News of Johan Ismail's passing here:
1. On Weekends here and here.
2. On Screenshots here and here.
3. On Meesh's Experience.
4. On Nicster's Rant.
5. On Suara Malaysia.
6. On Dr Liew.
7. On Mental Jog.
8. On viewtru.
9. On Digital Fugue.
10. On sharizal.net.
11. On mum-mum.
12. On na:nu:na:nu.
13. On VOI.
14. On DavidTeoh.com.
15. On Digital Awakening.
16. On TitaniumFische.
17. On Alphaque.
And a final response from Jo's family here on Screenshots.
(I accidentally posted twice, but since comments have been made, and I can't do much about shifting things around, I thought it would be useful if I replaced the erroneous post with a collation some of the tributes to Johan Ismail as seen on PPS and the blogosphere in general).
Posted by Najah Nasseri at 2003年10月19日 11:58 | TrackBackal-fatihah is name of a surah (i forgot surah in english, maybe surah=verse)in Al-Quran. fatihah means "the mother of all surah" in Arabic.Muslims usually recite al-fatihah in rememberance of ppl who has just passed away
p/s: if anyone of u who has a better explaination than me, pls do post a comment.
Posted by: helga pataki at 2003年10月19日 20:00Query:
Is the term Al-fatihah Islamic or Arabic? Like Allah is the word for God in Arabic and has been used by the christians as well.
Just want to know whether it is polite for non-Muslims to use the term.
Posted by: Suresh Gnasegarah at 2003年10月19日 22:58Al-Fatihah is the name of a surah in the Qur'an. In this case, it serves as a call for Muslims to dedicate a recitation of the surah for the soul of a dearly departed.
Polite or not, I'm not sure. But in this context, it may not be exactly appropriate for non-Muslims to ask others (Muslims) to recite it. A more appropriate term e.g. for use in a blog post, could be Condolences.
Perhaps someone can add to this.
Posted by: Najah at 2003年10月20日 01:41Suresh,
"al" & "fatihah" are both Arabic words meaning "the" & "opening" respectively.
So, "al-fatihah" means "the opening"
It is the title of the 1st chapter of the Quran. So to Muslims, "al-fatihah" naturally means "the opening" chapter of the Quran. This chapter has 7 verses & is recited in daily prayers & is also known by many other names.
If I were to hear a group of Christians say "al-fatihah", then I'd assume that they're referring to the 1st chapter of the Bible.
Posted by: Noreen at 2003年10月20日 15:33Wrote a long post and silly me, I click the 'X' button before I clicked "Post"
Gee, great..just when I finally want to comment on this blog for the first time.
First, my personal opinion. If someone feels that what I write is againts any valid statement in Qu'ran or Hadeeth, pls correct me. I dont see any harm of a non Muslim saying in his blog abt a death of a muslim,just an example, "Pls convey/recite Al Fatihah for this man (or woman)". That only shows one sensitivity towards another Faith.
Another common verse recited by Muslims in this kind of situation (or any tragedy) is "Inna lillahi wa inna ilahi raji'un "
From : http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/reference/glossary/term.INNA.html
"When a Muslim is struck with a calamity, when he loses one of his loved ones, or when he has gone bankrupt, he should be patient and say this statement, the meaning of which is : "We are from Allah and to Him we are returning."
Muslims believe that Allah is the One who gives and it is He takes away. He is testing us. Hence, a Muslim submits himself to Allah. He is grateful and thankful to Allah for whatever he gets. On the other hand, he is patient and says this expression in times of turmoil and calamity."
Suresh, you wrote "Is the term Al-fatihah Islamic or Arabic?"
I would say all Islamic terms are in Arabic. But,as we know all languages are interrelated. Well, maybe not Klingon.
rgds,
9thM