My view of the world

As mentioned in my previous post, Japan's northeastern coastline was hit by a 10 metres tsunami which has wiped almost everything in it's path. Below is a collection of videos from the internet showing how powerful tsunamis can be. Natural disasters are becoming more and more common each year, and as a muslim, we know that all these things happens for a reason. It is also a sign that 'the end' is near. Click 'Read more >>' to watch the videos.

A 10 metres high tsunami which hits Japan's northeastern costline yesterday (11 March 2011) near . The tsunami which is caused by a 8.9 magnitude earthquake at about 2:46pm (GMT+9) is believed to be the 7'th strongest earthquake ever recorded in history. The wave traveled at about 800km/h (about 222 metres per second) which means, even the world's fastest runner cannot outrun the speed of the tsunami when it hits.

Below are some of the images captured during the tsunami.

Semalam saya ada menonton rancangan Muqaddimah di TV9. Di dalamnya, ada suatu kisah menarik yang diceritakan berkenaan zuhud. Kisahnya adalah mengenai seorang ulamak tersohor umat islam, anak seorang hamba yang lahir di zaman pemerintahan Khalifah Umar al-Khattab pada tahun 21 Hijrah (642 Masihi), iaitu Hasan al-Basri. Beliau pernah berguru dengan beberapa orang sahabat nabi, menjadi seorang guru di Basrah (Iraq) dan merupakan seorang yang sangat mementingkan nilai hidup zuhud.