In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
Whew... it's a hot night right now, my Julia. It's nearly 11:00pm and I still have the ac on. Half a week ago it was raining and cold. So how are you coping, my young love? Something tells me you are still overworking, so please try to slow down. But who has time especially this month, huh? I must mop the house and scrub the bathroom again, but I'm sooo lazy. I managed to get my yard work tasks done in flash for some reason, and I had an extra half hour left. I spent it gaping, not knowing what to do, then I went and gossiped with my mother.
I can't remember how many wacky, I mean strange things have happened to me this month so far, but I won't list it here. We don't want any writers to get free material when they get paid for what they do, and I don't. I have a wife to pamper! So I'll talk about the mundane instead. I was cooking up some noodles at about 4am this morning, when my parents shouted for me, because they had some fried noodles. My Mom said that I shouldn't cook, but I was already in the middle of it, and I had the same mess to clean up whether I cooked or not. Momentum, you know? The fire on my burner is acting freaky lately. Sometimes it's so huge I could melt metal, but this morning I couldn't get it to go past medium low. The fond for my noodles wasn't that great. I have to stop using leftover curry as a base and not be so lazy, and start making curry from scratch. The chicken was OK: it was boneless and easy to deal with, and I couldn't be bothered with peeling and deveining shrimp. But the other noodles, the one my mother gave me, tasted better anyway. What I would really like right now is some caramel and toffee ice cream.
Friday, July 27, 2012
Qur'an 20120729
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
53. Say, "O servants who have transgressed against their souls! Despair not the mercy of Allah, for Allah forgives all sins for God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."
Crowds 39:53
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O servants who have transgressed against their souls! Despair not the mercy of Allah, for Allah forgives all sins for God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
53. Say, "O servants who have transgressed against their souls! Despair not the mercy of Allah, for Allah forgives all sins for God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."
Crowds 39:53
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O servants who have transgressed against their souls! Despair not the mercy of Allah, for Allah forgives all sins for God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Letter to Julia 20120726
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
How are feeling today, precious young Julia? Don't work too hard! Slow down! Yeah, I've got much work all backed up, but I'm sooooo lazy.... I just wanna snuggle with my sweetie, and make the looooove... zzzzzzz
How are feeling today, precious young Julia? Don't work too hard! Slow down! Yeah, I've got much work all backed up, but I'm sooooo lazy.... I just wanna snuggle with my sweetie, and make the looooove... zzzzzzz
Qur'an 20120727
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
45. When Allah, the One and Only, is mentioned, the hearts of those who believe not in the Hereafter are filled with disgust and horror, but when gods other than God are mentioned, behold they are filled with joy!
46. Say, "O Allah! Creator of the heavens and the earth! Knower of all that is hidden and open! It is You that will judge between Your servants in those matters in which they have differed."
47. Even if the wrongdoers had all that there is on earth, and as much more, would they offer it for ransom from the pain of the Penalty on the Day of Judgement, but something will confront them from Allah which they could never have counted upon!
48. For the evils of their deeds will confront them, and they will be encircled by that which they used to mock at!
49. Now when trouble touches man, he cries to Us: but when We bestow a favor upon him as from Ourselves, he says, "This has been given to me because of a certain knowledge." No, this is but a trial, but most of them understand not!
50. Thus did those before them say! But all that they did was of no profit to them.
51. No, the evil results of their deeds overtook them, and the wrongdoers of this- the evil results of their deeds will soon overtake them, and they will never be able to frustrate!
Crowds 39:45-51
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O Allah! Creator of the heavens and the earth! Knower of all that is hidden and open! It is You that will judge between Your servants in those matters in which they have differed.
45. When Allah, the One and Only, is mentioned, the hearts of those who believe not in the Hereafter are filled with disgust and horror, but when gods other than God are mentioned, behold they are filled with joy!
46. Say, "O Allah! Creator of the heavens and the earth! Knower of all that is hidden and open! It is You that will judge between Your servants in those matters in which they have differed."
47. Even if the wrongdoers had all that there is on earth, and as much more, would they offer it for ransom from the pain of the Penalty on the Day of Judgement, but something will confront them from Allah which they could never have counted upon!
48. For the evils of their deeds will confront them, and they will be encircled by that which they used to mock at!
49. Now when trouble touches man, he cries to Us: but when We bestow a favor upon him as from Ourselves, he says, "This has been given to me because of a certain knowledge." No, this is but a trial, but most of them understand not!
50. Thus did those before them say! But all that they did was of no profit to them.
51. No, the evil results of their deeds overtook them, and the wrongdoers of this- the evil results of their deeds will soon overtake them, and they will never be able to frustrate!
Crowds 39:45-51
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O Allah! Creator of the heavens and the earth! Knower of all that is hidden and open! It is You that will judge between Your servants in those matters in which they have differed.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Letter to Julia 20120725
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
Hello my Julia, my beautiful, beloved darling. How are you feeling? I've decided that I want to restart the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show marathon in conjunction with regular Shadowplay TV programming. I can't get enough of my sweetie! So I'll be having 2 TV screens going at once. What if the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show comes up on Shadowplay TV? Oh no! What should I do? I'll be getting a double dose of my sweetie! Sweetie overload! I don't need to announce anything to the general viewer. They should be smart enough to know who I love anyway.
How are you dreaming, my love? No, you don't have to tell me in this public place, but people have always been fascinated with dreams, Freud for instance. Sleep is a temporary death, and that is why dreams are significant. That is why your dreams are a Sign of God. The dreamscape is certainly a different reality.
By the way, don't go chasing after people who are obviously lost souls, who are clearly on a path to ruin. You are not responsible for how they conduct their lives. You have your own well-being to take care of. As long as they leave you alone, you leave them alone.
Hello my Julia, my beautiful, beloved darling. How are you feeling? I've decided that I want to restart the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show marathon in conjunction with regular Shadowplay TV programming. I can't get enough of my sweetie! So I'll be having 2 TV screens going at once. What if the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show comes up on Shadowplay TV? Oh no! What should I do? I'll be getting a double dose of my sweetie! Sweetie overload! I don't need to announce anything to the general viewer. They should be smart enough to know who I love anyway.
How are you dreaming, my love? No, you don't have to tell me in this public place, but people have always been fascinated with dreams, Freud for instance. Sleep is a temporary death, and that is why dreams are significant. That is why your dreams are a Sign of God. The dreamscape is certainly a different reality.
By the way, don't go chasing after people who are obviously lost souls, who are clearly on a path to ruin. You are not responsible for how they conduct their lives. You have your own well-being to take care of. As long as they leave you alone, you leave them alone.
Qur'an 20120726
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
39. Say, "O my people! Do whatever you can, I will do. But soon will you know."
40. Who it is to whom comes a Penalty of ignominy, and on whom descends a Penalty that abides.
41. Verily We have revealed the Book to you in Truth, for mankind. He then that receives guidance benefits his own soul. But he that strays injures his own soul, nor are you set over them to dispose of their affairs.
42. It is Allah that takes the souls at death, and those that die not during their sleep. Those on whom God has passed the decree of death, God detains. But the rest God returns for a term appointed. Verily in this are Signs for those who reflect.
43. What! Do they take for intercessors others besides Allah? Say, "Even if they have no power and no intelligence?"
44. Say, "To Allah belongs exclusively intercession." To God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. In the end, it is to God that you shall be brought back.
Crowds 39:39-44
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O my people! Do whatever you can, I will do. But soon will you know.
Even if they have no power and no intelligence?
To Allah belongs exclusively intercession.
39. Say, "O my people! Do whatever you can, I will do. But soon will you know."
40. Who it is to whom comes a Penalty of ignominy, and on whom descends a Penalty that abides.
41. Verily We have revealed the Book to you in Truth, for mankind. He then that receives guidance benefits his own soul. But he that strays injures his own soul, nor are you set over them to dispose of their affairs.
42. It is Allah that takes the souls at death, and those that die not during their sleep. Those on whom God has passed the decree of death, God detains. But the rest God returns for a term appointed. Verily in this are Signs for those who reflect.
43. What! Do they take for intercessors others besides Allah? Say, "Even if they have no power and no intelligence?"
44. Say, "To Allah belongs exclusively intercession." To God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. In the end, it is to God that you shall be brought back.
Crowds 39:39-44
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O my people! Do whatever you can, I will do. But soon will you know.
Even if they have no power and no intelligence?
To Allah belongs exclusively intercession.
Monday, July 23, 2012
Letter to Julia 20120724
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
Hi Julia! My love. You may be fascinated by the local cuisine here, as it's all new to you. I have to tell you that I don't really have much of a local stomach. The staple of the locals is rice with assorted entrees. I don't eat that daily. Not even monthly. Maybe once every 3 months, or less. I like rice, I do. But only with one entree. Then there are some stuff that just don't attract me. It's all the traveling I've done, you see. I've acquired sort of a "white man's stomach". But that's not entirely true either. I like to experiment lots of times. I don't know. I like my own cooking. Fussy stomach. Long and tedious history.
One of the most important techniques of spiritual reality is to know where to put your fear. Materialists put their fear in poverty. Pagans would place fear in gods and demigods. Atheists would put fear in the human will. But the pious put their fear in God. Sure, it's a dangerous world, it has always been so, and the cruel would emphasize that in order to make you fear them. Warfare is all about deception. And even the best of humans have their weaknesses. Allah is Absolute in Power, and will compensate for your weaknesses, if it be God's Will. Put your fear in Allah, ask God for help or anything else you need, and do not be cowed by the intimidation of others. If you master this, then you would have truly stepped up to a different plane of reality.
Hi Julia! My love. You may be fascinated by the local cuisine here, as it's all new to you. I have to tell you that I don't really have much of a local stomach. The staple of the locals is rice with assorted entrees. I don't eat that daily. Not even monthly. Maybe once every 3 months, or less. I like rice, I do. But only with one entree. Then there are some stuff that just don't attract me. It's all the traveling I've done, you see. I've acquired sort of a "white man's stomach". But that's not entirely true either. I like to experiment lots of times. I don't know. I like my own cooking. Fussy stomach. Long and tedious history.
One of the most important techniques of spiritual reality is to know where to put your fear. Materialists put their fear in poverty. Pagans would place fear in gods and demigods. Atheists would put fear in the human will. But the pious put their fear in God. Sure, it's a dangerous world, it has always been so, and the cruel would emphasize that in order to make you fear them. Warfare is all about deception. And even the best of humans have their weaknesses. Allah is Absolute in Power, and will compensate for your weaknesses, if it be God's Will. Put your fear in Allah, ask God for help or anything else you need, and do not be cowed by the intimidation of others. If you master this, then you would have truly stepped up to a different plane of reality.
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