Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Letter to Julia 20130108

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

Oh Julia!  It's been so busy lately.  I'm sure you are keeping busy, too.  Please get proper food and rest, and please try to slow down.  I took Tuesday morning off to grill fish, and it seemed like the whole town was cooking the same fish.  Hey waddaya know, a male and a female fish: one for you and one for me.  Prepping the fish took forever, making the stuffing, and lighting the coals.  Cooking and eating the food ate into my nap time, but I managed to squeeze in 10 minutes before the mid-day prayer.  You weren't here for lunch, so I ate your fish.  I was stuffed.  I'm going to get bloated if I have to keep on eating your portion.  But I keep waiting for you, because I am faithful.  InsyaAllah.

Humans think that all religion is the same, but that is not so.  There is only One God, clearly Superior over all.

Qur'an 20130108

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

21.  Or who is there that can provide you with sustenance if God were to withhold God's provision?  No, they obstinately persist in insolent impiety and flight.

22.  Is then one who walks headlong, with his face groveling, better guided; or one who walks evenly on a straight way?

23.  Say, "It is God who has created you, and made for you the faculties of hearing, seeing, feeling, and understanding.  Little thanks it is you give."

24.  Say, "It is God who has multiplied you through the earth, and to God shall you be gathered together."

25.  They ask, "When will this promise be, if you are telling the truth?"

26.  Say, "As to the knowledge of the time, it is with Allah alone.  I am sent only to warn in public."

27.  At length, when they see it close at hand, grieved will be the faces of the unbelievers, and it will be said, "This is which you were calling for!"

28.  Say, "See you?  If Allah were to destroy me and those with me, or if God bestows God's mercy on us, yet who can deliver the unbelievers from a grave penalty?"

29.  Say, "God is most Gracious.  We have believed in God, and on God have we put our trust.  So, soon will you know which it is that is in manifest error!"

30.  Say, "See you?  If your stream be some morning lost, who then can supply you with clear-flowing water?"

The Dominion 67:21-30
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It is God who has created you, and made for you the faculties of hearing, seeing, feeling, and understanding.  Little thanks it is you give.

It is God who has multiplied you through the earth, and to God shall you be gathered together.

As to the knowledge of the time, it is with Allah alone.  I am sent only to warn in public.

See you?  If Allah were to destroy me and those with me, or if God bestows God's mercy on us, yet who can deliver the unbelievers from a grave penalty?

See you?  If your stream be some morning lost, who then can supply you with clear-flowing water?