Alhamdulillah!
On this morning August 05, 2018 I put my trust in Allah S.W.T (indeed the nature
of Allah S.W.T told us to ask Him not to ask for creatures). In the work to cut
down 1 coconut tree, this is the first time in my life. The work started late due
to rain in the morning. After the rain stopped at about 9.30 am the
preparations were made for the work and at 10.00 am I had climbed to the top of
the coconut tree, the equipment brought was machete, glasses and diesel oil.
The condition of the tree is very good because it can enjoy comfortable air. I
was on coconut trees for about 1/2 hour to cut the fronds, cut the shoots and
pour the diesel oil through the shoots. It is extremely thrilling when it comes
to climbing and pulling back.This work is assisted by my family, thanks to prayer and trust in Allah
S.W.T I am grateful that everything is safe even if it is very tiring.
Alhamdulillah! Yesterday, I managed to visit the Masjid Bandar Baru Sri Petaling, which is also the Markas of the Jamaat Tabligh Dakwah Movement Headquarters of Malaysia.
This is my first visit to the famous Markaz Tabligh Sri Petaling and I spent practically the whole part of my day there and was blessed to be able to pray my Maghrib and Isha prayers with the mubalighs of the Jamaat Tabligh who came from many countries.
Insya Allah, I will be frequenting this Markaz from now on. I love being in the company of my fellow Muslims and Da'ee's. Although we may have our different ways of carrying out Dakwah, I still love being in the midst of the truthseekers and abdillah's of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala!
Although I have written about the Jamaat Tabligh before in the negative following the fatwa by Syaikh Abdul Aziz bin Baaz here, I still believe that the Jamaat Tabligh movement can still be fine tuned and improved by way of muzakarah with the other Dakwah movements and unite our efforts in enjoining to the good and forbidding of the evil prevailing in our societies.
The fatwa includes : However, if there was a Jamaa'ah doing tableegh other than them, from the people of knowledge, then (it is permissible to) go out with them for dakwah purposes.If there was a person of knowledge who goes out with them to enlighten and guide them, along with teaching them such that they leave their falsehood and embrace the way of Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaa'ah, (then that is good).
I am not claiming that I know better than them but I do believe that we can still work together in areas that we can agree upon and co-operate.
The main purpose is to seek the Redha of Allah Azza Wa Jalla and to not be obstinate to such a degree that one refuses to listen to others points of views and learn from them as well.
Things that we know for sure are innovations or doesn't seem right to us, just try and talk things out with them failing which, there is always the 'lakum dinukum waliyadin' finale.
In the field of Dakwah Al Islamiyah, there are various movements and organizations who carry out Dakwah in their own ways and the Jamaat Tabligh have their own code of rules and guidelines as well.
"An article of faith in which the tabligh accepts that there is no god but Allah and the Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam is His messenger. and that Allah can do each and every thing without the help of the creation, and the creation cannot do anything without the help of Allah. The only way to succeed in this world and the next (life after death) is to walk on the path shown by Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam."
"Five daily prayers that are essential to spiritual elevation, piety, and a life free from the ills of the material world. To build a connection with Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and to gain from his unlimited treasures"
"The thirst for knowledge and remembrance of Allah conducted in sessions in which every individual contributes whatever knowledge which one can regarding performing prayers, reciting the Quran and reading Hadith and to gain the remembrance of Allah in every action make Dhikr by reciting 3 Tasbihaat, Third Kalimah, Durood and Istighfaar."
"Reforming one’s life in supplication to Allah by performing every (good) human action for the sake of Allah and toward the goal of self-transformation"
Dawat-o-Tabligh
"The sparing of time to live a life based on faith and learning its virtues, following in the footsteps of the Prophet, and taking His message door-to-door for the sake of faith. Since Rasulullah Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam was the last and final prophet, it is our duty to now carry on this work of the prophets, i.e. call others towards good and prevent evil"
The Jamaat Tabligh here in Malaysia mostly follow what the World Tabligh Headquarters at Basti Nizamuddin in India have formulated as the methodology of carrying out their Tabligh efforts.
The Markas here is addressed as Masjid Jamek Sri Petaling, Bandar Baru Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur.
Tabligh Jamaat Muslims on their way to the main prayer hall to perform the Solat Maghrib congregational prayers after their taking of wudu' @ ablution. Notice the toothstick being held by the brother in front? It is called miswak @ Arak root in Arabic that was used by the Blessed Prophet Muhammad Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam to brush his teeth and is proven to be very effective in maintaining excellent oral hygiene. I recall an old Arab proverb, ' Whatever is in the heart; shows up on the face!'. Ego if it is ever present will manifest itself on one's face and cloud one's demeanor no matter if one is a fair skinned person and at times even the darkest skinned person but with the purest heart will just glow with his or her inner beauty, befitting the grace and gentle soul of one's being. Yesterday, I was fortunate to meet some gentle beings who just manifest the parable here to the letter. May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala bless them.
There were also a few who didn't quite live up to the expectations that I had but I will let that slide for my ziarah was not to find faults with the ones who had some issues with opening up to a stranger or to even flash whatever pearlies they still had but then again, people are just that, aren't they?
Insan. Human beings. Each with his pluses and minuses. I choose to remember just those who made my day! :)
One very holy looking chap however made me feel a bit sad when he said that why should he be friendly or smile to someone whom he is just meeting for the first time?
These are the kind of folks who have yet to reach the stage of 'husnulzohn' @ thinking well of others and failing to live up to the sunnah of the Prophet Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam in smiling and thinking well of others and portraying the good image and persona of a proper Muslim?
Nevertheless as usual, in my own unique way, I managed to break down his walls and got the brother to exchange well wishes with me and depart from each other although I know the fella must be seething in his heart to be told off in my own special way of 'thrusting the spear of truth right through his heart and withdrawing it gently without spilling a drop of his spiritual blood'! :D
How do I do that? Well, those who have had direct exchanges with me would know that.
The Markaz is among the only masjids which offer weary travelling Tabligh Jamaat's in transit a sanctuary to rest and recuperate before continuing on their Dakwah efforts throughout the world.
Here is a list of the worldwide Markaz of the Jamaat Tabligh. Some of the addresses might be not up to date but for those who want to know, it is up to them to seek further info from the net.
Back to my main points.
Some will accuse such missionaries of escapism from their responsibilities at home but then again, who can say for sure as to what is in the hearts and minds of such men who may just be seeking the Mercy of Ar Rahman and the true Knowledge of Islam and learn from their meeting with the various people of this multi ethnic, multi cultural, multi faithed world?
It is none but Allah who knows what is hidden in the hearts and souls of these da'ees in transit?
Hi Guy. Today we will learn about silent letter. Below is a video about silent letter. Let's see what the silent letter is,
English
One of the noted difficulties of English spelling is a high number of silent letters. Edward Carney distinguishes different kinds of "silent" letters, which present differing degrees of difficulty to readers.
Auxiliary letters which, with another letter, constitute digraphs, i.e. two letters combined which represent a single phoneme. These may further be categorized as:
"Exocentric" digraphs, where the sound of the digraph is different from that of either of its constituent letters. These are rarely considered "silent". Examples:
Where the phoneme has no standard single-letter representation, as with consonants ⟨ng⟩ for /ŋ/ as in sing, ⟨th⟩ for /θ/ as in thin or /ð/ as in then, diphthongs ⟨ou⟩ in out or ⟨oi⟩ in point. These are the default spellings for the relevant sounds and present no special difficulty for readers or writers.
Where standard single-letter representation uses another letter, as with ⟨gh⟩ in enough or ⟨ph⟩ in physical instead of ⟨f⟩. These may be considered irregular for writers, but less difficult for readers.
"Endocentric" digraphs, where the sound of the digraph is the same as that of one of its constituent letters. These include:
Most double consonants, as ⟨bb⟩ in clubbed; though not geminate consonants, as ⟨ss⟩ in misspell. Doubling due to suffixation or inflection is regular; otherwise, it may present difficulty to writers (e.g. accommodate is often misspelled), but not to readers.
Many vowel digraphs, as ⟨ea⟩, ⟨ie⟩, ⟨eu⟩ in leave (cf. accede), achieve, eulogy (cf. utopia).
The discontiguous digraphs, whose second element is "magic e", e.g. ⟨a_e⟩ in rate (cf. rat), ⟨i_e⟩ in fine (cf. fin). This is the regular way to represent "long" vowels in the last syllable of a morpheme.
Others, such as ⟨ck⟩ (which is in effect the "doubled" form of ⟨k⟩), ⟨gu⟩ as in guard, vogue; ⟨ea⟩ as in bread, heavy, etc.; ⟨ae⟩, ⟨oe⟩ as in aerial, oedipal. These may be difficult for writers and sometimes also for readers.
Dummy letters with no relation to neighboring letters and no correspondence in pronunciation:
Some are inert letters, which are sounded in a cognate word: e.g. ⟨n⟩ in damn (cf. damnation); ⟨g⟩ in phlegm (cf. phlegmatic); ⟨a⟩ in practically (cf. practical). If the cognate is obvious, it may aid writers in spelling, but mislead readers in pronunciation.
The rest are empty letters, which never have a sound, e.g., ⟨h⟩ in honor, ⟨w⟩ in answer, ⟨h⟩ in Sarah, ⟨s⟩ in island, ⟨b⟩ in subtle, the ⟨t⟩ in ballet. These may present the greatest difficulty to writers and often to readers, as well.
The distinction between "endocentric" digraphs and empty letters is somewhat arbitrary. For example, in such words as little and bottle, one might view ⟨le⟩ as an "endocentric" digraph for /əl/, or view ⟨e⟩ as an empty letter; Similarly, with ⟨bu⟩ or ⟨u⟩ in buy and build.
Not all silent letters are completely redundant:
Silent letters can distinguish between homophones, e.g. in/inn; be/bee; lent/leant. This is an aid to readers, already familiar with both words.
Silent letters may give an insight into the meaning or origin of a word; e.g. vineyard suggests vines more than the phonetic *vinyard would.
Silent letters may help to put weight on a certain syllable, telling the reader to put more stress on the syllable (Compare physics to physiques). The final ⟨fe⟩ in giraffe gives a clue to the second-syllable stress, where *giraf might suggest initial-stress.
Silent letters arise in several ways:
Sound changes occurring without a spelling change. The digraph ⟨gh⟩ was pronounced [x] in Middle English in such words as light.
Sound distinctions from foreign languages may be lost, as with the distinction between smooth rho (ρ) and roughly aspirated rho (ῥ) in Ancient Greek, represented by ⟨r⟩ and ⟨rh⟩ in Latin, but merged to the same [r] in English.
Clusters of consonants may be simplified, producing silent letters; e.g. silent ⟨th⟩ in asthma, silent ⟨t⟩ in Christmas (in Conservative RP, such as that spoken by Dame Vera Lynn, the ⟨t⟩ is pronounced - /krɪstməs/, instead of /krɪsməs/ in all other dialects). Similarly, with alien clusters, such as Greek initial ⟨ps⟩ in psychology and ⟨mn⟩ in mnemonic, and the much rarer clusters in chthonic and phthalate.
Compound words are often simplified in pronunciation, while their spelling remains the same. For example, cupboard and breakfast were once pronounced as written, but were then simplified over time. The words forehead and waistcoat have largely reverted to their spelling pronunciations, but were once pronounced *forrid and *weskit, respectively.
Occasionally, spurious letters are consciously inserted in spelling to reflect etymology (real or imagined). The ⟨b⟩ in debt and doubt (from French dette, doute) was inserted to match Latin cognates like debit and dubitable. A silent ⟨s⟩ was inserted in isle (Norman French ile, Old French isle, from Latin insula; cognate to isolate) and then extended to the unrelated word island. The ⟨p⟩ in ptarmigan was apparently suggested by Greek words such as pteron ('wing').
Since accent and pronunciation differ, letters may be silent for some speakers, but not others. In non-rhotic accents, ⟨r⟩ is silent in such words as hard, feathered; in h-dropping accents, ⟨h⟩ is silent. A speaker may or may not pronounce ⟨t⟩ in often, the first ⟨c⟩ in Antarctic, ⟨d⟩ in sandwich, etc.
Differences between British English and American English
Pronunciation
In the US, the h in herb is silent (an herb), but in the UK, it is pronounced (a herb). The same is true for the l in solder.
In parts of the UK, the a in dictionary and secretary is silent, but in the US, it is pronounced.
Spelling
In US spellings, silent letters are sometimes omitted (e.g., acknowledgment / UK acknowledgement, ax / UK axe, catalog / UK catalogue, program / UK programme outside computer contexts), but not always (e.g., dialogue is the standard spelling in US and UK; dialog is regarded as a US variant; the spelling axe is also often used in US). In most words, silent letters are written in both styles (e.g., debt, guard, house).
