In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
133. Your Lord is Self-Sufficient, Full of Mercy. If it were God's Will, God could destroy you, and in your place appoint whom God Will as your successors, even as God raised you up from the posterity of other people.
134. All that has been promised to you will come to pass, nor can you frustrate it.
135. Say, "O my people! Do whatever you can. I will do. Soon will you know who it is whose end will be, in the Hereafter. Certain it is that the wrongdoers will not prosper."
The Cattle 6:133-135
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O my people! Do whatever you can. I will do. Soon will you know who it is whose end will be, in the Hereafter. Certain it is that the wrongdoers will not prosper.
Friday, June 17, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Letter to Julia 20110616
Oh Julia my beloved, I was off by a year in the events I stated in my last letter. I'm certainly getting old. Perhaps Allah is making me forget some of the past, and focus on the future. Certainly the past is filled with darkness, with a stairway to the abyss. But how can I forget, when human nature remains the same?
Well, I'd certainly rather be having fun with Julia. How are you, my sweetie? Are you taking good care of your beautiful body? Please make sure you are eating properly, since you are working so hard. Your bosses may not agree, but I would like you to stay at a size 7. Yum! But please eat adequately, and remember to invoke the name of Allah before the first bite/sip. As my mate, there is no such thing for us as a private meal, especially at this stage of our love. We have no privacy, so please be a good girl, open and secret! Don't eat the food on which Allah's name has not been pronounced, like food prepared for pagan rituals. People are going to trick you with this, for they intend to corrupt you, so don't obey them.
Of course you are going to have enemies, especially considering how beautiful you are and how powerful you've become. Sad to say, enemies behave most reliable- you can always count on enemies to act the same way, huh? Be aware of the intelligent and smooth talkers, who try to manipulate you with "logic", either directly or by innuendo (like mass media). This includes those who whisper at you from the nothingness. Ignore them and their words. Yes, it's easy to ignore them- just walk around in a divine spotlight of purity, which sets up a force field against their words. Kind of like in Star Wars.
Please forgive me for not writing as regularly as before. Right now, it's 50 cents a blog plus a journey downtown every time, so I try to write my love letter and Qur'an blog at the same time. Interesting. It's like being caught up in a time warp that sends me back to the active days of prophet Muhammad (peace be on him). Julia, I love you and I want to marry you! Now please excuse me, as I have to go and feed the Zam.
Well, I'd certainly rather be having fun with Julia. How are you, my sweetie? Are you taking good care of your beautiful body? Please make sure you are eating properly, since you are working so hard. Your bosses may not agree, but I would like you to stay at a size 7. Yum! But please eat adequately, and remember to invoke the name of Allah before the first bite/sip. As my mate, there is no such thing for us as a private meal, especially at this stage of our love. We have no privacy, so please be a good girl, open and secret! Don't eat the food on which Allah's name has not been pronounced, like food prepared for pagan rituals. People are going to trick you with this, for they intend to corrupt you, so don't obey them.
Of course you are going to have enemies, especially considering how beautiful you are and how powerful you've become. Sad to say, enemies behave most reliable- you can always count on enemies to act the same way, huh? Be aware of the intelligent and smooth talkers, who try to manipulate you with "logic", either directly or by innuendo (like mass media). This includes those who whisper at you from the nothingness. Ignore them and their words. Yes, it's easy to ignore them- just walk around in a divine spotlight of purity, which sets up a force field against their words. Kind of like in Star Wars.
Please forgive me for not writing as regularly as before. Right now, it's 50 cents a blog plus a journey downtown every time, so I try to write my love letter and Qur'an blog at the same time. Interesting. It's like being caught up in a time warp that sends me back to the active days of prophet Muhammad (peace be on him). Julia, I love you and I want to marry you! Now please excuse me, as I have to go and feed the Zam.
Qur'an 20110616
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
109. They swear their strongest oaths by Allah, that if a Sign came to them, by it they would believe. Say, "Certainly, Signs are in the Power of Allah, but what would make you realise that if Signs came, they will not believe?"
110. We shall turn to their hearts and their eyes, even as they refused to believe in the first instance. We shall leave them in their trespasses, to wander in distraction.
111. Even if We did send unto them angels, and the dead did speak to them, and We gathered together all things before their very eyes, they are not the ones to believe, unless it is in Allah's Plan. But most of them ignore.
112. Likewise did We make for every messenger an enemy- evil ones among men and jinns, inspiring each other with flowery discourses by way of deception. If your Lord had so planned, they would not have done it. So leave them and their inventions alone.
113. To such let the hearts of those incline, who have no faith in the Hereafter. Let them delight in it, and let them earn from it what they may.
114. Say, "Shall I seek for judge other than Allah? When God it is who has sent unto you the Book, explained in detail." They know full well to whom We have given the Book, that it has been sent down from your Lord in Truth. Never be then of those who doubt.
115. The Word of your Lord does find its fulfillment in truth and justice. None can change God's Words, for God is the One who Hears, and Knows all.
116. Were you to follow the common run of those on earth, they will lead you away from the Way of Allah. They follow nothing but conjecture, they do nothing but lie.
117. Your Lord knows best who strays from God's Way. God knows best who they are that receive guidance.
The Cattle 6:109-117
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Certainly, Signs are in the Power of Allah, but what would make you realise that if Signs came, they will not believe?
Shall I seek for judge other than Allah? When God it is who has sent unto you the Book, explained in detail.
109. They swear their strongest oaths by Allah, that if a Sign came to them, by it they would believe. Say, "Certainly, Signs are in the Power of Allah, but what would make you realise that if Signs came, they will not believe?"
110. We shall turn to their hearts and their eyes, even as they refused to believe in the first instance. We shall leave them in their trespasses, to wander in distraction.
111. Even if We did send unto them angels, and the dead did speak to them, and We gathered together all things before their very eyes, they are not the ones to believe, unless it is in Allah's Plan. But most of them ignore.
112. Likewise did We make for every messenger an enemy- evil ones among men and jinns, inspiring each other with flowery discourses by way of deception. If your Lord had so planned, they would not have done it. So leave them and their inventions alone.
113. To such let the hearts of those incline, who have no faith in the Hereafter. Let them delight in it, and let them earn from it what they may.
114. Say, "Shall I seek for judge other than Allah? When God it is who has sent unto you the Book, explained in detail." They know full well to whom We have given the Book, that it has been sent down from your Lord in Truth. Never be then of those who doubt.
115. The Word of your Lord does find its fulfillment in truth and justice. None can change God's Words, for God is the One who Hears, and Knows all.
116. Were you to follow the common run of those on earth, they will lead you away from the Way of Allah. They follow nothing but conjecture, they do nothing but lie.
117. Your Lord knows best who strays from God's Way. God knows best who they are that receive guidance.
The Cattle 6:109-117
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Certainly, Signs are in the Power of Allah, but what would make you realise that if Signs came, they will not believe?
Shall I seek for judge other than Allah? When God it is who has sent unto you the Book, explained in detail.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Letter to Julia 20110612
Hi Julia, my love. I love you! Can you hear my voice? How's life in the city? Do you believe in our love, and in God? If so, then please maintain your prayers.
Did you know that this is election year in Malaysia? The last election year was 2007. I was still in the USA at that time: I had just lost my home & studio then, and I was staying at a mosque. I'm as equally destitute now: by some odd coincidence I lost most of my music students when my karaoke arcade was shut down. Since I'm poor anyway, why bother fighting to re-open my arcade? And I'll have more time. I'll just wait for Allah to be nice enough to give me more students. Alhamdulillah, I'm not forced to live at a mosque right now. But I don't regret the time I spent at the mosque, quite the opposite really: Allah taught me to read the Qur'an lucidly, and improved my voice at the same time. It happened all of a sudden too: God flipped a switch, and I my Arabic speech flowed, when before I had always struggled and crawled in Arabic, and had to study the Qur'an in entirely in English. I still have to study in English, to know what the words mean.
Back then I had to bear the process of getting my papers ready for travel back to Malaysia. I won't bore you with why my status was so complicated. Let's just say that I spent most of my life creating music. When I got back here, it was nice to find out that the poor in Malaysia are as equally unwanted as in the USA. Not to blame local politics, it's just human nature all over the world. My Dad got me some work, but really I've gotten too old to be employed. Eventually, I had to run my own business, or work by commission. But this is public knowledge. I remember back in September 2007 staying up late every night watching the Bloomberg channel. It's not that I knew what was going to happen, I only study the Qur'an. Being forewarned doesn't change the decree of God: in 2008 I still had to bear 9 days in the hospital for my swollen feet, even though I didn't want to go.
Anyway, I don't want to babble too much in this public speech. Julia, we must be face to face! But speaking of politics, I have have long chosen my side: I am on the side of Allah! A fair leader is best, regardless of his religious affiliation, and his personal case is for God to decide. Do know that Allah chooses some over others. And if Allah is my friend, then my enemies are the enemies of Allah.
Did you know that this is election year in Malaysia? The last election year was 2007. I was still in the USA at that time: I had just lost my home & studio then, and I was staying at a mosque. I'm as equally destitute now: by some odd coincidence I lost most of my music students when my karaoke arcade was shut down. Since I'm poor anyway, why bother fighting to re-open my arcade? And I'll have more time. I'll just wait for Allah to be nice enough to give me more students. Alhamdulillah, I'm not forced to live at a mosque right now. But I don't regret the time I spent at the mosque, quite the opposite really: Allah taught me to read the Qur'an lucidly, and improved my voice at the same time. It happened all of a sudden too: God flipped a switch, and I my Arabic speech flowed, when before I had always struggled and crawled in Arabic, and had to study the Qur'an in entirely in English. I still have to study in English, to know what the words mean.
Back then I had to bear the process of getting my papers ready for travel back to Malaysia. I won't bore you with why my status was so complicated. Let's just say that I spent most of my life creating music. When I got back here, it was nice to find out that the poor in Malaysia are as equally unwanted as in the USA. Not to blame local politics, it's just human nature all over the world. My Dad got me some work, but really I've gotten too old to be employed. Eventually, I had to run my own business, or work by commission. But this is public knowledge. I remember back in September 2007 staying up late every night watching the Bloomberg channel. It's not that I knew what was going to happen, I only study the Qur'an. Being forewarned doesn't change the decree of God: in 2008 I still had to bear 9 days in the hospital for my swollen feet, even though I didn't want to go.
Anyway, I don't want to babble too much in this public speech. Julia, we must be face to face! But speaking of politics, I have have long chosen my side: I am on the side of Allah! A fair leader is best, regardless of his religious affiliation, and his personal case is for God to decide. Do know that Allah chooses some over others. And if Allah is my friend, then my enemies are the enemies of Allah.
Qur'an 20110612
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
88. This is the Guidance of Allah. God gives that Guidance to whom God pleases of God's worshippers. If they were to join other gods with God, all that they did would be in vain for them.
89. These were the men to whom We gave the Book, and Authority, and Prophethood. If these reject them, behold! We shall entrust their charge to a new people who reject them not.
90. Those were who received Allah's Guidance. Copy the Guidance they received. Say, "No reward for this do I ask of you. This is no less than a Message for the nations."
91. No just estimate of Allah do they make when they say, "Nothing does Allah send down to man." Say, "Who then sent down the Book which Moses brought? A light and guidance to man, but you make it into sheets for show, while you conceal much. Therein were you taught which you knew not, neither you nor your fathers." Say, "Allah." Then leave them to plunge in vain discourse and trifling.
The Cattle 6:88-91
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No reward for this do I ask of you. This is no less than a Message for the nations.
Who then sent down the Book which Moses brought? A light and guidance to man, but you make it into sheets for show, while you conceal much. Therein were you taught which you knew not, neither you nor your fathers.
Allah.
88. This is the Guidance of Allah. God gives that Guidance to whom God pleases of God's worshippers. If they were to join other gods with God, all that they did would be in vain for them.
89. These were the men to whom We gave the Book, and Authority, and Prophethood. If these reject them, behold! We shall entrust their charge to a new people who reject them not.
90. Those were who received Allah's Guidance. Copy the Guidance they received. Say, "No reward for this do I ask of you. This is no less than a Message for the nations."
91. No just estimate of Allah do they make when they say, "Nothing does Allah send down to man." Say, "Who then sent down the Book which Moses brought? A light and guidance to man, but you make it into sheets for show, while you conceal much. Therein were you taught which you knew not, neither you nor your fathers." Say, "Allah." Then leave them to plunge in vain discourse and trifling.
The Cattle 6:88-91
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No reward for this do I ask of you. This is no less than a Message for the nations.
Who then sent down the Book which Moses brought? A light and guidance to man, but you make it into sheets for show, while you conceal much. Therein were you taught which you knew not, neither you nor your fathers.
Allah.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Letter to Julia 20110609
Need I remind you not to join any ignorant discourses or conversations that babble on about Islam, and about us? Don't talk with them until they talk about something else. If you somehow forget, then walk away from them when you do remember. We don't have to carry their problems: we only need remind them to fear God.
Then there are those who, all they care about is having fun and making fun of things, and that is their religion. All they see is the life of this world, and are deceived by it. Enthralled by fame and wealth, and that is all they care about. Leave them alone, Julia. Every soul delivers itself to ruin by its own actions. This is so plain to see, buying themselves into addiction and destruction. The process may be longer for some than others, but the result is the same. Stubborn they are, and how short is life. For these, the only one to protect and to help them is Allah. But they are so stubborn, they don't want any help.
Then there are those who, all they care about is having fun and making fun of things, and that is their religion. All they see is the life of this world, and are deceived by it. Enthralled by fame and wealth, and that is all they care about. Leave them alone, Julia. Every soul delivers itself to ruin by its own actions. This is so plain to see, buying themselves into addiction and destruction. The process may be longer for some than others, but the result is the same. Stubborn they are, and how short is life. For these, the only one to protect and to help them is Allah. But they are so stubborn, they don't want any help.
Qur'an 20110609
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
71. Say, "Shall we indeed call on others besides Allah, things that can do us neither good nor harm, and turn on our heels after receiving guidance from Allah? Like one whom the evil ones have made into a fool, wandering bewildered through the earth, his friends calling, "Come to us", guiding him to the path?" Say, "Allah's Guidance is the Guidance, and we have been directed to submit ourselves to the Lord of the worlds."
The Cattle 6:71
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Shall we indeed call on others besides Allah, things that can do us neither good nor harm, and turn on our heels after receiving guidance from Allah? Like one whom the evil ones have made into a fool, wandering bewildered through the earth, his friends calling, "Come to us", guiding him to the path?
Allah's Guidance is the Guidance, and we have been directed to submit ourselves to the Lord of the worlds.
71. Say, "Shall we indeed call on others besides Allah, things that can do us neither good nor harm, and turn on our heels after receiving guidance from Allah? Like one whom the evil ones have made into a fool, wandering bewildered through the earth, his friends calling, "Come to us", guiding him to the path?" Say, "Allah's Guidance is the Guidance, and we have been directed to submit ourselves to the Lord of the worlds."
The Cattle 6:71
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Shall we indeed call on others besides Allah, things that can do us neither good nor harm, and turn on our heels after receiving guidance from Allah? Like one whom the evil ones have made into a fool, wandering bewildered through the earth, his friends calling, "Come to us", guiding him to the path?
Allah's Guidance is the Guidance, and we have been directed to submit ourselves to the Lord of the worlds.
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