Huruf Muqatta‘ah

Huruf muqatta‘ah merupakan salah satu fenomena linguistik yang unik dalam Al-Quran. 

Huruf-huruf ini muncul pada permulaan beberapa surah dan dibaca secara terpisah.

Sebahagian ulama berpendapat bahawa makna sebenar huruf muqatta‘ah merupakan rahsia yang hanya diketahui oleh Allah SWT.

Sebanyak 114 surah dalam Al-Quran, terdapat 29 surah yang dimulakan dengan huruf muqatta’ah.

1. Satu Huruf

ص - Surah Sod ( 38:1 ) - Makkiyah

ق - Surah Qaf ( 50:1 ) - Makkiyah

ن - Surah Al-Qalam ( 68:1 ) - Makkiyah

2. Dua Huruf

طه - Surah Taha ( 20:1 ) - Makkiyah
طس - Surah An-Naml ( 27:1 ) - Makkiyah
يس - Surah Yasin ( 36:1 ) - Makkiyah

حم
Surah Ghafir ( 40:1 ) - Makkiyah
Surah Fussilat ( 41:1 ) - Makkiyah
Surah Al-Syura ( 42:1 ) - Makkiyah
Surah Al-Zukhruf ( 43:1 ) - Makkiyah
Surah Ad-Dukhan ( 44:1 ) - Makkiyah
Surah Al-Jathiyah ( 45:1 ) - Makkiyah
Surah Al-Ahqaf ( 46:1 ) - Makkiyah

3. Tiga Huruf

الم

Surah Al-Baqarah ( 2:1 ) - Madaniyyah
Surah Ali Imran ( 3:1 ) - Madaniyyah
Surah Al-Ankabut ( 29:1 ) - Makkiyah
Surah Al-Rom ( 30:1 ) - Makkiyah
Surah Luqman ( 31:1 ) - Makkiyah
Surah Al-Sajdah ( 32:1 ) - Makkiyah

الر
Surah Yunus ( 10:1 ) - Makkiyah
Surah Hud ( 11:1 ) - Makkiyah
Surah Yusuf ( 12:1 ) - Makkiyah
Surah Ibrahim ( 14:1 ) - Makkiyah
Surah Al-Hijr ( 15:1 ) - Makkiyah

طسم

Surah Asy-Syu'ara ( 26:1 ) - Makkiyah

Surah Al-Qasas ( 28:1 ) - Makkiyah

4. Empat Huruf

المص - Surah Al-A’raf ( 7:1 ) - Makkiyah

المر - Surah Ar-Rad ( 13:1 ) - Makkiyah

5. Lima Huruf

كهيعص - Surah Maryam ( 19:1 ) - Makkiyah

Doa Iftitah Riwayat Abu Hurairah

Berkata Abu Hurairah: Biasanya Rasulullah diam sejenak antara takbir dan bacaan (Al-Fatihah).
Aku berkata: Dengan bapaku dan ibuku, wahai Rasulullah, diamnya engkau antara takbir dan bacaan, apakah yang engkau ucapkan?
Baginda bersabda: Aku mengucapkan

اللَّهُمَّ بَاعِدْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ خَطَايَايَ
كَمَا بَاعَدْتَ بَيْنَ المَشْرِقِ وَالمَغْرِبِ
اللَّهُمَّ نَقِّنِي مِنَ الخَطَايَا كَمَا يُنَقَّى الثَّوْبُ الأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ
اللَّهُمَّ اغْسِلْ خَطَايَايَ بِالْمَاءِ وَالثَّلْجِ وَالبَرَدِ

Maksudnya: Ya Allah, jauhkanlah aku dengan kesalahanku, sebagaimana Engkau telah jauhkan antara timur dan barat. Ya Allah, sucikanlah aku daripada kesalahan, sebagaimana Engkau mensucikan salju putih daripada kotoran. Ya Allah, bersihkanlah kesalahanku dengan air, salju, dan embun.

(Riwayat Al-Bukhari, no. 744)

Biggest IT Outage in History

A significant Microsoft outage is causing major issues worldwide, impacting various services and affecting thousands to millions of users. The Crowdstrike CEO has stated that the outage was not caused by a cyberattack.

Key Impacts:

- Airlines: KLM, AirAsia, Cebu Pacific Air, and Singapore Airlines are experiencing disruptions. American Airlines, United, and Delta have requested a global ground stop due to communication issues, confirmed by the FAA. 

- Media: The Associated Press reports service disruptions.

- Stock Markets: Euronext says some Northern American markets’ stocks-based indices are currently being incorrectly broadcast.

- Airports: Berlin Airport faces major disruptions.

- Tourism: Hong Kong Disneyland’s online ticketing system is down due to an “unexpected computer system outage,” with visitors asked to purchase on-day tickets at the park entrance.

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- Global Impact: The outage affects numerous sectors globally, causing widespread operational challenges.

The disruption is linked to an update from CrowdStrike Holdings Inc., a US-based cybersecurity firm. CrowdStrike has acknowledged receiving reports of system crashes related to Microsoft Windows. In response, Microsoft has stated it is investigating the issue and working to restore full functionality to affected services.

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

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Google's Project Glass

Project Glass... wait, what? A new way to see the world? On their Google+ page, Project Glass posted a video simply titled, ‘One day…’ that has already racked up half-a-million views within one day!

A group from Google[x] started Project Glass to build this kind of technology, that helps to explore and share your world, putting you back in the moment. They’re sharing this information now because they want to start a conversation and learn from our valuable input.

This glass also reminds me of Vegeta´s in DBZ lol