people play ok ! I feel the deep urge to play . I'm praying that my knee will heal soon . I need to do alot of things . I need to go for my night training , do my NAPHA ( is that how you spell it ?? :S ) and etc .On a lighter note , something to ponder upon . " Now there is the kind of man whose speech about this world's life may dazzle thee , and he calls God to witness about what is in his heart ; yet he is the most contentious of enemies . " ( Quran 2:204 )This verse is dedicated to the youth // The lesson to be learnt is Never let the dazzling rhetoric of a good orator cloud your good judgement or swerve you from reason and rationality .
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