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Islamic Muslim Welfare Organisation Malaysia NOT FOR SALE ﻫاﻟﺪ اﻹﺳﻼﻣﻲ PERTUBUHAN KEBAJIKAN ISLAM MALAYSIA ISLAMIC MUSLIM WELFARE ORGANISATION MALAYSIA PERKIM Sumbangan/Zakat (Donation/Zakat) Volume 34 No. 2 - 2017 ISBN 012-826 PP 12022/02/2013(032148) Sebarang bentuk sumbangan / zakat boleh disalurkan ke Ibu Pejabat PERKIM untuk membantu golongan: Any form of donation / zakat can be channel to PERKIM Headquarters to help: Mualaf / Converts Fakir Miskin / Poor Ibu Tunggal / Single Parent Anak Yatim / Orphans Mangsa bencana / Disaster victims Orang Kurang Upaya / Disabled people SHE IS ME Sumbangan boleh diberi dalam bentuk : Donations may be given in the form: Female Wang ringgit (tunai/cek) / Money (cash / cheque) Scholarship Kerusi roda / Wheelchair Kenderaan (kereta/van/bas) / Vehicle (car / van / bus) Pakaian terpakai / Used clothes Makanan / Food + / Expertise IBN FIRNAS’ Kepakaran, kemahiran 17 FLYING MACHINE Sumbangan yang berbentuk tunai / cek boleh dikreditkan ke : Donations in the form of cash or cheques can be credited to : The history of aviation NAMA AKAUN / Acc Name : TABUNG KEBAJIKAN TUNKU NO. AKAUN / Acc No : 105020002899 (Affin Bank Berhad) ZHENG HE + Islam in China Mereka yang bersifat pemurah dan dermawan bukan sahaja 11 “ Tidak ada satu hari hamba Allah berpagi pada hari itu, selain ia disanjungi dan dikasihi oleh masyarakat, malah di akhirat Allah SWT dihadiri dua Malaikat; kemudian salah seorang daripada menjanjikan ganjaran yang berlipat kali ganda. Allah SWT telah keduanya mendoakan: “Wahai Tuhan, berilah si dermawan itu memberi jaminan bahawa sifat pemurah dan dermawan tidak akan ganti; dan salah satu malaikat lagi mendoakan : Wahai Tuhan, + mengurangkan harta malah rezekinya akan ditambah selain berilah orang yang bakhil itu kehancuran“. (Sahih al-Bukhari) 52 mendapat saham pahala akhirat yang berterusan. Firman Allah SWT dalam surah al-Baqarah ayat 261: Sifat bakhil dan mementingkan diri sendiri menjejaskan imej Islam sebagai agama yang membawa rahmat. Hal ini selaras dengan “Bandingan (derma) orang-orang yang membelanjakan hartanya amaran Allah SWT dalam surah Ali-Imran ayat 180: pada jalan Allah ialah sama seperti sebiji benih yang tumbuh menerbitkan tujuh tangkai: tiap-tiap tangkai itu pula Maksudnya: “Dan jangan sekali-sekali orang-orang yang bakhil mengandungi seratus biji. Dan (ingatlah) Allah akan dengan harta benda yang telah dikurniakan Allah kepada melipatgandakan pahala bagi sesiapa yang dikehendakinya dan mereka dari kemurahan-Nya - meyangka keadaan bakhilnya itu Allah Maha luas (rahmat) kurniaan-Nya lagi meliputi ilmu baik bagi mereka. Bahkan ia adalah buruk bagi mereka. Mereka pengetahuan-Nya “ . akan dikalungkan (diseksa) dengan apa yang mereka bakhilkan TO THE WORLD itu pada hari kiamat kelak. Dan bagi Allah jualah hak milik segala Para Malaikat turut berdoa agar rezeki orang yang menderma makin warisan (isi) langit dan bumi. Dan (ingatlah), Allah Maha bertambah dan orang yang bakhil itu kehancuran. Sabda Rasulullah Mengetahui dengan mendalam akan segala yang kamu SAW: kerjakan“. Pihak PERKIM akan mengeluarkan resit pengurangan cukai bagi setiap penderma dan penyumbang. PERKIM will issue a tax deductible receipt for all donors and contributors. IBU PEJABAT/Headquarters Tingkat 4 & 6, Bangunan PERKIM, 150, Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, 51200 Kuala Lumpur. Tel : +603 4042 6224 / 4041 2482 Faks : +603 4042 7403 Email : [email protected] Web : www.perkim.net.my NOT FOR SALE ﻫاﻟﺪ اﻹﺳﻼﻣﻲ PERTUBUHAN KEBAJIKAN ISLAM MALAYSIA ISLAMIC MUSLIM WELFARE ORGANISATION MALAYSIA PERKIM Sumbangan/Zakat (Donation/Zakat) Volume 34 No. 2 - 2017 ISBN 012-826 PP 12022/02/2013(032148) Sebarang bentuk sumbangan / zakat boleh disalurkan ke Ibu Pejabat PERKIM untuk membantu golongan: Any form of donation / zakat can be channel to PERKIM Headquarters to help: Mualaf / Converts Fakir Miskin / Poor Ibu Tunggal / Single Parent Anak Yatim / Orphans Mangsa bencana / Disaster victims Orang Kurang Upaya / Disabled people SHE IS ME Sumbangan boleh diberi dalam bentuk : Donations may be given in the form: Female Wang ringgit (tunai/cek) / Money (cash / cheque) Scholarship Kerusi roda / Wheelchair Kenderaan (kereta/van/bas) / Vehicle (car / van / bus) Pakaian terpakai / Used clothes Unity or / Food Chemical Apparatus Makanan + / Expertise IBN FIRNAS’ Kepakaran, kemahiran 17 FLYING MACHINE Sumbangan yang berbentuk tunai / cek boleh dikreditkan ke : The history of aviation 1 Disunity? Donations in the form of cash47 or cheques can be andcredited to : Laboratories NAMA AKAUN / Acc Name : TABUNG KEBAJIKAN TUNKU NO. AKAUN / Acc No : 105020002899 (Affin Bank Berhad) ZHENG HE + Islam in China Mereka yang bersifat pemurah dan dermawan bukan sahaja 11 “ Tidak ada satu hari hamba Allah berpagi pada hari itu, selain ia disanjungi dan dikasihi oleh masyarakat, malah di akhirat Allah SWT dihadiri dua Malaikat; kemudian salah seorang daripada menjanjikan ganjaran yang berlipat kali ganda. Allah SWT telah keduanya mendoakan: “Wahai Tuhan, berilah si dermawan itu memberi jaminan bahawa sifat pemurah dan dermawan tidak akan ganti; dan salah satu malaikat lagi mendoakan : Wahai Tuhan, + mengurangkan harta malah rezekinya akan ditambah selain berilah orang yang bakhil itu kehancuran“. (Sahih al-Bukhari) 52 mendapat saham pahala akhirat yang berterusan. Firman Allah SWT 6 Muslim Inventions dalam surah al-Baqarah ayat 261: ObservatoriesSifat bakhil dan mementingkan diri sendiriin menjejaskan imej Islam sebagai agama yang membawa rahmat. Hal ini selaras dengan “Bandingan (derma) orang-orang yang membelanjakan hartanya amaran Allah SWT dalam surah Ali-Imran ayat 180: pada jalan Allah ialah sama seperti sebiji benih yang tumbuh 3 that changed the World menerbitkan tujuh tangkai:49 tiap-tiap Islamictangkai itu pula Maksudnya: Civilizations “Dan jangan sekali-sekali orang-orang yang bakhil mengandungi seratus biji. Dan (ingatlah) Allah akan dengan harta benda yang telah dikurniakan Allah kepada melipatgandakan pahala bagi sesiapa yang dikehendakinya dan mereka dari kemurahan-Nya - meyangka keadaan bakhilnya itu Allah Maha luas (rahmat) kurniaan-Nya lagi meliputi ilmu baik bagi mereka. Bahkan ia adalah buruk bagi mereka. Mereka pengetahuan-Nya “ . akan dikalungkan (diseksa) dengan apa yang mereka bakhilkan TO THE WORLD itu pada hari kiamat kelak. Dan bagi Allah jualah hak milik segala Para Malaikat turut berdoa agar rezeki orang yang menderma makin warisan (isi) langit dan bumi. Dan (ingatlah), Allah Maha bertambah dan orang yang bakhil itu kehancuran. Sabda Rasulullah Mengetahui dengan mendalam akan segala yang kamu SAW: kerjakan“. Religious Pihak PERKIM akan mengeluarkan resit penguranganZheng cukai bagi setiap pendermaHe: dan penyumbang. PERKIM will issue a tax deductible receipt for all donors and contributors. 4 Tolerance IBU PEJABAT/Headquarters52 Islam in China Tingkat 4 & 6, Bangunan PERKIM, 150, Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, 51200 Kuala Lumpur. Tel : +603 4042 6224 / 4041 2482 Faks : +603 4042 7403 Email : [email protected] Web : www.perkim.net.my Muslim Contributions 5 Shajarat al-Durr 55 in Aceh Art and ADVISOR 7 Piri Reis 57 Islam Y.Bhg. Tan Sri Dr. Mohd Yusof Noor CHIEF EDITOR CONTENTS The Development Haji Mohd Zuber Zain Enrique de of The Science of EDITOR Malacca 9 61 Medicine Dr Sayyid Musa al-Kazimi Co EDITOR Y.Bhg. Prof. Dato' Dr. Idris Zakaria Ibn Firnas’ Mdm. Khadijah Dingjan 11 Flying Machine 70 Stop smoking! DISTRIBUTOR Mr. Firdaus Lokman Tah Al-Khawarizmi and Queens PUBLISHER 14 Mathematics 73 of Pattani Pertubuhan Kebajikan Islam Malaysia (PERKIM) Tingkat 4, Bangunan PERKIM, 150, Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, 51200 Kuala Lumpur. She is Me: Healthy Eating Tel : 03 4041 2482 17 Female Scholarship 74 in Islam Faks : 03 4042 7403 Web : www.perkim.net.my DESIGNED BY Al-Jazari and Islam in Russia: Past, CIME Adv Sdn. Bhd. 35 Robotics 76 Present and Future 15-1, Jalan 2/27E, Seksyen 10, Wangsa Maju, 53300 Kuala Lumpur. [email protected] CIMEADV Surgery and 39 Al-Zahrawi PRINTED BY Attin Press Sdn Bhd No 46, Jalan 3/108, Taman Salak Jaya, Salak Selatan, 57100 Kuala Lumpur The Library and Tel: 603 7984 7626 42 Bayt al-Hikmah 66 8 Things Disclaimer While every care is taken Inviting with You Should in the preperation of this publication, no 45 Wisdom (IDIP) Understand resposibility can be accepted for any errors. About Copyright All or any other portion of this magazine may be reproduced provided Converts acknowledgement of the source is made. Rehabilitation Notification of such use is required. 46 for All (SCORE) All right reserved. Editorial 1 If man purposely rejects unity, then he will have to face the punishment of Allah, Allah (s.w.t.) says: “They have abandoned a good part of the Unity or message that was sent to them. So we planted amongst them enmity and hatred till the Day of Resurrection. (Al-Ma’idah 5:14). Disunity? All behaviour are based on a choice of selecting right or wrong actions. Man has a freedom of choice, whether to observe wrong or right action. It is in accordance with this pursuit of good and virtuous action, that Allah (s.w.t) invites man to the light of perfection, which leads to unity and victory, while Shaithan invites man to division and darkness which is disunity and enmity. The earlier Muslims achieved their victory through unity. Its spiritual strength of synergy spread its glory across the globe, conquering its enemies and their deceiving ideologies. Unfortunately Muslims are deceived by the propaganda and mischief of the enemies of Islam. Such underhanded and vile strategies are meant to weaken the ummah and create dissension and division. Such enemies create websites and propaganda and masquerade as proponents of Islam. They easily penetrate the ummah Man is a social animal and Allah (s.w.t.) created from within and appear as champions of Islam. They him as an individual being, but perfection is manipulate Hadiths and Al Quran with pseudo achieved when he unifies his being by finding a interpretations and even incite Muslims to hate and kill female companion in a blessed marriage. This other Muslims. Their goal is to destroy Islam from is the basis of a team in Islam. It can be said within. Many Muslims are duped by such messages that many families are formed from many engineered by its enemies.
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