**sniffle** Oh Julia, I've gone and gotten myself the sniffles again. **sniffle** I just barely got over the sniffles I had last week, then I got a sniffle attack while I was voice training. **sniffle** I can't sing when the sinus fluids overflow. They ruin my voice. So I have to spend hours draining all those fluids into a small bucket. Nothing else seems to work. This process takes my entire concentration, so I can't multitask while I empty out my sinus cavity, but I must protect my voice. Disgusting though as this may seem, I have managed to maintain voice training and Qur'an reading everyday for over 2 months, because of this strict regimen. Disgusting though as this may seem, sinus fluids are crystal clear, but viscous as a jellyfish. Fascinating, huh? Right now, only Allah and I seem to know how important it is that I sing everyday. Perhaps someday, others will catch on, and offer enough financial aid so that I can marry my sweetie. Yeah, right. I can only trust Allah for that. **sniffle**
I was about to blog a love letter to you yesterday, but my USB drive died. That's too bad, because I wrote up a dissertation on the dangers and intricasies of singing. Oh well, I suppose it's to stay a secret, because I can't remember exactly what I wrote, and I suppose Allah was the One who killed my USB drive, thus I don't want to blog such a topic right now. Instead, I'll just say what I'm supposed to be saying in a love letter. You're the prettiest girl in the world to me, Julia. I love you, and I want to marry you.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Qur'an 20111201
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
99. See they not that Allah, who created the heavens and the earth, has power to create the likes of them? Only God has decreed a term appointed, of which there is no doubt. But the unjust refuse except with ingratitude.
100. Say, "If you had control of the Treasures of the Mercy of my Lord, behold! You would keep them back for fear of spending them, for humans are selfish!"
(The Night Journey 99-100)
106. A Qur'an which We have divided, in order that you might recite it to humans in intervals: We have revealed it in stages.
107. Say, "Whether you believe in it or not, it is true that those who 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 has been fulfilled!"
109. They fall down on their faces in tears, and it increases their humility.
110. Say, "Call upon Allah, or call upon the Compassionate One. 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 17:106-111)
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If you had control of the Treasures of the Mercy of my Lord, behold! You would keep them back for fear of spending them, for humans are selfish!
Whether you believe in it or not, it is true that those who were given knowledge beforehand, when it is recited to them, fall down on their faces in humble prostration.
Call upon Allah, or call upon the Compassionate One. 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.
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!
99. See they not that Allah, who created the heavens and the earth, has power to create the likes of them? Only God has decreed a term appointed, of which there is no doubt. But the unjust refuse except with ingratitude.
100. Say, "If you had control of the Treasures of the Mercy of my Lord, behold! You would keep them back for fear of spending them, for humans are selfish!"
(The Night Journey 99-100)
106. A Qur'an which We have divided, in order that you might recite it to humans in intervals: We have revealed it in stages.
107. Say, "Whether you believe in it or not, it is true that those who 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 has been fulfilled!"
109. They fall down on their faces in tears, and it increases their humility.
110. Say, "Call upon Allah, or call upon the Compassionate One. 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 17:106-111)
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If you had control of the Treasures of the Mercy of my Lord, behold! You would keep them back for fear of spending them, for humans are selfish!
Whether you believe in it or not, it is true that those who were given knowledge beforehand, when it is recited to them, fall down on their faces in humble prostration.
Call upon Allah, or call upon the Compassionate One. 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.
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!
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Letter to Julia 20111128
Of course, when the time comes when Allah allows me the means to travel to you and get you, I would have prepared a home and a means of living for you, insyaAllah. A life of marriage that I have been talking about all this while to you, happiness in this life as well as the Hereafter, insyaAllah. Be aware that there are greater issues at stake, considering that your suitor is a one with a spiritual agenda, to please Allah with music. It is a larger existence than you have ever experienced before, a space larger than the glitz of a ballroom with crystal chandeliers and gold adornments. A pressure greater than the deepest chasm in the ocean, an awareness of life far beyond the sensation of motion perceived by your eyes and fuzzy blond hairs on your forearm. Much more important than the amount of cash and material possessions I am able to accumulate in order to give you a comfortable existence. It is something you need to figure out for yourself, if Allah wills. I can't slap a collar around your neck and pull you upstairs. If Allah refuses to guide you, then you will not be helped. I can't save anybody, no matter how much I love them, not my parents, not you. Allah is the One who saves people, not me.
Qur'an 20111128
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 that is communicated to you."
86. If it were Our Will, We could take away that which We have sent to 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 indeed to you great.
88. Say, "If the whole of humans 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 up each other with help and support."
89. And We have explained to humans, in this Qur'an, every kind of similitude. Yet the greater part of humans refuse, except with ingratitude!
90. They say, "We shall not believe in you until you cause a spring to gush forth for us from the earth."
91. "Or you have a garden of date trees and vines, and cause rivers to gush forth in their midst, carrying abundant water."
92. "Or you cause the sky to fall in pieces, as you say, against us. Or you bring Allah and the angels here, face to face."
93. "Or you have a house adorned with gold, or you mount a ladder right into the skies. No, we shall not even 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 back 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 would certainly 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 17:85-96
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The Spirit by command of my Lord. Of knowledge, it is only a little that is communicated to you.
If the whole of humans 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 up each other with help and support.
Glory to my Lord! Am I aught but a man, a messenger?
If there were settled on earth angels walking about in peace and quiet, God would certainly sent them down from the heavens an angel for a messenger.
Enough is Allah for a witness between me and you, for God is Well-acquainted with God's servants, and God Sees.
I bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship other than Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.
85. They ask you concerning the Spirit. Say, "The Spirit by command of my Lord. Of knowledge, it is only a little that is communicated to you."
86. If it were Our Will, We could take away that which We have sent to 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 indeed to you great.
88. Say, "If the whole of humans 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 up each other with help and support."
89. And We have explained to humans, in this Qur'an, every kind of similitude. Yet the greater part of humans refuse, except with ingratitude!
90. They say, "We shall not believe in you until you cause a spring to gush forth for us from the earth."
91. "Or you have a garden of date trees and vines, and cause rivers to gush forth in their midst, carrying abundant water."
92. "Or you cause the sky to fall in pieces, as you say, against us. Or you bring Allah and the angels here, face to face."
93. "Or you have a house adorned with gold, or you mount a ladder right into the skies. No, we shall not even 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 back 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 would certainly 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 17:85-96
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The Spirit by command of my Lord. Of knowledge, it is only a little that is communicated to you.
If the whole of humans 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 up each other with help and support.
Glory to my Lord! Am I aught but a man, a messenger?
If there were settled on earth angels walking about in peace and quiet, God would certainly sent them down from the heavens an angel for a messenger.
Enough is Allah for a witness between me and you, for God is Well-acquainted with God's servants, and God Sees.
I bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship other than Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.
Friday, November 25, 2011
Letter to Julia 20111126
High, my butterfly! Ah, my Julia. You are so pretty, and beautiful. You are all I could dream of in a girl. How I long for us to be together all the time and spend the rest of our life and afterlife together. Yeah, I think of you all the time, my precious. But I don't go looking for you, or for news for you. You know that. Who knows what bad news, or lies, I might find about you. It's better that I don't know, and nurture this pure, uncorrupted love that I keep in my fantasies and heart, until the day when Allah allows me the means to travel to you and get my answer face to face, or not at all, which means no, of course. For when that time comes, I will be prepared, insyaAllah.
Everyone has a second voice in their heads, a whispering that promises great rewards and glory, for acts of evil. Some may be confused as to whose voice it is. Since it is in my head, surely it must be there for a reason? Surely it must be my own voice, telling me what to do? Surely it must be my thinking? As I told you before, Satan swore long ago to destroy all humans. He and his minions represent themselves by that whispering in your thoughts that prod you to commit acts of evil, of arrogance, to convince you that the One and Only God is inferior to other beliefs, and that those thoughts are yours, when the thoughts only becomes yours after you succumb to them. So what thoughts are actually yours? The thoughts that compel you to think of goodness, of acts of goodness, of faithfulness, of humility. For God is all that is good, and God protects those who turn to God from the coaxing of evil. Don't let anyone ever convince you that God tells you to do acts of evil, God is only all that is good. The polarity is distinct, is black and white, there is no gray area. For when your thoughts and acts of good are even slightly corrupted, then you have succumbed to the whisperings of evil. And corruption is the majority, is the norm, is the conformity. Very, very few people are pure.
Everyone has a second voice in their heads, a whispering that promises great rewards and glory, for acts of evil. Some may be confused as to whose voice it is. Since it is in my head, surely it must be there for a reason? Surely it must be my own voice, telling me what to do? Surely it must be my thinking? As I told you before, Satan swore long ago to destroy all humans. He and his minions represent themselves by that whispering in your thoughts that prod you to commit acts of evil, of arrogance, to convince you that the One and Only God is inferior to other beliefs, and that those thoughts are yours, when the thoughts only becomes yours after you succumb to them. So what thoughts are actually yours? The thoughts that compel you to think of goodness, of acts of goodness, of faithfulness, of humility. For God is all that is good, and God protects those who turn to God from the coaxing of evil. Don't let anyone ever convince you that God tells you to do acts of evil, God is only all that is good. The polarity is distinct, is black and white, there is no gray area. For when your thoughts and acts of good are even slightly corrupted, then you have succumbed to the whisperings of evil. And corruption is the majority, is the norm, is the conformity. Very, very few people are pure.
Qur'an 20111126
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 man, he turns away and becomes remote on his side, and when evil seizes him, he gives himself 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
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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.
Truth has arrived and falsehood perished, for falsehood is bound to perish.
Everyone acts according to his own disposition, but your Lord knows best who it is that is best guided on the Way.
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 man, he turns away and becomes remote on his side, and when evil seizes him, he gives himself 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
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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.
Truth has arrived and falsehood perished, for falsehood is bound to perish.
Everyone acts according to his own disposition, but your Lord knows best who it is that is best guided on the Way.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Letter to Julia 20111124
YOOOOOOLIIIIIEEEEE!!!!
Oh dearest Julia my beloved beauty, I've suddenly got the sniffles. **sniffle** It also seems like I might have to take Chee Cheah in for another antifungal shot. Seems like she's gained some weight, as well. She was once a dainty litlle kitty, I must have spoiled her too much. It's been raining almost non stop for the past 3 days, but there was anough of a break for me to write yesterday's letter. And today's letter, obviously.
Perhaps you wonder why skeptics remain skeptics despite all the Signs of God that are obvious to people of faith. All populations will be destroyed before Judgement Day, that is certain. God only sends Signs by way of fear, but it only increases their transgression. Then God refrains from sending Signs because they were treated as false. The only thing left is for the people to get wiped out by God. You've seen the ruins of cities, haven't you?
Oh dearest Julia my beloved beauty, I've suddenly got the sniffles. **sniffle** It also seems like I might have to take Chee Cheah in for another antifungal shot. Seems like she's gained some weight, as well. She was once a dainty litlle kitty, I must have spoiled her too much. It's been raining almost non stop for the past 3 days, but there was anough of a break for me to write yesterday's letter. And today's letter, obviously.
Perhaps you wonder why skeptics remain skeptics despite all the Signs of God that are obvious to people of faith. All populations will be destroyed before Judgement Day, that is certain. God only sends Signs by way of fear, but it only increases their transgression. Then God refrains from sending Signs because they were treated as false. The only thing left is for the people to get wiped out by God. You've seen the ruins of cities, haven't you?
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