Mengejar Pelangi

Assalaamu'alaikum wa rahmatullah

Just a memory about my father while he was not bed-ridden... The title of the post is actually a title of my father literary work and it is in Malay. It means Chasing the Rainbow. Its significance for my father perhaps he is hoping for happiness. Though we're Arabs by descent but we love Malay language and are much binding to the language cultural sphere. 

This book is basically about a search done by two youngsters in a place known as Hutan Kepelu which actually refers to the area in Kodiang. It is my father's hometown. The youngsters are researching about a legendary figure known as Panglima Nayan who is prominent among the Northern Malays. They wish to prove his existence through historical findings but in the same time they faced difficulties in the jungle. Those two guys did not found anything about the Panglima Nayan instead they bumped to something else.... This book was published by the Malaysian Islamic Development Department, Prime Minister's Office. 

Though I never show anything to him, I actually had read everything that he writes... He wrote two other books I guess and one of them is a biography while the other is about the Ulamas in Malay speaking areas. Another one which is known as the "Bingkisan Sutera Biru" I have forgotten whether in a whole book form of a short story form which he wrote for his mother in-law (my maternal grandmother).

Other achievement he had made for himself is that he handled a column known as Di Sepanjang Jalan. I guess those who read the column in the 90's up to early 2000 might know him or even know me if they personally know my father. I can't do anything to help him or to release him from his pain so I just hope to reproduce everything that he had made in another medium and begging prayers from around for him so he may receive bountiful of happiness in this life and in the hereafter. I still think that I am not a filial son. Please help me to pray for my father, reciting the salawat and I will be very grateful to brothers and sisters.

Sealed with prayers for mercy, peace and love, amin!

Western Influence: Western Ambition which Long Lying Dormant

Assalaamu'alaikum wa rahmatullah

I had checked about this small book. There isn't much can be founded online. Maybe the title in English is different. It's ok I can still briefly do some translation for benefit of Muslim nations in the East and in Eastern Europe who speak English only for the God pleasure. Please don't look down on English as a medium. It's now an effective medium compared to French. God saves the Queen, hahaha! 

This is the first part of the book. It also mentions something about Protocols of Zion and I will comment about it after I put up the points written by the writer of the book regarding the matter as I don't like forgery. We talk with academic capacity and we are not American conspiracy theorists. Conspiracy theory has no basis in Social Science and academic tradition. 

After a year learning Social and International studies with all of the difficulties facing these chaotic Western thoughts, I found that every Muslim must have these lessons in their selves even if they do not talk much. We must be aware about what we talk. As a confused Muslim boy who had been involved in Buddhism teaching, I always have this in my mind where it comes from wisdom speeches of lord Buddha as one of teachers that I had ever have. If I talk without awareness, then my speech should be dumped into the thrash can.

Even if it is coming from Talmud which is influential in Judaism law... I would avoid from being dishonest because it is not the morality of noble prophet Muhammad s.a.w. He is an honest person who speaks the Word of the God. The God is not like human-being or our schoolmates who are crazy : ) Man without pure mind could not be a person who speaks His Word... It also shows we don't simply absorb everything that we read but we have our own filters... We don't stop at one side but we also read in many angles, we don't simply agree with everything that we read : )

1. Western Ambition which had Long Lying Dormant

Say the writer, there is an alarming efforts trying to reject that there are movements which lead global toward Westernization, cultural colonization, activities to assimilate Islamic thoughts into foreign thoughts, and holding up high the coming thoughts created by the West.

These efforts trying to expound arguments in two manners:

1. The opinion which questioning on where are those institutions known as the "Westernization Institution"? In fact, there is no such institution and it has no proper building with signboard displaying such words "the School or Foundation for Westernization." Thus, this question raised is a shallow question from those with shallow mind. For these groups of Westernized people assumption, they are good and useful agents of the West who served the movement without any payment and they are sincere toward the West.  

2. The discretion of Western stooges in hiding their loyalty to their movement makes it easier for them to deceive human-being as a whole.

It is so disappointing that, those who instil doubt on the Westernization movement are of the first group. Their heart and observation was closed. Westernization movement nowadays is not a secret anymore. It is not something which is undeniable. It is perhaps something that can be denied in the past 30th century where our Arab nation were in the dark age. Nowadays, many things are doubtful for example, the Protocol of Zion which had been widely spread all over the world around 1902. It was prohibited from entering the Middle East except in 1952 after the establishment of Israel as a modern country in the middle of Arab countries. 

The secret had been opened up by its own supporter. The book "Towards Islam" written by Hamilton Gibb together with other Orientalists is among important documents in relation to this matter. Gibb had obviously mentioned the purpose of researches being conducted is to decipher on how far Westernization impacted Muslim nations. It is portrayed in his statement as below:

"How far is the Westernization affecting and what are factors which preventing it from achieving its objective. It is important so that immediate actions could be taken for the objective to be achieved."

Readers of the book could obviously get to know the effects of Westernization movement. It is like an arrow which rushed into the eyes of those deflected where it will cover their heart with ignorance. Researchers who emerged after the period had also explained this fact more precisely and they also have their own documents and notes for references. These facts could also be founded in books written by Dr. Umar Farukh and Dr. al-Khalidi entitled "Missionary and Colonization." Those from the West also had written about the issue in the book. For example, Toynbee in his book "the World and the West."

In this regard, there are many evidences which could eliminate all of the doubt for those who intend to seek truth and for those who has no crooked intention in order to stop from serving the leaders of Westernization movement such as national movement or party based on racial as such being written by scholars of cultural colonization movement. 

Those who had ever read this book titled "The Attack on Islamic World" which had been published earlier than of Hamilton Gibb's and was translated by Dr. Muhibuddin al-Khatib in al-Moaiyid few years before 19th century had explained the determination of Westerners. The book had explained what had long been dormant in these people which is to dominate the world and it is something which should be achieved. Besides, they also had stated methods in executing their mission which had been divided into few institutions for example educational institutions such as school and university, missionaries, mass-media such as journalism or publishing. There are also other institutions such as literature and art, drama, theater, movies, and broadcasting.

There is no need for other evidences to confirm that there are Westernization movements which are supported by cadres and writers who are creeping around the world. Anyone who had joined any meeting organized by them through influential news agencies will found that those mentioned matters are obvious. Hence, there is no need for new evidences in order to enlight those who were lied. It is because they are determined with deep feelings to be blind followers to racial writers. These people are just like fragile rotten fruits produced by old hideous trees.

Those who analyzed and observed activities of missionary organizations, oriental studies foundation, and confusion raised by these two institutions could be more than confident that there are Westernization movement in all of the time.  

The definition of Westernization which could be understood from dozens of definitions forming new streaming of thought. It is based from the concept and values of Western thought. It is later becoming the benchmark for other thoughts and values around the world. Its aim is to make Western cultural traits and values being regarded highly exceeding those of other nations. Most of the time, they keep attacking cultures of Muslim nations. (Later when they found that Islam has nothing to do with cultural traits, they would bend it to other things. It shows that they hate the God because Islam is One of His Glorious Names).

Christian missionaries and Orientalists ever stated their ambition and objective is to create a new generation who would feel disgusted with Islamic values, those who low-esteem oriental values and thoughts, and working hard in preventing Islamic elements of morality and devotion to the God from entering educational institutions. The supporters of Westernization movements trying hard to pulverize Islamic figures such as prophet Muhammad s.a.w through finding the flaws of his characteristics, trying to demonize companions of Muhammad s.a.w, overshadowing Muslim philosophers of prophetic traditions with other extraordinary figures such as al-Hallaj, al-Sahruwardi, Bashar, al-Rawandi and many others.  

These efforts (their jihad for their own satisfaction) had been implemented through news papers and other so-called "standard quality" publishing with writers who were given fantastic images and titles to impress others.

Their writing technique would first explain the resolution which will be followed by few assumptions. Through assumptions, they created theories.

We don't treat these figures whether Muhammad s.a.w, celestial angels, prophets like Jesus a.s or Moses a.s and good people of the past like our schoolmates, buddies nor parents like in the West. We have 'respect' traditions in the East where manners and politeness is the most important thing as a mean to respect the soul within physical bodies of everyone. In Western world perhaps, people can call their dad or mum with their name. In Eastern part of the world, we respect them with titles. It is the same from Japan to Middle East and degree of politeness decreases as far as the sun sunken. Western thought indeed had entered educational institutions even in Malaysia. I still remember a leader had said that those religious studies students could be nothing in the future rather than being coconut graters in the village and later burdening the government. As the reslut, many religious studies students feel disgusted of themselves and for my case, I had fought teachers and seriously turned to Buddhism at that time shortly before I shifted to a technical school in Kajang. We are the products of those educational system which looks at material as a benchmark for development and not of soul based : )

Now... brothers and sisters that I love the most. This is how those "scholars" in the net work too. If we wanted people to live a noble life. We do not talk evil about others nor slandering because only people with evil mind will do that. This is not from Islamic teachings but from Buddhism teaching. I am actually more proficient in Buddhism and Brahmanism teaching compared to the religion of my ancestors which is Islam. Usually when I talk about these two traditions of philosophy from Indian sub-continent, I would treat them with respect, unlike those pastors nor hateful atheists because I was also once an atheist. Buddhists are atheist Hindus : ) 

End for this part, 9th of Zulhijjah 1432 wishing the Lord to bless creatures and universe with His boundless Mercy, Peace, and Love in this period near Resurrection, amin!    

Western Influence: Challenges for Eastern Muslims

Assalaamu'alaikum wa rahmatullah

 Mr. Anwar al-Jundi

This is actually a short book written by Mr. Anwar al-Jundy with its translation published in 1983. The Malay translator of the book is Dr. Ishaq Muhammad Rajab. It's Arabic title is التغريب اخطرالتحديات في وجه الإسلام at-Taghreeb Akhtarut Tahaddiaat fee Waghil-Islaam. I would also post some excerpts... I mean simplified excerpts of the chapter that I read about racism in European continent and we could see why people keep contradicting each other. 

This book is written in the period of Western studies of Orientalism and Imperialism where Westerners had colonized lands of the people in the East. The world today is colored with what had happened in the previous time. We could say that this is the initial studies of Occidentalism.

It's just like what Westerners had done to people in the East through their studies about Orientalism which does not only cover Islam but also others like Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and others. But most of all they studied about Islam and attack Islam in their so-called 'scholarship' for the reason that their area which is European continent is close to the areas of people who rivaled with them like Turkish empire or the Arab lands where they called Arabs with their narrow generalization of ethnicity as Saracens.

I would also try to bring brothers and sisters in faith attention to translators of Quran from the Western world particularly in Europe where those translators are people involved in Church. How could Church people behave in such a way where they portrayed people whom are not according to their way with negative images and slanders? Examples of them such as George Sale, Ludovici Maracci, Theodore Rodwell, and many others. It shows how intolerant are the Europeans and this is what we in the East should not imitate. These people are just the same like the nowadays non-state actors in political science such as terrorists (which they refer to Muslim) or Taleban. Their thought are just the same. They think that only they are the rightful ones. Where is heart purification and their sincerity toward the God if the God is demanding creatures to live with His Mercy, Peace, and Love? It is also mentioned in the Second Commandment of the God to the noble prophet Moses a.s and mentioned again by the noble prophet Jesus a.s in his Sermon of the Mount.  

This book is divided into four parts:

1. Western Ambition which had Long Dormant 

2. Islam as a Dynamic System of Life

3. Anti-Islamic Values

4. Campaigns and Movement Objective

Biography of the Writer

First, let us see who is this writer of the book? He is Anwar al-Jundiy born in 1917 and he was raised in his hometown in Deirut in Ashyut province in Egypt. He wrote since he was a young teenager. The first writing issued by him is a literature criticism published when he was 21 years old. His writing tends more to bringing society toward charity and chastity according to the value of Islam and what had been taught by the God through Revelation.

He was also imprisoned because of his writing around 1984-1950. The book which makes him being imprisoned entitled أخرج من بلادنا Okhrog min Blaadina which means Get Out of Our Motherland which harshly criticized Imperialism on Egypt.

He is also experienced in journalism, a philosopher and a thinker who tried to expose the hidden agenda of western movements in order to validate their acts of violating others human rights in their own lands. 

His attitude is explained in his statement which says: "Materialism and strong position in journalism will never pay equal price for me to join the traditional parade of famous writers."

Among his other works are:

I. The Unity of Islamic Thinking

II. Youth in Facing Emptiness of Thought and Soul

III. The Errors of Materialism Ideology

IV. The Errors in Current Islamic History 

V. Biography of the Martyr Hassan al-Banna       

I had actually read this book several times. Need sometimes to rephrase for everyone to read in English. I don't know if there are English versions of this book but I would appreciate if anyone came across here could also provide me the link. I am still practicing translation for non-profit purpose. I do not know how to make profits from services and I don't like to take money/anything from others although I am capable to do so. For this job I am doing it only for the God and for the benefit of brethren to reach the God. Whatever that I am studying is not for me but for the God as He is the Central Figure for us : )

I just wish everyone to get together and spend times with everyone that they love besides spreading peace, love and mercy to others through some humble sharing while I am still in this world. I don't know how long will I be alive : )

Sealed with prayers for mercy, peace, and love, amin!

Cure for Heart: First Book on Seven Parts

Assalaamu'alaikum wa rahmatullah

 It is divided into seven sections... 

First Section on Eyes

Be known to you, your eyes are created for you by the God. They are created for you on both worldly and hereafter purposes. The purpose of eyes which is related to the hereafter is by using them to look at the heaven and sun and moon and stars and the universe. It is as for you to find proofs on His Oneness and His Dominion. Other than that, eyes are beneficial for human to read scriptures, looking at the way to His houses of worship or to lead human to the way to learning institutions.

The purpose and the benefit of eyes for worldly matters are to look at your works and jobs, to release you from whatever will hurt you such as falling into holes or from accidents. Beginning the gratefulness is to protect eyes from looking at what are prohibited and illegal such as looking at others' genital for purpose of pleasure and desire, looking at others' wife or husband and looking at others who are not of your family members. Make it your habit to protect your eyes from unnecessary things.

Says the God in His revelation: "Say (o messenger) to every believers from your views (of unnecessary matters), protect them, and from your genitals, protect them (from illegal acts related to genitals). Protecting eyes and genitals is better for them, indeed the God is very discreet with their acts and deeds." (surah an-Nur verse 30)

The God knows whatever visible or invisible of mortal eyes. He will pay everything being done by His slaves and servants regardless rank or status. So, those in Turkey and Mediterranean areas who kill their daughters or women and consider it as honor killing, be very careful. Those in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan who treat their women like animal and refuse to educate them with religious, scripture and academic education, be very careful! He will pay you people for tyrannizing others without any right, proper judgement and truth or reference to Quran and Sunnah but claiming it as coming from revelation (slandering the God) if you have faith in the God.

This verse teaches the conduct of a noble person and threatening those people who fear not the God with His torments and consequences that will come due to their acts. In teaching morality, the noble prophet Muhammad s.a.w was commanded by the God to teach morality and manner and He said to the noble prophet Muhammad s.a.w, say to those who believe in the God to close their eyes from those which are illegal according to moral and noble conducts and the God orders His servants and creatures to be attached to good conducts and virtues. It is obligatory on every sane servants and creatures who possess mind and thoughts to uphold the virtues of the God and those who do not uphold this virtues are evil in their manner and deserve to receive punishments, isolation and torments. 

The God commanded His command being heralded to others that beginning good conducts and virtues is to close eyes toward anything illegal, evil and bestial desire and protecting genitals. It is better for you and His blessings will descend upon you. The God ordered us to close our eyes toward illegal matters and protecting genitals from adultery as it is to protect our heart from diseases and sins. It is in order to open up the way for charities and chastity. 

And the God does not threaten people for people to be afraid of Him but it is to protect the civilized human society with His true promises. He knows everything that happen in the universe and He will pay whatever crimes and sins that we had done with torments. If we perform good conducts and virtues, He will reward us with blessings and mercy.

to be continued...

Cure for Heart: Introduction

In the Name of the God the Most Merciful the Most Compassionate

Assalaamu'alaikum wa rahmatullah

Ali bin Abi Talib k.w had also displayed almost the same state like this character when a Jew spit at his face during a battle in Khaibar. Please avoid cursing the Jew, we do not know what happened to him after he spit at Ali k.w face.

 

I present brethren this introduction chapter and the book which I had read during my heart is filled with sorrow and misery with the Divine Mercy of the Lord through the Light of Revelation and Prophetic Traditions may He Guides everyone into His pleasure. I am actually sickened when I checked political video posts and comments but we need to maintain patience. I have no choice but to be in this torture seeing them while doing my assignments and thesis. There are many slanders in the net and we need to also be very careful with our words not to affect our thinking and mental state with those sick people thoughts. 

This book entitled the "Cure for the Heart." It was edited by Sheikh 'Abdul Qadir bin 'Abdul Mutallib of Indonesia in the holy city, Mecca in Rajab of 1378 H. The copy that I have with me is in Classical Malay written in Arabic script, published by Sahabat Press of Phang-Nga Street, Yala Province, Southern Thailand region. I bought it in Baling district during a visit to pay respect for my respective brothers and sisters in faith and paying respect to the God at the district mosque. 

I do not know whether there are already translations for this part in English, Arabic, Persian, Japanese or Chinese and this book was collected on its lessons by a South East Asian Muslim. Since I was a translation student majoring in both Malay and English and I feel bored looking at the monitor for this boring thesis. I am doing a service for the pleasure of the Lord, the God the Most Merciful the Most Greatest, my King and my Savior. 

I have to translate this into English first before doing it again in Chinese and Japanese for my part of penance and asking forgiveness on my sins. Mum had also asked me to help her with kitabs translation into Japanese and I need to find good dictionaries too beside analyzing appropriate Chinese characters... The biggest problem is grammar which seems like taking me forever to translate kitabs. I don't want any credit nor profit for this. This is solely dedicated for my beloved One, the God for the benefit of my brethren whom I love with all of my heart. Brothers and sisters may use this for educational purpose with the light of Quran and Sunnah and help to circulate them if possible. I beg brothers and sisters to also translate this into your mother tongue and teach your family and friends. I can't do this alone because there are extensive things that need to be clarified regarding Shari'ah not only to non-Muslims but also to people who call themselves "Muslims."

Beginning of the Treatise

Be known to you o people, indeed the Science of Tasawwuf is the knowledge to analyze our heart and its characters. Either the characters of the heart is the praised one such as humility and patience or the disgusting characters of heart such as jealousy, envious, and arrogant.

The benefit of these lessons is to empty human heart from other matters except leading it only to the God. It is a science which teaches human to decorate hearts through opening the heart toward the Lord of the universe. In order to achieve this, human must try to eliminate ugly behaviors through the purification of heart. The legal notion for nations to know about this is obligatory and it is a responsibility. It is obligatory on everyone who reaches their maturity of age, and for those who are sane. The source for these lessons is the glorious Quran and the Sunnah which is the prophetic traditions. The name for these lessons to cure the diseases of heart through spiritual view is the Science of Tasawwuf. 

Be known to you, the meaning of the Science of Tasawwuf is to purify every physical parts of human-being from despicable acts and teaches human to analyze heart in order to clean it from elements of polytheism. What is asked for human to guard from sins for their physical body parts are seven altogether.

Those body parts are:       

1 - Eyes on what we see

2 - Ears on what we listens

3 - Tongue as a medium of articulation to make speeches

4 - Stomach 

5 - Genitals 

6 - Hands

7 - Legs

We must remember that these physical parts are the grace of the God on everyone of us. It is a responsibility for us to guard and protect them from sins and despicable acts. It is a responsibility of human-being to be grateful to the God. These physical parts will be witnesses in the hereafter after the Resurrection on what acts had been committed. 

Says the God: "The Day where We seal their mouths and their hands will be talking and witnessing their feet on what they had done." (Surah Yaasin verse 65) 

It means that the God will stop the voice from coming out from ones mouth but those physical parts of body will talk and telling the truth on what had been done with them by a certain individual during the Judgement. The feet will witness where had they bring the owner while he or she is in the world. Whether to prostitution house, to places to conspire against charity and penance, to places of vices, and etc. The hands will talk on what we typed now, and what we write now during the Judgement. Physical parts will tell everyone during the Judgement what we had done during our lifetime. This prophecy about the Judgement is also foretold in other scriptures as well and it is apart of the Pillar of Faith in Islam, we believe in the Resurrection where everyone will be resurrected for the Judgement on what they had done during their lifetime. Every consequence of deeds done during lifetime will be carried by every creature.

Says the God: "And you cannot hide from the testimony of your hearing and not from your vision and not from your skin but you think that the God does not know many things of what you had done." (surah Fussilat verse 22)

According to the al-Hidayah House of Quranic commentaries, those who obviously performing vice and sins thinks that the God is stupid like them and does not know what they are doing while they are in this life. Their hearings, their vision, their skin and others will be witness during the Judgement and the God Himself is the Witness over all. 

According to the book, nobody could hide their evil actions while he or she is in the world. The hearings and vision and skin will be the witness for those acts committed as these seven physical parts never are separated from human-being and it is always at its place when a person committing evil acts or other things.

This book is about ihsan which is mentioned in sunnah nabawiyyah about what is iman, what is the religion and what is ihsan... So, those who think themselves as the followers of Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab don't quickly judge people just because people use the term tasawwuf to identify a branch of science to know what Allah expects from His servants. We follow and worship only Allah 'Azza wa Jalla. We do not worship teachers and other human-being no matter if they performed miracles or not!

Allahumma salli 'alaa Muhammad wa 'alaa aali Muhammad... Sealed with mercy, peace, and love, amin!   

The Spread of Islam in Kedah Kingdom

Assalamu'alaikum wa Rahmatullah!

I had just finished reading this book about the Spread of Islam in the Malayan Peninsula which forms a part of Malaysia today. This is about some history of the past in Malaysia. The book is written by Ustad Abdul Manaf b. Hajj Ahmad and its title means "the Islam and Its Interest in the Malays."

It is interesting for me as a local born of Kedah state, and we have special sentiment toward this state because of the first sultan (because he accepted Islam, so he is known as a sultan and not a raja anymore) had accepted the light of Allah without any compulsion but with sincerity when a preacher brought the teachings. I actually love this state with its long historical journey just like my parents love this state although we do not live in this state. There are few other narration in the book but I would just limit it to a focused historical narration.  

The first part of the book talks about the spread of Islam in Malayan Peninsula is through persuasion without any war. Arab merchants and sailors came through the movement of business visit since third centuries. These people from Middle East like Arabia and Iran travelling through maritime route from India to China and stopped by in the Peninsula to get their rest or loading stuffs for trading. 

The people stopped by at the port in Kedah and bartering their stuffs, clearing stocks that they have got from China or India or from their places of origin there. And then Islam arise in 7th C, it begins to shine in the West and spreading to the East. Arab sailors and merchants bringing together the religion with them. 

And then the second part of the book talks about the spread of Islam in the kingdom of Kedah. Kedah is now a non-federated state in Malaysia with a Sultanate that could trace the lineage from the last Hindu-Buddhist king of 10th C. The story of the conversion of this state begins around the year 1136 C according to the Kedah Annals translated from Malay into Arabic.

It says that a religious man from Yemen known as Syeikh Abdullah had arrived in Kedah kingdom and he visited the king of the state. He asked about the religion of the state to the king and the king answered: "my religion and the religion of my people is the religion of our ancestors. All of us worshiping gods' statues and gods." The syeikh said, "So then, your highness must have not listening about Islam yet, and about Quran which was revealed by Allah to Muhammad (saw) had canceled the previous religions before that." 

The king was so astonished when he listened to the syeikh. He said to the syeikh, "if what you had said is the truth, then teach us about this new religion, and guide us with its light." The sheikh was so glad when he heard the king listening to the preaching. Then a big change happened in the state and the whole kingdom.

The king diligently listening to the faith and religious preaching. He encourages his subjects to obey Allah. The syeikh and the king called the attendants in the palace to be taught about religion and the creed of Islam in the palace. The syeikh politely, creatively, and gently teaching the people although with his own language until it attracts the peaceful heart of the attendants and royal family. Not long after that, almost all of the kingdom received Islam and it spreads through the royal court. 

The king name was changed from Hindu-Buddhist name, Phra Ong Mahawangsa to Muslim name, Sultan Muzaffar Syah. The name was chosen himself by the king. The syeikh proclaimed that the name is among the famous names from the West to the East, and the king was so glad. He hope that he and his kingdom would be rewarded with blessings from Allah through the big change. 

He build mosques and ordered each villages to build mosque near subjects residences. Each mosque must have 44 men for the congregational prayers for Friday holy day. Later this story of conversion from Hindu-Buddhism to Islam in the kingdom of Kedah reached Acheh Sultanate in the nearby Sumatera Island which is now apart of Indonesia. The kingdom of Acheh had sent to the kingdom of Kedah a man whose name is Syeikh Nuruddin. This man also asked fellow Arabs from Mecca to bring together religious kitaab to be sent to the Sultanate of Kedah and brought a letter to the Sultanate of Kedah. It says:

"This letter from the Sultanate of Acheh and Nuruddin to our brother the Sultan of Kedah and Syeikh Abdullah the Yemeni who lives now in the Sultanate of Kedah. We send you this letter together with the religious kitaab so may the Islamic Creed deeply rooted in your kingdom, and teach the people and give answer to their questions regarding religion with satisfying answers."

The Sultan of Kedah and Syeikh Abdullah the Yemeni send back the reply letter to Acheh and intensifying the efforts of preaching Islam. Then many musallas being constructed in the villages as the additional places for prayer other than a mosque. It is for the benefit of the subjects and being the place to teach people about the wisdom of religion and the pillars of the religion.

This is some part that I read in the book. I do not know whether this book is also available in Malay or in English. It is a compilation of history of Islam in Malaysian Peninsula and quite simple but detailed compared to text books that we have to read in schools last time. Other things being narrated in the book is about the appearance of Islam in the kingdom of Malacca in 14th C. The contact with European merchants from 15th C with Malacca Sultanate, the contact of Malacca under Portuguese governance of 16th C with Dutch, the contact of Kedah Sultanate in 17th C with English in Penang, the nationalist movement in the kingdoms in Malayan Peninsula, and the independence of Malayan Peninsula which consists of different kingdoms merged into one state or country from the Great Britain administration (it has to do with federated Malayan States and Straits Settlement Administration area like Penang and Malacca because non-federated Malayan States never recognize British occupation).

Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad, wa 'ala aali Muhammad, wa ahlihi wa sahbi ajma'in. Allah forgive us our sins, Allah bless us with wisdom. Gratitude to Allah for the grace of Imaan. Aaminnn!!              

History of Quranic Text

Salaam and peace!!

It has been a while I had left this space as I am busy dealing with this opening of semester. But I will still make sure that I won't forget His path nor His law in my daily life, His Will.

I had read about this in a discussion dealing with Yemeni fragments. I found that it is very useful since many orientalist books with anti-Islamic sentiment are circulated in the market while Islamic scholarly one are hard to come by especially in languages other than Malay. 

I had also read a book in Malay about the compilation of Quran since it's revelation. But I didn't get to publish the picture of the book here because I had forgotten to capture the picture. I only get the picture of this book
in discussion from the net.

Any suggestion on where to get this book if anyone had come across this? 

This is the book by Dr. al-Azami. From the synopsis that I get it is about how Quranic texts being preserved throughout the history covering the part where it was revealed to the holy prophet (saw) and his role in teaching and disseminating the verses. 

Also about the final shape of the Quranic texts shortly after his death. It also talks about Mus-haf Ibnu Mas'ud and the origin of Arabic. Arabic paleography and orthography besides dealing with strict methodology in assembling textual fragments. I think that a copy of this book is worthy to be purchased off.

I also find this site is talking about this common issue, but unfortunately it is in Arabic. I'll scroll it down again to get better understanding and to read before I jot points down in my note whenever I am free. Feel free to read it too if you have time, God bless.

Preservation of Quranic Text