Afham Rahman

1. Istighfar dan Taubat Nabi Nuh ‘alaihis salam berkata kepada kaumnya : “Maka aku katakan kepada mereka, ‘Mohon ampunlah kepada Rabb-mu, sesungguhnya Dia Maha Pengampun, niscaya Dia akan menurunkan hujan kepadamu dengan lebat, dan membanyakkan harta dan anak-anakmu dan mengadakan untukmu kebun-kebun dan mengadakan (pula didalamnya) sungai-sungai’ “. (Q.S. Nuh : 10 -12) 2. Taqwa Fiman Allah Ta’ala : “Barang siapa yang bertaqwa kepada Allah, niscaya Dia akan mengadakan jalan keluar baginya dan memberinya rezki dari arah yang tiada disangka-sangkanya”. (Q.S. Ath-Thalaq : 2 – 3) 3. Bertawakkal (berserah diri) kepada Allah Rasulullah SAW bersabda : “Sungguh, seandainya kalian bertawakkal kepada Allah dengan sebenar-benar tawakkal, niscaya kalian akan diberi rezki sebagaimana rezki burung-burung. Mereka berangkat pagi dengan perut lapar, dan pulang petang hari dalam keadaan kenyang”. (HR. Ahmad,Tirmidzi, Ibnu Majah, Ibnul Mubarak, Ibnu Hibban, Al Hakim, Al Qudha’i dan Al Baghawi d

LABUAN: If everything goes according to plan, Labuan will be an attractive holiday and business destination by 2015. However, its residents are sceptical it can be achieved, unless the problem of high prices of goods on the island is resolved. Various quarters have expressed their concern through various channels about their fear of Labuan becoming an isolated island, a distant cry from the 1980s when it was declared a free tax island and attracted many visitors. A meeting at the Labuan Domestic Trade, Consumerism and Cooperatives Office recently was told that the price of consumer goods in Labuan was 20 to 30 percent higher than in other states. The main reason is due to transport cost as almost all consumer goods are brought in from mainland Sabah using the ferry service. With most cargo sent to mainland Sabah, the Merdeka Port in Labuan is void of activity. Chairman of the Labuan Consumers Action Council, Fauziah Datuk Mohd Din told Bernama that the only thing