Category: islam

Onto the KL Events of July 8, 2025; Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men; Islamic Art Muslim Postponed, Instead the Dakwah Corner Book Store, a Total and Absolute Treasure Trove; First a Mountain of Children’s Books Leading Outward to Grown Up Books of Inspiration;Finding Muslim Character in print; Conversations Between Shamir and Myself Concerning Artificial Intelligence; Photographs of Book Covers

Yesterday’s blog found me barely arriving at KL after a blessed and eventful  trip on the train. I was intending to speak of the rather momentous events of that July 7, 2025 day and evening…

Minute by Minute From Penang to KL (almost); Ape the Rich, my Words of Advice; AI Describes Use of Sarcasm Hardship of Arrival at Station Turns to Benefit; Chance Encounter with Fellow Lawyer Leads to Knowledge; Loving Train Travel; Photo of Train Breakfast Served Seat &; Significance of Lucky 7: Photo of KL Morning Sunrise with Response

I have just decided to do a minute by minute report of my journey from Penang to KL. I can do this because I am super organized and got here early. Arrived very early as…

Perhaps a Failed Umrah, Perhaps A Blessing: Using a Prior Writing Found in My Calling to Discuss the Purpose of Pilgrimages; My Prior Experiences During Residency near the Medinah’s Prophet’s Mosque; Returning to Paradise; Photographs of Sunrises and a Sunset and a Vespa on the Border of Thailand

My health prevents my Umrah pilgrimage. My doctor’s letter was received and ‘approved’ by the Malaysian tour group. Chatted with Alina, who was to be my Umrah companion.Me: I have a copy of the letter…

The Case of the Missing United States Passport; Its Return Leads to Great Joy and Renewed Peace of Mind; A Possible Explanation but, as said to Shamir, it Had to be Allah”; Said to Hammad; “It was a Test and I Passed!” Photo of the Passport and Three Photos of a Magnificent Sunrise Evolving Before Your Eyes

Not sure if I ever mentioned this directly on the blog, it seemed prudent not to mention the loss of my United States passport to the entire world, and they that dwell therein. . Prudent:…

A Topic Near and Dear to My Heart: A Tax Revolt; Throwing Teslas Into Boston Harbor: Organizers Needed But Heck No I Won’t Go: My Life and Times Including Foodie Photos; Nixon Joins Me at Breakfast Bar; Selfie Sent Eliciting No Jealousy; Uncertain as to Cause of New Found Happiness; Calling Upon Artificial Intelligence for You Scream, I Scream and A Day Late and a Dollar Short: So There! So There! So There! Revisited

Whenever I say, to various and sundry people, that I am a famous blog writer, inevitably I get this question.They: What do you write about?Me: Well, you have to read it to see. But about…

My May 29 Birthday Brought Ambivalence; Resolved and Conquered by a Gift From our Creator; Fasting of Dhui Hijjah Made Possible; Yasmin Brings Comfort Saying I am on the Straight Path; Appointment for Massage and Facial Possible as Illness Abated; Vita Such a Gift, and Other Gifts Given; A Surprise Visit from Baby; Breaking Fast with a Strange Fruit at the Executive Lounge; Early to Bed; Photos of Fruit, Vita Baby and Me at Spa and Many Birthday Cakes Previously Provided

There was much ambivalence in the days prior to my birthday. Extensive celebrations had been made for the day itself. Scarcely required actually as the days preceding my birthday brought  EXTENSIVE celebrations here at the…

Began by Feeling Neglectful of My Faith; Martin Lings What is Sufism Brought Me Back; Friend Alina’s Mention of the Significance of May 29, 2025 Found Me Searching for More Knowledge; Breakfasting at the Executive Lounge for a Change of Pace; Messages to and Fro From ‘Family”; Retaining My Playful Personality: Photographs of the Morning Exchanges and a Reel of Marriott Musician

I recall a moment in time when I was feeling neglectful of my faith. I was in correspondence ,at that time, with Fazil. He was most reassuring. reminding me that Allah (WT) preferred his believers…

The Song Count Your Blessing Comes to Mind; So Off to Chatgpt with an Inquiry Which Led to Inquiry of Importance of Counting Blessings in the Islamic Faith; Further Conversation to be Revealed in Subsequent Blog; Decision to Begin Counting my Blessings; Began with Physiotherapy; Then Driver Din; Next Vani from the Beach; YouTube Mystery Discussed; Ending in a Magnificent Sunrise; Shared with Friends; Some Responses; Photos of Shell, Beer, Prayer Rug and Sunset

The words to what I remembered was a song came to mind. So I used my intelligence to ask Artificial Intelligence (hahaha)Me: Count your blessings instead of sheep comes from what song?AI: “Count Your Blessings…

Good News; The Diagnosis and Potential Treatment of my Neck Pain Utilizing Traditional Medicine; A Home Visit from a Malaysian Doctor Provides Hope and a Diagnosis: Treatment Requires Physiotherapy, Not Slouching and Being Happy: Enough About Me: The Quran Provides Inspiration: Acquiring Martin Lings’ What is Sufism:

The word is out. The pain in my neck, which has haunted me for months, is actually underlying dyslipidemia and cervical spondylosis and anterolisthesis. It look many months to discover those big words (much less…