ISDEV DIRECTOR'S TARBIYYAH AND MONTHLY GRADUATE SUPERVISION

Associate Prof Dr Zakaria started his Tarbiyyah 

ISDEV held its Monthly Graduate Supervision for all its RISDEV (Postgraduate by Research) and MISDEV (Postgraduate by Mixed-Mode) students for the month of August, 2017 at Dewan Kuliah A, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). This monthly meet was held on Friday, 11 August 2017. This month monthly graduate supervision was divided into two sessions. the first session is the ISDEV Director's Tarbiyyah whereas the second session continue with comprehensive  of knowledge on posgraduate student activities. As part of the ISDEV tradition, ISDEV monthly supervision was held with a main agenda of ISDEV Director's Tarbiyyah. The Tarbiyyah is a medium to spread the positive vibe and to motivate all ISDEV family members.

As for this month, ISDEV's Director Tarbiyyah, Assoc. Prof Dr Zakaria continued the topic on Taqwa titled The Realization of the Practice of Taqwa in ISDEV (Part 2) (Bagaimana Untuk Merealisasikan Amalan Bertaqwa Dalam ISDEV- Bahagian 2). In the series of tarbiyyah about taqwa, Assoc. Prof Dr Zakaria discussed about the practical method of realizing Taqwa as an extension on the topic of the previous month. He stressed the importance of Taqwa (piety) as one of the elements to success for the Muslims. In supporting his points, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zakaria presented various verses from the Quran to highlight the close relationship between Allah SWT promises of help, guidance and the attainment of success with those who want to practice Taqwa. Assoc. Prof Dr Zakaria has emphasized on four practical methods to achieve this goal which are to remember two things:

i) The goodness of others towards ourselves (Al-Dhuha: 11) - commemorating the deeds

ii) Remember that mistakes that we had made and apologize. Remember not to repeat the mistake by planting the feeling of guilty.

He also emphasize that to achieve Taqwa one self also have to forget two things:

i) Forget about all the goods and deeds we had contributed to others. We must restore all the kindness to Allah SWT and Love what Allah likes and Hate what Allah hates

ii) Forget about all the bad deeds towards us and pardon all the mistakes and forgive others.

Dr Mohd Shukri Hanapi shared his experience and knowledge in writing paper works

After the Director's Tarbiyyah, the session continued with a comprehensive talk on the easy steps on the preparation of paper works and presentations. Dr. Mohd Shukri Hanapi gave a comprehensive talk on the steps that are needed to be taken for preparing a good paperwork and presentations for all ISDEV postgraduate students. He highlighted the various steps used in preparing a good paperwork and presentation. He also provided a very useful tips towards the end of the sharing session.

ISDEV postgraduate students took opportunity to ask the lecturers during the graduate supervision