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It's been a while since I wrote something here, or uploaded a work or art, or what I might consider a work of art, rather.

A lot has changed since I last updated.

Most importantly, I got married with the lovely lady najmo in January. And we are living happily together. I praise the Lord for having her in my life. My life has taken a paradigm shift since then, and I can honestly say life has been exponentially better for me!

In April, I got myself a spiritual master, or rather, my spiritual master took me as his desciple to train me to progress on the spiritual path. For those who know what a spiritual path entails and is all about, know how important this is for me.

Last but not least, I started school full time again in September.

That's all. Just figured I updated whomever is interested.

Peace.

Wahb ibn Munabbih, may God show him His mercy, said: 'When Moses, upon whom be peace, read the Tablets, he found mentioned in them the merits of the nation of Muhammad, may blessings and peace be upon him, and he said: "O Lord! Which is this mercy-given nation that I find in the Tablets?" God answered: "It is the nation of Ahmad, whose people are content with whatever little provision I give them, and I am content with whatever little good works they do. I make each one of them enter the Garden by his testimony that La ilaha illa'Llah (There is no god but God).".

     'And then Moses said: "I find in the Tablets a nation of people who shall be resurrected and assembled on the Day of Rising with their faces like full moons. Let them be my nation!" But God replied: "They are the nation of Ahmad; I shall gather them resurrected on the Day of Rising, when their foreheads and limbs shall be blazing white from the effect of their wudu (ablution) and their prostrations."

     'Moses said: "O Lord! I find in the Tablets a nation of people whose clothes are on their backs and whose swords are on their shoulders, people of certitude and dependence (in God); they glorify God from minaret-tops, and they continue to seek to fight for every righteous cause, until they do battle against the Dajjal (the anti-christ). Let them be my nation!" But He said: "They are the nation of Ahmad!"

     'Moses said: "O Lord! I find in the Tablets a nation of people who pray five times each day and night, at five hours of the day, for whom the gates of Heaven are opened and upon whom mercy descends; let them be my nation!" But He replied: "They are the nation of Ahmad."

     'Moses said: "O Lord! I find in the Tablets a nation for whom the [whole] earth is a place of worship and ritually pure, and for whom the booty is lawful; let them be my nation!" But He replied: "They are the nation of Ahmad."

     'Moses said: "O Lord! I find in the Tablets a nation of people who fast the month of Ramadan for You, and whom You then forgive all they had done before; let them be my nation!" But He replied: "They are the nation of Ahmad"

     'Moses said: "O Lord! I find in the Tablets a nation of people who go on pilgrimage to the Inviolable House for Your sake, whose longing for it is never exhausted, whose weeping is loud and tumultuous, whose talbiya is clamorous; let them be my nation!" But He said: "They are the nation of Ahmad."

     'Moses said: "What will You give them for that?" And God said: "I shall grant them more forgiveness, and shall allow to intercede for those who come after them."

     'Moses said: "O Lord! I find in the Tablets a nation of people who ask forgiveness for their sins; then they raise their food to their mouths it does not reach their stomachs before they are forgiven; they start [eating] with Your Name and end with Your praise; let them be my nation!" But He said: "They are the nation of Ahmad."

     'Moses said: "O Lord! I find in the Tablets a nation whose members will be the foremost on the Day of Rising, but are the last to be created; let them be my nation!" But He replied: "They are the nation of Ahmad."

     'Moses said: "O Lord! I find in the Tablets a nation of people whose gospels are held within their breasts and they recite them; let them be my nation!" But He answered: "They are the nation of Ahmad."

     'Moses said: "O Lord! I find in the Tablets a nation of people among whom, when one of them intends a good deed but does not perform it, it is written as one good deed for him, while if he does perform it, it is written as ten to seven hundred times its worth; let them be my nation!" But God said: "They are the nation of Ahmad."

     'Moses said: "O Lord! I find in the Tablets a nation among whom, when one of them intends a sin but does not commit it, it is not recorded against him, white if he does commit it, it is written as a single sin; let them be my nation!" But He replied: "They are the nation of Ahmad."

     'Moses said: "O Lord! I find in the Tablets a nation who are the best of people, who exhort to good and forbid evil; let them be my nation!" But He said: "They are the nation of Ahmad."

     'Moses said: "O Lord! I find in the Tablets a nation of people who will be resurrected and brought on the Day of Rising as three groups. One group shall enter the Garden without reckoning, another's reckoning will be easy, and another will be rigorously judged, then made to enter the Garden; let them be my nation!" But He said: "They are the nation of Ahmad."

     'Moses said: "O Lord! You have spread out all this goodness for Ahmad and his nation; let me be a member of his nation!" But God told him: "O Moses! I have chosen and preferred you over other people with My Message and My Speech; take what I have give you, and be one of the thankful."'

The vision was clear, the presence was sweet,
The good news came for the folk of God.

They arose drunken for these glad tidings,
And held a gathering in thanks for God.

You who attend remember and remind,
Don't deny the states of the folk of God.

Acknowledge the states taking grip of them,
And know they rose for the sake of God.

Their ecstasy is a caller calling,
It seizes them when remembering God.

You who do not see, strive for ecstasy,
Expose yourself to the grace of God.

This is what they said and for this they swayed,
And went too far in remembering God.

Until it was thought, by those not of us,
They went insane from invoking God.

Well done for us then and glad tidings if
We became crazed through remembering God.


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*(not my words)

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