EXAM.TIME.HOMESICK

Salam.

Just got back from my 2nd GP visit. Alhamdulillah, it had been a great visit. My partner and I was attached to a friend of my GP tutor, god she was so nice that makes me admire the career as a GP - but probably cardiology is still an interesting branch of medicine - I don't know... that's not a big deal, have to pass my 1st year first. That is what matters.

Anyway, it had been a nice day at the GP practise. All things made more sense when the patients that came in to see the GP had those kind of symptoms we had came across in the syllabus. And the patients were all cheerful and informative too. And so health concsious, I would say. Everything was fine...everything. Until the last one - he came with complaints, more about the healthcare system (and not anybody's fault from my view). But that was a good thing to have. Well, guess life will not always be perfect. Like a phrase glued in my English room at KMYS: "POBODY'S NERFECT". Doctors do do mistakes, we can't expect them to to give us the right decision, can we? Sometimes, things just don't happen the way we want it to be.

Hmmm...how actually do people cope with homesick. I have been very very homesick for a couple of days. A complete distraction coz I have very little time for revision and I can hardly concentrate. Or probably it is normal when you are so looking forward going home in a few weeks... Or probably it gets worse when you just called your mum and she told you how things have been changing at home. May be. Or may be we are still wut is so called 'anak mak'. I wish 15 June is just next week or tomorrow would be better. But can I, in the same time, wish that 25 May is two months away?? Can I? (stupid question, isn't it?)

Time. The most precious thing about it is that it moves too fast and we can't repeat it. Another session of cut and paste here. Hope this is not an empty entry.

How `Amr bin Al-`As was aware of the Qur'an's Miracle due to this Surah

They have mentioned that `Amr bin Al-`As went to visit Musaylimah Al-Kadhdhab after the Messenger of Allah was commissioned (as a Prophet) and before `Amr had accepted Islam. Upon his arrival, Musaylimah said to him, "What has been revealed to your friend (Muhammad ) during this time'' `Amr said, "A short and concise Surah has been revealed to him.'' Musaylimah then said, "What is it'' `Amr replied;

[وَالْعَصْرِ - إِنَّ الإِنسَـنَ لَفِى خُسْرٍ - إِلاَّ الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ الصَّـلِحَـتِ وَتَوَاصَوْاْ بِالْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْاْ بِالصَّبْرِ ]

(By Al-`Asr. Verily, man is in loss. Except those who believe and do righteous deeds, and recommend one another to the truth, and recommend one another to patience.) So Musaylimah thought for a while. Then he said, "Indeed something similar has also been revealed to me.'' `Amr asked him, "What is it'' He replied, "O Wabr (a small, furry mammal; hyrax), O Wabr! You are only two ears and a chest, and the rest of you is digging and burrowing.'' Then he said, "What do you think, O `Amr'' So `Amr said to him, "By Allah! Verily, you know that I know you are lying.'' I saw that Abu Bakr Al-Khara'iti mentioned a chain of narration for part of this story, or what was close to its meaning, in volume two of his famous book Masawi' ul-Akhlaq. The Wabr is a small animal that resembles a cat, and the largest thing on it is its ears and its torso, while the rest of it is ugly. Musayli- mah intended by the composition of these nonsensical verses to produce something which would oppose the Qur'an. Yet, it was not even convin- cing to the idol wor- shipper of that time. At-Tabarani recorded from `Abdullah bin Hisn Abi Madinah that he said, "Whenever two men from the Companions of the Messenger of Allah used to meet, they would not part until one of them had recited Surat Al-`Asr in its entirety to the other, and one of them had given the greetings of peace to the other.'' Ash-Shafi`i said, "If the people were to ponder on this Surah, it would be sufficient for them.''

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

وَالْعَصْرِ- إِنَّ الإِنسَـنَ لَفِى خُسْرٍ- إِلاَّ الَّذِينَ ءامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ الصَّـلِحَـتِ وَتَوَاصَوْاْ بِالْحَقّ وَتَوَاصَوْاْ بِالصَّبْرِ-

1. By Al-`Asr (Al-`Asr is the time in which the movements of the Children of Adam occur, whether good or evil)
2. Verily, man is in loss
3. Except those who believe and do righteous deeds, and recommend one another to the truth, and recommend one another to patience

Benarlah kata-kata Allah.

CONCLUSION: Let's start managing our time wisely.