Masjid Sheikh Ismail di Ulu Bernam (The mosque of Sheikh Ismail in Ulu Bernam)

Nota: Cerita bergambar in sepatutnya ditulis semalam di Masjid India menurut gerak untuk menulis pada masa itu. Sayangnya, saya menghadapai masalah memasukkan gambar sehingga terpaksa menunggu ke hari ini sebelum dapat menyambungnya. Sahaja bercerita, saya sekarang berada di sebuah Internet Cafe di Kajang. Teruskan...

Note: This pictorial story was supposed to have been written yesterday in Masjid India following the writing mood which came then. Too bad, I had problems loading the pictures and thus have to wait for today before I could continue. By the way, I'm currently at an Internet Cafe in Kajang. Go on...

Lihat ini... Sebuah masjid lama dengan senibina yang agak unik di Ulu Bernam, Selangor...
Look at this... An old mosque with a rather unique architecture in Ulu Bernam, Selangor...


Inilah dia Masjid Sheikh Ismail... (Jangan dipedulikan salah ejaan pada papan tanda yang menyebutnya sebagai Masjid Syiekh Ismail)

This is the mosque of Sheikh Ismail... (Ignore the spelling mistake on the sign-board calling it Masjid Syiekh Ismail)

Papan tanda ini pula menyebut dalam tulisan Jawi, masjid yang dinamakan sempena seorang ulamak dahulukala ini dibuka pada 15 Safar tahun 1345 Hijriah iaitu bersamaan 24 Ogos 1926. Maka ia dibina pada tahun yang sama seperti Masjid Ampang Pecah di Kuala Kubu Baru, masjid yang ceritanya ada dinukilkan di blogspot ini semalam. Sila klik Masjid (mosque of) Ampang Pecah untuk ceritanya...

This signboard in Jawi writing says, the mosque which is named after an olden religious teacher was opened on 15 Safar 1345 Hijriah (the Islamic lunar calender) equivalent to 24 Ogos 1926. So it was built in the same year as that of Masjid Ampang Pecah in Kuala Kubu Baru, a mosque which story was written in this blogspot last night. Do click Masjid (mosque of) Ampang Pecah for the story...

Oh... Lupa pula... Nama ulamak yang dimaksudkan dinyatakan di papan-tanda ini sebagai Almarhum Sheikh Ismail Al-Khalidi An-Naqsyabandi. Ini bermakna ulamak tersebut ialah seorang pengikut Tariqat Khalidiah Naqsyabandiah yang dikembangkankan oleh seorang wali besar Melayu bernama Sheikh Abdul Wahab di Kampung Babussalam, Tanjung Pura, dalam wilayah Langkat di Pulau Sumatera abad ke 19 Masihi.

Oh... Forgot.... The name of the religious teacher in question is mentioned in the signboard as Almarhum (the late) Sheikh Ismail Al-Khalidi An-Naqsyabandi. This means the religious teacher was a follower of the Khalidiah Naqsyabandiah tariqat (Sufi path) spread forth by a major Malay saint by the name of Sheikh Abdul Wahab in Kampung (village of) Babussalam, Tanjung Pura, in the province of Langkat in the island of Sumatera 19th century AD.

Kawasan serambi masjid...

The mosque's verandah area...

Kolam mengambil wudhuk...

The pool for wudhuk (ritual purification by water)...

Dalam masjid ini terdapat tangga untuk naik ke kawasan kubah...

Inside the mosque there's a staircase to get to the dome area...

Tangga ini terletak di salah satu pintu masuk utama...

The staircase is situated next to one of the main entrance...

Apa tunggu lagi, kami pun naik ke atas... Oh, lupa pula nak beritahu, gambar-gambar ini diambil Disember lepas dalam satu lawatan bersama seorang rakan Zaidi... Itu adalah lawatan kali pertama kami ke masjid itu. Saya mula mendapat tahu tentang kewujudan masjid in bila ahli sebuah forum di Internet mendapat tahu akan minat saya terhadap senibina Melayu lama terutama bangunan-bangunan lama dengan ukiran seperti lidah terjulur keluar daripada sudut bumbung lalu menyiarkan gambar masjid ini di dalam forum. Itulah yang membuat saya pergi ke Tanjung Malim pada suatu hari.... Untuk pengetahuan, bandar Tanjung Malim terletak di dalam negeri Perak, cuma di seberang Sungai Bernam yang menandakan sempadan negeri sementara masjid ini terletak di Ulu Bernam, Selangor, di seberang sini sungai...

Why wait, we just went up... Oh, forgot to tell, these pictures were taken December last year in a visit with a friend Zaidi. That was our first visit to the mosque. I first learned about its existence when a member in an Internet forum found about my interest in old Malay architecture especially of old buildings with tounge-like carvings jutting out from corners of the roof and then posted a picture of the mosque in the forum. That's what prompted me to make a trip to Tanjung Malim one day... For information, the town of Tanjung Malim is situated in the state of Perak, just across the Bernam river which marks the inter-state boundary while this mosque is situated in Ulu Bernam, Selangor, the other side of the river...

Penjaga masjid sedang membuat sedikit kerja... Saya sebenarnya telah membuat lawatan kali ketiga di masjid ini hari Sabtu lepas, dalam bahagian terakhir pengembaraan terbaru saya selama hampir 4 minggu meliputi 5 buah negeri... Tetapi saya lebih selesa menggunakan gambar-gambar daripada lawatan pertama yang diambil oleh Zaidi sebagai penyeri cerita.

The mosque's caretaker doing some work. Actually, I made my third visit to the mosque last Saturday, in the final section of my latest trip of almost 4 weeks covering 5 states... But I'm more comfortable using pictures from the first visit taken by Zaidi to feature in the story.

Pemandangan ke barat-daya daripada kawasan kubah...

View towards south-west from the dome area...

Pemandangan ke barat-laut pula...

View towards the north-west...

Pemandangan tangga daripada atas...

View of the staircase from the top...

Kawasan mimbar masjid...

The mosque's pulpit area...

Kawasan tepian masjid...

The mosque's side area...

Pemandangan daripada depan... Perhatikan senibinanya yang agak comel serta ukiran seperti lidah terjulur ke bawah di sudut bumbung. Cukuplah cerita ini ya! :]

The view from the front... Observe the architecture which is rather cute with tounge-like carvings jutting out from the corners of roof. Enough story-telling ya!:]

Masjid (mosque of) Ampang Pecah

Nota: Artikel ini sebenarnya mula ditulis sekitar jam 3 petang di Bukit Damansara sampai ke perenggan terakhir cerita untuk gambar pertama sebelum komputer laptop saya kehabisan bateri. Kemudian saya perlu meluangkan masa untuk seorang buah hati sebelum dapat menyambung cerita di sebuah Internet Cafe di Masjid India sekitar jam 7 petang.

Note: This article was actually started at around 3 pm in Damansara Heights up to the last paragraph of story for the first picture before my laptop computer ran out of battery. Then I had to spent some time with a sweet heart before I could continue the story at an Internet Cafe in Masjid India around 7 pm.

Assalamualaikum pembaca sekalian. Saya sekarang berada di sekitar Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur menumpang free wi-fi signal di sebuah kawasan untuk memasukkan gambar ke dalam Internet untuk digunakan dalam beberapa buah artikel akan datang. Artikel ini sepatutnya cuma disiarkan selepas beberapa buah artikel untuk blogspot Inggeris saya BERPETUALANG KE ACEH siap, mungkin esok, mungkin minggu depan. Cuma Tuhan sahaja yang tahu bila kerana ini juga bergantung pada mood serta peluang dan masa yang terluang. Maka selesai memasukkan gambar untuk artikel ini, saya sepatutnya menekan butang "Save as draft" dan menyambung ceritanya pada hari lain. Sebaliknya, dalam keadaan terlupa, saya telah tertekan butang "Publish post". Maka saya anggap ini sebagai satu isyarat, siapkan sahaja cerita ini dan siarkannya tak kira walau seringkas mana. Ini dia...

Peace be upon you dear readers. I'm currently somewhere in Damansara Heights, Kuala Lumpur using the free wi-fi signal there to upload some pictures into the Internet to be used for coming articles. This article is supposed to be published in this blogspot only after some other articles for my all-English blogspot BERPETUALANG KE ACEH have been completed, maybe tomorrow, maybe next week? Only God knows as this also depend on my mood and opportunity. So after uploading the pictures for this particular article, I'm supposed to hit the "Save as draft" click button and continue the story another day. Instead, I absent-mindedly hit the "Publish post" button. So I take it as a signal, might as well complete this story and publish it however brief. Here goes...

Ini adalah masjid lama Ampang Pecah di pekan Kuala Kubu Baru, Selangor. Adapun pekan ini merupakan tempat terakhir saya bermalam dalam pengembaraan terbaru saya yang tamat Ahad lalu, pengembaraan hampir 4 minggu meliputi lokasi-lokasi tertentu di negeri Pahang, Kelantan, Kedah dan Perak... Tidak lupa juga Selangor.

This is the old mosque of Ampang Pecah at the small town of Kuala Kubu Baru, Selangor. The town is my last stop during a my latest travelling session which ended last Sunday, a session of almost 4 weeks covering certain locations in the states of Pahang, Kelantan, Kedah and Perak... Not forgetting Selangor too.

Setelah bermalam semalam di sana, seorang teman wanita yang saya sayangi menalifon bertanyakan khabar lalu menawarkan untuk mengambil saya di Kuala Kubu Baru. Lagipun pekan ini tidak begitu jauh daripada Kuala Lumpur dan wanita ini pula duduk di sekitar Rawang, lebih kurang 30 km dari situ. Maka alang-alang ada kereta, singgahlah kami ke Masjid Ampang Pecah yang terletak sekitar 3km daripada pekan Kuala Kubu Baru.

After spending a night there, a girlfriend whom I dearly love called asking for news and offered to take me from Kuala Kubu Baru. As it is the town is not so far from Kuala Lumpur and the girl lives in Rawang, some 30km away. So while there's a car, might as well stop at Masjid (the mosque of) Ampang Pecah which is some 3km away from the town of Kuala Kubu Baru.

Kali pertama saya menziarahi Masjid Ampang Pecah adalah pada Disember tahun lepas bersama seorang kawan Zaidi. Maka biar saya sambung cerita seterusnya dengan gambar-gambar yang diambil semasa itu ya... Bermula dengan gambar di atas yang mengandungi "Empat Qul", empat Surah Al-Quran yang bermula dengan perkataan Arab Qul yang bermakna katakan, seperti katakan Allah itu Esa...

The first time I visited Masjid Ampang Pecah was December last year with a friend Zaidi. So let me continue the rest of the story with pictures taken then ya... Starting with the picture above which contains the "Four Quls" the four Quranic Surahs ( a Surah is a set of verses) starting with the Arabic word "Qul" which means say, as in say that God is One...

Untuk makluman, Al-Quran mengandungi 114 Surah pendek dan panjang. Kebetulan "Empat Qul" adalah empat Surah terakhir dan merupakan Surah-surah lazim menghiasi masjid-masjid.

For information, the Quran has a total of 114 short and long Surahs. The "Four Quls" happened to be last four Surahs and are among the favourite Surahs used to grace mosques.

Perhatikan papan tanda masjid... Nombor poskod 44000 seolah-olah membawa makna tertentu buat diri saya...

Look at the mosque's signboard... The postcode number 44000 seemed to carry a certain meaning for me...

Tabuh Masjid Ampang Pecah...

The tabuh at Masjid Ampang Pecah... Sorry, can't find the English translation off-hand... It's a kind of drum used to feature at mosques for denoting time of prayers and certain events. Nowadays it is considered obsolute due to the use of microphones and loud hailers....

Pintu utama masuk masjid...

The mosque's main entrance...

Kubah masjid tertera tarikh ia dibina iaitu tahun 1926. Menurut satu cerita, di kawasan inilah terletak pekan asal Kuala Kubu. Malangnya, sebuah empangan berdekatan telah pecah lalu merosakkan pekan yang asal. Maka itu dibina pekan baru di lokasi yang dirasakan lebih selamat sekitar 3 km daripada sini... Sebab itu kawasan ini dikenali sebagai Ampang Pecah sementara pekan sekarang dipanggil Kuala Kubu Baru!

The mosque's minaret with the year its was built inscribed that is in 1926. According to a story, this area was the location of the original small town of Kuala Kubu. Too bad, a dam nearby broke down and spoiled the original town. So a new small town was built at a location deemed safer 3 km from here. That's why this area is known as Ampang Pecah (Malay for "broken dam") while the current town is called Kuala Kubu Baru (the new Kuala Kubu)!

Papan rentang menyatakan Al-Quran diturunkan pada bulan Ramadhan untuk sekalian manusia sebagai petunjuk dan penjelasan antara yang benar dan yang salah!

A bunting saying the Quran was revealed during the month of Ramadhan (the 9th month of the Islamic Hijriah calender when day-time fasting is compulsory for all Muslims) for all mankind to show and clear the way as to what is right and what is wrong!

Kolam wudhuk Masjid Ampang Pecah...

The wudhuk (ritual purification by water) pool at Masjid Ampang Pecah...

Mimbar...

The pulpit...

Nama Allah dan Muhammad seperti yang sering menghiasi kebanyakan masjid. Yang peliknya, susah hendak mencari nama Muhammad di masjid-masjid di Arab Saudi. Kenapa agaknya ya? :]

The names of Allah (God) and Muhammad (the prophet) as can be found in most mosques. What is strange, it's hard to find the name Muhammad at mosques in Saudi Arabia. Why is it ya? :]