Al-Muzzammil 73:20
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَقُومُ أَدْنَىٰ مِن ثُلُثَىِ ٱلَّيْلِ وَنِصْفَهُۥ وَثُلُثَهُۥ وَطَآئِفَةٌ مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَكَۚ وَٱللَّهُ يُقَدِّرُ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَۚ عَلِمَ أَن لَّن تُحْصُوهُ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْۖ فَٱقْرَءُوا۟ مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنَ ٱلْقُرْءَانِۚ عَلِمَ أَن سَيَكُونُ مِنكُم مَّرْضَىٰۙ وَءَاخَرُونَ يَضْرِبُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَبْتَغُونَ مِن فَضْلِ ٱللَّهِۙ وَءَاخَرُونَ يُقَٰتِلُونَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِۖ فَٱقْرَءُوا۟ مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنْهُۚ وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَأَقْرِضُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًاۚ وَمَا تُقَدِّمُوا۟ لِأَنفُسِكُم مِّنْ خَيْرٍ تَجِدُوهُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ هُوَ خَيْرًا وَأَعْظَمَ أَجْرًاۚ وَٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌۢ

Indeed, your Lord knows, [O Muhammad], that you stand [in prayer] almost two thirds of the night or half of it or a third of it, and [so do] a group of those with you. And Allah determines [the extent of] the night and the day. He has known that you [Muslims] will not be able to do it and has turned to you in forgiveness, so recite what is easy [for you] of the Qur’an. He has known that there will be among you those who are ill and others traveling throughout the land seeking [something] of the bounty of Allah and others fighting for the cause of Allah . So recite what is easy from it and establish prayer and give zakah and loan Allah a goodly loan. And whatever good you put forward for yourselves – you will find it with Allah . It is better and greater in reward. And seek forgiveness of Allah . Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

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Al-Muzzammil 73:9
رَّبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَٱتَّخِذْهُ وَكِيلًا

[He is] the Lord of the East and the West; there is no deity except Him, so take Him as Disposer of [your] affairs.

Al-Muzzammil 73:10
وَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَٱهْجُرْهُمْ هَجْرًا جَمِيلًا

And be patient over what they say and avoid them with gracious avoidance.

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SubhanAllah. These verses are what I need most at this period of time. When you recite Al-Quran, you feel like as if God is talking to you and guiding you to the right path. May Allah guide me and my family and the entire ummah. Aamiin

 

Hail the Judge

Hail the Judge is a Chinese movie which was set with the Imperial China genre. Pao is a new young talented judge, who would like to expose the wrongdoing of corrupted officers.  A valuable lesson from his father, who was once a corrupted officer, is ‘if the corrupted officers are vicious, then the decent officers should be more vicious’.  Hehehehe, it takes a crook to fight a crook. But, one is a bad crook and another is a good crook.  There is a proverb in Malay, that is,  ‘baru kena buku dengan ruas’ which means ‘it serves you right’ or ‘you deserve it’.

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At-Taubah 9:112
ٱلتَّٰٓئِبُونَ ٱلْعَٰبِدُونَ ٱلْحَٰمِدُونَ ٱلسَّٰٓئِحُونَ ٱلرَّٰكِعُونَ ٱلسَّٰجِدُونَ ٱلْءَامِرُونَ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَٱلنَّاهُونَ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ وَٱلْحَٰفِظُونَ لِحُدُودِ ٱللَّهِۗ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

[Such believers are] the repentant, the worshippers, the praisers [of Allah ], the travelers [for His cause], those who bow and prostrate [in prayer], those who enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong, and those who observe the limits [set by] Allah . And give good tidings to the believers.

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Dasar Ekonomi Baru

Satu dakwaan yang dikeluarkan oleh Bank Dunia dalam tinjauan ekonomi 2011 menyatakan ‘…polisi yang menyebelahi Melayu menghalang kemajuan ekonomi, menyebabkan ketirisan minda (brain drain)’ (World Bank, 2011).

Kesimpulan mereka tidak perlu diambil serius kerana kaedah kajian mereka adalah lemah dan ini adalah sesuatu yang mengejutkan kerana analisis tersebut bersandarkan kepada kira-kira hanya 200 orang responden Internet secara global.  Disebabkan kelemahan yang kritikal dalam kajian ini, dapatannya boleh dikatakan tidak tepat.  Tetapi yang menariknya, laporan kajian tersebut menyatakan hanya 20% rakyat Malaysia yang bekerja di luar negara adalah graduan universiti.  Ini bermaksud kebanyakan mereka yang berpindah ke luar negara bukanlah pekerja berkemahiran.  Dan alasan yang diutarakan bukanlah disebabkan DEB, tetapi insentif-insentif ekonomi seperti pendapatan yang lebih tinggi.

Moral of the story, don’t totally believe the World Bank.  They have their own agenda. 

Muhammad Abdul Khalid (2019). Antara Dua Darjat.  Selangor: Dubookpress. Page 137

World Bank. (2011). Malaysia Economic Monitor – Brain Drain. Bangkok: The World Bank.