Letter to Julia 20130817

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

I love you, Julia!

I do!  When you decorate your Casa de Julia, please make sure there are no statues, or portraits and pictures of human icons and celebrities in the house.  Such things cannot be present in a Muslim home.  It's bad enough that we'll be in the public eye, but at least I'll be there to distract them away from you.  You're my girl!  Anyway, if you've accumulated statues and/or posters of icons/celebrities in your life, please unload them before we get married inshaAllah.  Pictures of family and friends should be OK.

I don't really mind how the house I live in with you is designed, so long as we stick together.  Well, as long as you try to be somewhat moderate.  I like small houses, like I told you before.  If Allah allows us to build Casa de Julia with ease, then you will stay at this little house while we supervise the construction of the main house, then after that's done, I want to use this little house as my office/recording studio.  InshaAllah.

Also, I was wondering if you could fit a small walk-in cooler on the ground floor, and emergency power and water modules in the design.  I want the cooler for my cheese collection inshaAllah, just about the size of a bathroom, where a metal rack can fit in the middle of the room, away from the walls (easier to clean),  We can put the heavy foodstuff in the corners.  I'm sure there are some auto-switching gas or gasoline powered generators out there, plus we can put a water reservoir on the roof.  No, we can't drink flood water.  How about easy access to the roof?  A roof garden, perhaps?  Solar panels, maybe?

Qur'an 20130817

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

181.  Allah has heard the taunt of those who say, "Truly Allah is indigent, and we are rich!"  We shall certainly record their words, and their slaying the prophets in defiance of right, and We shall say, "Taste you the penalty of the scorching fire!"

182.  This is because of that which your hands sent on before you, for Allah never harms those who serve God.

183.  They said, "Allah took our promise not to believe in a messenger, unless he showed us a sacrifice consumed by fire."  Say, "There came to you messengers before me, with Clear Signs, and even with what you ask for.  Why then did you slay them, if you speak the truth?"

The Family of Imran 3:181-183
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There came to you messengers before me, with Clear Signs, and even with what you ask for.  Why then did you slay them, if you speak the truth?

I bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship other than Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.