Sunday, June 24, 2012
Sunday, June 3, 2012
A Beautiful Surprise
First, before I start writing anything, I hope that nobody will think that I am going to convert to Muslim soon when I told I just finished reading a book entitled, "The Quran And I" by Anas Zubedy. Well, saying that coz I have seen many cases where one would tend to think that the other's religious belief is likely to be shaken easily when he/she is seen holding/ touching/ or worse reading leisurely a book which is not of his/her own religion. Frankly, I had come across the book one or two years back in one of the Popular's Grand Book Fairs but never thought of flipping it as I was too busy with other range. Thought it must be all about Al-Quran verses, so leaving the book on the shelf untouched, I went to other corners to look for my favourite.
Yesterday, saw this book again sitting alone on the shelf ( the only one left ) with its companion, "Can We Use Allah In The Bible?" by Zubedy too. Took out the latter and flipped on it, skimming through it to see what the book generally all about, oh...it was something like "...it's sad to see we've to go to the court to decide that the word 'Allah' is okay to be used..." Em... watched the Youtube, have seen Marina Mahathir debated on the same topic with the religious department in an interview. So, I put it back on the shelf and eyed on the only one left on the shelf, "The Quran and I" and skimmed about two to three chapters of the book, it was such a surprise that it was not totally on religion at all though the author did touch a little on the meanings of some Al-Quran verses in his book but it was more on his own way of looking at the genuine meaning of a religion and how could a religion unite or link people regardless of race and religion. I discovered a kind of beauty lies behind the idea of the book. At last, took it off the shelf and brought it to cashier counter.
Among the chapters read, the one I like most would be when the writer shared about his school life and his special friendship with his best friend, Jubal. I have shared one of the pages here with you, it is about how both of them making fun of their own names and no one got hurt, no one said "sapo ejek sapo", no one manipulated it and no one heated the situation up. Instead, the incident had made them closer to each other. I enjoyed reading all the chapters but the one about Jubal and the writer was the chapter I enjoyed the most. Although some fellows did give very negative comments on Zubedy's work, accusing that he wrote like an angel but in fact, he is not, the evil inside Zubedy and so on; but, when I read his work, I just see his sincerity and a heart to unite people in his own way. And, of course, I also see his strong belief in justice, compassion and kindness taught in Al-Quran which to him should be for everybody, Muslims and non-Muslims. Who is the real demon? Zubedy or the one accused him of this and that out of jealousy or a real golden heart? Em... no one knows. Ha ha! What I really can tell you confidently now is, I do enjoy the book. That's it. :)
http://letusaddvalue.blogspot.com/2011_11_01_archive.html
"...The premise of Nasi Lemak 2.0 is the story of a young chef in Malaysia who grew
up in a Chinese setting, had minimal contact with other races, went to a Chinese
institution, and consequently felt that everything Chinese is great and
everything else is inferior. At the start, he refuses to touch any food other
than Chinese food, which he believed was far superior. Somehow along the movie,
he discovers nasi lemak for the very first time…. and is shocked by the
wonderful new taste he had never experienced before. In the movie, nasi lemak
symbolizes everything Malaysian - a combination of different cultures coming
together into one great Malaysian flavour. ..." ( A paragraph picked from the post of Zubedy, written on 9 Nov 2011 in his blog )
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