Surgery

Mansur's surgery went fine. he is home with his mother now. Alhamdilah

The Holy Quran, 4:85

“Whoever rallies to a good cause shall have a share in its blessings; and whoever rallies to an evil cause shall be answerable for his part in it.”

The Holy Quran, 4:85

The Life and Thought of Rumi

Rumi, "The Life and Thought of Rumi"
Sever the chains of the ego. Set yourself free and witness the bright essence of your inner being. Discover within your heart the wisdom of a prophet without books, without teachers, and without prudence.

-Rumi, "The Life and Thought of Rumi"

Abu’l-Fayd al-Misri The Kashf al-Mahjub

Abu’l-Fayd al-Misri, "The Kashf al-Mahjub"

When Moses conversed with God, he asked, "Lord, where shall I seek You?"
God answered, "Among the brokenhearted."
Moses continued, "But, Lord, no heart could be more despairing than mine."
And God replied, "Then I am where you are."

Abu’l-Fayd al-Misri, "The Kashf al-Mahjub"

The Life of Muhammad

Ibn Ishaq, "The Life of Muhammad"
God now said to Muhammad: 'I gave my past messengers many wise words to convey to the people; and these words were written down to guide future generations. Each of these messengers knew that I would send a further messenger to confirm the message I had given them. Do you accept this? Will you take up this burden?'
Muhammad answered: 'I accept.'

Ibn Ishaq "The Life of Muhammad"

Kitab al-Muluki

Razi: Kitab al-Muluki
Grief clouds thought and reason, and harms both the soul and the body; so you should repel it, or reduce it as much as possible. This can be done in two ways: you can strive to prevent grief from occurring; and you can banish grief when it does occur.

Razi Kitab al-Muluki

Al-Hizbul-A'zam

From the prayer book "Al-Hizbul-A'zam"

Humbly do I implore You, keep me in Your divine grace, and deprive me not of peace. Save me from sudden misfortunes; deliver me and sustain me. May I never displease You, my Lord.

From the prayer book "Al-Hizbul-A'zam"

Hadith

The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as narrated by Abd'Allah bin Amr
A true Muslim is the one who does not defame or abuse others; but the truly righteous becomes a refuge for humankind, their lives and their properties.

The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as narrated by Abd'Allah bin Amr

The Kashf al-Mahjub

Al-Hujwiri, "The Kashf al-Mahjub"
We cannot do away with our daily nourishment, but let us not wallow in gluttony. Abu Yazid was once asked why he regarded fasting so supreme. He replied, "Had the Pharaoh known hunger he would not have declared himself God. And Korah would never have been so rebellious had he endured the pain of starvation."

Al-Hujwiri The Kashf al-Mahjub

Hadith

The Prophet Muhammad (SAW)
The search of knowledge is an obligation laid on every Muslim.

-The Prophet Muhammad (SAW)

Kitab al-Najat

Ibn Sina, Kitab al-Najat

Prayer is that which enables the soul to realize its divinity. Through prayer human beings worship absolute truth, and seek an eternal reward. Prayer is the foundation-stone of religion; and religion is the means by which the soul is purified of all that pollutes it. Prayer is the worship of the first cause of all things, the supreme ruler of all the world, the source of all strength. Prayer is the adoration of the one whose being is necessary.

Ibn Sina “Kitab al-Najat”

The Life of Muhammad

Ibn Ishaq, "The Life of Muhammad"
When Muhammad reached the Grand Mosque, most of the population was at the entrance, eager to look at him. As he went in, he threw the end of his cloak over his left shoulder, leaving his right arm free. He declared, "May God have mercy on the man who today shows the people he is strong." Then he walked round the Kaba, kissing each side, and finally kissing the black stone. After a short pause he trotted round the Kaba three times, and walked around it a further three times.
-Ibn Ishaq, "The Life of Muhammad"

New baby

I am so sorry for not finishing the story i started and not updating will soon but you see my wife had our 4th child, so i have been very busy. Rowan Mansur Ott 8lbs 3.5 ounces born the 30th of december.

Ali bin Abi Talib , Masters of the Path

Ali bin Abi Talib, "Masters of the Path"

The highest person is he who is of most use to humankind.

Ali bin Abi Talib , Masters of the Path

Hadith

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Anyone who has enough food for two (people), let them invite a third (to eat). And anyone who has food for four, let them invite a fifth or a sixth."
The Prophet also said: "Those whose holdings exceed their needs, let them support the one whose holdings do not (meet their needs). And those whose food exceeds their needs, let them share it with those who does not have food."
Fiqh-us-Sunnah, Volume 3, Number 93C

Crows part 3

The C.S.S. Azizur Rahman’s diplomatic officer Sohaib Sultan smiled nervously as his dark brown eyes darted about the room as he addressed the captain.
“They have agreed to speak to us sir.” Said Sohaib quickly.

“Now, I have been told that there are several factions, so by they; you mean who?” asked the captain quietly hoping that Sohaib would calm down.
Standing next to each other it was obvious that the golden brown skinned captain Hosseine was about ten centimeters taller than the olive complexioned commander Sohaib.

“The queen of the Red Crows, Queen Jenny Nimmo. They contacted us not long after we slid into the star system. Our intelligence tells us that they are an English speaking multi-ethnic colony originally sent out by the United Kingdom or Great Britain as it is also referred to back on earth. I am suggesting that all the members of the contact team be armed sir. For what we have been able to assertion these crows form alliances and break them regularly. Being able to deceive your enemy is a virtue among them. Even the way they all call each other crow has a rather unpleasant foreboding.”

“How do you mean?”

“What do you call a group of crows in English sir?”

Captain Hosseini raised an eyebrow questioningly a puzzled look on his face.

“A murder.”

Snowing

Mashallah, It is actually snowing today in Baton Rouge.

crows part two

Sohaib Sultan felt as if he had been training to be a diplomat his whole life. He had gone to a French immersion elementary school and had taken English in high school. While getting his bachelors, a double degree in anthropology and sociology, he had taken several semesters of mandarin. A year of study on Camelot and his PhD in International affairs before he joined the confederate navy got him his diplomatic officers’ commission. And yet from reading the decoded transmissions, he felt that the best diplomatic tool the captain was going to have at his disposal would be the seven missile tubes and the 400 Jezzail missiles.


Queen Jenny Nimmo of the red crows listened to her right hand Sir Eoin Colfrey as he explained about the aliens or as he corrected not aliens but other humans, humans from another star system. He urged her to open negations with them right away and before there dreaded enemy the white crow or even one of the other factions did. By creating an alliance with this new element he told her, who knew what new weapons or defense systems they might get a hold of to use against the other factions.

Baron Paul Stewart, the left hand of the queen, told her that if they were to gain such weapon marvels the outsiders were sure to have, that they could bring about the fabled United Kingdom. Queen Nimmo knew the stories of the Mythological United Kingdom, she had heard them her whole life. The colony ark had brought them to this star system only to discover that the world they had thought of settling was poisonous. The people were a united kingdom; Queen Nimmo had some of the antiques from the supplies the original settlers had brought with them that bore this motto, but there had been dissenters among them.

The original colonist had voted to leave this star system to look for a new world but the dissenters sabotaged the ship and they were all stranded. From that the United Kingdom dissolved and the different groups arose. The white crows, the black crows, the sun crows, the war crows, the night crows and her own glorious group the red crows. She dreamed of the day she would united all of the crows and lead them out of that which the first red crow queen had described as their own little purgatory.

Queen Jenny looking down from her thrown informed Sir Eoin the right hand of the queen that she would meet with the ambassador of these confederates.

Eid Mubarak

Eid Mubarak
Eid Mubarak

Red Crow Transport

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5POK8c_bT8

Crows part 1

The C.S.S. Azizur Rahman’s 1st officer Abdullah Yusef Ali, looking sharp in his new forest green uniform and wrap around data glasses, informed the captain that the engine room had stated that worm hole drive was ready and charged. The men on the bridge all looked anxiously to the captain awaiting his orders. They all knew that the Astronomy fellows at explorer command gave them a 90% probability of discovering a life supporting planet in the star system they were about to slide into.

"Let us go see what no other man’s eyes have ever gazed upon, " said Captain Khaled Hosseni, a large man with golden brown skin and dark piercing eyes which had the ability to look right through a man to his core, "engage the worm drive."

Within minuets the C.S.S. Azizur Rahman had slid into the outer fringes of the new star system. With the speed and efficiency of the well trained crew that they were, the men and women of the C.S.S. Azizur Rahman quickly down to the business of exploring a new and uncharted Star system. A shabash probe was launched to get a look at the area of space on the other side of the sun.

The Sensors Officer one of the older men on board, began conducting a detailed spectral scan of the nearest frozen world in hopes of finding valuable resources. Meanwhile three Jao class probes were launched towards the 4th planet from the sun , which they suspected of being able to sustain life.

It was the communication chief who made the discovery that the star system was already inhabited as he realized that what at first had seemed to be a lot of background radio noise was in fact encrypted radio messages being broadcasted through out the star system. He immediately notified the captain and the diplomatic officer. Afterwards the communications chief Taufik Zahid, a very efficient man from New Malaysia, started running the encrypted messages through the standard decryption programs as well as a few that he had designed himself. His wide brown face broke into a grin as he leaned back into the molded plastic chair, this mission was just starting and already it was very interesting.

Captain Khaled Hosseini did not simply have a cloud of gloom over his head, he had a full blown hurricane of gloom over him. He had left on an exploration mission, being told that there was a 90% probability that there was a planet in the star system that could sustain human life. Meaning he was going to be naming the world , its’ continents and seas something he had looked forward to; to being informed by his 1st officer that the 4th planet had to much background radiation, to much volcanic activity and not enough oxygen. Through 1st officer’s team assured him in 10 or 20 million years the planet would be ready for terraforming.

On top of this he is informed that the star system is actually inhabited already by humans. Which according to chief Zahid who had decoded the messages and the diplomatic officer seemed to be divided up into approximately 7 different factions that were all at war with one another. He told them that by Asr to have a full briefing prepared for the senior officers.

Lost spider

Astronauts were hunting for a missing party guest as they prepared to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the International Space Station.
One of two spiders sent to the orbiting laboratory aboard the space shuttle Endeavour last week was added to the lost property list after the crew checked its tank and found it empty.
Anxious to quash fears that the absent arachnid may be marauding around the space station, Nasa managers insisted that the second orb-weaver was not exactly lost, it just couldn’t be found.

India celebrates planting its flag on moon

India rejoiced Saturday at joining an elite club by planting its flag on the moon as the country's space agency released the first pictures of the cratered surface taken by its maiden lunar mission.
A probe sent late Friday from the orbiting mother spacecraft took pictures and gathered other data India needs for a future moon landing as it plummeted to a crash-landing at the moon's south pole, said Indian Space Research Organization spokesman B.R. Guruprasad.
The box-shaped probe was painted with India's saffron, white and green flag, sparking celebrations in the country that is striving to become a world power.
"The tricolor has landed," the Hindustan Times said in a banner headline, while The Asian Age proclaimed "India is big cheese."
As India's economy has boomed in recent years, it has sought to convert its newfound wealth — built on the nation's high-tech sector — into political and military clout. The moon mission comes just months after it finalized a deal with the United States that recognizes India as a nuclear power, and leaders hope the mission will further enhance its prestige.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081115/ap_on_re_as/as_india_moon_mission;_ylt=AkBDC2rolxKjkw1TWQekR3YPLBIF

Abu’l-Fayd al-Misri The Kashf al-Mahjub

Abu’l-Fayd al-Misri, "The Kashf al-Mahjub"

When Moses conversed with God, he asked, "Lord, where shall I seek You?"
God answered, "Among the brokenhearted."
Moses continued, "But, Lord, no heart could be more despairing than mine."
And God replied, "Then I am where you are."

Abu’l-Fayd al-Misri , The Kashf al-Mahjub

NASA says Phoenix Mars mission has ended

Today we mourn for the Phoenix mars probe.

LOS ANGELES – NASA on Monday declared an end to the Phoenix mission, some five months after the spacecraft became the first to land in Mars' arctic plains and taste water on another planet. Mission engineers have not heard from the Phoenix lander in over a week. It fell silent shortly after a raging dust storm blocked sunlight from reaching its solar panels.
Although ground controllers will direct two satellites orbiting Mars to listen for Phoenix for several more weeks, the chances that it will respond are slim.
"We are actually ceasing operations, declaring an end of mission operations at this point," said project manager Barry Goldstein of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which managed the $475 million mission.
Phoenix's demise was predicted. Unlike its hardy twin rover cousins Spirit and Opportunity, which are approaching their fifth year near the red planet's more hospitable equatorial region, Phoenix's days were numbered from the outset. With sunlight waning and winter encroaching the arctic plains, scientists had said it was a matter of time before Phoenix would freeze to death.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081111/ap_on_sc/phoenix_mars;_ylt=ArDZLod.C1EUZJ6nKKXWYY0PLBIF

Quran

Luqman 31:18-19

Do not treat people with contempt, nor walk insolently on the earth. Allah does not love the arrogant or the self-conceited boaster. Be modest in your bearing and subdue your voice, for the most unpleasant of voices is the braying of the ass.
-
Luqman 31:18-19

Hadith

The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Ahd’Allah bin Mas’ud

Allah loves those who sacrifice their repose and arise in the depths of the night to glorify the word of their Lord; those who give in charity without making their identity public; and those who uphold their ranks even when their companions have been overcome.
The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Ahd’Allah bin Mas’ud

Barak Obama Has won the Presidency!

Barak Obama Has won the Presidency!

Vote

went and voted first thing this morning, waited an hour to vote. course drove by the place after 9:30 am and it is almost empty, apparently everyone went to vote before work;the polls opened at 6am. Well if you have not gone to vote yet go and vote now. no really stop reading this and go and Vote.

AL-MAEDA THE TABLE , THE TABLE SPREAD 5:100

"Say: 'Bad and good are not equal, even though the abundance of the bad may dazzle you; so be conscious of God, O people of understanding, that you may prosper.'"

The Noble Quran, 5:100
AL-MAEDA THE TABLE , THE TABLE SPREAD

Hadith

The Prophet Muhammad (SAW)

The search of knowledge is an obligation laid on every Muslim.

The Prophet Muhammad (SAW)

red crow fighters

I made this video of red crow fighters attacking a white crow instalation to go with a story i am working on hope that you like it.

India Moon Launch a success

NEW DELHI (AFP) – India's first moon mission not only makes it a serious player in space exploration but also holds the prospect of a bigger slice of the lucrative satellite launch market, analysts say.
The country staged a flawless launch Wednesday of its first unmanned lunar orbiting spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 -- the Sanskrit word for Moon Craft -- with an Indian-built rocket from its southeastern coast.
"The launch has considerable political significance as it's an assertion of India's credibility in the area of space exploration," said New Delhi-based strategic analyst Uday Bhaskar.
If all goes to plan, the 1.5-tonne satellite should be flying over the pockmarked lunar surface November 11. It's being sent on a two-year mission to map in-depth the moon's topography and its mineral and chemical properties.
The launch, greeted with chest-thumping patriotism, "demonstrated the nation's growing technological potential," said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
India sees the space journey as further boosting its diplomatic weight in the wake of the recent deal on civilian atomic cooperation with the United States that ended its nuclear pariah status.
The main exploration goal of the thrifty lunar mission -- it cost just 79 million dollars, less than half that of similar expeditions by other countries -- is to assess and map lunar mineral resources, Indian officials say.
India aims to launch the first Indian into space by 2014 and maybe to put a man on the moon by 2020.
Indian Space Research Organisation head G. Madhavan Nair has said the current mission will "unravel the mystery of the moon." But some analysts argue that enhanced global status was a far stronger motive.
"It's a moustache kind of thing -- and moustache matters," said Jane's Defence Weekly analyst Rahul Bedi, referring to India's national pride.
Asian nations have recently been at the forefront of space exploration -- a field that was previously dominated by the United States, Russia and the European Space Agency.
China, whose space programme is far more advanced than India's, was the first Asian nation five years ago to put its astronauts into space and last month staged a much publicised space walk.
"They (the Indians) are not going to add very much to what is already known," Bedi said.
But the mission represents "a technological evolution of the whole space programme in India. At the same time, India is very competitive in launching satellites and it further cements that reputation," Bedi said.
Initially set up to carry out scientific research, the space research organisation now also earns money from commercial launches with the global market worth an estimated 2.5 billion dollars a year.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081023/wl_sthasia_afp/indiaspacemoon;_ylt=Ap0mx5N8hu.KbQj9VwYx_zgPLBIF

Hadith

The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam

When a person wakes up in the early hours of dawn, an angel proclaims, "Glorify the Lord, Most Holy!"

The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam

Hadith

The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Wa'silah bin al-Asqa'a

When you see the misfortune of your brother, do not rejoice, for Allah may save him and afflict you with the same misfortune.

The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Wa'silah bin al-Asqa'a

Hadith

Narrated Abu Sufyan:

That Heraclius sent for him and said, "What did he, i.e. the Prophet order you?" I replied, "He orders us to offer prayers; to give alms; to be chaste; and to keep good relations with our relatives.

quote

"When I feed the poor, they call me a saint, but when I ask why the poor are hungry, they call me a communist." -- Dom Helder Camara

I just really like that quote.

Hadith

The Prophet Muhammad, as reported by Abd’Allah bin Amr

Worship the Merciful, feed the hungry, and spread peace. You shall then enter Paradise in peace.

The Prophet Muhammad, as reported by Abd’Allah bin Amr

Jarin Hopper of High Qinghai.

The Jarin hopper is a herbivore from High Qinghai is impossible to take by surprise as it sees in all directions.
The fact is that as most of the large life forms on High Qinghai
are legless The Jarin hopper is one of the faster species on the planet. It gets up to 1 meter tall and wieghs about
50 kilograms. while they do travel in groups of 25 to one hundred members while grazing they like to spread out
with about 40 to hundred meters apart. coming together only at night to form a circle around the young.
they live for approximatly 30 years, and bear live young, usually only one but on rare occasions two.
they begin to breed at 5 years of age. They will surround one of their own if it falls down as a Jarin Hopper
on its side must struggle to bring itself upright.

The burnt hand is the best teacher.

The burnt hand is the best teacher.

Qushayri al-Risalat al-Qushayriyya

Qushayri, "al-Risalat al-Qushayriyya"

"Should I tether my camel or trust in God alone?" a man asked the Prophet. "First tether your camel, then trust in God," the Prophet replied.

Qushayri al-Risalat al-Qushayriyya

EID MUBARAK

EID MUBARAK

Chinese space walk

BEIJING - A Chinese astronaut on Saturday performed the nation's first-ever spacewalk, the latest milestone in an ambitious program that is increasingly rivaling the United States and Russia in its rapid expansion.

Mission commander Zhai Zhigang floated out of the orbiter module's hatch in the spacewalk, shown live on state broadcaster CCTV. Tethered to handles attached to the Shenzhou 7 ship's orbital module's exterior, Zhai remained outside for about 13 minutes before climbing back inside and closing the hatch behind him.
"Shenzhou 7 has left the module, physically feel very good. Greetings to all the people of the nation and all the people of the world," Zhai said.
Fellow astronaut Liu Boming also emerged briefly from the capsule to hand Zhai a Chinese flag that he waved for an exterior camera filming the event. The third crew member, Jing Haipeng, monitored the ship from inside the re-entry module
The successful spacewalk paves the way for assembling a space station from two Shenzhou orbital modules, the next major goal of China's manned spaceflight program. China is also pursuing lunar exploration and may attempt to land a man on the moon in the next decade.
China launched its first manned mission, Shenzhou 5, in 2003, followed by a two-man mission in 2005.
Since blasting off from their northwestern China launch base on Friday, the astronauts had been largely occupied with preparing the suits and adapting to zero gravity. Meals aboard the craft have followed a typical Chinese menu, featuring versions of kung pao chicken, shrimp and dried fruit, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080927/ap_on_re_as/as_china_space

News From Mars

A NASA probe has spotted hundreds of small surface fractures near Mars' equator that may have acted as underground natural plumbing to channel groundwater billions of years ago.

Geologists compare the fractures in the sandstone rock deposits on Mars to features called deformation bands on Earth, which can arise from the influence of groundwater in the underground bedrock. The bands and faults have strong influences on groundwater movement on Earth, and seem to have played the same role on Mars. Other research has examined how surface water from rain or snow shaped the planet surface, but many agree that groundwater has an equally important influence.
"Groundwater often flows along fractures such as these, and knowing that these are deformation bands helps us understand how the underground plumbing may have worked within these layered deposits," said Chris Okubo, a geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Flagstaff, Ariz. who headed up a new study of the Martian fractures.
The observations, made by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), showed how water has already changed the color and texture of the Martian sandstone along the fractures. Okubo's report on the finding is detailed online this month in the journal Geological Society of America Bulletin.
"This study provides a picture of not just surface water erosion, but true groundwater effects widely distributed over the planet," said Suzanne Smrekar, deputy project scientist for MRO at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., who was not part of the study. "Groundwater movement has important implications for how the temperature and chemistry of the crust have changed over time, which in turn affects the potential for habitats for past life."
Okubo and his study coauthors looked to similar patterns in Utah sandstones on Earth, where fractures are typically a few yards wide and up to several miles long. Such cracks reveal themselves as the rock layers on top erode away.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20080926/sc_space/signsofundergroundplumbingseenonmars

Dawah Ship

Here we see the C.S.S. Dawah in orbit of New Kalimantan picking up the famed scholar Hasan Jahangir.


The starship C.S.S. Dawah is owned and operated by the Dawah Jumaat. The C.S.S. Dawah visits isolated asteroid mining communities in the New Malaysia, New Kalimantan, Turkmen Prime and New Kurdistan star systems; where it conducts halaqahs and khutbahs as well as making available its vast library. Often highly regarded Islamic Scholars are recruited to do tours with the C.S.S. Dawah. Most of the asteroid mining communities are very happy for a visit from the C.S.S. Dawah if only to see new faces.

The ship has a crew of 40, this includes those who run the ship and the Muslim scholars and translators on the ship. The ship has a prayer hall able to hold over 700 persons as well as several smaller meeting rooms for counseling and small halaqahs.

The Dawah Jumaat is currently raising funds to build a second ship which would be dedicated to visiting worlds outside of the confedration.

two legged Craner

The Two legged craner is very elusive and has only been sighted twice by professional xeno-biologists. Living deep in the forests of New Daura, It gets up to 20 kilograms and eats a diet of insects and fungi which they find on the forest floor. It has a poisonous stinger in its tail which it uses only in defense not for hunting. They bear live young in litters of 2 or 3. Fro the skeletal remains we have of them they appear to have evolved from four legged animals.

The video we have here was shot by a farmer in The Hague delta the two legged craner is believed to have been driven from its home by a recent hurricane.

Hadith

The Prophet Muhammad, as reported by Sahih al-Bukhari

Your pleas shall be answered, but wait patiently for the Lord to respond. Do not lose hope and begin to complain, "I beseeched the Lord, but He never responded."

-The Prophet Muhammad, as reported by Sahih al-Bukhari

Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jillani Fayuz E Yazdani

Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jillani, "Fayuz E Yazdani"
Have faith in God the Omnipotent,
the Eternal, the First and the Last,
who grants life and determines death.
He bestows bounty,
and only He can restore crushed hopes.
Have faith, do not lose hope, wait patiently.
He indeed will create a way
to deliver you from your hardships.

Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jillani Fayuz E Yazdani

Power on

Yes the power is back on, no more ice chests, no more generators, no more going to other peoples homes to wash clothes and simply be cool. it is nice to rejoin the 21st century

even more aftermath of gustav

Still no power at the house but it looks like we might get it tommorow as the other half of the neighborhood is lit up. Went out to eat and watched on the resturants big screen TV news coverage of Hurricane Ike. Looks like it is going to be very bad for Houstan And galveston. Find it very strange that thier mayor told them all to stay in Houstan.

Aftermath of Hurricane Gustav part two

Aaah the entergy trucks have arrived in our neighborhood and we actually had some of them working in our back yard, yet still no power coming to the house. we make dua that soon there will be some. With the Curfew lifted we shall be able to now go to the Masjid for Iftar. the kids are all looking forward to that. of course Hurricane Ike is getting ready to make land fall and has already started to bring us rain and wind but so far nothing like Hurricane Gustav.

Aftermath of Hurricane Gustav

Well the curfew in Baton Rouge has finanly been lifted, and we are all very happy about this. Entergy has informed us that the power will be back on by the 17th, which is also great news. The whole neighborhood echos with the sound of generators. also got the trees that were down in the yard cut up and put to the curb.

Ibn Sina Kitab al-Najat

Ibn Sina, Kitab al-Najat

Prayer is that which enables the soul to realize its divinity. Through prayer human beings worship absolute truth, and seek an eternal reward. Prayer is the foundation-stone of religion; and religion is the means by which the soul is purified of all that pollutes it. Prayer is the worship of the first cause of all things, the supreme ruler of all the world, the source of all strength. Prayer is the adoration of the one whose being is necessary.

Ibn Sina Kitab al-Najat

Surah al-Baqarah 2:185

Surah al-Baqarah 2:185

The month of Ramadan is the one in which the Quran was sent down, a guidance for mankind, clear proofs for the guidance, the Criterion; so whoever amongst you witnesses this month, let him fast it.

Surah al-Baqarah 2:185

Koran Quran Qoran Qu'ran Sura 51:19

Sura 51:19

True charity remembers not only those in need who ask, but also those who are prevented by some reason from asking.

Sura 51:19

Gustav

Gustav has passed by he was a large and rowdy uninvited guest to baton rouge but yes he has now left. we have no electricity, and trees are down every where but none hit the house so we are celebrating. this Ramadan has really gotten off with a bang.

Ramadan Mubarak

Ramadan Mubarak

Hadith

The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Malek bin Hawari

Once Luqman was asked how he had attained such merit. He replied, "By adhering to virtue, by fulfilling all pledges, and by giving up futile apprehensions."

The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Malek bin Hawari

Hurricanes coming

Gustave is coming and it seems will be quickly followed by hanna, so my blogging will most likely becoming even more eratic, as i appear to be directly in thier paths.

Medical Ship

Medical research Ship

Medical research ships operate as research centers and mobile hospitals. With over 500 beds and five operating rooms the ships can respond to disasters small and large. Nine medical labs and four advanced research labs allow it to deal with any newly emerging viruses, bacteria and infection. Typically staffed with 30 surgeons, 60 medical doctors 180 nurses and 80 research staff. The ships are capable of generating their own wormhole.

Muhammad and Chang design parts

Bilal walked into the garage picking his way through the boxes of assorted and forgotten bits of equipment glancing at the wall covered in tool racks and pictures of various natural wonders back on Earth.

“What’s the problem Muhammed?” asked a concerned Bilal

Muhammed looked up from his work frustration running amuck across his entire body and replied in an exasperated tone “Its these darn Plasma flux phase inverters, they keep going into overload and causing a power spike which causes the phase safety capacitors. I have to buy new safety phase capacitors every month.”

“What type of plasma flux phase invertors do you have in there?” asked Bilal trying to be helpful.

“I just got the generic store brand, there all the same aren’t they? Asked Muhammed a puzzled tone creeping into his tone.

“Oh no they are not! I only use genuine Muhammad and Chang design plasma flux phase inverters and I have never had to replace my phase safety capacitors and my energy out put has increased by thirty percent.” said Bilal proudly and with a smile.

“Thirty percent really?” said an astonished Muhammed.

“Oh really, I only use Muhammad and Chang design parts. They are the best value for your dinars.” said Bilal smugly.

“Well can we can we go get some now?” inquired Muhammed.

“Of course we can> Genuine Muhammad and Chang design parts at all reputable parts retail stores.”

Later that day back in Muhammed’s cluttered garage.

“Brother that Muhammad and Chang’s design plasma flux phase inverter is just singing along and after an hour of running the phase safety capacitors aren’t even warm” said Muhammed with a big toothy grin.

“No worries with Muhammad and Chang design parts as they all come with a 2 year warranty.Always remember, nothing beats Muhammad and Chang design parts."

Prayers needed

Assalam Alaikum

My wife's grandfather is recovering from surgery we are asking for prayers for his speedy recovery.

Salam

Ibn Arabi Fusus al-hikam

Ibn Arabi, “Fusus al-hikam”

In order to think about God, you may compare him with other beings; but remember that he is incomparable. In this way you will live in the house of truth.

Ibn Arabi Fusus al-hikam

Gas Giant mining or Cloud City

Cloud mining Station

Cloud mining stations are deployed in low orbit of gas giants, scoop ships bring to it the atmosphere that they have collected. At the cloud mining station it is broken down into it base elements and processed into different chemical products.

Designed by Muhammad and Chang Mining Corporation of New Malaysia. The cloud mining stations are built in the orbital ship yards of New Malaysia and then towed to the mining sites all over the Confederation of Islamic Worlds, the Celestial Empire and the Celtic Alliance.

Louis class Assualt Ship

Louis Class Assault Ship

Armaments
4 forward missile tubes
2 quad rail guns mounted on either side 4 in total

Is capable of landing on planets

Crew size 100

Carrying capacity
Carries 500 assault troops

Typically carries an assault unit made up of
400 infantry
100 tank troops
25 tanks

The tankers and tanks are on some occasions replaced by artillery, helicopters or VTOL jets

Raiders spotted

After the raid of an Astroid mining facility in the New Kelantan star System a Naval recon Ship captured this video of the two raiders fleeing the area before sliding out of the star system. Both ships appear to be Louis class Assault ships. The raiders are believed to be part of the black fleet which refused to surrender after the great war. we can see the second ship seems to be suffering some sort of radiation leak, most likely caused by the defensive weapons on the mining facility.

The Confederate navy assures us that they will track down the raiders and the rest of the black fleet and this danger will be eliminated.

Kitab al-Najat

Ibn Sina, "Kitab al-Najat"
God, the supreme being, is neither circumscribed by space, nor touched by time; he cannot be found in a particular direction, and his essence cannot change. The secret conversation is thus entirely spiritual; it is a direct encounter between God and the soul, abstracted from all material constraints.

Ibn Sina Kitab al-Najat

Qur'an Al-An'am Surah 6:165

Qur'an, Al-An'am, Surah 6:165
God has given you the earth as your inheritance. He has raised some to a higher rank than others, so that he may test you in the way you treat this inheritance. He is swift in retribution, but he is also forgiving and merciful.

Qur'an Al-An'am Surah 6:165

High Malaysia

Video and Picture from orbit of the planet High Malaysia. the research universities on High Malaysia are some of the best within the Confederation.

Qur'an Al-Furqan Surah 25:58

Qur'an, Al-Furqan Surah 25:58
Have faith in the Ever-Living, who dies not, and celebrate His praise. He is well aware of all His servants' sins.

Qur'an, Al-Furqan Surah 25:58

Al-Quran, Ya Sin, Surah 36:36-40

Qur'an, Ya Sin, Surah 36:36-40

Glory be to Him who created everything in pairs: plants, human beings, and even entities they have no knowledge of. Of the many, one sign is the night. We strip it of the light of day, and abject darkness surrounds everything. The sun hastens to its resting place, its course determined by the Mighty, the All-Knowing Lord. Also ordained by the Almighty Lord are the phases of the moon, which decreases daily until it looks like a bent and shriveled palm stalk. Neither can the sun overtake the moon, nor night outstrip the day. Both float in orbits of their own.

Quran, Ya Sin, Surah 36:36-40

Zoo 2

Assalam Alaikum

Dear Alizée

So sorry in taking so long to write, by the way if you see Mustapha give him my salams. We spent two days at the zoo. yes it takes two days. The Baton Rouge zoo has the largest selection of off-world animals on earth. I am sending you a video i shot of a Spiked Hunter. It is a rather nasty predator, but get this back on its homeworld of Tamanrasset there is a rather huge predator, the size of an Elephant, that hunts and eats it. Thats apparently why it has all the spikes on it's back. It can run up to 120 KPH for short bursts.

Salam
Kareem Salama

colonize mars?

please participate in our new poll, should we colonize mars?

Visiting the zoo

Assalam Alaikum

Dear Mustapha

We went to the Baton Rouge Zoo and were quite impressed. They have the largest collection of
off world animals on Earth. this is some Video I shot of the Boremon of the planet Okyanus.
The Boremon was very entertaining. Did you know they weave nests. The first settlers on
Okyanus thought they had found the first sentient aliens. It spent most of its time at the back of
its enclosure. I will send you some more videos later this week.

Wassalam

Your brother
Kareem Salama

Lahiji Mafatih

Lahiji "Mafatih"
The basic purpose of human existence is acquisition of knowledge of God; there is no relationship more true than this spiritual affiliation. All other types of relationships are but derivative and dependent upon that spiritual connection, and in themselves nothing to boast of.

Lahiji Mafatih

Hallaj Tawasin

Hallaj: Tawasin

Remembrance is not remembered. I do not remember whether or not God remembered me in the past; he remembers me now. God does not remember whether I remembered him in the past; I remember him now. His remembrance is my remembrance, and mine is his. Can two beings who remember one another not be in union?

Hallaj: Tawasin

invading species

The Trieypred is a native of the planet Kalistan. Were it lives in small groups and hunts large insects and small fish in lakes and streams. it gets up to 1.5 meters tall and full grown males can wiegh as much as 20 kilograms. they are found on Earth as Several live specimens escaped from the xeno-biology department at LSU in the coastal city of baton rouge. they quickly multiplied as the females lay beteween 10 and 20 eggs at a time. Without natural predetors they have spread out across the south east region of north america. On several occasions they have decimated fish farms. Other farmers like them as they will eat thier weight in insects.

No net

Thats right i am doing all of this without a net. No net people!

Tree Wasp

A little girl plays with her pet tree Wasps on New Palestine

hadith

The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Abu Hurairah

The Lord Almighty ordained, "Find leisure for My service and I shall fill your hearts with peace and enrich you in bounty."

The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by AbuHurairah

what are you waiting for?

What Are you waiting for?

Qur'an Yunus Surah 10:89

Qur'an, Yunus, Surah 10:89

Allah replied, "Your prayer has been heard. Follow the straight path, and do not follow the path of the ignorant."

Qur'an Yunus Surah 10:89

Children play with thier pet Chulog

Chulogs are popular pets in rural areas of new Kurdistan. they hunt down native pests who eat new Kurdistan farmers grain.
Children love them and they can be house broken. unfortuntly they do not get along with cats and the two species attack each other on sight.
which is one reason you do not find Chulogs living in urban areas.

Qur'an, Suad, Surah 38:17-21

Qur'an Suad Surah 38:17-21

Bear with what they say, and remember Our servant David who was endowed with incredible might and always turned to Us in repentance. Behold, We compelled the mountains to join him in praise of their Lord in the morning and evening, and the birds in all their assemblies were also obedient to him. We made his kingdom strong and endowed him with wisdom and astute judgment.

Qur'an Suad Surah 38:17-21

The Gorgaran of New Sulawesi

Gorgaran are large amphibians which live on New Sulawesi. the female lays thousands of eggs. most of which get eaten
by native fish. The Gorgaran eat huge numbers of insects and ignore humans. these two traits make them loved
by the people of New Sulawesi. while not kept as pets many people will place one in their yards. many campuses also
will have a few patrol for insects. New Sulawesi has a lot of insects and while few are dangerous some grow
very large and a lot of them make lots of noise and are very annoying. The Gorgaran move from one ambush
site to another during the day. They are sit-and-wait, ambush predators

Qur'an Jonah, Surah 10:41

Qur'an, Jonah, Surah 10:41

If they charge thee with falsehood, say: "My work to me, and yours to you! Ye are free from responsibility for what I do, and I for what ye do!"

Qur'an Jonah, Surah 10:41

Trabitige of New Aquitaine

On the planet of New Aquitaine, a protected world of the Celtic Alliance, lives a vicious bipedal predator called a Trabitiger. Two of the settlements managed to tame them and use them as guard animals. As it is rare for this to happen with non-terran animals which are predators. It is one of the few animals who does not have its sensory organs attached to its skull. The Confederate Xeno-biological Sciences Institute has studied them extensively and has brought several of them back to the planetary zoo on New Malaysia.

Killer Ivy

Killer Ivy is found on the planet of High Qinghai in the Celestial empire and nearly lead to the demise of the colony. The colonist themselves were able to avoid it, but large numbers of thier cattle,goats and pigs were killed by the Killer Ivy. The Confederate Xeno-biological Sciences Institute has a permanent office on High Qinghai which studies the Killer Ivy. Killer Ivy is the most aggresive plant known to man. growing up to a meter tall with thorn laden tendrils which grow out to 3 meters long. It also has poison sacs which spray poisoned thorns to kill and stun thier prey.

Al-Hujwiri The Kashf al-Mahjub

Al-Hujwiri, "The Kashf al-Mahjub"

Those who truly know God worship Him with all their resolve; they concede to His ubiquitous bounty and obey all His commandments with the utmost fervor. As their adoration grows so does their obedience, since they are aware that this world is a madhouse and its inhabitants madmen wearing shackles of lust and chains of sin.

Al-Hujwiri, The Kashf al-Mahjub

Unicow

http://www.youtube.com/v/5YeTaFZ9ti4&hl=en&fs=1">

The Video is of a uni-cow which had wandered onto the campus of Amarya Zazzau University on Hausa world.

The Unicow is native to Hausa world. A six legged herbavore traveling in herds of 50 to a hundred members. Males will gather shoulder to shoulder and charge predators, often injuring and even killing them. They usually only eat grass . Animals that only eat grass are called grazers. But just sometimes they eat trees or shrubs. The Unicow habitat is in the Savannah and the grassland. They sleep on the grass on the ground. They range in size from 300 kg to 600 kg. They can stand as tall as 1.8m at the shoulder, and stretch up to 2.9m in body length.

Spore

Yes i have a new program which me and the kids have been having a blast with. it is called spore. easy to use and very amusing. you can get the demo for free at

http://www.spore.com/

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sing to the tune of Spam

Leafarrefe

The Leafarrefe of New Kurdistan Travels in small herds of 20 to 50 individuals and eats the large leaves off of native trees. The Leafarrefe is a problem for farmers of citrus as they will get into the citrus orchards and eat the entire citrus trees.

To attract a mate the male Leafarrefe will make huge pile of leaves and branches.

Males can be 4.9 to 5.5 meters tall and weigh up to 1,600 kilos. females are typically slightly smaller.

An adolesent female Leafarrefe and young Leafarrefe wander onto a Goat farm.

Spitmonkeys

The Spitmonkey is a tree dweller on New Bengal. They travel in groups called troops which usualy number between 100 and 250 members. Spitmonkeys are omnivores who have been known to devastate crops. devouring 50 acres of foodstuffs in a day. they are paticularly fond of soy. They nest in trees where they lay thier eggs. They grow up to a little over a meter tall. At the end of thier tails they have a venom sack which sprays out a nasty smelling venom which blinds and burns larger predators on New Bengal.

Video of the TriLeafcroc

This is Video shot of the TriLeafcroc by the latest science expedition on New Malayasia. A dangerous 3 legged predator. It prefers to ambush its prey. while reptilian in appearence it bears live young. They get up to 200 Kg. They typically mate for life and the male and female will hunt together until the female gives birth. the female will then stay with the young until they are 6 months old. after which the young and adults will hunt together. young will stay with the adults until they are 2 years old and then go off on thier own. after which the adults will again have young. They live up to 20 years in the wild. litters are of 2 or 3 babies. they are very dangerous and will try to ambush humans.

The Confederate Xeno-biological Sciences Institute

The TriLeafcroc Is one of the many Animals that the Institute has done extensive studies of.

The Confederate Xeno-biological Sciences Institute is dedicated to the study of life with non-Terran origins . The Institute grew out of the Xeno-biological studies center on New Malayasia, which recieved its charter and mission from the Confederate Parliment. The Confederate Xeno-biological Sciences Institute has offices on every planet in the confederation as well as several planets in the Shia Systems Alliance, the Celestial Empire and the Celtic Alliance. The Confederate Xeno-biological Sciences Institute has conducted scientific expeditions on several independent Worlds.

Hadith

The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Anas bin Malik

The best charity is to satisfy a hungry person.

-The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Anas bin Malik

Qur'an, Al-Nour, Surah 24:20-21

Qur'an, Al-Nour, Surah 24:20-21

If God lacked patience and mercy, all of you would long ago have been punished. If God lacked compassion and forgiveness, none of you would have escaped.

News From The Red Planet

Is the white stuff in the Martian soil ice or salt? That's the question bedeviling scientists in the three weeks since the Phoenix lander began digging into Mars' north pole region to study whether the arctic could be habitable.

Shallow trenches excavated by the lander's backhoe-like robotic arm have turned up specks and at times even stripes of mysterious white material mixed in with the clumpy, reddish dirt.
Phoenix merged two previously dug trenches over the weekend into a single pit measuring a little over a foot long and 3 inches deep. The new trench was excavated at the edge of a polygon-shaped pattern in the ground that may have been formed by the seasonal melting of underground ice.
New photos showed the exposed bright substance present only in the top part of the trench, suggesting it's not uniform throughout the excavation site. Phoenix will take images of the trench dubbed "Dodo-Goldilocks" over the next few days to record any changes. If it's ice, scientists expect it to sublimate — or go from solid to gas, bypassing the liquid stage — when exposed to the sun because of the planet's frigid temperatures and low atmospheric pressure.
"We think it's ice. But again, until we can see it disappear ... we're not guaranteed yet," mission scientist Ray Arvidson of Washington University in St. Louis said Monday.
Even if it's not ice, the discovery of salt would also be significant because it's normally formed when water evaporates in the soil.
Preliminary results from a bake-and-sniff experiment at low temperatures failed to turn up any trace of water or ice in the scoopful of soil that was delivered to the lander's test oven last week. Scientists planned to heat the soil again this week to up to 1,800 degrees, said William Boynton of the University of Arizona in Tucson.
Phoenix landed in the Martian arctic plains on May 25 on a three-month, $420 million mission to study whether the polar environment could be favorable for primitive life to emerge. The lander's main job is to dig into an ice layer believed to exist a few inches from the surface.
The project is led by the University of Arizona and managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The lander was built by Lockheed Martin Corp.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080616/ap_on_sc/phoenix_mars;_ylt=Ak5A2XusnXb2IesYJxrgHsYiANEA

Qu'ran, Al-Inshiqaq, Surah 84:16-19

Qu'ran, Al-Inshiqaq, Surah 84:16-19

I swear by the glow of the sunset, by the night and all that the night brings to life, and by the full moon, that you will move from your present existence to a different existence.

Qu'ran, Al-Inshiqaq, Surah 84:16-19

Qur'an, As-Saff, Surah 61:2-3

Qur'an, As-Saff, Surah 61:2-3

Believers, why do you say what you do not execute? It is most offensive in the sight of Allah when you say what you do not practice!

Qur'an, As-Saff, Surah 61:2-3