Al-Fatihah
Rustam A. Sani passed away at 3am this morning, April 23, at his home in Gombak, Kuala Lumpur. He was 64.
The funeral will be held this afternoon after Zohor prayers.
I will remember him as a noted academician (he has served on Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Universiti Malaya and the Institute of Strategic and International Studies), newspaper columnist, poet/writer (he was awarded the prestigious Hadiah Sastera Negara in the late 1980s), political commentator and a blogger (Vox Populi and Suara Ku).
He also dabbled in politics, having served as the vice-president of PRM when it merged with Parti Keadilan Nasional to form Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), and then served as a member of the central leadership council of the new party. It must have been due to poor health that forced him to be less active in recent years.
Al-Fatihah.
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Al-Faatihaaah (practice of most Malaysian Muslims in silent prayer for transfer of Allah's blessings upon the deceased)
1:1 بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيم
Bismillāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm
In the name of God, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful:
1:2 الْحَمْدُ للّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِين
Al ḥamdu lillāhi rabbi l-'ālamīn
Praise be to God, the Lord of the Universe.
1:3 الرَّحْمـنِ الرَّحِيم
Ar raḥmāni r-raḥīm
The Most Merciful, the Ever Merciful.
1:4 مَـالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّين
Māliki yawmi d-dīn
King of the Day of Judgment.
1:5 إِيَّاك نَعْبُدُ وإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِين
Iyyāka na'budu wa iyyāka nasta'īn
You alone we worship, and You alone we ask for help
1:6 اهدِنَــــا الصِّرَاطَ المُستَقِيمَ
Ihdinā ṣ-ṣirāṭ al mustaqīm
Guide us to the straight path;
1:7 صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنعَمتَ عَلَيهِمْ غَيرِ المَغضُوبِ عَلَيهِمْ وَلاَ الضَّالِّين
Ṣirāṭ al-laḏīna an'amta 'alayhim ġayril maġḍūbi 'alayhim walāḍ ḍāllīn
The path of those whom you have blessed, not of those who have deserved anger, nor of those who stray.
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April 25, 2008 09:47 PM