Masjid (Mosque of) Kampung Hulu malam hari (at night)!

Walaupun Masjid Kampung Hulu, Melaka merupakan satu di antara 3 gitu masjid tertua yang masih wujud di Malaysia, saya tidak pernah meletakkan satu pun artikel untuk masjid itu dalam blogspot ini. Paling dekat saya sekadar membiarkannya 'berkongsi' dengan tempat-tempat lain seperti yang terpapar dalam artikel Perigi (well of) Hang Tuah, Masjid (mosque of) Duyung serta (and) Kampung Hulu yang dibuat lebih 2 tahun lalu. Maka saya rasa elok dipaparkan sejumlah gambar Masjid Kampung Hulu yang diambil waktu malam pertama Ramadhan baru-baru ini untuk membentuk artikel baru tersendiri ini ya.
Although the mosque of Kampung Hulu, Melaka is one among 3 or so oldest mosques which still exist in Malaysia, I have never put one single article for the mosque in this blogspot. The closest to one is when I made it 'share' with other places as featured in the article Perigi (well of) Hang Tuah, Masjid (mosque of) Duyung serta (and) Kampung Hulu made more than 2 years ago. So I feel it is good to feature a number of pictures of the mosque of Kampung Hulu which were taken on the first night of Ramadhan quite recently to create an article which stands on its own ya.
Saya rasa penerangan tentang masjid tidak perlu dipanjangkan. Cukuplah apa yang terdapat pada artikel Perigi (well of) Hang Tuah, Masjid (mosque of) Duyung serta (and) Kampung Hulu. Selain itu biar gambar-gambar ini sendiri bercerita. Nikmatilah ia...
I feel that there is no need to extend explanations about the mosque. What is available in the article Perigi (well of) Hang Tuah, Masjid (mosque of) Duyung serta (and) Kampung Hulu should be enough. Apart from that the pictures itself are able to tell a story. Enjoy it...

Saya juga ada merakamkan video suasana Subuh pagi 1 Ramadhan di masjid itu. Sila lihat artikel A night walkabout in Melaka... di blogspot BERPETUALANG KE ACEH. Selamat malam! :]

I've also recorded a video of the scene around Subuh or early morning prayers on the said 1st Ramadhan at the mosque. Please look at the article A night walkabout in Melaka... in the blogspot BERPETUALANG KE ACEH. Good night! :]

Makam menonjol di (An oustanding tomb at) Pokok Mangga, Melaka...

Dalam satu perjalanan menyusuri tepian pantai dari Tanjung Keling, Melaka ke selatan saya terlihat bangunan makam yang agak menyerlah di tepi jalan besar...

In a trip following the coastline from Tanjung Keling, Melaka to the south I saw a tomb building which is rather outstanding besides the main road...

Bukan saya tidak pernah mengambil laluan ini malah banyak kali. Tetapi baru kali ini ia kelihatan begitu menarik, kebetulan malam itu sudah masuk 1 Ramadhan!

It's not as if I've never took this route before, in fact I've done it many times. But it is only this time it looked so interesting, it happened that the night have entered the 1st day of Ramadhan, the holy Muslim fasting month!

Saya pun pergi untuk melihat lebih dekat...
I then went to have a closer look...

Pelik sungguh... ia adalah makam orang Islam tetapi dibina oleh orang Cina bukan Islam!

This is so strange... it is the tomb of a Muslim but yet built by non-Muslim Chineses!

Ada tersebut bahawa ini adalah makam Datuk Haji Dalif... atau Haji Zalif? Saya pun tak pasti huruf Jawi untuk permulaan nama itu apakah huruf Dal ataupun Za.

There is mention that this is the tomb of Datuk Haji Dalif... or is it Haji Zalif? I myself am not sure whether the Jawi letter for the start of the name is the letter Dal or Za.

Di dalam bangunan ini terdapat sejumlah makam, rasanya milik ahli keluarga. Yang menjadi persoalan, siapakah mereka ini sehingga semua batu nesan disaluti kain berwarna kuning yang biasanya menandakan pemiliknya berdarah raja atau dianggap keramat? Sehingga bangunannya dibina pula oleh orang Cina? Sekadar nota, ini adalah artikel ke 292 di sini...

Inside this building there are a number of tombs, I feel it's that of family members. What becomes the question is, who were these people that all the tombstones are wrapped with yellow clothings which normally signifies the owner as being of royal blood or is considered a miraculous person? Such that its building was built by the Chinese? Just a note, this is the 292nd article here...

Masjid Al-Mardhiyah (Al-Mardhiyah mosque), Taman Melawati

Di kawasan perumahan Taman Melawati, pinggir bandaraya Kuala Lumpur terdapat masjid bernama Masjid Al-Mardhiyah ini...

At the housing estate of Taman Melawati, fringe of the Kuala Lumpur city there lies this mosque named Masjid Al-Mardhiyah...

Dibina berlatar-belakangkan satu barisan bukit batu kapur yang kelihatan indah, warna biru masjid membuatkan ia lebih menonjol...

Built with a background of a range of limestone hills which looks lovely, the blue colour of the mosque makes it stand out more...

Menara azan masjid...
The mosque's call to prayer tower...

Mari masuk ke dalam...

Let us go inside...

Dewan solatnya agak luas...

Its praying hall is rather vast...

Bahagian dalam kubah...

The inside area of the dome...

Mihrab...

The front-most section...

Hiasan dinding...

The wall ornaments...

Masjid jamek (main mosque of) Sungai Buloh, Selangor

Assalamualaikum. Setelah lebih sebulan tidak bercerita di sini, biar dibuat artikel-artikel baru. Mari! :]

Peace be upon you all. After more than a month not telling any stories here, let new articles be written. Come! :]

Masjid yang mahu dipaparkan kali ini cuma sebuah masjid kecil yang terletak di sebelah stesyen keretapi Komuter Sungai Buloh...

The mosque to be featured this time is just a small mosque situated besides the Sungai Buloh Komuter train station...

Selama ini saya menyangkakan ia cuma sebuah surau sahaja. Tetapi dalam satu lawatan bulan Ogos baru saya tersedar ia sebenarnya adalah masjid utama di sebelah sini!

All this while I always thought this was just a surau (small praying hall). But in a visit made in August did only I realised it is actually the main mosque in this parts of the world!

Ini disebabkan dahulu kawasan sekelilingnya membentuk pusat pekan Sungai Buloh...
This is because the areas around it used to form the centre of the small town of Sungai Buloh...

Sekarang, Sungai Buloh telah jauh membesar dengan bandar baru lebih moden terbentuk 3 km dari sini. Mungkin sebab itu masjid ini kelihatan seperti surau sahaja berbanding pembangunan pesat di sekeliling walhal ia masih masjid jamek untuk pekan Sungai Buloh! Sekian...

Nowadays, Sungai Buloh have grown much bigger with a new township formed 3 km from here. Maybe that is why this mosque looks only like a surau compared to the fast growth and development around it although it still remains the main mosque for the small town of Sungai Buloh! That's all...

Koleksi artikel tempat yang dilawati di Aceh (Collection of articles of places visited in Aceh)...

Assalamualaikum semua. Sempena malam ini sudah pun masuk 1 Syawal 1430 tahun Hijrah sedangkan fasa penceritaan perjalanan di Aceh 15-22 Jun 2009 telah pun selesai baru-baru ini, biarlah dipersembahkan di sini segala links untuk artikel tentang tempat-tempat yang dilawati dalam perjalanan itu untuk kesenangan pembaca ya. Di sini juga saya ingin mengucapkan selamat hari raya kepada setiap pembaca setia blogspot ini. Ampun dan maaf dipinta saya sekeluarga jika ada apa-apa kesalahan samada sengaja atau tidak disedari. Semoga kita semua mendapat berkat dari bulan mulia perayaan ini. Selamat malam! :]

Peace be upon you all. To commemorate tonight which has already entered the 1st Syawal of 1430 of the Hijriah year of the Islamic calender while the phase of story-telling regarding the trip to Aceh 15-22 June 2009 has already been completed recently, let all the links to the articles regarding the places visited in that trip be presented here for the conveniece of readers ya. Here also I would like to say happy celebrating Hari Raya to all faithful readers of this blogspot. I beg your pardon and forgiveness for me and my whole family for any mistakes made intentionally or without us realising it. May we all receive blessings from this holy festive month. Good night! :]

1. Tempat-tempat terpilih di (selected places in) Aceh

2. Masjid Raya (Main mosque of) Baiturrahman, Aceh

3. Gunongan...

4. Masjid (mosque of) Baiturrahim, Aceh

5. Muzium (Museum of) Aceh dan loceng (and the bell of) Cakra Donya

6. Rumah tradisional Aceh (Aceh traditional house)

7. Makam Raja-raja Dinasti Bugis (the tomb of kings from the Bugis dynasty)

8. Kompleks makam Meuh (Meuh tombs complex)

9. Makam (tomb of) Sultan Iskandar Muda?

10. Makam (tomb of) Syiah Kuala

11. Makam dan masjid (Tomb and mosque of) Teungku di Anjung

12. Makam (tomb of) Tuan di Kandang...

13. Masjid (mosque of) Indrapuri...

14. Makam (tomb of) Teungku Chik di Tiro

15. Rumah tradisional Aceh di Tanoh Abee (Aceh traditional house at Tanoh Abee)

16. Masjid (mosque of) Rahmatullah, satu monumen tsunami Aceh (a tsunami monument of Aceh)

17. Masjid (mosque of) Pekan Saree...

18. Masjid (mosque of) Beuracan

19. Masjid Raya (Main mosque of) Langsa

20. Menara hadapan Masjid Raya Langsa (The tower in front the main mosque of Langsa)

21. Makam Teuku Langsa (Tombs of the Teuku of Langsa)

22. Makam (tomb of) Sultan Sayyid Maulana Abdul Aziz Shah

23. Masjid (Mosque of) Baitul Mannan, Idi...

24. Makam (tomb of) Sultan Malikus Salih!

25. Pintu Khop, jalan masuk ke nikmat duniawi (entrance to worldly pleasures)

26. Benteng (Fortress of) Indrapatra...

27. Makam (tomb of) Laksamana (royal admiral) Keumala Hayati!

28. Masjid (mosque of) Malahayati

29. Benteng (fortress of) Inong Balee, satu peninggalan (a legacy of) Laksamana Malahayati

30. Benteng (fortress of) Iskandar Muda

31. Makam (tomb of) Teuku Nyak Arif

32. Masjid (Mosque of) Hidayatul Islam

33. Masjid hadapan Taman Pahlawan (Mosque in front of Taman Makam Pahlawan, the warriors' tomb park), Banda Aceh

p/s: Untuk peringatan saya, ini adalah artikel ke 289 di sini.

For my information, this is the 289th article here.

Masjid hadapan Taman Pahlawan (Mosque in front of Taman Makam Pahlawan, the warriors' tomb park), Banda Aceh

Kiranya ini bersambung daripada beberapa artikel sebelum ini. Mari!
This could be considered as continuing from a number of articles before this. Come!

Aktiviti saya siang Sabtu di Aceh boleh dikatakan tamat di masjid ini...
My Saturday daytime activity could be said to end at this mosque...

Saya tidak tahu apakah nama masjid ini tetapi saya ingat ia terletak betul-betul di hadapan Taman Makam Pahlawan, Banda Aceh.

I do not know what is the name of this mosque but I remember it was located exactly in front of the Taman Makam Pahlawan, practically the warriors' tomb park or complex, Banda Aceh.

Saya sampai di sini sejurus sebelum masuk waktu solat Maghrib...
I arrived here just before the time of Maghrib prayers (which coincides with the sunset)...




Maka itu saya turut menunaikan solat di sini...
Thus I also did my prayers here...

Kalau tak salah ingatan inilah masjid terakhir yang saya singgahi di Aceh. Seingat saya, hari Ahad saya berjalan paling jauh pun ke kawasan luar hotel sedangkan hari Isnin pagi masuk tengahari sudah sampai masa untuk kembali ke Malaysia...

If I remember correctly this is the last mosque I went to in Aceh. As far as I could remember, on Sunday the furthest I went to was just the area outside the hotel while on Monday morning going to noon it was time to return to Malaysia...

Maka itu ia adalah tempat terakhir di Aceh yang boleh saya paparkan di blogspot ini... melainkan saya pergi lagi ke sana bila-bila nanti. Untuk pengetahuan ini adalah artikel ke 288 di sini. Sekian! :]

Thus this is the last place in Aceh which I could feature in this blogspot... unless I went there again sometime in the future. For information this is the 288th article here. That's all! :]

Masjid (Mosque of) Hidayatul Islam

Saya berada di satu pinggiran Banda Aceh lalu terlihat masjid ini...
I was at one part of the fringes of Banda Aceh when I saw this mosque...

Namanya ialah Masjid Hidayatul Islam. Selain itu saya tidak dapat membaca papan kenyataan. Saya cuma tahu kedudukannya tidak jauh dari daerah Ulu Kareng yang terkenal dengan kopinya yang lazat...

It's name is Masjid (mosque of) Hidayatul Islam. Apart from that I couldn't read what is on the signage. I just know that it is positioned not far from the district of Ulu Kareng which is famous for its tasty coffee...

Walaupun ia nampak belum siap, mungkin kerana sedang diperbaiki saya mendapati rekabentuknya agak menarik...

Although it looked uncompleted, maybe because it was being renovated I found the architecture rather interesting...

Saya pun masuk ke dalam. Lagipun saya perlu menunaikan solat...
I then went inside. Besides I have to conduct my prayers...

Bahagian dalam kubah...

The inside section of the dome...

Mihrab...

The front-most section...

Makam (tomb of) Teuku Nyak Arif

Dalam perjalanan balik dari Teluk Lamreh @ Lamuri ke Banda Aceh saya dibawa singgah ke sebuah makam lain...

On the way back from Teluk Lamreh @ Lamuri to Banda Aceh I was taken for a visit to another tomb...

Inilah makam Teuku Nyak Arief yang hidup lebih hampir ke zaman moden...

This is the tomb of Teuku Nyak Arief who lived closer to the modern age...

Beliau yang hidup awal hingga pertengahan abad ke 20 pernah memegang pelbagai jawatan selain menjadi seorang panglima bertaraf raja tempatan!

The man who lived in the early till middle 20th century has held a number of positions including becoming a general with local king status!

Mari masuk ke dalam bangunan makam.
Let us go inside the tomb building.

Kelihatan banyak juga makam di dalamnya, mungkin makam sanak saudara...

One could see quite a number of tombs inside, maybe tombs of kith and kins...

Inilah makam Teuku Nyak Arif.

This is it the tomb of Teuku Nyak Arif.

Al-Fatihah untuk beliau...

Recital of the verse Al-Fatihah for him...