Tag: islam

Brought Back to the Edge of the World; Brought Back By My Apple Watch; Goodbye Mickey Mouse: Learning More, Appreciating the Experience Despite Some Bad Memories and Betrayals; Then Resuming My Malaysian Life, Touring the Island of Penang with Stops at the Floating Mosque and a Batik Factory; Photographs of Then and Now

First of all let me tell you about the Edge of the World. It is officially known as Jebel Fihrayn and is part of the Tawaiq Escarpment about 62 miles from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It…

Feeling Frayed; Discovering I Have Felt Discombobulated Over These Past Nine Years; Prior Blogs Linked: A Quote From Rumi Inspires Thinking About People Not Bringing Anything to the Table; Parasites Have Made Constant Appearances in My Life: Relief Found in Seeking Beneficial Knowledge and Ongoing Charity

That does accurately describe my mood at this moment. I am feeling frayed, An idiom comes to the rescue, which describes the feeling: to start to fray around/at the edges. It means to start to…

The Future is Here: Here and Now. A Poem with Authority Speaks of Living in the Present; This is Agreed Upon with the Occasional Deviation; The Now Remembered Deviation is Explored Bringing Back the Joy of an Unique Experience; Fictional Books of Malaysian History Beckon; Photographs from my December 8, 2022 Blessed Tour

Yet again a poem from Nouri My Light inspired me. It did because it echoes almost clairvoyantly my life at this time. So you know what I am talking about I shall kindly give you…

Staying Alive and Still in Penang; An Invitation to A Middle School Art Gallery Exhibition Extends my Penang Stay; Also a Wine Tasting Featuring Japanese Wines; Reminding Myself and Others That I Gave Up EVERYTHING For My Religion, Not For Good Times; : Two Meaningful Invocations: Photos of a Blue Day

I am here in Penang staying alive and staying around. Thought of the song so got in touch with Gemini to find out more. Gemini: The song is “Stayin’ Alive” by the Bee Gees, released…

Leftovers From the May 4 Blog: More Than One Sunrise Photo With WhatsApp Messages Going Back and Forth; Some Focusing on Ice Skating of All Things: Many Idioms Analyzed As You Shall Read; The Prophet (PBUH) had a Sense of Humor; Photos of The Beautiful Sunrises Provided by our Creator

Suddenly realized that a most poignant and inspiring test message has been accidentally omitted. A dear woman friend responded to one of my moon shots with these words.She: “Oh Allah, bring this moon over us…

Numbers CAN be Meaningful;  Wait Until You Hear About Mine; My Blog is My Everything: Apparently I am a Force to Be Reckoned With; 100,000 Strong: Being the Heart and Soul Meant I Could Not Weep Openly;  Photos of My Special Common Man Coffee, My Indonesian Jewels and Two T-shirts

First of all let us get meaningful out of the way. (Hahaha) We will be exploring the word through its synonyms. There is more than one meaning, combining them explains what I mean. (Hahahaha). Synonyms are…

Rancor; So Important in the Islamic Faith; I Must Rid My Heart of Rancor and Did So With My Hall of Shame or Rogue’s Gallery; The Scumbags and Hypocrites Are Flushed Down the Toilet Into the Pipes, Never to Be Thought of Again; Then  Out of a Clear Blue Sky; Beyond My Wildest Dreams; A Gift From Chef Ton

I fortunately posses many books on the Islamic Faith. One of my most favorites is one, originally gifted to me by a Saudi Driver. I gifted it to a hypocrite, not knowing he was one…

Beginning With a Blessed Invocation; Praying That Allah Grants the Love of Those Who Would Elevate Me in His Sight, Not a Scumbag or a Hypocrite; Discussing Hypocrites in Great Detail; Disconnect Between Inner Heart and Outer Tongue; Dust Scattered in the Wind; I am a Hypocrite Expert Unfortunately: My Own Hall of Shame or Rogue’s Gallery

When beginning to write. Usually an idea comes to me and I am off and running. Not so at this moment. During my prayer found a blessed invocation which I will now share and see…

New Statistics Reveal Many New Readers; Help, by the Beatles: Again Changes in Attitude Changes in Latitude: My Existence Divided into Pre and Post Ramadan Days; Stupendous  News from Post Ramadan Being Called MaMa by a Young Indonesian Muslim Sister; Learning of Its Significance: Finding the Photo That Began it All; Photos Illustrating Look At the Light I Have Found

The other day I asked Blog Master Chris for my statistics. An entirely unique feature emerged. The statistics proclaimed that there were 27,086 new visitors and 7,253 returning visitors. No idea how that was determined…

My Life Now Divided Into Pre and Post Ramadan: But Back to Operation Epic Fury; Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Iraq and even Saudi Arabia Are  Behaving; Malaysia Being Diplomatic and Being Rewarded with Passage of its Ships; However, Singapore is Being a Bad Boy and Not Evoking Force Majeure; Gemini Explains Reasons for Their Recalcitrance: I am Absolutely Blessed to Be in Malaysia at this Time; Quran 14.7; Food Photographs

It seems only now I have completed Ramadan, as I made up a day. Time has become distorted in a strange way. All things pre Ramadan are merging into a timeless package, my former life…