Name: Syarifah Afiqah bt Syed Shahrin

Matric number: A168427

Date: 9/8/2021-13/8/2021.

 

For week 2, I learned about pronunciation of Arabic letters, which is also the letter used in the al-Quran. The correct pronunciation of the Arabic letters comes from perfecting 2 things: correct makhraj (points of articulation of letters) and correct sifaat (characteristic of letters). The best way to learn this is for the learner to try to pronounce it after the teacher has demonstrated. Through this way, the learner can feel with their tongue/lips where the points for each letter is. Another way to learn it is by illustration, such as the diagram above.

 

Knowledge of makhraj and sifaat is a crucial part of learning the Quran. This is because sometimes two letters may have very similar sounds (ه,ح), which makes mixing them up easy. If a person does not know the attributes of each letter, he/she may pronounce it wrongly and eventually change the meaning, which is prohibited. Thus, it is important to know how to pronounce them correctly to prevent the reciter from making mistakes when reciting the Qur’an.

 

From this week's sessions, I truly feel how infinite knowledge is. Although I have been learning and reading al-Quran since I was young, there are actually so many things that I still do not know. I feel very grateful that I enrolled in this course as I acquired plenty of new knowledge and improved my recitation while receiving  the sanad.

 

From today onwards, I will practice reciting the Quran with the correct pronunciation.

 

After learning about makhraj and sifaat, I have realized that there are some letters that can be a bit difficult to pronounce. How I deal with it is with practice! Initially, every time I encounter those letters, I need to reread to correct my makhraj but as time progresses, alhamdulillah it has become easier to pronounce them and less rereading. 

 

My elective posting project is a lifelong learning.

 

For week 3, I will be learning about tajweed rules. I will also continue reading al-Quran with my teacher to complete the 30 juz and receive the sanad, if Allah wills.

Worship is not valid until after knowing the god

Points to remember from week 2
Knowledge about 13 attributes of Allah are indeed important for every muslims.One of important attribute is that Allah مخالفته للحوادث - He does not resembles anything.

He created light, He does not resembles light.
He created humankind, he doesnt resembles humankind
He created big creations such as hill, he doesnt resembles hill
Thus, He created everything, he doesnt resembles everything.

Allah said in quran, surah as-syura verses 11,
ليس كمثله شيء
He doesnt resembles anything

This is the strongest dalil saying that Allah does not resembles anything with his creation from every angle. Thus as a true muslims, we dont believe allah has hands, faces, and all characteristics similar to his creation as what some people said.

1 Good thing that I can practice
After knowing this, I am able to recognized and identify some groups of people who didnt follow the right path in akidah as what our prophet thought us to. I was also able to explain to my family and friends especially nonmuslims about the true akidah in islam.

Difficulties/concerns? How I cope?
So far this week has been great as i learnt a lot of different things in a short time. However i am concern about our unmanned OSCE which had been postponed next week. I am worried if the new date for OSCE will disturb my focus to EP again. I try to cope by having some hangout with friends, share my concerns and plan my time to not study last minute.

2 words to describe EP progress
Short but sweet !

Plan for week 3
To focus more on my session next week and make notes so that i  can revise whenever I wanted to

 

There is not so much different compared to week 1. In week 2, I learnt different alphabets with different angles and challenges but still using the same hand skill technique.

 

Patience is still the key to have a good handwriting as well as lots of practices!

 

Your feelings & thoughts 

I think learning khat calligraphy would be so much easier and faster if I did not skip khat class when I was young. Now I am regretting but life must goes on :’)

 

1 good thing is that I might have a better handwriting in the future which will give less headache to all the examiners to check my answers during exams

 

I would say that there was no difficulty in week 2, might be due to lots of practices. 

 

Enjoyable, Serenity

My next plan would be writing sentences and one short surah. 

 

During my second week, I continued my studies with some new topics. In chapter Fiqh, I learned about the right way to do Istinja’ (removing impurity) and Ghusl (full ablation). The Istinja’ is a part of Islamic hygienical jurisprudence and general ritual purity of body and soul. It is equivalent action by just using stones, toilet paper or anything else that is pure without water to remove the impurity and maintain hygiene in accordance of the Islamic law and principal.

For Tasawwuf part, I learned about the sins of heart and stomach. Some good points are about the signs of a sick heart and the harm of having a full stomach. There are supporting Quranic verse and hadith calling for a believer to develop their intellect by engaging our mind into reflecting the signs of Allah swt.

The take home message for this week is about to contain a heart connected to Allah. The important thing is being a good person with a clean heart and sincere intentions. We must let our heart to trust Allah alone to take care of things. 

I feel so glad that I am able to attend this online course because it gave me realization about the true ways of life. It was an extremely rewarding knowledge.

One good thing that I gained was about the right steps of Istinja’ as the ways to adapt to the basic element self-cleansing in certain conditions.

My second week is better than the first one as I have finished most of my papers by that time. There is no other difficulty in attending the class.

Two words to describe elective posting progress so far
Interesting, delightful

I will continue my learning session for other topics and to maintain my spirit to keep gaining knowledges.

Hi everyone!

Name : Rosnaini binti Sudi

Matric number: A167773

Date: 19th June - 27th June 2021 

 

As in the first week, we learned about a lot of important things in this second week. Among them are 13 attributes of Allah, riddah(apostasy), obligatory ghusl(bathing), istinjak, tayammum, sins of the heart and stomach, and a few scholars' advice. I also prepare notes based on topics that have been studied so that it is easy to revise.

In week 2, we learned about apostasy (riddah). This is a very important chapter. The accountable person (mukallaf) has to be Muslim. This is what saves him/her on the Day of Judgement from the everlasting torture. Being a Muslim is an obligation upon the accountable person. This is the greatest blessing a person can have in this life. You might be going through different hardships, but if you are Muslim, thank God for this blessing. Remain steadfast to it till death.

Alhamdulillah. I love to listen to the advice that is full of wisdom from the words of the scholars shared by ustaz and ustazah.

Many of us might go through hard times when we feel down and sad. 

What can we do to feel better? Well, a great piece of advice is to fulfill the obligations, stay away from sins and make a lot of zikr. 

Believe me. It's really helpful!

The Prophet 'alaihissalam said what means there are two words that are easy to say and greatly rewardable : 

Do you know what SubhanAllah means?
It means we clear Allah from resembling any of His creations. We learn this during Aqidah class, where Ustaz explains clearly the 13 attributes of Allah. 

Say this zikr greatly rewardable vicar more often with a sincere intention. Let's start to practice it!

Alhamdulillah, this week went smoothly. After learning about many things including riddah, I want to share and remind my loved ones including family and friends to be vigilant with what is believed, spoken, and done. May we all have a good end and die in a state of faith and adhere to the beliefs of the Ahlu sunnah waljamaah. With that, I will try to invite more of my relatives to follow this kind of program in the future as a sign of my love for them and want them to get great benefits.

Blessing and Love

Next week, we'll learn more about riddah. We learn about apostasy not for us to do it but to stay away from it to preserve our faith. Let's learn more and practice.

O Allah, adorn us with knowledge and beautify us with patience.

 

Alhamdulillah, in regards to my EP progress, I learned a lot thru my 2^nd week of EP. In week 2, I learned:

Aqidah: 13 attributes of Allah, apostasy (Riddah)

Aqidah: Purification in Islam, obligatory bath (Ghusl), ablation 

Tasawwuf: The sins of heart and stomach 

 

Purification is essential for prayer as neither is the prayer accepted without proper purification.

 

I feel delighted and grateful to attend the classes and learn many essential things as a Muslim.

 

One good thing that I can practice is the correct way to perform purification according to Islam to ensure prayer validity!

 

 Any difficulties/concerns? How did you cope?

The only difficulty that I encountered is that unstable line, so I coped it with revision of online class recording provided. 

 

Interesting, accomplishment

 

Prepare, and attend the next week of classes!

Hello everyone.

Name: Ulyssies Bin Suderman
Matric: A168206
Date: 9/8/2021 - 15/8/2021

How is your progress?

As I planned from week 1, I wanted to improve my shading and sketching this week. After a week of sketching, I got the hang of the app Procreate, for the most part. I also thought my piece this week had more improvements as I begin to familiarise with the app. I practiced shading with monochromatic colours (black and grey). Attached video is the process of me sketching and shading of a piece I’m quite proud of. I drew this piece from imagination so you could say it’s an original character. I thought about how to draw each features meticulously and it turned out well. The simple shading also made the drawing pop out and look more realistic.

Point to remember from week 2

I actually tried to start sketching and shading using colours at first but it didn’t turn out well. Then, I learned that I need to have enough practice using monochromatic colours to improve my shading as I transition to use more colours.

Feeling and thought?

I felt satisfied and proud with the piece I did this week. Although I failed at first, I can always improve as I go on. To be honest, at first I thought digital art would be too complicated because of all the different features but I had to only take it slow one at a time.

One good thing about what you did is that you can practice now.

I needed to take things slow and not rush into it. Like they say, better late than never!

Any difficulties/concerns? How did you cope?

I noticed that the brush strokes from the app doesn’t give me the results that I expect. So I found customised  brush sets online that I was able to download for free. I art improved drastically by then.

Two words to describe elective posting progress so far

Perseverance and confidence.

Plan for next week.

I plan to start practicing with colours. It’s a lot more complicated to pick out colours that matches the  shades. I’m worried how it’ll turn out but I’m excited to start!