Letter to Julia 20131130

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

My little Batty-Watty Bat Cat is all grown up!  *sob*  He's become a full grown cat now, and he doesn't play around and isn't mischievous anymore, and he sneers at all the females that are not in heat.  All business.  There's nothing wrong with his health, he still has a tremendous appetite.  It's his attitude.  It's like he's turned into the Godfather.

As you can tell, I'm still typing in my letter live.  I hate it, because I have to be blunt and extra cautious of saying something that would hurt your precious feelings.   I love you with all my heart.

My dearest, beautiful Julia.  The crisis of ownership over Casa de Julia is not over yet.  And to be practical, the crisis will not be over until the title is in my name.  But please don't worry.  Please pray that Allah grants success and happiness in our marriage with promptness and ease.  I love you, Julia.

Oh Erin, I still haven't seen the latest VS fashion show.  It's not on the Internet yet.  I can't wait to see how beautiful and ravishing you are.  I love you, Erin.

Letter to Julia 20131127

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

My dearest and beloved Julia, please don't be saddened about your house.  If it be destined that Allah brings us together in marriage, that would include your house, right?  Normally, the situation is something I would get loud and aggressive about, but this time it's best to be patient.  I love you so much, my Julia.  Please call upon Allah in humility and in private.

Have you been in a rather silly mood lately, Erin?  I'm quite a silly person myself at times.  Just to lighten up the seriousness of it all.  Could you please be serious just for a moment, and pray for Julia's house?  I love you, Erin.  But here's a little video to help make you and Julia smile.

Letter to Julia 20131125

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

Hello there, my dearest Julia and Erin.  How are your precious emotions today?  So valuable are your feelings, the world knows.  So valuable to me, for I love you.  My usual Internet cafe is shut down (supposedly momentarily), so I'm at this new place, having to type in my love for you live because the computers here reject my USB drive.  I hope I don't have to upload or download anything.  I also hope I don't say anything to hurt your feelings, because I usually get to ponder on my letters and edit them before I go out to post.  If I do make an error, please forgive me.

My beloved Julia, you are my most dignified princess, and I love you so much.  Your polished and intense beauty elevates my heart.  I have been chopping down large trees around Casa de Julia inshaAllah, and I have been using the heavy logs to block off the driveway to the compound so that unwanted vehicles do not enter.  Well, at least make it very inconvenient for them to enter.  I think I'll put 2 more heavy logs there.  Perhaps you are aware that some unmentionables are trying to take over your house.  I'm handicapped by my poverty, so I can't buy the property yet.  I want you to pray that Allah helps and protects us, and that I get to build Casa de Julia for you with incredible ease.  Please pray.  I love you Julia.

My sweet Erin.  Yes, you are very sweet to me.  I adore you for your sweetness and your precious pure heart.  Did you know your emotions show in your face and your body?  Your precious, pure heart.  I love you, and I want to embrace and protect you.  However, Allah is the Best to protect.  I don't ever want you to feel abandoned.  I want you to always know that you are loved, and when the time comes I will take you into our house as my wife.  InshaAllah.  Please pray also that Allah helps and protects us, and that I get to build Casa de Julia with tremendous ease.

Qur'an 20131124

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

32. Say, "Who has forbidden the beauty of Allah, which God has produced for God's servants, and the things, clean and pure, for sustenance?" Say, "They are. in the life of this world, for those who believe, purely for them on the Day of Judgment." Thus do We explain the Signs in detail for those who understand.

33. Say, "The things that my Lord has indeed forbidden are: shameful deeds, whether open or secret, sins and trespasses against truth or reason, assigning of partners to Allah, for which God has given no authority, and saying things about Allah of which you have no knowledge."

34. To every people is a term appointed. When their term is reached, not an hour can they cause delay, nor can they advance.

The Heights 7:32-34
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Who has forbidden the beauty of Allah, which God has produced for God's servants, and the things, clean and pure, for sustenance?

They are. in the life of this world, for those who believe, purely for them on the Day of Judgment.

The things that my Lord has indeed forbidden are: shameful deeds, whether open or secret, sins and trespasses against truth or reason, assigning of partners to Allah, for which God has given no authority, and saying things about Allah of which you have no knowledge.

Letter to Julia 20131123

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

Hi there my beloved Julia and Erin.

I my usual Internet cafe is shut down for a while, so I probably won't be blogging much in the near future.  Plus, it's been raining every day, so commute is difficult.  It doesn't mean that I love you less, no I love you even more every day.

I suppose I have to say something to remember JFK.  He wasn't an angel, but neither is any human.  It means a lot to me that he tried to return to the gold standard.  But I don't believe he would have made much difference had he survived.  The machine was already set in motion, and the corruption was handed down to the next generation, and the next.  Please know and remember, that the righteous try to slow down Judgement Day, not speed it up.

Qur'an 20131123

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

28. When they do something that is shameful, they say, "We found our fathers doing so," and "Allah commanded us thus." Say, "No, Allah never commands what is shameful. Do you say of Allah what you know not?"

29. Say, "My Lord has commanded justice, and that you set your whole selves at every time and place of prayer, and call upon God, making your devotion sincere as in God's sight. Such as God created you in the beginning, so shall you return."

30. Some God has guided. Others have deserved the loss of their way, in that they took the evil ones, in preference to Allah, for their friends and protectors, and think that they receive guidance.

The Heights 7:28-30
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No, Allah never commands what is shameful. Do you say of Allah what you know not?

My Lord has commanded justice, and that you set your whole selves at every time and place of prayer, and call upon God, making your devotion sincere as in God's sight. Such as God created you in the beginning, so shall you return.

Letter to Julia 20131121

Hey there, my awesomely gorgeous Rock and Roll babes!  How are those emotions today?  I love you with all my heart.  The weather here is cold and rain, rain, rain.  It's been raining all day.  The sliced cheese turned out a success as cheese spread when rolled around and squished in my hand.  Australian cheese is cheaper I guess, because it's closer to here than the USA or Europe.  But I suppose it's not enough for cheesecake.  The paste I made from the mustard powder is an excellent substitute for wasabi.  Too bad my baby squid is already 3 days old, so I didn't enjoy it as much.  I think I'll use the rest for a squid and mackerel liver omelet tomorrow.

OK let's get back to the topic of Julia's laundry.  And it's not just about the clothes dryer.  There's also the oven, boiler, backup power, etc.  Of course, we could tolerate our living conditions just like everybody else here, but why not be progressive?  Why not make a solution that could help make the lives of others easier inshaAllah?  My answer to the lack of gas pipelines here is the LPG (low pressure gas) cylinder.  LPG cylinders in Malaysia are about 10 to 12 kilos each, which is a lot of gas, and each house has at least one.  Not the same size as in India and some other countries, but let's focus on Malaysia.  All LPG cylinders are controlled by regulators, which ensures that the gas flow is consistent.  The gas intake for gas-powered appliances in the West is a permanent fixture.  So instead of the permanent fixture, there could be a nozzle similar to the nozzle on the regulator, which would fit a rubber hose.  Now the gas pressure would most likely be less than the gas pressure of the typical Western gas pipeline, but so what if the flame inside the appliance be smaller?  Just change the numbering on the thermostat.  And so what if the gas runs out?  Just change the LPG cylinder.

Letter to Julia 20131120

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

My dearest Julia and Erin, how are you feeling today?  I pray you are feeling healthy and confident.  Please forgive me for taking yesterday off.  I wanted to sleep in and eat squid all morning.  Just squid.  Baby squid is going for damn cheap at the night market, and it makes convenient sashimi, but anything else is tedious.  I don't have any wasabi, but I just bought mustard powder which I plan to mix into a thick paste.  Also, I plan to eat my Ritz crackers with sliced cheese.  Hey, squash the cheese in your hand and rub it around and it turns into a spread.  It's a lot cheaper than cream cheese, tastier too.  As I told you before, as my wives inshaAllah you are automatically professional endorsers of food products, whether you eat at a restaurant or buy groceries to eat at home.  This makes people (and the market) go bonkers over what you eat.  So please enjoy yourselves at your favorite and trusted restaurants, and experiment with cooking, and devour your favorite snacks.  Just don't overdo it.

There is certainly much attention to what we eat in Islam.  Food can bring us closer to God inshaAllah, mostly because we need to eat to live.  But the pleasure of food can sometimes give us that glimpse of perfect happiness, that all of us crave.  So eat of the good and lawful food that Allah has provided for you, but fear Allah.  Don't forget Allah!  Don't forget to say, "In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful" before your first bite.  There is no blame on you for what you ate in the past as long as you believe in Allah, guard yourselves from evil, and do good deeds.  Again, believe in Allah, guard yourselves from evil, and do good deeds.  Again, believe in Allah, guard yourselves from evil, and be righteous.

Letter to Julia 20131118

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

My dearest beloved Julia, I truly, truly love you with all my heart.  You are so very beautiful, and I cherish you deeply.  You are a blessing to me, and I am grateful to God and to you for your love.  I don't mind at all building your house.  It is my job to provide for you and Erin, to house you and Erin, and to enhance your business connections.  InshaAllah.  You don't have to buy me anything in return.  Of course I can't stop you if you do, just remember that Muslim men cannot wear gold or silk until after Judgement Day, if they are allowed into heaven.  I don't want to hurt your feelings by not wearing what you give me.

My beautiful precious Erin, I haven't had a chance yet to see you at the Victoria's Secret fashion show, but I do have one photo from that show, and I must say that you are so gorgeous and ravishing.  You are truly a wonderful and beautiful woman, and I am profoundly blessed to have you as my wife.  I love you so much Erin, I want to look after you and embrace you, and take tender loving care of you.  InshaAllah.

Qur'an 20131118

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

158.  Are they waiting to see if the angels come to them, or your Lord, or certain of the Signs of your Lord!  The day that certain of the Signs of your Lord does come, no good will it do to a soul to believe in them then, if it believed not before, nor earned righteousness through its Faith.  Say, "Wait you: we too are waiting."

159.  As for those who divide their religion, and break up into sects, you have no part in them in the least.  Their affair is with Allah.  God will, in the end, tell them the truth of all they did.

160.  He that does good shall have ten times as much to his credit.  He that does evil shall be recompensed according to his evil.  No wrong shall be done unto them.

161.  Say, "Verily, my Lord has guided me to a Way that is straight, a religion of Right, the Path of Abraham, the true in faith, and he joined not gods with Allah."

162.  Say, "Truly, my prayer and my service of sacrifice, my life and my death, are for Allah, the Cherisher of the worlds."

163.  No partner has God.  This am I commanded, and I am the first of those who bow to God's Will.

164.  Say, "Shall I seek for cherisher other than Allah, when God is the Cherisher of all things?  Every soul draws the results of its acts on none but itself.  No bearer of burdens can bear the burden of another.  Your goal in the end is towards Allah.  God will tell you the truth of the things wherein you disputed."

The Cattle 6:158-164
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Wait you: we too are waiting.

Verily, my Lord has guided me to a Way that is straight, a religion of Right, the Path of Abraham, the true in faith, and he joined not gods with Allah.

Truly, my prayer and my service of sacrifice, my life and my death, are for Allah, the Cherisher of the worlds.

Shall I seek for cherisher other than Allah, when God is the Cherisher of all things?  Every soul draws the results of its acts on none but itself.  No bearer of burdens can bear the burden of another.  Your goal in the end is towards Allah.  God will tell you the truth of the things wherein you disputed.

Letter to Julia 20131116

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

Hello there, my most beloved beauties.  The most beautiful girls in the world.  How are you feeling today?  I pray you are feeling healthy and confident.  How's business?  My parents gave a box of Ritz crackers the other day.  I didn't really eat all that much Ritz crackers back in the States.  I would buy a box of generic saltines and a block of Cracker Barrel extra sharp cheddar for a better crackers and cheese per dollar value.  But I asked my Mom, "Do you have any cheese?"  She said no.  So yesterday I went searching for some cheese spread.  I can't get Cracker Barrel here, but any cream cheese spread would do.  I went from store to store searching in vain for cheese spread, or even plain cream cheese, and the weather was bloody hot.  I swear, cheese sells like mad here locally.  Especially cream cheese.  And it's damn expensive, too.  I don't know what the locals do with all that cream cheese, all I know is that it sells.  If someone opened a cheese store here, I'm certain they would make a lot of money.  The demand for cheese here seems insatiable, even though most Asians are lactose-intolerant.  What does it take to make cheese anyway?  A lot of milk, slow heat, some lemon juice, and a way to separate curds from whey, and a means to age and dehydrate cheese.  The quality of milk is certainly an issue, so the diet of milk cows is important.  Soybeans.  If they can make soy sauce, then they can feed milk cows with soybeans, and there are plenty of soybeans in Asia.  Gah!  I'm irritated.  I don't want to enter the food business just to get some cheese for my crackers, let alone the dairy industry.  I think I saw some Philadelphia cream cheese at the Chinese store.  I hope it's still there.  I wish someone would sell Cracker Barrel here.  Maybe I should just buy some milk and make my own cheese.  Or eat my crackers without cheese.

Qur'an 20131116

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

148.  Those who give partners will say, "If Allah had wished, we would not have given partners to God, nor would our fathers, nor would we have had any taboos."  So did their ancestors argue falsely, until they tasted of Our wrath.  Say, "Have you any knowledge?  If so, produce it before us.  You follow nothing but conjecture, you do nothing but lie."

149.  Say, "With Allah is the argument that reaches home.  If it had been God's Will, God could indeed have guided you all."

150.  Say, "Bring forward your witnesses to prove that Allah did forbid so and so."  If they bring such witnesses, be not you amongst them, nor follow you the vain desires of such as treat Our Signs as falsehoods, and such as believe not in the Hereafter, for they hold others as equals with their Guardian-Lord.

151.  Say, "Come, I will rehearse what Allah has prohibited you from."  Join not anything as equal with God.  Be good to your parents.  Kill not your children on a plea of want: We provide sustenance for you and them.  Come not nigh to shameful deeds, whether open or secret.  Take not life, which Allah has made sacred, except by way of justice and law.  Thus does God command you, that you may learn wisdom.

The Cattle 6:148-151
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Have you any knowledge?  If so, produce it before us.  You follow nothing but conjecture, you do nothing but lie.

With Allah is the argument that reaches home.  If it had been God's Will, God could indeed have guided you all.

Bring forward your witnesses to prove that Allah did forbid so and so.

Come, I will rehearse what Allah has prohibited you from.

Letter to Julia 20131114

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

Hello there Julia, my beautiful and most dignified princess.  You are my Queen, and I love you with all my heart, my most precious darling.  I have been talking a lot lately, haven't I?  I was hoping to take a little bit of a break from blogging, but it didn't turn out that way.  I do love you so, and I hate to be separated from you.  I've been thinking about why houses here have no drywall and studs, and are generally made entirely out of brick.  I'm thinking termites.  Termites flourish in this weather, and they can fly.  Wooden houses get ravaged by them.  Plus, there are many other critters out here in the tropics that could potentially make a home inside drywall panels.  I look at my floor, and it is made of concrete.  Which is fine for the ground floor, but what about the second level?  We don't want wooden beams holding up a wooden floor, would we?  The option is steel beams holding up a floor that can be tiled.  I don't expect Casa de Julia to inexpensive, otherwise I wouldn't be married at all.  I cannot take any other position than to consider your well-being.  Ya Allah, please grant me the wealth I need to be happily and securely married to Julia and Erin.

Are you being a naughty girl, Erin?  That little devil can turn into a monster if you let him take over, so you control him.  I hope you're not getting back at me for that joke I told.  Sometimes I like to tell jokes to make you and Julia smile, because I love you, and I want you to be cheerful.  That's just who I am, take it or leave it.  So please be a good girl.  A pure, chaste, and honorable woman.  A role model for girls all over the world.  There is no more "pain".  You're not on your own anymore.  You are loved.  I love you, and I will marry you inshaAllah.  You are a very precious thing, more people need you than you know.  Since your country was sold off by the bankers, what's left are natural resources like you.  So please take tender loving care of yourself in my absence.  And I will look after you when we marry, and help protect you.  InshaAllah.  Meanwhile, please eat a nice ribeye steak for me, you know, a sizzling piece of beef with the big bone sticking out.

Both of you, if the Public Eye gets too nosy and aggressive with you, just tell them "I'm his wife, inshaAllah", then refer them to me.  I will refer them to Allah.  Let them worship and fear Allah.

Qur'an 20131114

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

142.  Of the cattle are some for burden, and some for meat.  Eat what Allah has provided for you, and follow not the footsteps of Satan, for he is to you an avowed enemy.

143.  Eight in pairs, of sheep a pair, and of goats a pair.  Say, "Has God forbidden the two males, or the two females, or which the wombs of the two females enclose?  Tell me with knowledge if you are truthful."

144.  Of camels a pair, and of oxen a pair.  Say, "Has God forbidden the two males, or the two females, or which the wombs of the two females enclose?  Were you present when Allah ordered you such a thing?  But who does more wrong than one who invents a lie against Allah, to lead men astray without knowledge?  For Allah guides not people who do wrong."

145.  Say, "I find not in the Message received by me by inspiration any forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it, unless it be dead meat, or blood poured forth, or the flesh of swine, for it is an abomination, or what is impious, on which a name has been invoked other than Allah's."  But, if a person is forced by necessity, without willful disobedience, nor transgressing due limits, your Lord is Oft-Forgiving, most Merciful.

146.  For those who followed the Jewish Law, We forbade all with undivided hoof, and We forbade them the fat of the ox and the sheep, except what adheres to their backs or their entrails, or is mixed up with a bone.  This in recompense for their willful disobedience, for We are True.

147.  If they accuse you of falsehood, say, "Your Lord is full of Mercy, All-Embracing."  But from people in guilt, never will God's wrath be turned back.

The Cattle 6:143-147
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Has God forbidden the two males, or the two females, or which the wombs of the two females enclose?  Tell me with knowledge if you are truthful.

Has God forbidden the two males, or the two females, or which the wombs of the two females enclose?  Were you present when Allah ordered you such a thing?  But who does more wrong than one who invents a lie against Allah, to lead men astray without knowledge?  For Allah guides not people who do wrong.

I find not in the Message received by me by inspiration any forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it, unless it be dead meat, or blood poured forth, or the flesh of swine, for it is an abomination, or what is impious, on which a name has been invoked other than Allah's.

Your Lord is full of Mercy, All-Embracing.

Letter to Julia 20131112

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

Hi there, my beautiful, precious Julia.  How are you feeling today, my beloved darling?  I suppose you can tell that lately I've been watching a lot of episodes of "This Old House".  I just want my Julia to have the most awesome house, not too big I hope, but the most awesome.  InshaAllah.  I want my Julia to have a house like in those comic books, a sentient house, that speaks and self-cleans and self-repairs.  Well, at least she could have a house with the best of modern amenities.  I wonder if we could contract those guys from "This Old House".  I see they even do jobs in Mumbai, the heart of the Global Financial Gap.  So they possibly could help build Julia's house in Malaysia, where drywall and gas pipelines don't exist.  Check out this episode of "This Old House rebuilds New Orleans", Julia my dearest.  Check out the automatic power backup and the Green House.

Oh hi, Erin!  Of course I love you, and I always think of you.  I want to be there with you and embrace you, and help fight off those horrible monsters that make you feel bad.  I'm sure you are busy with your Victoria's Secret business nowadays.  I used to love making jokes about your half-naked friends, but I guess I have to stop doing that.  But I have one last joke!  I promise, no more after this one!  I'll have to admit, this is a pretty stupid joke, but here goes....  If Victoria's Secret opened a fast food chain where the staff wore only lingerie, what would you call it?  Vicky D's!  Ar! Ar! Ar!  Funny, huh?  Oh, well.

Qur'an 20131112

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

133.  Your Lord is Self-Sufficient, Full of Mercy.  If it were God's Will, God could destroy you, and in your place appoint whom God Will as your successors, even as God raised you up from the posterity of other people.

134.  All that has been promised to you will come to pass, nor can you frustrate it.

135.  Say, "O my people!  Do whatever you can.  I will.  Soon will you know who it is whose end will be, in the Hereafter.  Certain it is that the wrongdoers will not prosper."

The Cattle 6:133-135
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O my people!  Do whatever you can.  I will.  Soon will you know who it is whose end will be, in the Hereafter.  Certain it is that the wrongdoers will not prosper.

Letter to Julia 20131111

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

Hello there Julia and Erin, my dearest heart.  How are you feeling today?  How are those precious emotions?  I pray you are feeling healthy and confident.  I am alone here and pining for you as usual, because I love you, and I need you.  Please take good loving care of yourselves.

As my wives inshaAllah, you automatically become professional endorsers of food products.  Your outstanding qualification is that you are MY girls.  Mine, mine, MINE.  So please be sure to go with your buddies to your favorite and trusted restaurants and enjoy your favorite foods and non-alcoholic beverages.  For a more potent impact, try to go together.  Julia already knows the limits, so I will state the broad guidelines for your knowledge Erin, if you didn't already know.  No pig, no blood, no carrion, and most importantly before the first bite, say "In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful."  Do not eat of food on which the name of Allah has not been pronounced.  Study verse 5:3 of the Qur'an for a more detailed prohibition, but please know that if you are forced to eat thus by necessity, then Allah is Most Forgiving.  Please be pure and good women, role models for the world, whom Allah has blessed with beautiful souls as well as physiques, inshaAllah.  Although there can be no more secrets in our public life, please know that you are loved.  I love you, and I will help protect you, inshaAllah.  And if God loves you, God is the Best to Protect.  Bon Appetit!

Qur'an 20131110

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

114.  Say, "Shall I seek for judge other than Allah?  When God it is who has sent unto you the Book, explained in detail."  They know full well to whom We have given the Book, that it has been sent down from your Lord in Truth.  Never be then of those who doubt.

115.  The Word of your Lord does find its fulfillment in truth and justice.  None can change God's Words, for God is the One who Hears, and Knows all.

116.  Were you to follow the common run of those on earth, they will lead you away from the Way of Allah.  They follow nothing but conjecture, they do nothing but lie.

117.  Your Lord knows best who strays from God's Way.  God knows best who they are that receive guidance.

The Cattle 6:114-117
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Shall I seek for judge other than Allah?  When God it is who has sent unto you the Book, explained in detail.

Letter to Julia 20131109

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

YOOOOOOOLIIIIIIEEEEEE!!!!!

Hi there, my most precious gorgeous darlings.  Yes I know I said it's my week of isolation, but I gotta have my Sweeties, because I love you and I need you so much.  Plus I had to blog the Qur'an.  Oh Erin, the meaning of the password is that you have to give a donation of one dollar (or more if you feel like it) in the name of Allah to whatever deserving charity.  You will discover that people will make a big stink over a lousy dollar, because it didn't go to them.  Isn't that right, Julia?

There's a new mosquito in town.  I had never seen this type of mosquito before I returned here to Malaysia from the USA, so it wasn't here 30 years ago.  Climate change.  It's about a tenth of the size of an average mosquito, it's so tiny you can't feel the bite.  But it leaves a nasty, red, itching welt that can last for days or forever if you don't treat it with rubbing alcohol.  So please be careful about mosquitoes here.  I don't any nasty critter leaving any horrible marks on my precious girls.  I'll kill them!  Please be ready with the bug spray when you're here, but please try not to kill any spiders.

Speaking of bugs, there will always be people who have no faith, no matter what God shows them.  It is not God's plan to guide them, so just avoid these people.  Don't even listen to them.

Qur'an 20131109

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

109.  They swear their strongest oaths by Allah, that if a Sign came to them, by it they would believe.  Say, "Certainly, Signs are in the Power of Allah, but what would make you realize that if Signs came, they will not believe?"

110.  We shall turn to their hearts and their eyes, even as they refused to believe in the first instance.  We shall leave them in their trespasses, to wander in distraction.

111.  Even if We did send unto them angels, and the dead did speak to them, and We gathered together all things before their very eyes, they are not the ones to believe, unless it is in Allah's Plan.  But most of them ignore.

The Cattle 6:109-111
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Certainly, Signs are in the Power of Allah, but what would make you realize that if Signs came, they will not believe?

Letter to Julia 20131107

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

Hello there, my most precious beauties.  How are you feeling today?  I think I've been talking too much lately, so it's about time for another week of isolation.  Please dn't take it personally, or feel slighted, for it has nothing to do with you.  In fact, i love you, and I need you, and I wish you were here with me to share my isolation.  I occasionally take a week off to stay away from the Internet and the crowd as much as possible, so I won't be blogging as much as I usually do.  But like I said, I wish you were here with me, so I could just whisper in your ear instead of having to communicate in this public place.  I love you so very much.

For a basic understanding of the supernatural, you must accept that there not one but two dominant races on Earth: the human race (made of earth and water) and the jinn race (made of fire).  Both races are banished to Earth until Judgement Day.  Satan is a member of the jinn race, but not all jinns are evil, just like not all humans are evil.  There are good jinns just like there are good people, and there are jinns who worship Allah just like there are humans who worship Allah.  Allah is the Creator of both races, so it is a mistake to place the jinns on the same level as God.  Allah has Power over all, so if you feel fear towards the supernatural, then seek your refuge with Allah.  Allah comprehends all, and God's Grasp is over all vision.  It is the humans who create false worship.  But do not revile their gods lest they revile Allah out of spite.

Letter to Julia 20131106

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

Hi Julia!  How are you feeling, my beautiful beloved Queen?  I had to climb up onto the roof to fix a leak this evening.  I didn't actually stand on the roof, because the shingles are too brittle.  The section where my toilet is is made entirely of brick, and has a flat top with no shingles.  I hate working on the roof.  I'm afraid of heights.  For dinner it was chicken and bamboo shoot stew again, because I had just bought some chicken breast at the night market.  I usually use the bones for soups after removing the meat.  Chicken stew is a no-brainer: while still dripping with sweat from physical labor, I fried up lemongrass, garlic, onions, chicken, bamboo shoots, added water, put curry leaves and bouillon, and brought the water to a boil while I took a shower.  Then I left it to simmer while I prayed the sunset prayer, so my grub was ready after I finished worship.  I have some left over, do you want it?  I love you, Julia!  Say, did you see the squid at the night market?  It was going for RM6 a kilo, and that's a hefty helping of squid!  The squid was about the size of half a pinky each, which made them difficult to process.  The beaks were negligible, the ink sacs weren't a problem as long as I didn't rupture them, but the spines were obnoxious.  They would get stuck in my teeth, so I had to get rid of them.  Not all the squid were tiny, so only half of my fried calamari was a disaster.  I still have half a kilo of squid left, so I think I have a better plan for my next batch of fried calamari.  Want some?

Erin my dearest Queen, I'm not upset with you.  I just want you to be healthy and happy.  It's just that I was so worried when I saw those photographs, I just want to be sure that you eat properly, and take good loving care of yourself since I can't be there with you to take care of you and embrace you and help shield and protect you.  Please don't allow the words and actions of hypocrites make you feel bad or doubt.  I love you and I need you, and I want to look after you, and I want you to be healthy and beautiful.  So please take tender loving care of yourself until the time comes when we are married inshaAllah, and I will be able to guard and caress you and Julia with all my love.  I look forward to seeing you all healthy and confident when I watch the next Victoria's Secret fashion show.

Letter to Julia 20131104

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

As I told you before my dearest Julia, when Allah grants me the wealth I need to be married inshaAllah, I will proceed to buy the land for this little house I live in now, plus the land for Casa de Julia inshaAllah.  Then I will renovate this little house to make room for you, then I will send someone to get you, and we will marry inshaAllah.  Then we will stay in this little house while we supervise the building of Casa de Julia.  When Casa de Julia is completed, then I will marry Erin inshaAllah.  Let's see: I need to build a master bedroom, Julia's bathroom, tile the entire floor, do some roof repair, replace the ceiling because it's hideous, paint outside and inside, make the doorways taller, install a washer and dryer for Julia, put in a new sink and counter top with a new stove top and ventilation system, do some basic furnishings, and I think that should do it for this little house inshaAllah.  I have to confess that I love this little house.  When Allah grants me ownership inshaAllah, I wont ever part with it until I die.  When Casa de Julia is completed inshaAllah, I'll use this little house as my studio and to house my cats.  I really love my cats, Julia.  I'm a lonely person but hey, I gave the music to Allah, so there it is.  I love you and I need you Julia, and I beg you to please be patient with my cats.  And please be constant in your prayers.

Ah Erin!  It's nearly time for this year's Victoria's Secret fashion show.  I had to stop watching that show because my Julia wasn't in it anymore, but now I'm going to be marrying Erin inshaAllah, I have to start watching that show again.  I'm looking forward to seeing you, Erin.  I want to make sure you're taking good care of your health, that you're not too thin.  I had some photos where your face was so gaunt, I thought it was photo manipulation.  I has to delete them, because I couldn't look at them, because it broke my heart.  we all want you to be beautiful, and you are beautiful, but I want to make sure you are healthy.  Please take good care of yourself and your body, OK?  Please eat properly, and get sufficient rest.  I love you, and I need you.

Qur'an 20131104

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

88.  This is the Guidance of Allah.  God gives that Guidance to whom God pleases of God's worshipers.  If they were to join other gods with God, all that they did would be in vain for them.

89.  These were the men to whom We gave the Book, and Authority, and Prophethood.  If these reject them, behold!  We shall entrust their charge to a new people who reject them not.

90.  Those were who received Allah's Guidance.  Copy the Guidance they received.  Say, "No reward for this do I ask of you.  This is no less than a Message for the nations."

91.  No just estimate of Allah do they make when they say, "Nothing does Allah send down to man."  Say, "Who then sent down the Book which Moses brought?  A light and guidance to man, but you make it into sheets for show, while you conceal much.  Therein were you taught which you knew not, neither you nor your fathers."  Say, "Allah."  Then leave them to plunge in vain discourse and trifling.

The Cattle 6:88-91
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No reward for this do I ask of you.  This is no less than a Message for the nations.

Who then sent down the Book which Moses brought?  A light and guidance to man, but you make it into sheets for show, while you conceal much.  Therein were you taught which you knew not, neither you nor your fathers.

Allah.

Letter to Julia 20131102

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

Happy Birthday, my dearest, beloved Julia.  It was wonderful to see you again.  You are so very beautiful, and have become even more beautiful.  I love you so much.  I wish you a most happy day, and life, and it is the meaning of my life while I work my cause for Allah inshaAllah that I look after and help protect you and Erin and our children, and that you age with grace and dignity inshaAllah.  Allah is the Best to Protect.  You are so precious and valuable to me, you are my life, you are my heart.  I want to thank you for your love and patience.  I truly and deeply appreciate it.  I love you, Julia.  I love you, I love you, I love you.  I love you with all my heart.

Happy birthday, Julia.