Qur'an 20210506

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

91.  When it is said to them, "Believe in what Allah has sent down," they say, "We believe in what was sent down to us," yet they reject all besides, even if it be Truth confirming what is with them.  Say, "Why then have you slain the prophets of Allah in times gone by, if you did indeed believe?"

92.  There came to you Moses with clarity, yet you worshiped the calf after that, and you did behave wrongfully.

93.  And remember We took your Covenant and We raised above you of the Mountain: hold firmly to what We have given you, and hearken.  They said, "We hear and we disobey," and they had to drink into their hearts of the calf because of their faithlessness.  Say, "Vile indeed are the behests of your faith, if you have any faith!"

94.  Say, "If the last home with Allah be for you specially and not for anyone else, then seek you for death, if you are sincere."

95.  But they will never seek for death, on account of that which their hands have sent on before them.  And Allah is Well-Acquainted with the wrongdoers.

96.  You will find them of all people, most greedy of life even more than the idolaters.  Each one of them wishes he could be given a life of a thousand years, but the grant of such life will not save him from punishment, for Allah Sees Well all that they do.

97.  Say, "Whoever is an enemy to Gabriel, for he brings down that to your heart by Allah's will, a confirmation of what went before, and guidance and glad tidings for those who believe..."

98.  Whoever is an enemy to Allah and God's angels and prophets, to Gabriel and Michael- Lo! Allah is an enemy to those who reject faith.

(The Heifer 1:91-98)

Fish and rice

 

Hi Natty!  How are you today, my love?  I hope all is well with you and life is easy going.  I had to take my mother to the hospital today.  It was time consuming, but I spent all that time just listening to music.  Allah hammered on my cats this year.  First God took Floofy, then Lily, now Adolf Kitler has a tummy ache.  He was puking up spit and getting the runs, and crying miserably all the while.  It looks like food poisoning to me.  All I feed him is steamed fish and rice with no salt.  Maybe the fish was getting too old, but I have fresh fish.  I gave him some diarrhea syrup, and now he's sleeping the sickness off.  I don't think he will be able to eat anything until tomorrow, if he survived.  I think he will inshaAllah, he's stopped drinking and staring at the water.  At first I thought if I cleaned up the fish more and fried it, it would be OK for him.  But no, I'm just going to have to feed him cat food pellets that are made for male cats.  The best I can afford for Der Kitty Fuhrer.  I fried up some mackerel for him too, but he didn't want it.  I very rarely eat fried mackerel, even though it's very common around here, so I didn't do it properly.  Good enough to pick off the meat for my fried rice dinner.  Yeah, I steamed some rice for him too but I guess I will be eating that.  I gave 3 fried fish heads to Lookie, and she loved them.  She ate them while moaning in ecstasy.

So it looks like I will be eating a lot of fish in the near future.  I made fried rice with the mackerel.  I also bought some hardtail scad which was intended for the cat, but I will be eating that instead.  I steamed one up this evening in banana leaves and seasoned in my lemongrass and chilli sauce.  I wish I could have grilled the fish on charcoal but I couldn't be bothered, what with the limitation on time and energy during fasting.  I don't know if my steamed fish and fried rice taste good or not.  I'm still fasting.  Want some?

What, no girlie pictures?  Mary had the day off!