Okay, let me continue my story..hehe
I have many works to do nowadays, but...i want blogging:)
arrived at 11.15am, I brought along mat (tikar) with me because we planned to eat together (seaside like la lebih kurang) :)
Off course not us (Min, Ju, Teah) cook dishes..seniors cook them..:)
n I like the seaweed wrapped "sushi' and now in Zagazig, I still looking at many stores here to buy the seaweed..people, if u know, do let me know yea :)
Dead Sea is a place that really....subhanallah, panaromic...
There are shops (drinks, burgers) and a small land there special for barbeque activity..many iron-stands that we can grill chicken/meat/fish (off course the BBQ-things must bring from home). but we were not grill there. We saw a family grilled the chicken. I said to Ju, eh, let us smile and look at them, who knows we can get a chicken wing" hoho...:(
There are also, tennis court, playground, souvenier shops, lifebuoy shops, and sand-play tools
We all not took a swim in the water, just played at shore...saw the salts..very33333 salty fluid ever..hoho
Dead Sea is the lowest point on Earth, so, during boarding the coaster, I felt like I was climbing something that such no where to go..yeah, like a hill which had many turns on it~
Some people said why we must go to Dead Sea...entertain ourself or beware what the only God said??
the mushaf al-Quran, i forgot which part mention about the Dead Sea..
Laut Mati terletak kira-kira 50 km dari Amman- ibu negara Jordan. Laut Mati bersempadan dengan Palestin yang kini diduduki oleh Yahudi Laknatullah 'Alaih. Berada -397 meter di bawah paras laut dan merupakan kawasan terendah di dunia.
Kesan Laut Mati ini membuktikan kebenaran dari ayat Al-Quran mengenai bala yang telah menimpa kaum Nabi Luth a.s di atas maksiat yang mereka lakukan kira-kira 3900 tahun yang lampau.
Nabi Luth a.s adalah anak saudara kepada Nabi Ibrahim a.s. Bapa baginda Hasan bin Tareh adalah saudara kandung Nabi Ibrahim a.s. Baginda mengikuti Nabi Ibrahim berhijrah dari Babylon (Iraq) ke Palestin yang dikenali dengan wilayah Kana'an pada ketika itu.
Seterusnya mereka ke Mesir dan berpisah di situ. Nabi Luth a.s berhijrah ke satu kawasan bernama Sodom dan Jemoroh yang kini merupakan kawasan bernama Jazirah Lisan terletak di selatan Laut Mati.
Menurut riwayat Imam Abbusyakh dari Said bin Abi Arubah kaum Nabi Luth a.s berjumlah 4 juta orang. Kaum Nabi Luth a.s dibinasakan oleh Allah S.W.T disebabkan melakukan perbuatan terkutuk iaitu Homoseks yang belum pernah dilakukan oleh kaum terdahulu.
Ini diterangkan di dalam Al-Quran ayat 80-81 Surah Al-A'araf :
80. Dan Nabi Lut juga (Kami utuskan). ingatlah ketika ia berkata kepada kaumnya:
"Patutkah kamu melakukan perbuatan Yang keji, Yang tidak pernah dilakukan oleh seorang pun
dari penduduk alam ini sebelum kamu?
81. "Sesungguhnya kamu mendatangi lelaki untuk memuaskan nafsu syahwat kamu Dengan meninggalkan perempuan, bahkan kamu ini adalah kaum Yang melampaui batas".
Perbuatan keji yang dimaksudkan di dalam ayat 80 ialah Homoseks.
Dakwah dan amaran keras Nabi Luth a.s tidak dipedulikan oleh kaum Sodom dan Jemoroh malah mereka bertindak untuk mengusir Nabi Luth a.s dari wilayah tersebut dan menuduh Luth a.s hanya berpura-pura menunjukkan kebaikkan.
Setelah dakwah dan usaha baginda tidak berhasil, maka berdoalah Nabi Luth a.s supaya ditimpakan bencana terhadap kaumnya yang sudah melampaui batas.
Maka Allah mengutuskan malaikat untuk membalikkan bumi Sodom sekaligus menghancurkan seluruh kaumnya.
Firman Allah di dalam Surah Hud ayat 82 :
82. Maka apabila datang (Masa perlaksanaan) perintah kami, Kami jadikan negeri kaum Lut itu diterbalikkan (tertimbus Segala Yang ada di muka buminya) dan Kami menghujaninya Dengan batu-batu dari tanah Yang dibakar, menimpanya bertalu-talu.
Begitulah kisah umat Nabi Luth a.s yang telah dilenyapkan oleh Allah serta merta.
Ziarah untuk mengambil iktibar dari kisah Nabi Luth a.s
Melihat kepada umat Islam ketika ini pula, saya amat berasa kesal dengan sikap yang ditunjukkan oleh bangsa arab Islam sendiri. Sikap yang mereka tunjukkan langsung tidak mengambil iktibar dari kisah yang telah menimpa kaum Luth a.s.
Sudah banyak kali saya berpeluang berkunjung ke Laut Mati dan melihat arab masih leka dan bersuka tanpa mempedulikan waktu solat. Jika mereka berendam di Laut Mati sebelum Zohor mereka naik untuk makan beberapa ketika, kemudian berendam semula hinggalah selepas asar. Jika berendam sebelum Maghrib, selepas Isyak baru nampak mereka membilas dengan air biasa. Di mana solat mereka?.
Untuk pelancong dan pengunjung dari Malaysia, Alhamdulillah mereka masih kuat mengingati waktu solat, jika tiada ada kawasan khas untuk solat mereka akan solat di atas pasir dan rumput yang bersih di sekitar kawasan Laut Mati.
Cuma masih ada satu persamaan dengan arab, kebanyakkan mereka ke Laut Mati lebih untuk mengambil 'khasiat' dari air Laut Mati yang belum terjamin khasiat jika Allah tak izinkan. Bukan mereka datang untuk mengetahui kisah sejarahnya lalu mengambil pengajaran dari kisahnya.
The Dead Sea (Arabic: البحر الميت al-Baḥr al-Mayyit (help·info),[3] Hebrew: יָם הַמֶּלַח, Yām HamMélaḥ, "Sea of Salt", also Hebrew: יָם הַמָּוֶת, Yām HamMā́weṯ, "The Sea of Death"), also called the Salt Sea, is a salt lake bordering Jordan to the east and Israel and the West Bank to the west. Its surface and shores are 423 metres (1,388 ft) below sea level,[2] Earth's lowest elevation on land. The Dead Sea is 377 m (1,237 ft) deep, the deepest hypersaline lake in the world. With 33.7% salinity, it is also one of the world's saltiest bodies of water, though Lake Assal (Djibouti), Garabogazköl and some hypersaline lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica (such as Don Juan Pond) have reported higher salinities. It is 8.6 times saltier than the ocean.[4] This salinity makes for a harsh environment in which animals cannot flourish, hence its name. The Dead Sea is 67 kilometres (42 mi) long and 18 kilometres (11 mi) wide at its widest point. It lies in the Jordan Rift Valley, and its main tributary is the Jordan River. The Dead Sea has attracted visitors from around the Mediterranean basin for thousands of years. Biblically, it was a place of refuge for King David. It was one of the world's first health resorts (for Herod the Great), and it has been the supplier of a wide variety of products, from balms for Egyptian mummification to potash for fertilizers. People also use the salt and the minerals from the Dead Sea to create cosmetics and herbal sachets. In 2009, 1.2 million foreign tourists visited on the Israeli side There are two contending hypotheses about the origin of the low elevation of the Dead Sea. The older hypothesis is that it lies in a true rift zone, an extension of the Red Sea Rift, or even of the Great Rift Valley of eastern Africa. A more recent hypothesis is that the Dead Sea basin is a consequence of a "step-over" discontinuity along the Dead Sea Transform, creating an extension of the crust with consequent subsidence.
Around three million years ago,[citation needed] what is now the valley of the Jordan River, Dead Sea, and Wadi Arabah was repeatedly inundated by waters from the Mediterranean Sea. The waters formed in a narrow, crooked bay which was connected to the sea through what is now the Jezreel Valley. The floods of the valley came and went depending on long scale climate change. The lake that occupied the Dead Sea Rift, named "Lake Sedom"[9], deposited beds of salt that eventually became 3 km (2 mi) thick
Approximately two million years ago,[citation needed] the land between the Rift Valley and the Mediterranean Sea rose to such an extent that the ocean could no longer flood the area. Thus, the long bay became a lake.
The first such prehistoric lake is named "Lake Amora"[9] Lake Amora was a freshwater or brackish lake that extended at least 80 km (50 mi) south of the current southern end of the Dead Sea and 100 km (60 mi) north, well above the present Hula Depression. As the climate became more arid, Lake Amora shrank and became saltier. The large, saltwater predecessor of the Dead Sea is called "Lake Lisan."[9]
In prehistoric times, great amounts of sediment collected on the floor of Lake Amora. The sediment was heavier than the salt deposits and squeezed the salt deposits upwards into what are now the Lisan Peninsula and Mount Sodom (on the southwest side of the lake). Geologists explain the effect in terms of a bucket of mud into which a large flat stone is placed, forcing the mud to creep up the sides of the pail. When the floor of the Dead Sea dropped further due to tectonic forces, the salt mounts of Lisan and Mount Sodom stayed in place as high cliffs. (see salt domes)
From 70,000 to 12,000 years ago, the lake level was 100 m (330 ft) to 250 m (820 ft) higher than its current level. This lake, called "Lake Lisan", fluctuated dramatically, rising to its highest level around 26,000 years ago, indicating a very wet climate in the Near East.[10] Around 10,000 years ago, the lake level dropped dramatically, probably to levels even lower than today. During the last several thousand years, the lake has fluctuated approximately 400 m (1,300 ft), with some significant drops and rises. Current theories as to the cause of this dramatic drop in levels rule out volcanic activity; therefore, it may have been a seismic event.
[edit] Climate
The Dead Sea's climate offers year-round sunny skies and dry air. It has less than 50 millimetres (2 in) mean annual rainfall and a summer average temperature between 32 and 39 °C (90 and 102 °F). Winter average temperatures range between 20 and 23 °C (68 and 73 °F). The region has weakened ultraviolet radiation, particularly the UVB (erythrogenic rays), and an atmosphere characterized by a high oxygen content due to the high barometric pressure.[11] The sea affects temperatures nearby because of the moderating effect a large body of water has on climate. During the winter, sea temperatures tend to be higher than land temperatures, and vice versa during the summer months. This is the result of the water's mass and specific heat capacity. On average, there are 192 days above 30C (86F) annually.[12]
Kebenaran prediksi Quran pada surat Ar-Rum menjadi kenyataan, ketika kerajaan Byzantium Roma Timur setelah kalah akan menang kembali.
Alif Laam Miim. Telah dikalahkan bangsa Rumawi. di negeri yang terdekat dan mereka sesudah dikalahkan itu akan menang. dalam beberapa tahun lagi. Bagi Allah-lah urusan sebelum dan sesudah (mereka menang).
Ayat ini turun sekitar tahun 620 M, hampir 7 tahun setelah Kerajaan Persia mengalahkan Byzantium tahun 613-614. Kekalahan ini mengakibatkan Byzantium mengalami kerugian yang sangat besar sehingga saat itu tampaknya tidak mungkin akan bangkit. Dengan kekalahannya di Antioch tahun 613, Persia mengambil alih kekuasan di Damaskus, Sisilia, Tarsus, Armenia, dan Jerusalem. Kehilangan Jerusalem tahun 614 sangat berbekas bagi rakyat Byzantium karena tempat sucinya dikuasai oleh Persia. Selain itu bangsa Avars, slav, dan Lombards menjadi ancaman bagi kerajaan Byzantium. Bangsa Avar telah mencapai dinding Contantinopel.
Melihat hal itu, Raja Heraclius memerintahkan emas dan perak dikumpulkan dalam gereja dan dilebur menjadi uang untuk membiayai perang. Ini saja belum cukup lalu mereka menggunakan perunggu untuk membuat uang. Banyak gubernur membakang terhadap perintah Heraclius, sehingga saat itu Byzantium di ujung tanduk kehancuran. Mesopatamia, Cicilia, Syria, Palestina, mesir, dan Armenia, yang sebelumnya dikuasai oleh Byzantium, telah jatuh ke Persia.
Singkat cerita, semua orang meramalkan bahwa Byzantium pasti akan hancur. Akan tetapi ayat Quran yang turun kemudian meramalkan bahwa Byzantium akan kembali menang/berjaya dalam kurun 3 sampai 9 tahun.
Menurut orang Arab jahiliyah saat itu, prediksi itu sangat mustahil.
Seperti prediksi-prediksi Quran lainnya, kemenangan Byzantium menjadi kenyataan . Dalam tahun 622 M, Heraclius mendapat sejumlah kemenangan dan menguasai Armenia. Pada bulan Desember 627 M, kedua pasukan bertempur di dekat Nineveh, sekitar 50 km sebelah timur sungai Tigris, di Bagdad. Pertempuran ini lagi-lagi dimenangkan oleh pasukan Byzantium. Beberapa bulan kemudian Persia terpaksa menandatangani kesepakatan dengan Byzantium untuk mengembalikan daerah-daerah yang diambilnya.
Suatu informasi yang terungkap dengan turunnya surat ar-Rum itu adalah soal daerah yang saat itu tidak diketahui oleh seorang manusia pun: mereka akan dikalahkan di daerah terendah di muka bumi. Bahasa Arabnya adalah adna al-ard, banyak yang menterjemahkan sebagai daerah terdekat. Ini bukanlah makna tulisan, melainkan sebuah tafsiran. Kata adna diturunkan dari kata dani (rendah) , yang artinya daerah rendah. Sehingga adna al-ard berarti tempat terendah di muka bumi, yaitu di daerah Laut Mati. Maha Suci Allah.. daerah terendah itu baru diketahui setelah ditemukannya alat-alat pengukur di jaman modern ini.
Tiga negara yang membatasi daerah laut Mati adalah Jordania, Palestina, dan Syiria. Kedalaman daerah di sekitar laut mati adalah 394.6 m (1269 ft) di bawah permukaan laut. Di kedalaman 40 m kadar garam Laut Mati mencapai 300 gram garam/kilogram air laut. Orang bisa membaca sambil tiduran di air laut karena berat jenis Laut Mati lebih besar dibanding BJ manusia.
>> http://ainspirasi.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/laut-mati-dan-kebenaran-ramalan-quran/
Mount Nebo (Arabic: جبل نيبو, Jabal Nibu. Hebrew: הַר נְבוֹ, Har Nevo, ) is an elevated ridge that is approximately 817 meters (2680 feet) above sea level, in Jordan. The view from the summit provides a panorama of the Holy Land and, to the north, a more limited one of the valley of the River Jordan. The West Bank city of Jericho is usually visible from the summit, as is Jerusalem on a very clear day
On the highest point of the mountain, Syagha,[1] the remains of a church and monastery were discovered in 1933.[2] The church was first constructed in the second half of the 4th century to commemorate the place of Moses' death. The church design follows a typical basilica pattern. It was enlarged in the late fifth century A.D. and rebuilt in A.D. 597. The church is first mentioned in an account of a pilgrimage made by a lady Aetheria in A.D. 394. Six tombs have been found hollowed from the natural rock beneath the mosaic-covered floor of the church. In the modern chapel presbytery, built to protect the site and provide worship space, you can see remnants of mosaic floors from different periods. The earliest of these is a panel with a braided cross presently placed on the east end of the south wall.
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Mount Nebo (Madaba)
2nd holy place for Christian after Baptism Site, just near here, also in Madaba..but we did not visit the Baptism Site..eh, why we went here at Nebo ha?
Actually, someone (a lady named 'Agaza') told people during the era that Prophet Mose had been there (around the hill)..France Government managed this church area and now the church are under construction because the church before got damaged/collapsed..
Prophet Moses on his feet and looked to the land in front of him and said "there is a land of hope" (Palestine)
There was a little tree, just same height as me, two pieces of tissues..People around me said, a Christian came and said many wishes then will hang and tie the tissues to the branches of trees..
also had the replica of the Prophet Moses cane..
Pope Benedict always come here. ..and people there said to me Pope Benedict had planted a tree and the tourist officer, I mean someone who take care of the area, had fenced off the tree...mulianya kau pokok oitt..huhu
ok, then last but not least, I captured some photos near the Gracias Monument (suke ati bagi nama)..actually, the monument emm is a sign/mark that some countries cooperate, donate and support the implementation to to keep the Christianity belief and historical things (remnants of history) there..
I'm not recheck my typing here..so, grammer..haha..ok..take care..wassalam~
