the words we end up with...

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ok you know sometimes we come across pain or we had a fall or we had a knock, what do we always say? i always end up "oh nenek terbang!". yes, i always end up with that, automatically. DON'T LAFF. ok lah, laff lah. i know it's farnie. and you know kadang2 we end up with really nasty words that i dont want to really list down lah. ni kira mcm kes melatah lah. like just some rambling nonsense will jump out of the mouth in that moment of terkejotness. you know what im sayinnnn? *baba ali style*

ok recently i heard. it's better to train the lidah to say zikrullah. tak payah yang berat2. Allahu Akbar dah cukup. whatever we doing, during free time, with nothing much in the mind, just say in our heart Allahu Akbar over and over again. it helps the mind store that zikr. the more you store, the better it is. you will end up saying, "Allahu Akbar" rather than "oh nenek terbang" the next time round inshallah. this is by personal experience. although still at times, i do end up with the flying grandma melatah, but it gets lessened.

why am talking about this? here's why. let's imagine this scenario. we are crossing the road, on a zebra crossing and a car zooms past without even waiting for us to cross the road. at that point of time, what would we like to say? "Allahu Akbar" or "nenek terbang"? and what if at that point of time, Allah has stated that, that is the moment we breathe our last. So what will be our last words? we definitely do not want "nenek terbang" to be our last words right? im sure we all always supplicate to Allah saying that we want our khusnul khatimah, that is to have our end in goodness. and what better way to receive khusnul khatimah then to approach it with the name of The Creator?

another way to apply this. you know when we sleep, we are told by the elders to recite the 3 Quls, the Ayatul Kursi, syahadah and doa tidur and then keep the mouth shut and sleep. if you decide to talk again after that, at least say the syahadah again and go back to sleep. there's a reason to this. the elders were teaching us to end our night with words of Allah. when we close our eyes to sleep, we will never know whether we will open our eyes again to see fajr. if it's stated that our lives end at the time we are sleeping, at least we have said our syahadah insyaAllah.

and if we have read all our doas, and still we are unable to sleep, just in our hearts, recite, Allah Allah Allah... till we sleep. dont try long long kalimats. why? reason below.

if we are realy sleepy, just skip everything else, and read the syahadah while sitting up and straight away, lie down and snooze to lalaland. dont try reading ayas while you are sleepy and lying down. you might end up reading ayas incompletely and end up with different meanings (reason for the above paragraph).

i'm not trying to scare you hor. if i scare you im scaring myself too, coz i have a really bad habit of sleeping away before i finish my doa tidur. dont know what i always end up with. and sometimes i do lie on the bed with songs in my ear (mp3 player lah). and then i end up sleeping. wah, danger. tau2 bukak mata dah kat kubur. malaikat tanya "ma rabbuki?", aku jawab "ramy ayach" pasal the last song i was hearing was khalini ma'ak. naudzubillah min zaalik.

ok jokes apart. these are things i think i need to change. i speak to myself before i speak to you. coz i learnt something new so i thought i will share it with you.

in whatever situation we are in, always say the Almighty's name. Be it in Subhanallah, MasyaAllah, Allahu Akbar. or just simply Allah. make it a habit. so that in times of panic or danger, the 1st words that we utter will be of Allah's words, inshallah. not nenek terbang or mak kau meletop. may Allah keep us in His Guidance, InsyaAllah.

yang baik dari Allah, yang buruk dari kesilapanku sendiri.

jazakallahu khair...