TWINS OF FAITH MADNESS

It has begun.

I'm still at the office.

Printing out copies of press releases for tomorrow's (today!) press conference.

Which have yet to be inserted into the goodie bags.


Allahul musta'an.



End: my.twinsoffaith.com

What's in a name?

I found something really disturbing - yet interesting - at the same time: 

http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?view=1&surname=kalman

Why the name Kalman, you might ask? Well I guess I was meant to be a nerd -_-"

Special K

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalman_filter

Why I have to start writing again

USE YOUR TALENT FOR THE SAKE OF ALLAH

Why I have to start writing again.

Bismillah. Alhamdulillah. Wassolatu wassalamu ala Rasool lillah.
Amma ba'adu.

I begin by praising Allah azza Wa Jalla, the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth, Ruler of the Day of Judgement and the Rightful Owner of our souls.

I was at a talk a few days ago at the International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM) and the topic was about Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (radhi Allahu anhu) and the speaker was deriving lessons from the life of this great man, maa shaa Allah. One of the lessons was to use your God-given talent for the betterment of the Ummah.

As he said this, something tripped up in my brain. I have been going through another 'what is my real career purpose' phase of late and this interesting piece of information really got to me. I have always known somehow that writing is what I am good at (alhamdulillah) compared to all the other things that I have attempted to do my entire life, but somehow I have always avoided it. I remember being at this stage of life ten years ago, when getting As for the linguistic subjects were the highlight of my SPM results. Somehow, I chose the other way.

Fast forward ten years. Those ten years have really shaped up life and how I want it to be from now on. Like, seriously. It's been from one end to another. A real roller-coaster ride. And now I want to stop and get off.

This is gonna be long. I need to make some coffee.

I lied. I found some teh tarik instead. LOL. (Note: Please don't take this seriously, a Muslim doesn't lie. - Sarcastic disclaimer)

I have found what my purpose in life is, and that is to please Allah, our Creator. I took me a while to really get it. I mean, you can know about it, you can read about it, someone can tell you about it but the reality is: once you get it, you will REALLY get it. It's called hidayah (guidance). Allah says in the Glorious Qur'an:

"Verily, you (O Muhammad) guide not whom you like, but Allah guides whom He wills. And He knows best those who are the guided."

(28:56)

How do we get it? Well, you have to earn your stripes! From my personal experience, you will have to really WANT it. You'll have to be really sincere. (and Allah knows best)

Say: "Whether you conceal what is in your hearts or bring it into the open, God knows it: for He knows all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and God has the power to will anything." (3:29)

Allah will make you go through trials (fitna) and He will test you, to see whether you are truly a Believer. (mu'min)

"Do people think that they will be let go merely by saying: “We believe,” and that they will not be tested?" (29:2)

So you catch my drift, right? In sha Allah, you will. (insert smiley face here)

So yeah, I will make my intention to blog herein to make da'wah (spread the beautiful message of Islam), biidznillah. This will count as my first official post; I will retain my previous post to keep in line with the random nature of myself and this blog. Plus it was written like 5 seconds before I had to leave the house.

p/s: Not that long after all, eh? Sorry - got distracted along the way. (story of my life so far! LOL)

End: It's getting really late and my teh tarik that has halia in it is finished. It's already the last third of the night and know that this is a VERY, VERY, VERY good time to worship Allah and make du'a. Do you know why? Leave your answer in the comments!

Assalamu'alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.

Get out

Going out for another trip today