Letter to Erin 20160328

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

Hi Erin!  How's it going today, my Sweetheart?  Erin, what's the point of having a spiritual warning if I don't pay attention to it?  Particularly when the information comes from the Qur'an.  I claim to want to master the Qur'an, then I ignore an instruction when I receive it?  I certainly don't want to be like someone who refuses to give up consuming interest because it's become a way of life, because it has only profited from interest, because it considers human knowledge as superior to the Qur'an, because it considers the Qur'an as obsolete to the current human condition.  Certainly that someone isn't a poor homeowner who defaults on a loan.  Certainly that someone has absolutely surety of itself, and needs only to be squashed by Allah in order to see otherwise, which will probably never happen in its lifetime.  Yeah, the afterlife is a better place.  But in this life, I will do all I can to try to protect my Erin.  She's my wife inshaAllah.  I love her and I need her.

No, I'm not sure of myself.  I could probably plunge into the abyss at any time.  I just try to follow the orders of God to the best of my understanding, and not allow any human to sway my decisions other than prophet Muhammad (peace be on him), and he's with God right now.  Knowledge is there for whoever seeks it.  The Qur'an is from Allah.  It is guidance for the righteous, and despair for the wicked.  Whatever it is I know, God only lets me know what I need to know.  No, I'm not sure of myself.  But I am sure that I want to marry you.  So please take good care of yourself.