what is our intention

On my to work, from KL to Gemas , I had opportunity to listen morning motivation  radio program by Ust Ebiet Liew. He brought  topic on how to achieve peace of mind , life contentment and happiness.

As human we constantly need to re- evaluate and rectify our purpose and intention in  life. Most of the times we feel bad and undermine when people start belittling you. If we set in this life  just to achieve God   Will we easily can lead happy life . Problem starts to arise  when we continuously seeking human  pleasure.  We must remember that happiness don't derive from our   wife , kid or mom , but happiness is pursuit of His pleasure.

Our noble religion  continuously urge  to do prayer and invoke to  Him sincerely and not to arrogantly show  our deeds to other people. I'm sure you will feel anxious when your spouse start to grumble over how things she did in the family, as if you have done nothing on your behalf. . Surely anger can easily sparks when we  start throwing all the blames . By seeking His pleasures the perception and paradigm will be entirely different and we become more calm in taking wise decision even situation seems turmoil.

Be like the heart which still beating even though it veils in you . Even you  are in sleep but it still serve and give you life. . If anybody reprimand you,  its not matter  of those did it   but about you and God. Many times in life  we being tested  and remember anything valuable  don't  just fall from the sky. Start telling yourself  we don't need other to  appreciate when we do good  but we do for the sake of pleasing Him.

Always rectify your intention in life . Peel all the hatred in your heart. and  forgive everyone everyday.  Insha Allah.

After war

Heaven and earth is our differences
Because His  destiny the love budding
In the unrest of no edge
I endure love after suffering

The Father of HRM

George Elton Mayo:The Father of Human Resource Management & His Hawthorne Studies.

Elton Mayo was born in Adelaide, South Australia on 26 December 1880 and died in Guildford, Surrey on 1 September 1949. He was the second child of a respected colonial family. Elton was expected to follow his grandfather into medicine, but failed at university studies and was sent to Britain. Here he turned to writing, wrote on Australian politics for the Pall Mall Gazette and started teaching. He then returned to Australia to work in an Adelaide publishing business where his views on management caused him to be unpopular. He went back to study, and became the most brilliant student of the philosopher Sir William Mitchell.

Mayo went on to his most famous experiments – those at the Hawthorne Works of the General Electric Company in Chicago between 1924 and 1927. He undertook further experimentation to find out what effect fatigue and monotony had on job productivity and how to control them through varying rest breaks, work hours, temperature and humidity. Modern human resources gained a permanent role within organizations during the human relations movement initiated during the late 1920s. This movement acknowledged that social and psychological factors could better explain worker productivity and output. The Hawthorne Studies conducted at the Western Electric Company in the late 1920s initiated the human relations movement. Mayo is known as the founder of the Human Relations Movement, and is known for his research including the Hawthorne Studies (The “Hawthorne effect” refers to improvements in worker productivity or quality that results from the mere fact that workers are being studied or observed. This observation came from studies carried out at Western Electric’s Hawthorne plant during the late 1920s. The experiments validated the idea that people are motivated by additional factors rather than by purely economic factors.) & his book The Human Problems of an Industrialized Civilization (1933). The research he conducted under the Hawthorne Studies of the 1930s showed the importance of groups in affecting the behavior of individuals at work. Mayo’s employees, Roethlisberger and Dickson, conducted the practical experiments. This enabled him to make certain deductions about how managers should behave. He carried out a number of investigations to look at ways of improving productivity, for example changing lighting conditions in the workplace. What he found however was that work satisfaction depended to a large extent on the informal social pattern of the work group. Where norms of cooperation and higher output were established because of a feeling of importance, physical conditions or financial incentives had little motivational value. People will form work groups and this can be used by management to benefit the organization.He concluded that people’s work performance is dependent on both social issues and job content. He suggested a tension between workers’ ‘logic of sentiment’ and managers’ ‘logic of cost and efficiency’ which could lead to conflict within organizations.

Summary of Mayo’s Beliefs:

• Individual workers cannot be treated in isolation, but must be seen as members of a group.
• Monetary incentives and good working conditions are less important to the individual than the need to belong to a group.
• Informal or unofficial groups formed at work have a strong influence on the behavior of those workers in a group.
• Managers must be aware of these ‘social needs’ and cater for them to ensure that employees collaborate with the official organization rather than work against it.
• Mayo’s simple instructions to industrial interviewers set a template and remain influential to this day .

[Source : HRMP]

motive of action

notes

Now I know where the direction should  I go,  We enter here with forgetfulness. Trying very hard to reminisce and remember where we start. We here to grow, to open the lost album that we used to know before. We may suffer because betray our own covenant, asking and keep asking why. But when the fruit taste right and we come to peace knowing our real creation.

         

If we obey God

It’s the path to grow

Road that leads to HIM

Spiritual need to be grown

to bear the fruits

The ultimate taste fruit of truth.

And the peace of mind.

And what stop us are shaytan, lust, Dunya and human itself.

I think its the time

To start asking seriously

After long stumbles

And chances to stand again..

Until when to keep ignore.

Don’t u get the message.

Don’t you hear its calling.

Meaning that hope to bring you home. 

good student

A japan lecturer were asked on how to be good student. “Be punctual, bring pen and  paper and respect each other”.

emotional state

How to motivate someone to act good. Emotional state often fluctuates. Whenever  we feel to do something good don’t procrastinate. Grab Sejadah and  pray instantly. Because that emotional state will not stay long in one's emotion.

Another aspect we also need to force ourselves to do good or productive deeds and hoping the  positive emotional arise after  our action. By just only waiting the positive feeling the arrive  then  to act upon , will limit our opportunity to gain success.

choice

Which of these answers suit your conscious mind :

a. Life happen by accident and chances, no start no end and no any creator responsible to  create it.

b. You live only  in this life , do anything you want and death will be your ultimate end of your existence. God only human fantasy and utopia.

c.  They are many gods that create this life and bring their own religion/creed . And human can choose which god their prefer as believe and perfection of life

d. We are here because of the sin we made during our life in heaven. God expelled out human from heaven and taste suffer during this life . A prophet has sacrifice his life to be crucified for salvation of our sin.

e. There is only one God had created this heaven and earth and whole existence. Human is the best creation to be his representatives or vicegerent on earth. HE sets his guidance through prophet as mankind manual to live accordingly which suit purpose of life. Human were be given freewill to act  by his mental and intellectual conscience. At the end of our life our soul will be brought to the almighty creator to be  judge of all deeds during his life. The sound soul granted paradise and

those contradict will taste hell fire.

Quran wins the heart of US Professor Dr. Jeffrey Lang : how i embraced Islam

Dr. Jeffrey Lang is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at the University of Kansas, one of the biggest universities in the United States. He started his religious journey on Jan 30, 1954, when he was born in a Roman Catholic family in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

The first 18 years of his life were spent in Catholic schools, which left him with many unanswered questions about God and the Christian religion, Lang said, as he narrated his story of Islam.

“Like most kids back in the late 60s and early 70s, …

I started questioning all the values that we had at those times, political, social and religious,” Lang said. “I rebelled against all the institutions that society held sacred including the Catholic Church,” he said.

By the time he reached the age of 18, Lang had become a full-fledged atheist. “If there is a God, and he is all merciful and all loving, then why is there suffering on this earth? Why does not He just take us to heaven? Why create all these people to suffer?” Such were the questions that came up in his mind in those days.

As a young lecturer in mathematics at San Francisco University, Lang found his religion where God is finally a reality. That was shown to him by a few of the Muslim friends he had met at the university. “We talked about religion. I asked them my questions, and I was really surprised by how carefully they had thought out their answers,” Lang said.

Dr. Lang met Mahmoud Qandeel, a regal looking Saudi student who attracted the attention of the entire class the moment he walked in. When Lang asked a question about medical research, Qandeel answered the question in perfect English and with great self assurance.

Everyone knew Qandeel-the mayor, the police chief and the common people. Together the professor and the student went to all the glittering places where “there was no joy or happiness, only laughter.”

Yet at the end Qandeel surprisingly gave him a copy of the Qur’an and some books on Islam. Lang read the Qur’an on his own, found his way to the student-run prayer hall at the university, and basically surrendered without much struggle.

He was conquered by the Qur’an. The first two chapters are an account of that encounter and it is a fascinating one.

“Painters can make the eyes of a portrait appear to be following you from one place to another, but which author can write a scripture that anticipates your daily vicissitudes?… Each night I would formulate questions and objections and somehow discover the answer the next day. It seemed that the author was reading my ideas and writing in the appropriate lines in time for my next reading. I have met myself in its pages…”

Lang performs the daily five-time prayers regularly and finds much spiritual satisfaction. He finds the Fajr (pre-dawn) prayer as one of the most beautiful and moving rituals in Islam. “It is as if you temporarily leave this world and communicate with the angels in singing God’s praises before dawn.”

To the question how he finds it so captivating when the recitation of the Qur’an is in Arabic, which is totally foreign to him, he responds; “Why is a baby comforted by his mother’s voice?” He said reading the Qur’an gave him a great deal of comfort and strength in difficult times. From there on, faith was a matter of practice for Lang’s spiritual growth.

On the other hand, Lang pursued a career in mathematics. He received his master’s and doctoral degrees from Purdue University. Lang said that he had always been fascinated by mathematics. “Maths is logical. It consists of using facts and figures to find concrete answers,” Lang said. “That is the way my mind works, and it is frustrating when I deal with things that do not have concrete answerers.”

Having a mind that accepts ideas on their factual merit makes believing in a religion difficult because most religions require acceptance by faith, he said. Islam appeals to man’s reasoning, he said.

As faculty advisor for the Muslim Student Association, Lang said he viewed himself as the liaison between the student and their universities. He gets approval from university authorities to hold Islamic lectures. “The object of being their faculty advisor is to help them get their needs met as far as adjusting to the American culture and to procedures of the university. They appreciate the opportunity to have misconceptions corrected,” he said.

Lang married a Saudi Muslim woman, Raika, 14 years ago. Lang has written several Islamic books which are best sellers among the Muslim community in the US. One of his important books is “Even Angels ask; A journey to Islam in America”. In this book, Dr. Lang shares with his readers the many insights that have unfolded for him through his self discovery and progress within the religion of Islam.

■ Story: First Salah of Jeffery Laing ■

I would like to read out an extract from Jeffery Laing’s book, “Even Angels Ask” in which he describes his first prayer…

On the day I converted to Islam the Imam of the Masjid gave me a manual on how to perform Salah. How hard could it be pray I wondered?

That night I decided to start perfroming the 5 prayers at their appointed time. Much of what I was saying was in Arabic so I had to memorize the Arabic transliteration and English interpretations. I poured over the manual of salah for a couple of hours before I felt confident enough to attempt my first prayer. I walked into the bathroom and opened to the section describing how to perform Wudhu, Like a cook trying a recipe for the first time, I followed the step-by-step instructions slowly and meticulously.

Standing in the center of the room I aimed myself in what I hoped was the direction of Makkah. I glanced back over my shoulder to make sure that I had locked the door to my apartment. Finding that it was locked, I looked straight ahead straightened my stance, took a deep breath and in a hushed voice I pronounced “Allah-o-Akbar” I felt a little anxious, I couldn’t rid myself of the feeling that someone might be spying on me so I stopped what I was doing and went to the window, I glanced around outside to make sure no one was there.

Then, I carefully pulled the curtains closed and returned to the middle of the room. Once again, I stood straight and whispered “Allah-u-Akbar” in a barely audible tone I slowly and clumsily recited the first surah of Quran and another short surah in Arabic. I then bowed with my back perpendicular to my legs. I had never bowed to anyone before and I felt embarrassed I was glad that I was alone. I stood up and recited “Sami’Allaahu liman Hamidah” and then I felt my heart pounding and anxiety mounting as I called out another “Allah-u-Akbar”.

I had arrived at the moment when I had to perfrom Sajdah. Petrified I stared at the area of the floor, I could not do it, I could not lower myself to the floor like a slave dropping before his Master. It was as if my legs had braces on them that would not let me bend. I felt too ashamed and humiliated. I could imagine my friends laughing & watching me make a fool of myself. Poor Jeff! I could hear them saying.’Please,please help me do this’,I prayed. I took a deep breath and forced myself to the floor.Now on my hands and knees,I hesitated for a brief moment and then I pushed my face to the carpet, ridding my mind of all other thoughts. I mechanically pronounced three times “Subhaana Rabbi Al A’laa’,”ALLAH-U-AKBAR” I called and sat back on my heels and put my face again to the carpet. I was determined to finish this no matter what.”Allah-u-Akbar” I called and lifted myself from the floor and stood up straight, three cycles to go I told myself. I had to wrestle with my emotions and pride the rest of the prayer but this got easier with each cycle.

Finally, I recited the Tashahud and then I ended the prayer. Spent, I remained on the floor and reviewed the battle I had just been through. I felt embarassed for I had to struggle so hard to go through the prayer. With my head lowered in shame I prayed ‘Please forgive me my arrogance and stupidity, I have come from very far and have so very far to go’. At that moment I experienced something I had never felt before. A wave of coldness swept through me, which seemed to radiate from some point within my chest. It was much more than a physical sensation. It was as if mercy had taken on an objective form and it was now penetrating and enveloping me, I cannot say why but I began to cry. Tears began to run down my face and I found myself weeping uncontrollably. The harder I cried the more I felt the embrace of a powerful kindness and compassion. I remained on my knees crouched on the floor with my head on my hands, Sobbing for sometime.

When I finally stopped crying I was completely exhausted but one thing I realised I needed Allah and prayer desperately. Before getting up from my knees I made one last dua, ‘O God If I ever gravitate towards disbelief again then please kill me first,rid me of this life, it is hard enough living with my imperfections and weaknesses but I cannot live another day denying YOU’…

Prophet Muhammad PBUH’s last exhortation was for Salah (Prayer). The last moments of his life when he was so ill, 3 times he got up and asked Ayesha(raa),’Have the muslims prayed?’ Ayesha(raa) said, ‘No,they are waiting for you’. He kept trying, he would bathe and then faint, finally he (saw) appointed Abu Bakr (raa) to lead the prayer. He (saw) didn’t give up,with the support of 2 men he reached for his Zuhr prayer. When Abu Bakr(raa) saw him he started to move back but the Prophet(saw) indicated to him that he should not move. And he said to he 2 men, ‘make me sit at his side’. They sat him down beside Abu Bakr(raa) and Abu Bakr(raa) prayed standing and the people prayed following the prayer of Abu Bakr(raa) and amongst the last words of RasoolAllah(saw) were ‘As-Salah! As-Salah!’ The prayer, The prayer!’ He added, “Fear Allah with regards to the slaves what your right hands possess”.

This is Islam-Huquq-ullah and Huquq-ul-ibaad.

I would like to end this discussion with a Hadith Qudsi in which Allah(swt) said, “I accept the Salah of one who humbles himself during it to My Greatness and who does not perform the Salah just for show and who does not spend the night in disobdience to Me and who spends the day remembering Me and who is merciful to the poor,The traveller and the widows and who is merciful to one who is suffering from a disease. He has a light like the light of the sun. I protect him by My Glory and the Angels guard over him. I give him light in darkness and dignity in the presence of ignorance and his example in My creation is like Firdous in Jannah”.

DUA: Allah please accept this from us. You are All-Hearing and All-Knowing. You are The Most Forgiving.Youare The Most Relenting and repeatedly Merciful. Allah grant us The Taufiq to read all the 5 prayers with sincerity.
(Taken from:To Be Earnest In Prayers By Amina Elahi)

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Dr. Jeffrey Lang: The Purpose of Life

This is the best ever talk, by far in my opinion, on the purpose of life from an Islamic perspective. The talk summarizes the essence of Brother Jeffrey Lang's second book, Even Angels Ask.

The talk is about his analysis on the essence and fundamental message of the Quran from a highly rational and logical perspective. The arguments are almost highly mathematical in style, trying to uncover and decode the message embedded in the Quran, hidden among the stories, allegories, analogies, etc in all the Surahs in the Quran. The most important excerpts from the Quran that he uses to find its message is the story of the first man on earth, Adam, in Surah Al-Baqarah (2:30-38). To me, his extractions of the story is ground-breaking, fundamentally different from others, and essential to our entire understanding of what Islam is and what being a muslim is about.

Jeffrey Lang argues that the main essence of the purpose of life, from the perspective of Islam, as being told in the Quran, is that we humans have been given 3 things - intellect (or reason), choice (or freewill), and sufferings (or challenges) - on earth. These 3 things are essential to us to grow ourselves throughout our lives.

Jeffrey Lang argues that our growth, i.e. our development, is our main purpose of life on earth. This growth is important as a preparation for us to enter the next stage of our life - the hereafter. But most importantly is that what we grow into is what matters most. We have to grow ourselves to be closer to Allah by developing the qualities that make us better individuals. These qualities are defined by some of His attributes and virtues, e.g. Compassionate, Graciousness, Peaceful, Loving, Just, Truthful, Wise, Merciful, Patient. The source of all these good qualities come from God Himself. We thus grow ourselves to be closer to God by allowing ourselves to grow with these qualities, which means allowing ourselves to receive such qualities that originate from Him.

I'm giving one example of an ayat from the Quran that clearly states that one of these qualities come from God:

Act patience; your patience comes only from God.
Surah An-Nahl (16:127), Translation by T.B. Irving

It's also important to note that although we must grow into the qualities that define God's attributes, we can only approximate His virtues by a very small fraction, for Allah is the infinite source of these virtues, and none can compare to Him, and none can even come close to being His equals.

Jeffrey Lang gave some analogies in the talk to clarify why growing ourselves in these qualities allow ourselves to be closer to God. He gave examples that two people who are trying to get closer to one another gets closer through some shared or common interests. For example, if two people are trying to get closer intellectually, they would both have to have a common intellectual interest, e.g. math, science, etc. So, one builds a closer relationship with God by developing the qualities that originate from God.

However, Jeffrey Lang argues that these qualities don't come easy to use and cannot be programmed into us. We have to choose whether to grow with these qualities, or to grow with the opposites of these qualities (which inherently separates us farther from God). We are given the intellect to reason how we want to develop ourselves and we are given the environment that presents us the opportunity to exercise the qualities that we grow into. Some of these environments are sufferings. We face or see sufferings to help us develop these qualities. For example, we can develop compassion in ourselves when we have the opportunity to be compassionate towards people who go through some sufferings and thus need our help and compassionate act. We can learn to be more patient if we have gone through some rough ordeals in our lives which requires us to be patient when going through them.

In short, this Jeffrey Lang's talk is fundamental to our deeper understanding of what Islam is, about what our main purpose is in life as a muslim, about what the essence of our relationship with Allah is, and about what the essence of our relationship with other human beings is.

Roti

Im delude
Between reality
And what suppose to be.

Or just let it be
Lauhghing over cup of coffee
And toast of roti.

-Smbn23mei.