Letter to Erin 20150927

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

Hello Erin.  Wow, it's a hot day here right now.  I'm writing this letter sooner than usual, staying inside watching TV in the air conditioned room.  Yeah, I'm lazy.  But I'll get back to work eventually.  I hurt my elbows playing bass last night, playing the same riff over and over again.  It's the only way to play bass, is to be flawless.  Bass hates imperfection.  If I make a mistake, then I feel it.  Everyone feels it.  So I have to practice bass with headphones on.  But yeah, I overdid it last night so my elbows hurt.  I'm taking it easy right now.  Yeah I'm lazy.  I do have to go out and buy cat food later.  I think I'll eat out tonight.

The spiritual life is a strange reality.  I have been living this way for a long time already, so I'm used to it.  But people around me don't understand or have a fear of death or have no faith, so the twisted reality freaks them out.  I'm not out to change their agendas.  I don't care about their agendas, as long as they don't conflict with mine.  I'm just trying to please Allah with music.  Oh wait... the entertainment business.  Yeah, I think it's saturated with evil, and I want to dismantle it.  But Allah is the One with the power to do so.  Since you are my wife inshaAllah, this reality may be too much for you at times.  But it is more interesting, and it does kick you upstairs.  Oh, I didn't do anything.  Allah helped you, then you put in the work.  Try to get used to it, OK?  Scrapper!  Have fun with your career.  I love you, and I need you.

Qur'an 20150927

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

1.  Say, "It has been revealed to me that a company of jinns listened.  They said, 'We have heard a wonderful recital!'"

The Jinns 67:1
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It has been revealed to me that a company of jinns listened.  They said, "We have heard a wonderful recital!"