Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Letter to Erin 20160323

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

Erin, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings.  I just wanted to make you laugh a little, so I thought it would be funny, but I guess it isn't.  I'm so stupid.  I promise not to ever quote you again inshaAllah, unless it's important and serious.  Please forgive me.  Please don't be mad at me, because I love you so much.  I need you.

So no pizza today.  I made a batch of dough, though.  The dough is a bit hard today, so it looks like no pizza until Thursday at least.  Coconut is plentiful right now, so I went in that direction.  I saw a cluster of baby coconuts over at your house inshaAllah, so I took those down.  Baby coconut juice is a fountain of youth, so my mother says.  So I gave her the juice of about 7 baby coconuts, and I have some for myself as well.  Dinner is chicken fingers, but instead of bread crumbs, I used grated coconut.  The coating wasn't crispy, perhaps I should have mixed in some flour with that.  But it tasted great, and very filling too.  For dipping sauce, I used that extra thick curry I made the other day.  You must try some.

Qur'an 20160323

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

95.  Say, "Allah speaks the Truth: follow the religion of Abraham, the sane in faith: he was not of the pagans."

96.  The first House appointed for humans was that at Bakkah, full of blessing and guidance for all kinds of beings.

97.  In it are signs manifest.  The Station of Abraham: whoever enters it attains security.  Pilgrimage thereto is a duty humans owe to Allah, those who can afford the journey.  But if any deny faith, Allah stands not in need of any of God's creatures.

98.  Say, "O people of the Book!  Why reject you the Signs of Allah, when Allah is Witness to all you do?"

99.  Say, "O people of the Book!  Why obstruct you those who believe from the path of Allah, seeking to make it crooked, while you were yourselves witnesses?  But Allah is not unmindful of what you do."

(The Family of Imran 3:95-99)
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