Qur'an 20170126

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

90.  They say, "We shall not believe in you until you cause a spring to gush forth for us from the earth,"

91.  "Or you have a garden of date trees and vines, and cause rivers to gush forth in their midst, carrying abundant water,"

92.  "Or you cause the sky to fall in pieces, as you say, against us, or you bring Allah and the angels face to face,"

93.  "Or you have a house adorned with gold, or you mount a ladder right into the skies.  No, we shall not even believe in your mounting until you send down to us a book that we can read."  Say, "Glory to my Lord!  Am I aught but a man, a messenger?"

94.  What kept humans back from belief when Guidance came to them was nothing but this: they said, "Has Allah sent a man to be messenger?"

95.  Say, "If there were settled on earth angels walking about in peace and quiet, God would certainly sent them down from the heavens an angel for a messenger."

96.  Say, "Enough is Allah for a witness between me and you, for God is Well-acquainted with God's servants, and God Sees!"

The Night Journey  17:90-96
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Tortillas

You like your Mexican food extra hot and spicy, don't you Erin?  I love hot and spicy food, I love sweating it out over hot and spicy food.  But my stomach can't handle hot and spicy food, while my mouth craves it.  When I was younger, I used to chug down so much spicy food.  Now I have to have precisely measured amounts.  **sob**  I've been eating tortillas all day for some reason.  I had the dough, I know how to make it, and I have the craving for some reason.  Lunch was scrambled eggs and sauteed onions wrapped up in a tortilla, and dinner was 3 chicken curry with oyster mushroom burritos.  I actually made 4, but I gave one to my parents.  I guess chicken curry is more global than Mexican.  It was hot and spicy, though.

Natty, what are we going to do about your sensitive tummy?  You do know that there is a close connection between the mind and the stomach.  That's why it's called a "nervous stomach".  That's why stress can give you ulcers and diarrhea.  That's why you shouldn't drink alcohol.  I know you don't like people gossiping about you.  I know your love life is stressful, and I'm sorry.  But consider the alternative: do you think a normal life is easy?  Do you think everyday people have it easy?  Do you think your parents had it easy?  No, life isn't supposed to be easy.  So you might as well be an international supermodel, and get married to a rock star.  You have people who love you, and want to look after you.  Me.

Pina, do you want a tortilla?  Is it true that they speak Mexican in Spain?