Amar Razali

As-salaamu'alaikum,

All praise is due to Allah, so we praise Him, and seek His pardon and we turn to Him. We seek refuge with Allah from the evils of ourselves and from the evil consequences of our deeds. Whom Allah guides aright there is none to lead him astray.

Alhamdulillah - Composites Testing Laboratory Asia Sdn. Bhd. (CTLA) is officially incorporated on 11 January 2010. All staff of CTRM AC Composites Testing was delighted with this wonderful news - and actually the ground works are already started since last year such as looking for the new location, potential customers, and buying new testing equipments. Since we support CTRM aero composites manufacturing panels for our primer customers such as Airbus, Boeing (via Spirit US), Goodrich, CASA, SONACA, PaG and etc., now we need to get their qualifications & approvals - which can be a long & stringent process. But at positive note, these will give an excellent opportunity for our company to be approved by those big companies and this will attract the potential customers with confidence inshaAllah.

I have to lead the team in terms of transformation plan, qualifications & accreditations. We have several site visits from the existing customers and the earliest one will be from Airbus' Procurement Aerostructures Supply Chain & Quality and Operation Supplier to supervise our transfer of work process. Several presentations will be made and then there will be a telephone conference meeting as well with Airbus Operations during the site visit. That is just for Airbus - we have to deal with probably 8 other customers with their specific requirements for transfer. We have to prepare several Qualification Proposals for each customer to suit their needs. InshaAllah, although there will be a lot of works that need to be done, we will go through this together as a team.

Sometimes there will be moments when we feel like we are too busy with these worldly matters and forget to remind ourselves about our preparation for the life in the hereafter - and that's what I feared the most. Although my house is just a few steps away from the local masjid, there are a few times I missed the congregation prayers because of working overtime. Nonetheless IKIM.fm, several Eman Rush CDs, Youtube, and downloaded audio & video Islamic lectures are my remedies, alhamdulillah.

"Verily, in the remembrance of God do hearts find rest." [Surah Ar-ra'd (13:28)]

This May, there will be another alKauthar Malaysia course - Mercy to the Worlds by Shaykh Tariq Appleby. It will be held from 1st - 2nd May 2010 inshaAllah. InshaAllah I am planning to join this course, and already registered for it alhamdulillah during the World of the Unseen class (and I got RM50 off for early registration). Of course I am inviting you to join this class as well. Please register quickly since there are a lot of people interested to join this class, and previously the class was packed out mashaAllah.

From my previous class experience, I can tell you that if you want to feel the atmosphere of learning Islam when you are in US - this will give you the glimpse. There were many Muslims from various backgrounds and nationalities, and we were all in thirst to learn about this deen.

Mercy to the Worlds is the first in the series of in-depth courses on the life of the greatest man that ever lived - ar Rasul sallalahu'alayhi wasallam.

Remember my friend - knowledge is power. It increases when you give it. It is needed by Kings and beggars alike. It eases the path to paradise. We are constantly reminded in the Qur'an and Sunnah of the importance of gaining Islamic knowledge so as to apply it in our lives.

I pray to Allah to guide us all to be on the straight path, and not to make us too busy with worldly matters to the extent that we forget about our preparations for the hereafter, which are far more important than anything else. Ameen.