Thanksgiving: a meal that couldn't prevent a genocide.

I wonder what Andrew Jackson's Thanksgiving was like before he expelled the natives.

dhikr while running barefoot in the rain?  priceless.

now let's just hope I don't get tetanus.

epitaph on tombstone: "was a fool."

few call, and even fewer are sincere.

against the wind

swords and roses.

Structure of Surah Takwir (81), "The Folding Up"

When Creation ends

When Truth is unveiled

-Daughters 

-Scrolls

-Heavens

-The Fire

-The Garden

Souls will know what they send forward

So Creation is called to witness at present

-The planets

-the Night

-the Dawn

The Recitation is from an Honorable Messenger

-granted power from the Throne

-with authority and trust

-he knows people's doubts

-and doesn't profess to know more than the specific message

A Final Heartfelt Plea

-Stay and listen

-It is a message with weight sent to all the worlds

-to profit the listener who wants to listen

-and is blessed to listen by the Cherisher of the Worlds

Structure of Surah Infitar (82), "The Cleaving Asunder"

Announcing creation as finite

-the sky

-the stars (or planets)

-the oceans

-the graves

Announcing the infinite

-what each soul sends forward and keeps back

A Call to Reality

-Man's seduction with the world away from his Creator

-who created with loving care with a "just bias"

-but we reject him

-even though there are angels appointed to watch over us

The Final Sorting and Infinite Destiny

-the righteous in bliss/wicked in fire

-the powerlessness on the Day of Judgement when our free will is over and God's command is visible