Mukhayyam 'Aroby Akbar fi UTP

Usbu'il Madhi, hua Usbu'il ihtammu li, wa mustafa, wa mu'min, wa shahrohman, wa syawal, wa safwan, wa fadhli aidhan! Qad iqaamu UTP Mukhayyam 'Aroby Akbar, lit-tolibil madrasah ath-thanawi fi Perak fiih.

hehe.. could u understand? Last week is an important week for me, mustafa, mu'min, shahroman, syawal, safwan and fadhli too! UTP have held Arabic Camp for secondary school students in Perak.

We are not d facilitators as many had wrongly percepted. We were d support team, aka committee to make sure d event run smoothly. Whew.. outstandingly tiring but very happy indeed!

Some of us came back to UTP on Tuesday 9th June, and some others came back on d 10th. workload beforehand is a pain in d head. we had to plan accordingly a system to control the participants throughout d event. for d support team, there're only 6 muslimin, and 13 muslimat. for d participants, there're 48 muslimin, and 59 muslimat.

We were instructed by ust Rahmat to communicate with d participants in arabic, and that was a challege for us. Nevertheless, we tried.. and it turned out ok, (though a lot of time we spent to discuss ourselves what to say, and in some occations.. alright, a LOT of occations where we did speak malay with d participants.. hehe :P)

16 facilitators with 11 muslimin, and 5 muslimat, are d alumni of madrasah Tarbiyyah Islamiyyah Darussalam Gontor, Indonesia. Majority of them are currently studying in UIAM(IIUM), doing masters and PhD in various majors, such as Usuluddin, Syariah Islamiyyah, etc. Joining with their friend Ust Rahmat, they conduct the camp splendidly!

The method is to use tariiqah mubasyirah (the way of learning by heart), other than using conventional malaysian way of teaching arabic, tariiqah tarjamah (the way of learning by translating). it is proven more effective, and not to mention "funner"! hehe.. they used full arabic without any translation in explaining their lessons. games, quizzes, pictures, songs, and even dramas are conducted in arabic, except for minor crucial information and announcements on students' health-related and safety precautions, to make sure they get the message.

This post is just d intro.. I'll follow up later with d activities n more photos, k! Stay tuned.. :-)

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آَمَنُوا هَلْ أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَى تِجَارَةٍ تُنجِيكُم مِّنْ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ . تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَتُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ بِأَمْوَالِكُمْ وَأَنفُسِكُمْ ذَلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

"Hai orang-orang yang beriman, sukakah kamu aku tunjukkan suatu perniagaan yang dapat menyelamatkanmu dariazab yang pedih? (yaitu) kamu beriman kepada Allah dan RasulNya dan berjihad di jalan Allah dengan harta dan jiwamu. Itulah yanglebih baik bagimu, jika kamu mengetahui."

[As-Saf, 61:10-11]