Petua Papa

Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 03:31:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: "mohd nor mokhtar" <*****@yahoo.com>
Subject: Untuk Temuduga
To: *****@psu.edu

Assalamualaikum.
Jika hendak pergi temuduga/berjumpa dengan seseorang dengan tujuan penting.
Pada pagi yang berkenaan, buat solat subuh/dhuha/sunatdua rakaat,rakaat yang pertama selepas alfatihah baca
surat Al Israa' ayat 78-80 (Aqimissholah tawalidu khisshamshi ilaghosakillailinal qurana.....hingga minladun kasulthonan nasyira). Bagi rakaat kedua selepas alfatihah baca Izaja anasrullah hiwalfaj hingga habis. Sesudah salam bacaayat Al Kursy dan Al Quraisy,sesudah itu baca ini (papa tuliskan maknanya saja),

Wahai Tuhanku,
saya memohon pertolongan dengan Mu dan saya menyerah diri kepada Mu. Wahai Tuhanku, mudahkanlah untukku kesukaran pekerjaanku dan mudahkanlah untukku kesukaran perjalananku dan rezekikanlah daku kebajikan lebih banyak dari yang aku minta dan palingkanlah daripadaku segala kejahatan.

Wahai Tuhanku, lapangkanlah dadaku, dan mudahkanlah urusanku. Wahai Tuhanku, bahwasanya aku memohon pemeliharaan Mu dan mempertaruhkan kepada Mu diriku, agamaku, ahliku dan kerabat-kerabatku dan segala nikmat yang telah Engkau berikan kepadaku dan kepada mereka, baik mengenai akhirat mau pun mengenai dunia, peliharakanlah kami semua dari segala kejahatan, wahai Tuhan yang mulia.

Saya akui kesucian Mu wahai Tuhanku. Pemberian hormat mereka didalam surga, ialah ucapan salam dan akhir doa mereka dalam surga ialah: Alhamdullillahi rabbil 'alamin. Mudah mudahan Allah memuji,menyanjung Muhammad, keluarganya, sahabat sahabatnya dan mudah mudahan Allah memberi kesejahteraan.

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How many times I got this kind of email from papa? Quite a few actually. When I first set up his email account (well, sometimes I check his email account as well..because I know its password!), I wouldnt have thought that the email would be used for this purpose because I usually keep my email to papa short and sweet (or should I say, short and plain and mundane?). For instance, below is one of the emails I wrote for my papa,

assalamualaikum papa,

boleh tak kalau ayed nak minta papa hantarkan baju melayu dan novel Imam tu pada ayed?
and kalau tak menyusahkan, nak minta papa carikan novel Konserto Terakhir karya Abdullah Hussain. Rasanya banyak di kedai buku sebab buku ni jadi teks asas pada kertas soalan BM untuk SPM.
Lagi satu, nak minta papa kirimkan sekali maggi Tomyam dan asam laksa atau pun kari untuk jadi bekalan ayed di sini. Lama dah tak rasa makan maggi and lagi satu dapat jadi bekal masa ikat perut kalau just in case budget tak cukup.

Hehehehe..full of requests ekkk? I hardly asked anything from my dad and usually if I ask something from him, it means I am exhausted all means to get what I want. He will instantaneously know about it, no doubt. Ya laaa..mane nak carik maggi Tomyam or Asam Laksa kat US wehh???!!

I guess papa is becoming more and more internet savvy...well, at least he has an email account and knows how to check his email despite his inability to read English. I dont think he would worry about it, at least he has 2 sons who very well know how to speak/read English fluently. There was one time I took time to translate an English article for him taken from malaysiakini about the politics in Malaysia. Hehehehe..I sometimes discussed politics with my dad, among a few other things. Yeah, I learnt a lot from him. But I think he also learns something from me.

I remember one time I told him about the history behind 'kurma nabi', a famous breed of dates from Saudi Arabia. He complaint to me that the dates are pretty expensive and it's an rare breed of dates. So I told him, the kurma nabi was actually bred by Rasulullah (p.u.h) himself when he planted the seeds of dates in order to free Salman Al Farisi, one of his most respectable companions, from his master. The number of the dates tree which the prophet was required to grow is 200. As always, these dates trees grew healthy and they bear fruits which no other date trees can match their superior quality. That's the work of God! Papa agrees with me when he noticed that kurma nabi is slightly bigger and taste sweeter than other dates he ate.

Hmmm...itu ajer la citer nyer kan. But anyway, papa tak dapat hantar maggi sebab US dah impose stricter rules pasal sending food stock via postal service. Bodohnyer Bush administration!