In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
80. Say, "O my Lord! Let my entry be by the Gate of Truth and Honor, and likewise my exit by the Gate of Truth and Honor, and grant me from Your Presence an authority to aid."
81. And say, "Truth has arrived and falsehood perished, for falsehood is bound to perish."
82. We send down in the Qur'an that which is a healing and a mercy to those who believe. To the unjust it causes nothing but loss after loss.
83. Yet when We bestow Our favors on man, he turns away and becomes remote on his side, and when evil seizes him, he gives himself up to despair!
84. Say, "Everyone acts according to his own disposition, but your Lord knows best who it is that is best guided on the Way."
The Night Journey 17:80-84
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Monday, January 23, 2017
Glasses
Aw Erin... you beautiful, beloved Sweetheart. I love you so much. Things will be OK inshaAllah, so I don't want you to worry so much OK? We're all sensitive souls here. We should call ourselves the "Heart of Glass" Society.
Yeah Natty, my glasses are old. I got them in the USA in 2008, while I was homeless one of the guys at the mosque bought me a couple of glasses via the Sears "2 for 50 bucks" deal. Sears? What's that? One pair was ladies glasses, and the doctor told me I would go blind if I wore them all the time. So what's left are these big, goofy glasses which is held together with hair ties and steel wire. My Mom offered to buy me a new pair of glasses, but I turned her down. Because all glasses look the same nowadays, you know those small rectangles in front of the eyes. I don't want to conform to that look, and the opticians around here won't make any other style. I guess they've gotten lazy and unprofessional over the years, and don't care about people's appearances. Yeah, I know it's vain, but I'm supposed to be a rock star. I have work to do. I want to look like John Lennon or Daria Morgendorfer.
Floofy has a heart of glass, too. She puked on my bed this morning, so I wouldn't let her into my bedroom during voice training. So she crawled under the chair and stayed there all day sulking. I suppose her puking on my bed is a not-so-subtle way to tell me to change my sheets, but it annoyed me. Don't worry, I let her back into the bedroom already.
Pina, do you have a heart of glass?
Yeah Natty, my glasses are old. I got them in the USA in 2008, while I was homeless one of the guys at the mosque bought me a couple of glasses via the Sears "2 for 50 bucks" deal. Sears? What's that? One pair was ladies glasses, and the doctor told me I would go blind if I wore them all the time. So what's left are these big, goofy glasses which is held together with hair ties and steel wire. My Mom offered to buy me a new pair of glasses, but I turned her down. Because all glasses look the same nowadays, you know those small rectangles in front of the eyes. I don't want to conform to that look, and the opticians around here won't make any other style. I guess they've gotten lazy and unprofessional over the years, and don't care about people's appearances. Yeah, I know it's vain, but I'm supposed to be a rock star. I have work to do. I want to look like John Lennon or Daria Morgendorfer.
Floofy has a heart of glass, too. She puked on my bed this morning, so I wouldn't let her into my bedroom during voice training. So she crawled under the chair and stayed there all day sulking. I suppose her puking on my bed is a not-so-subtle way to tell me to change my sheets, but it annoyed me. Don't worry, I let her back into the bedroom already.
Pina, do you have a heart of glass?
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