Ramadhan's Reading Compilation
Hi and a lovely greeting to everyone! During the last Ramadhan (about three months ago), I have set in mind to read lots of books to cheer this holy month with at least, a good deed. So, this is a compilation of what was I reading from the 1ST day until the last day of Ramadhan. Enjoy!
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DAY 1
I read about a very long list of phobias, these are the examples;
● astratophobia = fear of thunder and lightning
● paraskavedekatriaphobia = fear of Friday the 13th
● cacophobia = fear of ugliness ><
● ligyrophobia = fear of loud noises
● onomatophobia = fear of hearing a certain word or name
● peladophobia = fear of bald people
● hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia =fear of long words :D
Eventually I discover that all of us have phobia of this one; HADEPHOBIA. Fear of Hell.
DAY 2
Semoga Allah membalas Baginda dengan sebaik-baik balasan bagi pihak kita. Jika bukan kerana Baginda dan sahabat-sahabat yang setia, jika bukan kerana sahabat yang menunaikan amanah selepas Baginda, nescaya kita sekarang berada dalam kesesatan yang nyata.
DAY 3
"If you combine all these statements that are being made in the Quran in terms that relate to the earth and science in general, you can basically say that statements made there are in many ways true. They can now be confirmed by scientific methods, and in a way you can say that the Quran is a simple science text book for the simple man and that many of the statements made in there at that time could not be proven but the modern scientific methods are now in a position to prove what Muhammad said 1400 years ago." - Professor Alfred Kroner
Of course, Quran is not a book of science but still, things in Quran are proving to be in accordance with the factual position.
DAY 4
"O People, if you should be in doubt about the resurrection, then (consider that) indeed, We created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot, and then from a lump of flesh, formed and unformed - that We may show you. And We settle in the wombs whom We will for a specified term, then We bring you out as a child, and then (We develop you) that you may reach your (time of) maturity. And among you is he who is taken in (early) death, and among you is he who is returned to the most decrepit (old) age so that he knows, after (once having) knowledge, nothing. And you see the earth barren, but when We send down upon it rain, it quivers and swells and grows (something) of every beautiful kind."
[Al-Hajj, 22:5]
DAY 5
Man, whose past is a clot - a clinged drop something related to urine, whose abdomen at present is filled with what he excretes and whose future is to become the rotting dead body of grave.
How flawed are us.
DAY 6
In Hindu scripture, the history of mankind has been divided into four parts:
1. Age of Truth (Sattya): Truth with triumph every time
2. Age of Treta: 50 truth over 100 will win
3. Age of Dapar: Only 25 truth over 100 will win. The rest 75 are falsehood
4. Age of Kuli: All falsehood win over truth. Doomsday is to strike in the end of this age
Pretty relatable with what Prophet Muhammad PBUH has told us, isn’t?
DAY 7
Aisha said, "I brought some soup which I had cooked, and told Sawdah (the 2nd wife of Prophet Muhammad PBUH), with the Prophet sitting between her and me. 'Have some!' but she declined. I said: 'You either eat or I smear your face.' She would not eat, so I took some soup from the bowl and smeared her face. Allah's Messenger laughed and lifted his feet off the floor. He said to Sawdah: 'Smear her face!' So she took some from the bowl and smeared my face, and Allah's Messenger kept laughing."
Cute!
DAY 8
Human imperfection is not here to scare us, instead it is here to bring out the best of us so that we can be like a severely bent tree that continues to produce good fruits despite of its incovenient position or angle from the ground.
DAY 9
Noah is referred to as the 2nd Adam since mankind started afresh from his time, after the deluge and complete destruction of mankind. Therefore, a 2nd part or phase in the mankind history started from him.
DAY 10
Powerful telescopes enable this civilization to see far into the space, but sometimes due to the 'blindness' in its right eye, it fails to see the Creator's hand in it.
DAY 11
The Messenger (PBUH) has said:
"The Dajjal's power and influence will encompass the world's water and earth. The surface of the world will be covered by it as skin on an animal's back."
DAY 12
There's one hadith qudsi (but I can't remember the narration, sorry) mentioned about a knowledgeable person. A knowledgeable person is he who is never satisfied with what he has learnt and also adds the learning of other people to his knowledge.
DAY 13
Be as gentle as the whispering breeze
Spread solace to the world we’re in
Let your heart and soul be a mirror clear
Yet when you master all of this
Forget not your neediness
Were it not from God’s grace
None of this can be achieved!
DAY 14
"Have they not reflected within themselves? Allah did not create the Heavens and the earth and everything between them except the truth and for a fixed term. Yet many people reject the meeting with their Lord."
[Ar-Rum, 30:8)
DAY 15
One of internet culture is keep searching for a prey to harass or bash. And there is this saying, "Give a man a mask and he will show his true face.” Just because you can hide your identity online, it doesn't mean you can harass and bash other people freely. Be mindful. Be kind.
DAY 16
"And when My servants ask you (O Muhammad), concerning Me – indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me (by obedience) and believe in Me that they may be (rightly) guided.”
[Al-Baqarah, 2:186]
DAY 17
Prophet PBUH said: "No calamity befalls a Muslim but that Allah expiates some of his sins because of it, even though it were the prick he receives from a thorn."
[Narrated by Bukhari]
DAY 18
A few days ago I asked on my whatsapp status, “What is the process that was introduced by Charles Darwin in his book? The answer is natural selection. I can briefly say natural selection is a process whereby organisms which adapt better to their environment are tend to survive better (and produce more offspring) than the weak ones. This process is widely known and don't be puzzled when people sarcastically use this term in their daily lives. Hope my friends who learn about natural selection or Evolution theory can teach me more about this knowledge ^^
DAY 19
Even when life is frail
God's love prevails
It never fails.
Jonah's life was frail when he was in the whale, but God's prevailed, it did not fail.
DAY 20
“The LORD makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him; though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the LORD upholds him with his hand."
DAY 21
I read a diary of a depressed girl and my heart sanks
"There are times when I want to die so badly, I think the need itself will kill me. Of course, it never does. I always dream of better places, how anime life and 2D things are so much better than real life, where I could actually become something and be something other than stupid me. I have made so many stupid decisions. I can't keep a secret about myself, because I am so stupid and naive and stupid and dishonest. I'm useless and an idiot and a dumbass and I can't do anything right, I can't make right decisions, I can't even kill myself. It's impossible. But I still want to die."
DAY 22
● "He is the only one without a second." [Chandagya Upanishad 6, 2:1]
● "Of Him there are neither parents nor Lord." [Svetasvatara Upanishad 6, 9]
● "There is no like Him." [Svetasvatara Upanishad, 4:19]
● "There is no likeness of Him whose name is a great glory." [The Principle Upanishad by S. Radhakrishnan]
DAY 23
● "Hear O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord." [Deutronomy 6:4]
● "I, even I, am the Lord; and beside Me there is no savior." [Isaiah 45:5]
● "I am God, and there is no one else; I am God, there is none like me." [Isaiah 46:9]
DAY 24
“You shall have no other Gods before me. You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God."
[Exodus 20: 3-5]
DAY 25
"According to biological law, our body cells ought to renew themselves indefinitely thereby leaving us; human, not knowing old age or aging or death at all! So biologically speaking, we could be always young, agile, dynamic, vigorous and absolutely defect-free in our immune system. But hey, imperfection is here."
IMO, this quite makes sense but if any of you who learn Biology at higher level and found this statement is contradicting with what you've learned, kindly pm me. Let's enlighten our mind with this beautiful knowledge together :)
DAY 26
“To all those suffering from sadness or depression, know that it isn’t your fault. It isn’t because you’re weak. It isn’t because you’re just not grateful enough. It isn’t because you’re just not religious enough. It isn’t because you don’t have enough faith. It isn’t because God is angry with you. To all the well-meaning people who tell you this, just smile. And know deep in your heart that the tests of God come in different forms to different people. And know that, by the help of God, every test can become a tool to get closer to Him. And that, verily, with hardship come ease–and like all things of this world–this too shall pass.”
- Yasmin Mogahed
DAY 27
We may not see the literal or initial being of God, but we can eventually see His display of power or evidence of His being or presence in what becomes or results manifest to us, be it in creation or in our very own existance or make up.
DAY 28
I read an ebook about a debate between Dr. Zakir Naik and Dr. William Campbell years ago, a debate with the title, 'The Quran and The Bible in The Light of Science.’ After Dr. Naik done elaborating his points about some verses in the Bible that are unscientific and contradict to other verses, Dr. William said,
"Well Dr. Naik has brought up some real problems - And there are also these problems that he has said. I do not deny them, and I don't have good answers for them. But I'll tell you about..."
Before he finished his words, the audience impressively clapped for his previous words and reaction. This. Is. Beautiful.
DAY 29
After all, our innermost thoughts and feelings affect what we talk about and even how we look.
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Thank you for reading from DAY 1 until DAY 29. I hope everyone will obtain beautiful inputs by reading this. I pray all of us will read countless of good books and let ocean deep our wisdom be. Love, Tilla :))
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DAY 1
I read about a very long list of phobias, these are the examples;
● astratophobia = fear of thunder and lightning
● paraskavedekatriaphobia = fear of Friday the 13th
● cacophobia = fear of ugliness ><
● ligyrophobia = fear of loud noises
● onomatophobia = fear of hearing a certain word or name
● peladophobia = fear of bald people
● hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia =fear of long words :D
Eventually I discover that all of us have phobia of this one; HADEPHOBIA. Fear of Hell.
DAY 2
Semoga Allah membalas Baginda dengan sebaik-baik balasan bagi pihak kita. Jika bukan kerana Baginda dan sahabat-sahabat yang setia, jika bukan kerana sahabat yang menunaikan amanah selepas Baginda, nescaya kita sekarang berada dalam kesesatan yang nyata.
DAY 3
"If you combine all these statements that are being made in the Quran in terms that relate to the earth and science in general, you can basically say that statements made there are in many ways true. They can now be confirmed by scientific methods, and in a way you can say that the Quran is a simple science text book for the simple man and that many of the statements made in there at that time could not be proven but the modern scientific methods are now in a position to prove what Muhammad said 1400 years ago." - Professor Alfred Kroner
Of course, Quran is not a book of science but still, things in Quran are proving to be in accordance with the factual position.
DAY 4
"O People, if you should be in doubt about the resurrection, then (consider that) indeed, We created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot, and then from a lump of flesh, formed and unformed - that We may show you. And We settle in the wombs whom We will for a specified term, then We bring you out as a child, and then (We develop you) that you may reach your (time of) maturity. And among you is he who is taken in (early) death, and among you is he who is returned to the most decrepit (old) age so that he knows, after (once having) knowledge, nothing. And you see the earth barren, but when We send down upon it rain, it quivers and swells and grows (something) of every beautiful kind."
[Al-Hajj, 22:5]
DAY 5
Man, whose past is a clot - a clinged drop something related to urine, whose abdomen at present is filled with what he excretes and whose future is to become the rotting dead body of grave.
How flawed are us.
DAY 6
In Hindu scripture, the history of mankind has been divided into four parts:
1. Age of Truth (Sattya): Truth with triumph every time
2. Age of Treta: 50 truth over 100 will win
3. Age of Dapar: Only 25 truth over 100 will win. The rest 75 are falsehood
4. Age of Kuli: All falsehood win over truth. Doomsday is to strike in the end of this age
Pretty relatable with what Prophet Muhammad PBUH has told us, isn’t?
DAY 7
Aisha said, "I brought some soup which I had cooked, and told Sawdah (the 2nd wife of Prophet Muhammad PBUH), with the Prophet sitting between her and me. 'Have some!' but she declined. I said: 'You either eat or I smear your face.' She would not eat, so I took some soup from the bowl and smeared her face. Allah's Messenger laughed and lifted his feet off the floor. He said to Sawdah: 'Smear her face!' So she took some from the bowl and smeared my face, and Allah's Messenger kept laughing."
Cute!
DAY 8
Human imperfection is not here to scare us, instead it is here to bring out the best of us so that we can be like a severely bent tree that continues to produce good fruits despite of its incovenient position or angle from the ground.
DAY 9
Noah is referred to as the 2nd Adam since mankind started afresh from his time, after the deluge and complete destruction of mankind. Therefore, a 2nd part or phase in the mankind history started from him.
DAY 10
Powerful telescopes enable this civilization to see far into the space, but sometimes due to the 'blindness' in its right eye, it fails to see the Creator's hand in it.
DAY 11
The Messenger (PBUH) has said:
"The Dajjal's power and influence will encompass the world's water and earth. The surface of the world will be covered by it as skin on an animal's back."
DAY 12
There's one hadith qudsi (but I can't remember the narration, sorry) mentioned about a knowledgeable person. A knowledgeable person is he who is never satisfied with what he has learnt and also adds the learning of other people to his knowledge.
DAY 13
Be as gentle as the whispering breeze
Spread solace to the world we’re in
Let your heart and soul be a mirror clear
Yet when you master all of this
Forget not your neediness
Were it not from God’s grace
None of this can be achieved!
DAY 14
"Have they not reflected within themselves? Allah did not create the Heavens and the earth and everything between them except the truth and for a fixed term. Yet many people reject the meeting with their Lord."
[Ar-Rum, 30:8)
DAY 15
One of internet culture is keep searching for a prey to harass or bash. And there is this saying, "Give a man a mask and he will show his true face.” Just because you can hide your identity online, it doesn't mean you can harass and bash other people freely. Be mindful. Be kind.
DAY 16
"And when My servants ask you (O Muhammad), concerning Me – indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me (by obedience) and believe in Me that they may be (rightly) guided.”
[Al-Baqarah, 2:186]
DAY 17
Prophet PBUH said: "No calamity befalls a Muslim but that Allah expiates some of his sins because of it, even though it were the prick he receives from a thorn."
[Narrated by Bukhari]
DAY 18
A few days ago I asked on my whatsapp status, “What is the process that was introduced by Charles Darwin in his book? The answer is natural selection. I can briefly say natural selection is a process whereby organisms which adapt better to their environment are tend to survive better (and produce more offspring) than the weak ones. This process is widely known and don't be puzzled when people sarcastically use this term in their daily lives. Hope my friends who learn about natural selection or Evolution theory can teach me more about this knowledge ^^
DAY 19
Even when life is frail
God's love prevails
It never fails.
Jonah's life was frail when he was in the whale, but God's prevailed, it did not fail.
DAY 20
“The LORD makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him; though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the LORD upholds him with his hand."
DAY 21
I read a diary of a depressed girl and my heart sanks
"There are times when I want to die so badly, I think the need itself will kill me. Of course, it never does. I always dream of better places, how anime life and 2D things are so much better than real life, where I could actually become something and be something other than stupid me. I have made so many stupid decisions. I can't keep a secret about myself, because I am so stupid and naive and stupid and dishonest. I'm useless and an idiot and a dumbass and I can't do anything right, I can't make right decisions, I can't even kill myself. It's impossible. But I still want to die."
DAY 22
● "He is the only one without a second." [Chandagya Upanishad 6, 2:1]
● "Of Him there are neither parents nor Lord." [Svetasvatara Upanishad 6, 9]
● "There is no like Him." [Svetasvatara Upanishad, 4:19]
● "There is no likeness of Him whose name is a great glory." [The Principle Upanishad by S. Radhakrishnan]
DAY 23
● "Hear O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord." [Deutronomy 6:4]
● "I, even I, am the Lord; and beside Me there is no savior." [Isaiah 45:5]
● "I am God, and there is no one else; I am God, there is none like me." [Isaiah 46:9]
DAY 24
“You shall have no other Gods before me. You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God."
[Exodus 20: 3-5]
DAY 25
"According to biological law, our body cells ought to renew themselves indefinitely thereby leaving us; human, not knowing old age or aging or death at all! So biologically speaking, we could be always young, agile, dynamic, vigorous and absolutely defect-free in our immune system. But hey, imperfection is here."
IMO, this quite makes sense but if any of you who learn Biology at higher level and found this statement is contradicting with what you've learned, kindly pm me. Let's enlighten our mind with this beautiful knowledge together :)
DAY 26
“To all those suffering from sadness or depression, know that it isn’t your fault. It isn’t because you’re weak. It isn’t because you’re just not grateful enough. It isn’t because you’re just not religious enough. It isn’t because you don’t have enough faith. It isn’t because God is angry with you. To all the well-meaning people who tell you this, just smile. And know deep in your heart that the tests of God come in different forms to different people. And know that, by the help of God, every test can become a tool to get closer to Him. And that, verily, with hardship come ease–and like all things of this world–this too shall pass.”
- Yasmin Mogahed
DAY 27
We may not see the literal or initial being of God, but we can eventually see His display of power or evidence of His being or presence in what becomes or results manifest to us, be it in creation or in our very own existance or make up.
DAY 28
I read an ebook about a debate between Dr. Zakir Naik and Dr. William Campbell years ago, a debate with the title, 'The Quran and The Bible in The Light of Science.’ After Dr. Naik done elaborating his points about some verses in the Bible that are unscientific and contradict to other verses, Dr. William said,
"Well Dr. Naik has brought up some real problems - And there are also these problems that he has said. I do not deny them, and I don't have good answers for them. But I'll tell you about..."
Before he finished his words, the audience impressively clapped for his previous words and reaction. This. Is. Beautiful.
DAY 29
After all, our innermost thoughts and feelings affect what we talk about and even how we look.
_______________________________________________
Thank you for reading from DAY 1 until DAY 29. I hope everyone will obtain beautiful inputs by reading this. I pray all of us will read countless of good books and let ocean deep our wisdom be. Love, Tilla :))
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