Qur'an 20191001

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

29.  Say, "The Truth is from your Lord: let him who will, believe, and let him who will, reject it."  For the wrongdoers We have prepared a fire whose like the walls of a tent, will hem them in.  If they implore relief they will be granted water like melted brass that will scald their faces.  How dreadful the drink!  How uncomfortable a couch to recline on!

The Cave 18:29

Hi Erin

How are you today, Honey?  Is the weekend beginning for you now?  I suppose you're going to just kick back, relax and watch TV sports.  I think that's called "relaxing by working".  I do that a lot myself.  I like my work, so I hardly feel like doing anything else.  I certainly don't call yard work and house cleaning "relaxation".  Anyway, there's no singing today, I will be taking my Dad to the hospital soon.  Physical therapy.  I'm not too curious about what they have planned for him, I think he should have started an exercise regime 30 years ago.  Now all that's left for him to do is physical therapy.  At least he stopped smoking, so alhamdulillah.  You are keeping fit, right?  Please eat sensibly and get lots of rest.

Yes Natty, we want to see more fashion photos!  We all do!  Sometimes I think you forget one of your greatest strengths.  You are a fabulous fashion model!  We all want to be beautiful, but you already are.  I love that delicate white dress, it's very romantic.  More fashion photos please!

Qur'an 20190930

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

22.  It was said they were three, the dog being the fourth among them; it was said they were five, the dog being the sixth, doubtfully guessing at the unknown; it was said they were seven, the dog being the eighth.  Say, "My Lord knows best their number, it is but few that know theirs."  Enter not into controversies concerning them, except on a matter that is clear, nor consult any of them about the Sleepers.

22.  Nor say of anything, "I shall be sure to do so and so tomorrow."

23.  Without adding, "So please Allah."  And call your Lord to mind when you forget and say, "I hope that my Lord will guide me ever closer than this to the right road."

25.  So they stayed in their cave three hundred years, and add nine.

26.  Say, "Allah knows best how long they stayed."  With God are the secrets of the heavens and the earth.  How clearly God sees, how finely God hears!  They have no protector other than God, nor does God share God's command with any person whatsoever.

The Cave 18:22-26

Hi Natty

Wow, you look totally awesome all slicked up like that.  I think you would look absolutely great in the best formal and business attire.  Like a beautiful and well made dress suit.  Ow!  Sexy!

It's Sunday here for me.  Sundays are busy for me. I clean my mother's bedroom every Sunday morning, and I have to buy my lunch because I'm too tired and out of time to cook.  I did cook my dinner, though.  Chicken breast and corn cooked in butter and black pepper.  Very pure, huh?  I think you would like this.  Tomorrow afternoon, I have to take my Dad to the hospital, so I gave Mary Unknown7 the day off, so no singing tomorrow folks.  She said she pushed too hard today anyway, and could use a break.

The PayPal button works properly now

What!?  It wasn't working before?  I'm certain that I tested it!  Boy, do I feel like a jackass.  So I checked the code, established the link, and tested the button.  Twice.  It works just fine now.  So if any of you folks would like to make a payment, an invoice will be issued to you InshaAllah, for "Payment for music services rendered".  What I need immediately is a new Internet computer that can handle virtual reality, so Mary Unknown7 can get back to singing on Second Life again and to the rest of the world.  Ya Allah, please grant me a great new Internet computer.  Something that's powerful.  The best.  Please don't force me to buy another clunker.  Please have mercy on me.  I am Your servant.

Anyway, hi there Erin and Natty!  How are you today, my precious wives InshaAllah?  I hope everything is fun and awesome for you.  It's been a cat day for me.  Lookie had to wear the Collar of Shame before, because she licked her butt until it swelled up like a black balloon.  I was scared, because I thought she was going to lose her butt and her... er... pussy, but I put the collar on her and doctored the wound and it healed.  Then another time she went into heat, she did it to herself again.  It happened so quickly, I didn't react in time.  But after that, I was quicker to slap the Collar of Shame on her whenever I felt she was going into heat.  She's older now, and a couple of days ago I saw a blister on her butt.  She didn't seem like she was going into heat, no howling, no loss of appetite, nothing like that.  Maybe she's going into heat a different way now that she's older.  Then little Yoolie had to wear the Collar of Shame.  When I first met Yoolie, she was about a month old, 6 weeks tops.  The day after I met her, Floofy punched her on her left eye.  I knew that would take a while to heal, because she was so small I couldn't find a collar to fit her.  I had to keep up with the wound by constantly chasing it with disinfectant.  Now she's bigger, I could put a collar on her that fit loosely.  So her eye healed up.  The collar is loose though, and sometimes when she's playing she gets her jaw stuck in it.  It's funny to watch, but I felt sorry for her so last night I took the collar off.  Overnight while I slept, she scratched her eye until it swelled up.  So now she has to wear the Collar of Shame.  You should the cat's reaction when I put the collar on.  Lookie freezes up like a statue of a cat in mid stride.  Yoolie hangs her head down and goes and sulks in a dark corner.  Oh!  I want my life to have no problems whatsoever.  Wouldn't that be heaven?  I guess it would be.

Sleepless?

Hi there, my beautiful Ladies!  How are you feeling today?  It's been an interesting week, hasn't it?  I hope the excitement of the past week hasn't thrown your heart and mind off too much.  Erin, you should be used to the scale of our situation by now but I suspect that you Natty, are still growing into it.  And that's exactly what it is: growing.  So don't you worry about a thing my dearest, everything is going to work out just awesomely for us InshaAllah.  I recall my sleeplessness just a couple of months ago, right before little Yoolie came to me, then my roof got pulled off by a storm.  After that, I haven't had any problem getting to sleep each night.  Things pass, my love.

Yet another average day

Hi Erin!  How are you, my fluffy pussycat?  I love you oodles!  I hope you are having a great time, and feeling profoundly great.  Oh, it's the same old same old here for me today.  Thursday mornings I vacuum clean my parents house.  Then I opened up some baby coconuts to get the juice for my Mom.  I've acquired a taste for baby coconut juice, so I have a couple chilling in my cooler.  After that, I made a batch of dough for her.  In the evening, I cut the grass.  Do you like hot wings?  Ever since I changed the cat's diet to raw chicken, I've been eating hot wings regularly.  Every other chicken, I have hot wings for dinner.  Today I used my mother's hot sauce ("sambal belacan") as the wing sauce.  It's perfect for chicken wings.  It's not as hot as suicide wings, but those days are over.  Want some?  It goes great with pizza and football!

For the people who love and protect them

Hi Natty!  You're looking sharp today, City Girl!  Do you have a cold?  Oh dear.  Please take care of your health.  I think you should wear your hair up and have glasses on if you're going to sport a book as a fashion accessory.  But since you're actually reading it, then it's not just an accessory.  I used to carry a book around too, back in the day.  But I would march around while reading it.  The hills of Salt Lake City were great for doing that.  I would walk through the suburbs to the studio in my jungle boots and read "The Will to Power".  I must have looked awfully pretentious.  Nietzsche is rubbish to me now.  Nowadays, the Qur'an is the only book I read.  I may never master it.

I saw the article on Greta Thunberg on Yahoo news.  I read the comments, and I find it amusing that so many people don't believe that humans are causing the deterioration of the environment.  Let's give these people some of the trash that's floating on the ocean as a reward for their conviction.  They wouldn't mind a big pile of ocean trash at their homes, after all, it's made by humans and thus won't mess up their environment.  Don't anybody go inside Mar-a-Lago with the ocean trash!  Stay outside the walls and fences!

Just an average day

Hi Erin!  How are you doing today, my beautiful Queen?  Well it's Tuesday now, so I guess the sports weekend is over and I hope you are getting some relaxation time.  Unless you enjoy working every day.  I have to work every day, but I don't mind it so much because I love music and I don't have to tour.  The hospital crisis is over for now, and things seem to be back to normal.  I had to go buy a chicken this morning.  I'm eating the same food as my cats now, which is chicken.  So I have to buy chicken regularly, because I can only fit one chicken at a time in my freezer.  I bought my lunch from the supermarket, which was a foot long hot dog, actually 2 hot dogs make a foot long.  I cut the grass in the evening, then for dinner I had chicken noodle soup.  My chicken noodle soup is getting better with practice.  I put honey in it.  Want some, Honey?

Qur'an 20190924

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

107.  Say, "Whether you believe in it or not, it is true that those were given knowledge beforehand, when it is recited to them, fall down on their faces in humble prostration."

108.  And they say, "Glory to our Lord!  Truly has the promise of our Lord been fulfilled!"

109.  They fall down on their faces in tears, and it increases their humility.

110.  Say, "Call upon Allah, or call upon 'Al Rahman'.  "By whatever name you call upon God, for to God belong the most beautiful names.  Neither speak your prayer aloud, nor speak it in a low tone, but seek a middle course between."

111.  Say, "Praise be to Allah, Who begets no son, and has no partner in dominion, nor any to protect God from humiliation.  Yea, magnify God for God's greatness and glory!"

The Night Journey 17:107-111

Hi there, my beautiful Natty

Sorry it's taken me so long to respond.  I had such a busy day today, and I was wrapping it up at sunset when the power went out.  It was out for over 4 hours, and it just came back.  Then as usual, I had to wait for the Internet to reboot.  Excuses, huh.  I'm sorry.  I just wanted to say how beautiful you look, and that I love you.  It's been a long time since I've seen a 35mm film strip, if that's what that really is.  Oh the old days, when I took photos on film then printed them on paper.  I'm kind of glad those days are over, because I took a lot of crappy photos and they're all just landfill now, which is wasteful I know but that's where they deserve to be.  It's great to be able to delete.  I had always anticipated digital photography decades ago, now I wish I had a nice camera.  A nice device, rather.   I would take more kitty snapshots.

Qur'an 20190923

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

100.  Say, "If you had control of the treasures of Allah behold, you would keep them back for fear of spending them, for humans are selfish!"

The Night Journey 17:100

Sunday

Hi there, my beautiful Ladies!  How are you feeling today, this lovely Sunday?  I hope you are nice and relaxed, and having a wonderful weekend.  I'm sorry I'm running late today.  I spent most of the day at the hospital, because my Dad got admitted last night.  Well, I don't want to tell a big story about it.  I don't like hospitals, but I believe in socialized medical care so the poor can get help.  I try to be self medicating, and so far Allah has been nice, so alhamdulillah.  I got back home an hour ago, but I had to make something to eat before writing.  Nothing special, just chicken noodle soup.  Anyway, I'm going to get some rest because tomorrow is a busy day.  You take care now, and have fun in whatever you do.  I love you!

Qur'an 20190922

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

93.  "Or you have a house adorned with gold, or you mount a ladder right into the skies.  No, we shall not 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 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 should certainly have 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 17:93-96

Bamboo shoots sauerkraut

Hi Erin!  How are you doing, Honey?  Are you coping well with big business?  You should be used to it by now.  Keep your precious heart nice and relaxed, and your body healthy.  I love you, OK!  I'm just chillin' here, and listening to Covet.  I have my nights free while I'm waiting to replace my Internet computer.  Maybe I will watch a movie or play a game.

You don't have German blood in you, do you?  I love hot dogs cooked in sauerkraut.  The stuff in cans are overpriced if available.  That much for pickled cabbage?  Forget it!  However, making it myself is a hassle, because of the space it consumes in my cooler.  So I make my sauerkraut out of bamboo shoots.  I get bamboo shoots sporadically whenever the plant gives it to me, I don't like it fresh because it's too bitter, so I soak it in salt water and the end result is that it tastes just like sauerkraut.  But cutting it into fine strands is tedious, so yesterday I put the lot into the blender.  It came out looking like relish, which is workable I think.  Tortillas are cheaper than rice and generate less trash, so dinner was hot dogs with sautéed onions and potatoes topped with bamboo shoots sauerkraut wrapped in tortillas.  Wanna try one?

Ow!  Typing on this tiny device hurts my left shoulder!

Qur'an 20190921

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

85.  They ask you concerning the Spirit.  Say, "The Spirit by command of my Lord, of knowledge it is only a little communicated to you."

86.  If it were Our will, We could take away that which We have sent you by inspiration, then would you find none to plead your affair in that matter as against Us.

87.  Except for mercy from your Lord, for God's bounty is to you great.

88.  Say, "If the whole of humanity and jinns were to gather together to produce the like of this Qur'an they could not produce the like thereof, even if they backed each other with help and support."

The Night Journey 17:85-88

Green

Natty, you look totally awesome!  I love that serious face.  Let's do some business!  And I love miniskirts!  I guess we all can guess why you got a new rep.  I hope this one thoroughly knows your situation, so you can make the most bucks.  You are my wife InshaAllah.  I will marry you.  Hello Hollywood!  Do it now while you have the freedom.  Might as well. 

That's a nice looking bathroom.  You like curved architecture, huh?  I suppose I might have to import artisans.  I kind of expected that.  The material might be available here, I suppose those are 1' by 1' tile sheets, cut up to fit the curves.  It looks stuffy and cramped, maybe I'm seeing only half of it.  I don't like those statuettes.  Please replace them with potted plants.

Less emotion today, please

Hi there, my beautiful Ladies!  How are you feeling today?  I hope you are nice and relaxed, and keeping those emotions under control.  You will have more fun that way.  I just finished my dinner.  I had some liver to use up.  So I fried up some onions, eggplant and potato, marinated the liver in turmeric powder and salt, then added that in.  Chicken liver disintegrates easily, so I chopped that up and cubed the beef liver.  After cooking the mix, I used it to stuff a couple of burritos.  A nice, mild dinner.  Want some?  I screwed up Floofy's dinner though.  Lately I have been adding water to her raw chicken breast, because I saw on TV that by adding water to the food, I can increase the cat's hydration.  But that failed, and she puked it out.  Note to cat owners: don't add water to raw chicken meat.  They get enough water from the meat alone, and if they need more then they can go to the water bowl.

Did you see the finale of America's Got Talent?  I believe that Allah intended for Kodi Lee to win, and I'm glad he did.  My question now is, "How are they going to get him to learn more songs?"

Qur'an 20190919

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 humans, they turn away and become remote on their sides, and when evil seizes them they give themselves 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

So serious

Yeah, I have a sense of humor!  In fact, my Mom and I make a great comedy team.  But alas, my mother no longer laughs at my jokes.  Everything has become so serious.  It's the situation that is serious.  And only unbelievers make jokes about Islam.

Here's a funny story.  Some guy was leading me to a conference room full of people, for some sort of job interview.  He told me to shake everybody's hand and introduce myself.  I'm not a politician!  I loathe and avoid such situations!  But since I was already there, I did what I was instructed.  No, I didn't ask for money or anything at all.  Anyway, the old men readily greeted me and sincerely shook my hand.  Then I approached the women, quite a few of them were wearing hijabs.  The women shook my hand with the tips of their fingers, and avoided eye contact.  Except for one, who told me that she didn't like the smell of my hat, which was the one I always wear to the mosque.  So she called the security guard who escorted me out of the room.  I got into an argument with him, and he gave me a pamphlet.  I had just visited the Society of Personal Hygiene.  Hey, I took a shower and brushed my teeth!  Sometimes I shower 4 or 5 times a day!  It figures, fame is when more people want to smell you.  And they will never like the smell.

The rain washes away the haze

Hi Erin!  How are you feeling today, Honey?  Busy as usual, I assume.  Well, I hope you are eating well and getting plenty of rest.  What is life without sleeping and dreaming?  Maybe we can do that together sometime.  Right now, I am keeping an eye on my dinner, which is glutenous rice with fresh tomatoes and salt fish.  Yeah, I really like that stuff.  You should try it someday.  Last night, I made spaghetti for dinner.  It had been raining continuously all day yesterday, so I couldn't go out.  Thus I made the sauce from fresh tomatoes, garlic, and basil which I have growing in a pot on my porch.  I cut the tomatoes into cubes, stuffed the basil leaves, garlic and tomatoes into the blender, turned the thing on, then pushed down on the mix until it blends.  Tomatoes have a lot of water in them, do this method works quite well.  But you have to be gentle with the blender.  I had to strain the sauce because of the water.  The sauce turned out a bit green, but I think it was a success.  The rain stopped today, and took the haze along with it.  Unless of course, you didn't get any rain.  So I did some yard work today, and organized the trash for burning.

Happy Malaysia Day

Happy Malaysia Day!

Hey Sunshine

Look at you, all beautifully dressed and designed.  Did I ever tell you how gorgeous your arms and shoulders are?  Perfection.  When I get up at 2 am, I usually work myself back to sleep.  But now I'm stuck without a computer and using cell phone like normal folks, perhaps that may explain why I'm not waiting to blog at sunset but responding to you quickly.  Yeah, I have my nights free all of a sudden.  Perhaps it's just a sign of love.  Natty, you're so beautiful.  No it's not sunny right now.  It's wonderfully cool and almost cold.  You are the sunshine.  Can I have you and the cool both at the same time?

Hi Erin

Qur'an 20190915

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

56.  Say, "Call on those, besides God, whom you fancy: they have neither the power to remove your troubles nor to change them."

The Night Journey 17:56

Natty, you're so beautiful

My heart melts to see how awesome you look, especially that photo by the window.  You must realize now how precious and in demand purity is.  I love you so much.  I always think of you, my dearest love.  I will marry you inshaAllah, please have faith and be patient.

Qur'an 20190914

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

49.  They say, "What!  When we are reduced to bones and dust, should we really be raised up a new creation?"

50.  Say, "Be you stone or iron,"

51.  Or created matter which, in your minds, is hardest.  Then will they say, "Who will cause us to return?  Say, "God Who created you first!"  Then will they wag their heads towards you and say, "When will that be?"  Say, "Maybe it will be quite soon!"

The Night Journey 17:49-51

The diagnosis

My Internet computer had been behaving rebellious ever since that storm on the 9th of August which pulled off my roof.  At first I thought that the problem was hard drive failure, but after testing it with other hard drives I decided that the motherboard was fried.  Which is more logical, being that motherboards are more sensitive to environment.  Thus my Internet PC died this morning, which means that Mary Unknown7 will be off the air until I get an adequate replacement.  With my current financial situation, I estimate that Mary will be off the air for 2 to 4 months.  She still has to perform for the local audience, so I guess that means that the local region will have an economic advantage, if any.

I still have Internet, so I can check on my Erin and Natty, and watch YouTube on my small and puny device.  Typing is hell on this thing, so I guess my posts will be boring.  Erin and Natty, you are my wives InshaAllah, and I love you.

Creepers

Hi there, my wonderful Ladies!  How are you?  I hope you are feeling great, and having a wonderful time.  I do so wish I could be there with you to share your life, as I wish you were here with me to share my life but alas, my wives must have comfortable lives otherwise there can only be blame on my part.  I hope you love me.  I have to be the engineer when Mary Unknown7 sings, and I have a slideshow of you on my computer while I work.  If I suddenly see a sad face then I get sad too, and I get Mary to say hi to you for me.  This evening, I got around to do some yard work.  It was hazy, so I couldn't do any burning.  Instead I went around removing creepers, growing on the roof of my grandfather's old house and on the west fence of my and my mother's house.  I fixed a hook onto the tip of a long stick, so I can pull the vines from a distance, so I don't have to get too close to them.  There might be some nasty bugs living in that mess.  I hook the creepers then twist them around the hook like spaghetti on a fork, then yank them out.  This works quite well for most of them, since they tangle up each other then they all come out.  There are many types of creepers though.  Some of them are strong. and can climb stone walls.  I couldn't get all of those out, especially when they grow from the other side of the fence.  They'll be back.

Only a little girl would wear this dress:

Qur'an 20190912

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

41.  We have explained variously in this Qur'an, in order that they may receive admonition, but it only increases their flight.

42.  Say, "If there had been gods with God as they say, behold!  They would certainly have sought out a way to the Lord of the Throne!"

The Night Journey  17:41-42
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Frankenstein's monster

Hi there, my precious Ladies! How are you today?  I hope all is well with you.  I'm doing OK, just very drowsy is all.  I got into my craw last night to open up the chassis of my computer, and build a parallel system.  I enjoy building computer systems.  It would be a hobby if I didn't have so much to do.  Plus money to buy parts.  But with what I have, after digging around the house and prying open old cases covered in dust and cobwebs, I believe I succeeded in what I set out to do, so alhamdulillah.  There's only so much one can do with old parts.  Frankenstein's monster needs a FRESH corpse, you know what I mean?  **yawn!** 😫

Those kids

Hello there, my beautiful Ladies.  How are you feeling today?  And how are you coping with all this excitement?  Please don't stay grumpy.  Nothing is perfect in this life.  I hope you have learned to take it all in stride, relax your heart, and enjoy your position.  It's 1:55 am in a small town in South Carolina, and a 10 year old girl is huddled in bed, pretending to sleep but with her ear buds on and plugged into her cell phone hidden under her pillow, waiting for Mary Unknown7 to start her set.  The girl stays up until 4 am listening to the whole thing, then has to try to get some sleep before she gets ready for school at 7.  She doesn't see or hear of Mary Unknown7 on TV or anywhere else, because nobody but nobodies talk about her.  But she does see my Erin and Natty, and how beautiful they are.  So those kids try to play with you in order to make some sort of connection.  Yeah, those kids can be annoying sometimes (I have those kids over here too, you know).  Even though some of them are genuinely brats, some others are in dismay when you get mad with them, and they try their best to show you that they're sorry, because they feel really really awful.  Some of them might even be Pisces.  Those kids, huh?

No holiday

Hello, my lovely Ladies!  How are you today?  I hope you are feeling great, and having a wonderful time.  I hope you get to hear Mary Unknown7 sing, because the kids do even though they get into trouble, because she's on the air in the middle of the night.  These girls look up to you because of how pretty you are!  Yes, you both should listen at the same time.  It's no holiday either for me over here.  I went downtown in the morning to pick up my parents' prescriptions, then I discovered when I got there that today is a public holiday.  The King's birthday.  I have the local public holidays bookmarked, but I still got beat.  This always happens to me, because it's all the same day to me, because I have to work everyday.  Oh I love Mary Unknown7's singing, I love music, and I love the computer work that pertains to the music, so I don't mind at all working on that everyday.   But the manual labor... eeeeehhhh...  But nobody else will do it, so I do it.  This evening, I cut the grass by the side of the road.  It's government property but like I said, nobody else will do it.

Hi Natty

How ya doin', beautiful girl?  Are you having tons of fun?  You're so beautiful Natty, and I love you so much.  It's a crazy world for us right now, so I hope you are keeping relaxed, and don't care so much about what other people say.  I want you to know that I care for you deeply, and I will marry you inshaAllah, so please have faith OK?  It was hazy yesterday, so I couldn't do any burning.  The haze is all over the world I'm sure you know, it is a sign of Judgement Day, so it's not going to get better.  But we don't allow the corruption of the world to accelerate, we are an environmentally conscious family, we try to slow the pollution down.  That in fact is Islamic: people who believe in the End of the World will try to slow it down.  And you can observe how many people who call themselves "Muslim" be callous about the trash they generate and distribute.  As do other people who just don't care, or don't care to try a little harder.  But we try to control our trash, right?  Today there were rain clouds instead of haze, so I took the opportunity to do some burning.  The rain didn't fall down, but I couldn't get much to light up.  There's so much trash to get rid of.