Letter to Julia 20140609

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

It seems that Floofy is back in heat!  How quickly she adapted to the tragic loss of her first batch of kittens.  She still has the same mate, and today they spent the whole day together.  How romantic!  They were practically inseparable today, and this evening when I put her in her cage, he stayed right at the door, having conversations with her.  InshaAllah we will be having another installment of Kitten TV soon.  And inshaAllah it will be a happy one this time.

Mystery of the Missing Cat: Simper, one of my brother's ex-cats, the last one of four, also caught the flu.  So I shut her in the cage so I could feed her antibiotics and fever reducers without having to chase her down, and this particular cat is good at climbing and hiding.  There's no way for a cat to get out of the cage: I've kept many a cat in there for many a month.  But the cat is gone!  How could that be?  No other cat, even as a kitten, could escape the cage.  The answer is simple, Zam: the cat found a way out.  Well, I found the cat a day later, resting under my bedroom window.  My doctoring seems to have worked, and she's eating again.  Praise be to Allah.

Now you're probably thinking, "We're not married yet, so I can wear whatever I want!"  You're right, we're not married yet.  But I cannot be married to a non-Muslim.  Of course I have to be liberal with your work requirements, just as much as your bosses have to accept your prayer obligations, for I'm sure they understand how valuable the connection to Islam and the Orient is.  When we are married inshaAllah, I plan to dress you up, do your hair and makeup, make you my little dolly, as my hobby.  I know you're smart enough to know your public image, Mrs. Global.  So please dress modestly when you're off-duty.  Off-duty means when you're not being paid.  How about some loose jeans with a T-shirt and nice cardigan?  Or a gown and a shawl for those formal occasions?  You are so beautiful.  I love you, I love you.  And I need you, I need you.

Qur'an 20140609

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

99.  See they not that Allah, who created the heavens and the earth, has power to create the likes of them?  Only God has decreed a term appointed, of which there is no doubt.  But the unjust refuse except with ingratitude.

100.  Say, "If you had control of the Treasures of the Mercy of my Lord, behold!  You would keep them back for fear of spending them, for humans are selfish!"

The Night Journey  99-100
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If you had control of the Treasures of the Mercy of my Lord, behold!  You would keep them back for fear of spending them, for humans are selfish!