You Don't Deserve That

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Sebagai memenuhi rutin bulanan, aku dan beberapa orang sahabatku atau lebih dijustifikasikan sebagai ahli baitku, akan menjejakkan kaki ke sebuah pasar raya membeli belah yg terbesar di afrika yakni City Star di Nasr City. Pada hari tersebut, hati aku girang kerana baru sahaja mendapatkan broadband. Walaupun duit sedikit melayang, namun apa yg mampu aku buat hanya memandang sebelah mata.

Dalam perjalanan pulang...(setelah ditranslate ke Bahasa Melayu)

A= Amir B= Pemandu teksi C= Sahabatku

A : "Teksi ya teksi! Perumahan Fustat?"

B : "Ya tentu sahaja."

A : "Berapa?"

B : "Awak letak berapa?"

A : "15 Genih mungkin?"

B : "Tidak. 25 genih."

A: "Tidak tidak tidak. Awak tak masuk akal. Kebiasaannya paling tinggi 20 Genih. Hampir setiap minggu kami ke sini."

C: "Amir, jom r blah. Cari teksi lain je larh." (Sambil melangkah pergi)

B : "Baiklah 23 genih."

A : "Tidak. Kalau begitu tak mengapalah. Terimah kasih."

B : "Baiklah 20 Genih. Masuklah."

*Setelah beberapa meter kereta melangkah. Pemandu teksi meminta izin untuk turun sebentar membeli secawan teh.

B : "Awak nak teh?"

A : "Owh tak mengapalah. Terima kasih."

B : "Are you Andonesi?"

C : "No. We're Malizi."

B : "Ahsan-Nas. What's your name?"

A : "Amir."

C : "Ahmad, and he is Muhammad." (refer to one of my other friend)

C : "And you?"

B : "Omar. You know Umar Al-Khattab? I really love him."

A : "Yes. He's such a brave and great man."

C : "Your English is quite good eh."

B : "I can speak Italian too, Greek, French and Hebrew. But very well in Italian. The rest of them just syuwaih-syuwaih."

A : "Hahaha."

B : "You all Muslim?"

C : "Insyaallah Alhamdulillah. Islam is very beautiful."

B : "Yes yes of course. In Malizia all Muslims?"

A: "Not all, but most of us. Malizia is an Islamic country. But we also got Masih (Kristian), Hindu and Buddha."

B : "Do you like Egypt?"

C : "Yes, of course. Egypt is very beautiful."

B : "But I don't like Egypt. Our government is very bad. Even I have to drive this taxi."

A : "Yes. You don't deserve this work. You can speak well in many language. Maybe you can work in Italian restaurant."

B : "But our country don't offer so much job to the people. That's why you can see there are so many taxi driver here."

C : "Sorry. Where are you graduated from?"

B : "I used to study in the art faculty. My wife is graduated from Ain-Shams University in the faculty of Arabic Literacy, now she is housewife."

A : "Do you want to visit Malizia someday?"

B : "Yes. I love to! Malizia women are very beautiful. I love Asian people."

C : "Hehe. Do you want to add some more? There are three quota left."

B : "Absolutely...if I can haha."

A : "But Egyptian women helwah (beautiful) too."

B : "You think so? But I don't."

********************We all laugh as the cab arrived at the destination.*********************

B : "It's ok. Free. I won't charge any single price."

C : "No no no. You must take this money."

A : "Yes. It's yours. Here take this. Syukran."

C : "Syukran. Maassalamah. Good to see you akhi."

B : "Afwan. Maassalamah. Bye bye!"

A : "Assalamualaikum."

B : "Waalaikumussalam warahmatullahi wabarakatuh."

Àbdullāh Ibn Àbbās
narrates that Rasūlullāh  said, “Love the Arabs for three things: • because I am an Arab, • the Qur’ān is in Arabic and • the language of the people of Jannah is Arabic.

Salty Coffee

A boy met her girl friend in his friend's party. She was so outstanding that many guys chasing after her, while he was so quiet that nobody paid attention to him.

At the end of the party, he invited her to have a cup of coffee with him, she was surprised, but due to being polite, she accepted the request. They sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too nervous to say anything, she felt uncomfortable, she said, please; let me go home.

Suddenly the boy asked the waiter, "Would you please give me some salt? I would like to put it in my coffee."

She stared at him, so strange! His face turned red, but still, he put the salt in his coffee and drank it.

She asked him curiously; why you have this hobby?
He replied: "When I was a little boy, I was living near the sea, I like playing in the sea, and I could feel the taste of the sea, just like the taste of the salty coffee. Now every time I have the salty coffee, I always think of my childhood, think of my hometown, I miss my hometown so much, I miss my parents who are still living there," while saying tears filled his eyes.

She was deeply touched. That's his true feeling, from the bottom of his heart. A man, who can tell out his home sickness, he must be a man who loves home, cares and has responsibility of home.

Then she also started to speak about her far away hometown, her childhood, family and all. That was a really nice talk, and also a beautiful beginning of their love story.

They continued to see each other. She found that actually he was a man who meets all her demands; he had tolerance, kind hearted, warm and careful. He was such a good person but she almost missed him! Thanks to his salty coffee!

Then the story begin just like every beautiful love story, the princess married to the prince, and then they were living the happy life and every time she made coffee for him, she put some salt in the coffee, as she knew that's the way he liked it always.

After 40 years of married life, suddenly the boy had passed away, and left her a letter, in which he said:

"My dearest wife, please forgive me, forgive my whole life lie which I told you. This was the only lie I said to you - the salty coffee. Remember the first time we met? I was so nervous at that time, actually I wanted some sugar, but I said salt. It was hard for me to change, so I just went ahead. I never thought that it could be the beginning of our love story! I tried to tell you the truth many times in my life, but I was too afraid to do that, as I have promised not to lie to you for anything in my married life."

"Now I'm dying, I'm afraid of nothing, so I tell you the truth: I don't like the salty coffee, what a strange and bad taste. But I had the salty coffee for my whole life! Since I love you, I never feel sorry for anything I do for you."

"Having you with me is my biggest happiness since ever. If I can live for the second time, I still want to know you and have you only in my life, even though I have to drink the salty coffee for my whole life."

Her tears made the letter totally wet.

One day, someone asked her: "What's the taste of salty coffee?"
"It's very sweet," she replied.

Carpenter Story

An elderly carpenter was ready to retire, and he told his boss of his plans to leave and live a more leisurely life with his wife. He would miss the paycheck, he could get by, but he needed to retire.

The contractor was sorry to see such a good worker to go, and he asked the carpenter to build just one more house as a personal favor.

The carpenter agreed, but in time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work anymore. He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials. It was an unfortunate way to end a dedicated career.

When the carpenter finished his work, the contractor came to inspect the house. He handed the front-door key to the carpenter.

"This is your house,"the contractor said.
"It is my gift to you."he added.

The carpenter was really shocked! What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently.

So it is with us. We build our lives, a day at a time, often putting less than our best into the building. Then at sudden we realize that we have to live in the house which we built it ourselves.

If we could do it over, we would do it much differently; very well. But we cannot turn the time machine back. It is ridiculous. Time is gold.

In the nut of shell, you are the carpenter of your life. Each day you hammer a nail, place a board, or erect a wall. Your attitudes and the choices you make today build your 'house' tomorrow.

Wallahualam~

Blessing From The Creature

Ana gangan kaman. ( I also feel hungry )

While a man was walking on his way home, he became extremely thirsty. He found a well, then he went down into it to drink the water.

Upon leaving the well, he saw a dog which was panting out of thirst. His tongue was lolling out and he was eating moist earth from extreme thirst. The man thought to himself: "This dog is extremely thirsty as I was." So he descended himself into the well, filled up his leather sock with water, and holding it in his teeth, climbed up and quenched the thirst of the dog. Allah forgave him in appreciation of this act and admitted him to Jannah.

In Hadith: A companion asked, "Shall we be rewarded for showing kindness to the animals also?" Rasullullah (S.A.W) said, "A reward is given in connection with every living creature."
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

May Allah forgive all of our sins..
Insyaallah Amin..~

Delicious Cake

Izzaiyak?? (How are you?)

A little boy is telling his grandmother on how everything is gonna be wrong. School, family problems, health problems, problems with friends, money matters and so on.

Its the tea time. His grandmother decide to bake a very special cake and pie. She asks her grandson if he would like to have a snack, which, of course, he does.

“Here, have some cooking oil.”the grandmother offer her grandson.
“Yuck.”says the boy.
“How about a couple raw of eggs?”
“Gross, grandma!”
“Hmm now would you like some flour then? Or maybe baking soda?”
“Grandma, those are all yucky!”

To which grandmother replies: “Yes, all those things seem bad all by themselves. But when they are put together in the right way, they will make a wonderfully delicious cake!"

God works the same way. Many times we often wonder why He would let us go through such a bad and difficult times.
But Allah knows that when He puts these things all in His order, they always work for good! We just have to trust Him and, eventually they will all make something wonderful..

Allah hears all of our prayers. Whenever we want to talk, He will listen and hear.
He is Al-Baseerul, Sameer - The Seerer, The Hearer.

“And when My servants ask you concerning Me, then surely I am very near; I answer the prayer of the suppliant when he calls on Me, so they should answer My call and believe in Me that they may walk in the right way.” [surah al-Baqarah; 2:186]