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Dead Soldier Leaves Money To Send Friends To Las Vegas
Everyone needs a friend like David Hart.
The British soldier who was killed by a Taliban bomb last year left more than $160,000 in his will so his friends could go to Las Vegas.
Hart took out a life insurance policy for more than $400,000 before he was deployed, requesting that his pals hit Sin City for a huge bash should he die while serving. Now, about 32 friends are slated to go to Las Vegas to make his wish come true.
A friend of his said, "In his letter David said he had had a great life and had no regrets about anything. He always said he would do something like this if something bad happened."
That's just the beginning of how awesome Hart was, though. He also left money for his family and $80,000 to a charity that helps injured soldiers.
David's legacy will live on after his buddies paint the town red, especially since a charity has been set up to help wounded Marines in Britain.
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
A Gift and a Show
I have had time for a bit of sewing. Did this tablerunner project from start to finish. Maybe I'm turning over a new leaf??? My folks are heading to Canada Thursday and they'll be stopping to see and stay with some family friends in Fargo. Mom asked me to make something for Claudia as a small hostess gift. This is what I made. I hope my mom is pleased and that it's something that will fit in Claudia's house.
The fabric is a combo of Amy Butler, Sandi Henderson's Farmer's Market (I adore that fabric) and some Flea Market Fancy (ooh and Joel Dewberry too thanks to Two Dogs and a Quilt!) I tried to make it fall-like, though I don't much like the traditional fall colors or that dark feeling. The back is the first block I made, which I didn't really like, but I combined it with yellow flea market fancy and it makes a nice back. I used orange thread to quilt it and that thread looks so cool on that yellow fabric. My mom said to make something like me, so I did. I love how it turned out. In fact, I'd love to keep this one. I tried a little something different for the label. Kinda cute.
My mom-in-law came on Friday and is here for the rest of the week so things are a bit topsy-turvey here. Not much time for sewing or blogging. I'll catch up with all of you when things settle down a bit. Till then, have a fab week!
57 comments:
- Two Dogs and a Quilt said...
The tablerunner looks GREAT! I believe I see a little Joel Dewberry in there too. I don't blame you for wanting to keep this one, but the recipient will surely love it too.
- September 16, 2008 at 4:43 PM
- Meagan said...
The label is so great! I love the stitching around it. (And as a redhead, I love fall colors, so of course I'm going to love the orange hues :))
- September 16, 2008 at 4:56 PM
- QuiltedSimple said...
Holy cow! Ticketmaster tickets? Are they going to be in Cleveland or Akron any time in the near future? Let me know - I'd love to go see them!
The table runner looks so good - I love the colors of it - even though I like the more traditional colors, I could see this perfectly in my house too! If I were you, I'd want to keep it too!
Enjoy your week,
Kris - September 16, 2008 at 4:57 PM
- Alissa said...
Oh it's SO nice!! Really lovely. I'm sure it's going to be a much appreciated gift!
- September 16, 2008 at 4:58 PM
- Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson said...
Very nice, she has to love it. It is your signature style.
I agree, getting somewhere at 9:30 is for the young ones. I like to be home before dark, LOL. You have to be proud though, the music industry is hard to break into. - September 16, 2008 at 5:16 PM
- Nanette Merrill said...
I just used some of that fabric last night. I love that orange with the swirls. Its so cute. Sounds like a busy week. Those boys look Beatlesque.
- September 16, 2008 at 5:18 PM
You should be a proud mama! I bet he's thrilled that his family supports what he loves.
The table runner is beautiful. What a nice, subtle choice of colors. - September 16, 2008 at 5:27 PM
- Marie' said...
You have perfect quilting stitches. I love all the fabric you used in the table runner.
Your son is so cool and talented. - September 16, 2008 at 5:33 PM
- Unknown said...
How cool is that, your son had a gig with tickets on ticketmaster! Congrats!! I love your table runner. Very beautiful colors and the quilting is great in the orange thread!
- September 16, 2008 at 5:55 PM
Wow, it seems the boys would be famous soon :) Congrat for the mom and them!
Jackie, I had bought some fabrics, maybe I'll try to cut today and show it to my blog. BTW what is "sashing" ? - September 16, 2008 at 6:01 PM
Beautiful! I love the tablerunner. I just can't give away things like that. It was so kind of you to make it for your mom. If you can finish it in one sitting, perhaps I could be inspired to make one for my house!
- September 16, 2008 at 6:38 PM
- Abby and Stephanie said...
Beautiful...that's lots of cross hatch quilting!!! Great label. Now how cool is that about your son?
- September 16, 2008 at 6:41 PM
- Lisa said...
That is past my bedtime!!! As always, another beautiful heirloom made by you! Beautiful quilting too!
- September 16, 2008 at 6:44 PM
- Di~ said...
Wow Jacquie, I love love love that little baby! You did a great job and grid quilting is my favorite! I made an almost fall "Fall Flirt" runner, liked it until I saw yours!!! :{
- September 16, 2008 at 6:55 PM
- Rebekah said...
your table runner looks fabulous! The quilting is so well done :)
- September 16, 2008 at 8:34 PM
- Cher said...
what a great gig for your son and the band to get! I bet you had a rocking time too. Great tablerunner-I think you did a very elegant label.
- September 16, 2008 at 9:37 PM
- Stephanie D said...
Congrats to son! You must be one proud momma!
Your mom's friend is one lucky recipient! It is so you. - September 16, 2008 at 9:38 PM
The band pic is great - and yep, I think it's pretty huge to have tickets for sale on Ticketmaster!
I love the table runner - just gorgeous! The orange thread/quilting is so great! - September 16, 2008 at 11:18 PM
- MightyMom said...
it's adorable!
I am to orange as you are to purple ya dig?
I don't like the dark-y looking fabrics or the muted stuff much either so fall colors are not my favs....I'm a spring person actually. Where's my Easter Eggs??? - September 17, 2008 at 12:19 AM
- Unknown said...
How proud are you!? That's so great, tickets and everything! Their pic is cool. . . I love your table runner! I have been wanting to make my own - all those oranges are great. Have a nice visit :)
- September 17, 2008 at 12:36 AM
- dutchcomfort said...
Ticketmaster tickets. WOW! You must be a proud mama indeed!
And you made the coolest table-runner! You surprise me over and over again! - September 17, 2008 at 1:03 AM
- Lily Boot said...
beautiful shades of orange - we were only commenting this evening that we needed more orange in our life - and orange with white is gorgeous! I'm with you on the "new autumn" colours!
- September 17, 2008 at 7:35 AM
- Kieny The Dutchlady said...
Do you know what kind of music they are playing? I can see why you want to keep the tablerunner. Love the label and your stitches are so even. I wish mine were like that.
- September 17, 2008 at 7:50 AM
This is very nice Jacquie. Love the sort of pale fall color scheme. I know what you mean about autumn colors looking too dark sometimes.
- September 17, 2008 at 8:08 AM
- Cheryl Arkison said...
Congratulations! You must be one proud Mama!
- September 17, 2008 at 9:09 AM
- Darcie said...
Ooooh! Can't you hijack their car and come with?!? ;-) Lovely tablerunner!
WAY TO GO, son-of-Jacquie-and-his-band!!! How cool is that!!! Or...as they say now..."that is SICK!" Any YouTube vids of them?!? - September 17, 2008 at 9:22 AM
- Amanda Jean said...
you should be a proud mama! I was laughing about your comment about "I guess those kids are just getting up around that time" :)
your table runner is oh-so-fabulous! I love all the orange. - September 17, 2008 at 9:49 AM
- kmsmaverick said...
I love the snappy snap- they look just like rock and roll stars! I love that they haven't graduated to musician sneer! They all have genuine smiles on their faces!
Incidentally, i also love the snappy snap of the quilt- it reminds me of an orange creamsicle. summertime magic. - September 17, 2008 at 9:52 AM
- ellen said...
What a wonderful gift. Who wouldn't love it? I have to admit I am a fall color girl and a redhead like Meagan. Congratulations to your son. That takes a lot of work and dedication.
- September 17, 2008 at 10:04 AM
- em's scrapbag said...
The table runner is great. What a wonderful gift.
- September 17, 2008 at 10:16 AM
- Cami said...
Wow, this is fantastic! I love the colors and I really really really love the quilting. I don't blame you for wanting to keep it, I'm sure that is what I would do. It sounds like your son is very talented! Music is hard to get into, so to get a show where you have to get tickets on Ticketmaster, WOW!
- September 17, 2008 at 10:43 AM
- Jackie Russell said...
Tickets on Ticketmaster? Wow! I'm with you 9:30 is pushing bedtime for me. And I also prefer to be home by dark.
I love the table runner! - September 17, 2008 at 10:54 AM
- Shannon said...
I love orange!
Of course, had to Google the band and found spot on My Space. I love discovering new music....how do I hear more? - September 17, 2008 at 12:06 PM
- Sarah said...
- September 17, 2008 at 12:30 PM
Jacquie, it's absolutely gorgeous! If she doesn't want it I'll take it! I love the orange and I love how you blanket stitch your labels. I really need to label my stuff. Oh, and congrats on your son going uptown! :) He must have been really excited. I know you must have been proud.
- September 17, 2008 at 12:45 PM
- Finn said...
Hi ho, love the cute guys! Hope he did his mom proud *VBS* The table runner is wonderful. So very neat and pretty.
Hurry back, we miss you, but family company is wonderful too! Hugs, Finn - September 17, 2008 at 1:28 PM
- Doris said...
Wow, Ticketmaster...that is the Big Time! Congrats to them...
Love that runner! - September 17, 2008 at 4:01 PM
- A Spoonful Of Sugar said...
Wow - how proud you must be to have a son who is a musician - doing what he loves!! Your table runner is gorgeous - love the use of orange - just lovely.
- September 17, 2008 at 5:20 PM
- audreypawdrey said...
It looks like you had a grand time, and ticketmaster tickets..that is awesome. I would go see them if they were in Denver (even though 9 is my during the week bedtime :)) I love the tablerunner. I have been thinking of making one because my in-laws are coming to our house for Thanksgiving for the first time ever! Yours is gorgeous!
- September 17, 2008 at 6:48 PM
How cute your son is and how cool that he's in a band! Tickets from Ticketmaster?! Extra cool. And as for the table runner, wow, it's amazing, as all of your quilts are. I love it in all it's puckery goodness. x
- September 17, 2008 at 7:11 PM
thank you so much for the link you'd given to me :)
Should we sew right from the middle to the left or right in one block? (So the square would be in precisition place) - September 17, 2008 at 8:08 PM
- Kate said...
Love the orange! Wonderful choice of fabrics.
- September 17, 2008 at 10:14 PM
- Ainhoa said...
Have you though in compiling some of your projects in a book? It could include some patterns and indications. Your improvisational pieces are so great and you have such a fresh style that I think it should work!
Keep me a copy ;) - September 18, 2008 at 3:32 AM
- Liz said...
Stunning. I love the fabric and the quilting!
- September 18, 2008 at 6:47 AM
- Diane said...
Love the orange - my stash has some of that fabric. How did it every get there? Ha Ha!! How do you get everything done? I am so in awe of you.
- September 18, 2008 at 9:41 AM
- Katherine said...
Gorgeous tablerunner, Jacquie! I think I'd have a hard time parting with it myself.
- September 18, 2008 at 12:00 PM
- KC Quilter said...
The runner is fabulous!!! And congrats to your son--that is so cool!
- September 18, 2008 at 2:05 PM
- Ruth's Place said...
Stunning table runner!
I think it's so cool that your son's band is doing so well, you'll have to place a clip of their music on your site :) - September 19, 2008 at 3:06 PM
- Beth said...
Congrats to your boy, and to YOU for the amazing runner. LOVE the orange quilting!
- September 19, 2008 at 7:02 PM
thanks for binding tips on the link you had sent to my email (did you?). I've already cut the fabric and try to make pattern of nine patch. Please do a visit and take a look at my work if you still have extra time:). Thank you, thank you... a millions! - September 19, 2008 at 9:40 PM
- Alice Grace said...
Oh,that tablerunner is just too beautiful for words! Your work is flawless! I wish I could do something like that in what sounded like so easy for you!
Congratulations to your son and his band! I know that was fun. - September 20, 2008 at 6:32 AM
- nettie said...
I love orange. this is so perfect, and I too love the farmer's market line. I need to get my hands on some, but i am currently on a fabric diet....
- September 20, 2008 at 10:42 AM
Their own gig with tickets and everything!! My oldest would be so jealous, but I'm not telling him. He just spent the afternoon shopping for a new acoustic guitar. What does your son play, or maybe he's the lead singer....That is really cool. Not only would I have been ready for bed at that time, but I probably would have been wearing ear plugs. Sad but true.
Your quilting skills make me swoon! - September 20, 2008 at 2:53 PM
- Levin said...
i love the table runner. i love the fabric and the colours - it's just gorgeous.
i wish you lived closer to me - i would love you to help me with my fabric choices etc.....
oh well, i can drool over the internet at your beautiful creations.
x - September 20, 2008 at 5:39 PM
- Pecos Blue said...
Congrats on the music and what a gorgeous table runner!
- September 21, 2008 at 10:41 AM
How fun about the show!! Congrats to the boys!!
and what a nice gift that table runner will be! - September 21, 2008 at 11:25 AM
Well I did end up telling my son about your son's band, and then we checked out some songs, etc. on his myspace. We are very impressed!! Proud mama indeed!
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And it all starts with the resume.
How, though, does a resume command a value in the millions? To continue the anatomical analogy, the human body, worth a pittance from the purely chemical perspective, can be worth millions once its value is maximized. The Food and Drug Administration sets that value at $7.9 million, and it gets there by estimating the sales potential of organs and other parts for which there's a demand. In other words, it's all in what you make of it.
To prove the point, consider someone who's just starting out, someone with 40 years of employment ahead. A mediocre resume and a humdrum job search get him a salary of $40,000. A great resume and a more astute approach yield $60,000. If those salaries never change, that's already a lifetime difference of $800,000, but those salaries will change. If they each get raises of the same dollar amount as time goes on, the lifetime difference won't change, but that's not how raises work. They're often calculated as a percentage of existing salary, and a 10 percent raise for Mr. 40K is $2,000 less than the raise Mr. 60K earns. At each go-round, the distance between the two grows, and the compounding effect is dramatic. By the time retirement rolls around, the difference could amount to millions.
How you start out makes an enormous difference, one that can resonate throughout your career. It's worth getting it right.
What about someone who's not just starting out? Consider someone who's able to put a great resume and related job-search skills together at age 40. He has 25 years of employment ahead. If he leverages that resume into a new job that takes him from $80,000 to $120,000, that's a cool million in additional earnings in his pocket. That's how much a single well-focused job search can be worth.
If it's a 45-year-old senior executive moving from $200,000 to $300,000, that's a difference of $2 million over the course of 20 working years, and that doesn't take into account additional items like stock options, retirement benefits, and bonuses or non-financial benefits like status, contacts, influence and impact.
How you start out, then, is not the whole story. Once you're hired, job transition skills are equally important, and they're sadly neglected. Many people have specialized training in their fields. Few have studied job transition skills. Even fewer have mastered them. Transition skills, however, go a long way toward determining how fast and high you rise, and mastery of those skills is open to anyone who makes them a priority.
Despite the enormous potential payoff, applicants, even applicants for senior positions, often pay scant attention to their resumes. Perhaps they think employers will deduce their many virtues through some HR divination. Perhaps they assume the rest of the field is weak. Perhaps they don't want to commit the time it takes to create a resume that stands out. Perhaps they think that no one else is doing more. Regardless of the reason, they're taking a leaky rowboat into heavy seas. That hardly gives them the best chance to get where they want to go.
Some executives argue that their resumes don't really matter. Their connections are enough to get them interviews. Even then, and even though we're firm believers in the power of connections, employers want to see them, and a resume is not something that should be thrown together overnight.
And even if – with a gigantic "if" for this unlikely scenario – your resume never sees the light of day, it has a purpose. Crafting your resume helps you organize yourself. It gives you a picture of your abilities and achievements in a nutshell. A resume crystallizes things. It cuts to the chase. As a result, it helps you present yourself to greatest effect in any interview.
There you have it: a document of great value by any measure. It's your personal million-dollar marketing campaign. It's your biography in highlights. Ultimately, it's your argument for why you should be hired, and that argument matters at any stage of your career.
Despite that, it's neglected, especially by mid-career people for whom it can be meaningful. In part, that's because you can just fire up a resume template in Word and fill in the blanks. Voila! You have a resume! While it's easy enough to write it, it's awfully hard to write it well. If you need help with it, get that help. It's available.
If you think of it in terms of return on investment, nothing beats your resume as an investment vehicle. You invest your time and effort. Perhaps you invest in professional help. The costs are modest, but you can turn a two-cent piece of paper into a million-dollar payday. Nothing, not a stock or a bond, not even a lottery ticket, will beat that ROI.
Whatever you decide, do what it takes to unleash the million-dollar potential your resume contains. You owe it to yourself.


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Zenaida and Philonilla of Tarsus in Cilicia
The Holy Unmercenary physicians, Zenaida and Philonella, the Friends of Peace, are remembered by the Church on October 11.
Their relationships with their cousins Ss. Paul the Apostle and Jason the Bishop of Tarsus opened the avenue to learn about Orthodoxy. Ss. Zenaida and Philonella were sisters born into a prominent Jewish family in Tarsus. Being extremely intelligent they advanced their education at the highest learning centers of Tarsus engaging in studies of philosophy and medicine.
Having learned the Christian faith from St. Jason, Ss. Zenaida and Philonella were attracted by the love and compassion of Christ. After their baptism, the two gave themselves over more fully to the study of medicine and began to apply Christian principles and ideas to medical philosophy. They understood that salvation is a healing process. They realized Christ's message supplied the tools for the healing of the whole person, spiritual and physical, with the goal of reaching the heavenly kingdom.
Upon completing their studies, Ss. Zenaida and Philonella moved to Thessally, where many medicinal mineral springs flowed in the caverns of the Felion Mountains. Here, Greek physicians had centers of pagan worship tied to the philosophy of medicine and the worship of Asklepios, the patron of healing. Their earnest desire was to combine scientific medicine with prayer and faith and so reveal the nature of salvation and proclaim Jesus Christ to whomever would hear the words of the glorious Gospel. The holy sisters hoped their example would bring the gospel of Jesus Christ to the great crowds of people who visited them for physical healing and thus address the aspects of spiritual healing as well.
Many of the pagan physicians, to the disgrace of their Hippocratic oath, not only ignored the poor but also sought out the care for the wealthy, mixing their medical practice with magic, superstition and witchcraft. Finding a cavern with a mineral spring, Zenaida and Philonella built two cells and a small chapel for themselves. Having thus established a women's monastery, they used their wealth to create a clinic. The two sisters then opened their hearts to the poor. The sisters' love, compassion, and openness to the poor and humble attracted many to the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ. The medical skill of the two sisters became renowned, and the miracles worked through their prayers established many in the gospel.
St. Philonella was a patient and careful scholar. An astute observer, she approached patient care as scientific medicine. She labored to free healthcare from the idea of magic, astrology, and superstition.
St. Zenaida, on the other hand, was more thoughtful. She was keenly interested in the suffering of children and worked to develop pediatric care. Her first love was monasticism. She became a spiritual elder for both men and women. She touched three of her spiritual children, Papias, Pateras, and Philocyrus who built a men's monastery not far from the cavern-hospital of the holy sisters.
Toward the end of her life, St. Zenaida became interested in psychiatric medicine. Many of those who came to the hospital suffered from severe depression and other psychiatric illnesses. Zenaida had the wisdom to recognize these as actual illnesses and concerned herself with their causes and cure. It is not known in what year St. Zenaida departed this life, but she left her sister St. Philonella to carry on their work and instruct others in medicine and the faith. After the death of her beloved sister, Philonella entered more deeply into spiritual life, leaving the treatment and care of patients more and more to the students and other nuns. She also became renowned as a wonderworker and reposed in peace and at a great age.
Friends of Peace
The Holy Church bestowed the title, "Friends of Peace" on the two saints because they both preached and practiced peace, serenity, and charity. Philonella often said that a peaceful and serene disposition could not only aid in healing but could even prevent illness. For her, the source of true peace was the Holy Spirit and the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace. The disciples of St. Zenaida reported that her last words in this life were a prayer for the peace of the world.
Christian medicine began with holy women. Not only were Ss. Zenaida and Philonella the first Christian doctors (after Apostle Luke), but also they were the first of those saints whom we call "unmercenary physicians." Saints Zenaida and Philonella are commemorated on October 11.
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Surah at-Taubah (Repentance ) 9 : 16
Yusuf Ali
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(9:16:1) am Or |
(9:16:2) ḥasib'tum (do) you think |
(9:16:3) |
(9:16:4) tut'rakū you would be left |
(9:16:5) |
(9:16:6) yaʿlami Allah made evident |
(9:16:7) l-lahu Allah made evident |
(9:16:8) alladhīna those who |
(9:16:9) jāhadū strive |
(9:16:10) |
(9:16:11) |
(9:16:12) yattakhidhū take |
(9:16:13) |
(9:16:14) dūni besides Allah |
(9:16:15) l-lahi besides Allah |
(9:16:16) |
(9:16:17) rasūlihi His Messenger |
(9:16:18) |
(9:16:19) l-mu'minīna the believers |
(9:16:20) walījatan (as) intimates |
(9:16:21) wal-lahu And Allah |
(9:16:22) khabīrun (is) All-Aware |
(9:16:23) |
(9:16:24) taʿmalūna you do |
As happens in all communities, there was a group among the Muslims that was skilled in manoeuvres, climbing over fences and making plausible excuses. Making use of the fluid situation when relations between the different camps had not crystallized, such people continued to make contacts with the enemy behind the backs of the Muslim community, seeking to serve only their own interests. Now that the situation was finally outlined, with each camp making its standpoint very clear, all such loopholes and back doors were finally and firmly closed.
It is certainly in the interest of the Muslim community and the interest of the Islamic faith to make the situation clear and to lay all intentions bare, so that those who strive hard for no reason other than earning God's pleasure are distinguished by their sincerity. Similarly those who have different intentions, and those who try to circumvent Islamic rules in order to pursue their own interests with the unbelievers are also known.
God has known such people all the time. Nothing is added to God's knowledge as a result of any event or action. "God is well aware of what you do." He, however, holds people to account only for what appears of their reality through their own actions. It is His method to test people so that their true feelings and what they harbour in their innermost hearts are made to appear. The best way to do this is to test them with hardship.
3. Surah Overview
This Surah comprises three discourses. The first discourse (v. 1-37) was revealed in Dhul-Qa'adah 9 A.H. or thereabout. As the importance of the subject of the discourse required its declaration on the occasion of Hajj the Prophet dispatched Ali to follow Abu Bakr who had already left for Makkah as leader of the Pilgrims to the Ka'bah. He instructed Ali to deliver the discourse before the representatives of the different clans of Arabia so as to inform them of the new policy towards the polytheists.
The second discourse (v. 38-72) was sent down in Rajab 9 A.H. or a little before this when the Prophet was engaged in making preparations for the Campaign of Tabuk. In this discourse the Believers were urged to take active part in Jihad.
The third discourse (v. 73-129) was revealed on his return from the Campaign of Tabuk. There are some pieces in this discourse that were sent down on different occasions during the same period and were afterwards consolidated by the Prophet into the Surah in accordance with inspiration from God. But this caused no interruption in its continuity because they dealt with the same subject and formed part of the same series of events. This discourse warns the hypocrites of their evil deeds and rebukes those Believers who had stayed behind in the Campaign of Tabuk. Then after taking them to task, God pardons those true Believers who had not taken part in the Jihad in the Way of God for one reason or the other.
The series of events that have been discussed in this Surah took place after the Peace Treaty of Hudaibiyah. By that time one-third of Arabia had come under the sway of Islam which had established itself as a powerful well organised and civilized Islamic State. There were two important events that followed - the first was the Conquest of Arabia. The Prophet was able to send missions among different clans for the propagation of Islam. The result was that during the short period of two years it became such a great power that it made the old order of ignorance feel helpless before it. So much so that the zealous elements from among the Quraysh were so exasperated that they broke the Treaty in order to encounter Islam in a decisive combat. But the Prophet took prompt action after the breach so as not to allow them any opportunity to gather enough force for this. He made a sudden invasion on Makkah in the month of Ramadan in 8 A.H. and conquered it. Though this conquest broke the backbone of the order of ignorance it made still another attack on Islam in the battlefield of Hunain which proved to be its death-knell. The clans of Hawazin, Thaqif, Naur Jushm and others gathered their entire forces in the battlefield in order to crush the reformative Revolution but they utterly failed in their evil designs. The defeat of 'ignorance' at Hunain paved the way for making the whole of Arabia 'The Abode of Islam' (Dar-ul-Islam). The result was that hardly a year had passed after the Battle of Hunain when the major portion of Arabia came within the fold of Islam and only a few upholders of the old order remained scattered over some corners of the country.
The second event that contributed towards making Islam a formidable power was the Campaign of Tabuk which was necessitated by the provocative activities of the Christians living within or near the boundaries of the Roman Empire to the north of Arabia. Accordingly the Prophet with an army of thirty thousand marched boldly towards the Roman Empire but the Romans evaded the encounter. The result was that the power of the Prophet and Islam increased manifold and deputations from all corners of Arabia began to wait upon him on his return from Tabuk in order to offer their allegiance to Islam and obedience to him. The Qur'an has described this triumph in Surah 110: an-Nasr (Victory) "When the victory of God has come and the conquest, And you see the people entering into the religion of God in multitudes…"
Campaign to Tabuk
The Campaign to Tabuk was the result of conflict with the Roman Empire that had started even before the conquest of Makkah. One of the missions sent after the Treaty of Hudaibiyah to different parts of Arabia visited the clans which lived in the northern areas adjacent to Syria. The majority of these people were Christians who were under the influence of the Roman Empire. Contrary to all the principles of the commonly accepted international law they killed fifteen members of the delegation near a place known as Zat-u-Talah. Only Ka'ab bin Umair Ghifari, the head of the delegation, succeeded in escaping and reporting the sad incident. Besides this Shurahbil bin Amr, the Christian governor of Busra who was directly under the Roman Caesar had also put to death Haritli bin Umair the ambassador of the Prophet who had been sent to him on a similar mission.
These events convinced the Prophet that a strong action should be taken in order to make the territory adjacent to the Roman Empire safe and secure for the Muslims. Accordingly in the month of Jamadi-ul-Ula 8 A.H. he sent an army of three thousand towards the Syrian border. When this army reached near Ma'an the Muslims learnt that Shurahbil was marching with an army of one hundred thousand to fight-with them and that the Caesar who himself was at Hims had sent another army consisting of one hundred thousand soldiers under his brother Theodore. But in spite of such fearful news the brave small band of the Muslims marched on fearlessly and encountered the big army of Shurahbil at M'utah. The result of the encounter, in which the Muslims were fighting against fearful odds (the ratio of the two armies was 1:33) as very favourable for the enemy utterly failed to defeat them. This proved very helpful for the propagation of Islam. As a result those Arabs who were living in a state of semi-independence in Syria and near Syria and the clans of Najd near Iraq who were under the influence of the Persian Empire turned towards Islam and embraced it in thousands. For example the people of Bani Sulaim (whose chief was Abbas bin Mirdas Sulaimi) Ashja'a Ghatafan Zubyan Fazarah etc. came into the fold of Islam at the same time. Above all Farvah bin 'Amral Juzami who was the commander of the Arab armies of the Roman Empire embraced Islam during that time and underwent the trial of his Faith in a way that filled the whole territory with wonder. When the Caesar came to know that Farvah had embraced Islam he ordered that he should be arrested and brought to his court. Then the Caesar said to him, 'You will have to choose between one of two options; either give up your Islam and win your liberty and your former rank, or remain a Muslim and face death.' He calmly chose Islam and sacrificed his life in the way of the Truth.
No wonder that such events as these made the Caesar realise the nature of the danger that was threatening his Empire from Arabia. Accordingly in 9 A.H. he began to make military preparations to avenge the insult he had suffered at M'utah. The Ghassanid and other Arab chiefs also began to muster armies under him. When the Prophet who always kept himself well-informed even of the minutest things that could affect the Islamic Movement favourably or adversely came to know of these preparations he at once understood their meaning. Therefore without the least hesitation he decided to fight against the great power of the Caesar. He knew that the show of the slightest weakness would result in the utter failure of the Movement which was facing three great dangers at that time. First the dying power of 'ignorance' that had almost been crushed in the battlefield of Hunain might revive again. Secondly the Hypocrites of Madinah who were always on the look-out for such an opportunity might make full use of this to do the greatest possible harm to it. For they had already made preparations for this and had through a monk called Abu Amir, sent secret messages of their evil designs to the Christian king of Ghassan and the Caesar himself. Besides this, they had also built a mosque near Madinah for holding secret meetings for this purpose. The third danger was of an attack by the Caesar himself, who had already defeated Persia, the other great power of that period, and filled with awe the adjacent territories. It is obvious that if all these three elements had been given an opportunity of taking a concerted action against the Muslims, Islam would have lost the fight it had almost won. That is why in this case the Prophet made an open declaration for making preparations for the Campaign against the Roman Empire, which was one of the two greatest empires of the world of that period. The declaration was made though all the apparent circumstances were against such a decision: for there was famine in the country and the long awaited crops were about to ripen: the burning heat of the scorching summer season of Arabia was at its height and there was not enough money for preparations in general, and for equipment and conveyance in particular. But in spite of these handicaps, when the Messenger of God realised the urgency of the occasion, he took this step which was to decide whether the Mission of the Truth was going to survive or perish. The very fact that he made an open declaration for making preparations for such a campaign to Syria against the Roman Empire showed how important it was, for this was contrary to his previous practice. Usually he took every precaution not to reveal beforehand the direction to which he was going nor the name of the enemy whom he was going to attack; nay, he did not move out of Madinah even in the direction of the campaign.
All the parties in Arabia fully realised the grave consequences of this critical decision. The remnants of the lovers of the old order of 'ignorance' were anxiously waiting for the result of the Campaign, for they had pinned all their hopes on the defeat of Islam by the Romans. The 'hypocrites' also considered it to be their last chance of crushing the power of Islam by internal rebellion, if the Muslims suffered a defeat in Syria. They had, therefore, made full use of the Mosque built by them for hatching plots and had employed all their devices to render the Campaign a failure. On the other side, the true Believers also realised fully that the fate of the Movement for which they had been exerting their utmost for the last 22 years was now hanging in the balance. If they showed courage on that critical occasion, the doors of the whole outer world would be thrown open for the Movement to spread. But if they showed weakness or cowardice, then all the work they had done in Arabia would end in smoke. That is why these lovers of Islam began to make enthusiastic preparations for the Campaign. Everyone of them tried to surpass the other in making contributions for the provision of equipment for it. Uthman and Abdur Rahman bin awf presented large sums of money for this purpose. Umar contributed half of the earnings of his life and Abu Bakr the entire earnings of his life. The indigent Companions did not lag behind and presented whatever they could earn by the sweat of their labour and the women parted with their ornaments. Thousands of volunteers, who were filled with the desire of sacrificing their lives for Islam, came to the Prophet and requested that arrangements for weapons and conveyance be made for them so that they should join the expedition. Those who could not be provided with these shed tears of sorrow; the scene was so pathetic that it made the Prophet sad because of his inability to arm them. In short, the occasion became the touchstone for discriminating a true believer from a hypocrite. For, to lag behind in the Campaign meant that the very relationship of a person to Islam was doubtful. Accordingly, whenever a person lagged behind during the journey to Tabuk, the Prophet, on being informed, would spontaneously say, "Leave him alone. If there be any good in him, God will again join him with you, and if there be no good in him, then thank God that He relieved you of his evil company."
In short, the Prophet marched out towards Syria in Rajab A.H. 9, with thirty thousand fighters for the cause of Islam. The conditions in which the expedition was undertaken may be judged from the fact that the number of camels with them was so small that many of them were obliged to walk on foot and to wait for their turns for several had to ride at a time on each camel. To add to this, there was the burning heat of the desert and the acute shortage of water. But they were richly rewarded for their firm resolve and sincere adherence to the cause and for their perseverance in the face of those great difficulties and obstacles.
When they arrived at Tabuk, they learnt that the Caesar and his allies had withdrawn their troops from the frontier and there was no enemy to fight with. Thus they won a moral victory that increased their prestige manifold and, that too, without shedding a drop of blood. As a result of this, the boundaries of the Islamic State were extended right up to the Roman Empire, and the majority of the Arab clans, who were being used by the Caesar against Arabia, became the allies of the Muslims against the Romans. Above all, this moral victory of Tabuk afforded a golden opportunity to the Muslims to strengthen their hold on Arabia before entering into a long conflict with the Romans. For it broke the back of those who had still been expecting that the old order of 'ignorance' might revive in the near future, whether they were the open upholders of polytheism (Shirk) or the hypocrites who were hiding their shirk under the clothing of Islam. The majority of such people were compelled by the force of circumstances to enter into the fold of Islam and, at least, make it possible for their descendants to become true Muslims. After this a mere impotent minority of the upholders of the old order was left in the field, but it could not stand in the way of the Islamic Revolution for the perfection of which God had sent His Messenger.
Problems of the Period
If we keep in view the preceding background we can easily find out the problems that were confronting the Community at that time. They were:
- to make the whole of Arabia a perfect 'Abode of Islam' (Dar-ul-Islam).
- to extend the influence of Islam to the adjoining countries.
- to crush the mischiefs of the hypocrites.
- to prepare the Muslims for Jihad against the non-Muslim world.
A clear declaration was made that all the treaties with the polytheists were abolished and that the Muslims would be released from the treaty obligations with them after a respite of four months (v. 1-3). This declaration was necessary for uprooting completely the system of life based on Shirk and to make Arabia exclusively the centre of Islam so that it should not in any way interfere with the spirit of Islam nor become an internal danger for it.
A decree was issued that the guardianship of the Ka'bah, which held central position in all the affairs of Arabia should be wrested from the polytheists and placed permanently in the hands of the Believers (v. 12-18) and that all the customs and practices of the shirk of the era of 'ignorance' should be forcibly abolished: that the polytheists should not be allowed even to come near the "House" (v. 28). This was to eradicate every trace of Shirk from the "House" that was dedicated exclusively to the worship of God. In order to enable the Muslims to extend the influence of Islam outside Arabia they were enjoined to crush with sword the non-Muslim powers and to force them to accept the sovereignty of the Islamic State. As the great Roman and Persian Empires were the biggest hindrances in the way a conflict with them was inevitable. The object of Jihad was not to coerce them to accept Islam; they were free to accept or not to accept it, but to prevent them from thrusting forcibly their deviations upon others and the coming generations. The Muslims were enjoined to tolerate their misguidance - only to the extent that they might have the freedom to remain misguided if they chose to be so, provided that they paid the tax (Jizyah) (v. 29) as a sign of their subjugation to the Islamic State. The third important problem was to crush the mischiefs of the hypocrites who had hitherto been tolerated in spite of their flagrant crimes. Now that there was practically no pressure upon them from outside the Muslims were enjoined to treat them openly as disbelievers (v. 73). Accordingly the Prophet set on fire the house of Swailim where the hypocrites used to gather for consultations in order to dissuade the people from joining the expedition to Tabuk. Likewise on his return from Tabuk he ordered to pull down and burn the 'Mosque' that had been built to serve as a cover for the hypocrites for hatching plots against the true Believers.
In order to prepare the Muslims for Jihad against the whole non-Muslim world it was necessary to cure them even of that slight weakness of faith from which they were still suffering. For there could be no greater internal danger to the Islamic Community than the weakness of faith especially where it was going to engage itself single-handed in a conflict with the whole non-Muslim world. That is why those people who had lagged behind in the Campaign to Tabuk or had shown the least negligence were severely taken to task and were considered as hypocrites if they had no plausible excuse for not fulfilling that obligation. Moreover, a clear declaration was made that in future the sole criterion of a Muslim's faith shall be the exertions he makes for the uplift of the Word of God and the role he plays in the conflict between Islam and disbelief (Kufr). Therefore, if anyone will show any hesitation in sacrificing his life, money, time and energies, his faith shall not be regarded as genuine (v. 81-96). If the above-mentioned important points are kept in view during the study of this Surah, it will facilitate the understanding of its contents. [Ref: Mawdudi]
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text: figures Hope appears to be calming the prevailing terror, thus displaying the result of the Saint's intercession. This picture, on account of its affecting sentiment, ranks among the artist's greatest master-pieces. Whilst he here infused all the force of his genius into a religious subject, he also during the first period of his second marriage created certain compositions full of strenuous delight in life and love. Amongst these is the so-called Garden of Love or as it is still better designated in a contemporary engraving the Court of Venus. Rubens himself called it Conversatie à la mode (Figg. 104, 105). Among the various versions of this composition, which differ slightly in size and lesser details, that in the Dresden Gallery is the one best known; whilst that in the Museum at Madrid, with half-size figures, is generally considered the finest. The Dresden example is on a smaller scale, but is most carefully executed. The artist also designed this composition for reproduction as a wood-cut, which Christopher Jegher, who had already been so successful in copying from the master's sketches, executed, and which Rubens himself undertook to publish. The subject is treated with great freedom. A number of elegant cavaliers and ladies, dressed in the luxurious fashion of the period, are assembled in a garden, and seem to be full of life and spirit. It is a brilliant summer day, and the shady gloom of a grotto adorned with satyrs, hermae, and cascades of water tempts the heated reveller. Beside the broken rocks, is a fountain adorned with a marble statue of Venus, at whose feet most of the gay company are assembled. Upon the edge of the fountain a number of putti are sporting. They float in the air with brandished weapons; they hide in the rose-bushes and flutter around to assist the love-making of the various couples. Here they caress one timid maid: and there they whisper courage in the ear of another. There is throughout the whole scene the indescribeable charm of exuberant gaiety. It is easy to recognize in the centre of the composition the lovely features of Helena Fourment, radiant in youthful grace. She can also be traced as the original of a sketch, now in the Louvre, (Fig. 101), intended as a study for a lady in the Garden of Love, who in a reclining position is supported by a cavalier, towards whom she playfully bends her head on one side and listens with apparent pleasure. But Rubens depicted the charms of all-powerful Love in a much more riotous and unruly manner in another picture, called the Sacrifice to Venus, now in the Imperial Museum at Vienna. Here we do not find as in the first composition ladies and gentlemen who in spite of the spontaneous freedom expressed in their gestures are restrained in their behaviour; but nymphs and satyrs, uncontrolled by nature, rendering homage to the Goddess of Love, around whom reels a crowd of intoxicated putti. But this Venus also does not limit her power to the indulgence in absolute license, for a stately female figure devoutly scatters incense upon the sacrificial flame, and two elegantly attired ladies draw near with offerings. In one of these ladies we may recognize the head of Ruben's well-known Magdalen, while strangely enough the features of Helena Fourment are given to one of the most wanton of the nymphs. Fig. 104. THE GARDEN OF LOVE. In the Prado at Madrid. After a photograph from the original by Braun, Clément & Co., Dornach, Paris and New-York. (To page 130.) In 1632 Rubens was once more called upon to devote part of his time to politics. In the preceding summer he had been asked by the Archduchess Isabella to exert himself again in Peace-negotiations for the Northern Provinces. We learn that in July 1631 he discussed these matters with the Marquess d'Aytona, who, as Envoy from the King of Spain, directed the foreign affairs of the Spanish Netherlands; that subsequently he had a private audience of Prince Frederic of Orange, the Dutch leader; and that in February he went once more to Holland. Disturbances also arose in Belgium, for since the death of the Archduke Albrecht all the most important posts had been given to the Spaniards, whereat the Flemish families expressed much discontent. Noblemen thus deprived of their appointments secretly communicated with the Dutch, and the Prince of Orange making an inroad into Flemish territory tried to stir up a Revolution against Spain. The United Provinces as one of their terms of Peace with the Southern Netherlands demanded that the Spanish troops should be recalled. Under these circumstances Rubens had the difficult task of arranging with the Prince of Orange, with whom he had interviews at Maastricht and Liege, the conditions of an armistice. His greatest difficulties, however, arose from his own country-men. In December 1632 the Spanish Netherlands send delegates to the Hague, but the Infanta seemed to distrust her own statesmen and therefore gave special instructions to Rubens, desiring him to meet the delegates; a commission however, which the delegates opposed. Their reasons are best told in a letter of an English Statesman, William Boswell, who describes their objections most explicitly as follows: "The delegates are ostensibly against Rubens, because he does not belong to their corporation, but it is much more probable that they are jealous because he is the special Envoy of their King and possesses much more intelligence than any of them". The Duke of Aerschot seems to have been the most violent in his opposition to this proxy for the Archduchess. Class prejudice and bitter envy made him write a letter of unpardonable insolence to the painter. Rubens resented it so much that he refused to go to the Hague, although the Infanta was most anxious to justify his commission before the delegates, by entrusting him with certain papers and desiring him to detail to them his negotiations with the Prince of Orange. On the part of his opponents the lowest means were employed to throw suspicion on the artist, although in Gerbier's words, he was "not at all a suitable object for calumny": and they even asserted that he had painted some tapestries for the Prince of Orange representing the King of Spain and his subjects in a most objectionable manner. No wonder that under such circumstances the master wearied of diplomacy, although for the sake of his Archduchess he still continued his task. In March 1633 he again negotiated with a secret envoy from the King of Denmark, who had purposely come from Holland to Antwerp at the instigation of the Infanta and the Marquess of Aytona: but before the end of the year Fate itself loosened the ties of old friendship, which had induced Rubens to continue so long his diplomatic career. The Archduchess Isabella died on the 1st of December 1633, and after the death of this princess, whom Rubens had served for more than a quarter of a century, he retired altogether from political activity. The King of England offered him a yearly allowance, if he would accept the post of British Envoy at Brussels, but he declined it, because he wished to give himself up entirely to his family and his Art. Fig. 105. THE GARDEN OF LOVE. In the Dresden Gallery. After a photograph from the original by Franz Hanfstängl, Munich. (To page 130.) His great capacity for intellectual work enabled the master amid all his multifarious occupations to find time even to review literary works. An interesting letter dated August 1, 1631, has come down to us, now preserved in the British Museum in London, -written by him to Franz Junius, a native of Heidelberg, librarian of the Duke of Arundel, who had written a book "On the Art of Painting among the Ancients", which work had been forwarded to our artist for his opinion. Rubens began the letter in Flemish, but as soon as he begins to discuss the subject of the learned treatise he gives his opinion in Latin, taking up the Flemish again only towards the end, which concludes with a few friendly words. The great admiration which the painter retained for the ancient artists finds expression in words such as these: "I study them with deepest veneration and I freely confess that my endeavours to follow in their steps are greater than my powers of approaching them even in my thoughts". He also gives it as his opinion that it is very desirable that an able historian should be found for Italian Painting; "an art which appeals to us even more directly than that of the ancients, and of which we have as yet so imperfect a knowledge". Rubens was occupied in the year 1633 in executing a number of portraits for his old friend, the publisher Balthasar Moretus. Some were of relations; others of celebrated men of past and present. Moretus' residence, now known as the Plantin-Moretus Museum at Antwerp still possesses fourteen of these portraits, painted at different periods. The artist as he had previously done also designed title-pages for his friend, continuing to do so up to the last years of his life, and paying particular attention to the engraving of these works. We learn, from a letter which he wrote in May 1655 to a French friend, Nicolas Claude Fabri de Peirese, the learned archeologist, that he even worked over the engravers' plates, whenever it seemed to him to be necessary. To Peirese, with whom he carried on a very lively correspondence, he owed the protection of the engravings made from his works in France. It is however curious to note that this privilege once brought upon the master a law-suit, set on foot by certain French engravers, who on their side alleged that the copyright prohibiting reproductions from Rubens' originals took vast sums of money out of the country, since the demand for these engravings was so great. As we have already pointed out Rubens never weared of painting portraits of his beautiful wife, and amongst them created some of his finest master-pieces. Helena Fourment figures in nearly every Museum in Europe, and it would be difficult to give the palm to any particular one of the many representations of her. We find her in all her charming grace among the Hoop-Collection at the Amsterdam Museum (Fig. 102): and again lifesize, in the same attitude and similar attire, among the numerous portraits owned by the Munich Pinakothek (Fig. 103). The collection of Baron Alphonse de Rothschild in Paris includes another celebrated painting, in which Helena Fourment appears at the porch of her house stepping |