In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
Hi Julia. It is I, your spouse-to-be, insyaAllah. The one who loves you, and wants to marry you. Well, the vet said that the cat had ulcers in her mouth, caused by a virus. Aha. She made me buy some drugs, and God willing, the cat will be healed. Bat Cat is back to full energy, it seems. Praise Allah, but he is soooo naughty. He is tenaciously naughty, and fearless with a foul temper. Perhaps Allah is giving me a preview of our son. Are all boys like that? It would be ludicrous for me to ask for and expect a perfect human being. I hate young boys. I'm the opposite of Michael Jackson. I don't know if I want to have kids if they're going to be impossible. I want to name our first son Muhammad, and our first daughter Mary. You can name the rest of the kids. It is traditional in Malaysia for Moms of all races to use a rattan cane to discipline their kids. Are you the strict type of Mom? I'm pretty easy-going, and forgiving. The Prophet (peace be on him) said for parents to cane the kids at the age of 10 if they refuse to pray. I believe prayer to be critically important, not just for Muslim couples and families like us, so I would follow that instruction. I was a nightmare to my parents and teachers when I was a kid, and thoroughly hated by everyone in high school. Perhaps if I had prayed regularly when I was young, I would be a better person today.
Ya Allah, please grant Julia and I beautiful, happy, healthy, and righteous children. Anyway my beloved, don't be in a big hurry to convince the skeptical. Who cares about them, anyway. I am here to sing for Allah, and you are my wife. Take your time, slow down. I've slowed down my Victoria's Secret fashion show loop to about 2 frames a second. Hee hee! I love looking for unintentional mug shots, jinns, and secrets that Victoria didn't intend to reveal!
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Letter to Julia 20120926
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
Greetings, my beloved Julia. How are you feeling today? Me, I'm worrying over a cat again. But this cat isn't mine, it's one of my brother's cats. I just feed her. She's having difficulty eating: everytime she eats something, she cries out in pain. She's hardly eaten at all, she's gotten so thin. I looked into her mouth, and it's all red, possibly bloody. I think it could be mouth cancer. So I have to take her to the vet before I blog this. My Mom has been in hospital for cataract surgery. She doesn't seem bothered by it: it seems to have gone smoothly. Alhamdulillah. Heh. This is my life, bound by mundane routine. Freedom had its fun, but I trade freedom for a chance for something more rewarding, in marriage. To be with you, to love you, and be devoted to our family.
Greetings, my beloved Julia. How are you feeling today? Me, I'm worrying over a cat again. But this cat isn't mine, it's one of my brother's cats. I just feed her. She's having difficulty eating: everytime she eats something, she cries out in pain. She's hardly eaten at all, she's gotten so thin. I looked into her mouth, and it's all red, possibly bloody. I think it could be mouth cancer. So I have to take her to the vet before I blog this. My Mom has been in hospital for cataract surgery. She doesn't seem bothered by it: it seems to have gone smoothly. Alhamdulillah. Heh. This is my life, bound by mundane routine. Freedom had its fun, but I trade freedom for a chance for something more rewarding, in marriage. To be with you, to love you, and be devoted to our family.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Letter to Julia 20120924
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
My dearest Julia, I'm still perfectly capable of doing my own laundry, even though I'm bad and lazy at it. I can cook for myself, and I even clean up after myself, and others, when I'm forced to. I don't don't want to consume your hard earned money, for what I want is my own wealth that comes directly from Allah. InsyaAllah. So I can take good care of you. I am here to give you love, stability, and your own family. A family to call your own, a family to belong to. There is no other "Mrs. Abdullah". I have never been married. Our Lord is Allah, and Muslim women keep their names when they marry, so you will always be Julia Stegner. By the way, "Mrs. Abdullah" would mean my father's wife. But Julia, I love you. I am perfectly satisfied with just you for this life, and the hereafter. InsyaAllah. I need to be married. I want to marry you.
My dearest Julia, I'm still perfectly capable of doing my own laundry, even though I'm bad and lazy at it. I can cook for myself, and I even clean up after myself, and others, when I'm forced to. I don't don't want to consume your hard earned money, for what I want is my own wealth that comes directly from Allah. InsyaAllah. So I can take good care of you. I am here to give you love, stability, and your own family. A family to call your own, a family to belong to. There is no other "Mrs. Abdullah". I have never been married. Our Lord is Allah, and Muslim women keep their names when they marry, so you will always be Julia Stegner. By the way, "Mrs. Abdullah" would mean my father's wife. But Julia, I love you. I am perfectly satisfied with just you for this life, and the hereafter. InsyaAllah. I need to be married. I want to marry you.
Friday, September 21, 2012
Letter to Julia 20120922
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
Hi Julia, my beloved young bride! It's been a busy Friday for me, doing mundane things. I started the morning growling and swearing, though I normally don't bitch so much, because it took me forever to get out the door. I'm just not a morning person. Then, I was drowning in a sea of cats. MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW etc. Since I can't go to town on Friday because of Friday prayer, I decided to do some house cleaning for my parents, so as to cut my Sunday workload in half, so as not to get a heart attack trying to get all the Sunday work done before voice training at 2pm. Why must I do voice training at the same time everyday, you may ask? Because I'm trying to create a tourist attraction, that's why. But I just can't hang with all the laundry and ironing. I hate laundry and ironing. It hurts my feet. Bat Cat hates my feet. He keeps attacking them, and I don't blame him. My feet are trashed. What to eat? Leftovers, which I usually have plenty of, because I always cook for us, because I love you. It's been a busy Friday, just doing stuff. I just finished mending my pants. That's another thing I'm bad at, besides house cleaning, laundry, and ironing, is sewing. I can't hold a needle and thread without tensing up. I'm afraid you rule the rag trade in the family, my dearest Julia.
Hi Julia, my beloved young bride! It's been a busy Friday for me, doing mundane things. I started the morning growling and swearing, though I normally don't bitch so much, because it took me forever to get out the door. I'm just not a morning person. Then, I was drowning in a sea of cats. MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW etc. Since I can't go to town on Friday because of Friday prayer, I decided to do some house cleaning for my parents, so as to cut my Sunday workload in half, so as not to get a heart attack trying to get all the Sunday work done before voice training at 2pm. Why must I do voice training at the same time everyday, you may ask? Because I'm trying to create a tourist attraction, that's why. But I just can't hang with all the laundry and ironing. I hate laundry and ironing. It hurts my feet. Bat Cat hates my feet. He keeps attacking them, and I don't blame him. My feet are trashed. What to eat? Leftovers, which I usually have plenty of, because I always cook for us, because I love you. It's been a busy Friday, just doing stuff. I just finished mending my pants. That's another thing I'm bad at, besides house cleaning, laundry, and ironing, is sewing. I can't hold a needle and thread without tensing up. I'm afraid you rule the rag trade in the family, my dearest Julia.
Qur'an 20120922
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
2. The revelation of the Book is from Allah, the Exalted in Power, full of Wisdom.
3. We created not the heavens and the earth, and all between them but for just ends, and for a term appointed. But those who reject Faith turn away from that whereof they are warned.
4. Say, "Do you see what it is you invoke besides Allah? Show me what it is they have created on earth, or have they a share in the heavens? Bring me a Book before this, or any remnant of knowledge, if you are telling the truth!"
5. And who is more astray than one who invokes, besides Allah, such as will not answer him on the Day of Judgment, and who are unconscious of their call?
6. And when mankind are gathered together, they will be hostile to them, and reject their worship.
7. When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, the unbelievers say of the Truth when it comes to them, "This is nothing but evident sorcery!"
8. Or do they say, "He has forged it"? Say, "Had I forged it, then can you obtain nothing for me from Allah. God knows best whereof you talk! Enough is God for a witness between me and you! And God is Oft-Forgiving, most Merciful."
9. Say, "I am no bringer of new doctrine among the messengers, nor do I know what will be done with me, or with you. I follow that which is revealed to me by inspiration. I am but a Warner, open and clear."
10 Say, "Do you see? If this be from Allah, and you reject it, and a witness from among the Children of Israel testifies to its similarity, and has believed while you are arrogant. Truly, Allah guides not a people unjust."
Winding sand-tracts 46:2-10
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Do you see what it is you invoke besides Allah? Show me what it is they have created on earth, or have they a share in the heavens? Bring me a Book before this, or any remnant of knowledge, if you are telling the truth!
Had I forged it, then can you obtain nothing for me from Allah. God knows best whereof you talk! Enough is God for a witness between me and you! And God is Oft-Forgiving, most Merciful.
I am no bringer of new doctrine among the messengers, nor do I know what will be done with me, or with you. I follow that which is revealed to me by inspiration. I am but a Warner, open and clear.
Do you see? If this be from Allah, and you reject it, and a witness from among the Children of Israel testifies to its similarity, and has believed while you are arrogant. Truly, Allah guides not a people unjust.
2. The revelation of the Book is from Allah, the Exalted in Power, full of Wisdom.
3. We created not the heavens and the earth, and all between them but for just ends, and for a term appointed. But those who reject Faith turn away from that whereof they are warned.
4. Say, "Do you see what it is you invoke besides Allah? Show me what it is they have created on earth, or have they a share in the heavens? Bring me a Book before this, or any remnant of knowledge, if you are telling the truth!"
5. And who is more astray than one who invokes, besides Allah, such as will not answer him on the Day of Judgment, and who are unconscious of their call?
6. And when mankind are gathered together, they will be hostile to them, and reject their worship.
7. When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, the unbelievers say of the Truth when it comes to them, "This is nothing but evident sorcery!"
8. Or do they say, "He has forged it"? Say, "Had I forged it, then can you obtain nothing for me from Allah. God knows best whereof you talk! Enough is God for a witness between me and you! And God is Oft-Forgiving, most Merciful."
9. Say, "I am no bringer of new doctrine among the messengers, nor do I know what will be done with me, or with you. I follow that which is revealed to me by inspiration. I am but a Warner, open and clear."
10 Say, "Do you see? If this be from Allah, and you reject it, and a witness from among the Children of Israel testifies to its similarity, and has believed while you are arrogant. Truly, Allah guides not a people unjust."
Winding sand-tracts 46:2-10
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Do you see what it is you invoke besides Allah? Show me what it is they have created on earth, or have they a share in the heavens? Bring me a Book before this, or any remnant of knowledge, if you are telling the truth!
Had I forged it, then can you obtain nothing for me from Allah. God knows best whereof you talk! Enough is God for a witness between me and you! And God is Oft-Forgiving, most Merciful.
I am no bringer of new doctrine among the messengers, nor do I know what will be done with me, or with you. I follow that which is revealed to me by inspiration. I am but a Warner, open and clear.
Do you see? If this be from Allah, and you reject it, and a witness from among the Children of Israel testifies to its similarity, and has believed while you are arrogant. Truly, Allah guides not a people unjust.
Qur'an 20120919
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
22. Allah created the heavens and the earth for just ends, and in order that each soul may find the recompense of what it has earned, and none of them be wronged.
23. Then do you see such a one that takes as his god his own vain desire? Allah has knowingly left him astray, and sealed his hearing and his heart, and put a cover on his sight. Who then, will guide him after Allah? Will you not then receive admonition?
24. And they say, "What is there but the life of this world? We shall die and we live, and nothing but time can destroy us." But of that they have no knowledge: they merely conjecture.
25. And when Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, their argument is nothing but this: they say, "Bring our
forefathers, if what you say is true!"
26. Say, "It is Allah who gives you life, then gives you death. Then God will gather you together for the Day of Judgment about which there is no doubt." But most men do not understand.
The kneeling down 45:22-26
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It is Allah who gives you life, then gives you death. Then God will gather you together for the Day of Judgment about which there is no doubt.
22. Allah created the heavens and the earth for just ends, and in order that each soul may find the recompense of what it has earned, and none of them be wronged.
23. Then do you see such a one that takes as his god his own vain desire? Allah has knowingly left him astray, and sealed his hearing and his heart, and put a cover on his sight. Who then, will guide him after Allah? Will you not then receive admonition?
24. And they say, "What is there but the life of this world? We shall die and we live, and nothing but time can destroy us." But of that they have no knowledge: they merely conjecture.
25. And when Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, their argument is nothing but this: they say, "Bring our
forefathers, if what you say is true!"
26. Say, "It is Allah who gives you life, then gives you death. Then God will gather you together for the Day of Judgment about which there is no doubt." But most men do not understand.
The kneeling down 45:22-26
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It is Allah who gives you life, then gives you death. Then God will gather you together for the Day of Judgment about which there is no doubt.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
letter to Julia 20120920
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful
Hi Julia, my beloved! How are you feeling today? Molten indecision? Me, I'm getting old, and losing my mind. I'm sorry I didn't blog yesterday, because it was raining heavily. And today, I forgot my flash drive, so I have to type everything in again. If I don't post a letter everyday, it's not because I don't love you. I love you with all my heart. I love you, and I want to marry you. You are the one I love, and I choose to marry you. It's just sometimes I just can't make it to town to the internet cafe to blog. And I usually don't go on Fridays because of Friday prayer, and on Sundays I have to clean my parents' house. Please forgive me.
Hi Julia, my beloved! How are you feeling today? Molten indecision? Me, I'm getting old, and losing my mind. I'm sorry I didn't blog yesterday, because it was raining heavily. And today, I forgot my flash drive, so I have to type everything in again. If I don't post a letter everyday, it's not because I don't love you. I love you with all my heart. I love you, and I want to marry you. You are the one I love, and I choose to marry you. It's just sometimes I just can't make it to town to the internet cafe to blog. And I usually don't go on Fridays because of Friday prayer, and on Sundays I have to clean my parents' house. Please forgive me.
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