Tahun Baru

Alhamdulillah

Tiga ratus enam puluh lima hari sudah berlalu pergi

Pahit manis turut dirasai

Masam masin juga telah dikongsi

Setiap detik yang berlalu sangat dihargai

Alhamdulillah

Untuk tahun baru ini

azam diperbaharui

yang masih belum dicapai teruskan usaha lagi

tetapi biarlah dengan satu tujuan murni

mengharap redha Ilahi

Alhamdulillah

atas semua nikmat kurniaan Maha Pemberi

kumohon agar sentiasa mensyukuri

biarpun ujian lautan berduri

semuanya mempunyai hikmah untuk direnungi

agar tidak lupa diri

atau bangga diri

kerana kita tiada apa melainkan dengan RahmahNYA

Alhamdulillah

Selamat tahun baru

biarpun ia sekadar angka

tetapi jangan biarkan angka itu pergi 

dengan sia-sia

tanpa sebarang makna

Bismillahitawakkaltu

Selamat tahun baru

Saadah Khair

2 Januari 2018

9.43 pagi

Bandar Baru Nilai

Tiga Puluh Tiga

Benarlah bahawa umur itu sekadar angka

yang dihisab bukan selama mana kita bernyawa

tetapi iman dan amalan yang menentukan syurga atau neraka

Syukur Yang Esa
dalam kehidupan tiga puluh tiga
aku masih bernyawa
cukup anggota
sihat tanpa penyakit nista

Syukur Yang Esa

dalam kehidupan tiga puluh tiga

aku masih anak kepada bonda

biarpun ayah sudah tiada

tanggungjawab seorang anak itu masih ada

Syukur Yang Esa

dalam kehidupan tiga puluh tiga

aku adalah isteri kepada suami tercinta

mengharap redha dia

berdoa agar sakinah, mawaddah wa rahmah sentiasa

bahagia hingga ke syurga

Syukur Yang Esa

dalam kehidupan tiga puluh tiga
aku adalah ibu kepada dua cahaya
penyejuk hati dan mata
semoga membesar dalam iman, islam, dan taqwa
dijauhkan segala malapetaka
dan dididik dengan penuh kasih dan cinta

Syukur Yang Esa
dalam kehidupan tiga puluh tiga
akhirnya pengajianku berakhir juga
jalan paling mencabar yang penuh pancaroba
biarpun berakhir, tetapi ia adalah satu permulaan yang bermakna
agar aku terus mencari ilmu di dada
tunduk, tawaduk, dan berlapang dada
dijauhkan riak, sombong, dan mengangkat kepala
dan sentiasa menghormati sesama manusia

Syukur Yang Esa
aku kini tiga puluh tiga
dua puluh empat sembilan belas lapan lima

Alhamdulillah!

Thank you Husband!

Dear my husband,

Thank you for everything

I should thank you everyday and not only once in my life

I should thank you for every single thing that you've sacrificed for me

I should thank you for being a wonderful man yesterday, today and tomorrow

You are my husband, my hero

I should thank you for taking care of our son together

I should thank you for not complaining to swap duty and change nappy

I should thank you for showing your highest love to our baby
I should thank you for staying with us during our joy and sorrow

You are his great father, his hero

I am sorry if I forgot to say thank you

I am sorry if I seem not appreciating you

I am sorry if I carelessly putting burden on you

Thank you for everything

And you must never forget that I will and always love you

2nd February 2016

Orchard Learning Resource Centre

Birmingham, UK

Overdue or Not Overdue?

My baby's not a library book, 

So he's not overdue. 

My baby won't take too long to cook 

'Cause he's not veggie stew.

My baby's not an elephant.

And I am not fit to burst.

The time and date aren't relevant - 

We're blessed with days, not cursed.

My baby can't read dates yet 

Because he's very new.

There's no cause to fuss and fret 

If he doesn't come on cue.

So stop your worry.

Stop your asking.

There's no hurry.

We're just relaxing

In this golden pregnant time, 

This pause... just his and mine.

Now, you leave us be...

We are just fine.

~Rachel Pritchard

*Keep calm and carry on praying!

Menguji & Diuji

Lama menyepi

bukan bererti melarikan diri

cuma bertafakur setelah diuji

Tuhan kasihi

Dia kan terus menguji

Betapa lemahnya diri

mengeluh berkali-kali

tapi nikmat terus diberi

hinanya hati

kerana salah mengerti

Tuhan, ampuni hambaMu ini

segala kurniaan aku syukuri

Kau Maha Pemberi

sedangkan aku kerdil sekali

Hanya padaMu segala puji

Terima kasih Ilahi

Saadah Khair

1 Rejab 1434H

Sri Warisan, Teras Jernang

Usah Jemu Dalam Menuntut Ilmu

رضينا قسمة الجبار فينا        لنا علم ولللأعداء مال

وإن المال يفنى عن قريب     وإن العلم يبقى لا يزال

"Kami rela dengan pemberian (Allah) pada kami,

Kami diberi ilmu dan musuh diberi harta,

Dan harta musnah sekelip mata,

Dan ilmu tetap kekal tidak hilang."

-Ali bin Abi Talib-

وفي الجهل قبل الموتِ موتٌ لأهلهِ      فأجسمهم قبل القبورِ قبورٌ

وإن امرأ لم يحىَ بالعلم ميتٌ            فليس له حتى النشورِ نشورٌ

"Dalam kebodohan sebelum mati adalah kematian bagi pemiliknya,

Tubuh mereka sebelum dikubur adalah kuburan,

Sekiranya manusia hidup tanpa ilmu dia adalah mayat,

Saat dibangkitkan baginya tiada ada kebangkitan."

- Ibnu Taimiyah -

"Tidak akan tinggal di kampung halamannya saja, bagi orang yang memiliki kecerdasan dan adab yang tinggi, tapi dia akan pergi meninggalkan tempatnya. Maka tinggalkanlah tanah airmu dan merantaulah”

“Pergi dan merantaulah di tempat yang baru, anda akan menjumpai orang-orang anda tinggalkan, dan bersusah payahlah karena sesungguhnya kelezatan hidup itu berada dalam susah payah”

- Imam al-Syafi'e -

Allahumma Balighna Ramadan

10 days to go

in searching the barakah

in looking for the maghfirah

in seeking the pleasure of Allah

in dreaming the Jannah

in making all actions Ibadah

in running to do goods

in avoiding bad deeds

in loving one another

in keeping away from evil wishper

in helping needy and poor

in donating the most loved things

in enjoying the words of God

in waking up at early morning

in hunting the laylatulQadr

© Saadah Khair

20 Sha'ban 1433H

**Please read this:
http://www.productivemuslim.com/8-simple-steps-to-help-you-prepare-for-ramadan

Key of my Heart

I keep a key,
the key that locked a special flesh in my body.

I treasure a key,
the key that means everything in my life.

once in a time..

I throw a key,
the key that hurt my feeling.

then..

I lost a key,
the key that keep bringing me a happiness

and now..

I found a key again,
the key that embraced by you, my love..

And i do hope that this key of my heart will never loose again, 

coz i know, you are the only holder of my key..

Saadah Khair

  Picture was taken from HERE

**Coincidentally, found back my old writing. It was published almost two years ago in Receipt Stories. Please visit HERE.

Love Poems: Khalil Gibran

“You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore. 

You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days. 

Ay, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God. 

But let there be spaces in your togetherness, 

And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. 

Love one another, but make not a bond of love: 

Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. 

Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup. 

Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf 

Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, 

Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. 

Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping. 

For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts. 

And stand together yet not too near together: 

For the pillars of the temple stand apart, 

And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.” 

― Khalil Gibran, The Prophet

“Hearts united in pain and sorrow
will not be separated by joy and happiness.
Bonds that are woven in sadness
are stronger than the ties of joy and pleasure.
Love that is washed by tears
will remain eternally pure and faithful.” 

― Khalil Gibran, Love Letters in the Sand: The Love Poems of Khalil Gibran

**Special dedication to You-Know-Who-You-Are

 The Stranger within my gate,

He may be true or kind,

But he does not talk my talk--

I cannot feel his mind

I see the face and the eyes and mouth

But not the soul behind.

The men of my own stock,

They may do ill or well,

But they tell the lies I am wonted to,

They are used to the lies I tell;

And we do not need interpreters

When we go to buy and sell.

The stranger within my gates

He may be evil or good

But I cannot tell what powers control,

What reasons sway his mood;

Nor when the Gods of his far-off land

Shall repossess his blood.

The men of my own stock,

Bitter bad they may be,

But at least they hear the things I hear

And see the things I see;

And whatever I think of them and their likes,

They think of the likes of me.

This was my father's belief,

And this is also mine:

Let all the corn be one sheaf

And the grapes be all one vine

Ere our children's teeth are set on edge

By bitter bread and wine.

- Rudyard Kipling

**Sajak ini dideklamasikan oleh Prof. Wan pada penghabisan syarahan umum beliau berkenaan Matlamat Pendidikan Tinggi di CASIS.

Who

Who wanna be my book
which is my loved one

OR

Who wanna be my bookshelves
which carry my love

[Confuse Mode]

**Republish from my old BLOG

Beloved IIUM

IIUM
The Garden of Knowledge & Virtue
The Paradise of learning
Nothing can describe,
Nobody can measure,
The education and wisdom..

Alhamdulillah for the uncountable Ni'mah
the happiness and sadness,
the healthiness and sickness,
which all gain in IIUM..

Memories never die,
Keep tight deep in the heart..

**Taaruf Week at IIUM in this week really remind me those memories as a freshie. Now, it's almost over 5 years I've been in this beloved university.. Miss those innocent days..

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Bismillahirahmanirrahim..

Yesterday was 12th May, today is 13th May, and tomorrow will be 14th May. Alhamdulillah i'm still alive for yesterday and today, but i don't know about tomorrow. Am i prepared enough for the death and the special meeting with God ? the answer will be remained only in my brain..

As i mentioned earlier, today is 13th May. If you remind what happened in the past historical event of 13th May in Malaysia, it was unforgettable event in Malaysian history. It should not be repeated again especially during the slogan 1Malaysia was widely spread in this beloved country. That incident is a yesterday's story, what about our next story for tomorrow and the future ? We don't know but HE knows, and we still hope that the tomorrow's story will be better than yesterday's..

Actually i don't have more idea to talk about it here, then i wanna share a poem taken from 'Life is an Open Secret' entitled Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Please enjoy the poem and i'm sure that you will get something from this poem..

Today is the tomorrow I worried about yesterday
and today was such a lovely day,
that I wondered why I worried about today yesterday,
so today I am not going to worry about tomorrow,
there may not be a tomorrow anyway..

So today I am going to live as if there is no tomorrow,
and I am going to forget about yesterday.
Today is the tomorrow I planned for yesterday,
and nearly all my plans for today did not plan out the way I thought they would yesterday.

So today I am forgetting about tomorrow and I will plan for today,
but not too strenuously,
today I will stop to smell a rose,
I will tell a loved one how much I love them,
I will stop planning for tomorrow and plan to make today the best day of my life.

Today is the tomorrow I was afraid of yesterday,
and today was nothing to be afraid of,
so today I will banish fear of the unknown,
I will embrace the unknown as a learning experience full of exciting opportunities,
Today, unlike yesterday, I will not fear tomorrow,
Today is the tomorrow I dreamed about yesterday,
and some of the dreams I dreamt about yesterday came true today,
so today I am going to continue dreaming about tomorrow,
and perhaps more of the dreams I dream today will come true tomorrow.
Today is the tomorrow I set goals for yesterday,
and I reached some of those goals today.

So today I am going to set slightly higher goals for today and tomorrow,
and if tomorrow turns out to be like today,
I will certainly reach all of my goals one day !!

InsyaAllah.. Certainly, all dreams will be achieved one day. If you still not decided yet about your goals and dreams, please do so. You are still not too late because you still have time. As George Eliot once said: "It is never too late to become what you might have been".

Yesterday is history,
Tomorrow is mystery,
Today is a gift !

Thank You

Thank you for the good times,
The days you filled with pleasure.

Thank you for fond memories,
And for feelings I'll always treasure.

Although with thousand "Thank You"
But it doesn't seem enough
unexplainable by words
but touchable deep in my heart

Thank you Allah
for sending a sweet person like you..

Saadah Khair
29 March 2010