Letter to Julia 20140608

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

There have been a whole slur of power outages at this house lately.  Apart from the ones that affected the entire community, about a month ago, coincidentally while I was very ill with the flu, a cable to my house snapped right at the pole. Then today, only a few minutes after voice training, a connection burned out at my power meter.  I couldn't do much other than call the power company.  I'm only human.  Allah has all the Power.

Now you haven't been showing off your thighs to people have you?  I thought I heard someone complain about it, but I didn't think too much of it.  Then just now, while I was locking a door, my pants ripped all the way up the inner seam, exposing my inner thigh.  I understand that you are under contract to work, but if you are off duty then please dress modestly.  I know you certainly are intelligent enough not to underestimate the power of a beautiful woman.  Perhaps you don't have a complete grasp of your position yet, but there is no need to show yourself off, because you are engaged to marry me, and people already know who you are.  You will find that you will get more done and have more peace if you take your role as a pious wife in due earnest, and hide the beauty that Allah has granted you.  I know how absolutely beautiful you are.  Of course I love you, I love you.  And I need you, I need you.

Qur'an 20140608

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

90.  They say, "We shall not believe in you until you cause a spring to gush forth for us from the earth,"

91.  "Or you have a garden of date trees and vines, and cause rivers to gush forth in their midst, carrying abundant water,"

92.  "Or you cause the sky to fall in pieces, as you say, against us, or you bring Allah and the angels face to face,"

93.  "Or you have a house adorned with gold, or you mount a ladder right into the skies.  No, we shall not even believe in your mounting until you send down to us a book that we can read."  Say, "Glory to my Lord!  Am I aught but a man, a messenger?"

94.  What kept humans back from belief when Guidance came to them was nothing but this: they said, "Has Allah sent a man to be messenger?"

95.  Say, "If there were settled on earth angels walking about in peace and quiet, God would certainly sent them down from the heavens an angel for a messenger."

96.  Say, "Enough is Allah for a witness between me and you, for God is Well-acquainted with God's servants, and God Sees!"

The Night Journey  17:90-96
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Glory to my Lord!  Am I aught but a man, a messenger?

If there were settled on earth angels walking about in peace and quiet, God would certainly sent them down from the heavens an angel for a messenger.

Enough is Allah for a witness between me and you, for God is Well-acquainted with God's servants, and God Sees!

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.