Letter to Julia 20140222

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

As you may have noticed, I've had to change my habits a little, beause it has gotten more difficult to blog.  This also means that I have to dress more casually, so please forgive me.

Julia, I was having a conversation with my relatives yesterday about marriage.  It seems that for an Islamic marriage, one needs to have a "Wali" or a relative, I guess to confirm that you are you who you claim to be, namely single, Islam, etc.  So I pray you are in good terms with at least one member of your immediate family for him/her to act as your "Wali" for our wedding.  If not, I'm sure Allah will help us if our faith and union is sincere, and we will find a way somehow, inshaAllah.  My aunt inferred that some relatives need to be bribed in order to act as Wali.  Perhaps a best friend, or even one of your bosses could act as Wali, with the papers to back it up.  After all, we both know with Allah as our Witness, that our marriage is big business.  Despite the business, I love you Julia.  I love you, and I need you.

I love you too, Erin.  Sweetheart, I don't expect you to have perfect conduct, but you are a role model whether you know it or not, to at least millions of young Muslim girls, even though you haven't even begun to be a Muslim.  I can't say that I know everything you do, but Allah knows everything you do, and if Allah grants me knowledge then I worry about you, because I want to keep you safe, happy, and healthy.  My source tells me that there is a group of you that seek "happiness and peace" together.  The most important challenge for you right now, is to pray regularly.  Don't make a show of it.  Just do your best to make your own private connection to God, in the Islamic way.  Seek your happiness and peace with Allah.  InshaAllah I will be with you soon to help you and help protect you.  I love you, and I need you.

Now if you will excuse me, I have to go make a batch of dough.

Letter to Julia 20140219

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

And how are you coping with the mayhem, my beloved wives inshaAllah?  I love you, I love you.  I warned you that there would be mayhem.  But it's all so exciting isn't it?  If Allah protects us, then nothing can harm us.  It must be true that blondes have more fun.  I should bleach my hair blonde.  But I suppose I need to be serious.  So I'll keep my hair black.  Actually, I'm graying more and more.  I need to move slowly.  Oh so slow...  So please be good girls, maintain your prayers, and be patient.

I love you, I love you.

Qur'an 20140219

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

9.  If we give man a taste of mercy from Ourselves, and then withdraw it from him, behold!  He is in despair and blasphemy!

10.  But if We give him a taste of favors after adversity has touched him, he is sure to say, "All evil has departed from me."  Behold!  He falls into exultation and pride!

11.  Not so do those who show patience and constancy, and work righteousness: for them is forgiveness, and a great reward.

12.  Perchance you may give up a part of what is revealed to you, and your heart feels straightened lest they say, "Why is not a treasure sent down to him, or why does not an angel come down with him?"  But you are there only to warn!  It is Allah that arranges all affairs!

13.  Or they may say, "He forged it."  Say, "Bring you then 10 Surahs forged like it, and call whomsoever you can, other than Allah, if you speak the truth."

14.  If then they answer you not, know you that this Revelation is sent down with the Knowledge of Allah, and that there is no god but God!  Will you even then submit?

15.  Those who desire the life of the present and its glitter, to them We shall pay their deeds therein, without diminution.

16.  They are those for whom there is nothing in the hereafter but the fire.  Vain are the designs they frame therein, and of no effect are the deeds that they do!

Hud 11:9-16
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Bring you then 10 Surahs forged like it, and call whomsoever you can, other than Allah, if you speak the truth.

Letter to Julia 20140218

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

Well, here I am missing my love as usual, and writing my love.  How are you feeling, sexy and polished Julia?  How about you, sensitive and tender-hearted Erin?  How are those precious emotions?  Here's a riddle for you: what would you do if everyday were a day off?  You would work everyday.  That's what I've been doing.  I wouldn't know what to do with my time if I had a day off.

Today, I finally got rid of nearly all the debris from all those coconut trees that were chopped down at Casa de Julia inshaAllah.  Wow, that took forever to burn, and the wind is still blowing strong.  There's only a little bit left.  My next target are the trees growing on the old house itself, then the crooked trees on the west border of the compound.  I also have much music work to do that's suddenly piled up sky high.  Besides voice training, I'm going to have to get back to practicing musical instruments everyday as well.  I have to play the bass after I finish this letter.  Oh dear, I'm running out of time.  And I'm so lazy.  I just wanna snuggle with you.

Here's another riddle: well, actually it's more of a metaphor.  There are certainly a lot of big sharks swimming in these waters, and it's OK to fish for them.  But beware because when they land in the boat, they turn into alligators!

Letter to Julia 20140216

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

It is becoming more and more difficult for me to blog.  I pray I don't have to drive 20km each time to post.  Ya Allah, please help me!  I pray that your spy network will confirm that I am doing everything within my power for our love in spite of my current poverty, and I pray that Allah will make it good enough.  Ya Allah, please help me!  I remain yours faithful to you as I am to Allah.  InshaAllah.

I love you, I love you.

Qur'an 20140216

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

101.  Say, "Behold all that is in the heavens and the earth."  But neither Signs nor warners profit those who believe not.

102.  Do they then expect but the days of the men who passed away before them?  Say, "Wait you then, for I too will wait with you."

103.  In the end We deliver Our messengers and those who believe.  Thus it is fitting on Our part that We should deliver those who believe!

104.  Say, "O humans!  If your are in doubt as to my religion, I worship not what you worship besides Allah!  But I worship Allah Who will take your souls.  I am commanded to be of the believers."

105.  Furthermore, set your face towards religion with true piety, and never be in anywise of the unbelievers.

106.  Nor call on any other than Allah, such will neither profit you nor hurt you.  If you do, behold!  You shall certainly be of those who do wrong.

107.  If Allah touches you with hurt, there is none can remove it but God.  If God designs some benefit for you, there is none can keep back God's favor.  God causes it to reach whomsoever of God's servants God pleases, and God is the Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

108.  Say, "O humans!  Now Truth has reached you from your Lord!  Those who receive Guidance do so for the good of their own souls.  Those who stray do so to their own loss.  And I am not over you to arrange your affairs."

Jonah 10:101-108
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Behold all that is in the heavens and the earth.

Wait you then, for I too will wait with you.

O humans!  If your are in doubt as to my religion, I worship not what you worship besides Allah!  But I worship Allah Who will take your souls.  I am commanded to be of the believers.

O humans!  Now Truth has reached you from your Lord!  Those who receive Guidance do so for the good of their own souls.  Those who stray do so to their own loss.  And I am not over you to arrange your affairs.

Letter to Julia 20140215

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

Today is NOT February 14.  It is Saturday, February 15.  I love you everyday, and today I am alone without you again, and I long with all my heart to be with you in a happy and secure marriage, in this life as well as the hereafter. There is hope.  Just remember, that  all hope is with Allah.

I have mentioned before that it is a mistake to place the universe in relation to human life, by giving the universe a beginning.  I believe that the universe has neither a beginning nor an ending, it just IS.  Which leaves plenty of room for a Creator.  Not just of the planet Earth and the humans, but of the universe and everything else outside the confines of its ellipsis.  For if one accepts that the universe IS, then one must accept that its Creator IS as well.  Otherwise, don't bother thinking at all.  Because no soul will believe unless it is the Will of Allah.  And that is proof of how puny the human mind actually is.