Was blog-hopping around and came across this from Bro Faruq's blog:

Precious metals like gold and silver are found in the depths of the earth. So too are precious stones like diamonds and rubies. Pearls are found in the deep sea. The most beautiful and valuable things on this earth are covered. They don't parade themselves. Women were created beautiful by God, so He wants them to cover up, just like the gems and pearls He created - in fact, even more so, because women are more beloved to Him than gems and pearls.

Makes me smile, and makes me pray that one day I'll hear Him say to me, "Peace be upon you, I am pleased with you" as one of the Zain Bikha songs go.

I feel so far away from His pleasure... :'(

Received this article in an e-mail and I was compelled to share. I'm neither an ahli-sirah nor a great astronomer or geologists, but I've heard of this and I believe in what the Qur'an says.

Moon Split
Did you ever know that the Moon was split?



This picture shows the location of the “Rocky Belt” which shows the moon was once split

Some NASA scientists were trying to study the internal structure of the moon to see what similarities it has with the Earth, and they said that they were surprised to find a ‘Belt of Rocks’ that goes from the surface of the moon right to the inner depths.
Being quite surprised, they gave this information to their geologists, who were also surprised, as they concluded that this couldn’t be unless the moon was once split and resealed. The rocks on the belt are a result of the impact during the time that the two halves of the moon recombined.

Allah revealed Surat al Qamar: “The hour has come near and the moon has split, and when they see a sign, they turn and say ‘this is a continuous magic’ and they disbelieved and followed their desires…”
This verse of the Quran was written in the days of the prophet Muhammad in Makkah more than 1400 years back

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Finished Meg Cabot's Valentine Princess in slightly over an hour. Not much of princessy stuff.

And found this on youtube:

Missing the stage. Guess the curtains had long closed in front of me. For good.

Good luck with Pentas.

Lurlene MacDaniel never fails to make my eyes swell red with tears. This time the book not only tells of death as most of her other books does, but it also tells of life. Wonderful story. Makes me feel like wanting to learn the flute