I received from a WhatsAping friend. The source was unknown because it had been forwarded many times. “I happened to read Toronto Tambon’s article, why corruption thrives in a Religious Society: published in the…
November 28, 2025 Returned to Lyf from Singapore the evening of November 26, 2025. Immediately went to my carryon bag in order to retrieve my computer to send Shamir the blog for posting. No computer….
I am finding myself being very careful with what I say to a certain friend. Thought there was an expression for this. Asked AI and found there was. Me: There is an expression – treating…
I am back in Penang, came back to Lyf. I was very warmly greeted by all of the staff here at Lyf. Later, the next day, discovered why everyone was so happy to see me….
I was going to talk about yesterday. I do realize that Yesterday is a song sung by the Beatles or maybe just John Lennon – but I am not going to provide the lyrics of…
Happenstance, do love the sound of that word. I could guess at its meaning but instead decided to ask Artificial Intelligence. Me: Please define happenstance. AI: Of course, Alaa Happenstance means something that occurs by…
October 30, 2025, I have had a couple of days off. Did not blog, did not write because yesterday the blog was written long ago and far away. It was a chapter in the serialization…
Prolonging life is a hotly debated topic. Decided I would ask AI to get an ‘independent’ viewpoint. I began by asking a general, open-ended question. (“Open-ended questions are questions that cannot be answered with a…
AI volunteered, in a previous blog, to show me how the Quran and early Muslim history frames migration as both a trial and a blessing. “It would parallel your experience beautifully.” I will now share…
As usual I find truth and relief in the Quran. 1. By the ‘passage of time! 2. Surely humanity is in ‘grave’ loss. 3. Except those who have faith, do good, and urge each other…