Hurricane Irene update...
There are a lot of leaves on my lawn and some smaller branches.
THE HORROR!
There are a lot of leaves on my lawn and some smaller branches.
THE HORROR!
A call to the American people
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Ah, Eagle...............I am just happy that you and your family are fine. Better that then to read that your home had been blown away.
The number varies somewhat - Guess with so many - over 10 - It gets a tad confusing - Guess up there a permanent hardon is required. How else to keep piece in the family.
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Introductions are easier, Good Morning Mrs. Ahmed, Mrs. Ahmed, Mrs Ahmed and on and on.
Such a hurricane: huge and extensive; nobody guessed how destructive it might be. Nobody can do anything to stop it. Unless God Most Gracious was Merciful to people and averted from them the hazards of it, then it might have become a real tragedy.
They only tried to evacuate and run away; although many of them could not evacuate: the roads were closed, airports closed and fear was overwhelming.
So when the danger was probably off, some foolish people started to blaspheme instead of showing gratitude to God Most Gracious.
This reminded me of the Quran 17: 67-69
وَإِذَا مَسَّكُمُ الْضُّرُّ فِي الْبَحْرِ ضَلَّ مَن تَدْعُونَ إِلاَّ إِيَّاهُ فَلَمَّا نَجَّاكُمْ إِلَى الْبَرِّ أَعْرَضْتُمْ وَكَانَ الإِنْسَانُ كَفُورًا
أَفَأَمِنتُمْ أَن يَخْسِفَ بِكُمْ جَانِبَ الْبَرِّ أَوْ يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِبًا ثُمَّ لاَ تَجِدُواْ لَكُمْ وَكِيلاً
أَمْ أَمِنتُمْ أَن يُعِيدَكُمْ فِيهِ تَارَةً أُخْرَى فَيُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ قَاصِفا مِّنَ الرِّيحِ فَيُغْرِقَكُم بِمَا كَفَرْتُمْ ثُمَّ لاَ تَجِدُواْ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا بِهِ تَبِيعًا
The explanation:
(And when distress touches you at the sea, [all] those to whom you praywill be forgotten, except Him; but when He bought you safe to the land, youturned away [being averse]; surely, man is ever unthankful.
Do you feel secure that He will not cleave the land open with you, orsend upon you a shower of pebbles, then you will have none to guard you.
Or do you feel secure that He will not bring you back to it once again,and send against you a hurricane of wind, and drown you because of youringratitude, then – on Our part – you will find no prosecutor for you, as toit.)
They only tried to evacuate and run away; although many of them could not evacuate: the roads were closed, airports closed and fear was overwhelming.
So when the danger was probably off, some foolish people started to blaspheme instead of showing gratitude to God Most Gracious.
This reminded me of the Quran 17: 67-69
وَإِذَا مَسَّكُمُ الْضُّرُّ فِي الْبَحْرِ ضَلَّ مَن تَدْعُونَ إِلاَّ إِيَّاهُ فَلَمَّا نَجَّاكُمْ إِلَى الْبَرِّ أَعْرَضْتُمْ وَكَانَ الإِنْسَانُ كَفُورًا
أَفَأَمِنتُمْ أَن يَخْسِفَ بِكُمْ جَانِبَ الْبَرِّ أَوْ يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِبًا ثُمَّ لاَ تَجِدُواْ لَكُمْ وَكِيلاً
أَمْ أَمِنتُمْ أَن يُعِيدَكُمْ فِيهِ تَارَةً أُخْرَى فَيُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ قَاصِفا مِّنَ الرِّيحِ فَيُغْرِقَكُم بِمَا كَفَرْتُمْ ثُمَّ لاَ تَجِدُواْ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا بِهِ تَبِيعًا
The explanation:
(And when distress touches you at the sea, [all] those to whom you praywill be forgotten, except Him; but when He bought you safe to the land, youturned away [being averse]; surely, man is ever unthankful.
Do you feel secure that He will not cleave the land open with you, orsend upon you a shower of pebbles, then you will have none to guard you.
Or do you feel secure that He will not bring you back to it once again,and send against you a hurricane of wind, and drown you because of youringratitude, then – on Our part – you will find no prosecutor for you, as toit.)
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The comet of Nineveh
God sent Prophet Jonah to the people of Nineveh, to warn them of the consequences of their idolatry: (worshipping the stone idols.) So they disobeyed him at the start, then he left them after threatening them with the punishment of God that will afflict them some days later.
Then God sent on them a comet: which came into their sky, and when they saw it, they repented and broke up their idols --> So God Most Gracious shifted that comet to another area of the Earth.
(If only there had been a community [of all those that unbelieved andwere destroyed of old] that believed [before the coming of the torment] andprofited by its belief as did the folk of Jonah: when [they saw the tormentcoming on them] they believed [so at that time] We drew off from them thetorment of disgrace in the life of the World and gave them comfort for a while[: till the end of their life, when their death appointment was due.])
The above between brackets is the explanation of the Quran 10: 98
فَلَوْلاَ كَانَتْ قَرْيَةٌ آمَنَتْ فَنَفَعَهَا إِيمَانُهَا إِلاَّ قَوْمَ يُونُسَ لَمَّآ آمَنُواْ كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمْ عَذَابَ الخِزْيِ فِي الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَتَّعْنَاهُمْ إِلَى حِينٍ
The comet of Nineveh
God sent Prophet Jonah to the people of Nineveh, to warn them of the consequences of their idolatry: (worshipping the stone idols.) So they disobeyed him at the start, then he left them after threatening them with the punishment of God that will afflict them some days later.
Then God sent on them a comet: which came into their sky, and when they saw it, they repented and broke up their idols --> So God Most Gracious shifted that comet to another area of the Earth.
(If only there had been a community [of all those that unbelieved andwere destroyed of old] that believed [before the coming of the torment] andprofited by its belief as did the folk of Jonah: when [they saw the tormentcoming on them] they believed [so at that time] We drew off from them thetorment of disgrace in the life of the World and gave them comfort for a while[: till the end of their life, when their death appointment was due.])
The above between brackets is the explanation of the Quran 10: 98
فَلَوْلاَ كَانَتْ قَرْيَةٌ آمَنَتْ فَنَفَعَهَا إِيمَانُهَا إِلاَّ قَوْمَ يُونُسَ لَمَّآ آمَنُواْ كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمْ عَذَابَ الخِزْيِ فِي الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَتَّعْنَاهُمْ إِلَى حِينٍ
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My mother had 2 Comets - one was a 302V8, it was great. The other was a 250 I6, the engine was great, but the car was not very good. Although I think that was because it had been in an accident that the dealer denied.