Friday

Hi Natty!  How are you?  Are you waiting for me, or are you just bored?  It's a good thing to be bored right now.  I hope everything is easy going for you at this time.  I want you to know that I love you with all my heart, and don't you worry about a thing because everything is going to work out just great for us inshaAllah.  OK?  It's Friday over here for me.  It doesn't feel like Friday, because the local government cancelled Friday prayers to help slow down Covid-19.  But at least Mary Unknown7 didn't have to wait for me to get back from the mosque and unlock the door so she could into the office.  Thus she actually had some time to warm up today before her session.  I cut the grass in the evening, so I'm a wee bit tired.  I had Spanish mackerel sashimi again for lunch today ( I had 2 fish), and cheeseburgers on pita bread for dinner.  I would call it an uneventful day for me with no complaints except that I had to do labor.  Ugh!  I just want to stay on the computer!  I love computer work!  But alhamdulillah.

Spanish mackerel

Hi Natty!  How are you?  What's going on?  I hope you are taking measures to keep yourself safe.  If the US stock market fails, then NYC could become a very unsafe place.  Things can happen fast with the stock market.  One day you're sipping coffee at your favorite cafe, the next day a loaf of bread is 50 bucks and sold out, and you have no transportation.  Please keep yourself safe from the crash and the virus.  By keeping yourself safe it means you care about us and you care about me.  Don't be a hero.  Escape to safety.

It's Spanish mackerel season right now over here.  Spanish mackerel is one of the tastier fishes, especially raw.  My Mom gave me a couple this morning, so I had sashimi for lunch.  It's not east to fillet the smaller fishes, and this fish has delicate flesh so it's easy to mangle the fillet.  But the smaller ones are cheaper, and that's what I got.  So delicious and all natural alhamdulillah!

Qur'an 20200312

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

63.  And if indeed you ask them Who it is that sends the rain from the sky and gives life to the earth after its death, they will certainly reply, "Allah!"  Say, "Praise be to Allah!"  But most of them understand not.

The Spider 29:63

What's this?

Hi Natty!  What's going on?  How are you doing?  I hope everything is fine with you today.  Oh, I'm tired right now.  It's been hot and muggy today, again.  Now that it's cooled down slightly, I just want to sleep.  Maybe I will.  I did my laundry this morning, then I made a batch of dough.  The dough was for dinner.  It's a simple day for food today, just rice and eggs for lunch, and chili with pita bread for dinner.  I tidied up my grandparents' grave in the evening.  Some kids came up to me and asked me what I was doing.  I pointed at the grave and asked, "What's this?"  They didn't know.

Qur'an 20200311

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

50.  Yet they say, "Why are not signs sent down to him from his Lord?"  Say, "The signs are indeed with Allah, and I am indeed a clear warner."

51.  And is it not enough for them that We have sent down the Book which is rehearsed to them?  Verily, in it is mercy and a reminder to those who believe.

52.  Say, "Enough is Allah for a Witness between me and you: God knows what is in the heavens and on earth.  And it is those who believe in vanities and reject Allah that will perish."

53.  They ask you to hasten on the punishment: had it not been for a term appointed, the punishment would certainly have come to them, and it will certainly reach them of a sudden, while they perceive not!

The Spider 29:50-53

Orange Alert

Natty, that is a beautiful slideshow.  I watched it many times over.  I am happy you have found your group, and it is a wonderful reason to band together.  Please stick together in harmony, and never give up.  Here I am, this evening I was in the yard burning stumps generating and inhaling smoke, killing young trees to prepare the land for my wife's house, while you are actively campaigning for the environment.  Life is a paradox.  Spirituality is not just about being, it is about having faith within the paradox.  Faith that there is a next life that is perfect.  If you practice yoga as a science, then I will support and defend you.  But if you are seeking a universal religion, then Islam is the Universal Religion.  Islam is set up by God to prevail over all religions.  If you reject this, then you must not become a Muslim bride.

God is the center of the carousel.  I knew that the US stock market would crash, I even knew when it would crash, but I didn't know what would be the trigger.  I asked you a long time ago to move out of the country.  NYC is not the place to be when the stock market fails.  I hope you bought that real estate in your home town like I asked you to, because you may need it sooner than later.  If the US economy fails, you must retreat to Vancouver.  Fulfill your obligations and pay off your lease if you can, but make sure your ticket to safety is paid up and ready to go when you need it, and keep in mind that you may have to drive there.  You can still do fashion business from Vancouver, you're not a rookie model anymore.  Don't panic buy, try to live from day to day.  Don't panic sell either, try to save your stuff.  This is an Orange Alert: the longer you stay in NYC, the greater the probability you will be quarantined there.  Prepare to get back to Vancouver and start a yoga studio.  Please stay calm, and please pray: perhaps Allah would provide an easier salvation.  Retreat sucks, but it's better than being squashed like a bug by a bug.

Qur'an 20200310

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

46.  And dispute you not with the people of the Book except with means better unless it be with those of them who inflict wrong but say, "We believe in the Revelation which has come down to us and in that which came down to you, our God is One God, and it is to God we bow."

The Spider 29:46