.: gems & jewels :.

had iftar on saturday at fmsa, followed by taraweeh, led by bro bakri. couldnt resist asking him to give a tazkirah (short reminders) after taraweeh.

I know some of you may have already been bored by the numerous allegory/metaphors/ parallelisms (why do i feel that my former literature teacher would be flabber-ghasted that i have since mixed all these terms up? oh well =D) on ramadhan but well, just another one to share - boleh buat modal during sharing sessions lah kan.

here's an excerpt (note: definitely not word for word - closest to what i can remember):

" a brother used to remind us during his tazkirah about ramadhan. He said, Ramadhan is like a ship filled with gems & jewels. it docks itself in our shipyards for a month once a year, and we are free to take all the gems & jewels. But only for one month. The ship will sail and will return to us the next year. But we will never know whether we will be there to welcome the ship."

" today, i attended a funeral prayer for a wife of an ustaz. Today somebody else will die, and tomorrow, somebody else, and then somebody else. somebody else will die every other day. you notice i am using the word somebody else? It is human nature to think that it is not going to be us who may die. We think we are immortal, lest we are not...We pray for Allah's forgiveness and His Mercy on us, especially in this blessed month. Lets make the best of what is left of it."

within such a short tazkirah, i was reminded of ramadhan, life & death. And I definitely didnt regret to tebalkan muka (thicken the face - usually used when someone plucks up enough courage to just do something which is potentially embarrassing) and ask for that tazkirah.