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The Virtues Tour- 2011
Shaykh Ibrahim Osi-Efa (UK), Shaykh Yahya Rhodus (USA) and Shaykh AbdulKarim Yahya (US/Yemen)
16th February 2011- Luton
Please be aware that these are my notes; I was unable to write down everything, but what I have, I pray it's of some benefit to the readers. Any mistakes, errors or misinterpretations of words are from me alone, so please do forgive and overlook my shortcomings! You are welcome to share these notes but *please* do not just copy and paste the notes without referencing where you got them from; I do not want my notes to be taken out of context or misinterpreted. Also, the photos have been provided by Ahqib Hussain, please do not save and re-use them without his permission. Keep him in your prayers!
May Allah reward all those at Fountain Institute who assisted in organising and facilitating this blessed event. May Allah Most Merciful elevate the ranks of our Shayukh, bless and protect their families and teachers. Amin!
Introduction by Shaykh Ibrahim Osi-Efa
– Alhumdulilah, we praise Allah subhananhu wa'tala for the blessing He has bestowed upon us. (Shaykh Ibrahim then quoted the verse from surah Ibrahim) "And if you should count the favor of Allah , you could not enumerate them" [14:34]
– The blessing of Allah subhananhu wa'tala is the Prophet Muhammad sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam, and from that great blessing, every other blessing that Allah subhananhu wa'tala extends towards us comes from him sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam.
– It is imperative for each and every single one of us in this crazy age we live in, for us to become of those who are more acquainted and familiar with the prophet salla'Allahu alayhi wasalam. By that we do not just mean in terms of his great outward disposition and how how he looked in this world. What is more important for us are the attributes of the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam came to complete his virtues. That is why the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam said, as quoted in the Muwatta of Imam al Malik, 'that the only reason I was sent was to complete the noble virtues of character'.
– The prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam praised the book of Allah, the Quran. He brought the sunnah himself. The prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam was the walking Qur'an, like our mother Aisha radiAllahu anha informed us. Hence when we approach the Qur'an, we should approach it in order to see what the reality of the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam was.
– Those great virtues Allah subhananhu wa'tala bestowed upon the Prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam were the cause of reason why the prophet was named Muhammad, sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam, the one who possesses great and abundance virtues qualities. And for that reason Allah praised the Prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam and refered to him sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam as someone who has tremendous character (surah Rum).
-What do we know about the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam? As Muslims, as well as non-Muslims, the project begins to understand the most important individual, sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam.
– We hope to share on this blessed night that we should understand that whenever we are in the praise of Allah subhananhu wa'tala it is blessed; whenever we are in the praise and remembrance of the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam, it is blessed.
– The purpose is to get to know the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam. Not in an abstract sense just so we can get information about who he is, but in the real sense so we can embrace that which he came to complete, which are attributes that are beloved to the Lord of existence, subhananhu wa'tala.
– We will look at the nature of the virtues of the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam from the perspective of the human character.
– Wisdom will be the greatest topic because it's the property of the believer. Likewise, we will look at the great quality of temperance, which comes by desire; the appetite of the human being is placed into a state of moderation and becomes virtuous. And the third topic we will look at is the issue of anger, and how when anger is brought into a state of balance, it becomes a great prophetic quality. All of these will help us give a greater understanding of who the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam was and about who Allah subhananhu wa'tala wants each and every single one of us to be. We ask Allah subhananhu wa'tala not to treat this gathering as a gathering of entertainment but we treat this as a gathering of sacred engagement. (Amin!)
– Alhumdulilah for the blessing of Muhammad sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam, that one part that encompassed all of Allah subhananhu wa'tala's creation of mercy. And he sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam was an example for humanity of magnificent character; such that Allah praised him – 'And indeed, you are of magnificent character' [68:4]. Allah revealed this verse in the context of reputation of a slander that was made by his sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam enemies who called him a madman. The understanding, which was understood from this is that a madman cannot have a magnificent character because no one has a magnificence character expect those who posses a magnificent 'aql'- intellect or reason. And that is the capacity as Shaykh Ibrahim mentioned, the quality of the magnificent 'aql', which stems the quality of wisdom, and other qualities which also stem like courage and temperance. Allah praised the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam intellect as magnificent.
-Part of the make up of human character is the faculty of intellect or reason- 'aql', and also at times, Imam al Ghazali calls this 'knowledge'. This capacity (aql), if it is refined by connection to revelation, bears the fruit of hikmah- wisdom. Its refinement is through learning. And if this quality of intellect is refined through revelation then it bears the fruit of wisdom and wisdom is the head of all those other noble characteristics.
– No one reached perfection in these noble characteristics except the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam. He sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam is the example for anyone who wishes to be characterised by these qualities. To the extent to which we are near to him sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam in these qualities, we are nearer to Allah; and to the extent we are distant to him sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam in these qualities, we are distant from Allah.
– The refining of this capacity of intellect is through knowledge. In our case, it is through learning, and in his sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam's case, Allah Himself refined him. The prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam would say that 'My Lord taught me adab and did so well'.
-If we look at many of the Qur'anic verses related to character which were directed to him, all of them were revealed to him initially and through all of these verses, Allah refined him sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam and shaped him and he embodied the Qur'an. His sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam's character was the Qur'an, and with the Qur'an he taught us sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam.
– Surah Hujarat- 'The believers are only the ones who have believed in Allah and His Messenger and then doubt not but strive with their properties and their lives in the cause of Allah . It is those who are the truthful' [49:15]. In this verse Allah subhananhu wa'tala mentions these qualities; the quality of knowledge, and that is the belief in Allah and his Messenger sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam and that which is unshakeable; they believe in Allah and his Messenger sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam and then they have no doubt; knowledge of Allah and yakeen and certainty which is the extent of hikmah-wisdom.
– In the case of hikmah (wisdom), we want to look at the life of the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam in which it shows his hikmah, his intellect which was refined, and directed and led by revelation, producing in him an excellent management and penetrating insight. Also encompassing things and seeing them through the light of knowledge, and seeing them through inner sight, and dealing all of that in context of his certitude and his certainty in Allah which was the extent of Hikmah. An example of this was the hijra of the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam. After 13 years in Makkah, a large group of the Ansaar came and gave an oath to defend him sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam as they defended themselves, their wives and children. At that point, he sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam gave permission to his companions to make hijrah. Until this happened he sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam waited, and that was from his excellence management and complete certitude and reliance upon Allah subhananhu wa'tala. He sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam himself waited behind until Allah subhananhu wa'tala commanded him to leave Makkah. When the Quraysh saw that the believers were making hijrah, they conspired to kill the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam. At that point Gibril alayhi salam descended with revelation and informed the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam of their plan and instructed him to make hijrah. The prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam took measures. He sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam managed and organised, and used his penetrating intelligence, and told Sayyidina Ali to lay in his bed and gave him his shawl to wrap over him. Again he sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam used his insight and connection to Allah's book and he left his house reciting the verses of surah Yasin, from the beginning up until the verse where Allah says they see not:
'And We have put before them a barrier and behind them a barrier and covered them, so they do not see.'[36:9]
He sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam understood from this verse that it essentially blinded them (the Quraysh) from him so they could not see him sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam when he exited. He then sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam went to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr. There were many measures of planning that were taken for the hijrah, for example Abu Bakr prepared two camel mounts that were in excellent condition for the journey. They then departed from Makkah. The prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam, as he was departing Makkah looked at the Kaaba and spoke to Makkah. He sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam said 'Indeed you are the most beloved of Allah's lands to Allah and you are the most beloved of Allah's lands to me and were you people not to have driven me from you, I would not have left.'
They went to the mount Thawr in which there was a cave and they stayed there for 3 nights. During their stay, again they had a well-organised plan. Things were placed in their proper places but their reliance wasn't on the plan, but on Allah subhananhu wa'tala which is part of hikmah, that is connected to revelation and yakeen- that one plans and organises, but above everything is Allah!
As we all know, Allah willed that a spider created a web over the cave, and 2 wild doves laid their nests outside. Despite all of this, the disbelievers got very close to the cave. They got to the point where they were standing immediately outside of the cave. At this point, the person who's aql is limited to that which is measurable and is material, and right in front of his 5 senses, they will feel that 'now my plan has failed'. That's is! However the person whose heart and insight is ignited and wisdom is connected to revelation, has certitude of Allah subhananhu wa'tala.
In a hadith we hear Sayyidina Abu Bakr say to the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam that if 'they (Quraysh) looked at their feet, they will see us' – the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam showed his yakeen (certainty) to the extent which is this hikmah, by saying that 'what do you think of the 2 where Allah is their 3rd? So my plan isn't because of this cave, or this mountain or the provision we brought, the mount we used etc, my plan is because I am dependant upon Allah and I know that He is with me!' That was the response of the Messenger of Allah.
And this is a lesson for all of us in our mind and our planning, that we never divorce our relationship from Allah subhananhu wa'tala and that we do not depend or rely upon ourselves and our planning, but we depend and rely upon Allah subhananhu wa'tala.
The deeper wisdom is that the one who truly relies on Allah and is stripped of everything; the one who has knowledge and faith in Allah knows that this is his best state. The poet said- 'From entrusting ones affairs to Allah, causes super abundance of what one would hope for.' So this might have been the best state for the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam because he knows that this is not my plan, this is Allah's plan and Allah is with us. That was how they were in the cave, in a state of absolute certitude and in a state with Allah and that was the fruit of his intellect, his wisdom that was defined by revelation and instructed directly by Allah. They stayed in the cave for 3 days. After the 3rd day, they hired a Bedouin guy, but it shows again the wisdom and management of the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam because the Bedouin was non-Muslim and he sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam didn't know if he would embrace Islam. Regardless, the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam took the means that were shown to him and hired a non believer to lead him because that person had skills in that area and knew the route well. He took the means but relied on Allah. Then they made their way to Madinah.
-We want to have Madinan hearts; hearts that the full moon rises over them!
-If we want our hearts to be refined, we have to embrace the Messenger. The Ansar sheltered the Messenger. We have to shelter him sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam in our hearts and if we do that, then that will be the cause of noble character.
– This quality of ilm, or aql or wisdom, or reason, is Allah's Messenger sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam!
-What about you and I? How are we going to refine this faculty of ours so we have hikmah?
– Imam al- Ghazali in the Ihya says that this is refined through learning, however through its proper conditions and etiquettes. We should follow him sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam and look at him as our teacher.
– He sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam was taught by Allah directly. Allah gave him sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam knowledge but he still begged him for more knowledge – 'Rabbi zidni ilma!' O my Lord increase me in knowledge.
– Each of us need to be in active pursuit of knowledge. We can't think about hikmah without knowledge. If we wish to have knowledge, we have to respect and adhere to the conditions which are iklaas, humbleness etc.
-Imam al- Haddad gave 3 counsels to strengthen our Yakeen (certainty) in the Book of Assistance:
1. Listening to His words and the sayings of the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam where His attributes are mentioned. We have to not only listen to the Book, but to the one upon whom it was revealed to, sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam. There has to be a connection to that initial heart and mind that was refined and illuminated, i.e the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam.
2. Reflection. Using our 5 senses to reflect on the wonders of Allah's creation.
3. Striving and acting according to the knowledge we have learnt.
We ask Allah to grant us a connection to the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam! (Amin!)
-Alhumdulilah. There are 2 blessings I would like to mention that Allah has given us in order to be here tonight and experience what we are experiencing:
1. Blessing of gathering together of this sort and if the only thing we were to do was to gather together and sit in this room and just look at each other without saying anything, we would benefit immensely from just that. When believers gather there are very powerful and important things that happening; some of them are related to the outward and some are related to the inward. But just the mere gathering of Muslims for the sake of Allah subhananhu wa'tala, and no one here came for any ulterior motive, except for the contentment of Allah is important; especially if we think about the great prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam of ours we are speaking of lived over 1400 year- the fact we are still here in Luton and are mentioning him!
2. The blessing that as Muslims, we still know how to live. That we are some of the only people left on the earth that know how to live. When we are talking about the different stations we are trying to reach as shaykh Ibrahim was mentioning early, about these different states and that in order to be religious people we have to be rational people, and to be rational people we have to be human beings and there is type of maqam, a station in our times to actually be human!
– We live in a time where we see a consumer society; you can sum up modernity as an economic system. From the time we wake up in the morning and go to sleep in the evening, we are susceptible and in this never-ending process of consumerism that is trying to captivate our mind, body and soul. Trying to subjugate that to turn us into a consumer. This whole idea which is being created that your happiness is through consumption! This is a complete lie!
– We believe Allah subhananhu wa'tala can provide for us in ways which are unexpected. Ways that don't even come to our mind.
– The trait of temperance that we will be speaking about is very important and practical.
– As a believer you should realise you have something to offer to the world; that you can offer a practical example of the synthesis of this great trait in your life. This is the trait of temperance.
-The whole idea of temperance is self-restraint, it's an idea of abstaining and moderation.
– Temperance as defined by one the scholars is a state that overtakes the heart, that forbids one from having desire overcoming them.
– Imam al Ghazali gives us a hierarchy of desires:
1. Base desire- first desire, which is eating and drinking. This begins when we are very young.
2. Desire for the opposite sex. This comes as we grow a bit older.
3. As one gets older, another desire is to have status, to be renowned.
4. Last desire is for us to want to know everything.
– The whole state of believers ,and to be of balance and exercise self- restraint, we have to understand all of these desires and how they relate to human being. We have to understand we were not created to be consumed. We were created a live uprightly and morally for the sake of Allah subhananhu wa'tala
– If you look at the life of our prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam, you will find the most beautiful examples of someone who lived outwardly in the world but completely abstaining from it in terms of his heart.
– Hadith- where the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam never once ate bread and meat unless there were other people eating with him. He sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam never ate like that when he was on his own. If he ate lunch he wouldn't eat dinner and if he ate dinner he would not have had lunch. His poverty was by choice; the only time he indulged was when other people were with him. This life he sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam lived of renunciation, if we believers have this understanding and just cut back, we will see the benefit of it.
– Temperance, when this quality is in a state of balance, it produces good qualities and when imbalance it produces bad qualities.
– When you see any picture of the grave of the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam, you will see 3 verses written on the top right hand corner. Within that, there is a line of poetry from Imam al-Haddad. It says: 'The prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam whose character is the character that the All-Merciful has magnified in His book.' It could have been about him praying or his struggles or knowledge, but what is there is about his character.
– No matter how much knowledge you have, if you do not have a state or know how to interact with people, you will never be accepted or successful.
– Every single person you come into contact with, it is an absolute obligation that you represent your prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam when you interact with them. You have to interact with them in a prophetic manner.
-One of the worst things you can do to someone is force them out of Islam.
– It doesn't matter what they write about you, but if you interact with every single person in a prophetic way, none of that would matter because they would know regardless of what a Muslim is.
– Temperance is the ability to have self-restraint. It's the ability to control your desires according to your intellect and the sacred law, which all comes from learning.
-We are an ummah of knowledge. We all have to learn from the cradle to the grave and we have to continue to learn.
– Zuhd- definition Imam al-Ghazali gives is: 'Its' for you to divert your desire for something to that which is better than it!'
– Direct your desire towards something that should be worth it. You will never be able to remove desire but instead you direct it elsewhere.
– When you have the ability to restrain yourself and attach your heart to Allah, then this is the way to attain Divine Love and become beloved to Him.
– Alhumdulilah. Any topic that we discuss that brings us closer to the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam is a topic that is worthy of discussion. Especially when that topic will in view inshaAllah in us the attributes that are not only beloved to the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam but are beloved to the Lord of the prophet Muhammad sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam.
– Hadith- the closest to me on the day of judgement are those in character. As we heard our dear brother and Shaykh Yahya allude to the various stages the human being, the soul of the human being goes through as it engages the physical realm, that there will be attributes that will manifest. The attribute of desire. It's the first desire, this faculty of appetite. The need and want of man, we see that evident inside the child. The lower self, the nafs is similar to a child. The child is full of desire.
– We see the manifestation of anger in and around the age of 7. Many of us when we were youngsters had a fight in school because we wanted something. When we are pre 7, we are cute, we get everything we want. But when we are no longer cute, we realise we cannot get what we want, we throw tantrums. We get angry.
– The faculty of anger links to the faculty of intellect.
– The 3 faculties: faculty of desire, faculty of anger and faculty of intellectual and rational, these are the 3 essential elements of what we call character human character.
– Once we have developed the faculty of intellect, then we reach or attained that age they call puberty, Allah sends different types of forces. By this point, every single faculty is negative. At this point Allah sends 2 forces upon man; a good force and an evil force. The angelic forces are the good forces and the evil forces are the demonic forces. Both are going to seek to take control of the battlefield, the war begins and the war ultimately is a war that gives problems because the negative forces have already taken control of the battlefield. And usually the one who gets into the battlefield first, wins. And that is why we are fighting an uphill struggle.
– Our topic is the topic of anger. Topic of anger is important because by virtue of master over the faculty of anger, we thereby master all of what the virtues the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam came to complete.
– That is why when one of the sahaba (companions) came to the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam for advice, he said 'do not get angry'. He kept repeating the question and the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam kept replying 'do not get angry.'
– Imam al-Ghazali said that it is impossible for us to not become angry because anger is inbuilt into us. It's a created inward reality and we cannot get rid of a part of you. What the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam was saying was CONTROL your anger.
– The sahaba were from an environment of intense anger, intense rage and jahiliiya, age of ignorance and wanton recklessness. Wanton violence, where anger is out of control.
– Arabs were not cowards. They were very angry people. Arabs were extremely violent people, therefore for us it is important to understand what the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam did and what he achieved?
– He tamed those who were believed to be untameable. He brought to a middle point those who where believed to be reckless, impossible to bring them to a middle point.
– The mission of the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam was to tame the intense rage and anger that Allah crafted the Arabs upon!
– Arabs still know how to get angry, just like we saw recently in Egypt and Tunisia.
– When the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam asked the sahaba about who is the strong and powerful one? The sahaba replied that the one who is skilled in the art of wresting, in fighting etc. He sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam said no, the one who is able to control his rage and anger and when his rage and anger is provoked is strong and powerful. That is why Allah not only praises the one who can suppresses rage, but the one who can suppresses rage, forgive and forget those who or what provoked the rage inside them.
– Allah does not give us abstract words, He wants to take us higher so each and every single one of us sees paradise! It's a difficult task.
– Sayyinduna Umar was the personification of anger. He was a very angry man. He said that in the days of jahiliyya before he became Muslim, his anger was for his nafs, to gain the things he desires. But when he became Muslim, he became angry for Allah! That is the taming of the faculty of anger!
– Allah subhananhu wa'tala sends us a being who taught us practically how to suppress rage, his name was Muhammad sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam!
– We should ponder that; we should reflect on that. If we were to switch off the lights and sit and reflect, everyone would disappear. We don't know how to go to the deeper meanings. How do we in relation to Muhammad sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam who came to perfect every single attribute for you, we should personalise the YOU.
– Allah's pleasure will not be granted to someone who's anger in out of control.
– When the sahaba asked the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam what is the most feared reality, he sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam replied that its 'the anger of Allah!'. They asked, 'Ya RasullaAllah how do we not occur the anger of Allah?' He replied, 'you control your anger. If you control your anger, He will control His anger towards you'.
– As you treat others, Allah subhananhu wa'tala will likewise treat you.
– And that is why we see in the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam himself was someone who came to teach us how to suppress rage. Because when we suppress rage and anger and we bring it to this median point between two extremities of excess and deficiencies, it brings forward a beautiful quality called courage.
– Why did Sayyidina Ali ibn Talib say the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam was the most courageous of people? It's because the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam defined the reality of courage.
– People go into excess. We have on the one hand, people of extreme anger. Then we have the opposite extreme of cowards- we are people of laxity of anger, laxity of intellect, laxity of desire.
– But the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam came with balance, came with moderation and we are an ummah of moderation.
– The prophet was tested. The reality of bravery manifests when one is tested. One of us can claim we are brave but when we have to stand on a battlefield, we can be tested.
– Bravery can be tested. When we see the atrocities over the world, the blood of man is being spilt that manifest the negative qualities….
– We either have too much anger or we have those who are cowards!
– The intellect has to take control over anger. The intellect plays an important role in putting the anger in check.
– The prophet salla'Allahu 'alayhi wasalam was somebody who in each and every moment was in tribulation. How would you feel if you were born without a father? How would you feel if you were given to a stranger when just 2 weeks old and then taken to the dessert? Children become traumatic when placed in the hands of those they are not familiar or their natural parents- it's a trauma for a child, how would you feel? Allah subhananhu wa'tala sent blessed beings to ensure the child (the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam) is not traumatic but something that is nurturing. but what was it that was nurturing him? In the dessert, in those early years, he was given the great blessed attribute which relates to anger, it controls anger. Its called Hilm, that is why he is Ibn Halima!
– The nature of hilm is the ability to control your anger and respond to the one who provokes anger in you by doing that which is beautiful. Somebody who does wrong to you and you only respond by doing good to them- that is prophecy. This was recognised by anyone who interacted with the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam.
– The prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam met Sayyidina Abu bakr wondering the streets of Madinah and asked him what has brought you here in the middle of the night. He says I left my house just to see the face of the Messenger of Allah. I left my house in the middle of the night – Abu bakr couldn't sleep! Abu bakr yearns for the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam in the middle of the night, not just crying and yearning in the house, but a yearning that forces him out of the house in the middle of the night just to see the Messenger of the Allah sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam. He found him and gazed upon the face of the prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam. "I'm yearning for the prophet" he used to say to his blessed wife.
– He came with the ability to control rage and anger. We see the difficulties of his sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam's life in each and every single moment but he responds to them in beautiful way.
– Clemency is the ability not to just forgive; not just to forgive and forget; but it is to forgive, forget and to act beautifully to the one who does you wrong.
– One of the beautiful names of Allah- He is al-Ghafir- the Forgiver, and al-Ghaffur, the one who forgives in abundance. Allah is also al-Haleem the One who when people do Him wrong, He only does them right. That is Allah!
Jaza 'Llahu anna Sayyidina Muhammadan sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam ma huwa ahluhu
Jaza 'Llahu anna Sayyidina Muhammadan sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam ma huwa ahluhu
Jaza 'Llahu anna Sayyidina Muhammadan sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam ma huwa ahluhu
Subhana Rabbika Rabbi l'izzati amma yasifun, wa salamun ala l'mursalin, wal-humdulillahi Rabbi l'alamin.


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Also in Burlington, at the HyVee on Agency, there will be around 5,000 eggs to pursue starting at noon. The Easter Bunny will be there from 10am-1pm.
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A classic sample of William Shakespeare's powerful poetry is the monologue that begins with the line, "All the world's a stage..." With vivid imagery, this short poem depicts human life through the analogy of a play being acted out on the stage of the world.
The pithy poem "All the World's a Stage" appears in Shakespeare's play, "As You Like It" (act 2, scene 7). It is a speech delivered by a character named Jaques, who comes across as a bit pretentious by introducing his dramatic lines with words that would have already been familiar to hearers: "All the world's a stage." He goes on to describe in vivid language the seven ages of man. Each person lives out essentially seven scenes on this stage of earth -- one goes from being a baby "mewling and puking in his nurse's arms" to being old and reaching that "...second childishness and mere oblivion, sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything."
Jaques, who delivers the lines, is a somewhat glum (but self-assured) character who resides in the forest of Arden, the home of shepherds and those who have been banished by family or state. These gloomy lines that depict the bleak scenes of man's life are quite in character for Jaques. As they are well formulated into a complex simile, the lines give the idea that Jaques has prepared this fancy speech ahead of time to have something polished to deliver when the opportunity presents itself.
"All the world's a stage," Shakespeare wrote. This poem images life as a play we are acting out, and the world as the stage on which we act it. This idea of the world being a stage was not first thought up by Shakespeare. He piggybacked on an idea proposed by thinkers before his day, but he was the first to put this idea into such powerful lines of clear verbal imagery.
Jaques' monologue continues "...And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages." He then goes on to describe what these seven ages are, and most of them sound rather bleak. Yet it is also clear that the drama of life, though it has its fair share of tragedy, is also partially comic, and at times romantic. The person Shakespeare describes here goes from being a crying baby, to a young boy who walks unwillingly to school, to a lover, to a soldier, to a justice, to a spectacled old man and finally to an ancient and bedraggled man sinking into oblivion before death.
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Conservation Status: Least Concern.
Also known as: Sea Elephant, Elefante Marino
Sexual Dimorphism: Males are much larger than females, have much larger canine teeth, and develop a large inflatable bulb on the nose.
Length: Average: 3.8 m males; 2.5 m females Range: 3.6-4.2 m males; 2.2-3 m females
Weight: Average: 1,800 kg males; 650 kg females Range: 1,500-2,300 kg males; 400-800 kg females
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Reused bakers rack becomes pot rack
& wine rack.
Simple homemade spice shelf.
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- AnonymousJanuary 19, 2010 at 1:11 PM
1 - I love the changes you made to your kitchen! I never would have thought it was "missing" anything, but to see the new spice rack and pot rack, I think it looks so complete!
2 - I killed my rosemary tree :( Now I am going to try to get another, and just replant it! Maybe that will work!
Jen Thanks hon! Sorry about your rosemary though. I had some herbs in those mini ceramic dishes, you know the ones that come with three pots in a row? Anyway, they didn't make it either. I was just thinking about what to put in there next. In retrospect, I think I wasn't watering them enough. That's why I've been watering the rosemary tree so much :-)
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You are very cratief. That is a good character trait.
Sorry for my English,it isn't super. I translated your blog to google translator. I think my English is better than your Dutch so I'm not ashamed. ( haha)
You have a beautiful kitchen and I like the plank with herb jars.
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Club Apps, the premier provider of custom mobile apps for clubs in the Health and Fitness Industry, announced new integration with ABC Financial Services, the leader in club management software and payment processing. This collaboration of technologies allows members to manage their entire membership experience directly from the club's custom mobile app. "Our integration dramatically enhances member engagement with the club right from the palm of the members' hands. It is inclusive of class reservations, personal training booking, account management, bill pay and in-app purchases," said Kelly Sweeney, President of Club Apps.
"ABC Financial and Club Apps are two of the leading software development companies within the health and fitness sector," says ABC Financial Chief Revenue Officer, Steve Ayers. "I feel that our enhanced integration creates distance between us and our competitors. One of our main focuses at ABC Financial is to innovate beyond consumer and industry expectations, in effort to provide our customers with the tools they need to improve operational efficiencies. This will help save time and provide a higher level of service and offerings to our clients' members. I am confident that ABC's enhanced integration with Club Apps has done such."
Features Released in the Club Apps/ABC Financial Integration:
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Member Account Management and Bill Pay –View, manage and update membership account information, personal gym schedule management and bill pay.
Member Purchases –Buy classes, sessions, services and products with your card on file or a payment type of your choosing.
About Club Apps
Club Apps is the premier provider of custom mobile apps for health clubs in the Fitness Industry. Based in Lawrenceville, GA, Club Apps creates apps that encompass the entire member and prospect experience for clubs, integrate fitness technologies and provide portals of member engagement for every facet of the club - complete with member and prospect push alert notifications. Contact us at www.clubapps.com or 855-367-7379.
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Launched in 1981, ABC Financial has revolutionized software and payment processing for the health and fitness industry. Headquartered in the Little Rock, Ark. area, ABC Financial serves approximately 4,800 clubs with approximately 4.5 million members throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. The company's innovative club management software, DataTrak, is the most complete web-based software in the health and fitness industry.


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Research news
Dr. Mark Wainberg awarded 2012 Killam Prize in Health Sciences
The Lady Davis Institute (LDI) and McGill University are delighted to announce that Dr. Mark A. Wainberg has been awarded the 2012 Killam Prize in Health Sciences by the Canada Council for the Arts. He is the past Director of the LDI and is currently head of its HIV/AIDS research axis and Director of the McGill AIDS Centre.
Study suggests new way to treat chronic pain
Nearly one in five people suffers from the insidious and often devastating problem of chronic pain. That the problem persists, and is growing, is striking given the many breakthroughs in understanding the basic biology of pain over the past two decades. Research published online in Nature Medicine points to potential solutions.
Nine McGill researchers appointed Canada Research Chairs
Nine McGill researchers were among the 132 newly awarded or renewed Canada Research Chairs just announced by the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for Science and Technology. The McGill CRCs work in fields ranging from social statistics and family change to the cognitive neuroscience of attention and expectation.
Fielding questions about climate change
In a study published in Nature, Alfonso Mucci, of the Department of Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences worked with colleagues from Concordia University to study the chemical makeup of sediment samples from oceans around the world to show how iron oxides can remove carbon dioxide from our atmosphere.
The shape of things to come
For those involved in managing the fallout from environmental disasters such as oil spills, it is essential to have tools that predict how the oil will move. McGill Engineering professor George Haller has worked with Prof. Josefina Olascoaga,from the University of Miami to develop a method that does not simply track: it actually forecasts major changes in the way that oil spills will move.
"Two steps" ahead in cystic fibrosis research
A recent study led by Gergely Lukacs, a professor at McGill University's Faculty of Medicine, Dept. of Physiology, and published in the January issue of Cell, has shown that restoring normal function to the mutant gene product responsible for cystic fibrosis requires correcting two distinct structural defects. This finding could point to more effective therapeutic strategies for CF in the future.
McGill and Freie Universität Berlin team up
McGill University and Freie Universität Berlin have formally moved to enhance their research collaboration through a cooperation agreement that includes the exchange of faculty, staff and students, as well as joint research activities and publications.
McGill researchers crack degeneration process that leads to Alzheimer's
A research group led by Dr. A. Claudio Cuello of McGill University's Faculty of Medicine, Dept. of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, has uncovered a critical process in understanding the degeneration of brain cells sensitive to Alzheimer's disease (AD). The study, published in the February issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, suggests that this discovery could help develop alternative AD therapies.
How accurate are rapid flu tests?
A new study conducted by researchers from McGill University, the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI MUHC), and Sainte-Justine University Hospital Research Centre, has put the accuracy of rapid influenza diagnostic tests (RIDTs) under the microscope. The meta-analysis of 159 studies showed three key findings.
Hold the salt: coastal drinking water more vulnerable to water use than climate change
Human activity is likely a greater threat to coastal groundwater used for drinking water supplies than rising sea levels from climate change, according to a study conducted by geoscientists from the University of Saskatchewan and McGill University in Montreal.
The beat goes on: the geometry that makes music pleasing
A research team led by neuroscientists Drs. Daniel Levitin and Vinod Menon, from McGill and Stanford Universities, analyzed the scores of close to 2,000 musical compositions written by more than 40 composers over the last 400 years in a large variety of Western musical genres. They discovered a mathematical formula governing the rhythmic patterns to which every single piece of music conformed.
Neuron memory key to taming chronic pain
A team of researchers led by McGill neuroscientist Terence Coderre, who is also affiliated with the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, has found the key to understanding how memories of pain are stored in the brain. More importantly, the researchers are also able to suggest how these memories can be erased, making it possible to ease chronic pain.
Exploring how a parent's education can affect the mental health of their offspring
Could depression in adulthood be tied to a parent's level of education? A new study led by Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, a medical sociologist from McGill University, suggests this is the case.
Supporting Innovation
The CFI awards more than $1 million to seven McGill researchers
Four McGill discoveries among Québec Science magazine's top 10 of 2011
Breakthroughs in Alzheimer's, pain, geography research and orthopedic surgery included in annual ranking


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17 February 2012
Neon Studs
40 comments:
- Mandy @ In the Fashion Lane said...
I walked around Target for over an hour today. And ended up with 12 different neon items in my basket. 12. Then I realized that was a bit excessive. Until I see all of your neon and want to go back and buy it all. LOVE. PS. Your Atwoods look like a pair of Ralph Laurens (except the RL's have studs up the back) that is going around Pinterest. Just thought you should know. Happy Friday!! XOXO
- February 17, 2012
- Polly said...
I love that dress, I completely see why it is your new favourite. And Im hating that I can't buy anything wonderful at the moment, unless it begins with maternity!
- February 17, 2012
- Prêt-à-Penser said...
I love the sweater :)
WWW.PRETPENSER.COM - February 17, 2012
- Closet Fashionista said...
So gorgeous!!! That dress looks like it is sooo soft! :D
http://www.closet-fashionista.com/ - February 17, 2012
- a.woman.like.me said...
I love what your wearing, and those T-bar shoes are my undoing!! I want it!
awomanlikeme-sim.blogspot.com - February 17, 2012
- The Fancy Teacup said...
Loving the neon craze, the cardigan is absolutely perfect. x
www.TheFancyTeacup.com - February 17, 2012
- Eloquent English said...
Loving the bright green! The Dress! The Shoes! Ok I love it all! xoxo A-
- February 17, 2012
- Chic 'n Cheap Living said...
That dress is ridiculously awesome on you! Happy weekend darling!
Chic 'n Cheap Living - February 17, 2012
- Courtney Erin said...
I think neon and studs might be my new favorite combo - love how you're wearing them!
Courtney ~ http://sartorialsidelines.com - February 17, 2012
- Shayne Renee said...
Very pretty! I love that cardigan. It is such a great color. I also love how you made an elegant dress more causal by adding the cardi and the studded belt.
- February 17, 2012
- Lacee Swan said...
love the neon with this dress!
- February 17, 2012
- caviar taste said...
I totally adore this whole ensemble! Beautiful!!!
www.caviartaste.com - February 17, 2012
- Cara said...
love the t strap heels and the cut of that dress is so pretty-looks awesome with the studded belt and pop of neon...
Happy Weekend!
xo Cara
http://www.afashionloveaffair.com - February 17, 2012
- Grace - Stripes and Sequins said...
Love, love, love!!!
Happy Friday! - February 17, 2012
- Beautygirl24 said...
I NEED a cardi in that color! You look great!
- February 17, 2012
- Baby Budget Blog said...
Adoring that neon cardi!!
www.plentyforpennies.blogspot.com - February 17, 2012
- La Petite Olga said...
This is a gorgeous combination of black and neon! Love it!
And you have such a great blog!
xx Olga
La Petite Olga - February 17, 2012
- Audrey said...
Everyone needs a little neon! You look so chic, love it! www.casualglamorous.com
- February 17, 2012
- Seeking Style said...
You look gorgeous! Love the neon!
xo Jennifer
http://seekingstyleblog.wordpress.com - February 17, 2012
- StilettosAndDiaperBags said...
LOVE! The neon pop of color makes it! so pretty!
http://www.stilettosanddiaperbags.blogspot.com/ - February 18, 2012
- Nic said...
LOVE the color combo! you are rockin this look--i love it!
~nic - February 18, 2012
- Eva B. said...
Amazed at the gorgeous pop of neon... And, I just discovered you and the Frankie shop... New follower here! You look great... <3
www.evabstyle.blogspot.com - February 18, 2012
- Annabel said...
The neon is amazing, totally loving this look! great blog :)
pepperandchips.blogspot.com - February 18, 2012
- LRB said...
Love a neon with an LBD. So chic.
@littleredbookxo - February 18, 2012
- Satin And Salt said...
digging this look! Where are your favorite places to shop?
www.SatinAndSalt.com - February 19, 2012
- Regina said...
Stunning dress love this look!
- February 19, 2012
- Kara said...
Great dress! The studded belt is reminding me of the wide one Carrie wore in the SATC movie.
- February 19, 2012
- The doll on fashion said...
Those shoes are perfect!
The doll on fashion - February 20, 2012
- Ivana said...
What a gorgeous color combo! Love the interesting cut of your dress, the pop of neon, and those shoes are to die for! Fantastic!
Happy Monday!
xx Ivana
Stop by sometimes :)
Macarons and Pearls - February 20, 2012
- blue roses said...
love bringing in some unexpected elements, the studded belt and the pop of neon, to sharpen up this little black dress.
http://dallianceswithsuitsandskirts.blogspot.com/ - February 20, 2012
- PriscilaPetersDecor said...
Beautiful dress!!! Love the style.
Have a lovely week. - February 20, 2012
- Kavery said...
Can't decide if I like the dress or the sweater better!
- February 20, 2012
- Kristin said...
You make me love neon even MORE!
- February 21, 2012
- Annie said...
love that the dress is from Shop Frankie's! :) SUCH a great price too!!
- February 21, 2012
- Fashionably Broke said...
AH I love this outfit. It is so ME! Thank you for the inspiration :)
Natalie - February 21, 2012
- Lisa said...
omgosh nicole OBSESSED with this outfit.. you've incorporated two of my favorite trends.. studs and neons!! LOVE LOVE LOVE and you did it so effortlessly as well!! heart this look!
- February 22, 2012
- Mary Jo at TrustYourStyle said...
so glad to see you wearing this color of neon yellow! i sort of feel like it hasn't caught on here the way they're decked out in it in london. it looks great with that dress!
xo mary jo - February 22, 2012
- Natalie said...
LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE! That's all. xx Nat
- February 23, 2012
- Gaby de Modacapital said...
you look amazing ! Love the sweater! :)
- February 23, 2012
- Johanna said...
Amazing ensemble - the neon cardi is perfection!
- March 02, 2012


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Tim HigginsHillary Clinton praised General Motors Co. for naming Mary Barra the first female chief executive officer of a global automaker, saying the government made the "right decision" on the auto industry bailout.
"I'm excited about GM's new CEO -- you might guess I would be," Clinton, a Democrat and former secretary of state, told an audience of about 4,000 people at the National Automobile Dealers Association convention in New Orleans. "I guess you could say she broke through the steel ceiling, not the glass ceiling."
Clinton's visit comes as U.S. auto sales are running at a pre-recession pace less than five years after federal bailouts. GM and Chrysler, after receiving aid under then-President George W. Bush, would ultimately undergo a bankruptcy reorganization after Barack Obama took office. Ford Motor Co., which avoided bankruptcy, had its own painful restructuring.
"They were the right decisions, that doesn't mean they were not without cost," Clinton said.
Clinton, who left office last year and has drawn interest from Democratic Party leaders as a potential presidential candidate, reiterated today that she hasn't decided what she'll do in 2016.
"I'll think about it in the future sometime," said Clinton, a former first lady and U.S. senator from New York.
Government Motors
Her speech to auto dealers follows the U.S. Treasury's sale last month of its remaining stake in GM. The exit ended the so-called "Government Motors" era that followed the U.S. government's $50 billion bailout and reorganization of the company.
The U.S. lost about $11 billion on its investment in GM, which was the largest piece of an industry bailout that became a centerpiece of Obama's first term.
Buoyed by lower debt and reduced labor costs, GM and Chrysler are emblematic of a revitalized U.S. auto industry that last year saw its best sales year since 2007. Chrysler and Ford both gained U.S. market share last year and GM swept the North American Car and Truck of the Year awards this month.
The bailout preserved 2.6 million jobs in 2009 at automakers and companies that depend on the industry, according to the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The center calculates that a collapse would have eliminated $284 billion in personal income in 2009 and 2010 and cost the federal government $105 billion in unemployment benefits, as well as reduced Social Security contributions.
Product Chief
Following the announcement last month that the U.S. government was out of GM, Dan Akerson announced his retirement and named Barra, who was the automaker's chief product officer, as his successor.
Barra's promotion sends the signal that the U.S. wants people who are talented and spur innovation, Clinton said.
"We're seeing, I think, these decisions made regardless of gender," she said. "It sends a really good signal to little girls and little boys across our country that we really don't have a person to waste."
As she reflected on her time as secretary of state, Clinton called the September 2012 attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four U.S. citizens, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, her biggest regret.
"It was a great personal loss to me," she said.


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− | *[http://www.looking4kin.com/group/oxfordshireenglandgenealogy Looking 4 Kin Genealogy & Family History Network - Oxfordshire] | + | *[http://www.looking4kin.com/group/oxfordshireenglandgenealogy Looking 4 Kin Genealogy & Family History Network - Oxfordshire] |
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To view a further list of web sites and/or web pages for Oxfordshire and many of its parishes, visit [http://fhlfavorites.info/Links/British/England/oxfordshire.htm FHLFavorites.info]. | To view a further list of web sites and/or web pages for Oxfordshire and many of its parishes, visit [http://fhlfavorites.info/Links/British/England/oxfordshire.htm FHLFavorites.info]. |
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The Oxfordshire Family History Society contains many valuable resources for researching in the parish of Oxfordshire. Free online information includes detailed parish maps, a surname interest list, some memorial transcriptions, and hundreds of will transcriptions, including original text, simplified modern day translations, and concise lists of the relationships detailed in the will. In addition, an extensive collection of Oxfordshire records has been transcribed by members and can be purchased from the society on CD or microfiche. These records include Census Indexes, Marriage Indexes, Parish Registers, Monumental Inscriptions, and Oxford City Guardians of the Poor reports. The Salt Lake City Family History Library has copies of the Parish Registers, but these records are restricted and cannot be sent out to LDS Family History Libraries in other locations. In addition, as of April 2010 they are not available on genealogy sites such as findmypast.co.uk or ancestry.co.uk.
Use an interactive map to find jurisdictions for each parish in Oxfordshire.
Civil Districts
When civil registration of births, marriages and deaths began in 1837, Oxfordshire was divided into a number of registration districts, each containing several parishes. The index to the civil records gives the name of the district where an event took place. Click here to see a list of the civil districts in Oxfordshire and the parishes covered by each. Read more about England Civil Registration.
See a list of the parishes of Oxfordshire with links to articles.
Probate Jurisdictions
Before 1858, every town and parish in Oxfordshire was under the probate jurisdiction of several ecclesiastical courts. Beginning in 1858, a civil system was established to probate the estates of deceased persons.
To read more about probate records and see a list of Oxfordshire towns and parishes and the probate courts that had jurisdiction over them, go to Oxfordshire Probate Records.
Did You Know?
The Oxford County records office is in a converted Church of England chapel on the outskirts of Oxford.
St Luke's Church, Temple Road, Cowley, Oxford OX4 2HT
It has some excellent indexes and transcripts of most parish records throughout the county.
It seems as though it was a popular thing for University Students to do for a project - prepare a transcription of all the records for a particular parish. With these fully indexed typewritten transcripts you do not have to worry about interpreting hand writing or ploughing through page after page of entries that have nothing to do with your family - just check in the index for names within the timescale you are interested in, and you should be able to very quickly identify those you are looking for.
- Looking 4 Kin Genealogy & Family History Network - Oxfordshire
- Oxfordshire Surnames Listings
- Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor
- Heritage Search: Provided courtesy of the Oxfordshire Coutny Council
To view a further list of web sites and/or web pages for Oxfordshire and many of its parishes, visit FHLFavorites.info.
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Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)Originally Posted by scurvyfreedman
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probably lose the pregnancy and very likely be wedded to the Bastard instead of Jeyne Poole.
This doesn't really make sense to me. The whole reason to marry Poole is to pass her off as Arya and have a claim to Winterfell plus believing Arya is at Winterfell provides motivation for some of Jon's actions. That works with Poole because she's just some unknown northern girl that knows enough to pass as Arya


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This story is a present day twist on the biblical story of Jacob and his mother Rebecca plotting together against the elderly father Isaac, who is lying on his deathbed, in order to get their hands on the inheritance, and on the power in the family. This is no old fairy tale. Its power is here and now, in each one of us. Listening to Yankle telling his take on events, we understand the bitter rivalry between him and his brother. We become intimately engaged with every detail of the plot, and every shade of emotion in these flawed, yet fascinating characters. He yearns to become his father's favorite son, seeing only one way open to him, to get that which he wants: deceit.
"What if my father would touch me," asks Yankle. In planning his deception, it is not love for his father, nor respect for his age that drives his hesitation - rather, it is the fear to be found out. And so - covering his arm with the hide of a kid, pretending to be that which he is not - he is now ready for the last moment he is going to have with his father.
©2012 Uvi Poznansky (P)2013 Uvi Poznansky
"Beautiful and Haunting"
Absolutely! The writing is beautiful, the story compelling, and the narration excellent (and perfectly suited to the tone of the book)
The author's use of language is just incredible. Her prose paints a picture that it's easy to be drawn into (it's no surprise that the author is a visual artist as well).
I enjoyed the opening chapter, when Yankel makes and describes the lentil stew that he will use to buy his brother's birthright.
A Timeless Story of Greed and Betrayal
I was really overwhelmed by the quality of the writing, and really impressed by how well the narration complemented it. This really is a case where the whole becomes greater than the sum of two already excellent parts.
"A Favorite Son, great book"
Strong description of family dynamics. Deep understanding of human's weaknesses.
The characters are all described as weak in some ways. I mostly enjoyed listening to their interactions.
Yes, the description of Jacob feeding his brother. First chapter. Also the part when Jacob is getting the blessing from his dying father.
Interesting, funny and fresh look at an old story.
"A Unique and Fascinating Listen!"
It's very hard for me to place this among my other audio books, which are all either mystery, suspense, or thriller. This is a totally different style of book, so it would have to be looked at as a standalone. That said, this is a superbly produced, high quality piece of work. The story is beautifully written and the narration is top notch.
Although this type of parable-style story set in distant desert lands was completely out of my usual genre, I found it fascinating, and was disappointed when it was over.
I loved the narrator's amazing array of voices. His accents were so well done, I was blown away by his interpretation and acting skills. I will be looking him up to see what else he does in "real life," for he sounded as though he could have done a one man show on Broadway, he was "that" good.
No, but it piqued my curiosity constantly. I loved the twists and turns and symbolic nature of the story and objects highlighted within.
A surprising gem among books - take a listen!
"Skilled Masterpiece!"
After both reading A Favorite Son on my own and then listening to the audio book, I think there is a definite benefit to hearing the male voice bring the characters to life. I very much enjoyed this audio experience.
One of the most memorable moments is the obvious favoritism of Rebecca for one son over another and the lengths she would go to deceive her husband, Isaac, demonstrates the duplicity of her role in all of their lives.
I think David Kudler did a great job of portraying all the characters he played in this audio book. His voice is clear, precise, and effectively draws the listener into the story line.
Most of us are familiar with the well-known Bible story of Jacob and Esau. Twin sons born to Rebecca and Isaac in their later years, are at odds and in competition to inherit the much coveted blessing from their father on his deathbed. The collaboration that takes place between mother and her favorite son, Yankle, in order to dupe Isaac effectively demonstrates the length some parents will go to in their unfairness, or what I refer to as, the "division" of their love.
According to the main thread skillfully woven into this novel, the phenomenon of favoring one child over another may be a curse not only for the favored child but for the rejected one as well. I purposely use the word "division" of love to describe the favoritism both Rebecca and Isaac displayed for opposite sons in this story in order to stress what I consider to be a poignant point.In my opinion, neither parent expresses true love. True love does not divide families nor does it create ugly competitiveness, sibling rivalry, jealously, hatred, anger and all the other undesirable, negative traits expressed between these two sons. Neither parent shows love for their offspring nor toward each other. It has been said that true love multiplies...it never divides.When one discovers this definition of love and fully embraces this concept, the negative emotions experienced by this family and many others, will no longer exist. To me, that is the true moral to this Bible story.Ms. Poznansky takes an age old story and gives it a modern twist.
The reader is invited into the tortured psyche of Yankle and the grief, guilt, and full knowledge of the consequence of his deception in order to demonstrate what a living hell is all about. Yankle is haunted by his choice, that of manipulating his father's deteriorating physical condition along with his mother, in order to steal his brother, Esav's birthright. He does not want to repeat history in his own life and continue with this kind of favoritism in his relationship with his own sons.This author shows not only by the cover she has so beautifully painted, but also by the words she has so carefully chosen to depict the results of such a past and present dilemma...the consequences of such a devious act.
To quote Ms. Poznansky when describing her book cover, she states, "To me, this is what this image means: looking directly at yourself, facing the pain and the ugly imperfections within, without any attempt to mask who you are--even if you find yourself on the verge of a meltdown." I think each of us will eventually reach this point in life, and regardless of what path we take to get there, we must face ourselves, our actions, our lives and learn what true love is all about...I think this is the genuine motive and goal behind the work of this talented artist and author. Her writing is meant to provoke, prod, persuade, and push us to the limits of our inner selves in order to tie it all together. In my opinion, she is not only showing us a part of herself, her every desire is for us to see our own reflection in her work and see what personal message it holds. She has certainly succeeded with me...
Inspirational Author & Book Reviewer ~ Dolores Ayotte
"Sibling Rivalry"
This was a lovely story written about a set of twins fighting for the birthright. Of course the one born first got it, and the second one spent his life jealous of it and finally tricked his brother out of it.
It was beautifully written and flowed so well. I thoroughly enjoyed every second of it. The narrator was great and did a wonderful job with the voices and narration.
"A Shining Light!"
I don't know, I haven't read the print version.
Everything. The writing, the narration... it was all brilliant.
I couldn't imagine anyone, anyone at all, dramatizing the story as brilliantly as David Kudler!
I believe so.
I'd encourage Uvi to write more such biblical accounts, convince us further just how human these characters are, show us their flaws, their hopes and dreams, take us deep into their psyches and allow us to know them more intimately, as she has here. More. Give us more!


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…and congrats to Anna, the winner of the Red Flower Sweet Alyssum giveaway.
Painting by Bishop Lennon at etsy.
Natural perfume + Green Beauty
OMG! So damn cute! I have to say that I saw a lot of sea lions in the Galapagos, and they were never that friendly towards each other!
I love Bishop's art! And hey, maybe it's our water here in Oregon that makes the sea lions so sweet to each other, LOL ❤
Happy Valentine's to you! (belatedly)
I hope the renovation(s) is/are carrying on smoothly!


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My global propaganda campaign is working. To defeat the dollar, CB's around the world (except the US and UK) are buying Gold. The Axis of Max are the nations banding together to defeat US hegemony and the baloney that comes with it.
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Good for Turkey.
What other option has been left for Iran?
Imagine the tyranny that a single world currency would impose. Having to run one's transactions through a central banking system (like SWIFT) is exactly equivalent to an RFID chip in the forehead that is used to leverage an entire nation and it's people. Central banks are unnecessary parasites.
"According to country's mines ministry, Iran's gold reserves will climb to 320 tons soon and country should be extracting some 5 tons of gold per year within the fifth development plan."
Iran's Gold production only averages 2.5 tons a year
http://www.bullionstreet.com/news/irans-gold-production-only-averages-25-tons-a-year/3191 -
reporter in story
When silver ?
Du German
Tungstenopp's I mean Gold is all audited by the NY FED and certified as "Good Delivery" status – and any Central Bank can take those bars to their vaults! … Brother Ben and Cousin Timmys' word is as good asTungstenopp's I mean Gold!. -
The Maxis of eagles
Interesting comments maxkeiser. I have not reported this and it is very hush hush, but I'll do it here instead. Forgive me for this long post but this is explosive news and very very important. Critical to this article in fact.
Iran Building Gas Pipeline to Syria
Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov.17/ Trend F.Milad/
The construction of Iran-Iraq-Syria gas pipeline started on Saturday, the IRIB News Agency reported.
The 225-kilometers long pipeline is projected to be completed by June 2013.
Tehran, Baghdad and Damascus signed the contract to build a new pipeline to transfer Iranian gas to Iraq, Syria and Europe in Asalouyeh port, south of Iran, in July, Mehr news agency reported.
The primary agreement on the strategic project was reached in May in Baghdad.
Under the new deal, a gas pipeline will be constructed to transfer Iran's gas to Iraq and Syrian territories feeding their power plants. It will extend through southern Lebanon to the Mediterranean Sea and Europe.
According to the project, Iran's natural gas resources will be transported to Iraq and Syria via a 5,600km-long pipeline which will have the capacity of transferring 110 million cubic meters of gas per day (110 MMcm/d).
The construction of the largest gas transfer project in the Middle East is estimated to cost $5-6 billion; some European financers expressed their willingness to finance this huge project.
Previously, Iranian and Syrian oil ministers said their countries planned to build a gas pipeline with the cooperation of Iraq in January to widen export options for regional energy players.
"A trilateral agreement between the three countries on the transit of gas has been reached. The first official contract is ready to be signed soon," Javad Owji, head of the National Iranian Gas Co. (NIGC), said in May.
"We plan to transit gas from the South Pars field through Iraq, Syrian and then Lebanon to the Mediterranean area and Europe," Owji added.
Owji said up to $6 billion was needed to build the 56-inch pipeline and it would have the capacity to transfer 110 million cubic meters of gas per day.
Early in July, Iraq's Ambassador to Tehran, Mohammad Majeed al-Sheikh said Tehran and Baghdad are set to discuss transferring Iran's natural gas to Europe via Iraq and Syria.
The 1,500-kilometer project was first announced in July 2011 as Syrian rebels began stepping up the fight to topple Assad.
Fars said the entire project is to be completed in the second half of 2013.Economist Saeed Leilaz, however, described it as more showmanship than a serious plan at this stage."Given the ongoing civil war in Syria, such a project can't be implemented now. Lack of security and political instability in Iraq and Syria doesn't allow this project to be enforced at least at this point," Leilaz said. "This is a symbolic gesture by Iran to show that it can bypass Western sanctions."
Iran already supplies gas to several other countries,including Armenia and Turkey, and has plans to build a pipeline to Pakistan. Iran has the world's second-largest natural gas reserves after Russia.
Pak-Iran Gas Pipeline to be Completed by 2014: Ahmadinejad
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday said that Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline project would be completed by 2014.
Addressing a news conference in Islamabad, he said work is speedily in progress for laying of gas pipelines in Iran. The Iranian president said his country is cooperating with Pakistan in the energy sector.
Iran would provide one thousand megawatt electricity to Pakistan, he added. Ahmadinejad, who is here in Islamabad to attend the D8 Summit, said Pakistan and Iran enjoy cordial relations. He said D8 summit in Islamabad was a success and it will help promote trade and economic ties between the member states. The Iranian leader said there are threats to his country but they know how to defend it.
Earlier, while addressing the D8 summit, he said world needs a new order on the basis of the fundamental principles of justice and humanity. "Over the past decades we have been witnessing the emergence of a more complicated form of colonialism and hegemony which has been tightening its grip on the world resources, imposing its toll on all of us one way or another," he said. Ahmadinejad said prejudices and conflicts among nations are instigated in the name of religion, such as the situation affecting large parts of Asia and Africa. He said that discrimination in the international relations by using the UN Security Council and the prevailing economic mechanisms has caused a widening gap between the rich and the poor and widespread poverty in many countries. The Iranian leader said that independent nations are threatened and coerced through organised campaigns intended to hinder their progress. "They have been occupying Palestine for decades under false pretexts. The main owners of Palestinian land have either been expelled out of their homeland living as refugees in other countries, or are put in jail and the target of constant barbaric attacks of the uncivilized Zionists. Today, the oppressed people of Gaza have become the victims of these expansionist policies," he said. Ahmadinejad further said, "Our countries and our nations because of their historical past, rich cultures and unique resources can and must play a prominent role in defining and building the future world order."
He said that justice, love and freedom constitute the foundations of the new order, and recognized as a right for all human beings. He said human beings are entitled to enjoy sustainable peace, security, welfare and progress as their inalienable rights. "We all seek to put an end to hegemony, unilateralism, occupation, arms race and violation of countries sovereignties," said the president. "In addition to cultural bonds and principles, our nations and countries are endowed with great economic, political and geographical potentials," he noted.
"We can and we must cooperate to exploit appropriately these resources and potentials towards the prosperity of our nations and for reforming the present world order," he added. He called for formation of a permanent economic working group with the presence of senior experts of member countries for a fair development of economic relationship.


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