Joseph n Moses

*NABI YUSUF AND NABI MUSA*

-Yusuf AS is a story about a dad who lost his son. Musa AS is a story about a mom who lost her son. When you read Yusuf’s story, you are like, where is the mom? And when you read Musa’s story, you are like, where’s the dad? And it is like Allah says, hold on, I got your dad’s story over here and I got your mom’s story over here. Who’s the dad’s story? Yusuf. Who’s the mom’s story? Musa. They both lost their children, yes or no? One of them comes back after a few hours, Musa. One of them comes back after many years, which one? Yusuf.

-One of them had a sister, the other one had brothers. The sister was the reason he was reunited with his mom. The brothers were the reason he was separated.

-This one (Musa) was thrown in the water, for good intention. That one (Yusuf) was thrown in the water for bad intention.

-This one (Musa) ends up in a palace in Egypt with the queen, a lady. That one (Yusuf) ends up in a market and in a palace in Egypt with a husband.

-Baby Musa, the wife brought him to the pharaoh. The good wife brought him to the bad husband. Now Yusuf’s story: the good husband brought him to the bad wife. (WHAAA).

-And then Musa, the queen said, maybe he could serve us, or we could adopt him, remember? EXACT SAME WORDS IN YUSUF’S STORY! The husband came to the wife and said maybe he could serve us, or we could adopt him, word for word (Quran 28:9 and 12:21). Centuries apart, word for word. And one of them became a prince, they took the adoption option. The other one became a servant, they took the servant option.

-And then Allah says, about Yusuf, listen to this, ‘When he became a teenager, He gave him wisdom and knowledge’. Sound familiar? What did Allah say about Musa? When he became a teenager, Allah gave him wisdom and knowledge. The only difference is Yusuf had really good looks, Musa had really good strength. That’s the difference, looks and strength.

-Ok, the moment he mentioned that, Yusuf finds himself in trouble. In the very next ayah in this story, did Musa find himself in trouble?

-Ok. Yusuf found himself in trouble indoors, Musa found himself in trouble outdoors.

-Yusuf, the trouble with him is temptation, zina. Musa, the trouble with him in what? Killing. In the Quran, there are two major sins, zina and killing. One’s a story about zina, the other’s a story about killing.

-Ok. In Yusuf’s story, the lady is a villain. In Musa’s story, a guy is the villain. And in both of their stories, a crime is committed.

-Ok. When a crime is committed, in Musa’s story, he’s actually committed the crime. In Yusuf’s story, he’s actually innocent. So which one is guilty and which one is innocent? Musa is guilty, Yusuf is innocent. The one who is guilty go away, and the one who’s innocent went to jail.

-Ok. Now Yusuf’s in jail and Musa got away. Yusuf’s in jail, he meets two what? Two men, and he helps them. Musa goes to the waters of Madyan, and he meets two women, and he helps them.

-Yusuf’s AS story tells you how a man and a woman should not come together. Musa’s AS story tells you how a man and a woman should come together.

-Yusuf AS was sent to save the kingdom of Egypt. Musa AS was sent to destroy the kingdom of Egypt.

-In Yusuf’s story, the king saw a dream and Yusuf fulfilled that dream. In Musa’s story, the pharaoh saw a dream and Musa fulfilled that dream.

-Egypt was saved because of water. Egypt was destroyed because of water.

-Yusuf AS is the reason they moved in to Egypt. Musa is the reason they left Egypt.

Nouman Ali Khan collected 115 comparisons in total between these two stories. Allah says in Surah Yusuf, Ayah 3:
We relate to you, [O Muhammad], the best of stories in what We have revealed to you of this Qur'an although you were, before it, among the unaware.

remembrance of Allah

who r u

covid 19 effects - d story

Pehhh!

PKP has entered its fifth week. And already today is the second day of Ramadhan Kareem. Schools and many other government departments and private sectors and firms and factories and shops have been asked to close down periodically for now. 

stay home!

Initially when the PKP began, it was a scary experience coz we never really knew what to expect, except that everyone was ask to stay in. the first few times when I went out to the shops and markets and tesco, the roads were almost deserted. But now everything is a bit relaxed, I would say.

The good things about covid 19 (always look on the bright side, okeyyy!) are, there is less traffic on the road, less pollution, air is a lot cleaner, the skies are beautiful, the rivers are clean, nature is back and on a personal note, I am having all the time in the world to tend to whatever crosses the mind. Though I do send out exercises and quizzes to my students now and then, but before the fasting month began, I stayed outside the house from morning till noon, tending to my greens. Guess it was worth it since the grass is healthy, the plants in the pots are flowering, the old rotten twigs and branches have been removed, the surrounding looks clean an d attractive, and most importantly, I get to be alone @ be with Him always Alhamdulillah 

green grass

My afternoon is filled with reading, another thing I love so much. So far I have re-read the biography on the prophet, old collections of readers digest, and soon I’ll start on a Stephen King novel entitled Revival, which abil found while he was clearing and rearranging the cupboard the other week.

Normally after asar everybody will do a lil bit of exercise just to keep fit. As the head of the family, I’ll lead them. Everything is done on the spot, such as running, jogging, jumping, stretching, star jump, plank challenge and finally sit up and push up. Though it takes just twenty minutes to complete the exercise, but the sweat produced, as well as the feel-good feeling, is a joy, I must say. Once in a while I did go for my early morning run around the kampong. Luckily no cops were on sight then, if not, surely they would want to question me I guess. And probably slap me with a rm1000 fine too hahaa  

Talking about the fine that PKP offenders are being asked to pay, it is very unfair to them, in the sense that quite a number of VIPs are also being seen in public with their entourage, not adhering to the MKN advice and warning. Why are they being treated differently? I thought no one is supposed to be above the law, knnnnnnnn. Well, in bolehland, everything is possible it seems.

After shower, from maghrib till midnite, it is family time. Starting with solat berjemaah, dinner together, and then if there’s a good show, everyone will be in the family room watching the show @ movie. Normally there’ll be ice-ceam or cakes or delicacies. This covid lockdown has made the children at home more creative and productive. Talking about food la. The girls, especially kaklong and lisa, help to prepare the dishes without fail. Arief has managed to make pudding custard, sagu, lengkong coklat, to name a few, and nia too has produced caramel. The girls too have baked cookies, made cheesekut, kueh lapis, spaghetti, roast chicken. On the positive side, it is good for them to learn the trade of preparing all these foods, but bapak diorg la jenuh running errands buying all the needed ingredients and burning a hole in the pocket hahahaaa but for family sake, I’m A-okey with it. 

Covid 19 is so devastating, especially for poor countries that are lacking in health organization and abilities, lackadaisical governments and policy makers who take things for granted, and at the micro level, the families affected, particularly in countries that are badly hit by this pandemic, the deaths are so overwhelming that I find it ridiculously hard to accept the fact that many countries were not ready when the virus hit their shore. And to make matter worse, many people who championed the right to freedom do not want to heed the government advice to stay home. As such the unthinkable happened in many developed countries, especially across Europe and US, where tenth of thousands of people have succumbed to this virus. So much for being developed countries, but in term of logic and rationality, I guess these people are selfish and ignorant.

Enough for now. Hopefully I will be able to share my thoughts again in the future. Writing helps the brain faculty to generate and operate, and produce hindsight too.. inshaAllah.

After everything has been said and done, Alhamdulillah.

D truth

stuffs i wanna write..

there are a lot of stuffs i wanna write about: covid 19, my daily routine, my thots, d green around my house, life in general, a bit of malaysia politics, school, family bonding, poems, fictionless stories etc etc, but i guess everything has to wait, at least for now, coz when you are not in the groove, then you are not in the groove.. knnnnnnn hahaa
layan..

hujan -2

Hujan turun setelah kau pergi

Dan ia membanjiri

Laman hati ini

Lebatnya

Seakan tiada terhenti

Membasahi meracuni jiwa ini

Guala! 

A Poem A Day

A Poem A Day

It’s not everyday

I am able to write

Something gay

There’ll be days

I’ll be in daze

Or perhaps

Some things are meant

To be ignored

Or I am just plain bored

But I do love

To write

A poem A day

Coz it would make

Me feel all right

And my every day

Would be another

Special day

nkc

633pm 1^st april 2020

…While watching a poem a day