I realised this sometime back, but never took the initiative to do it. What did I realize? Well, all the reading in my prayers are in Arabic, and I do not undertand a single word of it….. so I finally took a Prayer Guide book and read the translation….

I was God Smacked!!!! My prayers to Allah had been more meaningful now….

DOA IFTITAH

Allah Maha Besar sebesar-besarnya, dan puji-pujian bagi Allah sebanyak-banyaknya, dan Maha Suci Allah siang dan malam, kuhadapkan mukaku, kepada yang menjadikan langit dan bumi, aku cenderung lagi berserah kepada Allah dan bukanlah aku dari golongan yang menyekutukan Allah, sesungguhnya sembahyangku, ibadatku, hidupku dan matiku kuserahkan hanya kepada Allah seru sekalian alam. Sekali-kali tidaklah aku menyekutukanNya, dan demikian aku ditugaskan, dan aku adalah dari golongan orang-orang Islam.


Al Fatihah

Dengan nama Allah yang Pengasih dan Penyayang

Segala puji-pujian bagi Allah seru sekalian alam, yang bersifat Pengasih dan Penyanyang, yang berkuasa pada hari pembalasan, akan Engkau sahaja yang disembah dan hanya kepada Mu sahaja kami meminta pertolongan, tunjukkanlah kami jalan yang lurus, iaitu jalanorang-orang yang telah Engkau anugerahkan nikmat kepada mereka; bukan mereka yang yang dmurkai dan bukan mereka yang sesat

Perkenenkanlah permohonan kami

Allah Maha Besar

Maha suci Tuhanku yang maha mulia dengan sifat kepujian Nya (Rukuk)

Allah mendengar akan orang yang memujiNya (Takribatul ihram)

Ya Tuhan kami! Bagi Mu segala puji

Allah Maha Besar

Maha suci Tuhanku yang Maha Agung dengan sifat kepujian Nya (Sujud)

Tuhanku ampunilah aku, rahmatilah aku, cukupkanlah aku dan angkatlah darjatku, berilah aku rezki dan berilah aku petunjuk dan afiatkankanlah aku dan maafkanlah aku (Duduk antara dua sujud)

Maha suci Tuhanku yang Maha Agung dengan sifat kepujian Nya (Sujud)

I would update later Insya Allah for the meanings of teh Tahiyat Awal and Akhir.

Well, Praise Allah, I was wondering how to get a friends phone number, and this very morning, his Wife was online...... yesterday I was thinking about about my Pet Bro, and I was really missing him, and with Gods Will, he called me just a few minutes ago.

Praise Allah!

It has been over two meonths since i got back from Edinbrugh, My boxes are stuck at Port Klang coz of some people, I am just praying that Allah would help get the message accross to the person i meant.

Anyway, I have already started teaching at the Perfroming Arts Faculty and yet to complete my MFA by April (with Allah's Will)

I am supervising 3 final year students for their Diploma Showcase, 1 is doing the costume styling, the other is doing the make up design and the thorn among the roses is doing graphic works. The faculty is presenting SALINA by A. Samad Said for teh Diploma Showcase. It would be in early March and the venue is yet to be confirmed.

On January 5th,by Allah's Will again, there would be a short Forum on 'Costume Styling and Design for Stage and Screen' at the Faculty and it would be followed with a short Fashion and Costume show by the students of the Faculty. Hope everything would go as planned.

My goodness!!! theres so much for me to do at the faculty...and what's more important is, i'm bloody enjoying it! Alhamdulillah!

Insya Allah, I would be updating again soon. Please visit Leo Sabri's blog page as well...... there might be something for you there... :)