In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
42. Those before them did devise plots, but in all things the master-planning is Allah's. God knows the doings of every soul, and soon will the unbelievers know who gets home in the end.
43. The unbelievers say, "No messenger are you." Say, "Enough for a witness between me and you is Allah, and such as have knowledge of the Book."
The Thunder 13:42-43
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Enough for a witness between me and you is Allah, and such as have knowledge of the Book.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
Letter to Julia 20111010
So, you are my mate, come and dance with me and follow my lead. As the dominoes fall, we shall see that there is no such thing as coincidence or luck, it's just that our human scope is too meager to notice the connections and nuances. Or we are simply too self-absorbed to care about anything else than "what's in it for me."
I finally got all that trash burned even though most of it was wet, there were enough dry pieces to burn up the rest. Just in time for the next storm, too: it's getting rather dark out there. I don't know if I would get a chance to blog my love for you today. I have to fry some fish for my Mom, hang up her wash, then cook my own meal. Today's menu is teriyaki beef, then I have to cook up a batch of chili. A batch of chili takes hours to brew, but I should be able to get it done while I do my vocal training and gardening in the afternoon. There's still much to do: I have to clean out all the vegetation in the path of the brick wall I plan to build. Which is not easy, because the plants here regenerate very quickly. Please forgive me for not starting on the inside yet, as it is, I'm too lazy to even keep up with myself. But insyaAllah, I'll put in a more vaunted effort once the modifications have taken place. For now, the yard looks better than the house, so the first thing to do is to paint the outside wall. No money for paint yet!
I finally got all that trash burned even though most of it was wet, there were enough dry pieces to burn up the rest. Just in time for the next storm, too: it's getting rather dark out there. I don't know if I would get a chance to blog my love for you today. I have to fry some fish for my Mom, hang up her wash, then cook my own meal. Today's menu is teriyaki beef, then I have to cook up a batch of chili. A batch of chili takes hours to brew, but I should be able to get it done while I do my vocal training and gardening in the afternoon. There's still much to do: I have to clean out all the vegetation in the path of the brick wall I plan to build. Which is not easy, because the plants here regenerate very quickly. Please forgive me for not starting on the inside yet, as it is, I'm too lazy to even keep up with myself. But insyaAllah, I'll put in a more vaunted effort once the modifications have taken place. For now, the yard looks better than the house, so the first thing to do is to paint the outside wall. No money for paint yet!
Qur'an 20111011
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
30. Thus have We sent you among a people before whom have peoples passed away, in order that you might rehearse unto them what We sent down unto you by inspiration. Yet do they reject the Compassionate One! Say, "God is my Lord! There is no god but God! On God is my trust, and to God do I turn!"
31. If there were a Qur'an with which mountains were moved, or the earth were cloven asunder, or the dead were made to speak... but truly, the command is with Allah in all things! Do not the believers know, that had Allah willed, God could have guided all humankind? But the unbelievers, never will disaster cease to seize them for their deeds, or settle close to their homes, until the Promise of Allah comes to pass, for verily, Allah will not fail in God's promise.
32. Mocked were the messengers before you, but God granted respite to the unbelievers, and finally God punished them. Then how was God's requital!
33. Is then God Who stands over every soul, over all it does...? And yet they ascribe partners to Allah. Say, "But name them! Is it that you will inform God of something God knows not on earth, or is it a show of words?" No, to those who believe not, their pretence seems pleasing, but they are kept back from the Path. And those whom Allah leaves to stray, no one can guide.
34. For them is a penalty in the life of this world, but harder is the penalty of the Hereafter, and they have no defender against Allah.
35. The parable of the Garden which the righteous are promised: beneath it flow rivers, perpetual is the enjoyment thereof and the shade therein. Such is the end of the righteous, and the end of the unbelievers is the fire.
36. Those to whom We have given the Book rejoice at what has been revealed unto you. But there are among the clans those who reject a part thereof. Say, "I am commmanded to worship Allah, and not to join partners with God. Unto God do I call, and unto God is my return."
The Thunder 13:30-36
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God is my Lord! There is no god but God! On God is my trust, and to God do I turn!
But name them! Is it that you will inform God of something God knows not on earth, or is it a show of words?
I am commmanded to worship Allah, and not to join partners with God. Unto God do I call, and unto God is my return.
30. Thus have We sent you among a people before whom have peoples passed away, in order that you might rehearse unto them what We sent down unto you by inspiration. Yet do they reject the Compassionate One! Say, "God is my Lord! There is no god but God! On God is my trust, and to God do I turn!"
31. If there were a Qur'an with which mountains were moved, or the earth were cloven asunder, or the dead were made to speak... but truly, the command is with Allah in all things! Do not the believers know, that had Allah willed, God could have guided all humankind? But the unbelievers, never will disaster cease to seize them for their deeds, or settle close to their homes, until the Promise of Allah comes to pass, for verily, Allah will not fail in God's promise.
32. Mocked were the messengers before you, but God granted respite to the unbelievers, and finally God punished them. Then how was God's requital!
33. Is then God Who stands over every soul, over all it does...? And yet they ascribe partners to Allah. Say, "But name them! Is it that you will inform God of something God knows not on earth, or is it a show of words?" No, to those who believe not, their pretence seems pleasing, but they are kept back from the Path. And those whom Allah leaves to stray, no one can guide.
34. For them is a penalty in the life of this world, but harder is the penalty of the Hereafter, and they have no defender against Allah.
35. The parable of the Garden which the righteous are promised: beneath it flow rivers, perpetual is the enjoyment thereof and the shade therein. Such is the end of the righteous, and the end of the unbelievers is the fire.
36. Those to whom We have given the Book rejoice at what has been revealed unto you. But there are among the clans those who reject a part thereof. Say, "I am commmanded to worship Allah, and not to join partners with God. Unto God do I call, and unto God is my return."
The Thunder 13:30-36
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God is my Lord! There is no god but God! On God is my trust, and to God do I turn!
But name them! Is it that you will inform God of something God knows not on earth, or is it a show of words?
I am commmanded to worship Allah, and not to join partners with God. Unto God do I call, and unto God is my return.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Letter to Julia 20111010
YOOOOOLIIIIIEEEEEE!
Do you know what I miss the most about the city, Julia? It's all the stuff I accumulated before I got ousted from my home and possessions. Sure, it's because I was forced to quit the pizza job, and when I did 5 hours of kitchen work yesterday, the pain in my leg remended me why. I sometimes think that I should have been allowed sustenance as a musician while I was there, but that's all passe now. Anyway, the American brands are of course hard to get over here, but what are the American brands anymore? Everything is made in China, or somewhere in Asia nowadays. I guess I mean the musical instruments, and stuff like that. But it's not even that, that I miss. It's the accumulation of the little things like my collection of plugs, adaptors, and transformers, the antiques and uniques, like my Intel PC featuring a DX386 CPU with a math co-processor which I used only for recording music but it also had a 14.4 kbps modem which allowed me to surf the web way back in 1998, a 3W stereo tube amp which I found at a yard sale, which electrocuted me every time I touched it but drove a pair of 2" speakers like a screaming banshee, my itty-bitty mp3 randomizer with a battery powered fm transmitter relay system which broadcast Shadowplay Radio 24 hours everyday waaaaay below 1W, my tiny little 2.1 stereo system with just a 4" speaker for the subwoofer, but it was the loudest compact vocal amp I ever experienced such as the neighbors complained about the volume on numerous occasions. Not that I wanted to rile the neighbors, but the number of people getting upset about the music is a gauge of Rock and Roll. But as for the city itself, I don't miss it at all.
Of course there was all that music that was lost, which was crap anyway because I had no wisdom back then, but they are my memories, the witnesses to how deep into the abyss I ventured when Allah saved me every time. And I did wander aimlessly, I wasn't searching for Allah because I never really lost my faith, but I wandered for the sake of music business. Allah was and is my only friend on countless occasions, I truly appreciate that. So when I got older, I gave the music back to Allah. I guess that means that the music is for Allah. I wouldn't call the music a collection of hymns though. It's still rock music.
Do you know what I miss the most about the city, Julia? It's all the stuff I accumulated before I got ousted from my home and possessions. Sure, it's because I was forced to quit the pizza job, and when I did 5 hours of kitchen work yesterday, the pain in my leg remended me why. I sometimes think that I should have been allowed sustenance as a musician while I was there, but that's all passe now. Anyway, the American brands are of course hard to get over here, but what are the American brands anymore? Everything is made in China, or somewhere in Asia nowadays. I guess I mean the musical instruments, and stuff like that. But it's not even that, that I miss. It's the accumulation of the little things like my collection of plugs, adaptors, and transformers, the antiques and uniques, like my Intel PC featuring a DX386 CPU with a math co-processor which I used only for recording music but it also had a 14.4 kbps modem which allowed me to surf the web way back in 1998, a 3W stereo tube amp which I found at a yard sale, which electrocuted me every time I touched it but drove a pair of 2" speakers like a screaming banshee, my itty-bitty mp3 randomizer with a battery powered fm transmitter relay system which broadcast Shadowplay Radio 24 hours everyday waaaaay below 1W, my tiny little 2.1 stereo system with just a 4" speaker for the subwoofer, but it was the loudest compact vocal amp I ever experienced such as the neighbors complained about the volume on numerous occasions. Not that I wanted to rile the neighbors, but the number of people getting upset about the music is a gauge of Rock and Roll. But as for the city itself, I don't miss it at all.
Of course there was all that music that was lost, which was crap anyway because I had no wisdom back then, but they are my memories, the witnesses to how deep into the abyss I ventured when Allah saved me every time. And I did wander aimlessly, I wasn't searching for Allah because I never really lost my faith, but I wandered for the sake of music business. Allah was and is my only friend on countless occasions, I truly appreciate that. So when I got older, I gave the music back to Allah. I guess that means that the music is for Allah. I wouldn't call the music a collection of hymns though. It's still rock music.
Qur'an 20111010
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
27. The unbelievers say, "Why is not a sign sent down to him from his Lord?" Say, "Truly Allah leaves to stray whom God will, but God guides to Godself those who turn to God in penitence."
The Thunder 13:27
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Truly Allah leaves to stray whom God will, but God guides to Godself those who turn to God in penitence.
27. The unbelievers say, "Why is not a sign sent down to him from his Lord?" Say, "Truly Allah leaves to stray whom God will, but God guides to Godself those who turn to God in penitence."
The Thunder 13:27
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Truly Allah leaves to stray whom God will, but God guides to Godself those who turn to God in penitence.
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Letter to Julia 20111009
Yeah, I would LOVE to see you in a nice business suit. The problem is, then I would want to show you off when it is necessary for you to hide your beauty because there are too many jealous people out there who would want to try and harm you because you are so beautiful, so you would have to wear a suit that's modest and understated in public. Therefore, you would wear the sexy suits (you know, the ones with short skirts, or the jacket and dress... aaaaaaaa!) in the bedroom where I can play business with you, but it would be inconvenient to have to wear a suit to bed. Think of the dry cleaning bill! Yet another expense! I hope someone is keeping an estimated expense ledger. I feel sorry for you that you go through so much trouble just for being so beautiful, but I also feel sorry for myself that I have to wait in order to snuggle with you while you wear a sexy suit.
Qur'an 20111009
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
15. Whatever beings there are in the heavens and the earth do prostrate themselves to Allah, with goodwill or in spite of themselves, so do their shadows, in the mornings and evenings.
16. Say, "Who is the Lord and Sustainer of the heavens and the earth?" Say, "Allah." Say, "Do you then take protectors other than God, such as have no power either for good or for harm to themselves?" Say, "Are the blind equal with those who see? Or the depths of darkness equal with light?" Or do they assign to Allah partners who have created as God has created, so that the creation seemed to them similar? Say, "Allah is the Creator of all things. God is the One, the Supreme and Irresistible."
The Thunder 13:15-16
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Who is the Lord and Sustainer of the heavens and the earth?
Allah.
Do you then take protectors other than God, such as have no power either for good or for harm to themselves?
Are the blind equal with those who see? Or the depths of darkness equal with light?
Allah is the Creator of all things. God is the One, the Supreme and Irresistible.
15. Whatever beings there are in the heavens and the earth do prostrate themselves to Allah, with goodwill or in spite of themselves, so do their shadows, in the mornings and evenings.
16. Say, "Who is the Lord and Sustainer of the heavens and the earth?" Say, "Allah." Say, "Do you then take protectors other than God, such as have no power either for good or for harm to themselves?" Say, "Are the blind equal with those who see? Or the depths of darkness equal with light?" Or do they assign to Allah partners who have created as God has created, so that the creation seemed to them similar? Say, "Allah is the Creator of all things. God is the One, the Supreme and Irresistible."
The Thunder 13:15-16
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Who is the Lord and Sustainer of the heavens and the earth?
Allah.
Do you then take protectors other than God, such as have no power either for good or for harm to themselves?
Are the blind equal with those who see? Or the depths of darkness equal with light?
Allah is the Creator of all things. God is the One, the Supreme and Irresistible.
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