Qur'an 20171030

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

39.  Say, "O my people!  Do whatever you can: I will do.  But soon will you know."

40.  Who it is to whom comes a penalty of ignominy, and on whom descends a penalty that abides.

41.  Verily We have revealed the Book to you in Truth, for humankind.  He then that receives guidance benefits his own soul.  But he that strays injures his own soul.  Nor are you set over them to dispose of their affairs.

42.  It is Allah that takes the souls at death, and those that die not during their sleep.  Those on whom God has passed the decree of death, God keeps back.  But the rest God returns for a term appointed.  Verily in this are Signs for those who reflect.

43.  What!  Do they take for intercessors others besides Allah?  Say, "Even if they have no power whatever and no intelligence?"

44.  Say, "To Allah belongs exclusively Intercession.  To God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth.  In the end, it is to God that you shall be brought back."

The crowds 39:39-44
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Coffee

Hi Honey!  How's it going today, my love?  I hope you are feeling great and having a grand old time.  I finally got a little money in so I can buy food, and I have a couple of cooking projects planned for November.  I had to quit coffee recently, not just because money was so tight but also because I was getting drowsy while drinking coffee.  So I just got rid of the expense.  But today I bought a pack of coffee sticks.  I've been getting so knocked out after an hour of singing, I've had to take a short nap in the middle of voice training.  Having those love songs bounce around in my head makes me want to faint, and there's no way I sound good when I'm passing out, and the purpose of voice training is to get a perfect set every time.  So slamming a cup of coffee after an hour into the set really did the trick for me today.  Singing well is so very difficult.  Having a perfect set means having the perfect feeling all through the set, and you know as well as I that the perfect feeling is extremely hard to come by.

Hail Queen Natty!  Hey, it looks like you're all set to party.  What are those marks around your neck, are they love bites?  By the way, isn't Halloween on Tuesday?  I guess party in on weekends, even for people who party every day.  I don't celebrate Halloween myself.  Even when I was still in the States, I didn't celebrate Halloween.  Not even for an excuse to dress up.  Besides, every day is Halloween in Second Life.