tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492701167839783860.post5282142317909475462..comments2024-03-27T00:14:29.330-07:00Comments on AFTERDARK WRITES!: A LESSON FROM THE CONVERTSAFTERDARKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05534802425541413736noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492701167839783860.post-89651442196194182932013-09-18T22:30:51.595-07:002013-09-18T22:30:51.595-07:00O God.. my brain is still freezing after writing t...O God.. my brain is still freezing after writing the Atlantis stuffs that I don't think I can capture any hidden meaning at the moment. Please, further enlightenment would be awesome at this time. AFTERDARKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05534802425541413736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492701167839783860.post-78449859326987681362013-09-18T22:24:36.906-07:002013-09-18T22:24:36.906-07:00ADW,
[WARNING: PENDAPAT PERIBADI!]
Ada juga hadis...ADW,<br /><br />[WARNING: PENDAPAT PERIBADI!]<br />Ada juga hadis yang Nabi s.a.w bersabda bahawa akan tiba masa muslim tidak lagi digeruni dan terumbang ambing, sahabat bertanya adakah kerana muslim sedikit? Nabi s.a.w berkata, tidak, malahan muslim begitu ramai. Akan tetapi tidak lebih hanya sekadar seperti buih2 di lautan.<br /><br />Juga hadis berkenaan 73 kelompok islam, 72 dalam neraka manakala hanya 1 jalan yang benar.<br /><br />Semoga kita semua, yang muslim sejak lahir mahupun yang telah kembali (revert) kepada islam, perpegang teguh pada Al-Quran dan Sunnah kerana zaman fitnah ini, ramai yang bertopengkan islam tapi bertentangan dengan islam yang sebenar. Wallahu a'lam.<br /><br />p/s: Sebenarnya dah terlupa point penting tapi, berdasarkan pendapat atas ni mungkin ADW boleh tangkap kot.<br />[!!WARNING]Karlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08052573970390238500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492701167839783860.post-24851798214724401342013-08-09T20:09:05.175-07:002013-08-09T20:09:05.175-07:00Selamat hari raya to you too all my blog readers. ...Selamat hari raya to you too all my blog readers. Thank you for all your support<br />AFTERDARKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05534802425541413736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492701167839783860.post-74798086989148011382013-08-09T19:37:33.672-07:002013-08-09T19:37:33.672-07:00burung tiong pun pandai cakap... Takkan kita nk ja...burung tiong pun pandai cakap... Takkan kita nk jadi mcm burung jugak, sedangkan kita ni manusiadmelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02184354368456154786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492701167839783860.post-23967409217286318662013-08-07T07:04:04.530-07:002013-08-07T07:04:04.530-07:00Satukan tangan, satukan hati Itulah indahnya Silat...Satukan tangan, satukan hati Itulah indahnya Silaturahim Di Hari kemenangan, Kita padukan Keikhlasan untuk saling memaafkan Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri Mohon Maaf Zahir dan Batin Saudara AfterdarkKhalid Al-walidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17796793636753309812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492701167839783860.post-64309933547042926452013-08-05T20:39:41.534-07:002013-08-05T20:39:41.534-07:00Alhamdulillah. Finally I found someone who have th...Alhamdulillah. Finally I found someone who have the same understandings as mine regarding the dilemma that we born Muslims especially Malays faced here in Malaysia. Before that, congrates to you brother for the good write-up. I really appreciate it.<br /><br />Regarding the term "revert", I believed the first person who popularized and coined the term "revert" was Sheikh Yusuf Estes who is a revert himself. He insisted on the idea of "revert" based on the hadith in Sahih Muslim who narrated every child is already born in a fitrah i.e. muslim state. Hopefully you can cover the stories of the famous revert scholars such as Hamza Yusuf, Yusuf Estes, Yusha Evans, Abdur Raheem Green, Khalid Yasin, Hussein Yee (our very own local breed), etc. insya-Allah.<br /><br />Back to the dilemma, maybe many would disagree with me on this but I believed that UMNO also has played a part in shaping the Malay Muslim today which are already far away from the true deen. Sad to say that there are still Malay groups that think Islam is only exclusive for the Malays. This is worsen by the fact that they couldn't even differentiate between a true Islamic practice from a cultural practice. This is also the same dilemma faced in many other Muslim countries such as Pakistan. The stigma is so strong that when a non-malay embraces Islam their family and friends accused them for being a Malay convert (masuk Melayu) instead of Muslim reverts. This is something that we Malay Muslims need to reflect back (muhasabah) on our own mistakes in order to correct this issue within our Malay community first before we can attract other groups to embrace Islam.<br /><br />And remember that dakwah is not about converting other people faith but to convey the TRUE message of Islam (not to be confused with our specific Malay culture and ritual) because only Allah has the absolute power and will over the heart of a person.<br /><br />Allah knows best.NoXsTeRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09302169982306189238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492701167839783860.post-57744142369208108942013-08-03T10:12:24.688-07:002013-08-03T10:12:24.688-07:00You made a very important point about man's re...You made a very important point about man's relationship with the Quran, Li Dosh,<br /><br />I hope this Sheikh Hamza Yusuf lecture will help revive our interest in the study of the living Quran:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=LqVn4AiYZuIAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492701167839783860.post-89518624789853006362013-08-01T12:09:53.724-07:002013-08-01T12:09:53.724-07:00Nice piece of writing sir. If we care to look at 2...Nice piece of writing sir. If we care to look at 2:121 ( al Baqarah), we will find the bahasa translation using the word 'baca quran' whereas Yusuf Ali english translated the verse as ' study the quran'. A common word for baca in english would be 'read'. Which perhaps why without thinking most malay muslim ended up baca the arabic and memorising the arabic text without trying to understand. To undestand, can only be achieved if we read quran which must be translated as study the quran. <br /><br />Just my thought, since Muslim must use the faculty of thinking to reason instead of running all the time to get others to do the thinking for us.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07885921622959909121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492701167839783860.post-82379924390605781122013-07-29T08:14:35.166-07:002013-07-29T08:14:35.166-07:00There is a brilliant Mathematician and Christian m...There is a brilliant Mathematician and Christian missionary who wanted to study the Quran to find its faults. After reading and researching the Quran, he could not find any faults, but he found that what the Quran related could not be found in the Bible, instead he accepted the Quran and became a Muslim. The Quran is really the book of the one God, Allah.<br /><br />http://islam.thetruecall.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=215<br /><br />Fatimah AdenanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492701167839783860.post-69897144160097154672013-07-27T00:22:15.842-07:002013-07-27T00:22:15.842-07:00Thanks for tellingThanks for tellingAFTERDARKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05534802425541413736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492701167839783860.post-11501044463046644092013-07-26T06:47:38.069-07:002013-07-26T06:47:38.069-07:00Salam..the word "revert" as opposed to t...Salam..the word "revert" as opposed to the word "convert" as it more suits the occasion of a person returning back to his natural condition at birth. The baby is born in true surrender, submission, obedience and peace with his Creator. And this is the desirable position of the Muslim, to be in peace and submission to the Will of Allah (God in English). Instead of thinking in terms of "converting" people over to Islam, it is better understood that they are simply returning back to their natural state at birth<br />Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, said: "Every child is born on the "fitrah" (natural inclination) of "Islam" (surrender, submission and peace to the Creator on His Terms). And it is their parents who raise them up to be Jews, Christians or fire worshippers."Khalid Al-walidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17796793636753309812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492701167839783860.post-14096565856914629932013-07-24T17:42:40.989-07:002013-07-24T17:42:40.989-07:00Assalamualaikum w.b.t
teruskan usaha anda
sangma...Assalamualaikum w.b.t<br /><br />teruskan usaha anda<br /><br />sangmalaya269 @ smhbsmtbAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10997766346467971968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492701167839783860.post-43878221148846505572013-07-19T08:59:52.228-07:002013-07-19T08:59:52.228-07:00Dear afterdark
I am too like you, spend most of m...Dear afterdark<br /><br />I am too like you, spend most of my time watching new reverts embrace islam. Especially love the part when they first say shahadah. It makes me cry. Why ? Coz like you said we who were born muslims always take things for granted. These reverts really follow the al quran and sunnah teachings whereas we malays(not all of course) tend to bend the rules too much resulting in mixing religion and entertainment for example. Masjid has become a place for people to do business, sports and makan place, worse still women and men are free to mingle. What is that?? The media are the main sponsors and their rationale behind it is thats the current way to attract youths to go to the mosques..what? to play futsal? Sometimes I am ashamed of us msians who thinks that the quran and our beloved Prophet Muhammad SAW is not good enough to attract youths and that they have to create meaningless activities in mosques. You dont see that sort of activities in other countries.Some of our ustaz or uztazah are becoming celebrities rather someone we look up to. Why are muslims in Msia are trying to modernize Islam? <br />Again I am ashame even of myself when I listen to reverts like Yusha Evans, Yusuf Estes, some Hollywood celebs, ,muslim football stars who are really pratice Islam as part of their lives without bending the rules. They perform their daily prayers before a game, while shooting on set, refuse to promote sponsors from alcoholic bev companies, etc etc. <br />I can truly relate to your article, we malays esp should learn from the reverts. Keep on watching them on youtube. Truly inspirational.. penbiruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18190001593997051420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492701167839783860.post-74848019153220165722013-07-13T21:16:06.926-07:002013-07-13T21:16:06.926-07:00Salam Ramadan
Keep it up bro
Salam Ramadan<br /><br />Keep it up bro<br />smhbsmtbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492701167839783860.post-30362927373548446702013-07-13T12:58:35.461-07:002013-07-13T12:58:35.461-07:00If I am not mistaken the term "revert" i...If I am not mistaken the term "revert" is used is because we are all borned muslim. Due to our parents religious beliefs ie islam, christianity etc therefore we are "borned" and brought up into a certain religion and belief. So for those who grew up in other religions and then later on in life given the hidayah by Allah SWT, therefore reverted back to their origin which is Islam. If we take a simple definition of the word revert, which means to come back and convert, which means to change, then for them to say they have "reverted" simply means they have come back to Islam. This is just my very humble opinion. Wallahualam..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492701167839783860.post-58764607190911886472013-07-12T17:16:42.531-07:002013-07-12T17:16:42.531-07:00Dear Afterdark,
Have you ever go to get close view...Dear Afterdark,<br />Have you ever go to get close view of Global Ikhwan (AlArqam?) or get explanation directly from Ummu Jah. Media only reporting from one side. Maybe you should mix around with them and get other point of view from within. The fact is they still exists and becoming stronger each day. The non muslim (especially Chinese) also respect them of their outstanding performance. A unique Malay group that appear can defeat them in economy and winning back their heart to look at Islam in a better way . Weird, isn't it?. I just got an idea that there are illuminati work somewhere here which is Al Arqam is really their ultimate enemy and they have tried so many ways to destroy them indirectly ever since.Rosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492701167839783860.post-6881590972661631002013-07-08T09:21:03.221-07:002013-07-08T09:21:03.221-07:00When politics were mixed with religion then it ten...When politics were mixed with religion then it tends to project bad image to Islam even though it has nothing to do with Islam to begin with. I might write more on this later.<br /><br />About Arqam, well I cannot say for sure which is which - whether abolishing Al-Arqam is a good thing or a bad thing. The way I view Global Ikhwan is different from some and I think both views are both correct. The challenge is to find a good balance between these two perspectives for the best of ummah.<br /><br />There is two ways you can view the Arqam issue, the first is from the top to bottom and the second is from bottom to top.<br /><br />Viewing from Top to Bottom - I agreed that that the belief of Ummu Jah and several leaders of Arqam had deviates from aqidah ahlul sunnah wal jamaah. Believing that Abuya is still alive in the world of spirit is not the aqidah that should be promoted to other Muslims. Therefore if one judge Arqam based on the deviation of its prominent leaders, then Arqam should be abolish.<br /><br />Viewing from bottom to the top - This is how I see it. I personally knows that a lot of Arqam's members does not share the same aqidah as Ummu Jah & Co. Therefore there's a good argument to say that the risk of Ummu Jah & Co spreading their heresy to others not only can mitigated, but can be defeated from within Arqam. I mean, the fact that so many of them in the "low hierarchy" had distance themselves from Aurad Muhammadiyah clearly shows that Ummu Jah & Co isn't that big of an influence. I therefore say Global Ikhwan can still be repaired from within. If the government and the other dakwah group can infiltrate the Arqam, then it would be easy to convince others not to follow Aurad Muhammadiyah. Gradually Ummu Jah & Co can be isolated and Arqam shall be purified from Aurad Muhammadiyah.<br /><br />There is a lot of families making a living under the roof of Global Ikhwan. These are people who live on the 2nd floor of the shop building and make a living selling bread, books, groceries, foods etc etc. The government should pity them and be kind to them. The people below should not suffer the wrongs committed by those on top. Freezing the account of Global Ikhwan won't harm Ummu Jah's spending (I'm sure she can access Global Ikhwan bank's account overseas). It will only harm the people below.AFTERDARKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05534802425541413736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492701167839783860.post-7144225714108451812013-07-07T21:34:53.719-07:002013-07-07T21:34:53.719-07:00bolehhh.. apa-apa komen boleh dalam bahasa melayu ...bolehhh.. apa-apa komen boleh dalam bahasa melayu dan bahasa inggeris.. Kalau komen dalam english saya akan jawab dalam english.. kalau komen dalam melayu saya akan jawab dalam melayulah (kecuali dalam beberapa keadaan). Mengenai paragraph bernombor tu.. err.. saya bukan macam Tun Mahathir yang gemar perenggan bernombor ni sebab saya jenis suka menulis sambil fikiran merewang-rewang hehehe.. maklumlah lain penulis lain gaya penulisan..AFTERDARKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05534802425541413736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492701167839783860.post-67823321871999781882013-07-07T20:23:10.258-07:002013-07-07T20:23:10.258-07:00sori afterdark, salah taip english lak.. haha.. Ar...sori afterdark, salah taip english lak.. haha.. Article pjg dan byk information yg kena in depth lagi kajian.. haha.. kalau u buat artikel english boleh komen dalam bahasa melayu kan.. heheAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03511769275134062687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492701167839783860.post-31198269192862946902013-07-07T20:20:37.418-07:002013-07-07T20:20:37.418-07:00Salam, thank you for this long eye-opener article ...Salam, thank you for this long eye-opener article but indicate some information. Just 1sen request, for future article could u number the paragraph. if it is long article. It really help to share some thought that related to that paragraph only. thank you again...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03511769275134062687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492701167839783860.post-61431410570836440142013-07-07T00:31:31.245-07:002013-07-07T00:31:31.245-07:00Salam, good article, I always being told that non ...Salam, good article, I always being told that non muslim in Malaysia, they refuse to revert because of the bad attitude among the Malays that remark Islam. Malays is synonymous with such behave that make them confused when Muslim does not showing the beautiful of Islam as the way of life. this remind me with the Al Arqam Movement that has try their best to prove Al Quran and Sunnah as the way of all aspect of life. Are they really 'sesat' or some hidden reason have been leading to their misjudgment that avoid people to mix and come close to them. Something is just not right here. Im not pointing at any institution but something should be done to give opportunity to any movement that can bring Islam in such beautiful way. of course in peace and harmony.Rosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492701167839783860.post-91396814490197180932013-07-05T01:50:10.870-07:002013-07-05T01:50:10.870-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.AFTERDARKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05534802425541413736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492701167839783860.post-87582908382572986062013-07-05T01:40:45.434-07:002013-07-05T01:40:45.434-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Philip Wellerhttp://www.youtube.com/user/cujo006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492701167839783860.post-63798907155987823592013-07-04T01:11:45.194-07:002013-07-04T01:11:45.194-07:00Good article/writing but may I just comment a bit ...Good article/writing but may I just comment a bit on the usage of coverted when a non muslim embraces Islam.... the correct word to use is reverted instead of converted. Wallahualam....tqAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138263600662921798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492701167839783860.post-53269651008734225572013-07-03T17:05:56.571-07:002013-07-03T17:05:56.571-07:00you're welcome.. :)you're welcome.. :)AFTERDARKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05534802425541413736noreply@blogger.com