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Natural Selection 2’s engine measured against Valve’s Source, Goldsource
Former modders collective turned dev studio Unknown Worlds seems to be riding out from hobbyist to independent developer with their follow-up title Natural Selection 2, but the transition from Valve’s Half-Life engine to their own internally developed Spark is a little bumpier. To ensure the new engine is competitive, founder Charlie Cleveland told Hooked Gamers […]
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New Legendary multiplayer trailer released
On GamersHell. PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 this autumn. Shooting, monsters, Pandora’s Box, etc. Just watch it.
Legendary opening Pandora’s Box in September
It looks like Minotaur-hunting season begins sooner than we thought: Atari’s shown a September release date for FPS Legendary. The Pandora’s Box-inspired game is being developed by Spark Unlimited, and will release for 360, PS3 and PC. Thanks Videogamer.com. By Jerry Burns
New Legendary shots released
On Shacknews. The Spark shooter’s got werewolves in it, and that’s always a good thing. Atari’s publishing. Will be out this September for 360, PS3 and PC.
Legendary footage looking the right side of awesome
Atari’s demonic shooter’s looking pretty fucking cool, truth be told, in an old school “KILL THE MASSIVE DEMON” kind of way. See for yourself. It’s out this summer for PC, 360 and PS3.
Legendary: The Box confirmed for Xbox 360 and PS3
Atari’s just confirmed that Spark-developed Legendary: The Box will be hitting PS3 and Xbox 360 as well as PC this summer. The game, which all sounds a bit “Hellraiser” to us, sees art thief Charles Deckard opening “Pandora’s Box” and unleashing loads of nasties, including, thank God, werewolves. A full-powered war between man and beast […]
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Industrial park workers struggle Nguyen Vo Minh Thu, head of the labour affairs division of the HCM City Export Processing and Industrial Zone Authority, said many employees were looking for work because of staff cuts. In addition, many enterprises have not paid social insurance payments to the State fund for one to three months, and a lot of workers have not received unemployment insurance payments. According to a survey of the Viet Nam General Confederation of Labour, at least 2.1 million people are employed at industrial parks, and of that figure, 70 per cent are from other provinces and cities. Only 10 per cent of them live in apartments built by the State or their enterprises. The remaining 90 per cent have to rent substandard rooms in residential areas near their workplace. In HCM City, there are 15 industrial parks and export processing zones with around 300,000 workers, Thu spoke at a round-table discussion held on Wednesday by the Institute of Workers and Trade Union of … [Read more...] about Industrial park workers struggle
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Indonesian Independence Day marked in HCM City The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) and the Vietnam-Indonesia Friendship Association in Ho Chi Minh City co-hosted a ceremony on August 24 to mark Indonesia's 71st Independence Day (August 17). Addressing the event, VIFA President Le Ton Thanh highlighted fruitful developments of the traditional friendship and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries since they set up diplomatic ties in December 1955. The relationship between HCM City and Indonesia has also developed in recent years, he said, adding that Indonesia is one of the important investors and trade partners of the Vietnamese southern metropolis. Indonesian Consul General in HCM City Jean Anes said the bilateral ties between the two countries were elevated to a high level with the establishment of a strategic partnership in 2013. The two countries are aiming to raise bilateral trade to 10 billion USD in late 2018 while continuing to consolidate their … [Read more...] about Social News 25/8
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By : Ewan Moore On : 16 Aug 2016 11:09
There are many secrets hiding in the 18 quintillion planets of No Man’s Sky, but one fan has taken a break from exploring space and mining for resources in favour of datamining the game’s files.
NeoGAF user Hugo Peters extracted data from the PC version of the game and found all kinds of weird and wondrous things, including a folder titled ‘POOP’ – which is actually what I called my first planet, funnily enough.
A model of a monkey wearing a fez was also found, which could be a reference to developer Hello Game’s Joe Danger franchise.
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But perhaps the biggest find was information that suggests No Man’s Sky could one day come to Xbox One.
Peters came across data concerning the Havok physics license Hello Games uses for No Man’s Sky, and discovered that it allows the team to do work for Microsoft’s console.
Of course, this doesn’t outright confirm anything. While the Havok license might allow Hello Games to develop for Xbox One, it doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re going to for sure.
Still, it is worth noting that Hello Games owns the No Man’s Sky IP, and it’s unclear what (if any) kind of exclusivity deal publisher Sony has with the developer.
I’m sure Microsoft would be keen to get the game on their console – especially after the inevitable heap of patches and updates that it’ll be getting over the next year.
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Other info stumbled across by our intrepid dataminer is less interesting, but still pretty cool.
There were various 3D models (above) which might be the nameless, silent protagonist you play as, as well as a Half Life 2 logo that were presumably used for testing.
There were also folders for PS3 and Xbox 360, but nothing has been found yet that points towards any kind of multiplayer, sadly.
No Man’s Sky’s launch has proved deeply divisive, but it’s clear that Hello Games have more tricks and secrets planned before we can truly give up on it.
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The Best Mattress
The days of pretending to sleep on a bunch of mattresses in a showroom, then haggling down the price are over. Big Mattress is quickly being replaced with online-only retailers that boast risk-free trial periods, free shipping, and a much smaller selection for about half the price. And the sleep doctors, body-alignment specialists and bedding experts say that’s for the best: Most people will be happy with a neutral mattress and about 30 days to give it a real-life try. These four mattresses were universally approved by Review.com‘s testers, and they each have generous trial periods and easy enough returns that there’s no way to go wrong.
Up until two years ago, if you wanted a new mattress, there was really only one way to do it: in person. You headed to a mattress store, bounced around on a couple (or a couple dozen), and negotiated the price of the one you liked best with the salesperson working the floor. That’s right: negotiated. The traditional mattress industry — Big Mattress — operates like car dealerships do. Each shop’s owner can arbitrarily decide what they want to charge you for one of their models, and the markups are dramatic, in the range of 30–50 percent.
It’s an incredibly confusing retail consumer space and it’s made that way on purpose.
Dr. Michael BreusThe Sleep Doctor
Our Favorite Mattress
Saatva Loom & Leaf Mattress
A luxurious mix of comfort and support.
$1,098 from Loom & Leaf
We loved the online experience as soon as we tried it out, and the experts confirmed our feelings: There’s no better way to know if you love a mattress than to actually sleep on it, in real-life, for weeks, not minutes on a showroom floor. We found the “lack of choice” was awesome, too — we’d happily sleep on any of our four finalists, and comparing them almost seemed to over-complicate the issue.
The Saatva Loom & Leaf mattress stood out for a few reasons. It’s the only one that didn’t come vacuum sealed inside a box. It’s the only one that has handles sewn in (more important than you’d think!). It’s the mattress the Pope sleeps on when he’s in the US. And it’s the one that all but two of our 15 testers picked as their favorite.
We discovered Saatva because of the brand ties for second place in owner satisfaction on Sleep Like The Dead. The company made its name with innerspring mattresses before launching a memory foam offshoot, Loom & Leaf, and we chose its most-popular Relaxed Firm model to test (Loom & Leaf also has a Firm option). It’s constructed with four layers of “plant-based” foam: a high-density support core with two inches of “transition layer,” followed by 5-pound memory foam, then topped off in a squishier, 4-pound foam swirled with gel and laminated with a medical-grade cooling gel. Everything is wrapped in a quilted organic cotton cover. Got all that?
Yeah, we didn’t really either.
Parsing through the construction and design of various models is one of the most challenging aspects of mattress shopping — always has been, always will be. Is 5-pound foam better than 4-pound foam? Are lots of layers better than one? Does gel make a difference? Loom & Leaf does an admirable job trying to lay it all out. Its website has diagrams as well as a pop-out Layer By Layer Guide that explains what each layer is made of and what it’s supposed to do. In fact, all our top mattress picks do this to a certain extent. Part of the disruption game is radical transparency, with mattress brands exposing the guts of their models as opposed to relying solely on phrases like “innovative cooling features” (Tempur-Pedic) or “superior soft conforming foam” (King Koil).
The Loom & Leaf website details the layers and components that make up its signature mattress.
At first bounce, the Loom & Leaf is the firmest-feeling of all the models we tested — although two of our testers who prefer really firm mattresses scoffed at that description. (If you’re a firm-or-bust sleeper, skip the Relaxed Firm model we tested and head straight to plain old “Firm.”) One tester said this mattress felt the sturdiest of the four we looked at; another described it as “dense.”
Loom & Leaf is our top pick, but when we asked our 15 testers if they would have been equally satisfied with one of the other three mattresses had they not tested the Loom & Leaf, they unanimously said yes.
BedInABox Silk Symphony Memory Foam Mattress
A two-layer foam mattress wrapped in a decadent pillowtop — and the longest trial time of any we tested.
$1,599 from BedInABox
If you’re looking for luxury, BedInABox’s Silk Symphony is it — although you wouldn’t know it from the state it arrived in. The box was decrepit and covered in oil stains, but once unveiled, it started racking up superlatives: the plushest, the most satisfied customers on Sleep Like the Dead, and, at $1,449 for a queen size, the most expensive too. Two of our 15 testers ranked BedInABox their favorite: They liked the “squishiness” of this pillowtop over Loom & Leaf’s but thought it felt more supportive than either Tuft & Needle or Casper.
Construction-wise, it’s more streamlined than its pillow-topped counterpart — just a fat layer of support foam, topped by a few inches of gel-infused memory foam, and two more inches of thick pillowtop covered in natural silk. BedInABox has nothing to hide, its cover unzips to reveal it all. We love this level of transparency and appreciate BedInABox all the more for it.
BedInABox offers four mattress models, or really, four different covers to the same core mattress. The cheapest model ($849 for a queen) is just the core: the support foam topped with the super squishy gel-infused foam, wrapped in a thin cover. Unzip the pillowtop on the Natural Silk Elegance, and there it is. We preferred the addition of the pillowtop. Without it, you sink quite deep into the foam.
Be forewarned, the BedInABox has a distinct “off-gassing,” a chemical odor that is common in memory foam mattresses, which was present for all four of our finalists. BedInABox’s has lingered the longest: going on seven days as of this writing. Additionally, BedInABox customer service reps were the least knowledgeable. When we inquired what weight our mattress could accommodate, the reply was essentially, “any and all weights!” — which we can assume just isn’t true.
At 120 days, BedInABox has the longest at-home trial time of any brand we tested; even more interesting is that it requires you to keep it for at least 60 days before submitting a return. If you know you don’t want it after month one, you’ll have to find a place to stash it before you can schedule a time for someone to come pick it up.
Best Cheap Mattress
Tuft & Needle Mattress
Nearly half the price of its competitors, but with impressive ratings and good feedback from all of our testers. A great mattress for just over half the price of its co-disrupter, Casper.
$600 from Tuft & Needle
Tuft & Needle is a top pick on Consumer Reports, garnered 4.5 out of 5 stars from nearly 5,000 reviews on Amazon, and ranks in the top five brands on Sleep Like The Dead. A queen-size mattress will only set you back $600 — it’s one of the cheapest mattresses on the market. Consider us impressed.
Tuft & Needle doesn’t deliver that luxurious floating feeling you get from most hotel mattresses. To get that hotel feel, you’ll want to go with the hotel industry standard: a pillowtop. Pillowtops aren’t pure marketing mumbo jumbo. It’s an additional layer of quilted foam that really does make a difference: Non-pillowtop mattresses, though usually cheaper, feel utilitarian and pillowtop feel truly pillowy.
We Liked It, Just Not As Much
The Casper Mattress
More expensive than its foam competitor, Tuft & Needle, and ranked least comfortable of our four finalists by every tester. But, if it were the only one to arrive, we’d all have been happy with it.
$932 from Casper
If we were to rank them though, one of the most well-known disrupters was our least favorite: The Casper (there’s only one model, so it’s either love it or don’t) was a little too squishy for the Goldilocks among us, and some testers felt like it was about to bottom out. All 15 testers ranked the Casper as their least favorite, saying it felt too squishy and like quicksand. One tester, who was seven months pregnant, said she had the hardest time getting up out of it; another complained that he was going to “bottom out” if he sat or kneeled instead of lying flat.
Can You Really Buy a Mattress You’ll Love Online?
Even as the world goes from bricks to clicks, many people are still wary of purchasing a mattress online. In a survey we conducted of nearly 550 Americans, 79 percent reported that buying a mattress online without testing it first was “too risky.”
Our Picks for the Best Mattress
No matter what Casper, Tuft & Needle and their co-disrupters claim, a single mattress isn’t going to solve the sleeping woes of every individual. For better or worse, it all comes back to personal preference, which can change as you age. But rest easy. After talking with sleep experts, chiropractors, and even some hoteliers, we discovered that most people are absolutely satisfied with relatively few options. (It’s not like you get to pick out your mattress when you stay at a hotel — and who doesn’t like a good hotel mattress?) Most people do well with the “Three Little Bears” approach to mattresses: neither too firm nor too mushy.
To make our top picks, we scrutinized the shopping experiences of various online mattress retailers, examined ratings on Consumer Reports and mattress review sites like Sleep Like The Dead, and had four of the best shipped to our office to test out. We had our testers try the Loom and Leaf by Saatva in Relaxed Firm, BedInABox’s Silk Symphony Memory Foam Mattress, and the signature models from both Casper and Tuft & Needle.
The good news? They’re all supremely comfortable — even our least favorite, The Casper — and you really can’t go wrong. Of the four mattresses we tested, two had pillow tops, and that proved to be the most notable differentiator of all. Lying down, these pillow tops are plush and you definitely feel like you’re sinking in, but compared to the non-pillowtop mattresses we tested from Casper and Tuft & Needle, you will feel a little more propped up. If you’re someone who thinks hotel beds are the epitome of comfort, you’ll definitely prefer a pillowtop.
The bad news is the returns every online mattress retailer promises aren’t as painless as advertised. They all require some version of submitting a return request, waiting up to 48 hours for a reply, and scheduling a pickup (Tuft & Needle’s first available pickup wasn’t for another 30 days!). It’s not effortless, but it’s not any worse than trying to figure out if you like a mattress in a showroom, bartering to get a price you like, carting it home, realizing it’s not the one for you, and then figuring out how to get rid of it.
One last downside: Loom & Leaf doesn’t have particularly speedy service. For our mattress to be delivered in Seattle, we were prepared to wait between nine and 18 days for delivery; a customer service rep says it can take even longer if you’re further away from a local delivery hub. Saatva hand-crafts all its mattresses (in the US), which likely contributes to the time lag, but all the other mattresses we tested had one-week-max shipping times. You can even buy Casper and Tuft & Needle via Amazon Prime with two-day shipping. It’s up to you if the slower ship time or $99 fee is a deal breaker — we don’t think it is.
The Tuft & Needle doesn’t have many layers — there are just two: a “supportive base layer” and a top layer made of a proprietary foam that claims to offer a gradient support. The more pressure you apply, the more support you receive. Do we believe in this “revolutionary technology”? Maybe a little. Tuft & Needle is firmer than the memory-foam Casper (although Consumer Reports measures both as a medium), and our testers said they felt more supported. Tuft & Needle claims to be able to support a whopping 500 pounds per side, the most of any mattress we looked at. Surprisingly, it’s also one of the lightest mattresses we looked at, weighing in at just over 70 pounds. (The Casper, which weighs about the same, can only handle 250 pounds per side.)
One thing is certain of any foam mattress: The closer you get to the edge, the less supportive it will be. On both the Tuft & Needle and the Casper, you can collapse the edge of the mattress all the way down to the ground if you press hard enough. If you are sharing a bed, are heavier than average, and/or need a lot of space, upgrading to a king-size mattress may be your best bet.
One of our editors (weighing in at 175 pounds) tested the compression of our four finalists, with the Loom & Leaf (top left) and BedInABox (top right) faring much better than the Tuft & Needle (bottom left) and the Casper (bottom right).
Tuft & Needle offers a 100-night trial period and will arrange to have your mattress picked up by a local charity if you choose to return it. With that, though, you’re on the charity’s time — when we called to coordinate our donation, Seattle’s Salvation Army wouldn’t be able to schedule a pickup for more than a month. If you can donate your mattress without a pickup, you can send a photo of your receipt and receive your money back that way.
Mattress Reviews at a Glance
Loom & Leaf by Saatva BedInABox Tuft & Needle Casper
Our Favorite Most Luxurious Best Cheap Mattress Our Least Favorite
If you’re after a hotel-like feel, you’ll want a pillowtop like this. Its layered foam design is both supportive and immediately comfortable. The plushest! It’s serenely squishy, but you’ll pay a few hundred bucks more for it. This no-frills foam mattress blew its competition, the twice-the-price Casper, out of the water. It’s more expensive than the Tuft & Needle, but no more amazing.
Price* $1,098 $1,599 $600 $932
Trial Period 75 days Minimum 60 days, maximum 120 days 100 days 100 days
Weight Limit 300 lbs. per side Unknown. “Any and all weights!” 500 lbs. per side 250 lbs. per side
Return Policy 48-hr return processing, then schedule a donation pickup. $99 delivery fee (included in $1,o98) is non-refundable. Call to return and schedule donation pickup Donate and email receipt, or call to coordinate donation pickup. (It can take a month!) Courier pickup in NYC; call to coordinate donation pickup elsewhere
*For a queen-size mattress, including taxes, shipping, and fees
“Mattresses are one of the biggest consumer purchases that everybody makes after a house and a car. It’s a big investment. And if you think about what you get at the mattress store, it’s a black box and you don’t know what’s inside of it.”
Dr. Steven Weiniger Posture expert, Chiropractor, Author of Stand Taller, Live Longer
If a mattress manufacturer has nothing to hide, the company should disclose every single material that goes inside that big, white fluffy box — what materials, how much of each, and where they come from. “If anybody refuses to give specs to you, you have a disreputable company,” said Dr. Breus.
Sleep position doesn’t matter as much as mattress companies tell you.
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The Western Australian State Government invests in training that focuses on courses that equip people for jobs that are currently or will be in high demand. Future Skills WA provides a guaranteed, subsidised training place for eligible students enrolled in courses that are deemed State priority qualifications, where a training place is available.
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William Yokley takes two National Titles, one on each coast, the GNCC and WORCS National Side-by-Side Championships
Tompkinsville, Kentucky, (December 2, 2011) William Yokley of the National Guard/Polaris/Coastal/Yokley Off-Road Racing Team has won national titles in both the Grand National Cross Country Series (GNCC) and the World Off-Road Championship Series (WORCS). These series are the most prestigious and professionally competitive off road racing events in the United States.
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Yokley Racing, LLC was founded in 2007 and is a professional off-road race team consisting of competitors William Yokley, Jarrod McClure and Scott Kiger. The team competes in professional ATV and Side-by-Side Off-Road events in the United States and provides valuable product research and development insight to the industry. National Guard, Polaris, Coastal Racing, DragonFire, Kenda, Exit Suspension, TireBalls, Mona-Vie, Tusk, MotoPro Training, Scott and HyghOctane sponsor the team. For more information about Yokley Racing visit http://www.yokleyracing.com.
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The bright side: Meet Bengaluru residents who are turning to solar power
Even contributing partially to green energy measures goes a long way towards sustainability, experts say.
Soumya Chatterjee Follow @CSoumya21
Apartment complexes in Bengaluru are embracing solar energy by installing solar roof panels to not only bring down their spending on power bills but also to reduce their carbon footprint.
In one of the largest such initiatives not only in the city but also the country, ARK Serene County in Bengaluru went for a 106 kW roof plant costing the apartment dwellers a total of Rs 57 lakh approximately.
Amit Kumar, a resident of the complex in Channasandra, Whitefield, said, “We gifted ourselves, the city and country an 80-acre greenspace by reducing our carbon footprint by going the solar way.”
“Being a large community of 280 flats our power consumption needs are quite high. There was always a thought in mind if we can do something using solar power. Since it’s a clean source of energy, it will reduce our carbon footprint. As per well-accepted statistics, with 100KW power generation, it is helping the environment as much as having two Lalbagh-sized (40x2=80 acres) greenery,” he added.
Amit said that few enthusiasts like him proposed the idea in the apartments general body meeting and were successful in convincing all the resident members to support the cause despite the high upfront cost.
“Based on calculations, we hope to break even our investment in four and a half years and reap benefits of solar energy for next 20 years without any significant maintenance cost, as most of the equipment is covered under warranty,” he explained.
To elucidate, Amit explained that usually the electricity bill for the common area of their complex usually comes to Rs 1.6 lakh per month.
“Till now the BESCOM bill we received for a 68-day period from March 22 March to June 1 is Rs 1,13,007. This means a savings of approx 70% per month. The plant is generating power more than our target savings of Rs 1 lakh per month. We will use these savings to replenish the corpus fund,” he said.
Further with BESCOM increases charges to consumers every year so this means higher saving from solar due to very little consumption from BESCOM grid. Currently, BESCOM pays Rs 3.5 per unit for solar power generators contributing to their grid.
Inspired by their success story, many other apartment complexes too are replicating this model. Mantri Astra in Hennur has installed a 10 KW plant while Chartered Coronet Apartments located in Arakere has started with a 20 KW plant.
Many other apartments like Brigade Petunia in Banashankari, Brigade Metropolis in Mahadevpura are also trying out solar power on a pilot basis.
Srikanth Narasimhan, General Secretary of Bangalore Apartment Federation which has 250 members, said, “So far close to 10 of our member apartment complexes are using solar energy and all of them are all happy with the experience. Many of us are at the process of evaluation. Currently, we have members who have installed 20 KW to 100 KW plants. The general feeling is that within four years or less they will break even the initial capital expenditure costs. We are also closely interacting with BESCOM closely to remove all bottlenecks.”
Push from authorities
A top BESCOM official on condition of anonymity said, “There is push from our side and the government to encourage customers to utilise their free roof space for power generation even though it is bad for business. For every customer, we draw an agreement that in coordination with the regulatory authority (KERC). At present we are giving Rs 3.50 on average to the customer for every unit they contribute to the grid. This means as we are losing out on the number of units we could have sold otherwise at the market rate.”
The source added, "Currently, we are running a pilot in Malleshwaram area where we are helping residents understand what and how can they start generating their own power depending on their financial capability. We will slowly expand this to other parts of the city."
Pujarini Sen, a senior campaigner with Greenpeace India, said, “Countless residents have already seen a huge reduction in the amount, and in some cases, completely doing away with electricity bills – depending on the amount of solar power they have installed. Not only does this help the individuals and make the country less dependent on pollution-causing fossil fuel generated energy, but also helps create employment in India. The residential solar rooftop sector has the highest job creation potential as compared to any other solar installations – even ultra mega solar power projects.”
“This will help the nation meet its Paris Agreement targets and create green jobs in the country. Most Indian cities and towns have a massive untapped solar rooftop potential,” she added.
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Roosevelt The Righteous
Farrington, Harry Webb
Bradley Beach, NJ: Rough And Brown Press, (1925). First & Only Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; 26, (ii)ad leaf; illustrated with eleven black and white plates and cuts; burgundy cloth. A tribute, very scarce. OCLC locates just seven copies;. More about Roosevelt The Righteous
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Autobiography Of Roosevelt's Adversary
Fullerton, James
Boston: Roxburgh Publishing Company, (1912). First Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo; pp. 162; frontispiece plus six black and white photographs; black cloth, gilt; A good or better copy with some water blemishes to the front board. Front free fly leaf excised. An unusual and scarce title. This is a rambling picaresque recounting... More about Autobiography Of Roosevelt's Adversary
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When Teddy Reigns, More Truth Than Philosophy
(Garboden, W. T.)
San Francisco: W. T. Garboden, c1904. Only Edition. Wraps. Octavo; pp; 4; Illustrated with a cartoon on the rear wrapper; printed yellow self wrappers; Minor edge wear and light toning else, very good. OCLC locates just one copy at Brown University. The piece is Anti-Roosevelt pro Socialism propaganda. It incorporates... More about When Teddy Reigns, More Truth Than Philosophy
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Departing Glory; Theodore Roosevelt As Ex-President
Gardner, Joseph L
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1973). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp. xv, (i). (2), 3- 432; Photographs; black cloth, gilt in a pictorial dust jacket. TR's post presidential years were filled with achievement, controversy and pathos. More about Departing Glory; Theodore Roosevelt As Ex-President
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Theodore Roosevelt And The Art Of Controversy, Episodes Of The White House Years
Gatewood, Jr., William B
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (1970). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; vii, (iii), 294 with index; blue cloth lettered in gilt in a pictorial dust jacket;. Much on the Booker T. Washington incident. More about Theodore Roosevelt And The Art Of Controversy, Episodes Of The White House Years
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Roosevelt, The Happy Warrior
Gilman, Bradley
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp. xi, (v), 376 with index; Portrait frontispiece plus ten black and white plates; olive cloth, gilt;. Gilman was a classmate of TR at Harvard. Interesting anecdotes and insights. More about Roosevelt, The Happy Warrior
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The Presidency Of Theodore Roosevelt
Gould, Lewis L
Lawrence: University Of Kansas Press, (1991). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp. xii, 355 with index; blue cloth, gilt in a dust jacket;. Solid history of the Presidential years and events. More about The Presidency Of Theodore Roosevelt
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(Lawrence): University Of Kansas Press, (1991). Later printing. Wraps. Octavo; pp. xii, 355 with index; original printed pictorial paper wrappers;. Solid history of the Presidential years and events. More about The Presidency Of Theodore Roosevelt
Misrepresentative Men
Graham, Harry & Strothmann, F. (Illustrator)
New York: Fox, Duffield & Company, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Square 16mo; pp; 88; illustrated; navy cloth and pictorial paper covered boards. Verse and pastiche and caricature. Several people but of course TR, great fun! More about Misrepresentative Men
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T. R. In Cartoon; Four Hundred Illustrations By Leading Cartoonists Of The Daily And Weekly Press All Over The World
Gros, Raymond (Editor)
Akron: Saalfield Publishing Company, (1910). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; xvi, 353, index; Illustrated by four hundred political cartoons; tan paper covered boards with silhouette of TR on front cover, lettered in black;. Very scarce. More about T. R. In Cartoon; Four Hundred Illustrations By Leading Cartoonists Of The Daily And Weekly...
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Americans, A Book Of Lives
Hagedorn, Hermann
New York: John Day Company, (1946). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp. (viii), 392, with bibliography; illustrated with line drawn portraits by Rafael Palacios and others; orange cloth, lettered in gilt; minor edge wear; very good;. Hagedorn is most remembered as a friend and confidant of Theodore Roosevelt. He served with... More about Americans, A Book Of Lives
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The Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, (1918). Later printing, actually 1919. Hardcover. Octavo; pp. (xiv), 386, (ii); Frontispiece portrait and forty-seven other illustrations; decorated blue cloth, gilt with an oval inset of TR's picture at center; A handsome copy. Harper's code "D-T" on copyright page. This copy was printed in... More about The Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt
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New York: Harper & Brothers, (1919). Later printing, Harper's code "H-T" on copyright page date this copy to August, 1919. Hardcover. Octavo; pp. (xiv), 386, (i); Frontispiece portrait and forty-seven other illustrations; decorated green cloth, gilt with an oval inset of a younger TR's picture at center, in a pictorial... More about The Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt
The Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt; Edited for School Use By H. C. Newton
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, (1918). A Special Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp. xxi, (iii), 399 with question pages; Frontispiece portrait and other illustrations; brown cloth lettered in black;. Hagedorn was a friend and colleague of TR. He spent his life in dedicated work to TR's legacy. More about The Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt; Edited for School Use By H. C. Newton
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New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, (1918). A Special Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp. xxi, (iii), 399 with question pages; Frontispiece portrait and other illustrations; brown cloth lettered in black;. Hagedorn was a friend and colleague of TR. He spent his life in dedicated work to TR's legacy. This copy is... More about The Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt; Edited for School Use By H. C. Newton
The Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt; Illustrated with Photographs, Cartoons, and Reproductions of Theodore Roosevelt's Own Diaries
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, (1950). Later printing. Hardcover. Octavo; pp. (xiv), 387; Frontispiece portrait and thirty-eight black and white plates; tan cloth and blue boards in a pictorial dust jacket; Very good in a jacket that is chipped at spine ends. Hagedorn was a friend and colleague of... More about The Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt; Illustrated with Photographs, Cartoons, and Reproductions...
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The Bugle That Woke America; The Saga Of Theodore Roosevelt's Last Battle For His Country
New York: John Day Company, (1940). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; xi, (i), (4), 5-223, index; frontispiece portrait of TR and cartoons; black cloth; A good or better copy with edge wear at extremities. TR's attempt to promote the doctrine of Preparedness in the face of the unresponsive Wilson Administration... More about The Bugle That Woke America; The Saga Of Theodore Roosevelt's Last Battle For His Country
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The Rough Riders, A Romance
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1927. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp. (2), 3-508, (ii), ads; pictorial endpapers; black cloth, lettered in red;. Novelization of TR's experiences in Cuba. More about The Rough Riders, A Romance
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Excerpts from Rooseveltian Fact and Fable; With Addenda
Hale, Mrs. Annie Riley
New York: For The Author by Burr Printing House, (1908). First Edition. Wraps. Octavo; pp. (iv), ii, (ii), 228; three inserted plates by Will H. Chandlee; original printed stiff paper wrappers; housed in a half blue morocco and blue cloth clamshell slipcase, lettered in gilt;. This production is another Anti-Roosevelt... More about Excerpts from Rooseveltian Fact and Fable; With Addenda
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Rooseveltian Fact and Fable
New York: Privately Printed, 1912. Fourth edition, revised with index. Hardcover. Octavo; pp. iv, 200 with index; three plates, two by Will H. Chandlee; red cloth lettered in black and gilt;. Anti-Roosevelt polemic.The updated 1912 edition! More about Rooseveltian Fact and Fable
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New York: Privately Printed, 1912. Fourth edition, revised with index. Hardcover. Octavo; pp. iv, 200 with index; three plates, two by Will H. Chandlee; green cloth lettered in black and gilt;. Anti-Roosevelt polemic.The updated 1912 edition! One of two noted bindings, the other is in red cloth. More about Rooseveltian Fact and Fable
A Week In The White House With Theodore Roosevelt; A Study Of The President At The Nation's Business
Hale, William Bayard
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; x, (ii), 153, (iv), ads; frontispiece portrait and eight black and white plates; gray paper covered boards, lettered in gilt, top edge gilt;. Great inside view of the way the TR White House was managed. Scarce. More about A Week In The White House With Theodore Roosevelt; A Study Of The President At The Nation's Business
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Adventurous Life and Heroic Deeds of Theodore Roosevelt Containing a Full Account of his Distinguished Career, His Ancestry and Education, Life on a Western Ranch Among the Cowboys, Governor of New York, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Famous leader of the Rough Riders Etc; Together with his Remarkable Characteristics. The Achievements of his Administration; his wise Statesmenship; his Manly Courage, Patriotism, etc. etc. Rendering him a Model for the Young Men of America
Halstead, Murat
N.p. George Pierson Troyer, (1905). Hardcover. Square octavo; pp. xxiii, (i), (16), 17-315; Illustrated, color frontispiece and many black and white plates; decorated, pictorial red cloth, gilt with an American Flag motif and an oval photographic inset of TR at center of board, marbled edges, patterned end papers; A bright... More about Adventurous Life and Heroic Deeds of Theodore Roosevelt Containing a Full Account of his...
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Life And Times Of Theodore Roosevelt
New York: Oxford University Press, (1981). New revised edition. Wraps. Octavo; pp; xiv, (ii), 13-542 with index; original pictorial paper wrappers; Very good;. A seminal work. Originally published as Power And Responsibility. This later edition has major revisions. More about Life And Times Of Theodore Roosevelt
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Power and Responsibility; The Life and Times of Theodore Roosevelt
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, (1961). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp. viii, (2), 3-568 with index; Frontispiece portrait of TR; blue cloth, gilt, in dust jacket;. A seminal work on TR's Administration. More about Power and Responsibility; The Life and Times of Theodore Roosevelt
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Corten and consequences
We all know how much architects love Corten, so when you see somewhere that is positively crawling with it, you think that somebody must have given their architect a really free hand.
Well maybe they did on this project, where even the model is in Corten, but there is certainly an underlying logic.
This is at Blaenavon, the former ironworks (and later steelworks) which is both a visitor attraction in its own right and near to the Big Pit, a coal mine around which you can be guided by former working miners.
At Blaenavon, Sidney Gilchrist Thomas managed to enable the pit to transfer from iron to steel production despite the fact that the iron ore was too high in phosphorus to make a successful steel. He found a way to remove the phosphorus during the Bessemer process so that the plant could prosper – for a while.
Gilchrist Thomas wasn’t around to see what happened, as he took his invention to America where he died young, possibly from overwork. His invention allowed German steelmakers, who also had phosphorus-heavy ores, to enter the market and eventually to outcompete Blaenavon.
The townis now, rather forlornly, marketing itself as a heritage destination. it is a World Heritage Site but at 4pm on a Friday most of the shops were shut. With coal and steel both gone, the town has shrunk to half its peak size.
There are fascinating things to learn, both in technical and social terms. Some take a lot of unpicking, but one is abundantly clear – Corten is a great material for models.
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CRIME DOESN'T PAY?
Gay sex, private gigs and afternoon tea with Richard Burton… a new book lifts a lid on the Kray twins’ cushy life behind bars
The Krays: The Prison Years claims life inside was not so bad for the notorious East End gangsters
By Alison Maloney
Updated: 26 May 2017, 15:33
AN explosive new book has lifted the lid on the Kray twins’ time in prison – detailing gay relationships, private gigs and afternoon tea with stars as famous as Richard Burton.
Ronnie and Reggie were imprisoned in 1969 for the murder of Jack ‘The Hat’ McVitie and spent the rest of their lives behind bars.
The Kray twins were jailed for the murder of Jack 'The Hat' McVitie in 1969Credit: Getty Images
But in The Krays: The Prison Years authors David Meikle and Kate Beal Blyth have revealed the cushy lifestyle that saw the men entertaining toyboys and running a business that earned them £3000 a week – the equivalent of £32,000 today.
They also revealed how both Ronnie and Reggie sought relationships with fellow inmates at their respective jails – Broadmoor and Maidstone.
The book tells how Ronnie approached a fellow inmate in the toilets at Broadmoor and slipped him some tobacco and a note.
Reggie (left) and Ronnie (right) were sentenced to life but made the most of life behind barsCredit: Getty Images
“’Are you gay? the scribbled crap of paper read. ‘I hope you are! I am! I would like to get to know you better. Please throw this note down the toilet when you’ve read it.’”
On this occasion the inmate, who wasn’t gay, spurned the advance but he told the authors Ron often pursued young sporty men in the prison, who responded to his notoriety.
One young blond blue-eyed inmate at Broadmoor caught Ron’s eye when he came over from another wing for a table tennis tournament, and the gangster gasped: “Look at him. He’s like a porcelain doll. He’s beautiful.”
Reggie and Ronnie pictured with their mum, Violet Kray when they were both amateur boxersCredit: Getty Images
Soon afterwards he told visitor Maureen Flanagan he had “a young boy” who cleans his room.
Ronnie added: “He removes all the bedding, takes it to the laundry, then brings it back all washed and ironed and starched. He dusts all around and brings me my tea in the morning.”
The book also reveals details of Reggie’s gay liaisons inside.
Former armed robber David Fraser – son of Mad Frankie Fraser – revealed starstruck young prisoners would follow him around the exercise yard, adding: “The minute he went back to his cell they would have everything ready for him.
“Good luck to him. He wasn’t doing any harm to anyone and, if he was that way inclined, that was his business… it was quite funny with the young fellows and there were the rumours. But then in prison there were always rumours.”
The Krays were friends with Barbara Windsor, pictured here with Reggie and her husband Ronnie Knight in 1969Credit: Getty Images
Former Maidstone inmate Bradley Allardyce, jailed for life for the killing of David Fairburn, spent three years locked up a few cells away from Reggie.
He later revealed: “I am openly admitting for the very first time that we had a sexual relationship.”
Singer Jess Conrad revealed that he played a private gig for Ronnie in Broadmoor after receiving a call from Diana Dors – and Ronnie complimented him on his “great body”.
The book continues: “Before the gig, the entertainer’s entire band was petrified. Bravely, Jess went out in front of 75 inmates in his catsuit and performed Johnny B. Good.
Reggie and Ronnie were notorious in the East End before their 1968 arrestCredit: Getty Images
“There was no response until Ron went ‘yeah’, and everyone started clapping – he began the applause after every song.
“Afterwards there was a standing ovation, £5000 and a ‘thank you’ letter from Ronnie.”
Before their conviction gangsters Ronnie and Reggie rubbed shoulders with the stars, including Diana Dors, Barbara Windsor and even Frank Sinatra - and that continued inside.
The twins’ former business manager, Wilf Pine, also revealed that Ronnie took afternoon tea at high-security Broadmoor, where he entertained stars of stage and screen.
American actress Judy Garland and her husband Mark Herron hung out with the Krays in 1964Credit: Getty Images
The book reveals: “Wilf Pine recalled that Broadmoor was like an ‘open house’. Ronnie liked to take tea in the afternoon with his guests and the amount of celebrities bordered on the ridiculous…
"Ron had a lot of visitors from the world of showbiz. He was very popular.
“The most famous person to visit Ronnie in Broadmoor was Richard Burton.”
The Welsh actor was researching the role of a gay gangster in the 1971 movie Villain.
Richard Burton was one of the stars who visited Ronnie in BroadmoorCredit: Getty Images
East End lads Ronnie and Reggie were inseparable before they were jailedCredit: Getty Images
It is also revealed that the twins capitalised on the success of John Pearson’s book The Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins, by launching a merchandising business worth £3000 a week.
Ronnie Kray died in 1995 of a heart attack, at the age of 61, and Reggie died of cancer in a hotel in 2000, at the age of 66, a week after being released from prison on compassionate grounds.
Recent footage from an inmate revealed that life can still be luxury behind bars, as lags were shown eating McDonald's and throwing wild parties.
The Krays: The Prison Years is published on June 1 by Century
The book, by David Meikle and Kate Beal Blyth, is out on June 1Credit: Penguin Random House
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Baba Sehgal aka Harjit Singh Sehgal is the Indian rap King who introduced rap to India. An Engineering graduate, Baba Sehgal started his career as a rap singer, and revolutionalised the Indi-pop during the mid-90s is still best remembered for his hits ‘Thanda Thanda Paani’ , ‘Aaja meri gaadi mein beth jaa’ and ‘Main bhi Madonna’ which were a huge rage during the 90s.
Baba Sehgal also hosted popular TV show “Superhit Muqabla” which was aired on DD-2 and has appeared in few movies like “Miss 420”, “Rudhramadevi”, “My Friend Ganesha” and “Achcham Enbandhu Madamaiyada”. After a successful stint in Indian Television and Cinema, Baba Sehgal moved to New York and after a 5 year sabbatical, Baba Sehgal returned to Indian in 2005 and he is one of the most-sought-after singers in the industry.
Apart from Bollywood movies, Baba Sehgal garnered huge fan following in the South especially in Telug films and has rendered some the biggest hit songs for movies “Rikshavodu”, “Jalsa”, “Mr Perfect”, “Arya 2”, “Adhurs”, “Adda” and “Gabbar Singh”.
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Four people face possible drug charges in Deckerville
Officers seized fentanyl, suboxone, diazepam, and several other prescription drugs not prescribed to occupants from the home
Four people face possible drug charges in Deckerville Officers seized fentanyl, suboxone, diazepam, and several other prescription drugs not prescribed to occupants from the home Check out this story on thetimesherald.com: https://bwne.ws/2JGFdwV
Times Herald Published 3:59 p.m. ET June 13, 2018
A woman identified as Emily Lynn Knox was killed in a traffic crash on Tuesday.(Photo: Getty Images)
DECKERVILLE - A 32-year-old Deckerville man was arrested on two misdemeanor warrants, and he and three other people likely will face drug charges following a drug bust June 6 in Deckerville by the Sanilac County Drug Task Force.
According to a task fore news release, officers responded to a residence on Pine Street in Deckerville with an authorized search warrant for illegal drugs at about 10:07 a.m. June 6.
Officers seized fentanyl, suboxone, diazepam, and several other prescription drugs not prescribed to occupants from the home. Investigators also removed evidence connected to heroin use and sales and other illegal drug issues.
The 32-year-old Deckerville man was arrested on scene for two non-related misdemeanor warrants out of Sanilac and Huron County. Pending follow-up investigation, additional charges will be sought related to the illegal drugs found, according to the news release. The people who could be charged include the 32-year-old man, a 25-year-old man, a 70-year-old man and a 58-year-old woman living at the residence.
The Drug Task Force was assisted on scene by the Sanilac County Sheriff's Office and the St. Clair County Sheriff's Office drug dog and handler. The Deckerville Police Department was also able to provide information about the home and occupants before the search.
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Funk Wav Bounces Vol 1 Zip Vk
As usual, Spoon was on top of their game, and though the volume was a little low at the beginning. from his most recent Seeds release, that put a bounce in my step as I set off in search of some.
Cardi B’s debut hit, "Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)," spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100, also making her just the second female rapper to top the tally without any other billed artists, following.
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Singer Khalid, who attended Carthage High School in Upstate New York while his mother was stationed at Fort Drum, is nominated for give Grammys, including Best New Artist, Best R&B Song ("Location").
It was a year of Cardi B replacing Taylor Swift atop the Billboard Hot 100, of Rihanna and Justin. for Harris — and the highest-charting hit from his Funk Wav Bounces, Vol. 1 LP, peaking at No. 20.
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Iowa State defeated Kansas, 85-72, in Hilton Coliseum because the home team could take a punch and bounce off the ropes and the visiting. five points into an 11-0 run that inflated the volume of.
Orchestra At Stoneham Theatre WELLESLEY CHORAL SOCIETY teams up with soloists and an orchestra for Vivaldi’s "Gloria" and. 49 Lexington St. Visit framinghamlibrary.org. BRANDEIS THEATER COMPANY stages "Tea and Flowers, Purity. NON-PROFIT LEADERBOARD ; Non-profit Name ; GRANT Vouchers Redeemed ; 1; MASS AUDUBON SOCIETY, INC. $22,205 Value this story? Donate. wbur KITTY HAWK – A Musical AdventureScientific discovery
With Part 1 largely an introduction to the project, running on Tuesdays, Part 2 gets into the facts and figures of the disorders that fall under the mental-illness umbrella. Part 3 profiles a woman.
With ‘Fourges et Sabres’ the Swiss-born artist returns to Zip’s label and once again shows his appetite. recalling both the memorable bass bounce of vintage analog heroes like Kerri Chandler and.
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Although he already owned several luxury yachts, Russian Tycoon Roman Abramovich was so impressed by Pelorus that he purchased her from her commissioning owner during her maiden voyage in 2003. Built by Lürssen at a parent shipyard, this impressive yacht draws inspiration from Carinthia VII and has an exterior design by Tim Heywood.
LENGTH: 377ft. 3in (115m)
SHIPYARD: Lurssen, Germany
Although he already owned several luxury yachts, Russian Tycoon Roman Abramovich was so impressed by Pelorus that he purchased her from her commissioning owner during her maiden voyage in 2003. Built by Lürssen at a parent shipyard, this impressive yacht draws inspiration from Carinthia VII and has an exterior design by Tim Heywood. Terence Disdale designed the award-winning and relaxed interior. Disdale also created the interiors of Abramovich’s yachts Ecstasea (now sold) and Sussuro, a 160-foot Feadship. Architectural modifications, including the addition of a forward helipad and zero-speed stabilizers, personalized the yacht. Controlled from a single joystick and powered by twin 3600-hp Wartsila engines, Pelorus is said to have a 20-knot top speed. In 2008, Pelorus made an extended visit in Hamburg at the Blohm + Voss shipyard. Abramovich’s ex-wife, Irina, was identified as the yacht’s next owner after she and Roman divorced. However, recent reports point to Forbes-ranked billionaire and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee David Geffen, as Pelorus’ lucky new owner. Geffen, a college dropout who made a fortune with his record labels and Dream Works, is said to also own Rising Sun.
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I-83 rolling again in northern York County after crash cleared
The northbound side of I-83 is moving normally again.
I-83 rolling again in northern York County after crash cleared The northbound side of I-83 is moving normally again. Check out this story on ydr.com: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2019/07/09/83-crash-blocks-least-one-northbound-lane-tuesday-morning/1680778001/
Jasmine Vaughn-Hall, York Daily Record Published 7:02 a.m. ET July 9, 2019 | Updated 8:52 a.m. ET July 9, 2019
Drivers will see single-lane restrictions at night on most of these projects, some of which include Interstate 83. Teresa Boeckel, tboeckel@ydr.com
Updated at 8:48 a.m.: Crash is cleared and the northbound lanes are open.
The Tuesday morning commute was far from pleasant in a portion of York County. At least one lane was blocked off on the northbound side of interstate 83 near exit 34 Valley Green.
The 511PA traffic cameras show cars almost at a complete standstill on the interstate.
Traffic was slowed as far as Strinestown and the back roads were clogged as travelers tried to find alternative ways to drive north.
Multi vehicle crash on I-83 northbound at Mile Post: 34.0. There is a lane restriction.
— 511PA Statewide (@511PAStatewide) July 9, 2019
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Crash snarls traffic on I-83 in York County
Tractor-trailer strikes fire vehicle on I-83
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Find Products with Wholesale Power Search
by Alfred Branch, Jr.
When it comes to searching for products on the web, no one wants to waste time. Realizing this, the creators of WholesaleCentral.com built, "Wholesale Power Search", a one of a kind service that allows wholesale buyers to search directly within the online stores of more than 1,500 suppliers.
Searching for items using Wholesale Power Search is free, and no membership is required to use the service. Wholesale Power Search is in the light blue box toward the top of the home page of WholesaleCentral.com. All a user has to do is type the name of the item they are seeking into the search box and click the "Find Product," button. The Power Search then searches all registered storefronts for that item and displays all matching products, complete with descriptions, prices, and pictures.
For example, let us say a retailer is looking for flags to sell at an upcoming 4th of July parade. He enters the words, "American flags," in the search box and clicks, "Find Product." On the next page, he will see there are 451 matches for the words, American flags, and he sees listings spanning several pages of all American flag related items, in live wholesale storefronts.
Who is Included?
All of the products loaded into the Wholesale Power Search are offered by suppliers listed in the WholesaleCentral.com directory. These suppliers are pre-qualified and pre-screened by the staff of WholesaleCentral.com, so retailers can search with the knowledge that these companies are legitimate.
WholesaleCentral.com offers a free storefront to all suppliers listed in its directory. Currently about half of the suppliers listed in WholesaleCentral.com are taking advantage of the perk. All items that these vendors add to their storefronts are automatically loaded into the Power Search, which is updated daily. Suppliers who already have their own store outside of WholesaleCentral.com can choose to register their stores and upload their products into the Power Search. These suppliers must upload their items at least once every 60 days, to ensure that the data stays current. Most upload much more frequently, however. The Wholesale Central staff reviews all external storefronts to ensure that they are wholesale sites and that they are listed in English, among other criteria.
Anatomy of Search Results
The Power Search listings contain rich information about each product that helps the buyer to make a choice. Each product listing starts with the name of the item, followed by a brief description, the price, product category, and the name of the company selling the product. When available, the product image is displayed. The item name and the image are both linked directly to that item in the seller's store.
A useful feature is a little link to the right of the seller's name that reads, "show all matches". If a buyer finds an item that they like, they can click that link to see all matching products for that seller. This gives the buyer a better idea of how well stocked a particular supplier is for the type of product they are seeking. Also, if a buyer likes a particular supplier, they can easily see all matches for that supplier.
In the column on the right side of the search results page is a list of, "Featured Sellers," of that item. These are wholesalers that paid a premium to advertise in that section.
Maylee Lieu, president of Point Act, which wholesales airsoft guns, said she likes the exposure the Wholesale Power Search feature affords her online store. Wholesale Power Search automatically lists her store every time a buyer searches for anything gun related. She believes the company's sales leads, generated from WholesaleCentral.com are better than the average sales lead because these buyers are looking for specific items and not just randomly clicking around the web after doing a Google search.
Similar to the search for flags, when a buyer types in any of these words, "guns," "airsoft guns," "pellets" or "pistols," one of the featured sellers listed in the Featured Sellers box on the right will be Point Act.
"It has worked out great for us," Lieu said of the company's storefront on WholesaleCentral.com. "We wanted a good presence on the Internet, because it is hard for buyers to find you. If you are featured on this site, it puts you out there, visible, where buyers can see you." Point Act has been on WholesaleCentral.com for more than two years, Lieu said, and the company is expanding its presence on the site.
Craig Weil, president of Accessories Palace, agrees. Weil's company has been with Sumner Communications, the parent company of WholesaleCentral.com, for more than 15 years, and advertises extensively in its publications and website. He likes the fact that there are a lot of vendors listed within a power search that offer the same products, because he likens it to a long hallway with a lot of doors.
"They are buyers who are going to stumble into me down that hallway eventually," Weil said, adding that his site lists hundreds of new and different items per week.
Accessories Palace sells items primarily to dollar stores, and Weil said WholesaleCentral.com helps him add, "about a half dozen new customers per month." The site offers web traffic analysis for the storefronts, which can help vendors track buyers' habits.
The bottom line is that Wholesale Power Search provides a very controlled and monitored environment, which results in a trustworthy and reputable source for wholesale merchandise. Whether you are a wholesale buyer or seller, you should be using this tool to your advantage.
In addition to the Wholesale Power Search, WholesaleCentral.com also offers a search for suppliers by category. Below the Power Search on the home page is a list of over 50 major product categories, from Apparel to Electronics to Watches, and everything in between. Clicking a category lists all suppliers in that category, complete with company descriptions and direct links to their web sites. Finding wholesale products and suppliers is always quick and easy on WholesaleCentral.com.
Accessories Palace Inc.
Website: www.accessoriespalace.com
Point Act
122 North 1800 West #5
Website: www.wholesalecentral.com/pointact
WholesaleCentral.com
Sumner Communications
24 Stony Hill Rd.
Bethel CT 06801
Tel.: 800-999-8281 or 203-748-2050
Website: www.WholesaleCentral.com
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Hsinchu County
This article is about Hsinchu County. For the city, see Hsinchu.
County in Northwestern Taiwan, Republic of China
Coordinates: 24°50′0″N 121°0′53″E / 24°50′0″N 121°0′53″E / 24.83333; 121.01472(January 2017)
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UTC+8 (www.hsinchu.gov.tw
Muller's barbet (Megalaima oorti)
Broad-leaved podocarpus (Nageia nagi)
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Xīnzhú Xiàn
ㄒㄧㄣㄓㄨˊㄒㄧㄢˋ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
Shinjwu Shiann
Wade–Giles
Hsin¹-chu² Hsien⁴
Tongyong Pinyin
Sinjhú Siàn
Yale Romanization
Syīnjú Syàn
Shīnjú Shiàn
[ɕín.ʈʂǔ ɕjɛ̂n]
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ
Sîn-chuk Yen
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ
Sin-tek Koān
Tâi-lô
Sin-tik Kuān
Hsinchu County, also romanized in various other ways, is a county in north-western Taiwan. The population of the county is mainly Hakka; there is a Taiwanese aboriginal minority in the southeastern part of the county. Zhubei is the county capital, where the government office and county office is located. A portion of the Hsinchu Science Park is located in Hsinchu County.
Further information: History of Hsinchu
Ming Empire
Before the arrival of the Han Chinese, the Hsinchu area was home to Taokas plains aborigines, the Saisiyat, and the Atayal. After the Spanish occupied northern Taiwan, Catholic missionaries arrived at Tek-kham in 1626. Minnanese (Hoklo) and Hakka came and began to cultivate the land from the plains near the sea towards the river valleys and hills.
Qing Empire
In 1684, Zhuluo County was established during Qing Dynasty rule and more Han settled near Tek-kham. A Chinese city was established there in 1711 and renamed Hsinchu in 1875.[1] It became part of Taipeh Prefecture. In the late 19th century, Hoklo people dominated the coastal plain area, forcing the Saisiyat and Atayal tribes to move to areas around Jianshi and Wufeng, while the Hakka and Taokas settled together in the river valleys and hills area.
Japanese occupation
Japanese occupation of Taiwan began after the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895. Hsinchu became known as Shinchiku and, by 1920, its prefecture covered the areas of modern-day Hsinchu County and City, Miaoli, and Taoyuan.
After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Hsinchu County was established on 25 December 1945.[2]
The county's Xiangshan Township was incorporated into Hsinchu City on 1 July 1982.
العربية: مقاطعة هسينشو
Bân-lâm-gú: Sin-tek-koān
čeština: Okres Sin-ču
Deutsch: Landkreis Hsinchu
español: Condado de Hsinchu
euskara: Hsinchu konderria
français: Comté de Hsinchu
客家語/Hak-kâ-ngî: Sîn-chuk-yen
한국어: 신주현
Bahasa Indonesia: Kabupaten Hsinchu
italiano: Contea di Hsinchu
lietuvių: Sindžu apskritis
മലയാളം: ഹ്സിഞ്ചു കൗണ്ടി
Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄: Sĭng-dé̤ṳk (gâing)
монгол: Шиньжү шянь
Nederlands: Hsinchu (xiàn)
日本語: 新竹県
Nordfriisk: Hsinchu (Lunkreis)
polski: Xinzhu (powiat)
português: Condado de Hsinchu
русский: Синьчжу (уезд)
Simple English: Hsinchu County
ไทย: ซินจู๋
اردو: ہسینچو کاؤنٹی
Tiếng Việt: Tân Trúc (huyện)
文言: 新竹縣
粵語: 新竹縣
中文: 新竹縣
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Follow New Horizons on Its Journey to Pluto and Beyond
Author: Nick Stockton. Nick Stockton Science
New Horizons Sent Home a Picture of Pluto’s Mountain Ranges
NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI
Okay, here’s the one you’ve been waiting for: Here is the first true close-up picture of Pluto’s surface, focused on the edge of the southeastern hemisphere. It shows that Pluto has mountains, and that those mountains are made of water ice. And most exciting of all—those mountains might be geologically active.
“The most striking geology is that we haven’t found a single impact crater,” says John Spencer, one of New Horizons’ lead scientists. “That means this is a very young surface.” “Young” being less than 100 million years old.
So what could be driving that geologic activity? There’s no planetary body large enough to be driving tidal energy, so Spencer speculates that the energy could be driven by latent radioactive energy, or a large interior ocean could release energy as it freezes. Or, the planet could be storing energy from its formation through some other, unknown process.
And yeah, about that water. See those mountains? Those are about 11,000 feet tall. Frozen nitrogen and methane would crumble under their own weight at those elevations. And because of Pluto’s mass and size, they can’t be bedrock. The only way to balance that equation is ice.
Stay tuned for more science, more pictures, and more excitement from the Pluto system.
Zoom into Pluto & discover mountains, seen during yesterday’s @NASANewHorizons #PlutoFlyby: http://t.co/6QLXLxiW0o https://t.co/toJQ0j7wB6
— NASA (@NASA) July 15, 2015
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Author: Sarah Zhang. Sarah Zhang Science
New Horizons’ Sharpest Photos of Pluto, Now in Color
Last week, NASA released the highest res photos of Pluto that New Horizons can get. This week, it’s done it again—but in color.
The color mosaic of Pluto’s surface combines the high resolution images from New Horizons’ telescope-like Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) with color data from Ralph, which records in lower resolution in blue, red, and near-infrared. But this little jpg hardly does it justice. You’ll really want to go full size and zoom all the way in to the little ripples and peaks.
And while we’re on the topic of zooming in, LORRI also sent back this close-up of Pluto’s mysterious pits. The one thing these images are lousy at evoking is a sense of scale, so it helps to know that these pits are hundreds of yards across and tens of yards deep—the size of a city block excavated for a new skyscraper.
What’s going on? Mission scientists think it’s ice fracturing and evaporating into that odd pockmarked pattern, but they aren’t sure yet. After all, these close-ups of Pluto’s surface are new to them, too.
A closeup of the pits in the heart-shaped region of Pluto. NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI
Author: Katie M. Palmer. Katie M. Palmer Science
New Horizons Just Sent the Sharpest Pluto Photos It Can Get
Over the last few months, New Horizons has continued to send back images of Pluto from its closest July flyby of the dwarf planet. They’re amazing. But today’s releases put them all to shame. These images—the first in a series of high-res shots NASA will release in the coming weeks—are the sharpest humans will ever see of Pluto’s surface. That is, until explorers send another probe out toward the Kuiper belt.
If you want to see the images in the highest resolution possible, click on the image to the left and zoom in. NASA also produced a video, below, scanning across the entire 50 mile-wide strip—ranging from the horizon, across the al-Idrisi mountains, and into Sputnik Planum.
The black and white images (from LORRI) might look plain at first glance, but really take the time to dive into that image: If you look carefully, you can see some incredible details. In the impact-ridden area north of the mountain range, some craters seem to have multiple layers—relics of different geological ages, perhaps, hidden in Pluto’s icy crust. And Sputnik Planum’s flats, on closer inspection, aren’t so pristine. The plain is pockmarked with ridges of different sizes, like ripples left in sand as the tide goes out. Go on a tour for yourself, and get hyped for more of these up-close encounters.
New Horizons Discovers Pluto Has Blue Skies and Frozen Water
The first crewed mission to Pluto is going to be a master class in homesickness. After traveling 4.7 billion miles to the icy rock, those future pioneers—breathing bottled air, bundled in awkward space clothes, buoyant in low gravity—will have little to remind them of home. But upon landing, they might just ease their pangs of longing by gazing up into the dwarf planet’s sky—which, scientists now know, is blue just like Earth’s.
NASA broke the news today by sharing the above photo of Pluto’s cerulean halo, taken in July by the New Horizons spacecraft.
Like Earth’s heavenly hue, Pluto’s blue sky is caused by tiny, sunlight-scattering particles in the atmosphere. Those particles probably begin as molecular nitrogen (which Pluto is constantly emitting) and other trace gases. The sun’s ultraviolet rays break down and ionize these molecules, which then combine into larger (though still microscopic) particles.
The particles aren’t blue themselves; they’re reddish to grey, and are heavy enough that they eventually fall back down to the dwarf planet’s surface.
But wait! There’s more! See those conveniently-colored blue blobs on the above close-up? Those are frozen water, confirmed by combining spectral infrared and visible light data taken by two of New Horizons’ imagers. What’s compelling to scientists (besides the fact that water exists) is why it appears where it does: on rocky outcrops near craters, and between mountains.
Another mystery is the water’s hue, which appears bright red in color imagery. The New Horizons team thinks this indicates some sort of relationship between the surface ice and those atmospheric particles responsible for Pluto’s blue sky.
Maybe I’m biased, but those pretty skies and chunks of water make Pluto seem like a pretty good setting for Hollywood’s next lost-in-space blockbuster. Damon, you up for getting stranded on yet another world?
New Pics Show Charon at Its Brightest and Most Beautiful
Slide: 1 / of 3. Caption: Caption: This high-res image shows Charon at 1.8 mile resolution. NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI
Slide: 2 / of 3. Caption: Caption: New Horizons LORRI imager captured Charon's details, then its Ralph/MVIC imager filled in the color. NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI
Slide: 3 / of 3. Caption: Caption: Pluto and Charon are at proper relative sizes in this image. At their proper distances in space, Charon would appear much smaller. NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI
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Slide: 1 / of 3 Caption: Caption: This high-res image shows Charon at 1.8 mile resolution. NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI
Slide: 2 / of 3 Caption: Caption: New Horizons LORRI imager captured Charon's details, then its Ralph/MVIC imager filled in the color. NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI
Slide: 3 / of 3 Caption: Caption: Pluto and Charon are at proper relative sizes in this image. At their proper distances in space, Charon would appear much smaller. NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI
Admit it: You were a little envious of New Horizons when it flew through the Pluto system in July. (Probably less so regarding the nine preceding years of isolated hurtling.) Lucky for you, NASA keeps dropping new imagery. This flyby experience gets more vicarious by the week.
On Thursday the agency released the best images so far of Pluto’s moon Charon. Its surface features indicate some lively geologic activity. One half of the planet (let’s refrain from imposing our Terran notions of “north” and “south” on this alien world) is craggy and mountainous, with evidence of landslides.
The landscape below the canyon is a lot smoother than above. Fewer craters indicates that Vulcan Planum, as the New Horizons team is calling it, is probably a lot younger. Nobody expected active geology on Pluto or its satellites, so scientists are still working out what causes the subsurface roiling. But in Charon’s case, they suspect cryovulcanism. That’s right: ice volcanoes. A layer of heavy rock presses downward onto a thick layer of frozen water. Sandwiched against rock below, that ice ruptures through Charon’s surface where the stuff flows like lava.
A sprawling system of cliffs, gulches, and fractures separates Charon’s hemispheres–scientists estimate that’s more than 1,000 miles of geologic tumult. (What’s up with other worlds and marquee features, by the way? Mars has its volcano, Jupiter its spot, Pluto its heart…) Combined, the canyon is four times longer than the Grand Canyon on Earth, and in places is twice as deep. It would make for great rafting, if the water there didn’t flow like lava.
The second picture has a closer look at Charon’s varied landscape, including the landslide evidence. The third is a composite showing Pluto and Charon together. See Charon’s reddish polar area? Pluto’s equatorial region has a similar color; scientists believe the two are somehow related.
NASA still has plenty of New Horizons data to share. Except for the not freezing to death or suffocating, it’s almost like being there.
Time of Publication: 12:18 pm. 12:18 pm
Watch: New Horizons Begins to Send Back All Its Pluto Pics
Right now, New Horizons is speeding toward its next target, Kuiper Belt Object 2014 MU69. But while it focuses on avoiding collisions with scattered, icy bodies throughout the belt, it’s also sending back all the data it collected while flying by Pluto back in July.
The space probe’s Earth-bound guides received the first of that data—the beginning of a year-long intensive downlink—last week. Enjoy some of these great images, and get ready: You can expect much more where that came from.
NASA Finally Picked New Horizons’ Next Destination
NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI/Alex Parker
New Horizons has a new destination! The spacecraft, as you might remember, whizzed by the former planet known as Pluto earlier this summer. NASA has now picked its next stop: a small, cold Kuiper Belt object called 2014 MU69 that is nearly a billion miles beyond Pluto.
Although the trip to Pluto has been carefully planned, the trip beyond has been…less so. Kuiper Belt objects at the edge of the solar system are enticing destinations because they’re made up of primitive material largely unchanged since the solar system’s birth 4.6 billion years ago. NASA had been looking for a KBO that New Horizons could visit since 2011. But none of the ground-based telescopes turned up anything that the spacecraft could reach with its remaining fuel.
With time running out, NASA finagled observation time on the Hubble Space Telescope in the summer of 2014. Then, finally, Hubble found five potential targets—eventually narrowed down to two.
2014 MU69 was known as potential target 1, or PT1, because it is easier to reach. But the other option, PT3, looked brighter in the sky, meaning it could be bigger and more interesting. “We have to weigh the risk of something barely reachable and another one that is smaller but easily reachable,” said Hal Weaver, a New Horizons project scientist, back in July. With a multimillion dollar spacecraft on the line, NASA evidently went with the safer bet.
NASA will point New Horizons toward 2014 MU69 with four maneuvers this fall. It’ll reach the target by January 2019. Because of the bureaucratic rules that govern NASA’s budget, though, the official proposal for the 2014 MU69 mission isn’t due until 2016. Of course, it’d be too late to maneuver New Horizons by then.
For now, NASA is also teasing the possibility of an extended mission—even beyond 2014 MU69. Of course, one New Horizons scientist also couldn’t resist a reference to The Martian.
To make this work, we had to channel Mark Watney and “science the $^!§ out of it.” https://t.co/L8KuSK1rQU
— Alex Parker (@Alex_Parker) August 28, 2015
New Horizons’ Parting Shot of Pluto Is Just the Beginning
Feast your eyes on this one. Photos from New Horizons’ mission to Pluto have dwindled to a trickle, but the team has planted a flag in the sand with this most recent image, taken by the spacecraft after its closest approach to the dwarf planet. “You can only get this image by going to Pluto and looking back,” says principal investigator Alan Stern. Casting a dramatic over-the-shoulder glance toward the sun after it had passed Pluto, this is New Horizons’ way of saying “I was here.”
While Pluto’s backlit silhouette is beautiful, this is more than a simple glamour shot. See that band of light surrounding the rock? That’s Pluto’s atmosphere, and looking closely at its illumination tells New Horizons’ atmospheric team some surprising things about its size and its makeup. “This is the image that almost brought tears to the eyes of the atmospheric scientists on the team,” says co-investigator Michael Summers.
For 25 years, scientists have known that Pluto has an atmosphere. But in this image, the New Horizons team could pull out discrete layers of haze—small particles in the atmosphere, scattering sunlight. First off, the entire haze layer is at least 100 miles high, five times higher than the team predicted. And that layer seems to be broken into layers, one up about 30 miles and the other about 50 miles up.
Those two layers may provide clues about the red color on Pluto’s surface. Atmospheric scientists think that methane in Pluto’s atmosphere gets bombarded by UV light, which helps to form other compounds like ethylene and acetylene that finally end up as red-hued hydrocarbons called tholins. Those heavier particles in the low atmosphere eventually fall to the surface, giving Pluto its distinctive hue. Studying the layers in Pluto’s atmosphere should help explain that chain of reactions better—and the team has a year’s worth of data on the way to help.
Author: Sophia Chen. Sophia Chen Science
Charon Has an Outie in New Horizons’ Latest Closeup
Well hel-lo, Charon. NASA just released the latest photo of Pluto’s largest moon in stunning new detail, and this one’s got a closeup of an unusual beauty mark. To us, it strongly resembles an outie bellybutton. But if you’re not quite seeing it, you could also say it looks like “a large mountain sitting in a moat,” as New Horizons scientist Jeff Moore describes it. And his team has no idea what it is.
The closeup, shown above next to an earlier capture of Charon in its entirety, covers about 240 miles from top to bottom, and boasts some handsome craters as well. New Horizons took this image on Tuesday morning about an hour and a half before its historic closest approach to Pluto—about 49,000 miles away from Charon—and compressed it so the probe could send it more quickly back to Earth. So get ready for even better shots of Charon; the spacecraft is in the process of sending the real-deal, high-resolution images.
Author: Adam Rogers. Adam Rogers Science
The New, Nerdy Mythology of Pluto’s Place Names
Once you have pictures of a never-before-seen-up-close almost-planet, you have to start naming what you see. And according to an image of from the New Horizons press room that our correspondent Nick Stockton tweeted earlier today, the Plutonians have started naming their surroundings…informally.
The names are all related to various mythologies of the underworld, appropriately enough. They also suggest that some of these researchers are pretty darn nerdy—though some of the names seem to have come from votes people submitted online during New Horizons’ flight.
Like, for example, “Cthulu,” the name of an elder god from the fiction of HP Lovecraft. Or what about “Balrog,” the name of the monster that seemingly killed Gandalf the Grey in the Lord of the Rings trilogy? Meng-p’o is the Buddhist goddess of forgetfulness and amnesia—she lives in the underworld. Hun-Came and Vucub-Came are Mayan death gods.
We thought at first that Krun was a reference to a Non-Player Character from the hellfire peninsula in World of Worldcraft, but he’s actually one of five lords of the underworld for the Mandaeans, an ancient religion from the Iraq-Iran region. (His nickname is “Mountain-of-Flesh.”) Ala is an underworld and harvest goddess of the Ibo people of eastern Nigeria.
Pluto might not technically be a planet, but it has some great place-names.
Sorry for potato quality but here are informal names new horizons team has given Pluto's features #PlutoFlyby pic.twitter.com/y5pNYMFuP6
— Nick Stockton (@StocktonSays) July 14, 2015
Time of Publication: 9:39 am. 9:39 am
New Horizons Returns First-Ever Photo of Pluto’s Surface
New Horizon’s latest of Pluto, at 1024px. NASA/JHAPL/SWRI
Here is New Horizons’ newest image of Pluto, sent from the planet yesterday and released early this morning. Each pixel represents 4 kilometers, and the image is 1000 times the resolution of anything from Hubble.
The image is oriented with Pluto’s north at the top. The dark regions (not shadowed) are the planet’s equator, which is about 2/3rds the diameter of Earth’s moon. The photo shows a lot of detail, but New Horizons’ scientists are cagey about what it all means. There are features indicating impacts, freeze/thaw surface activity and “maybe even tectonic activity indicating internal activity in the past, possibly the present,” says Alan Stern, New Horizons’ principal investigator.
And that’s only a sliver of the information to come. Stereographics will give measurable imagery of topographic relief. Compositional spectrography and plasma readings will show atmospheric activity. Thermal maps are coming. Full color photos.
And all of the above—and so much more—for the moons Charon, Hydra, Styx, Nix, and Kerberos. “By tomorrow, we’ll have images at 10 times the resolution of this image,” says Stern. We’ll be standing by, Alan.
Charon’s Impact Crater Emerges in Latest New Horizons Shot
In the image NASA released of Charon yesterday, astronomers pointed out a collection of vaguely-defined features on the surface of Pluto’s biggest moon. Now, with this latest capture, the New Horizons team has confirmed that the big dent in the icy rock’s surface is in fact an impact crater, surrounded by a couple of deep canyons—one larger than Earth’s Grand Canyon.
Get ready for even more detailed images of Charon and its orbital buddy, Pluto, tomorrow morning when New Horizons makes its closest approach to the system. Geologists will be especially interested to take a closer look at the dark spot on the moon’s northern pole, and the rays of material you can see spraying out from the edges of the crater.
New Horizons’ Finest Moment Could Be Its Hour of Destruction
Tomorrow, July 14 at 7:49:58 AM Eastern time, New Horizons will pass closest to Pluto. And it will gather its juiciest science during the hours surrounding the fly by.
Or everything could go horribly wrong.
“The most dangerous time for a collision is when you pass through the plane of Pluto’s equator and when you pass all the other satellites,” says Hal Weaver, the mission’s project scientist. But the danger won’t come from one of Pluto’s five (and counting) moons, it’ll be from bits of dust and rock caught in the planet’s gravity.
At 31,000 mph even a glancing blow from a mote of dust could send New Horizons into a tumble, interrupting its most scientifically productive moments. “But anything that sends it into a tumble could also destroy it,” says Chris Hersman, New Horizons’ system engineer. The most vulnerable spot is dead center, where the craft’s propellant is stored. In space, no one can hear you kabloom.
Neither will anyone on Earth. With all sensors trained on Pluto, New Horizons won’t phone home for 21 straight hours. How will radio silence affect the mood in mission control? Many scientists here admit to some amount of anxiety—and to soothing it with suspicious rituals.
But rather than the sound of wind being sucked through a roomful of teeth, 7:50 AM will probably be filled with hoots, hollers, and hands slapping together. “I think it’s going to be pretty wild,” says Alan Stern, New Horizons principal investigator. Everything may have gone wrong, but that won’t stop the New Horizons team, friends, and family from celebrating 3 billion miles and nine and a half years of collision-free space travel.
The New Horizons Team Has Some Weird Good Luck Charms
About an hour ago, Alice Bowman spoke to the Pluto Press Corps. She’s New Horizons’ Mission Operations Manager—basically the engineer in charge of making sure all the commands go up to New Horizons and come back down.
Bowman was on point when New Horizons took its 4th of July nap and freaked everyone out. The shut down was particularly harrowing because the ground team had just sent up the set of instructions that would guide the space probe’s instruments during its close encounter with Pluto. It was mission critical to get those back up.
“The best scenario to recover the spacecraft before the encounter was Tuesday, July 7th,” she says. She and her team—consummate engineers—accomplished the task with the efficiency and precision you’d expect. But, Bowman admits, they’re not above a little bit of superstition.
“We have a piece of wood that our PI (Alan Stern) gave us near the start of the mission,” she says. Yes, that wood is for knocking. The operations team also has a stuffed bear. “He’s been hibernating, but now he’s awake and has a party hat on,” Bowman says. New Horizons may be on a mission to bring home pictures of Pluto, but I won’t rest until I can capture some images of this little bear.
New Horizons Is Back In Action With a New Pluto Snapshot
More Pluto! A bunch of us got up at 5AM this morning to process this data as fast as possible. http://t.co/TF5DBvnno4 pic.twitter.com/YgEMcKsOPX
— Alex Parker (@Alex_Parker) July 8, 2015
New Horizons is back! After giving us a scare this weekend, briefly going to sleep after overtaxing its processors, the spacecraft has graced us with a brand-new image of our favorite dwarf planet.
This Pluto photo is actually a composite of new and old data; new detail comes from the LORRI camera, with its long-distance telescopic lens, and old color data from the Ralph camera fills in the gaps. It takes a long time to send data from both cameras, but once the team has new color information in, they’ll be delivering a new composite, according to New Horizons planetary astronomer Alex Parker.
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• CAUT Media Release-2012 Budget compromises research, hinders prosperity
CAUT Media Release-2012 Budget compromises research, hinders prosperity
CAUT Media Release-2012 Budget compromises research, hinders prosperity 03292012
(Ottawa, March 29, 2012) – The organization representing Canada’s university and college educators says today’s federal budget jeopardizes Canada’s long-term development by weakening the country’s research capacity.
“With this budget, the government turns away from the kind of research that leads to new discoveries in favour of a narrow and short-term commercial agenda,” says James L. Turk, executive director of the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT). “By linking research only to business interests, the government will stifle rather than promote growth and scientific advancement.”
The budget supports a major restructuring of the National Research Council, away from its historic focus on basic research in favor of meeting the short-term needs of the business sector. The three federal granting agencies that provide the bulk of Canada’s vital university-based research capacity received no new funding. Instead, $37 million will be reallocated to support industry-academic research partnerships.
“Tying research increasingly to commercial interests, as this budget does, will hinder real innovation,” says Turk. “The government fails to understand that most fundamental advances in knowledge that lead to innovative applications come from basic research guided by scientists, not political or commercial interests.”
Further, the announcement of a $9.6 million funding cut of over three years to Library and Archives Canada will further undermine the institution’s mandate to preserve and make available Canada’s historical, social and cultural heritage.
Turk says CAUT is pleased that the government did not cut education transfer payments to the provinces, but notes that these transfers remain too low to cover inflation and enrolment increases at universities and colleges.
“As recently as 1990, public funding made up 80% of total university operating revenues,” Turk explains. “Today, that has dropped to about 50%, with a greater financial burden shifted onto students and their families.”
“There is nothing in this budget to help students struggling with high fees and debt, to allow universities and colleges to expand student spaces and hire more teachers, or to permit researchers to conduct fundamental and ground-breaking work,” Turk added.
Burdens placed on students, combined with the budget’s announcement of cuts to social programs such as Old Age Security, will only lead to greater intergenerational inequality, says Turk.
The deep cuts to public sector spending threaten to stall the economic recovery and jeopardize future development, Turk warns.
“You can’t cut your way to prosperity.”
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22 dead in Italy train crash
The chief of the firefighting service in Bari said 22 people had been killed and dozens injured.
Twenty two people were killed in a head-on collision between two trains in the southern Italian region of Puglia on Tuesday, firefighters said.
Footage showed emergency services racing to extract people from the wreckage of two smashed carriages thrown across a single track near the town of Andria, near Bari.
"some of the carriages are utterly crumpled and the rescue services are pulling people out, many are wounded," Riccardo Zingaro, head of traffic police in Andria, told journalists from the scene.
Prime Minister Matteo Renzi interrupted a speech in Milan to say the country would "not stop until we know what happened".
"This is a moment for tears in which we need to work to recover the victims and wounded," he added.
Renzi said he was returning immediately to Rome following the crash.
Investigators said it was possible the collision was caused by human error.
One of the four-carriage trains was supposed to have waited at a station for a green light before heading down the single track between the towns of Corato and Andria.
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Opelika police: Kidnapping suspect posted video of victim tied to chair with fire underneath
by: Elizabeth White
OPELIKA, Ala. (WRBL) – In a News 3 exclusive out of East Alabama, the man wanted by Opelika police for allegedly kidnapping a man, tying him up in a chair, and setting the ground underneath him on fire is now in police custody. Police say the suspect filmed part of the alleged crime and shared it on social media.
Wednesday afternoon the suspect, Kendrick Hill of Auburn, was captured by Opelika police with assistance from the U.S. Marshall’s Fugitive Task Force.
We do need to warn you the video in this story, many may find disturbing.
Investigators say on Tuesday, July 9th, this disturbing video clip made the rounds on social media and was brought to the attention of the Opelika Police Department by several concerned citizens.
“You see a male victim tied to a plastic lawn chair that is also tied to a tree and a fire had been set underneath that chair,” explained Captain Shane Healey.
Police identified the suspect in the video as Kendrick Hill of Auburn. The video is laced with profanity, making it impossible for News 3 to share the audio. However, to paraphrase Hill claims he’s owed money and will go to jail over it.
“We were notified about the video right after it had been initially released on social media. One of our officers recognized the location the video had been shot in. They immediately went to that location and came across the victim and the suspect at that location. The victim was still tied to the chair, and the suspect fled on foot. The officers were able to untie the victim and get medical assistance to him,” said Captain Healey.
The victim had been physically assaulted but should recover. Police gave chase, but Hill was able to run away.
Wednesday, the U.S. Marshall’s Fugitive Task Force partnered with Opelika detectives to track Hill down. Around 4:30 Wednesday afternoon, Hill was located and taken into custody. Hill is facing Kidnapping First Degree, Attempted Assault First degree, and at Attempting to Elude charges.
Opelika police are crediting concerned citizens with preventing any more injuries to the victim.
“We appreciate all the citizens and all the tips that came in. If it weren’t for the public notifying us of this video, we would have not been able to get out to the victim so quickly, and we may have found him in even more unfortunate circumstances,” said Healey.
News 3 will continue to update you on this story as it develops.
by Brya Berry / Jul 19, 2019
The arrest of a Columbus father in the brutal stabbing deaths of his three children and their mother is making headlines around the nation, but nowhere is coping with this overwhelming tragedy proving harder than right here at home.
The brutal murders of 29-year-old Jerrica Spellman, her son, 3-year-old King, one-year-old daughter Kensley, and and one month old daugher Kristen still sending shock waves through south Columbus.
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Marcus Seldon is a man of few words, but when it comes to his children, especially Walker for his accomplishments, it's one the greatest joys to his life.
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No decision has been made on whether or not the Muscogee County District Attorney will seek the death penalty against Brandon Jackson.
WRBL News 3 reached today out to the county's top prosecutor, Julia Slater. She said her office has made no decision on a possible capital case. That decision will not come until after Jackson makes his initial court appearance next Friday.
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Game 2: TOR vs. NYY — A rather messy way to win a ball game
It’s not like the day started out any easier. From a near picture perfect Opening Day to the overcast clouds and freezing drizzle of tonight’s game, it seems as if 48 hours does change things.
Michael Pineda got the start tonight against the Blue Jays. A high pitch count tonight off the hit-loving Canadians (at least in league affiliation), Pineda threw 96 pitches over his 6 innings, giving up 6 hits, 1 walk, and 2 runs, while striking out 6 batters. In the 3rd, with no outs, the Jays hit a single, a double, and an RBI single to start that inning their run production. In the 5th, 2 singles and a throwing error put runners in scoring position to score a second run on a sacrifice fly.
The Yankees took one back in the 6th. Ellsbury singled, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on a ground out, and then scored on Carlos Beltran’s sacrifice fly. As Pineda handed off the ball to reliever Martin in the 7th, the score was 2-1 Toronto, but Martin kept it that way, giving up absolutely nothing to the visitors.
And then came the mighty 8th inning. Reliever Dellin Betances made his 2015 regular season debut. He walked his second batter and gave up a single to put runners on the corners, but a bad throwing error on a pick-off ended up with another Blue Jays’ run scored. 3-1 Toronto.
But for some reason (maybe because they’re the Yankees, after all), the Yankees weren’t ready to just take the loss lying down. So when it was their turn in the bottom of the 8th, the Yankees pounced on the new pitcher (the Jays’ 3rd one in the game, after 2 rather good ones in this game). Young led off with a double and ended up on 3rd on Ellsbury’s single, and then Gardner’s hit-by-pitch loaded the bases with no outs and forced a pitching change (yes, that was fast). A wild pitch scored the speedy Young before that batter struck out. Teixeira was intentionally walked to load the bases yet again, which made it far too easy to get another run when the pitcher hit Brian McCann to score Ellsbury to tie up the game.
Then, with fans on their feet cheering wildly, it was Chase Headley’s single that scored Gardner, the winning run and forced the Jays to go to their bullpen once again, who would finally catch up to the Yankees on a roll and get out of the inning.
Reliever (and splitting the closer’s job with Betances this season) Andrew Miller quickly earned himself the save with a quick 1-2-3, 10 pitch, 9th inning.
And yes, all those poor, cold, miserable suckers who left when it looked bleak before the 8th inning, you missed a great game and a great comeback. It wasn’t pretty or storybook like a walk-off home run. But its messy chaos still resulted in a win.
Final score: 4-3 Yankees.
And for all you Austin Romine fans out there. Yes, Romine was released last weekend as the Yankees opted to go with Murphy for that back-up catcher’s position. Things looked to be headed for a Romine signing elsewhere or a trade or something. But today, the Yankees announced Romine cleared his waivers and they optioned him to AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Yes, Romine fans, you can catch him in pinstripes with the RailRiders.
If you’re up for a little speculation and dreaming, Yankees beat writer Bryan Hoch used a simulated game to see how the current season could pan out following recent patterns of injuries and performances. Here’s April, May and June, July and August, September, finishing the regular season in October, the Playoffs, and the World Series, according to simulations. (Spoiler alert: The Yankees make it to the Series, but fall short in Game 6.) Just fun, light reading, giving reason to hope for 2015 — and think more positive than the Simulation for that 28th Championship.
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Young Hollywood LLC Privacy Policy
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By continuing to use our Services, you are expressly consenting to the collection, storage, use and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.
1. INTRODUCTION TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
We at Young Hollywood LLC (the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”, including our subsidiaries) know that our users care how their personally identifiable information (“Information”) is used and shared, and we take your privacy seriously. This Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) describes how we collect, use and disclose Information when you use any of our Services, including but not limited to:
Company websites, pages, sites, accounts or channels accessible through any Internet or wireless enabled device (each, a “Website”);
Mobile and OTT applications;
Ticketing and live event gatherings we host or sponsor
By visiting or using the Services in any manner, you acknowledge that you accept the practices and policies outlined in this Agreement.
You must be 18 or older to use our Services. Minors under 18 and at least 13 years of age are only permitted to use our Services through an account owned by a parent or legal guardian with their appropriate permission and under their direct supervision. We do not knowingly collect or solicit Information from anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to register for the Service.
2. WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT
You don’t have to create an account to use some of our Services. However if you do choose to create an account and sign up for a Service, we may collect a variety of information from you for that Service based on what you provide to us, such as: name, birth date or age range, gender, and email or physical address. If you are paying for the Service, standard payment and billing information is required. We do not require users to provide their race, ethnicity, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, physical or mental health, sexual orientation or criminal record in their account. Please do not post or add personal data to your account that you would not want to be publicly available.
Depending on which Services you choose to use, additional information may be collected and stored, if necessary in order for us to provide a particular Service. Such information includes:
biographical and professional information, association affiliation, demographic data, and financial information;
information responsive to polls or surveys, disclosed in applications for employment, or requested in order to provide information about our business, employment, products or services;
transactional information based on your activities on the Website;
shipping, ordering, billing and other similar information you provide to purchase or ship an item or service;
community discussions, chats, dispute resolution, correspondence through the Website, and correspondence sent to us;
computer sign-on data, time and date data, statistics on page views, your IP address, your GPS location, the type of computing environment you use, and traffic to and from the Website (including data about you whenever you interact with the Website, such as when you search, click on links, send messages, make comments, replies or queries, and select best replies);
other technical information or data collected from Website traffic, including IP address and standard web log information and information gathered from cookies, beacons and other mechanisms;
supplemental or additional information we may request from you in the event previous information you’ve provided cannot be verified;
your content and any other information that you choose to make available via the Website or that other users of the Website share about you; and
other information that you voluntarily provide to us.
Information Collected Automatically By Us
Whenever you interact with our Service, we automatically receive and record technical information such as your device, IP address, “cookie” information, the version of your operating system (“OS”), and the page you requested. When you use the Service on a mobile platform, we may also collect and record your unique device ID (persistent / non-persistent), hardware type, media access control (“MAC”) address, international mobile equipment identity (“IMEI”), your device name, and your location (based on your IP address). We may also collect information regarding your activity on the Service (both individually and on an aggregate basis) and your interactions with other users of the Service.
Information from Third Parties and Advertisers
We work with third party advertisers, networks, and service providers who assist us in managing or providing the Service (e.g., payment processors) and who collect some of the information described above. These third parties also help us understand how users interact with our content or offerings. We may also collect contextual or demographic data about our users from third parties, in order to more effectively deliver the Service or content in which we think you would be interested. Unless you have been notified otherwise, all information collected through our authorized third party service providers remains governed by security and confidentiality obligations consistent with this Policy and applicable law.
Some of our Services allow advertisers and their networks to collect and use certain anonymous Information about you (e.g. click stream information, browser type, time and date, subject of advertisements clicked or scrolled over) in order to provide advertisements of interest to you. These companies typically use a cookie or third party web beacon to collect this information. To learn more about this behavioral advertising practice or to opt-out of this type of advertising, you can visit networkadvertising.org.
We use cookies and similar technologies (e.g. web beacons, pixel tags, or other device identifiers) to store login information and recognize you and/or your device(s) on, off, and across different Services and devices. You can control cookies through your browser settings and other tools. Cookies are text files that contain a certain amount of information and are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are useful because they allow websites to recognize a user’s device. They are then returned to the original website on each subsequent visit or to any other website that recognizes them. For more information on cookies, go to http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
Our Services are dynamic, and we often introduce new features, which may require the collection of new information. If we collect materially different personal data or materially change how we use your data, we will notify you and may also modify this Privacy Policy.
In addition, the Websites use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics and Young Hollywood LLC's business partners use Cookies to help analyze how users use the Websites. The information generated by the Cookie about your use of the Websites will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google and Young Hollywood LLCs business partners will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the Websites, compiling reports on activity for operators and providing other services relating to internet usage. Google and Young Hollywood LLC’s business partners may also transfer this information to third parties when required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s or Young Hollywood LLC’s business partners’ behalf.
3. WHY WE COLLECT AND HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
How we use your Information will depend on which Services you use, how you use those Services and the choices you make in your settings. The primary reason we collect Information is to provide and improve our Services, manage your account and subscription to our Service, and to provide you with a more customized experience on our Services.
The following is a summary of more specific ways we may use your personal information:
To provide payment processing and account management, operate, measure and improve our Services, keep our Services safe, secure and operational, and customize Website content
To contact you regarding your account, to respond to your requests or questions, to troubleshoot problems with your account, to resolve a dispute, to collect fees or monies owed or as otherwise necessary to provide you customer service
To send you transactional communications. For example, we might send you emails about your purchase or to confirm your registration for an event. We might also contact you about this policy or our website terms
To provide other services requested by you as described when we collect the Information
For marketing purposes. For example, we might send you information about events or special promotions. We might also tell you about new features or products. To learn about your choices for these communications, read Section 8.2 below
We may also use push notifications on our mobile apps to send you various alerts and updates
To improve our Services, for example by reviewing information associated with stalled or crashed pages experienced by users allowing us to identify and fix problems and give you a better experience
For security purposes. To prevent, detect, mitigate, and investigate fraud, security breaches or other potentially prohibited or illegal activities and/or attempts to harm our users
To monitor and improve the information security of our Websites and mobile applications
To enforce our Terms of Use, this Policy, or other policies, and to monitor for violations of our policies or applicable laws
We also use Information as otherwise described in this Policy, permitted by law, or as we may notify you.
4. HOW YOUR INFORMATION IS SHARED
4.1 Sharing by you
Certain Services offered are social by their very nature, so your participation in such a Service will allow others to see your name and/or username, profile picture, social profile, and any other content you upload or disclose through that profile.
4.2 Sharing by us
We share your Information with third parties as listed below and as otherwise described elsewhere in this Policy:
We employ and allow third parties to perform tasks on our behalf, such as payment processing, data management and analytics, marketing, advertising, communication and IT services, and we need to share your Information with them in order for them to provide such products and services. Unless we tell you differently or you consent otherwise, these third parties do not have any right to use your Information beyond what is necessary to assist us in providing such products and services. Any uses of your Information by these third parties will remain governed by security and confidentiality obligations consistent with this Policy and applicable law.
Company Affiliates
Subject to applicable laws, we may share your Information with companies with whom the Company is affiliated or related to (e.g., parent company or subsidiaries), and will require such affiliated or related companies to use the Information solely in accordance with this Policy.
We may choose to buy or sell assets. In these types of transactions, customer Information is typically one of the business assets that would be transferred. Also, if we (or our assets) are acquired or merged, or if we go out of business, enter bankruptcy, or go through some other change of control, Information would be one of the assets transferred to or acquired by a third party.
Protection of Company and Others
We reserve the right to access, read, preserve, and disclose any Information that we reasonably believe is necessary to comply with law or court order; enforce or apply our conditions of use and other agreements; or protect the rights, property, interests, or safety of our Company, our employees, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
Aggregated and Anonymized Information
We also may share (within our affiliated entities or with third parties) aggregated or anonymized information that does not explicitly identify you or any individual user of our Services. From time to time, the Company may provide demographic and statistical information to prospective partners for the purposes of securing advertising and/or for general promotion of the Service. This disclosure will not share any personal information of individual users but is intended to give a broad overview of the Service’s membership.
5. THE SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION
The security of your Information is important to us. We take commercially reasonable security measures, including administrative, technical, and physical safeguards, to protect your Information from loss, theft, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.
Your account is protected by a password for your privacy and security. You must prevent unauthorized access to your account and Information by selecting and protecting your password and/or other sign-on mechanism appropriately. To help protect your Information, you should not share your account information or password, reuse your password on other sites, or use a password you have used on other sites.
We endeavor to protect the privacy of your account and other Information we hold in our records, but we cannot guarantee complete security. Unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors, may compromise the security of user information at any time.
6. WHERE YOUR INFORMATION WILL BE HELD
In order to provide the Service, the Information that we collect from you may be transferred to and stored at a destination outside of your country and the European Economic Area (“EEA”), and, in particular, the United States. It may also be processed by any service providers appointed by us who operate outside of the EEA and their staff. By submitting your data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing outside of the EEA or your country and acknowledge that not all countries guarantee the same level of protection for your Information as the one in which you reside. Data transferred will be treated in accordance with this Policy and, where applicable, the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
7. EUROPEAN UNION CITIZENS OR RESIDENTS
On May 25, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) takes effect. All natural persons whose personal data is processed by Young Hollywood LLC within the territorial scope of the GDPR, are Data Subjects and entitled to certain rights. Depending on your location, we may provide you with the ability to access, download, and request deletion of your personal information. We’ve updated our Privacy Policy to take into account the new requirements of the GDPR.
If you are a Data subject in the European Union, you have the following rights under GDPR, subject to certain exceptions:
Right of Access: You have the right to know whether personal data concerning you is being processed, and if so, the purpose of the processing, categories of data concerned, recipients to whom the data are disclosed and the legal basis for processing the personal data.
Right of Rectification or Erasure- “Right to be Forgotten”: When Young Hollywood LLC holds personal data about you that is inaccurate, incomplete or no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, you have the right to ask Young Hollywood LLC to rectify, complete, or erase the personal data.
Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to restrict processing of your personal data by asking Young Hollywood LLC to limit what we do with it.
Right to Data Portability: You have the right to certain personal information Young Hollywood LLC stores about you in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format for transfer to a third party of your choosing;
Right to Object to Automated decision-making: You have the right not to be subject to automated decision making where this has legal or other significant consequences, except where you have explicitly consented to this or where it is necessary for entering into or performing a contract.
Right to Withdraw Consent: You have the right to withdraw your consent allowing Young Hollywood LLC to process your information at any time and prevent the processing of their data for direct electronic marketing purposes.
Exceptions: You can object to processing of your personal data under certain circumstances, unless there is a legitimate ground for processing the personal data, where you have explicitly granted consent, where it is necessary for entering into or performing a contract, or where Young Hollywood LLC needs to process the data to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
To make a request under the GDPR, please contact Young Hollywood LLC at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
8. LAWFUL BASES FOR PROCESSING
We will only collect and process Information about you where we have lawful bases. Lawful bases include consent (where you have given consent), contract (where processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you (e.g. to deliver the Services you have requested)) and “legitimate interests”.
Where we process Information based on consent, we will ask for your explicit consent. You may withdraw your consent at any time, but that will not affect the lawfulness of the processing of your personal data prior to such withdrawal.
Where we rely on contract, we will ask that you agree to the processing of personal data that is necessary for entering into or performance of your contract with us. We provide a voluntary service; you can choose whether or not you want to use the Services. However, if you want to use the Services, you need to agree to our Terms of Use, which set out the contract between the Company and you. As we operate in countries worldwide (including the US) and use technical infrastructure in the US to deliver the Services to you, in accordance with the contract between us, we may need to transfer your Information to the US and to other jurisdictions as necessary to provide the Services.
Where we rely on legitimate interests as a basis for Information processing, you have the right to object. We may process your personal data for the purposes of our legitimate interests or for the legitimate interests of third parties, provided that such processing shall not outweigh your rights and freedoms. For example, we may process your personal Information to:
Protect you, us, or others from threats (such as security threats or fraud)
Comply with laws that apply to us
Enable or administer our business, such as for quality control, consolidated reporting, and customer service
Manage corporate transactions, such as mergers or acquisitions
Understand and improve our business or customer relationships generally
Enable us and our users to connect with each other, view content, express opinions, exchange information, and conduct business
If you have any questions about the lawful bases upon which we collect and use your Information, please contact our legal department at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
9. WHAT INFORMATION YOU CAN ACCESS
Through your account settings for the Service, you may access, edit, or delete Information you’ve provided and your record of interactions with the Service. Such Information and interactions, and your ability to update them, will vary based on the Service.
9.1 Right to Access and Control Your Information
We provide many choices about the collection, use and sharing of your Information.
Individuals located in certain countries, including the European Economic Area, have certain rights related to their personal Information. Subject to any exemptions provided by law, you may have the right to request the following for personal data that we have about you:
Delete Information: You can ask us to erase or delete all or some of your personal data (e.g., if it is no longer necessary to provide Services to you).
Change or Correct Information: You can edit some of your Information through your account. You can also ask us to change, update or fix you Information in certain cases, particularly if it’s inaccurate.
Object to, or Limit or Restrict, Use of Information: You can ask us to stop using all or some of your Information (e.g., if we have no legal right to keep using it) or to limit our use of it (e.g., if your Information is inaccurate or unlawfully held).
Right to Access and/or Take Your Information: You can ask us for a copy of your Information and can ask for a copy of Information you provided in machine-readable form.
You may contact us using the contact information in Section 11 below, and we will consider your request in accordance with applicable laws.
9.2 What Choices You Have
You can always opt not to disclose Information or to disable certain tools on your browser or device. However, this may limit your ability to fully utilize the Service.
You may be able to add, update, or delete Information as explained above. When you update Information, however, we may maintain a copy of the unrevised Information in our records. Please note that some Information may remain in our records for legitimate business reasons even after your deletion of such Information, such as our analyzing aggregated data regarding past usage of the Service (but not in a manner that would identify you personally). Additionally, through Google’s security settings page, you may revoke consent to the use of API Data related to you that was accessed or stored by the Service pursuant to such consent. Company shall delete all such API Data no later than thirty (30) calendar days following such revocation.
You can opt in to receive mobile push notifications from the Company. If you change your mind later and no longer want to receive these notifications, you can use your device’s settings functionality to turn them off.
If you don’t want to receive e-mail or other communications from us, you can adjust your email preferences from your account, or opt-out by clicking on the link provided in the emails.
9.3 Account Closure
If you wish to delete your account, you can do so by logging into your account or by emailing us using the contact details provided in Section 11 below. After it is no longer necessary for us to retain your Information, we will dispose of it in a secure manner according to our data retention and deletion policies, except as noted in Section 9 below.
If you deactivate your account, your profile page (with a notice that your account has been deactivated) will still be visible and all your posted content will still be accessible. If at any time you choose to opt out from allowing us to use your Information in the future, contact us directly via email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Upon receipt and process of an opt-out request, we will, within a commercially reasonable period of time, remove your Information from any applicable listings. Note that requests to terminate disclosure to third parties may frustrate or render impossible our ability to provide the Website or conduct transactions initiated by you.
10. HOW LONG WE RETAIN YOUR INFORMATION
We generally retain your Information as long as reasonably necessary to provide you the Services or to comply with applicable law. However, even after you deactivate your account, we can retain copies of Information about you and any transactions or Services in which you may have participated for a period of time that is consistent with applicable law, applicable statute of limitations or as we believe is reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request, to detect or prevent fraud, to collect fees owed, to resolve disputes, to address problems with our Services, to assist with investigations, to enforce our Terms of Use or other applicable agreements or policies, or to take any other actions consistent with applicable law.
Information you have shared with others (e.g. through comments or other posts) will remain visible after you close your account or delete the information from your own account, and we do not control data that other users copied out of our Services.
We may modify this Policy and our Terms of Use from time to time. Since any changes will be posted on this page, we encourage you to check this page regularly. Your continued use of the Sites following any changes to this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such changes. You shall be responsible for reviewing and becoming familiar with any such modifications. If you object to any changes, you may close your account or discontinue use of the Services. Your continued use of our Services after we publish or send a notice about our changes to these terms means that you are consenting to the updated terms.
12. NO LIABILITY FOR UNAUTHORIZED CHANGES
IN NO EVENT SHALL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF A SITE OR FOR THE UNAUTHORIZED MODIFICATION OF TEXT OR ADVERTISEMENTS PROVIDED BY US TO OUR MARKETING PARTNERS OR THIRD PARTIES.
13. QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS
If you have any questions or concerns regarding our Policy, please send us a detailed message at the address below, and we will try to resolve your concerns.
Young Hollywood LLC
150 S. Rodeo Drive #3
Attn: Privacy / Legal Department
Under California Civil Code Sections 1798.83-1798.84, California residents are entitled to ask us for a notice identifying the categories of personal Information that we share with our affiliates and/or third parties for marketing purposes, and providing contact information for such affiliates and/or third parties. If you are a California resident and would like a copy of this notice, please submit a written request to the following address: Young Hollywood LLC: Attn: Legal Department, 150 S. Rodeo Drive #3 Beverly Hills, CA 90212. We will respond to one request per California customer each year, and we do not respond to requests made by means other than as set forth above.
California Do Not Track Disclosure: Do Not Track is a privacy preference that users can set in their web browsers. When a user turns on the Do Not Track signal, the browser sends a message to websites requesting them not to track the user. At this time, we do not respond to Web browser “do not track” settings or signals. We deploy cookies and other technologies on our Service to collect information about you and your browsing activity, even if you have turned on the Do Not Track signal.
15. LEGAL DISCLOSURES
It is possible that we will need to disclose information about you when required by law, subpoena, or other legal process or if we have a good faith belief that disclosure is reasonably necessary to (1) investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected or actual illegal activities or to assist government enforcement agencies; (2) enforce our agreements with you, (3) investigate and defend ourselves against any third-party claims or allegations, (4) protect the security or integrity of our Service (such as by sharing with companies facing similar threats); or (5) exercise or protect the rights and safety of the Company, our users, personnel, or others. We attempt to notify users about legal demands for their personal data when appropriate in our judgment, unless prohibited by law or court order or when the request is an emergency. We may dispute such demands when we believe, in our discretion, that the requests are overbroad, vague or lack proper authority, but we do not promise to challenge every demand.
Effective: May 25, 2018
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It's Not About the Burqa
Khan, Mariam
When was the last time you heard a Muslim woman speak for herself without a filter? In 2016, Mariam Khan read that David Cameron had linked the radicalisation of Muslim men to the 'traditional submissiveness' of Muslim women. Mariam felt pretty sure she didn't know a single Muslim woman who would describe herself that way. Why was she hearing about Muslim women from people who were neither Muslim, nor female? Years later the state of the national discourse has deteriorated even further, and Muslim women's voices are still pushed to the fringes, the figures leading the discussion are white and male. Taking one of the most politicised and misused words associated with Muslim women and Islamophobia, It's Not About the Burqa is poised to change all that. Here are voices you won't see represented in the national news headlines: 17 Muslim women speaking frankly about the hijab and wavering faith, about love and divorce, about feminism, queer identity, sex and the twin threats of a disapproving community and a racist country. Funny, warm, sometimes sad and often angry, each of these essays is a passionate declaration, and each essay is calling time on the oppression, the lazy stereotyping, the misogyny and the Islamophobia. What does it mean, exactly, to be a Muslim woman in the West today? According to the media, it's all about the burqa. Here's what it's really about.
Publisher: Tullamarine, Victoria :, Bolinda Audio,, [2019]
Copyright Date: ℗2019
Characteristics: 6 CDs (6 hr., 32 min.) : digital, stereo ; 12 cm ; in container.
Additional Contributors: Saroya, Maya - Narrator
Macmillan Audio (Firm)
Alternative Title: It is not about the burqa
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One of the greatest architects and sculptors of the ancient times (4th century BC), Skopas the Parian, was born in Paros. His father was the sculptor Aristandros. Skopas left Paros when he was young and travelled around many places of Greece and Asia Minor, where he left many works of art.
Skopas is considered to be one of the most important artists of his kind in ancient Greece, along with Phidias, Praxiteles and Lyssipos.
One of his most important works, in 395 BC, was the temple of Athena Alea at Tegea in Arcadia, one of the most beautiful temples of Peloponnese.
He also decorated and constructed in cooperation with other artists the mausoleum of Halicarnassus. He also created the statue of Dionysus for the city of Knidos. Skopas also worked in Samothrace and he is considered to be the creator of the statue of Nike (Victory), which is now housed in the Louvre Museum and is made of Parian marble.
According to Pausanias, Skopas created the most beautiful statue complex of the Nereids, which represented Poseidon, Thetis and the Nereids carrying Achilles' dead body to bury it.
However, Skopas the Parian was famous mainly for the architectural sculptures of the temples in Epidaurus and in Tegea. He is also believed to be the creator of statues of Eros (Cupid), Pothos and Himeros that he created for Megara.
The copies of his works, such as the Maenad, which is housed at the museum of Munich and the statue of Meleager, the mythical hero of the Aetolians, are characterized by expressions of violent passion. This expression is also stamped on the heads of Meleager and Achilles. The lips are set, the eyes are hollow, the eyebrows are thick and the bones of the forehead are quite prominent.
In general, his works are characterized by strong expressiveness, such as the representations of Hermes that he co-created with Lyssipos.
Among his most famous works is "Meleager", the copper statue of "Aphrodite", the head of goddess Hygieia, daughter of Asclepius (4th century BC, statue housed at the Archaeological Museum).
In Paros, Skopas designed the temple of Hestia, which was constructed at the ancient market of the city, which lies probably under the streets of the market of Parikia, the capital of Paros.
In June 2011 an International Conference was held in Paros about the personality and work of Skopas the Parian, in collaboration with the Municipality of the island and the Cultural Association "Archilochus".
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Potential Benefits of TPPA On Malaysia's Agrofood Sector
Rozhan Abu Dardak
Economic and Social Science Research Centre,
MARDI, Persiaran MARDI-UPM, 43400 SERDANG, Malaysia
Correspondent author: rozhan@mardi.gov.my
Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) is a comprehensive trade agreement among 12 counties in the Asia Pacific region. The countries which participated in the agreement are United States of America, Peru, Mexico, Canada, New Zealand, Chile, Japan, Australia, Vietnam, Singapore, Brunei and Malaysia. The agreement was signed on 4 February 2016 in Auckland, New Zealand. It will however, enter into force after all countries or at least six of the member countries which signed the agreement ratify within two years or before 4 February 2018. The agreement aims to promote economic growth of the countries through a more liberalise trade between member countries. The TPPA contains measures that reduce or abolish trade barriers, the management and protection of environment, good governance, human rights, intellectual property rights, labor standards, and investor-state dispute settlement.
Malaysia started the negotiations to participate in the TPPA on October 2010. The Ministry of International Trade and Investment was mandated to coordinate Malaysia's participation in the TPPA negotiations. There are 21 areas of negotiations that include market access in goods, technical barriers to trade, competition, rules of origin, custom cooperation, e-commerce, capacity building and trade remedies. This paper focuses on the potential benefit of participating the TPPA on the agro-food sector in Malaysia.
Trading between TPP countries
Malaysia was recognized as one of the most 20 active trading nations in the world in 2011and continues to be an active player (OECD, 2011). The value of trade by Malaysia was RM1.466 trillion in 2015, an increase of 1.2% compared to the previous year. Agro-food trade between Malaysia and TPP countries reached RM22.09 billion, or 36.3% of the total trade of agro-food in the world in 2014 (Table 1).
Table 1. Agro food trade between Malaysia and TPP countries in 2014
Source: Ministry of International Trade and Investment (2015)
Table 1 shows that Singapore was the most important trading partner of Malaysia in 2014, followed by United States of America(USA), Australia and New Zealand. Malaysia exported most of its agro-food products to Singapore, followed by USA and Vietnam. On the other hand, Malaysia imported most of its agro-food products from Australia, followed by USA, New Zealand, and Vietnam. In total, Malaysia has a trade deficit of RM16.46 billion in 2014. Source: Ministry of International Trade and Investment (2015)
Potential benefit of TPPA
In general, the TPPA is a market of 800 million people with a combined GDP of US$27.5 trillion. It is huge market for agro-based products from Malaysia. Furthermore, prior to this agreement Malaysia has no free trade agreement with USA, Mexico, Peru and Canada. Thus, the TPPA creates or opens the markets to these countries. The TPPA will also create a greater economic integration between Malaysia and other countries in the Asia Pacific Region.
The potential benefits of TPPA towards Malaysia's agro-food sector is determined by monetary as well as socio-economic benefits to farmers and entrepreneurs. Malaysia is committed towards the implementation of the agreement. The discussion focuses on the potential benefits created from the seven measures related to agro-food as follows:
Sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures
Discipline on quota administration
Plant Variety protection (UPOV 1991)
Marine fishery sustainability
Government procurement in agro-food subsidies
Prohibition on export subsidies
prohibition on export taxes
1. Sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures
‘SPS’ refer to measures to protect human, animal and plant health with regards to the importation of goods. For example, SPS measures include audits, import checks quarantine and emergency measures.
Commitment by member countries:
Before TPP
After TPP
On-site audit required. ‘System-based’ (based on document) approach is encouraged.
Audits must be ‘system-based’.
The cost of audit to be borne by the importer / exporter of the exporting country.
The cost of audits to be borne by the auditing party (the Government).
Potential benefits:
Under the TPP agreement, SPS measures are carried out in a more transparent, limited to what is necessary to protect human, animal and plant health, based on scientific justifications and evidence, and allow communication between interested parties to facilitate clearance of consignments. These provide predictability and minimize the risks of unclear and discriminatory import restriction.
Under this measure, Halal is not included in this chapter. Thus, Malaysia is able to conduct on-side audit at the premise of the exporters before they are allowed to use the Halal certificate and export mainly food products to Malaysia.
2. Discipline on quota administration
Quota system is imposed to limit the amount of import of certain goods to a ‘tolerable’ quantity with the aim to protect the domestic industry. Products imported within the quota quantity will enjoy preferential treatment (zero) or low duty) while products imported exceeding the quota quantity will pay normal (higher) duties.
Commitment of member countries:
No disciplines on quota administration
Disciplines on quota administration including specific timelines to open and accept application for the quota, transparency in quota utilization and reallocation of unused quota.
Potential benefit :
This measure will improve efficiency, transparency and certainty on quota management system set by member countries. The measure will enable sufficient time for the opening of, application for and utilization of the quota. Unused quota shall also be reopened for interested party to export such goods to another party.
3. Plant Variety Protection – UPOV 1991
The international Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) provides and promotes an effective system of plant variety protection, to encourage the development of new varieties of plants. UPOV provides the basis for members to encourage plant breeding by granting breeders of new varieties an intellectual property right – the breeder’s right.
member country has the choice to comply to UPOV
All TPP member countries must comply to UPOV 1991
The UPOV 1991 will strengthen breeder’s rights and encourage registration of new plant varieties in Malaysia. This will benefit farmers by getting the access to the new registered plant variety, which is usually aimed to increase the yield, become resistant to pest and diseases and easy to manage. At the same time, scientists will receive incentives in term of royalties and recognition from the authority.
Malaysia received a 4-year transition period from the date of entry into force of the TPPA to join UPOV 1991. This enables the Department of Agriculture to complete the amendment of the Protection of New Plant Variety (PNPV) Act 2004.
4. Marine fishery sustainability
Marine fishery covers three key areas: operating efficient fishery management system, combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and preventing overfishing.
No prohibition on programs or support for fishery industry that leads to overfishing.
Provision of fishery subsidy is prohibited if the subsidy program negatively affects fish stock in an overfished condition.
TPPA encourages parties to strengthen cooperation and support monitoring, control and surveillance to address IUU fishing at national, regional and international level. This measure will ensure that Malaysia could determine its fish stock status. At the same time Malaysia could manage its environment more efficiently.
5. Government procurement in agrofood subsidies
TPP agreement set a standard that the government procurement must be transparent and non-discriminatory to all companies from TPP member countries. Under this measure, all foreign companies from the TPP member countries must get equal opportunity to bid Government projects.
No discipline on Government Procurement
Disciplines on Government Procurement including providing opportunity for foreign companies from TPP Parties to apply.
Malaysia is allowed to exclude the following from the government procurement disciplines:
All government procurement on paddy and rice;
All government procurement below RM615,000; and
All government procurement made by statutory bodies;
Malaysia excluded the application of the TPP discipline on all procurement and distribution of input for agro-food production in Malaysia. This exclusion safeguarded the Ministry of Agriculture and Agrobased Industry ability to continue procuring agriculture input such as fertilizers, agro-chemicals that encourage production of agrofood products.
6. Prohibition on export subsidies
Before the TPPA, countries are allowed to provide subsidies for exportation of agrofood products. This subsidies will lower the price of goods and enable them to compete in the international markets. After the TPPA, all member countries are not allowed to provide subsidies for exportation. This will enable the agrofood products to compete in a free market condition.
Export subsidies are allowed by WTO while its trade distorting effects are being addressed progressively.
Export subsidies are not allowed to be used on export to TPP parties.
This measure is in line with the commitment under WTO agreement to progressively eliminate export subsidies for agriculture products. Malaysia will be able to compete with developed countries such as the US that provides a lot of subsidies to its agriculture products
7. Prohibition on export taxes
Export taxes are a measure allowed by WTO but often perceived as a form of export restriction by many TPP member countries. Malaysia applies export taxes to petroleum, crude palm oil, live animals, minerals, vegetable seeds, natural rubber and wood products.
No disciplines on export taxes.
Export taxes and any charges of equivalent effect are prohibited and cannot be reintroduced in any form.
Under the TPP agreement, only export taxes on live animals were removed. For other products, all export taxes and cess charges (on logs) which have the same effect are allowed to be retained. Malaysia gets an exemption on these taxes under TPP.
The potential benefits of TPPA on selected agrofood products
Fishery products
Malaysia is a net importer of fishery products. In 2014, Malaysia imported RM3.53 billion, and exported RM 2.7 billion of fishery products. However, the balance of trade (BOT) between Malaysia and TPP in fishery products is in favor of Malaysia by RM1.34 billion. From Malaysia’s total export of fish and fish products in 2014, 72.6% goes to TPP countries. Malaysia’s import of fish and fish products from TPP parties represent only 17.45% from Malaysia’ total imports.
Table 2. Malaysia's trade of fishery products, 2014
Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Agro based Industry, Malaysia
The potential benefit from TPPA on fishery products are as follows:
Table 3. The potential benefit from TPPA on fishery products
Source: TPPA
TPP Countries offer Malaysia 100% duty elimination for all fish and fish products. For example, seven TPP countries offer Malaysia 100% duty elimination on EIF, while four other TPP countries offer Malaysia 100% duty elimination within 15 years.
Table 4. Malaysia's trade on live chicken and processed products
Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Agrobased Industry, Malaysia
Under the TPP agreement, all countries will remove or reduce their duties on live chicks, chicken meat and processed poultry products. Malaysia is an net-exporter of chicken, and its traditional market is Singapore. The TPP agreement will provide greater opportunity to further export poultry products to other TPP countries such as Brunei, Vietnam and Australia.
Table 5. Tax and duty reduction on live chicken and processed poultry products
Malaysia is a net importing country for rice. Malaysia import around 700,000 MT of rice or 32% of local requirement every year. The main source of rice are Vietnam, Thailand, Pakistan and India. Import of rice from TPP countries represents only 29.1% of the total quantity of Malaysia’s total rice import in 2014, namely, from Vietnam (29%), Australia (0.06%), the United States (0.05%) and Japan (0.005%)..
Table 6. Malaysia’s import of rice from TPP - 2014
Table 7. The benefit from trade liberalization of rice to Malaysia are:
The implementation of TPPA hopefully will reduce the price of rice from Vietnam and this will benefit the consumers in Malaysia. At the same time, the TPP has agreed to carve out mechanism for importation and distribution of rice in Malaysia. This enables Malaysia to continue any policies related to importation and distribution of rice. Only Malaysia can enjoy this flexibility.
Live bovine and meat
Malaysia is a net importer of beef and mutton. Malaysia is only capable of producing around 28% of its meat every year. In 2014, around 82% and 21% of live bovine and meat comes from TPP member countries such as Australia and New Zealand respectively.
Table 8. Malaysia's source of live bovine and bovine meat, 2014
Most TPP member countries do not impose import duty on live bovine, hence the duty elimination on this product may not provide significant impact on trade. Malaysia will benefit from this measure because it exports a lot of processed products to TPP member countries, especially to Singapore and Brunei. Malaysia also exports a small amount of meat based products
Malaysia is a net importer of milk. Every year, Malaysia imports more than 18.1 million litre of milk from all over the world. The main source of milk are Australia, followed by New Zealand and Singapore. Malaysia’s import of liquid milk from TPP countries represents 85% of its total liquid milk imports in 2014. In terms of value, the import is worth RM68.25 million.
Malaysia is not an exporting country for liquid milk, hence it does not have strong interest on milk exports in the near future. However, Malaysia will still benefit from the TPP offers, particularly in exporting value-added milk products, i.e., flavored milk.
The agreement and commitment of all TPPA member countries indicates that the participation of Malaysia in the TPPA will benefit the agrofood sector. Malaysia will get greater access to new markets, especially in countries that it does not have free trade agreement (FTA). The elimination of import duty will also benefit Malaysia as it has better competitive edge as compared to those developed countries such as USA and Japan. At the same time, Malaysia is still allowed to continue with the existing taxes regime such as rice and livestock industries. TPP not only provides a transparent trade environment but also opportunities for Malaysia agrofood industry to penetrate into bigger markets more competitively.
However, the impact of TPPA on agrofood sector is still uncertain until the agreement is put into force in 2018. Malaysia needs to prepare and formulate a right strategy to ensure that the impact will be very minimal and Malaysia will have a better position in the global markets.
ISIS, 2015.National interest analysis of Malaysia participation in the Trans Pacific Agreement. Report presented to the Government of Malaysia. Available at http://fta.miti.gov.my/miti-fta/resources/ISIS_The_Grand_Finale.pdf
Ministry of Agriculture and Agrobased Industry (2015). Impact of TPPA on Agrofood Sector: A cost and benefit analysis. Unpublished paper.
OECD 2011. Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (Malaysia). OECD.
MITI, 2016. Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. Available at http://fta.miti.gov.my/index.php/pages/view/267
Price Waterhouse Corporation, 2015. Study on potential economic impact of TPPA on the Malaysian economy and selected key economic sectors. Report prepared for MITI. Available at http://fta.miti.gov.my/index.php/pages/view/tppa
Peter A. Petri and Michael G.Plummer, 2016. The economic effects of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Peterson Institute for International Economic.
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Review: Refraction – The Outsider
By Des Cowley on Tuesday, June 25, 2019
The Outsider reflects an on-going commitment to building a body of work intent on exploring the great tradition of the piano trio, as epitomized by the work of artists such as Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett, Brad Mehldau, the Esbojrn Svensson Trio, or The Necks.
Chris Broomhead invites you to Refraction ‘s “swan song” gig
By Nikos Fotakis on Monday, September 10, 2018
“Well, I do want to keep Refraction as a concept going, even if that means we don’t get to perform together. It may mean I find a new trio over here in the US, or it may mean that we do something conceptually very different, for example creating some sort of recording separately – me in Nashville, Jordan in Melbourne and Brenton in Adelaide. It could work, although the music would likely be very different. It’s something that I would be keen to give a shot.”
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“I do want to reach other/new audiences for our music and creating this video was an attempt to do that. The ice being that people who might not discover the music simply by coming to a ‘jazz gig’ might see the clip and be intrigued that way.”
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” I think the way the trio plays has evolved and is sounding more unified – which is what happens with time spent playing together, and I think the new recording reflects this.
We’re still definitely exploring the textual and dynamic changes, going from relaxed tempos and feels through to some faster and more frenetic pieces.”
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Melbourne-based jazz piano trio Refraction have released their debut album As We Were in March 2015 on independent label Rare Colour Records.
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Earhart’s: “Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?” Spoiler Space
November 25, 2016 Chip 6 Comments
Pop quiz, everyone: How much of this episode directly related to the title of this episode?
No prizes for the closest correct answer, but we’ll be impressed.
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Last episode introduced my favorite new S4 character, Cartagia. This episode introduces my least favorite: Lorien, The Deus Ex Machina That Walks Like A Smug, Insufferable Spouter Of Pseudo-Profound Garbage. The big upside of Into the Fire being so rushed is that it gets this character off the screen all the more quickly.
But there’s some stuff in this episode that’s really effective, at least for me. I take Cassandra’s point about Delenn, but, leaving that aside, this is a really moving portrayal (as written, but even more as acted by Furlan) of a person broken by bereavement and blaming herself. I’d hate to have lost this, although it might have been better if Delenn had come out it with the dial turned several more notches away from “adoring girlfriend” and towards “fiery leader.”
And the recording of Sheridan is one of Boxleitner’s best performances, utterly convincing as a person in early middle-age who thought he was too old to feel like a teenager about another person. I wish we’d heard more on the show about his feelings about Minbari as a result of the war – it’s one of the aspects of the show that the replacement of Sinclair by Sheridan most damages.
But the best thing about the episode for me is that *other* scene of Katsulas and Jurasik acting the hell out of a conversation in a confined space. One can spend ages unpacking what’s going on in the exchange in which G’Kar asks Londo if the prospect of his torture pleases Londo, and Londo replies that it doesn’t.
Note that, for the first time since The Coming of Shadows, the moral balance is in favor of Londo: Katsulas plays the question as angry and resentful, not a real question so much as a gesture of defiance. As before, G’Kar’s moral progress is carefully calibrated: he hasn’t given up his hatred and doesn’t conceive that Londo can be anything other than the monster that he is in G’Kar’s mind.
Meanwhile, Jurasik plays the answer as coming as much as a surprise to Londo as it does to G’Kar. This is the best Londo – the Londo that could have been, but which he has twice disastrously suppressed – the one that instinctively reacted with horror at the deaths of his Narn enemies in Chrysalis and The Long, Twilight Struggle. Now, finally, he doesn’t suppress that moral impulse when confronted with the suffering of a single Narn who (important not to forget this) has made it absolutely clear that he would love to kill Londo. It only works, I think, because Londo himself is as surprised as anyone that this other Londo is still in there.
This, even though G’Kar is at his most heroic overall in this scene, saving his entire people. There’s something important buried in this about the problems with the zero-sum vision of Narn and Centauri locked in endless conflict in which any gain for one must be at the expense of the other. The tragedy will be, of course, that G’Kar will be unable to persuade his people to follow him in rejecting that vision.
Jon Nicoll says:
Lorien did act as a smug Deus Ex Machina for 4.5 episodes: he brought Sheridan back, and he was instrumental in Into the Fire. He also got under Garibaldi’s skin though and that can’t be all bad. Of course Garibaldi was already Bester’s tool but at that point even if he didn’t know it.
Delenn does get her fiery leader persona back in parts during this season (just look at Acts of Sacrifice) but she has just lost (or thought she lost) the love of her life so I think we can cut her some slack at this stage.
I’ll agree, Londo does partially redeem himself here, and as ar the future of the Centauri and Narn, I am not entirely sure. I seem to recall that neither of these races ever achieve a status akin to First Ones, but the Narn do start to revere G’Kar (or rather his book) in season 5 and I wonder how much insight they actually take from that in the end.
Good point in the episode about the condensed storytelling. There is quite a lot about this season that could have been much better if there had been time to let it develop at a slower pace. The relationship (if we can even call it that, there is so little of it) between G’Kar and Marcus is a perfect example. I’m thinking about the “Marcus & Franklin Road to Mars Buddy Show” next season as a contrast. Multiple episodes were dedicated to the two characters traveling together, letting the friendship build. In this episode, though, Marcus just shows up and then just leaves, and that’s… about it. A possible “Marcus & G’Kar And The Search For Mr Garibaldi” arc could have been fun. Oh well. It is what it is. When the suits are bringing the hammer down on the show, whattayagonnado?
The avalanche/ pebbles thing is probably a bad example of Vorlon elusiveness. If you don’t get it, the crap hit’s the fan and it’s too late for powerless little things who didn’t do anything about it to do anything about it. Say this for Vorlons: they’re concise, though whether they’d do well on Twitter is another thing. I was won over by what was said about Lorien’s poetic qualities. I do like the character though it’s hard with the pretentious poncing. A Marcus/Lorien buddy scene might have been a guilty pleasure.
Okay, now I’m picturing Kosh’s Tweets.
“Incorrect.”
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23:55 Child 44 Film (2015) Thriller with Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace. In 1950s Russia, a demoted security services agent realises that a serial killer is targeting young boys. Brutal violence/strong language.
02:15 Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA Gordon visits Fleming, a Danish restaurant in Miami, Florida. It was once the best family-run restaurant in town, but now something is seriously wrong. Can Gordon save their bacon?
03:05 Come Dine with Me In Manchester, Chris hopes to impress his guests with his own dish, 'Nacho Pie'. And there's a battle between the French and the English as Thomas and Wendy host patriotic nights.
04:00 My Family Secrets Revealed Onyeka Nubia reveals the stark truth to an emotional Jonty Stern. There's a revelation for Anthony Ginman. John Jarrett gets a resolution to the rumour that's blighted his life. (Ep11/15)
04:55 The £100K Drop In-laws Laura and Andy from East Yorkshire, and Tazz and his step-dad Ian, join Davina McCall to take on the dastardly drop. But can either pair walk away with cash? (S3 EP5)
05:50 Countdown Nick Hewer and Rachel Riley host as contestants race against the clock to pit their wits against vowels, consonants and numbers. Rory Bremner is in Dictionary Corner with Susie Dent.
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Freedom in the World 2010
Written by: Steve | Filed under:human rights, News, politics | Tags:China, Civil Liberties, government, hong kong, Political Rights, Singapore, taiwan, tibet
Once per year, Freedom House releases its annual report covering the levels of freedom throughout the world. I’ve included their reports for China, Tibet, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore. They issue two scores, one for Political Rights and one for Civil Liberties, along with a Freedom Status. The lower the number, the higher the rating.
Capital: Beijing
Political Rights Score: 7
Civil Liberties Score: 6
Status: Not Free
The numerical ratings and status listed above do not reflect conditions in Hong Kong or Tibet, which are examined in separate reports.
Asian Music Update
Written by: Steve | Filed under:culture, media, music, Photos, video | Tags:Beijing, China, culture, Enka, hong kong, Indonesia, japan, malaysia, media, music, Singapore
Rather than stick to just one country, I thought I’d highlight underground music from Hong Kong on this post and add a little bit from the rest of Asia on the end. On the left is the Analog Girl, one of the hottest acts on the continent. Hailing from Singapore, the electro-rock chanteuse was named by TIME magazine as one of the 5 Music Acts to Watch in 2008. Since that time she’s toured the world with her unique sound.
I also got interested in the underground music scene in Hong Kong after I discovered “The Underground Channel” on YouTube. After the jump, we’ll feature videos from Quasar, Tacit Closet, Soler, The Sinister Left, DJ Matthew Veith, Hardpack, Audiotraffic and Poubelle International. We’ll also hear from Jakarta’s Goodnight Electric, Malaysia’s Zee Avi and Beijing’s P.K. 14 along with Japan’s Vamp and YMCK. Finally for some of the older crowd, I want to introduce a couple of Enka style acts from Japan, which is surprisingly similar (at least to me) of some of the classic Chinese singers.
Today’s collection is very eclectic so hopefully there’s something for everyone to enjoy.
minipost-City of Dreams, or nightmare?
Written by: guest | Filed under:-guest-posts, -mini-posts | Tags:China, hong kong, opium war
The Boston Globe article on this Sunday.
“In 1842, on a British warship anchored off the city of Nanjing, Chinese and British representatives signed a treaty that brought the First Opium War to an end. The British victory had been decisive, and along with the reparations and trade concessions exacted from China was the requirement that Hong Kong, a coastal island sparsely populated by farmers, fishermen, and the occasional pirate, be given to the British in perpetuity as a crown colony.’
A kind of upset of the article twisting history and the truth. It reflects the ignorance of the west and journalists.
How outrageous to say the opium pusher (the Britons), was good for the victim (Chinese)?
If it is your reason using force to enforce the opium trade to developing countries, what kind of civilization we’re in?
The British Parliament favored trade profit over justice. They had nothing to trade with China’s silk, porcelain…, but plenty of opium grown in India.
Britons did provide Hong Kong with stability (but stole a lot from Hong Kong as most colonial masters did). HK’s success is on mainly due to its special location (close to China), the expert businessmen from Shanghai and the cheap labor of the refugees.
Next Generation of Hongkongese More Spoiled Than Ever
Written by: guest | Filed under:-guest-posts | Tags:children, hong kong
香港下一代愈來愈嬌生慣養
The next generation of Hongkongese are more spoiled than ever. Survey revealed 8 out of 10 one-year-olds can not eat on their own, had to be fed by parents or nannies.
Hong Kong has one of the lowest birth rate in the world, with less than 1 rearing average. Although China’s one-child policy does not affect Hong Kong, due to the hardwork in raising children, many couples Hong Kong only have one child. University conducted a survay interviewing 1,100 some families, showing the majority feel Hong Kong’s only child are becoming more spoiled becasue the parents are over-protective of them. Not only does it feel this way, facts prove over-protecting children may not be good for them. Survey shows Hong Kong’s infants have hight % of doctor visits, with 3.47 doctor visit every 6 months. That’s to the doctor’s once every month and a half.
minipost-(Letter) The Fall Of CITIC Pacific
Written by: guest | Filed under:-mini-posts | Tags:hong kong, SOE
CITIC Pacific is in big trouble and some market analysts say it’s finished.
Yesterday its share price fell by 55% and its valuation is down from HK$31 billion to HK$14 billion.
Today its market capitalization fell another 25% to HK$10 billion. Continue reading »
Wang Xizhe bashes Hong Kong Olympic protests
Written by: Buxi | Filed under:Analysis | Tags:alliance, hong kong, torch, wang xizhe
Wang Xizhe is an active US-based Chinese dissident who’s spent many years in opposition to the Communist government. He is co-chairman and founder of the China Democracy Party. Wang is rarely mentioned in the English press in the West, although he’s very well known in the Chinese community. Many believe this is because he’s allegedly refused to accept financing from American and Taiwanese “sources”, in contrast to other more famous dissidents (at least to the West) like Wang Dan, Wei Jingsheng, Yang Jianli accused of doing precisely that.
Wang Xizhe continues to publish regularly, including this essay issued a few days ago, in which he criticizes Hong Kong pro-democracy activists who protested the Olympic torch.
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Clouds in a Room ...
I am always amazed by clouds. Especially in Netherlands where the weather is always cloudy, that seeing blue clear sky with sun, is a treasure. While returning from Istanbul from a conference and watching clouds float in the sky from the plane. I imagined about clouds, the science behind clouds, and a lot of other related things. I wrote some of those ideas on my plane napkin.
One of the prominent idea I imagined was, what if I can create decorative small clouds using some small machine (like a fog machine) in my own room.. Will it be possible? What opportunities lie in such an idea.
For example, lets say, there is a children's birth day party and I want to simulate a room filled with clouds instead of Baloons. What would it take to make clouds in a room? Can I make thunderstorms happen in those clouds artificially? Some wild creative imaginations.
Today I was delighted to see the exact thing I thought counted amongst one of the best inventions by Time in 2012. Here is a picture. I do not know the authenticity of the claim below. The feeling that I get ideas which are worthy is fine to feel happy :-).
Labels: Aha - Engineering, Futuristic technologies
A PhD students memoir...From Stanford
The journey of a quality PhD program is one of the toughest intellectual challenges that one can face in one's life. Its an incredibly long unique journey, with lots of hurdles as it comes along.
Here is a great memoir by a remarkable student Philip J. Guo, from Stanford, describing his arduous tough life at Stanford from 2006 to 2012, in Computer Science department, as a PhD student.
http://pgbovine.net/PhD-memoir/pguo-PhD-grind.pdf
Thanks Philip for documenting the details of the process called PhD, at one of the finest institute for Computer Science research in the world.
Labels: Computer Science research, Education, Graduate Studies
Books for young leaders.
I came across the text below in the article by John Coleman from Harward Business Review about must read books for a young leader.
Source - http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/10/11_books_every_young_leader_mu.html
(The text below is direct copy from original blog from Harward Business Review blog).
Marcus Aurelius, The Emperor's Handbook. Emperor of Rome from 161 to 180 A.D., Marcus Aurelius is considered one of history's "philosopher kings," and his Meditations were perhaps his most lasting legacy. Never meant to be published, Marcus' writings on Stoicism, life, and leadership were the personal notes he used to make sense of the world. They remain a wonderful insight into the mind of a man who ruled history's most revered empire at the age of 40 and provide remarkably practical advice for everyday life. This is the translation I've found most accessible.
Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning. Viktor Frankl was an Austrian psychiatrist who survived life in the Nazi concentration camps. Man's Search for Meaning is really two books — one dedicated to recounting his frightening ordeal in the camps (interpreted through his eyes as a psychiatrist) and the other a treatise on his theory, logotherapy. His story alone is worth the read — a reminder of the depths and heights of human nature — and the central contention of logotherapy — that life is primarily about the search for meaning — has inspired leaders for generations.
Tom Wolfe, A Man in Full. Tom Wolfe founded the New Journalism school and was one of America's most brilliant writers of nonfiction (books and essays like The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test) before he became one of her most notable novelists. Often better known for his portrait of 1980s New York, The Bonfire of the Vanities, A Man in Full is his novel about race, status, business, and a number of other topics in modern Atlanta. It was Wolfe's attempt, as Michael Lewis noted, at "stuffing of the whole of contemporary America into a single, great, sprawling comic work of art." It's sure to inspire reflection in burgeoning leaders.
Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker. One of the first books I read upon graduating college, Liar's Poker is acclaimed author Michael Lewis' first book — a captivating story about his short-lived postcollegiate career as a bond salesman in the 1980s. Lewis has become perhaps the most notable chronicler of modern business, and Liar's Poker is both a fascinating history of Wall Street (and the broader financial world) in the 1980s and a cautionary tale to ambitious young business leaders about the temptations, challenges, and disappointments (not to mention colorful characters) they may face in their careers.
Jim Collins, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...and Others Don't. What does it take to make a great company, and what traits will young businesspeople need to lead them? Jim Collins introduced new rigor to the evaluation of business leadership in his instant classic Good to Great, with a research team reviewing "6,000 articles and generating 2,000 pages of interview transcripts." The result is a systematic treatise on making a company great, with particularly interesting findings around what Collins calls "Level 5 Leadership" that have changed the face of modern business.
Robert Cialdini, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion. Persuasion is at the heart of business, where leaders must reach clients, customers, suppliers, and employees. Cialdini's classic on the core principals of persuasion is a sterling example of the cross application of psychological principles to business life. Based on his personal experiences and interviews — with everyone from expert car salesmen to real estate salespeople — Cialdini's book is riveting and, yes, persuasive. It serves as a great introduction to other works by modern writers like Malcolm Gladwell and Steven Levitt, who translate theories from the social and physical sciences into everyday life.
Richard Tedlow, Giants of Enterprise: Seven Business Innovators and the Empires They Built.Richard Tedlow taught one of my favorite business school classes, The Coming of Managerial Capitalism, and this book is something like a distillation of a few of the high points of that class.Giants of Enterprise chronicles the lives of some of the businesspeople — Carnegie, Ford, Eastman, Walton — who shaped the world we live in today. It's a brief introduction to the figures and companies who built modern business for the young business leader seeking to shape the future.
Niall Ferguson, The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World. Financial capital is at the heart of capitalism. Any young person aspiring to business leadership should understand the financial world we live in. Ferguson is one of our era's preeminent popular historians, and The Ascent of Money traces the evolution of money and financial markets from the ancient world to the modern era. It's an essential primer on the history and current state of finance.
Clayton M. Christensen, The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail. Clay Christensen was recently ranked the world's greatest business thinker by Thinkers50, and his breakout book was a thoughtful tome on innovation and "disruption" called The Innovator's Dilemma. All of Christensen's books are essential reads, but this is perhaps the most foundational for any young leader wondering how to drive business innovation and fight competitors constantly threatening to disrupt his or her business model with new technology.
Stephen R. Covey, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. Covey's book represents the best in self-help. His advice — about prioritization, empathy, self-renewal, and other topics — is both insightful and practical. Seven Habits can be useful to the personal and professional development of anyone charting a career in business.
Bill George, True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership. A hallmark of next-generation business leaders is a focus on authenticity. Bill George has pioneered an approach to authentic leadership development articulated well in his second book, True North. George (who, full disclosure, I've coauthored with before) conducted more than 100 interviews with senior leaders in crafting the book, and offers advice for young leaders on knowing themselves and translating that knowledge into a personal set of principles for leadership.
Labels: books, Motivational
Indian reforms and Indian farmer
On 14th September 2012, after a long period of policy paralysis and constant controversies of corruption scandals the Indian government finally opened the Indian economy further, by introducing much needed reforms in sectors such as FDI in retail, power exchange, and aviation, etc. A major step is thus taken to bring back the Indian economy on the right track. Taking bold decisions in Indian politics has been tough due to a huge coalition based politics. Considering the vehement opposition the reforms have raised from Government´s own allies and the opposition party Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), it is doubted whether there will be again a roll back of this decision, the way it happened around 1 year back.
The reform, FDI in retail is in prime focus. This reform is expected to bring much needed infrastructure in the unorganized Indian retail sector, by bringing in foreign players and their expertise. It is projected to help in building the logistic support, which would benefit Indian farmers and in turn the Indian consumers. A large portion of Indian farm products get rotted before reaching consumers, due to the lack of infrastructure support such as efficient transport mechanisms, and cold storage facilities, etc. The farmer loses his products and earnings, whereas the consumer pays a heavy price for the remaining farm products that is able to reach the market. The only winner in current situation is the middleman, who reaps in heavy profits by exploiting this infrastructural gap by employing their own logistic services.
India is facing a huge agrarian crisis for a long time now. It would be also interesting to see how FDI in retail would help improve the growing agrarian crisis that Indian farmers face. It is estimated that nearly 2,00,000 farmers have committed suicide in India over the last 10 years due to lack of support in farming practices and resulting losses. However, the mainstream media hardly reflects this. Nero´s Guests is a story about India’s agrarian crisis and the growing inequality seen through the work of the Rural Affairs Editor of Hindu newspaper, P Sainath. More about it can be found here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q6m5NgrCJs&feature=related
Why such stories are repeating in India, if India considers itself an agriculture based economy? Will these reforms bring answers by bringing investment and logistic support for Indian farmers is a very important aspect to be considered. Lets hope such reforms bring hope for millions of these farmers, and stories such as Nero´s guest are considered a dark past of Indian history. India´s political class has to study why such problems exists and how they can be solved by employing correct innovative means, than by using the same old ¨vote bank¨ politics based ideology to oppose any form of new ideas. Lets hope these reforms survive the political opposition and bring cheers to many of these helpless aspiring Indians, who are striving for that much needed support to better their lives.
Lets wish that the India´s political class understands the positive implications these reforms can bring, on the future of these much neglected Indians, its own farmers.
Posted by Mrunal Gawade at 11:16 PM No comments:
Labels: socio-economic, Technology and India
I had a chance to visit Istanbul, one of the greatest cities in the world on the occasion of VLDB conference. Conference was for 5 days, while I roamed around rest 6 days exploring nooks and corners of the city. I was enthralled by this global city and the life it offered.
Cities are a vision of its rulers. Constantinopole as it was called when Roman empire Constantine ruled it was always a center of attraction for different empires starting from Byzentine empire, Roman empire, Ottoman empire. Ottoman empire named it Istanbul, meaning the ¨city of Islam¨. Istanbul is a unique city to be located on two continents, Europe and Asia. It controls one of the busiest sea routes connecting ship movement through bospohorous from Marmara sea to the black sea. It generates 25% of Turkeyś GDP and is a home to around 13 million residents.
I was amazed by the historical monuments boasted by city in terms of grandiose mosques. These historical monuments stand side by side with the modern culture. I felt sad for many of the Indian cities which have ruined their hostorical heritage due to neglect. A majority of the population has Islam as religion, however the city is exceptionally modern with a feeling of being in any American cities from the perspective of youth culture. Transportation network which consists of metro, trams, buses, funicular, railways, taxis offers plenty of options.
The poverty which is a ubiquitous scene in any Indian city seemed almost non-existent in the first look. I explored both upscale elite and quite poor neighborhoods and was amazed by the infrastructure. The city is clean, people are well mannered and helpful, and women are respected and free.
Turkey is a developing country. India is a developing country too. However, being in Istanbul offers a different vision of being in developing mode. Often Indian cities are compared to be aspiring for cities like Beijing. I thought why not aspire to be like Istanbul? Being a developed city is a distant dream for any Indian city. It needs guts and vision to be developed. All the talks seems extremely hypocritical. I think better aspiration is to be like Istanbul. A city which offers freedom, culture, modern and a great cosmopolitan outlook.
I think I learned a great deal from this city and will cherish the moments, I spent while gazing at the Bosphorous while seeping Turkish tea and thinking about various thoughts. From why sea containers sail to how light is reflected from distant sources on sea water, to visions of great emperors. Here is a small selected collection of snaps from the city.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrunalg/7908681314/in/set-72157631356255386/lightbox/
Thank you Istanbul.
Labels: socio-economic
There is a popular saying that "If you had a good meal
today, thank a farmer". Yet today, nearly 2,00,000 farmers
have committed suicide in India over the last 10 years. But
the mainstream media hardly reflects this.
Nero´s Guests is a story about India’s agrarian crisis and
the growing inequality seen through the work of the Rural
Affairs Editor of Hindu newspaper, P Sainath. Through
sustained coverage of the farm crisis, Sainath and his
colleagues created the national agenda, compelling a
government in denial to take notice and act.
Through his writings and lectures, Sainath makes us
confront the India we don’t want to see, and provokes us
to think about who ‘Nero’s Guests’ are in today’s world.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=cPa6AomH1Ao
And the full length.
v=4q6m5NgrCJs&feature=related
(Courtesy - TreeLabs).
A common question that runs in my head after watching such media, is how such documentaries could be made more popular. This documentary has only 27,000 views compared to any commercial media viewing on Youtube.
As a Computer Science student, I always think hard on this question. Because information though available need to be of interest of general public. Twitter / Facebook and other such new media sites which are prominently used for entertainment and gossiping can also be used and are being used for disaster management, live feedback etc. However, their correct usage stays limited to a handful.
And there could be lot of questions that could be tackled here through correct use of technology to spread such awareness. I keep on thinking on such questions.
Posted by Mrunal Gawade at 9:14 AM 2 comments:
Labels: Indian intellectual, socio-economic, Technology and India
Consumer and choice
I recently came across some nice articles on choice in the age of consumerism and how people end up spending their time on this activity.
http://www.turtletrader.com/ParadoxOfChoice.pdf
Barry Schwartz on paradox of choice.
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice.html
Another interesting researcher on the same topic is Sheena Iyengar. She is blind, so it adds a different perspective to choosing.
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/sheena_iyengar_on_the_art_of_choosing.html
Choice is freedom to chose. However, one can make best choice only if one is sufficiently informed about what options exists to chose from. To be informed about the options, one has to study them. So unless one already knows about the options, chances are that a huge amount of time would be needed to be informed about the possible choices. Do people have sufficient time to do all this? Is this why shopping is considered a stress buster by many females because it provides them with this unique problem of choosing which takes other stress away? How do people chose?
I was visiting an electronic shop recently and was awed by the amount of choice available for consumers to chose from tons of electronics gadgets. I felt lost and needed constant assistance. Thousands of mobile phones, televisions, laptops, tablets, ....and the list goes on.
So if there is so much abundance of choice, how can a person make best possible choice? What if he chooses a wrong choice and suffers the consequences? What is the relation of happiness to this choice that the person is making today on his future? How much time one should spend on deciding optimally what choice to make?
Well. There lie so many nice consumer oriented problems and all the deals related sites that operate from Silicon Valley try to cash on, on such kind of problems. By offering a solution to make consumers life easier. However, most of them work in the area of making these huge choices available to people in some form, for example consolidated deals to chose from like www.deals2buy.com or www.groupon.com, or some kind of recommendation based on consumers past history such as Amazon recommendations, "Books you might be interested in". These all are called techniques in Data mining, Machine learning, Artificial Intelligence to help users narrow down their choices by providing them a guided environment of recommendations to chose from.
However, these are just recommendations and not final decision. Out of these tons of recommendations finally the consumer would decide which is optimal for him. Now there are lots of theories about optimization to make best decisions. However, they are limited to a few knowledgeable individuals with very high education, which a normal consumer is not.
So there lie tons of opportunities to help people make an informed decisions about any thing they want. Its a huge future industry in making.
Posted by Mrunal Gawade at 11:59 AM No comments:
Labels: psychology, socio-economic
Food, hunger and studies
Hunger and food are a delicate issue for any graduate student.
As an American graduate student, I used to crave for free food such as Pizza, sandwitches that used to get served in seminars. Seminars also hosted free food to guarantee an audience to fill the rooms. Thus it was complimentary for both hosts and attendees.
I have always wondered how easy life would be if one could satisfy ones food needs without much efforts. Food is considered one of the basic needs for life. What if there is an amazing answer to let humans live off without having any food for days like some animals for example, beers do when they hibernate in winter.
Huge amount of defence research gets done to prepare food bars which would stuff maximum energy in minimal quantity which soldiers can carry with them when on mission in remote areas and toughest environmental and geographical conditions. Astronauts are provided with special kind of food to let them sustain in space.
General public at the most gets the energy bars (Cliffhanger brand from US) that can help make one feel full for some time. But, by far a good solution does not exists. Is there a market for such a product? What if there are pills for different type of food items which would make you feel full and provide the body with enough energy that would have obtained by eating normal food. Worlds food problems could be solved and there would be much peace. But considering the fact that it takes 15 years for a drug pill to get introduced in market, after its first envisioned and the amount of research money spent (up-to 1 billion dollars) on these drug pills. Creating an artificial food pill looks a herculean task.
Who would eat such food because after all many people live their life so that they can eat to fullest and live to enjoy :) I would be the first client if such a pill would ever come in existence. I would love to eat a pill which would make me feel full when I am working on some deadline, and without having enough time / will to prepare and eat food.
Labels: Futuristic technologies, Graduate Studies, psychology, socio-economic
Google Science Fair and the world
Could a worldwide technology competition for high school kids, be considered as a benchmark for understanding the competitiveness of countries across world? Could the results be analysed to understand the spread and interest of technology across the world?
I came across Google Science Fair results, which are displayed below, by mapping winners from each country on Google map.
http://www.google.com/intl/en/events/sciencefair/index.html
This is interesting because, there are some major observations that could be drawn from this map.
1. Most entries are from US. Within US, they are distinctly from West Coast and East coast. Rest of the US seems to be lagging behind.
2. There are just three map pointers from Europe. Within Europe there are three entries from Spain. What about Germany, France and other major European countries?
3. Three entries from India. Two from Banglore and one from Lucknow.
4. Major ethnicity of the participants is Asian (Indian / Chinese).
This raises different questions such as.
1. Why there are no participants from rest of the US?
2. Why Europe is lagging so much behind?
3. Why not more participation from other Indian cities like Pune, Mumbai etc.?
Of-course, this shows only winners, and we do not know the total number of entries submitted. But, whatever number that might be, this shows that the technology is limited to a very few privileged sections in the world, and its mass spread in education stays limited.
I can hypothesize some of the answers based on my observations so far, but it will be premature to comment based on them yet. I think the socialist agenda in most European countries is to blame, which has reduced competitiveness in people overall? I think so.
I wish to see more map markers across all over the world when Google conducts these competitions in near future.
Labels: Computer Science research, Kids and learning, learning system, Schools, Technology and India
Technology, knowledge, talk and Implementation
Technology has made a lot of information available to people in a very convenient manner. The more information people have, the more knowledgeable they become, and the more topics they have to discuss and debate.
However, one strong observation that I am having is, these debates need not result into actions most of the times. People are happy to talk about things at length, without taking conscious efforts to change things. The pleasure of intellectual debates pleases most people, with an intense feeling of satisfying intellectual hunger to certain extent. We see academics debating on complex issues, research papers being written to length, committees being formed, but implementations many times lack the same rigorousness that is seen during debates.
What is it that can make people take action and implement instead of just having debates and discussions? Implementation requires discipline, persistence, hard work, and motivation. Is this where humans differ from robots, that humans can think and everybody thinks differently, where as robots are programmed and will do what one is asked to do.
Can humans be programmed to act like robots in certain circumstances? Imagine, 4 people having a strong debate on some complex issue, and after the debate is over, they actually implement the things that they strongly debated about during discussion. And this pattern is repeated, across every discussion. A kind of robotic behavior, where pattern is repeated multiple times always. The productivity will be huge and so will be the outcome of such discussions.
Knowledge will be useful in the best possible manner, if some thing of this type could be achievable for solving certain complex problems. The problems which have eluded mankind because of lack of consensus and lack of willingness to implement the solutions.
Labels: Futuristic technologies, machine world, psychology, socio-economic
Dancing and the context
Is dancing a means of entertainment, a means to relax, a means to earn money, or a means to express art?
I was left wondering when I watched a video on YouTube about air stewards dancing in an Indian airplane, on an Indian song, as an attraction theme on Indian Independence day.
Why do girls like to dance? Why India is associated with dance and festivals and colors, and not with many other characteristics?
Why when a bar girl dances in a bar, her dance which is done for earning a living is considered bad for society, but when girls dance at family weddings it is considered a part of culture? Why when dignitaries in 5 star hotels watch girls dancing while enjoying their expensive liquors not immoral? Why when girls are whistled at during college dance shows it is considered Ok and a part of the youth culture, but when girls are whistled at on road it is considered a matter of morality.
So context matters. Contexts are decided by the society. And so society decides what context is good and what context is bad. How should one decide upon then about how good a society is? For example, western society, eastern society, or a hybrid society.
Labels: Philosophy, psychology, socio-economic
Some philosophy ...by great people
Math is no more about equations than poetry is about spelling. Equations and spelling exist to convey an idea. Understand that idea.
A few other quotes that capture my attitude on learning:
On what we truly know
“I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.” – Socrates
“If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.” – Isaac Newton
On understanding
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough” – Albert Einstein
“Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule, be expressed in language comprehensible to everyone.” – Albert Einstein
“The only real valuable thing is intuition.” – Albert Einstein
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” – Albert Einstein
“You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you’re finished, you’ll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird… So let’s look at the bird and see what it’s doing — that’s what counts. I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.” – Richard Feynman
On problem solving
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” – Albert Einstein
“Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.” – Matsuo Basho
“If I’d listened to customers, I’d have given them a faster horse.” – Henry Ford
“Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it.” – Brian Kernighan
Courtesy ... http://betterexplained.com/philosophy/
Labels: Motivational, Philosophy, psychology
A virtual world...
Experiences of different types are important to appreciate the value of things that one gets in ones life. What is the difference between an intelligent man and a wise man?
Is maturity a symbol of a wise man? Does a person become mature, only because he has lots of experiences? Is that the reason some old people who have gathered lots of experiences of varied type considered wise and their opinion is sought after in deciding important things?
Can experiences be created virtually? Can a person be made to understand the things that are beyond ones imagination through virtual reality? What role do films play? What role does photo essays by photo journalists play? What role do museums play in displaying history and creating context of the past?
Could a virtual world be created where experiences of different sort be recreated? Imagination is the key. People spend their life times without witnessing beauty and sufferings of the many parts of the world, which might teach them important lessons. Can these people be made to undergo these experiences which they will never go in their life time? Would they at all be interested in such an activity, which might be curious to go through but not very much comforting?
There are many such questions, which one might ponder upon, when faced with different contexts, different cultures, and different situations.
"Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or that flower you planted, you're there. It doesn't matter what you do, he said, so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that's like you after you take your hands away. The difference between the man who just cuts lawns and a real gardener is in the touching, he said. The lawn cutter might just as well not have been there at all; the gardener will be there a lifetime."
-Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
A great move by the Supreme court of India in guaranteeing Right to Education in Indian schools.
An excerpt....
"Declaring that the Right to Education is constitutionally valid, the Supreme Court today said the Right to Education will apply to all schools controlled by the government or local bodies."
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/right-to-education-constitutionally-valid-supreme-court-196538?pfrom=home-otherstories
Contradicting this with the factual status of how rural, economically backward, and lower caste students face harsh situations in Indian elite schools such as IITs, where they can not cope up with the pressure and social stigma where society around does not provide a support system for equal opportunities and elites stay elites whereas poor get suppressed to serve the interest of elites...
The fundamental question is, could passing of a law make improvements in the minds of traditional Indian society, which is so much riddled with caste equations and so many socio-economic problems.....
Policies and laws gather dust, whereas implementation never happens or takes so much time, that one loses interest and motivation.
Excerpts from an article in Outlook magazine, 16 March 2012
"... What makes Indian society so shameless as to not just deny but even
justify such prejudice against Dalits that lead to murders? Why is it that
these deaths are used to bolster perverse arguments against the very
existence of reservation? ... ... Most children from disadvantaged castes
end up as maids, child labourers or dropouts. In most of rural India,
Dalit students are asked to sit apart, sweep the school verandah or clean
toilets. ... ... For a Dalit girl, the odds are worse. In Khairlanji,
Maharashtra, in September '06, the fact that 17-year-old Priyanka
Bhotmange was educated and sought a life of dignity outraged the peasant
castes. She and her mother Surekha were raped, paraded naked and murdered;
her brothers were butchered. ..."
The Killing Of Shambukas - Dalit students still face oppressing times in
our educational institutions
S. ANAND
Outlook magazine, 16 April 2012
http://www.outlookindia.com/printarticle.aspx?280461
"My final words of advice to you are educate, organise and agitate. Ours
is a battle not for wealth or for power. It is a battle for freedom. It is
a battle for the reclamation of human personality." - Dr. Bhimrao Ramji
In 1901, at age 10, young Bhim realised he could not drink the water at
his school in Satara. Like most Dalits in India, he did not have to be
kicked out of a train in a foreign country to get a taste of
discrimination. Still, Ambedkar's thirst for education made him persist.
In 1918, on returning with doctorates from Columbia University and the
London School of Economics, Ambedkar was once again reminded of his
untouchability. The patronage of the Baroda maharaja, a fine education,
money, good clothes, none of it helped him quench his thirst with dignity
or find shelter. To overcome the poison of a system that believed in the
innate inferiority of certain castes, he offered the antidote of
reservation. And he gave Dalits the Fabian Socialist slogan: educate,
organise, agitate.
Reservation in India is actually a battle for the reclamation of human
personality - something that is still casually denied to millions of
Indians. Last week, the newspapers reported that a doctor couple in Delhi
- Sunita and Sanjay Verma - locked up a 13-year-old Jharkhand maid in
their house with nothing but salt and flour, and went on a holiday to
Bangkok. The abused girl was rescued and the doctors have since deferred
their return to the city.
Earlier last month, on March 3, Anil Kumar Meena, an adivasi medical
student at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, killed himself in
his hostel room. Educated in the Hindi medium, the son of poor farmers in
Baran, Rajasthan, Meena had scored 75 per cent in Class 12 and a second
rank in the AIIMS entrance test. He was following in the footsteps of Bal
Mukund Bharti, a final year MBBS student, who exactly two years ago hung
himself to death in his hostel room in AIIMS. As I write this, news comes
of Neeraj Kumar, a first-year Dalit medical student in Lucknow's
Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University, failing in his attempt to
take his life. There have been 17 other such suicides of Dalit/adivasi
students in the last five years (see graphic) documented by Insight
Foundation, a Delhi-based initiative that seeks to make our institutes of
higher learning 'more inclusive'.
Most children from disadvantaged castes end up as maids, child labourers
or dropouts. In most of rural India, Dalit students are asked to sit
apart, sweep the school verandah or clean toilets. Omprakash Valmiki, the
Hindi Dalit writer, in his autobiography 'Joothan', recalls the
humiliation of being forced to perform his caste occupation by his
headmaster, who told him: 'Go sweep the whole playground. Otherwise I will
shove chillies up your arse and throw you out of school.' Almost every
first-generation formally educated Dalit has such horror stories to share.
For every youth who manages to persist with the skewed education system,
four members of the family skip a meal; siblings work as farm labour to
help one person hope for and dream of a life of dignity. For a Dalit girl,
the odds are worse. In Khairlanji, Maharashtra, in September '06, the fact
that 17-year-old Priyanka Bhotmange was educated and sought a life of
dignity outraged the peasant castes. She and her mother Surekha were
raped, paraded naked and murdered; her brothers were butchered.
Those who defy such impossible odds and make it to institutes of higher
education - statistically 2 in 100 Dalits manage this - are welcomed with
barbs and taunts from faculty and fellow students. When not harassed to
death, they are crushed in spirit. Those from castes that feel innately
superior tend to look at adivasi/Dalit students as fit only for menial
labour, like the Vermas who locked up their maid.
Last February through April, a debate unfolded in the British media about
the poor representation of Black students in Oxford University. For all
his faults, Prime Minister David Cameron intervened, saying it was
.disgraceful. that universities like Oxford.his alma mater.had so few
students coming from Black and minority ethnic groups. The Telegraph had
reported: 'Fewer than one in 100 students beginning courses at Britain's
two oldest universities in 2010 were Black, including just 20 of the 2,617
British students accepted to Oxford, a fall from 27 in 2009.' David Lammy,
a Black Labour MP, collected data using freedom of information requests
and wrote a column in The Guardian lamenting 'the Oxbridge whitewash'.
The debate in Britain is in sharp contrast to the silence in India. In
2006, following reports of discrimination in internal evaluation
(especially practical and viva), segregation in hostels, mess rooms and in
sports and cultural events, a three-member committee headed by Sukhadeo
Thorat, then chairman of the University Grants Commission, conducted an
inquiry into the state of affairs in AIIMS. The 77-page Thorat committee
report indicted the administration on many counts and offered
recommendations, but it was dismissed as prejudiced and no action was
taken. Here's one of the incidents narrated in the report. In April '06,
Umakant, the Dalit occupant of Room 45 in Hostel 1, found this graffiti on
his door: 'Fuck off from this wing'. The miscreants once even bolted the
door from outside when Umakant was inside. He made a formal complaint.
What happened? 'The students were reminded of their duties, adherence to
discipline, tolerance towards each other and were told to concentrate on
their studies.' The culprits were asked to shake hands with the Dalit
student, after which they promptly went and thrashed him, forcing Umakant
to shift his room to a segregated section where all 'scheddus' were meant
to be.
If such was the wilful neglect of the AIIMS administration, shouldn't the
deaths of Anil Meena and Bal Mukund Bharti be deemed murders? And such
murders aren't limited to AIIMS. On August 26, '07, Ajay Sree Chandra, 21,
an integrated PhD student at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore,
killed himself. Despite making it to IISC in open competition, he was
admitted under the reserved category. Then began hell. In his diary, he
describes the atmosphere in the lab where he seems to be repeating an
exercise for the third time as some kind of punishment: 'Time: 11.45 p.m.
Maybe I am in the wrong lab or this lab is not for me. Those eyes, they
scare me, they look with such inferiority/superiority complex @ you.'
While AIIMS maintains that Anil Meena died owing to 'depression', IISC
decided that Ajay Chandra died unable to cope with 'stress'.
Over the years, there have been some feeble 'reformist' attempts to help
'category' students cope in elite science, management and tech institutes
through crash courses in personality development and English skills. The
Kozhikode-based Centre for Research and Education for Social
Transformation, CREST, has even prepared some 'packages'. When solicited,
it conducts weeklong on-campus 'self-enrichment' programmes to help
Dalit/adivasi students 'integrate' into iims and IITs like it did in IIT-D
last year. What they do not do is sensitise the predominantly 'upper'
caste faculty and students - the Dronacharyas and Arjunas at these
institutes who insist on hacking the thumbs of Eklavyas. It is those who
discriminate who need help.
Just imagine the repercussions if Black students were to die half as
routinely in Harvard or in Oxford as Dalit and adivasi students die in
AIIMS, IITs and IISCs. When Indian students in Australia - predominantly
students with surnames like Gupta and Sharma not good enough to make it to
IITs, IIMs and AIIMS.are attacked, it is 'racism'; it even becomes a
diplomatic issue. When Dalit and adivasi students on Indian campuses are
hounded to death, there's not a murmur. What makes Indian society so
shameless as to not just deny but even justify such prejudice against
Dalits that lead to murders? Why is it that these deaths are used to
bolster perverse arguments against the very existence of reservation?
In the 2003 blockbuster, Munnabhai MBBS, the protagonist flaunts a Brahmin
surname, Murli Prasad Sharma. As a bhai whose daily business is extortion,
hustling and kidnapping, Murli goes on to cheat his way into an MBBS
course and even tries to clear the exam by fibbing. He was loved and
hailed as a voice against an insensitive system. It.s not surprising that
the humour and message of Munnabhai became so popular, for a Sharma was
doing the deeds. Unlike Murli Prasad Sharma, Anil Meena and Bal Mukund
Bharti toiled hard to make it to AIIMS. They did not cheat their way in.
With their deaths, a million Dalit and adivasi aspirations are crushed.
Ajay Chandra speaks of harsh, judgemental eyes that scared him. It is time
we learnt to meet the eyes of Ajays, Anils and Bal Mukunds with the
respect, love and friendship they deserve. That will perhaps help humanise
the very sick Dr Vermas. Till then these deaths will haunt us.
Life And Death In India.s schools
Nineteen young buds lost, and that.s just in the last five ye ars. How bad
was it for them that they took their own lives?
* Malepula Shrikant, Jan 1, .07 Final year B.Tech, IIT Bombay
* Ajay S. Chandra, Aug 26, .07 Integrated PhD, Indian Institute of
Science (IISc), Bangalore
* Jaspreet Singh, Jan 27, .08 Final year MBBS, Government Medical
College, Chandigarh
* Senthil Kumar, Feb 23, .08 PhD, School of Physics, University of
* Prashant Kureel, Apr 19, .08 First year B.Tech, IIT Kanpur
* G. Suman, Jan 2, .09 Final year M.Tech, IIT Kanpur
* Ankita Veghda, Apr 20, .09 First year, BSc Nursing, Singhi Institute
Nursing, Ahmedabad
* D. Syam Kumar, Aug 13, .09 First year B.Tech, Sarojini Institute of
Engineering and Technology, Vijayawada
* S. Amravathi, Nov 4, .09 National-level young woman boxer, Centre of
Excellence, Sports Authority of AP, Hyderabad
* Bandi Anusha, Nov 5, .09 B.Com final year, Villa Mary College,
* Pushpanjali Poorty, Jan 30, .10 First year, MBA, Visvesvaraiah
Technological University, Bangalore
* Sushil Kumar Chaudhary, Jan 31, .10 Final year MBBS, Chattrapati
Shahuji
Maharaj Medical University (former KGMC), Lucknow
* Balmukund Bharti, Mar 3, .10 Final year MBBS, AIIMS, New Delhi
* J.K. Ramesh, Jul 1, .10 Second year BSc, University of Agricultural
Sciences, Bangalore
* Madhuri Sale, Nov 17, .10 Final year B.Tech, IIT Kanpur
* G. Varalakshmi, Jan 30, .11 B. Tech first year, Vignan Engineering
College, Hyderabad
* Manish Kumar, Feb 13, .11 IIIrd Year B.Tech, IIT Roorkee
* Linesh Mohan Gawle, Apr 16, .11 PhD, National Institute of Immunology,
* Anil Kumar Meena, Mar 3, .12 First year AIIMS, New Delhi
(Information courtesy Insight Foundation)
(The author is the publisher of Navayana.)
Lets Do It ....Cleanup the world
World Cleanup. Lets clean the world together ....
Excerpts from WikiPedia ...
Let's do it 2008 (Teeme ära 2008) is the largest campaign to activate civic society in Estonia since the Singing Revolution in 1988.[citation needed] The international campaign for cleaning all countries is called Let's do it world.
Over 50,000 people, or approximately 4% of the population of 1,3 million, participated in the cleanup of the forests and countryside, which would equal 15.3 million people in the United States, or 57 million people in India. Momentum for the event was built up with a media campaign from October 2007 to April 2008. The action was carried out during one day in 3 May 2008. More than 10,000 tons of garbage were removed from the country's forest in about 5 hours for less than 500,000 euros. Under normal circumstances it would have taken the government 3 years and 22.5 million euros to accomplish a similar feat.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let's_Do_It_2008
More here...
http://www.letsdoitworld.org/
Labels: Motivational, psychology, socio-economic
Behaviorial aspects of technology
Experts from Yvette Subramanian of CITRIS.
There are a growing number of persuasive technology apps and systems that aim to make individuals (and therefore society) healthier, greener, more financially sound, smarter, happier, and so on. Analysis of such technologies often focuses on the aggregate results, for example the total percentage of residential electricity saved across households. However, an aggregate focus misses important aspects of the behavioral responses at an individual level. This talk focuses on experiments and models that examine behavior at the level of the individual, and demonstrates how such analyses could guide the effective design of behavior change technologies and better predict their impacts on different users' segments.
http://www.youtube.com/citris
Labels: Futuristic technologies, psychology, socio-economic
The HOME - An aerial visualization
The HOME -
The theory of selfish gene by Prof. Richard Dawkins suggests that each individual at its core (gene) is selfish and most of the behavior of individuals is a result of such selfish activities. Individualism vs socialism. Capitalism vs Socialism. These are different philosophies. However, if one goes broader and broader in ones vision, the vision grows with me, family, state, country, world, Earth, Solar System, Universe .....
The Home is a unique vision of how humanity in its crux has been able to term mother Earth as its home. Its a story of human evolution on Earth and how in a single generation of last 50 years, the Earth has been drastically transformed like never before. So much that it threatens the existence of future generations.
Here is an excerpt .....
Internationally renowned photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand makes his feature directorial debut with this environmentally conscious documentary produced by Luc Besson, and narrated by Glenn Close. Shot in 54 countries and 120 locations over 217 days, Home presents the many wonders of planet Earth from an entirely aerial perspective. As such, we are afforded the unique opportunity to witness our changing environment from an entirely new vantage point. In our 200,000 years on Earth, humanity has hopelessly upset Mother Nature's delicate balance. Some experts claim that we have less than ten years to change our patterns of consumption and reverse the trend before the damage is irreversible. Produced to inspire action and encourage thoughtful debate, Home poses the prospect that unless we act quickly, we risk losing the only home we may ever have.
http://www.youtube.com/movie?v=jqxENMKaeCU&feature=mv_sr
Some tips on writing a research paper
Some steps in writing a good paper / article describing your research.
1. Think on the structure of the content and layout of the writing
2. Work on the abstract
3. Work on the introduction
4. Work on the conclusion
5. Work on writing what you did and how you did it, in the rest of the paper
This is how the individual section goes ahead.
1. Abstract - Why is this problem important? What is the uniqueness of the solution that you are providing to this problem? Why others fail? What is your contribution? What are you going to describe in the paper.
2. Introduction - What context is needed to understand the problem? Why is the problem so much important? What is the solution that you are providing based on this context? What are some important characteristics and contributions of your approach? How is it better than other approaches?
3. How you do it, and what you do it. Description of architecture, components, algorithm, methodologies, work-flows etc.
4. Conclusion - What is the main contribution your solution provides, why this approach important, how this approach benefits, what are some future directions of thought.
Different iterations of paper writing -
1. Generate the entire content of the paper in the structure described above. Get the template Latex file for the paper and start writing in it directly. Keep placeholders for diagrams. When writing a paragraph, the first sentence of the paragraph should be an introductory statement, which gives crux of what the paragraph is about. Then describe the contents of the paragraph around this statement. Write long sentences which convey your thoughts and shorten them in the next review cycles.
State problem first and define the solution later.
2. Check if the paper reads like a story. Give it for a review to your adviser / friend. Ask for feedback. Do this as much as possible to have the final first version of paper.
3. Make corrections in the arrangement of the statements, paragraph structures, the way thoughts are expressed and story is told.
4. Shorten the statements and make them concise to convey the same point. Work on the tense and grammar to remove unnecessary words.
5. Check if some paragraphs do not fit in the story and re-write them, add new paragraphs. Read the story again.
6. Work on fitting the paper in the given page number format and optimizing space. Lets assume the page restrictions is 4 in size. Start by looking at paragraph ends. Try to remove standalone words which create a new paragraph. Play with latex word rearrangement to rearrange words so that they are placed with minimal space. Replace long words with same meaning short words. Check grammar. Do this for each sentence in the entire paper.
8. Work on abstract, introduction and conclusion again to see if it introduces story line correctly and makes the correct impact. Try to understand what is the central message that your paper gives to the reader. Are you guiding him correctly in his reading process?
9. Once a good content is ready. Give the paper for peer review to couple of people. Remember, new people will have a new perspective to look at the paper and would provide you with critical feedback such as if story line is not clear, if some sentence is not fitting well and needs rephrasing / reordering / restructuring etc. Chose the peers to review in such a manner that some would give a technical feedback whereas the others would provide a language based story feedback. Improve on the feedback.
The central idea of a scientific paper is to convey the novelty of your research. Make sure your paper talks that loud and clear in best way in the abstract, introduction and conclusion section prominently.
Labels: Computer Science research, Education, Graduate Studies, Schools
Art of Patience ...
Learn the art of patience.
Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal.
Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement and failure. Patience creates confidence, decisiveness and a rational outlook, which eventually leads to success. ~ Brian Adams
Labels: Philosophy, psychology
A new meaning of Democracy ...
A great quote by Pratap Bhanu Mehta in his article in "Indian Express", on "Mandate for a dream" , about landslide gradual change in the Indian democracy ...
"Democracy will not bring angels to power. But its dignity is something deeper, and altogether more enchanting. It allows for the greatest freedom: the capacity for reinvention. Democracy will give even devils a second chance. In doing so, it tames them, rescues them from their own hubris."
Labels: Philosophy, socio-economic
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AUB 's Online Collaborative Participates in TAKREEM Social Media Contest
by Loulwa Kalache
Contest participants with the Organizers of
TAKREEM and CEO of TAKREEM Mr. Ricardo Karam
(Photo courtesy of Takreem Initiative)
The TAKREEM Awards program honors each year achievers in different categories for their outstanding stories and contributions in their communities. Thus, TAKREEM aims to find those high-fliers, celebrate their breakthroughs and depict the Arab world advancement and unison. Accordingly, the organizers of TAKREEM held the TAKREEM Social Media Contest event to group remarkable social media users in order to nominate exceptional Arab visionaries, whether individuals or organizations.
The event was held in the American University of Beirut on October 15, 2011, attended by around 20 social media users, covered by the Lebanese press, and sponsored by Nokia Lebanon, and Crepaway.
The organizers, Romy Chahine, Dana Nasrallah, and Assaad Thebian, presented an overview on the TAKREEM initiative, mission and the requirements of this event. First, the attendees had to nominate one person or NGO then use ONE social media tool such as but not limited to, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, PREZI, Slideshare, Klout, Wikipedia, Google Plus, in order to convince the judges (Ayman Itani, Liliane Assaf, and Loryne Atoui) and later the online community about the candidate by either scheduling tweets, creating a fan page, making a video, etc..
The presentations were videotaped and will be soon published by TAKREEM on their facebook page, for online voting. Check AUBOC's participation and stay tuned to watch the video when the voting begins!
AUBOC 's Participation in TAKREEM's Event
Summary of First General Assembly
by Omar Aridi
On Wednesday, October 12th 2011, the Online Collabrative Team of the American University of Beirut (AUBOC) held their first general assembly for this semester. The welcoming note by Mrs.. Khauli, AUBOC's advisor who has been following up on the team's events since last year, set up the vibes in the members. Mrs. Khauli expressed her happiness in being part of the "Collaborative Team" as she stressed the importance of social media in our lives.
Members were introduced to the AUBOC cabinet: Mohammad Hijazi (President), Weam Al-Awar (Vice President), Jim Ramsey Khoury (Member at Large), Raghd Hamzeh (Secretary), Loulwa Kalache (Treasurer), Malek Teffaha (Public Relations), and Dr. Leila Khauli Hanna (Advisor).The presentation started with a simple introduction about AUBOC's mission and objectives, as well as the different activities held from blogging, feasts and tweet-ups throughout the year, to workshops and conferences on a national and international scale.
Due to the large number of participants, members were divided into sub-committees each supervised by a cabinet member. Committees are divided as follows: Event Planning Committee led by Mohammad Hijazi, Workshop Committee led by Jim Ramsey Khoury, News Reporting Committee by Weam Al-Awar, Funding and Sponsorships Committee by Raghd Hamzeh, Public Relations Committee by Malek Teffaha, and last but not least Community Service Committee supervised by Loulwa Kalache.
The assembly emphasized the importance of social media throughout the whole meeting, where members discussed their ideas and opinions, as some shared their real life experiences with social media. In the end, members were introduced to future plans of this semester, one of which is the AUBOC annual conference on "Social Media Changing Lives" in mid December.
Online Collaborative at Clubs’ Days
by Weam Al Awar
The first anniversary of AUB’s Online Collaborative arrived quicker than expected. Last year was a very busy year with a lot of events and workshops on schedule. The team’s hard work and continuous plans have paid of this year at Clubs’ Days.
Tuesday the 4th and Wednesday the 5th of October were Clubs’ Days at AUB. It is during those days that the clubs measure their success and popularity among the AUB community; so the team planned for the day by preparing a stand that contained a facebook wall available for new members to literally write on, and like posts of others on. Also, to gather the AUB tweeps (twitter users), which is an aim of the OC, a “twitter tree” was made and hung on the stand, where tweeps can write their handles on twitter birds and hang them on the tree.
The Online Collaborative members from last year were all dressed in the brand new OC shirts and registering the new members as they queued to sign up.
At the end of the event, you’d find the facebook wall with posts like: “Online Collaborative Rocks!!” or “I just joined” with likes beneath them, and the twitter tree full of blue birds carrying the handles of the new members.
Clubs’ Day expanded the OC family to more than an astonishing 60 members. It was proof of the Online Collaborative’s success and popularity among the AUB community, and a challenge for the group to increase the quality and quantity of its events to effectively meet with the huge potential of the new enthusiastic members.
Check out the rest of the photos from Clubs' Days at AUB here.
First General Assembly 2011-2012
Online Collaborative at AUB will be hosting its first general assembly for this year on Wednesday October 12, 2011 at 5:30 PM in West Hall Auditorium C (Third floor).
During the meeting:
Members will get to meet each other.
Members will get introduced to the AUBOC cabinet, adviser and mission/objectives.
Discussions will be held about our events and workshops for this year (so bring your creative ideas and suggestions).
Elections will be held for sub-committee officers
Conferences sub-committee
Workshops sub-committee
News Reporting sub-committee
Sponsorship and Fundraising sub-committee
Community Service sub-committee
Public Relations sub-committee
Registered members are required to attend the first meeting.
P.S. Bring your AUB friends even if they are not registered yet. They may fill a membership form during the meeting.
Check out facebook event and let us know if you will be attending.
On behalf of the whole team, I look forward to seeing you there.
— Mohammad Hijazi, President
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Black, Hispanic, Asian Democrats in House Slam DeVos on ESSA Plans
By Alyson Klein March 7, 2018 at 1:15 PM
Members of the Congressional Tri-Caucus say U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is approving plans for the Every Student Succeeds Act that don't comply with the law's protections for vulnerable groups of students
Betsy DeVos Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
Betsy DeVos in Florida: Arming Well-Trained Staff Should Be Option for Schools
By Alyson Klein March 7, 2018 at 11:53 AM
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos traveled to Parkland, Fla., Wednesday to meet with students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the site of a mass shooting last month that left 17 dead.
Sen. Lamar Alexander Backs Changes to ESSA to Improve School Safety
By Andrew Ujifusa March 6, 2018 at 11:20 AM
The chairman of the Senate education committee said he would introduce legislation to allow schools to hire more counselors, improve infrastructure, and fund violence-prevention programs.
Congress Lamar Alexander
Betsy DeVos Scolds States on Lack of Ambition in Their ESSA Plans
By Andrew Ujifusa March 6, 2018 at 7:20 AM
In a speech to the Council of Chief State School Officers, the education secretary said that just because many ESSA plans comply with federal mandates doesn't mean they would truly help students.
Among Vulnerable Lawmakers in Mid-Term Elections, Few Deal Much With Education
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DeVos Approves $1M Grant to Help Florida District Cope With Shooting Aftermath
Broward County Public Schools will receive a $1 million federal grant to help cope with the aftermath of the mass shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last month.
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Sens. Sanders, Warren Blast Plans to Change Puerto Rico's School System
By Andrew Ujifusa March 1, 2018 at 3:53 PM
Senators and AFT President Randi Weingarten shared their views on the best ways to help Puerto Rico's public schools after Hurricane Maria hit the island last September.
DeVos Announces Additional Aid for Students Impacted by Hurricanes and Wildfires
By Andrew Ujifusa February 28, 2018 at 5:54 PM
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced additional federal money on Thursday for K-12 students impacted by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, as well as the California wildfires, last year.
Trump Pushes to 'Harden' Schools Against Mass Shooters in Meeting With Lawmakers
President Donald Trump again lobbied for increased school security measures, including armed staff, in a meeting with congressional lawmakers from both parties on Wednesday.
Congress Donald Trump
12 Reasons Why Trump's Call to Arm Teachers Could Be a Minefield for Schools
Although some states already allow educators to carry firearms at school, there are a host of issues for policymakers who might want to take up President Donald Trump on his push to arm teachers.
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The Nation Magazine Attacks 'So-Called Education Reform'
By Mark Walsh on October 1, 2014 7:15 AM | No comments
The Nation magazine comes out swinging in its special issue on education.
"The havoc wreaked by so-called education reform has had the upside of crystallizing a movement of parents, teachers, school staffers and kids who are fighting for education justice," the venerable left-wing magazine says in an editorial in the issue dated Oct. 13.
"The strategies pursued by education reformers frequently dovetail with those of austerity hawks," the editorial continues. "The latter burnish their conservative credentials by cutting budgets and defunding schools. The reformers sweep in to capitalize on the situation" with charter and online schools, the magazine says.
The special package includes an array of pieces, including a meaty excerpt from Dana Goldstein's new book, The Teacher Wars, about the 1968 Ocean Hill-Brownsville teachers' strike in New York City; a related piece by Michelle Fine and Michael Fabricant about the uneasy alliance between teachers' unions and "communities of color"; and an adaptation from Diane Ravitch's blog critical of New York City charter advocate Eva Moskowitz.
Gordon Lafer reports on efforts by "corporate lobbyists" to promote "a type of charter school that places an emphasis on technology instead of human teachers." Pedro Noguera hammers charter schools, which he contends are "stunningly opaque, more black boxes than transparent laboratories for education."
And the special issue's lead piece featuring original reporting is Daniel Denvir's look at the Philadelphia public schools, which he says are being suffocated by state budget cuts and conservative and "reform"-group support for independent charter schools in the city.
Over at This Week in Education, Alexander Russo sees The Nation special issue as another sign that school reform critics have an "advantage in access" to media over moderate reform advocates, who "rely almost entirely on occasional efforts in traditional mainstream journalistic outlets like Slate, The New Republic, [The New York Times] Sunday magazine and the daily papers but lack moderate or centrist versions of the liberal-leaning outlets like Mother Jones, Jacobin, The Nation, The Washington Monthly, City Paper (DC), and The American Prospect."
He certainly makes it sound very easy for advocates (pro-reform or not) to work their perspectives into the pages of today's media.
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Tag: Asmodee Digital
PRESS RELEASE: ASMODEE DIGITAL WILL LAUNCH THE EARLY ACCESS OF GLOOMHAVEN ON STEAM ON JULY 17th
Posted on June 16, 2019 June 15, 2019 by BGB Admin
First Gameplay Reveal Went Live on Twitch Last Week, Viewed by More than 110,000 Viewers
PARIS – June 11, 2019 – Asmodee Digital announced Gloomhaven will start its Early Access on July 17th. For the first time, the gameplay was revealed last week during a four hour-long exclusive stream on Twitch. This special event, hosted by Sam Dempsey, Social Media Manager at Asmodee Digital, with special guest Craig Oman, CEO of Flaming Fowl Studios, was followed by more than 110,000 viewers on Twitch.
As a board game, Gloomhaven has raised $4.4 million on Kickstarter thanks to more than 45,000 backers. Acclaimed by both board game players and critics, the Gloomhaven board game achieved the highest rating on BoardGameGeek and won 6 Golden Geek awards including “Board Game of the Year” in 2017.
In the digital adaptation of Isaac Childres’ ultimate strategic board game, developed by Flaming Fowl Studios, you play as a squad of 2-4 mercenaries, in a world of darkness and trials. Gloomhaven is a balanced mix between Tactical, RPG and dungeon-crawling. Its legendary unforgiving difficulty rewards only the best strategic-thinking players. Gloomhaven will be released in Early Access with the same gameplay as the board game, adding a new exclusive roguelike mode. The campaign mode will be available at the official launch of the game.
The VOD of the gameplay reveal stream is available here.
For more information about the game, feel free to visit:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/780290/Gloomhaven
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PRESS RELEASE: ASMODEE DIGITAL LAUNCHES INVADERS FROM AFAR DLC – FIRST EXPANSION FOR SCYTHE
Posted on May 30, 2019 May 30, 2019 by BGB Admin
ASMODEE DIGITAL LAUNCHES INVADERS FROM AFAR DLC, THE FIRST EXPANSION FOR ITS HIGHLY-PRAISED STRATEGY GAME SCYTHE: DIGITAL EDITION ON PC
New Challenges, Factions and More Added to the Digital Edition of the Popular Board Game
PARIS – May 29, 2019 – Asmodee Digital, a leader in digital board game entertainment, today launched Invaders From Afar, the first expansion for its popular strategy game, Scythe: Digital Edition. Featuring a treasure trove of new content, Invaders From Afar includes challenges, factions and player mats, adding a whole new layer of strategy to the PC title based on the hugely popular 2016 board game.
Along the rise and fall of empires in Eastern Europa, Invaders From Afar introduces players to two distinct new factions, Clan Albion and Togawa Shogunate, who have deployed their emissaries to scout the land and plan their best strategy for conquest. Both formidable factions possess unique mechs and abilities, bringing fresh challenges, and an entirely updated way for new and seasoned players to experience Scythe: Digital Edition. While Clan Albion craves control of new territories, the Togawa Shogunate are determined to slow their enemy’s progress by placing traps behind them.
In addition to the two new factions, Invaders From Afar deepens the competition by allowing 2 additional players to join the Scythe: Digital Edition universe, for a total of up to 7 players. The expansion also adds two new player mats – Militant and Innovative – offering players new strategies to master, further determining what they can bolster, upgrade, produce, deploy, move, build, trade and enlist.
Scythe: Digital Edition transports players to an alternate reality set in Eastern Europa in the 1920s, following the first World War. During this time of unrest, the capitalistic city-state known as “The Factory,” which fueled the war with heavy armory, has closed its doors, drawing attention from nearby countries. Representing falling leaders, players are tasked with restoring honor and leading their faction to power in Europa. A fan-favorite, Scythe: Digital Edition was nominated as a runner-up by Golden Geek Awards in the “2018 Best Board Game App” category.
The Invaders From Afar DLC is available for purchase on Steam for PC for $9.99. To download Scythe: Digital Edition and the DLC, visit:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/718560/Scythe_Digital_Edition
More information about Asmodee Digital on: Web, Twitch, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
About Asmodee Digital
Asmodee Digital, a fully owned subsidiary of the Asmodee Group, is an international publisher and distributor of digital board games with operations located in Europe, North America, and China. Asmodee Digital manages the creation, design, development, publishing, and marketing of board and card games on leading digital platforms – spanning mobile, PC, Mac, virtuality reality and consoles – for Asmodee studios as well as for third-party publishers. The current Asmodee Digital catalog includes best-selling digital games such as Catan VR, Carcassonne, Ticket to Ride, Splendor, Agricola, Mille Bornes, Pandemic, Small World 2, Mr. Jack London, Colt Express, Mysterium, Potion Explosion, Onirim, Jaipur, Spot It! Duel, Abalone, Ticket to Ride First Journey, Catan Stories, Talisman, Fighting Fantasy Legends, Smash Up and digital versions of many other well-known board games. http://www.asmodee-digital.com/en/
About Knights of Unity
Reliable, high quality Unity development. Knights of Unity was founded in 2015 by three senior Unity developers in Wrocław, Poland. Since the very beginning, our mission has been to bring a reliable Unity development service to companies around the whole globe.
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Posted on April 24, 2019 April 29, 2019 by BGB Admin
Based on the Popular Adventure Board Game Franchise, the Solo Tactical Squad-Based Mobile RPG Showcases an Untold Story Based on the Post-Apocalyptic Universe
PARIS – April 23, 2019 – Today, Asmodee Digital, a leader in digital board game entertainment, has launched Zombicide, a solo tactical squad-based mobile role-playing game (RPG) based on the incredibly popular board game franchise that has raised more than $18 million since 2012. Featuring an untold story set in the familiar over-the-top post-apocalyptic zombie universe, Zombicide delivers thrills and chills on iOS and Android devices, starting today.
“Creating tactical games is a huge part of Asmodee Digital’s DNA, and the introduction of Zombicide on mobile platforms is a testament to our commitment to bringing engaging universes and experiences to players worldwide,” said Pierre Ortolan, CEO of Asmodee Digital. “Zombicide is a beloved board game franchise, so bringing this title to mobile with a brand new storyline, as well as an immense level of care, quality and polish, is a great next step for the IP.”
With its intuitive but deep combat system, 40 campaign missions, ambient soundtrack, dazzling special effects and cadre of rich characters with unique abilities, Zombicide’s zombie-infested universe presents a colorful gameplay experience. The game features brisk 20 to 30 minute turn-based gameplay sessions, challenging players to eliminate zombies and survive as long as possible. The higher the danger level rises, the more zombies emerge in search of human flesh.
Zombicide follows a group of survivors who are forced to work together in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse. Faced with danger, bonds eventually become stronger as the team works together to unearth the deadly secret behind the undead horrors in their hometown.
Zombicide will be available on iOS and Android devices starting today.
For more information on the game, feel free to visit:
https://www.asmodee-digital.com/en/zombicide/
Asmodee Digital, a fully owned subsidiary of the Asmodee Group, is an international publisher and distributor of digital board games with operations located in Europe, North America, and China. Asmodee Digital manages the creation, design, development, publishing, and marketing of board and card games on leading digital platforms – spanning mobile, PC, Mac, virtual reality and consoles – for Asmodee studios as well as for third-party publishers. The current Asmodee Digital catalog includes best-selling digital games such as Catan VR, Carcassonne, Ticket to Ride, Splendor, Agricola, Mille Bornes, Pandemic, Small World 2, Mr. Jack London, Colt Express, Mysterium, Potion Explosion, Onirim, Jaipur, Spot It! Duel, Abalone, Ticket to Ride First Journey, Catan Stories, Talisman, Fighting Fantasy Legends, Smash Up and digital versions of many other well-known board games. http://www.asmodee-digital.com/en/
About CMON
CMON Limited is a fast growing hobby games publisher. Originated in 2001 as www.coolminiornot.com, an online community website, CMON now publishes several hit tabletop games, such as the Zombicide series, as well as Blood Rage, Arcadia Quest and more! We actively leverage crowdfunding to bring new and innovative titles to the tabletop games market, and have proven asset-light business model.
About Playsoft
We’re Playsoft, a mobile game development company of 50 passionate games professionals. We create top-grossing mobile games with selected market-leading publishers. We create outstanding products fast in a data-driven, player-centric way.
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A(n Updated) Publishing Dictionary
Agent James McGowan • Apr 30, 2019 • 11 comments
This has proven to be an ever-green blog post at BookEnds, so we’ve decided update and re-post our Publishing Dictionary. It’s complete with all of the terms and phrases those interested in publishing careers or writing careers should know.
(And if we missed anything you think should be on here, please let us know in the comments!)
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AAR:The Association of Authors’ Representatives is an organization of literary and dramatic agents that sets certain guidelines and standards that professional and reputable agents must abide by. It is really the only organization for literary agents of its kind.
Advance: The amount the publisher pays up front to an author before the book is published. The advance is an advance against all future earnings.
ARCs: Advance Review Copies. Not the final book, these are advance and unfinalized copies of the book that are sent to reviewers. **Sometimes called galleys.
Auction: During the sale of a manuscript to publishers sometimes, oftentimes if you’re lucky, you’ll have an auction. Not unlike an eBay auction, this is when multiple publishers bid on your book, and ultimately, the last man standing wins (that’s the one who offers the most lucrative deal).
Big Five:The five biggest US publishers–Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Hachette, Macmillan.
BEA: FormerlyBookExpo America, recently renamed just BookExpo, is the largest book rights fair in the United States. This is where publishers from all over the world gather to share rights information, sell book rights, and flaunt their new, upcoming titles.
Blurb: A one-paragraph (or so) description of your book. People often compare a blurb to back cover copy, and while it’s similar, it’s frequently more streamlined and focuses on the heart and the chief conflict in the story. This is sometimes called a pitch and is what you use in your query letter as well as the pitch you would use in pitch appointments.
“Blurb” can also be used in a publicity sense. You might ask someone to “blurb” your book, in which case they’ll give you a positive quote that can be used to help sell the book.
Book Proposal: The author’s sales pitch for her book. A good book proposal is used to introduce agents and editors to your book and show them not only why it’s a book they need and want for their lists, but also how well you’ll be able to pull it off. A book proposal is typically not an entire manuscript, but chapters, a synopsis, marketing information and an author bio.
Category or Category Romance: “Category” is the shortened term often used to refer to category romances. These are romances typically, and almost exclusively published by Harlequin/Silhouette in their lines. Examples of category books are published in Silhouette Desire, Harlequin Superromance, or Silhouette Special Edition. Note that not all Harlequin/Silhouette imprints are considered category.
Commercial Fiction: Fiction written to appeal to a large or mass-market audience. Commercial fiction typically includes genres like mystery, romance, science fiction and fantasy. Popular commercial fiction writers include Nora Roberts, James Patterson, and Neil Gaiman.
Commission: The percentage of your earnings paid to your agent, typically 15%.
Copy Edits: Edits that focus on the mechanics of your writing. A copy editor typically looks for grammar, punctuation, spelling, typos, and style.
Cover Copy: The term used to describe all of the wording and description on the front and back cover of your book.
Cover Letter: This is the letter that should accompany any material you send to an agent or an editor. A cover letter should remind the agent that the material has been requested, where you met if you’ve met, and of course the same information that is in your query letter—title, genre, a short yet enticing blurb of your book, and bio information if you have any. This can often be interchanged with Query Letter.
Cozy Mystery: A mystery first inspired by Agatha Christie featuring an amateur sleuth in a warm and cozy environment or world. Typically, the stories contain little blood (although always a murder), and no gore.
Credentials: What make you qualified to write a book and knowledgeable in your field of expertise. Credentials are usually defined by your level of education and experience on the job.
Editor: The person who buys on behalf of the publishing house. While jobs differ from house to house, typically the acquisitions editor is your primary contact throughout the publishing process. Her editorial guidance comes in the form of the book’s overall structure and writing. She’ll supply major revisions if needed.
Diverse Books, #DiverseBooks: We are going to cite our friends at We Need Diverse Books on this one: “We recognize all diverse experiences, including (but not limited to) LGBTQIA, Native, people of color, gender diversity, people with disabilities*, and ethnic, cultural, and religious minorities.” (https://diversebooks.org/about-wndb/)
Dummy: A picture book submission that is basically a rough draft of the final picture book. It contains the text and mock images of all spreads, with three full color spreads and a full color cover.
Fiction: A story/book based on research and imagination. #F
Foreword: An introduction to your book that’s always written by another person, preferably someone well known and highly credentialed.
Full: A full manuscript.
F&G: Fold-and-Gathered. An ARC for picture book that consists of the pages literally folded and bound between the cover flap.
Galleys: Another word for ARCs. Galleys aren’t always bound, but are also sent to reviewers as well as other sources for publicity. Galleys are often a copy of your Page Proofs.
Genre: The classification of books. Examples of genre in fiction include mystery, romance, science fiction, fantasy, nonfiction, and in nonfiction you might see sub-genres like business, health, parenting, pets, art, architecture, memoir, or current events.
Hardcover: A book printed with a hard cover.
HEA: Happily Ever After. Something usually expected in romance novels.
High Concept: The idea or hook of the book that instantly grabs the reader’s attention.
Hook: What makes your book stand out from every other title on your bookshelf. If you’re writing mystery it’s that one element that makes your book different from other mysteries, outside of the mystery. If you’re writing a business book it’s how you make your business book different from the others in your field.
Imprint: The name within the publishing house that the book is published under. Usually done as a way to market certain types of books. For example, Aphrodisia is an imprint of Kensington. It is still a Kensington book, but by publishing under Aphrodisia you are branding the book as erotic romance. Prime Crime is an imprint of Berkley that brands the books published as mysteries.
Indie Author: Authors who publish independently of publishers or traditional publishing. Also considered self-published authors.
Independent Press: A very different term from Indie Author, an Independent Press is a smaller, often privately owned, publishing company that operates in the same way a larger traditional publisher operates.
License: When you sell a book to a publisher you are giving them permission to publish the book for a certain period of time. You are not “selling” the book.
Literary Agent: A literary agent works on behalf of the author to sell her book and negotiate with publishers. A literary agent also helps with career planning and development and sometimes editing and marketing.
Literary Fiction: Fiction that appeals to a more intellectually minded, smaller audience. Literary fiction tends to have a stronger focus on writing, atmosphere, and style than commercial fiction might. Popular literary fiction authors include Toni Morrison, Cormac McCarthy, and Elizabeth Strout.
Market: The landscape of books recently published, or scheduled to be published. Market it regularly changing, which is why using comp titles from ten years ago does not reflect the market today!
Marketing: Marketing is advertising that is paid for, including ads in magazines, display units in stores, and things like postcards or posters.
MassMarket: Also called “rack size,” these are paperback books originally designed to fit in rotating book racks in non-bookstore outlets (like grocery stores and drugstores). Mass market paperbacks are roughly 4″ x 7″ in size.
Middle Grade: A genre targeting kids between the ages of 8-12, with characters around that age. Like other genres, there is a distinct middle grade voice agents and editors will look for. #MG
MWA:Mystery Writers of America is the national organization of mystery writers and a great source of information for all writers.
#MSWL:The hashtag for Manuscript Wishlist a place where editors and agents post specifics their current most desired manuscripts.
Narrative Nonfiction: Nonfiction written in story form like memoir, biography, autobiography, etc.
Nonfiction: Writing based on fact. #NF
North American Rights: These are the type of rights licensed to the publisher, allowing the publisher only to handle and represent book rights in North America. This means that the author and the author’s agent are responsible for selling/licensing rights anywhere outside of North America (and usually a designated set of territories).
Novel: Book-length fiction. Therefore, note that it is redundant to say “fiction novel.”
Option: Also called the right of first refusal. This is a clause found in almost every publishing contract that gives the publisher the right to have a first look at your next book before you can show it to any other publishers.
#OwnVoices: own voices “describes a book written by a member of a marginalized community it depicts.”
Page Turn: A page turn is a line, or group of lines that engage the reader enough to make them keep reading, or “Turn the Page.”
Partial: A partial is frequently what an agent will ask for when taking a book under consideration. For fiction and narrative nonfiction, a partial usually includes a cover letter, a designated number of chapters from the book, and a synopsis. For non-narrative nonfiction a partial usually contains an extended author bio, an overview of the book, an expanded table of contents, detailed marketing and competitive information, and of course sample writing material (usually a chapter or two). Also called a Proposal.
Pitch: Frequently verbal, the pitch is your Blurb. It’s a one-paragraph (or so) description of your book. It’s what you use to describe the story and entice readers to read the book.
Placement: When your book gets special treatment in the bookstore. Outside of just putting your book on the shelf where it belongs, publishers can pay to have it put on tables or in displays. This is called giving your book placement.
Platform: A term typically used for nonfiction authors, it’s what makes a writer stand out from all of those with similar credentials. A platform is more than just your work experience or educational background, it is the media coverage or speaking engagements that give you national, or at least local, recognition to potential readers.
Preempt: When a publisher makes an advance and royalty offer high enough to take the book off the auction table. In other words, a publisher offers enough money that the author and agent agree that they will sell the book without asking for bids from other publishers.
POD: An abbreviated term for Print on Demand. Print books that are only made to order. They don’t often appear in bookstores, but are frequently available online.
POV: An abbreviation for Point of View. The perspective from which the story is being told.
Print-on-Demand: ***see POD
Proofs/Page proofs: This is the last stage of editing that a book goes through. They are a copy of the designed pages, and the author is given one last chance to review the typesetter’s “proofs” to check for typos or other small errors. Proofs are also what are used to make review copies for reviewers and sometimes rights sales.
Proposal: A proposal is frequently what an agent will ask for when taking a book under consideration. For fiction and narrative nonfiction, a proposal usually includes a cover letter, a designated number of chapters from the book, and a synopsis. For non-narrative nonfiction a proposal usually contains an extended author bio, an overview of the book, an expanded table of contents, detailed marketing and competitive information, and of course sample writing material (usually a chapter or two). Also called a Partial.
Pseudonym: A fictitious name often used by writers who want to hide their real identities. The use of a pseudonym can happen for a variety of reasons. Some writers prefer to keep their real identity hidden because they are writing something controversial (erotic romance, for example), while others like to create alternate identities for different styles of writing, and even others use a pseudonym as a way to re-launch a stalled career.
Publicity: Advertising that is free. Publicity includes magazine and newspaper articles, radio and television interviews, and of course Twitter/Facebook, and other networking Web sites.
Query: A one-page letter sent to agents or editors in an attempt to obtain representation. A query letter should include all of the author’s contact information—name, address, phone, email, and Web site—as well as the title of the book, genre, author bio if applicable, and a short, enticing blurb of the book. A query letter is your introduction and sometimes only contact with an agent and should not be taken lightly.
Revisions: This is when the bulk of your edits are done. Revisions are typically done with the editor acquiring your book and sometimes with your agent before even submitting a project. Revisions can include anything from fixing punctuation to rewriting the entire book. It’s a collaborative process between the agent or editor and the author.
Royalties: The percentage of the sales (monetary) an author receives for each copy of the book sold.
RWA:Romance Writers of America is the national organization of romance and women’s fiction writers and a great source of information for all writers.
SASE: Short for self-addressed, stamped envelope, a requirement for any author who wants a reply to a snail-mailed query.
SCBWI:The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators is the national organization for children’s book authors.
Sell-Through: This is the most important number in publishing. It’s the percentage of books shipped that have actually sold. For example, if your publisher shipped 100,000 books but only sold 40,000, your sell-through is 40%. Not so great. However, if your publisher shipped 50,000 books, and sold 40,000, your sell-through would be 80%. A fantastic number.
Serial Rights: These are rights for serialization often sold to magazines. Cosmopolitan magazine, for example, was once serializing erotic romances, which means they paid to publish a portion of the book around the same time the book is first published.
SFWA:Science-Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America is the national organization of science fiction and fantasy writers and a great source of information for all writers.
Single Title:A term typically used in romance (the romance genre) to differentiate category books from those published by other publishers. Single title books tend not to follow strict guidelines like category romances do and can be published by publishers like St. Martin’s Press, Berkley Publishing, Random House, etc. Mira and HQN are Harlequin imprints that also publish single title. Single title tend to be longer, 80,000 to 100,000 words. Note, single title books can be part of a series.
Slush/Slush Pile: Any material sent to an agent or an editor that has not been requested.
Spread: A spread is a term used in picture books to describe the artwork that spans two opened pages.
Stand-Alone: Stand-alone books are those that are not part of a series. This would mean the book is not at all connected to another, aka Gone Girl. Any book that is even loosely connected to another (set in the same world and/or recurring characters) would be considered a series.
Subsidiary Rights, aka Sub Rights: These are rights to use the books in other formats. Sub rights could include foreign translation rights, book club rights, movie rights, audio rights, etc.
Synopsis: A detailed, multipage description of the book that includes all major plot points as well as the conclusion.
Tag Line: The one line often used on the front cover of the book to grab a reader’s attention. Tag lines, while fun for writers to write, really aren’t necessary until you have a publishing contract.
TOC: An abbreviation often used in publishing to describe the table of contents, otherwise thought of as the general outline and organization of your book.
Trade: To make it easy, trade is the shortened name for trade paperback and is basically any paperback size that is not mass market.
Trim Size: The final size or measurements of the book.
Upmarket: Upmarket is the term used to describe books that fall neatly between literary and commercial writing, while appealing to both markets.
Vanity Press:A publisher that publishes the author’s work at the author’s expense (not a recommended way to seek publication by most agents or editors). Remember, money should always flow to the author, not away.
Voice: The author’s style or characteristics of the author’s writing that are unique to that person.
WIP: Work-in-progress; the book you’re currently working on.
Women’s Fiction: #WF; a term used to describe women-centered books marketed towards a female reader.
World Rights: When World Rights are sold/licensed to the publisher the publisher has the ability to represent the book on the author’s behalf and sell foreign translation rights anywhere in the world. Keep in mind that the author does get a piece of the pie no matter where the book is published.
YA or Young Adult:Books targeting a teen audience, typically featuring characters between the ages of 14-17. #YA
Norene Paulson says:
F&G…? Doesn’t that stand for Fold and Gathered? Whatever that means. 🙂
Elizabeth Johnson says:
Hey Bookends People. What a great idea! I’m currently gearing up for the NESCBWI conference in Springfield and I plan to add reading your dictionary to my prep. Hopefully it will result in my sounding like i know stuff. Wondering if James will be there in Springfield cause i have some critical info for him about chickens.
James McGowan says:
…..critical info about chickens? I’m listening. Alas, I won’t be in Springfield, but hope you have a great time.
Greg Blair says:
How about adding WIP? Back when I started getting involved with the #WritingCommunity, WIP kept popping up, and I, being from a screenwriting background, didn’t at first figure the acronym out. Felt silly, of course, once it popped into my head, but still . . .
(insert thumbs up icon here)
Your MWL struck a chord with me. My summers as a kid involved crazy cousin and chicken adventures. While you wait for your chicken PB submission, (probably not from me-sadly) I can happily recommend a book I recently came across. WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE WORLD by Andrew Lawler which “presents the sweeping history that this humble foul deserves”. I confess I haven’t read it yet but it’s on my list, right after the Bookends Dictionary.
Okay, I’m apologizing in advance for the following, but I just can’t help myself.
A duck waddled up to the side of a road busy with traffic. He waited patiently until there was a break in the traffic, and was just about to put one webbed foot onto the road, when a chicken rushed up to him and said, “Don’t do it! You’ll never hear the end of it.”
MS – manuscript (seems obvious but new writers don’t know this). And what is the #F at the end of the definition for Fiction?
A great resource for any writer. I’ll update my fifth edition to this one =) Thanks BookEnds team.
NICOLE PARTON says:
I feel like the last person the the world to know this, but what is a “partial”? A partial manuscript? A short synopsis?
I loved this post!
A partial manuscript! Usually around 50-60 pages or 3 chapters.
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Gabriela and The Widow
by: Jack Remick (author)
The Widow (La Viuda) is ninety-two years old. She lives in a house filled with photos and coins, jewels and a sable coat. Aware that her memory is failing but burning with desire to record the story of her life on paper, she hires Gabriela, a nineteen-year-old Mixteca from Mexico. Gabriela is one... show more
The Widow (La Viuda) is ninety-two years old. She lives in a house filled with photos and coins, jewels and a sable coat. Aware that her memory is failing but burning with desire to record the story of her life on paper, she hires Gabriela, a nineteen-year-old Mixteca from Mexico. Gabriela is one of the few survivors of a massacre and treacherous journey to El Norte. Gabriela and the Widow is a story of chaos, revenge, and change: death and love, love and sex, and sex and death. Gabriela seeks revenge for the destruction of her village. The Widow craves balance for the betrayals in her life. In the end, the Widow gives Gabriela the secret of immortality.
ASIN: B00AYQ5582
Publisher: Coffeetown Press
Edition language: English
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If you could continue the story, what events would you include? I would have liked for Gabriela to find someone who truly loved her. She never had a man’s love and throughout the book I always wondered it would be like if she had known different kinds of love did exist. What did you like about th...
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Master of Arts in Theatre
M.A. Degree Requirements
The Master of Arts in theatre is an academic degree, but students are expected to complete 6 hours in theatrical production. All M.A. students must write a thesis as the culmination of the degree.
To be admitted, a student ordinarily is expected to have a Graduate Record Examination score of at 148 (verbal), 144 (quantitative), and 4.5 (analytical writing). Students who took the GRE before the implementation of the analytical writing section (i.e., before October 2002) will be expected to have an analytical score of 148 or above.
To complete the M.A., the student must sustain a grade-point average of 3.0 or higher through 33 graduate credit hours.
Requirements for the M.A. in Theatre
A total of 33 hours is required.
Core Requirement
THR 800 Introduction to Graduate Study in Theatre
(THR 800 is to be taken the first semester in residence.) 3
In consultation with an advisor, students choose from among departmental courses in theatre history, dramatic literature, theory, and criticism 6
Production (Choose 2 courses in either directing or scenography): 6
A. Directing
THR 609 Play Directing (3)
THR 715 Problems and Techniques of Direction (3)
THR 815 Advanced Play Production (3)
B. Scenography
THR 516 Scenic Painting Techniques (3)
THR 517 Computer-Aided Design (3)
THR 518 Scenography and the Classic Script (3)
THR 519 Scenography and the Modern Script (3)
THR 618 Scenography and the Musical Theatre (3)
THR 619 Scenography and the Contemporary Script (3)
THR 620 Scenography and the Experimental Production (3)
General Theatre Studies
15 hours of courses from graduate offerings in theatre history, dramatic literature, history and criticism:
Of these 15 hours, up to 6 may be graduate courses from other areas such as film and media studies; child psychology; American studies; African and African-American studies; women, gender, and sexuality studies; developmental psychology; English; and pertinent offerings from language and culture programs. 15
Completion of the Degree
An oral examination structured around a thesis based on scholarly and/or creative research:
THR 899 Master’s Thesis 3
All courses should be selected in consultation with the advisor.
Murphy Hall
1530 Naismith Drive, Room 356
kuthr@ku.edu
http://www.theatre.ku.edu/
Mechele Leon, Chair
mleon@ku.edu
Jeanne Klein, Undergraduate Coordinator
kleinj@ku.edu
John Gronbeck-Tedesco, Director of Graduate Studies
jgt@ku.edu
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Applied Behavioral Science
Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of General Studies in Applied Behavioral Science
AdmissionDegree RequirementsHonorsCareers
Preparation and Advising
To graduate with the major in 4 years, prospective majors should enroll in Introduction to Applied Behavioral Science (ABSC 100 or ABSC 101) and Principles and Procedures of Behavior Modification and Therapy (ABSC 304) during the first 2 years. The content of these 2 courses will give students a basic understanding of the field of Applied Behavioral Science and help students decide whether they would like to apply to be admitted to the major. The requirements and procedures for applying to be admitted to the major are listed below. Major application forms are available in the Department’s main office or in the College Student Academic Services office. By the end of the second year, they should have consulted with a faculty advisor about degree requirements, specialty areas, and career opportunities. By the end of the third year, they should have taken the prerequisite courses for the fourth-year practicum. This information may also be found in the department’s Undergraduate Handbook. By the beginning of the junior year, majors should complete the College’s Major Declaration form. They should list either ABSCA-BA or ABSCA-BGS as the major code for a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of General Studies degree, respectively.
Introduction to Applied Behavioral Science
Satisfied by ABSC 100 or ABSC 101
Principles & Procedures of Behavioral Modification and Theory
Satisfied by ABSC 304
Admission GPA
A minimum 2.3 GPA is required in the admission courses designated above. All core courses completed at the time of application will be calculated into the admission GPA. University Course Repeat Policy will apply.
Application Term
Semester in which major admission criteria will be completed, normally no later than 60 hours, or for transfer students, during the initial term at KU. Application to this major after completion of 60 hours, or the initial KU term for transfer students, will likely delay graduation.
If a student does not meet the admission criteria or neglects to apply for admission in the term above, the student must petition the department for permission for late application.
Department of Applied Behavioral Science
absc@ku.edu
http://www.absc.ku.edu/
Edward K. Morris, Chair
Claudia Dozier, Co-Undergraduate Coordinator
cdozier@ku.edu
Pamela Neidert, Co-Undergraduate Coordinator
pneidert@ku.edu
Derek Reed, Co-Director, Graduate Program
Florence DiGennaro Reed, Co-Director, Graduate Program
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Doctor of Philosophy in Gerontology
For the Ph.D., the student must complete all general degree requirements, including residence, training in research skills and responsible scholarship, the written preliminary examination, the comprehensive oral examination, preparation of a dissertation, and the final oral examination.
Each student designs his or her own curriculum with the assistance of a support committee of 3 gerontology faculty members. All students are expected to acquire multidisciplinary training in gerontology by taking courses in the sociology, psychology, and biology of aging.
Students may enter the program with an acceptable master’s degree from KU or another institution. The admissions committee reviews master’s-level preparation for doctoral-level research. An acceptable level of preparation includes basic training in statistics, program assessment, or policy analysis and completion of an empirical research study or thesis.
Students entering the program without an acceptable master’s degree must complete the M.A. in gerontology before the Ph.D.
The requirements for the M.A. in gerontology are as follows:
Gerontology proseminar
6 hours of core courses in gerontology (selected from at least 2 of the following areas: biology of aging, psychology of aging, social gerontology)
12 hours of supplemental courses in gerontology and related fields
6 hours of basic statistics courses
3 hours of methodology
6 hours of thesis credit
For students who enter the program with master’s degrees or who complete the M.A. in gerontology, minimum requirements for the Ph.D. are as follows:
At least 6 hours of core courses in gerontology (selected from at least 2 of the following areas: biology of aging, psychology of aging, social gerontology)
At least 12 hours of additional supplemental courses in gerontology and related fields
6 hours of advanced statistics courses
6 additional hours of methodology
Completion of written and oral comprehensive examination
6 hours of dissertation credit, completion of dissertation, and final oral examination
A list of courses meeting requirements in gerontology, statistics, and methodology is available from the graduate advisor.
Evaluation of Satisfactory Performance
The gerontology proseminar and core courses should be completed during the first 2 semesters. Students normally are expected to complete the M.A. degree in 2 years. The maximum time limit for completing all requirements for the M.A. degree is 3 years. Students normally are expected to complete the Ph.D. within 3 years of entering the program or of completing the M.A. The maximum time limit for completing all requirements for the doctoral degree is 8 years after admission to the doctoral program with an acceptable master’s degree or after completion of the M.A. degree in gerontology. Students who complete the M.A. degree in gerontology at KU and subsequently begin doctoral studies have a total enrolled time of 10 years to complete both degrees.
Written Preliminary Examination
Upon completion of the M.A., a major portion of the course requirements, and the research skills and responsible scholarship requirement, each student must pass a written preliminary examination. This examination covers two content areas reflecting the student’s area of concentration and integrates theoretical and methodological issues in gerontology.
Comprehensive Oral Examination
The comprehensive oral examination covers gerontology. The examination can take one of 5 forms:
A defense of the written preliminary examination,
A defense of a completed research project,
A defense of a prospectus for a future research project, including the dissertation,
A discussion of a major review paper written by the student,
A review of a research grant proposal and a simulated site visit defense of the proposal.
Dissertation Preparation and Final Oral Examination
Upon passing the comprehensive oral examination, the student becomes a candidate for the doctorate. Graduate Studies designates a dissertation committee based on the recommendation of the program. The dissertation committee includes at least three members of the gerontology program faculty.
After passing the comprehensive oral examination, the candidate must be continuously enrolled until all degree requirements have been met. When the completed dissertation has been accepted by the committee, but before it has been bound, and all degree requirements have been met, the program requests the final oral examination to be scheduled, allowing a minimum of 2 weeks to verify the requirements and publicize the examination. At least 5 months must elapse between successful completion of the comprehensive oral examination and the final oral examination.
Research Skills and Responsible Scholarship Requirement
Doctoral students must demonstrate competence in a research skill “distinct from, but strongly supportive of, the dissertation.” The program advisory committee establishes requirements for research skills, including the following options:
Demonstrated competency of a language, other than English, relevant to research in gerontology;
Competency in research methodology, including quantitative and/or qualitative data analysis;
Competency in both computer programming skills and computer applications.
A record of professional experience, publication, or presentation at professional meetings or a record of course work in a substantive area such as statistics beyond that required to satisfy the master’s or doctoral degree requirements in gerontology.
Successful completion of SPLH 982/PSYC 982 with a grade of B or higher.
Doctoral students are required to have training in responsible scholarship. Such topics may include protection of human subjects; welfare of laboratory animals; conflicts of interest; data management; mentor/student responsibilities; collaborative research; authorship, publication, plagiarism, copyright; peer review; professional practices; maintenance of confidentiality; and appropriate research conduct and research misconduct.
Please contact your advisor or the Director of Graduate Studies for more information about the Research Skills & Responsible Scholarship requirement. More information can also be found in the departmental Graduate Student Handbook.
All students are expected to be continuously involved in research under the supervision of the graduate advisor and support committee. Research involvement includes the design, execution, and dissemination of research on aging.
Cooperating departments and schools list courses related to aging. See the website for course listings from recent semesters.
Gerontology Program
gerontology@ku.edu
http://www2.ku.edu/~kugeron/
David J. Ekerdt, Director
Susan J. Kemper, Graduate Advisor
skemper@ku.edu
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Supporting Fellows Through Academic CreditCampus Election Engagement Project2018-04-06T14:07:10+00:00
Student Election Engagement Fellows can greatly enhance your campus nonpartisan election engagement efforts. Trained, supported, and guided by their Campus Election Engagement Project (CEEP) state director, these Fellows collaborate with campus election engagement coalitions, recruit teams of volunteer peers, and help with voter registration, voter education, and Get Out The Vote initiatives. Continue reading below, including the expandable content, to learn more or download a PDF of the full Academic Credit for Student Electoral Engagement resource here.
CEEP funds some of these Fellows through stipends, but can only do so during peak election periods and at a limited number of schools. An excellent alternative is offering academic credit for their participation as part of a classroom service-learning project or independent study contract. Faculty can offer this to particularly interested students, or recruit a team to work together collaboratively. If students have more modest amounts of time available, they can still get credit for their participation, but without taking a leadership role.
This approach can work in any course that includes a service-learning element. Faculty assign a specified number of required hours, plus a reflection component, like writing a report or making a class presentation. They then connect students with your campus nonpartisan engagement coalition, and CEEP state director. They can also give credit for volunteering in off-campus nonpartisan or partisan election efforts of the students’ choice, so long as there’s a structure for them to learn from their experience.
THE JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY MODEL
CEEP partner James Madison University (JMU) developed this approach in 2013 while CEEP was engaging campuses in Virginia’s statewide elections. As part of her senior social work seminar, JMU professor Laura Trull required an extensive semester-long service-learning project. Students would select a particular problem and volunteer with a community agency that worked to address it, applying lessons from their courses while working towards a solution. They’d also write a paper describing the problem they took on, the role of their partner agency, and their impact in tackling the problem. Professor Trull offered students a choice of different projects to fulfill this requirement, including helping run JMU’s nonpartisan election engagement efforts. Four students signed up to work as a team to engage the campus, collaborating with others in JMU’s engagement coalition. Building on existing relationships and networks, they emphasized peer-to-peer conversations while registering voters, collecting pledges to vote, and distributing resources like CEEP’s nonpartisan candidate guides. They also held rallies, organized flash mobs, and arranged shuttles and other rides to the polls. Two of the students were so inspired they decided to make a career of community organizing, and one ran CEEP’s Virginia efforts the next year.
BRINGING THE JMU MODEL TO YOUR CAMPUS
Led by the former JMU social work student, we expanded the model in 2014 to a half dozen schools, engaging both social work and political science departments. And we’ve expanded it further since then. Even if students may not have as much available time as those in the JMU social work class, the core process of offering academic credit for spearheading nonpartisan engagement is easy:
Identify and approach departments or faculty that might want to support campus electoral engagement efforts. Besides social work, many disciplines have courses that require semester or quarter-long projects with real-world components. A sociology, political science, anthropology, communications, rhetoric, or psychology course— even an English or composition course—could easily use election engagement experience as a centerpiece for learning and reflection. Disciplinerelated organizations like a political science club can be fertile networks for interested faculty or students. If existing courses can’t adapt their service-learning requirements, faculty can grant independent study credit for a similar process.
If you’re an interested faculty member, create a credit structure that combines engagement and reflection. It may vary depending on your particular course, but will include a minimum amount of time students are required to volunteer, criteria on what their efforts will include, and a process through which they can learn from their experience. If your course structure won’t allow enough credit to support students becoming full-time Fellows (CEEPfunded Fellows work 10 hours a week), you can still give credit for more modest participation levels.
Once students sign up to volunteer, find a campus point person to help supervise them. You could take on this role as a faculty member, or designate a given participant in your campus coalition. This point person will collaborate with your CEEP state director to train and coach the Fellows, taking whatever role in the process they prefer. Together with our state director, they’ll ensure that the approaches of the Fellows are strictly nonpartisan and that they understand state registration and voting laws, while advising them on organizing materials and events, distributing materials, and recruiting volunteers.
Register and educate students on your campus. The JMU Fellows held weekly meetings with student government leaders and key organizations like the college Democrats, Republicans and Libertarians. They coordinated campus events, worked with the student newspaper, conducted outreach in classes and at campus events like pre-football game tailgate parties, engaged their peers through conversations and social media, and were featured on the local news station.
Get Out The Vote by finding exciting ways to remind others of the election. On Election Day, the JMU interns started their outreach at 5:00 AM and did not stop until the polls closed. An a capella group that one of the Fellows belonged to sang at key campus locations to remind students to turn out.
Measure your impact by tracking voter registration forms completed, number of attendees at events, social media reach, etc. This will help your campus learn from what worked and what didn’t. And then you can enlist a new group of students in the next cycle.
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Koumbara
Valmas
Kolitsani
Mylopotas
Manganari
Tris Klissies
Aghios Theodotis
An island memorably described by one of my contributors as a haunt for a lot of young people, many of whom belong to the "Sand, Sea and Sex Brigade", who seem to equate nudity with a form of advertising … ! However, whilst there may be an element of truth in that, outside the peak holiday weeks, there are some lovely beaches suitable for naturism. In 2010, the Sand, Sea and Sex Brigade seems to have faded or gone elsewhere.
Beaches are listed from North anticlockwise round the island:
A correspondent notes a small, unremarkable beach on the other side of the port from Milopotas beach. To get there from the town, face the water and head to the right, heading away from the mob. Head up the hill, over the headland and it's the first beach you come to. It is a reasonable walk of about 15 minutes. My contributor was there in May 1997 and it was pretty quiet. The beach itself is very average but it is an alternative and requires little effort to get to. Of those on the beach, some were nude and some were not. The water was very clear if a little cold (although that presumably depends on the time of year) and the beach itself seemed to alternate between sand and pebbles. The surrounds are not particularly attractive so it doesn't rate highly but it is within walking distance of the town. In May 2001 there were 9 nudists at the far end but it did not have a good nudist beach atmosphere.
A report from August 2007 says Koumbara has become a developed beach, 100% textile. Maybe better in low season, but in August it's not recommended for naturism. However, the water is fine and the beach is very clean. Visitors in June 2010 confirmed this view; there were three rows of parasols and beach umbrellas drawn up, and it was full of families, with not even topless sunbathing in evidence.
This little beach tends to get rather-unfairly overlooked, but is very handy for Port Ios, being within 20 minutes' easy walk, past the church on the left headland. There is a long-standing taverna which supplies free fixed parasols (3) and loungers (15) regardless of actual custom - so long as you put the latter away! They only wish you to "have fun". The clientele tends to be more mature and doesn't turn a hair if you are brave and strip off first: proportions nude have been recently (Sept 2010) noted to vary between 0% and 95%. The swimming is OK for snorkelling although there is a band of hefty boulders quite close to shore. Further out, the rocks on both sides are often adorned by the unclothed too. Probably what keeps this little haven in its own time-warp is the difficulty of getting there or back by motorised transport!
Probably the best bet for a real nudist beach, though reports vary and there seems to be significantly less naturism here in high season. Those who have visited it out of season seem to love it, however.
It is in a small cove on the headland between the port and Mylopotas. Along the way to Mylopotas from the village, before the Mojo club, you fork right off the road and go down a concrete road. There is a small sign beside the road. Whilst steep and narrow in places, the concrete road is passable by scooter or small car. Park on ground to the right when you come to an open col, about 800m down. Then follow the (very faded) white arrows down the valley to the right. You'll find a nice little beach divided in two parts by a rock outcrop. On the right hand side, again facing the sea, there's the place where you can sunbathe nude. Early reports talked of mostly singles (male and also female), some couples, some groups of friends. Not very crowded either by nude people nor textile ones. Nice sea: clear and easy to get into.
However … a report from August 2002 says there were few people there and no naturists. But a more promising one from 2005 describes it as one of the best beaches on Ios: hidden away but can be busy. Great for being nude, and the water is very safe to swim in. My contributor says the beach can be "very nude", with a great mix of ages.
And one from May 2006: Barefooters found nobody on the beach. Although some houses were rather close, two big inscriptions "nude beach " reassured them. So they spent a very pleasant afternoon bare, peaceful, quiet and sheltered from the wind. They rated the beach a rare 100%. But one from August 2006 gives a quite different impression. The walk there indeed only requires about 15-20 minutes but, though picturesque, it is far from easy. The beach on the day of my contributor's visit was dreadful. There was a handwritten sign describing it as 'nudist beach', but there was no naturist in sight and loads of textiles. In addition, it was extremely dirty on that particular day, both on the beach itself and in the sea (the latter, to be fair, was due to the southern wind, and was probably true for every Cycladic island on that day).
In August 2007, Barefoot reporters thought Kolitsani one of the most beautiful beaches around, with very nice water and fine sand. My reporters were nude until 3pm when the beach got very crowded and 95% textile; other people were not completely polite so they decided to leave. Recommended for the morning sun.
Visiting in June 2010, a couple found just a scattering of people, only 30% nude, but beautiful pure sand, gently shelving into the water and sheltered from the wind. No shade, so own sunshade + food and water needed. Another reporter visiting on the first Sunday in September 2010 confirms this.
In end of July 2013 - from 10 am - 3 pm; my wife and I were the only nudes. But - totally 10-20 textile people stayed or passed through during this period. No-one took any offence at our nudity.
Thursday July 3, 2014. Apparently a well known nudist cove because our hotel even told us about it.
Just outside the Chora on the road heading to Mylopotas you will see two mini-markets across the street from each other. Just past this point there is a road on your right. Signs on the building wall point to Kolitsani Beach, and Pavezzo and Blue Horizon Studios. Continue all the way down the road for about 5 minutes or so, past several houses with private driveways. You will eventually come upon a very faded sign nailed to a tree post pointing to the beach to the right. Go on this road a short few metres, you will see another Kolitsani Beach sign pointing off the road onto a foot path. The path is rocky and you need to be careful. Actually there appear to be three trails, take the one on the right for an easier descent down to the cove, follow the white arrows painted on the rocks on the ground (the left path leads to higher ground for a view down). You will soon approach the beach, announced by another sign Kolitsani Nude Beach. The cove is very beautiful, sandy and backed by rocks, and about 1-1/2 football fields across. There are no services here, so bring provisions. On this day there were only about 14 people (about 5 couples) pretty evenly split male/female. About 5 males were nude and 2 females (the other women were topless).
This beach can no longer be recommended. It is a fairly big beach just south of town. It has a few camping grounds and tavernas. Frewin Poffley's Independent Traveller's Greek Island Hopping says that the building of a new road has destroyed nudism there.
Two big camping sites, one of them with a bungee jumping structure, tavernas and restaurants. Lot of young people, lot of water sports resort: waterbikes, windsurf, and so on. Nice beach, but anyway not a nude one at all. A damning report from August 2002 says it is a "boom-boom beach full of party-lions and -cats". A report from August 2006 confirms all these impressions, unfortunately.
Despite the reports above, one Barefooter tells me that although this beach is wonderful for swimming it has never been nude, despite other reports. In the seventies people were even fined by civil police for sunbathing topless. Now it's topless and relaxed, and without sunbeds in the middle part, but not nude. To get privacy instead head for the rocks to the right of the beach behind the Mexican restaurant. Textiles are optional, depending on if you inhabit your spot early or not. Far out, in the eastern part of the beach is the young people's beach party area. I would say that if you don't like loud r'n'b and happy and playing teenagers, head for another spot or another beach.
This is a report from another Australian correspondent who visited Ios in June 1994: it should probably be archived but is kept for its amusement value and as a reminder of how far things have developed since then.
I took a moped to Manganari beach on the southern end which the The Rough Guide (Europe) had described as a place to get a serious tan. The local literature described Manganari as one of the best beaches in the Greek islands. It took over an hour to travel the 18 km from the port to Manganari.
The beach is sandy & expansive. At least one km wide with sand dunes behind a low shallowing beach. The tide was out. As I approached I could see the beach shimmering … excitement mounted.. as I crested the last hill (of many) I could see that the shimmering was a large herd of goats, maybe 3000? I'm no goatherder so don't quote me but they covered the whole beach width. Not a body to be seen. I'm not surprised with goat sh.. covering the beach. It is also an exposed beach and would be roasting hot in mid-summer. I'd give it a 2/10 for the sand which is otherwise rare on Greek islands.
There is a small beach on the northern side of the port [I think this refers to Port Ios?]. Although a bit exposed with some weed evident there were several small groups having a swim here. Several couples were nude including a pair of young (20-something) Greek girls who appeared to be locals - a rare event.
A report from August 1999 describes sunbathing nude at Manganari. There are a few beaches at Manganari. The most westerly two were unspoilt with the smaller being the best and nudist. There is now a taverna here with building works creating tennis courts, etc and parasols/sunbeds on both beaches. However, there were some nudists on the most westerly of these beaches.
Unfortunately, a report from August 2002 says the main beaches at Manganari are now textile, including the coves furthest from the taverna which now have sunbeds, brollies and their own taverna. A better bet is a beach thought to be called Three Trees beach. As you drive down the final stretch to Manganari there is a small church on the left hand side. Walk down another 100 metres, then go through a gate and carry on walking, you'll see track to a house on the right, you can follow the track or make your own way down a scrubby hill to the beach, it is generally deserted [This is Tres Klisies beach, below]. You can also get off the bus at the Kalamos monastery and follow the coastline to Manganari, an 8-kilometre walk, there are some lovely sandy beaches, all deserted.
Another report from August 2007 says that Manganari is developed; lots of people visit by bus and the beach is 100% textile.
In June 2010, there was a boat running to Manganari from Gialos Port twice a week; probably more frequently in high season. A Barefooter reporting in early September 2010 had hoped to go there by the 1100 boat from Port Ios but, due to lack of demand, it did not go and he had to go by 50-seater 7-litre turbocharged-and-intercooled 8-speed air-conditioned Jonckheere bus instead, which left half-an-hour later and took twice as long to get there, due to a diversion to Mylopotas for extra passengers and the mountain-top route (vastly improved double-track tarmac at EU expense but hardly an inch straight). Enquiring on arrival at the taverna about the proper place for nudists did not throw them and he was expertly directed to the two bays just out of sight to the right. The second bay had a large party of (?Italian) textiles in the far corner but, once they left in search of a late lunch, there were no further arrivals for the rest of the afternoon. The intervening smaller beach had a 50-50 scoreline, coming and going. On a second visit, the further beach had 7 men (1 textile) and 1 topless and occasionally bottomless woman.
2017 July: the 2 main beaches are not nudist. Of course, as in all Greek beaches, topless swimming/sunbathing for the ladies is accepted. During the week we were there, there were very few people, so the beach (although organised with umbrellas and chaise-longues) was little crowded. The most left of the two organised beaches has a taverna, whose owner brings in people with buses from Chora. The one on the right has 2-3 tavernas and rooms to let. If you go to the extreme right end of this beach, there is a small easy path that leads over the rocks and after 5 min. to a small beach and then, after another 5 min., to a second one (see map above). Both those beaches were lovely and nudist. At the first one there is also a house complex above, which was empty (with the exception of the caretaker) when we were there (I was told it belongs to a Greek shipowner, who uses it either for himself or for the vacations of his employees). I guess when they arrive it may be better to go to the second beach (which in our view is the nicest one)…
2017 July: During the day of my visit the first small far right beach, over the rocks, was not nudist but it is quite promising during off season. The second far right beach was 100% nudist (a couple and men).
Just before you reach Manganari by the fork in the tarmac road there is a small white church. Leave your vehicle at the opening opposite the church, cross over and follow a steep dirt road down which bends to the left. There's a sign 'follow path to the beach' and the "path" is well marked with painted blue blobs on the rocks. When my contributor was there, there were few people, max. 8. There are two cedar trees for shade, no booth for drinks or snacks (thank goodness). If you want it even more lonely, pass this one beach along the coastline to the left (facing sea), walk about ten mins. My contributor found this absolutely perfect!
Barefooters who were there in August 2007 thought the beach was wonderful, the water was just a bit too cold, but very, very clear. There were 8 people excluding my reporters: a straight naturist couple and some Greek (and polite) textiles. Recommended: my reporters rated it 100%.
Visitors in June 2010 similarly enthused over the beach; a mixture of shingle and sand, some stones as you enter the water, but a beautiful secluded spot. Difficult to imagine that it ever gets busy, even in August, given its remote location. Apart from my correspondents, there was only one other person there all day, plus three others who came and went.
2017 July: great beach - very few people all nudist. On one of the days we went there there was a couple on the far right end of the beach making love… nobody was disturbed :)
From Chora, follow the signs to Ag Theodotis. In June 2010, there was no bus service, so you need your own transport.
There are two tavernas on the right-hand-side of the road leading down to the beach, and on the beach four batches of parasols/umbrellas for rent. When my correspondents visited in June 2010, they were the only people on the sunbeds at the far end of the beach from the road, and were therefore comfortable to be nude, and enjoyed walking along the water's edge as well as sunbathing and swimming naked. This is one of the best beaches my contributors found in Ios; about 2 kms long and sandy.
A previous report from July 2002: there were scattered nudists at the end furthest from the car parking area, including some local girls.
In peak season, there's every likelihood that this beach will be quite crowded and naturism will not be possible.
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“DAMN YANKEES” to be performed at Community Theatre of Linden
“DAMN YANKEES” is going to be performed at Community Theatre of Linden at the Linden Performing Arts Building on July 25, 26,27,28 and August 2,3,and 4!!! Come see a fantastic cast of performers from all over the valley! Reprising their roles as Lola and Mr. Applegate (the Devil)are Melissa Esau and Mike Moon from the 2007 production at Stockton Civic Theatre. Joining them are Mary Peterson and Jason Kell as Meg and Joe Boyd, Mike Kiley as Van Buren- the coach, Mary Odum as Gloria Thorpe, the reporter, and Bill Jannay, as the team’s owner, Mr. Welch. Adding to this wonderful group are Carmen Musch and Frankie Parker, two veteran performers who know how to turn a phase, playing the Miller Sisters! The story of a Washington Senators fan selling his soul to guarantee the Senators win the Pennant and beat those “Damn Yankees” reminds us of the age-old story of Faust-however, this one has a twist…plus song and dance! Faust didn’t have that!!! The songs like “Whatever Lola Wants,” and “Heart” are always to be remembered, and Gary Fritzen, the Musical Director, leads this large cast to musical heights that will keep you humming! David Qualls has taken the Technical Director reins and designed sets that will flow with the music. Judy Williamson and Kimberly Romberger direct this production with Esther Henderson assisting Judy with the choreography and Elsa Fulton “batting a homer” with costumes.
Changing Faces Theater Company Celebrates 18th Anniversary
The Video Gamapalooza—A WORLD PREMIERE stage comedy!
CFTC, established in 2002, is staging its eighteenth summer production. This year, CFTC will be staging a WORLD PREMIERE comedy, The Video Gamapalooza, by world-renowned playwright Don Zolidis at beautiful Jessie’s Grove Winery on July 10th, 11th, 12th, 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th. With over 60 children, teens, and adults involved in the cast, crew, and staff, this show is sure to make audiences laugh.
Show opens July 12 at Tillie Lewis Theatre
Delta Drama presents summer musical ‘Pippin’
“Pippin,” an eclectic musical telling the story of a young prince who longs to find passion and adventure in his life, will run July 12-14 and July 19-21 at Delta’s Tillie Lewis Theatre.
GymStars to celebrate 20th anniversary with ribbon cutting and community celebration benefiting the Emergency Food Bank
GymStars to Celebrate 20th Anniversary
GymStars, the premier multi-sport and entertainment facility that has proudly served families of the Stockton and surrounding communities since 1999 is excited to invite you to celebrate their 20th anniversary and help support an incredible cause. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Emergency Food Bank.
Catfish Plant at Oak Grove Regional Park
Oak Grove Regional Park has been planted with 500 lbs. of Catfish, San Joaquin County Parks and Recreation has announced. Kids age 15 years and younger fish for free at Oak Grove’s ten-acre lake, a $5 fishing permit fee and valid CA. fishing license are required for those sixteen (16) years of age or over. A vehicle-parking fee will also apply, as do all State Fish and Game laws.
Grammy winning Casting Crowns announces Fall 2019 leg of 'Only Jesus' Tour with Kari Jobe, Cody Carnes, and Jamie Kimmett, hosted by Zauntee
Casting Crowns Returns to Stockton in October
GRAMMY® winning multi-platinum group Casting Crowns has announced plans to extend its widely popular Only Jesus Tour this fall, following a successful 37-city spring run which included multiple sell-outs in arenas across the country. The tour, which takes its name from the band’s current top-selling album Only Jesus, will feature a brand new lineup for the fall, including top-selling worship artist Kari Jobe, songwriter/worship leader Cody Carnes (also married to Kari) and newcomer Jamie Kimmett. The concert will be hosted by hip-hop act Zauntee. Presented by Compassion International, the tour comes to Stockton Arena on October 1, 2019.
Best in the West III Cornhole Tournament Coming to the Stockton Arena
The California Cornhole Association is excited to bring the “Best in the West III” Cornhole Tournament to the Stockton Arena, Friday June 28 through Sunday June 30. Participants and guests can choose to enjoy the entire weekend or whichever event is most suited to them. More than sixteen groups throughout the California have already registered to participate. This is an exciting event for participants as well as the general public who come out to observe the weekend activities.
Tour dates for holographic based live concert and theatrical experience featuring two hall-of-fame rock 'n' roll legends
Base Hologram: Roy Orbison & Buddy Holly Playing Bob Hope Theatre
Today, BASE Hologram, the leading content developer, producer and distributor of concerts, theatricals and spectacles that combine holographic cinema and mixed reality with live entertainment, announced North American tour dates for Roy Orbison & Buddy Holly: The Rock ’N’ Roll Dream Tour, a groundbreaking tour featuring the award-winning rock and roll legends. Tickets go on sale on Friday, June 21st at 10am at the Stockton Arena box office and Ticketmaster.com
Movies At The Point at Weber Point Events Center Starts June 14
It’s time for another fun-filled summer with Movies At The Point. These family-friendly events from the City of Stockton Community Services Department are held monthly, beginning June 14. Bring your lawn chairs and blankets and set-up under the stars at the beautiful Weber Point Events Center in downtown Stockton and enjoy free PG-rated movies with family and friends. Closed captioning is provided for the hard of hearing, upon request.
Summer Fun at the Stockton Marina!
Now under the leadership of SMG, the Stockton Downtown Marina is the place for Summer Fun. Located at 445 W. Weber Avenue in Stockton, a variety of family, fun activities have been announced.
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Bonita Unified Culinary Arts Students Take Top Honors at California ProStart Cup
SAN DIMAS/ LA VERNE– Bonita Unified culinary arts students cooked up a recipe for success during the 2019 California ProStart Cup, with four student teams earning accolades and scholarships ranging from $3,000 to $6,000 for their kitchen, management and innovation skills.
The ProStart Cup, held March 15-16 at the Sheraton Fairplex Hotel & Conference Center, brought more than 200 students from across California to compete in three contests: the Wurstkuche Innovation Cup, the BJ’s Restaurant Culinary Cup and the BJ’s Restaurant Management Cup.
“The ProStart Cup is a game-changer for me,” San Dimas High School senior Christian Kavak said. “The camaraderie of both schools, working so hard to support each other, makes me want to continue my education in the culinary arts field.”
San Dimas senior Marina Wilson and junior Laura Siu took first place in the Innovation Cup for their app, Star Box, which allows customers to order food on their smart phones, then travel to a drive-thru and pick up their order, which is stored in an eco-friendly, climate-controlled container.
Bonita senior Sarah Martinez and junior Shyanne Morrison took second place in the Management Cup for their food truck business, Waffles on Wheels (WOW), a mobile restaurant that partners with municipalities and colleges to provide low-cost breakfast fare. San Dimas seniors Amy Bishop and Michael Mendoza finished in fifth place with their Posto di Pasta business concept, a Chipotle-style pasta restaurant.
“We are learning the fundamentals of the restaurant industry, what is acceptable and what you should know to run your own restaurant,” Morrison said.
Kavak, San Dimas senior James Salud and junior Brigette Cruz took third place in the Culinary Cup with a three-course meal of shrimp- and ricotta-filled cappelletti, pork chop with Parisian gnocchi, and espresso Bavarian cream topped with mascarpone and tempered chocolate.
“We are overjoyed for our students, who have spent long hours preparing for this competition,” said Bonita High culinary arts teacher Laurie Brandler, whose husband, Nick Brandler, is her counterpart at San Dimas High. Both Brandlers teach the ProStart curriculum required to participate in the Cup and act as advisers for the students.
ProStart is a nationwide, two-year high school culinary arts program developed by the California Restaurant Association Foundation, which administers the competition with Cal Poly Pomona’s Collins College of Hospitality, which provides the scholarships.
BONITA_CULINARY CUP_1: Bonita Unified students celebrate their selection as champions at the 2019 ProStart Culinary Cup. Teams from Bonita and San Dimas High Schools not only placed in three contests but also won individual scholarships ranging from $3,000 to $6,000.
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You are here: Home / Exposing the Myths / EXPOSING THE MYTHS, Part #4: Immaculate Deception: The Untold Story of Caylee Marie Anthony
Special Direct Page Link: www.TheUntoldStoryOfCayleeMarieAnthony.com
After exposing the various myths surrounding the chloroform, duct tape, decomposition and the “31 Days of Partying” – here’s my own personal theory on what I believe happened to Caylee Marie Anthony on that fateful day of June 16th 2008, together with the various roles different people played… and of course the chain of events (i.e. The cover up) that unfolded after that.
I’ll start by stating the obvious here – and that is by saying that a lot has already been written about Casey – and her alleged murder of her own daughter. It’s BS. It’s been BS right from day 1, and should never have even been tried as a capital murder case. Even to this day, the BS is still flowing freely because a lot of people WANT TO BELIEVE that “CASEY DID IT”.
But at the end of the day, the jury delivered the right and proper verdict of Not Guilty.
Thankfully their verdict decision wasn’t based on emotion, supposition, media bias or “public feelings” either. They couldn’t come to any other verdict based on the evidence (or rather lack of) and the cold hard facts that came out throughout the trial.
The shoddy & disjointed prosecution, as expected, failed to prove ANYTHING during the trial – aside from their own blatant incompetence. All they came up with was lies, fantasy forensics and junk science.
The fact is, Casey had nothing whatsoever to do with the death of her daughter. To still believe she did is like believing the moon is made of green cheese. It ain’t.
The thing is – right from day 1, nobody ever stopped to consider for one moment that Casey Anthony DIDN’T murder her daughter. Oh no… everything right out of the gate was deliberately and unceremoniously geared up to frame Casey. There were no other options.
Law Enforcement (LE) had it in for her. They never even looked at anyone else – instead they went out of their way to fit Casey up as a murderer – headed up by that corrupt piece of pure filth called Yuri Melich.
Here’s what he told Casey @ Universal:
“You’re painting yourself as a very bad person. Your family’s gonna suffer for this. Your friends are gonna suffer for this. And remember what I told you about all these people coming? They’re gonna crucify you for this.”
— Yuri Melich interviewing Casey @ Universal, July 17th 2008
LE kept up this shameful behavior from July 17th right through the entire trial, and even after the trial.
They never perceived an accident. They only saw a murder. They only saw Casey as the murderer and (in typical LE style) they went out of their way to try and make that fallacy stick.
So, the first question is:
Was Caylee Anthony murdered?
I would say YES.
So what happened to Caylee? How did she lose her life? What happened immediately after that event? Why didn’t anyone call 911? How did Caylee’s body end up in the woods off Suburban Drive? Who put her body there? Why did it take so long to find the remains? What happened during the 31 days? What was Casey’s involvement? – and what role did George, Cindy & Lee play?
All of these questions (and more) I’ll attempt to answer in this post.
Let’s get the real story started.
“The Accident”:
Here’s my theory on what happened:
On the morning of June 16th 2008, between (6am-8am), George is in bed, and Caylee (having just woken and found her mom still sleeping and Cindy already left for work) she goes on her usual early morning walkabout – this time finishing up into bed with George. Nothing out of the ordinary with that in itself – but we’re dealing with George Anthony here.
I’m not going into specifics now, but within a few minutes of Caylee climbing into his bed, he starts abusing her like he’s done many times before (and just like he’s done with Casey since she was 8 years old). Only on this occasion, for reasons only he knows, he gets a little too excited and forceful.
Caylee is screaming out by this time, so in an effort to keep her quiet (and not wake Casey up) he pushes her face into the pillow and carries on oblivious.
After “doing his thing” with Caylee for a while longer, he suddenly notices Caylee has stopped breathing. She’s suffocated.
IT’S AT THIS POINT THAT A 911 CALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE.
Now – had Caylee really drowned in the pool and had George NOT been abusing her that same morning, I firmly believe a 911 call would have been made… and there’s a possibility Caylee may have survived, and this whole unfortunate incident would have been finished with way back in June 2008.
But you see… THAT couldn’t happen.
George, not being able to keep his damn hands to himself with either Casey OR Caylee well & truly took that option out of the equation.
Bear with me here.
So, right after Caylee suffocated (in my theory of events)… right at that precise moment in time… George had 2 clear options open to him, but very little time to decide.
His 2 options were as follows:
Option #1: George CALLS 911 to try and SAVE his granddaughter, while at the same time knowing only too well that his molestation will be discovered, and he’ll therefore be duly ostracized by the local community, finish up in prison, and get to spend the rest of his days on the sex offenders register – BUT Caylee lives.
Option #2: George DOES NOT call 911 – he decides that Option #1 isn’t so appealing after all – so instead he decides to SAVE HIS OWN SORRY ASS by carrying Caylee outside and slipping her into the pool, therefore making it LOOK like an accident OR an event caused by someone else’s negligence. In this option, unfortunately, Caylee dies.
I believe George went for Option #2.
Remember: This is only my own personal theory of events. I was obviously not there at the time… but nevertheless I believe Caylee tragically died while being molested by George Anthony. (Note: as Caylee’s death occurred during the commission of a felony (i.e. while GA was sexually abusing her), that’s classed as Murder (rather than aggravated manslaughter), regardless of the perpetrator’s intent).
The “Discovery” of Caylee’s Body:
Straight after George has put Caylee in the pool, he heads straight back to bed like nothing happened.
At some point within the next couple of hours, Casey wakes up – but there’s no sign of Caylee.
She goes into George’s bedroom, wakes him up and asks him “Where’s Caylee?”
“How should I know? I thought she was with YOU!” he yells back at her. Even at this early stage he’s already distanced himself from having anything whatsoever to do with Caylee’s death.
At this point they both decide to start frantically searching the house and garden, front and back and everywhere in-between. Shortly after that, George finds Caylee in the pool.
He shouts Casey.
She comes rushing out of the house and into the back garden. There she sees George… stood there… holding a lifeless Caylee in his arms.
Just like a good actor, George has proved he can turn the waterworks on whenever he needs to (just like during the trial) – and he does that now.
Casey goes hysterical as you’d expect.
“Oh my God! Call 911!” she yells (or words to that effect).
But George is having none of it.
He fights back his crocodile tears and tells Casey: “NO! NO! It’s too late for that. It’s too late! She’s drowned! She’s gone!”
What he really means is: “No, I can’t… because if they come they’ll find out I’ve been abusing her!” –– but he obviously doesn’t say that.
This is where George Anthony is in his element.
At the very moment Casey needs SUPPORT from her father, he takes the opposite route – the selfish uncaring old bastard that he is.
“Look what you’ve done!” he yells at Casey. “Look what you’ve done! This is ALL YOUR FAULT for NOT BEING THERE for Caylee… for not watching her! YOU CAUSED THIS! YOU LET THIS HAPPEN! Oh my God, you have no fucking idea! Your mother will NEVER FORGIVE YOU for doing this, and you’re gonna GO TO JAIL FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE FOR CHILD NEGLECT!”
And with that, George Anthony’s big cover up (the “Immaculate Deception”) begins.
They go back into the house, with George still holding Caylee… and George (more or less) REPEATS again everything he’s just yelled at Casey. But this time he finishes off by telling Casey – “BUT I CAN HELP YOU. I CAN HELP YOU GET THROUGH THIS – BUT YOU HAVE TO DO EXACTLY AS I SAY, OK?”
Casey (still hysterical at this point) asks him, as best she can:
“Ok. So what do we do next?”
George tells her: “You do nothing. Just go out… stay away for a few weeks… act as normal as you can… act like nothing happened… tell anyone that asks about Caylee that she’s with friends or with a nanny or something… I will handle this… TRUST ME… I KNOW WHAT I’M DOING… YOU GOTTA TRUST ME ON THIS, OK? Just DON’T let me down here because you KNOW what’ll happen if you do!”
This is when “Zanny the Nanny” comes into the equation. It also explains Casey’s behavior during the next 31 days, as she followed George’s instructions to the letter and apparently DID carry on regardless of everything, like nothing had happened. Now you know why.
Ultimately, George will recall (when questioned) that the last time he saw Caylee alive was when she left the house with Casey @ 12:50 pm that day – June 16th 2008. He’ll also recall, with military precision, exactly what Caylee (and Casey) was wearing – even though when initially questioned by LE on August 4th, he stated he last saw Caylee alive on June 6th 2008. Ahem.
He may have been right about the time, but that’s when Casey left the house alone.
The Big Cover-up Begins (The “31 Days”):
Shortly after Casey leaves the house, George has some serious plotting & scheming to do. He’s ex-Law Enforcement, remember, so that’s never gonna be a problem for him.
George’s next step is to hide Caylee’s body. The last thing he wants is Cindy (or anyone else) turning up unexpectedly and rumbling his plans.
Next he decides to dress Caylee. He fumbles around in her room and grabs the first lot of clothes he can find, and ends up dressing Caylee in a t-shirt and the wrong size pants (“24 months”, Caylee is nearly 3). After that he wraps Caylee’s body in the well documented blanket, canvas bag (from the garage) & black trash bags, and finishes the job off by sticking the bag down with his infamous Henkel-brand duct tape. Just the same as he’s done for years after the family pets have died. The contents are different but the procedure is the same.
He then hides Cayle e’s body in her playhouse (out in the back yard) while he cooks up the next stage of his plan. That plan has one objective – to keep HIM in the clear and implicate Casey. Various storage options were open to him (freezer, garage etc), but I’m going with this option as it could also explain the possible human scent the cadaver dogs picked up in the Anthony’s back garden on while they were there in July.
This also goes some way to explaining the impromptu “landscaping project” that was hurriedly started on June 30th 2008. This is where George & Cindy suddenly decided to dig up & redo the backyard area of their home with new pavers & concrete. Was that a coincidence?
At around 1.30pm, George, so as not to attract any suspicion, sets off to his 2nd day at work at Lexus. He tries calling Casey (to check on her) just after 3pm but her phone is engaged.
That same evening, George returns home where Cindy is waiting, She of course asks about Casey & Caylee, and George tells her “all is well” and that they’ve “gone away” for a few days.
Fast forward a couple of days and Cindy is now starting to get suspicious of things, and suspicious of George’s general shifty demeanor. She can tell something is wrong but doesn’t know what. She also relays to George that it looks like someone has been swimming in their pool over the past day or 2.
Now, having had a few extra days to think about things, and under further pressure from Cindy – George decides to tell Cindy what happened a few mornings back on June 16th – although he conveniently & purposefully fails to mention what happened prior to Caylee being found in the pool (i.e. the molestation).
Cindy is devastated by the news. She goes berserk. We know she can be a bad tempered bitch at the best of times, but this is the last straw.
George tells Cindy it was an accident… and when he & Casey woke up that morning, Caylee was missing, the sliding patio doors were open and he found Caylee floating in the pool.
It’s then that Cindy realizes she could be to blame for leaving the pool ladder up the night before.
In the verbal (and physical) battle that ensues, George takes this opportunity to fuel Cindy’s guilt by telling her that SHE left the ladder up… SHE forgot to lock the patio door before SHE left for work… and that SHE should have woken him up before she left.
“Don’t start blaming me for all this you bastard!” she yells.
“Well WHO ELSE is there to blame?” George replies sarcastically.
You gotta hand it to George. He never misses out on an opportunity to blame someone else whenever he can – even at a time like this when he knew only too well EXACTLY what had happened and EXACTLY what HE had done.
Cindy also quickly comes to terms with the fact that it’s now WAY TOO LATE to report anything to anyone because of the time that’s already passed. It’s been over 2 days now since “the accident”. Reporting it is just not an option. Both George & Cindy know they can’t report the accident, but for very different reasons.
She asks George about what they should do next. He then tells Cindy they have to dispose of the body. It’s also at this point that George tells her he’s already got Caylee hidden in the playhouse and that they need to act fast.
Cindy is still grief stricken at this point as things have rapidly gone from bad to even worse – and she knows she’s now too far involved in this cover up to back out. She has no alternative but to go along with it – and with Capt. George at the helm of the ship.
He also tries to calm Cindy by telling her about how he plans to have CASEY take the blame for everything that’s happened – and that’s why he sent her off to “carry on as normal” for a few weeks.
Cindy goes along with this as it’ll also put her in the clear with regards to her having not secured the pool ladder. In other words, if George’s “Masterplan” works – and if he can pull it off – then it’ll put her AND George in the clear. So what the hell – she’s all for it.
George knows (from his Law Enforcement days) that all they need do is “hold out” for 3 or 4 weeks, because under summer conditions in Florida the remains would only take around 2 weeks to skeletonize — by which time all the evidence will have gone (in theory) and Casey will be the only one in the frame for Caylee’s death – maybe even for Caylee’s murder.
He’ll say he saw them both leave the house together on June 16th and that was the last time he saw little Caylee alive. He figures that based on them leaving together… Casey’s apparent “carefree” activities during those few weeks… and with Caylee’s remains being discovered so close to home… the vast majority of people are quickly gonna point the finger at Casey for the murder of her own daughter – then George & Cindy can play the role of grieving grandparents and milk that for all it’s worth.
To George, it sounds like the perfect plan IF he can pull it all off.
With the way he’s planning on disposing of Caylee – and the location – George assumed that it wouldn’t take very long at all for the remains to be found… maybe a month or so maximum. He obviously never factored Roy Kronk into that equation (but we’ll come to that bit shortly).
But first things first…
The Disposal of Caylee’s Body:
That evening – probably June 18th 2008 – George took Caylee out of the playhouse and put Caylee in the trunk of HIS car (The same trunk LE found & seized a handgun on September 6th 2008). This is why the “human decomposition” in Casey’s Sunfire trunk NEVER EXISTED. The “smell” in the trunk was due to the pizza box & associated rotting contents – again as specifically highlighted during the trial by Jose Baez. Caylee was never in the trunk of Casey’s car at any time. Period. How could she have been?
So… with Caylee on the trunk, George then drives the short distance up Hopespring Drive, before turning on to Suburban Drive and parking up. He then dumps Caylee’s body in the woods before heading back home.
He specifically placed the body there (instead of burying it), so in theory the body would be found. There are of course many ways George could have disposed of Caylee’s body so it would never have been found, but he chose this option instead so it would be found and to insure that Casey would ultimately take all the blame.
The unmistakable smell of BULLSHIT:
I don’t think George was “holding out” for a 31 day period specifically. It just happened that way. More to the point I think Cindy had basically had enough by July 15th and they BOTH decided this would be a really good time to put the next piece of the Masterplan into effect – that being throwing Casey under the bus and shopping her to Law Enforcement.
July 15th 2008:
This is the day George & Cindy finally decide to get their fat asses down to the tow yard to pick up Casey’s Pontiac Sunfire. After all, they’ve had the official notice letter for 4 days and the car has been sat there for the best part of a week (after Casey had abandoned it at Amscot over 2 weeks earlier).
It’s also at this time that the smell of trash & rotting pizza makes an appearance – hence “the unmistakable smell of human decomposition” that George spoke of to Simon Birch (the tow yard guy). More like “the unmistakable smell of BULLSHIT from George Anthony” if you ask me.
If you want to know THE REAL REASON for the smell in the Pontiac trunk – and how Law Enforcement intentionally dried it out to destroy the evidence – let Jose Baez explain it to you here – from his Opening Statements, May 24 2011:
Defense Opening Statements - May 24th 2011 - Part 6
George also thought, just before opening the trunk that Casey and/or Caylee could be in there. That was a strange thought to have really, seeing as he’d packed Casey off month earlier and put Caylee’s body in the woods a few days after that.
Anyways, after settling up with the tow yard guy, George drives off “to work” with the car still reeking. He doesn’t call Law Enforcement… and he doesn’t try calling Casey to see if she’s ok either.
That same afternoon after coming home from work – and after duly “Febreze-ing” the Pontiac to get rid of the smell (and at the same time leaving traces of chloroform in there), Cindy calls 911 to report her daughter for stealing her car. Not exactly grand theft auto by any means.
Later that evening, Cindy has Amy Huizenga take her to where Casey is staying and brings her back home to Hopespring Drive. Under the intense grilling that followed, Casey tells Cindy she’s not seen Caylee for the past 31 days. (This is the story George has told her to stick to – and she is doing).
In the next 911 call, an overly-hysterical Cindy tells the operator her granddaughter has been missing for a month and plays the decomp-card again by saying: “It smells like there’s been a dead body in the damn car!” Cindy basically does all she can to implicate Casey and insure they come out to arrest her (which they do the next day, July 16th 2008).
Again, this is all part of the plan.
George is present during this call. Cindy turns and yells at him: “Casey says Zanny took the baby a month ago! The baby’s missing!” –– but there’s dead silence. George doesn’t say a word.
This was also picked up on by Jose Baez during the trial (see the video a few paragraphs above @ the 12:00 mark).
And WHY does George stay silent?
Here’s what Jose Baez said:
“He (George) doesn’t say a word… and that’s because he knows where’s she’s at. He knows what happened (to Caylee). This is no surprise – but he will distance himself from it, and in fact in one sworn statement he says he wasn’t even there when Cindy called 911. ‘I was at work. I didn’t have any part of this. I’m just George. Just your average grandfather. Casey’s the wild one. Casey’s the one with all the stories!’
He’s saying this while he’s with his mistress who’s paying him money and he’s pretending he’s working. Cindy thought he was working. But you’re only here about Casey’s fake job – not about George’s fake job.”
It’s during this same 911 call that Casey finally realizes that she has been offered up as the lamb to the slaughter. She knows she has nobody to prove her story. She’s up the proverbial creek with no sign of a paddle.
She now knows that her father, who back on June 16th 2008 – while he stood there in their back yard with Caylee lifeless in his arms – and who said he’d protect her, has now betrayed her.
We all know what happened half an hour after this call. The 3 year circus started.
Just as an interesting side note to Cindy’s amazing acting skills during those calls – this is a 41 second clip from WESH.com They’re just about to go to one of their reporters outside the Anthony’s home, when Cindy strolls over to the reporter – writing pad in hand. When asked about the recordings of the 911 calls just being released, Cindy nonchalantly replies:
“Oh, I’m not worried about the 911 calls. I made em’!” and brushes the question aside. She even sounds like she’s practiced reeling that answer off.
Cindy Anthony Explains Panicked_911 Calls
Only 8 days previous she was supposedly hysterical. Like I say, amazing acting skills.
George Anthony – “Business As Usual”:
Throughout the months that follow, and even though George Anthony was fully aware of everything that had happened, HE had to keep flying the flag for Caylee… setting up Command Centers… doing paid-TV interviews… churning out new “Help Find Caylee” T-shirts, flyers, wristbands & badges… starting FUNDS for Caylee… making everyone keep believing Caylee was still alive and/or missing… that she was still “out there”. When all the time HE DAMN WELL KNEW she was out there.
Caylee was out there in a bag in the woods off Suburban Drive where he’d dumped her months previously.
Even with his numerous & well publicized jailhouse video visits with Casey, did you notice how he always made a point of reminding Casey that she was “the boss”… the she was “in charge”… like she was the “CEO” of her own company? Remember that? Well, that was his way of telling her to keep on doing what she’s been doing, i.e. to stick to THE PLAN he told her to stick to, and not to be intimidated.
At this point, let me back track a little to the one part of the equation that George Anthony never factored in. Roy Kronk.
Cometh The Hour – Cometh The Kronk:
This is the dim meter reader guy that spotted Caylee’s skull back on August 11th 2008, while randomly urinating in the bushes. It’s the same guy that came back to the exact same spot numerous times after that (even when he wasn’t working) to urinate and see the skull again.
On one occasion he also mentioned his findings to a few workmates, who subsequently showed more interest in a nearby dead snake.
Here where I think Roy Kronk fits into all this:
The first 3 times Roy reported what he’d seen (August 11th, 12th & 13th 2008) I believe were genuine calls – even though the 911 operators could not have sounded any less interested.
It was probably after the 3rd call that Roy became aware of the $255,000 Caylee Reward money that was on offer. I mean – can you imagine the morally bankrupt Roy Kronk sat there at home – broke & disillusioned – while at the same time visualizing $255,000 in his bank account? I certainly can. And all he had to do to manifest that was FIND the remains. The remains that he’d already found!
This is why Roy decided he’d keep his discovery to himself for a while. Maybe he thought if he was reported as “the guy that found Caylee’s remains”, he could become a prime suspect in the case. This also explains his reluctance to call Crimeline.
Furthermore, it would explain why Roy Kronk kept a very low profile throughout September, October and November. Only to resurface again after he found the remains in December.
It was when nobody followed up on Roy’s 3 initial calls that he concocted his plan. He physically MOVED the remains to a “safe place” AT LEAST TWICE so he could go back there at some convenient later date.
Think about it for a second. Anyone driving past that exact spot on Suburban Drive and seeing a meter reader guy in the woods (with a trash bag) wouldn’t have thought anything of it. The area was one huge dump-it site. I think this is how Roy Kronk managed to move the remains while he hatched his big reward plan.
By the time early November came around, Roy was starting to get a bit twitchy – but he’d kept quiet for too long and had to spill the good news to someone. He bestowed that honor on his son, Brandon Sparks (who also happened to be the only one of his children that would talk to him):
November 2008: Roy Kronk calls Brandon Sparks and tells him; “I found Caylee’s remains. Watch for me on TV cos’ I’m gonna be rich & famous!” (This is 1 month before Caylee’s remains were discovered).
Then on December 11th 2008: After “the big discovery”, Roy asks Law Enforcement: “Will my ex-wife find out about the reward if I get it?”… “Do I still get the reward even though she’s dead?” and “Roy’s gotta eat too!” Same day, he tells his Boss (at the scene): “Alex, I just won the lottery!”
Those comments speak volumes about Roy Kronk’s actions (and inactions) during the previous 4 months leading up to December 11th 2008.
Not forgetting the time Roy met up with Sgt. Richard Cain who couldn’t see anything, slipped, cursed Roy out, and promptly left. He was later fired. Tim Miller, LE & 32 Texas Equusearch Volunteers also allegedly searched this same area in early September 2008 and found nothing. Deputy Jason Forgey (and his cadaver dog) did the same at different times too. Zilch.
By all accounts, the reason nobody could find Caylee’s body (in the same spot it was “found” by Roy Kronk on December 11th 2008) was probably down to the strange but true fact that it simply was not there when they searched.
Here’s a segment from FOX News featuring Judge Napolitano. This aired on the day “the remains” were found, but they had not yet been identified as Caylee’s – hence the continual “bag of bones” references. Here, Judge Napolitano covers the highly probable movement of the remains prior to their ultimate discovery:
judge napolitano - search for caylee Dec-11-08
I also believe George indirectly arranged his own search for Caylee’s remains, by giving James Hoover & Dominic Casey a false tip. George was getting worried due to the fact that so many people had searched that area and found nothing. That was NOT part of his plan.
This explains James & Dominic’s well documented & video-taped 2 day search on Suburban Drive on November 15th and 16th 2008 — following up on George’s false tip/lead, which led them straight to the exact spot where the remains should have been found – but weren’t.
On the 2ND day of the search, James Hoover actually parked his car on Suburban Drive just a few car lengths past the end of the red privacy fence, right opposite the exact spot where ONE MONTH LATER Roy Kronk would find Caylee’s remains, 15-20 feet into the woods.
Are you starting to see how all of this is now beginning to fall into place? I hope so.
In finishing off this Kronk-related section, let’s also take these facts into account:
After his “discovery”, the OCSO asked Roy to “keep quiet” and hired him a lawyer.
Roy Kronk (unlike his Son, Brandon) refused to allow a search of his phone records.
Roy Kronk’s PC was never confiscated or examined.
Roy Kronk was never investigated.
Should we not find those 4 facts strange? Can you even start to imagine what OCSO would have found if they’d searched his phone records, examined his PC and investigated him further? You can bet your bottom dollar that a search of his PC alone would have made any other Google search findings pale into insignificance.
Could that have been the very reason they DIDN’T fully investigate him? Maybe they agreed that “deal” with him, in return for him not spilling the beans on their inaction in relation to his 3 previous calls in August 2008? Maybe we’ll never know, but it’s possible.
If you want to see both Roy Kronk testimonies (opens in a new window), here are the links: Roy Kronk Testimony #1 – Roy Kronk Testimony #2
Here’s Part 1 of Brandon Sparks’ trial testimony from June 29th 2011:
Brandon Sparks, June 29th 2011, part 1
To see his testimony in full (opens in a new window), click here.
Sadly for Roy, all his months of plotting & scheming were to no avail. He even blew any chance of getting the usual $5k reward due to him calling his Supervisor instead of directly calling the Crimeline – although he did make up for it by the payments he received from all his TV show appearances after the event, by talking about dead snakes and skulls.
I’m not saying Roy Kronk was involved in the death of Caylee Anthony for one moment (I covered that event earlier), but I DO believe he played a pivotal role in the events & shenanigans that unfolded afterwards.
Chloroform & Duct Tape Revisited:
So how does this theory of mine fit in to my earlier posts in this series, regarding the chloroform & duct tape for example?
Well, all that still stands.
Chloroform – Never existed as alleged. Never proven to have been used by anyone. Certainly never used as a “murder weapon”.
Duct tape – Also never used as a “murder weapon” but found at the scene, due to George using the tape to SEAL the bag that held Caylee’s remains. How he thought the duct tape would never be traced back to him I have no idea – seeing as he was not only using it to stick flyers up, but also did a TV interview (@ Publix) with the roll of duct tape clearly visible in a tray in one of his “Command Center” stations.
Here’s a clip from George Anthony’s 6th trial testimony (June 30th 2011:
The first minute of the video (no sound) shows George in his “Command Center” at his local Publix, together with his roll of duct tape. Watch also how he tries to intimidate Jose Baez as he struts right up to him and past him on his way to the witness stand @ 1:42. Testimony starts @ 2:07.
Straight away George is on the defensive, denying any knowledge of where he was during the video he just saw OR whether or not the duct tape in his possession in the video was actually his. From 5:00 onwards there’s a side bar – and JB’s questioning resumes at the 8:00 mark. This is where JB starts to tie in the way George used to bury the family’s pets by using a blanket, trash bags and Henkel-brand duct tape, to the way he also disposed of Caylee’s body using the very same items.
The Trial – Opening Statements:
I believe the Opening Statements Jose Baez made at the trial were reasonably accurate… although I do NOT believe it was ‘an accident that snowballed out of control” — as George put it to his secret sex-partner & mistress (at the time) Krystal Holloway.
Jose also highlighted Casey’s lying and denial fueled by the after effects of George’s molestation…. and the “31 days” where Casey followed George’s instructions and carried on like nothing ever happened. He forced her into a corner – just like he’d done (in the literal sense) many times before while he molested her.
He made her believe she’d “go to jail for a very long time” for child neglect, i.e. for “letting it happen” and for “not being there” for Caylee and “letting her drown“.
Like I said earlier – had anyone called 911 after the event, George’s time would have been well & truly up. I don’t think too many people would be impressed by a grandfather serially abusing, molesting and murdering his toddler granddaughter, do you?
George also knew for a fact that he wouldn’t last 5 minutes in prison, what with being a child molester AND being ex-Law Enforcement. OMG. What a combination! One could only hope (in that scenario) that the pain George would have suffered while being knocked senseless in prison every day would have been FAR GREATER than the pain little Caylee felt while she was being abused & suffocated by George on the morning of June 16th 2008.
By the way – I know I’m certainly not on my own when it comes to my theory on George Anthony’s involvement & BIG COVER-UP of Caylee’s death.
Below is a segment from “On the Record” w/Greta Van Susteren (aired mid-July), where Greta interviewed The Foreman from Casey’s trial, aka “Juror #11”.
It’s interesting to hear again exactly what The Foreman (and the rest of the Jury members) actually thought about George Anthony… including his selective memory… the infamous gas can testimonies… his endless cover ups… his tow yard performance… their suspicions of him being the murderer… and his overall demeanor throughout the trial. To see the 4-part interview in full, click here.
Casey Anthony Trial Juror Speaks Out, On The Record Fox News, Part 2
When this first aired I think way too many people were still way too hung up on the Verdict – and they weren’t particularly bothered about anything else… but since then, there’s certainly been what you could call an upsurge of interest in the role George Anthony actually played throughout this whole tragic story.
What Was Cindy’s Role During This Time?
I believe Cindy knew all along what’d happened to Caylee – but she nevertheless decided to go along with George’s Masterplan to save both their asses. Cindy also knew about George’s years of molestation of Casey but she chose not to do a damn thing about it. She was in denial – big time.
Whether she knew of George’s molestation of Caylee I have no idea. What role or knowledge of events Lee had in all of this, again, I have no idea on that either.
But put basically, George AND Cindy literally rode roughshod over Casey – just like she never existed.
Trying to lay claim to Caylee’s bedspread, doll, toys, blankets and many other items – none of which are legally theirs to claim.
Their attempted trade-marking of “Caylee Anthony” and “Justice for Caylee”) – to be used on T-shirts, promo items and underwear.
Their cremation of Caylee’s remains, specifically against Casey’s wishes.
Read my earlier post for further details – “The Battle For Caylee Anthony” (opens in a new window).
Following on from the abuse issues I just mentioned, let me now elaborate a little further on the subject:
The Abuse:
As for the abuse Casey suffered – this is something many people have been very quick to dismiss and label as a lie. Not so. I believe Casey was a victim of abuse by her father.
All the classic indicators of abuse are there:
Dysfunctional Family
Incessant Lying
Enmeshment
Inability to Form Close Relationships
Anger and Rage
Coming Forward in Bits and Pieces
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Other Mental Illness
Preoccupation with Self
For a detailed explanation of all the above points, click here to read the article by Linda M. Fossen – “Why I Believe Casey Anthony Was Sexually Abused”.
Also take into account that it very rare that molestation within a family becomes public knowledge. Current estimates say around 1 in 4 children is molested. Most times, the molester is a friend or family member.
This is why it’s so odd that some people are crying out for “proof” and “evidence” of Casey’s molestation. I do not know what evidence they’re looking for. I can tell you now that most victims remain silent. They don’t go screaming to the neighbors about it because they are afraid and ashamed. And the molester is certainly not gonna hold their hands up & admit it.
So before anyone starts insisting that Casey has “no evidence of molestation” – go look up some statistics and do a little research to find out what you should be looking for. Even Casey’s grade school teacher stated there were signs of sexual abuse, and that if anyone looks at Casey’s school records they would see that it’s true. As for Casey’s telling Jesse Grund about her brother Lee molesting her, we’ll that’s certainly another possibility.
Here’s forensic psychiatrist Dr Keith Ablow’s overall perspective on George Anthony’s attempted suicide hoax and his serial molestation of his (then) 8 year old daughter, Casey:
Is George Anthony Hiding Something with Dr Keith Ablow
And here’s Dr Keith Ablow again, commenting on Casey’s behavior during the “31 days”:
Dr Keith Ablow\'s Theory on Casey Anthony\'s 31 days behavior
Also remember that Casey mentioned to several friends about the abuse long before this tragedy unfolded, so it wasn’t just “made up” for her defense. The statements weren’t allowed into the trial because they were considered hearsay.
Pat McKenna:
Do you remember Pat McKenna? Maybe not. This particular brief interview was never really widely covered by the media, as it didn’t “fit in” with their ongoing witch-hunt style coverage of the case.
Pat was the lead investigator (defense side) in the OJ Simpson trial – and he got a phone call from Casey’s defense team on the day Caylee Anthony’s remains were found, December 11th 2008.
Having not followed the press reports and knowing very little about the case, Pat’s first move was a visit to the Anthony house where he met George and Cindy, and spent time in the bedroom Casey and Caylee shared.
Here’s what he had to say:
“The room was a shrine of pictures to Caylee, hundreds of loving photographs. I was stunned by the neatness and organization of the room and all the photos. It was this lovely room, like a young kid that has a baby she loves. It was the opposite of what was being portrayed in the media…”
But his first impressions of George and Cindy Anthony were not as favorable…
“I walked out of that house and thought to myself, ‘I don’t think this kid committed first degree murder. There is something really disturbing about this family. I was shocked by their lack of emotion. There was no sense of loss or despondency. Their granddaughter’s remains had just been found and they’re sitting around booking television interviews and talking about how much money their foundation is making.”
He also says George and Cindy Anthony were not cooperative with him at first, even though he was there to help their daughter.
He went on to say:
“George was bizarre. He would go around and around for hours and he wouldn’t answer a question directly. And he is a former detective, so he knows the drill. There was something off with this guy. After I read the discovery and George’s interviews, I thought, “This guy is way too eager to throw his daughter under the bus.”
His theory of what happened to Caylee Anthony mirrors Jose Baez’s court defense of Casey Anthony.
Pat finished off by saying this:
“It was an accident that spun out of control and George disposed of the body, but I can’t say exactly how. If Casey wanted to be free, she would have dropped Caylee in the pool, called 911 and been a grieving mother.”
To read Pat McKenna’s full interview with ABC News, click here.
In this penultimate section, let’s now take a look at one avenue which Cindy Anthony might be exploring in an attempt to finally get the TRUTH out about what really happened on June 16th 2008, and the role George played.
“The Roula & Ryan Show”:
Back on July 6th 2011, Cindy’s Anthony’s 2nd cousin Dana McCain called into a Houston Texas radio show – 104.1 KRBE (“The Roula & Ryan Show”). She stated Cindy is already planning to write & release a book, within which she’ll explain how the defense claims about George Anthony in the opening statements are true.
During the call Dana states how they had a conference call with Cindy’s side of the family, where specific details were discussed confirming George’s participation – just as the Defense claimed.
Listen to the call in full below:
Dana Radio Interview 7-6 2011.
In the call, Dana states:
“It sounds like just ridiculous that she [Casey] was found not guilty. I promise it will all come out, and yes, she did some things wrong… there were major mistakes made, but it will play itself out… it… it was a true verdict.”
Dana is asked: “Do you think Casey killed Caylee?”
Dana: “…The entire family expected a guilty verdict. Only after a conference call with our entire family last night about 11 o’clock, where we found out things that, err, we’ve all been asking this entire time, since they got up there and changed the entire story… so yes, before last night I would say absolutely, it was a travesty that the verdict was not guilty – till last night.”
Dana is asked: You think he [George] may have had something to do with it?
Dana: “The story that you heard, that was presented by Jose Baez, was absolutely what happened… and, umm… I’m speaking for our side of the family… and that’s only because of the call that we received and the proof that we received last night…”
Click here for further info and to read additional excerpts from Dana’s call.
I know I’ve gone around the houses a little in this post, but I had little choice with there being so much to cover and so many direct & indirectly related players and events.
So in closing, let me say this:
There is ONE PERSON and ONE PERSON ONLY that orchestrated this whole event which resulted in the unfortunate death of Caylee Anthony. Without his perverted intervention, Caylee might still be alive today.
That person is George Anthony.
This is why he testified AGAINST HIS OWN DAUGHTER in her murder trial. He basically decided it’d be in his best interests to let Caylee die (on the morning of June 16th 2008) in order to save his own ass.
Now, how that translates into a death sentence for Casey I will never know. If anyone reading this far still cannot see that George is some seriously creepy guy who has clearly been lying from the start – then maybe they should let him babysit their little girls. Yeah, right.
The guy that was so guilt-ridden over his role in Caylee’s death and cover up – and the serial molesting of his own daughter and granddaughter – that he pulled his famous failed suicide attempt. But not before calling family & friends… sending text messages, and writing a 5-page BS letter to go with it. That was one month after Caylee’s remains were found – all to try and gain pity for himself and his situation as the “grieving grandfather”. Bollocks.
And who could forget the truly priceless looks on George and Cindy’s faces straight after the Not Guilty verdict was announced. They were well & truly pissed off. Why? Because they WANTED Casey to be found guilty of murdering Caylee. That was all part of their Masterplan. That would finally put them in the clear. They KNEW right at that point that attention would soon turn to them and their very own can of worms would at some stage be opened.
Spot the difference?
Personally, and as you might have already guessed, I cannot wait for the REAL truth to come out about what really happened to Caylee on that fateful day of June 16th 2008 – and the instrumental role George played in it all.
That could also be the same day George Anthony starts writing his 2nd suicide note. We shall see. I’m not into hating and I do not wish harm on him (or anyone else for that matter) – but everything happens for a reason. This is not over yet by a long, long way.
Remember the quote right at the start of this post from our resident piece of filth Yuri Melich?
Well, those very words he said to Casey @ Universal may well come back to haunt George Anthony, because if this case ever gets reopened, and George gets his sorry ass hauled in by Law Enforcement, here’s what they’re gonna tell him:
— Law Enforcement to George Anthony, (Date Unknown).
So folks – that just about wraps up my own personal theory on the events and aftermath of June 16th 2008. It is only my personal theory of course – but let me be the first to say this right here & now: If Casey’s own story ever does get turned into a book or movie – as it may well do at some point – then the story itself may not be an exact mirror image of my theory… but it’ll be darn close to it.
After all that, if there’s anyone out there that still wants to keep believing that Casey Anthony is guilty, and that she murdered Caylee with duct tape & chloroform before dumping her in the woods — then there really is no hope for you. All you can do is carry on thinking that… carry on hating… carry on drinking Jeff Ashton’s urine from your very own BS-encrusted chalice of denial – and good luck to you.
Your last 3 years worth of anger and vitriol was all for nothing, and you have nobody to blame for that but yourself. How do you feel now?
As Jose Baez stated during and right after the trial:
“Casey did not kill Caylee”
That still holds firm, and it always will.
CAYLEE MARIE ANTHONY – FOREVER AND ALWAYS.
PS. Message to Casey: If you’re reading this… always remember, you ARE awesome. Never let anyone tell you any different. No person or power in the outside world can compare to the power you have within you. You have a lot of supporters out here. Stay strong. Keep on believing… and keep the faith.
Support Casey --- Let the Waters Rise video
PPS. George Anthony: if you’re reading this – and I sure hope you will at some point – I ask you to do the decent thing here. Give it up. Quit bullshitting. Quit blaming Casey for everything you did. Quit playing games. Quit profiting from Caylee Anthony. Hand yourself in to LE. Confess to what you actually did on June 16th and afterwards. Take your punishment like a man. More importantly, CLEAR YOUR OWN DAUGHTERS NAME so she can at least TRY to get her life back. You took Caylee’s life, for GOD’S SAKE DO NOT TAKE CASEY’S LIFE TOO – you lying piece of trash and no good worthless turd of a father (and grandfather).
UPDATE: During the writing this post, I also posted a report from Geraldo Rivera in relation to George & Cindy’s Dr Phil interview. In this interview Cindy apparently attempts to attribute Casey’s “mental health problems” and Grand Mal Seizures as being the reason Caylee drowned in the “pool accident”. She obviously thinks everyone is stupid. Even at this stage neither of them are willing to clear Casey’s name OR (more importantly) admit to what really happened. Instead they come up with even more lies & BS. I can’t say I’m surprised in the least. But if there’s anyone’s mental health that needs investigating, it should be George & Cindy’s.
I’ll leave you with these words, which probably sum up Casey’s current position quite nicely…
Thought I couldn’t breathe without you, (I’m inhalin’),
You thought I couldn’t see without you, (Perfect vision),
You thought I couldn’t last without ya, (But I’m lastin’),
You thought that I would die without ya, (But I’m livin’),
Thought that I would fail without ya, (But I’m on top),
Thought it would be over by now, (But it won’t stop),
Thought that I would self-destruct, (But I’m still here),
Even in my years to come, (I’m still gon’ be here.)…
I’m a survivor…….
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Hi SJ. This is my first time posting but I have read everything on your site. I have a question that has been bothering me for some time. Maybe you can answer it. It’s about George’s employment. In reading some discovery I came across his resume and he had listed the last job he had ended in March 2008. Then I run across an application he filled out for Andrews International on June 17, 2008 in which he states he is not presently employed . Then in his depo in August 2009 he stated the job he was going to in June 2008 was doing security at Orlando Utilities Commission. And I have seen the Lexus dealership thrown around too but have never read anything where he says that’s where he worked. Help! Did he even work and if so where?
Also, do you think LE will ever look into George’s involvement? Probably not, it will make them look bad.
Hi Karen! Thanks for posting. As far as I know – GA “retired” from LE in Ohio to work in his father’s car lot in Niles, Ohio. But after GA threw him through a plate glass window, he was asked to leave.
He then took out a 2nd mortgage and started his own car lot – but when that went under they lost their home in Ohio, and moved to FL in 1989. There was also talk of him having received a work related “settlement” at some point as does he appear to be accident prone (and allergic to work). What his actual employment record has been since then is anyone’s guess. Night security was mentioned, as was car sales. He also allegedly tried calling Casey on the 2nd day of his “new job” at Lexus, June 16th 2008.
Anyway, having just raked in $500k from Dr Phil for his new “fund”, GA doesn’t really need to go job hunting any time soon – if at all. If anyone can shed any more light on the subject of GA’s employment, let me know.
As for LE ever looking into GA’s involvement – well – there’s always that possibility taking everything into account. There may also be someone out there that knows more than they should know, and they may come forward at some point too. Bottom line: GA needs to be brought to justice for the aggravated manslaughter of Caylee. SJ
fredagales says:
I am in awww… this is so detailed and makes perfect sense of what might have actually happened that day. It is difficult to prove, but it is a much more intelligent explanation, with evidence available as to what really happened to this little girl and her poor mother… being wrongfully accused of something so awful is more than most people in her position could withstand… and the public scrutiny has been pathetic to say the least… Casey, one day, what goes around will come around… hang in there pretty little lady… you WILL PREVAIL! God bless you… you have many supporters!
Freda, well said! Still supporting you Casey Anthony. You are in my prayers everyday.
In THIS ‘theory’, Caylee died because GEORGE was sexually abusing CAYLEE. My theory has been that George was again abusing CASEY and had allowed Caylee to go out to the pool alone, where she drowned during the incest. I figure Casey wanted to GET IT OVER WITH so she could check on her daughter, and we agree about the drowning. As far as calling 911-GEORGE is in control, Casey was in shock!-Cindy
HollysGmom says:
Good theory & one that is shared by a few of my friends over at The JB Mission
For the most part, I agree with almost everything you stated… it’s also possible that Caylee overdosed on some medication left out by Cindy that morning. As you stated, Caylee was up before George and Casey. He found her dead and put her in the pool to protect Cindy and of course, himself. He could never allow the family secrets to come out. I firmly believe Casey thinks Caylee died in the pool… I concur with the rest of your timeline.
M Kenn says:
Though I find your ideas very informative and plausible, I can’t fully accept the climbing into bed with george theory. Pushing her face into pillow to quiet her and accidentally suffocating her, i dunno, just doesn’t sound right. I think it’s much more likely caylee went out that doorwall and into the pool on her own. For whatever reason, george and casey preoccupied with something else. The rest probably very likely happened, or something similar to it. Just my opinion of course, who really knows besides george and casey.
alessandra says:
What you are saying is exactly what I thought when Baez accuse George of sexual abuse. I have posted many time this scenario and some people say I am out of my mind. The only thing I am not sure of is the pillow/soffocation. I do think he molested Caylee but went to far, then he on purpose let Caylee go into the pool and drowned and did not call 911 because like you said he they would have seen the molestation..Caylee would have been examined by the medical examiner. George is a dog and Cindy is George’s puppy. I am going to start prayiing that he goes to jail and that Casey will be declared innocent. Of course Casey’s haters and the media will never let Casey to live her life.
I am so happy that you see what I’ve suspected from day one….. I was molested by my brother in-law when I was a child but never told anyone including my sister and my mother went to the grave without knowing. I was afraid no one would believe plus it took years for me to come to grips of what happened that’s why I believe Casey,
Marilyn C says:
Hi SJ
GREAT work you did on this!!!! I think we ALL are so THANKFUL for everything you do to raise awareness of the REAL TRUTH!! I see we have another” Marilyn” on here now! Hey I welcome everybody who finally sees the LIGHT!! I want everone to come to this site to read the truth.I can’t wait to see what kind of CRAP LIAR George & Cindy try to put down the throat of all of us tomorrow.I have spent the last couple of days re-watching Casey’s pre trial hearings & have found some things very interesting,especially concerning Melich & LIES he told.I will comment more later.Thanks again for all your work on here!
SJ — Thank you for your 4-part series. It’s simply outstanding! I totally agree that George was molesting Caylee when she died, although I thought the molestation itself killed little Caylee when George became ‘over-zealous’. I think your scenario is absolutely plausible. And I agree with you about how the rest played out with George taking control of Casey that day.
I never considered that George brought Cindy into the plan, though. THAT is serious food for thought for me. I’m definitely going to think that part through. I can’t deny the possibility. It’s difficult to think that Cindy would be able to so easily send her own child to death row. But, your theory has me considering it.
Again, thank you, SJ. I am so glad to know that so many people support Casey — I can only imagine what she has been through and continues to go through. I never believed that Casey killed Caylee — not for even a second. I can’t explain it, but my initial reaction back in July 2008 was that whatever happened to Caylee, Casey was not responsible. My gut told me that Casey loved her child and did not harm her in any way, and although I never scrutinized any evidence prior to trial, my instinctual feelings never wavered.
I am also relieved to see that my own theory about George and this whole situation isn’t way out in left field — you and others clearly see it pretty much the same way.
I hope that Casey comes through this ordeal strong and healthy. I truly, truly hope that this young woman, who is innocent, is afforded the ability to get on with and have the bright future that her father and ‘the system’ tried to steal from her.
God Bless you! You are so right about George Anthony. He is a very sinister man. He is a conman, and a hater and abuser of women and family. As a grifter he stole from his wife, probably his father, he stole from River Cruz, and he is stealing from the public with “donations, foundations” , stealing from the media with fees paid for his acting part as grieving grandfather. He rules the roost with a high unholy level of manipulation. This isn’t hard for him to do, because his every waking hour is spent scheming for ways to get more money, and to save his own a**. His thought process is always one step ahead of us, because we don’t constantly scheme and connive as he does. He probably is a molestor. But I am not convinced yet of this. Most likely he is, but I am studying this, and want to come to my own conclusions. The level of hatred / indifference it took to scapegoat(from the very beginning) Casey to the damn death penaly is itself an astonishing level of evil. I am so happy that you have done this website and your research. You have brought a bright light in this dark saga.
JA Kalskett says:
Sherry…could you imagine Geo squirreling the large amounts of money from Cindy’s accounts? Knowing he and Cindy would need financial support while this situation ‘unfolded’
We saw all sorts of proof Casey spent other peoples money during the weeks between “early-to-mid June” and mid-July, but NOT thousands of dollars! IMO had she been guilty of intentionally harming Caylee, she, like anyone with that kind of resource WOULD HAVE been ‘long gone’ before Father’s Day.
There is a very good chance that Geo was getting a lot of money from his girl-friend. $4,000; $800. and several smaller amounts of a couple hundred each.
The amounts were substantial, really. Her sister mentions some in her deposition: Cecelia Benaida-Gonzale[z]…very similar to the C. Zenaida F-Gonzale[z] on that Sawgrass interest card.
A link has been posted here, by Suzy
http://files.realitychatter.com/CA/Docs/Cecelia%20Sky%20Benhaida%20021810_14041-14084.pdf
Hi folks! THANKS for the all positive emails & feedback on my post… all 8,500 words of it.
I think we’re all in agreement (more or less) as to what really happened on June 16th 2008 and afterwards – or more importantly George Anthony’s pivotal role & shameful cover-up since then.
In the meantime, we plough onwards with our mission. Let’s try and get this information out to as many people as possible via this direct link: http://www.TheUntoldStoryOfCayleeMarieAnthony.com
Thanks again for all the positive feedback! SJ
Thanks for being brave enough to post a much more plausible theory than the ones that are rampant with the ugly copers.
I don’t think Casey knows what happened. I think the drowning is the most plausible but then the question that remains is why the cover-up? It seems an autopsy was to be avoided at all costs, regardless of how the victim died.
I agree Sam…it was ‘absolutely crucial’ to the whole A-Family to make Caylee’s accidental death LOOK like the accident it was…not like the homicide that it would have looked like if Caylee’s body was recovered from the trunk area of G and C’s Pontiac, by Father’s Day…mid-June.
The heinous-murder story WAS THE COVER-UP of the most important FACT…Caylee’s body began to decompose befere the video that attested ‘Caylee was alive in mid-June…tho science, after Dec ’08, determined her death occurred earlier than mid-June.
Is there anyway to get georges dna to see if he’s. Caylees dad?? I feel that maybe he is her dad.
I have visited forum after forum, visited facebook page after facebook page both the support and hate Casey Anthony. I was so angered at the verdict that on Caylee’s birthday I posted a blog of my own to release all my hurt, anger, feelings of injustice toward the infamously termed “tot mom”. I have been obsessed with this case as apparently at least 75% of Americans have been most since day one.
They say that there’s always a little bit of truth to the multiple lies told in this case. By far, I have to say this is the most reasonable argument against her guilt. I never could believe or have any respect for anyone that thought she was innocent because of what seemed to be insurmountable evidence against her. However, the comical thing is that a group I belong to on facebook told me to keep drinking the poisoned kool-aid because I made mention that why did everybody feel so sorry for the grandparents. My actual thought was that it may have been an accident that happened the night of June 15th, 2008 when the supposed physical altercation occurred between Cindy and Casey that wasn’t brought out at trial and that poor Caylee somehow got caught in the cross fire. i left the group for awhile after that because although I felt Casey murdered that baby, I also felt I had a right to share my opinions freely and be respected as I had respected so many of the other asinine theories. I also couldn’t participate in the Support Casey sites because the people there were only interested in what a hot momma she was and basically their posts were vulgar and they couldn’t logically explain any of the questions the “doubters” had.
However, today I was killing some time before work and on one of the support groups, I found the link to this site. I haven’t read everything yet, but I did read the 4 theories. While I don’t agree 100% with all the theories presented here, I found this one too logical to pass up a comment. If we are to believe the child abuse theory and yes, it does happen, I’ve experienced it first hand not as a victim of child abuse but a victim of a spouse that enjoyed younger children, then this is the most plausible theory to date. I have to give you credit for your obviously well-thought out, theory the extensive work that was obviously proven (I’m convinced you’ve followed this from day one or at least didn’t miss a minute of trial and maybe watched certain parts multiple times) and lastly sharing however controversial it may seem with the rest of the world who are just looking for answers to what DID happen to that beautiful baby girl that stole all our hearts?
Thank you for the time you have taken to entertain my comment and I truly appreciate your involvement to share intelligently why there are people that do believe in her innocence.
WOW! This theory truly pulls the whole thing together for me. I had followed this case in England since 2008 and intuitively felt KC was innocent, and sensed there was so much more to this than what was being pushed onto public consciousness. Seems the grief tourists have been sadly hoodwinked by the sadistic Nancy Grace, who’s role has NOTHING to do with seeking justice, but merely to sensationalize and profit from anothers misery. There are many issues raised here that need answering, including the LE’s obvious cover up with Kronk ( now we know why Burdick raised so many objections) and their reluctance to investigate anyone else. These are the questions that should be asked, for the sake of justice and the constitution itself. Thank goodness the jury were intelligent enough to smell a rat and it did not end up like the WM3! thankyou for such an insight, i will now have to watch the whole trial again in light of this as the bits i rewatched here point out the now obvious. Love and light to kc, stay strong, the truth will out!
For so long I actually believed Casey did in fact kill Caylee. But after reading all this, it makes much more sense that George is the murderer. One thing I dont understand is if in fact George was molesting Caylee or had molested Casey why did she allow her little girl to live in the house with that monster? I honestly believe in my heart now that George did infact kill caylee.. but what doesnt make sense is why didnt casey call the police…. When Casey got the verdicts of not guilty the reaction was that of an innocent person.. Also, I havent seen casey trying to make any money off of Caylee… only George and Cindy.. its quite sickening..
Also one last thing i forgot, moderator if you want to add this to my last post as well… who in their right mind GOES AND HAS SEXUAL RELATIONS OR AN AFFAIR OF ANY SORT DURING AN INVESTIGATION IN THE DEATH OF YOUR GRAND DAUGHTER THAT YOU LOVE SO MUCH? I dont understand how George can sit there and boo hoo over caylee, try and kill himself cause he is soo upset but can go mess around with a woman.. seems like this guy cant keep his weiner in his pants. Obviously Cindy wasnt doing it for him, i could definitely see him taking advantage of casey or caylee..
CMeancnkiss says:
Wouldn’t they have been able to tell by Caylee’s remains whether or not she was sexually abused? Has George ever submitted to a polygraph?
Cindy~ “I want that body cremated, NOW!” Cindy had the body cremated AGAINST Casey’s wishes. Both Cindy and George refused polygraphs.
Kimberly Ballman says:
Wonder if this was because Cindy was hiding something she knew about the body that was found.
That was probably when Cindy realized she had been ‘led into the LION’S DEN’ and that things she was telling LE had been intentionally altered by ‘input of mis-information’ from Geo. Half of the time, Cindy din’t even realize she was framing Casey…Geo was thorough!
And how SICK IS GEO to send Casey on ‘scavenger-hunt shopping-sprees’ to unknowingly buy the very things HE needed to frame her for Caylee’s situation after Caylee was decomposing already in June and July (tho, her whereabouts and condition wasn’t released or confirmed until ‘mid-to-late Dec’)
Caylee’s remains were missing two bones that are used in determining if a deceased child had been sexually abused. The hyoid bone, the bone which secures one’s tongue to the throat. It is small and commonly broken in strangulation deaths. It can also be broken & strangulation results if there is extreme oral penetration. SHe also was missing half of her pubic bone(s). I say multiple because at her young age the bones have not yet fused and are still in 2 pieces. I have photos that document what I am describing. I have meant to do some articles based upon this topic specifically but have not as yet gotten around to it. I also have documentation of how the autopsy photos do not match the report, especially the skull. The crime scene photos do not match & there is question about the supposed skull/pixelized areas partly due to the discrepancies in the color ofthe skull within the reports.
Sorry SJ, I had only read the first part and then ran down here to offer some info & didn’t even make it to the bottom. ANyway, the timeline, IMO is off and it makes a HUGE difference. It alone proves George’s guilt. Please check my linked blog for the post entitled “Casey Anthony:Who’s Story More Closely Matches The Electronic Records” It is my belief that Caylee did die in the early morning hours as you have described above. Exactly. I feel that the digital documentation proves this. Casey is like many, a creature of habit. She spent much time online, on her cell phone, texting, etc. We all know we have plenty of “pings” to prove her digital timeline. I also have a few other articles there:
Did Casey Tell The Sexual Abuse Story To Authorities In 2008?
How Does The State’s Decisions On Seeking The Death Penalty Fit Into The Sexual Abuse Allegations Timeline?
The Casey Anthony Boyfriend Timeline
In addition to the skull/pixel discrepancy article I am also working on:
A conprehensive list of all of the times George sold Casey out (extensive, need help lol) including the Aug 13, 2008 jail visit where he told Casey “She’s close, I know she’s close then immediately went out to Fox News and told them Casey said “I know she’s close, Dad, I know she’s close”. This was the last familial contact Casey had. I also have some interesting insights into the conversation between them during that visit. Remember when the FBI asked Casey “What 1 person would you want to meet with alone to clear this up?” GEORGE. During that jail visit George asks Casey the same question and at first she’s like “huh?” cuz HE IS THE ONE PERSON.
A comparison of the Caylee Remains Autposy ReportVs. Dr G’s Special & statements made that directly disagree with the SAO’s case.
I’m sure there’s more to cover as well. I also have a good friend who did some great work on the whole playhouse/Cement factor of this peculiar tale. Who buys 18 bags of cement on an impulse during a weekend that it’s RAINING? 😉 Check out Catoutloud for all the details. Us support sites need to network all of this information. It might be needed one day.
https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp6.pdf
Chloroform is stored in fat but leaves the body in Urine. There’s no reliable test for chloroform in body or bones. How do you explain the car smelling like decomposition. A cop would know how to hide a body. A 20 year old would not. Disagree completely.
I don’t understand how, if she knew Caylee was dead but had been told instructed by George to go away for a few weeks and stay quiet, Casey could party the way she did and get her bella vita tattoo? However poor Caylee met her end it hardly seems like behaviour befitting a mother in mourning… Any offers?
Hi Michelle. For further insight, please read my post below covering “The 31 days”. SJ
http://caseyanthonyisinnocent.com/exposing-the-myths-lies-and-bs-and-uncovering-the-truth-about-the-casey-anthony-trial/exposing-the-31-days-of-partying-myth
I have to say, while I am not convinced of your theory, it makes way more sense than the one the prosecution put out there. I do have a question. In court the prosecution said maybe Casey did this because caylee was getting old enough to talk and could deny the nanny story. Do you suppose it’s possible that, being so spoiled by her mother and grandmother, caylee threatened to tell that “Jo Jo” hurt her. Of course he knew Casey would know what that really meant and probably Cindy too. Do you think it possible George molested her that morning, caylee cried and said she would tell, and George intentionally killed her, then it goes back to your story of him putting her in the pool. I would love to hear what others think.
Kira says:
Becca, since you mentioned the prosecution’s theory of Caylee becoming old enough to deny the nanny story, here’s something that I noticed: in George’s testimony, he claimed that when Casey and Caylee left the house, Caylee said to him “I am going to see Zanny!”
1) Obviously Caylee was already quite verbal, which makes the prosecution’s theory ridiculous.
2) There was NO Zanny in actuality, so why would Caylee say that to George? He was basically caught in a lie right there.
I believe he made an intentional “white lie” that seemed to support and lead to a heinous image that would later develope as the murder story progressed. (or unfolded….hoping EVERYone would notice) [IMO, It is that murderous image, that created the initial mistrust, in the minds of everyone, that Casey will carry until the truth can come out.]
What if Nan was the dolls name?…the one that was in the car, and he carefully ‘confused zanny’ with Nan or Nanny, the babydoll, maybe?
…to my embarrassment, it would seem, it makes more sense that the car was ‘Nan’s place’! The Pontiac, after all, was registered in her name…LOL but Caylee’s babydoll was the toy she want to go to sleep with, where ever they were after ‘moving out’ of Hopesprings. [no wonder Cindy cleaned and Fabreezed the ‘damn car’, otherwise Geo would have blackmailed her, and SHE would be ‘donating’ to the Anthony charities, too!
Albatross234 was right…Geo always followed the money…more likely, he was like the pied piper and the money follows him. With the authority he assumed, HE holds the only proof to the event, but would have destroyed anyone who deviated from the way he said this story ‘had’ to unfold. Look what he has put Casey through…
*one day there will be a pic of her decomposing body in the trunk (with the date and the white sunglasses) before he wrapped and hid the body to allow the HMStory to unfold.
Hi Becca,
Yes, it’s also possible that Caylee was getting close to telling people about George’s antics. I do not think it was unintentional though. Caylee’s death occurred during the commission of a felony (GA’s abuse) – and that is classed as murder, regardless of the intent. Casey also stated the same in her psych reports to Dr Danziger & Dr Weiss. The only connection to the pool is that George dunked Caylee in there to make it look like an accident.
If she had drowned there would have been water in her lungs, right?
And anyone in that family would have lied, if it hadn’t been accidental!
There would have never even been much of an investigation, if there were no signs of foul-play in the place where the child’s death occurred; it’s rather easy when 911 is called, EMT arrive quickly, attempt resuscitation, transport the victim to the hospital, where they are determined DOA or recover. That happens almost everyday in Florida, and on tv.
That’s the reason I don’t believe Caylee drowned. Instead, she was ‘kidnapped’ [if that’s what you’d call moving a dead child’s body]… I call it destroying evidence to cover one’s involvement, or more simply, deliberate deception. [tho i’m not a psychiatrist or LE]
Because I believe there is a law against withholding evidence, and moving evidence from the scene…where the death of a child was the result,
that moving the child’s body, without authority to do so, is a felony offense.
She had planned to get that tattoo long before we bumped into Lee at the bar. She had shown the idea/sketch to me during the day, when we were talking. The photo of Casey and Caylee was taken shortly after when the kids were playing. Her feeling was that the tattoo represented a new life for her and Caylee, one with out the hard life they had lived at home. One without George. So, Caylee was alive at this time. I just don’t know what to think…but I do know that she did not kill her.
I think Geo convinced Casey that he had taken Caylee to visit his parents for 2 weeks…until probably about the time the car ended-up at Amscot. Had he truely been in possession of a cell phone obtained in NY, one from his hometown and a local one (used between Casey and the nanny) and when he took Casey’s away……that would account for 4 phones; coincidentally Crystal Holloway mentioned (under oath, I think, or maybe in an interview, after trial)
I want to know then, why in your story, is there no menion of Casey borrowing the shovel?
Hi Brigitte. No, I didn’t include reference to Casey borrowing the shovel in my post as I didn’t see it relevant at all. It came back clean according to Brian Burner. Why Casey borrowed it I have no idea, but it certainly wasn’t to dig a hole & bury Caylee in the back yard or anywhere else for that matter. The only digging going down in the Anthony’s back yard was during the impromptu “landscaping project” G&C hurriedly started on June 30th 2008. SJ
CATOUTLOUD.wordpress.com Details that highly improbable & ill-advised cemement slabbing on a rainy weekend. I also have 3 reciepts of Cindy’s from documents that show she/they went to 3 different stores on 2 different days to buy supplies.
…that was for SUPPORT…Support for the “heinous murderer image” that continues to prevent the truth from view. It painted Casey as responsible for what happened to Caylee AFTER Father’s Day…
Everything necessary to the “Heinous-Murder Story” that ‘unfolded” was designed to be proven “inconclusive” by forensic science after Dec, for the murder trial that would follow the child’s disappearance; from which the jury derived the NOT Guilty verdict…it is the HMStory that protects the A-family members from responsibility in the child’s death. The Father’s Day video was made in mid-to -late June; but science proved Caylee was decomposing already: ‘early-to-mid June’.
Does the “date of the search” and the “act of borrowing the shovel” occur on the same day, or was the search first? IMO, by having Casey ‘borrow the shovel’ from the neighbor, Casey provided an “eye-witness” to the H-MStory…this interaction verified she was at the Hopesprings address on that day…hopefully, the neighbor will recall this incident when the time comes to “unfold” the “heinous-murder story”.
Also, yes, even if following the instructions of George to act normal as if nothing had ever happened, a grieving mother, Still would have grieved. I lost a child, and I know, no matter what, nobody could have talked me into, forced me,or held me back from grieving. I forgot how to smile & Laugh. There is no possible way that Casey Anthony is this innocent victom as you portray her to be. I am not caling her a murderer, I will keep my opinions aside about that. However, I do feel that you left out any facts that you could not “blame” on George in anyway.. What I want to know is, why has there not been anyone ask George & Cindy to take a lie detector, or go under hypnosis? I know that a lie detector cannot be used in court, but court is over, and she cannot be tried agian, So I just dont understand why if people think George is fully to blame here, why is he not being asked to do a lie detector or go under hypnosis? At least then, everyone will either know the truth, or, everyone will then know that George is Not guilty! If he did it, he would spill it all under hypnosis!
Hi Brigitte. Yes, GA probably would spill it all under hypnosis or with a polygraph test, which is why it’s never gonna happen. It’s a shame Dr Phil didn’t have them both do a polygraph test on his show – but then again it’s not surprising really seeing as he was flying the “grieving grandparents” flag for them. SJ
Hello all! This is my first post here.
Regarding hypnosis. Hypnosis isn’t considered acceptable evidence in court, nor is it considered a reliable means for detecting deception. People are in much more control when hypnotized than movies and tv shows depict. In addition, many people can’t be hypnotized, even if they want to be. Then there are some who can slip into a hypnotized state but can’t maintain it for long. However, one can fake being in a hypnotic state.
Scientist are exploring the use of fMRIs (measures brain activation) to detect deception, but the use of such science in the courtroom is years away.
Currently, there is no reliable methodology to detect deception. Certainly, lie detectors provide interesting info, but lie detectors are easy to fool. The scientific reliability of lie detectors is moderate, which is why lie detector results aren’t used in court cases.
Body language experts study deception extensively. I personally find such methods questionable, but it would be interesting to study the use of lie detectors and body language analysis used together. I don’t believe that body language analysis is accepted in court cases.
I’m not at all addressing this specific case; I am simply addressing the science of detecting deception.
G and C made a deal with LE in the first days after July 15/16… they declined the polygraph for their COMPLETE cooperation. *Baez found it necessary to file that letter of cooperation with LE on July 21, for Casey’s protection.
IMO The cement pouring on July 4th weekend, was EXPECTED to look suspicious; they provided so much chaos and misinformation to keep certain secrets from being focused-on.
“Casey’s truth” on June 14th…was ignored and discredited as the murder story unfolded and delivered the deception that Caylee was not dead until after June 15th (but the child WAS NOT alive when that video was made… she was already decomposing.
Hi Bridgett, you asked “There is no possible way that Casey Anthony is this innocent victim as you portray her to be.”
I hope you won’t mind if I post an answer for you to think on.
What part of an ACCIDENT would she have to defend herself against?
Jenne' Andrews says:
SJ– the problem I have with your theory is that however unfortunately there’s no proof of a history of sexual abuse here. Secondly, what about the calls on June 16 Casey made to her mother? Why don’t you think, since she wrote it in jailhouse letter, that Zanny was Zanax and that other young mothers have been known to sedate their kids in order to have some time to themselves? How can you rule out an accidental O.D.? Casey is a compulsive liar– and stole from her parents. Why wouldn’t she have had no problem drugging Caylee? I do not believe as many do that she is a psychopath and cold-hearted killer but I believe that nearly everything points to having accidentally o.d.’d Caylee. The drowning scenario is also plausible to me. I don’t know where your perceptions of George Anthony are coming from. He convinced many that he is a grieving grandfather who would have never harmed that child. xj
Hi Jenne’! Great to hear from you. The thing is – any OD (Xanax related or otherwise) would have shown up in the bone & toxicology reports, which as far as I’m aware came back clean. Had it been evident, then it would surely have been brought up at the trial.
As for “proof” of the sexual abuse, what proof are you wanting? I doubt any of it was caught on tape, even though GA has over 1,400 pics of Casey on his laptop – so asking for “proof” is not an option. The signs are there – just as the signs of GA’s abuse on Caylee would have been there if a 911 call had been made. My perception of GA has been built up having seen his performances over the past 3+ years, and (more recently) on Dr Phil. Having said all that, I still stick by my theory as to GA’s murder of Caylee and his cover up. SJ
IIRC, toxicology reports came back clean; no drugs were present in Caylee’s bone marrow when it was tested. I don’t believe that drug-hair analysis was performed.
WHY DID’NT CASEY TESTIFY IN COURT AND WHY WAS THERE NOT AN INVESTIGATION INTO GEORGE, CINDY AND LEE?
By trial, Casey realized she didn’t have to tell what really happened, or challenge the lies about the Heinous-murderer story. Accepting the murderous image was the fastest route to freedom for her. She wouldn’t be any more equipped with proof than she was in July ’08, to expose how Caylee died, or how her accidental death was made to appear murder…The truth disappeared with the decomposing body, before the Father’s Day video was made. There were no loose ends, or evidence, by July 15th/16th…of 2008, not until after experts studied the child’s remains for the trial.
to the question, point about whether or not Casey was molested by George… that Casey was almost eight months pregnant n upon attending Cindy’s brother’s wedding, her brother commented, others did, about Casey obviously being pregnant (very pregnant), George n Cindy denied this, vehemently denied this, stating, oh, Casey has just gained weight; Casey has been working out… while certainly this is not scientific, it screams dysfunction of the worst kind… not hiding, but, denying Casey’s pregnancy, in essence, denying Casey… to me this screams dysfunction; sexual abuse, incest; rampant sickness within the Casey’s family
If G and C had ever suspected Caylee was ‘drugged or abused” they would have petitioned for custody of their “baby”.
Well, while you might be right on, for some of this.. The dates do not fit the truth. Look into the date that Lee said he went looking for his sister to find Caylee. On this date.. Caylee was alive and happy, and as cute as can be. She went to sleep on my sofa, in the apartment we were staying in, she was being babysat, while we went out this night. We went to a house party, there are in photos from Caseys camera, and then we went to the bar, where we used a disposable camera, and met Lee, celebrated Casey’s birthday, since he had missed it, and snuck out the back so he could not follow us. The truth is in the photos on the Internet everywhere. You even have one photo that my little son took on your site. It is the photo with Casey and Caylee carrying my sons Eagles football, with his small fabric orange with black lines basketball in the grass. If you look into these photos and find the places that they were taken, and look for the friends, you will find me. I do not know ALL the truth..like I said..but I do know that Casey did not kill Caylee and that she was alive and not drowned in a pool and she was not missing. What happened after the night at the bar.. Well Caylee went with her mother and her boyfriend back to their apartment.
Kimberly,
from your posts I take it you’re a friend of Casey’s? I’d like to hear what you have to say if so. How do you know her? And what do you mean she (Caylee) wasn’t missing?
Kay…Don’t believe everything you think…that’s what got Casey in trouble in the first place…
Someone wants people here to think they have answers, tho all they have is an opinion…but I believe what they are implying is wrong, no matter how much authority or insight they claim to have…So, Kay, just be careful what you are led to believe.
Tricia Beyer says:
Even if Casey did not directly kill Caylee, i think she knows what happened. It would make some sence that she is “protecting her abuser”, as some victims do. If in fact she was abused, which I personally think she was, then she might do that. It does seem crazy that even through her trial, she did not break down and “tell the truth”. But in investigating sexual abuse victims, they sometimes “block” things out, and it IS possible that she just can not recall the truth.. It is a very sad story that has broken lots of hearts of people who did not even know this little girl. And instilled lots of hate for people they dont even know. Astonishing how quick people are to judge. And as for the media, well I know first hand how they can destroy someone who is totally innocent. The American public believe anything they see on TV….I do feel for Casey even though I think she is a liar, I’m not convinced that she (psychologically) has any choice. Her parents aren’t or do not appear to be role models themselves. Nobody is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. But the only conclusion to all the confliction is that what has been told is not what actually happened. I appreciated reading this “theory” of yours. I agree that if the truth does come out, this will have a crazy resemblance to it! You have done a lot of homework SJ. Too bad you don’t have your own TV show, maybe we could have gotten more answers out to people instead of hyped up insignificant BS that we have all been told!! And my thoughts on anybody making money off a book…..It will be a cold, cold day before they make any money off me, and the publishers will have to answer to their creator for that one. As will the killer/killers of Caylee…………….RIP Caylee
My theory has been the same all along. However, the reason that Casey did not “hear” Caylee being molested that morning is because she was not home … yet. Casey’s cell phone records show that she called the Anthony home, on the 16th, before 8am. Cindy left early that morning. I have always believed that George was molesting Caylee as he did Casey. I also believe that George and Cindy had Caylee involved in other illicit activities. I believe that the illicit activities had been going on in Casey and Lee’s childhood as well. I do not like or trust George or Cindy Anthony and in my opinion, they are both abusers, sexual and otherwise and it is my opinion that they exploited their children and granddaughter. Casey is innocent in my opinion, I never once doubted her innocence. For those who do not know, those pictures of Casey at the Fusion nightclub were taken BEFORE anything ever happened to Caylee … this is a fact.
MiMi of 3 says:
“I believe that the illicit activities had been going on in Casey and Lee’s childhood as well. I do not like or trust George or Cindy Anthony and in my opinion, they are both abusers, sexual and otherwise and it is my opinion that they exploited their children and granddaughter”
Tami: I just happen to agree with every word here. I too, believe they are both abusers, sexual and otherwise and it is also my opinion they exploited their children and grandaughter. I also believe G&C had Caylee involved in other illicit activities. Both, IMO, are evil! I also believe there is a HUGE cover-up going on here due to higher-ups being involved! JMHO
Molestation and incest accusation were the emotional element that kept the public interested. Do you realize how powerful an accusation that is? True or not, it affected other followers/survivors to believe the heinousness within their family…true or NOT!
CJ says:
Darn right it’s powerful especially because nobody believed Casey! I did though. Casey presents as a classic victim of father daughter incest. Classic. And George, the family presents as a typical family of incest.
I believe with the depth of the family ‘dysfunction’, it has always been impossible to find truth within the forces at work…the power struggle within their home in early June, put Caylee’s life at risk, though none of them would have ever harmed Caylee intentionally.
IMO If there was ever ANY indication Caylee was not safe, missing while alive or that she was in any particular danger, they would have ALL called LE; as any family would protect their smallest member, by using every resource available (even stolen money from family) to find her.
madchatter says:
Who took the disturbing video of little Caylee in her high chair eating a piece of toast? First of all, she was babbling, but whoever was behind the camera did not engage her in conversation, like one would with a small child. Secondly, they seemed to place the camera in a untoward manner, pointing it inappropriately between her legs! Who did this? It was so strange and creepy!
Seen that on youtube, apparently it was George.
I want to hear what Casey’s friends have to say. Like Kimberly, who has made a few comments here, seems to know her. If you read this, Kimberly, tell us. What do her FRIENDS think/know happened??? I truly thought, like 90 percent of Americans that heard only what the media was portraying, that she’d killed her child. When I actually watched the trial, though, I couldn’t swallow it. I was struck how her friends said she loved her child very much and she was a good mom. I think these are probably the people who know her best- not her family… my friends certainly know me better than anyone else, especially better then my mom, dad and brother!
Actually the person who convinced me beyond a shadow that she couldn’t have killed that baby girl was her ex-fiancee. Right after the verdict, he seemed furious that she’d been found not guilty, but was adamant that no way would she EVER harm her daughter. The guy seemed to hate her, but was still defending her, at least in regards to that. So where are her friends, why haven’t they spoken up? Are they just trying to distance themselves from the whole thing, or do they think she did something wrong? I’d be interested to read anything her friends have said, or do say, if anyone has links.
thinker says:
Some time ago, and I do not recall where, I read some news articles about a murdered woman, whose body was found in Blanchard Park. As I recall, the woman was a therapist/counselor, and the article speculated that Cindy Anthony had been seeing this therapist (allegedly).
Does anyone out there recall reading the same information? I wonder if there was a connection between Cindy A. and this murdered therapist? Did Cindy see her? Did Cindy tell some of the Anthony household secrets? What, if any connections can one make between the murdered woman and Cindy ( well, any of the Anthonys)?
Is there a connection(allegedly)? Anyone recall reading any of what I am referring to?
Will the public ever know what items/information were sealed? There appears to be many unknowns… Are there photos never seen, except by the subject(s) and the photographer?
Is there concrete information pertinent to this tragedy which should have come to light? What information could have been gleaned by opening the curtains and windows, so to speak? Why is there such secrecy related to some things taken/discovered during the early stages of this investigation?
Who would want to keep the curtains and windows closed?
I do recall reading about this murdered woman ~ just don’t have a link at this time. Also, Casey had apparently given names of three young men as possible biological fathers. All three young men, have died in car crashes……coincidence, I don’t know, but I wish LE would do some invesgtigation of this. (IMO, GA was jealous of any possible suitors of Casey….just think about it~!)
I believe there is a reason for all of us to be ‘obsessed’ with this tragedy ~ trying to pinpoint facts, etc., I personally cannot let this go by the wayside until I can see some Justice for Caylee and also for Casey! As I have repeatedly stated for the past three-plus years “something’s just not right here”!
You said it! I believe “THAT something” is the earliest PIECE of mis-information that ‘led away from Casey’s account’ of Caylee’s whereabouts after midnight on Friday the 13th.
THE DATE WE ARE SUPPOSED TO ACCEPT… Caylee died on June 15/16. b/c nothing disputed the video…and after seeing that video in the news, many people at Mt Dora recalled (even after 45 days) their momentary contact with Caylee WAS on June 15th; THEY “unwittingly” substantiated the false date.
* IMO If everything that follows, is incorrect b/c the date is wrong; the truth still has not been found.
Where did all the misinformation come from? IMO it was from a heinous murder story that was about to unfold over the next 149 days…image Casey painted of herself…the 500 piece puzzle…an accident that snowballed into a (heinous) murder story that “luckily” affected the outcome of a DP case/trial…I don’t think so.
I no longer believe everything I think…just cuz it is what I’m led to believe! In this case, nothing is as it should have been, right down to that June 16th, date.
IMO when looking back to the place in time when Caylee’s body began to decompose [early to mid-June ’08] there is an obvious “mis-information snow-ball” that affected everything that followed afterward:
I say, “misinformation fell like snow” once the child began to decompose…The very first piece of mis-information Casey received was provided in the Father’s Day video. Casey was the FIRST victim of “misinformation” beginning June 14th until Aug 9th, Caylee’s birthday.
During the investigation process by LE, more than 31 days after Caylee was seen last (Casey “lost sight of Caylee”, June 14th) that video was all Casey, Cindy or LE “could’ve found” to determine Caylee’s condition on Father’s Day; in LIEU OF EYE-WITNESS testimony [outside of the A-Family] that Caylee was alive on June 15th [mid-June].
IMO the June 16th date is critical b/c it is ‘mid-to-late-June, so IT IS LIKELY that the June 16th date is as much as 24 to 36 hours after Caylee’s death occurred; b/c in truth, she had already begun to decompose.
This makes complete sense to me! Even George admitted in his interview with Dr. Phil that Casey was ANGRY when George came back to live with them & she did not want him back in that house. (When George/Cindy separated). Out of all the many speculations regarding what really happened, your theory makes the most sense to me. I think another possibility for the separation of George and Cindy was not just the gambling, I think Cindy found out he was abusing Caylee & kicked him out for that 8 months, then said he’d “never do it again” and Cindy let him back in.
If GA was caught abusing Caylee Cindy should have never let him back in the house. What kind of mother would do this? Once is enough.
Respectfully, the idea of sex abuse is just more of the accusations that interfered with the truth being uncovered at trial.
When looking at what things the trial actually accomplished, there should have been a second story with another suspect to test the evidence against.
You know George’s overblown Granddaughter worship makes me wonder. One thing I know is he is deceitful and his emotions are hugely exaggerated and manipulative. What they actually mean, I am not sure.
Sometimes the “ex-cop”, sometimes he announces which character he is… “just simply Grandpa, JoJo…or Papa Joe: there may be many faces of George…but the personality that knew Caylee’s secret, died at Caylee’s wake/his suicide attempt, burying her secret with the memory of how she looked when he found her already dead and decomposing in the trunk of the Pontiac. [GA appears ANY WAY he “needs to appear” at any given time]
IMO there was NO ONE who wished the little girl dead. I believe everything after June 14th while she was missing…RESULTED b/c she was already decomposing when her whereabouts was discovered, most likely after midnight on June 14th. [her condition PREVENTED a 911 call on or before Father’s Day] The ‘absence of the body’ prevented Casey and Cindy from alerting LE that Caylee was ‘missing’ after Friday the 13th and during the 31 days after they both “lost track of Caylee”
IMO The common link was George…he kept Cindy and Casey at odds to allow as much time as possible before LE would become involved.
Caylee’s body and all facts were manipulated in the first moments after Caylee was found dead. Everything was designed to lead the (heinous) murder story, as it unfolded.
Evidence melted away as Casey’s image WAS painted by the story she couldn’t tell LE. b/c she DIDN’T know where Caylee was between the June 14th and Dec 11th…but IMO from what Casey saw on Dec 11, she knew WHO had the “missing child” during the 180 days, the purpose of the HMStory and ‘why she had to be portrayed as a murderess’ was crucial to the trial. [the trial was a dispute over the evidence, not determining guilt for the child’s death…the trial did nothing but declare “murder was not evident” as it was not determined who’s care the child was under when her death occurred…Leaving all questions about Caylee’s death, unanswered.
She was confident that science would prevent a connection between false evidence, the HopeSprings address on June 14/15/16 and the lies that she alone knew Caylee’s whereabouts, after death had occurred, b/c she was intentionally “out of the loop” since June 17th; except of course the mis-information she was being given after June 15/16; once she repeated to police, set- her-up as a liar and murderer, and responsible for all the civil actions that continue, today.
IMO to execute the ‘heinous murderer story, the LE investigations and the trial verdict, the child’s body had to decompose a full 180 days to conceal the WAY SHE DIED…even tho the place and manner disappeared from all view within hours of her death, no water in her lungs would ring of foul-play.
DebC says:
I really wish that I had experience with movie making because if I did i would follow your theory of how this whole thing happened and create a “fictional” movie about George..
I would also add in 3 car accident/murders of his daughters boy friends and add in the murder of his wife’s therapist.
I would make the movie so that anyone familiar with the Anthony case would recognize the story, but make sure to change names,etc so as not to get sued.
I cant think of a better way to get the story out and get people thinking that maybe, just maybe they have been fed a whole bunch of BS thu-out this whole mess…
A nice portion of the profits would secretly go toward helping Casey get back on her feet, and an even bigger portion towards hiring a private investigation team to do some much needed research on George’s background.
Of course it would be hard to disguise the one-of-a-kind Nancy Grace.. (Whoever called her sadistic was making an understatement.). I think she should be taken off the air along with HLN’s court coverage of trials.
Anyway, that’s my dream for the day.
KatM says:
You put this together very well! I always knew from the start that things just did not add up. I feel so sorry for them both casey and caylee! Its just a messed up situation and I really hope the truth comes out and they lock his @ss up! I can relate to the whole abuse from a father! You dont want to talk about it…and its just much simpler to keep things quite and keep on like nothing is wrong…i mean its your dad..ya know…and its like eventhough you know things are wrong…you just kinda keep going on day after day….untill you finally make up your mind and not go back around him and just tell the truth about it all….. I dont know…its hard to explan! But i pray Casey finds peace where ever she is in this world..and just know that there are so many that support her and wish her nothing but the best! 🙂
I am glad to see someone besides me truly thinks this woman has been through hell and that she is innocent!
Casey did not put Caylee in the woods:
When Caylee was pronounced as missing Cindy said that Caylle weight 40 pounds and was 32/or 3 feet tall. Once you are dead they say you are dead weight as the person becomes rigged so they are very hard to carry. In Caylee’s case besides all of that she was placed in a blanket and then inside a canvass laundry bag and in 3 plastic bags. Casey according to J. Baez weight close to 100 pounds as he said soaking wet and she was about 5 feet tall.How could Casey carry Caylee through the woods with trres and limbs on the floor, bushes and other plants, garbage. TV they showed how thick the brush was. Casey had no scratches or anything visible that anyone talk about.
George Anthony was the only one that could carry Caylee. This man belongs in jail for sexual child abuse and murder. Casey can still charge George A. with molestation and I think it was also rape as the is no Statute of limitation when the child is 12 and under years old. I wish she did charge him.
Jaylyn says:
I have to say I have always thought that George Anthony has had something to do with what happened to Caylee, however I don’t actually think he murdered her. I believe that that Caylee did in fact drown in the pool, however George Anthony knew that he could never allow Caylee’s body to be autopsied because her little body would most definitely show the signs of his sexual abuse. He knew that his daughter would straight away point the finger at him because he had done the same to her. He knew very well that the best thing would be to make Caylee disappear. By the time her remains were found there was not enough left for them to find any signs of sexual abuse, therefore George could breath again and start to point the finger directly at his daughter. Every time I have heard George Anthony deny the sexual abuse allegations I have never been able to believe him and I really do think that sexual abuse really lies at the center of the mystery, of what happened to Caylee Anthony.
Hi SJ .. I have been reading your blog with much interest and saying hmmmm lol. I had come to the conclusion after reading all of the discovery that little Caylee had drowned on June 16th after Cindy had gone after Casey for stealing money from her grandmother the night before. I figured she was so angry with Casey, that she inadvertently left the ladder up in the pool and just wasn’t thinking properly. I did however notice that during the trial, Baez asked Cindy if she had ever taken Casey to a gynecologist for “female problems” she was supposed to have had. Cindy told him she had not, so even if she doesn’t want to believe that George molested Casey over the years there is no real proof he had not. Cindy was the main supporter of the household, she went to work early in the morning, leaving George with ample time to do what ever he wanted to his children. They would never tell if he had. No wife wants to believe that her husband molested their child or children ever.
On another note, what about all the gambling George had done without CIndy’s knowledge? I really do not think that man is to be trusted in any way shape or form.
I believe that George was home when Caylee died because he remembers exactly what she was wearing the last time he saw her and the only way he would remember that is if he knew it would be the last time he saw her. If Casey had left with Caylee at 12:50 PM as he had stated, then who was on the computer from one until three pm when he stated he left for work at 2:30? Too many of his statements do not add up at all.
I am interested to see others; thoughts/interpretations of Cindy A’s bizarre (well, one of many) statement during the final chapters of the trial:
I stopped looking for Zanny 6 weeks ago…
Was this a parting shot to Casey? You have gone too far now, you didn’t stick w/ the story… you are on your own?
This statement seemed to be said directly to Casey, and as I recall, was meant to cut her to the quick…
Yes. I agree but not just in the final chapters of the trial.
In one of the 911 calls – I believe it is the first one – it always sounds like she is threatening Casey or giving Casey messages that she has no power here. She will go down – fast and hard. She is giving Casey the message that Cindy has the police on her side. Casey has nobody.
Hi Sam:
What are your thoughts on these, shall we call them oddities?:
The stranger than strange Caylee “funeral services” put on by the Anthonys…
Caylee referred to Cindy as “Nan”. Caylee even sang “please don’t take Nan’s sunshine away…” Was Caylee using Nan as short for Nana (common short for Grandma) or was this short for Nanny? Maybe Caylee heard others ref. to Cindy as nanny…Maybe Cindy herself, refd. to herself as “the nanny”…
Early on, George stated ( and I am paraphrasing here): that was not my granddaughter’s body in the trunk…?
I hadn’t heard those oddities yet! I’m still reeling over all the others (heart shaped sticker, duct tape, crackling maggots, FBI investigators saying they suspected corruption but not being allowed to let the jury know, George’s gun, multiple cell-phones, sealed evidence, the very mysterious ‘experts’ for the prosecution, the fabricated chloroform searches, Roy Kronk, and the total lack of ability to connect-the-dots).
As far as the oddities you mention, it makes a whole lot more sense than the other nonsense that gets mentioned. I call my grandma Nanny. She wants that because she says Grandma sounds too old.
The body was never in the trunk. I think George may have difficulty with language. He often doesn’t say what he means.
George feels betrayed by Casey so now he will entertain whatever anyone says about her to throw her under the bus. The wet garbage was why the car smelled. Cindy’s car, btw. The car is in her name. Funny how nobody could figure out that the car tested for chloroform because she had cleaned and Febreezed it.
I believe that is why Casey abandoned the car. It was never hers to take. He changed his testimony once Casey told the truth. His love affair with his daughter was over then. He does not think he abused her. He thinks he loved her.
What are your thoughts on the chloroform? I think George mentioned it somewhere along the line so then LE started searching for it. They found it in the car and in computer searches that were later found to be incorrect. Cindy may have actually told the truth about searching for chlorophyll.
…IMO…her body was ‘no longer in the trunk; and it was only a small piece of decomposing matter that was placed in the car before it was towed…maybe even hidden in the purse that was located in the front seat. (Casey lost it when she ‘lost sight of Caylee’ on Friday the 13th…her worst of worst days. from the POV I’m trying to reference another adaptation of the facts we’ve been convinced was an indication of murder, that I call the heinous-murderer story, that last year, at the trial, science ‘dis-proved.
That’s proof of the power struggle within their family that led to Caylee’s tragic disappearance….G and C are the authority figures in the household on Hopesprings. Casey (with Caylee) left their home June 9th, with their belongings in the Pontiac; they avoided outward contact with C and G afterwards…until AFTER Casey could not find Caylee on June 14th, WHEN EVERYTHING CHANGED.
What was the story Casey WOULD’VE told LE on June 14th (early -to-mid June) when she lost Caylee’s whereabouts… IMO WITHOUT the video, Casey wouldn’t have believed Caylee was nearby and safe “while she conducted her own stupid search for her daughter for 31 days”, she would’ve reported Caylee missing after 24 hours…on Father’s Day.
I say she would have also reported Caylee’s death, had she known that Caylee was already decomposing when the video appeared to have been made; mid-day, June 15th (mid-June)
IMO It was a “heinous-murder story” [carried in the media during180 days that Casey believed Caylee was missing] and its unrelated evidence that unfolded over time. It was the only STORY that science tested and the jury weighed (not directly connected to Caylee’s death event) but quickly resulted in the UN-expected murder trial verdict.
*IMO WHAT Casey BELIEVED “mid-June” regarding Caylee’s whereabouts and condition was INFLUENCED by the Father’s Day video and ‘what information she could find’ before July 15th…*Keep in mind, Caylee’s body began to decompose “early-to-mid June”
Hmmm!” when she said “I stopped looking for Zanny 6 weeks ago”, please, what was the date?
*I believe Cindy was already looking for proof of ‘the nanny’ (George’s g-friend) between May 30 and June 9th (Cindy’s vacation days). She spent 2 days with Shirley in Mt Dora, possibly using her computer to make searches and secure her banking accounts. IMO the hairbrush she gave to LE on July 23 had the g-friend/ nanny’s hair…but the pic Cindy was shown July 24 was of Crystal.
For months, Cindy couldn’t find ANY truth in what ever George or Casey was telling her…about anything! By late May, Cindy knew money was missing from her online banking accounts, but couldn’t tell who was taking it; Casey OR George? She spent 2 vacation days at MtDora with Shirley. [Shirley’s advice was to kick ‘someone’ out]
Casey and George shared the home computer and were equally suspicious…secretive and manipulative..
Cindy had never seen the outfit Caylee’s remains were recovered with. But Casey could tell when she saw the news on Dec 11, that Caylee had died in the clothes she was wearing the last time Casey saw Caylee alive; face-to-face….which Casey remembered as “31 days since I saw my daughter” and IS June 14th…’early-to-mid June. The fact the body was recovered without shoes, says she was either sleeping or napping, or swimming: IMO no swimsuit…no drowning…that simple.
Angelina says:
Hi there: I felt that KC is innocent from day # 1, just intuitively, as many of us: but here is the problem: Casey has been given to LE (by G &C – from one side, and by NG and other media- from another) “on the plate”: grilled, salted, peppered, etc…- just ready to eat. And they “ate her. YM and other “excellent”, “hard working” detectives were unable or unwilling to think “out of box”. Now – even when the trial is over, and Casey is out of jail – she is NOT FREE.
My question is: G&C are liars, – obviously,but they never took the polygraph – just refused. Why doesn’t the state to go ahead and to RE-OPEN this case? I believe they MUST put G &C trough the polygraph (and it’s doesn’t matter if they like it or not: too many questions needs to be answered here). Otherwise, the endless “I hate Casey – lynch her!” festival will continue, as we all can see now. It’s a great and brave thing SJ is doing by supporting Casey trough this website, prayers, etc …, but (in real life) it’s will not help her to walk freely on the streets and live without fear. So, what to do? Any thoughts?
I think the State needs to be investigated. The case cannot be re-opened by the same corrupt people who charged her.
Pure speculation, but maybe, just maybe, Geo. knew that Casey looked up choloroform after she recd. that “funny” email from her boyfriend, something about win her over with chloroform… Maybe Casey even asked Geo. what that meant…or maybe Geo. had encountered something similar during his police force years…
Yes, many cleaning products can create some nasty byproducts…
I still wonder though about George’s comment ( I didn’t paraphrase it too well, so let’s try it again) something like, ” …that body that was in the car was not my granddaughter…”
The first time I heard it, I thought to myself, how strange?
Does this comment mean there was a body in the car it just not his granddaughter? Could it be that the deceased person was NOT related to him by a Grand anything relationship but by something much closer. It almost seemed he was saying, oh yeah, there was a body in the car, she isn’t my Granddaughter though…
Almost like he was spinning the body in the trunk story, but a kernel of reality came out: she’s not my Granddaughter…
Find it on youtube and see if it doesn’t seem to have some weird meaning…
And why did The A’s originally say they had not seen Caylee nor Casey since June 9/10?
And I am beginning to think the 30 days Cindy A. told Casey she had already given her, when calling LE, was originally a harmless 30 days that the A’s agreed to keep Caylee while Casey searched for and moved into a new home, after the big fight, which I believe really happened on June 9/10. Maybe Casey was told you can no longer live here, you have 30 days to get a new place, secure it, and move your belongings to, then come back and get Caylee. I think originally the 30 days were inocuous and Casey was seeing apts., hoping to gather her things, her child and go once and for all. It later spun into something not so harmless…
Hi Sam.
You are right…these people make statements with odd sentence structure; which complicates clear understanding of their purpose. The whole family speaks English, but often it seems, when they voluntarily want to ‘give mis-information’, it usually screws-up the sentance structure. Like Freudian slips…they occur when the mind is processing something besides what is being said from their mouth. Not always, but often it is the result of ‘lying or speculation’
…not my granddaughter…That IS A MIND-TRICK many LE officers use to ‘detach their personal feelings’ from crime scenes and accidents like car wrecks, (where the sight of mangled people might otherwise affect them personally, especially in cases involving children)…in this case, it was his ‘gr-child…he was ‘good’ at lying and hiding the truth…but not perfect. Personally, I think Goe’s forte is “intimidation”
I don’t believe that the case can be reopened without further evidence and Casey can never be charged again for the same thing. She has been acquitted so unless they find further evidence to support someone else doing what happened, the case will remained closed.
Here is a thought SJ that is in line with your thinking of Casey and possibly Caylee also being molested by George. Jesse Grund had stated he and Casey were engaged and she broke it off because he loved Caylee more than he loved her. Perhaps his affection towards Caylee sent up red flags to Casey as she knew behaviour like that from her own father and associated it with molestation rather than just plain love. She had told him that her brother had molested her but had not mentioned her father doing it. This would also be in line with her all of a sudden being best pals with her mom after her father moved out. George and Cindy stated in the interview with Dr. Phil that he had moved out in early 2006 I believe it was, and Jesse had stated they split up in 2006 when Casey became best friends with her mother. Until that time, after Casey had Caylee, she had spent most of her time that she was not at work with the Grund family.
I believe she had major trust issues. She had a friend whom she trusted babysitting little Caylee. When that friend found another job, Casey lost her job and became her own nanny. She let on that she was still working at universal studios, which we all know was not the truth, and spent all of her time with Caylee. Why would she do this? I would hazard a guess here and say that it was because her mother expected her to work as she had done all of Casey’s life, but Casey feared for her little girl and what her working could possibly mean. People will do strange things when they feel the need to protect their children.
justI says:
Hi you know i do remember baez stating in opening that either the job/the nanny was was also an excuse to avoid her dad. One of those lies and i agree casey became the nanny, she was with her everyday and nothing had happened. The baby was going to have a b-day in 2 months time and would be missed regardless of where they lived so what ever happened was not planned. though i believe it was an accident(possible drowning) and casey didnt know what to do, she feared her mother would blame her for the rest of her life and made it worse for herself. I dont think she did anything to the baby though if she did put her in the woods she should take responsibility for it bc the baby didnt deserve that and if she didnt, but knows she should go to the police and say everything. to at least ease all this hate. I do feel that if it ever comes out with proof that someone else is the true culprit, haters are gonna hate and say “still didnt say anything for 31 days…”
This was so well thought out and well written and presented. I believe and surmised on my own some of what you also believe and have posted here for us all. I was an abused child and it is possible for the abuser to manipulate the abused and for one parent to do so with the other parent never knowing what is going on. Each time when I saw Casey crying while her father testified and I saw her tears and felt her pain. I felt how she was crying for the little girl that used to be her as a child. I cry from my own memories of my childhood and it is not selfish tears. The tears are for the child in us that never got to live that normal, beautiful, happy life of childhood. We who have been abused are the only ones who can understand how we survive in abusive, dysfunctional families. We still love our abuser why we fear the abuse. We still love the abuser while we do not understand the abuse and we cry for the child in us that will never be able to let go of that pain. Casey exhibited that in the courtroom and I believe her claims. I also believe that was more going on with that little girl Caylee than we the public will ever know. Thanks for your well written and surmised article.
I just finished again watching and listening to the first jailhouse visit by Cindy and George A..
I believe I now have seen and listened to those 6-7 times, yet they still fascinate me.
For those who have never watched the first jailhouse visits between Casey and her parents, you must…
Geo. never allows Casey to “spill the beans”, or finish a sentence, when it appears that the sentence may incriminate any one other than Casey. Instead he talks over her, barely breathes from talking so loudly and quickly, anything to prevent Casey from revealing any truths or asking any questions which may point to her innocence.
Casey seems totally in the dark and her responses seem honest and without hesitation. She even tells Cindy, I don’t have anything to add, I am totally out of the loop…
She even says something like: this is the first time in any of this that I have been angry…why am I still here…as if she cannot comprehend nor fully knows what all has happened to her daughter, or maybe she believes Caylee will be returned if only she complies, sticks with the story, and remains in jail…
These tapes will cause you to ask many questions re. to this tragedy,and just who knew what when, and what Casey had been told…
When Cindy begins to “cry,” Casey asks her dad, “why is she crying already?” And Casey then laughs for about 5 seconds, not a laugh of hahahaha we are getting over on everybody, but a laugh like, oh my goodness, I am gonna crack up at your bull@#$% crying, and Casey even says(paraphrasing), while trying to keep from cracking up, Boy, I almost lost it there…like she had to keep up the game to save her daughter and any possibility of being released.
The entire lot of tapes, but particularly the first visit is telling. I do not think Casey had yet realized what was going on, what her parents were doing, had done or were planning to do… She appears angry and frustrated that she agreed to get locked up for a short period of time ( per her parents) and that all would be well.
Also, I earlier asked if anyone remembered Geo’s odd remark early on: “the body in the trunk was not my granddaughter…” What is he saying here? There was a body, it just was not his granddaughter’s? or that Caylee is not his granddaughter? I believe this remark has powerful meaning…
For those that wish to see the videotape of said remark, visit youtube and search for “where was George Anthony on July 15, 2008?”
I believe this site contains the first jailhouse visits between Casey and her parents, if not search youtube, using Casey and The Anthonys first jailhouse visits. As posted on youtube, pt. 1 is particularly fascinating!
HI! There is also Cindy’s FBI interview available on youtube. Check it out please (if you have not already). There Cindy says that probably Amy (Casey’s friend) is that infamous nanny, who kidnapped Caylee. And that is strange, as Cindy also gives the description of the nanny and tells the investigator that the nanny has BLONDE HAIR. This is odd, as it always has been considered that Zanny the nanny is some hispanic woman…If i’m wrong than enlighten me please) have a nice day…
Help us all! Hi Victoria. Good point! Hmmm, it seems that the nanny, a nanny, some nanny was what was needed…let’s just throw something out and hope it fits! Also, in the jailhouse letters ( offered at this site), Cindy is writing Casey and writes (paraphrasing here) oh yes, I found the Nanny’s hairdryer in your room… maybe there is a hair on it…
Whose hairdryer is this? Where did it come from? Why would Cindy write Casey and ask her about this mystery hairdryer belonging to who knows who? Who did it belong to? and whose hair was on it?
If you have not, please read the jailhouse letters…
Fas-ci-nating!
Hi! I’ve not read them yet, but I will… Why would Cindy do that I have no idea… It’s just weird and even scary… Why they supported this story about the nanny, though it had already been proven that there was no nanny… Something is terribly wrong with these people… And btw, I’ve heard that Cindy babysits for another girl (about Caylee’s age)… nonsense… SJ’s theory is very very plausible, but I’m not sure about an occasion of abuse on that fateful day… my theory is that Caylee drowned and GEORGE was just afraid of autopsy, as his abuse would have been discovered (I’m not sure about the rules in your country, and I’m from Russia), and in our country if the drowning occurs than the autopsy of the body must be performed right away). So he covered it up in order to destroy the evidence…
Cindy said that about Amy b/c Amy told LE that Casey was following instructions from someone after mid June.
@Thinker:
I have from the beginning believed that George is/was the biological father of Caylee. I’ve debated this subject for three years now and with all of the opposition to it, not ONE individual has been able to produce the actual DNA Test Results for George. I heard ASShton state (more like mumble) under his breath that paternity tests were done on George & Lee ~ both being negative. Everyone seems to take this as gospel, but i WANT to see the actual test result, with my own two eyes ~ then I just ‘might’ believe it. With all of the absurdities/lies we, the public has been spoon fed, why should we believe ASShton? IMO, I will always believe this little tidbit has been kept from us!
Anyone beside myself believe it to be just a little strange that a DNA test from the brother and father was even requested?
i have also wondered why George was not given a Dna test. I have also wondered if George, Cindy, And Casey thought George was the father and that is why they lied to the family, and even lee, about Casey being pregnant. Just a thought but so much about this family is weird.
I’ve been watching this case unfold since the beginning, and in 2008 I did believe Casey had something to do with the death of her daughter. After watching the trial and seeing George and Cindy on the stand, I started to have doubts as to how “loving” these grandparents really were. Your theory seems like it could hold some truth. I think people forget how young Casey was when this all happened and how easily she could have been manipulated by her father. Anyway, I hope one day Casey does decide to tell us the events that went down that day, after all she doesn’t need to “protect” her father anymore. I really think hearing the truth from her could change the opinion of the “Casey-haters”. Oh, and SJ.. nice work on the site.
Yes, one could spend one’s entire day searching online documents and video/audio tapes…
I find so many inconsistencies! Yesterday. while on youtube, I saw a clip of the “Find Caylee” command post. Behind the volunteers, I noted a posted with all the particulars re. to Caylee: her DOB, weight, height, age, etc.
And also, the date she went missing: June 9th, not June 16th, when Geo.. claims he saw both Caylee and Casey leaving, even describing both outfits with astonishing detail, right down to their backpacks and the color of their outfits…
How can one remember mundane details like color of shorts/skirts, but not the date? The 9th was one full week earlier…
I may not remember what my grandchild had on any particular day last week, but I would certainly remember spending Father’s Day ( June 15th) with him, especially if we went and visited an aging relative… and altho’ I may have to look at a calendar to determine the date, I would know I had last seen him on Father’s Day, not some 7 days earlier, which was not a holiday nor a day we ventured together to a nursing home!Those types of “SPECIAL” events stick in one’s mind… something like, yes, that’s right, we drove the hr. there and back, we visited with my aged father, Caylee sat on his lap and was adored by all who saw her. She sang and was sooo cute; what a special day we had. Yes, Father’s Day was certainly special and my father so appreciated seeing sweet lil Caylee…I videotaped the whole thing…Yes, I am sure it was Father’s Day and that was not the 9th, let me look at a calendar, yes, it was the 15th of June that Father’s Day fell on!
What is this about? Why the 9th? and why was this date used in the poster at the search post?
Did someone later realize: oh my gosh, there are people who saw us at the nursing home, omg there is a video of us there on that date at that time? uh-oh, let’s rethink this…it really wasn’t the 9th???
This seems odd indeed… why the 9th originally?
G and C had returned from taking Caylee to the beach, a theme park and water park during the first week of Cindy’s vacation days May 29th thru June 9th. That was the day of the big fight between Cindy and Casey; after which Casey and Caylee spent the next week avoiding going to Hopesprings Dr and G and C. The next weekend was Friday the 13th, Flag Day, and Father’s Day. Caylee was with Casey on Friday the 13th and with G and C on June 15th thru the 16th. Who knew where Caylee was on the 14th? No one outside the A-Family witnessed Caylee after Friday the 13th, but forensic science experts say ‘she was decomposing already’ before mid-June.
Short of a confession, wouldn’t LE efforts to arrest and convict George be fruitless given that the state spent so much effort to convict Casey, for Reasonable Doubt, all he’d have to do would be to point to the fact that the State doesn’t know what they are doing. Or am I missing something?
Randy, I think it would have to be some competent people who arrest George. Jeff Ashton has already resigned before being fired. If the corruption was cleaned up, it would be pretty easy to show that George Anthony wanted to make sure the remains were decomposed enough not to show the sexual abuse.
Maybe the skies will open up and truth will rain down like little, silver orbs, absorbed by those it touches…
Maybe someone will offer the importance of the original, claimed date of gone missing: June 9th…
Maybe someone will set the record straight …
Maybe someone can gather up the truth and begin the healing process for those who have lost and can never find…
Maybe the truth can still set one free…
Secrets and sorrow ruin…
Offer your prayers for those who are hurt and still hurting.
The struggle within the home had been ongoing for months, if not years; but went out of control after Casey turned 21.
…or at least long enough that it would be impossible for forensics to detect water in her lungs or NOT…since she was decomposing before mid-June…she was not alive when that Mt Dora video was recorded b/c if she had died with water in her lungs, 911 would have been called…
With the Penn State scandal, we are seeing once again how the world covers up for molestors. Just like they cover for ‘ole George.
Sherry ~ my thoughts exactly! This Penn State thing with the pervert Sandusky has only just begun to unravel.
I honestly pray daily for George AND Cindy to be exposed for WHO and WHAT they truly are!
I agree with many others that there is definitely corruption in Orlando, Florida! I am constantly writing to Linda D-Burdick, asking for further investigation into GA. So far, no response. I attempt to appeal to her ‘motherly’ side ~ we’ll see!
After watching Cindy testify during trial, there was one statement she made, concerning Caylee being naked in the pool ~ how she loved to feel the jetts on her back and her bottom! I find this disturbing and I’ve been unable to forget it for some reason. (Please, don’t bombard me w/your negative comments on this subject ~ IOMO).
During Cindy’s MEmorial, listening to George speak about “smelling her sweet sweat” made my skin crawl….
IMO, there was a LOT more going on in this house (not a home) then we will ever know! Cindy originally began her nursing career as a pediatric nurse! Wonder why she didn’t continue in that field?
I’ve been thinking that maybe, just maybe, Lee suffered from a similar type of abuse and he & Casey will tell their story ~ together. This may be the ONLY way we’ll ever know the truth! I think there is a sibling bond between Casey & Lee ~ who knows, stranger things have happened in this case.
Yes, Sandusky’s strange behavior and that sickening interview made me realize they are the same brand, different style. I was on the fence, but not now.
Okay, so I am a skeptic….so help me understand. Is there any proof that George molested Casey? I never heard it mention until Opening Statements. Did I miss the proof or is everyone going on Casey’s word alone??
Also, I did follow this case very closely. But did not see the video of the Memorial Service. Could someone tell me more about the comment George made about “smelling her sweet sweat”? That seems sick….although the whole family is very messed up.
Is there any proof that Geoge was involved in the murder or is that alone on Casey’s word. I just feel I followed this very closely and it still bothers me to this day. It’s going to be like JonBenet Ramsey….never be solved. I don’t trust anyone in the family but seeing George and Cindy’s grief makes it hard for me to believe either had anything to do with it.
What proof do you expect? No, I personally don’t have ‘proof’ yet, but I know things eventually will prove me correct. I base MO on her psychological behavior, signs & symptoms. I also closely observed George’s illusive & defensive manner in which he responded to questions at trial. May I suggest you read up on sexual abuse and see for yourself if it doesn’t all fit together? Have you ever asked yourself ‘what father would be in the DELIVERY room, observing the birth of his grandchild?’ IMO, this in itself is a RED flag of sexual abuse!
As for SINdy’s MEmorial, you can watch it on YouTube. If you haven’t viewed it yet, suggest you do so.
Re: your comment of this tragedy being like JonBenet Ramsey’s ~ never to be solved, I pray you’re wrong.
Re: George & SINdy’s ‘grieving grandparents’ routine is IMO, a bunch of BS! What grandparents of murdered and/or missing children do you know that setup ‘Funds and ‘Foundations’ and use the money to support themselves? Can you give me ONE constructive, charitable thing they’ve done for anyone besides themselves? I don’t think so. Have they used the $30,000 Rescue Boat to help find ONE missing child?
Has SINdy ever offered up a thank you to Tim Miller of TES or offered to reimburse him for HER request for him to search for a ‘live’ Caylee ~ ummmm, NO!
George, the Sponge, & SINdy say they are unable to work, therefore they MUST draw salaries from the latest ‘fraudation’! WHY are they unable to work? Might I mention, their many flights to NY, CA & the Bahamas (to swim w/the dolphins), They don’t appear disabled to me! What grieving grandparents do you know that obtain tattoos, take cruises and buy jewelry and diamond stud earrings? What grieving grandfather that is so depressed, supposedly out searching for his beloved granddaughter, has a romantic liason, right in the middle of all of this?
Instead of George, the Sponge & SINdy remaining silent after their daughter is found NOT GUILTY, why do they decide to go onto the Phil show and accept a $500,000 donation and two new jeeps (listed as property of the foundation BTW)? I only heard more of the same BS as always ~ except the Sponge getting one last dig in on Casey by saying “I blame my daughter for Caylee’s death” ~ me thinks he doest protest too much! Poor guy ~ this is the most work he’s ever done ~ trying to convince the world of his DAUGHTER’S GUILT! What normal father does this?
WHY does a ‘grieving grandmother’ give the wrong hairbrush to the FBI? There are so many more things to dissuade me from EVER believing that they even loved Caylee. You have to decide for yourself…..meanwhile, I DON’T BUY the ‘grieving grandparent’ routine.
Hopefully this link will help you to reach a conclusion in regards to the sexual abuse Casey
endured:
http://lindafossen.blogspot.com/2011/06/why-i-believe-casey-anthony-was.html
MiMi…thanks for that link!! Loved the blog post…so right on!! However, it didn’t work when I copied and pasted it…there is an extra html at the beginning…it should be
Again thanks…your comments are ALWAYS so informative. I also believe Casey’s behavior exhibits signs of sexual abuse…years of abuse. I thought that prior to the allegations ever being made.
Jill ~ thank you for the correct link. I feel if we as a group can post reliable links and factual information, it just might open the eyes of a few, if not many. I’ve noticed a few more that seem to be coming over to the ‘awakened’ side ~ lol.
There seems to be a haze over the ‘haters’ ~ where they REFUSE to listen to the FACTS and have on blinders when it comes to Casey. I have never witnessed anything like it! They seem to be hell-bent on praising ASShton and ripping Casey, Jose’ and Mason to shreds. Some of them seem almost demonic and diabolical. (We need to pray for them ~ it’s never good to have hatred in your heart for ANYONE).
Okay, so maybe I didn’t follow this case as close as I thought….George was in the Delivery Room??
I don’t trust Cindy or George and who knows what went on behind closed doors….sickness is everywhere!! I will watch the video of the Memorial just havent’ got the time at the moment…..work and my own daughter. She’s 22 trying to get through Med. Lab. School and helping her out all I can at the moment. Hope I can watch it this weekend.
My daughter is one of the reasons I get so hooked on these cases…..I still get that sick feeling in my stomach if I feel something is wrong or she is in danger. Just happened to me this week. I am so sick of parents, grandparents, boyfriends, girlfriends etc. killing/abusing these innocent children. Just had a case where I live – a 27 year old raped a 7 year old……father just killed his 2 year old…..I JUST DON’T UNDERSTAND!! We are supposed to take care and protect our children…..what’s going on??
Yep, George was in the delivery room. He also stated he went with her to office visits and viewed the sonograms. I don’t find the latter offensive, but the way he describes being in the delivery room, watching the actual birth….left me with a sick feeling. I think a perpetrator would probably want to be ‘right there’ just in case the victim started to tell doctor and/or anyone else about the abuse. To me, this is just another form of control the pepetrator uses to instill their silence.
Cindy also testified she had never taken Casey to a gynecologist until about seven months along. No visits prior to that! You having a daughter, I’m sure you can agree that the age of 19 and seven months pregnant is just a ‘little’ odd!
I couldn’t agree with you more about the way things are happening in this world…..too sad for words. I hope you have time to watch the MEmorial and keep me posted on how your feelings change for the ‘grieving grandparents’.
Mimi:
I do plan on watching it this weekend. I do agree this is one screwed up family…and Yes, if my daughter came up pregnant today…tomorrow I would be getting her an appointment with a dr. Her well being has always been top of the list. I do agree that George and Cindy have done some crazy weird things. I can tell you my father….who I love with all my heart…would have never come in the delivery room with me. I would have been grossed out and so would he….he would have sent everyone in that hospital in before he would have come in.
I do believe George and Lee did molest Casey but wonder why she waited so long to spill the beans on George? Maybe lawyer advise…..sad thing is who do you believe in this case they all are liars.
MiMiof3,
you ask…WHY does a ‘grieving grandmother’ give the wrong hairbrush to the FBI?
Cindy gave THAT brush to FBI b/c she hoped THEY would find proof of the “other woman” that Casey told her ‘Geo was seeing for the previous year and a half’…the one who sometimes watched Caylee; [the #10 w/ black curly hair, arm tattoos, straight teeth and worked for LE]
*Casey couldn’t locate her after June 14th, or her ‘look-alike’ / twin sister, Crystal Holloway
Remember? Cindy was shown a pic of Crystal and she commented; Sorry lady, but you’re NOT A #10! Neither Casey or Cindy was shown a pic of Cecelia Benaida-Gonzale(z).
*1. [Gonzale(z) was dropped after her divorce]
2. Cecelia was ‘undercover’ for the corrections facility, so Casey never saw her in a line-up.
3. Crystal (AKA River Cruz) and her sister; Cecelia (AKA Skye ?) and George AKA (Papa Jo) were the authors of the HeinousMurderStory who manipulated the truth from June 14th until Casey was incarcerated. Cindy suspected, but Casey couldn’t prove her story.
Ironically, Padilla found info on C.Benaida-Gonzale(z) b-4 he was ‘dismissed’ by Cindy, Casey and Geo)
SJ:
Thanks so much for allowing me to vent last night. I know I got a ‘little’ carried away, but I feel we ‘owe’ Casey that much. 🙂 Feel free to delete anything I wrote if needed. I get so frustrated at times ~ just feel the need to speak up for Casey and little Caylee.
Hi MiMi! No probs. Any time. You covered everything. I couldn’t have said it better myself. I know it can be frustrating at times when some people refuse to see sense and insist on beleiving the BS fed to them daily for 3+ years… but we plough on regardless. I also updated the link to Linda’s page in your earlier post. Make it a great day! FAA / SJ
SJ: I thought you and the others would like to see the ‘lovely’ photo-op of George Anthony.
Make it a great day! 🙂
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Quinco-Electrical-Inc/150683628315771#!/photo.php?fbid=267938303256969&set=pu.150683628315771&type=1&theater
MiMi…There is a picture of Georgie and $indy in that facebook album…it says that 10 employees and their wives made chili for the chili cookoff. Georgie doesn’t have a job at Quinco Electrical, does he? I mean…isn’t he allergic to work or something like that? I’m telling you, that man gives me the creeps! ugh!!
Jill:
ROFLMBO ~ I don’t know if George is employed there ~ however, he does have on a lanyard with an i.d. and has on a Quinco t-shirt. I think the man that owns Quinco is David Deese ~ the one who flew G&C to the Bahamas in his private jet for the week of swimming with the Dolphins…lol. Must be nice, $500K in the fraudation account, two new jeeps, a good job AND a healthy looking wife who is drawing disability! I was told last night that Lee is also working there but I haven’t verified that as of yet…..lol
He gives me the heebie jeebies too….that grin on his face is, well, priceless…lmbo! If he IS employed there, it’s just a matter of time before he injures himself and files a worker’s comp case! lol
Who said crime doesn’t pay?? FOOL! 🙂
MiMi…is this picture of Lee…looks like him to me, but I’m not sure. If so, he too was at the chili cookoff.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=267938303256969&set=pu.150683628315771&type=1&theater#!/photo.php?fbid=257045101012956&set=pu.150683628315771&type=1&theater
WHY is Cindy on disability? She could work!! Yeah, the two of them are real winners…I sure hope Casey stays far far away from them. There are plenty of others who would take her in as their own…she certainly doesn’t need them. I hope she is getting better and healing her life since she is not in contact with them and not under their control.
Yeppers, that’s Lee! I really don’t know what to think about him….kinda, sorta under the impression that he may have a possibility of having a relationship with Casey. I actually felt kinda sorry for him during the trial.
But, yes, I hope & pray Casey is getting stronger and better daily and I think she’s much better off if she rules out G&C from her life.
Jill: Cindy stated during the trial that she’s been on disability every since this tragedy began. I too think she looks healthy enough to work. JMHO
MiMi…agree with you about Lee. He too has probably suffered as a child of G and C. I think his behavior is bizarre in that while he was being questioned by police he giggled and laughed quite a bit. I have experience with that and used to do it too…smile when I really wanted to cry. It’s just a way to hide your feelings, hide yourself. I believe both Casey and Lee have had to deny who they really are to make their parents happy and to feel accepted by them. Such a shame.
Jill ~ I so enjoy reading your comments~!
Just now finished reading Dr Ablow’s book. Have you read it yet? I found it very informative and learned a lot from it. You hit the nail on the head re: Lee & Casey suffering at the hands of George & Cindy. Would love to hear what you thought about the book….I loved it, although I didn’t want to read his last opinion! I can only pray to God he’s wrong. This entire tragedy is just so sad, makes me feel like crying again…..I did that a lot from the very beginning.
MiMi…I love reading your comments as well. I think we are pretty much on the same wavelength as far as how we feel about this case and who is responsible…and it’s not Casey. I’ve lived with a controlling man…who once I was out of the marriage I came to believe was a sociopath. He was very controlling but in a very insidious way. To everyone else he was a “great guy.” But he was VERY manipulative and was a user of people. He could use people without them ever knowing they were used. He really cared for no one but himself…even his kids were “props” to make him look better and to give him joy. He was never abusive in the physical way, but he sure knew how to play mind games. I literally thought I was going crazy! I also was sexually abused in my teen years…which I feel is why I settled for the guy I married. I had no self esteem. So…I say all this to say that I have some experience with these types of people. I believe the “haters” who are out there calling Casey names and ripping her apart have no clue…they just want something to hate. It breaks my heart that Casey reached out to people saying she thought she was going crazy and wanted help but no one did anything to help. As a mom, when your kids says that…you get them help!!! That feeling is so, so scarey…I know!!! When you live with controlling, manipulative people, they have a way to make you feel like your crazy, not them. You second guess everything. I believe Casey really needed help, but if she went to get that help, the dysfunction in the home would have been exposed and Cindy could have none of that! It really just breaks my heart!
I did read Keith Ablow’s book and it made SO much sense! Like you, I don’t agree with all the theories…but he states what I believed all along. I totally believe she was sexually abused since 8 years of age and I think perhaps Lee was too. Casey didn’t just start lying about the nanny and her job after Caylee “went missing”…she had told these lies for years! WHY??? Why didn’t police dig into that deeper. They only went to the surface, but I believe the answers lie below the surface. I would love to discuss the book in depth. I too REALLY hope Casey proves his last chapter wrong. She has to be strong to already have gone through what she’s gone through…I think with treatment and unconditional love from people who really know how to love she can be alright and thrive. My hope is that one day she will be able to help other girls and women who struggle because they have been abused.
If you would like to discuss the book in depth ask SJ to give you my email address. SJ…you have my permission to give it to Mimi.
Jill ~ WOW! You and I must be sisters from a different mother ~ lol. Everything you wrote, I have gond thru the exact same things, except no sexual abuse. Mine was psycological, verbal and physical abuse. I too was married to the ‘great guy’ who to this day still has almost everyone in town convinced he’s Mr. Wonderful ~ roflmbo! I would love to discuss the book and so much more with you and yes, SJ, will you be so kind as to give us one-another’s email?
I also believe/KNOW that Casey is strong ~ she has to be, to have dealt with and coped with everything in her life, not to mention three long years in a cage. I cannot even begin to imagine the tortured feelings she must have endured. Every night when I showered, I would think about Casey not having the privacy to even do that! I pray for her daily, that God gives her strength, courage, stamina, endurance and FAITH to see this through to fruition.
I want Casey to KNOW we are here for her and that we truly care for her~:)
I look forward to her book and hopefully Justice for Caylee (oh, bite me SINdy)!
Sam, I totally agree ~ this case needs to be re-opened. Perhaps we should ALL bombard Pam Bondi’s office with emails. It probably wouldn’t hurt to send email to Linda Drane-Burdick, John Allen and Appie Wells. (I personally would NOT appeal to Yuri Melich)! I just KNOW someone down there in Florida agrees with us and maybe they just need a little push in that direction.
I just don’t understand how they can say “this case is closed and we’ve moved on” ~! Is noone EVER going to be held accountable for this child’s death ~ let alone her disposal like garbage?
I need your input on a question. Casey distinctly said: “I haven’t seen my daughter in 31 days”~ (we all know that statement).
There are 30 days in June.
16JUN thru 30JUN08 = 14 days. (George says he last saw Casey & Caylee)
15JUL08 = 15 days ~ (Date Cindy located Casey)
TOTAL#DAYS = 29 days ~ (Not 31 days as ORIGINALLY stated)
QUESTION; Do you think this would show that Casey wasn’t even with Caylee AT ALL? Do you think
George could have been ‘caring’ for Caylee all along?
15JUN08 George’s START DATE at new job (I don’t think GA had been working for many months)
On one of the first news videos, GA states that Casey had moved out as of 09JUN08. (I will locate and post the link)
Is it possible they, G&C had kicked out Casey and kept Caylee as of 09JUN08 and ‘fed’ Casey the story that Caylee had been kidnapped and Casey had no idea what had happened at all? I have always said there’s something ‘just not right here’!
CORRECTION: 15JUL08 ~ GA’s START DATE at new job.
Link to interview w/George Anthony stating Casey had moved out of their home as of 09JUN008.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao8Z2L8KN-I&feature=related
CORRECTION: (again, sorry) 🙂
GA’s date of employment application: 17Jun08
GA’s date of availability for emplyment: 01Jul08
what say you re. the original “missing” date of June 9th? posted on the original fliers?
what say you re. the “anonymous” phone call made to investigators, in which, the caller states emphatically that she saw both Casey and Caylee at the Anthony’s home on June 12th ( can be found at youtube: Cindy Anthony’s anonymous call)? Yes, it is entitled that because many believe it is Cindy A. herself…
and what is your opinion of the jailhouse visit between Lee and Casey, during which, Lee basically tells Casey that the 9th could not be correct…she follows that lead and say something like, oh yes, now that i have had time to remember…”
I am beginning to think the 30 (or 31) days were originally given to Casey to get a job, get a place, and then come back for Caylee; the A’s would provide 24/7 care for Caylee until that time…
Of course Casey would not report her daughter missing then; she either wasn’t “missing” yet, or Casey was led to believe all was well, via calls/other.
It just seems soooooo odd that the dates have changed during the course of the original missing child posters, initial jailhouse visits, and subsequent…
I wonder if Caylee was fine/not missing actually much later than June 16th, and this is why Casey appears “fine” in the Blockbuster surveillance and other photos taken during mid-late June: there was no “missing” Caylee at that time??? Casey is behaving like any young person, out enjoying herself, renting movies, dancing, being with peers. Could it be that Casey had nothing to be concerned about because all was well????
Also, what say you about the jailhouse visit between the A’s and Casey (see youtube) jailhouse visit part 1 of 4? (have you seen this?)
I would be very interested in your take on that conversation ( in particular).
The dates, neither June 9th nor June 16th seem logical; did something happen later much closer to the July 2 Myspace posting?
Hope to hear your thoughts…
Thinker:
I’m going to work on every one of your questions tonight, and will try to respond by tomorrow evening. I think you and I are on the same page ~ thinking that Casey was given that 30-31 days to find employment, leaving Caylee with the ‘unemployed’ grandfather? and Sindy. Why report your child missing if you’re under the impression she’s fine?
Thanks for your post.
As to the mix-up on the dates: IMO, it was Cindy’s ‘idea’ to establish the date(s) with Casey – getting their (G&C’s) stories straight! (Keep in mind Casey didn’t know about Caylee being ‘missing’ until July 15!) Ooops, Cindy had forgotten about the Father’s Day visit on June 15! I think she would have stuck w/this date (June 9), if LE hadn’t discovered the video of their visit to the nursing home.
(I currently believe Cindy probably KNEW of Caylee’s death all the time – from the beginning.) Somewhere around the July 15th, G&C somehow convinced Casey that Caylee had been kidnapped, telling her to do everything they told her and Caylee would be safely returned. After all, dad is a retired ‘LE Officer’ and he knows ‘a lot about a lot of things’!
The anonymous phone call: Yes, I do believe that was/is Cindy. Casey was NOT at home on June 12th – the desktop computer in the Anthony’s home had been logged on, to one of Caseys sites. I think the call was made simply to establish Casey as being on the computer. G&C KNEW that LE would obtain PC records, hence, they needed a ‘record’ to prove Casey WAS as home on June 12.
Phone visit between Lee and Casey: Lee was told by Cindy to ‘confirm’ their dates. We have to remember, they were scrambling to do so, and Lee being the ever vigilant PI, he was going to do whatever Cindy & the grieving grandfather told him.
I agree with you reference the 30-31 day period where videos show Casey being a 22 year old, having a good time, without a care in the world (before she was told of the alleged kidnapping!) Seems as though all of ‘haters’ have forgotten what it was like to be 22!
I do believe they had ‘kicked out’ Casey on June 9th – giving her a month to find employment, place to live, etc..with the belief she could pick up Caylee at that time. George was NOT employed during this time and Cindy ‘volunteered’ him as the nanny/caregiver for Caylee, while Casey established herself. After all, the ‘nurse of decomposition’ had always been the bread-winner of the family…someone had to support George!
I am now beginning to think Caylee didn’t go ‘missing’ until the first week of July 2008. Cindy stated in one of her interviews with LE that she had taken an unscheduled week off because she was unable to carry-over(?) vacation hours, so she decided to take the week of July 4th. This is when all of the spur-of-moment, extensive backyard work took place. IMO, not a coincidence, but an attempt to cover/remove any and all traces of decomposition.
The Anthonys jailhouse visit #1: If you saw Cindy’s ‘performance’ during the trial, you’ll understand when I say I don’t believe for one minute she was truly crying in this video. When George was speaking, he was practically gasping for air from talking over Casey – IMO, making SURE Casey didn’t have a chance to say anything that might implicate him! Note how Casey says “no one will give me a chance to speak”!
During this visit, bear in mind, Casey’s attorney (Jose) was out of town and had no knowledge of this meeting. Also, Casey had NOT been read her Miranda Rights. I think this was part of George’s, Cindy’s and LE’s plan to get Casey to implicate herself. C&G were scared to death that Casey was so angry, that she might deviate from ‘the script’ they had given her!
I am in agreement with SJ, of his theory given in The “Immaculate Deception”, about the way Caylee died.
I have always believed George is the biological father of Caylee and he couldn’t risk Casey EVER revealing his dirty little secret. This was the reason he wanted Casey GONE ~ even to the extent of the DEATH PENALTY!
I reserve the right to change my opinion at any given time.
Yes, yes, and more yes, Mimi…
That jailhouse visit (pt.1) is int-er-esting, to say the least.Yes, talking over her, out of breath, handing the phone back and forth, anything to keep Casey quiet…
Also, at 1 time, a version of a visit (which I can no longer find) shows Casey picking up her phone and immediately saying, “don’t worry, I didn’t say anything…”
Yes, fake crying, fake many things…
Yes, July 2nd (approx.) is a major date…
Do you know anything about the alleged late-night plumbing emergency (which reqd. a plumber)? Saw a cancelled check somewhere ( blog), but have lost site in all my notes/research…
Do you know anything about the alleged purchase of a new washer, dryer, and freezer by the Anthonys? (much written about this in other blogs)
Also, what say you about Casey’s very first jail visitor: Patrick Beaugois? I find this very odd. Wouldn’t Casey have had to agree to see any/all visitors? I know in my state, the prisoner must consent to any/all visitors (one does not just “show up” and see a prisoner)…who is this person? ( he staes he is an old classmate, but Casey does not recognize him initially and only later knows him by the associates he mentions). Odd!
Yes, something happened on/about July 2nd: landscaping, plumbing issue, Myspace, Lee sent to get Casey…
And thanks for your reply; you seem to have done a great deal of research into all the information available, alleged actions/other, and formulated reasonable thoughts re. to this perplexing and disturbing tragedy.
SS in TX says:
Regarding the jailhouse video where Casey says to her mom, “don’t worry, I didn’t say anything…” I came across it when I watched the video “Where was George Anthony on July 15 2008” on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EewSc9fEKQ
-at 1:39 Cindy says “We forgive anything that you’ve said….or done” – then there’s an audio feedback problem & Casey asks someone to turn down the volume & at 1:53 Casey responds to Cindy by saying “I haven’t said anything, don’t worry…”
It’s not the entire video – just a sound-bite, but could Casey have perhaps been referring to the incest?
Why she took so long to tell about the incest? I survived that sort of abuse myself & it wrecks your entire inner person. It is a HUGE gamble to tell someone & have it go badly – I was terrified that if I told & no one did anything (such as put him jail or protect me from him), then by telling, I might have gone & made the situation 10x worse. When a crime is committed against you – over & over & over – and the perpetrator never faces the authorities – it is HORRIBLE thing to have to endure. I endured this criminal injustice throughout my entire childhood. There is no one to come to your defense.
During the trial, I’d see Casey sitting there flanked by her defenders (defense team) & think, “I’m so glad that Casey is no longer defenseless”. I think that as long as she thought there was a possibility that she’d be let out of jail &/or the case would be dropped or some other magical scenario, she HAD to “make nice” with the family – and it DOES feel like you HAVE to – it’s illogical – but when you’re still enmeshed with the abusers – it seems like the only logical thing to do. Don’t rock the boat until & unless you ABSOLUTELY have to – because once you do, you may be ostracized forever. But, sometimes that’s not such a bad price to pay…
im starting to think that is why the 9th of june(kc kicked out?) trumped fathers day in their memories. The neighbor thought it was strange casey asked for shovel(if he was correct on date) bc he thought she had moved out. Well he had just got back from vaca the night of june 16th, if that was the move out day, it was only 1 or 2 days she hadnt lived there and since they were not friends with the A’s why would he come to that conclusion after only a day or 2? The 9th makes more sense bc she did stay with rico into the 10th starting sunday the 8thjune? so she stayed the 8th and 9th then left the 10th right? how is it even known caylee was home when casey(if she did) returned? i know this could be a stretch, but i say this bc the night of june 15th is a mystery. Most are under the assumption that casey was last with the baby just because GA said, but there really was never proof he was saying the truth. No one seeing casey with the baby out somewhere, that tech guy obviously wasnt worthy to the state to use him as proof the defense time is a lie. And i just dont by the speculation that casey left, waited for GA to leave and came back. Makes no senses bc she didnt even work and could make up any hrs. Also she never had plans with TL, he said that. I may be wrong, but these are just my thoughts…
On June 16th, Cindy goes to work at 7:30 a.m. At 7:45 a.m. there is a call from the Anthony home phone to Casey’s cell phone. Why would anyone need to call her if she was there until 12:50 p.m. according to George? Something to think about.
My thought exactly !
I have wondered about that call, of what it was for. I know it simply could have been Casey calling her cell to check Voicemail since she was on it all night looking at the records, but phones are usable when charging anyway so why call herself? and if it was from the house and cindy left 15min(if time is correct) then that leaves GA. So either she wasnt home, or they didnt know if she was and called her cell. Also thought what if it was her looking for it, but she just looking at the records always was on it so i dont think she forgot it anywhere, but again idk could be wrong. That morning when it concerns casey its very vague imo. Cindy says she heard her breathing through the door or wall and that’s why she knew, bs. Why couldn’t she just say she didnt remember it would be believable and maybe even the truth? Ga only gave general accounts of a typical morning nothing specific except the clothes. Again if he could remember that, what was casey doing before she “left”? or what was she wearing on the day of the gas cans since it was closer in time.
I just want to say that I have a teenage daughter who practically lives in her room, in the lower part of our split level house, and I call her cell phone from my kitchen many times a day to ask her something, so I find the phone call nothing out of the ordinary. However, I do believe the parents are covering up something really terrible, and am so glad that Casey was found NOT guilty. There is definitely more to this story than we will ever know…..Porno, incest, who knows, but I truly believe George could have been selling photo’s or videos of child pornography and was making some kind of living by it. That creepy video of the baby eating breakfast made my skin crawl.
I find this interview of George w/LE downright chilling. Listen carefully to everything this creep says.
At approx 3:08 he starts to say “i played with…..then makes a sickening sound….and quickly changes what he was about to say.
GA also states that Cindy watched Caylee 90% of the time….how could she, she was working from 7:30AM til around 6PM ~ Mon thru Fri. He slips up when he says they usually had Caylee with them, that his work schedule was always 3-11PM. IMO, this simply shows that GA was always ‘watching’ Caylee. He tries his darndest to convince LE that he wasn’t able to watch Caylee because of HIS work schedule??? He also states he was off every Friday and Saturday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y6dAQ9KXCU
Another little tidbit i came across. GA was only working from 102707 thru 020108. (written, I assume by one of the LE officers.) He marked as unemployed at that time. Hmmmmm, wonder why LE didn’t tell us about THAT little tidbit and oh, maybe just investigate as to George being at home with Caylee on a daily basis, until he started his new job on 01JUL08? in GA’s first LE interview he states he was working that period of time – LIE # 3,338! In other words, he was home, more than likely babysitting for Caylee!
Why again, was this ‘man’ not ever investigated?
I think George working during the time in question is a big lie. I don’t know where he was going “from 3 – 11” but it wasn’t work. He filled out an application on June 17, 2008 (the day after the day in question!) at Andrews International and on the app where it aks if presently employed he replied “no”. Plus where was he coming from on July 15th when you can hear Cindy yelling to him that Caylee is missing (on the 911 call)? It was between 9 – 10 pm, and if he worked until 11 pm why was he coming home earlier?
At first, I didn’t believe a word of this, but now when I go back and think about it, it really does all add up and explain pretty much everything that comes up in that trial. I always thought something was off with George Anthony, and this really seems to explain it.
Maddie:
Yep, In the beginning, I admit, I was becoming brainwashed by the media! Until something clicked and I sat back and just watched and listened to Nancy Grace, Vinnie Politan and JVM. It was at that time I became suspicious of everything they were saying…..then I took to the internet and read everything I could. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, was what they were stating each night. As I said in one of my previous posts, about seven months before trial began, It was as if I was being told to pray for Casey! THIS, was NOT something I wanted to do, but I did! The flood gates were opened for me. I began to pray the jury would not base their findings on ‘false, make-believe evidence’ – and thank God, they did just that! I’ll have to admit, when they reached their verdict, I had to sit down, I said a little prayer, then looked at my son and said “I think this is bad – it’s too soon for a good verdict”! I was one happy camper when I watched the results!!
If I had been one of the investigators in this so-called case, I would hang my head in shame — hear that Yuri Melich? Oh yes, good ole boy Yuri, you should be fired! I also would like to publically say ‘thank you’ to each one of the jury – wonderful job!
IMO, Casey Anthony has had the screws put to her (literally) and someone needs to pay for what she has endured and of which she continues to suffer. I hope she sues the state of Florida and wins BIG!
George & Cindy should be the next in line for a humongous suit – every dime they have ‘made’ from the death of little Caylee — she was their granddaughter, CASEY was and will always be her MOTHER! These dimwits have stolen from both Caylee and Casey. They have NO SHAME!
Casey – I sincerely hope you are able to stay strong and live a good healthy & happy life….you so deserve it!
Thought you guys would get a kick out of this link (Yuri)!
http://beaconhell.com/blog/2011/06/01/2526/
The initial reported missing date, which was posted on the original missing person fliers was June 9th. Many of the original video footage shows photographic evidence of that date used. During one of the jailhouse visits between Lee and Casey, Lee expresses “the issues” w/ this date, and Casey agrees that she has now recalled this June 9th date is incorrect.
Then there is the “anonymous” call made to investigators, which offers the callers statement that Casey and Caylee were seen together on June 12th at the Anthony’s home…many bloggers have commented how very much the “anonymous” caller sounds like Cindy Anthony. You can check it out for yourself at youtube. Just type in Cindy’s anonymous call…
I have long wondered why all this confusion by all in the inner circle, re. to dates…
And I have read the postings by Kimberly Bellman ( at this site), in which she offers that she was w/ both Casey and Caylee during a timframe much later than any dates offered as THE date Caylee was missing, June 9th, June 16th…
And I have also wondered if Caylee wasn’t really “missing” much later than the June 16th date offered by George. This aligns w/ K. Bellman’s post…
Also, can anyone offer some evidence of a washer, dryer, and freezer purchase made by GEo./Cindy in June/July? I have read blogs re. to the purchases… can anyone offer some evidence of these purchases?
And any speculation re. the July 2nd late-night plumbing emergency at the Anthony’s home?
Coincidental?
WOW! Looks as though I now have my homework cut out for me tonight, lol. I do recall the sale of the washer. dryer & also the freezer. If memory serves me, Leonard Padilla was on NG show talking about just that! Guess this means I have to go into ‘the pits’, view NG videos (ughhhh), but I will locate it.
I recall in one of Cindy’s jailhouse letters to Casey telling her of the plumbing problem. I’ll see if I can find it and paste it when I do.
Who is Kimberly Bellman? If you’re reading this, please fill us in on the dates you mentioned in your post. We need your help – please.
Thinker: I also recall, very well, the video where Casey states “don’t worry, I haven’t said anything”. I think I have this ‘somewhere’ in my many files….just give me some time and I will find it. lol
Have a beautiful day. 😆
Hi MiMi: I will search this site for the Kimberly Bellman posts, and will copy/paste for you; give me a lil time…
Yes, Cindy made mention of the July2, 2008 plumbing emergency in one of her letters to Casey, long after the fact…
One of the sites offered a cancelled check signed by Cindy and dated July 2 ( I believe it was the 2nd), 2008. Phone records also showed 2 callls made to that particular plumber: back to back. Apparently, the first call went unanswered because it was after “normal” working hrs. ,and was probably forwarded to after hrs. assistance/gave Cindy a 2nd number to call.
Yes, i found it odd that Cindy would mention the plumbing issues to Casey while sooooo many issues would seem to have been more pressing…After all, one’s daughter is in jail, and your granddaughter is gone, and your daughter is facing the possibility of an awful fate…
If memory serves, that particular letter went into quite the detail, and in it, the water leak/other, accdg. to Cindy, was related to Caylee’s room…
hmmm? could a water line have been broken while doing the landscape project?
hhmmm????
Hi MiMI: I have pasted the Kim Bellman post…
Hopefully the author (or someone who knows her) will see it again, and anyone who can offer more/exact dates/other will reply. As originally posted:
I believe the photo referred to in the above Kim Bellman post is: photo number 19, as posted at this site, under Casey and Caylee photos…
Sorry it’s taken me so long to find the video you requested. While this isn’t the original one you were speaking of, it does include the section where Casey states “don’t worry, I didn’t tell them anything”! Also, just prior to that, Cindy states “we forgive you for anything you’ve said”!
I’ve always found this suspicious.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=1EewSc9fEKQ
Food for thought. I found this on another blog site and decided it may be of interest to all. Are these really good reasons to file murder charges against someone AND request the DEATH PENALTY?
No Cause of Death
No Witnesses
No Video Tape
No Confession
No Motive
No History of violence or child abuse
No Weapon
No Fingerprints
No Fiber match
No Soil match
No DNA (Except that of a Stranger)
No Drug evidence
An “Air Test?”
The testimony of a Police dog?
A dead snake?
Irrelevant photos taken BEFORE Caylee was missing?
A body mysteriously “discovered” by Mr. Duct Tape in
an area that had been thoroughly searched?
An unaccounted for Father?
A jealous boyfriend who was dumped by Casey?
Judgment of a Frightened and Traumatized Young
Mother’s actions?
Mis-interpretation of a frantic 911 call?
Jail house snitches looking to cut a deal?
The testimony of a witness implicating someone other than Casey.
The opinions of a media crazed, red neck bounty hunter?
A drunk wandering through the woods looking for whiskey bottles?
Untrained women galloping through the woods trampling on evidence?
Reams of Junk Science?
Reasonable doubt?
Courtney says:
What blog did you get this from? There are so many Casey-bashing websites, it’s hard to find sites that want to actually look at the WHOLE picture !!
Thank you so much for this detailed and intelligent theory of what could have actually happened! The febreeze and chloroform is brilliant! I never even thought about it that way! The people that believe that she hurt Caylee have only listened to what they hear on the news. Which is ALWAYS sensationalized. I find it absolutely amazing that the jury was shielded from the media and managed to come up with the not guilty verdict. I hope Casey reads these comments and knows that there are people who still care about her and want to see her succeed, even complete strangers! I wish that I could just talk to her about regular stuff girls our age talk about! Like music and movies and books because let’s face it, she could use some time spent doing normal girly things!
I hope that this website becomes more popular as the search for the truth about Caylee’s story continues. Thank you for making it because I really felt like I was the only one that felt that that’s exactly the way things went down that day. George really needs to come clean and do at least one loving thing for his daughter in this lifetime. I am not a religious person by any means but I think Caylee made sure her loving mother was set free for a reason. She didn’t do it!
Audra says:
BRAVO!!! Well said SJ. I have to admit, I flip flopped a few times over the last 3 or so years. At first I thought she did it, then I said NO WAY! But then after hearing of all this “so called evidence” I thought back to yep she did it. Now after reading this I am convinced you are correct and Casey is innocent. This site needs more exposure. Please try to do that. Casey- you are an amazing person- most if not all people would have killed themselves by now- good for you for being so strong! I believe the truth will come out, but even if it never does just know that there ARE people that feel you’re innocent and you are!!!
By the way so many things now make sense for example how Casey kept saying during the jail phone visits that she is the victim because she IS, and how quiet George was at every visit and how he has let the family down in so many ways in his suicide letter- because HE HAS!
I have visited the remains site and there is an over-pouring amount of tears, and love and sense of peace because everyone is focusing on Caylee and that’s the way it should be.
I have always believed that Casey is innocent.
I find your theory to be very plausible.
I have to admit I never watched the court hearings.. I only read brief stories in various articles. I instantly believed Casey killed her daughter. Just by how the media portrayed it. Now looking at the court hearings and the way her dad testified, I believe that this whole thing was an accident gone out of control. I have been a victim of abuse and George Anthony gave off that feeling.. the creepy feeling of a man with mental problems.
I think more people should take their time and actually look at the hearing and testimony instead of jumping on the “burn the witch” bandwagon.
Thanks for your theory.. it does make more sense.
The media really distorted this case, especially Nancy DisGrace. After hearing all of the evidence and everything else in this case, and keeping an open mind while listening to the media state their outrageous opinions, I formed my own conclusion that there was way more to this case than people realize. Most people will be too stubborn to take other opinions into consideration, but this story makes perfect sense to me, outside of the molesting Caylee part. I think that George did have something to do with it, but I’m not sure if it was due to his molestation of Caylee.
Does anyone Remember The Diary of Days? There are similar cryptic messages within it… MiMiof 3 was on the right track…
Jan 14 MiMiof3 posted: While this isn’t the original one you were speaking of, it does include the section where Casey states “don’t worry, I didn’t tell them anything”! Also, just prior to that, Cindy states “we forgive you for anything you’ve said”! I’ve always found this suspicious.
*The ‘anything’ Casey was talking about might have been the video, might have been about ‘nanny’s place’ in the trunk…about Cecelia and Crystal…but between themselves and within the family, there WAS an understanding.
*And the ‘anything’ Cindy spoke, was regarding the DATE and location (where Casey KNEW Caylee was [on June 14th: at ‘nanny’s place=in the hatchback/trunk of the Pontiac] BUT ALSO That she ‘lost sight of her daughter’ before Father’s Day… NOT AFTER.
Edd Mexican says:
Sorry about my english:
When i read this story, i thought it was Casey who killed her daughter, but after reading, and watching the court’s videos, specifictially the George video, i would agree with the theory that it was George. He seems very nervous and scared. Thanks for this website, and again sorry about my english i hope you understand.
HI. I am curious about the jailhouse tape when Cindy tells Casey that the new rumer is that Caylee died in the pool ,.. and Casey says SURPRISE SURPRISE., like its just another theory? I dont think s cindy would have mentioned the pool drowning if she knew thats what really happened. CASEY also tells her parents they are the best grandparents.. If Casey was molested why would she let Caylee with George..?
HI, I am verrry confused. You said you do not think caylee was murdered but you said George threw her in the pool after he ‘ so called ‘ molested her to cover it up.. that makes it murder, RIGHT???
carol gast says:
excuse me, but what you just described is MURDER! pushing a childs face into a pillow to quiet her during a rape is not an ACCIDENT!!!!!!!!!!!
Audra Blinn says:
@ Colleen- maybe Cindy doesn’t know what’s going on- but it’s pretty clear George does in all these jail videos- he’s very nervous and uncomfortable and doesn’t let Casey speak sometimes and even hand the phone off to Cindy when he isn’t getting his way and even walk out of few times like he’s bored out of his mind with Cindy asking Casey tons of questions to get more info about where Caylee may be. You’d think he’d be more interested in the tips Casey may give on where to find his grand-daughter. But no- he already knows where his grand-daughter is. Also, statistics say abused children as adults will let their abuser around their child, especially an immediate family member. I don’t know why I’m not a shrink. Also, I have been told that denial can make anyone believe anything. maybe Casey was in denial that her father abused her because she loved her father, naturally. Awhile before this circus George and Cindy separated and George left the home and Casey was adamant about him not coming back. She didn’t want him back the home…wonder why?! Also, I haven’t seen many pictures or heard of many instances when George was with Caylee alone. It SEEMS as if someone was always there, Cindy, Lee or Casey.
@Carol- Pushing a pillow into a child’s face and killing the child in the heat of the moment is not capitol murder. The difference lies with the perpetrator’s intent. If he intended to silence her or intended to kill her right then and there. I believe if he was truly out to cold blooded kill Caylee he would have waited until a more appropriate time, perhaps a time when no one was around.
My gut feeling is that Cindy didn’t know what was going on, at least at the time of the jailhouse visits. Look at George’s body language when he hears the words “drowned in the pool” – he’s waiting nervously to hear what Casey will say. He relaxes after he hears “Surprise, surprise”.
I think Casey said “Surprise, surprise” because it’s an ambiguous response. Cindy would take it to mean “Yeah, another one of the media’s bullshit theories” while George would read it as Casey saying “Big surprise, Dad, people are already on to your scheme”.
Cindy (like Casey) was clueless about Caylee’s whereabouts until after Aug 9th also. Geo kept Cindy an Casey at odds, to keep Caylee’s condition secret until either Casey or Cindy called 911. He already knew Caylee was decomposing; he hid the body b/c where she died (and the manner) would never look accidental.
I completly concur with your theory. In those pictures of George and Cindy before and after the verdict, in the one before it’s like Cindy (with her finger on her chin) is saying well George we got away with this one. and in the second, George looks at Cindy and says aww shit we were wrong. And the only thing I would add to the blog is about the tatoo, when you get a chance look at it and you will notice that there are three starbursts around it and two have dots inside of them, I think it was done like that in honor of Caylee by being two.
Also if you recall in one of the jailhouse tapes Casey tells Cindy that she is just trying to protect the family.
Geo’s deposition on April 9, 2009 (#1 of 14) @ 8:39 confirms Casey had Caylee whenever the babysitters didn’t. There were 3 people who babysat Caylee; himself, Cindy and the nanny (that he had know of since mid-summer the year Casey worked at “the Universal Complex”) IMO he knew the ‘nanny he described’ as the one with straight teeth and was a #10…Cindy believed there was a hair in the brush she gave LE on July 23/24 that would support the theory that Casey had been leaving Caylee with George’s mistress/girlfriend for more than a year…. I say it was because there was a ‘look-alike or twin’ sister that worked undercover in the corrections facility, Casey and Cindy were unable to locate info about Cecelia Benaida (or Crystal Holloway) although Cindy knew Crystal’s pic was not the nanny…b/c she was NOT the #10 Geo had described. During the depo as he became uncomfortable answering questions, his agitation showed wanted to end questions along those lines. He is the shrewd manipulator of facts.
JA,
Hello. I’m finding your theory interesting. So you think the person who murdered Caylee was GA’s girlfriend and that it occurred before the 16th? But you also say that George didn’t mean for this to happen? I’m confused about the Crystal statement and the lookalike person you are talking about. Do you think Crystal was the girlfriend or it was someone who looked like her? And do you think the girlfriend murdered Caylee? Is that what you are saying? Sorry, I’m a little unclear in following your comments but I do agree that the date of 15/16 has always been a bit suspicious to me. In the beginning, the family said it was the 9nth. So what are saying was going on with Caylee, George and the girlfriend? What is your theory exactly?
I understand how confusing my posts must seem, the concept is different than people expect from this case. But since you are interested enough to ask, I’ll do my best to explain.
First, ‘leave the pieces (even the ones you believe) on the floor”. (sound familiar?)
To move-on, you must start at the beginning. Start with the last day Caylee was witnessed alive with her mother which was Friday the 13th…well, technically Casey would agree, after midnight, so it was already June 14th (does that sound familiar?)
*anything that originated within the remaining A-family members… was to support the Heinous murder story(even from GGrammaShirley and her sister)
AFTER that day, nothing WAS as it appeared to be because the child’s body was already decomposing. The story of heinous murder was to cover-up an accident that would never be explained as accidental. The reason Casey has never told her side of what happened in those days and nights was b/c she could find no tangible proof to support her claim. All proof that Caylee was in the trunk, or that harm had come to her, had disappeared and was replaced by the Father’s Day video. Casey looked everywhere to find Caylee, so did Cindy…but Cindy suspected there was another woman…and Casey knew her.
No murder…that was for the purpose of the trial, to keep from disputing or defining the facts and dates. The way the trial went, it was never about defining the way Caylee died, merely a challenge between which form of heinous murder had actually taken place: trial only proved there was NO MURDER.
Hi JA,
Are you saying Cecilia Benhaida is Crystal? I thought it was her sister Sky? Also about the nanny being a #10 (Cindy was not referring to Crystal) she was referring to Zenaida. If you see Cindy’s depo on Zenaida with M&M…she tells Zenaida something about her not being a 10.
Thanks Suzy, I never knew whose pic was shown to Cindy when she made that statement…I just figured it was Cecelia because they were supposed to be ‘look alikes or twins’ But Crystal isn’t the #10; neither is the ‘civil-suit Z-G’, but the under-cover sister has never been shown. Sorry…I don’t believe Holloway or civil-suit-Zenaida are the ‘lookers’ that would attract George. Holloway was a decoy for the real woman he was involved with.
WOW, reading this just changed my media guided blame on Casey. The facts are just that. As a juror on a murder trial before – you really learn to look at evidence, circumstantial evidence in a different light.
“Proof beyond a reasonable doubt” is the standard of evidence required to validate a criminal conviction. There is NO real proof. The jurors saw that.
However, I feel Cindy didn’t know as much as you think she did. I think all her story changing was just her motherly instinct to try to side with her daughter and not completely break the bond – to protect her as much as possible since the damage was already done in all other aspects.
I always felt the visitation tapes of George and Casey were a little out of sorts for a family of a missing child… something just never seemed right in those conversations. And all the pictures of her and Caylee, the smiles and fun – those are not of a mother viewing her child as a ‘problem’. She had a controlling mother and father who babysat, fed and clothed Caylee. She was not held back by her.
Casey had enough covering for George, and bus rolled his ass.
Thank you for this page, and making me see the truth and revealing the truth!
Casey, stay strong girl…..
Rest In Paradise Caylee…..
Okay, now Im going back and fourth on this – one of Caseys friends posted here? So, she wasn’t missing on those days? She left with Casey and her boyfriend? Ahh!
Hi Jennifer:
In response to your above comment, I am reposting the K. Ballman post as it originally appeared at this site:
The photos Ms. Ballman is referring to may be found at this site’s Caylee and Casey Pics page. It is the 19th photo (photos are not numbered, but count them, and at 19, you will see the above-mentioned photo).
Yes, this post has piqued my curiousity for some time also! Who is this person? Is she really a friend of Casey’s? Was the photo she refers to really taken after June 16th, as she claims?
If Kim really had a pic of Caylee on June 16th, it would show Caylee in a state of decomposition…at least two full days after her death occurred.
Momof2 says:
I think any questions any of us have about Casey’s strange behavior can be answered in a few words : Victim of Abuse. They do strange things – they lie (yes, she had a hard time keeping her facts straight and fabricated so many things….), they will take orders from their perpetrators without question, they are easily manipulated by those in power (in this case, her twisted father and her passive-agressive mother), they live on an emotional rollercoaster, can love deeply but at the same time be distant, will cover up their pain with drugs and alcohol, be very flighty, can basically be a puppet for their abuser. I have been mixed about the verdict. I have been 50/50 all along, but now I am leaning toward 75/25 in favor of Casey.
I was wondering after reading the evaluation deposition, do you think that George used chloroform on Casey and that was why he had to shake her to wake her up? Let me know what you think.
Hi Jodi! Hard to say really, but I wouldn’t rule anything out where GA is concernced. Hopefully the release of these docs will take us a step nearer and re-open some doors that had previously been closed. We can but hope. Thanks for posting! SJ
Some have supposed that George used it on Caylee himself.
Chloroform, duct tape, murder… these are all support for the Heinous-Murderer Story (that would unfold once Casey was incarcerated, July 16th) After the child died, but before the Father’s Day video…the HMStory emerged where there had been NO CLUES to Caylee’s whereabouts for at least one day. IMO Plenty of time for the child to have died and begun to decompose…out of the sight of anyone. It was Caylee’s appearance in the video that caused people and LE to believe Caylee was alive in mid-to-late June. *b/c there was no evidence or proof to anything to the contrary. Even Casey’s account of what she “knew” on July 15th, appeared to be lies as the false evidence began to come to light within the 180 days Caylee was missing.
I have a question. How did you know about this George theory? I read this page a few months ago about the “George theory”. How he molested Caylee and drowned her to cover it up. And just yesterday the news came out that Casey told that same story to her doctors. How did you know that? Are you Casey Anthony or someone very close to her?
Hi Clara! No, I’m not Casey nor am I very close to Casey (in that sense). I’ve been studying the case & trial (and *everyone* involved in it) from the very early stages. My theory (as detailed here in this page) is based on having watched the trial and studied all the relevant documents.
I stated at the time of writing, last September, that if and when the truth finally comes out… maybe in video, audio or written format… then it’ll be really close to my therory. That still holds strong. The day that George Anthony is arrested for the murder of Caylee will hopefully come — at some stage. It’ll be very interesting to see how the mainstream media handle that story for sure. Until then we’ll continue to stand should to shoulder in our mission and keep on flying the flag for Casey. Thanks for posting! SJ
Thanks for replying to me. Noone else has come up with this theory and you practically said word for word what Casey told her doctors, I just found that to be a bit odd. Anyhow, thanks for the response.
I personally want to thank you for everything you have done and continue to do on this site! THANK YOU, for all the time, energy and tremendous effort – you truly have done a wonderful job. As others have stated, this site is like a breath of fresh air.
Just maybe, we are beginning to see light at the end of this very dark tunnel.
Why would Casey spend all that time in jail…..and not say “hey, here is the true story……it was an accident! my dad was involved and yes, we covered up the crime”. Why not say it was a totally accident and we panicked. It just doesn’t make sense to me. Why come up with a story with a nanny?? George being in law enforcement would know they would find out that was a lie. You see what I’m saying if your going to cover it up why do such a sloppy job.
There’s only ONE common denominator for the answers to all of your questions! George! 😆 Think about it.
I think Casey was brainwashed by George. He controlled her. She did stand up against him in court and accused him of molesting her. She was very brave to do that. I am glad she did not take the stand because Ashton would of destroyed her emotionally. She loved Caylee so much and tried to protect her from George the best she could.
George and Lee were given paternity tests because they might be the father of Caylee. Both of them were accused of molesting her. She told the same story to doctors too when she was arrested.
I think all along since July ’08, Casey knows that if her case goes “out of sight’ of the public, the system will hide HOW SHE WAS FRAMED, and that LE has ways of convicting people even without evidence of their guilt… In my opinion, authority and corruption are happy bedfellows.
She spent that much time in jail b/c she finally realized that the HMStory would be DIS-proven by forensic science. Which it was! The jury and the trial verdict were justifiably correct! There WAS NO heinous-murder, nor was Casey a murderess!…There was only a child’s decomposing body in the trunk of Cindy’s Pontiac in “early-to-mid June” that NO ONE could admit to knowing about.
The open trunk WAS ‘nanny’s place’…cryptic to the Anthonys as the place Caylee sometimes napped while not at home, the trunk with her blanket, books and toys…and her babydoll. (a safer choice than the ground; full of burrs, ants, and flying fist-size roaches)
After June 14th, Casey’s whole life WAS taken away…you just need to shift the perspective slightly to see how this situation made Casey look heinous b/c of things she could no longer prove by the time the Father’s Day video came out.
Casey’s first REAL clues after June 14th, came on Dec 11, when she witnessed the news report while waiting at the dispensary in jail…remember the set-up?
…cuz there WAS no drowning accident…they just WANT the final word about Caylee’s death to appear to have been anaccident…and drowning would be the only scenario where Caylee’s death might even be considered ‘accidental’….I say she disappeared because there would have been no water in her lungs if she died in the trunk…even if she died accidentally while being 24-36 hours ‘out of Casey’s sight’
That is the only way Casey could have been so confused by July 15th as to Caylee’s whereabouts.
The language of crazy. That’s why that’s how. Casey was raised to lie and coverup for that scum sorry as excuse for a father.. George has been a a piece of shit since the beginning of time.. Nobody wanted to air his dirty laundry all over the news. How anyone’s could believe a word that comes out of his mouth. Except at the memorial where he said he could smell little caylee sweat. I bet he can.. Who in the #$% world says that about his 2yr old granddaughter I could go on all night. I just hope casey knows that there are people out here who are with her in thought and prayer. I pray she goes on and lives the life God intended for her and I do hope Jeff Ashton has a huge plate of rotten decomposed crow to eat while he writes perfect justice the destruction of George anthony and the journey to death row. For the love of God she was fighting for her life.
Casey said she talked to Caylee on the phone on July 15th, the day she was arrested. She said the call came from the nanny’s phone, and when Casey asked for Caylee to put “a big person” on the phone, or put an adult on the phone, it went dead and the call ended. She honestly believed she rec’d a call from Caylee.
When Cindy was questioned about this, she claimed that she did have the phone records to prove a call DID come into Casey’s phone from nanny’s alleged number at the time Casey said, so Cindy claimed the records SUPPORTED Casey.
Fast forward to trial.
The state has the burden to prove the defendant is guilty of the crime she was accused of. The state also brings out all their big guns in court because it’s show time. If you want to convict someone, anything they say can and will be used against them in a court of law, right? So, why didn’t Ashton address the phone records? I mean, if they showed that Casey LIED, why wouldn’t the state use that against her? Why leave that out? They were nailing her ass to the wall and wanted to give her the DEATH PENALTY. Why would they NOT used those records to show she lied about getting a call?
Here’s why.
Because those records SUPPORTED Casey’s claim of getting that call. The state could NOT use it; it would make her look truthful, so they didn’t use it at all. UNBELIEVABLE.
So, how would Cindy KNOW the call came in? Because the call was placed by either Cindy or George & they KNEW it was true. The voice on the other end of the line that spoke to Casey was really Caylee, just not a LIVE Caylee. The caller played a recording of Caylee’s voice to further convince Casey that Caylee was alive, but that she had been kidnapped so she would go along with the story.
And she did go along with that because I believe that’s what she was told by her parents. I think they had Caylee when she died, not Casey. They fabricated a story to tell Casey, making her think they were trying to get her back…but G & C told Casey she couldn’t call police or Caylee would die. (Cindy blamed the media for “killing” Caylee by failing to make the story MORE public and not pushing Caylee’s picture 24/7. She did this to go along with the lie told to Casey, which was that the nanny stole her and maybe the more publicity it got, the better their chances of getting her back. Bullshit Cindy fed to Casey.)
Also, if you will recall, Cindy’s alleged mother, Shirley P., stated that she TOO got a call from Caylee during this “missing” time period, but she found it very suspicous. She said she suspected it was a recording of Caylee’s voice because she got more than one call and the sound of each call was IDENTICAL. She found that odd that Caylee would say the same thing, make the same noise, so Shirley thought the call was also a recording. Isn’t that interesting and would SUPPORT Casey being SET UP.
Casey, the media reports you are in contact with your mother. Dear, if this is true, I believe your life is in danger and you risk being viewed as crazier than I thought you were if you talk to that woman. She does not love you and whatever you hear from her is not genuine. She’s as much of a liar and con artist as George. Cindy and George are your enemies. They are not your friends.
Also, I find a strange resemblance between your mother and a missing woman from the 80’s from Ohio.
And I find an equally strange resemblance between your father and a fugitive from the law, wanted for money laundering, fraud, conversion, etc..
Casey, I do wonder if you know secrets and these two awful excuses for parents set you up to keep from exposing them for what they are.
I never felt you were guilty of murdering or hurting your child, but the wicked shady vibes from G & C are not so guilt free. Perhaps you broke free from a house of horrors and lost your child while trying to gain your freedom, but your life is not over. It’s in danger from nutcases who are media puppets, but not over.
Please don’t communicate with those enemies who smiled in your face while stabbing you in your back. This is what could end your life, I’m afraid. You hold some keys that unlock a lot and I believe you are always going to be at risk. I support a witness protection program for you after you testify against the killer and abuser of your child because if both parents don’t go down for it, one of them may double bag you and not think twice about it, in keeping with the family tradition of tossing away their troubles so easily.
I wanted to add to my post that it’s my opinion about everything I posted:
The missing ohio woman does resemble C and the fugitive does resemble G, so I wondered if this could be the family secret and Casey knew about it, got pissed, threatened to expose? Lee did tell “someone” at the memorial something to the effect of how he would never forget his promise, and Cindy rubbed his back, as if he’s talking about her. I hope he made a promise to Casey to help her expose the nut cases for what I truly believe they are.
ITA with your theory.
Could you please give me a link to the missing Ohio woman?
Hi MiMi:
Thanks for the link (posted earlier) re. to, shall we call them, interesting comments…
My attention was particularly piqued by Geo’s jailhouse comment (at 2:31 in the vid) to Casey: don’t say too much more, we’ve got to get you outta here or everything could come out and hurt more of us (paraphrasing here)…what does this mean?????
Also, has anyone heard from K. Ballman (Casey’s friend) who has posted at this site, several times, but not recently, re. to the photos posted at this site, which K. Ballman indicates were taken well after June 16th? If memory serves, I believe Ms. Ballman’s writings indicated that she spent time w/ both Casey and Caylee in July. She recalls it because Lee came looking for Casey, and they avoided him. From my sleuthing, Lee went looking for Casey on the day Cindy posted her Myspace, Caylee is missing…on/about July 2nd…
I din’t follow the case much until the verdict was announced and I started noticing all the outrage. Now, I generally support a jury’s verdict unless there is clear evidence of tampering or extreme bias. But as I read up on the case I started thinking it was more likely that she really was guilty. Now I have discovered this site and have read a lot, but not all the material. Where has this analysis been in our so-called “news media”? I can absolutey see no reason now to doubt the jury’s verdict and I am fairly confident, beyond that, that Casey is innocent. Thank you for all the work you have done on this site.
Does anyone out there have info on Casey’s very first jailhouse visitor? Per the video recording of same, the visitor says his name is Patrick Bourgeois…
I have more questions than answers when I watch this bizarre visit. May be found at youtube under Casey’s first jailhouse visit.
Casey seems uncertain who he is until he mentions another man’s name (from high school, he tells her).
In my state/local area, when one is in jail, one is told who is seeking to see them, and it is normally prearranged, agreed to. And not some random, last minute visit, which this appears to be. Did he not have to sign-in, and then, only after Casey agreed to see him, would he be allowed to visit w/ her???
Who is this person? Why did he feel the need to see Casey during this time, when, according to his own words, he had not seen her since high school, and indicates he only knew her through a mutual friend: no real relationship between he and Casey. Their conversation did not indicate that he was a good friend, devastated by her incarceration, coming to lend a hand, because they had that type of relationship. He seemed like a practical stranger to Casey.
Anyone know who this Patrick person is or why he would be there?
I have a lot of info on Patrick. I call him the Musical Chairs named guy. He goes by 3 different names & has since Jr high (1 is birth name, 1 is step-adopted name, 1 is made up name) I’ll have to look through my files for the complete info. YancyFaith and I were talking about the Jacksonville connections back in early 2011 and his name came up. I did some “investigating” and found that he has known casey since childhood. His friend that he mentions “Mike” is a college ball player now. They BOTH knew Jesus Ortiz. Patrick, Mike, & Casey have the Athlete connection. They were ball players and she ran track. IMO he really was there to offer Casey support and to let her know that her REAL friends were there for her.
I’ll try to find the info and post it.
Hi HollysGMom:
Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my question re. Patrick.
Do you have any insight re. to the person, who occasionally posts here, under the name K. Bellman…
She has given indication that she saw both Casey and Caylee on/about July 2, 2008, writing it was the “day that Lee came looking for Casey” and they ditched him. She also writes to look at the photos of Casey and Caylee posted at this site: “Casey/Caylee Pics”. Home page, photo 19, indicating this photo is after June 16th…
Again thank you, Thinker
Sandra A. says:
For those interested in theories and the psychology of this case check out a very well piece by Psychotherapist, Cathy DeBuono. “Gray Matters: Thoughts Inspired By Casey Anthony. A Psychologically Driven Theory of What Could Have Happened” in two parts, here: http://www.shewired.com/lifestyle/2012/02/02/gray-matters-thoughts-inspired-casey-anthony-op-ed-part-2
Could you please make an area of your website listing everything that you have on Mr. Anthony’s behavior and life prior to the case. I believe with enough social and media pressure we can finally take the burden off Casey and put it on the DEVIL himself. I believe this will all turn out much differentely than we’ve expected. Casey will be free from the media’s judgement as soon as enough gets out about her nasty demon father and enabling sick Mother. I know all about abusers and people this guy is definitely one. From the first moment I saw him I got a sick feeling. He’s BAD I ain’t talking about any kind of bad that normal people understand….we are talking about unbelivable bad!!! Casey doesn’t know any better this is how she was raised by a MONSTER that thinks his daughter killed his Granddaughter yet sits and calls her Sweetie hundreds of times on tape. Could it be any clearer or are the media just the dumbest humans on earth…UMMMMM YES!!!
This is the closest to the ideas that I have had from the very beginning of this case, However, I have read and watched mountains of content, autopsy, every single minute of court, FBI ect. Call me obsessed, I will never let go until justice is for that little angel.
With all these comments and talk, No one is surmising or telling how or why George is not being surveillanced or investigated. Or anyone who can say if Casey will press charges. Casey must be brave, this will happen again! I survived this whole similar story and put the bastard in prison when I was nine, I was choked, raped, locked in closet and bathrooms ect. and crawled out a window after years of violent rape and sodomy. Snakes like George slither out and in on their belly and everyone thinks they are the ones to blame because of the mind control, It takes years of therapy and healing to work through the “rage of the innocence” and if you continue to heal, there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
And nothing above or below this Earth excuses the behavior of a pedophile, who takes away souls and wallks away with the heart pieces that will never be replaced. I am here to say God is a just Lord and what is done in the dark will always come into the light, because to our creator, nothing is hidden, and the light always triumphs, Darkness obscures it self in shadows and lurks away to the rays that will surely find a way to the truth. I will certainly sign a petition to have this cased reopened if there is ever something I can do, anyone can contact me by leaving me a message here.
albatross234 says:
On the night June 16th, Casey, w/o Caylee, spent the night with Tony (Blockbuster) same for 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th.–none of Caylee’s stuff with her. It was a “hot” weekend, with Tony skipping class to be with Casey.
George Anthony is lying. Something’s wrong with the dates.
http://caseyanthonyisinnocent.com/casey-anthony-trial-witness-videos/anthony-tony-lazzaro-may-26th-2011/
I understood Casey stayed at Tony’s for the first time on Friday the 13th. Saturday the 14th (early-to-mid June) Casey believed Caylee was merely out of her sight for a few hours [6 to 36 hours], tho a video assured her Caylee was in the care of a trusted person on Father’s Day (mid June).
IMO it is the Father’s Day video that is in conflict with the INDISPUTABLE FACT: Caylee’s body was already decomposing…hours before the video.
Hi albatross234,
I had read early-on, that Casey (with Caylee) had spent all ‘week after Cindy’s vacation (May 26th thru June 9th) sleeping at Ricardo Morales’ on the couch. Her first sleep-over with Tony was Friday the 13th. But where was she sleeping on the 14th, 15th, and 16th? It did appear that she was avoiding Hopesprings, until after she began to suspect Caylee’s whereabouts MUST NOT have been with her mom and dad…as she was convinced by the Father’s Day video.
SJ – I find your version of what really happened to be quite interesting and very plausible. I think most people believe Casey killed Caylee based solely on her unusual behavior (as perceived by the average person) after she ‘disappeared.’ Anyone that has even moderate knowledge of what sexual molestation does to a small child would recognize the almost classic behavior of Casey as that of a victim. Especially since she is still living at home under the control of her father. I have little doubt that George is responsible for Caylee’s death. My only question really is that a couple of times you referenced “Aggravated Manslaughter of a Child.” In most jurisdictions I am familiar with when a death occurs during the commission of a felony that is considered murder not aggravated manslaughter regardless of the perpetrator’s intent. Is the law different in Florida or is that based on the difficulty of proving George was molesting Caylee when her death occurred barring a full confession?
Hi Jerry, Good point. I’m no legal expert by any means, but I’m sure the specifics of the charge against GA would be argued out at length in court. Aggravated Manslaughter or murder of a child… either way he’d be going away for a very long time.
Proving it won’t be easy though, as he’s already done away with the car and the evidence & exhibits they had returned to them after the trial, plus some other stuff that hasn’t yet been disclosed (but will be).
This is why I still believe that when GA finally gets that knock at the door, he’ll pull another one of his infamous “suicide attempts”, and hopefully fail again so justice can finally be done. This is another reason why Jose’s book will be well worth reading in a few weeks time, and may well create a paradigm shift with this whole case. The clueless & wholly misdirected Casey-hating has gone on for way too long.
Harry N says:
I hope you’re right about Jose’s book because it seems Casey’s situation is not healthy. From what Cheney Mason described she’s essentially a prisoner in her own home and can’t have the normal life of any 26-year old. We all need human contact and she’s obviously a very social person, yet the media and Internet lynch mob deprives her of this basic right. It’s am incredible injustice against a woman who had her day in court and was found not guilty. Can you blame her for being depressed? Maybe things will get better when she’s off probation and can leave Florida, but I still worry and hope that something breaks in her favor soon.
I don’t think Casey is a prisoner in her own home. The media just thinks they can say and print anything on her because they know they can get away with it, They make stuff up like Casey got Fat
and Casey is depressed. Don’t believe everything you read. The Orlando Sentinel is worse than the National Enquirer trash.
I don’t believe anything the media says about Casey Anthony. Supposedly respectable outlets like HLN, which is owned by CNN, are responsible for creating the injustice that
is beiing perpetrated against her. For the Sentinel, Casey is a cash cow, and the hatred
that its readers have for her is a source of revenue a fading newspaper needs. Now they
have George Zimmerman and a new lynch mob to rile up. But it was Cheney Mason who
in an interview described Casey as prisoner in her home, whose primary source of human
contact is the telephone and computer. I know she has friends and has reconnected with
her mother and brother, but for safety reasons can’t go out much. That to me is terribly unfair, and undoubtedly weighs on her. How could it not?
What about her personal videos? In the second one she says she spent an amazing weekend with her boyfriend and is happy to be home with her smooch (her dog). She likes the way things are going and where they are going. What has changed? Baez says they keep in touch and she is doing ok.
Ashton and Linda ignored a case of child molestation. How could anyone not have seen this?
They were only doing their job is no excuse at all. They should be ashamed.
I think those videos were part of her therapy, and reflected how she felt at the time they were made, which I think was October or November. I don’t believe she’s clinically depresssed now and that People magazine story about her gaining weight was probably BS designed to make the haters happy.
She’s obviously a strong girl who faced down death row and survived years in solitary at the jail. Not to
mention years of sexual abuse and the death of a daughter she obviously loved deeply. But as Keith Ablow has written, I think the piece is on this site,she has some deep psychological wounds that cannot heal in the environment she’s now in. Why do you think Cheney Mason accepted the subpoena
instead of risking letting Morgan have her address? Why do you think the Florida authorities keep her
address from the public? Her life is in danger because of all the hatred directed at her, and as a human being that has to affect her state of mind. I don’t doubt Baez when he says she’s OK in the sense that she’s physically healthy and being kept safe, but she won’t be happy, I think, until she can
walk free like any American has the right to do.
She only has 3 months of her probation left. That’s really not that long. Then, she can get out of Florida and start a new life. People have to forget about her though. As long as she is in the media she won’t be forgotten and won’t be able to live a normal life. This is what she needs. I wish her the best wherever her life leads her and whatever she chooses to do.
She will never be able to live a normal life. Have you seen celebrity rehab with Dr. Drew a few years ago with Amy Fischer? People still crack jokes to her face and bring up things that happened almost 20 years ago. I hope people forget about her enough to be able to leave her alone – but I don’t have much hope in humanity anymore.
GasCanGeorge says:
I think she needs to bring her father up on charges and quite possibly her mother also then
she can think about regaining the respect she deserves
Yes, they BOTH interfered with ANY investigation (remember Padilla was sent ‘packing when he suggested Geo was hiding the identity of a women Cindy was ‘looking for’? I say Cecelia Benaida-(Gonzale or Gonzalez) It’s likely she was the undercover agent (in a different department) whose name is strikingly similar to the Zenaida ; and her sister Crystal “not a #10” Holloway…both having AKAs who could change residences frequently, under LE protection of their identity… Nothing suspicious there? RIGHT!
Sorry I jumped in here because I couldn’t comment under you. So you are saying that George was with an undercover cop that was River Cruz? I’m sorry, this is going over my head. Please explain;-)
Crystal Holloway AKA River Cruz and her sister Cecelia Benaida-Gonzale(z) AKA Skye ?(the #10 with straight teeth and curly hair) were ‘twins or merely look-alike” sisters that were behind the scenes players in this case against Casey… I say it was Cecelia that George was seeing…since 2006 when Geo and Cindy separated for a few months.
CollaredPrinzes says:
:::::Applauds:::::: Hope you’re doing well, Casey!!!
~~CP
Voss80 says:
After all this time I had thought that Casey killed her own child, but GEORGE?!?!? If he knew he was responsible for Caylee’s death, why then would he be pinning this murder-crime on Casey?!? How stupid and perposterous could he get?! And now he stated that he didn’t want Casey to come back home. I can imagine how hurtful and painful Casey went through having to deal with an evil father of hers, especially that twisted-minded mother, Cindy of hers. This is pitiful. George should be the one need life in prison for murdering his grandchild, Caylee.
I think all the signs were intentionally pointed at Casey to support a heinous murderer image…
IMO Casey’s ‘worst of worst days’ began on Friday June 13th; until after midnight… but she had very little involvement in her daughter’s disappearance.
Casey learned in Dec ’08, that Caylee had died…from the outfit found with the child’s remains that was indicative of the date Caylee actually died. That she had no shoes on when she died, tells that she was sleeping or napping, and the fact she disappeared for 180 days was b/c she wasn’t wearing a swimsuit, nor would she have had water in her lungs had a 911 call been made to alert LE to a child’s drowning.
After that point in time Dec 11, ’08…and for the next 2.5 years before trial, Casey put the pieces together and realized the best result to the situation she is in, would be to agree with the heinous murder story…
What if he knew the scene would look like “HE caused Caylee’s death” if a 911 call HAD been made on June 14th before her body disappeared? IMO George found Caylee decomposing in the trunk; after avoiding Casey’s calls all day at work. No matter how she got there, and despite the fact no one would’ve thought the little girl was in the trunk, he had to act immediately to save the rest of his family. The importance of the Father’s Day video to distract from the fact Caylee was in the trunk, and her death occurred there; held his whole family in the balance.
Congratulations on your freedom, I know it’s been a long time coming and I know it’s going to be hard on you to get on with your life… but remember, not everyone out there hates you.. to me you were a wonderful mother, I can tell it in all of the pictures that have been posted.
My husband and I were in your corner from day one… So, if you ever find yourself in Nashville, TN, please email me, you will always, always have a place to stay with us, if it’s for a day, a week or a month, however long you need… you are more than welcome here. Trust me, no haters will be able to cross the barrier that we would put up.
Good Luck on your travels!!
We love you!!
Rhonda B says:
Casey, I’m glad you have moved passed a milestone of getting off probabtion, I hope you see this so you can Google “Truth Contest”, you should read the God Memorandum especially, I read it for the first time yesterday and it honestly changed my life. You deserve to receive that information, it will change your perspective. I’m a single mom and I identified with you from the first of hearing about your missing baby. I can’t imagine how you felt and feel about the tragedy, I know if anything happened to my son I would never be the same. My family was dysfunctional growing up and I am now in my 30’s and finally realizing so many things about life and finally feel like I can release the people who harmed me growing up (mostly my mother, but I hold my step father and father accountable for letting her abuse go on to the point that it was “normal” for me to be in fear of being beaten everyday which is just as bad as the actual beatings). My son is 7 now and I have been an awful mother for years, maybe not AWFUL but I had a drinking and substances problem for much of his life. I can’t say I’m cured because that’s not something that goes away but I have an understanding of my triggers now and I use binaural beats and meditation to calm that tortured, angry, depressed little girl that I was trying to supress by being intoxicated. None of us knows what really happened except you and maybe your father but I believe you. I saw your parents in the K-Mart on Curry Ford and 436 probably about a year ago and I really got just an evil vibe from him, not your mother so much but I don’t understand how she is still with him but who knows, she had her reasons so I can’t really comment on her. Anyway, keep your head up, remember there is balance in the universe and those that did you wrong will receive their appropriate punishment even if it’s not in this life or for us to see and one day you will embrace your little girl again! Hugs and best of luck to you!
justiceforcma says:
I am so excited to have found this site! This is great stuff on here! I have felt everything that has been written on here to be so true! Great Job! I think this is a great way of getting her story out there. I also agree with hoping that justice will be served the day George Anthony is convicted and put away! I hope the best for Casey! I also think of Caylee as an angel. I hope Caylee soon will RIP with the justice she deserves! Keep up the good work!!
Maxine Flores says:
Only just heard about this case travelling will do that. I have a couple of questions if thats ok. Firstly did the autopsy report say the child was breathing when she entered the water, i.e was there water in her lungs and signs of drowning? and secondly if the child shared a bedroom with her mother, her apparently abused mother then can someone tell me why Casey didnt lock her bedroom door every night so preventing Caylee leaving the room in the morning, or her father entering her room for that matter. Thus never leaving the child alone with him? I just find it all a little bit odd that an abused woman remains in a home with a baby daughter when her abuser is still there, is this normal behaviour for an abused woman? I dont know and I am not accusing her but it just seems like she didnt take any precautions to protect her baby from this man or am I missing something??
An autopsy was never done since the body was too decomposed. Caylee slept with Casey at night and Casey locked the door but she forgot to lock it one night. Casey tried to protect Caylee the best she could that’s why she created the fake job and the nanny she didn’t want to leave Caylee alone with George.
AnaMae Johnston says:
That’s right. That’s why she stayed away with Caylee when her mom went to Mt. Dora for 2 days about a week before that Father’s Day weekend. I always thought it strange when Mom got on one of the news media shows and blatantly said Caylee was only missing from Casey on June 14th. We know what happened the day after…So….? I still think the whole fear factor centered around poor old plain just a dad? GA.
BTW, Can I put in here a HUGE Kudos to at least 2 posters from here who I have been following on a certain review site? Sorry, since I’m new here I don’t who is who yet, but I see familiar names and I just want to say Thank You!!!! You have never been more right about another certain website-No need to name names ;).
Samadian says:
If you research this topic, you won’t find it strange at all. There is a wealth of literature about ‘breaking the cycle’. It really is a cycle when abuse occurs in a family.
She did her best to protect her daughter but she also was in denial that her father was a predator. Blaming her for not ‘protecting her daughter’ is what allows abusers to escape blame.
I always thought it strange when Mom got on one of the news media shows and blatantly said Caylee was only missing from Casey on June 14th.
*IMO based on when Caylee’s body began to decompose [Forensic experts determined she began to decompose ‘in early to mid-June’. THAT tiny piece of evidence IS CRUCIAL EVIDENCE to the perspective of the events from June 14th that IS CONTRARY to the HEINOUS MURDERER IMAGE and the H-M-Story that unfolded and created … the illusion that Caylee was alive AFTER the 14th…I know that thought is not easy to follow, but bare with me…
IMO it is LIKELY that by defining ‘mid-month’ of a 30 day month as the 24 hour period between 12:am and 11:59pm on the 15th to the16th day of the month, forensic science determined the child’s body was already decomposing before the video…right?
On June 14th Casey ‘lost sight of Caylee’; there were eye-witnesses to the fact Casey and Caylee were together on Friday, June 13th; before midnight.
There was no other eye-witness who positively admitted to seeing the little girl face-to-face on June 14th…(15th, 16th or 17th, either, except from within the Anthony family)
That was because the impression left by the Father’s Day video, on every person who EVER saw it, confirmed Caylee’s whereabouts and condition AFTER she was already decomposing….how’d they do that?
IMO THAT was the moment that the heinous-murder story replaced Casey’s
When viewed from a larger vantage point, it becomes clearer that there was a deliberate purpose behind the child’s disappearance.
IMO Caylee’s ‘body disappeared’ on June 14th not to hide a murder, but to keep Caylee’s death from being known, TO PREVENT the results of an investigation b/c she was likely found dead and decomposing in a place and manner that would NEVER be explained as accidental. [IMO there was no water in her lungs; no accidental drowning]
I say; Casey ‘lost sight and possession’ of Caylee after midnight on Friday 13th to wee hours on the 14th (early-to-mid June).
Cindy and George created the Father’s Day video that was recorded 12 to 15 hours AFTER science determined the child was already decomposing.
This distinction allows the separation of the 2 stories. Now, name the story that unfolded in the media… “A Heinous-Murderer Story”
Tony L. was at the Anthony home on Friday June 13th. Tony and Casey were headed to the mall to pass out flyers and took Caylee with them. Where was Caylee when Tony and Casey went to Fusion that night?
Sorry Carol…I think Tony said he was at the Anthony home on June 12th. The day they went to the mall…later, Casey went to see if Christina Chester would babysit on the night of the big Fusion event ; Friday the 13th. (That is why Christina Chester was so distraught when she talked to Casey from jail on July 16th….she was worried b/c she declined and NO ONE could find Caylee, alive or dead, after that, until her body was placed for re-covery in the woods after full decomposition (that could prove Caylee DID NOT die by accidental drowning)…therefore all evidence would have pointed to foul-play, and one of the A-Family members would have faced the DP charges.
IMO…Casey was the only one ‘in the family’ that COULD be accused of foul-play b/c SHE DIDNT kill Caylee., and she never knew where Caylee was until Dec 11th… [Remember the early jail tape Casey was aggitated when she told Cindy “i wasn’t supposed to take this”… the blame was what she was cryptically referring to. ]
The truth of the matter is distorted when you consider “what Casey was led to believe” during the 31 days she had not seen her daughter face to face
Right off the bat, that makes 3.
#1. ended after Friday the 13th, [the story leading up to a point in time] Casey no longer knew Caylee’s whereabouts…telling Lee “between 9 and 1” [likely=11:30 to midnight…so] after midnight made it June 14th. [in early-to-mid June]
#2. ended Aug 9th (Caylee’s b-day) the story Casey WAS LED TO BELIEVE during the 31 days before July 15th [and she continued to behave accordingly] until Dec. 11. Casey saw the answers she needed on Dec 11, in the “news coverage set-up” in jail; the outfit Caylee was wearing, the fact of no shoes, and recovered from THAT location…no one would EVER believe Caylee died as the result of an accident…she support the drowning story through the trial; she had to trust forensic science to prove her NOT GUILTY of murder.
#3. ended with the trial verdict. [Although, it originated the minute Caylee was discovered already decomposing] this story (unfolded before our eyes) of a heinous murderer, duct tape, chloroform, the lies and premeditation…that Casey had NO INVOLVEMENT IN…except to keep her story quiet.
The heinous murder story was INTENDED to deceive right from the very first moment the little girl was found dead/decomposing *which it did* without Casey having to tell what she “knows now OR thought then”. The trial verdict proved the truth didn’t matter in Caylee’s case, the trial wasn’t about Caylee’s death, it was about how to beat a false murder rap.
This is idiotic. No child would willingly climb into bed with a sexual abuser, even at 2yrs old!
Well, we are indeed truly blessed that you chose to bring your wealth of knowledge & expertise on the subject to our site
Hello JA Kalskett,
How you do you believe Caylee died?
accidentally in the trunk…on June 14th. I believe that Geo (or someone with access to his Pontiac keys) took the car from Tony’s apartment parking lot, not aware that Caylee was asleep there. Hiding the vehicle until Geo was off work on the 14th, she was found already decomposing in the trunk by George, who then created the whole heinous-murder story before returning the Pontiac to Tony’s apartment parking lot minus Caylee. That was how Casey became the victim, she believed Geo and the video of a visit to MtDora on Father’s Day…she never knew anything to the contrary.
What I think, can’t be explained very quickly, but it is contrary to the story of murder and heinous intentions, that unfolded after mid July,’08. I say it was the “heinous murder story” that successfully affected the murder trial verdict b/c it was the ONLY story with ANY evidence found after June 14, when Casey lost track of Caylee.
Forensic science experts KNOW her body began to decompose “early-to-mid” June…according to the heinous murder story, Caylee died after the Father’s Day video was made, “mid-to-late” June.
Caylee’s body was already decomposing when the Father’s Day video was made…
In this case, you must look into the past behaviors of the characters with the most to lose. Casey had already lost sight of Caylee before Father’s Day…and later forensic experts determined the child’s body had already begun to decompose (as much as 2 days/or 12 to 36 hours) prior to that…Her image in the video looked pretty good, considering THAT FACT.
So you are saying caylee ended up in the trunk and George covered all this up to hide the manner in which she died? But did she die while being watched by George and the girlfriend? I can understand your contention about the father’s day video because I’ve always had trouble with the 16th being the day but went with it because that was the day agreed upon by the defense and prosecution. Do you think Caylee accidentally wandered into the trunk without casey knowing? Because if that were the case, why would George cover for Casey when he repeatedly went behind Casey’s back to implicate her in the HM theory?
Thank you for taking the time to reply:-)
IMO It was likely that Casey and Caylee were waiting in the parking lot of Tony’s apartments on Friday the 13th, for Geo to pick-up Caylee after work, so Casey could go to Fusion. After dark, Casey put Caylee on her blanket with her books, toys and babydoll “nanny’s place”; safe, nearby” (cryptic within the family) in the open trunk.
No one would ever believe a decomposing child’s dead body was the result of an accident. IMO that’s why Caylee’s dead body was hidden for 180 days.
But wasn’t George’s work hours 3 pm – midnight? Not that I believe he even had a job, but if he did that is the hours he always said he worked.
Even Cindy didn’t know where, when or if Geo worked. LOL
*personally, I got the impression he was a part-time security cop with a varying schedule, likely for the same company (at least) since mid March ’08: He worked 9:00am to 6:50pm on 3-19-08, then he worked 7:00am to 5:00pm on 3-21-08. Who knows for sure?
IMO Cindy spent 2 days at Mt Dora trying to figure out who was taking money from her banking accounts (using Shirley’s computer) while on vacation from work between May 29 and June 9. She couldn’t tell who was taking funds; the home computer was not private. Her searches were likely for Cecelia Benaida-Gonzale(z) not chlorophyll or chloroform.
C.(Cecelia) Benaida-Gonzalez: IMO It was not a coincidence the handwritten name on the Sawgrass card was C. Zenaida-Gonzale(z) *I have seen the card signature both with and without the z, and noticed how easily a signature “B” can look like a “Z”, as well.
I thought I had read he worked 3 to 11…either way, Casey knew Caylee left her sight after midnight…the date was then June 14th,
IMO even Cindy agreed Caylee was ‘gone from Casey on the 14th’ IMO She still couldn’t understand how the ‘other woman’ tied in with ‘the nanny’ or why that woman would take (kidnap) Caylee. In the month from June 14th to July 15th, Casey hadn’t been able to provide any proof that Geo had a g-friend; only the name C.Benaida…the rest came later, in the heinous murder plot [that spared the Anthony family the loss of another member]
CJ, you ask;
why would George cover for Casey when he repeatedly went behind Casey’s back to implicate her in the HM theory?
He never covered for her, he set her up b/c he was the only person alive that knows Caylee DID DIE as the result of an accident. Caylee was accidentally “out of Casey’s sight”. And no one else knew her whereabouts… It was HER DISAPPEARANCE that was DELIBERATE, and the crime was that no one called 911 on June 14th, for Caylee.
What I don’t know is…
WITHOUT legal authority to do so, isn’t it ILLEGAL to move a dead body without reporting to authorities? (especially a child) AND withhold ALL evidence from the scene to conceal one’s identity and involvement in that person’s death event; for which another person is being accused, charged and tried?
*IMO That would be the crime that George could be found guilty of, in all this. NO? [Adultery, mental abuse, accounts fraud and interference with justice, all aside]
It simply RINGS TRUE that this whole family ADORED Caylee, all 4 of them felt she was ‘theirs’. We just can’t imagine that someone isn’t responsible for her life being cut short…but there was NO INTENTION by anyone to end this little girl’s life…
*That is why I say,
It was BECAUSE she was found dead and already decomposing, that her BODY DISAPPEARED; creating the illusion she was still alive on Father’s Day…but forensics proved her body was decomposing probably 18-48 hours PRIOR. I say the video was the first piece of MIS-INFORMATION that changed everything that followed.
I said that because I thought you thought Casey put caylee in the trunk and that George hid what happened thereafter?
Yes… I think Casey put Caylee in the open trunk (hatchback-style) while waiting for Geo to get off work at 11pm or midnight, so Casey could go to that Fusion Lounge event on Friday the 13th. Tony and friends had to lock-up the apartment befere they left, but Casey had to wait for a ‘sitter’. Casey and Caylee waited by the pool and some in the parking lot. Once it became dark, Calyee’s shoes off and was laid on her blanket with toys and books…and Nan, the babydoll. ‘Nan’s place was in the trunk, whenever Caylee needed a safe, clean ‘playpen’ setting, and it was always ‘nearby’ Casey was a good mom…
Well, CJ that does pretty much sum it up…Casey didn’t know where Caylee was on Father’s Day, but Caylee’s body did get moved from the last place Casey left her…She would’ve called 911 but there was no sign of Caylee after June 14th…in the car or anywhere she knew to look for Crystal and her sister. There were phone records that would’ve shown her un-answered calls to Goerge if she still had her phone. However, I believe her phone was in her purse when the car was moved by whoever had George’s Pontiac keys…they may not have known where “Nan’s place” was, or that Caylee was sleeping there.
WOW! After my last post, I watched the video on this page (top right) under the heading “this is the reason we do what we do…”
And I have to repeat myself…It simply RINGS TRUE that this whole family ADORED Caylee, all 4 of them felt she was ‘theirs’. But Casey’s first and foremost.
There was no ‘GOOD REASON’ WHY this lovely child died…only, that as the result, “IT WOULD TAKE a “Circus event of epic proportions’ to make this accident appear ‘accidental’ any other way.
JA – so you are saying Casey left Caylee alone in an open trunk on a blanket to go party with Tony? Maybe, I’m missing something. I don’t think Casey would do that. If she did it would make her at fault.
Jon, JA
I agree although I do find it interesting that Skye was in jail with Casey and that she was also River’s sister – maybe they were working for the cops….
But I don’t see Casey leaving Caylee in the trunk because if we go by your theory, that would mean GA would have to know that Casey left Caylee in the trunk in order to pick her up which you are saying he didn’t know that and drove away?
I respect diverse opinion though and find your theory interesting; I just don’t see, based on what we know about Casey, that she would leave Caylee in the trunk even if she made it a nice place for her. It was hot in florida even at night. She would have suffocated and Casey would have known that prior to putting her the trunk.
Unless I’m missing something?
Thank-you for the good questions…I’ve been on JQ since Sept. and feel like I’ve been beating my head against the wall!
Does it work best if each question is answered in order, here? I’ll do that.
Jynnxter at JQ…I’m off the island, now for disrupting the status quo, there, by being arrogant and not conforming to their way of thinking. My signature WAS Don’t believe everything you think…though, not too many (actually 0) agreed with those words of wisdom, LOL
Yes, did you miss that the trunk lid was open? In bright daylight or sun. the trunk lid works like an umbrella…at night it keeps a little light on, too…
Geo would have known to look for Caylee there, had he actually talked to Casey that night. IMO the night went something like this:
Caylee and Casey were waiting for Geo. When it got dark, Casey took Caylee’s shoes off and laid her on her blanket to wait. Toys, books and Caylee’s favorite babydoll, Nan, was there.
no, she waited…I think Nan was Caylee’s babydoll’s name…Nanny’s place was in the hatchback-type trunk…not like it sounds; more like a playpen setting. Geo and Casey may have been the only 2 people who understood the expression.
OH I see now.
Do you see how that ONE FACTprevented Casey from telling ‘where Nanny’s place was’ and anything in her own defense?
Yes but am still questioning why she would leave her daughter their in the night alone when she could be kidnapped or hurt no matter how nice the place was.
Can i ask, how did you arrive at your theory? Was it the evidence in the trunk, something about her toys, books ect? Something you read that a friend said that I over looked?
What first led you to believe this happened?
CJ, this is the best question b/c it is so simple.
Dr G’s expert opinion, remember the ‘seemingly vague’ determination of when Caylee’s body began to decompose?
…IMO Dr.G defined the single piece of testimony that IS CONTRARY to the heinous-murder story, by her statement “decomposition began EARLY-to-mid June”. She actually confirms when Caylee’s death occurred; in hours PRIOR to decomposition EARLY-to-mid June!…Caylee’s death MUST HAVE occurred before June 15/16th…by reason of definition.
* technically, the term ‘mid-‘ (of a 30-day month) refers to is mid-night between the 15th and 16th day,
When you focus on the Father’s Day video, Caylee ‘appears to be alive’ on the 15th and not decomposing; mid June…tells me the video IS THE “FALSE WITNESS” that introduced the H-MStory. does that make sense?
LOL Try this: A False witness for a false story, on the wrong day, by a false murderer with a heinous image…and No murder!
Once that heinous-murder story was presented to the media, it took on a life of it’s own.
By July 15th Casey was prevented from defending herself against it. Now, after the trial verdict, it has protected Casey from being forced into telling ‘what she knew happened’. IMO there came a time when she gave-up on the truth, and fell silent, adding to the heinous image that she carries yet today.
From that, it became clearer, there was a purpose for the H-MStory that has kept America captivated for years…IT has protected their family, and still shrouds the truth.
CJ,
Do you think I mean Casey left Caylee in there intentionally? NO! She would never deliberately do that…It wasn’t Casey’s fault George went to his ‘friend’s condo” and left the Pontiac parked while he went to work, on the 14th.
George couldn’t have known Casey’s whole life was in the car…as well as Caylee accidentally in the trunk. So her death wasn’t his fault either…
Say George had found caylee in the trunk, based on what we know about his feelings toward casey, he would have called LE. LE would have believed him because Tony L would have been the last person to see Caylee, placing Caylee in Casey’s care. Unless there is something I’m missing.
Regardless of how it has ever looked, the Anthony family would do anything for Caylee. Even if it meant throwing each other under the bus; liars, abusers, thieves, kidnappers and murders…ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING, the HMStory prevented Casey from defending herself against a world of haters…Casey had her story…the one with the truth, but NO ANSWERS; and the trial verdict proved the H-MStory had ALL THE ANSWERS…just NOT THE TRUE ONES.
So do you reject the idea that GA molested Casey? Because the research out the proves that an adult child would lie and even sitting in jail to hide that family secret. And if you, then what do you make of the shrink’s opinions? I’m sorry you were treated poorly at a sleuth forum but I’m not surprised. Least justice quest didn’t invent computer history after Baez book claiming we “heard it through them first” that Casey did GA’s computer searches! LOL
Many families have secrets that they don’t really want to share with the community or the world. Some ARE heinous, some are simply poor judgement. IMO if there had been secret sexual activities, it wouldn’t have taken so long for it to have been exposed.
IMO all of the truth disappeared on June 14th with Caylee (who was alive when Casey last saw her, but was decomposing when she was located in the trunk, as much as a day later. No one could know what happened to Caylee, or someone in the A-Family would have been exposed and held responsible for her death. That video of Father’s Day was shown on the news as early as July 16th…so, 45 days after the little girl was missing, all of the witnesses from MtDora began being questioned by LE on July 22nd (co-incidently, Casey’s “full cooperation letter” was filed with the court, on the 21st)
To me, if the date is wrong, the truth has still not been uncovered. I CAN identify the purpose and importance for the Heinous-Murder-Story that prevented Casey from receiving a guilty of murder verdict, tho, it WAS FOR CAYLEE’S SAKE
CJ…you asked “So do you reject the idea that GA molested Casey”
my answer goes against the presumption that there was sexual improprieties within the home, but I easily could be wrong. The number of survivors who believe that accusation (or allegation)attest to how rampant that sort of thing is…I, too am a survivor, so, IMO it is not impossible, If it was, their family, like many families (for their own reasons), swept it under the rug. Do I think Caylee was molested….no. (but I don’t have proof to support my opinion…either)
I don’t think Casey would ever leave Caylee in the trunk. Especially in that kind of weather. Plus her friends always said Casey was a good mom and always attended to Caylee. Casey made sure Caylee wouldn’t run to the pool.
yep Suz your right.
On the ground there are burrs, ants, cig butts, and roaches the size of a fist…When Tony and all the friends and roommates went to Fusion, Casey and Caylee waited in the parking lot. Casey would have known it was after midnight when she last saw Caylee and the car…leaving the parking lot…that was Sat June 14th. Geo got off work that night (if he worked) at 11:pm or midnight. No one has asked what time HE got home…if he made it, or went straight to work from his “friend’s”
IMO Geo took the car, (or a friend with access to his keys may have…Raine or Skye?) Expecting Casey and Caylee were IN Tony’s apartment, Geo saw the car, and took it without directly talking to Casey…hoping to spoil Casey’s plan by leaving Caylee and just taking the car… [tough love, maybe straight-up control] he simply took the car and parked it while visiting his friend, and left it where Casey wouldn’t find it. Her phone and purse and their belongings (taken June 9 when they ‘moved out’ were likely in the car; another reason the trunk would have made a good porta-crib.
And, where was Caylee when George took the car? Casey left Caylee alone in a open trunk on a blanket in the middle of the night in a parking lot. Casey would never be that reckless with Caylee. Casey was a good mom and loved Caylee with all her heart. She just would never do anything like that.
I believe Caylee was asleep when the car left the parking lot. Probably slept until the sun came up, and she couldn’t get out of the trunk, b/c the lid had latched when the car was moved. Geo worked on the 14th, so Caylee and Nan had to wait for him to find them after work; meaning they had accidentally been at Nanny’s Place all day.
Casey may have had a physical confrontation with the person who later took the car…the night of July 15th, Casey DID try to tell LE about what happened on the 14th, but she, too had been given so much misinformation through that month, she was left to ‘speculate’ what was the truth, by that point in time. Everywhere she had looked during late June and early July, for Caylee (and the ‘sisters’) turned-up dead-ends.
I love a good theory but what I can’t see is a mother leaving a child in an open trunk and leaving to go anywhere no matter how nice the trunk was inside. Casey would have been leaving Caylee open to predators human and animal ie roaming dogs etc. It would have been reckless abandonment and Casey was the one who put safety locks on all the doors in the house, carried an extra key in case she was locked out of her car. Casey did a better job than I did at safety proofing the home if what they say is correct. So it doesn’t seem reasonable that she would suspend safety issues in this case to go out with Tony L. Were her friends okay with this? Because had I a friend who did that, even at 20 I would have thinked they bumped their head! LOL I would have intervened surely.
If my girlfriend was going to leave her kid in an open trunk to party with me. I Would say something like your her mother you can’t just leave her here all alone. What if something happened to her? I wouldn’t want a girlfriend who would do this to her child. I wouldn’t support Casey if she did something like that.
Oh, yes…I agree, whole-heartedly! He is manipulative and sly, he thinks on his feet, and he controls others by what he knows about them.
Me neither Jon. I’m glad you said it aloud.
If Tony knew Casey was leaving Caylee like that, he would have told LE right off the bat. He was very well cooperating with LE.
Tony was not there, he was at Fusion. As was his roommates, who would have ‘locked-up’ before going to the club. It gets dark very late in the summed in Florida, so it was likely after 10 pm before Casey took Caylee’s shoes off. Here may be where her poor judgement may have been an issue.
I have NEVER said Casey left Caylee unattended in a closed trunk of the car…nor that it is a “good choice”, merely that the child could be “lost” while in the trunk…and that in Florida in the summer, the child would’ve accidentally died…
It is simply the thought of the child sleeping in a clean trunk with toys and books and a favorite doll seems to pizs people-off…
everyone lies…everyone dies; what a threat! I believe Geo warned everyone he could tie into the event of June 14th. He showed the video around, and planted evidence of the HMS where ever he could. If he expected LE to investigate, he would know how to hide what they would be looking for.
But IMO the purpose of that Diary of Days…it was a warning to whomever was not willing to let this case unfold the way it “had to, to affect the DP murder trial verdict.
Was it not ‘odd’ that Casey was charged with murder when there had been no indication that she had been harmed; missing and at large, with an unidentified culprit.
*for the murder story to achieve it’s goal, Casey had to be accused of murder…because Caylee wasn’t murdered…it would have only looked like murder had she been reported decomposing in the Pontiac trunk, no matter how she got there or why
I do believe Ga stalked Casey and took that car whenever he pleased though JA. He knew more about what Casey did then Casey’s friends did.
Oh, YES! He took Caylee without permission whenever her wanted, too. That is what prevented Caylee from alerting the police when she couldn’t find Caylee on June 14th, 15th, 16th, …all the way through the 31 days…
Actually, Casey said it best “my whole life”…her purse, her phone, her wheels and her babygirl.
George was the only person whose involvement / and lack of it, led the Heinous-Murder Story from start to finish.
When he and C stood and left the courtroom after the verdict, it was to conceal their relief that the verdict spared their family.
..sorry. That should read
That is what prevented Casey from alerting the police when she couldn’t find Caylee on June 14th, 15th, 16th, or 17th (the day I think she first saw the video) …all the way through the 31 days…
*also in the list of things that comprised her “whole life” was the car-full of their belongings (she believed were hers and Caylees) that filled the car still, on the 14th. These things were missing from her car when she got the car back, minus Caylee.
Has anyone read this before? I”m still in the middle of it.
Interesting, huh? That’s why it was easy for me to see, that a huge effort was made to distance himself from the sisters. Cecelia and Crystal: the mysterious twins or look-alikes? IDK cuz I’ve not seen a picture of Cecelia…her face was blurred in the only one I saw of George and “his g-friend”
*I believe Cindy did…remember the pic she was shown? She announced “Sorry lady, you’re NOT A #10! (when Casey told Cindy she had not seen any ‘line-up” or the any pic of ZF-G).
Leonard Padilla was sent away as soon as he mentioned discovering a connection between Geo and another woman with the OSCO. His reputation took a whooping for his involvement…as did anyone who did not heed the cryptic message / threat in the diary of days. “everyone lies…or…everyone dies”.
I don’t remember that doc being 50 pages long…but I read it after the trial when the trial verdict seemed to scream “whatever had been seen after the child died, was NOT what really happened’ and the little discrepancies became more obvious…Since then, the purpose for the H-MStory was to establish Caylee was alive, after her body began to decompose, concealing June14th from scrutiny while destroying Casey’s story, believability, and chance to dispute the heinous murderer image.
Do you think GA is a perv and a child molester? I’m married to that because of Casey’s reactions, lies, the way George acted and the shrinks assessment of her.
I believe ANYTHING that has come forth since June 14th, has been specifically intentional to affect the DP murder trial verdict…none of what really happened has come to light…the world is looking for the truth within the HMStory…beginning with that video…mid-June. Science tells us that whatever happened to Caylee caused her body to decompose in early-to-mid-June. She should have not been alive in mid-to late June as the HMStory is based on….it is all mis-information…and Casey IS the victim!
maybe I’m not a good person to ask…I think all men and women have the potential to be pervs. And these days, there is less protection from it! But I don’t think everyone IS.
See, right now, I’m convinced ALL REPUBLICANS want to control/force women into sex…that idea of “legitimate rape” is surely a male dominance concept and mind-set. Beyond that,… the idea that if a child is the result of rape, the woman is legally bound to give birth and honor that man’s fatherhood rights..ABSOLUTELY ABSURD! IMO that is like “Open Season” for rape (and servitude) of women; not to mention the vulnerable men, children or animals.
But, I won’t go there…ok?
All Republicans want to force women into Sex? That just Ridiculus. That’s only one nutcase who is running . I’m sure all Republicans don’t think anything like that. That’s Very unfair to say all Republicans think like that one nut.
A Kalskett says:
Jon responded:
JAKalskett :
Yeah, but he wants to “run the free world”…be the Commander and Chief…You are right…LOL not all Republican think like that, I just hope they see the risk to women if that “nutcase” accidentally wins the election.
I know JA really got everyone going about these two sisters ha! Thanks JA! My entire opinion has changed in that area after reading Skye’s statement. I didn’t even know anything about her before.
I think there was an earlier depo by Cecelia…before Jan 2010. She still used her married name Gonzales…with a z or without…C. Benaida Gonzale rings very similar to the Zenaida Gonzale, to me. I can only speak for myself and try to explain why I have my own POV.
SO she did have the name Gonzalez? I’m going to look for that depo and why wasn’t that name mentioned in the next depo when the cops go over the how many names a person has part? Hmmm.
So do you think that Skye/Behaida was put up to going to Sawgrass that day? and if so, how does ZG fit in with the lawsuit?
A lot of ppl think ZG was a merely a pawn and was used for the purpose of convincing people there never was a nanny, when there was. ( meaning there was a nanny, not saying the nanny kidnapped Caylee but people believe that there was a nanny)
CJ: why wasn’t that name mentioned in the next depo when the cops go over the how many names a person has part? Hmmm.
JAK: Would they ask (or expect an answer) from an agent ‘undercover’? To what length is LE allowed to go to protect the identity of uc agents?
CJ: So do you think that Skye/Behaida was put up to going to Sawgrass that day? and if so, how does ZG fit in with the lawsuit?
JAK: I think she did that to protect Crystal, who was already ‘giving money to Geo’.
IMO all the civil static is punishment…Not the DP; b/c it was not deliberate; but it is the price Casey has to pay for her poor judgement that put Caylee in a dangerous situation; that resulted in Caylee’s death.
CJ: A lot of ppl think ZG was a merely a pawn and was used for the purpose of convincing people there never was a nanny, when there was. ( meaning there was a nanny, not saying the nanny kidnapped Caylee but people believe that there was a nanny)
JAK: IMO As Cindy was home most nights, there was SOME PLACE Geo would take Caylee when he watched her nights or weekends….Call her any name you like… there is one person in all this that said ‘no one knows my real name.
Another supporter summed it up for me.
1.) Who were these women working for and for what purpose because I dont think it was for OCSO.
2.) If they weren’t working UC, how did they get the money to give to GA so he could pretend to have a job? The money was given in small increments of 300.00 400.00 etc over time? Skye came out owing money to the state for stealing so money had to be in issue.
3.) Kindfinders owners’ sherry and whatever Milstead were river’s friends and very dupicitious con artist IMO who had been in trouble with the law. Perhaps LE was investigating the Milsteads and River inadvertently because caught up with GA.
4.) Or maybe the FBI was delving into pedo rights and this is why this story is so scattered with strange coincidences.
5.) Her statement proved Casey was sad when Caylee died and suprised.
6.) I don’t know about her name being that similiar to ZG? But I’m doubtful that a ZG ever walked into sawgrass that day and if so, I think M&M SOUGHT HER OUT as they did Vasco whomever his name was, the kidnapper GA was calling who was added at the last minute during the trial.
3. LOL I haven’t come across the info you mention about KidFinders…But I’m not surprised! Birds of a feather…
4. IMO [everything including the multiples and the frivolous chaos that appeared after early-to-mid June WAS the heinous-murder story…ANYTHING believed after June 14th ‘belonged to the HMS…NOT what happened while Caylee was out of Casey’s sight after midnight Friday the 13th…the Anthony’s ‘worst of worst days’
Casey and Cindy were both looking for Caylee and Cecelia until Caylee’s birthday. Casey could no longer find anything regarding the sisters, by mid-to-late June, Cindy was being misled by Geo and so was Casey…he pitted them against each other; divide and conquer
OK…here’s how your questions would be answered according to my POV.
Some curious info was found within Cecelia Benaidas’ depo / transcript. First, although there are the correct words within her testimony, the speech pattern is often erratic and makes no true statements or answers to questions, except by implication…beating the interrigation to establish her involvement in the events surrounding Caylee’s death. She convincingly avoids straight information.
1. One sister was emotionally unstable and SHE was the one that had seizures.. that was Crystal; her ‘roomate’ was a Jeff Allen, who also gave Crystal money.
The other sister appeared to be protected by LE whether it was OSCO, IDK. There hasn’t been a photo of this sister, that I have found. [She makes reference to “under(cover?)” page 8; beginning with line 10.]
Crystal didn’t give him just small increments…there was first a large sum of $4K..and than, when she could get her hands on it, another payment of $800..I think he was black-mailing Crystal…she WAS INVOLVED, and he was shaking her-down….but SHE sincerely felt the child had died by accident…one that SHE could look responsible for happening…if she drove the car, or didn’t pay. She KNEW the situation had snowballed out of control, first hand!
Had the scene appeared accidental, a 911 call would have been made, (even if the truth was not told to EMTs as the result) it is ultimately impossible to prove ‘intent’ when there ARE no clues.
[IMO, b/c Caylee was decomposing when her body was moved the first time: requiring the tape, bags and canvas bag to contain the drainage] IMO her body disappeared 180 days b/c there was NO WATER in her lungs confirming where ever her death occurred, it would NEVER have appeared to have been accidental; and full decomposition was the only way to keep the cause from being exposed by science.
5. Yes, Casey was devastated like anyone who misses their last chance to ‘see’ a loved one, before their death occurs. The difference is that Casey was behind bars and out of the view of others while she grieved and adjusted to the fact.
Answer: C. Benaida-Gonzalez was her married name…still..when she wrote it on the Sawgrass Apts interest card. She dropped the Gonzale(z) when she got her divorce…
[see her depo/testimony Page 8, midway down the page]
I’m sure there is another depo by her…closer to when Padilla was involved, back in the time when she still used her married name…that was where i first made that connection with the nanny’s name, and the ‘anonymous-twin’
The interest card that was filled out at the SawGrass apt, was that mid-June or July?
Well, the pros claims it was filled out on June 17 but I read on a forum that Ashton’s book said March 17. I think he made a mistake.
My calendar indicated St Pat’s Day…USUALLY March 17th…(but for religious observance conflicts in 2008; St Pat’s was celebrated on the 15th) But beside the fact a ZF-G got a seatbelt ticket, she did not connect to this case at all, except by opportunity.
*That was the weekend Casey turned 21. A very special EVENT for Casey.
…correction that was the weekend before her birthday…on the 19th.
The seatbelt ticket in March was given to Zenaida Gonzales (civil suit Zenaida).
The Sawgrass card was filled out June 17th by C.Benhaida-Gonzale(z), the undercover cop at the jail where Casey was being held…(Cecelia Benaida, sister of Crystal Holloway)
I would like to know your thoughts about other things I’ve thought about when reading things about this case. Have you looked at the spreadsheet of computer searches? There were searches done, 10 days after caylee was born for paternity testing companies online EXCEPT the searches were for familial paternity testing and comparing DNA profiles. Did you see that?
GA and LEE moved out shortly after caylee was born which is strange. Usually the birth of a child doesn’r cause the grandfather to move out. G said in a police statement when he was being secretly taped, that he moved out because he was having “issues” with having a grandchild.
Wasn’t Jesse G tested at the hospital after Caylee’s birth?
Also, did you know that missing children sites were viewed in March of 08? What do you make of GA’s involvement in kidfinders which is known for not being upstanding. Both owners are ex-felons. I believe money donated to help find caylee was used to purchase a spendy boat for Mr. Milstead and GA was seen in the boat. I wonder how much money G received.
I’m alluding to that there may have been other scenarios not looked at when trying to understand the dynamics of that family in the middle of a missing child search that last for months. At minimum, G and C profited off the searches knowing Caylee was never missing. But with Cindy, I’m still not sure she knew until much later…
I believe Casey and Cindy were ‘out of the loop’ until Caylee didn’t come home for her birthday Cindy may have known Caylee had died as early as the ‘comment in the jailhouse tape about drowning in the [family]pool. (..to which Casey commented Surprise, surprise!!) Cindy’s ‘break-down’ may have been caused by the new knowledge. Or she appeared to know something ‘terrible had happened’ in the jailhouse tape wher Casey asked “why is she crying, already?” Does anyone else remember that? (or the date?)
I must be doing something wrong, here…my replies are not staying with the posts I am answering…Sorry, I’ll try to figure out why that is happening.
You know, I don’t believe everything I think, because my opinion is ever changing, based on what new info has come before me. No one has to follow me, I am lost, here, too. I’ve never even bee to Florida…. But I resist conforming to pressure of public opinion. I am happy to share what I have found to base my opinion on, but other do not have to agree. Thanks for entertaining my POV here.
Yeah I think we all entertain other ideas at times about this case because there are so many coincidences, omissions, inept and corrupt LE, the case lends in itself to thinking of different scenarios at times.
CJ that is exactly why I have to accept there are 2 separate stories at play in this case…the story Casey can’t prove, and the heinous-murder story which is all that has come forth but is NOT what happened. (trial verdict indicated ‘not murder’)
If you can imagine that the many coincidences, omissions, inept and limited LE investigations to be integral part of the heinous-murder story; Casey’s story is easier to invision, if you look at what she believed after Friday the 13th, and on June 14th, you can see how her involvement after Father’s Day appeared to validate the H-M story as time passed, while she was incarcerated.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/caylee-anthony/os-casey-anthony-zenaida-gonzalez-motion-20121105,0,7784514.story
OH good. Looks like ZG never had a job to lose!
You don’t seem to see the simplicity that recognizing the heinous-murder story brings to this case. Anything and everything that related to the “STORY” of LIES, deliberate and premeditated murder, duct tape, sex abuse, chloroform…that was the story that was designed to protect the A-Family. The truth and Casey’s story in early-June, were “1 and the same”.
JA K..
Have you read Jose Baez’s book? Have you read any of the books on this case? What’s your opinion?
I have a question on what you wrote here:
Are you trying to say that Casey was “actually” looking for Caylee? Casey admitted to LE that she lied about looking for Caylee. She served time for it. This makes Casey look like she’s lying about admitting to lying to LE. (I hope this makes sense).
CJ: Have you read Jose Baez’s book?
(JAK) No.
CJ: Are you trying to say that Casey was “actually” looking for Caylee? Casey admitted to LE that she lied about looking for Caylee. She served time for it. This makes Casey look like she’s lying about admitting to lying to LE. (I hope this makes sense).
JAK: Yes Casey was looking for Caylee, ever since June 14th…even tho for weeks, she was convinced Caylee was safe, nearby, with Nan(her doll) after she saw the June 15th Father’s Day video. *explaining why, from mid-June to mid-July, Casey was observed acting like a 20-something Mother on vacation [during the few days to maybe 2 weeks] Geo told her Caylee was visiting his folks (maybe in Tampa)
IMO : After the Pontiac was towed from Amscot, Casey had enlisted Cindy, but couldn’t find any sign (or proof) of the ‘sisters, causing her to suspect they were part of Geo “taking her whole life away”. By July 5th….she had told Cindy the g-friend’s name: to the best she knew Cecelia Benaidas Gonzale(z)…and described “all she could tell Cindy: there was a sister with mental issues, supported by family living in NY, she has curly hair, works in LE, arm tattoos, is a #10 …
Sorry, Suzy…that was your post that I answered.
Hi Suzy:
You asked: Are you trying to say that Casey was “actually” looking for Caylee? Casey admitted to LE that she lied about looking for Caylee. She served time for it. This makes Casey look like she’s lying about admitting to lying to LE. (I hope this makes sense).
Step away from the pieces and look from a larger perspective…FMPOV, there are only two separate stories.
The Heinous-Murderer Story…ALL that emerged after ‘mid June’ [B/C, while out of her mother’s sight, Caylee was already decomposing, for half a day or more.] The H-MStory unfolded in 180 days; included multiple ‘reasonably-believable scenarios’ of pre-meditation, duct tape, chloroform, sex abuse and heinous murder. It’s sole purpose was to provide the reasonably-believable lies and false evidence, perjury and character assassinations, to affect the DP murder trial verdict.
The other one simply ended when Casey lost sight of Caylee (early-to-mid June). She was confused for 31 days, as to Caylee’s whereabouts b/c of mis-information in a video and the disappearance of sister’s who had answers to Caylee’s whereabouts ON June 14th.
Sorry, to answer the real question, Suzy :
Anything that was even spoken after ‘early-to-mid June’ technically was affected by the little girl’s absence.
Casey’s involvement in the heinous murder story was minimal to non-existent. By the time she was charged with murder, she knew the HMS had a life of it’s own.
omg Suzy….sorry I just saw my mistake in my post nearly a month ago…
If I may correct it: “JA Kalskett says:
Casey may have had a physical confrontation with the person who later took the car…the night of Friday, JUNE 13th (NOT as I posted; July 15th)
Casey DID try to tell LE about what happened on the 14th, but she, too had SEEN THE VIDEO and been given so much misinformation through that month, she was left to ‘ONLY speculations’ as to what was the truth, by that point in time.
Everywhere she had looked for Caylee (OR the ‘sisters’) turned-up dead-ends.”(after mid-to-late June and through early-to-mid July)
CJ: Have you looked at the spreadsheet of computer searches? Did you see that?
JAK; No, after the trial verdict, I spent a few months scratching my head, then remembered w-o-w from MY SISTER; “don’t believe everything you think…”
It was much easier to sort truth from the heinous murder story once I kept 2-2008 calendars and noted the chaos separate from Casey’s account/perspective; By Aug ’12, it appeared that Casey “behaved” according to HER PERCEPTION, during the 31 days she ‘did not see Caylee’. That was clearly a red-flag…she didn’t understand HOW, but she was attesting that she was convinced by the June 15th video, also…BUT she hadn’t seen her face to face since the 14th.
CJ: GA and LEE moved out shortly after caylee was born which is strange. Usually the birth of a child doesn’r cause the grandfather to move out. G said in a police statement when he was being secretly taped, that he moved out because he was having “issues” with having a grandchild.
JAK: I know nothing about that.
CJ: Wasn’t Jesse G tested at the hospital after Caylee’s birth?
JAK: I thought when Mr Grund insisted on a paternity test, THAT caused their falling-out, in 2007. [which could be wrong]
CJ: Also, did you know that missing children sites were viewed in March of 08? What do you make of GA’s involvement in Kidfinders which is known for not being upstanding. Both owners are ex-felons. I believe money donated to help find caylee was used to purchase a spendy boat for Mr. Milstead and GA was seen in the boat. I wonder how much money G received.
JAK: IDK…this info about Kidfinders was outside the realm that I scoured for insight…sorry
CJ: I’m alluding to that there may have been other scenarios not looked at when trying to understand the dynamics of that family in the middle of a missing child search that last for months. At minimum, G and C profited off the searches knowing Caylee was never missing. But with Cindy, I’m still not sure she knew until much later…
JAK: I agree…IMO Cindy WAS out of the loop after June 9, ’08; at least until Aug 9th [regarding Caylee] But for months before that, Geo was keeping Cindy ‘out-of-the loop’ regarding ‘another woman’. IMO It would seem that Casey knew a lot more about Geo’s friends, than Cindy ever did. And that, IMO during the days between June 15th and July 15th,
Casey and Cindy were both looking for Caylee AND the ‘other woman’ at the same time.
I think Geo wanted to see how much leverage Gr-Parents have in locating and petitioning for custody of their grandchildren. Since Casey had begun to keep Caylee away from the Hopesprings home, He and Cindy hated the fact that Casey is the full custodial parent, so they hired Dominick Casey (the private investigator) to follow and document Casey to provide harmful information against Casey when they would later petition for custody of Caylee…
Now, after reading more about KidFinders, it would not be a surprise if the multiple foundations in Caylee’s name, were deliberately set-up to ‘cover’ for ‘monetary donations’ from people like Tony Lazzaro, Crystal Holloway, her sister C.B(-G), Ashton and others Geo could’ve made look ‘suspect’ or ‘accessories to the murder story’, in one of the 3 events that happened over the second weekend in June.
The questions listed here by SJ, would’ve been answered differently from Casey’s perspective, according to how much dis-information she had received.
1.) So what happened to Caylee? *Casey didn’t know, she had not seen Caylee after she went to the Fusion eventon Fri the 13th.
2.) How did she lose her life? Un-noticed in the Pontiac, in the Florida June heat.
3.) What happened immediately after that event? nothing, for maybe 24hours…not until June 15th when Geo ‘noticed’ her condition and whereabouts.
4.) Why didn’t anyone call 911? b/c the WAY she died would never be explained as accidental.
5.) How did Caylee’s body end up in the woods off Suburban Drive? , placed it there for re-covery…exactly 180 days (and 180 degrees) from the truth on Father’s Day.
6.) Who put her body there? The person who needed the HMS to protect their family, had the opportunity, skills and experience; ex-cop George…the person of authority and maybe ‘great consequence’
7.) Why did it take so long to find the remains? For ease of recollection of the false facts.
8.) What happened during the 31 days? Casey was convinced Caylee was safe, nearby, and at Geo’s folks’ for vacation after Father’s day; and likely received voice snips from Caylee on the phone.
9.) What was Casey’s involvement? To shut her mouth…she finally understood the power of being silent…to appear involvement in the HMS
a.) and what role did George…He moved the body of the child from the scene where her death occurred, to hide his involvement in the event of her death.
b.) Cindy … reacted publicly to disinformation
c.) Lee … pup chasing tail…got outta Dodge asap to keep from saying too much
…didn’t anyone notice that there are exactly 180 days between Father’s Day and the Dec 11 date when Caylee’s remains were removed from the woods? Or that the HMStory is 180 degrees from the TRUTH?
Jessica Davies says:
I just read all this just now. I have been following the case since the first it broke out. I didn’t know whether Casey did it or her family covered it up. What really got to me was that she was partying during the 31 days, and she seemed like she was on top of the world. That moment i believe she had no idea or knowledge her daughter was murdered. I don’t believe Casey would be happy or smiling after she discovers her daughter is dead. My theory is that Caylee was alive and Casey left her with George ALIVE AND WELL that day. George may have killed Caylee AFTER Casey left, then he must of contacted Casey and told her to not return home. That explains the partying and the tattoo. You may agree or not and feel free to post of your theories. Have a wonderful day
Hello Jessica,
We DO agree, the truth still alludes exposure.
IMO the first point that needs to be defined is “DID Caylee die before or after her body began to decompose “in early-to-mid June” as agreed by forensic experts.
Clearly, that means Caylee was decomposing prior to the Father’s Day video (and the ‘unfolding’ of the murder story that insists Caylee died ‘mid-to-late June’, based on the testimony of a video…I call the Father’s Day video the “false witness”
did that make sense? I think the date Caylee died has been changed by the ‘heinous-murder story’; that we’ve all look for the truth ‘within’ it…but Caylee ‘wasn’t there’ on Father’s Day…just her ‘image’ in a video.
You could be right, Jessica,
I’m only pointing out that my POV merely reflects a possibility that Caylee was not intentionally harmed by anyone, and that Caylee disappeared because ‘she was already dead and decomposing in early-to-mid June.
And possibly expose the identity of the person who created and orchestrated the heinous-murder story, to hide their involvement in making Caylee’s accidental death event ‘appear to have been an accidental drowning’..tho IMO Caylee wouldn’t have had water in her lungs, in June ’08.
Before this family went under the magnifying glass, there were signs of major trouble; the power struggle between the 3 adults within the home, put the child’s safety in jeopardy.
It isn’t reasonable to believe that any one of them would intentionally or deliberately harm Caylee.
IMO Caylee MUST have been decomposing already, when she disappeared, but I don’t believe she could’ve been alive on June 15th at Mt Dora or after. Her disappearance, btw, prevented science from determining there was no water in her lungs,
On this page are two pictures of G and C on the day of the verdict…the one with the caption; Spot the difference?
G displays a fake smile, appearing as though the trial is going the way they want…C is displaying the sign language letters…OK
Then their sullen faces and the way they stood and left the courtroom,…appearing dis-satisfied with the verdict.
IMO this behavior was intentionally projected to disguise their relief, that through careful planning and manipulation of the way this story unfolded, the result WAS worth all that they went through. And the truth will never have to be exposed.
Elizabeth Loftus says:
We now believe she is innocent because we found it was George Anthony who did the computer-search, as in a statement to Local 6 on Monday, the Sheriff’s Office stood by Osborne and echoed her defense: “The Firefox record which contains the Google search for ‘suffication’ was neither extracted nor examined. A search for the keyword ‘suffocation’ was never requested from any OCSO investigator or the prosecutor’s office at any time during the investigation; therefore, this Internet record was inadvertently not discovered by Detective Osborne. … The agency has confidence in her knowledge and expertise in this very complicated field of computer forensics.” When it comes to blame, the prosecution notes it requested the information from the Sheriff’s Office; the Sheriff’s Office states it was never asked to search for “fool-proof-suffocation.” And, to support that theory to discredit the times logged in the browser’s software, “concrete proof” it was George Anthony and not Casey Anthony doing the foolproof suffocation computer-search on google.com that afternoon, Baez notes correctly it was immediately preceded by a login to an AOL Instan-Messenger account; “right after someone logged in to instant messenger,” Baez writes in his book, “the first search was to Google” for foolproof suffocation at 1:51 p.m, and not at 2:51 p.m., and that the times on the browser history extracted from the sheriff’s copy of the hard drive failed to take into account the beginning of daylight saving time in March 2008.
10.) How many of George’s acquaintances have ‘roles’ in the way things unfolded into a heinous murder story, after July 15th?
a.) Cecelia Benaida-Gonzale(z)…Holloway’s sister; under cover cop/corrections ‘inmate’, Kronk’s friend, in 2010 went to Cindy at Hopesprings to make Geo stop taking money from Crystal.
b.) Kronk…documented body was NOT in woods in Aug nor Nov but WAS, in Dec…exactly 180 days after Father’s Day.
c.) Ashton…
11.) How many of these players will donate annually to the Caylee Anthony Foundation? (whose purpose is to support her family)
a.) Holloway (b/c she may have taken the Pontiac, not expecting Caylee was asleep in the back)
b.) Kronk (if he can ever get a reward)
c.) Ashton (b/c he didn’t lose face, just the case)
*** After the trial verdict, most people (with even minimal involvement) were let off the hook with Geo, once they avoided mentioning (or giving to LE) anything ‘contrary to the HMS’ (Amy was one example of what could happen after she told LE ‘Casey was following instructions from someone’: Cindy accused in depo ‘Amy could be ‘the nanny’.)
mookie says:
http://www.myspace.com/aquarious_fairy kimberly ballman pretending again
catnip says:
Did you check your theory against the phone calls and texts she made in the morning as she busy in the am on calls
I was a Casey Anthony hater for a very long time, and I only found this site because I was looking up information on the Jodi Arias case, and I found your website about her (who I believe is innocent also!), and I saw a link to this site. Out of curiousity I decided to read all the information and FACTS you have listed here. I capitalize facts because I am a firm believer in facts! You cannot try a case on hearsay or opinions, you must have facts. You have strongly listed all these facts. I am completly blown away. I vaguely watched the Casey Anthony trial when it began and ended, but apparently there was so much I didn’t know about the case. George Anthony deserves to rot in a prison cell for the rest of his worthless life. I still don’t know what I believe about Caylee’s death, but I do know now that Casey had nothing to do with it. Unfortunately in this country, people are very judgemental, and will judge someone for their past actions, and Casey is going to be judged for the rest of her life. Hopefully one day she can find peace and move past this horrible injustice.
One final question I have, not that is matters much anymore in law enforcement, but has George Anthony ever been subjected to a polygraph test? And Cindy?
Both George and Cindy have refused a polygraph test.
Disneygirl says:
I apologize that I have not had time to read through your entire site. I have believed that Casey is innocent since day one, however, I have a theory that is much different from yours. I just have a couple of questions for you and I do apologize if the answers are somewhere on your site. Does Casey like your site? Does anyone know who Caylee’s father actually is (possibly George or Lee)?
I am so glad to have found this blog. I fully agree with your theory. You may have some things wrong, but the way you back up the important parts is what matters to me. I never believed from day one that Casey killed her daughter, I just couldn’t form a theory of my own. This fits.
StaceyTaylor says:
Here’s a much more plausible scenario that doesn’t require brain twisting unless you’re just hell bent on the notion there has to be a murder involved 🙂
http://www.coffeecraftsandclues.com/the-death-of-caylee-anthony/
Excellent! I appreciate how you theorize on Roy Kronk. Makes perfect sense to me now. I’d always wondered about him. The way you explain it – it seems so obvious.
I SUPPORT CASEY! says:
I think that GA was forcing Casey to have sex with him AND cindy, then at other times watching different variations of lee, cindy, and Casey. GA was DEF in control over the entire family since cindy had fallen prey to a form of Stockholm Syndrome after the kids were born. It is obvious that GA was abusive to his wife from the day they were married and cindy was RELIEVED when her kids were born so they could take the attention off her! Without doubt GA was forcing Casey to have sex while poor little Caylee watched so that Caylee would find it normal when GA went after her.
IMO, GA was abusing Casey that morning and had slipped Caylee enough Xanax to keep her asleep so he could have more time alone with Casey, then he planned to turn his attention to little Caylee later in the day. It is obvious he overdosed poor little Caylee and only realized it after he had finished abusing Casey. Since Casey was already emotionally numb from the abuse, and terrified of GA, she allowed GA to take Caylee’s body away so they could not find evidence of abuse on her. Something inside Casey snapped and that’s why she left for the next few weeks. She simply could not bear the fact that Caylee was gone.
Danny Leonard says:
I posted my comments in a different section within this site mentioning your innocense, and my suspicion of GA being a pedophile, then I read SJ’s information & videos, and mind you I did watch a good majority of the trial. After finshing SJ’s section, I am 100% convinced of;
1. Casey is a victim of child sexual abuse by her father
2. GA’s body language on the stand, during interviews, facial expressions verify exactly what has been written here
3. Very recently the Anthonys are outside selling, selling their late grandhchilds belongings! This action further verifies what the truth is about here that has been written
4. All I ask of Casey is; To one day find that inner strength & report information to her councilors & her attorneys so as to begin the arrest & conviction of GA for all the counts Casey can recall of sexual child abuse, and including her brother Lee if involved & also CA for her knowlingly covering up the truth of her knowledge under oath, lying to investigators etc etc just as GA has done.
P..S. – SJ you have done an excellent job putting forth the truth here. I shall continue to hope & pray that Casey will one day find it within to report to you everything so as to clear her own name, seems GA brainwashed Casey into fear so bad it may take some real deep courage on her part for the fear she has. How I know this is because I am also a victim of child sexual abuse & I denied it all, got into trouble, then after over 5 decades I stood & admitted the truth to everything to my councilor, I am now finally living my life in peace. May Casey always be blessed for she truely is a victim as am I. Dan
Eljay says:
I suspected that George did it quite early. Ok, wait, I first heard of it at the trial after Baez told the jury what actually happened. I first was amazed but then very soon thought it was true.
What I noticed on the video of Cindy talking to Casey on the phone in prison, was that George was sitting there motionless while Cindy and Casey were talking UNTIL Cindy asks Casey if Casey thinks they’ll ever find Caylee. At that exact moment George looks down at his fingernails. Check out the video if you know which one I mean. It’s presented as evidence during the trial. On several occasions he has similar body language at similar situations on that specific video.
There is only one thing that DID irritate me. Why was Casey extremely happy to see George? As soon as he talks to her on the phone, she seems extremely happy and it does seem sincere. You would expect her to be a bit more reserved. That is one thing I couldn’t really figure out yet.
K.L says:
Simple: The creep is her daddy.
Not unusual behavior at all, tragically.
The loathesome, poisonous creature who ‘fathered’ Casey was the only daddy she had.
Jak says:
While doing some research for something I am writing, I came to this. Always wondered how you pick up the pieces after something like this happens in your family. When this whole thing went down on TV the first go round, my girlfriend who has a pocket of solutions for everything. Basically said, “its the (grand)father”. If she see a single young mother with a child, “she says, father issues” If she sees a girl pole dancing and dressing skant, she says, “Abused, molested”. I often disagree with her on these kinds of hasty generalizations. During the trial my daughter was born prematurely and I spent 3 months in the NICU watching the trial in the waiting room and in the cafeteria. We sat there and thought out loud, “how could a mother do this to her little girl,” ? Out final thought was it had to be someone else. Can’t be the mother. Couldn’t directly be the grandmother. Much that everyone has said here makes sense. It took how long for the Memphis 3 to be found innocent. I am thinking about that long from things to surface. Part of me believes that there is still and investigation going on that we don’t know about. A sting operation. Where is GA these days?
I live in Canada and accidentally became drawn into this Court case, Why I don’t know, I guess I have some psychic abilities and have a good feeling about Casey’s innocence and can feel the negative vibes GA gives off each time I listen to him talk. I believe GA murdered CA sometime prior to the “real” day, and taught Casey how to act and lie through experiences he has as a retired police officer while Casey hide from NA (Time to come up with a place to hide the body and get Casey’s story right). The death was kept from Cindy until Casey turned on her father when she herself discovered she was scammed by him. Cindy then had to protect her husbands actions and save her daughter at the same time. I believe then they all worked together to come up with a plan that would end in Casey getting off, and the rest of the secrets kept a secrete in the end. MTF later on the money after the case. Casey I support you and I wish we could meet some day, I would take you away from all this and tell you how this all happened, then kick your Dad’s ass!
Just got done reading Jose Baez’s book. There’s a question that pops up in my mind constantly that’s never addressed–why did law enforcement appear so eager to help George throw Casey under the bus, if George is the guilty one?
If the scenario described is true (or if something very similar happened), my opinion is that Cindy went along with it out of jealousy over George and Casey’s “relationship.” Could be a motive.
According to Baez, Casey never wanted to give up Caylee. Other sources say otherwise. I do believe that if Casey did want to place Caylee for adoption, it would have been to protect Caylee.
Because, Casey was the scapegoat. She was the easiest one to pin it on and Cops take care of their own. George was once a cop so he was one of them. Cindy could have been jealous of Casey too. Cindy could have thought that Casey stole George from her. Casey would do anything to protect Caylee even give her up.
Casey was the first and only suspect charged…George immediately sought immunity. Anyone and everyone in the way of the snowball, appeared involved in a ‘sinister plot to harm Caylee’ or deny her justice. When in fact it is ‘what happened to Casey in 2004’ that WAS the secret Baez spoke of when he said “the Anthony family has a secret that ‘must be kept'” and that ONE secret is where George’s involvement in Caylee’s whereabouts on FlagDay, changed everything that followed.
I think there was never a death of a child in all ‘that snowballed’…only the ‘absence of the beloved child’ that both Cindy and Casey would’ve reported missing on Father’s Day, had they known Geo was involved (covertly) with Caylee’s disappearance. [it’s not too difficult to see, with detective skills and so much free time, he may have been involved with Holoway’s sister as ongoing OCSO investigation of the whereabouts of the boys connected to a drugged assault on Casey in 2004; from which Caylee resulted.]
I fully believe that Casey is innocent of the murder charges and that you have the right idea here. Have you looked into Rev. Grund at all? He was also heavily involved in the Haileigh Cummings case and based on what I have read and heard in recorded interviews, the cases of Caylee and Haileigh are connected. Check out this website. You have to scoll to he very beginning to get the full picture of the connection but it is compelling.
http://haleighcummingsdotme.wordpress.com/2013/04/
Well, what a difference time can make Now, at the end of 2014, it is pretty clear that my POV has evolved.
…the only motive anyone in the Anthony family had for being involved in “how things appeared under the microscope” was because of their commitment to keeping the secret of how “Caylee mysteriously came to them”. While everyone remains focused on the dis-information and evidence that proved Casey had no connection to the body in the woods, they will never be able to see that child had gone missing, as much as 2 days before a video from a memorystick appears to prove she’s alive…but NOT where. First, before anything else, Cindy and Casey’s 911 recordings indicate the child’s whereabouts is their concern…and what days they last saw their beloved little girl, face to face…no matter what they ‘thought’ during the days in between. [because they were in separate ‘loops’ and George was the common ‘totally trusted’ person]
It’s possible that Caylee did climb into the pool that morning…but she might have been molested by George in the past, like a few days or a week prior. Either way an autopsy would have shown that abuse took place.
What it comes down to is someone had something to hide and that’s why 911 wasn’t called.
Throwing Casey under the bus would also be a way to keep someone from finding out about any incest. “Look what she did–you really think she’s telling the truth here?”
I read the book by Jose Baez and it was a really good read. I’m very conservative, I’m for the death penalty…but if you’re going to sentence someone to death you make very sure that they are guilty!
Her body was so badly decomposed that an autopsy would not be reliable.
It was always obvious to me that Casey was telling the truth about her sexual abuse by her father.
Her mother, Cindy, obviously also knew it to be true.
How are they both obvious? It can be seen in Cindy’s twisted hatred of her daughter, which is borne of her twisted jealousy of her own poor daughter, whom she sees as a sexual rival.
It’s sick, but not uncommon, sadly.
That would also explain even 7 years after Caylee’s death no potential father(s?) have come forward. Allegations of sexual abuse, hidden pregnancy, unnamed father…you fill in the blanks. George fathered Caylee and Cindy knew.
Suzi McMullen says:
I also am a survivor of molestation from 3 different adults in my life, including my father. I agree that GA is guilty of whatever actually happened to Caylee. IF he’s never brought up on charges or convicted here, he will be in the next life.
Denise Geary says:
I didn’t know about any of this and saw a pic of Casey and one of George and Cindy with a headline above and a small post comment and the link to here added in the comments. I totally agree with you. I could see the evil and untrustworthyness in George and straight away knew it was him that murdered little Caylee. I don’t know if it is because as a child and teenager I was subjected to severe sexual, mental and physical abuse then pimped by peodophilles throughout my teens. It’s a Knowing feeling that I seem to automatically sense Peodophilles and dangerous men. My heart goes out to Casey and poor little Caylee. Karma will catch up with George and Cindy it’s a matter of time x
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Parents who prevent their estranged spouses from seeing their children will have to carry out community service.
At least the poms recognize the problem for children and non custodial parents!
Breaking Court orders by custodial parents in New Zealand is normal because it fits extremely well with the orchestrated hateful agendas of the Feminist De Family Court.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/3567847/Parents-who-block-estranged-spouses-from-seeing-children-face-community-punishment.html
By Martin Beckford, Social Affairs Correspondent
Last Updated: 11:57PM GMT 05 Dec 2008
Under new laws that come into effect next week, divorced or separated mothers and fathers will be hit with tough punishments for breaking contact orders handed down by family courts.
They can be sentenced to up to 100 hours of unpaid work in the community for breaking the orders, with the penalty doubling to 200 hours and a fine if they fail to abide by the punishment.
In addition, parents can be forced to attend therapy sessions and parenting lessons in the terms of the contact orders.
The new rules come into effect from Monday in provisions of the Children and Adoption Act 2006 that aim to strengthen the power of the authorities to deal with parents who block contact.
They are being welcomed by some legal experts as a way of ensuring that parents who separate are able to keep in touch with their children.
Barbara Reeves, a partner in the family department of leading law firm Mishcon de Reya, said: "Any measures that support parental contact following the separation of a child's parents are to be supported.
"These latest measures allow courts far greater powers to facilitate contact by imposing conditions to contact orders which will compel parents to attend family therapy, parenting classes and the like.
"Also, where one parent frustrates contact, the court now has a practical enforcement power in that it some circumstances the recalcitrant parent can be compelled to take unpaid work.
"It remains to be seen however, just how far the courts will take advantage of these new powers and move us towards the ideal situation whereby children are brought up always knowing both parents and honouring agreements or orders that facilitate contact."
But others claim the new sanctions will criminalise mothers and fathers unnecessarily, and point out that single parents will struggle to find the time to attend courses as well as meeting the costs, which could reach £2,500.
Chris Goulden, of the family law group Resolution, said: "The principles behind these new powers are laudable but they are unlikely to bring about any meaningful improvement unless the new services are up and running, properly funded and readily available for the courts to refer families to.
"At the present moment there is a disturbing lack of clarity as to what activities will be available, where, when and who will pay for them."
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Please find below some general information about visiting Brisbane Private Hospital:
There is a variety of accommodation located close to the hospital in the Brisbane CBD.
Please click to download accomodation list
Car parking and transport
Undercover paid parking for patients and visitors is available in the Brisbane Private Specialist Centre car park off Birley Street. A number of two hour street parking bays are also available surrounding the hospital.
If parking is unavailable at our onsite car park please note the following car parks and public transport options are available in the area:
Wilsons car park can be accessed via Bartley St off Wickham Terrace.
Wickham Terrace car park is located on the corner of Upper Edward St & Wickham Tce and can be accessed from Turbot St and Creek St.
The free Spring Hill Loop bus services provide high frequency public transport access between the Brisbane CBD and Spring Hill areas.
The Spring Hill Loop operates on a continuous loop between the CBD and Spring Hill precincts from the yellow signposted bus stops, using distinctive yellow buses. Popular stops along the route include Post Office Square, St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, Brisbane Private Hospital and Central Station.
More detailed timetable information can be found on the Brisbane City Council website
http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/traffic-transport/p...
There is a taxi rank directly in front of the hospital on Wickham Terrace. Black and White & Yellow Cabs both provide free direct connection telephones located near the lifts in the hospital foyer.
Yellow Cab Co Phone:
13 19 24 or www.yellowcab.com.au
Black & White Cabs Phone: 13 10 08 or www.blackandwhitecabs.com.au
Central and Roma Street train stations are within a short walk of the hospital. For timetable information go to www.qr.com.au
Hudsons Coffee
Hudsons Coffee Shop is located on the ground floor of the hospital - Level A.
Monday to Thursday: 6.30am - 6.30pm
Friday: 6.30am – 5.30pm
www.hudsonscoffee.com.au
Alternatively there are also numerous cafes located in a short stroll from the hospital along Wickham Terrace whilst in house vending machines are available on the ground floor of the Brisbane Private Specialist Centre.
Smoke free campus
Smoking is banned at all Queensland public and private hospitals and health facilities, and for five metres beyond their boundaries.
The legislation, which was introduced on January 1, 2015, is the Health Legislation Amendment Bill 2014 to Part 8 of the Amendment of Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act 1998.
These no smoking laws apply at all times, and to all staff and patient residential areas on healthcare facility land, and include the use of all smoking products, including regular cigarettes and devices commonly known as electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes). The laws cover:
Land on which any Queensland Health Hospital and Health Service provides health services, including hospitals, community health centres, health clinics, rehabilitation centres and residential aged care facilities
Land on which a private health facility (private hospitals and day hospitals) provides services.
The laws are enforced by Queensland Health environmental health officers and public facility authorised officers.
Patients, staff or visitors smoking in smoke-free areas may be given a warning to stop smoking, or be asked to move beyond the five metre smoke-free buffer if they wish to continue smoking.
On-the-spot fines apply for breaches of the tobacco laws.
Call 13 QGOV (13 7468)
General Wards
10:00am to 12:30pm and 3:00pm to 8:00pm.
Visitors may be allowed outside of these hours depending on the activity in the ward. Please discuss with the nurse in charge of the ward in question.
Monday-Friday - 2:00pm to 8:00pm.
Weekends - 10:30am to 8:00pm.
Intensive Care Unit / CCU
All visitors must report to the Nurses Station prior to visiting. There is a limit of 2 visitors at a time in the ICU and please check with the nurse regarding children visiting. We encourage a rest period for all patients between 1.00 pm and 3.00pm daily, this rest is important to the patients recovery. Please consider the patient’s state of health and that of any other patients sharing the room. Often brief visits with fewer people are better
Getting to Brisbane Hospital
For information on how to get to Brisbane Private Hospital, please click here.
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Turbo (Blu-ray / DVD Combo Pack) - $11.95
From the creators of Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda comes a hilarious "fun-fueled family adventure" (Bill Bregoli, CBS Radio News) that proves no dream is too big...and no dreamer too small. When an ordinary snail named Turbo acquires the power of super-speed, his life kicks into overdrive! With the help of a struggling taco stand owner and a streetwise snail crew, Turbo will attempt to race in the Indy 500 and make all their dreams come true.
Turbo: Turbo dreams of being the greatest racer in the world and competing in the Indy 500. His obsession with speed has made him an outsider in the slow and cautious snail community. After a freak accident gives him incredible speed, Turbo embarks on an extraordinary journey to achieve the impossible.
Chet: Chet is Turbo’s older brother and polar opposite. Overly cautious and always practical, Chet is the realist to Turbo’s dreamer. Chet’s number one priority is to keep his brother safe – and Turbo is his biggest challenge at succeeding in that task!
Tito: Tito, like Turbo, is a dreamer. Turbo and his older brother Angelo run a taco stand they call Dos Bros Tacos. Tito is forever coming up with misplaced schemes to draw attention to their struggling business. When Turbo zooms into Tito’s life at 200mph, Tito is inspired, and the two kindred spirits head off to chase an incredible dream.
Angelo: Angelo is the older and more level-headed half of Dos Bros Tacos. Like Chet, Angelo is realistic about his station in life and has to put up with a brother whose goals seem evasive, if not downright delusional.
Guy Gagne: Guy is a French-Canadian race car driver and five-time Indy 500 champ. Guy comes across as an eccentric yet charismatic charmer, but he’s really a competitive egomaniac who will do anything to win. He’s all speed, no heart.
Whiplash: Before Turbo arrived on the scene, Whiplash was the charismatic leader and reigning champ of the Racing Snails. To be part of Whiplash’s crew you must earn his respect…and unless you’ve won his respect, you’ll never see the real Whiplash -- a warm, jovial guy who treats his crew like family.
Smoove Move: A super-cool low rider, Smoove has a unique perspective on even the craziest twists and turns triggered by Turbo’s adventures.
Skidmark: A master of trash talk, Skidmark is Whiplash’s feisty #2. For Skidmark, no stunt is successful if it doesn’t end with an epic wipeout.
Burn: Though she’s the only female snail in the group of testosterone-fueled racing snails, Burn has no trouble holding her own. Sly and sassy, Burn hides her soft side under a hard outer shell.
White Shadow: Full of false bravado and real laughs, White Shadow considers himself to be “fast, like a shadow” – ignoring the fact that shadows aren’t inherently fast.
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"Normal? Who'd wanna be? It's not for us. You can heckle us all you like from the Boring Bus..."
The Furry Song is a song by Kurrel the Raven about the furry community. Its lyrics are rapped in a jovial Australian voice over the top of an original reggae-inspired breakbeat-driven backing track.
The song has been taken by some as a statement to attempt to eliminate stereotypes of furry fans and artists, although the original intent was just to write a song about furries to serve as a general introduction to the community, with a bit of angst at the end.
There are two different release versions of The Furry Song; they share more or less the same backing track and the third verse is only slightly different from version to version.
The first version from August 2001, the Kwooky Womble or Boo! version (also known as I'm Furry), arguably has the better groove but is let down by its final verse. At that point the song descends into lyrics about how terribly furries are mistreated by the media and everyone else in the world without offering any hope on what to do about it. The lyrical performance is also not the best. Kurrel deemed this version simply not good enough to be known for, and the song was promptly withdrawn from download pending a rewrite.
The second version from April 2004, the Kurrel the Raven or Hi! version, has a better fourth verse and far more animated delivery albeit with a slightly weaker groove. The song goes far more into the diversity of the furry community and goes very much on the attack in the final verse. Despite the marked improvement over the Boo! version, Kurrel again deemed the song unworthy to be offered for download due to its "myriad shortcomings" and was withdrawn once again from release. (more...)
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Published in: Ecommerce | Tuesday, 14 May 2019. | Written by: Theo Leworthy
Ecommerce giant Amazon made a shock announcement yesterday: it’s automating a significant number of box-packers in its US-based warehouses. Why the shock? Although automation has long been assumed to be “just around the corner” there has been no forewarning from the company that the move was imminent… workers, in fact, might have thought their luck was improving, as Amazon recently committed to paying a vastly improved minimum wage after years of complaints. Staff can take some solace in the fact that the company says jobs will be created elsewhere and retraining given for more technical roles.
According to anonymous sources said to have worked on the program, Reuters reported that Amazon has been testing the technology in question – machines that can pack up customer orders far faster and more efficiently than humans – for the last couple of years. These people say that Amazon “has considered” removing “at least” 24 roles in each of its 55 US fulfilment centres. That amounts to more than 1,300 jobs across the country.
Amazon’s share price has appreciated by 28% so far this year
Amazon has opened warehouses around the US at an incredible pace recently, as it looks to make deliveries faster for its Prime members. As a result, it’s become a major employer, and the jobs that it’s now looking to automate have won it both public support and government subsidies. However, they still represent a cost that is becoming unnecessary – as Amazon’s international peers (JD.com) and domestic competitors (Walmart) embrace the automation of warehouses, Amazon needs to embrace modern cost-cutting solutions too.
Amazon says that it expects to recoup its initial investment in boxing machines (which come in at $1 million each) within a 2-year period. Each machine vastly outpaces people, packing between 600 – 700 boxes per hour (that’s a four- to five-fold increase over human labour).
In a statement, an Amazon spokeswoman said: “We are piloting this new technology with the goal of increasing safety, speeding up delivery times and adding efficiency across our network. We expect the efficiency savings will be re-invested in new services for customers, where new jobs will continue to be created.”
Dominion holds Amazon in its Global Trends Ecommerce Fund.
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Mixed results cause a drop, then a rise, in Take-Two’s share price
Take-Two Interactive, developers and publishers of market-leading video game franchises like Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption reported a mixed bag of earnings this week that sent its share price down sharply. Then up sharply. Why the indecision? Well, the company missed pretty dramatically on earnings – but it beat on revenue, and its underlying business looks as strong as ever!
Take-Two Interactive’s share price went down, then up, after earnings: +10% in the last 30 days
Here’s the low-down: earnings missed by a substantial figure. Take-Two reported earnings of 50c per share – the Street had hoped to see earnings of 75c per share. However, it beat on sales, which came in at $539.007 million – a $32.54 million overshoot against consensus estimates. A further two metrics which speak to the health of Take-Two’s underlying business, however, have helped to push the share price higher early in the week. The company said total net bookings over the quarter were up 19% year on year, and digitally-delivered net bookings outpaced that advance, growing 26% over the same period. In other words, Take-Two’s business is growing and becoming more increasingly digitised.
Summing up performance and looking to the future, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said: "For the full fiscal year, our Company delivered record Net Bookings and Adjusted Operating Cash Flow, which exceeded our outlook at the start of the year, along with strong earnings growth driven by the record-breaking launch of Red Dead Redemption 2, the outstanding performance of NBA 2K, and better-than expected results from Grand Theft Auto Online and Grand Theft Auto V. We expect fiscal 2020 to be another strong year for Take-Two, with operating results currently forecasted to be lower than fiscal 2019, due to the extraordinary success of Red Dead Redemption 2, and growing as compared to fiscal 2018.”
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55. - Justice
from I - Terms
By James Gordon Finlayson
Edited by Amy Allen, Pennsylvania State University, Eduardo Mendieta, Pennsylvania State University
Book: The Cambridge Habermas Lexicon
Print publication: 11 April 2019, pp 212-218
Where the Right Gets in: On Rawls’s Criticism of Habermas’s Conception of Legitimacy
James Gordon Finlayson
Journal: Kantian Review / Volume 21 / Issue 2 / July 2016
Many commentators have failed to identify the important issues at the heart of the debate between Habermas and Rawls. This is partly because they give undue attention to differences between Rawls’s original position and Habermas’s principle (U), neither of which is germane to the actual dispute. The dispute is at bottom about how best to conceive of democratic legitimacy. Rawls indicates where the dividing issues lie when he objects that Habermas’s account of democratic legitimacy is comprehensive and his is confined to the political. But his argument is vitiated by a threefold ambiguity in what he means by ‘comprehensive doctrine’. Tidying up this ambiguity helps reveal that the dispute turns on the way in which morality relates to political legitimacy. Although Habermas calls his conception of legitimate law ‘morally freestanding’, and as such distinguishes it from Kantian and natural law accounts of legitimacy, it is not as freestanding from morality as he likes to present it. Habermas’s mature theory contains conflicting claims about the relation between morality and democratic legitimacy. So there is at least one important sense in which Rawls’s charge of comprehensiveness is made to stick against Habermas’s conception of democratic legitimacy, and remains unanswered.
Robert B Pippin, Modernism as a Philosophical Problem, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1991, pp viii + 218, Pb £10.95.
Gordon Finlayson
Journal: Hegel Bulletin / Volume 13 / Issue 1 / Spring/Summer 1992
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 June 2015, pp. 64-69
Print publication: Spring/Summer 1992
Does Hegel's Critique of Kant's Moral Theory Apply to Discourse Ethics? 1
Journal: Hegel Bulletin / Volume 19 / Issue 1-2 / 1998
Several years ago Jürgen Habermas wrote a short answer to the question: “Does Hegel's Critique of Kant apply to Discourse Ethics?” The gist of his short answer is, “no”. Insofar as Hegel's criticisms of the formalism and abstract universalism of the moral law never even applied to Kant's moral theory in the first place, they also fail to apply to discourse ethics. Insofar as Hegel's criticisms of the rigorism of the moral law and of Kant's conception of autonomy do hit the mark, discourse ethics successfully draws their sting by reconceiving Kant's moral standpoint along the following lines. 1. Kant wrongly undertakes to establish the moral law as a “fact of reason”: discourse ethics derives the moral standpoint from two premises — one formal, a rationally reconstructed logic of argumentation, and one material, namely our intuitions about how to justify utterances. 2. Kant wrongly contends that we must be able to think of ourselves as both intelligible characters, inhabiting a noumenal world, and as empirical characters inhabiting the world of appearances: discourse ethics allows that in everyday contexts of action and in the context of moral discourse we have one character that has real needs and interests. 3. Kant is also mistaken in arguing that moral autonomy requires human beings to abstract away from their needs and interests and to will universalizable maxims for the sake of their universal form: discourse ethics understands moral autonomy to consist in the free adoption of a standpoint from which conflicts of interest can be impartially regulated, by giving special weight to the satisfaction of universalizable interests. 4. Kant misconceives the categorical imperative as an objective test of universalizability that is applied by individual wills in isolation: discourse ethics reconceives the moral universalism as an ideal of intersubjective agreement of participants in discourse. On the differences between the principles of discourse ethics and Kant's categorical imperative Habermas is wont to cite McCarthy's summary of his — Habermas' — position: “Rather than ascribing as valid to all others any maxim that I can will to be a universal law, I must submit my maxim to all others for the purposes of discursively testing its claim to universality. The emphasis shifts from what each can will without contradiction to be a general law, to what all can will in agreement to be a universal norm” (MCCA 67).
Michael Quante, Hegels Begriff der Handlung, Stuttgart-Bad Cannstaat: Frommann-Holzboog, 1993, pp 262, DM110
Journal: Hegel Bulletin / Volume 16 / Issue 2 / Autumn/Winter 1995
Print publication: Autumn/Winter 1995
Robert R Williams, Recognition: Fichte and Hegel on the Other, Albany: SUNY Press, 1991, pp 352, Hb $59.50, Pb $19.95
1 - Women and the standpoint of concrete others
Edited by Jude Browne, University of Cambridge
Book: Dialogue, Politics and Gender
Published online: 05 August 2013
Print publication: 23 May 2013, pp 13-51
Que nous veulent les lois du juste et de l’injuste?
γυμνωτέος δη πάντων πλην δικαιοσυνύνης
From the mid 1980s onwards an influential strand of feminist criticism of Rawls arose from a confluence of Gilligan’s moral psychology and Sandel’s communitarian critique which was subsequently turned against a certain kind of moral theory, including Habermas’s discourse ethics. In particular, Benhabib’s distinction between the standpoint of the generalised other and the standpoint of the concrete other was crucial to this debate and inspired many to follow this critical path. In my view, however, this distinction is misconceived, and the interpretation of Habermas’s discourse ethics to which it gives rise, mistaken. At best, it leads Benhabib to develop criticisms of Habermas’s conception of the moral standpoint, some of which are valid, though in need of further specification. However, neither these valid criticisms of discourse ethics, nor, I believe, the broader feminist critique of moral theory are obviously germane to feminism, and it remains unclear to this day how they advance the practical aims of feminist social criticism, such as the overcoming of ongoing injustice and the emancipation from patriarchal oppression.
By Alaa A. Abd-Elsayed, Basem Abdelmalak, Kalil G. Abdullah, Maged Argalious, Rafi Avitsian, Maria Bauer, Edward C. Benzel, Dani S. Bidros, William Bingaman, Jay B. Brodsky, David Brown, Patrick M. Callahan, Juan P. Cata, Chakorn Chansakul, Jianguo Cheng, Jeffrey G. Clark, Peter J. Davis, Stacie Deiner, Xiao Di, Karen B. Domino, D. John Doyle, Zeyd Ebrahim, Ehab Farag, Gordon Finlayson, Elizabeth A. M. Frost, Matthew Grosso, David P. Gurd, Rodolfo Hakim, Robert Helfand, Iain H. Kalfas, Rami Karroum, Michael Kelly, Stephen J. Kimatian, Christian Koopman, Ajit A. Krishnaney, Andrea Kurz, Lorri A. Lee, Brian P. Lemkuil, James K. C. Liu, Sara P. Lozano, Daniel Lubelski, Mark Luciano, Ramez Malaty, Mariel R. Manlapaz, Edward M. Manno, Virgilio Matheus, Robert F. McLain, Nagy Mekhail, Doksu Moon, Loran Soliman Mounir, Raghu Mudumbai, Thomas E. Mroz, Dileep R. Nair, Julie Niezgoda, R. Douglas Orr, Piyush M. Patel, Jason E. Pope, Manuel Saavedra, Kenneth J. Saliba, Richard Schlenk, John Seif, John H. Shin, Jeffrey Silverstein, Dmitri Souzdalnitski, Michael Steinmetz, Tunga Suresh, John E. Tetzlaff, Sherif Zaky
Edited by Ehab Farag
Book: Anesthesia for Spine Surgery
11 - Lung isolation during thoracic spine surgery
from Section 2 - Spine surgery for adult patients
By Gordon Finlayson, Jay B. Brodsky
Print publication: 17 May 2012, pp 204-215
On Not Being Silent in the Darkness: Adorno's Singular Apophaticism*
Journal: Harvard Theological Review / Volume 105 / Issue 1 / 21 December 2011
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 December 2011, pp. 1-32
Print publication: 21 December 2011
Adorno's late work has often been compared to negative theology, yet there is little serious discussion of this comparison in the secondary literature.1 In most of the existing discussions virtually nothing is said about negative theology, as if it is obvious what it is and what the parallels with Adorno's ideas are. The truth is that negative theology is not self-evident, and neither are the parallels with Adorno at all obvious. To find out what they are would require a detailed account of both. In this article I shall make a start in this direction.
“Bare Life” and Politics in Agamben's Reading of Aristotle
Journal: The Review of Politics / Volume 72 / Issue 1 / Winter 2010
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 February 2010, pp. 97-126
Print publication: Winter 2010
Giorgio Agamben's critique of Western politics in Homo Sacer and three related books has been highly influential in the humanities and social sciences. The critical social theory set out in these works depends essentially on his reading of Aristotle's Politics. His diagnosis of what ails Western politics and his suggested remedy advert to a “biopolitical paradigm,” at the center of which stand a notion of “bare life” and a purported opposition between bios and zoē. Agamben claims that this distinction is found in Aristotle's text, in ancient Greek, and in a tradition of political theory and political society stemming from fourth-century Athens to the present. However, a close reading of Aristotle refutes this assertion. There is no such distinction. I show that he bases this view on claims about Aristotle by Arendt and Foucault, which are also unfounded.
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Emotional insecurity as a mediator of the moderating role of dopamine genes in the association between interparental conflict and youth externalizing problems
Patrick T. Davies, Joanna K. Pearson, Dante Cicchetti, Meredith J. Martin, E. Mark Cummings
Journal: Development and Psychopathology / Volume 31 / Issue 3 / August 2019
This study tested whether the association between interparental conflict and adolescent externalizing symptoms was moderated by a polygenic composite indexing low dopamine activity (i.e., 7-repeat allele of DRD4; Val alleles of COMT; 10-repeat variants of DAT1) in a sample of seventh-grade adolescents (Mean age = 13.0 years) and their parents. Using a longitudinal, autoregressive design, observational assessments of interparental conflict at Wave 1 predicted increases in a multi-informant measurement of youth externalizing symptoms 2 years later at Wave 3 only for children who were high on the hypodopaminergic composite. Moderation was expressed in a “for better” or “for worse” form hypothesized by differential susceptibility theory. Thus, children high on the dopaminergic composite experienced more externalizing problems than their peers when faced with more destructive conflicts but also fewer externalizing problems when exposed to more constructive interparental conflicts. Mediated moderation findings indicated that adolescent reports of their emotional insecurity in the interparental relationship partially explained the greater genetic susceptibility experienced by these children. More specifically, the dopamine composite moderated the association between Wave 1 interparental conflict and emotional insecurity 1 year later at Wave 2 in the same “for better” or “for worse” pattern as externalizing symptoms. Adolescent insecurity at Wave 2, in turn, predicted their greater externalizing symptoms 1 year later at Wave 3. Post hoc analyses further revealed that the 7-repeat allele of the dopamine receptor D4 (DRD4) gene was the primary source of plasticity in the polygenic composite. Results are discussed as to how they advance process-oriented Gene x Environment models of emotion regulation.
Assessing the evidence for shared genetic risks across psychiatric disorders and traits
Joanna Martin, Mark J. Taylor, Paul Lichtenstein
Journal: Psychological Medicine / Volume 48 / Issue 11 / August 2018
Genetic influences play a significant role in risk for psychiatric disorders, prompting numerous endeavors to further understand their underlying genetic architecture. In this paper, we summarize and review evidence from traditional twin studies and more recent genome-wide molecular genetic analyses regarding two important issues that have proven particularly informative for psychiatric genetic research. First, emerging results are beginning to suggest that genetic risk factors for some (but not all) clinically diagnosed psychiatric disorders or extreme manifestations of psychiatric traits in the population share genetic risks with quantitative variation in milder traits of the same disorder throughout the general population. Second, there is now evidence for substantial sharing of genetic risks across different psychiatric disorders. This extends to the level of characteristic traits throughout the population, with which some clinical disorders also share genetic risks. In this review, we summarize and evaluate the evidence for these two issues, for a range of psychiatric disorders. We then critically appraise putative interpretations regarding the potential meaning of genetic correlation across psychiatric phenotypes. We highlight several new methods and studies which are already using these insights into the genetic architecture of psychiatric disorders to gain additional understanding regarding the underlying biology of these disorders. We conclude by outlining opportunities for future research in this area.
World knowledge and novel information integration during L2 speech comprehension*
CARLOS ROMERO-RIVAS, JOANNA D. COREY, XAVIER GARCIA, GUILLAUME THIERRY, CLARA D. MARTIN, ALBERT COSTA
Journal: Bilingualism: Language and Cognition / Volume 20 / Issue 3 / May 2017
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 January 2016, pp. 576-587
In this study we explore whether world knowledge (WK) processing differs between individuals listening to their native (L1) or their non-native (L2) language. We recorded event-related brain potentials in L1 and L2 speakers of Spanish while they listened to sentences uttered by native speakers of Spanish. Sentences were either congruent or incongruent with participants’ WK. In addition, participants also listened to sentences in which upcoming words could not be anticipated on the basis of WK. WK violations elicited a late negativity of greater magnitude and duration in the L2 than the L1 group. However, sentences in which WK was not helpful regarding word anticipation elicited similar N400 modulations in both groups. These results suggest that WK processing requires a deeper lexical search in L2 comprehension than in L1 comprehension.
By Rosanna Abbate, Charlotte L. Allan, Johannes Attems, Richard I. Aviv, Hansjoerg Baezner, Oscar R. Benavente, Maria Bjerke, Sandra E. Black, Christian Blahak, Mark I. Boulos, Margherita Cavalieri, Hugues Chabriat, Christopher Chen, Martin Dichgans, Maria Teresa Dotti, Klaus P. Ebmeier, Elisabet Englund, Christian Enzinger, Margaret Esiri, Franz Fazekas, Antonio Federico, José M. Ferro, Thalia Field, Wiesje M. van der Flier, Philip B. Gorelick, Steven Greenberg, Atticus H. Hainsworth, Brian T. Hawkins, Michael G. Hennerici, Domenico Inzitari, Hatsue Ishibashi-Ueda, Yoshikane Izawa, Kurt A. Jellinger, Anne Joutel, Eric Jouvent, Raj Kalaria, Edward G. Lakatta, Jennifer Linn, Marisa Loitfelder, Sofia Madureira, Hugh S. Markus, Ranjith K. Menon, Vincent Mok, Makoto Nakajima, David Nyenhuis, Jun Ogata, Christian Opherk, Leonardo Pantoni, Francesca Pescini, Anna Poggesi, Sharon Reutens, Stefan Ropele, Perminder S. Sachdev, Reinhold Schmidt, Angelo Scuteri, Glenn T. Stebbins, Richard H. Swartz, Ana Verdelho, Anand Viswanathan, Anders Wallin, Joanna M. Wardlaw, Hiromichi Yamanishi, Gregory J. del Zoppo
Edited by Leonardo Pantoni, Philip B. Gorelick, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University
Book: Cerebral Small Vessel Disease
Head and neck cancer patients want us to support them psychologically in the posttreatment period: Survey results
Melissa Henry, Laura-Anne Habib, Matthew Morrison, Ji Wei Yang, Xuejiao Joanna Li, Shiru Lin, Anthony Zeitouni, Richard Payne, Christina MacDonald, Alexander Mlynarek, Karen Kost, Martin Black, Michael Hier
Journal: Palliative & Supportive Care / Volume 12 / Issue 6 / December 2014
No study systematically has investigated the supportive care needs of general head and neck cancer patients using validated measures. These needs include physical and daily living needs, health system and information needs, patient care and support needs, psychological needs, and sexuality needs. Identifying the unmet needs of head and neck cancer patients is a necessary first step to improving the care we provide to patients seen in our head and neck oncology clinics. It is recommended as the first step in intervention development in the Pan-Canadian Clinical Practice Guideline of the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (see Howell, 2009). This study aimed to identify: (1) met and unmet supportive care needs of head and neck cancer patients, and (2) variability in needs according to demographics, disease variables, level of distress, and quality-of-life domains.
Participants were recruited from the otolaryngology–head and neck surgery clinics of two university teaching hospitals. Self-administered questionnaires included sociodemographic and medical questions, as well as validated measures such as the Supportive Care Needs Survey–Short Form (SCNS-SF34), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy–General (FACT-G) and Head and Neck Module (FACT-H&N) (quality of life measures).
One hundred and twenty-seven patients participated in the survey. 68% of them experienced unmet needs, and 25% revealed a clinically significant distress level on the HADS. The highest unmet needs were psychological (7 of top 10 needs). A multiple linear regression indicated a higher level of overall unmet needs when patients were divorced, had a high level of anxiety (HADS subscale), were in poor physical condition, or had a diminished emotional quality of life (FACT-G subscales).
Significance of results:
The results of this study highlight the overwhelming presence of unmet psychological needs in head and neck cancer patients and underline the importance of implementing interventions to address these areas perceived by patients as important. In line with hospital resource allocation and cost-effectiveness, one may also contemplate screening patients for high levels of anxiety, as well as target patients who are divorced and present low levels of physical well-being, as these patients may have more overall needs to be met.
3 - How Popular is Cuban Popular Culture?
from I - Politics
Edited by Geoffrey Kantaris, Senior Lecturer at the University of Cambridge, Rory O'Bryen, University Lecturer at the University of Cambridge
Book: Latin American Popular Culture
Published by: Boydell & Brewer
Print publication: 17 October 2013, pp 89-108
In this chapter I address the meaning and representativity of the term ‘Cuban popular culture’ through two rather different test-cases, the first of which is the film Aventuras de Juan Quinquín (1967) by the Cuban film director Julio García-Espinosa (b. 1926), and the second the religious social phenomenon of santería. In each case I ask the question of the extent to which the energy of popular culture is co-opted into a new (revolutionary) value-system or whether, ultimately, it escapes that hermeneutic net. It is legitimate to argue that García-Espinosa's films as much as santería as we nowadays understand the phenomenon came into being as a result of the Cuban Revolution. The experience of a revolution in Cuba in 1959 was as decisive for its generation as the French Revolution had been for European intellectuals in the 1790s. As Hobsbawm puts it: ‘It was now known that social revolution was possible; that nationals existed as something independent of states, peoples as something independent of their rulers, and even that the poor existed as something independent of the ruling classes’ (1962: 91). Hobsbawm's last point about the ‘poor’ existing ‘as something independent of the ruling classes’ is particularly relevant to the Cuban context. Hugh Thomas provides a sense of Fidel Castro's particular personal impact among the popular sectors of Cuban society soon after the Revolution:
A month after Batista's flight, Castro had established a personal hold over the Cuban masses such as no Latin American leader had ever had. […] Castro appeared so often on the television screen (the State Department was already beginning to curse the salesmen of those 400,000 sets) that he resembled less a De Gaulle or a Kennedy (others who used television to effect) than a kind of permanent confessor or a resident revolutionary medicine man. (1971: 1193)
Print publication: 17 October 2013, pp xiii-xiv
Print publication: 17 October 2013, pp v-vi
II - Media
Print publication: 17 October 2013, pp 139-140
7 - Colouring Pollution: ‘Cleaning’ the City and ‘Recycling’ Social Values in São Paulo Street Art
from II - Media
Adopting city surfaces as their open canvas, Brazilian street artists inscribe São Paulo's built environment with a chaotic flow of colourful imagery and typographic scripts. Their cumulative input to the urban visual sphere constructs an alternative mediation of the cityscape based in mediatic excess, which disorients (or rather, reorients) the experience and expectations of urban conditions negotiated by city inhabitants on a daily basis. While paulistano street art practitioners frequently envision their creative endeavours as an ‘arte pro povo’ – a ‘popular’ public art located between the margins and the masses – because of their nonconformist (often unauthorized) use of public space, these amendments to urban content are routinely positioned as an excessive and disorderly social text which disrupts the appearance of prescribed visual order, seemingly beyond the control of the city authorities. Threatening formalized efforts (particularly by the state) to enforce orderly city planning or to maintain intended architectural aesthetics, such street art transgressions can subsequently become maligned as a contaminating presence, a ‘visual pollution’ which mars the cityscape.
Playing on this sense of pollution – at once evoking ecological, societal and aesthetic connotations – multiple street artists visually articulate their concern for the conditions of São Paulo's physical and social environments by engaging a ‘garbage’ framework within their art. Specifically, these eco-ethical discourses are achieved through the incorporation of waste management mechanisms (especially recycling and cleaning) into the construction of their artistic productions in order to highlight polluting behaviours habitually performed within the urban environment and social body.
9 - Affect, Politics and the Production of the People: Meditations on the Río Magdalena
from III - Affect
In this chapter I would like to reflect on the ways in which the Magdalena river has figured both in the imaginary production of a Colombian national-popular body, and in its dissolution, and at key moments in Colombian history from the mid-nineteenth century to the beginning of the twenty-first. I do so not to reclaim the river and its landscape, in a Romantic vein, as the wellspring of some authentic national ‘spirit’. Instead I am more interested in how instances of the articulation of such a thing occur in both real and imagined spaces where the nation's integrity is most questionable and the porosity of its borders most conspicuous.
As the principal route for the traffic of people, ideas and capital between colonial times and the early twentieth century, the Magdalena was for a long time central to the construction of the nation. Even today, as flows of global capital and information have displaced the organic motif of the river as an index of historical time and of the nation's temporal unfolding (see Appadurai 1996; Castells 2000), the Magdalena retains an affectively loaded presence in works of Colombian art and literature. Thus, in texts such as Fernando Vallejo's El río del tiempo (1998), where nature's collapse mirrors the entropy of Colombian public life, or films such as Bolívar soy yo (Jorge Alí Triana 2002), where history dissolves into the two dimensionality of the spectacle, the Magdalena continues to perform a labour of figuration, albeit of the nation's destiny as pipedream or curse.
2 - Folktales and Fabulation in Lucrecia Martel's Films
Print publication: 17 October 2013, pp 71-88
Unannounced transitions, ellipses, openings in medias res, truncated dénouements: examples from Lucrecia Martel's films would fill a textbook on the subject of the disruption of narrative linearity. Their apparent rejection of the codes of storytelling creates an uncertainty and an ambiguity that confound conventional modes of critical interpretation. This has certainly been the experience of many of Martel's critics, who have found her films – in particular, La ciénaga (The Swamp, 2001) and La niña santa (The Holy Girl, 2004) – stubbornly resistant to attempts to tease out deeper meanings or to place them within their socio-political context (see, for example, Aguilar 2006: 24; Varas and Dash 2007: 198; Gundermann 2005: 241; Page 2009: 182–94). To add to the confusion, at different times Martel has variously sanctioned or rejected allegorical readings of her films. She has been more consistent in describing La mujer sin cabeza (The Headless Woman, 2008) as an allegory of society's complicity in Argentina's most recent military regime (Enriquez 2008); however, as I will argue below, this reading may occlude a more radical understanding of the film's politics.
Martel's films steer us unequivocally away from transcendental modes of criticism which would seek an ideological or political ‘meaning’ for the text, and towards the immanent approaches advocated and practised by Deleuze, which refer us always to relations rather than essences, construction rather than interpretation, and to the text as assemblage rather than a set of signifying codes to be cracked.
Print publication: 17 October 2013, pp ix-xii
4 - ‘El convertible no convertible’: Reconsidering Refuse and Disjecta Aesthetics in Contemporary Cuban Art
This chapter discusses the work of internationally acclaimed, influential mixed-and multimedia artists who may be situated between the introduction in the 1990s in Cuba of the policy that granted artists the right to receive payment in convertible currency as well as to promote their work abroad freely, the introduction of a parallel currency for foreign visitors and investors (peso cubano convertible) and the ironic taking stock of the effects that such liberalization and commerce had on visual art practice referenced by the exhibition Cubanos convertibles in 2008. Its reflections play on the slippage between ‘convertible’ currency and convertible vehicles in relation to the value assigned to convertibility in aesthetic and cultural paradigms. These artists' deconstructivist strategies have sought to critique globalization while dismantling the complicitous ‘impurities’ and incongruities of their own productivity, seen through the distorting mirror of frustrated consumerism at home and the voracity of the free market paragons abroad that promote and consume their wares. The twisted skein of the analysis aims to discuss an interestingly impersonal (although archival) reflexive trend in contemporary art that, fibred by notions of social responsibility, participatory spectatorship and dissent, has explored the notion of ‘recycling’ as broadly inclusive of material disjecta with attendant ideas of ingestion and reconversion. Pieces have been predicated on the shift of emphasis from the phenomenology of ‘beholding’ to the involvement of the public as recipient, correspondent, interlocutor or user, with attention focused on the body of the observer and on experience.
I - Politics
5 - Narratives of Identity and Media Genres
The way in which identity is understood in contemporary society is the result of the application of a double perspective composed of figures which do not simply add up but instead present us with a set of tensions: a reflection on the crisis in the forms of media discourse as the principal locus of present-day identity, and the urgent need to construct experiential discourses that can suture the deficit of legitimation in the anonymous discourses which address us […]. Narratives of identity come up against the fact that they are constructions in which there is not merely some mechanical actuation of codes but also a production of meaning. This is why there can be no question of extolling situations of marginality or exoticism as reservoirs of such narratives, but rather of analysing the extent to which the very brokenness of classic models of identity itself generates new narratives, in which modes of integration and rebellion are negotiated.
(Marinas 1995: 75–78)
The return of identity and the exhaustion of storytelling
Breaking with the sterile cycle that leads from the affirmation of identity as an immutable essence to its negation in the supposed inevitability of homogenization, contemporary thought proposes identity as a construction which emerges through narration. This new way of thinking about identity aims to account both for the changes which traverse mono-identities and the emergence of multiculturalities which exceed ethnic, racial and national categories.
Print publication: 17 October 2013, pp i-iv
8 - Blogging from the Margins: Grassroots Activism and Mass Media Forms in the Hiperbarrio Project
In recent years there has been a veritable explosion in Internet use in Latin America; according to recent statistics, in South America alone there are over 143 million Internet users, or 36.5 per cent of the population, representing an increase of over 900 per cent between 2000 and 2009.1 Alongside this growth in Internet use there has been a concomitant growth in literary, socio-cultural and artistic works which make use of the new medium, including blogs, hypertext novels, hypermedia fiction, net.art, online performance art, hacktivism and tactical media, among many others. From the first forays of the Zapatistas into the uses of new media technologies for oppositional purposes, giving rise to the term ‘digital Zapatismo’ (Domínguez c.1998), to the complex negotiations of on- and offline activism of the self-styled Chicano ‘cyberpunk media artist’ Fran Ilich, through to the multiple uses of digital technologies in by the now large and growing community of net.artists in Latin America, new media technologies in Latin America have been put to use in innovative and challenging ways by local practitioners, and frequently involve a consideration for the socio-political consequences of such technologies and their potentially resistant reworking.
While the wide range of tactical media projects, net.art, game art, hacktivism and other genres within Latin American digital culture cannot be subsumed into one universal model, one striking feature that is common to many of them is the way in which they involve a critical engagement with the on/offline interface, and the resistant reuse of (globalized) digital technologies, two notions which will be explored in more depth below.
10 - The Politics of Emotion in the Mexican Revolution: The Tears of Pancho Villa
At the beginning of his seminal social history of the Revolution, Alan Knight describes Mexico on the eve of the outbreak of the civil war:
Mexico of 1910 was, borrowing Lesley Simpson's phrase, ‘many Mexicos’, less a nation than a geographical expression, a mosaic of regions and communities, introverted and jealous, ethnically and physically fragmented, and lacking common national sentiments; these sentiments came after the Revolution and were […] its offspring rather than its parents. (Knight 1986: vol. 1, 2; emphasis added)
The formation of national sentiments has become a key theme in the burgeoning critical literature devoted to the politics of popular culture in the post-revolutionary period. Commentators have analysed how, in the aftermath of the profound upheavals of a war in which peasants, workers and the middle classes made, albeit uneasy, common cause, they came to unite under the rubric of shared symbols, icons and discourses experienced as national (Vaughan and Lewis 2006). Culture, particularly those forms and practices designated as popular –folk artisanship and music, and mass media forms, such as the radio and cinema – participated in the transformation of Mexico from ‘a regionally, culturally fragmented country into a modern nation-state with an inclusive and compelling national identity’ (López 2010: 2). Far from being a top-down process, the cultural-political construct that emerged in this period ‘was shaped, resisted, and ultimately negotiated by a multitude of actors and interests, and lo mexicano came to serve counterhegemonic impulses as well as regime projects’ (Joseph et al. 2001: 8).
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X-ray powder diffraction data for 17-hydroxy-16-methyl-9,11-epoxypregna-1,4,6-triene-3,20-dione, C22H26O4
Q. Wang, X. Bian, X. Chen
Journal: Powder Diffraction , First View
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 July 2019, pp. 1-3
X-ray powder diffraction data, unit-cell parameters, and space group for 17- hydroxy-16-methyl-9,11-epoxypregna-1,4,6-triene-3,20-dione, C22H26O4, are reported [ a = 18.435(1) Å, b = 12.269(3) Å, c = 8.251(5) Å, α = 90°, β = 90°, γ = 90°, unit-cell volume V = 1866.43 Å3, Z = 4, ρcal = 1.261 g cm−3 and space group P212121]. All measured lines were indexed and are consistent with the P212121 space group. No detectable impurities were observed.
Magnetic Properties of Proton Irradiated Fe2.7GeTe2 Bulk Crystals
R. Olmos, A. Cosio, C. L. Saiz, L. M. Martinez, L. Shao, Q. Wang, S. R. Singamaneni
Journal: MRS Advances , First View
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 June 2019, pp. 1-6
van der Waals (vdW) magnetic materials show promise in being the foundation for future spintronic technology. The magnetic behavior of Fe2.7GeTe2 (FGT), a vdW itinerant ferromagnet, was investigated before and after proton irradiation. Proton irradiation of the sample was carried out at a fluence of 1×1018 cm-2. The magnetization measurements revealed a small increase of saturation magnetization (Ms) of about 4% upon proton irradiation of the sample, in which, the magnetic field was applied parallel to the c-axis. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy for pristine and irradiated FGT revealed a general decrease in intensity after irradiation for Ge and Te and an increase in peak intensity of unavoidable surface iron oxide. Furthermore, no noticeable change in the Curie temperature (TC =152 K) is observed in temperature dependent magnetization variation. This work signifies the importance of employing protons in tuning the magnetic properties of vdW materials.
Genetic and morphology analysis among the pentaploid F1 hybrid fishes (Schizothorax wangchiachii ♀ × Percocypris pingi ♂) and their parents
H. R. Gu, Y. F. Wan, Y. Yang, Q. Ao, W. L. Cheng, S. H. Deng, D. Y. Pu, X. F. He, L. Jin, Z. J. Wang
Journal: animal , First View
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 May 2019, pp. 1-10
Triploid and pentaploid breeding is of great importance in agricultural production, but it is not always easy to obtain double ploidy parents. However, in fishes, chromosome ploidy is diversiform, which may provide natural parental resources for triploid and pentaploid breeding. Both tetraploid and hexaploid exist in Schizothorax fishes, which were thought to belong to different subfamilies with tetraploid Percocypris fishes in morphology, but they are sister genera in molecule. Fortunately, the pentaploid hybrid fishes have been successfully obtained by hybridization of Schizothorax wangchiachii (♀, 2n = 6X = 148) × Percocypris pingi (♂, 2n = 4X = 98). To understand the genetic and morphological difference among the hybrid fishes and their parents, four methods were used in this study: morphology, karyotype, red blood cell (RBC) DNA content determination and inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR). In morphology, the hybrid fishes were steady, and between their parents with no obvious preference. The chromosome numbers of P. pingi have been reported as 2n = 4X = 98. In this study, the karyotype of S. wangchiachii was 2n = 6X = 148 = 36m + 34sm + 12st + 66t, while that the hybrid fishes was 2n = 5X = 123 = 39m + 28sm + 5st + 51t. Similarly, the RBC DNA content of the hybrid fishes was intermediate among their parents. In ISSR, the within-group genetic diversity of hybrid fishes was higher than that of their parents. Moreover, the genetic distance of hybrid fishes between P. pingi and S.wangchiachii was closely related to that of their parental ploidy, suggesting that parental genetic material stably coexisted in the hybrid fishes. This is the first report to show a stable pentaploid F1 hybrids produced by hybridization of a hexaploid and a tetraploid in aquaculture.
Protein restriction and succedent realimentation affecting ileal morphology, ileal microbial composition and metabolites in weaned piglets
Q. Shi, Y. Zhu, J. Wang, H. Yang, J. Wang, W. Zhu
Dietary protein restriction is one of the effective ways to reduce post-weaning diarrhoea and intestinal fermentation in piglets, but it may also reduce growth performance. The compensatory growth induced by subsequent protein realimentation may solve the issue. However, little research has been done on the impact of protein realimentation on the gut. In this study, the effects of protein restriction and realimentation on ileal morphology, ileal microbial composition and metabolites in weaned piglets were investigated. Thirty-six 28-day-old weaned piglets with an average body weight of 6.47 ± 0.04 kg were randomly divided into a control group and a treatment group. The CP level in the diet of the control group was 18.83% for the entire experimental period. The piglets in the treatment group were fed 13.05% CP between days 0 and 14 and restored to a diet of 18.83% CP for days 14 to 28. On day 14 and 28, six pigs from each group were sacrificed and sampled. It was found that the abundance of Lactobacillus and Salmonella in the ileal digesta was significantly lower in the treatment group than the control group on day 14, whereas the abundance of Clostridium sensu stricto 1, Streptococcus, Halomonas and Pseudomonas significantly increased in the ileal digesta of the treatment group on day 14 compared with the control group. In addition, reduced concentrations of lactic acid, total short-chain fatty acids (total SCFAs), total branched chain fatty acids, ammonia and impaired ileal morphology and mucosal barrier were observed in the treatment group on day 14. However, diarrhoea levels decreased in the treatment group throughout the experiment. During the succedent protein realimentation stage, the treatment group demonstrated compensatory growth. Compared with the control group, the treatment group showed increased abundance of Lactobacillus and reduced abundance of Salmonella, Halomonas and Pseudomonas in the ileum on day 28. The concentrations of lactic acid and total SCFAs increased significantly, whereas the concentration of ammonia remained at a lower level in the treatment group on day 28 compared with the control group. Overall, protein realimentation could improve ileal morphology and barrier functions and promote ileal digestive and absorptive functions. In conclusion, ileal microbial composition and metabolites could change according to dietary protein restriction and realimentation and eventually influence ileal morphology and barrier functions.
A One Health investigation of Salmonella enterica serovar Wangata in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia, 2016–2017
J. Collins, K. M. J. Simpson, G. Bell, D. N. Durrheim, G. A. Hill-Cawthorne, K. Hope, P. Howard, T. Kohlenberg, K. Lawrence, K. Lilly, P. Porigneaux, V. Sintchenko, Q. Wang, M. P. Ward, A. Wiethoelter, S. M. Mor, J. Flint
Journal: Epidemiology & Infection / Volume 147 / 2019
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 March 2019, e150
Salmonella enterica serovar Wangata (S. Wangata) is an important cause of endemic salmonellosis in Australia, with human infections occurring from undefined sources. This investigation sought to examine possible environmental and zoonotic sources for human infections with S. Wangata in north-eastern New South Wales (NSW), Australia. The investigation adopted a One Health approach and was comprised of three complimentary components: a case–control study examining human risk factors; environmental and animal sampling; and genomic analysis of human, animal and environmental isolates. Forty-eight human S. Wangata cases were interviewed during a 6-month period from November 2016 to April 2017, together with 55 Salmonella Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) controls and 130 neighbourhood controls. Indirect contact with bats/flying foxes (S. Typhimurium controls (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 2.63, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.06–6.48)) (neighbourhood controls (aOR 8.33, 95% CI 2.58–26.83)), wild frogs (aOR 3.65, 95% CI 1.32–10.07) and wild birds (aOR 6.93, 95% CI 2.29–21.00) were statistically associated with illness in multivariable analyses. S. Wangata was detected in dog faeces, wildlife scats and a compost specimen collected from the outdoor environments of cases’ residences. In addition, S. Wangata was detected in the faeces of wild birds and sea turtles in the investigation area. Genomic analysis revealed that S. Wangata isolates were relatively clonal. Our findings suggest that S. Wangata is present in the environment and may have a reservoir in wildlife populations in north-eastern NSW. Further investigation is required to better understand the occurrence of Salmonella in wildlife groups and to identify possible transmission pathways for human infections.
Impact of maternal HIV infection on pregnancy outcomes in southwestern China – a hospital registry based study
M. Yang, Y. Wang, Y. Chen, Y. Zhou, Q. Jiang
Globally, human immune deficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) continues to be a major public health issue. With improved survival, the number of people living with HIV/AIDS is increasing, with over 2 million among pregnant women. Investigating adverse pregnant outcomes of HIV-infected population and associated factors are of great importance to maternal and infant health. A cross-sectional data collected from hospital delivery records of 4397 mother–infant pairs in southwestern China were analysed. Adverse pregnant outcomes (including low birthweight/preterm delivery/low Apgar score) and maternal HIV status and other characteristics were measured. Two hundred thirteen (4.9%) mothers were HIV positive; maternal HIV infection, rural residence and pregnancy history were associated with all three indicators of adverse pregnancy outcomes. This research suggested that maternal population have high prevalence in HIV infection in this region. HIV-infected women had higher risks of experiencing adverse pregnancy outcomes. Rural residence predisposes adverse pregnancy outcomes. Findings of this study suggest social and medical support for maternal-infant care needed in this region, selectively towards rural areas and HIV-positive mothers.
Self-assembly synthesis of AgNPs@g-C3N4 composite with enhanced electrochemical properties for supercapacitors
D.F. Wang, Y.Z. Wu, X.H. Yan, J.J. Wang, Q. Wang, C. Zhou, X.X. Yuan, J.M. Pan, X.N. Cheng
Journal: MRS Communications / Volume 9 / Issue 2 / June 2019
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 March 2019, pp. 719-725
AgNPs@g-C3N4 composite was synthesized from Ag-containing sol and g-C3N4 powder by the ultrasonic-assisted self-assembly method. The composite has hierarchical pore size distributions, which will be beneficial to the ion transport with different size. Ag nanoparticles with the size of 5 nm successfully adhere on the surface of g-C3N4. The AgNPs@g-C3N4 composite has excellent specific capacitance and specific power performance for the supercapacitors as an electrode material. The specific capacitance of composite is 4 times greater than that of g-C3N4. It can be ascribed to the introduction of Ag nanoparticles that the internal resistance of the composite is significantly decreased.
Gender and time delays in diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis: a cross-sectional study from China
H. G. Chen, T. W. Wang, Q. X. Cheng
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 February 2019, e94
Gender inequality has severe consequences on public health in terms of delay in diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). In order to explore gender-related differences in diagnosis delay, a cross-sectional study of 10 686 patients diagnosed with PTB in Yulin from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2014 was conducted. Diagnosis delay was categorised into ‘short delay’ and ‘long delay’ by four commonly used cut-off points of 14, 30, 60 and 90 days. Logistic regression analysis was used to analyse gender differences in diagnostic delay. Stratified analyses by smear results, age, urban/rural were performed to examine whether the effect persisted across the strata. The median delay was 31 days (interquartile range 13–65). Diagnostic delay in females at cut-off points of 14, 30, 60 and 90 days had odds ratios (OR) of 0.99 (95% CI 0.91–1.09), 1.09 (95% CI 1.01–1.18), 1.15 (95% CI 1.05–1.26) and 1.18 (95% CI 1.06–1.31), respectively, compared with males. Stratified analysis showed that females were associated with increased risk of longer delay among those aged 30–60 years, smear positive and living in the rural areas (P < 0.05). The female-to-male OR increased along with increased delay time. Further inquiry into the underlying reasons for gender differences should be urgently addressed to improve the current situation.
Finding a High-Quality Initial Solution for the RRTs Algorithms in 2D Environments
Jiankun Wang, Wenzheng Chi, Mingjie Shao, Max Q.-H. Meng
Journal: Robotica , First View
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 February 2019, pp. 1-18
In this paper, we propose a bioinspired path planning algorithm for finding a high-quality initial solution based on the pipeline of the Rapidly exploring Random Tree (RRT) method by modifying the sampling process. The modification mainly includes controlling the sampling space and using the probabilistic sampling with the two-dimensional Gaussian mixture model. Inspired by the tropism of plants, we use a Gaussian mixture model to imitate the tree’s growth in nature. In a 2D environment, we can get an approximate moving point’s probabilistic distribution, and the initial path can be found much quickly guided by the probabilistic heuristic. At the same time, only a small number of nodes are generated, which can reduce the memory usage. As a meta-algorithm, it can be applicable to other RRT methods and the performance of underlying algorithm is improved dramatically. We also prove that the probabilistic completeness and the asymptotic optimality depend on the original algorithm (other RRTs). We demonstrate the application of our algorithm in different simulated 2D environments. On these scenarios, our algorithm outperforms the RRT and the RRT* methods on finding the initial solution. When embedded into post-processing algorithms like the Informed RRT*, it also promotes the convergence speed and saves the memory usage.
Surface Roughening with Iron Nanoparticles for Promoted Adhesion of Spin Coated Microsupercapacitor Electrodes
A. Vyas, Q. Li, F. Cornaglia, K. Wang, A. Anderson, M. Haque, V. Kuzmenko, A. D. Smith, P. Lundgren, P. Enoksson
Journal: MRS Advances / Volume 4 / Issue 23 / 2019
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 January 2019, pp. 1335-1340
Microsupercapacitors (MSCs) are miniaturized energy storage devices that can be integrated in an on-chip platform as a component of a power supply for Internet of things’ sensors. Integration of these on-chip MSCs require them to be fabricated through CMOS compatible fabrication techniques such as spin coating. One of the biggest challenges in spin coated MSCs is the poor surface adhesion. In this work, we present a CMOS compatible electrode deposition process with enhanced adhesion and retention for reduced graphene oxide (rGO) using spin coating. In order to improve the adhesion and surface uniformity of the deposited electrode material, the surface of Si/SiO2 wafers was subjected to roughening through Fe nanoparticle formation. A 4 nm thick Fe layer deposition substantially magnified the average mean surface roughness of the substrates. In comparison with substrates without the Fe deposition, the treated ones have more than 300% improvement in surface coverage and rGO mass retention after sonication testing. These results suggest that the surface roughening has a positive influence on electrode deposition via a spin-coating method.
All-optical $\unicode[STIX]{x1D707}^{-}$ acceleration in the laser wakefield
F. Zhang, Z. G. Deng, L. Q. Shan, Z. M. Zhang, B. Bi, D. X. Liu, W. W. Wang, Z. Q. Yuan, C. Tian, S. Q. Yang, B. Zhang, Y. Q. Gu
Journal: High Power Laser Science and Engineering / Volume 6 / 2018
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 December 2018, e63
Muons produced by the Bethe–Heitler process from laser wakefield accelerated electrons interacting with high $Z$ materials have velocities close to the laser wakefield. It is possible to accelerate those muons with laser wakefield directly. Therefore for the first time we propose an all-optical ‘Generator and Booster’ scheme to accelerate the produced muons by another laser wakefield to supply a prompt, compact, low cost and controllable muon source in laser laboratories. The trapping and acceleration of muons are analyzed by one-dimensional analytic model and verified by two-dimensional particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation. It is shown that muons can be trapped in a broad energy range and accelerated to higher energy than that of electrons for longer dephasing length. We further extrapolate the dependence of the maximum acceleration energy of muons with the laser wakefield relativistic factor $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FE}$ and the relevant initial energy $E_{0}$ . It is shown that a maximum energy up to 15.2 GeV is promising with $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FE}=46$ and $E_{0}=1.45~\text{GeV}$ on the existing short pulse laser facilities.
Post-exposure prophylaxis vaccination rate and risk factors of human rabies in mainland China: a meta-analysis
D. L. Wang, X. F. Zhang, H. Jin, X. Q. Cheng, C. X. Duan, X. C. Wang, C. J. Bao, M. H. Zhou, T. Ahmad
Rabies is one of the major public health problems in China, and the mortality rate of rabies remains the highest among all notifiable infectious diseases. A meta-analysis was conducted to investigate the post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) vaccination rate and risk factors for human rabies in mainland China. The PubMed, Web of Science, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure, Chinese Science and Technology Periodical and Wanfang databases were searched for articles on rabies vaccination status (published between 2007 and 2017). In total, 10 174 human rabies cases from 136 studies were included in this meta-analysis. Approximately 97.2% (95% confidence interval (CI) 95.1–98.7%) of rabies cases occurred in rural areas and 72.6% (95% CI 70.0–75.1%) occurred in farmers. Overall, the vaccination rate in the reported human rabies cases was 15.4% (95% CI 13.7–17.4%). However, among vaccinated individuals, 85.5% (95% CI 79.8%–83.4%) did not complete the vaccination regimen. In a subgroup analysis, the PEP vaccination rate in the eastern region (18.8%, 95% CI 15.9–22.1%) was higher than that in the western region (13.3%, 95% CI 11.1–15.8%) and this rate decreased after 2007. Approximately 68.9% (95% CI 63.6–73.8%) of rabies cases experienced category-III exposures, but their PEP vaccination rate was 27.0% (95% CI 14.4–44.9%) and only 6.1% (95% CI 4.4–8.4%) received rabies immunoglobulin. Together, these results suggested that the PEP vaccination rate among human rabies cases was low in mainland China. Therefore, standardised treatment and vaccination programs of dog bites need to be further strengthened, particularly in rural areas.
Effects of dietary supplementation of guanidino acetic acid on growth performance, thigh meat quality and development of small intestine in Partridge-Shank broilers
Q. C. Ren, J. J. Xuan, X. C. Yan, Z. Z. Hu, F. Wang
Journal: The Journal of Agricultural Science / Volume 156 / Issue 9 / November 2018
The current experiment aimed at assessing the effects of dietary supplementation of guanidino acetic acid (GAA) on growth performance, thigh meat quality and development of small intestine in broilers. A total of 360 1-day-old female broiler chicks were distributed randomly to four groups of 90 birds each, and each group received GAA dosages of 0, 0.4, 0.8 and 1.2 g/kg of feed dry matter. During the whole experiment of 60 days, broilers had ad libitum access to water and feed and the feed intake was recorded daily. All broilers were weighed before and after the experiment, and 30 broilers of each group were selected randomly to slaughter at the end. Increasing dietary supplementation of GAA increased final live weight and daily body weight gain, gain-to-feed ratio, thigh muscle pH value and fibre diameter of broilers, but decreased daily feed intake, drip loss, cooking loss, shear force value, hardness, gumminess and chewiness of thigh meat. In addition, increasing supplementation of GAA quadratically increased duodenal, jejunal and ileal villus height and width and ratio of villus height to crypt depth, but decreased crypt depth. The results indicated that GAA as a feed additive may support better development of small intestine, thereby resulting in improvement of growth performance and meat quality of broilers.
Screening of reference genes using real-time quantitative PCR for gene expression studies in Neoseiulus barkeri Hughes (Acari: Phytoseiidae)
C. Wang, J. Yang, Q. Pan, S. Yu, R. Luo, H. Liu, H. Li, L. Cong, C. Ran
Journal: Bulletin of Entomological Research , First View
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 October 2018, pp. 1-10
A stable reference gene is a key prerequisite for accurate assessment of gene expression. At present, the real-time reverse transcriptase quantitative polymerase chain reaction has been widely used in the analysis of gene expression in a variety of organisms. Neoseiulus barkeri Hughes (Acari: Phytoseiidae) is a major predator of mites on many important economically crops. Until now, however, there are no reports evaluating the stability of reference genes in this species. In view of this, we used GeNorm, NormFinder, BestKeeper, and RefFinder software tools to evaluate the expression stability of 11 candidate reference genes in developmental stages and under various abiotic stresses. According to our results, β-ACT and Hsp40 were the top two stable reference genes in developmental stages. The Hsp60 and Hsp90 were the most stable reference genes in various acaricides stress. For alterations in temperature, Hsp40 and α-TUB were the most suitable reference genes. About UV stress, EF1α and α-TUB were the best choice, and for the different prey stress, β-ACT and α-TUB were best suited. In normal conditions, the β-ACT and α-TUB were the two of the highest stable reference genes to respond to all kinds of stresses. The current study provided a valuable foundation for the further analysis of gene expression in N. barkeri.
Variability of vestibular aqueduct measurements among axial, single-oblique and double-oblique computed tomography images
Y Quan, X J Gao, J Liu, R Z Gong, Q Wang, H Liang, J L Fu, Q Cheng
Journal: The Journal of Laryngology & Otology / Volume 132 / Issue 10 / October 2018
To investigate the morphology and dimensions of the vestibular aqueduct on axial, single-oblique and double-oblique computed tomography images.
The computed tomography temporal bone scans of 112 patients were retrospectively evaluated. Midpoint and opercular measurements were performed using axial, single-oblique and double-oblique images. Morphometric analyses were also conducted. The vestibular aqueduct sizes on axial, single-oblique and double-oblique images were compared.
At the midpoint, the mean (± standard deviation) vestibular aqueduct measured 0.61 ± 0.23 mm, 0.74 ± 0.27 mm and 0.82 ± 0.38 mm on axial, single-oblique and double-oblique images, respectively; at the operculum, the vestibular aqueduct measured 0.91 ± 0.30 mm, 1.11 ± 0.45 mm and 1.66 ± 1.07 mm on the respective images. The co-efficients of variation of the vestibular aqueduct measured at the midpoint were 37.4 per cent, 36.5 per cent and 47.5 per cent on axial, single-oblique and double-oblique images, respectively; at the operculum, the measurements were 33.0 per cent, 40.5 per cent and 64.5 per cent. Regarding morphology, the vestibular aqueduct was fissured (33.5 per cent), tubular (64.3 per cent) or invisible (2.2 per cent).
The morphology and dimensions of the vestibular aqueduct were highly variable among axial, single-oblique and double-oblique images.
Comparative analyses of the complete mitochondrial genomes of Cyathostomum pateratum and Cyathostomum catinatum provide new molecular data for the evolution of Cyathostominae nematodes
Y.Y. Qiu, M.H. Zeng, P.W. Diao, X.X. Wang, Q. Li, Y. Li, Y. Gao, C.R. Wang
Journal: Journal of Helminthology / Volume 93 / Issue 5 / September 2019
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 August 2018, pp. 643-647
The parasite Cyathostomum pateratum, which occurs in the large intestine of equines, is a common species of the subfamily Cyathostominae. Cyathostominae nematodes are a complex nematode group for which only limited genetic information has been reported. To re-examine the phylogenetic relationships among Cyathostominae nematodes, we sequenced the complete mitochondrial (mt) genome of Cy. pateratum and compared it with the mt genome of the congeneric species Cyathostomum catinatum. The complete mtDNA sequence of Cy. pateratum was 13,822 bp in length, 16 bp shorter than that of Cy. catinatum. The mtDNA sequences of both species contained 12 protein-coding genes, two rRNA genes and 22 tRNA genes, and all 36 genes were transcribed in the same direction and in the same strand. Pairwise comparisons of the 12 predicted amino acid sequences between Cy. catinatum and Cy. pateratum revealed differences of 0.4–3.1%; the least conserved sequence was that of cytochrome c oxidase subunit 3 (cox3). Phylogenetic analysis of the concatenated amino acid sequences using Bayesian inference and maximum likelihood methods showed that Cy. catinatum and Cy. pateratum clustered together with very high nodal support, and Cylicostephanus goldi was closer to the Cyathostomum nematodes than to other Cyathostominae nematodes. The mtDNA sequence of Cy. pateratum is reported here for the first time. The study will shed some light on the genetic evolution among parasitic nematodes in Cyathostomum.
Response of canopy structure, light interception and grain yield to plant density in maize
J. Li, R. Z. Xie, K. R. Wang, P. Hou, B. Ming, G. Q. Zhang, G. Z. Liu, M. Wu, Z. S. Yang, S. K. Li
Journal: The Journal of Agricultural Science / Volume 156 / Issue 6 / August 2018
Good canopy structure is essential for optimal maize (Zea mays L.) production. However, creating appropriate maize canopy structure can be difficult, because the characteristics of individual plants are altered by changes in plant age, density and interactions with neighbouring plants. The objective of the current study was to find a reliable method for building good maize canopy structure by analysing changes in canopy structure, light distribution and grain yield (GY). A modern maize cultivar (ZhengDan958) was planted at 12 densities ranging from 1.5 to 18 plants/m2 at two field locations in Xinjiang, China. At the silking stage (R1), plant and ear height increased with plant density as well as leaf area index (LAI), whereas leaf area per plant decreased logarithmically. The fraction of light intercepted by the plant (F) increased with increasing plant density, but the light extinction coefficient (K) decreased linearly from 0.61 to 0.39. Taking the optimum value of F (95%) as an example, and using measured values of K for each plant density at R1 and the equation from Beer's law, the corresponding (theoretical) LAI for each plant density was calculated and optimum plant density (9.72 plants/m2) obtained by calculating the difference between theoretical LAIs and actual observations. Further analysis showed that plant density ranging from 10.64 to 11.55 plants/m2 yielded a stable GY range. Therefore, taking into account the persistence time for maximum LAI, the plant density required to obtain an ideal GY maize canopy structure should be increased by 10–18% from 9.72 plants/m2.
A genome scan for selection signatures in Taihu pig breeds using next-generation sequencing
Z. Wang, H. Sun, Q. Chen, X. Zhang, Q. Wang, Y. Pan
Journal: animal / Volume 13 / Issue 4 / April 2019
Print publication: April 2019
Taihu pig breeds are the most prolific breeds of swine in the world, and they also have superior economic traits, including high resistance to disease, superior meat quality, high resistance to crude feed and a docile temperament. The formation of these phenotypic characteristics is largely a result of long-term artificial or natural selection. Therefore, exploring selection signatures in the genomes of the Taihu pigs will help us to identify porcine genes related to productivity traits, disease and behaviour. In this study, we used both intra-population (Relative Extend Haplotype Homozygosity Test (REHH)) and inter-population (the Cross-Population Extend Haplotype Homozygosity Test (XPEHH); F-STATISTICS, FST) methods to detect genomic regions that might be under selection process in Taihu pig breeds. As a result, we found 282 (REHH) and 112 (XPEHH) selection signature candidate regions corresponding to 159.78 Mb (6.15%) and 62.29 Mb (2.40%) genomic regions, respectively. Further investigations of the selection candidate regions revealed that many genes under these genomic regions were related to reproductive traits (such as the TLR9 gene), coat colour (such as the KIT gene) and fat metabolism (such as the CPT1A and MAML3 genes). Furthermore, gene enrichment analyses showed that genes under the selection candidate regions were significantly over-represented in pathways related to diseases, such as autoimmune thyroid and asthma diseases. In conclusion, several candidate genes potentially under positive selection were involved in characteristics of Taihu pig. These results will further allow us to better understand the mechanisms of selection in pig breeding.
ON THE $O(1/K)$ CONVERGENCE RATE OF THE ALTERNATING DIRECTION METHOD OF MULTIPLIERS IN A COMPLEX DOMAIN
MSC 2010: Control systems
L. LI, G. Q. WANG, J. L. ZHANG
Journal: The ANZIAM Journal / Volume 60 / Issue 1 / July 2018
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 August 2018, pp. 95-117
We focus on the convergence rate of the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) in a complex domain. First, the complex form of variational inequality (VI) is established by using the Wirtinger calculus technique. Second, the $O(1/K)$ convergence rate of the ADMM in a complex domain is provided. Third, the ADMM in a complex domain is applied to the least absolute shrinkage and selectionator operator (LASSO). Finally, numerical simulations are provided to show that ADMM in a complex domain has the $O(1/K)$ convergence rate and that it has certain advantages compared with the ADMM in a real domain.
According to mitochondrial DNA evidence, Parascaris equorum and Parascaris univalens may represent the same species
J.F. Gao, X.X. Zhang, X.X. Wang, Q. Li, Y. Li, W.W. Xu, Y. Gao, C.R. Wang
Journal: Journal of Helminthology / Volume 93 / Issue 3 / May 2019
Parascarosis is caused mainly by parasitic infections with Parascaris equorum and Parascaris univalens, the most common ascarid nematodes, in the small intestine of equines. Parascarosis often causes severe illness and even death in foals and yearlings. In this study, we obtained the complete sequence of the P. equorum mitochondrial (mt) genome and compared its organization and structure with that of P. equorum Japan isolate (nearly complete), and the complete mtDNA sequences of P. univalens Switzerland and USA isolates. The complete mtDNA genome of P. equorum China isolate is 13,899 base pairs (bp), making it the smallest of the four genomes. All four Parascaris mt genomes are circular, and all genes are transcribed in the same direction. The P. equorum mtDNA genome consists of 12 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal RNA genes, 22 transfer (t) RNA genes and one non-coding region, which is consistent with P. equorum Japan isolate and P. univalens Switzerland isolate but distinct from P. univalens USA isolate, which has 20 tRNA genes. Differences in nucleotide sequences of the four entire mt genomes range from 0.1–0.9%, and differences in total amino acid sequences of protein-coding genes are 0.2–2.1%. Phylogenetic analyses showed that the four Parascaris species clustered in a clade, indicating that P. equorum and P. univalens are very closely related. These mt genome datasets provide genetic evidence that P. equorum and P. univalens may represent the same species, which will be of use in further studies of the taxonomy, systematics and population genetics of ascarids and other nematodes.
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WADJDA, Thu 27 February, 8pm
By admin January 9, 2013 archive, Season 10 Films
A rare and accurate glimpse into everyday life seen through the eyes of an unconventional 10-year-old girl. The first film by a female Saudi director – it will make you stand up and cheer.
Saudi Arabia 2012. Language: Arabic. 98 minutes. Cert: PG . Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour. Starring: Waad Mohammed, Reem Abdullah, Ahd, Sultan Al Assaf
Meet Wadjda, a sarcastic, funny and streetwise ten-year-old girl whose unconventionally carefree demeanor not only sets her apart from most girls in her school but also frequently lands her in the headmistress’s office. Living in Riyadh with her young, beautiful mother who struggles with an absentee husband looking to marry a second wife, Wadjda strikes up a friendship with Abdullah, a neighborhood boy drawn to her confidence and charm. She spots a shiny green bicycle in the local shop and becomes determined to scrounge up enough money to buy it so that she can race Abdullah, a culturally unacceptable action with potential societal repercussions. Wadjda enters her school’s Koran recitation competition with her eye on the cash prize. As her school continues to crack down on the individual rights of its students, Wadjda stands steadfast, wise beyond her years and in opposition to a society loathe to recognize self-expression, a girl unwilling to surrender what she wants.
This groundbreaking first feature film shot entirely in Saudi Arabia and the first by a female Saudi filmmaker, Haifaa Al-Mansour’s Wadjda offers a moving, rarely seen picture of everyday life in Riyadh. With a central character so unique to the screen, Al-Mansour has crafted a subtle counterpoint to the images of females the world is accustomed to seeing, a character who holds hope for the future. – Liza Domnitz / Tribeca Film Festival 2013
Winner – CICAE Award, Venice Film Festival 2012
Click here for Wadjda website.
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LUNCH BOX – Thursday 25 September, 8pm
By admin July 31, 2014 archive, Season 11 Films
Mumbai’s Dabbawallahs are a community of 5000 dabba (lunch box) deliverymen. Harvard University analysed their delivery system and concluded that just one in a million lunch boxes is ever delivered to the wrong address. This film is the story of that one lunch box.
Director: Ritesh Batra. India, 2013. Language: Hindi, English. 104 minutes. Cert: PG
Middle class housewife Ila is trying once again to add some spice to her marriage, this time through her cooking. She desperately hopes that this new recipe will finally arouse some kind of reaction from her neglectful husband. She prepares a special lunchbox to be delivered to him at work, but, unbeknownst to her, it is mistakenly delivered to another office worker, Saajan, a lonely man on the verge of retirement. Curious about the lack of reaction from her husband, Ila puts a little note in the following day’s lunchbox, in the hopes of getting to the bottom of the mystery.
This begins a series of lunchbox notes between Saajan and Ila, and the mere comfort of communicating with a stranger anonymously soon evolves into an unexpected friendship. Gradually, their notes become little confessions about their loneliness, memories, regrets, fears, and even small joys. They each discover a new sense of self and find an anchor to hold on to in the big city of Mumbai that so often crushes hopes and dreams. Still strangers physically, Ila and Saajan become lost in a virtual relationship that could jeopardize both their realities.
‘The Lunchbox is perfectly handled and beautifully acted; a quiet storm of banked emotions.’ – The Guardian
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Starring: Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin Siddique, Denzil Smith, Bharati Achrekar, NakulVaid, Yashvi Puneet Nagar, Lillete Dubey
Vancouver International Film Festival 2013: Some romances are written in the stars. Others, it would seem, can be chalked up to a misread street map. When a lunchbox painstakingly prepared by Ila (NimratKaur) for her emotionally distant husband is mistakenly delivered to Saajan (the wonderful Irrfan Khan, Life of Pi), the under-appreciated Mumbai housewife and lonely accountant strike up an intimate correspondence. Continuing to use Mumbai’s legion of lunch couriers as their go-betweens, they share increasingly involved letters detailing their inner thoughts and life stories. The tinges of disappointment and regret that punctuate these missives reflect the enticing soulfulness of RiteshBatra’s debut. In turn, there’s exhilaration to be had watching these characters realize that their futures are unwritten. But will they put down their pens and overcome the obstacles keeping them from one another?
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Release Date: December 16, 2016 (North America)
Genres: Action, Science Fiction, Sequel
Production Phase: In Production
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures Production Company: Lucasfilm, Ltd.
Who's In It: Felicity Jones (TBA),
Who's Making It: Gareth Edwards (Director),
Premise: A cell of Rebels steal the plans for the Empire's new superweapon, the Death Star, and attempt to deliver them to Princess Leia. Set directly before the events of Episode IV: A New Hope.... More »
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With an intense level of secrecy surrounding every aspect of Rogue One, one of the mysteries yet to be revealed are the names of the film's characters. One site claims to have uncovered evidence that could reveal the name of the heroine played by Felicity Jones.
According to the Twitter account Daisy Ridley Fan, the name of Jones' Rogue One character may be Lyra Erso.
The Twitter feed claims to have landed their scoop from a casting sheet that had the name of Gabriele Fritz, who is playing a photo double for a character in the film. With Felicity Jones being the primary female character in Rogue One, all signs point to Fritz's character name shared by Jones.
- Daisy Ridley Fan. Comment on this Scoop (0)
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Spotlight on May Books
"The Hourglass Door" by Lisa Mangum (Reviewed by C...
"The King of the Crags" by Stephen Deas (Reviewed ...
"Neverland" by Douglas Clegg (Reviewed by Cindy Ha...
"New Model Army" by Adam Roberts (Reviewed by Livi...
Winners of The Emerald Storm Giveaway!
"Calamity Jack" by Shannon Hale & Dean Hale Illust...
Two Mini-reviews and One Unreview - "The Juggler" ...
Quick Blog Note: Fantasy Book Critic's Comment Mod...
"The Celestial Globe: The Kronos Chronicles Book T...
"A Magic of Dawn" by S.L. Farrell (Reviewed by Liv...
"The Dark-Eyes' War: Book Three of Blood of the So...
"The Noise Within" by Ian Whates (Reviewed by Livi...
“Blood Oath” by Christopher Farnsworth (Reviewed b...
Twelve 2010 Novels that Stand Out So Far
"Shadows of Myth and Legend" by E.J. Stevens (Revi...
"The Desert Spear" by Peter Brett (Reviewed by Liv...
"13 Treasures" by Michelle Harrison (Reviewed by C...
"Up Jim River" by Michael Flynn (Reviewed by Liviu...
"Changes. Dresden File #12" by Jim Butcher (Review...
"A Mighty Fortress" by David Weber (Reviewed by Li...
"Shine: An Anthology of Optimistic SF" edited by J...
"Ash" by Malinda Lo (Reviewed by Fábio Fernandes)
"The Age of Zeus" by James Lovegrove (Reviewed by ...
Interview with N.K. Jemisin (Interview by Mihir Wa...
"The Barbary Pirates" by William Dietrich (Reviewe...
"Subterranean" by James Rollins (Reviewed by Mihir...
"Bitter Seeds" by Ian Tregillis (Reviewed by Liviu...
"The Great Bazaar and Other Stories" by Peter Bret...
"Poetry Speaks Who I Am" Edited by Elise Paschen S...
"The Emerald Storm" by Michael Sullivan (Reviewed ...
Spotlight on April Books
This month Robert Thompson provided most of the book titles with additions by Cindy Hannikman, Liviu Suciu and Mihir Wanchoo. We are featuring 60 books. This month there were considerably more new sff releases but we tried to limit ourselves to a reasonable number and we chose the books most in tune with what's reviewed here.
The release dates are US unless marked otherwise and the books are first edition unless noted differently. The dates are on a best known basis so they are not guaranteed; same about the edition information. Since information sometimes is out of date even in the Amazon/Book Depository links we use for listings, books get delayed or sometimes even released earlier, we would truly appreciate if you would send us an email about any listing with incorrect information.
Sometimes a cover image is not available at the time of the post and also sometimes covers change unexpectedly so while we generally use the Amazon one when available and cross check with Google Images, the ultimate bookstore cover may be different.
“Ship Breaker” by Paolo Bacigalupi. Release Date: May 1, 2010.
“The Hypnotist” by M.J. Rose. Release Date: May 1, 2010.
“Deceiver” by C. J. Cherryh. Release Date: May 4, 2010.
“The Prince of Mist” by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. Release Date: May 4, 2010.
“Well of Sorrows” by Benjamin Tate. Release Date: May 4, 2010.
“Tell-All” by Chuck Palahniuk. Release Date: May 4, 2010.
“A Taint in the Blood” by S.M. Stirling. Release Date: May 4, 2010.
“The Dragon and the Stars” by Derwin Mak, Eric Choi & Tess Gerritsen. May 4, 2010.
“White Cat” by Holly Black. Release Date: May 4, 2010.
“The Princess and the Snowbird” by Mette Ivie Harrison. Release Date: May 4, 2010.
“Shade” by Jeri-Smith Ready. Release Date: May 4, 2010.
“The Red Pyramid” by Rick Riordan. Release Date: May 4, 2010.
“Marks of Cain” by Tom Knox. Release Date: May 6, 2010.
“Apartment 16” by Adam Nevill. UK Release Date: May 7, 2010.
"Still Sucks To Be Me: The All-True Confessions of Mina Smith, Teen Vampire" by Kimberly Pauley May 10, 2010
"The Golden Spiral" by Lisa Mangum Date: May 10, 2010
"The Rise of Renegade X" by Chelsea M. Campbell Date: May 11, 2010
"Monster Slayers" by Lukas Ritter Date: May 11, 2010
“The Nearest Exit” by Olen Steinhauer. Release Date: May 11, 2010.
“For the Win” by Cory Doctorow. Release Date: May 11, 2010.
“The Unincorporated War” by by Dani Kollin & Eytan Kollin. Release Date: May 11, 2010.
“The Legions of Fire” by David Drake. Release Date: May 11, 2010.
“Much Fall of Blood” by Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint & Dave Freer. Release Date: May 11, 2010. “Five Odd Honors” by Jane Lindskold. Release Date: May 11, 2010.
“Migration” by James P. Hogan. Release Date: May 11, 2010.
“Fever Dream” by Lincoln Child & Douglas Preston. Release Date: May 11, 2010.
“The Ark” by Boyd Morrison. Release Date: May 11, 2010.
“Moonshine” by Alaya Johnson. Release Date: May 11, 2010.
“The Fire Opal” by Regina McBride. Release Date: May 11, 2010.
“Illyria” by Elizabeth Hand. Release Date: May 13, 2010.
“The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet” by David Mitchell. UK Release Date: May 13, 2010.
“The Mask of Troy” by David Gibbins. UK Release Date: May 13, 2010.
“Restoring Harmony” by Joelle Anthony. Release Date: May 13, 2010.
“Super Human” by Michael Carroll. Release Date: May 13, 2010.
“Occultation” by Laird Barron. Release Date: May 15, 2010.
“Blood Oath” by Christopher Farnsworth. Release Date: May 18, 2010.
“Flight of Shadows” by Sigmund Brouwer. Release Date: May 18, 2010.
“The Kings of Clonmel” by John Flanagan. Release Date: May 18, 2010.
“Worldshaker” by Richard Harland. Release Date: May 18, 2010.
“The Enemy” by Charlie Higson. Release Date: May 18, 2010.
“The Dragon's Secret” by Donna MacQuigg. Release Date: May 19, 2010.
“Absorption” by John Meaney. UK Release Date: May 20, 2010.
“Wolfsangel” by M. D. Lachlan. UK Release Date: May 20, 2010.
“Destiny’s Star” by Beth Vaughan. UK Release Date: May 20, 2010.
“Speak to the Devil” by Dave Duncan. Release Date: May 25, 2010.
“The Machinery of Light” by David J. Williams. Release Date: May 25, 2010.
“The Devil in Green” by Mark Chadbourn. Release Date: May 25, 2010 (US Debut).
“Banners in the Wind” by Juliet E. McKenna. Release Date: May 25, 2010.
“Stealing Fire” by Jo Graham. Release Date: May 25, 2010.
“30 Days of Night: Fear the Dark” by Tim Lebbon. Release Date: May 25, 2010.
“SpellCrash” by Kelly McCullough. Release Date: May 25, 2010.
“Perchance to Dream” by Lisa Mantchev. Release Date: May 25, 2010.
“The Necromancer” by Michael Scott. Release Date: May 25, 2010.
“Land of the Burning Sands” by Rachel Neumeier. Release Date: May 25, 2010.
“The Gardener” by S.A. Bodeen. Release Date: May 25, 2010.
“The Extinction Event” by David Black. Release Date: May 25, 2010.
“The Crown of the Blood” by Gav Thorpe. UK Release Date: May 27, 2010.
"Vegas Knights" by Matt Forbeck. UK Release Date: May 27, 2010.
“Leviathan Wept and Other Stories” by Daniel Abraham. Release Date: May 31, 2010.
“Clementine” by Cherie Priest. Release Date: May 31, 2010.
As usual, a quick update of my plans for reviews from the above; in April I said the following:
"For April the sure reviews from me are: The Emerald Storm (with Cindy, read), A Mighty Fortress (read), Bitter Seeds (read), A Desert Spear (with Mihir, read), Up Jim River (read), The King of the Crags (preorder), The New Model Army (preorder), Tome of the Undergates (preorder),Dragonfly Falling (done), Ghosts of Manhattan (done), The Noise Within (have, tbr soon), Orphaned Worlds (read), Grand Central Arena (read), Conflicts (preorder)
Then time allowing A Magic of Dawn (plan to get on publication), while The Poisoned Throne, The Hittite, Windward Passage are books I will look at as they become available"
I reviewed most of the above except for Tome that got an un-review, Grand Central Arena (next), Conflicts (not released/received yet) and Orphaned Worlds which may get a mini-review only for time constraints; I also reviewed Magic of Dawn and did a mini-review for The Hittite and I will check Windward Passage as soon as I see a copy, while I disliked The Poisoned Throne thoroughly for reasons explained in my mini-review on Goodreads and will waste no more time talking about it
From the may books the only sure reviews from me are: Migration (read), The Unincorporated War (have, next read), Absorption (pre-order) and the masterpiece that is The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet (read and one of my top 2 novels of the year so far alongside The Folding Knife though for May I may review Cloud Atlas which is a top book of the 00's for me and review Thousand Autumns for its US release in June) and most likely I will review Stealing Fire too, while I will try Deceiver and The Prince of Mists too; in rest there are the April books remaining and then I will start on some June books since that month has a ton of great books for me, of which I read quite a few so in the second half of May I will start reviewing those.
Cindy,
I seem to recall that you were going to read Rachel Neumeier's Lord of the Changing Winds. I see the second book is out in May. Do you still plan to read this as I'm curious about this author.
I saw the comment here and at the other post and while I hope Cindy looked at the book and can give you her impressions too, I read Lord of the Changing Winds and I put some impressions on Goodreads:
"I liked the writing in this one - tense, emotional and captivating - while the characters, especially the Griffin Mage Kairaithin and Bertaud were very interesting, though Kes was more of a standby, necessary character than I expected and the naming conventions were excellent, but I found the world building very unconvincing - the maps and distances described both there and in the text give the three countries involved small areas and considering the level of development, small populations too so the number of soldiers, the wealth of the countries... were very unconvincing as for the rest of the world, nothing and I just do not buy that 3 small county like countries are isolated like that; so all in all the book almost crashed my suspension of disbelief and I hope the next installments will do considerably better on the world building front; a B from me"
I may try the sequel but it is not that high a priority
Sorry Jennifer for answering this later!
I have much the same problems that Liviu had, I still plan on writing up a review but it wasn't a stand out WOW book for myself. It was an alright book. If I get my hands on the second I'll give it a try but it might not be till June :)
I'll write up a longer review in a week or so. So that will help you a little better!
Thanks Liviu,
I appreciate taking the time to answer my question.
Actually your comments doesn't discourage me as much as you would thought as I think the plot and characters count alot for me. I think alot of authors struggle with imaginary geography (I wince at implausible geology, being a geologist myself) but it is a fantasy world and sometimes those things do not matter too much unless they are central to the story.
I also tend to give authors wide latitude in world building but in Ms. Neumeier debut there was not quite enough to compensate imho; however for example the Castle novels of Steph Swainston which suffer also from the too little geographical space for the scope of the novels are among my big time favorites because of Jant's voice and of the weirdness of the Shift, while the inventiveness/triple voices of the Wanderers and Islanders series of Steve Cockayne is just amazing in the first two volumes at least, though the last falters a bit, while again the world building is not that convincing if you think a little about it
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Flopcast 086: Hands Across 1986
This week we're looking at 1986 -- a year that was so bright, we had to wear shades. (At least that's what Timbuk 3 told us, and we've learned to trust their judgment.) 'Twas the year Crocodile Dundee came to America, Mr. Miyagi went back to Okinawa, and Rodney Dangerfield went back to school. (And so did C. Thomas Howell, in a super-inappropriate way.) Meanwhile, we thought we'd save the world by lining up and holding hands with millions of creepy strangers. (What could go wrong?) But at least the radio was still bursting with wonderful 80s pop -- and so Kevin and Kornflake share a Top 4 1/2 List of the songs of 1986! Prepare to dance on the ceiling, walk like an Egyptian, or just Wang Chung tonight. Also: We announce our New Year's resolutions. And they're sort of ridiculous.
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Vegetable meat cure
March 2, 2018 bnummer Leave a comment meat-poultry, Uncategorized
Some chefs and retailers are turning to “natural” sources of nitrate or nitrite when curing meats. The most common reason is to retain a claim of “natural” or preservative-free. Traditional nitrite or nitrate salt mixtures (pink salts) are food additives and preservatives that were chemically synthesized.
Some vegetable extracts such as celery juice powder contain naturally occurring nitrites and nitrates. In its natural form the vegetable extracts are mostly nitrate. Some manufacturers may culture (ferment or enzymatically convert) the nitrate into nitrite. A careful analysis of the product label is required.
When used correctly, a vegetable extract can provide the same culinary objectives as synthetic sodium nitrite/nitrate. There are no USDA standardized limits, procedures, or contact times for vegetable based nitrates or nitrites.
USDA FSIS | Are celery powder and other natural sources of nitrite approved for use as curing agents?
No, neither celery powder (whether in a pre-reduced form or with a bacterial nitrate-reducing culture) nor other natural sources of nitrite are approved for use in 9 CFR 424.21(c) as curing agents. Therefore, products that are formulated with celery powder or other natural sources of nitrite instead of curing agents in 9 CFR 424.21(c) (e.g., hot dogs and corned beef that contain celery powder instead of sodium or potassium nitrite) must be labeled as “uncured” under 9 CFR 319.2. In addition, the label must also contain the statement “no nitrates or nitrites added” per 9 CFR 317.17 that is qualified by the statement “except for those naturally occurring in [name of natural source of nitrite such as celery powder]” in order to not be considered false and misleading under 9 CFR 317.8.
Although celery powder and other natural sources of nitrite are not currently approved for use in 9 CFR 424.21(c) as curing agents, celery powder can be added to meat and poultry products as a flavoring in accordance with 317.2(f)(1)(i)(B) and 381.118(c)(2) along with other natural sources of nitrite such as beet juice and sea salt. Celery powder is also considered safe and suitable according to FSIS Directive 7120.1, Safe and Suitable Ingredients Used in the Production of Meat and Poultry Products and 9 CFR 424.21(c) as an antimicrobial in ground and formed poultry products that will be processed to be ready-to-eat (RTE) if used in combination with ascorbate from cherry powder. For more information on using these ingredients as antimicrobials see the askFSIS Answer.
How would the use of vegetable-based powders containing nitrate or nitrate be addressed in the food code? Looking at the ask FSIS answer above the USDA has stated:
they are NOT approved for use as [antimicrobial] curing agents
they ARE considered flavoring agents
labeled (retail) items would be expected to be labeled “uncured; no nitrates or nitrites added except for those naturally occurring in [name of natural source of nitrite such as celery powder]”
Therefore, it is reasonable to conclude that curing meats with vegetable-based powders under the US FDA model Food Code would be permitted for flavoring and texture. These meat products would need to be held outside the temperature danger zone during production.
Can an operator under the US FDA model Food Code obtain a variance for use of these products to cure meats for safety?
Curing agents provide more than color retention; they are also important in the control of growth of Clostridium perfringens as well as Clostridium botulinum and its toxin formation in cured products. Available research from 2011 had not yet supported that naturally occurring sources of nitrite alone can sufficiently control the growth of these pathogens when compared to products that are conventionally cured with sodium nitrite. However, in 2016 the USDA cited: “FSIS has determined from expert elicitation that nitrite from natural sources should also control the growth of C. botulinum provided ascorbate or a cure accelerator such as erythrobate is added (askFSIS, 2016)”.
Under Canadian Meat regulations, curing meats with cultured celery powder is permitted.
2016. Annex C. Section 2.1 Preformed nitrites: Cultured celery powder (or other cultured vegetable juice powders approved for this purpose) may be used as an alternative source of nitrites in the production of cured or fermented meat products. Cultured celery powder contains preformed nitrites produced by bacterial action on nitrates present in the celery product. The level of preformed nitrites present in the celery powder must be declared by the manufacturer of the cultured celery powder. The producer of the meat product must determine the amount of cultured celery powder to be included in the formulation to achieve the minimum levels of nitrites needed to cure the product without exceeding the maximum allowable limit.
A Food Code variance would likely require lab findings for residual nitrite for verification of cure effectiveness. The same should hold true for nitrite or nitrate usage limits. Unlike standardized curing salts mixtures, there are no standards of nitrite or nitrate content in a celery juice powder. The recommendation would be to choose a vendor for the celery juice powder that can provide a certificate of analysis (CoA) stating the exact content of nitrite and nitrate. They should also provide a suggested usage level based on that CoA. For example, one manufacturer states that an operator should use 1.25 oz. of its powder in 25 pounds of ground meat. After usage, send samples to a lab to verify that there are residual nitrite levels sufficient to prevent the outgrowth of C. botulinum.
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Home Periodicals, Books, and Pamphlets American Cinematographer, Volume 3 Number 5
American Cinematographer, Volume 3 Number 5
Mitchell Camera Company,
In my years of association with Mr.
Griffith, which included the screening of
Judith of Bethulia, The Birth of a Nation~
Intolerance, Broken Blossoms, etc., the
critics very kindly referred to my efforts
as the last word in Motion Picture photog-raphy.
Therefore is it a pleasure to trans-fer
this compliment and pronounce the
Mitchell Camera not only the last word,
but the final syllable tn technical per-fection.
The word "impossible" is now completely
removed from the camera artists' dictionary,
for the Mitchell has created~new fields-in
camera effects and possibilities. It has re-qUired
the appearance of the Mitchell to
take motion picture effort out of' its infancy.
G. W. Billy Bitzer
Title American Cinematographer, Volume 3 Number 5
Description Volume 3 Number 5, August 1922, pages 1-26. From title page, "FOSTER GOSS, Editor. Board of Editors - J. A. DUBRAY, H. LYMAN BROENING, KARL BROWN, PHILIP H. WHITMAN. ALFRED B. HITCHINS, Ph. D., Associate Editor. Harvey E. Gausman, Business Manager. An educational and instructive publication espousing progress and art in motion picture photography while fostering the industry."
Subject Topical Cinematography--United States--Periodicals; American Society fo Cinematographers, Inc.--Periodicals.
Publisher American Society of Cinematographers, Inc.
Date August 1922
Subject Name Bitzer, G. W.
Full text June 14, 1922. Mitchell Camera Company, Los Angeles, California. Gentlemen: In my years of association with Mr. Griffith, which included the screening of Judith of Bethulia, The Birth of a Nation~ Intolerance, Broken Blossoms, etc., the critics very kindly referred to my efforts as the last word in Motion Picture photog-raphy. Therefore is it a pleasure to trans-fer this compliment and pronounce the Mitchell Camera not only the last word, but the final syllable tn technical per-fection. The word "impossible" is now completely removed from the camera artists' dictionary, for the Mitchell has created~new fields-in camera effects and possibilities. It has re-qUired the appearance of the Mitchell to take motion picture effort out of' its infancy. Yours truly, G. W. Billy Bitzer
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Digital Advertising Grows, So does Ad Fraud
The Growing Digital Advertising Market
The US digital advertising market is on a growth trajectory. Frost & Sullivan’s research indicates that advertisers spent approximately $55 billion on digital ads in the US in 2015, and are expected to spend nearly $100 billion by the year 2022. The key factors contributing to this growth include:
Growth in ad inventory.
Strong performance of mobile advertising.
Advancements in data-driven, intent-based advertising technologies.
Efforts of full-service ad solution providers.
Automation and scale achieved through programmatic advertising.
Growth in cross channel advertising.
Advertisers and ad agencies work with ad technology solution providers to plan, execute, and measure ad campaigns. The reporting metrics that are provided to advertisers include details such as where the ads were served, ad interactions, and what was the impact of the ads. In order to make an impact and influence the customers, it is essential that ads are served in content destinations where consumers will see them and hopefully act on them.
Generally speaking, advertisers (or ad agencies) pay their technology platform providers to help them serve ads to the appropriate audience over digital channels. Technology providers keep a portion of the ad spend in exchange for services rendered (campaign planning, campaign execution, reporting, and analytics), and share the rest of the money with the content owners (also referred to as publishers) that show the ads to consumers. Ads can be priced on a per-impression or a per-action basis. Cost-per-thousand impressions (CPM) and cost-per-click (CPC) are the two main ad pricing models.
Digital Ad Fraud and the Emergence of ‘Bots’
So if the key to generate revenue is to stimulate ad impressions and ad interactions, how can these be exploited? A bot is a software application designed to automate tasks that are usually done manually. Bots can perform repetitive functions at high speeds and are implemented where a response speed faster than that of humans is required. Unfortunately, bots have also emerged as a prime mechanism for digital advertising fraud. A networked universe of computers that have been infected with bots (referred to as botnet) can be used to simulate human behavior to give the impression that the ads have been served or interacted with. This means that advertisers end up paying for a click-through or an ad impression that was triggered by a bot and not a human being.
Impact of Bots
The Association of National Advertisers (ANA), representing nearly 1,000 companies with 15,000 brands, partnered with White Ops, a leading provider of cybersecurity services to understand and educate the industry on the impact of bots in perpetuating digital ad fraud. ANA and White Ops have released two reports, one each in 2014 and 2015, that highlight the impact of bots on the digital advertising industry What ANA and White Ops found was shocking, to say the least. While there was a general understanding that fraud was not so uncommon, the magnitude of the fraud became apparent after the studies conducted by ANA and White Ops. The following are the highlights of these studies.
In 2016, advertisers are expected to lose $7.2 billion due to fraud perpetuated by bots.
The more focused the ads are more the chances of fraud. This is due to the higher pricing for targeted campaigns, and higher rewards for bot operators that can simulate the specific audience desired for an ad campaign.
Fraud has started to affect mobile advertising as well. Interestingly, a significant percentage of mobile fraud does not originate from mobile devices. In many cases, mobile-targeted ads were served to desktop-driven bots that impersonated mobile, despite having originated from major ad exchanges that were supposed to deliver mobile inventory.
Steps to Counter Fraud
Advertising technology providers are increasingly investing in technologies to improve media buying, serve genuine mobile impressions, and protect individual sites against fraud. For example, Videology, a leading provider of converged video advertising solutions has taken steps to ensure ad viewability (a metric that tracks the ability of ads to be seen by the end user) and counter fraud. It has partnered with providers such as White Ops, Integral Ad Science, DoubleVerify, and Moat to ensure high degree of accuracy and veracity in advertising campaigns. Similarly, Pandora , the leading audio content service provider has partnered with Moat to measure viewability within its app and website. More advertisers are placing legal language in their contracts to ensure that they don’t pay for fraudulent traffic, thus forcing publishers and technology providers to work to reduce the impact of bots in ad campaigns.
The Media Rating Council (MRC), a non-profit industry association established in 1963 continues to issue guidelines for invalid traffic detection and filtration. Fraud detection vendors are expected to seek MRC accreditation for their detection procedures, which will ensure that they are sufficiently capable of detecting fraud and ensuring remedial actions. Following suspension of its accreditation by the MRC, Google is reported to be working on new way to measure mobile viewability for the DoubleClick for Publishers product, which is an important development. Facebook is taking steps to ensure that it reports accurate metrics for video ads – though this is not directly related to the issue of fraud but it does indicate a strong desire on the part of the leading industry participants to ensure transparent processes.
The following are some other key developments that are expected to help the industry maintain its growth momentum by promoting quality of ad operations.
Continued push of leading industry ad tech providers and technology companies to confirm to the MRC’s General Invalid Traffic (GIVT) and Sophisticated Invalid Traffic (SIVT) guidelines.
Increased demand from the buy side (advertisers, brands, and agencies) for vendors that can handle general and sophisticated invalid traffic.
Consistency in probabilistic determinations of traffic quality between vendors and coordinated efforts to counter fraud.
Improved data management to deliver effective cross-screen advertising.
Increased focus on ROI and a stronger incentive to execute ROI-focused campaigns.
Applying manual and automated controls and implementing fraud detection at program and campaign levels have emerged as the prime mechanisms for fraud detection and prevention among leading ad tech providers. Large agencies have started putting more resources into combating ad fraud, or at a minimum, ensuring that fraudulent traffic masked as valid digital traffic is identified and not considered for ad campaigns. Self-governance on the part of the ad tech providers, along with strong impetus to move to a ROI focused ad models is good for the industry. The future is bright for providers that can ensure data fluidity across channels to deliver a transparent, fraud-free, cross-channel advertising experience for the buy side.
Tags: Digital advertising, Fraud, Bots, Video Advertising, Ad Tech, Cross Channel Advertising
Category : Consumer, Digital Media, Mobile & Wireless
Vikrant Gandhi
Fourteen years of product marketing, research, and consulting expertise, which includes supporting clients’ needs through more than 140 syndicated market research deliverables and consulting assignments. Particular expertise in Assessing next-generation telecommunications trends, technologies and market dynamics; Helping clients develop and execute their go-to-market strategies; Providing continuous inputs to clients into new market developments and helping them understand the strategic implications.
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Senior Scam
Family Deserter
Political Fraud
Other Misdeeds
Dirty Donnelly
The Truth about Tim Donnelly, Candidate for U.S. Congress
Tim Donnelly scammed a senior citizen for tens of thousands of dollars.
The video above chronicles the plight of Anna from Palm Springs, now 75 years old. Anna was an early supporter of Tim Donnelly in 2010. An advocate for greater border security, Anna thought she had found a champion in Donnelly. Instead, Donnelly found what he was looking for: access to money for his massive debts, and lots of it. In total, he took $65,000 from Anna.
Donnelly used Anna’s money illegally on his campaign, to pay off other debts, to pay off his misdemeanor fines, and to fund his lifestyle – all despite earning $91,000 per year in salary and over $30,000 per year in tax-free “per diem” pay as an Assemblyman for four years (December 2011-December 2014).
Want proof? Here’s a copy of a $10,000 Bank of America cashier’s check from Anna to Rowena Donnelly dated April 30, 2012, when Donnelly was already in office as an Assemblyman:
In 2011, while an Assemblyman with a huge salary, Donnelly’s wife Rowena even sent Anna the bill for their children’s private school tuition:
(Download this bill and email here.)
In 2012, while still an Assemblyman, Donnelly borrowed Anna’s 2008 Nissan Xterra and damaged it. The bill came to over $2500. What did Donnelly do? He sent the bill to Anna:
The file above shows Donnelly’s name on the bill from Tire Guys and Anna’s DMV registration for the Xterra (she still owns the vehicle). The matching license plate number is found on both the bill and the DMV registration.
(Download this bill here.)
While Donnelly lived on the high horse, Anna suffered. Donnelly never reported the loans on financial disclosures, nor did he disclose all monies Anna provided for his campaign efforts (a clear violation of California law).
Anna now lives on credit cards and can no longer afford her rent. Donnelly has yet to pay her back. This 2015 email exchange between Donnelly and Anna proves his liability:
(Download this email exchange here.)
In the exchange, Donnelly states plainly, “Rowena and I were separated, and I did sleep in my truck and studio. We are no longer separated.” One wonders what his wife learned about Tim that caused the latest separation.
Donnelly’s perpetual office seeking becomes clear when he says, “If I do get
back in office or get more steady work, I’ll get a loan, and pay you off in full immediately.” Simply put: he can’t find work, so he keeps running.
Donnelly closes by threatening Anna, “You need to decide if you want to harass me to death, or get paid a little each month, until things improve and I can pay you off.”
Is this the Congressman you want? One who needs to be elected to address his monetary woes? One who threatens an elderly woman who he’s scammed for tens of thousands of dollars?
Don't let Tim Donnelly continue to scam our state! -- CONTACT US!
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Qatar Executive to showcase latest aircraft in Dubai
Aviation, Press Release & Announcement
Qatar Executive will welcome partners and visitors on board its latest Gulfstream G650ER – one of the world’s fastest business jets – during its participation in the Middle East Business Aviation Association show 2016 taking place 6-8 December at Dubai World Central.
Qatar Executive will be showcasing the popular business jet, the third addition to its fleet of Gulfstream G650ERs, and giving visitors the opportunity to experience the aircraft’s luxurious interior, which offers customers the widest and most spacious cabin available among all super-large business jets flying today.
Executive Vice President, Qatar Executive, Mr. Ettore Rodaro commented on the upcoming participation at the exhibition: “We look forward to meeting our partners and guests at the Middle East Business Aviation Association show, one of the leading aviation exhibitions in the world, and presenting our Gulfstream G650ER to thousands of professionals from across the global business aviation industry.
“The G650ER is one of the world’s most technologically advanced next-generation aircraft. For Qatar Executive and our customers it truly represents the future of private air travel, offering a superior flying experience with unrivalled design, comfort and class.”
Qatar Airways announced an order for a further three Gulfstream G650ERs earlier this year at the Farnborough Airshow, increasing Qatar Executive’s total aircraft on order to 30, which will position Qatar Executive as the largest Gulfstream operator in the Middle East.
The Qatar Executive G650ER aircraft can easily fly nonstop from the Middle East to North America or from destinations in Asia to Africa – further, faster than any other jet of its kind. Qatar Executive’s G650ER aircraft features a two-cabin configuration, which seats up to 13 passengers. Seats convert into fully-flat beds, so that seven guests can easily sleep on board.
The aircraft interior features a classic-contemporary style, combining modest luxury and timeless elegance through a natural color palette ranging from earthy tones of walnut brown wooden veneers to china-white leather seating and finest woollen Loro Piana fabrics with soft brown fishbone patterns.
The Gulfstream G650ER’s cabin is not only comfortable but contains the most advanced technology including satellite communications, high-speed internet, wireless local area network and Gulfstream’s Cabin Management System, which allows passengers to use their own personal electronic devices to control audio, video, lighting, temperature, window shades and other cabin functions.
The G650ER has the longest range at the fastest speed, traveling 7,500 nm/13,890 km at Mach 0.85 and 6,400 nm/11,853 km at Mach 0.90. The aircraft has the largest purpose-built business-jet cabin and offers passengers wider seats, more aisle room, 16 panoramic windows, the lowest cabin altitude of any business jet and quiet cabin sound levels.
Aircraft tours will be given by appointment only.
Qatar Executive is the private jet division of the Qatar Airways Group, and is the leading provider of jet aircraft charter services together with premier aircraft management, maintenance and handling services in the Middle East and around the world.
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Takapuna RFC on Sportsground
Takapuna RFC was formed in 1934 at its original headquarters in Taharoto Rd. 25 years ago the committee made a huge and exciting decision to build new clubrooms at Onewa Domain which offered greatly improved playing conditions with 3 quality fields and the opportunity to vastly improve dressing room, training and lounge/bar facilities.
Our club rooms and lounge are regarded as among the best in the Auckland area and are utilised 12 months of the year with the rugby months and the largest touch module on the North Shore. Our facilities and fields were used as a base for North Harbour Rugby Union until their move to the Albany Stadium in 1997. We continue to host representative games and tournaments as allocated by the union. Our lighting on the No.1 field has been used to televise games outside of the Albany Stadium and our training facilities are regularly used by NZ Rep teams and touring overseas team.
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by Eliot Van Buskirk
Hackers Dream Up Fresh Ways to Visualize Music
Many objects that play recorded music have screens. Sometimes the screen plays a music video, but mostly it displays helpful — if static — information about what’s playing. The possibilities for depicting music visually are much wider, given the surfeit of music data that is available for, and/or can be generated from, literally any recorded song in the world in real enough time.
So, what else should our televisions, laptops, smartphones, tablets, picture frames, and other connected home devices show on their displays or projectors while we listen to tunes?
Music visualizers used to be the exclusive concern of music nerds who would do things like tweaking the settings on a Winamp visualizer plugin to make them look more interesting. That could change as music-playing devices gain ever-faster processors, and the screens and projectors in our lives multiply and grow more connected to each other, and to the internet, with its vast repositories of data about music, artists, and fans. Data exists about individual sections of songs, the timbre of the instruments, the contents of the lyrics, even the emotional implications of songs — and that’s still just scratching the surface of the sort of data that could be visualized, either to see what’s going on within the music, or just because it looks cool.
This is not to say that we don’t need things to display song information or music videos; it’s just that these developments will leave plenty of room for new music visualization inventions, especially as manufacturers and services look for every possible way to differentiate themselves within an increasingly crowded market, and as more of the world’s population streams music.
For a hint of what’s to come if music visualization becomes part of our everyday lives, we might look to the fringes.
On the last day of May, about 60 music hackers gathered at Etsy Labs in Brooklyn to spend ten hours building music visualizations and demonstrating them to each other as part of the Monthly Music Hackathon series, organized by Jonathan Marmor, engineer for Spotify subsidiary The Echo Nest, publisher of Evolver.fm, along with a dozen other co-organizer musicians, scientists, artists, engineers, composers, and tinkerers. (The next event in this series is the New Musical Instruments Hackathon at Spotify on Saturday, July 26 in New York.)
Here’s what presenters at the Music Visualization Hackathon demonstrated, in order of appearance:
MetalTube by Kelley Frank, Boyoung Kwon, and Mike Lerner (code)
The third guy listed above is a “tech-metal guitarist” with Behold… The Arctopus, which is probably one reason why his team spent their day building an app that creates a custom music video for any song that changes on each and every beat. The song comes from your computer, the images come from the internet, and for now, as with some of the other hacks listed below, you can only use it if you can run the code.
VZ_ by Ari Russo (partial code)
People can control this three-dimensional visualization of any song by touch from “any mobile device,” says Russo.
It’s complicated, but basically, Russo (who projected his creation onto Torn Hawk earlier in May at Brooklyn’s Warsaw venue in the image to the right) feeds a combination of live and found video into the software, which bases 3D visualizations on the live audio as it is played, projecting it onto the player.
Trippin’ Dots by Jesse Sessler, Ash Kamel, Alexandra Shook, and Verner D’Souza (code)
This browser-based hack, of which we sadly have no photo, depicts musical sections as squares that contain dots whose size depends on the loudness of the notes they represent.
Printer Jam by Brenden Hussey
Out of everything on this list, Hussey’s “hybrid ink-jet printer and electric guitar” (left) is probably the least likely to impact the average music fan, for the obvious reason that most people are not looking to play an electric guitar that is also an ink-jet printer.
That doesn’t stop the results (rough video) from being amusing.
What you’re watching: The printer is actually printing out a text file as the sliding ink-jet plucks electrically-amplified strings.
Simulated Society (You’re Losing Your Vitamin C) by Andreas Jansson and Catherine McCurry
Most music visualizers work by moving pixels to reflect music, but this one moves people. First, the hack feeds any song into audio analyzer API of The Echo Nest to determine how its loudness, pitch, and timbre changes over the course of the song. Then it feeds the resulting script to human performers in real time on their phones, so they know how to act it out.
“Catherine and I wanted to do something not screen-based, so we built a generative theatre play,” explained Jansson. “It’s similar to an old fashioned Winamp viz, but instead of mapping audio features to colour, shape and position on the screen, we map Echo Nest features to emotion, pace, and distance from other actors. For example, each actor is assigned a pitch, and when two actors’ pitches are active together, those two actors move towards each other. When the loudness changes radically, the actors change between walking, being still, dancing, etc. The actors get their instructions in real time on their smartphones, and they don’t know the ‘script’ in advance.”
Evolve a genome to synth sound by Scott Stensland
Stensland’s hack (right) conceives musical elements as genes, processing them through a “gene regulatory network” that amplifies or attenuates the influence of each musical gene to create a composition.
AudioAvatar by Robert White, Cat Gelinas, Megan O’Neill, Carolyn Ganon, and Joshua Guthals (try it)
Pictured to the left, AudioAvatar maps time and frequency in space and color, as you can see. In plain English: It puts colors on the screen that go along with music.
At this point, the hack only runs on a single song: Boards of Canada’s “Roygbiv,” so chosen because the app paints a rainbow.
Chord Diagram by Vijith Assar
The most theory-laden hack on this list, Chord Diagram presents concepts like the Circle of Fifths, tone row matrices, and the piano roll, as a music visualization. A circle represents the harmonic progression of the song, with pathways connecting repeated chord sequences.
Multi-resolution structure visualization (a.k.a. Circle Viz), by Brian McFee
Add a song to this app, assuming it becomes publicly available, and you’ll see it morphed into a circle and broken down by section. Larger sections appear at the center of the circle, while the finer-grained section divisions appear towards the edge. Meanwhile, real time sweeps through the clock-like interface, activating each section.
Kandinskify by by Michelle Chandra, Pamela Liou, Ziv Schneider, and Jason Sigal (try it)
Pictured at the top of this post is Kandinskify, which can potentially render any song as a moving painting in the style of the immortal Wassily Kandinsky, who was interested in coding music as symbols in his paintings, according to the group’s presentation (fascinating info).
The idea behind this hack was to see how Kandinsky might have interpreted today’s music. For now, the hack is hardcoded to work with one song: “Zo0o0o0p!!! feat. Oddisee,” by Kidkanevil, with amplitude, frequency and other elements from the song visualized in a fascinating, artistic way.
EWI Visualization by Jordan Orelli
Electronic Wind Instruments resemble brass or woodwind instruments you’d typically see in a classical orchestra or jazz band, except that they sense the wind coming out of the performer’s mouth and use that information to make all kinds of sounds, in combination with a button interface for the fingers. EWI Visualization is a work in progress; it makes shapes like a dancing pyramid thing that Marmor describes as “so fun.”
lissajousOSC by Brendan Adamson
“Some neat things have been done with oscilliscopes in X/Y mode,” writes Adamson, “and I thought it would be fun to do something similar and plot lissajous figures on a terminal, controllable via OSC.”
OMG, the resulting animated ASCII-art lissajous figures respond to musical tones:
Photos by Jonathan Marmor except for VZ_, which is courtesy of Ari Russo
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Rich Aucoin Maps Out "Death Tour"
By Sarah Murphy
Rich Aucoin released his latest release, Release, earlier this year, and he's gearing up to take the new tunes on tour this fall.
Known for his celebratory, colourful live show, it's a bit jarring to learn that Aucoin is dubbing the upcoming dates the "Death Tour" — but don't worry, he's still bringing parachutes, confetti and projections on the road with him. Plus, Release was also titled Death anyway.
Aucoin and co. will perform Release in its entirety at the upcoming shows, syncing the songs to the 1951 film Alice in Wonderland.
The string of shows kicks off in Guelph on October 10, followed by Canadian dates in Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, St. John's, Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa, Winnipeg and Calgary.
He'll also dip into the United States for gigs in Brooklyn, Pittsburgh and Chicago.
The newly announced "Death Tour" follows Aucion's previously announced tour dates, which include more dates here in Canada, as well as the U.S. More dates are also promised to be announced soon.
See the full list of upcoming shows below.
08/09 Hubbards, NS - Shore Club
09/09 San Jose, CA - The Ritz*
09/10 San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop*
09/11 Arcata, CA - Hum Brews*
09/17 Edmonton, AB - Rec Room*
09/20 Minneapolis, MN - Turf Club*
09/21 Milwaukee, WI - Shank Hall*
09/22 Iowa City, IA - Gabe's Oasis*
09/24 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater*
09/25 Grand Junction, CO - Mesa Theater*
09/27 Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar*
09/30 San Diego, CA - Casbah*
10/01 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo*
10/10 Guelph, ON - e-Bar
10/11 Toronto, ON - Longboat Hall
10/12 Brooklyn, NY - Knitting Factory
10/17 Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe
10/18 Chicago, IL - HVAC Pub
11/02 Victoria, BC - Lucky Bar
11/08 St John's, NF - The Rock House
11/21 Quebec, QC - La Source de la Martinière
11/22 Montreal, QC - O Patro Vys
11/23 Ottawa, ON - House of TARG
11/28 Winnipeg, MB - Good Will
11/30 Calgary, AB - Commonwealth
* with TWRP
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Jul 19 @ 1:00PM - The Evolve Festival Clairville @ 274 Girvan Rd
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Aug 09 @ 9:00PM - Rich Aucoin Hubbards @ Shore Club
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Sep 17 @ 8:30PM - Tupper Ware Remix Party / Rich Aucoin Edmonton @ The Rec Room – South Edmonton
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Oct 10 @ 8:00PM - Rich Aucoin Guelph @ eBar (The Bookshelf)
Oct 11 @ 8:00PM - Rich Aucoin Toronto @ Longboat Hall (The Great Hall)
Oct 31 @ 7:00PM - Rich Aucoin Vancouver @ The Biltmore Cabaret
Nov 02 @ 8:00PM - Rich Aucoin Victoria @ Lucky Bar
Nov 08 @ 8:00PM - Rich Aucoin St. Johns @ The Rock House
Nov 21 @ 8:00PM - Rich Aucoin Quebec City @ La Source de la Martiniere
Nov 22 @ 9:30PM - Rich Aucoin Montreal @ O Patro Vys
Nov 23 @ 9:00PM - Rich Aucoin Ottawa @ House of TARG
Nov 28 @ 8:00PM - Rich Aucoin Winnipeg @ The Good Will
Nov 30 @ 7:00PM - Rich Aucoin Calgary @ Commonwealth Bar & Stage
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New Release Round-Up September 19th-25th
Hey Girl! Check out these new releases from September 19th-25th.
Wrong Time, Right Place by Tia Kelly
Since high school, a slew of good press made Taj Maxwell a household name long before he became a superstar. Years later, the tide has turned and the same media that made him is out to break him with the help of his ex-wife, and the looming allegations may cost him a plum position with the league.
Dominique Houghton always hoped one day her best friend Taj would be a part of her happily ever after. Her heart broke the day she discovered his girlfriend was expecting his child. Keeping her feelings to herself, Dominique moved on–until she catches his now-ex dishing the dirt on Pro Wives, a reality show that has made his ex a celeb in her own right, and at his expense.
Although Taj hurt her years ago, Dominique believes there’s more to the story his ex is painting. She decides to investigate the matter… but the sparks that ensue might end up being a little too hot to leave on the cutting room floor.
Love Me or Lose Me (The Love Me Series Book 3) by A.C. Taylor
At first glance, Gabi has it all together. She’s smart, beautiful and takes pride in being a shoulder for everyone to cry on…but when no one is around and reality sets in, she’s filled with hurt—a hurt that she can’t seem to overcome. Everywhere she turns, she’s reminded of the reasons that trust isn’t too high on her priority list. But when her heart forms a bond with the one man that she’s been trying to steer clear of, her entire mindset begins to change.
For most of his life, Caleb has been that guy—the one that no woman should take seriously. He’s a playboy, and he doesn’t shy away from the title. Women know upfront what he’s bringing to the table, and if they don’t like it, then they can keep it moving. But what happens when the tables turn?
Caleb isn’t used to being the one begging for more, but when it comes to Gabi…that’s exactly the case. He can’t stay away, and he doesn’t want to. Determined to get what he wants, Caleb goes the extra mile to win Gabi’s heart. But when lines are crossed, and trust is broken, everything takes a turn for the worst. Something so promising quickly turns into heartbreak.
Will there be a future for Caleb and Gabi? Or will walking away from each other become their only option?
Unraveled Secrets by Chastity Adams
All Melanie Charleston has ever wanted was a way out of the DC projects she grew up in, and a life of luxury. When she marries Richard Charleston, all her dreams, hopes, and desires come true. But fourteen years later, a secret she vowed to take to her grave is about to blow up in her face. The truth will change everyone’s lives and turn their worlds upside down. Everything that glitters isn’t gold and the grass isn’t always greener. A lesson Melanie Charleston will learn the hard way in this contemporary romance by Chastity Adams!!!!
Ryan’s Love: A Callahan Family Series by Charlie Dillard
Miss Ryan is traumatized when her brother, who is in the military, ships off over seas. While she is at the airport seeing him off, she meets and is comforted by what seems to be the man of her dreams. She soon finds out that people aren’t always as they seem. Is her heart going to be safe with her guy? Or will she be just as heartbroken as when her brother left?
The Lake (A Novelette) by Sabrina E L B Scales
Finding love is beautiful.
Being in love is amazing.
Watching love falter is painful.
Losing love forever can be devastating.
I’m Parker Melbourne, and I’ve witnessed love in many stages–both thru the experiences of others, as well as personal experiences of my own. Thru it all, I’ve learned that love, in its purest form, never leaves completely. Even if the lover is no longer among the living, love can survive in spirit and help us to cope. Here’s my story of life lost, and a unique kind of love discovered by a lake when I needed it the most.
Drifting to You: Cape Fear Shipworks by Kianna Alexander
During the sultry Carolina summer of 1875, baker Rosaline Rhodes boards a Juneteenth cruise down the Cape Fear River. The wealthy free born Goodman family is sponsoring the cruise, as the maiden voyage of their newly built ship. Rosaline is there to serve her famous cinnamon spice cake to the well-heeled passengers. Her mind is on work, until she runs into the man who captured her attention months ago.
Shipbuilder Will Pruett is also boarding the ship, for pleasure. Having built the vessel, he’s been invited on board by the Goodman family to enjoy the cruise. Little does he know that the close quarters of the ship will provide the catalyst for a life changing decision.
They’ve denied their mutual attraction for a long time, but now the river won’t be the only thing ebbing and flowing.
Fall Black in Love 1: When Henry Met Millie by D. Camille
Fall Black in Love is an Annual Volume dedicated to classic Black Love.
When Henry Met Millie is a conscious romantic tale of a love that withstands the tests of time. You met this couple in first book of The Black Land Series – The Lion. Now here is their story as a tribute to the sweet, uncomplicated, beautiful black love that once was…
Henry Patterson left Mississippi in 1967 to find his life, his wife and his freedom in Detroit. Henry is a handsome, six-foot three inch, gentleman on a mission until he is detoured by a pretty woman with a wicked smile.
Millie Gaines is a Nursing student with her future all mapped out. The only distraction she allowed was baseball until a tall, aloof country boy steals her heart without effort.
Their lives together span decades of love, tragedy, life and hope.
If there are any books that we missed, feel free to send them our way and we will add them ASAP! 🙂
New Release Round-Up July 8th-14th
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New Release Round-Up June 24th-30th
New Release Round-Up June 17th-23rd
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The Short Interpretation of The Quran by Mughal1
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A short interpretation of the quran.
The quran looks like a father's advice to his children. Telling them O my children I am your father, this is how I have set up my business so if you understand things the way I have set them up for you then you will be better equipped to deal with it and benenfit there from otherwise you will disturb my settings and ruin your chances of benefitting there from.
SURAH 1 AL FATIHA=The Proclamation
1) Proclaim, in the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful,
2) That sovereignty belongs to Allah the creator and sustainer of the kingdoms of the universe,
3) That He is the compassionate, the beneficent,
4) That He is the Provider of clear standard for mankind to judge their actions by.
5) Therefore declare that only to Your system of rule we commit and thereby we shall seek your provided sustenance,
6) Show us thereby the way to prosperity that is firmly founded,
7) The way of those whom you blessed with prosperity, of those whom you did not let suffer indignation by poverty of things because they went not astray
Surah 2 AL BAQARAH= the dissenssion
Proclaim, in the name of Allah the Gracious the Merciful.
1) ALIF LAAM MEEM.
2) This is the book of Allah no doubt, in it is guidance sure for those who want to be consistent with Allah, the mankind and the world.
3) Those who strive for peace between all people on behalf of God the Unseen and establish divine rule in the land in order to keep open for benefit of whole mankind whatever sustenance We have provided for them.
4) As for those who strive for peace on basis of that which is revealed to you and on basis of that which was revealed before you, they are certain about the consequences of their actions .
5) These are the ones on clear guidance from their lord, and these are the ones who will attain freedom from manmade troubles.
6)As to those who strive for wars between people in the land, it is same for them that you warn them about the destructive consequences of their goals or you warn them not, they will not works for peace.
7) Allah lets their arrogance be seal upon their minds and their ears and their eyes are covered up and due to them is huge suffering in the land as a consequence.
8) Among these people there are some who say, we work for peace on basis of guidance of Allah and on basis of consequences of actions but in actual fact they do not work for peace.
9) They try to mislead people regarding rule of Allah and those who truly strive for peace, however, in actual reality they deceive none but their own people yet they realise it not.
10) In their mindset is a wicked ambition to be masters of others so Allah lets their wicked desire increase and for them is grievous suffering because of that which they oppose.
11) When it is said to them, do not work for causing wars in the land, they say, surely, we are only trying to create peace.
12) Nay, they are creators of wars for sure but they realise it not.
13) When it is said to them give up wicked ambitions and desires for exploiting humanity and live in peace like other people who want to live in peace, they say, shall we live in peace like the foolish. Of course, it is they who are foolish not realising the benefits of this system because they do not want to know about it.
14)And when they meet those who strive for peace they tell them, we too work for peace but when they are in private with their fellow conspirators against peace, they tell them we are indeed with you. We were surely pretending to be with those who work for peace.
15)Allah will expose their deception and leave them wandering in their confusion like the ones blind.
16) These are those who have traded guidance for error so their business cannot be benevolent for them because they do not accept guidance of Allah.
17) The example of prophetic help for these people is like that of a man who lights up a fire for them to see but when it lighted up all around him, Allah let go their sight and let them remain still in the darkness because they cannot see.
18) They act like deaf, dumb and blind due to ignorance and arrogance so they do not turn to guidance.
19) Or is that of a rainstorm from the heaven with periods of darkness and thunder and lightning: They press their fingers in their ears due to thunderclap for fear of death. However, Allah is well familiar with the rejecters of his message.
20) The lightning almost snatches away their sight of them. As often as it flashes for them they walk due to it, but when it darkens for them they stand still. If Allah so desired, He could allow loss of their hearing and their sight. Indeed! Allah has set up laws of nature for all things.
21) O people, live by world order of your lord who has furnished you with ability of good conduct like those before you so that you could become free of harmful ways of existence.
22 ) Who brought about for you the earth as a starting point for your development and progress and made the universe the ultimate limit and sent down from the heaven water thereby He brought about fruits for your sustenance, so do not set up rival ruling systems against the one from Allah, and you do have the knowledge now.
23) Yet if you are in doubt as to the ruling system we have revealed to our messenger then bring a world order as good as this. Call upon your supporters as well whom you serve beside Allah if you are truly in doubt.
24) But if you cannot do this and surely you cannot then think about the fire of hate you are creating between people which is fuelled by people through denying access to provisions to others, it is ignited by those who reject and oppose the revealed world order of Allah.
25) But deliver good news to those who strive to establish peace by way of reason and do what is right and good for others that for them await blissful kingdoms through which rivers flow. Every time they will be fed with fruits therefrom, they will say: this is what people like us were fed with before, for they are given things similar to those who were like them but passed before them; and they will have therein companions that are good for them; and they shall abide therein for as long as they live and maintain state of affairs.
26) Surely Allah does not bring to life nations by example of a nation that is dead, weak or mean but by an example of a nation that is far above that, so that those who strive for peace know for sure that it is the truth from their lord, yet as for those who ignore and oppose Our guidance say, what did Allah mean to convey by way of this like example? Thereby He lets many remain stray due to their mindset and thereby he guides many due to their attitude, however He lets stray thereby only such as have adverse mindset and destructive attitude to His world order.
27) Those who seek and conspire to move mankind away from the constitution of Allah after ratifying it, thereby seek discord in what Allah has commanded unity and they cause fights and wars in the earth. These are the ones who are in loss themselves and are cause of harm for others.
28) How can you reject and oppose life giving guidance of Allah, for you were a dead nation and he brought you to life thereby? Moreover, He will let you die then He will bring you back to life again thus you shall return to Him to answer for all that you are doing.
29)He it is who created for you all that is in the earth as well as attended to the cosmic space above and perfected them the seven heavenly bodies. And he has full knowledge of all things.
30)Behold! Your lord said to the chiefs in the land at the time I am going to appoint in the land a Khalifah for you. They said, are you going to appoint therein such as will create fights and cause bloodshed, whereas we declare that sovereignty belongs to You and that You are free of all evil that wicked people do and attribute to You? He said, I know what you know not.
31)So Allah taught Adam the official titles and their full detail the rights and responsibilities then Allah put them before the chiefs and said, explain to me about these titles as to what they are all about if you are truly worthy of these.
32)They said, free of all faults are you, we have no knowledge save that which you have granted us, indeed you are the knowing one the wise.
33)He said, O Adam, appoint them with these titles. After he had appointed them with the titles Allah said, did I not tell you that I know secrets of the heavens and the earth and that I know what you reveal and what you conceal?
34)And behold we said to the appointed officials, now submit to Adam as your Khalifah and they all submitted save Iblees, he rebelled and he was of those who opposed guidance from Allah.
35)And we said, O Adam, dwell you and your people in the blissful piece of land and participate therein as you desire but not at the sacrifice of the divine constitution because you will become one of those who breach divine contract.
36)However, Iblees conspired against Adam and his people causing their down fall and got them out of the blissful state wherein they were. So we said, live with animosity in some of you for others, and in the land for all of you is a dwelling place with livelihood for a time.
37)Thereafter Adam remembered some words of his Lord so he turned to His guidance, indeed He is the one Who guides again and again.
38) Thus We said, settle in there all of you and when there comes to you My guidance then whoever follows my guidance, upon them will be no fear nor will they suffer regret.
39)However, those who reject and oppose our revelations they will be the people consumed by fire of hate and in that state they shall remain for as long as they live.
40)O children of Israel remember my blessing that I bestowed upon you so fulfil your obligation to me as I fulfilled my promise to you and conspire not against me.
41) So strive for peace by supporting that which I have revealed which confirms that which is with you and be not the front for rejecters and opposers of it, and trade not my revelations for petty gains but be mindful of me and do good for mankind.
42)And confuse not that which is right and consistent for the good of mankind as a way of life with that which is wrong and inconsistent and harmful for mankind as a way of life nor conceal the truth when you become aware of it.
43)So establish the divine constitution and attain freedom from all ills in human society by working with those who commit to the divine world order.
44)Do you desires that people of other nations let you be free yet you forget your own behaviour towards other nations the while you recite the divine writ? Would you not be rather more intelligent than that?
45)Therefore seek support from all nations with steadfastness for establishing divine system. It is indeed a huge task but not for those who are confident about its truth and benefits.
46) Such as entertain the thought that they will face their lord and that they will return to Him for final accountability.
47) O children of Israel, call to mind my blessing that I bestowed upon you in form of My revelations whereby I made you conversant in all the fields of knowledge.
48) So be mindful of the time when one person will not benefit the other in the least and no excuse will be accepted from it nor any compensation will suffice from it and such shall not be helped.
49)And remember we delivered you from the people of Pharaoh; they set you against each other to make you suffer, demoting your sons thereby prolonged your weakness and deterioration. Getting out of that situation for you was a momentous test from your magnificent Lord.
50)However we cut out for you the journey whereby we delivered you but let people of pharaoh destroy themselves and you experienced all this yourselves.
51)And remember when We set out Moses for new beginning after your deterioration in captivity yet some of you took over the reign of power in his absence and that is how you rebelled against the divine order.
52)yet we over looked your that attempt so that you are grateful
53) And we gave Moses the book as the criterion so that you become the guided people.
54)And behold, Moses said to his people, O my people, you have indeed harmed yourselves by taking on the position of responsibility of making laws by yourselves independent of divine guidance, so turn to your maker's guidance by correcting yourselves accordingly. That is better for you in the sight of your maker so that He turns to you for guiding you. He is indeed the one merciful who turns to people to guide them repeatedly.
55)All this happened because remember you yourselves said, O Moses we will not accept you as a true divine messenger till we see Allah tell us clearly what He wants from us, for at the time you were in full grip of the darkness of ignorance but you realised.
56) therefore we revived you as a nation after you were suppressed so that you are grateful.
57)as We found you under shades of desperation so We provided for you shelter and gave you encouragement to partake in the good things we have provided for you. Surely your ancestors did no harm to us but they did indeed harm their own people when they became slack in following our guidance.
58)And when We said to them, enter this land and partake thereof freely as you desire but entre the new era with full submission to Our constitution intending commitment to progress and prosperity so that you are saved from your mistakes like of the past that you are otherwise going to repeat thus we bless with more those who do what is good for themselves and others.
59)However they changed for worse, advocating opposite of what they were told so we let happen to them the heavenly decreed harm because of their infighting and inflicting of harm on each other.
60)And remember when Moses sought to satisfy need of knowledge of his people, We said, use your divine revelation as the solid foundation for this purpose. Thus sprung forth twelve tribes as fountains of knowledge, whereof each of the people became aware of their goals. We said to them, learn and benefit from what Allah has granted you and help others do the same and be not arrogant nor cause wars in the land.
61)And remember when you said O Moses, we cannot be patient over partaking in this program even once so call upon your lord for us to bring forth for us something like what is available in the nearby land of gardens and forts and domes and obelisks and bulbouses. He said, will you exchange worse for the better? Go to Egypt and you will find what you ask for and so they ended up in state of humiliation and misery by going away from the revelations of Allah, because they did not put their trust in the revealed program of Allah, instead they fought the prophets without any justification whatsoever. All this happened because they rebelled and went on inflicting harm on each other.
62) Surely those who strive to create peace be they Jews, Christians or Sabians, whoever strives for peace for Allah and the better end result for mankind and do what is good for others will have their reward with their lord. And upon them shall be no fear, nor will they suffer harm.
63) And call to mind when we held you accountable according to your constitution and we placed upon you a strict progressive program for your prosperity. Saying, hold fast on to what you are given and be reflective and thoughtful so that you could become insightfully successful.
64) Yet again you went back to your old ways after that, and had it not been for the guidance of Allah that he blessed you with, you would have indeed suffered the loss and harm.
65)And indeed you knew those of you who transgressed as regard divine constitution; We let them be ignorant and despised like apes.
66) And we pointed them out as an example for their own time as well as for those who were to come after them and made them a lesson for those who want to keep themselves consistent with God and humanity.
67)And behold Moses said to his people, Allah commands you to put an end to your set of make beliefs. They said are you joking with us? He said, I seek refuge in Allah's guidance that I be the ignorant one.
68) They said, call upon your lord on our behalf to make it clear for us what exactly is wrong with it? He said, He says, it is such a creed that sets no goals nor is progressive to effect better future, instead it is just an obstacle in the way of these like goals. So do as you are told so that you are where you ought to be.
69)They said, call upon your lord on our behalf to make plain for us what is its exact description. He said, He says, it is a creed that void of any purpose but it looks attractive to those who are involved in it.
70) They said, call upon your lord on our behalf seeking further clarification for us about it because this creed has become doubtful indeed for us. However we will surely be guided aright if so Allah desires.
71) He said, He says, it is a creed that has no goodness for people because it motivates people to cause fights in the land and does not satisfy their thirst for knowledge, so it is confirmingly clear that there is no real benefit in it for people. They said now you have brought us the complete thing. That is how they left their make belief creed but they appeared unwilling to do so.
72) And remember when you lost sense of being a single nation and fell in dispute about it and Allah wanted to rid you of that which you wanted to hold on to.
73) So we said, teach him who disputes with some of that revelation, that is how Allah brings to life the dead nations. So that He shows you his revelations in action that you may become sensible people.
74) Thereafter your minds turned yet again from that very revelation to make beliefs as if they were land markings or even more important. For sure they are not of the guidelines due to which burst forth rivers of knowledge, nor are they such due to which bursts forth prosperity. Rather due to them they remain aloof from service of Allah. And Allah is not unaware of that which you do.
75) Do you O prophet still hope that these people who claim to follow the divine constitution will commit to peace with you, when some of them have already heard the word of Allah and perverted it knowingly after they understood it?
76) When they meet those who are committed to peace, they say: We too are committed to peace, but when they meet each other in private, they say: Would you disclose to them what Allah has revealed to you, so that they may use it as an argument against you in the court of your Lord? Have you no sense?
77) Do they not know that Allah knows what they conceal and what they reveal?
78) Among them there are illiterate people who do not know their divine constitution for themselves; they follow what they are told by others so they follow nothing but their own make beliefs and manmade constitutions.
79) And how destructive of those who write make belief interpretations of their divine constitution with their own hands and then say to the illiterate: This is from Allah, so that they may sell it for a petty price! How harmful is that for them which their hands have written and how damaging is that for them what they have earned.
80) Yet they say, the pain and suffering due to hatred between themselves shall not last for more than a limited number of days. Ask them: Have you obtained such a promise from Allah which He would not break? Or do you assert against Allah what you know not?
81) Of course! Those who commit to doing things against divine constitution thereby become encircled by harmful thing are the ones who end up in agony, therein they will remain unless they change.
82) But as for those who commit to peace by way of divine constitution and do what benefits others, they are the ones who will end up in blissful life and therein they shall remain.
83) And call to mind the fact that We bound children of Israel by Our constitution saying: You shall live by no other constitution than the one by Allah; you shall be good to your parents, relatives, orphans and destitute, and speak to the people in a way that benefits them and thus establish divine rule, and attain freedom from harmful things. But you broke the covenant, except a few of you, and you paid no heed.
84) And remember another obligation We bound you with: That you shall not shed blood among yourselves and you shall not expel your own people from your homes; you accepted it and you are witness to it even today.
85) Yet there you are, killing your own people, expelling a group amongst you from their homes, backing each other up on doing things against Our constitution by way of aggression against each other; and if they come to you as captives, you trade them for ransoms whereas their expulsion was unlawful for you to begin with. Are you faithful only to a part of your Holy Constitution and reject the rest? So what other consequences do such people among you who behave like this deserve than disgraceful life in this world, and the day the divine order is established they are to be driven to grievous suffering? Allah is not unaware of that which you do.
86) Such are the people who trade the life of this world at the expense of Hereafter; so neither shall their punishment be lightened than they deserve nor shall they be helped.
87) To Moses We gave the constitution and sent after him other Messengers One after the other; and We gave Jesus, the son of Mary, clear landmarks for guidance thus We strengthened him with perfect revelation. Why is it that whenever there came to you any of the Messengers with a message which did not suit your wicked ambitions and desires, you became so arrogant that to some of them you called impostors and with others you fought!
88) They say: Our minds are covered in confusion about divine message; nay, the fact is Allah has let them wander off due to their arrogantly ignoring of his guidance, so little is of the message that they are faithful to.
89) So now there has come to them a constitution from Allah confirming the constitution they already have - even though before this they used to seek judgement against those who oppose the constitution of Allah - but when there came to them that with which theywere familiar, they knowingly opposed it; Far are such from guidance of Allah due to their opposition to it.
90) Ridiculous is the price for which they have sold away their own people, due to opposition to that which Allah has revealed merely because of their arrogance based rebellion that Allah should send His revelation on whomever He pleases from amongst His servants! Thus they brought upon their own people suffering upon suffering, therefore for such as oppose guidance of Allah there is a disgraceful suffering.
91) When they are urged to strive for peace using that which Allah has revealed now with proper understanding, they reply: We will strive for peace only using what Allah has revealed to us as we understand it, and we oppose whatever we take to be against that. But the fact is, the currently revealed truth confirms what they have if they interpreted it properly but they do not. So ask them, if you have interpreted the divine truth properly and you are sincerely committed to striving for peace on that basis then why do you not join us and why did you fight the Prophets of Allah before who came from among you?
92)Moses came to you with clear divine objectives yet you committed yourselves to make beliefs after him thus you harmed yourselves.
93) And remember We charged you with responsibility by imposing upon you the divine constitution saying: hold on to what We have given you firmly and stick with it faithfully. They replied: we hear but we disregard it. Because in their minds they were saturated with make beliefs due to their misinterpretation of divine guidance. Say: terrible is the standard whereby you rule and try to create peace, if you are at all striving for peace.
94) Say: if ultimately the goal of prosperity is only allowed for you by Allah at the exclusion of all other people then get out of the destruction that you are suffering as a people if you are true in your claim!
95) But they will not do that ever because of what they have done to their divine guidance. For Allah knows the mentality of those who contravene His constitution.
96) You will find them the greediest of men for good things of life, even greedier than the polytheists; each one of them wishes to be given a life of a thousand years; but even the grant of such a life will not save them from the pain and suffering, for Allah is watching whatever they do.
97) Say, regardless whoever has animosity towards revelation of Allah, He has revealed it to your mind as will of Allah for the good of mankind, which confirms that which was revealed before, and is a guidance and good news for those who are committed to bringing about peace for mankind.
98) Any who still has animosity towards rule of Allah by His faithful servants or His Messengers on basis of divine revelation and its Godly supporters; Allah will let such remain averse in their state of make beliefs.
99) We have indeed revealed to you clear revelations, none will oppose them except the ones who do things against the divine la
100) Has it not been the case that each time they were given the responsibility of the divine constitution to abide by, a group of them pushed it aside? Or rathermost of them were not at all committed to bringing about peace for the mankind.
101) And whenever there came to them a Messenger from Allah confirming the guidance they already had, a group from those to whom the scripture was given cast off the constitution of Allah behind their backs as if they knew nothing about it.
102) That is how they came to follow what the rebels told them against the kingdom of Solomon; not that Solomon opposed divine rule but the people with wicked ambitions opposed it by telling people the lies against the divine kingdom, and this idea of conspiracy dawned upon these rebels in time of two kings of Babylon, Harut and Marut. However, during the period of these two kings people did not teach anyone how to conspire without saying, we are skilled indeed in providing training for conspiracy but you should not go against our code of conduct. Thus rebels learned of them the art of conspiracy whereby they could cause rifts between leadership and its following; although they could harm none with it except if Allah let it be so. They learned indeed what harmed them and profited them not; even though they knew full well that the buyers into conspiracy against divine rule would have no trace of moral values left in them in the end. Surely, they sold their conscious for a very bad price, if they could but realise it.
103) If they had kept themselves committed to peace and had been thoughtful and kept themselves away from going against the divine constitution, they would have had a better result from kingdom of Allah, if they but knew!
104) O you who are committed for bringing peace to the world, do not say to the prophet, exempt us rather say keep us in sight and follow through faithfully what you are assigned as a duty to fulfil; and remember that there is a painful suffering for those who oppose Our rule.
105) Those who oppose Our rule from amongst the People of the Book, and of the polytheists never wish that any goodness should come your way from your Lord but Allah chooses for His revelation whom He finds deserving, and Allah is abundantly graceful.
106) We do not omit any of Our revelation nor allow it to be forgotten except the one no longer useful for people but We add to it something similar but more relevant; do you not realise that Allah is the one who has set the standard for everything?
107) Do you not realise that to Allah alone belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and that beside Allah, you have no other God who could protect you or help you!
108) Do you intend to put such demand upon your Messenger as demand was put upon Moses before? But whoever strives for war instead of peace has indeed lost the direction of the Right Way.
109) Many from among the people of the Book wish they could somehow turn you back after you have chosen working for peace instead of war due to their selfish envy after the right way has been made quite clear to them. Let them remain so and bear with them until Allah brings about His rule; rest assured that it is Allah alone who has set the standard for all things.
110) So establish the divine rule and achieve freedom from harms and whatever goodness you spread around for your people, you shall find it rewarded by rule of Allah; surely Allah is watching all that you do.
111) Behold, they say, none can achieve blissful state unless one is Jewish or Christian. This is just their wishful thinking. Say, bring your proof if what you are saying is to be accepted true.
112) In fact whoever submits himself fully to the goal of Allah by being good to others will be rewarded by his Lord; and will have nothing to fear about or to regret.
113) The Jews say: The Christians are not on the right goal, and the Christians say: It is the Jews who are not on the right goal, yet both of them read their divine Books. So say those who have no knowledge a saying similar to theirs; but Allah is judge between them regarding that in which they dispute according by an established reference point of judgement.
114) And who can inflict more damage on humanity than the one who forbids establishment of universal moral values of Allah in the land or that due to them His name should be proclaimed, and strives to make war against them? It is not possible for people to live by them unless they are concerned for humanity. For the transgressors there is disgrace in this world and grievous suffering in the Hereafter.
115) To Allah belong the East and the West; regardless whichever direction you decide to take, you will end up in the same place that Allah has decided for you. Surely Allah has vast spectrum of knowledge.
116) Yet they claim: Allah has taken for Himself a son; say, Allah is free of having offspring rather to Him belongs all that is in the heavens and in the earth; all are subjected to His laws.
117) He is the initiator of the heavens and the earth. When He plans to bring about anything, He needs only to initiate the process, and it begins to take shape in reality.
118) Those who lack in knowledge ask: Why does Allah not speak to us or send us the revelation directly? The same was asked by those before them: they all have similar frame of mind. We have indeed made clear our revelations to people who are firmly based in knowledge.
119) Indeed We have sent you for the purpose of good news and warning; so you will not be called upon to answer about the actions of those who reject and oppose Our constitution and end in terrible agony.
120) The Jews and the Christians who follow their own make beliefs will never be pleased with you until you too follow their self made tradition. Tell them, Allah’s guidance is the only right way; and if after all the knowledge that has come to you from Allah, you still give in to their wicked ambitions and desires, there shall be nothing to prevent you or help you from going against the way of Allah.
121) Those to whom We have given the book and who understand it and proclaim as it ought to be proclaimed, they are the ones who really strive for peace thereby; as to those who deny and oppose it, they are for sure the losers.
122) O children of Israel, call to mind my blessing that I bestowed upon you in form of My revelations whereby I made you conversant in all the fields of knowledge.
123) So reject not this message and be mindful of the time to come when one person will not benefit another even in the least, no excuse will be accepted of anyone, no excuse will benefit anyone, and none will be there to help anyone.
124) And call to mind the time when Abraham was engaged by his Lord with some divine goals and he fulfilled them. Allah said: I will point you out as the role model for the nations. Abraham said, what about my children? Allah said, I shall not point out those as role models who will inflict damage on mankind against the divine rule.
125) Thus We made the sacred constitution as central for the sanctuary of the people saying, take the standard of Abraham as primary example of a divine system of ruling; We instructed Abraham and Ismail to keep Our constitution free of all make beliefs for those who may wish to refer to it for information, and for those who may wish to reflect upon it, and for those who may wish to turn to it and for those who may wish to submit to it.
126) And remember when Abraham said, my Lord make this habitation a peaceful place and provide those of its people with plenty of the provisions as strive to make peace by constitution of Allah as reference for their end goal. He said, even for those who make war I shall also provide whatever little they deserve though I shall let them drag themselves to the fire of hatred and destruction and that is a terrible state of affairs to be in!
127) and remember that Abraham and Ishmael established the objectives of the divine constitution saying, accept this service from us, O Lord, Surely You are the one who hears and knows.
128) Our Lord, keep both of us committed for your work and keep a branch from our children also committed for your work, and show us your tasks by turning to us in mercy. Surely, You often turn to your servants with mercy.
129) Our lord raise from amongst them a messenger who declares to them your goals and teaches them the book and rules of judgement and brings them out of their make beliefs. Indeed you are the one exalted in wisdom.
130) And Who can go against the set of goals of Abraham save the foolish? We chose him to be a model for the people of the world, and indeed to the end he proved to be of those who do good for others.
131) When his Lord said to him commit yourself for bringing peace to people, he replied: I commit to the mission set by the Lord of the nations.
132) This was the legacy that Abraham left to his sons and so did Jacob, when he said: O my sons! Allah has chosen for you the ruling system to live by therefore, die not unless you are fully submitted to it.
133) Were you present when death approached Jacob? He asked his sons: Who will you serve after me? They replied: We will serve the same One God Who is your God and God of your forefathers Abraham, Ishmael and Isaac, and to His system of rule we will all submit.
134) They were a people that have passed away. They reaped the fruits of what they did, and you shall face the consequences for what you do. You shall not be questioned about what they did.
135) Some Jews and Christians say to you: Be Jewish or Christian then you shall on the right path. Say, no they are not on the right path so We will rather follow the divine system of Abraham, the one who opposed all other systems; and he was not of those who accept rival systems.
136) Say: We strive for peace in service of Allah on basis of that which is revealed to us; and that which was revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and their descendants, also that which was given to Moses, Jesus and other Prophets from their Lord. We do not discriminate against any of them, and we are of those who work for peace.
137) So, if they too strive for peace as you strive for peace then they have attained right guidance. However, if they turn away from path of peace then they will surely pick fights with you; But, guidance of Allah will be sufficient for you against their animosity, for He is the hearing one and the knowing one.
138) The authorization of Allah; and who is better than Allah in authorization? His ruling system we serve.
139) Say, would you fight with us concerning Allah who is our Lord and your Lord as well? We shall be accountable to Him for our deeds and you for yours; to His system alone we are committed.
140) Do you claim that Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and their descendants were all Jews or Christians? Are you more knowledgeable or is it Allah? Who is more harmful than the one who hides the testimony received from Allah? Allah is not unaware of what you do.
141) That was a nation who has already passed away. They are responsible for what they did and you are for what you do, you shall not be questioned about their deeds.
142) After all this explanation still the foolish will ask, what has turned these people away from the path upon which they used to be? Say, East and West belong to Allah; He guides whom He finds deserving to the path that is firmly founded.
143) Thus We collected you together into a nation in the middle of the mankind so that you could stand witness before humanity about the guidance of Allah as your Messenger bore witness to you. We did not raise you on the path you were born upon but to make evident those who are the real followers of the Messenger of those who back away. It was indeed a matter of great difficulty but not for those whom Allah has guided. Allah did not want to make your efforts for peace fruitless. For Allah is Compassionate and Merciful to mankind.
144) Many a time We saw you looking towards heaven for guidance, therefore We turn you towards a target that will please you. So from now on involve yourself fully towards achieving the divine mission. No matter wherever you are from, people get yourselves involved fully in the set mission. The people of the Book know this to be the truth from their Lord. And Allah is not unaware of what they do.
145) Even if you bring every proof to the people of the Book, they will not support your mission, nor will you support their mission. Neither of them are supporters of each other's goals. If, after all the knowledge you have been given, you still yield to their harmful desires then surely you will be of those who go off the right track.
146) Those to whom We have given the scriptures recognize this Quran as they recognize their own children. Yet a group of them remain silent about the truth and they know it.
147) The Quran is from your Lord indeed; therefore, be not of those who doubt.
148) For each people is their own set goal towards which they move, so, you followers of divine mission move together towards all that is good for mankind. Whatever background you are from, Allah will bring all of you together, for Allah has set rule of nature for all things.
149) From whichever background you start your journey of life towards divine mission, remain focused on the sacred mission; this is the proper guidance from your Lord. Allah is not unaware of that which you do.
150) So whichever background you come from get yourselves fully involved towards accomplishment of the sacred goal, and whichever place you live in work towards it, so that people of the place have no evidence of any wrong doings against you, excepting those among them who are against the idea of fair and compassionate society, for such continue false allegations against humanists out of arrogance and ignorance. Pay them no attention rather remain focused on My mission, so that I may fulfil My blessings of revelation and prosperity for you so that you are guided along the path that is firmly founded.
151) Like in the past, We sent between you a Messenger from among your who declares to you Our objectives to free you from harmful ideas and actions by teaching you the Book with rules of wisdom for knowing and doing things wisely, thus he teaches you that which you did not know before.
152) So remind nations about Me and I will let nations know about you thus appreciate Me by following my mission and do not be ungrateful by starting rival missions.
153) O’ You who work for peace, support consistently with steadfastness the divine ruling system, surely Allah is with those who are consistent and persistent in accomplishing His mission.
154) And say not of those who are murdered for supporting the cause of Allah that they have died in vain. Not at all, for they live on due to cause but that is not how you look at their death.
155) Also we will let you have the opportunities to go through things like fear and hunger and loss of goods or lives or produce to prove yourselves but happy news is for those who remain persistent.
156) who when afflicted with hardship say, we are working for Allah and to Him we shall refer for guidance.
157) Such determined are the people upon whom rests establishment of divine targets and spreading of revelation of Allah; and they are the ones indeed that are rightly guided.
158) Surely clarity of claim and proving evidence based argument are of the ways of Allah for establishing the truth of claim. So anyone who puts forth any evidence for the divine system of rule in the land or any argument for it therefore is not doing anything wrong if one goes around using both of these ways of Allah; and anyone who does this for the good of others voluntarily then Allah recognises that gracefully.
159) Those who deliberately hide the clear goals and the guidance after We have made it clear for mankind in the Book they are the ones whom Allah lets remain in state of suffering, for they will suffer at hands of those who make others suffer;
160) except those who return to guidance and reform and declare divine objectives clearly, for such are the ones upon whom opens up My grace, for I am the one who turns to people with mercy again and again.
161) Surely those who strive for wars and die working for war, such are the ones upon whom rests condemnation of Allah and the office holders of the divine kingdom and the rest of good people altogether,
162) they will remain condemned for as long as they are remembered; no weakness will occur in their condemnation nor will they have any respite.
163) For, Your God is one God and that is the way He set the laws of nature and law of consequences; there is no god except Him, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
164) Surely, in the creation of the heavens and the earth, in the rotation of the earth for night and day, in the sailing of the ships through the ocean for the benefit of mankind, in the rain which Allah sends down from the heaven, with which He revives the earth after its death and spreads in it all kinds of animals, in the change of the winds and the clouds between the heaven and the earth that are made subservient to laws of nature, there are signs for people who have the relevant intelligence.
165) There are some in the people who assume deities besides Allah, they are loyal to them as they should be loyal to Allah, whereas those who work for peace are staunchly loyal to Allah. Perchance those off the track could realise and reform before they actually witness the suffering, Indeed all power belong to Allah and Allah is strict in making people face the consequences of what they do.
166) At that time those leaders who were being followed, faced with consequences of their deeds, will renounce those who followed them and the very bonds which united them will break asunder.
167) The followers will say: If it could be possible for us to live again in the first life era, we would break all ties with them as they have broken theirs with us today. Thus Allah will show them the fruits of their deeds. They will sigh with regret, and shall not be able to come out of the suffering.
168) O Mankind! participate freely in all that is lawful and good on the earth and do not follow the ways of any conspirator for crookedness against the rule of Allah, surely he is your open enemy.
169) He urges you to do that which is harmful and brings shame and to attribute things to Allah about which you have no knowledge.
170) Yet When it is said to them: Follow what Allah has revealed. They reply: Nay! We will follow the way of our forefathers. Even if their forefathers did not have even a bit of wisdom and lacked knowledge of divine guidance?
171) The likeness of such like who reject ways to peace is like that of cattle, call out to them as one may, they hear nothing but a shout and a cry; they are deaf, dumb and blind, and lack proper sense of things.
172) O you who strive for peace between mankind in the land! Make good use of good things which We have provided for you thus show appreciation for Allah, if it is him alone you serve.
173) He has forbidden for you to be; a dead people, blood suckers, a people basing economy on pig philosophy or a people proclaiming sovereignty of other than Allah in the land; unless any is in a chaotic situations or circumstances, intending neither harm to others nor rebellion against divine rule, such people incur no blame. Surely Allah is generous in his compassion.
174) Surely those who try to hide that which Allah has revealed in the book for mankind by misinterpretation and trade it for a terrible price, they are those who are gathering nothing for their future but fire of hatred in their people against themselves. So Allah will not inspire them the ways and means to establish divine rule nor free them from manmade suffering and they shall be left to suffer the severe pain.
175) Such are the people who trade divine rule for any destructive rule as if buying into poverty and wars instead prosperity and peace. How eager are they to enter life of pain and suffering!
176) That is so because Allah has revealed the Book for purpose of consistency; and those who look in the book to misinterpret it for causing misconceptions to divide mankind are surely looking forward to wars and destruction.
177) Freedom from manmade ills is not possible by you randomly acting one way or the other; rather freedom from manmade troubles lies in the fact that you strive for peace for Allah and for the purpose of good end result through setting up of the divine administration based on the divine book as shown through the examples of the prophets, and to spend wealth out of loyalty to His rule on relatives, orphans, helpless, needy travellers, those who ask for help and on freeing the ones stuck in unhelpful situations and circumstances: That is establishing divine rule and attaining freedom from manmade troubles and fulfilling promises when made and being steadfast in distress, in adversity, and at the time of war. Such as do these are true to their word and they are the ones who have attained consistency with Allah, the mankind and the universe.
178) O you who strive for peace! Legal resolution is prescribed for you for your state administration in cases of murder: if a citizen of the state murders another citizen of the state then take the life of a citizen of the state if compensation is not accepted by victim's dependents, if a citizen of a tributary state murders a citizen of the tributary state then take the life of the citizen of the tributary state if compensation is not accepted by the dependents of the victim. If a citizen of a sister state murders a citizen of sister state then take the life of citizen of a sister state if compensation is not accepted by the dependents of the victim. However, if the murderer is pardoned by his victim's aggrieved brother then compensation should be decided according to the common law and payment should be made with gratitude. This is a concession and a mercy from your Lord but anyone goes beyond that for such shall be painful consequences.
179) Indeed there is life for you in the legal resolution, O you who can think, so that you could become free from consequences of lawlessness and chaos.
180) Prescribed is for you making of will before the death of anyone of you who is leaving some property behind to bequest it equitably to his parents and relatives. This is a duty incumbent on the righteous.
181) If anyone changes the bequest after hearing it unless it is court of law, the sin of it then is on those who make the change. Allah hears and knows everything.
182) But there is no blame on the court of law that if the judge suspects an error or an injustice on the part of the testator and brings about a settlement among the parties after due process of judicial investigation. Allah is generous in compassion.
183) O you who strive for peace! Stopping all actions against divine rule and carrying out all action for supporting divine rule is imposed upon you as a divine duty as it was prescribed for those before you so that you may attain consistency with Allah, the mankind and the world.
184) Therefore set apart some days to train people for this purpose unless any of you is ill or on a journey, then such people can complete their training for a similar number of days during next session. For those who have endured the training, there task is to work for satisfying needs of the people in the state. Whoever does more good for others than necessary voluntarily, it is better for him. So if you truly understand the rationale then it is better for you to work hard for the good of each others to support the divine state.
185) It is to stop the bloodshed in the land between the people that the Quran is revealed as a guidance for the mankind with a clear goal as the criterion. Therefore, anyone of you who witnesses the bloodshed should train for rectifying the situation, but any who is ill or upon a journey shall complete the training for a similar number of days in later sessions. Allah intends your well-being and does not want to put you to hardship. He wants you to complete the prescribed period of training so that you establish his sovereignty and thereby make His glory properly evident, thus appreciate Him for giving you His guidance.
186) And when My servants ask you about My kingdom, tell them that I am with them for bringing about My kingdom. I approve the call of every caller when he calls mankind towards My kingdom; therefore let people respond to My invitation for creation of peace thereby, so that they may achieve their proper goal properly.
187) It became a custom for you during the period of darkness of ignorance to treat the people of weaker families or communities among you as slaves to be used abused and discarded whereas they are equally respectable for you as you are for them as part of human brotherhood. Allah knows that you were doing harm to your human kind thereby, so He relieves you of this disgraceful custom. Now, you may give good news to these nations and seek mutual benefits as Allah has prescribed for you. So actively learn and practice this until the rule of Allah becomes fully evident from the rule of darkness and the new dawn break outs, then complete your support for divine rule by taking the concept of brotherhood to all dark places in the land till undue exploitation is no more. Do not let communities know commandments of the Quran the while you are still learning or working them out yourselves. For these are the limits set by Allah so they need to be properly understood and propagated to prevent harm thereof: However, never violate them once they are in place properly. Thus Allah makes His revelations clear for mankind so that they may guard themselves against inconsistency with Allah, mankind and the world.
188) Henceforth therefore never put in place any system based on double standards amongst you regarding what you the mankind have for sustenance so that thereby some of you could bring down the divine rule in order to replace it with a destructive system based on taking unduly what belongs to all the people in order to deliberately abuse others.
189) People ask you regarding the purpose of new commandments. Say, they are for setting limits for the people and to provide them foundation for building the divine kingdom upon. For it is not proper to enter your state structures from the back doors rather righteousness is to be consistent with divine constitution and humanity. Therefore enter your state structures through the proper doors and be consistent with Allah's instructions so that you could prosper.
190) On that basis struggle for the way of Allah against those who may try to impose upon you any oppressive rule but do not transgress the set limits. For Allah does not like those who exceed His set limits.
191) Therefore struggle against such people wherever you come across them to drive them out of what they try to drive you out of. For oppression is worst than slaughter. Do not fight them over the sacred goals unless they attack you because of it; but if they attack you then fight them back. That is the reaction deserved by such as oppose universal moral based rule of law.
192) Yet if they cease hostility the while they can then you too stop your reaction, surely Allah is generous in compassion.
193) But if they do not then keep the fight against them going until oppression is no more and the rule of Allah is established. If they desist, let there be hostility no more, for fight is only against those who transgress against universal moral rule of law to oppress others.
194) The bloodshed is prohibited by the clear prohibition and by laws of like for like retaliation. Therefore if any community transgresses against you then you may take action against it likewise as it took against you but be consistent with Allah and bear in mind that Allah is with those who are consistent with humanity.
195) So show generosity for mankind for sake of Allah and do not bring upon yourselves destruction by your own hands by being cruel to others. Therefore be nice to others because Allah loves those who do favour to others.
196) For this like reasons accomplish the goal for living by rule of Allah in the land. However, if you are limited by your means about carrying out the mission away from home then spread the message locally person to person as is within your means. Moreover detach not yourselves from your missionary leaders till the course relating the mission has reached its end. However if any of you is ill or is stopped from attending the course by some problem due to mission leader then he may be excused for an alternative session of course work or one may do some other good work for the community. However, when you have things back to normal then one may spend time for accomplishing the goal according to one's own means. But if any does not find the time to complete even in the second session then one may go for third session to fulfil the goal or even seventh or whenever one can return. This is how you can complete the community training program. This order is for the one who abides not within the jurisdiction of the sacred rule of law. So be consistent with rule of Allah and know that Allah is strict in calling to adherence to his instructions.
197) The training months and program for goal of divine rule are publicized by organisers but anyone who undertakes the training for the goal must abstain from using offensive language against others and must not transgress against the rule of law as well as must not get involved in fights during the training for the stated goal. Whatever good you do for yourselves and others Allah knows it. So if you must grow then grow in knowledge for consistency. Thereby be consistent with Me and the mankind, O People endowed with sense for understanding of things.
198) There is nothing wrong for you if you seek the livelihood as stated by your Lord during your training period. When you return from place of training after completion then remind others about the rule of Allah in places that are set aside as centres for learning. Remind the rest of mankind about Him as He has taught you, for before this knowledge you too were the people who were living by the rule that was improper.
199) Therefore as you benefited yourselves from divine guidance so you should benefit the mankind and seek freedom from manmade troubles by rule of Allah; surely rule of Allah removes ills and brings prosperity.
200) So when you have completed your training then remind others about Allah as you used to remind others about your forefathers as to how great they were or with yet more emphasis. There are some whose characters are such as if they are saying: Our Lord! make it possible for us to have the whole world for ourselves leaving nothing for others. Such people as work to this end therefore have no moral basis whatsoever.
201) But there are others whose characters are such as if they are saying: Our Lord! Make it possible for us to have a great life in this world for all as the best end goal thus save us from the painful agony.
202) Such are the people who shall have their due share according to what they have earned, Allah is capable of settling accounts.
203) Therefore set apart training periods for reminding people about goals of Allah. If anyone hastens to leave training after a couple of sessions there is nothing wrong for him in doing that or if one stays there for a period longer there is nothing wrong for him in doing that either so long as one is conscious of the purpose. So be consistent with goals Allah and remember that you will surely be gathered before Him.
204) Among the mankind there is such a person whose speech fascinates you regarding how life in this world should be set up and ruled; he may even call upon Allah to be witness about what is in his heart, yet he is your staunch opponent when it comes to rule of Allah.
205) Because when he leaves you, he directs his efforts to save or install the ruling system based on double standard thereby causes wars in the land and destroys crops and cattle. However, Allah does not like wars.
206) When it is said to him, be consistent with rule of Allah, arrogance carries him off to crimes against humanity. Only Making the world hell will satisfy him and what a terrible place that will be.
207) Also among the mankind there is such a person who would commit himself to establishing the divine kingdom wherein lies pleasure of Allah. Allah is surely kind to His such servants.
208) O you who strive for peace, implement the divine rule of law for attaining peace fully and do not abide by the rule and laws of any wicked ruler, surely such a ruler is your clear-cut enemy.
209) Yet if you mask or derail the goals after receiving the clear instructions then keep in mind that Allah is capable of making truth evident by His wisdom.
210) What were they waiting for but that Allah brings them relief from despondency by means of His officials by His rule of law? Ultimately, decision for all matters rests with Allah.
211) Ask the Children of Israel how many clear-cut instructions We have given them. Anyone who gives up on establishing the rule of Allah after it has come to him for abiding by rule based upon double standard then Allah is strict in holding people to His rule.
212) Due to their arrogance life in this world derails those who oppose rule of Allah and make wars against it and laugh at those who strive for peace in the land. But those who are consistent with rule of Allah will have the upper hand on the day the divine rule is established; for Allah gives control of sustenance to whom He wants without discrimination.
213) Mankind used to live the same way as a single family then Allah raised Prophets to propagate the divine rule and to warn people from going against the divine rule; and revealed to them the Book for consistency so that matters between people are settled according to it in which they may have disputes. And they did not differ regarding the book save for some of those who had it, after came to them the clear proofs just out of animosity between themselves. However, Allah guided those who worked for peace to what was consistent regarding that in which they differed. For Allah guides whom He finds deserving towards the path that is firmly founded.
214) Do you think that you will end up in blissful life in this world without doing the needed hard work the while we bring you the examples of those passed away before you as to how they created blissful lives for themselves? They were afflicted with suffering and adversity just like you and were so violently shaken up that even the Messenger and those who worked with him for peace in the land cried out: When is Allah going to help? They were told, Allah’s help is ever close in form of His revelation for establishment of His rule.
215) They ask you, what should they let others have to benefit from? Say, whatever good you can let others benefit from, do it for parents, relatives, orphans, the helpless, and travellers in need. Whatever good you do, Allah is aware of it.
216) Fighting poverty is imposed upon you as a binding duty and you dislike it as well. Although it is possible that you like not something yet it is overall good for you and you love a thing yet it is overall harmful for you. Allah knows the consequences fully but you do not.
217) They ask you about divine stand point in case of war. Tell them, war is a major transgression against divine constitution and humanity; however to stop people from establishing the rule of Allah or implementation of His sacred constitution or to oppose it by wars and to expel its supporters is a more severe breach of divine constitution and human rights of mankind. Because enforcing double standard on mankind is worse than killing them in His sight. Yet your adversaries will not cease fighting you until they succeed in turning you back if they can from your heavenly appointed moral based rule of law. But if any of you turns back from his God appoint rule of law and dies opposing it, his deeds will serve no good purpose in this life nor in the hereafter. And He will be the companion of those in agony and therein he will remain far as long as he deserves.
218) Surely those who worked for peace and those who migrated and struggled for the rule of Allah, they look forward to mercy of Allah in form of prosperity; and Allah relieves mankind from poverty by His mercy in form of His revelation.
219) They ask you about struggle for power and wealth. Tell them, there is great harm in both of them but they can be used for the benefit of mankind as well. However, there is some benefit for some people but the harm is much greater for majority than the benefit for a tiny minority. They ask you what good they should do for benefiting others? Tell them, whatever you really can. Thus Allah makes His limits clear for you, so that you may reflect on the consequences in,
220) this world and the hereafter. And they ask you about orphans. Tell them, it is best to teach them to do good for others that is better for them. That way you may become partners with them for common good, after all they are your brethren. And Allah knows who intends to create fights and who means to unite by putting things right. Had Allah desired, He could have left you in difficulty in this matter but Allah is great indeed in his Wisdom.
221) And do not enter in contract with rival communities who struggle for power and wealth unless they become peaceful, for a community that strives for peace is better than that which is based on rivalry no matter how attractive it may seem to you. Likewise, do not enter in contract with any rival rulers unless they become peaceful because a ruler who works for peace is better than a rival who goes for war and corruption in the land even though he may be more pleasing to you. Such people invite you to the life full of agony while Allah invites you towards blissful life that is free of manmade troubles by way of His declared plan. He makes His revelations clear for mankind so that they could become thoughtful.
222) They ask you about corruption. Tell them, it is destructive; therefore stay away from such communities that are suffering from corruption and do not get involved with them until they become clean of corruption. When they have cleaned themselves then you may approach them in the manner Allah has commanded you. Surely Allah supports those who turn to Him for his guidance and keep themselves clean from what is harmful and destructive.
223) Your weaklings are for your cultivation to civilise so approach your cultivation as you see fit. But do take decisive step for future of your people. Hence be consistent with rule of Allah and make evident that you meet His criterion. Thereby give hopeful news to those who strive for peace in the land between mankind.
224) Moreover do not use law of Allah in your contracts as an excuse to free yourselves from fulfilments of your obligations to others rather be consistent with Allah and ensure peace between mankind; for Allah is all hearing and all knowing.
225) Allah does not hold you to account for what is unintentionally wrong in your contracts but He does hold you to account for what you do wrong with intent of your minds; for Allah desires to relieve mankind from their self created troubles out of compassion.
226) For those who enter in a marriage contract with women from amongst themselves they should stick to it till something wrong in it becomes obvious. Yet if they complete it then Allah surely is remover of troubles out of compassion.
227) But if they decide to end the marriage contract then Allah is hearing and knowing indeed.
228) As for the divorced women, they should keep themselves waiting for three menstrual periods, it is not lawful for them to hide what Allah may have created in their wombs, if they really work for peace on behalf of Allah and the good end result. In such cases their husbands have a right to take them back in that period if they too desire reconciliation. Although for women there are similar rights to those exercised against them in an equitable manner but for men in them is attraction. And Allah is Mighty in his Wisdom.
229) As for the legal decree of divorce to end the marriage contract, it is only allowed twice for the same couple: after that she should be allowed to stay with honour or let go with kindness as after the third legal decree of divorce it is not lawful for husbands to take anything back which they have given them except when both parties fear that they may not be able to follow the limits set by Allah; then if you fear that they both will not be able to keep the limits of Allah, there is no blame if by mutual agreement the wife compensates the husband to obtain divorce. These are the limits set by Allah; do not transgress them, and those who transgress the limits of Allah are the ones who are harmful and destructive for humanity.
230) So if a husband ends marriage contract with his same wife three times, it is not lawful for him to remarry her again until after she has entered marriage contract with another man legally and gotten the legal divorce in normal way. In that case there is no blame on either of them if they reunite in a marriage contract again legally, provided they think that they can keep the limits of Allah. Such are the limits of Allah which He makes clear to the people of understanding.
231) When you separated women and they have reached the end of their prescribed waiting period either allow them to stay with honour or let them go with kindness by means of legal decree ending the marriage contract; but you should not retain them to harm them or to take undue advantage; if anyone does that he destroys his consistency with rule of Allah. Do not take Allah’s instructions as a joke. Remember the favour of Allah in form of his rule of law upon you and the fact that He sent down the Book and Wisdom to advise you thereby to keep you consistent. So be consistent with laws of Allah and know that Allah has knowledge of everything.
232) When you have separated women intending divorce and they have reached the end of their waiting period then give them the legal decree ending the marriage contract and do not prevent them from marrying their prospective husbands if they have come to an honourable decision. This is enjoined on everyone amongst you who works for peace on behalf of Allah and for the good end result for all involved. This gets rid of troubles for you and is consistent with Allah and humanity; and Allah knows things fully but you do not.
233) If children are involved then the divorced mothers if they want shall breast-feed their offspring for two whole years if the father wishes the breast-feeding to be completed. The reasonable cost of their maintenance and clothing will be the responsibility of the child’s father. No one should be charged with more than they can afford. Neither a mother should be made to suffer on account of her child nor a father on account of his child. The father’s heirs are under the same obligation. But if, with mutual agreement, they both decide to wean the child, there is no blame on them. If you decide to have a foster-mother for your offspring, there is no blame on you provided you pay what you have promised to pay in an honourable manner. Be mindful of Allah and know indeed that Allah is observing your actions.
234) As for those of you who die and leave widows behind, let the widows hold back for four months and ten days: when they have reached the end of this period, there is no blame on you the household of the dead for what they decide for themselves in a decent manner. Allah is aware of what you do.
235) There is nothing wrong in it for you if you make a proposal of marriage openly while waiting or keep it in your hearts. Allah knows that you will naturally cherish them in your hearts but do not enter any secret affairs, and if you really wish to marry then speak to them in an honourable manner. Do not confirm the marriage contract until the prescribed waiting period expires. You should know that Allah is aware of what is in your hearts, so be consistent to His guidance and bear in mind that Allah is consistent in giving relief from problems.
236) There is nothing wrong for you if you decide to divorce women before the marriage is actually consummated or the dowry is settled. Pay them something anyhow, the well off man according to his means and less well of according to his, a reasonable amount in all fairness. This is an good for those who like doing good for others.
237) And if you divorce them before the marriage is consummated but after the fixation of a dowry, give them half of their dowry unless the woman wants to waive it or the man in whose hand is the marriage tie agrees to forego. To forego is more fitting. As you should not forget to show kindness to each other. Surely Allah is watching your actions.
238) So stand guard over the terms of the contracts as well as the main contract and fulfil for Allah with all due care the obligations.
239) But if you fear battle over contract from man side or the woman side then wait till you have situation calmed down then dictate to them instructions of Allah the way He has taught you which you knew not before.
240) Those of you who die and leave widows should bequeath for them a year’s maintenance without causing them to leave their homes; but if they leave on their own decision there is no blame on you for what they choose for themselves in a way that is appropriate. For Allah is Mighty in his Wisdom.
241) Reasonable provisions must also be made for women who are divorced. That is an obligation upon those who want to be consistent with Allah and fellow human beings.
242) That is how Allah makes His instructions clear to you so that you may learn sense.
243) Have you reflected upon behaviour of Israelites who numbered in thousands yet ran out of their homes fearing death and destruction that came upon them in form of enemy attack? So Allah said to them, stop living the way you do and reform. Thus He brought them back to life as a nation by way of revelation based organised training. Surely it is Allah who bestows knowledge upon people yet most of the people do not show gratitude by use of that knowledge appropriately.
244) So struggle like Israelites for the rule of Allah and know that Allah is hearing and knowing.
245) Who will do Allah a goodly favour which Allah will increase for him with a lot of increase? For it is for Allah's servants to control and distribute things according to His rule of law, and to Him you all should turn for guidance.
246) Have you not reflected on chiefs of children of Israel after Moses? They said to their prophet, appoint for us a commander to struggle for rule of Allah. The Prophet replied, what if you refuse to fight when you are ordered to do so? They replied, how could we refuse to fight in the cause of Allah when we along with our children were driven out of our homes? But when they were commanded to fight, all refused except a minority of them. And Allah knows the ones who do wrong.
247) Their Prophet told them, Allah has appointed TaLut to be your overall commander. The chiefs replied, how can he be our chief when some of us are more deserving than him to rule the land because he does not have abundance of wealth? The Prophet said, Allah has chosen him over you because He has found him blessed with sense of understanding things properly and the stature. Allah grants his kingdom to whom He finds deserving and Allah knows things fully.
248) Furthermore, their Prophet told them, the evidence of his appointment as a commander is that there will be brought to you the ark in which there is satisfying authority from your Lord and the residue of relics which the family of Moses and the family of Aaron left behind, and that ark will be carried by the people charged with official duty to look after the ark. Surely therein is a evidence for you if you are true in your claim that you work for peace.
249) When TaLut marched forth with his army, he announced, Allah will make you evident at a certain river; anyone who will drink from its water shall cease to be my soldier, and those who will not drink to quench their thirst with its water except a sip or so from the hollow of their hands shall fight along me. They all drank from it except a minority of them. When he and those who claimed to work for peace with him crossed the river, they said, we have no power left this day against Goliath and his warriors. But those who really worked for peace, who knew they would meet Allah, replied, it has often happened that a small group, by the grace of revelation of Allah, has vanquished a mighty army. Allah is with those who endure with steadfastness.
250)When they advanced to face Goliath and his warriors, they said, Our Lord! Fill our hearts with steadfastness, make our steps firm, and help us against those who not only refuse to live by your guidance but actively declare war against it.
251) Thus they defeated them with revelation of Allah and David killed Goliath. Allah gave David the kingdom and wisdom and taught him whatever He pleased. If Allah had not kept in check one people against the others, there would indeed be total destruction through wars on the earth, all because Allah is Gracious to all the nations in the world.
252) These are the revelations of Allah; We recite them to you for consistency between mankind. Indeed you are one of Our Messengers.
253) Of those Messengers which We have sent for the guidance of mankind and have ranked some above others. Among messengers is anyone to whom Allah spoke directly and some of them He raised high in ranks above others. To Jesus the son of Mary We gave clear goals and supported him with the divine revelation. Had Allah so willed, people after these messengers would not have fought each other after clear goals and instructions were received by them but they disputed because Allah gave them free will to choose as they please, some of them worked for peace properly while others made wars. But again, had Allah not allowed them the ability to choose, they would not have fought each other; but Allah only does what He decides.
254) O you who claim to strive for peace! Open up for the benefit of others the sustenance which We have provided for you all before the arrival of the time during which trading will not be possible, nor will the friendship or intervention. For those who fight against our rule would have transgressed to this degree.
255) As for Allah, there is no God but Him, the self sustaining sustainer of creation. He neither slumbers nor sleeps. To Him belongs all that is in the Heavens and the Earth. Who is there who can intervene in His kingdom unless by way of His given free will? He knows what is within their reach and what is beyond their capability. They cannot access any bit of His knowledge except what He Himself reveals for them. His sovereignty encompasses the heavens and the earth, so preservation of these does not fatigue Him. He is the Exalted, the Supreme.
256) There is no compulsion in DEEN=divine rule of law. The appropriate rule of law for mankind is made clear indeed in contrast to the destructive ruling systems. Therefore whoever renounces ruling systems that are destructive for humanity by working for peace by rule of Allah has grasped the firmly founded hand-hold, the hand-hold that will never prove damaging for mankind. For Allah has full knowledge about it.
257) Allah is supporter of those who strive for peace between mankind in the land, He brings them out of the depths of darkness of ignorance and leads them into the light of knowledge. As for those who strive against peace, their supporters are leaders with destructive ambitions and desires for controlling power and wealth, propagating evil thus take them away from the light of divine guidance and lead them into the depths of darkness of ignorance. As a result they will be the ones who end up in agony and therein they will remain till they change for the better or perish in that state.
258) Call to mind the one to whom Allah had given a kingdom, who argued with Abraham about his Lord. When Abraham said, my Lord is He Who has power to give life and to cause death. He replied, I too have the power to give life and to cause death. Abraham said, well, Allah causes the sun to rise from the east just make it rise from the west. Thus the one who opposed rule of Allah was confounded. However, Allah lets remain ignorant those who declare war against his guidance.
259) Or take the example of the one who passed by a township which was almost empty of its inhabitants. There he met a wise man and said, how can Allah bring this dead township back to life? Thus Allah put him out of his misery after a number of years that He brought him back there after it became inhabited and lively again. There he met the same person who asked him, how long since you have been here? He said, quite some time ago. He said, Yea! You have been here many years ago: now have your food and drink; they are not bad; and take care of your donkey and I will explain to you the revelation of Allah to explain to you the mystery of these people as a lesson. Allah says, pay attention to bones how we have put a skeleton together and clothed them with flesh. Then when all this was made clear to him he said, now I know that Allah indeed has laws set up for making everything work.
260) And call to mind saying of Abraham, my Lord! Show me how you bring back to life a people who are dead. He replied, do you not work for peace among your people? Abraham said, yes! But I ask this to reassure my mind. Allah said, take four birds; train them to follow your directions then separate them into individuals and place them on hilltops and then call them; they will come to you right away. Thus you will know that Allah is mighty indeed in his Wisdom.
261) The parable of those who use whatever they can of the divine provision to benefit others in the way of Allah is that of a grain that sprouts into seven ears, each bearing one hundred grains. Allah gives manifold increase to whom He finds deserving as per his declared will. For Allah has full knowledge of all things.
262) Those who spend what they can of the provision in the cause of Allah and do not follow their such doings with reminders of their favour or injure the feeling of the recipient, shall get their reward from their Lord; they shall have nothing to worry or to regret.
263) Kind words that give relief are better than such help to others as is followed by injury. Remember, Allah is Self-sufficient and Forbearing.
264) O you who claim to strive for peace! Do not make your helping of others invalid by reminders of your favour or by injury to the recipients feelings, like those who spend their wealth to be seen by people for they work not for peace for sake of Allah or for the better end goal. Their parable is like a hard barren rock covered with a thin layer of soil; where a heavy rain falls, leaving it just a bare stone. Such people will not gain any reward that they thought they had earned. Allah does not guide a people who fight against His guidance.
265) The example of those who spend their wealth to seek the pleasure of Allah and to strengthen their people is like a garden on a high and fertile ground: when heavy rain falls on it, it yields up twice its normal produce; and if no rain falls, even a light moisture is sufficient. Whatever good you do for each other is in the sight of Allah.
266) Would any one of you like that his garden; which is full of palm trees, grape vines, and all kinds of fruits and watered by running streams, be blasted and consumed by a fiery whirlwind at the time when he has become too old and his children are too feeble to earn anything? Thus Allah makes His goals clear to you so that you may ponder
over them.
267) O you who claim to work for peace, use the best portion of what you have earned lawfully to help others of what We have produced for you from the earth, and do not give worthless things to others that you yourselves would not accept but with closed eyes. Bear in mind that Allah is Self-Sufficient and worthy of being heeded to.
268) The opposer of Allah's rule invites you to destruction and tries to convince you to inflict harm on each other so that you end up in shameful state whereas Allah invites you freedom from ills out of His grace, for Allah has full knowledge of all things whereas His opposer does not.
269) He grants wisdom to whom He find deserving; and whoever is granted the wisdom is indeed given an abundance of goodness, yet none reflect on His guidance except people who are intelligent.
270) You use nothing of your provision out of Our provided sustenance or offer out of offering provide but Allah surely knows it. Those who work against the rule of Allah in the end will have none to support them.
271) To support others publically for public good is good, but to give help to the broke individual in private is even better and will remove from your community more troublesome problems and Allah is aware of all that you do.
272) And it is not right for you to force them thereby to accept guidance in return rather it is Allah who let people be free to accept his guidance if they so desire. Also whatever you use to help others of what you have, it is to your own advantage; you should not help others but to be consistent with declared will of Allah, and whatever you spend for the sake of Allah will be paid back to you in full, and you will not be wronged even in the least.
273) Help especially those broke individuals who are engaged so much in the cause of Allah that they cannot move about in the land to earn their livelihood: The unaware of their situation think that they have plenty on account of their modest behaviour but you can recognize them by their look because they do not make insistent demands on people for help. Whatever good you do on them, Allah knows it indeed.
274) Those who use whatever they can of our provision to help others by night and by day, secretly and openly, they will have their reward from their Lord. They shall have nothing to fear or to regret.
275) Those who participate with others for profiteering from them instead of sense of caring and sharing for humanity they have no real basis to stand upon rather they have taken the same stand as of those who have been enslaved by the wicked ruler with ambitions and desires for power and wealth against the declared will of Allah. That is why they claim, hoarding for trading is same as hoarding for profiteering, but Allah has made trading for benefit of others lawful and profiteering at the expense of others unlawful. He who has received advice from his Lord and has mended his ways may keep his previous gains and Allah will be his judge in future as per his guidance. However those who keep going on the same way shall be companions of those who end up in agony wherein they will stay unless they repent or perish.
276) Allah has deprived hoarding for profiteering of goodness for humanity and instead blessed using what one can to help others with prosperity. And Allah supports not those who oppose or transgress against His declared will.
277) Those who commit to working for peace in the land and take appropriate actions whereby they establish divine rule in order to free mankind from all manmade ills, for them is great reward with their Lord that they will have nothing to fear or to regret once divine rule is brought into operation and is properly maintained.
278) O you who claim to commit to peace in the land! Be consistent with each other according to declared will of your Lord and therefore waive what is still due to you from others of profiteering if you have really committed to peace in the land between mankind;
279) And if you are not going to do as told then notice of war is hereby given to you by Allah and His Messenger. However, if you stop as of now hoarding for profiteering then you may have original whatever you are rightfully entitled to. Inflict no harm on others and suffer no harm from others.
280) Moreover if the debtor is in a difficulty then grant him time till it is easy for him to repay; but if you waive the sum by way of help it will be better for you, if you are able to understand it.
281) Be mindful of the day when you shall all return to Allah to face full accountability; when everyone wills be paid in full what they would have earned and none shall be made to suffer any undue loss whatsoever.
282) O you who have committed to work for peace! When you deal with each other in lending for a fixed period of time, put it in writing. Let a scribe write it down correctly between the parties. The scribe, who is given the gift of literacy by Allah, should not refuse to write; he is under obligation to write. Let him who incurs the liability dictate, being mindful of Allah his Lord and not omitting anything from the settlement. If the borrower is mentally unsound or weak or is unable to dictate himself, let the guardian of his interests dictate for him properly. Let two witnesses from among you bear witness to all such documents if possible, if two men cannot be found, then one man and two women of your choice may bear witness, so that if one of the women forgets anything the other may remind her. The witnesses must not refuse when they are called upon to do so. You must not be averse to writing contracts for a future period, whether it is a small matter or big. This action is better for you in the sight of Allah, because it facilitates the establishment of evidence and is the best way to remove all doubts and disputes; but if it is a common commercial transaction concluded on the spot among yourselves, there is no blame on you if you do not put it in writing. You should have witnesses if possible whenever you make commercial transactions. Let no harm be done to the scribe or witnesses; and if you do so, you shall be guilty of transgression against the rule of Allah. So be consistent with rule of Allah; for it is Allah that teaches you his way and Allah has full knowledge of everything.
283) If you are on a journey and cannot find a scribe to write down the transaction, then transact your business by taking possession of a pledge. If one of you entrust another with a pledge, let the trustee deliver the pledged property to its owner, and let him be mindful of Allah his Lord. Do not conceal testimony to cause harm to others and whoever conceals it to cause harm, his mind is surely set on transgression. However, Allah is fully aware of all that you you do.
284) To Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and in the earth. Whether you reveal what is in your minds or conceal it, Allah call you to account for it before it is too late. For He removes ills for whoever He finds deserving and He leaves in suffering whomever finds deserving as per His declared will, because Allah has set up laws and standards for all things.
285) The Messenger is committed to working for peace in the land according to the guidance revealed to him from his Lord along with all others who are committed to peace. They all declare, we each commit to working for peace in the land according to the declared will of Allah, as implemented by His appointed people throughout time according to His books given to them through His messengers. We discriminate not against any of His Messengers. And they declare, we hear your proclamation and we commit to it. Grace us our Lord, for you will is the goal of our journey.
286) No doubt Allah burdens not anyone with anything more than one can bear. For each person is a part of benefit whatever good one does for the mankind and upon each person falls a part of the harm whatever harm one inflicts upon mankind. Our Lord! do not make us suffer the consequences if we forget to do something or make a mistake when doing it. Our Lord! place not upon us a burden as you placed upon those before us. Our Lord! Put not upon us the kind of burden that we do not grow strength to bear. Relieve us from our problems, be generous to us and have mercy on us. You are our supporter so help us against the people who declare wars against your proclaimed rule of law.
Surah 3, AALI IMRAN= People of Imraan
Proclaim in the name of Allah the gracious the merciful
1)Alif Laam Meem
2) Allah! None is God but He; the Living, the Eternal.
3) He sent to you the Book for consistency, confirming what went before it, for He sent the Torah and the Gospel earlier as a guidance for mankind and now sent this criterion as the standard for judging what is beneficial for mankind and what is harmful.
4) Surely for such as declare and support wars against Allah’s declared goals and rule of law for mankind is serious suffering as a consequence; for Allah is Mighty who setup law of consequences,
5) Nothing escapes laws of Allah in the earth or in the heaven.
6) He it is Who forms your bodies by means of natural laws in the wombs of your mothers as He programmed the natural processes and phenomena. None is God but He; the Mighty, the Wise.
7) He it is Who has sent to you the Book in which are verses that set universal goals for mankind that are firmly founded so they are the foundation upon which the book is based and the rest that are open to various meanings are to be interpreted on that basis. Those who harbour against mankind destructive ambitions and damaging desires in their minds use therefrom verses open to different interpretations out of their proper contexts to give basis to their own goals looking forward to causing disputes and wars between people, but none can make evident to people of knowledge their intended interpretation save Allah. Therefore those well founded in knowledge say, we attest to the consistency of the book that it is all from our Lord. Yet none will take heed save those who have Intelligence and use it to understand things properly.
8) Therefore say, our Lord, do not let our minds deviate from the right sense of meanings of the verses after you have made them evident for us and grant us more knowledge from yourself for our prosperity; You are the Grantor of bounties that are limitless.
9) Our Lord, You will surely gather all mankind under one rule for a time therein is no doubt. Indeed you go not against your promise.
10) Surely those who declare wars against establishment of rule of Allah, of no benefit at all will be for them their wealth and their children against Allah. For they are the ones who give fuel to the fire of hatred between mankind so they are bound to fail.
11) Their end result will be the same as that of people of Pharaoh and their predecessors who opposed establishment of Our universal moral values, thus caught up with them by declared will of Allah the consequences of their harmful deeds. Allah is strict indeed in enforcing his law of consequences.
12) Say to those who declare wars against rule of Allah, soon will you be overpowered and driven together towards hell you have created for yourselves- and that is a terrible state to be in.
13) Indeed there was a lesson for you in the two armies which met on the battlefield: One was fighting for establishment of rule of Allah and the other that has been declaring wars on it; the servants of Allah saw with their own eyes that their opposers were twice their numbers. But Allah strengthens with His help whom He finds deserving. Surely therein is a lesson for those who are sincerely insightful.
14) Tempting is for men love for women and children and the hoarding of treasures of gold and silver and branded horses and cattle and plantations. These are the provisions for the life of this world but the sense of properly benefiting from them rests on making use of them according to declared will of Allah the creator and sustainer.
15) Say, shall I tell you the better use of things than the way you use them? For those who are consistent with Allah and humanity there are going to be gardens beneath which rivers flow according to set rule of Allah, wherein they will live in company of like minded people for as long as they will live, because they will have achieved approval of Allah. And Allah is fully aware of His servants.
16) Those who say, our Lord! We indeed commit to working for peace so remove from us all our self created ills and end our suffering due to the fire of hatred between us;
17) They are steadfast, sincere, and consistent with Allah and humanity and help others, and they start working for removal of ills from society straight away.
18) Allah bears witness that there is no God but He and so bear witness the good people such as those well grounded in knowledge standing firmly for justice. There is no God save Allah, the Mighty, the Wise.
19) Surely the proper rule of law for mankind as far as Allah is concerned is peace between mankind. Any people who were given the divine books did not go against it but out of rebellion against each other amongst themselves after the knowledge had come to them by declaring wars against it. So those who declare wars on revelations of Allah should know that Allah is strict in holding people to His declared will by law of consequences.
20) Yet if they argue with you say, I have committed myself fully to working for peace as a goal set by Allah and so have those that follow me. Then say to those have the divine book and those who do not have the divine book, will you also commit yourselves to working for peace? If they commit to working for peace then they too have followed right course of action, but if they turn back, your responsibility is only to proclaim declared will of Allah. And Allah is watching all that mankind do.
21) So tell them about the law of grievous consequential suffering for those who declare wars on Allah’s revelations by fighting against the Prophets without any justification and kill those among mankind who campaign for social justice,
22) Such are the ones whose deeds are void of any good for mankind in this world and in the Hereafter, therefore they are not supported by declared will of Allah.
23) Have you not seen the behaviour of those given a portion of the divine books? When they are invited even to their own book of Allah for settlement of disputes between them, a group of them then turns back thus they decline unity for peace even amongst themselves.
24) This is because they claim, the fire of hatred between us will only last for a limited number of days. Thus deceives them their understanding of the divine law of consequences.
25) How will they fair when We gather them together under one rule of law on the day in coming of which is no doubt, when each person will be given what one has earned and there shall not be any injustice whatsoever?
26) Say, O Allah! Sovereign of the Kingdom of universe, You consequently give authority to the kingdom to whom You see deserving and take away the authority to the kingdom from whomsoever You see fit; You consequently give honour to whom You find deserving and leave in disgrace whom You find deserving; In Your rule of law rests whatever is good for the mankind. Surely You have set rules to govern over all things.
27) You turn the night in to the day by rotation of the earth and You turn the day into the night by laws of nature, thus You bring forth living nations from the dead and likewise You let lively nations decline into the dead as a consequence of their lack of consistency in the effort for progress; And likewise You provide sustenance in abundance for anyone as You declare in your revealed will.
28) Let not those who claim to be committed to working for peace therefore form alliances with those who are warmongers instead of those who claim to be committed to working for peace; and any people who do so will have no right to protection by rule of Allah, however, you can enter in peace treaty with them if they so wish as a measure to prevent open hostilities. Nonetheless, Allah himself warns you to remain alert, because in the direction of rule of Allah is your goal.
29) Say, regardless you conceal what is in your minds or reveal it, Allah will make it evident. For He knows whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth. Allah has set laws of nature for all things.
30) On the Day when every person will be confronted with whatever good one would have done for others one will be satisfied, but as for one's destructive inflictions on others, one will wish there was a very long distance between him and his deeds. Allah cautions you to be consistent with His rule of law. For Allah is full of kindness towards mankind.
31) Say if you claim to be loyal to the rule of Allah then follow me, Allah too will support you by means of His rule of law and He will relieve you of your problems thereby. Allah is remover of problems for mankind out of compassion.
32) Say, be consistent with rule of Allah by following His Messenger, but if they heed not then Allah supports not those who wage wars against His rule of law.
33) Indeed Allah appointed for guidance of mankind Adam, Noah, the house of Abraham and the house of Imran for all the nations of the world.
34) They were the offsprings one from the other. And Allah is all hearing and all knowing.
35) Behold! The wife of Imran said, O my Lord! I declare to you my intention regarding what is in my womb that I will prepare it for your service. So let it be so for me. Surely You are all hearing and all knowing.
36) After the birth she said, My Lord! I have given birth to a girl instead of a boy but Allah knew what she had delivered - and she said, male is not as disadvantaged as a female is in human society that is based upon double standards, however, I name her Mary and I give her and her offspring into your service for protection from any force that is condemned as destructive and damaging for mankind.
37) Her Lord graciously accepted her request and He let it be fulfilled in a gracious way, letting her grow into an upright person, for He entrusted her to the care of Zachariah for study. Each time Zachariah entered the sacred place for learning to see her for lessons, he found her with extra studying materials. One day he asked her, O Mary! How did this come to your possession? She replied, it is from Allah. Surely, Allah feeds the needs of whom He finds deserving without limits.
38) Due to that Zachariah asked his Lord saying my Lord, grant me too such an upright child from Yourself; surely You hear all requests.
39) At length one day when he was busy teaching people in the temple, the temple people called out to him saying, Allah gives you good news of a son called Yahya (John), he should be consistent with commandments from Allah, he should be a great leader, a person living within divine limits, a Prophet and the one who should do good for others.
40) He said, my Lord! How can I raise a son like that now that I am gaining on age and my wife is also running out of her child rearing time? Such is the declared will of Allah, one of the temple officials replied, for Allah works according to His own plan.
41) Zakariya said my Lord in that case help me with some advice to build my confidence. He was told, your advice is that you should stop working with people for three days unless it is absolutely necessary. During this time instead you should concentrate a lot on revelation of your Lord and prepare for His mission of raising your child night and day.
42) Likewise once upon a time the temple people came to Mary and said, O Mary! Surely Allah has chosen you for His mission and kept you free from being harmed by others or doing harm to others, and chose you as a role model for the women of the nations.
43) O Mary! Stand firmly for serving your Lord, commit to moulding yourself in form of those who change themselves to be according to the divine instructions to be consistent with them.
44) This is of the prophetic information we are telling you O prophet and You were not with them when they were drawing lots with their pens to decide dispute as to which of them should take care of Mary and plan her future for her as a nun; nor were you with them when they were putting forward to each other their reasons for it.
45) That is when the people from the temple said, O Mary! worry not about your future because Allah gives you the good news of a son by way of a revelation from Him: his name will be Messiah, Jesus the son of Mary. He will be a famous person in this world and the Hereafter; and he will be from those who are consistent with rule of Allah.
46 He will speak to the people wisely and with maturity and he will be of those who do good for mankind.
47) Hearing this, Mary said, O my Lord! How can I have a son when I am not even married yet? He replied, so it will be in time as is usual, Allah creates things according to His rule of creation; when He decides to do anything, He initiates the natural processes, and so things happen!
48) and He will teach him the Book and the rules of Wisdom through the Torah and the Gospel
49) and send him as a Messenger to the Children of Israel, saying, I have brought you revelation from your Lord. I will make out of you, the nation lying in dust, a nation like a soaring bird by blowing into it breath of new life that will make it fly high through Allah’s program for you. I will remove your blindness of ignorance and end your isolation that you are kept away as if you have a skin disease thus I will raise the nation that is dead to life by Allah’s declared plan. Furthermore, I will tell you how to partake in economics as to what you should consume and what you should keep in your storage houses so that you never face poverty. Surely in these are goals as proof of my prophet-hood for you if you are willing to work with me for peace.
50) Moreover I confirm what is there before me in the Torah and to prove lawful to you some of the things you thought were forbidden to you by your priests due to your make belief shariah. I have brought you the guidance from your Lord, therefore be consistent with Allah's rule and listen to me.
51) Indeed Allah is my Lord as well as your Lord therefore serve Him by establishing His rule; this is the Way of Allah that is firmly founded.
52) When Jesus sensed that many amongst them were war mongers, he said, who will help me establish peace for Allah? The disciples replied, We will establish peace for Allah. Be you our witness that we are a people who commit ourselves for establishing peace.
53) Saying our Lord, we commit to peace according to what you have revealed and we follow Your Messenger so count us with those who bear witness to others on Your behalf.
54) The conspirators against the rule of Allah plotted against them and Allah overturned their plot, for Allah is unique as a planner.
55) Thus Allah said in response to plots, O Jesus! I am going to let you fulfil your mission and succeed in bringing people towards My constitution. I will keep you safe from harm of those who wage wars against you and make your followers distinct from those who ignore my way till the time the divine rule becomes established in the land, then shall you all turn to standard provided to you by Me and I shall let you decide those matters by way of My standard in which you dispute.
56) Those who wage wars against My mission will be afflicted with severe consequences in this world and the hereafter and they shall have none to save them.
57) As for those who have committed to work for peace and do whatever good work is needed to establish peace, they will have their reward fully but Allah does not support such as transgress against his rule of law.
58) This narration which We reveal to you from the revelations is full of lessons and wisdom.
59) The claim Jesus had no human father is a make belief because example of creation of Jesus according to Allah is like the example of creation of Adam. He brought him about through similar stages by means of natural processes and caused him to be and he was.
60) This is the truth from your Lord, therefore, you cannot be of those who doubt, for that is how people are brought about.
61 If anyone disputes with you concerning this after proper knowledge has come to you, say, Come! Let us gather our sons and your sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves then sincerely discuss it to know the truth being aware that those who lie lead away from the way to Allah.
62) Indeed this is the statement that is based on the way the real world works therefore it is true. For none is God save Allah and Allah is surely mighty in wisdom.
63) Yet if they turn away from the self evident truth then Allah has full knowledge of such as want to cause wars and destruction.
64) Say, O you people who claim to have the divine rule of law book! Let us work together for peace for the good of humanity, which is a universal goal for all of us and you, that we accept sovereignty of none but Allah; that we take none as a ruler beside Him; that we take not from among ourselves any masters and lords against the rule of Allah. If they reject your invitation even on this say, be our witness that we have committed ourselves to working for peace in the land on basis of equality amongst human beings as regard access to land and its resources.
65) Ask them, O you who claim to have divine rule of law book! Why do you argue with us about Abraham when the Torah and the Gospel were revealed long after him? Why don’t you be rational about it?
66) So far you have been arguing over things of which you had some knowledge! Must you now also argue about that which you know not? Surely Allah has full knowledge of things while you do not.
67)Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian but he utterly submitted himself to the rule of Allah and he was not one of those who live by rule of other than Allah.
68) Surely true people of Abraham are only those who followed his heavenly set goals and this Prophet and those who commit to working for peace in the land, and Allah approves only those who work for peace in the land.
69) A group of the People of the Book desire to mislead you but they mislead none except their own people, though they realize it not.
70) O People of the Book! Why do you declare wars against the goals of Allah when you bear witness that they are true?
71) O people of the book, why do you let the truth be covered with your make belief interpretations that hide it, whereas you are the people who do have knowledge?
72) A group of the People of the Book conspire with each other against mission of Islam and Muslims saying, declare commitment to working for peace according to what is revealed to people on mission of peace in the morning and give it up in the evening so that they too may follow suit and abandon their mission.
73) And they tell each other, do not commit to peace with anyone unless one submits to your own rule of law. Say, the proper rule of law is only that which is actually from Allah. However, they do not accept the idea that revelation of Allah should be sent to any people other than their own people, like that which has been sent to you; Therefore they will ever argue with you about that which is from your Lord instead of seeing what it is. Tell them: For sure, provision of revelation and sustenance rests with Allah and He grants it whomever He finds deserving; for knowledge of Allah is vast.
74) He chooses for His prophesy whom He finds fit, for Allah is the Owner of abundance grace.
75) Among the People of the Book are some who, if you trust them with a heap of gold, will readily give it back; and there are others who, if you trust them with a single piece of silver will not give it back unless you constantly keep on demanding; because they say, we are not going to be called to account for our behaviour with people outside our own community. Thus they attribute a lie to Allah despite being an educated people.
76) Nay, rather be like people who fulfil their contracts and are consistent with Allah and humanity, for Allah approves those who are consistent with their word.
77) As for such as sell their contract with Allah and their own contracts for a petty price, they are the ones who have no character to themselves to achieve the end goal of peace in the land. And Allah will not approve them nor even look at them with compassion even on the day the divine rule is established or free them of their troubles and harms they inflict upon each other. For them shall be painful suffering till they repent and reform.
78) Surely, there are some among them who end up mistranslating and misinterpreting the language when quoting from their divine book that you end up thinking what they quoted is actually in the book, whereas, in fact it is not in the Book. They also say, It is from Allah whereas, in fact it is not from Allah. Thus they deliberately ascribe lie to Allah.
79) It is not the status of a man whom Allah has given the book of divine rule of law and the Wisdom and the prophet-hood that he says to the people, live by my rule of law instead of Allah's rule of law. On the contrary he ought to say, be you the ones committed to the rule of law of the Sustainer, because you have been taught the book of divine rule of law and because you have been studying it sincerely and faithfully.
80) He could never ask you to take your chiefs and prophets as your rulers. Would he ask you to declare war against Allah after you have committed yourselves to working for peace in the name of Allah?
81) Behold! Allah held each of the earlier prophets in his own time under contract saying, now that you have been given the divine book of rule of law and wisdom; there will come after you a messenger who will confirm that which is with you and you will have to affirm him and support him. Then He said, Do you affirm this agreement and agree to take this heavy responsibility? All of these prophets in their own times replied, yes, we do affirm. Allah said, very well, bear witness to this and I too bear witness with you about it.
82) So if any follower of any of those prophets turns back after this, he will be breaching the agreement.
83) Are they looking for a rule of law other than that of Allah whereas to His laws submit whoever is in the heavens and in the earth, willingly or unwillingly and for Him is to set their goals.
84) Say, we commit to working for peace for Allah on basis of what is revealed to us and what was revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and their descendants; and on basis of that which was given to Moses, Jesus and many other prophets not mentioned; we do not discriminate between anyone of them, and we are committed to working for peace.
85) So if anyone is looking for a rule of law other than that which leads to peace then it will not be accepted of him and in the end he will be one of the losers.
86) How can Allah guide such a people who declare war on Allah's rule of law after declaring their commitment to working for peace because they bore witness that this messenger is consistent with his claim, for there came to them clear evidences? So Allah does not find such people deserving of his guidance as oppose His rule of law.
87) Such people deserve to suffer the consequences of their actions as wrath of Allah and of the people who carry out divine work and of the whole mankind.
88) They shall remain in that state for as long as they live; their suffering will not be lightened nor will they be given respite.
89) Except such as retrace their steps after this and follow the way to peace, verily rule of Allah can remove all manmade ills by way of compassion between people.
90) As for such as oppose the rule of Allah after supporting it then go on opposing it and keep on adding strength to their this opposition, repentance is not expected of them for these are the ones who have gone too far in opposition of rule of Allah.
91) As to those who wage wars against rule of Allah and die in that state, if they were to fill the whole earth with gold and offered it as a compensation for each one of them, that would not be accepted of them. These are the people who will face the consequences of their actions in form of painful suffering and will have none to help.
92) You will not attain freedom from the manmade troubles and destructions unless you open for all others equally the livelihood and the sustenance that you love most for yourselves provided for you all by Allah. And whatsoever good you open for the good of others Allah is aware of it.
93) They accuse you of making lawful the food that was unlawful in earlier revelations of Allah, say, all good food was lawful for the children of Israel save that which nation of Israel itself prohibited by itself by way of inventing its own shariah before the revelation of Torah. Say, produce the Torah and recite it before us if your allegations are true.
94) So any who attribute any lie to Allah, such are the ones who declare war against rule of Allah.
95) Say, Allah proves the truth true. So follow the ruling system of Abraham, the one that guides straight to the goal of peace and he was not of those who accept rule by anyone other than Allah.
96) Indeed the ultimate constitution that was made evident for people was that which was full of life and prosperity as guidance for all the nations in the world;
97) Wherein were clear goals as foundation for Abraham to stand upon, and whoever based himself upon that foundation worked for peace in the land. And it is an obligation upon the blessed people by Allah to make evident the divine constitution for anyone who is able to find his way thereby. As for one who transgresses against it, let him be aware that Allah does not depend for His existence upon anyone in the universe rather all depend upon Him for their existence.
98) Say, O People of the Scripture! Why do you fight against the goals of Allah whereas Allah Himself is a Witness to all that you do?
99) Say: O you people who claim to have the divine scripture! Why do you lead people away from the rule of Allah by putting in place a parallel selfmade rule of law when you yourselves bear witnesses to effects that it leads to? Beware, Allah is not unaware of what you do.
100) O you who claim to work for peace in the land! If you were to listen to a party of those who claim to have received the divine scriptures, they would try to turn you back into war mongers after you have committed yourselves to working for peace.
101) How can you become warmongers again when goals of Allah are declared to you and His messenger is in your midst? So he who properly and firmly holds onto Allah’s guidance, he indeed is guided to the path that is firmly founded.
102) O you who claim to have committed to working for peace! Be consistent with Allah and humanity as you ought to be and die not but in state that you are fully committed to striving for peace.
103) And hold properly all of you together onto the revelation of Allah and divide not into sects. Call to mind the effect of Allah's guidance upon you that how you were enemies yet He put friendship in your hearts so that you became brothers by His graceful teaching; and how you were on the brink of an abyss of fire of hatred against each other yet He saved you from falling in it. Thus Allah makes clear for you His principles values so that you become a people who are guided.
104) So let there spring from among you a group of people who invite all to what is good for mankind, and who promote a conduct that is for common good and who work against things that bring harm to mankind. Such are the nations who will prosper indeed.
105) And be not like those who divided into sects and fought each other after the clear proofs had come to them. For such there was a painful destruction as a result of their own actions,
106) The day is coming when some faces will be lively but other faces will be gloomy full of regrets, and those with gloomy faces will be asked, did you turn back to warmongering after committing to working for peace? In that case observe the destruction that you caused by waging wars.
107) As to those with lively faces, in mercy of Allah they shall dwell for as long as they live by His rule.
108) These are the objectives of Allah and We recite them to you for your consistency with Allah and humanity. It is not the purpose of Allah to be cruel to the nations in the world,
109) because to Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth; and with Allah rests sovereignty for all affairs.
110) You are a people chosen to spread among the mankind so that you implement the rule of law that benefits mankind and demolish the rule of law that harms mankind; so you are commissioned to working for peace for Allah and humanity. And if all the people of the scriptures had committed to working for peace the same way that would have been better for them. However among them are people committed to working for peace but most of them work against the rule of Allah.
111) They will not be able to hurt you fatally but only a trifling hurt, and if they do decide to attack you, they will turn their backs and flee, and they will have no support.
112) Ignominy is their portion wherever they flee to unless they accept living under the rule of Allah or under the rule of people by way of treaty. They have incurred displeasure of Allah by fighting against the rule of Allah so their self inflicted wretchedness is laid bare before them. That is because they waged wars against objectives of Allah, and fought with the prophets without any justification. That is because they were rebellious and used to break al bounds of Allah.
113) Not all are alike because among the people who claim to have the divine scripture there is a staunch community who were committed to goals of Allah even during the period of darkness of ignorance thus they remain submitted to His declared will.
114) They are committed to working for peace for Allah and the good end result for mankind, and implement rule of law that benefits people and demolish the rule of law that harms mankind, and vie one another in doing good for others. That is because they are a people who have developed the mindset and the attitude to do good for others.
115) And whatever good they do, they will not be denied their reward for it and Allah is aware of those who are consistent with Him and the mankind.
116) Surely the riches and the progeny of those who fight against the rule of Allah will not avail them aught against Allah; and such are the ones who end up in agony wherein they will abide for as long as they deserve.
117) The likeness of what some of them have and use to harm others in life of this world is like a dangerous spreading wherein is devastating destruction that strikes at future generation of a people- who have harmed their own people- and destroyed it. Allah harmed them not rather they opposed his guidance themselves ended up with the consequences.
118) O you who claim to commit to working for peace! Take not for alliance those who are against you, they will spare no chance to ruin you; they would love to hamper you. Hatred is obvious from their mouths but that which is in their minds is yet greater. We have made our revelations plain for you if you want to be sensible.
119) Indeed you are such a people that you love them even though they love you not, for you claim to be committed to working for peace in accordance to the divine scriptures the whole of it. They are conspirators because when they come in contact with you, they say, we have committed to working for peace but when they go away they bite their finger tips at you, in rage. Say, perish in your rage if you must! Surely! Allah is aware of what you hide in your minds.
120) If prosperity comes your way, it brings gloom to them, and if poverty strike you they rejoice at it. But if ye persevere towards prosperity and keep away from inflicting harm upon your people then their conspiracies against you will never harm you. For it is within power of Allah all that they do.
121) And remember when you started out from your place of residence the mission in the beginning of period of enlightenment to assign to those who are committed to working for peace their tasks for the battle, Allah was observing and made it evident
122) When two parties of you almost fell away but Allah supported them. So upon Allah should rely the people committed to working for peace.
123) Allah has indeed supported you during the period of the full moon when you were a weak people. So be consistent with Allah and humanity so that you could thereby reflect your appreciation.
124) And at the time you said to those who committed to working for peace, is it not sufficient for your confidence that your Lord should help you with three thousand good people following in groups?
125) Nay, but if you persevere and remain consistent with Allah and humanity despite your opponents' constant opposition your Lord will help you with five thousand good people who are looking forward to joining you.
126) Allah disclosed this only as a good news for you so that with that he raises confidence in your minds. Surely there is no help save that which is from Allah the mighty in wisdom.
127) so that He may cut off a part of those who fight against Allah, or overwhelm them so that they retire frustrated.
128) Surely it is not for you to decide whether Allah should relent toward them or punish them; for they oppose what is good for mankind.
129) To Allah belongs whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. He forgives whom He sees deserving, and punishes whom He finds deserving but Allah is generous in his compassion.
130) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace! Partake not in profiteering, doubling and quadrupling the original thing unduly. Be consistent with Allah's rule of law so that you could become free of inflicting harm on each other.
131) And be mindful of painful fire of hatred that is brought about as a consequence of action of those who make wars against rule of Allah.
132) So be consistent with rule of Allah through the messenger so that you could experience mercy of Allah.
133) And be quick towards prosperity by means of revelation your Lord has bestowed upon you, in creating the world like a garden as wide as the heavens and the earth, prepared for those who are consistent with Allah and humanity;
134) Those who use for benefit of others whatever they have in time of plenty and in time of poverty and those who control themselves against taking revenge and are forgiving towards others out of good will for them; Allah supports those who do good for mankind;
135) Also those that when they do something that they should be ashamed of whereby harm their own people, they refer to law of Allah so that they could remove the ills effects from their people but who can remove harmful things and consequences from mankind but Allah and they persist not in inflicting harms on each others.
136)The reward of such is removal of harms from them by rule of their Lord and gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide for as long as they will live by rule of Allah, what a bountiful reward for those who live by guidance of Allah!
137) Passed away many traditions of various people before you so travel around in the earth and see the nature of the consequence for those who fought against Our rule of law.
138) This is a divine declaration for the mankind, a guidance and an advice for those who are conscientious of Allah and humanity.
139) So be not hopeless nor worry, for you will indeed overcome those who oppose establishment of kingdom of Allah provided you remain truly committed to working for peace in the land.
140) If you have suffered the pain in this struggle, your opponents also have suffered a similar pain: These periods of changing fortune we let them follow one another between people, so that Allah may make obvious those who really have committed themselves to working for peace and so that he may take some from among you to bear witness about Him to others; and Allah backs not those who oppose or transgress against his rule of law to harm others.
141) And so that Allah may free from all manmade ills those who have committed to working for peace and so that thereby He may bring down those who wage war against rule of Allah.
142) Or did you think that you will enter the gardens with any necessary effort while Allah has not yet made obvious those of you who really strive hard for peace, nor those who are steadfast in their effort for peace?
143) Remember! You used to wish for ending destruction of humanity before you made any effort for it. Now that you have undergone the experience due to the prophet so you realise how hard work it is to remove human suffering caused by humanity itself.
144) However, Muhammad is the last messenger, surely there have gone all the messengers before him. So will it be that if he dies or is slain, you will turn back on your heels from the mission? He who turns back from his mission does no harm to Allah, while Allah will reward the ones that remain committed to his mission.
145) It is not right for anyone that one should die but while committed to establishing the rule of Allah that is the commandment prescribed. Also is prescribed that whoever wants the reward in this world only, We bestow it upon him thereof whatever one deserves and whoever wants the reward in the hereafter as well, We bestow it upon him thereof whatever one deserves. And we do reward those who carry out Our mission faithfully.
146) And there was not a prophet who struggled for establishing the rule of Allah as his mission but alongside him struggled many godly people. They quailed not for aught that befell them in the way of Allah, nor did they become weak or were brought low. For Allah supports those who remain steadfast.
147) Their word was only that they said, Our Lord! help us remove from between us harms we inflict upon each other and any transgressions in our efforts for our goal, and make us take steps that are firmly founded thereby support us against those who declare wars against establishment of divine rule of law.
148) So Allah gave them the abundance of the world as well as the abundance of the hereafter. For Allah supports those who do what benefits others.
149) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace! If you listen to those who oppose the establishment of rule of Allah, they will make you turn back from your commitment to establishing peace and if you do turn back then surely you will become of those who are in a great loss.
150) Nay, you will not turn back because Allah is your supporter by way of His revelation, and He is the unique supporter.
151) Soon We shall cast awe into the minds of those who declare wars against Our rule, because they declare their own sovereignty against sovereignty of Allah for which no proof has been revealed to them. So their living is nothing other than painful suffering, and what a terrible state of existence it is for those who transgress Our limits.
152) Allah made good His promise to you indeed when you confounded them through His declared will until you fell apart because you became divided about the goal thus you became inconsistent with His plan after He had shown you that for which you longed. Some of you desired only the world and some of you desired the hereafter as well. So He let you face the consequences of turning your attention away from them to let it be a lesson for you, but He surely saved you from the greater harm, for Allah is indeed kind to those who are committed to working for peace.
153) Remember you were running away from the mission paying no attention to anyone while on the contrary the messenger was inviting you to join the mission. Therefore Allah let you suffer one harm after another as a consequence of what you did, so that you may learn from that and in future respond better due to that which you lost or due to that which befell you. For Allah is fully aware of what you do.
154) Then after suffering harmful consequences He sent you His plan to establish peace but a party from among you became slack the while another party began spreading superstition amongst their own people, attributing to Allah what was inconsistent with His declared will, as they used to do in time of ignorance. They said to each other, what has this situation to do with what we do, so it is not our fault? Say, surely the judgement regarding this situation rests with set law of Allah in form of consequences of people's actions. They hide among themselves a thought which they dare reveal not to your face their saying that had we anything to do with this spreading of superstition then why would we come out here to be humiliated? Say, even if you had stayed in your houses, those who were to put up a struggle would have gone forth to the places where they were to be. All this happened so that Allah may expose what is in your minds and make evident what is in your minds for others to see. And to show that Allah is fully Aware of what is hidden in your minds.
155) Indeed! those of you who turned their backs on mission during the period when both the parties were together, it was due to the destructive leadership that caused them to slip, because of some of that which they did but Allah has surely cleared them of their ills. For Allah is generous in His compassion.
156) O you who claim to have committed to working for peace! Be not like those who are committed to making wars and they say about their brethren when they are travelling in the land or intend to do so that if they had been here with us they would not have ended up dead or being killed, Allah makes such thoughts of theirs an anguish in their hearts. For it is Allah who gives life and causes death; and Allah sees all that you do.
157) However, if you are slain in Allah's way or die therein, surely generosity of Allah in form of His mercy is better than all that they amass.
158) and what if you are slain or die, when to Allah is your return anyway?
159) It was due to Allah’s revelation that you became attached with them to help them, for if you had been harsh and of destructive mindset for them, they would have dispersed from around you in despair. Therefore overlook their shortcomings and seek prosperity for them and consult them regarding the affairs of the state and people. And when all of you have decided upon a matter, then work according to rule of Allah. For Allah supports those who work according to His set rule.
160) If Allah supports you, none can overcome you but if He withholds his support from you, who is there who can help you? So let those who claim to be committed to working for peace work according to set rules of Allah.
161) It is not consistent for a prophet to conspire against humanity, for anyone who deceives people will bring with him on the day of accountability what he deceived people for. Then everyone will be paid in full what anyone has earned; and they will not be dealt with unfairly even in the least.
162) Is one who follows the path whereby one is consistent with rule of Allah like the one who opposes it earning condemnation of Allah for ending up in a state of painful suffering? What a terrible situation to end up in!
163) For the one who follows divine rule of law faithfully there are ranks with Allah and Allah sees all that you do.
164) Allah indeed has done a great favour to those who claim to be committed to working for peace by sending them a messenger from among themselves who proclaims to them His goals whereby he frees them from harms they inflict upon each other by teaching them the book by way of rules of wisdom; surely they were living in a very harmful way before this correction.
165) And was it any surprise- that a serious harm was inflicted upon you by others when you had already inflicted them with a disaster twice as damaging -that you said, how has this happened? Say, it was expected as a result of your own actions. For Allah has indeed set laws for governing over all things.
166) So the harm which afflicted you during the period when both the parties were together, was by plan of Allah; so that He may make obvious those who really are committed to working for peace;
167) And that He may expose those who were hypocrites. And when it was said to them, come let us campaign together for establishing the rule of Allah or to defend it. They answered, if we knew how to campaign, we would have followed you. In that period they were nearer to giving up their commitment to working for peace publically than holding on to their commit to peace. They were saying that which was not in their minds. Allah is indeed aware of what they hide.
168) Those who while they sat at home said of their brethren who went on campaigning, if they had heeded us they would not have fallen victim to harm. Say, then avert destruction from yourselves if what you say is true.
169) Think not of those who campaign for establishing the rule of Allah as people of no consequence. Nay, they are strong and lively due to food for thought from their Lord.
170) Satisfied they are because of that which Allah hath bestowed upon them of His bounty in form of revelation, for they are given the good news thereby about those who are to join them in their mission. So there shall not come upon them anything to fear neither shall they have anything to make then sad.
171) They rejoice because of favour from Allah and kindness, and that Allah renders not the wage of those who are committed to working for peace void.
172) So those who heeded the call of Allah through His messenger after the harm befell them, especially for those of them who did good for others and are consistent there is a great reward,
173) Those to whom some people said, masses have gathered against you so fear them and give up the mission, yet this increased their self confidence and they cried, revelation of Allah is sufficient for us! Excellent in sovereignty is He indeed in Whom we trust!
174) Thus they returned with honour and bounty from Allah and no harm touched them. For they followed the path according to the pleasure of Allah, and with Allah is infinite bounty.
175) It is only the enemy of divine rule of law for sure who makes you fear his partisans. So fear them not rather pay attention to Me if you are really committed to working for peace.
176) Let not their conduct grieve you who rush to start wars at every chance, for they do no harm to Allah at all. Allah lets them remain in their loss to the end and for them is a grave suffering as a consequence of their actions.
177) Those who exchange the commitment of working for peace to working for war, do no harm to Allah but will end up in painful suffering themselves.
178) And let not those who oppose our guidance imagine that the freedom We give them is necessarily good for them because We also give freedom to such so that they could do their worst, for theirs will be awful doom as a result of their own doing.
179) It is not the desire of Allah to leave you all people in your present state of affairs rather He will separate the crooked ones from the straight forward ones. And it is not in the scheme of Allah that He let you all know at the same time directly the divine plan for you, instead Allah chooses anyone at a time from His messengers whom He pleases to reveal to him His divine will. Therefore people should commit to working for peace on behalf of Allah as guided by His messengers. So commit to working for peace and be consistent with revealed divine will and mankind so that you have ample reward.
180) And let not those people think who withhold out of intention of abusing others that their withholding of land and resources is going to do any good for them-which Allah hath provided for all of them to benefit from. Nay, it is very destructive for them indeed. That which they withhold from others unduly will be like the weight around their necks on the day of accountability. Know indeed that to Allah belongs the sovereignty and the rightful heritage of the heavens and the earth and Allah is fully aware of all that you do.
181) Verily Allah heard the taunt of those who said, Allah is poor and we are rich! We shall record their this statement along their wars against the prophets without any justification and We shall say, experience the taste of terrible suffering!
182) This is the consequence of that which your own hands have wrought as your future, for Allah is never cruel to mankind.
183) They also claim that Allah has bound us by His constitution that we commit not to working for peace with any who claims divine messengership unless he brings us the religious law of animal sacrifice whereby offering at the altar is burnt in the fire for atonement of our sins. Say, messengers came to you before just like me with clear goals and with the divine constitutions for rule of law which you describe then ask yourselves, why did you fight them instead of supporting them if you are really faithful to divine rule of law as you claim?
Here we are told the Jewish behaviour as is stated in Torah Deu 12/13-14 etc. Jews once more pick a fight with a new prophet. The argument is again whether Islam
184) So if they deny you then likewise they denied messengers who came before you with clear goals and laws such as the Zaboor in the form of a divine scripture that enlightened people.
185) Each nation is to taste the suffering and destruction that rejects the message of good life. Thus you will all be paid in full during the period of accountability as a consequence of that which you have earned. Whoever is moved away from this agonizing suffering and is made to enter a blissful life, he indeed has prospered. The life of this world is otherwise nothing more than self deception.
186) You will indeed be tried by way of your property and your persons, and you will hear much nonsense from some of those who were given the Scriptures before you, and from the idolaters. But if you persevere and remain consistent with Allah's guidance and humanity then that will always prove a deciding factor in these affairs.
187) Call to mind when Allah charged those who had received the Scripture that you are to expound it to mankind and hide it not yet they flung it behind their backs and exchanged it for a petty gain. Harmful indeed is that which they have gained thereby.
188) Think not that those who exult in what little they have given to help others, and love to be praised for what they have not given, they are safe from the consequences that are to ensue. A painful suffering is theirs.
189) Because to Allah alone belongs the Sovereignty in the heavens and the earth for Allah has set His laws for all things.
190) Surely! In the creation of the heavens and the earth and in the difference of night and day are evidences about it for people who are intelligent,
191) Such are those who radiate sovereignty of Allah by standing up for it and establishing it on basis of companionship between them because they reflect properly upon purpose of the creation of the heavens and the earth, saying, Our Lord! you created not all this in vain. Perfect is Your planning so relieve us from fire of hatred between us.
192) Our Lord! Whom you let enter the fire of hatred, he indeed is confounded by consequences of his deeds. Because for people who inflict harm on others there is none to help.
193) Our Lord! we have heard indeed a crier calling us to commit ourselves to working for peace saying, commit to working for peace in the name of your Lord, so we committed ourselves to working for peace. Our Lord! Therefore relieve us from our harmful actions thereby remove from us the consequences of our destructive deeds, and fulfil us to be like those who are blessed with abundance of good things.
194) Our Lord! give us the goodness which you have promised us through your messengers and confound us not with consequences of our evil deeds during the period of accountability. Surely you retract not your declared rule of law.
195) Thus accepted them their Lord saying, I cause not the work of any worker, male or female, to be lost. You proceed one from another. So those who migrated or were driven out from their homes and suffered damage in My cause yet struggled and fought their way through, surely I shall remove their harmful deeds from them and verily I shall bring them into Gardens underneath which rivers flow as a reward from Allah. And with Allah rests the best reward.
196) Let not the wealth and power of some of those who wage wars against Our guidance in the land deceive you.
197) It is but a brief comfort till whom they abuse wake up and react thus afterward the consequences of their deeds will land them in agony, an ill abode indeed.
198) But those who live by guidance of their Lord, they are bound to end up in their gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide, sent as a gift from their Lord. But That which Allah has in store is yet better for those who do good for others.
199) And of the people of the scripture there are some who commit to working for peace for sake of Allah and that which is revealed to you and that which was revealed to them, paying attention to rule of Allah. They exchange not for a little gain the revelations of Allah. Verily their reward is with their Lord, and Allah is perfect in calling to account.
200) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace! Endure and out do all others in endurance and be organised and consistent with Allah and humanity so that you succeed.
Surah 5 AL MAAIDAH= The Constitution
1) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace, fulfil all your constitutional obligations properly.
2)Lawful is for you all that helps you progress and prosper save what is stated for you as forbidden other than in case of emergency whereby you are restricted within your official capacity. Indeed Allah orders according to whatever serves His declared plan and purpose.
3) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace, do not violate limits of Allah, do not shed sacred blood, do not violate any given instruction nor contractual agreements or people visiting any sacred social structure to seek knowledge and livelihood according to the declared will of their Lord. When you are out of office and off your official duty then you are allowed to live as normal. Yet let not the presence of some people who once hindered you from the Sacred Rule incite you to commit transgression against them, rather cooperate with one another in doing what is right with thoughtfulness but cooperate not with each other doing wrong by going against the guidance of Allah. Be consistent with rule of Allah for the good of people, for Allah is strict in bringing about result of your own actions.
4) Unlawful for you is; stagnation, bloodshed, profiteering, proclaiming sovereignty of other than Allah, hindering progress, killing thought process, returning to double standards, destroying community by harming each other, approaching prosperity half heartedly rather than purposefully, looking for excuses to escape responsibilities, or becoming divided and a target practice for others. All these are acts that are against the guidance of Allah.
As of now those who oppose the guidance of Allah will have to give up on their hope of you ever giving up on your divine rule of law. So pay them no attention at all instead pay attention to Me by way of paying attention to My guidance. Today I have finalised your constitution for you by completing my guidelines for you and approved Al-Islam= the peace as a DEEN= the rule of law. Moreover anyone who is compelled to take law in to one's own hand due to lack of fair rule of law or its enforcement, not intending transgression, will find Allah Forgiving and Merciful.
5) They ask you what is lawful for them, say, all that is good for you is lawful for you, as well as what you have taught the parties to produce upon which depends your livelihood, you have trained them with the knowledge given to you by Allah. So participate in that what they assign for you but reflect the name of Allah thereby. Be consistent with Allah and humanity, for Allah is swift in putting you through consequences of what you do.
6) Today all that is good has been made lawful for you; so is participation of the people of the book made lawful with you and your participation with them is made lawful. Likewise is the protection of the peaceful communities from amongst yourselves as well as protection of the communities from amongst the people given the book before you, provided that you give them their legally agreed due and desire freedom from harm, neither committing excesses nor taking them as slaves. Any party who commits treachery with peace deal, all its good works will come to nothing and in the end it will be one of the losers.
7) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace, when you stand up to implement divine rule of law, submerge yourselves fully with objective and your supporters carefully and remain connected to your heads for training as well as with your foundations till completion of both the main objectives. And if you have any confusion then become completely clear. However, if you are weak in the knowledge of the process or you are on a journey to learning, or any of you have come from a humble background, or are stuck with your communities and you have no access to complete divine revelation then fulfil your objective by doing what benefits the people. Thus you should tackle objectives yourselves and your supporters thereby. Allah does not want to place burden upon you but he wants to free you from all ills and complete His favour upon you so that you appreciate.
8) So remember Allah’s revelation to you and His covenant the one by which He held you under obligation when you said, we hear and we obey. So be consistent with Allah and mankind, surely Allah familiar with secrets in your minds.
9) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace, be the ones who stand firmly for sake of Allah and be witnesses to the concrete truth and let not the enmity of a people incite you to do injustice. Do justice, that is right approach to consistency between people and is consistent with Allah, surely Allah is fully aware of all that you do.
10) Allah has promised those who are committed to working for peace and who do what is good for humanity that for them is relief from suffering and a mighty reward.
11) As for those who oppose our guidance by denying our revelations, they are the people in painful suffering.
12) O you who claim to be working for peace, call to mind Allah’s favour which He bestowed upon you when He restrained the hands of those who sought to harm you so be consistent with Allah, for it is Allah upon whose support should rely those who are committed to working for peace.
13) Allah did bind together children of Israel by way of His constitution and appointed twelve chieftains from among them and said, I am with you if you establish the divine rule of law and attain freedom from all ills and commit to working for peace with My messengers and support them and give a generous loan to Allah, I will certainly relieve you of harms you inflict upon your own people and land you into gardens beneath which rivers flow. However, if any one of you, after this, violates this covenant, he will indeed have gone stray from the way that is right.
14) Yet they broke their covenant and as a result, We condemned them to consequences that led them into suffering and they ended up with minds like lifeless stones. It is because they tampered with Our words taking them out of their proper contexts and neglected much of what they were bound to, to do. You will always find all of them deceitful except for a minority of them. So ignore their intentions and overlook their misdeeds of those of them who live with you, for Allah supports those who are kind to others.
15) and likewise We bound together by our guidance those who claim to be Christians, but they too have neglected much of what they were bound to, to do. As a result, We condemned to consequences like enmity and hatred between them, which will last till the time appointed for it and soon Allah will inform them about all of that which they have done.
16) O people of the Book, there has come to you Our messenger indeed to reveal much of what you have concealed in your scriptures and to pass over much of that which is no longer needed.
17) Surely there has come to you from Allah a new light and a book that is self evident,
18) with which Allah will guide those who seek to follow His declared program by ways and means that lead to peace thereby bringing them out of the depths of darkness of their ignorance into the light of His knowledge and guide them to the way that is firmly founded.
19) Indeed they have rejected and opposed Our guidance who have claimed without any proof that Allah is Messiah the son of Mary. Say to them, who has the power to prevent Allah if He chose to destroy the Messiah, the son of Mary, his mother and all those in the earth? Because to Allah alone belongs sovereignty over the heavens and the earth and all that is in between them. He creates what He plans and has set laws over all things.
20) The Jews and the Christians say, we are children of Allah and very dear to Him. Ask them, why then He lets you suffer for your transgressions against His rule of law? Nay! In fact you are normal human beings like others which He has created. He relieves suffering of whoever follows His declared will and He lets others remain in suffering who ignore His revealed will. To Allah belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and all that is in between them and it is up to Him to set the goal for mankind.
21) O people of the book, there now has come to you for sure Our that very messenger whom you were expecting, making things evident for you after slowing down of long list of the messengers in case you say, the one expected never came to give us good news of prosperity or to warn us with bad news of suffering. So there has come to you that deliverer of good news and warning so listen to him, for Allah has set laws of nature over all things.
22) Call to mind the incident when Moses said to his people, O my people! Remember the favours which Allah has bestowed upon you. He raised prophets from among you and made you powerful in the land and gave you that which had not been given to any nation in the world.
23) O my people! enter the land that is good for you which Allah has assigned for you but is taken away from you unjustly. Do not turn back because if you do, you will be the ones who will suffer the loss.
24) The cowards amongst them said, O Moses! Therein are now living a people who are warriors, so we will not set our foot in it until they leave all by themselves. But as soon as they leave we will be ready to enter.
25) Thereupon two men from amongst the thoughtful people upon both of whom Allah had bestowed His favour said, attack directly at the city gate, once you enter it, you will surely be victorious.
26) So put your trust in Allah if you are committed to working for peace.
27) The cowards replied, O Moses! We will never enter it so long as they remain in there. Therefore, both you and your Lord should go and fight meanwhile we rather stay where we are.
28) Hearing this from them Moses said, O my Lord! I have no authority from people to take steps on behalf anyone save myself and my brother. Therefore allow us disengagement from our people who have behaved cowardly which is inconsistent with your guidelines.
29 ) Thereupon Allah foretold Moses, they shall not be able to takeover this land for forty years and during this time let them be on a journey through the land to learn some sense, so grieve not over behaviour of these cowardly people.
30) Instead recite to them the lesson in the story of two children of Adam: Behold they each approached life their own chosen ways, the approach of one was accepted while that of the other was not. The latter said: I will destroy you. The former replied, Allah only accepts the approach of those who are consistent with His declared will.
31) So even if you use ways and means at your disposal to destroy me, I shall not use ways and means at my disposal to destroy you, for I am mindful of Allah's guidelines, who is the Lord of all the kingdoms.
32) I intend to let you bear the burden of my harmful actions as well as yours so that you become the inmate of the painful suffering, for that is the consequence set for those who transgress against the guidelines of Allah.
33) Thus the mindset of the latter prompted him to fight his brother so he fought him and became of the losers.
34) In order to prevent situations like this Allah revealed His messages as divine constitutions so that man explores the land to fulfil his needs accordingly to see how he can work for betterment of his fellow human. Alas! He cried, I failed even to realize that I am not even a good example for my less fortunate brother! So he became full of regrets.
35) On that basis We ordained for the children of Israel that whoever destroys a life except for murder or for creating wars in the land without justification, it will be as if he has destroyed all the human beings. And whoever saves a life it is as if he has saved the whole humanity. Yet, even though Our Messengers came to them one after the other with clear revelations, it was not long before most of them committed excesses in the land.
36) Surely reward for such as wage wars against Allah and His messenger and strive to create wars in the land against community in general is that they should be fought against or kept in captivity or their authority and their opposing foundation should be taken away from them and they should be expelled from the land. This is their humiliation in this world and in hereafter they will have yet grievous suffering,
37) except such as reform before you apprehend them and you should know that Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
38) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace! be consistent with rule of law of Allah and explore the ways and means to maintain it and strive hard in His way so that you could become prosperous.
39) As for those who reject and oppose Our rule of law, if they have everything that the earth contains or twice as much to offer as a ransom to redeem themselves from the consequences of their actions on the day of full and final accountability, it will not be accepted from them and they will suffer the painful consequences.
40) They will desire to get out of the suffering but will not be able to do so and they will have the punishment that will last them for as long as they deserve it.
41) Male or female, whoever is guilty of habitual theft for livelihood, stop them by limiting their ability to steal as a consequence for the crime they committed as a deterrent from Allah. Allah is Mighty in his Wisdom.
42) But if one repents after committing the crime and reforms one’s conduct, Allah will surely turn to such with grace. Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
43) Don’t you know that Allah alone has sovereignty over the heavens and the earth? He may let suffer the consequences of their actions whom He wills and He may grace with goodly reward whom He plans. Allah has set laws for governing everything.
44) O you the messenger! Do not pay attention to those who plunge headlong into rejection of our guidance by their actions, those who say with their tongues only, we are committed to working for peace, for they are not committed to working for peace in their minds. Moreover worry not about Jews, who listen to lies and spy for other people who had never come to you to know things for themselves. They twist the words of Allah by taking them out of their proper contexts and tell others, if you are given such and such commandment then accept it but if it is other than this then reject it. If Allah intends to put any group of people through a terrible ordeal due to its actions, you have no authority in the least to save it from Allah. Such people are those whose minds Allah does not free of their destructive ambitions and doubts; they will have humiliation in this world and a well deserved grievous punishment in the hereafter.
45) That is because they heed to falsehood and participate in what is strictly forbidden. Therefore if they come to you with their cases for decision, you may judge between them or refuse to do so. Even if you refuse, they will not be able to harm you the least, but if you do act as a judge then judge between them with fairness, for Allah supports those who are fair in their judgment.
46) But why do they come to you for Judgment when they have the Torah with them which contains Allah’s commandments? Yet they turn back after that. In fact, they are not at all committed to working for peace.
47) Indeed We revealed the Torah in which there is guidance and light of wisdom: By its laws all the Prophets, who were Muslims, judged those who call themselves Jews and so did the Rabbis and jurists of law. They were entrusted the protection of Allah’s book and they themselves were witnesses. They were told, pay no attention to opposing people rather pay attention to My guidelines and do not sell My revelations for a petty price, for those who judge not by the law which Allah has revealed, they are the ones who reject and oppose it.
48) We ordained in Torah for them, a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a nose for a nose, an ear for an ear, a tooth for a tooth and for a wound an equal retaliation. However, if any remits the retaliation by way of goodwill towards community it should be appreciated about him, for those who do not judge by the law which Allah has revealed, they are the ones who work against the divine rule of law.
49) At length in the footsteps of those prophets We sent Jesus the son of Mary confirming whatever was there before including the Torah, and We gave him the Injeel wherein was guidance and light of wisdom, corroborating what was revealed in the Torah; a guidance and an advice for those who wished to be consistent with Allah and mankind.
50) Therefore, let the people who follow the Injeel judge by the law which Allah has revealed therein; those who do not judge by the Law which Allah has revealed, they are the ones who transgress against the divine rule of law.
51) And likewise now We have revealed this book to you for consistency to confirm whatever of the scriptures came before it and to succeed it. Therefore judge between people according to Allah’s revelations and yield not to their make beliefs, diverging from the truth which has come to you. We have ordained a constitution and a way of life for each of you. If Allah wanted, He could have made all of you a single nation. But He planned otherwise in order to put you through struggle for survival in what He has given you; therefore try to excel one another in doing good for others. Ultimately you all shall return to Allah then He will show you the truth of those matters in which you dispute.
52) So pronounce Judgment among them according to the law which Allah has revealed and do not follow their make beliefs, and beware of them lest they tempt you away from a part of that which Allah has revealed to you. If they reject you as a Judge then know that it is Allah’s law to let them suffer for some of their transgressions against His law. In fact most of the people work against Our guidance.
53) By rejecting Our guidance do they wish to be judged by the laws of ignorance? Who is better Judge than Allah for people who are confident?
54) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace! Take not those who conspire against you from amongst Jews or Christians as your supporters they are only supporters of each another. Whoever of you ignores this commandment will be counted as one of them. Surely Allah does not guide the people who transgress against his laws.
55) Yet you will see those who have disease of hypocrisy and double standards in their minds amongst Muslims move around in Jewish camp saying, we fear lest a turn of fortune strike us. But soon when Allah brings about opening of the way and a decisive action according to His plan, they will be made to regret what they are hiding in their minds.
56) At that time those committed to working for peace will say, are these the same people who solemnly swore their strongest by Allah that they would stand by you? All their actions will become void and they will become the losers.
57) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace! Whoever from among you turns away from divine rule of law let him know that soon Allah will replace such with others whom He will support and they will support His cause, who will bring dignity to those who are committed to working for peace and will command respect against those who reject and oppose the divine rule of law, striving hard in the way of Allah and will have no fear of reproach from any debased critic. Such is grace of Allah which He bestows upon whom He plans. For knowledge of Allah is vast.
58) Surely your supporters are Allah, His messenger, and the fellow committed people working for peace - the ones who establish divine rule of law whereby they attain freedom from all manmade ills, for they reform themselves accordingly.
59) Let whoever takes Allah, His Messenger and committed fellow workers for peace as his supporters know that party of Allah will surely achieve its goal.
60) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace! Take not those who take your rule of law for a joke serving no purpose from among the people given the book before you and the opposers of Our guidance for supporters, instead be consistent with rule of Allah if you are truly committed to working for peace.
61) Behold! When you call for divine system of rule they take it for a joke serving no purpose; They do so because they are a people devoid of sense.
62) Say to them, O people of the book! What turns you against us other than the fact that we have committed ourselves to working for peace for sake of Allah according to what has been revealed to us and what was revealed before? The fact is that most of you are rebellious working against the rule of Allah.
63) Say, shall I tell you about those who suffered even worse than this by law of retribution from Allah? They were those whom Allah condemned to His wrath by letting them turn into mischievous monkeys and greedy pigs becoming slaves to destructive ambitions; These are the ones who became men of evil so these are worse in rank and far more astray from the right path.
64) When they come to you they say, we are committed to working for peace but in fact they were warmongers when they came and so they departed with the same mindset. Allah knows full well what they hide in their minds.
65) You will see most of them try to beat each other at doing worse against humanity out of animosity for it by participating in things that are against the divine rule of law. Destructive indeed is for humanity that which they do.
66) Why don’t their Rabbis and the Jurists of law stop them from promoting and participating in things that are unlawful and destructive for humanity? Destructive indeed are their works.
67) Yet the Jews dare say, hand of Allah is tied up! Nay! it is their own hands that are tied up through hoarding and profiteering because of their tricks based on their selfish greed they have gone far away from the guidelines of Allah as is obvious because they say, do not use what you have for the benefit of others. Say both of His hands are free but He uses things as He has planned them. However it is due to the fact that the revelations that have come to you from Allah are causing many of them to increase in their destructiveness in opposition to them. We have thereby let lose among them enmity and hatred till a set period of time. Every time they conspire to kindle the fire of war, Allah extinguishes it. Nonetheless they remain committed to striving for spreading wars in the land but Allah supports not those who spread disorder in the land.
68) If the people of the book had committed to working for peace properly and have become consistent with Our rule, We would certainly have removed their self created ills and admitted them to the gardens of Bliss.
69) If they had observed the Law in Torah and the Injeel and other revelations which were sent to them from their Lord, they would have certainly enjoyed abundance good things from above and from beneath. Though there are some among them on the right course yet most of them do nothing but that which is harmful.
70) O you the messenger! Deliver the message which has been revealed to you from your Lord because if you do not then you will not have fulfilled your mission. Allah will protect you from the people who oppose his guidance. Rest assured that Allah will not let the opposers of his guidance succeed.
71) Say, O people of the Book! You have no ground to stand upon unless you observe the Torah, the Gospel and other revelations that have come to you from your Lord. This guidance which has come to you from your Lord will surely increase the rebellion and opposition in many of them but you should worry not about those who oppose it.
72) Rest assured that those committed to working for peace, be they Jews, the Sabians and the Christians - whoever works for peace for sake of Allah and the good end result for humanity - will have nothing to worry or to regret once peace is established.
73) Certainly We bound the Children of Israel to Our constitution and sent them messengers. Whenever there came to them a messenger with a message it did not suit their make beliefs, so they called him an impostor and they fought him.
74) They thought no affliction would follow but it did because they acted blind and deaf. Still Allah out of extreme mercy accepted their repentance yet again many acted blind and deaf thereafter. Allah is seeing all that they do.
75) Certainly they have covered up the truth in their divine scripture who claim, Allah is Christ the son of Mary. While Christ himself used to say, O children of Israel! Commit to working for peace for sake of Allah who is my Lord as well as your Lord. Surely whoever attributes sovereignty to anyone other than Allah, Allah will deny him the paradise and painful suffering will be his aboard. There will be no helper for such as transgress in matter of sovereignty of Allah.
76) Certainly they have covered up the truth in their divine scripture who claim, Allah is one of the three in a Trinity because there is no god save one God. If they do not stop saying what they say, a painful suffering will befall those among them who oppose our guidance.
77) Will they still not turn to Allah and consult His revelation? For Allah is graceful and Merciful.
78) Christ, the son of Mary, was no more than a messenger, many messengers had already passed away before him. His mother was a woman consistent with our guidance; they both ate earthly food like other human beings. See how the revelations are made clear to them to know the truth, yet see how they ignore the truth!
79) Ask them, would you serve someone besides Allah who can neither harm nor benefit you while Allah is He who hears all and knows all?
80) Say O people of the book! Add not to your divine rule of law anything without proof and yield not to make beliefs of those who went astray before you, They misled many others and have themselves strayed away from the path that is right.
81) Condemned were who covered up the truth in the scripture from amongst children of Israel by the tongue of David and Jesus the son of Mary, because they opposed Our guidance and worked against it persistently.
82) They would not stop people from inflicting harms on each other, destructive indeed were their actions.
83) As you can see many of them are supporting the side of those who oppose our guidance. Harmful indeed is that which they themselves are doing for their future because they have strayed away from the guidance of Allah, so in suffering they are going to live all their lives unless they reform.
84) Had they committed themselves to working for peace with Allah and the Prophet and with that which was revealed to him, they would not have taken as their supporters those who opposed our guidance but most of them are rebellious and work against our guidance.
85) You will find that extreme in enmity to those who commit to working for peace are some of those who claim to be Jews as well as those who commit to rule of other than Allah but nearest in affection to those who are committed to working for peace are some of those who claim to be Christians. That is because among them there are some men who are wise and thoughtful, who discourage animosity towards other human beings so they behave not arrogantly towards others.
86) So much so that when they hear that which is revealed to this messenger, you can see their eyes filled with tears of appreciation, because they recognize the truth. They say, our Lord! We commit to working for peace therefore join us with those who bear witnesses before people on your behalf.
87) What reason do we have not to commit to working for peace according to revelation of Allah when the truth has come to us? Why should we not hope that our Lord joins us to be party of those who work for the good of others according to His plan?
88) And for this reason Allah will reward them with gardens beneath which rivers flow to live therein for as long as they live. Such is the outcome for those who do what is good for others.
89) As for those who reject and oppose Our revelations, they are those who will end up in painful suffering.
90) O you who commit to working for peace! Do not transgress limits by making unlawful that which is made lawful by Allah because it is beneficial, surely Allah supports not those who transgress His set limits.
91) So partake in that which is lawful and good that Allah has provided for you, thus be consistent with Allah for Whom you claim to be committed to working for peace.
92) Allah does not hold you liable for what is not binding in your contracts but He does hold you liable for that which is binding in your contracts. The penalty for breach of a civil contract is compensation equal to loss of the party involved, an average as valued by your own people, or as will cover them for loss, or to free a person from responsibility. The one who cannot afford any of these just going on a training course for three sessions is sufficient. Such is the penalty for breaching your contracts therefore be mindful of your contracts. Thus Allah makes clear to you His revelations so that you act thoughtfully.
93) O you who claim to be working for peace! Surely struggle for power and struggle for wealth thereby becoming divided and a target practice for each other are destructive therefore are works of the opposer of divine rule therefore stay away from them so that you could prosper.
94) The opposer of divine rule of law desires to stir up enmity and hatred between you as a people by means of power struggle and wealth struggle to take your minds off of the revelation of Allah and from divine rule of law, will you not then abstain?
95) Be consistent with rule of Allah and be consistent with the messenger and abstain from things like these. If you do not then be warned that duty of Our messenger is only to pass on Our message clearly.
96) There is no blame on those who are committed to working for peace and doing good for others for what they did in the past provided they abstain from those things in the future and remain committed to working for peace and doing good for others then remain consistent, thus remain committed to peace and thus remain consistent in doing favours for others. For Allah supports those who do favours for others.
97) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace! Allah makes you liable for any matter relating the protection of a people under your jurisdiction and within your reach, that is how Allah makes evident such as pay attention to the task set for them by the One Unseen. So any who transgresses thereafter for him will be painful suffering as a consequence.
98) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace! Do not destroy any of the protected people or thing as you are restricted by the sacred law. But if any of you does it intentionally then his penalty is equivalent of whatever one has destroyed as fairly judged by two representatives of the parties involved and should be handed over at the agreed place or any compensation equal to loss of the local community involved, or any other fair settlement for that to stop any reoccurrence of this terrible nature in the future. Allah orders that whatever happened in the past be forgiven but if anyone repeats it in future then Allah will inflict retribution upon him. Allah is Mighty and capable of retribution.
99) Lawful is for you to seek the abundance of prosperity and livelihood likewise for your mutual benefit, development and progress but plundering the protected land is forbidden for you as long as you are under restriction of the sacred law. So be mindful of Allah’s law before whom you will all be assembled for accountability.
100) Allah has set the objectives of the divine constitution as an eternal sanctuary for mankind with clear restrictions through guidance by way of guidelines, so that you know that Allah has knowledge of what is in the heavens and in the earth and that Allah is well aware of everything.
101) You should know that Allah is quick in letting lose the consequences of your actions, and that Allah is also the one who gives relief from problems out of His grace.
102) The duty of the messenger is only to pass on the message and Allah knows all that you reveal and all that you conceal.
103) Say, the harmful and the beneficial are not the same in their effect for the mankind even if the abundance of the harmful dazzles you, so be consistent with Allah O people who have sense so that you could prosper!
104) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace! Do not make demands for things that if exchanged for you would cause you difficulty but if you would demand them the while the Quran is being revealed then their harmful effects will be made plain for you. Allah has relieved you of their effects, for Allah is generous in His grace.
105) Some people before you did make such demands but ended up opposing them once they were made clear for them.
106) Allah did not tell people to tear each other apart and to live wild lives and to support each other for wrong reasons and to hate each other, such lies are invented against Allah by those who oppose his guidance, and most of them have no sense because they bother not learning.
107) When it is said to them, come to what is revealed by Allah and come to the messenger. Their reply is, sufficient is for us the way upon which we found our forefathers. What! Even if their forefathers knew nothing and were guided not to the path that is right?
108) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace! You are accountable for none but for yourselves, anyone who has gone astray cannot harm you if you remain on the right course of actions. To Allah you shall all return and He will let you know all that you did.
109) O you who claim to be committed to be working for peace! Set a standard for evidence between you so that when happens to you that which is certain as a part of life you are ready to deal with it, so let two honest men locally from among yourselves act as witnesses at the time of making any affidavit or from the outsiders including non-Muslims if you are travelling through the land and you are faced with danger. In case of local witnesses if you have reason to doubt their honesty, make them stand before the divine rule of law and let them both swear by Allah saying, we will not sell our testimony for any price even to a relative and we will not hide the testimony rather we will be stating it for the sake of Allah, for we will be inflicting severe harm on the victim and the community if we lied. Do likewise in case of nonMuslim witnesses according to their beliefs.
110) Thereafter if it becomes clear that those two were guilty of perjury then let two others better qualified witnesses from among those who were deprived of their right come forward and testify under oath saying, by Allah, our testimony is truer than theirs. We have not transgressed in our testimony because if we did, it will be inflicting a great harm upon the victim party.
111) By this procedure it is more likely that they will bear true witness or at least fear that their testimonies under oath could be contradicted by subsequent testimonies of others under oath. So be consistent with Allah and heed His advice. For Allah guides not a people who rebel against His constitution.
112) On the day of accountability when Allah gathers the messengers and asks, what response were you given by your people you were sent? They will say, we have no knowledge outside what you already know, only You know all there is to know about it.
113) In turn Allah will ask, O Jesus son of Mary! Recall my favour upon you and your mother. Remember how at the time I strengthened you with divine revelation therefore you could speak to the people wisely with maturity and how I taught you the Book, the Wisdom, the Torah and the Gospel? How you were able to create a people lying in dust into a community the like of a soaring bird by My revealed plan by breathing into it a new breath of life and how you were able to heal the people ignorant of divine knowledge by birth as well as how you were able to end the isolation of a neglected people by My plan and how you were able to bring the destroyed nation back to life by My guidance? Furthermore call to mind how I protected you from the violence of the Children of Israel when you came to them with clear guidelines yet those who opposed my guidance among them said, this is nothing but a conspiracy against our religion and the existing way of life?
114) And remember when I inspired the disciples to commit to working for peace on My behalf by supporting My messenger and they said, we commit to working for peace so bear witness that we are of those who have committed themselves to working for peace.
115) Behold! The disciples asked, O Jesus son of Mary! Is it possible for your Lord to reveal for us a divine program? He replied, be consistent with Allah if you really are committed to working for peace that is the divine goal for you.
116) They said: we surely intend to participate in it, for our minds are satisfied and we intend to make it evident to others that you have told us the truth and we bear witness about it to others.
117) Said then Jesus son of Mary, O Allah our Lord! Reveal for us a set plan from the heaven and let it be the plan of happiness for the first of us as well as for the last of us and a proof of your divinity, thus grant us our sustenance, for You are unique of the Sustainers.
118)Allah said, I shall reveal it for you but if any of you fails to fulfil its obligations then I shall let him suffer the torment like of which I have never let loose on any of the nations in the world.
119) Therefore on the day of accountability Allah will ask, O Jesus son of Mary, Did you ever say to the people, take me and my mother as gods beside Allah? He will answer, glory be to You! How could I say what I had no right to say? If I had ever said so, you would certainly know it. You know what is even in my mind, but I know not what is in Yours, for You have full knowledge about all things.
120) I never said to them anything other than what You commanded me to say which was to serve the rule of Allah, Who is my Lord and your Lord. I was a witness over them for as long as I remained among them but when You brought my life with them to an end, You were the One Who watched over them and surely You are Witness to everything.
121) If You punish them then they surely are Your servants but if You forgive them then You are surely Mighty in Wisdom.
122) Allah will say, this is the day on which the truthful will benefit from their truth. They will have gardens beneath which rivers flow to live therein for as long as they deserve. Allah is well-pleased with them and they are pleased with Him. This is the mighty achievement.
123) To Allah belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and all that is in between them, and He has set laws governing over all things.
Surah 6 AL ANAAM= The Blessings or The Progress and Prosperity
Proclaim in the name of Allah the beneficent, the merciful.
1) Sovereignty belongs to Allah, He Who brought about the heavens and the earth and created the darknesses of ignorance and the light of knowledge. Yet those who oppose rule of law of their Lord dare ascribe sovereignty to others.
2) He it is Who brought you about by a set process from the chemicals of the earth and set for you a period of life by a decreed law and with him is yet another life for you; and still you are in doubt about His sovereignty.
3) Moreover Allah is He the God of the heavens and the earth. He knows what you conceal and what you reveal and He knows all that you do.
4) Yet there comes not a scripture from amongst the scriptures of their Lord but they turn away from it.
5) And likewise indeed they have denied the truth that has come to them now but soon they will come to know the reality which they are ridiculing.
6) Have they not seen how many generations We have let destroy themselves before them? We did establish those nations to be more powerful in the land than yourselves because they followed our guidance and We sent down for them abundant rain from the heaven and made the rivers flow beneath their feet as we promised them, yet they went astray and for their works against our guidance We left them to destroy themselves and raised in their places other generations who followed our guidance.
7) And even if We had sent to you a book written on paper and they could have touched it with their own hands instead of mere revelation, those who oppose our guidance would still have said, this is nothing but a clear trick!
8) They ask, why has not a king been sent with him? Well, if We had sent a king with him, the matter would have been settled at once and no respite would have been granted to them after that;
9) Even if We had sent a king to him, what difference could that make because We would have certainly sent him as an ordinary upright man and thus they would be in the same confusion as they are now.
10) And messengers before you were also ridiculed likewise because of Our guidance to save people from their own self created destruction but in the end those who ridiculed our guidance they were hemmed in by the very consequences they were foretold but they laughed it off.
11) Say, travel through the earth and see what was the end of those who ignored, rejected, opposed and even declared wars on Our guidance.
12) Ask them, to whom belongs all that is in the heavens and in the earth? Tell them, to Allah! He has imposed it upon Himself to be merciful to his creatures. He will certainly gather you all together on the day of accountability wherein is no doubt. Those who are putting themselves in loss for that day are not committing themselves to working for peace.
13) To Him belongs all that exists in the darkness of night as well as in the light of the day. For He attends to all and Knows all.
14) Say, should I take as my supporter anyone other than Allah who is the creator of the heavens and the earth, Who provides for all but is provided by none? Say, I am commanded to be the foremost of those who submit to His rule and be not of those who accept sovereignty of other than Allah.
15) Say, I am conscious of the consequences if I be inconsistent with guidance of my Lord, for I am aware of the torment of a mighty day.
16) He who is delivered from the torment of that day, has indeed received Allah’s mercy and this is clearly a great achievement.
17) And it is up to Allah that if He afflicts you with any harmful consequences of your actions then none can relieve you other than Him; and likewise it is up to Him if He blesses you with happiness due to your actions because He has set laws of nature for all things.
18) He is the supreme Authority for His servants and He is Wise and Aware.
19) Ask them, whose testimony is most reliable? Tell them of Allah, so let Allah be the Witness between me and you that this Qur’an has been revealed to me by Him so that I may warn you thereby and all those whom it may reach. Say, can you likewise bear witness that there is any other god beside Allah and that you have his testimony for this claim of yours? Tell them, I have no such proof to bear witness to this claim of yours instead I am told to say, Indeed He is the One and the Only God and I am absolutely free of attributing sovereignty to any other than Allah that you are committed to without any basis.
20) Surely those to whom We have given the scriptures before know this fact as they know their own children. The truth is those who are putting themselves at a loss will not commit to working for peace.
21) Who can be more harmful for mankind than a person who attributes a lie to Allah or rejects and opposes His revelations? Surely there is no escape from consequences of their actions for those who work against our rule of law.
22) And on the day of accountability when We will gather them all together and ask those who ascribe sovereignty to other than Allah, where are those rulers whom you took for My equals?
23) They will have no argument but to say, by Allah our Lord, we were not at all those who lived by rule of other than Allah.
24) See how they will lie against themselves and how the sovereigns they took for granted other than Allah will leave them in the lurch?
25) Of them there are some who can hear you but pay no attention as if we have cast veils over their minds and deafness in their ears so they are unable to understand. Even if they see every one of Our revelations, they will not commit to working for peace. They are so sure of themselves that when they come to you, they come to fight with you. These opposers of our guidance claim, these are nothing but tales of the ancient.
26) They themselves oppose our guidance and tell others to oppose it also. By doing so they are only harming their own peoples’ future but they realise it not.
27) And if you could imagine the scene when they will be made to stand by their these very actions at the brink of terrible suffering, they will say, we wish we could go back to the beginning and this time we would not deny the revelations of our Lord, and we would join those who are committed to working for peace.
28) Nay! They will say this because they will come to know the result of their actions which they used to hide before. In fact even if they be sent back to start again, they would certainly repeat the same things which they had been forbidden to do. They are liars indeed.
29) Likewise today they say, there is no other life except the life on this earth and we shall never be raised to life again.
30) If you could imagine another scene when they will be confronted by their Lord in next life, He will ask, Is this not a reality? They will say, yes our Lord. He will order, well then taste the consequences for denying this reality and inflicting terrible harms on others.
31) Those people are indeed lost who deny that they will ever face Allah. When the moment of death will overtake them all of a sudden, they will exclaim, Alas! How negligent we have been about this moment. They will be carrying the burden of their harmful actions on their backs and destructive indeed are the burdens that they will carry!
32) The life in this world is nothing more than a purposeless game for those who ignore Our guidance and neglect their duty to others but the life of the Hereafter will be better for those who commit to working for peace and do good for others. Will you then not use your intelligence to think sensibly?
33) O Muhammad, We know it makes you sad what they say but they do not deny you because of you rather these destructive people deny you as well due to their quarrel with goals of Allah.
34) And indeed denied were messengers before you by their people but patiently they held on to what they denied and put up with their persecution until Our help came to them, because none can change the rules and laws of Allah so consequences cannot be escaped. You have already received the reports of what happened to those messengers and their opposers.
35) If you find their opposition to our guidance hard to bear then if you can, either find a way to their ground or help them understand the divine revelation and thereby bring them the proof. If Allah wanted He could have put all of them on the same track instead of letting them struggle for it. So do not be like those who are ignorant of divine plan.
36) Surely those who seek guidance will listen to it, examine it and accept it. As for the self centred mentally dead Allah will bring them back to life on the day appointed to be produced in His court for accountability.
37) They ask, why has no evidence been sent to him from his Lord as we demand it? Tell them, Allah is surely able to send a proof, however most of them do not know how to examine a proof.
38) Behold, there is not an animal that walks upon the earth or any bird that flies in the air but they are communities like you but organised for their own benefit. We have not left out anything from the book that was necessary for the benefit of mankind so that you too may follow the guidance, however all shall end up gathered before their Lord for accountability.
39) Those who oppose Our Revelations are self centred lost in themselves so they are like deaf and dumb, living as if in many layers of darkness of ignorance. Allah confounds whom He finds deserving and guides to the way firmly founded whom He finds deserving.
40) Ask them to think carefully and answer, when you face a disaster or the sign of last moment approaches you, would you call for help anyone other than Allah?
41) Say, no rather upon Him alone you will call and forget those whom you have set up
as His partners, then if it is His plan, He will relieve you from the affliction you face.
42) We did send messengers before you to other nations with our guidance but they opposed our guidance so we let the consequences of their actions afflict them with suffering and adversities so that they may learn from all this experience of some of them as to how to be good human beings.
43) Why did they the leading people of them not then humble themselves towards their less well off when the sufferings overtook them? On the contrary their hearts became even more hardened and their destructive leadership made their harmful acts seem fair to them.
44) When they neglected the warning they had received then We opened the gates of every kind of prosperity for those leading them but just as they were rejoicing in what they were given, We suddenly seized ruling elite with uprising by the ruled masses, thus they were plunged into despair!
45) Thus We cut off the roots of those who work against our guidance. And sovereignty belongs to Allah alone the Lord of all the nations in the world.
46) Ask them, just think for a moment, if Allah takes away your hearing and your sight and seals up your minds, is there any deity other than Allah who could restore them to you? See how We explain things in Our revelations over and over again and yet you go against them.
47) Say: Just think if the affliction from Allah comes to you suddenly or openly, would any be destroyed other than the ones who live their lives opposing Our rule of law?
48) We have sent the messengers only to deliver our forecast which is good results for good actions that are according to our guidance and bad results for destructive actions against our guidance: so those who commit to working for peace and mend their ways shall have nothing to worry or to regret when rule of Allah is properly established.
49) But those who oppose Our revelations shall face the consequences for their transgressions against our guidance.
50) Say, I do not claim as a servant of Allah that the treasures of Allah are in my control, or that I am aware of all that is hidden from people, nor do I claim that I am a king rather I claim to be a messenger of Allah so I follow nothing but the guidance that is revealed to me. Ask them, are the blind and the seeing alike, why don’t you think?
51) So educate with this Quran those who become aware of being assembled before their Lord in such a condition that there will be no one to support them or plead on their behalf against Him. It may be that they become a people who are consistent with God and humanity.
52) And drive not away those who call to their Lord day and night, seeking only to achieve His set goal. You are in no way accountable for anything they do nor are they in any way accountable for anything you do. So if you drive people like them away, you shall be counted among those who work against our guidance.
53) For that is how We have set some people to struggle for the good of the others so that influential but ignorant people could look down on them and say, are these the people whom Allah has favoured from amongst us? Say, does Allah not know best those who appreciate His guidance?
54) When those who claim to be committed to working for peace according to Our goals and guidelines come to you say, peace be upon you your Lord has imposed upon Himself to be merciful to mankind. If any among you commits harmful act against others because of ignorance and thereafter turns to guidance of Allah and mends his ways then you will find Allah graciously merciful.
55) Thus We explain Our goals and guidelines so that the way of the culprits becomes clearly evident.
56) Say, I am stopped by Allah from serving those to whom you invite me to other than Allah. Say, I am not going to follow your baseless ideas and practices, for if I do then I too would be lost and cease to be the one rightly guided.
57) Say, I am on an evidence based clear guidance from my Lord which you have opposed arrogantly but the results of your actions are not in my power to reveal, which you are in such a rush to see. Indeed the decision for that rests with none but Allah Who declares the truth and He is uniquely decisive.
58) Say, if what you rush to see was in my power then the matter between you and me would have been settled long ago but Allah knows best how to deal with those who transgress His limits.
59) Because with him rest the keys of the knowledge of things beyond our senses, no one knows them except Him. He knows whatever is in the land and in the sea, there is not a single leaf that falls without His knowledge, there is neither a grain in the darkness of the earth nor anything wet or dry which is not stated clearly.
60) And He it is Who takes away your awareness during sleep at night and knows what you do during the day. Moreover he wakes you up from sleep to let you complete your allotted span of life. Likewise to Him you shall all return then He will notify you of all that you would have done.
61) And He it is Who is the Guardian of His servants who commit to working for peace and He appoints for you means of sustenance till there comes the time for death when Our appointed causes cause you to die and they never fail in their responsibility.
62) Then they are to be brought back to Allah, their real Master. Beware! the decision rests with Him and He is swift in settling the accounts.
63) Ask them, who delivers you from calamities in the darkness of the land and of the sea, when you call upon Him in open humility and silent terror saying, if You deliver us from this affliction then we will indeed appreciate it?
64 Say, Allah delivers you from these and all other calamities, yet you attribute sovereignty to others and live by their rule of law inflicting harm on others.
65) Say, He has the power to send calamities upon you from above and from below or to split you into discordant factions to make you taste the violence from one another. See how We explain things clearly in Our revelations over and over again so that they may learn to understand.
66) Yet your people are rejecting and opposing this Quran although it is the truth indeed. Tell them, I am not appointed as warden over you to force you into believing and doing things against your will.
67) For every prophecy there is an appointed time for its fulfilment, and soon you will come to know.
68) So when you come across such as fight against Our goals and guidelines instead of discussing them sensibly, avoid them till they engage on some other topic or discuss things properly in a purposeful way. And if the opponent makes you forget about this advise then when you remember it, withdraw from the company of people who transgress against the limits of Allah.
69) Though people who do what benefits others will not be held responsible for those who do what harms others, yet it is their duty to advise them, perchance they realise and refrain from harming others in future.
70) Let such people do as they please who make the sole purpose of their life mere play and amusement at the expense of others because they allowed themselves to be deceived by life of this world. However, keep on advising them with this Quran lest they end up destroyed as a consequence of harm they inflict on each other and let them be aware, they will have none to rescue them from set laws of Allah even if they sought to offer every imaginable ransom it shall not be accepted from them. Such are those who are damned by their own harmful actions. For them will be deluge of worries as painful suffering due to their transgression against Our set limits.
71) Say to the polytheists, should we call on your selfmade gods instead of Allah who can neither benefit us nor harm us? Should we turn upon our heels after Allah has guided us to the right way? Like the one whom the opponents of rule of Allah have misled and is wandering around in the land confused while his friends are calling him to the right path saying, come to us! Tell them, Allah’s guidance is the only true guidance. We are commanded to accept the rule of the Lord of the nations,
72) and to establish divine rule of law and be consistent with Him, for it is He before Whom you shall all be assembled.
73) And He it is Who has created the heavens and the earth for a set purpose. And the day He initiates the process of accountability to commence, it shall be. The fact stated by Him. So His will be the new kingdom on the day when the life will be breathed in to the new universe. He has the full knowledge of the unseen and seen. He is Wise and all Aware.
74) Tell them about Abraham who said to Azer, a father of his people, why do you take your make beliefs for gods? Surely I see you and your nation in manifest error.
75) Therefore We revealed for Abraham the sovereignty in the heavens and the earth that his nation may become of those who base their beliefs on the evidence.
76) Once it so happened that when the night covered his nation he observed a star being worshiped by them. His nation claimed, it is my Lord but then it faded away, so Abraham said to them, I rely not on such as fade away.
77) Then he observed worship of the moon that was shining. His nation claimed, this is my Lord but that too faded away. To make them realise he said, if my Lord guides me not then I am certainly of those who go astray.
78) Then he observed worship of the sun with its brighter shine. His nation claimed, this too is my Lord and it is the great one but it also faded away. On this Abraham said to them, O my people! I am free of all those to whom you attribute sovereignty other than Allah.
79) I turn myself to Him alone Who has created the heavens and the earth, and I am
not of those who attribute sovereignty to anyone other than Allah.
80) However his people started fighting with him so he said to them, are you fighting with me about Allah whereas He Himself has guided me indeed? I do not fear those whom you attribute sovereignty other than Him. Nothing happens unless my Lord so plans, the knowledge of my Lord encompasses everything, so why don’t you examine my statement?
81) How can I give any importance to that to which you attribute sovereignty when you are not paying any attention to your own actions for making them equal to Allah for which He has not given you any proof? Which of the two parties of us is truly based on firm foundation? Tell me, if you really have the wisdom.
82) Surely those who commit to working for peace and do not discredit their working for peace with transgressions against limits of Allah, such are the ones who truly work for peace because they are the ones rightly guided.
83) And that was the argument with which We furnished Abraham to guide people. We exalt in ranks whom We find deserving, surely your Lord is wise and knowledgeable.
84) And We gave him Isaac and Jacob and guided them all as We guided Noah before them, and among his descendants were David, Solomon, Job, Joseph, Moses and Aaron thus We reward those who do good for others.
85) And Zakariya, John, Jesus, and Elias, all of them were of those who did what was good for others;
86) and Ishmael, Elisha, Jonah and Lot. We exalted every one of them over the nations.
87) as We exalted some of their forefathers, their children and their brothers. We chose them for Our service and guided them to the way that is firmly founded.
88) Such is the guidance of Allah whereby He guides whom He finds deserving of His people. If they had committed themselves to other sovereigns than Allah their works would have become void.
89) Such were the people to whom We gave the book, the wisdom and the Prophethood. Now if these people oppose this guidance then We would bestow it upon another people who would oppose it not.
90) These were the people who were rightly guided by Allah therefore follow them and tell these people, I am not asking you for any reward for it because this message is nothing but a divine constitution to examine and implement for the people of all the nations.
91) No importance they give to Allah those who ignorantly claim, Allah has never revealed anything to any human being. Ask them, who then sent the book that Moses brought a light and guidance for mankind? You have transcribed it on separate sheets, publishing some and suppressing much of that given knowledge, which neither you nor your forefathers previously possessed. If they cannot answer then just tell them, Allah and leave them alone with their baseless superfluous arguments.
92) Likewise is this equally blessed book like the ones before it which We have revealed confirming what came before it so that you warn the people living in the Mother of Cities and those who live all around it. And those who commit to working for peace for better end goal commit to working for peace thereby and it is they who fulfil their contracts faithfully.
93) And who can be more destructive than- the one who invents a lie and attributes it to Allah or claims that like is revealed to me too when in truth nothing was revealed to him- or the one who claims that I can create the like of what Allah has revealed? If you could only imagine when these transgressors against Our rule are overwhelmed by mutual self destruction and the people who serve Our kingdom extend their jurisdiction saying, give up yourselves! Today you will be rewarded with disgrace as a punishment for making up and spreading lies against Allah which you had no right to do and you showed arrogance against His revelations!
94) And on day of accountability Allah will say to them, behold, you have come back to Us Alone as We created you the first time, leaving behind all that which We gave you in that world and We don’t see with you your intercessors whom you assumed Allah’s partners in His sovereignty as regard your affairs. All your ties have been cut off indeed so what you presumed has failed you.
95) Surely it is Allah Who causes the seed and the fruit-stone to split and sprout. He brings forth the living from the dead and the dead from the living. It is Allah alone who does all this then how is it that you move away from the truth?
96) He introduces the day to the earth under the dark of the night and He made the night for rest and the sun and the moon for you to determine times, these are the arrangements of the Almighty, the All-Knowing.
97) And He it is Who has made for you the stars as guides so that you might find your way thereby in the darkness on the land or in the sea. We have explained things in Our revelations very clearly for people who use their sense to learn.
98) And He it is Who has originated you from a single life form and appointed for you a place to settle in and a place to depart. We have explained things in Our revelation very clearly for people who learn to understand things.
99) It is He Who sends down water from the heaven as rain and therewith produces vegetation of all kinds, He brings forth green crops producing grain piled up in the ear, palmtrees laden with clusters of dates hanging within reach, gardens of grapes, olives, and pomegranates, though their fruit resembles in kind yet is different in variety. Look at their fruits as they yield and ripen. Behold! In these things there are evidences for those who commit to working for peace.
100) Yet they assign sovereignty alongside Allah to the ruling elite even though He created them and ascribe to Him sons and daughters without any proof. Free is He from any such need and beyond such things as they ascribe to Him.
101) He is the originator of the heavens and the earth. How could He have a son when He
has none other of his kind to take a wife for himself? He has created everything and is aware of everything.
102) That is Allah your Lord! None is god but Him the creator of everything, so
obey His rule of law because upon that rests protection of all things.
103) Eyes cannot see Him while He can see all the eyes. He is the Subtle, the Aware.
104) There have come to you clear evidences from your Lord to open your eyes, so any who opens his eyes, it is for the benefit of himself and any who plays blind, it is to his own destruction, for I am a messenger of Allah and not a keeper over you to prevent you from doing things against my wishes.
105) Thus We explain Our revelations over and over so that the opposers of our guidance are forced into admitting that you are a learned person but taught by who? And that this may become clear to people of understanding.
106) Follow what is revealed to you from your Lord, for none is god but Him and turn aside from those who attribute sovereignty to others than Allah, for they have no sense.
107) If Allah so wanted they would not be such as attribute sovereignty to other than Allah. We have neither appointed you their keeper nor made you their attorney.
108) However, do not approach without wisdom the issue of those whom these people attribute sovereignty other than Allah as response will be animosity and break down of communication affecting deliverance of message of Allah. For that is how each group of people act as it seems right to them. Remember, in the end they all will return to their Lord for accountability then He will tell them reality of all that they do.
109) These polytheists swear by Allah to Muslims that if a divine message as per their demand came to them directly they would most certainly follow it faithfully. Say to them, surely sending of revelations rest with Allah Who knows who to choose as His prophets and what would make you realise that even if a revelation comes to them they will still not accept it?
110) For We will let their minds and their eyes remain as they wish which prompted them to rejection of our guidance in the first place, so We will leave them to wander in their rebellious confusion.
111) Even if We had sent to them the kings as messengers or made the people who destroyed themselves speak to them, and presented all the different things in the world before them as proof, they would not have accepted the divine truth unless Allah wanted otherwise. All because most of them make demands out of their ignorance of Our purpose.
112) Like this messenger We let rise against each messenger his opponents, the destructive people from among the masses and from among the leadership- some of them inspiring the others with seductive speeches for deception. If your Lord wanted, they would not have done so. Therefore ignore them as well as what they plot,
113) To such let the minds of those incline who do not commit to working for peace for the good end result for mankind so let them be happy and let them earn what they may.
114) Say, should I seek rule of other than Allah when He is the One Who has revealed this book with all necessary detail? Those whom We gave the Book before know very well that it is revealed to you from your Lord for this purpose, therefore you should not be of those who have doubts.
115) And words of your Lord are final in matters of truth and justice. There is none to change His words. for He is all Hearing and all Knowing.
116) However, If you followed most of the people on earth they will lead you away from the way of Allah because they follow nothing but make beliefs and promote nothing but destructive goals.
117) In fact, your Lord knows best those people who have strayed from His way and He knows best those who are on the His path.
118) So participate only in that which is approved in the name of Allah by His goals and guidelines if you are truly committed to working for peace.
119) Why should you not partake in that which is approved in the name of Allah when He has clearly explained to you in detail what you are forbidden to do except in case of danger or chaos? In fact many mislead people by their make beliefs without any knowledge. Your Lord knows best those who transgress against His set limits.
120) Abstain from all criminal activities whether open or secret. Surely those who commit crimes will get due punishment for their wrongdoings.
121) Do not participate in anything which is not approved in the name of Allah, for that is surely transgression against the limits set by law of Allah. In fact the opponents of law of Allah encourage their supporters that they should fight with you, so defend yourselves because if you obeyed them then surely you will be considered one of those who attribute sovereignty to other than Allah.
122) Can a person who was like dead due to ignorance and whom We raised to life by inspiring him with light of knowledge to walk with among people be like the one who is in the depths of darkness of ignorance from which he does not come out? Thus we let the opposers of Our guidance remain happy with what they do.
123) and that is why in every town We let arise criminals as their ring leaders to conspire therein and they plot against none but their own selves though they perceive it not.
124) Whenever there comes to them a revelation they say, we will not commit to working for peace till we are given directly that which is given to the messengers of Allah. Allah knows best to whom He should give His message. Soon these criminals will be overtaken by humiliation and by a severe revolt by their victims by declared rule of Allah for their evil plots against Our guidance thereby against humanity at large.
125) Whoever Allah finds deserving to be guided He opens his chest to Islam and whoever He finds deserving confusion He makes his chest narrow and squeezes so tight that at the very idea of Islam he feels as if he is going to climb up towards the sky. That is how Allah places a blight on those who oppose his guidance.
126) Islam=peace is the way of your Lord that is straight and We have explained it clearly in Our revelations for the people who have learned to think properly.
127) For them there will be a home of peace with their Lord. He will be their supporter because of their works according to His guidance that lead to peace.
128) On the day of accountability when He will assemble the leadership and the masses all together, Allah will address the leadership, O assembly of leaders! You seduced masses in great number. And their votaries from among masses will say, Our Lord, we both have benefited from each other's fellowship but alas! Now we have reached the end of our term which You had decreed for us. Then Allah will say, now agonising suffering is your state of existence, you will remain therein forever until Allah ordains otherwise. Surely your Lord is Wise and all Knowing.
129) That is how We let transgressors against Our rule of law support each other on basis of what they do.
130) O Assembly of leadership and the masses! Did not there come to you the messengers from amongst you who proclaimed to you My revelations and warned you about the meeting of this day? They will reply, we bear witness against ourselves that they did. Today this worldly life has deceived them but on that day they will testify against themselves that they were indeed those who opposed Our rule.
131) Your Lord does not destroy towns without any warning while their residents are unaware of their crime.
132) All will be awarded ranks according to their deeds and your Lord is not unaware of what they do.
133) Your Lord is Self-Sufficient Lord of Mercy. If it was His plan, He could have destroyed you all and replaced you with others as He planned just as He raised you from the offspring of other people.
134) Surely what you are being threatened with must come to pass and you can do nothing against it happening.
135) O my people! Do whatever you can against the rule of Allah and I will do whatever I can for the rule of Allah, soon you will find out who is rewarded better in the end, rest assured that the transgressors against rule of Allah will never prosper.
136) Because they only allow for the rule of Allah a tiny part in what He has provided for them of the crops and in other things of value saying, this is all role for the rule of Allah as per their make beliefs and rest of the role is for our masters to play. Their masters’ role is not for Allah yet the role of Allah is wholly given to their masters. What a self destructive decision they make for themselves!
137) Thus these masters have made it look great in the eyes of many of these slaves of theirs even to destroy future of their own children in order to ruin themselves and to confuse them in the name of religion. If Allah had not given them choice, they would not have done so however leave them to their chosen self destructive make beliefs.
138) For this reason they assert with their lies that the land and its resources are restricted by Allah and none has the right to use them unless we allow it. And prosperity, they restrict acquiring it and they do not make manifest glory of the name of Allah thereby and they have attributed lies to Him about prosperity. Soon He will call them to account for their inventions and lies against Him.
139) They also assert, whatever in yet not discovered of the wealth in the earth is only for our ruling elite and it is forbidden for our masses but if it is of no value for ruling elite then all the rest can share it. Soon He will reward them with consequences for their attribution of such lies. Surely He is Wise and all Knowing.
140) Surely losers are those who destroy their own children foolishly without knowledge and restrict their participation in that which Allah has provided them falsely ascribing prohibitions to Allah. Certainly they have gone astray and are not at all rightly guided.
141) He it is Who has created all kinds of plants, trellised and untrellised, the palm trees,
the field crops with produce of different kinds, the olives and pomegranates, similar in kind yet different in taste. Eat of their fruit in their season and give away to others as gift to enjoy on the harvest day. Do not let it go to waste, surely He supports not the wasteful.
142) Of the abundance of divine gifts, some are buried in the earth and others are on surface. So use all that Allah has provided for your use but follow not ways of opponent of Allah’s rule. Surely such a person is your open enemy.
143) Take eight exact opposite things in pairs. Take the pairing of the humble and pairing of the strong and ask them, of these has He put restrictions on the strong or the opposite or on whatever either of them contain within them? Answer me based on knowledge if what you claim is true.
144) Likewise take the pairing of the unity of masses and take the pairing of disunity between masses, of these has He put restriction on unity of masses or the opposite or on whatever either of them contain within them? Were you present when Allah gave you these commandments? If not then who can be more destructive than the one who forges a lie against Allah, so that he may mislead mankind without having any knowledge? Surely Allah does not guide the transgressors against His rule.
145) Say to them, I did not find in what has been revealed to me anything forbidden regarding partaking save participation in activities that lead to death and bloodshed and profiteering for such activities are harmful and destructive upon which reflect rule in the name of other than Allah. Even so if anyone is forced in a helpless situation intending neither disobedience nor transgression, you will find your Lord Forgiving, Merciful.
146) As for those who claim to be Jews We let them carry on with their self imposed forbiddance of the flesh of all animals having claws, and the fat of oxen and sheep and goats, save that borne by their backs or intestines or that which adheres to the bones. That was the consequence of their deliberate transgression against Our rule of law and surely Our rule of law is true to its set purpose.
147) Yet if they oppose you say to them, your Lord is the owner of boundless mercy, but His scourge cannot be averted from people who are committed to crimes against His constitution.
148) Those who attribute sovereignty to other than Allah will reply, if Allah wanted neither we nor our forefathers would have been those who live by rule of other than Allah or could have made anything unlawful. That is how their ancestors rejected the truth until they suffered the consequences. Say, do you have any evidence for this that you can put before us? The fact is you believe in nothing but conjecture and follow nothing but lies.
149) Say, Allah’s argument is conclusive that if it had been His declared plan to do so then He could indeed have guided you all.
150) Say, bring forth your witnesses to give evidence that Allah has forbidden so and so. Even if they do bear false witness on behalf of their masters, you should not bear witness with them nor yield to destructive ambitions of those who deny Our revelations and those who do not commit to working for peace for the better end goal for mankind and ascribe right of rule to others than Allah.
151) Say, come I will recite what your Lord has forbidden for you that you should not assign right of rule for anyone other than Allah, to be kind to your parents, not to kill your children for lack of provision because We have provided sustenance for you and for them, not to commit acts that bring shame whether open or secret, not to take any life forbidden by Allah except according to set divine purpose. These are the things which He instructed you so that you may learn wisdom.
152) Also not to go near the property of an orphan except for its betterment until he attains maturity. Give full measure and just weight - We never burden a soul with responsibilities more than it can bear. Whenever you speak be fair even if it affects your own relatives, thus fulfil your covenant with Allah. These are the things which He has enjoined on you so that you may be consistent purpose of Allah and humanity.
153) Verily this is my way, the firmly founded way therefore follow it and do not follow other ways, for they will lead you away from Him and set you against each other thereby destroy you. This is what He enjoined on you so that you may guard yourselves against harm.
154) Moreover We gave Moses the book to complete Our favour on those who would do good to others, it contained detail of all things for the set purpose and was a guide and a mercy so that they commit to working for peace for the good of humanity in the hope of meeting with their Lord.
155) Likewise We have revealed this book as a blessing therefore, follow it conscientiously so that you may become covered up in compassion.
156) Surely we revealed this book in case you say, the divine book was revealed only to two parties before us and we were unaware of what they read,
157) or lest you say that if the book had been revealed to us then we could have followed its guidance better than them, a veritable sign has now come to you from your Lord as a guidance and mercy. Who then is more destructive than the one who denies the revelations of Allah and turns away from them oneself and others? Very soon those who turn away from Our revelations will face dreadful consequences for their aversion to our guidance for humanity.
158) Are they waiting for anything other than the servants of Allah’s rule of law or for your Lord to reach them by way of His kingdom or that they are reached by some consequences set by your Lord? On the day when certain consequences set by your Lord reach them, no person will be able to benefit thereafter for committing to working for peace who was not already committed to working for peace, or who did not support his commitment to peace with good works for others. Say to them, wait if you will we too are waiting.
159) Surely those who turn the constitution of Allah into religion and divide into sects and identify themselves as a sect, you should have nothing to do with them. Surely their case rests with Allah and on time He will inform them as to what they did.
160) Whoever does one good favour for others, he will be given credit for many similar good favours in return, and whoever inflicts even single harm on others he will be rewarded with similar harm and none will be treated unfairly.
161) Say, as for me, surely my Lord has guided me to the path firmly founded, the ever true constitution for humanity as a whole, the nation of Abraham the upright and he was not of those who give right of rule to other than Allah.
162) Say also, surely my effort for divine rule of law and my commitment to it, my life and my death are all for Allah the Lord of the nations.
163) He has no partner in His sovereignty, thus I am told and I am the foremost of those who submit to His rule of law for the good of mankind.
164) Say, should I seek any other master than Allah when He is the Lord of everything? Every person will reap the fruits of one’s own actions and no bearer of burdens shall bear the burden of another. Ultimately you will return to your Lord and He will resolve for you all your disputes.
165) He is the One Who has made you all the inheritors of the earth and raised some of you in ranks over others so that He may put you through struggle for what He has provided for you. Surely your Lord is swift in retribution yet He is also very gracious and merciful.
Surah 7 AL ARAAF = The Heights of Wisdom and prosperity
Proclaim in the name of Allah the beneficent the merciful.
1) Alif Laam Meem Suad.
2) This book is revealed to you so that there is no hesitation in your mind about it so that you warn people thereby and use it as an advice for those who commit to working for peace.
3) Saying follow that which has been revealed to you by your Lord and do not follow anyone against His rule of law as a sovereign. Little do they take of this advice.
4) How many towns have We let destroy themselves wherein some competed against the others causing severe pain and suffering in the land? Our forecast came true when revolt by some took the others all of a sudden at night or while they were taking their afternoon rest,
5) and when Our rule of consequences came true for them, their only cry was, we have indeed been transgressing against the law of Allah by doing harm to each other.
6) At length We will call to account those to whom messengers were sent and We will also question the Messengers about their response.
7) Then We will tell their whole story as an eye witness for We were never absent at all.
8) On that day the court for justice shall be established. Those whose good works for benefit of others will tip the verdict in their favour, they are the ones who will attain prosperity,
9) and those whose harmful works against others will tip the verdict against them, they shall find themselves in loss, for they would have done harm to others against Our rule of law.
10) We are the One Who established you on the earth and provided you means of your sustenance therein yet little is the adherence that you show to Our rule of law.
11) Moreover We evolved you thereafter moulded you into shape then We ordered for the tribal chiefs to accept for Adam the position of divine vice-regent. They all agreed save Iblees who was not of those who agreed.
12) Allah said to Ibees, what stopped you from accepting Adam as My vice-regent when I commanded you? He replied, I am better than him because You moulded me as if from the fire whereas you moulded him as if from the mud.
13) Allah said, you are out of this administration because you are not supposed to be arrogant in it. Get out of it and henceforth you are demoted.
14) Iblees said, give me respite till the time these people take over their offices.
15) Allah said, the respite you request is hereby granted.
16) Iblees said to Allah, since You caused me to lose my entitlement because of these people, I will from now on lie in wait for them looking for an opportunity to lead them away from Your rule of law.
17) I will come to them from their front and from behind them and from their right and from their left, and You will not find most of them appreciating Your rule of law.
18) Allah said, get out of this community disgraced and excluded, if any of them follow you, I will certainly let the place fill with suffering caused by all of you together.
19) Thereafter Allah said, O Adam! Dwell you and your community in the blissful kingdom and participate therein as you desire but step not on this divine constitution because you will become one of those who do things against divine rule of law.
20) But iblees suggested some ideas to the leadership and the following both in order to bring out their worst against each other that was yet hidden from them so he said to them, your Lord has forbidden you from going against His law only in case you become sovereigns or reign for a life time.
21) And he swore to Adam and his people both that I am your sincere adviser.
22) Thus he cunningly convinced them to go against the divine rule of law but when they broke the law and experienced the life of lawlessness, the results of their destructive actions against each other became obvious to them, so they began to stitch together for themselves the leaves of the divine book to recreate the lost blissful kingdom. Thereupon their Lord called them saying, did I not stop you from going against the law and did I not warn you that Iblees was your open enemy?
23) Both the parties responded, Our Lord! We have harmed ourselves. If You do not deliver us and have mercy on us, we shall certainly be of the losers.
24) Allah said, get out of this state of existence whereby some of you have become enemies of others whereas in the earth is sufficient provision for all of you for a set time.
25) Therein you shall live and therein you shall die and therefrom you shall be brought forth once again to face full accountability.
26) O children of Adam! We surely have revealed for you the protective covering so that you cover well against all destructive sources and for your adornment. However, the best protection against harm is being consistent with rule of Allah for the good of mankind. This is one of the revelations of Allah so that people may learn the lesson for their own good.
27) O children of Adam! Let not the opponent of divine rule of law from among you seduce you in the same manner as Iblees seduced your ancestors out of great life in the blissful kingdom by stripping them of their protection in form of divine law thereby exposing them to mutually destructive conduct. The opponent of divine rule of law and his supporters look at you from an angle that you do not realise how they are going to destroy you, thus We let the opponents of Our rule of law be supporters of those who do not commit to working for peace.
28) Because when they do anything destructive themselves against each other they say, We found our forefathers doing this and Allah Himself has commanded us to do so. Say Nay! Allah never commands what is destructive for mankind. Do you attribute to Allah something about which you have no knowledge?
29) Make it clear to them that My Lord commands for justice and that you establish yourselves firmly in every place of divine service for humanity and serve Him with sincere dedication according to His rule of law. Just as He created you pure in mind so you should turn to Him.
30) Thus one group ended up being guided the while for the other group His forecast became fulfilled that they will fall in error and remain therein because they chose the opponents of the divine rule of law as their leaders to guide them instead of guidance of Allah, yet they think of themselves that they are guided properly.
31) O Children of Adam! Ensure your adornment in every place of gathering and eat and drink as you wish but do not transgress the divine rule of law, surely He supports not the one who goes beyond set limits.
32) Say, who can forbid the use of beautiful things by Allah which he has brought forth for His people that are beneficial of the sustenance? Say, all things are for the enjoyment of those who commit to working for peace in this life of this world, and these shall be exclusively theirs on the day appointed. Thus do We make Our revelations clear for those who can understand.
33) Say, My Lord has forbidden only harmful acts by some against the others that bring shame on oneself and the whole society if left unchecked whether open or secret by way of conspiracy and rebellion against state without any justification and ascribing sovereignty to any other than Allah for which He has granted no proof, and saying things about Allah of which one has no knowledge.
34) For each nation there is a fixed term, when their term expires then it can neither be delayed for a moment nor can it be made to come early.
35) O children of Adam! Whenever there come to you messengers from among you proclaiming to you My revelations, those who will become consistent with them by changing their rules of law will have nothing to worry about or to regret;
36) but those who instead will deny and oppose Our revelations by keeping their rules of law and treat them with arrogance shall end up with people who live in agony for all their lives.
37) Who can be more destructive than the one who invents rule of law against Allah or rejects and opposes His goals and guidelines? To such people will reach whatever is prescribed for them in form of law of consequences in their heavenly revealed books. Until on the day when Our messengers arrive to fulfil Our promise to them, each asking his people in his own time and place, where are those to whom you used to ascribe sovereignty instead of Allah? Each people will reply to their messengers respectively, they have forsaken us and they will bear witness against themselves that they were indeed opposers of Our rule of law.
38) Each messenger will say to his opposers, if that is your wish remain on the side of destructive people who passed away before you of the ruling elite and of the masses who abided in pure hate for each other. As each party enters suffering, it condemns its preceding sister party till all are gathered therein, the last of them will say about the first one, Our Lord! These have led us astray therefore double their painful suffering. He will say, it is double for all who deserve it but you are a people who are ignorant.
39) Then the first group will say to the last, you too were no better than us so now you too taste the consequences for your destructive actions.
40) Surely those who deny and oppose our revelations and treat them with contempt, ways to understanding the divine message will not be opened for them so their admission into blissful life in this world will be as impossible as the passing of a camel through the eye of a needle. That is how We reward the criminals.
41) Suffering shall be their bed and flames of their unfulfilled ambitions shall be their
covering. That is how We shall reward those who do things against our rule of law.
42) As for those who commit to working for peace and do good for others - We never burden any such person with more than one can bear - they are worthy of blissful life wherein they will live for all their lives.
43) We shall remove whatever ill-feeling they may have in their minds against one another. Rivers will be flowing beneath them and they will say, sovereignty belongs to Allah Who guided us this way or we would never have found the right way if Allah had not guided us. The messengers of our Lord surely came to us with the truth. At that time they will hear the announcement, this is blissful kingdom which you have inherited because of your own good works.
44) The people in blissful kingdom will call out to the dwellers of painful life saying, we have indeed found the promises of our Lord to be true, have you too found the promise of your Lord to be true? Yes, they will answer and a crier will say among them, condemnation of Allah rests upon those who transgressed against His rule of law.
45) These are the people who hindered others from the way of Allah by trying to confuse it, and they were of those who denied the full accountability in hereafter.
46) Between the two there shall always be a clear divide. As for those at the heights of knowledge there will be people who will recognize the people working for blissful life by their features. They will call out to those who would be people who would stand for blissful life saying, peace be upon you! They will not have yet attained it though they will have the hope to do so.
47) When their eyes shall turn towards the people who work for making life hell they will say, Our Lord! Do not make us a part of these who transgress against rule of Allah.
48) The people at the heights of knowledge will call out to certain people whom they will recognize by their features saying, have you found out that neither your riches nor your arrogant pride have availed you?
49) Are the people who worked for blissful life not the same people about whom you swore that Allah will never bestow His mercy on them? Today the same people have achieved blissful life and they are told, you have nothing to worry or to regret.
50) Then the people who would have attained destruction for which they would have worked will call out to those who would have achieved blissful life, give us some water or some of the food which Allah has provided you. They will reply, Allah has prohibited both of these things for the people who declare wars against rule of law of Allah,
51) who took their baseless ambitions useless desires their rule of law just for amusement and play and were deceived by their life in this world. Allah will say, now We will ignore them as they ignored the meeting of this day and mocked Our revelations.
52) Surely We brought them a book which provides clear details based on knowledge and which is a guidance and blessing for those who commit to working for peace.
53) So, are these people waiting for anything other than the day of full accountability? When the day of full accountability will come, those who have disregarded it, will say, surely the Messengers of our Lord had come with the truth. Are there any intercessors now who could intervene on our behalf? Or could we be sent back so that we do not do as we have done before. In fact they are lost in themselves and the things they invented against rule of Allah will leave them in the lurch.
54) Surely your Lord is Allah Who created the heavens and the earth in six periods of time by this right He established sovereignty over the kingdom. He causes phenomenon of night by covering of the daylight by way of rotation of the earth and the sun and the moon and the stars, and made them subservient to His laws. Be aware that His is the creation and His is the sovereignty. Blessed is Allah with such capabilities the Lord of the worlds!
55) Invite to your Lord humbly but consciously, for He does not support those who rebel against His rule of law.
56) And do not create wars in the land after it has been pacified. So invite to Him with concern and hope for the better. Surely the revelation of Allah is always with those who do good for others.
57) For He is the One Who raises the winds bearing vapour as good news of His blessings until when they become heavy clouds that We move along to a dead countryside and make the rain fall upon it and bring forth all kinds of fruits and growth. Likewise We raise the dead nations back to life so you should think about it.
58) The good soil yields rich produce by the plan of Allah and barren soil yields nothing but poor produce. Thus do We explain Our revelations over and over again for those who can appreciate.
59) Indeed We sent Noah to his people and he said, O my people! Be you the servants of the rule of Allah because there is no God for you but Him. I fear for you the destruction of a mighty day if you don’t.
60) The chiefs of his nation said, surely we see that you are in evident error.
61) He replied, O my people! I am not in error on the contrary, I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds.
62) I am appointed to deliver the message of my Lord and give you friendly advice for I know from Allah something that you do not know.
63) Do you wonder that there has come to you a message from your Lord through a man from among yourselves to warn you so that you may become consistent with rule of Allah in order to receive His mercy?
64) But they denied him so We saved him and all who were with him in the same boat and let the rest destroy themselves who denied Our goals and guidelines. Surely they were a nation of blind people.
65) For the people of Aad We sent their brother Hud who said, O my people! Establish the rule of Allah, for you have no God but Him. Will you then not be consistent with Him and each other?
66) The chiefs of his nation who opposed his message said, we can see that you are crazy and we think that you are lying.
67) He replied, O my people I am not crazy on the contrary I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds.
68) I am conveying the message of my Lord to you and I am a honest adviser for you.
69) Do you wonder that a reminder from your Lord has come to you through one of your own men to warn you? Remember that He made you successors after the people of Noah and gave you a tall stature or better status compared to other people till you remained on His path. Therefore reflect on the goals and guidelines that you have received from Allah, so that you may prosper again as you once did.
70) They replied, have you come to us with the demand that we should serve rule of Allah alone and give up those rulers whom our forefathers used to serve? Well, bring us what you are threatening us with if what you say is true!
71) Hud said, you have already fallen in pain and suffering by going away from rule of your Lord. Would you dispute with me about mere names which you and your forefathers have invented as sovereigns and for which Allah has revealed no sanction? If so then wait for yet more serious consequences I too will wait with you.
72) We saved him and his companions by Our guidance and We cut off the roots of those who opposed Our revelations because they did not commit themselves to working for peace.
73) For the people of Thamud We sent their brother Saaleh, who said, O my people! Establish the rule of Allah alone because you have no other God beside Him. Now a clear proof has come to you from your Lord, here is a program for your recovery from Allah in form of his revelation to be as you once were when you used to follow His guidance, so let it rule freely in the land of Allah and do not go near it with wrong intentions in case you end up in agony through mutual destruction.
74) Remember how you were made the heirs of Aad and settled in the land capable of building mansions in the valleys and carving out homes in the mountains. Therefore, remember the favours of Allah and do not spread wars in the land by working against each other instead of for each other.
75) The arrogant leaders from his nation asked the oppressed masses among them who had committed themselves to working for peace, do you know if Saleh has really been sent as a Messenger by his Lord? They replied, we really do commit to working for peace on basis of guidance with which he has been sent.
76) The arrogant amongst them said, we deny and oppose all that on basis of which you have committed to work for peace.
77) Thus they blocked the way to implementation of Allah’s rule of law and defied the sovereignty of their Lord and challenged Saaleh saying, bring the destruction you have threatened us with if you truly are of the Messengers.
78) Then at length the revolution took them by surprise thus new era in their jurisdictions uprooted their rule.
79) Saaleh said to them, O my people! I did indeed convey to you the message of my Lord and gave you good advice but you love not those who give you advise that good for all.
In stories like these there are lessons for people to not to lose hope in face of destruction but try overturning the situation with wisdom and courage. These verses do not mean Allah punishing anyone for their sins but how to fight back sensibly to change the ruling system.
80) We sent Lot also who said to his people, why do you inflict such terrible harm on each other like of which no people in the world inflicted before you?
81) Because you are a people whose ruling elite fulfil their destructive ambitions and damaging desires on the backs of the masses. Indeed you are a nation who have transgressed far beyond set limits.
82) His influential people had no answer but said to their masses, drive them out of your town, they are a people who want to clean up the township of things they see wrong!
83) However, We rescued him and his followers except any weak person who was of those who regressed beyond rescue.
84) And We let loose against them the flood of masses therefore see what was the outcome for such criminals.
85) For Madyan We sent their brother Shuaib who said, O my people! Live by rule of Allah, for there is no sovereign other than Him. A clear guidance has come to you from your Lord so fulfil you obligation according to the measuring standard that is properly balanced as well as do not withhold things from people by cheating them out of their due things and do not create fights in the land after it has been set in order. This is beneficial for you if you are truly committed to working for peace.
86) Do not sit in ambush for robbery on every road to threaten people and to hinder from the rule of Allah those who commit to working for peace, seeking to make His rule unworkable. Remember how He multiplied you when you were a few in number and think about what was the end of the warmongers and conspirators in nations before you.
87) If there is a group among you who commit to working for peace on basis of that with which I have been sent and another group who do not commit to working for peace then be patient until Allah decides between us, for He is unique of those who make decisions.
88) The arrogant leaders of his nation said, O Shuaib! We shall certainly drive you and those who commit to working for peace with you out of our town or you will have to live by rules that we made for our people as our rule of law. He replied, What! Will you make us live by your rule of law even though we detest it because it is destructive?
89) We will indeed be inventing a lie against Allah if we accept your harmful rule of law after Allah has rescued us from it. It is not possible for us to return to it unless Allah our Lord so plans. The knowledge of Our Lord comprehends everything. We surely put our trust in Allah and say, Our Lord! Decide between us and our nation according to whoever is consistent with your guidance, for You are unique of the decision makers.
90) The leaders who opposed our guidance from among his people said, if you follow Shuaib, you shall indeed be losers!
91) Thereafter at length a revolution by their victims took them by surprise and the new era in their jurisdictions overturned their ruling system.
92) Those who called Shuaib a liar were as though they never ruled therein, those who called Shuaib a liar ended up the real losers.
93) Shuaib left them saying, O my people! I did indeed convey to you the messages of my Lord and I did give you good advice, how shall I be sorry then for the nation of warmongers?
94) We never sent a prophet to a township but We found its people afflicted with adversity and misfortunes because they worked against each other so We sent the prophets that they might learn to be humble and helpful towards each other by accepting our guidance.
95) Then if they did, We changed their adversity into good fortune till they became very affluent and said, our forefathers also had their adversity and affluence so it has nothing to do with divine guidance. So they went back to working against each other, so We found them taken by surprise by uprising because they paid no attention to what they were doing to each other as a people, for they victimised each other.
96) Had the residents of the towns committed to working for peace and became consistent with Our rule of law and with each other, We would have showered upon them riches from the heavens and the earth but they opposed instead, so We found them seized with effects of their misdeeds.
97) Have people of these towns immunity from Our declared consequences of their own actions affecting them by night while they might be fast asleep?
98) Or have people of these towns immunity from Our declared consequences for their actions affecting them in broad daylight while they are doing their usual?
99) Have these people immunity from consequences of any declared plan of Allah? Not at all, the fact is only those people ignore the plan of Allah who are hell bent on their own destruction.
100) In what happened to people before is it not obvious for those who inherit the earth after its former occupants that if consequences are part of Our plan then We can afflict them with consequences of their own works against each other while their minds remain unconcerned and they heed not Our warnings?
101) Those towns whose stories We related to you certainly their messengers came to them with revelations based on evidence to guide them but they would not commit to working for peace on that basis because they rejected the idea before. That is why Allah finds their minds remain unmoved such as oppose His guidance.
102) We did not find most of them true to their commitments rather We found that most of them were transgressors who did things they were told not to do.
103) Then after them We sent Moses with Our revelations to Pharaoh and his chiefs but they too treated Our revelations with contempt, so look at what was the end of those who conspired for fights in the land against Our guidance.
104) Moses led his people to Pharaoh and said, O Pharaoh! I am a messenger to you from the Lord of the nations.
105) It is not befitting for me to say anything about Allah except what is consistent with His being and in accordance with His guidance. I have come to you from your Lord with clear authority therefore send children of Israel with me.
106) He said, if you have come with authority then prove it if you are of those who claim the truth.
107) So he delivered his divine authorization before the people and behold, it stood out clearly for all to see that it was divine.
108) Thus he expressed his divine authorization before people that behold, it was free of any fault for those who examined it.
109) The chiefs of Pharaoh’s nation said to each other in presence of Pharaoh, this person indeed has great knowledge and skill to transform people and lead them,
110) and maybe he intends to drive you out from your land. After knowing all this Pharaoh asks his chiefs, what do you propose?
111) They said, put him and his brother off for a while to buy time and send your messengers to all the cities to gather
112) and bring to you every person skilful and knowledgeable in the art of debate.
113) And there came to Pharaoh people who knew the art of debate and said, we must certainly have some suitable reward if we prevail!
114) Yes, he answered but you shall certainly become my ranked officers also.
115) Then they asked Moses, will you go first or should we be the first ones to go?
116) Moses said, you go first. So when they put forth their case and arguments they created a great impression in the eyes of the people by display of a mighty skill in winning peoples' minds.
117) So We revealed to Moses, now put forth your case and demonstrate your divine authorization. And behold! it quickly rendered the skills of the competitors' of no consequence.
118) That is how the divine truth prevailed and all that they put forth against it was rendered ineffective.
119) Thus Pharaoh and his people were defeated and brought down,
120) and the masters of art of debate appreciated the truth and became of those who submit,
121) saying, we commit ourselves to working for peace for sake of the Lord of the nations,
122) the Lord of Moses and Aaron.
123) Pharaoh said, how dare you commit to working for peace with Moses without my permission? In fact this is a political plot which you all have planned to bring people out on the streets of the city against me but soon you will know the consequences for doing that.
124) I will have you arrested in handcuffs and fetters to immobilize you and then crucify you all.
125) They answered, do what you will we are determined to working for establishing the rule of our Lord.
126) So are you going to take revenge on us simply because we have committed ourselves to working for peace on the basis of revelations of our Lord when they came to us! Then they said, O Lord! Give us persistence and steadfastness in our goal and when you cause us to die grant us that we are fully committed to divine rule of law that leads to peace.
127) The chiefs of Pharaoh’s nation ask him, will you leave Moses and his people free to cause fights in the land and to forsake your rule of law and your gods? He said, we will gradually without they realizing destroy the well to do people of their nation and let them exploit the weak people of their own nation and that way we will have irresistible power over them.
128) Moses said to his people, seek help from the revelation of Allah and be persistent in trying to achieve your goal. The earth belongs to Allah and He gives it as a heritage to those of His people whom He finds capable for inheriting it. However, rest assured the success is ultimately for those who are consistent with rule of Allah for the good of mankind.
129) They said, we suffered harm before you came to us and since you have come to us and we see no end to our troubles. He replied, it is quite possible that your Lord may destroy your enemy and make you vicegerent in the land then He will see how you follow His rule of law.
130) Thus We caught people of Pharaoh afflicted with several bad years with shortages of productivity so they should have come to their senses.
131) But instead whenever they had good times they said, It is our due but whenever hardship struck them due to their own way of conducting their affairs, they ascribed that to bad luck due to Moses and those with him. Behold! In fact their misfortune was in the hands of Allah according to his declared rule of consequences yet most of them bothered not to know.
132) They said to Moses, no matter whatever revelation you may bring us to convince us with, we are not going to commit ourselves to working for peace with you.
133) Due to their such mindset and attitude We let fall upon them calamities like religious conflict, tribal conflict and class conflict and thereby the bloodshed and our revelations made these things clear to them already, yet they persisted in their arrogance, for they were a kingdom of criminals who worked in opposition to our rule of law.
134) Each time a trouble befell them they came to Moses and said, O Moses! Pray for us to your Lord on basis of whatever agreement He has with you, if you help remove the trouble from us then we will truly commit to working for peace with you and send the Children of Israel with you if you so wish.
135) But every time We removed the trouble from them for a time behold! They broke their promise.
136) Therefore We made them face the consequences and drowned them in the sea of their own wrong doings, because they denied Our revelations and paid no attention to the warned consequences.
137) Thus We made that nation which was oppressed the inheritors of the eastern and western lands which We had blessed. That is how the word of your Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel because they faced hardship with persistent courage and We destroyed the rule of Pharaoh and his people which they installed against Our set limits.
138) We made the Children of Israel cross the sea of troubles yet when they came across a people who were serving other sovereignties than Allah they said, O Moses install for us a sovereignty like the sovereignties of these people. He replied, You are indeed a foolish people to talk like this,
139) don’t you realize, what these people are doing is doomed to destruction and their hard works are of no benefit for them?
140) He further said, should I seek for you a sovereign other than Allah when it is He who has chosen you to take His message to the nations in the world.
141) And behold! We rescued you from people of Pharaoh who subjected you to cruel torment by gradually destroying your well to do people by setting them against your weak people and to come through all that was a great struggle for you with help of your Lord.
142) Therefore We appointed for Moses thirty nights and added ten more to complete the term of forty nights for him to present himself for Our next task. For this reason Moses told his brother Aaron, you stand in my place among my community while I am gone and reform it but do not get involved with those who cause fights for gaining power and wealth.
143) When Moses presented himself for Our task at Our appointed time and his Lord spoke to him Moses said, O my Lord! show me the task that I may see through Your mission. He said, by no means can you fulfil My mission unless you pay attention to the mass of people and set it on its proper course only then you will be able see through My mission, because as his Lord saw the mass of his people He found it scattered thus Moses was overcome by gravity of his task. Eventually he came round saying, free of faults is Your plan and I turn to you for guidance and I am the foremost of those who commit to working for peace.
144) Allah said, O Moses! I have chosen you for the people for delivery of my messages, so take what I give you and be of those who implement it.
145) So We prescribed for him in the tablets for guidance all essential goals and guidelines with all needed examples for detail saying, hold onto these firmly and tell your people to hold on to these best of precepts. Soon I shall show you those who transgress against Our constitution surrounded by their own wrong doings.
146) Those who behave arrogantly in the land in defiance of My goals and guidelines without any justification. They are such that even if they see each and every goal and guideline yet they will not commit to working for peace thereby and even if they see the right guidance in front of them yet they will not follow it, however if they see a way in opposition to that they will follow it. It is because they deny Our revelations so they remain unaware of their need and purpose.
147) Thus those who deny Our revelations and the meeting of the Hereafter their works are void of intention for benefiting others. What should their reward be other than what they have earned?
148) Even people of Moses in his short absence brought about a power structure as per their ambitions which proved divisive and harmful. Did they not realise that it served them no useful purpose nor could it lead them to any beneficial end? Yet they did it and thus became transgressors against divine rule of law.
149) However when they suffered harm by their own hands they realized that they had gone astray so they said, if our Lord does not have mercy on us and removes from between us animosity we are going to be of the losers.
150) So when Moses came back to his people he was extremely sad so he said, what a destructive thing you have done in my absence! Have you tried to trip the rule of consequences by your Lord? He put down the Holy Tablets and grabbed his brother by his head pulling him closer asking what happened. Aaron said, O son of my mother! Some of our people with strength did not support me instead they were almost ready to fight me, so do not make my enemies happy by counting me among the wrongdoers.
151) At this Moses said, O Lord! Remove any ill from me and my brother! And admit us to Your mercy, for You are unique of those who show Mercy.
152) Surely those who brought about the power struggle incurred the condemnation of their Lord as well as disgrace in this life, thus do We recompense those who invent falsehoods against Our rule of law.
153) As for those who do harm to others then reform thereafter and commit to working for peace, your Lord is indeed graceful and merciful for such.
154) When sadness of Moses subsided he picked up the Holy Tablets in writings of which there was guidance and mercy for those who wished to live in accordance with rule of their Lord.
155) For that reason Moses chose seventy people from his nation to accomplish Our set task but seeing they were overwhelm by the vastness of the task he said, O my Lord! Give them courage, for had it been Your plan, You could have destroyed these people by their own hands long ago and well before this mission. Would You then destroy us for the harms committed by some ignorant people from among us against us? This struggle is only for establishing the goal You set for us, whereof You let stray and suffer whom you find so desiring and guide to bliss whom You find deserving. You are our reliance therefore remove our difficulties by inspiring us with Your blissful message, for You are uniquely graceful!
156) Thus ordain for us what is good in this life and in the hereafter, surely we have turned to You for Your guidance. He replied, I will limit suffering to those who deserve it but My mercy encompasses everything. I will ordain special blessings for those who are consistent with My rule of law and struggle to attain freedom from all ills for mankind by committing to working for peace on basis of our revelations.
157) Such as those who follow the messenger, the prophet, the one who belongs to mankind as one of them - whom they shall find described in the Torah and the Injeel. Who invites people to do what is for common good of mankind and discourages them from doing what is harmful for humanity, he makes it legally binding for people to do what is beneficial for mankind and he makes it legally unlawful all that is harmful and destructive for mankind, making obvious upon them their self created problems as heavy burdens around their necks and showing them the way to free themselves from them. Therefore those who commit to working for peace with him and are sincere to him and support him by follow the light with which he is sent will be the ones who will be prosper.
158) Say, O you the mankind! I am the messenger towards all of you from Allah to whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. None has the right to rule this kingdom save Him Who gives life and causes death. Therefore commit to working for peace for sake of Allah with His prophet who belongs to your human community and who commits to working for peace for sake of Allah for the good of humanity according to His
Word therefore follow him so that you are guided aright.
159) Amongst the people of Moses there were some who guided others with proof and thereby they established justice.
160) Behold! We divided them into twelve tribes as communities and We revealed to Moses the guidance when Moses sought to temper his people so We told him to use your divine revelation as your foundation, thus sprung forth twelve fountains of knowledge therefrom whereby each of the people became aware of their obligations. That is how We sheltered them from harms by sending to them Our guidance for peace and prosperity saying, take part in all good things We have provided for you. They did no harm to Us by going away from Our set goals and guidelines but they did indeed harm themselves.
161) When it was said to them remain peaceful in this town and participate therein as you please but stay free of your self-created troubles and enter the gate of the town in a posture of humility so that We free you of your harms against each other and increase all the more the reward for those who do good for others.
162) Yet the people with destructive ambitions among them changed the goal which was set for them, as a consequence We sent upon them the heavenly ordained painful suffering for their transgression against each other.
163) Ask them about the town which was situated on the sea shore. Behold, they transgressed against the peace and stability in the city even though during period of their stability their livelihood came to them easily and plenty but during the period of instabilities they could not obtain it even by very hard work, thus We left them to struggle because they transgressed against Our rule of law even after being warned of consequences,
164) Some even asked warners, why do you admonish a people whom Allah will let destroy themselves? They replied, to fulfil our duty by our Lord and so that they may become consistent with Allah and humanity.
165) However when they ignored warning We let those who warned against harming others prosper but We let those who broke Our law suffer the pain due to their transgression.
166) Yet when after that they still persisted in their destructive ways We said to them, remain despised as you are like apes having no sense.
167) Moreover your Lord declared that He would keep raising against them others who would afflict them with grievous torment till an appointed time. Effective is rule of consequences by your Lord yet He is also gracefully merciful if any repent and reform.
168) We let them become divided into sects and dispersed into different communities all over the earth - some of them do good for others but others do the opposite - We let them struggle for doing good to others and for doing harm to others, so that they may come back to their senses.
169) At length they were succeeded by still worse generation who inherited the book yet participated in life of this world harmfully and they said, we will face no harmful consequences despite facing them. This is why if similar opportunities come their way, they will seize them yet again. Were they not made to agree to live by the divine book that they would not say anything about Allah except the truth, for they have been given lessons about things is in the book? So the best end goal for those who want to be consistent with Allah is to do good for others, don’t you understand?
170) As for those who strictly observe the book and struggle to establish divine rule of law, surely We never let the reward of such as do good for others go to waste.
171) Remember when We shook off the mountain of calamities like a smothering cover upon them and they feared it was going to destroy them. We said, hold firmly on to what We have given you as our guidance and be consistent with what is in it so that you could guard yourselves against such harm and destruction.
172) Call to mind when your Lord brought forth from the children of Adam their offspring after them and made them witness about His revelations amongst themselves saying, am I not your Lord? They replied, Yes! We who have the divine books bear witnesses before others that You are. This We did in case you say on the day appointed, We were not aware of this fact.
173) or in case you say, our forefathers started the practice of rule by kings and we just followed them being their descendants not knowing sovereignty only belonged to Allah. Will you then let us destroy ourselves on account of what followers of falsehood did?
174) Thus We detail Our revelations so that you could turn to the way that is Right.
175) So tell them the story of a kind of a person to whom We sent our goals and guidelines but he ignored them thus such a person ends up being pursued by a kind of person with destructive ambitions until he persuades him and he becomes one of the misguided.
176) Had it been Our will that he followed instead of destructive ambitions of the misguided, We would have raised him to heights of wisdom and thereby prosperity through those revelations but he clung to this earthly life by way of his own desires instead of living by our guidance. His similitude is that of a hook, if you hang something on it, it stays twisted and if you leave it as it is, it still stays twisted. Such are those who deny Our revelations, tell them these parables, so that they might reflect.
177) Very bad is the example of those people who deny Our revelations and do great harm to their own people.
178) Only he whom Allah guides is rightly guided and people whom He lets remain confounded in their selfcentred attitudes will remain the losers.
179) Certainly We have destined most of the leaders and the followers for painful suffering in this life. It is because they have minds which they do not use to understand things with, they have eyes which they do not use to see with, they have ears which they do not use to hear with. They are like animals or even worse than them when it comes to having any worthy goals to pursue because they are those who ignore Our set goals and guidelines.
180) Behold! To Allah belong the titles that are uniquely consistent with His being so invite people to Him by using them and refute those who use names that are inconsistent with His being to invite to Him, such people shall face consequences for their such works.
181) Among those whom We have created there are some people who guide others to what is consistent with Allah and with it they establish justice.
182) Those who oppose Our revelations We let them draw themselves step by step closer to their destruction in ways that they do not realize,
183) and even though I grant them respite My rule of consequences is surely ever effective.
184) Has it never occurred to them that their companion is not a man struck by madness rather he is a warner against the obvious?
185) Have they not pondered over the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and whatever Allah has created and that maybe their hour of destruction has come closer? On basis of what other better message after this would they then commit to working for peace for sake of Allah between mankind?
186) None can guide those whom Allah lets be confine to themselves and leaves them wandering about in their destructive mindset and harmful attitude resulting in their transgression against Allah and humanity.
187) They ask you about the exactly time of this destruction as to when exactly will it take place. Say, knowledge about that rests with my Lord and none can make it obvious save Him but at the time that is right. Its occurrence rests heavily on the laws operating in the heavens and the earth. It does not come but as a sudden revolt. They ask you as if you have the power to be aware of it. Tell them, the knowledge about it rests only with Allah and He told it in His books though most of the people bother not to learn and understand how things are set up to happen.
188) Say, how can I know when the destruction will befall you when I do not even have the right to benefit or harm myself rather it is up to Allah to assign rights as per His declared will? If I possessed any such power as knowledge of the unseen as you assume, I would have secured many great things for myself and no harm would have touched me but as you can see we are all in the same boat as human beings. I am no more than a warner- against the way of life that will end you in pain and suffering- and bearer of good news for those who commit to working for peace therefore they will end up in blissful life.
189) Say, it is He who created you from a single life form and from that He created
likes of it so that through this way it could continue life. At length came about humans so when he covers her, she conceives a light burden and walks around with it. When it grows heavy they both make a commitment to Allah their Lord, if You will grant us a healthy child, we will truly appreciate him by raising him to be good to others for Your sake.
190) But when He gives them a healthy child they both set up masters others than Allah for him for what He has given them even though Allah is far above those they assign sovereignty to beside Him.
191) Do they assign sovereignty to such beside Him who can create nothing but are themselves created by His creatures,
192) they have neither the ability to help them nor can they help themselves?
193) If you tell them to follow your instruction they cannot follow you. It is all the same for you whether you commit to them or stay put.
194) In fact those whom you call besides Allah are idols that are created like yourselves. If not, ask them for guidance and let them respond to you if what you claim about them is true!
195) Have they feet to walk with or hands to hold with? Have they eyes to see with or ears to hear with? Say, call on your associated partners of Allah and collectively plot against me and give me no respite!
196) My supporter is Allah Who has revealed this book so He is the supporter of those who do what is right for mankind.
197) On the contrary those to whom you commit besides Him have neither the ability to help you nor can they help themselves.
198) If you ask them to follow your instruction, they cannot even hear you and although it appears as if they are looking at you, they do not see.
199) O prophet, commit to showing compassion, fight for justice and avoid those who are not bothered with educating themselves.
200) If any with destructive ambitions and harmful desires tempts you, seek refuge in guidance of Allah, for He is the one Who is All Hearing and all Knowing.
201) Those who are consistent with humanity for sake of Allah when they are tempted by any person with destructive mindset, they refer to guidance of Allah and they are led alright!
202) As for brotherhood of those with destructive mindset, they drag each other into deeper and deeper troubles leaving no stone unturned in their efforts.
203) Despite being in a mess when you do not bring them a revelation they say, have you not managed to invent something yet? Say, I follow only what is revealed to me from my Lord. This book contains veritable insights from your Lord, a program for prosperity of those who are sincere about committing themselves to working for peace.
204) So when the Qur’an is being recited listen to it for advice so that you are shown the way to peace and prosperity.
205) That is how you should reflect glory of your Lord through dealing with your people with humility and reverence without raising your voice from the mornings till the evenings and be not of those who are heedless of our guidance.
206) Surely those who are committed to task of your Lord are not arrogant or rebellious in carrying out His mission thus they reflect His sovereignty and their commitment to Him.
Surah 4 AL NISAA=THE COMMUNITIES
Proclaim, in the name of Allah the beneficent, the merciful.
1) O mankind! be consistent with your Lord who evolved you from a single life form and evolved from it likes of it in pairs, and spread from one of the pairs in human form many men and women. So be consistent with rule of Allah so that thereby you have your legal rights against each other and fulfil your obligations towards each other concerning your ties of social relationships; surely in implementing rule of laws of Allah is protection for you the mankind as a single family.
2) So deliver to individuals their due assignment of goods and services accordingly and do not substitute the harmful ruling system for the beneficial ruling system. So that do not handle their goods and services as if they are your own goods and services. Surely to do so would be to inflict a huge harm on mankind.
3) However if you think that you will not be able to deliver goods on your own for the individuals then you should organize under people that you think are appropriate in your view for the task, two and three and four to help you do so. Yet if you think that you will not be able to deliver goods then be one under your own jurisdiction. That will be more suitable , so that you do not deviate from what is proper.
4) Thus deliver to the communities their rightfully due livelihood willingly but if they, by their own free will, give-up a portion of it then you may use it as you wish.
5) Moreover, do not place responsibility on mentally unsound people in the community for handling of their share in the community wealth which Allah has made a means of support for you, but, provide such people from it with food and clothing and speak to them nicely.
6) As for the underage individuals under your care, observe them through testing their abilities until they reach the age of marriage, then if you find them capable of sound judgment, hand over to them their property; and consume it not wastefully in haste thinking they will grow up and demand it. If the legal guardian is well-off, he should not take from the orphan's property any compensation, but if he is poor let him take a just and reasonable remuneration. When you hand over their property to them, make some witnesses over them; Remember, Allah is sufficient in calling to account.
7) Men have a share in what their parents and their near relatives leave and women will have a share in what their parents and their near relatives leave whether inheritance be small or large they shall be legally entitled to their shares.
8) If the relatives, underage individuals or needy are present at the time of the division of an inheritance, give them something out of it, and teach them things that help them survive.
9) Let those dividing estate have the same concern in their minds as they would have for their own if they were to leave a helpless young family behind: they should, therefore be consistent with rule of Allah and say what benefits others.
10) Indeed those who take away the property of underage helpless individuals unjustly, they are taking part in creating fire of hatred in their communities and they will soon be shoved into the seas of fire of bloodshed!
11) In regard to inheritance Allah advises you concerning your children under your circumstances: that the share of a boy is twice that of a girl. In the case where there are more than two girls, their share is two thirds of the estate; but if there is only one girl, her share will be one half of the estate. If the deceased left children behind, each of the parents shall get one sixth of the estate, but if the deceased left no children and the parents are the only heirs, the mother shall get one third of the estate, but if the deceased left brothers and sisters, then the mother will get one sixth of it. Distribution is after fulfilling the terms of last will and paying of debts. With regards to your parents and your children, you do not really know who will of more benefit to you, therefore, Allah issued this ordinance. Surely Allah is all Knowing all Wise.
12) Also for you is one half of what your wives leave behind if they leave no child, but if they leave behind a child then you will get one fourth of their estate, after fulfilling the terms of their will and the payment of debts. Your wives shall inherit one fourth if you leave no child behind you; but if you leave a child, then they shall get one-eighth of your estate; after fulfilling the terms of your will and the payment of debts. If a man or a woman leaves neither ascendant nor descendants but has left a brother or a sister, they shall each inherit one sixth, but if they are more than two, they shall share one third of the estate; after fulfilling the terms of valid will and the payment of debts, without prejudice to the rights of the heirs. Thus is the commandment of Allah. Allah is all Knowing and kind.
13) These are the limits set by Allah, those who will be consistent with limits of Allah revealed through His Messenger will enter gardens of bliss with rivers flowing to live therein forever if they maintain the standard and that is the Great Achievement.
14) But the ones who fight against Allah and His Messenger by transgressing His limits will end up in agony and will remain therein forever if they do not reform and thus they will go through a humiliating suffering.
15) So if any of your dependent people are guilty of breaking the set limits habitually then seek four reliable character witnesses from among yourselves against them and if their testimony proves reliable and their guilt is proven then limit their freedom till they reform and meet their obligations and Allah opens the way for them to normal participation in the community.
16) And if any people of the two groups from among you the dependent and the supporter bring the punishment upon themselves by breaking the set limits then punish them both likewise then If they turn back and reform then leave them alone. Surely Allah is the one who turns to people with his mercy.
17) Surely turning to Allah is true of those who do something against his set limits in ignorance and return to it as soon as they realize it; Allah will turn to them with his mercy for Allah is all Knowing all Wise.
18) Turning to Allah is not true in case of those who persist against his set limits until death approaches any of them and then one says, surely now I turn to Him for guidance. And nor is true turning to Allah of those who die while they were still opposing the rule of Allah, for them We have prepared rule of consequential painful suffering.
19) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace! It is not lawful for you to try to influence dependent people against their will so that you may force them to give up a part of their livelihood you have provided them unless they are clearly proven guilty of breaking any set limits. Treat them with kindness even if you dislike them because it may be that you dislike something in which Allah has placed some benefit for you.
20) If you decide to replace one party of dependents with another then do not take back anything of what you have given her be it a heap of gold. Would you take it back through false accusations against her and by going clearly against the guidance of Allah?
21) And how could you take it back when surely one of you have benefited from the other and they had taken from you a firm pledge in form of a contract?
22) Likewise, never have a marriage contract with any of the women whom your fathers had married,- except what went on in the past before this guidance. Surely it was something entirely harmful and a way of life that was very destructive for mankind.
23) Unlawful is for you to marry: your mothers, your daughters, your sisters, your paternal aunts, your maternal aunts, daughters of your brothers, daughters of your sisters, your foster-mothers, your foster-sisters, the mothers of your wives, your stepdaughters under your guardianship from those wives with whom you have consummated your marriage, but there is no blame on you in marrying your stepdaughters if you have divorced their mothers before consummating your marriage with their mothers, and the wives of your own real sons; and unlawful is for you to marry two sisters at the same time except what went on in your past before this law. surely Allah is generous in his compassion.
24) Moreover unlawful for you are married women save such who have fallen in your hands during wars and there is no contract between you whereby they could go back to their husbands. This is the law of Allah about marriage. All women other than these are lawful for you to marry provided you seek them with intention of looking after them generously, desiring chastity, not lust. Give them their livelihood as an obligation for the benefit you have received from your marriage relationship. However, there is no blame on you if you change the agreement of marriage with mutual consent. Allah is all Knowing and all Wise.
25) For any of you who cannot find a match to marry a free woman who is committed to working for peace then he is also free to find a match and marry the one who is committed to working for peace from amongst the prisoners of war. Allah knows how committed you really are in working for peace. You are all from one another. So marry them with the consent of their adopted family and give them fair share of their livelihood so that they may live a decent life in wedlock and not live as prostitutes or look for secret illicit relationships. Then if after marriage they commit adultery, they shall be given half the punishment prescribed for the free married women. This concession from punishment is for those who are in difficult situations and circumstances. So if you handle difficulties sensibly it is better for you because Allah is generous in his compassion.
26) Allah desires to make His guidance clear for you, and to guide you to the traditions which were followed by the good people before you and He desires to turn to you in mercy for Allah is all Knowing and all wise.
27) Allah desires that He turns to you with his guidance but those who follow their own harmful ambitions wish to see you deviate far away from the path that is firmly founded.
28) Allah wishes that He makes things easier for you for man has been brought about very weak in knowledge.
29) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace! Do not handle your goods between yourselves on basis of manipulative system instead let there be trade amongst you on basis of mutual goodwill and benefit, so do not destroy yourselves by doing things the destructive way. Allah is Merciful to you indeed.
30) Anyone who acts like that in opposition to our guidance and practices injustice and unfairness We will let him drag himself in to suffering, and this is easy for Allah to let happen.
31) indeed if you as a community avoid doing things that are forbidden for you because they are greatly harmful for you then We will not let small mistakes take you off course but cause you to land in a place of great honour.
32) Do not be concerned about that which Allah has given some of you above the others. For the strong people of the nation reward is according to what they earn and for the weak people of the nation reward is according to what they earn. So demand assistance of them in the name of Allah regarding His bounty as your right. Surely Allah has full knowledge of all things.
33) For every parent and relative We have appointed the rightful heirs to inherit what they leave as situations and circumstances demand. As for those with whom you have made firm agreements, give them their share. Surely Allah is a witness to everything.
34) The strong people of the community are made responsible for the weak people in the community because Allah has provided some people with more things than others and therefore they keep open for others whatever of the sustenance they have. Thus righteous people of the community show consistency by guarding their future that Allah requires them to guard. As to such parties in the community from whom you fear lack of discipline, talk to them and confine them to their obligations, thus discipline them appropriately. Thereafter if they become consistent with you then look not for ways to harm them. Remember Allah is supreme in authority.
35) Moreover if you the community sense conflict between the group of your leading people and the party of your masses then appoint one arbiter from the strong group and another from the weak party then if they go for reconciliation, Allah will create harmony between them. Allah is indeed all Knowing and all aware.
36) So carry out instructions of Allah and accept none as sovereignty other than Him, and be good to your parents, kinfolks, orphans, the helpless, near and far neighbours who keep company with you, the travellers in need, and the war captives in your care. Allah supports not the arrogant and the boastful,
37) who are themselves niggardly hoarders and effectively force other people to behave likewise, who hide the abundance of wealth which Allah has bestowed on them. For such opponents of our guidance we have setup a disgraceful suffering as a rule.
38) And the case is likewise for those who use what they have to help others only for a show off to the people, they do not commit to working for peace for sake of Allah nor for the good end result for mankind. In fact any who chooses such an evil person as a friend has chosen a deadly harmful companion!
39) What harm could have come to them had they committed to working for peace for sake of Allah and for the good end result for the mankind by opening up to others whatever Allah had provided for all of them? Allah is fully aware of them.
40) Surely Allah does no harm to anyone even to the least degree. Not only that but also if anyone does any good to the least degree He increases it many fold giving extra from Himself.
41) Just imagine how they will feel when We will bring a witness from every nation and call upon you, O prophet, to bear witness against these people?
42) At that time those who reject our guidance and oppose Our messenger will wish that they could hide in the dust of the earth; for they will not be able to hide even a single of their utterance from Allah!
43) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace, form no laws in connection with the divine rule of law the while you are unsure about the process of law formation until you really know what you are trying to achieve, nor should anyone who is a stranger to process of law formation unless one has made oneself fully aware of the process and has undergone thoroughly through the process of study. However, if you are weak in the knowledge of the process or you are on a journey to learning, or any of you have come from a humble background, or are stuck with your communities and you have no access to complete divine revelation then fulfil your objective by doing what benefits the people. Thus you should tackle your objectives within your power. Allah is Lenient and generous indeed.
44) Have you not considered the case of those to whom was given the divine book for guidance? They instead followed a way of their own that landed them in to suffering and they wish to see you too lose the way that is right.
45) Allah knows those indeed who have animosity towards you but sufficient is Allah as your authority and sufficient is Allah as your supporter.
46) Among the Jews are some who take the words in the scriptures out of their proper contexts and this is how they say we hear by word of mouth and this is how they end up being inconsistent between their words and actions and so they say we hear but in actual fact they hear not, because they explain words against their obvious purpose by misuse of their language and so they turn the divine rule of law that leads to peace in to a make belief way of life that leads to divisions and wars. Surely it would have been better for them if they had declared, we hear by establishing the divine rule of law they were assigned for their consistency and praying, have mercy upon us and keep us established in the land. However Allah condemned them due to their wars against divine rule of law, for they commit not to working for peace save a minority.
47) O you people who have been given the divine scripture! Commit to working for peace according to what We have revealed now, confirming that which you already have with you before We let the consequences of your actions make you bite the dust and change you in to a nation beyond all recognitions or condemn you to suffering like we condemned the people who did not respect the divine constitution: Remember, the word of Allah always finds its fulfilment.
48) Surely Allah removes not suffering from any people who associate anyone in his sovereignty; but He will remove suffering from others whom he finds deserving. This is so because any who justifies rule of any other than Allah has indeed invented a great lie against Allah so he has to suffer the consequences.
49) Have you not come across those who claim to be free of all ills from amongst themselves? Nay, Allah frees from all ills such as follow His declared will faithfully. Yet no harm will be done to them even to the least measure save what they deserve.
50) See how they invent a huge lie against Allah and this in itself is clear enough to make obvious they are off the right track.
51) Have you not come across those who were given of the divine scriptures to understand properly and follow? Instead they sought peace in make beliefs rather than the divine rule of law and they claimed about those who opposed the rule of Allah that they have better sense of living in the world than those who have committed to working for peace.
52) These are the ones whom Allah condemned to suffering and whomever Allah finds deserving suffering you will not find him any helper.
53) Have we handed any part of our kingdom over to such people in writing? Had that been the case they would not have given other people even a least bit of it.
54) Or is it the case that they envy other people because of what Allah has given them of His guidance and the kingdom? We did give the book and wisdom to the descendants of Abraham, and blessed them with a great kingdom.
55) However some of them attained peace thereby and some of them moved away from it, therefore sufficient was the fire of hatred they suffered.
56) Surely those who reject and oppose Our revelations are soon thrown by the consequences of their actions into the fire of hatred to suffer. No sooner they become resistant to a degree of pain that threshold of their resistance is replaced by increase in level of suffering, thus they taste the real torment they bring upon themselves. No doubt Allah is Mighty in his Wisdom.
57) As for those who commit to working for peace and do what is good for others, We will indeed land them into gardens beneath which rivers flow wherein they will live for as long as they remain true to our guidance. Therein they will have people who do good for others as their companions, thus We let such people enter the shelter against harm.
58) Allah binds you indeed to deliver security from harm to those who have the right to it, therefore when you judge between people about their affairs judge fairly. Surely, excellent is the advice which Allah gives you hereby. Allah is indeed all hearing and all seeing.
59) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace! Be consistent with Allah and heed the messenger and those charged with responsibility to serve you from among you. Should you have any dispute regarding state affairs, solve it according to guidance of Allah as taught by His messenger if you truly are committed to working for peace for sake of Allah and the good end result for mankind. This course of action will prove better and more suitable for you.
60) Have you not come across those who claim to be committed to working for peace on basis of what has been revealed to you and on basis of what was sent before you? Yet they desire that affairs are judged by standards that are opposite to rule of Allah even though they were commanded indeed to fight against them, that is how the destructive leadership wishes to lead them far off the right path into deep error.
61) When it is said to them, come to the standard which Allah has revealed and to the messenger for judgement of all affairs, you will see that those who live by double standards show their utmost hesitation in coming to it.
62) But then see how they behave when they fall into terrible harm as a consequence of their own doings? They come to you under oath swearing by Allah that they desired nothing but to promote mutual goodwill and to bring about a friendly environment.
63) Allah knows what is really in their minds, therefore, ignore their destructive mindset and damaging attitude but advise them, and say to them words that are effective in convincing their minds to help them change their attitudes.
64) We did not send any messenger but that he should be listened to for guidance from Allah. So it is better for them to come to you when they have already suffered the serious consequences of their actions so far to seek remedy from Allah of their situations and circumstances and if the messenger also seeks guidance from Allah for their relief, they will find Allah turning to them with His revelations indeed.
65) No! By your Lord, they are not committed to working for peace until they accept your judgments according to our guidance in all their disputes and then find no resentments in their hearts against your verdicts and accept them with complete satisfaction.
66) If We had imposed upon them to fight against your own people or to leave your homes, very few of them would have done it without resentment. Yet, if they would have established what they were commanded, it would have brought them better reward and would have strengthened them as a people to their utmost strength.
67) because We would have rewarded them with a great reward from Ourself.
68) Thus We would have guided them to the path that is firmly founded.
69) For any people who are consistent with Allah and the messenger such are the people who are on the same path as those whom Allah blessed such as the prophets, those who affirmed them, those who bore witness on their behalf to others, and those who did good for others. What an excellent caravan of people to be part of!
70) Such is the benefit of guidance from Allah and sufficient is knowledge of Allah for the good of people.
71) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace! Prepare yourselves for battles to free the oppressed people then advance in detachments or all together as need be.
72) Beware, there is amongst you such who will surely lag behind, so that if you come to any harm, he will say, Allah has been gracious to me that I did not go with them.
73) But if you return blessed with abundance from Allah, he will say, out of envy and undue greed and animosity towards you, I wish I had been with them, for I could have attained a mighty fortune!
74) However, only those strive in the cause of Allah faithfully who are willing to exchange the life of this world for the Hereafter; so whoever struggles purely objectively for the cause of Allah, whether he dies struggling or achieves the objective, will soon be granted a mighty reward.
75) And what reason do you have not to struggle in the cause of Allah when you must rescue the helpless, the oppressed and the trapped weak men, women, and children who are crying to Allah for help saying, Our Lord! Deliver us from this place whose people are cruel beyond all bounds, bring about for us a supporter who lives by your authority and send for us a helper who helps us on Your behalf.
76) Those who are truly committed to working for peace struggle for establishing the rule of Allah and those who reject and oppose the standard set by Allah, fight for establishing the rule of destructive forces, therefore fight against the supporters of the wicked ruler, surely, crafty schemes of the crooked ruling elite are weak.
77) Have you not considered the case of such who were told to withhold their hands from inflicting harm on each other by way of infighting and to establish divine rule of law and to attain freedom from harmful actions against each other yet they paid no attention till now because they were keen on fighting each other. And look at them now when they are commanded to fight against destructive rule, a group of them is buried under considerations for favours of powerful people as they ought to be overwhelmed by considerations for favours of Allah, or even more than that, and in their hearts they say: Our Lord! Why have You imposed upon us to this struggle? Could you not give us relief from this struggle till our life time? Tell them, the enjoyment of this life as you are living is limited to a tiny minority but the life that will result after this is much better for those who are consistent with rule of Allah and humanity, and rest assured that you will not be harmed thereafter even in the least degree.
78) As for death, no matter where you are, it is going to reach you even if you are in fortified towers. When such people are blessed with some benefit, they say, this is from Allah but if they suffer a loss, they say: this is because of you. Tell them, all is from Allah. What is the matter with these people that they do not even bother to understand even one of our revelations properly?
79) Say, whatever benefit comes to you, it is because of wisdom from Allah and whatever harm you suffer, it is the result of your own thoughtless actions. Behold! We have sent you O Muhammad as a Messenger to mankind and Allah is sufficient for a witness in form of the Quran.
80) Anyone who willingly listens to the messenger, in fact listens to Allah. As for those who pay no heed, they should know that We have not sent you to stand guard over them.
81) Behold! They say, we are at your service when they are in your presence but when they leave you, some of them meet together secretly at night to plot against what you have said. Allah keeps in mind the records of all they plot. Therefore ignore them and put your trust in Allah. for Allah is sufficient as an authority.
82) Why don’t they examine the Qur’an properly and realise that if it was from someone other than Allah, they would have found therein many discrepancies?
83) Yet when there comes to them some instruction in the name of Allah in form of the Quran about peace or war they thoughtlessly spread it amongst public causing panic; but instead if they had referred about it to the messenger or the people endowed with authority amongst them, those who are able to draw proper conclusions from it would have been able explain it to them. Had it not been for sake of guidance of Allah that he bestowed upon you out of his mercy, save a few all of you would have ended up following the way of the wicked ruler that would have landed you in suffering.
84) Therefore strive to establish the rule of Allah to live by, you are accountable for none save yourself, so urge those who claim to be working for peace to do the same, it may be that Allah will overthrow the might of those who oppose it, for Allah is mighty in strength and firm in retribution.
85) Let them know that anyone who intervenes on behalf of what is beneficial for mankind shall end up benefiting from it, and anyone who intervenes on behalf of what is harmful for mankind shall end up getting harmed by it, because so Allah has set this measure on everything as His law.
86) So when anyone welcomes you with goodwill, let your goodwill be as good in return or even better. Indeed Allah keeps account of everything.
87) None is god but He, Allah. He will certainly gather you all together on the day appointed, there is no doubt in it, and whose rule is self evidently true according to the reality of the world than that of Allah?
88) What is the matter with you that you are divided into two groups concerning people who want to live by double standards but say they do not whereas Allah has made them obvious as a consequence of their misdeeds? Do you still wish to guide those whom Allah has left in their self created confusion due to their own actions? Surely whom Allah finds misguiding themselves, you cannot find a way to guide such people.
89) Their real aim is to see that you too reject and oppose the rule of Allah as they did, so that you all become exactly the same and are on the same side of a clear divide. Therefore you should not seek support from their ranks for establishing the rule of Allah unless they move towards the rule of Allah but if they turn away then target them and fight them together wherever you find them campaigning against the rule of Allah, and do not take any of them as friends or helpers.
90) Campaign must continue against such people everywhere save those who live by rule of another people with whom you have signed a peace accord or those who reform and come over to you because their minds restrained them both from campaigning against you and from campaigning against their own people. If Allah had so desired, He could have given them power over you and they might easily have campaigned against you; therefore, if they leave you alone and do not campaign against you and instead offer you a peace treaty, in that case Allah has not granted you permission for a targeting campaign against them.
91) You have yet others who play both ways but still wish to remain safe from you as well as from their own people; They plunge into conspiracies to cause hostilities as soon as they get any opportunities. Therefore if they do not keep away from doing this against you and offer you no peace accord nor cease their hostilities against you, you may target them and fight them wherever you find them campaigning against rule of Allah, only against such troublesome people We give you the right to do so.
92) It is neither sensible nor lawful for a person who is committed to working for peace that he kills another person who is also committed to working for peace unless it happens by accident, however if any person committed to working for peace kills another person committed to working for peace by mistake then he should free a Muslim slave in captivity of Muslims or opponents of Islam and also pay compensation to the family of the victim unless they forgo it as an act of goodwill towards another good human being. If the victim is from a hostile nation then the freeing of a Muslim slave from the captivity of opponent of Islam is sufficient but if he belonged to a nation with whom you have a treaty then blood money must also be paid to his family as well as a Muslim slave be freed. Those who do not have the means prescribed must go through a training program only for two consecutive sessions so that such accidents are minimized in future and you are even better in referring to rule of Allah, for Allah is all owing and all Wise indeed.
93) However, any who kills a campaigner for peace intentionally, his reward is anguish to live with it for rest of his life. He has incurred the displeasure of Allah by leading himself far away from mercy of Allah and there is ready waiting for him painful suffering.
94) O you who are committed to working for peace! When you go forth on campaigning trips in the cause of Allah investigate carefully before you attack a people merely on basis of unreliable information about a people, and say not to anyone who welcomes you with greetings of peace that you are not a Muslims just for sake of seeking their worldly things unlawfully by tricking them. Allah has abundance of lawful labour free things for you so don't do the unlawful. Remember that you yourselves were in the same state of affairs before you placed your trust in clear guidance from Allah. Allah has conferred His favours upon you therefore make a thorough investigation before you attack a people pre-emptively. For Allah is well aware of all that you do.
95) Not equal are those who stay at home without any physical disability and suffer no hardship to those who claim to be committed to working for peace who take part in struggle for the cause of Allah with their wealth and their persons. Allah has granted a higher rank to those who make effort to establish rule of Allah with their wealth and their persons than to those who stay at home. Though Allah has promised a good reward for all, Allah has prepared a much greater reward for those who struggle for Him than for those who stay at home,
96) Ranks especially bestowed by Him with generous compassion, for Allah is generous in His compassion.
97) As for the trapped, indeed when the godly people come to rescue those trapped people suffering under oppression they ask them, what is your state of affairs? They reply, we were oppressed in our country. The rescuers say, was not the earth of Allah spacious enough for you to migrate and go somewhere else to start a new life free from oppression? Such are the people who end up in suffering as keep their eyes shut as to what is going on around them and react not to stop the harm from spreading till gradually it takes over, making their life hell and that is a terrible state to live in.
98) Even so for those helpless men, women and children who have neither the means to migrate nor strength to escape,
99) Allah may bring about means to relieve them of their suffering. Allah is generous in over looking peoples' mistakes and relieving them from their self inflicted ills.
100) Moreover he who migrates in the cause of Allah shall find numerous places of refuge in the earth and abundant resources. He who leaves his home to migrate to live as guided by Allah and His Messenger and dies on the way, his reward becomes due and rests with Allah. for Allah is generous in his compassion indeed.
101) So when you have to go forth in the land for campaigning, there is nothing wrong for you if you contingently despatch forces for the training of warfare, especially when you fear that the war mongers against Islam may attack you, since warmongers against Islam are your open enemies.
102) Therefore when you O prophet are with them leading them in training let one party of them commence the training session with you armed with their weapons. After they have completed their session, let them withdraw to the rear and let the other party who have not yet had their training session come forward to train with you, however, let all of them be on their guard at all times armed with their weapons. The enemies wish to see you neglect your arms and your baggage, so that they could suddenly attack to overpower you all in one stroke. However, there is no blame on you if you lay aside your arms because of heavy rain or because you are sick, but you should still be on your guard. No doubt Allah has prepared a humiliating suffering for the enemies of Islam.
103) Then when you have completed the training sessions then turn to revelation of Allah establishing it and maintaining it on basis of your mutual brotherhood. And when you are settled establish regular training sessions. Surely training session are prescribed for those who are committed to working for peace according to a set program and a timetables.
104) However, show no weakness in pursuing people who attack you; if you are suffering hardships they too are suffering similar hardships. Moreover, you have the hope to receive reward from Allah while they have none. And Allah is all Knowing and all Wise.
105) We have indeed revealed to you the divine book for purpose of consistency so that you could judge between people regarding their affairs in accordance with guidance which Allah has shown you, so you should never be an advocate for those who cheat and create fights;
106) Therefore seek relief from your difficulties using guidance from Allah, for Allah is generous in removing difficulties of people by drawing their attention towards their solutions.
107) And plead not on behalf of those who cheat even their own people, for Allah supports not the treacherous who opposes his guidance by his actions.
108) Such may succeed in hiding their crimes against humanity from the people at large but they cannot hide them from Allah. He is with them even when they plot by night in words that He does not approve. Allah encompasses all that they do.
109) You may plead for them in this life, but who will plead for them with Allah on the day appointed? Or who will be there to defend them?
110) However, if anyone does any harm to anyone or oneself and then reforms in accordance to Allah’s guidance, he will find Allah bringing relief by His mercy.
111) Surely whoever does any harm to any other in actual fact does it against all his people, for Allah is all knowing Wise.
112) And if anyone commits a crime and puts blame on another, he indeed shall bear the burden of slander and of intentional harm to his victim.
113) If Allah’s guidance in form His blessing was not with you, a group of them was determined to mislead you. They misled none but their own people, and they cannot do you any harm at all, for Allah has revealed to you the book and the wisdom thereby taught you that which you knew not; great indeed is the guidance of Allah as a blessing for you.
114) There is no benefit indeed in most of the secret counsels of the people because of conspiracies against what is good for humanity; it is, however, good even if one does it secretly to bring to humanity what is beneficial for it or plans to be kind to others, or works for reconciliation among people to unite them for the good of mankind; the one who does this to please Allah, will soon be rewarded greatly.
115) And anyone who conspires hostility against the messenger after the guidance from Allah has been plainly conveyed to him and follows a path other than that of the rightly guided people, We shall leave him on the path he has chosen for himself and let him land in life of painful suffering, which is an evil state of existence to be in.
116) Surely Allah removes not rivalry from people who attribute sovereignty to His rivals but He does remove animosities and conflicts from those who are consistent with his guidance. For one who commits to rule of other than that of Allah, he has indeed gone far away from the way that is right for removing conflicts.
117) They call upon none other than Him but weaklings to remove their manmade ills and they call upon none but the persistent opposer of Allah's guidance.
118) the one condemned by Allah. For such a one declared that I will take a major portion of the people You created and make them follow me as their leader.
119) I will mislead them with destructive ambitions against your guidance and convince them to treat each other worse than cattle. I will inspire them to tamper with Allah’s creation in a way that leads them to harm and destruction. Therefore whoever takes the wicked person as his leader instead of Allah's guidance has indeed become a clear-cut loser.
120) The wicked leader makes them promises to stir up in them false ambitions; surely the wicked leader makes them promises only to deceive them.
121) The end of such people who follow him will be suffering in agony from where they will find no way to escape unless they reform.
122) As for those who are committed to working for peace and work for the good of others, We shall soon land them into gardens beneath which rivers flow to live therein for as long as they deserve it. This is the promise of Allah, true indeed, and who can speak such self evident truth other than Allah?
123) Say to those who live by rule of other than Allah, neither according to your ambitions nor those of the people of the book the result will be determined by to rule of consequences that whoever will do harm to others will end up with harm and he will find none to protect or help him against set rule of Allah.
124) And whoever takes actions that are beneficial for mankind, whether male or female provided he or she remains committed to working for peace shall enter garden and will not be harmed even in the least.
125) And whose rule of law is better than the one who is committed to goal of peace amongst mankind for sake of Allah and he does good to others and follows the path of Abraham the upright one, and whom Allah appointed to be His role model for mankind?
126) Remember, to Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and in the earth. and Allah encompasses everything.
127) Therefore they ask you for instruction concerning the underage generations of the communities. Tell them, Allah gives you instruction about them as are recited to you in the book regarding underage generations of the communities whom you do not give their legal rights yet but whom you desire to involve for their development. He also instructs you regarding the treatment of helpless children, and how you should stand firm for just treatment of all individuals. Beware! Whatever good you do, Allah surely knows it.
128) And if a new generation of people fears control or desertion by any of her guardian communities, there is no blame if both of them agree to reconcile by means of an acceptable compromise, after all compromise is better to keep people together. Also forget not that in a human is present greed for more, so if you show generosity and be consistent in your dealings with each other then Allah is aware of all that you do and will reward you accordingly.
129) As it is not possible for you to treat all your generations and communities equally in all respects even if you wanted to; yet lean not towards one to the extent that you neglect the other altogether. If you work out a friendly understanding and be consistent then Allah too is surely generous in His compassion.
130) Yet if they decide to separate or be independent then Allah will let each one be independent of the other and lead them to His bounty separately, for Allah takes care of all by way of his infinite Wisdom.
131) because to Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and in the earth. And We directed the people of the book before you and now direct you also, to be consistent with rule of Allah when you deal with each other, But if you go against it then be warned that Allah owns all that is in the heavens and in the earth and Allah is Self-sufficient, worthy of sovereignty in total.
132) Behold! To Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and in the earth and Allah is sufficient as a supporter.
133) If it was His declared will then He could have destroyed you all O people and bring others in you place because Allah had the power to do that.
134) Anyone who desires the good reward of this world should know that with Allah rest the good rewards for both, this world and the hereafter and Allah is all hearing and all seeing.
135) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace! Stand firmly upright for what is just and fair and bear witness to the truth just for the sake of Allah, not for personal advantage, even though be it against yourselves, your parents or your relatives. It should matter not whether the party is rich or poor, powerful or weak - for Allah is master of both. So let not your selfish destructive ambitions and desires swerve you from justice. If you distort your testimony or decline giving it, then you should remember that Allah is fully aware of all that you do.
136) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace! Strive for peace properly for sake of Allah with His messenger according to the book which He has revealed to His messenger, and according to every book which He previously revealed. He who opposes Allah and His authorized people and His books and His messengers and the accountability on the Last Day has strayed far from the path that is right.
137) As for those who strive for peace then for wars then again for peace and then again for wars then go on increasing their efforts in this direction, Allah will neither relieve them of the ill results of their actions nor without their own effort guide them to the way that is right.
138) instead announce the painful suffering for such hypocrites as the consequence of their transgressions.
139) Those who take the rejecters and opposers of Our rule as their supporters instead of those who claim to support Our rule, are they seeking honour through them whose sole aim is dishonouring others whereas honour in its entirety rests with rule of Allah alone?
140 He has already revealed for you in the book that when you hear Allah’s revelations being attacked and laughed at by people due to their ignorance, you must not sit listening to them but engage them in a proper dialogue properly unless they move away from the topic of their talk, otherwise you too are acting like them ignorant not using Allah's guidance to guide them. Be warned that Allah is going to gather the hidden opposers of his guidance and the open opposers of it altogether in life of pain and suffering.
141) The hidden opposers from within are the ones who wait and watch to see which way the wind blows. If Allah grants you victory in a battle, they say to you, were we not with you? And if the opposers of our guidance gain upper hand in a battle, they say to them, were we not strong enough to fight against you? Yet we protected you from the believers by conspiring against them. Allah will distinguish between you and them on a day appointed in this very life. Surely Allah will never let opposers of His rule triumph over those who support it.
142) Surely the hypocrites try to undermine the rule of Allah but He lets them thereby defeat themselves, watch how they stand up for the divine rule, they stand up reluctantly merely to be seen by people and refer not to revelation of Allah even in the least degree.
143) Changing sides, belonging neither to this nor to that. So whom Allah finds stray, for him you cannot find the way.
144) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace! Do not choose the warmongers as your supporters instead of those who are committed to working for peace. Would you furnish Allah with clear proof against yourselves?
145) Surely the hypocrites are fallen to the lowest degree in morality in kindling fire of hatred between people so you will not find any helper for them to drag them out of there other than their own effort.
146) However, those who do repent and reform and hold fast onto Allah's guidance and become sincere supporters of rule of Allah for them for sake of Allah, they are to be considered part of those who are committed to working for peace. And Allah will soon grant those committed to working for peace a mighty reward.
147) Why would Allah make you suffer if you are consistent with each other and working for peace and prosperity of mankind? For Allah looks at those consistent in their efforts gracefully.
148) Allah does not approve use of hurtful words between people except by someone who is hurt without justification. So harm not each other, for Allah is all hearing and all knowing.
149) If you do good for others openly or in private or relieve others from any harm then surely Allah has set laws to relieve you of any harm.
150) Those who reject and oppose rule of Allah through His messengers and intend to separate Allah from His messengers by saying, we accept some of the book and reject the rest - seeking a middle way between rule of Allah and rule of wicked man-
151) these are the ones who are true opposers of Our rule and We have prepared for such opposers of Our rule humiliating suffering.
152) As to those who commit to working for peace for sake of Allah through His messengers and do not discriminate between any of them, We shall soon give them their due rewards. For Allah is Gracious and Merciful.
153) The people of the book demand of you that a divine book should be sent directly to them rather than through you but they demanded of Moses a yet bigger thing than this. They said to him let Allah himself show us clearly what he wants of us exactly rather than through you, Moses. So they were taken over by arrogance because of their opposition to Our rule. Thereafter they took over the seat of power after clear guidelines had come to them. Yet we relieved them of their ignorance by giving Moses the guidance manifest.
154) And we bound them through obligations and we set upon them divine constitution and we said to them, enter the gate submitting to our guidance and we said to them, transgress not limit regarding Our rule of law, and we took of them a solemn pledge.
155) Yet they breached their contract and rejected the revelations of Allah and fought their prophets unjustly. And still they say, our brains are full of knowledge. Nay! rather Allah has let their brains become sealed due to their habitual persistent opposition to his guidance due to their holding on their make beliefs. So they commit not to working for peace save a minority.
156) And due to their rejection and opposition to Our rule and their levelling of a grave accusation against Mary.
157) And due to their claim that we have killed the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, the messenger of Allah even though they killed him not, nor did they crucified him rather they are in a confusion about this whole affair. So those who dispute as to what really happened are surely in doubt about him. They have no real knowledge rather they follow nothing but conjecture, certainly they killed him not,
158) nay, not at all rather Allah drew him to His mission. For Allah is Mighty in Wisdom.
159) And there should be none from among the people of the book but one should accept this fact before his death; for on the day of accountability he will be a witness against them.
So The Quran is right in suggesting to people of the book ie Christians to correct themselves in light of revealed and confirmable facts before it is too late.
160) Because of the transgression of those who claim to be Jews against Our rule of law We let them suffer the consequences by way of making unlawful that which was good and lawful for them and due to their misleading of many people from the way of Allah,
161) and due to their profiteering of others in spite of its prohibition and due their cheating of others out of their properties. Thus We let some of those who oppose Our rule of law prepare a way to painful suffering for those who oppose Our rule of law.
162) On the contrary those from among them who are well grounded in knowledge therefore are committed to working for peace and strive for peace on basis of what is revealed to you and what was revealed to prophets before you, to establish divine rule of law in order to attain freedom from all manmade ills, thus they work for peace for sake of Allah and for the good end result for mankind. These are the ones who shall be granted a mighty reward.
163) Indeed We have sent revelation to you just as We sent to Noah and the Prophets who came after him; We also sent revelations to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, his descendants, Jesus, Job, Jonah, Aaron and Solomon, and to David We gave the Zuboor.
164) And to the messengers We have told you about and the messengers We have not mentioned to you; and to Moses Allah spoke likewise.
165) All Our messengers conveyed good news to mankind for making the world a better place with help from our guidance and warned them with consequences for doing things against that so that after the message has reached them through our Messengers, people have no justifiable excuse to plead against Allah on the appointed day of accountability that You did not guide us or we would not have harmed ourselves. Indeed Allah is Mighty in his Wisdom.
166) Therefore, Allah bears witness that what He has sent to you, He has sent it of His Knowledge therefore bear witness to other people the authorised people, because sufficient is Allah’s testimony as a proof for mankind to accept divine rule of law.
167) Surely those who oppose Our rule therefore hinder others from the rule of Allah, have indeed strayed far away from the path that is right.
168) Surely Allah will neither relieve those who oppose His guidance and act against it as the consequences of their actions nor lead them to the way
169) other than the one chosen by themselves that will land them in painful suffering wherein they will remain forever unless repent and reform and this is a matter straight forward as far as Allah is concerned.
170) O you the mankind! there has come to you the messenger with proof from your Lord therefore commit to working for peace by supporting him so that things could be better for you. But if you reject and oppose his advice then you will not have peace nor prosper because to Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and in the earth and Allah is all Knowing and all Wise.
171) O people of the book! Add not make beliefs to your appointed divine rule of law and attribute nothing to Allah save that which is consistent with Him. Surely the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary was no more than a messenger of Allah and His forecast with which He inspired Mary as a revelation from Him. So commit to working for peace for sake of Allah through His messengers and declare not the doctrine of Trinity as your belief rather stay away from it so that things are better for you. Surely Allah is only one God. Free is He from the need and purpose of having a son. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and in the earth. and Allah alone is sufficient for propagating His declared will.
172) Never did the Messiah disdained from serving humanity for sake of Allah, nor do the authorised people who have respectable positions with Him, and whoever disdains serving Him and is arrogant such will be gathered together before Him.
173) As to those who commit to working for peace and work accordingly, He will join them with their due rewards and give them more than their due from Himself, but He will reward with painful suffering those who earn it because they are disdainful and arrogant, and they will find none to protect or help them against Allah.
174) O mankind! There has come to you indeed a convincing proof from your Lord because We have sent to you a glorious light of knowledge.
175) So those who commit to working for peace and hold fast to it by their actions, He will soon cover them with His blessings thereby in abundance and will keep leading them along the path firmly founded.
176) They seek your advice concerning inheritance say, Allah advises that those who leave no descendants or ascendants as heirs. If a man dies childless and leaves behind a sister, she shall inherit one-half of his estate. If a woman dies childless, her brother will inherit all of her estate. If the childless person leaves behind two sisters, they both shall inherit two-third of his estate; but if he leaves more than two brothers and sisters, the share of each male shall be equal to that of two females. Thus Allah makes His commandments clear to you lest you err. Allah has knowledge about everything
SURAH 8 AL ANFAAL= The Surpluses
Proclaim, in the name of Allah, the gracious, the merciful.
1) They ask you about reserves. Tell them, savings are at the disposal of Allah and the messenger for distribution between yourselves in time of your needs, this is how you should remain consistent with Allah through proper relationships between yourselves. Moreover be consistent with rule of Allah through His messenger if you are indeed committed to working for peace.
2) Surely really committed to working for peace are only those who when they are told about mission of Allah their minds are excited and when his goals are recited to them their confidence grows stronger thus they put their trust in their Lord,
3) They establish the rule of Allah whereby they keep open whatever We have provided for their sustenance for benefit of others.
4) They are the ones who are really committed to working for peace as they ought to, for them are ranks with their Lord, relief from troubles and honourable abundance of sustenance in this world as well as in hereafter.
5) It is for this reason your Lord brought you out of your house even though some of those committed to working for peace were hesitant.
6) They sought explanation of you about the purpose of the move in relation to the context of the mission that had been made clear to them already, They thought as if they were being driven to their sure defeat with their eyes wide open for no good reason at all.
7) But Allah already promised you victory over one of the two of your enemy parties, yet you wished the one that was less armed should be your target but Allah intended to fulfil the promise according to His words and to cut off the strength of those who waged wars against His rule of law,
8) so that the truth proves true and the falsehood false even though those who commit crimes against divine rule of law should detest it.
9) Call to mind the time when you people sought help of your Lord so He answered you that I will give you strength of one thousand men well organized fit for the task.
10) By means of this good news Allah raised confidence in your minds, for divine help cannot come from anyone save Allah, surely Allah is mighty in wisdom.
11) Remember long before the battle He filled you with confidence from Himself by sending for you the divine inspiration to free you thereby of any doubt or to remove from you any harmful thoughts caused by any opponent of divine rule and to strengthen your minds thereby and to help you take firm steps.
12) At the time your Lord revealed to you O prophet for the fighting forces the message that I am with you, and told you to give courage to those committed to working for peace. I will thereby drive panic into the minds of those who declare war on My rule of law, therefore go for their lifeline and hurt them every way till they see sense.
13) Do this to them because they commit atrocities to fellow human beings in defiance of rule of Allah sent via His messenger and Whosoever declare war against rule of Allah sent through His messenger should beware that Allah has put in place the rule of retaliation.
14) It is therefore good for you to use it if the aggressor repents and reforms not, and surely there is painful suffering for those who wage war on divine rule of law.
15) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace! If you are forced to fight a war against those who wage war on divine rule of law by oppressing and suppressing fellow human beings, never leave your position in the battlefield.
16) Be warned! Whoever leaves his position on such an occasion unless it be a part of war strategy such as to join his forces will be left by Allah in painful suffering, and how awful will be that life for him!
17) And it is not that you are fighting them for your own gains but that you are fighting them for the goals set by Allah according to His guidelines for the good of mankind, so whatever you attacked them with it was not by you for yourselves but it was thrown at them with approval of Allah so that He passes those who commit to working for peace through this struggle successfully, surely Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
18) And that is something for you to think about, for that is how Allah neutralises all plots of those who oppose His rule of law and make mankind suffer.
19) Say, O fighters against divine rule of law, if you wanted divine truth to be made evident then the truth has been made evident. So if you now stop opposing it then it will be beneficial for you but if you turn back from the truth then We too will let the consequences take their course and your forces however large in numbers they will not avail you at all, for Allah is surely with those who commit to working for peace on His terms.
20) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace! Be consistent with Allah and His messenger and do not turn your back on His message now that you have heard it.
21) Do not be like those who say, we hear but they pay no heed to what they hear.
22) Surely most destructive people in the sight of Allah are those who act as if deaf and dumb to our goals and guidelines having learned no sense.
23) And if Allah had found in them constructive mindset and beneficial attitude for mankind then He would have indeed made their heeding to His guidance evident. However, even though He had made them hear His message, they had turned away and that is clue that they did not listen.
24) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace, respond faithfully to message of Allah and call of His Messenger when he calls you to that which gives you a great future, thus make evident by your actions that message of Allah does make difference to the man through his mind and surely it is He before Whom you will all be assembled.
25) So guard yourselves thereby against tumult and upheaval that results from oppression by way of brotherhood, for civil strife not only affects those of you who cause it but you too would be dragged into it, so be warned that Allah is strict in when it comes to law of consequences.
26) Call to mind how He sheltered you when you were a few in number and were lacking in power in the land, ever fearing lest the enemy would kidnap and enslave you. He made you strong with His help and provided you a safe asylum and gave you guidelines to participate in all that is beneficial for mankind so that you show appreciation by establishing His rule.
27) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace! Do not betray knowingly the trust of Allah and His Messenger nor violate your trusts in each other as a brotherhood.
28) rather you should make evident by your actions that things you have and children you have are in fact, a means of helping you in this struggle to see how you deal with each other, and surely it rests with Allah to reward you greatly if you work for good of each other.
29) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace! If you desire to be consistent with Allah and humanity then He will inspire you with sense of understanding of criterion and its use whereby you can judge between your mutual beneficial and harmful participation to free you from wrongdoings against each other and to remove any resultant harmful effects for you. For Allah is Lord of Mighty Grace.
30) And remember how the opponents of divine rule plotted against you. They sought to take you captive or kill you or exile you. They conspired to do things their way and Allah also planned to do things His way and Allah is unique of the planers.
31) So call to mind the time when Our revelations were recited to them and they used to say, we have heard them and if we wish, we can produce the like. These are nothing but tales of the ancients.
32) Also remember how they used to say, O Allah! If this Quran is indeed the truth from You then rain down stones upon us from the sky or inflict us with some other dreadful punishment to punish us.
33) But Allah would not punish them while you were resident in their midst. Nor does Allah punish a people while there are amongst them such as are truly seeking His grace in form of His guidance.
34) But now there is no reason why Allah should not make them face the consequences because they have driven you out and they are blocking others from the sacred goal therefore they cannot be its supporters. Surely none can be its supporters save those who want to be consistent with Allah and humanity yet most of them do not learn sense to understand this.
35) Their ruling system in their jurisdiction is for nothing other than to gain influence on people to be arrogant or to take undue advantage of others. Say, then suffer the consequences because of your opposition to divine goals and guidelines.
36) Surely those who oppose Our guidance use what they have to block people from the way of Allah and so will they continue to spend but in the end their these very efforts will become the cause of their regrets and in time they will be defeated, thus those who oppose Our rule will be gathered together in painful suffering,
37) In order that Allah may separate the people with destructive mindset and harmful attitude against humanity from the people with constructive mindset and beneficial attitude for humanity and heap the destructive people upon one another, thus put them altogether and then land them into hell. They are the ones who are losers.
38) Tell those who oppose Our rule, if they stop from now on their past behaviour shall be overlooked but if they persist then let them reflect upon the consequences for those passed before them.
39) But if they still persist then campaign against them until they are unable to cause wars anymore and actions of people are entirely judged by rule of Allah alone, yet if they stop then Allah is surely watching all that they do.
40) If they turn their backs to this advice then know that Allah supports you not them for He is supporter for goodness and helper for betterment.
41) Also be aware that anything you produce as a community one-fifth of it is to be for Allah and at the disposal of the messenger for those needing extra assistance such as individuals, the settled and the wayfarer if you really are committed to working for peace for sake of Allah on basis of that which We revealed to Our servant since the day of differentiation between the rule of Allah and the rule of man, and since the day when battle line were drawn between the two armies that always met in combat. So remember that Allah has setup laws to govern over all things.
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46) Among the Jews are some who take the words in the scriptures out of their proper contexts and this is how they say we hear by word of mouth and this is how they end up being inconsistent between their words and actions and so they say we hear but in actual fact they hear not, because they explain words against their obvious purpose by misuse of their language and so they turn the divine rule of law that leads to peace in to a make belief way of life that leads to divisions and wars. Surely it would have been better for them if they had declared, we hear by establishing the divine rule of law they were assigned for their consistency and praying, have mercy upon us and keep us established in the land. However Allah condemned them due to their wars against divine rule of law, for they commit not to working for peace save a minority. Mughal
Why only Jews? many peepal do this
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34) The strong people of the community are made responsible for the weak people in the community because Allah has provided some people with more things than others and therefore they keep open for others whatever of the sustenance they have. Thus righteous people of the community show consistency by guarding their future that Allah requires them to guard. As to such parties in the community from whom you fear lack of discipline, talk to them and confine them to their obligations, thus discipline them appropriately. Thereafter if they become consistent with you then look not for ways to harm them. Remember Allah is supreme in authority. .
Nice to read your posts, and I like this one. Thank God there is no beating of women, otherwise I would get really argghh:- P ,But this makes more sense.
Please share how you came to this conclusion?
2:228) As for the divorced women, they should keep themselves waiting for three menstrual periods, it is not lawful for them to hide what Allah may have created in their wombs, if they really work for peace on behalf of Allah and the good end result. In such cases their husbands have a right to take them back in that period if they too desire reconciliation. Although for women there are similar rights to those exercised against them in an equitable manner but for men in them is attraction. And Allah is Mighty in his Wisdom.
Dear brother, why are the word quru translated to menstruation when there is another proper word for it? Why three and not four? And how would anyone hide what's in their womb if it is about a child, if I'm not mistaken? its going to come after 9 months anyway...
Comments by: moazzam On 08 August 2011
Dear Brother Mughal! I appreciate your efforts and hard work based on consistently focused long time to reach at this presented interpretation and sense of Quranic message.
As you have already observed the fundamental principles of translation/ interpretation of quranic terminologies and verses , even then some members would be interested to contribute in your interpretation through questions and queries, for their satisfaction, hoping positive response from your end.
We may discuss bit by bit (all the verses if required), initially can you further explain(with the help of tasreef al ayaat,lexicon and grammatical) the verse 2 and 7 of Surah Fateha
2) That sovereignty belongs to Allah the creator and sustainer of the kingdoms of the universe.
Dear friends, thank you very much for your kind responses. What you will find in my interpretation is that I have not been focusing on everything in one go but certain ideas and concepts. So it was matter of giving my version here and there and holding on to the traditional version wherever I did not have any better idea just now.
As you kindly appreciate this is a huge undertaking and will need me to go over it several times before I really get what I hope to get.. This is my first attempt and I want to go through the whole quran before I come back to thing. So please keep coming with your ideas hopefully they will help me focus on them.
I do not want to disturb verses independently because that will break the consistency of the text. I want to keep things smooth rather than make them bumpy.
As for grammar yes, I will focus on that as well but first things is to get ideas as to what the quran is trying to tell us in place and then it will be useful to explain the grammar behind it. It is ideas that are difficult to extract from the quran not grammar. Once people have ideas in front of them people who know grammar will have no problem correcting interpretation to match the quranic text grammatically.
The quran is misinterpreted on various levels and priority order is messed up so focus of attention are more important things than nitty gritty stuff. The idea is to remove major interpretational faults than focus on everything and not get anywhere at the end of the day. For example, it is more important to clear misconceptions about miraculous events attributed to the quranic text than political issues. Likewise clearing misconceptions about political issues are more important than trying to worry about laws attributed to the quranic text.. So it is going to need several pass overs before all major misconceptions are deal with effectively.
The problem is that verses must have consistency in their context always ie NAZM. Changing meaning of one word in the text randomly renders the whole thing meaningless. So it is very very difficult thing to try to interpret the quran properly even with all the help we have at hand.
This is why I need to complete what I started than get involved into detailed discussions right from the start. Mainly because first I need to see how far I am going to be successful in what I have in mind and then let people examine it and give ideas and ten make further changes where necessary or appropriate. I do not think it is necessary that we agree on each and everything in every detail but so long as we agree on main things that is fine. Not all differences are destructive and harmful just bad ones. So I will probably stay busy with what I am doing for quite some time but I will try and participate as and when I can. So far I have done only 9 parts. So please accept my apologies if I cannot respond to your advice but I will try and see what you are saying even if I cannot reply. Your ideas are valuable for drawing my attention to things that have escaped my attention.
Thanks again, regards and God bless.
Dear Mughal ! excellant approach to comprehend the Quranic core message. No doubt actual goal is to grasp on the true sense of the verses.In my personal view you and Aastana are at same wave length.Kindly read the on going translation by dr qamarzaman and other meterial available at this blog, your presence at this forum would be highly appreciated.
Although you seems much busy in holy cause of translating Quran, but i expect the same from your end as i wished above.
"As for grammar yes, I will focus on that as well but first things is to get ideas as to what the quran is trying to tell us in place and then it will be useful to explain the grammar behind it. It is ideas that are difficult to extract from the quran not grammar. Once people have ideas in front of them people who know grammar will have no problem correcting interpretation to match the quranic text grammatically."
Rest of Surah 8 Al-Anfaal
41) Also be aware that anything you produce as a community one-fifth of it is to be for Allah and at the disposal of the messenger for those needing assistance such as individuals, the settled and the wayfarer if you really are committed to working for peace for sake of Allah on basis of that which We have revealed upon Our man for purpose of differentiation between rule of Allah and rule of man, for purpose of unity between two factions that opposed each other. So remember that Allah has setup laws to govern over all things.
42) Behold! You were on the higher ground objectively and they were on the other side and their objective was harmful for all of you. Even if you had made a mutual appointment to fight it between yourselves yet you would have failed but Allah sought to accomplish what He had planed so that those who still went for suffering may do so after clear proof and those who wanted blissful life may do so after clear proof. Surely Allah is hearing and knowing.
43) Remember in your dream Allah made them appear to you weak in their objectives and the supportive arguments, had He shown them to you strong then you would surely have lost courage and instead you would have quarrelled even amongst yourselves about this matter. Thus Allah helped you win peace, surely He knows the very secrets of the minds.
44) And remember when you met them in the arena He exposed them to you as weak in objectives and arguments before your very eyes and He let them see you as an ill equipped minority in their eyes yet Allah let His rule of law be established thereby, for ultimately all affairs rest with Allah for His permission.
45) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace! When you face an enemy in an arena be firm and let glory of Allah be manifest grossly so that you may be successful.
46) Therefore be consistent with Allah and His Messenger and argue not with one another senselessly as you will lose courage and weaken your strength so instead show endurance and persistence in following objectives and guidelines, surely Allah is on the side of those take steps sensibly.
47) So do not be like those who come forth from their positions in disarray and confusion for purpose of showing off people they are invincible thus they indent to stop others from the way of Allah. However they forget Allah encompasses all their actions.
48) Remember when their destructive leadership made their actions seem attractive to them and said, none of the people can overcome you today, for I will be at hand to help you. Yet when both the parties came within sight of each other he turned back on his word saying, I am not with you any more, for I can see what you cannot. I fear Allah, for Allah is strict in calling to account.
49) At that time the hypocrites and all those who had malice in their hearts were saying, their selfmade rule of law has deceived them. Thus it should be clear that anyone who puts his trust in Allah will find Allah Mighty in Wisdom.
50) If you could but imagine when the promise is to be fulfilled to those who oppose Our rule by the people who will serve Our kingdom who will smash their front and rear defences saying, taste the result of hatred you created and suffer the consequences of your actions!
51) This is the pain and suffering you brought upon yourselves by your actions, for Allah is never unjust to His servants.
52) The same thing happened to the people of Pharaoh and to those that had gone before them. They also opposed the revelations of Allah and victimised their people so Allah found them caught in their own mutual destructive. Surely Allah is Mighty and strict in telling people to hold onto His advice.
53) That is because Allah never changes the blissful state of existence which He has bestowed on a people due to following of His advice until they themselves change their state of existence for the worst, for Allah surely is vastly knowledgeable.
54) This same principle was applied to the people of Pharaoh and those who have gone before them, they rejected the revealed goals and guidelines of their Lord so We caught them in the act of their mutual destruction, for they all did terrible things to each other.
55) The most destructive people in the sight of Allah are those who reject and oppose divine rule and they do to commit themselves to working for peace.
56) Such as those who make treaties with you and time after time violate their treaties and have no concern for God or humanity,
57) if you decide to counter them by combat then defeat them decisively as an example for others who would follow them so that they all may learn a lesson.
58) Also if you have good evidence to fear treachery from any of the factions with whom you have any treaty, you must finish off the treaty with them well before you decide to attack them, for Allah loves not those who keep not to their words.
59) Let not the opposers of Our guidance think that they can get better of those who commit to working for peace, surely they can never frustrate them.
60) However be well prepared against them in every way including the military strength and cavalry that you can muster so that you could use this strength as deterrent against these like enemies of guidance of Allah and your enemies to prevent them from attacking you and also others besides them who are not known to you but known to Allah. Remember that whatever you spend in the cause of Allah will be paid back to you in full and you will not be treated unjustly at all.
61) Yet if the enemies incline towards peace then do make peace with them and put your trust in Allah. Surely He is the One Who hears all and knows all.
62) And should they intend to deceive you O prophet then Allah is sufficient for you. He is the One Who has strengthened you with those who have committed themselves to working for peace,
63) by putting sense of brotherhood in their minds. If you had spent all that which is in the earth even then you could not have united their minds this way nonetheless Allah has united them because He is Mighty in Wisdom.
64) O Prophet! Surely Allah is all-sufficient for you and for those who follow you in commitment to working for peace.
65) O Prophet! Rouse those who claim to have committed themselves to working for peace to prepare themselves for war. They should train to such degree that if there are twenty fully trained among you then they should be able to vanquish two hundred and if there are one hundred they should be able to overcome one thousand of those who oppose our guidance because they are enemies of humanity, for they are a people who lack the sense of brotherhood and sacrifice for the good of others.
66) For just now Allah knows that you are not well prepared, because He knows that there are still some individuals among you who are weak in their fighting skills, yet as things are if there are one hundred good fighters among you, they shall vanquish two hundred and if there be one thousand, they will overcome two thousand because that is declared rule of Allah, for Allah backs those who stand for His set goals as per His guidelines and they stand their ground.
67) Remember that in a war it is not the divine objective for a prophet to make people his prisoners or to cause aimless bloodshed in the land. Would you desire the temporal goods of this world while Allah desires for you the better end goal? For Allah is Mighty and Wise.
68) Had there not been already written by Allah that He will be kind and merciful to mankind then he would not have guided you so you would have been caught up in great pain and suffering by your own wrong doings against each other.
69) So take part in all that which is productive for you lawful and beneficial but remain consistent with Allah and humanity. Surely Allah is graciously compassionate.
70) O Prophet! Tell those under your care of those with limited means that if Allah finds improvement in your minds then He will give you even better than what you have been found with and remove your difficulties from you. For Allah Is indeed graciously compassionate.
71) And if they still have treacherous designs against you after you set them free from ignorance and poverty then that will not be anything new they have already demonstrated deception to Allah and people that is why He gave them under your care for reformation so let them go when they are ready so that they may demonstrate if they have mended their ways. Remember Allah is all Knowing and all Wise.
72) As for those who claim to be committed to working for peace and migrated and made effort in the way of Allah with whatever they have and their persons as well as those who gave them asylum and help are indeed the true supporters of one another. As to those who declared commitment to working for peace but emigrated not, you are under no obligation to protect them until they emigrate yet it is your obligation to help them if they are oppressed by any other people in matters of their legal rights except against a people with whom you have a treaty and they have accepted to live under their rule. Surely Allah is observing all that you do.
73) Remember those who oppose Our guidance are supporters of each other. If you failed to do likewise there will be wars in the land and great corruption and destruction.
74) Those who have committed to working for peace and migrated and made efforts in the cause of Allah and those who gave them asylum and help, they are the true followers of Our guidance. They will indeed have freedom from all ills and honourable provisions.
75) Those who committed to working for peace afterwards and migrated and joined you in your struggle to establish the way of Allah according to his guidance, they too are your brothers despite the fact that according to the Book of Allah the blood relatives have closer bonds with one other. Indeed with Allah rests knowledge of everything.
SURAH 9 AL TAUBA= General Amnesty
1) O those who claim to be committed to working for peace! This is declaration of general amnesty from Allah through His messenger as an obligation upon you regarding polytheists, those with whom you have any treaties but they breach them.
2) Say, unless you stop you are hereby given four months notice to go about your business freely in the land and you are made clear that you cannot stop the message of Allah from reaching his people, for Allah will let remain in humiliation those who oppose his guidance.
3) This is an open declaration from Allah via His messenger to the people concerned on the day of the Grand Assembly that Allah via His messenger hereby grants general amnesty for the polytheists. So if you stop your breach of treaties then it will be beneficial for you but if you keep going back on your word then be warned that you cannot derail the mission of Allah. Moreover tell those who oppose divine rule that painful suffering is theirs as a consequence
4) save for those polytheists who have honoured their treaties with you in every detail and aided none against you. So fulfil your treaties with them to the end of their term, for Allah supports those who remain consistent with Allah and humanity.
5) When the sacred months are over and period of notice has expired from then on you are free to retaliate against the polytheists as you see fit wherever you find them causing you trouble, you should seize them, besiege them and lie in ambush for them in every stratagem of war, yet if they stop their hostilities against you and establish the divine system and attain freedom from doing any harm to others then help them to be that way, surely Allah is graciously compassionate.
6) If anyone of the polytheists requests you for asylum then grant it to him so that he may hear the goals and guidelines of Allah and then escort him to his place of safety, this is to be done because these people know not the message from Allah.
7) How can Allah and His messenger enter the treaty with these polytheists because they keep breaking it but exception are those polytheists with whom you ratified a treaty at the sacred institution and only for so long as they honour it? You too should therefore honour it, for Allah supports those who do good to others.
8) But how can you trust a treacherous people who keep breaching the terms of the agreement by keep conspiring and trying their tricks and if they prevail against you, they respect neither treaty nor ties of relationship? They try to take you into confidence by their smooth talk but in their minds they have other plans, for most of them work against the rule of Allah.
9) They have traded the revelations of Allah for paltry gain and they hinder others from His way, destructive indeed is what they do.
10) They neither honour the ties of relationship nor observe the obligations of treaties with those who claim to have committed to working for peace. These are such a people indeed who have transgressed beyond all bounds.
11) Still if they stop doing all this and help you establish the divine rule of law and help you attain freedom from all ills in the society then they are your brethren in the rule of law. Thus We explain Our revelations in detail for people who wish to learn and understand.
12) But if they violate their treaty yet again after ratifying it thus they reject terms of treaty then you are free to fight with such ring leaders of warmongers- Since their words are worthless so war is the only way to stop them from their carry on.
13) Will you not fight against those who have broken their oaths again and again and conspired to expel the messenger and were the first to start aggression against you? Are you trying to show such concern for them that they do not deserve? Nay, it is Allah’s goals and guidelines that are more deserving of your attention if you really are committed to working for peace.
14) Therefore fight them back so that Allah defeats them at your hands and humbles them. For He will support you against them and soothe the hearts of those who are committed to working for peace.
15) Yet He will take away all rancour from their hearts once they realise the truth after their defeat, for Allah shows mercy to whom He plans, and Allah is All-Knowing and All-Wise.
16) Do you think that if you fight them not then you will be left alone by these people? Not at all and Allah has not yet made known amongst yourselves as to which of you has exerted your utmost effort in His cause and which of you did not take any supporters other than Allah, His messenger and the those who claim to have committed to working for peace, for Allah is well aware of all that you do.
17) It is not fitting to leave to these like treacherous polytheists to maintain the goals and guidelines of Allah the while they bear witness by their actions against themselves by opposing the goals of Allah. It is such whose works lead to destruction whereby they will end up in painful suffering.
18) The goals and guidelines of Allah are expected to be achieved and maintained by those who claim to have committed themselves to working for peace for sake of Allah for the good end result for humanity by way of establishing divine system by eliminating all ills in society paying homage to none save rule of law of Allah. It is they who are expected to follow His guidance faithfully.
19) Do you take those who provide water to the assembly and maintain the sacred place of gathering as equals to those who commit to working for peace for sake of Allah for the good end result for mankind and struggle for the rule of Allah? They are surely not equal in sight of Allah and Allah does not guide those who break His set limits.
20) Those who commit to working for peace and leave their homes in cause of Allah and struggle for His rule with their wealth and persons are surely ranked very high in the sight of Allah and it is they who will attain prosperity.
21) Their Lord gives them good news from Himself of prosperity with His approval and of blissful life for them full of blessings that last
22) they will abide in that state for as long as they deserve. Surely it is Allah with Whom is the mighty reward.
23) O you who claim to have committed to working for peace! Give not your fathers and your brothers support if they love war instead of committing to peace, for those who give up their commitment to peace shall be considered transgressors against the set limits of Allah.
24) Say to them, if despite their wars, against rule of Allah which is for your own good, your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your spouses, your relatives, the wealth that you have acquired, the dealings in which you fear loss, and the homes which you like are dearer to you than Allah and His messenger and struggling in the way of Allah then wait till rule of consequences set by Allah shows its effects, and remember, Allah guides not those who rebel against His advice.
25) Allah has indeed helped you on many occasions in life and recently on the day of Hunain, when you placed your trust in your numbers but being greater in numbers availed you nought. The earth with all its vastness seemed closed in upon you, for you turned round and fled.
26) But thereafter Allah brought His revelation to the attention of His messenger and to the attention of those who committed themselves to working for peace and sent to your rescue forces which you did not expect to see thereby made those who opposed our guidance suffer defeat. That is how He rewarded those who fought against His rule.
27) Yet after that Allah turned to some of them whom He found deserving to guide them, for Allah is gracefully compassionate.
28) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace! Beware of these enemies of rule of Allah they are fully submerged in destructive motives, designs and collaborations with your enemies, therefore do not let them step in to the land ruled by law of Allah after this year unless they reform. If you are concerned about poverty, soon Allah will enrich you with His provision if it is His plan. Allah is All-Knowing and All-Wise.
29) So campaign consistently against those who do not commit to working for peace for sake of Allah for the good end of mankind- because they forbid not that which Allah has forbidden through His messenger for they embrace not the criterion for their judgement that which is proper because it is beneficial for the mankind- until they accept change by their own free will or they should be humbled even if such people belong to the people of the book.
30) Of the Jews some claim Ezra is son of Allah and of the Christians some claim Messiah is son of Allah. That is what they say with their mouths without any proof, imitating the sayings and practices of those who used to oppose Our guidelines in the past. Challenge of Allah is upon them as to how perverted they are from his guidance!
31) They have taken their Rabbis and priests as their sovereigns as well as Messiah the son of Mary instead of Allah, although they were commanded to serve God as the only ruler. For none is God but He. Far above their lies is He to whom they associate partners in sovereignty.
32) They desire to extinguish the light of Allah's guidance with their mouths but Allah seeks to establish His light fully even though the opposer of His rule hate it.
33) It is He Who has sent His messenger with His Goals and guidelines as a proper constitution for mankind so that He makes it evident against all other rules of law even though the polytheists may hate it.
34) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace! Surely most of the Rabbis and priests take away the rights of the people by falsehood thus hinder them from the way of Allah. As to those who hoard gold and silver instead of opening it for the good of others, warn them about the painful suffering as a consequence.
35) Unless they avoid it the day will surely come when their treasure stolen from others will produce heat of hate like hell whereby their fronts, sides and backs will be branded. They will be told by their victims, this is the treasure which you stored for your future. Now taste what you hoarded!
36) Indeed the number of months in a year as set by Allah for you is twelve in the book of Allah since the time He decided to create the heavens and the earth. Of these like months four are to be observe as a sacred duty before attacking any people who give you trouble, for that is the standard as divine rule of law. Therefore never transgress this law by violating these months yourselves. Moreover if you have to fight then all of you fight the polytheists together as they fight you all together. Let this be clear for you all that Allah is only with those who strive to be consistent with Allah and humanity.
37) Surely ignoring the notice in any vital aspect causes increase in acts of revengefulness whereby are misled those who oppose Our rule, for they hold it binding as it is at one time but ignore its important aspects at another time, thus they make changes to the important aspects of notice which Allah has sanctified thereby make lawful what Allah has forbidden. Their such harmful actions seem pleasing to them but Allah guides not a people who oppose His rule.
38) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace! What is the matter with you that when you are asked to march forth in the way of Allah some of you cling to the ground? Are you becoming complacent to the standard of life you have achieved for yourselves in this world instead of trying to change it yet more for even better standard for others in the hope of hereafter? If so little comfort you have will not last because harmful standards of life will spread again if you sit idle and make your work you have already done ineffective. Even though comforts of this life are little compared to the life of the hereafter yet letting this life slip into hellhole is not going to be a good thing.
39) Yet if you do not see need for marching forth, He will let things take their course as is His rule and that will inflict on you a painful suffering and He will replace you with another people and you cannot harm Him at all, for Allah has set rules for governing over everything.
40) It is unlike of you to not to support the prophet for you know full well he is supported by Allah by His revelation. Call to mind the time when the opponents of his mission drove him out of his town, they were just two men but look at numbers now, the while they were in the cave, the second of the two said to his companion, worry not for Allah is with us. At length Allah fulfilled His word sent to him and strengthened him with forces which you could not imagine at that time, thus He made the boastings of those who opposed Our rule come to nothing, for word of Allah is supreme, for Allah is mighty in wisdom.
41) So march forth regardless equipped lightly or heavily and campaign for the establishment of rule of Allah in the land with whatever you have along your people. That is beneficial for you if you could understand.
42) As for the evaders of the campaign, if the gain would have been immediate and the journey short, they would have certainly accompanied you, but the long journey was too hard for them. To justify their evasion, they would even swear by Allah saying, if we were able to then we would certainly have marched with you. That is how they are destroying their own peoples by not supporting them, for Allah knows that they are liars and realise not what goes round comes round. If you do nothing to get rid of manmade harm in the world then harm will keep on spreading till one day it reaches you.
43) Allah has granted you success in campaign but why did you give them leave to stay behind? It was better if you had not so that it could become clear which of them spoke the truth and which of them invented false excuses.
44) Those who are committed to working for peace for sake of Allah for the good end goal for mankind do not ask you for exemption from going on a campaign for same of Allah with whatever they have and their people. Allah is aware of those who are consistent with Him and humanity.
45) Only those people ask for exemption who are not really committed to working for peace for sake of Allah for the good end goal for mankind and whose hearts are filled with doubt, and are wavering because of their doubts.
46) If they had even intended to march forth then they would certainly have made some preparation for it, thus Allah did not find them deserving for going forth so He let them lag behind and they were told, sit idle with those who stay behind.
47) Had they gone with you they would have added nothing but mischief and they would have made efforts to create disorder among your ranks and there would have been some among you who would have listened to them. Allah knows those who work against His rule.
48) Indeed they had plotted sedition before and created disturbance to make you unsuccessful until the truth came through and the decree of Allah prevailed, even though they disliked it.
49) Among them there is such who said, grant me exemption and put me not through trouble. Have they fallen not into trouble already by avoiding the campaign against harmful forces? Surely painful suffering encircles those who oppose rule of Allah.
50) If you gain success it grieves them but if you face a setback, they say We had taken our precautionary measures and turn away rejoicing.
51) Tell them, nothing will happen to us other than what Allah has set up as law of consequences for all of us and He is our supporter so in law of Allah should put their trust those who work for peace.
52) So can you expect for us anything other than two excellent outcomes approval of Allah and betterment for humanity? However we are leaving it to Allah to reward you with consequences of your deeds either from Himself or through us. So wait if you will we too are waiting.
53) Say, whether you contribute to society what you have willingly or with reluctance, it will not be accepted from you, for you are the people who rebel against the rule of Allah.
54) The reasons their contributions are not accepted are, they oppose the rule of Allah by standing against His messenger because they are against bringing about the divine system therefore they do not offer their due contributions but as if they are forced out of them.
55) So let not be of any significance in your sight what they have or their children, for Allah has set the rule of consequences to reward them with painful suffering because of them in this very life and they themselves may leave this world the while they are still confused and opposing the rule of Allah.
56) They swear by Allah that they are indeed part of you the community but in actual fact they are not part of you, the fact is they are a people of opposite mindset.
57) If they could find a place of refuge or a cave or any hiding-place, they would certainly run to it with an obstinate rush.
58) There are some among them who make false allegation against you O prophet concerning distribution of social fund. If they are given from it they are pleased even though they are self sufficient, and if they are not given from it because they do not need it, lo! They are full of rage.
59) It would have been beneficial for them if they had compromised with what Allah and His Messenger had given them and said, Allah is sufficient for us! Soon Allah will give us of His bounty and so will His Messenger. Indeed to Allah we turn in hope.
60) In fact the collection of the reserved social fund is for those who come there seeking assistance and the needy residents and those employed to administer the funds and those new settlers whose minds are insecure about their livelihood who need to be assured till they find their feet in new setting and for freeing any person held in bondage and for helping those struggling in the way of Allah and for the wayfarer. That is a duty enjoined by Allah and Allah is All-Knowing and all Wise.
The rest of Surah Al=taubah
61) Despite of his doing all this for them yet there are some people among them who try to damage the prophetic mission saying, he is all ears to everyone. Say, it is good for you that he listens to all and does what benefits you all. He is committed to working for peace for sake of Allah because he is committed to working for peace of those who themselves are committed to working for peace, for he is very passionate about progress and prosperity of those who are committed to working for peace . As for those who try to inflict damage on the mission of the messenger they will end up in painful suffering if they reform not.
62) They swear to you Muslims by Allah in order to regain your confidence but the proper thing to do for them was to seek consistency with Allah as per His diktats via His messenger if they were truly committed to working for peace.
63) Don’t they know that anyone who opposes Allah and His Messenger shall end up with life of painful suffering for as long as one lives unless one reforms? That surely is the worst humiliation.
64) These hypocrites the evaders of community responsibilities are afraid lest a Surah is sent about them revealing to Muslims what is in their minds. Say, mock if you will but Allah will surely bring to light all that you fear.
65) If you ask them, what were you talking about? They will say, we were only jesting and having fun. Say, What! Did you take Allah, His revelations and His Messenger for your mockery?
66) Make no excuses now, you have committed yourselves to oppose Allah after committing yourselves to working for peace. Even if We accept reformation of some of you, We will leave others of you to suffer because they are such criminals who refuse to reform.
67)The hypocrite individuals and the hypocrite communities, they are all alike. They promote what is harmful to the community and discourage what is beneficial for the society thus they withhold their hands from doing good for others. They have ignored guidance of Allah so He has left them to their own devices. Surely hypocrites are rebellious against rule of Allah.
68) It is a promise of Allah to the hypocrite individuals, the hypocrite communities and the opposers of His rule that they will end up in fire of hate to live therein forever, a sufficient recompense. Allah has let them move away from his mercy so they shall have a lasting punishment unless they reform.
69) Your ideology is just like ideology of those who have ruined themselves before you but they were mightier than you in power and more flourishing in wealth and children when they followed Our advice. They enjoyed their portion of this worldly life before you just as you enjoy your portion but beware that you are entering into same vain discourses as they did. Consequently their deeds were fruitless in this world and in the Hereafter, therefore they were the ones who ended up as losers.
70) Have they not heard the news of those who have gone before them? The people of Noah, Ad and Thamud, the people of Abraham, the men of Madyan and the cities which were overthrown by civil wars. Their Messengers came to them with clear warnings against their ideologies and Allah did them no harm rather they harmed their own people so much so that they ended up destroyed.
71) The individuals who are committed to working for peace and the communities that are committed to working for peace are supporters of one another. They promote what is beneficial for the mankind and discourage what is harmful for humanity thereby they help establish the divine system whereby they attain freedom from all manmade ills in their society thus they show they are consistent with Allah and His Messenger. Such are the ones through whom comes prosperity that is promised by Allah, surely Allah is Mighty and Wise.
72) Allah has promised such individuals and communities as are committed to working for peace gardens beneath which rivers flow to live therein for as long as they deserve to live in them, and they will have beautiful mansions in these gardens of lasting bliss. Best of all they will achieve all this due to way of life approved by Allah and that is the highest achievement.
73) O Prophet! Strive with utmost effort against those who oppose Our rule openly as well as those who oppose Our rule secretly according to the Quran and be firm against them making clear to them painful suffering is their destiny and therein they will remain unless they reform and that is the worst of states to be in.
74) They swear by Allah that they said nothing when in fact they uttered the words of contempt against rule of Allah thus they made evident that they have committed themselves to opposing the rule of Allah after they submitted themselves to it and they thought of a plot which they were unable to carry out. They had no reason to be revengeful except that Allah through His Messenger had enriched them by His revelation based prosperity. Therefore if they reform it will indeed be better for them but if they turn back Allah will let them fall in painful suffering in this life and in the Hereafter and they will have none in the land to support and protect them.
75) There are some among them who made a promise with Allah saying, If He bestows us with His provision in abundance, we will surely use it for the benefit of others and become truly of those who commit to working for peace and do what is right and good for others.
76) But when He did bestow of His bounty upon them they became stingy and turned back from their promise and became evasive instead.
77) He found hypocrisy take roots in their minds to last till the day they meet Him due to which they breached their promise with Allah and due to which they told lies.
78) Did it not dawn upon them that Allah knows their secret thoughts and their secret counsels and that Allah knows full well all that is hidden from them?
79) As for those that criticise those who are committed to working for peace who give freely what they have to help others and ridicule those who find nothing to give except their own labour Allah will show them consequences of their ridicule because their this mindset and attitude will land them in a painful suffering.
80) O Prophet! It is the same whether you attempt not at all or try once or even seventy times to free them from their conflicts whereby they inflict on each other Allah will not free them of their conflicts because in their minds they oppose rule of Allah as He revealed to His Messenger. And rule of Allah is that He does not guide those who deliberately and senselessly work against His advice because they deserve it not.
81) As for those who remained behind they were delighted to sit inactive behind Messenger of Allah when he went on a campaign and they hated joining in that struggle using whatever they had and their people in the cause of Allah. They said to each other, do not go forth in the heat. Say to them, the agony of suffering from which you are being taken out is much more severe than this heat. If only they could understand!
82) Let them laugh a little for much will they weep as a result of what they did to their people.
83) From now on if Allah brings you among them and any of them ask your permission to go forth on a campaign say, you shall never be allowed to come forth with me nor fight an enemy in my company. You chose to sit inactive on the first occasion therefore you shall now stay with those who stay behind.
84) Moreover you should have no connection with any of them at all nor shall you go to their houses, for they have opposed mission of Allah and His Messenger thereby cut off themselves from the community because they are a rebellious people.
86) Whenever a commandment is revealed saying, commit to working for peace on behalf of Allah and strive along with His Messenger, capable people among them ask you for exemption saying, please leave us with those who are to stay at home.
87) They preferred to be with those who remain behind as an effect of resistance in their minds against greater concern for their community so they cannot understand the benefits of striving for establishing the rule of Allah in the land.
88) But the Messenger and those who are committed to working for peace with him, strive with whatever they have and their people. They are the ones who will have all the benefits, and they are the ones who will be successful.
89) Allah has setup for them a deserving plan to land them in gardens beneath which rivers flow to live therein for as long as they deserve and that will be the achievement that is worthy for them.
90) Some from among the desert Arabs also came with their excuses, begging for exemption to stay behind, thus those who lied to Allah and His Messenger sat inactive. Soon a painful suffering shall seize those of them who claim they are committed to working for peace but in actual fact they are not for their actions speak louder than their words.
91) There is no blame on the disabled, the sick, and those lacking the means to stay behind so long as they are sincere to Allah and His Messenger. There can be no blame against such as are really committed to working for peace and work for it within their capacity. Allah is generous with his compassion.
92) Likewise is case of those who came to you requesting the conveyance to battlefield and you said, I am unable to provide you the conveyance and they returned home with their eyes streaming with tears, for they were filled with sorrow that they had no resources for going forth to battle at their own expense.
93) The blame is only against those who begged for exemption although they are a people with ways and means and physically fit so they have no good excuse to remain behind yet they preferred to be with those who remained behind. Allah has found them with their self created barrier in their minds against well being of their own community, so they do not know what is really good for them to do, making life better for people or letting it get worse by doing nothing.
94) They will apologize to you when you return to them. Say, present no excuses because we will not believe you for Allah has already revealed to us the whole truth about you. Now Allah and His Messenger will keep a watch over your conduct and in the end you will return to Him Who knows what is hidden and what is open, and He will tell you all that you have been doing.
95) They will swear to you by Allah when you return to them so that you may leave them alone. So leave them alone because their heads are filled with opposition against rule of Allah. So agony has to be their abode, the fitting consequences for their misdeeds.
96) They will swear to you in order to please you but even if you be pleased with them, Allah will never be pleased with such tricksters who promised to work for rule of Allah but actually do the opposite in practice.
97) Some of the Arabs of the desert are the worst in opposing and conspiring against rule of Allah and are least inclined to acknowledge the set limits that Allah has revealed to His Messenger. Surely Allah is All- Knowing and All-Wise.
98) Some look upon whatever they spend in way of Allah as a penalty and wait for some misfortune to befall you. Misfortune is to befall upon them for what they believe in and do! For Allah is all hearing and all knowing.
99) However some of the desert Arabs are really committed to working for peace on behalf of Allah for the good end goal for mankind and look on whatever they use in the way of Allah as a means of bringing them closer to establishing the rule of Allah through guidance of the Messenger. Surely closer they shall be brought and soon Allah will admit them to His blissful kingdom for Allah is generous in his compassion.
100) As for the first pioneers who embraced Islam from the immigrants and their supporters in Madinah and those who follow them in works that are right in accordance to Allah's guidance, Allah is well pleased with them and they are pleased with Him. He has set his plan in motion to land them in gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they shall live for as long as they deserve it and that is indeed the achievement that is worthy of them.
101) Be alert that some of the desert Arabs around you are hypocrites and so are some of the residents of Medina who are fanatical in their hypocrisy. You do not know them but We know them and soon We shall find them in double the agony whereby they shall suffer the most severe chastisement.
102) There are also some who have owned up to what they have done wrong. They have mixed records of good and bad works. It is likely that Allah will turn to them in mercy, for Allah is graciously merciful.
103) Do accept from them the part of what they have and offer happily as social fund so that they may thereby make evident their full commitment to the rule of Allah, thus stay in touch with them, for your support will give them comfort that their works have been approved by Allah, for Allah hears all and knows all.
104) Do they not know already that Allah accepts reformation of those of His people who turn to His guidance so He accepts their offerings in His name for helping others? Surely Allah is unique in accepting those gracefully who turn to His guidance.
105) Tell them, do as you will because Allah, His Messenger and those committed to working for peace will now keep a watch over your conduct then you shall be brought to His court Who knows the hidden and the open, so He will inform you of all that you have done.
106) There are yet others regarding whom Allah has not made his decision known. It is for Him to decide whether to let them suffer or turn to them in mercy and Allah is all knowing and all Wise.
107) As for those who conspired to built a separate administrative structure and organisation to spread misinformation and disinformation to create mistrust and distrust or cause suspicion thereby animosity in order to bring about disunity and fights between those who are committed to working for peace on directions of such a person who declared war against Allah and His Messenger before. They will indeed swear that their intentions are nothing but good but Allah will make evident by their deeds that they are absolute liars.
108) You O prophet are not to set your foot in there. Certainly the administrative structure founded for Allah for the good of humanity right from the very first day is more deserving that you should establish it as a centre for establishing divine rule, for in there are involved people who love to be free of harmful practices against rule of Allah and Allah supports those who free themselves of all sorts of corruption.
109) Who is a better person he who lays his building on the firm foundation from Allah for the good of mankind with His approval, or he who lays his building on a crumbling bank that will tumble down with him into the ditch of destruction? Allah does not guide such as do things that are against His rule of law.
110) The foundation of those who so build is never free from suspicion, shakiness and doubt in their minds so their minds are pulled in different directions falling apart. Allah is all knowing indeed and all Wise.
111) Indeed Allah has bound those who are committed to working for peace to work towards blissful gardens together for themselves using their people and whatever they have. They fight to establish the rule of Allah for the good of humanity even if it leads them to fight those who are hell bent on making life hell for others and even if they themselves are fought against in this cause. This is an ever true promise which is binding upon Him as was mentioned in Torah and the Injeel and now in the Qur’an as well and who is more capable in fulfilling his promise than Allah? Rejoice therefore in this promise which you have taken upon yourselves to fulfil and that will be a mighty achievement.
112) They are those who turn to guidance of Allah and reform accordingly, they serve His rule holding only Him as sovereign, they move about in the land for His sake doing good for themselves and others, bending in His appointed direction and submitting to His constitution, promote what is good for mankind and discourage what is harmful and observe the limits as set by Allah, so proclaim the good news to such people who commit to working for peace.
113) It is not right for the prophet and those who are committed to working for peace that they should let such polytheists live amongst them who rebel against kingdom of Allah be they their relatives after it has become obvious to them that these people are enemies of rule of Allah and humanity and conspire and collaborate with enemies against the kingdom to destroy it and its people. All this because these people are fully covered up in fire of hatred and destruction.
114) It was not right for Abraham either to associate with his elder beyond our binding limit set in Our guidance. So when it became clear to him that he was an enemy of rule of Allah and humanity he too disassociated himself from him. The fact is Abraham was tender hearted, forbearing person who followed Our guidance faithfully.
115) It is not the way of Allah to confound people after He has guided them, until He makes clear to them what they should guard against, surely Allah has the knowledge of all things.
116) Surely it is Allah alone to Whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. He brings to life and causes to die and you have none besides Allah to protect or to help.
117) Allah turned with grace to the prophet and those of the immigrants and their helpers who stood by him in the time of distress. He also turned to them in mercy when some were on the point of losing heart in the battle. Surely to them He was Kind and Merciful.
118) Moreover he turned to those three with his mercy whose case was yet to be made known. So despondent were they that the earth with all its vastness and even their own people seemed to close in upon them. They realised indeed that there was no refuge from Allah except in Him. Then He too turned to them in mercy so that they have their chance to reform. Surely Allah is the One Who turns to people often with his mercy.
119) O you who claim to have committed to working for peace! Be consistent with Allah and be consistent with those who stand for truth and justice.
120) It is not right for the people of Medina and the Bedouin Arabs of the neighbourhood to forsake the Messenger of Allah or to jeopardize his life so as to safeguard their own because they do not suffer any thirst or hunger or any ordeal for the sake of Allah or take any step which may provoke the opposers of our guidance or receive any injury from an enemy but it shall be written down as a good work by them in their account, for Allah does not let go to waste the effort of those who do good for others.
121) Likewise they do not use anything be it small or large or cut across a valley for preaching or battle but is written to their credit, so that Allah may reward them based on the best of their deeds.
122) It is not proper that believers should go forth all together and if so why not a squadron from each division stay behind so that they may obtain the proper understanding of Our guidance and pass it on to the rest of people when they return to them so that they may refrain from believing and doing things against our guidance.
123) O you who claim to have committed to working for peace! Fight off those who oppose Our rule and try to turn you back from Our guidance by letting them know how serious you are in your commitment and be aware that Allah is with those who are consistent with Him and humanity.
124) Whenever a Surah is revealed some of them ask others, whose commitment to work for peace has increased by this from among you? Certainly the commitment to peace has increased of those have already committed to working for peace and they rejoice over it.
125) As for those in whose hearts rests animosity against rule of Allah, it will further add rage to their existing agony and they will die while they are still opposing it.
126) Do they not see that they are put through hardship every year once or twice? Yet they neither reform nor learn a lesson from this.
127) Whenever a Surah is revealed they give each other a prompting look as if saying, is anyone watching us? Then they silently slip away. Allah has found their hearts slipping from His guidance because they are a people who do not want to understand.
128) Say to them O prophet, there has come to you a Messenger from among yourselves, the one who grieves at your loss and who is excessively anxious for your success in both the worlds and who is compassionate and merciful towards those who claim to have committed themselves to working for peace.
129) If they still turn away from you say to them, Allah is sufficient for me. There is no god but Him. In Him I have put my trust, for He alone is the sovereign of all this great kingdom.
Surah 10 Yunus - JONAH
Proclaim in the name of Allah the gracious the compassionate.
1) Alif Laam Raa. These are the verses of the Book of Wisdom.
2) Is it strange for the mankind that We revealed Our guidance to a man from among themselves so that he warns mankind against doing harm to each other and gives the good news of better future to those who commit themselves to working for peace so that they are on the sound footing provided to them by their Lord? Those who oppose Our guidance say, this man is indeed a conspirator against our religious and political establishment!
3) The fact is that your ruler is Allah alone Who created the heavens and the earth in six periods of time and established His sovereignty over His kingdom thus He runs the affairs of the universe by His set out laws. Nothing can intervene in His jurisdiction without being part of His plan. This is Allah your ruler, so abide by His law alone, will you then not be reflective and thoughtful?
4) To Him you should all turn for guidance, for promise of prosperity by Allah is true. He is the One Who originates the process of creation and repeats it so that He rewards those who commit to working for peace and do what is good for mankind. As for those who oppose His advice, they shall have raging thoughts to satisfy their hatred with thereby they will undergo the painful suffering because they deny and oppose the rule of Allah.
5) He is the One Who gave the sun its burning brightness and the moon its pleasant light and set her phases that you may learn to compute the years and other such measures. Allah created them but for a set purpose as He has explained in His revelations for people who learn to understand.
6) Indeed in the mechanism whereby alternation between the night and the day is achieved and in the mechanism whereby whatever else Allah has created in the heavens and the earth there are evidences for those who want to be consistent with Allah and humanity.
7) As to those who do not look forward to meeting Us due to being submerged in life of this world against Our guidance, such are the ones who fail to realise the benefit of following Our revelations,
8) they shall end up in state of agony if some are not already there as a consequence because of whatever harm they have done to humanity.
9) But those who commit to working for peace and work hard according to it for betterment of mankind their Lord due to their commitment to cause of peace will guide them so that rivers will flow beneath their feet in the gardens of bliss.
10) Their proclamation therein will be, glory belongs to Allah! And their efforts therein will be for mutual peace. And their ultimate cry will be, sovereignty only belongs to Allah, the Lord of the nations!
11)If Allah had set up the consequences of peoples' harmful actions in quick succession as they look for the quick gains regardless of consequences then the respite given to the people would not have been put in place. SoWe leave those alone for a set period who entertain not the hope ofmeeting Us to wander about in their rebellion as some make others suffer for their own gratification.
12) So when consequences of man on man violence affect mankind, humanity implores Us for directing it to a goal or guidance or firm foundation but as soon as We remove its affliction it walks away as if it had never called onUs for removing that affliction which touched it! Thus works of those who work against Our rule seem proper to them.
13) Likewise We found generationsbefore your time destroying themselves by inflicting harm on each other, their Messengers came to themwith clear precepts for their guidance but they would not learn and commit to working for peace! Thus We requite the people who commit crimes against our rule of law.
14) Then We made you their successors in the land so that We let you have a period of time to demonstrate your conduct towards Us and each other in light of our guidance.
15) Behold then that when Our clear revelations are recited to them, thosewho entertain no hope of meeting Us say to you, bring us a Qur’an different thanthis or make some changes in it. Tell them, it is not possible for meto change it because it is not my work rather I follow only what is revealed to me by Allah. Surely I cannot be inconsistent with myLord, for I fear that if I did that then I too will end up doing harmful things like you and like you I too will end up with their consequences on the big day.
16) Say, if Allah wanted it any other way thenI would not have recited the Quranto you, nor would have made you aware of it.Indeed, a whole lifetime I lived among you before its revelation and never did anything like this. Why do you then not useyour sense?
17) And who can be more wrong than the one who himself forgesa lie then ascribes it to Allah or denies and opposes His actual revelations? Indeed such criminalscan never prosper.
18) They subject themselves to other rulers instead of Allah, who can neither harm them nor benefit them yet they claim, these are our interveners to Allah. Say to them, are you informing Allah of what He knows exists not either in the heavens or on the earth? Glory belongs to Him and He is far above from having any partners they ascribe to Him!
19) And mankind used to be a single community but later they became divided through inventing different harmful ways of life. If your Lord had not already given His guidance and a time period for people to live in this world then the matters in which they differed would have certainly been decided long time ago.
20) As regards their saying, why no sign has been sent to himfrom his Lord? Say, Allah alone has the knowledge of the unseen and He has foretold things to come within His guidance as part of it. Wait if you will, I too am waiting with you as to fulfilment of those prophecies. Revolts by some people against others in forms of wars, revolutions and reforms until people turn to a way of life that leads to peace, progress and prosperity of mankind.
21)When We show prosperity to mankind after some calamity had afflicted them, they begin
to conspire and plots against Our revelations! Tell them, Allah is firm in letting your plots take you down by surprise and Our messengers have been keeping records of your plots against them.
22) He it is Who enables you to travel in the land until you board a ship and travel by sea. So long as the ship sails with a favourable wind, they are happy with it but when there comes a stormy wind and the waves reach them from all sides and they think they are going to be drowned by them then they call upon Allah alone and sincerely thus correct their belief about Him saying, if You deliver us from this then we shall become Your faithful devotees!
23) Yet, when He does deliver them behold! The same people become of wrong mindset and destructive attitude conspiring for wars in the land to take undue advantage of others against the guidance of Allah. Say, O mankind! Your rebellion is therefore against your own selves because you destroy each other for the transitory pleasure of this world, which you can also have by working for each other rather than against - however, in the end you have to return to Us, then We shall inform you of what you would have done.
24) The similitude of life in this world is like that of water We send down from the heaven, it mingles with the soil and produces vegetation that becomes food for men and animals. Behold, at the very time when the crops are ripened and the land looks attractive and the people to whom it belongs think that they are able to harvest it, then there comes fulfilment of Our word in the form of its end upon it, by night or in broad day, and mows it down thoroughly as if nothing existed there yesterday! It is like you spend all your life gathering things for yourselves in hope that one day you will be able to enjoy them but then by that time your end time has come and all is left behind so you wasted your life by not hoping for better hereafter and doing everything against guidance of Allah and losing the chance of good life in both the worlds. Thus We explain Our revelations for those who are thoughtful.
25) Allah invites you towards establishing peace in the land but He guides to the path that is firmly founded whom he finds deserving.
26) For those who would do this good work for others there will be good reward and even more than they deserve! Neither sorrow nor disgrace shall cover their faces in that land. They will be the inhabitants of a blissful life wherein they will live for as long as they deserve.
27) As for those who do harm to others, they will be rewarded likewise so disgrace will cover them and they shall have none to protect them from rule of consequences from Allah - their sorrow will be visible on their faces as if their faces have been covered with patches of the dense darkness of night. They are the people who will abide in agony for as long as they will live.
28) On the day when We will gather them altogether, We will say to those who were committed to polytheism, stop where you are, you and those whom you assumed Gods besides Us. We will separate them from one another and ask their invented Gods, did they serve you? They will say to them, it was not us that you served!
29) And Allah is sufficient as a witness between you and us thatwe were quite unaware of your beliefs and rituals about us.
30)Thereupon, every soul shall know what it had sent forth, as they will be brought in the
Court of Allah, their true Patron, and their invented falsehoods will leave them in the lurch.
31)Ask them: Who provides your sustenance from the heaven and from the earth? Who
has control over hearing and sight? Who brings forth the living from the dead and the
dead from the living? Who regulates the universe? They will quickly reply, Allah. Say, why then are you not consistent with Him and each other?
32) That is how Allah your true Lord wants you to be. What is left for you after you give up following what is right other than straying in to falsehood? How can you do such a thing?
33) Thus has the Word of your Lord proven true as regard those who rebel by commit not to working for peace.
34) Ask them, can any of them whom you have taken as your gods create anything and then tell you about the process involved? Of course not. Say, Allah creates and then tells about the process.Then how is that you are so misled?
35) Ask them also, is there any among your assumed gods who can guide you to the way of life that is right? Of course not. Say, Allah guides to the way of life that is right. Then who is more worthy to be followed, He that canguide to the right path or he that cannot and is himself in need of guidance? What is thematter with you, how did you arrive at the conclusion that you have?
36) The fact is that most ofthem follow nothing but make beliefs and make belief is in no way a substitute forthe provable reality. Surely Allah is all aware of all that they do.
37) The fact is, this Qur’an is not such as could be produced by any of those whom you take as gods beside Allah. Another fact is that it is confirmation of revelations that were sent before it and it explains what was written in all the earlier scriptures as guidance for mankind, so there cannot be any doubt in the fact that it is fromthe Lord of the nations.
38) Do they say, he has forged it? Tell them, if what you claim is true then produce a constitution like it, you may call to your aid any of those whom you take as gods beside Allah.
39) Behold! They deny and oppose that which they cannot overcome with their knowledge but they have not yet seen its prophecies unfold. The same destructive mindset and harmful attitude was shown by those who passed before them towards Our similar guidance earlier. But they should see what was the end of those who believed and did things against Our guidance! They ended up destroying each other.
40) Of these people there are some who commit to working for peace but there are some who do not and your Lord surely knows those who conspire to cause wars between people.
41) If they still reject say, I am responsible for consequences of my interactions with others and you are responsible for consequences ofyour interaction with others, you are free from responsibility for my actions and I am free from responsibility of your actions.
42) There are some among them who hear what you say but they do not think so can you make the deaf listen to you, because they are not bothered to learn and understand?
43) Then there are some among them who look at you as if they are looking at you for guidance but they are not, so can you show the way to the blind who do not enable themselves to see right from wrong?
44) The fact is, Allah does no harm to mankind in any way but that people do great harm to each other.
45) On the day when He will gather them all together it will be as if they had not stayed in this world but for a short part of the day as if just to introduce themselves to each other, so in loss will be those who would have denied the meeting with Allah and who did not benefit from His guidance.
46) Regardless We show you some harmful consequences of their harmful actions or cause you to die before that but to Us is their return, And Allah is ever watching all that they do.
47) And for every nation there is an appointed messenger and when their Messenger comes to them the divine criterion of judgement is passed on amongst them for justice so that they are not wronged by each other even in the least.
48) They ask you, when will this promise of consequences be fulfilled if what you say is true?
49) Say, I have no control over anything even regarding myself for any harm or benefit rather happens whatever Allah has planned as consequences of our actions. As per rule of Allah I can say that for every nation there are consequences, when their set limit is reached, they can neither bedelayed for even a moment, nor can they be advanced so you will be dealt with the very same way.
50) Say, have you considered that if His stated painful suffering in form of your revolt against each other falls upon you by night or by day, how would you survive it? What then is there that those who commit crimes against humanity against advice of Allah wish to hasten other than their own pain and suffering?
51) Would you commit to working for peace only when painful suffering actually overtakes you? Then you will beg for its removal although it had been your own wish to hurry it on.
52) Then it will be said to those who commit to working for peace at the time, taste the pain and suffering the while it lasts! Should you not be made to face the result of what you have been doing?
53) They ask you, is what you say really true? Tell them, yes! By my Lord, it is absolutely true! And you will not be able to avert it.
54)If every person that has done harm to others possessed all that the earth contains, he would be willing to offer it all in ransom to free himself if he could from troubles that engulf him. They will regret in their hearts when they see the effects of what they would have caused. The final judgement between them will be thus made with justice and they will not be harmed even in the least.
55) Behold! All that is in the heavens and the earth belongs to Allah and be aware! The promise of Allah is true yet most of them bother not to know what they should do.
56) He is the One Who brings to life and causes to die and to Him you shall all turn for guidance.
57) O mankind! There has come to you an advice from your Lord, a cure for any harmful ambition you may harbour in your minds against each other, a guidance for progress and prosperity for those who commit to working for peace.
58) Say, this Quran is wisdom from Allah out of His compassion for your guidance, so let the people gain a blissful life for themselves by using it, for it is beneficial to do as it says than all that they can gather through harming each other.
59) Say, do you realise that out of all that Allah has provided for you to have a great life, you yourselves have made some things lawful and others unlawful to take undue advantage of each other and thereby harm each other against the advice of Allah? Ask them, did Allah permit you to do that or do you ascribe such things to Allah by lying?
60) What reward do they think such people should get who attribute lies to Allah on the day appointed for accountability? Indeed Allah is full of grace for mankind as is obvious from His guidance for them but most of them follow not his advice ending up in suffering.
61)No matter what affairs you may be engaged in and no matter which goals of the Qur’an you maybe following and whatever task you may be carrying out, We are a witness to it whileyou are deeply occupied with it, for there is not even an iota of anything in the earth or in the heaven that is hidden from your Lord, neither anything smaller than that nor larger but it is governed by set laws.
62) Behold! The supporters of guidance of Allah have nothing to worry or to regret.
63) Those who commit to working for peace and are consistent with Allah and humanity.
64) for them there is good news of great life in this world as well as in the next life in hereafter and words of Allah change not. Being that successful is indeed a great achievement.
65) O Prophet, let not their remarks grieve you, surely all honour belongs to Allah and He hears all and knows all.
66) Behold! Whatever is in the heavens and in the earth belongs to Allah alone.Those who declare their allegiance to others than Allah follow nothing but self deception andpreach nothing but falsehood whereby they harm mankind.
67) He is the One Who has brought about the night for you to rest therein and the day so that you can see and do things. Indeed, there are evidences in this for those who heed our guidance.
68) Some claim Allah has begotten a son! Sovereignty belongs to Him alone and He is self-sufficient! His is all that is in the Heavens and in the Earth! Have you any proof for what you claim? Are you so ignorant that you ascribe to Allah something about which you have no knowledge?
69) O Prophet tell them, those who ascribe lies to Allah will never be able to get away with it.
70) Even though they may have a little enjoyment in this world they will have to face Our judgement and then We will make them face the consequences for their opposition to Our guidance.
71) Relate them the story of Noah when he said to his people, O my people! If it
is too much for you that I should live among you and preach to you the revelations of Allah to guide you away from the harms you do to each other because I put my trust in them that they are good for you then go ahead and muster all your supporters and come up with your united decision planning it well so that you have no doubt about it being foolproof then execute it against me and give me no respite yet you will not succeed.
72) If you still turn away from guidance of Allah even when I ask you no reward, for my reward rests with Allah then what else can I do to stop you from destroying yourselves? I am doing this for I have been commanded to become a person who commits himself to working for peace.
73) But they opposed him. As a result We saved him and those of them who were with him inthe same boat and We made them successors in the landand drowned those in their own arrogance who rejected and opposed Our revelations and so ended up destroying each other. Therein you can see what was the end of those who were warned of the consequences but they heeded not.
74) Then at length after him We sent Messengers to their descendants. They came to them with clear precepts as to how they should deal with each other but they would not commit themselves to working for peace on the basis of what their ancestors had already rejected before them. Thus We let the transgressors isolate their minds from Our guidance.
75) Then later on We sent Moses and Aaronto Pharaoh and his chiefs with Our instructions. But they too showed arrogance, for they were a nation that opposed our guidance and inflicted harm on each other.
76) When the guidance came to them from Us they said, this is indeed a conspiracy against us!
77) Moses replied, is that all that you can say about the guidance of Allah when it has come to you? Is this really a conspiracy against you when I am telling you to be good to each other? Conspirators never tell their enemies to be good to each other rather they take undue advantage by setting some against the others secretly thereby putting them on the ways to their destruction therefore they can never prosper.
78) They said, have you come to turn us away from the way of our forefathers in order that you two may become the rulers in the land? We will never commit to working for peace along both of you!
79) Pharaoh said, bring me every skilful person who is well versed in the art of debate.
80) When the experts in debate came Moses said to them, demonstrate whatever arguments you wish to show!
81) So when they had demonstrated their works Moses said, the objectives that you have put forth Allah will surely bring them low, for Allah does not approve the work of those who cause unjust wars amongst people in the land.
82) By His Words Allah vindicates what is beneficial for humanity, much as to the dismay of those who oppose His guidance and work against it!
83) None of the people committed to working for peace with Moses save youths from his own people because of fear ofPharaoh and his chiefs, lest they should persecute them and certainlyPharaoh was mighty in the land and the one who did not hesitate to transgress anylimit.
84) Moses said, O my people! If you are really committed to working for peace for sake of Allah then have confidence in Him if you are really submitted to his guidance.
85) They replied, in Allah we put our trust saying, our Lord! Do not let us suffer at the hands of unjust people,
86) and deliver us with your guidance from the nation of those trouble makers who oppose your rule of law.
87) We revealed Our plan to Moses and his brother saying, take your people and make in Egypt assembly houses and make your those houses focus for your gathering to help establish divine system and give good news to those who commit to working for peace.
88) Moses said, our Lord! You have indeed bestowed on Pharaoh and his chiefs splendour and wealth in life of this world so they are thereby misleading people from Your path. Our Lord, let their wealth depart from them whereupon you let their minds be strongly focused due to which they will not commit to working for peace until they see the painful suffering with their own eyes.
89) Allah said, your concern shall be addressed in time but remain steadfast and follow not the path of those who are ignorant of our guidance.
90) We led the Children of Israel across the sea of troubles because Pharaoh and his hosts pursued them with animosity and oppression until they saw themselves drowning in their self created destruction, he said, I commit to peace in His name beside whom there is no God, He in whose name are committed to peace Children of Israel and I have become one of those who submit to His guidance.
91) He was replied, now you commit to peace when all is finished but a little while before you wererebellious and one of those who conspired for wars in the land!
92) However We shall save you in your body of works now so that you may be a lesson for the succeeding generations even though many among mankind pay no attention to Our revelations!
93) And behold! We settled the Children of Israel in a nice dwelling place and provided them with good things for life. They divided not until after the knowledge had come to them and they stepped aside from it ending up with animosity between them. Surely your Lord will judge between them in matters they ended up divided on the day appointed.
94) O prophet, if at all you are in doubt regarding what We have revealed to you, ask those who have been reading the divine book before you. In fact, the truth has indeed come to you from your Lord therefore never be of those who doubt,
95) and join not those who deny and oppose the revelations of Allah otherwise you will become of those who are in loss.
96) Yet those concerning whom the word of your Lord has to fulfil will not commit to working for peace ,
97) even if every revelation comes to them until they see their own painful end as a result of their own actions.
98) Was there any town as a whole which foresaw the revolt coming and fully committed to working for peace and their commitment to peace then benefited them except the people of Jonah? When they committed to working for peace We saved them from the destructive revolt and let them enjoy their life of this world till they remained on that road.
99) If it had been a matter of enforcing the will of your Lord by force then all the people of the earth would have committed to working for peace, so will you then compel mankind against their will to commit to working for peace?
100) Since it is a matter of choice it is not possible for anyone to commit to working for peace properly unless they pay attention to guidance of Allah, and He lets people remain in their ignorant mindset and destructive attitude who do not learn to be wise.
101) Say, look at whatever exists in the heavens and the earth. Our revelations and
warnings do not benefit such people as do not pay due attention to them and commit to working for peace according to them.
102) So are these people waiting for days when ignorant followers revolt against their destructive leaders like the ones that befell the people who passed away before them? Say, wait if you will I too will wait with you.
103) When such a time comes, We save Our Messengers and those who commit to working for peace, this is Our way, We take it upon Ourself that We save those who commit to working for peace.
104) Say, O mankind! If you are in doubt concerning the standard for living my life then know this that never will I serve those whom you take for rulers beside Allah nor will I follow your destructive rules for living my life rather I serve Allah who will reward you fully for your actions and I am commanded to be of those who commit themselves to working for peace.
105) Therefore set yourself for establishing the rule of law that is upright and be not ofthose who ascribe sovereignty to others than Allah.
106) And never serve anyone beside Allah who can neither benefit you nor harm you, for if you do then you shall certainly become one of those who transgress divine limits.
107) If Allah lets a calamity afflicts you, none can remove it but He and if He lets a favour come your way, none can withhold His provision. He bestows it on whomsoever of His servants He plans, for He is graciously merciful.
108) Say, O mankind! The truth has come to you from your Lord! He that follows His guidance follows it for his own good and he that goes astray does so at his own risk and I am not your custodian.
109) O Prophet, follow what is revealed to you and be strong till Allah brings about His rule, for He is unique of the rulers.
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SURAH 11 HUD
1) Alif Laam Raa. A book whose verses impart wisdom because it is detailed by the One Wise and Aware,
2) Therefore declare allegiance to none save Allah. I am from him to you a warner and bearer of good news.
3) You should seek blessings of your Lord by turning to His guidance and He will grant you good provisions until an appointed term. Also he will bestow His abundance on everyone who works for it! However if you ignore this advice then I fear for you a very long period of time that is painful.
4) So to advice of Allah you should turn because He has set up laws governing everything.
5) Although you made the rules clear how things work, they will still twist things in their minds so that they could hide from this way of looking at things and keep their make beliefs alive. However even when they cover themselves fully with their designs to prevent people from knowing the truth yet Allah makes known the truth about what they hide and what they disclose in order to confuse people. Surely He knows every secret within their minds.
6) There is no moving creature on Earth whose sustenance is not provided by Allah. He knows its living and its resting place and all that is determined by a clear set of laws.
7) He is the One Who brought about by means of a process the heavens and the earth in a period equal to six durations and His power of creation rested upon His sea of knowledge, so that He puts you through struggle to demonstrate which of you works for the good of others. Now if you tell them that you will indeed be raised again after death to face the proper accountability, the opposers of this idea would certainly say that this is nothing but an obvious lie!
8) Likewise if We put off the results of their actions till an appointed time, they are sure to ask, what is holding it back? Beware! When the time of results of your actions comes, nothing will hold it back from them and they will be completely encircled by that which they are ridiculing.
9) If We let man taste any blessings from Us by following Our advice then let it be lost on him due to consequences of his own actions, he falls low yet rebellious.
10) And if We let him taste any favour after this adversity has afflicted him he then says, all my sorrows are gone from me and he becomes jubilant yet rebellious.
11) The exception are such as are steadfast in their works for the good of others, such are the ones who will attain Our grace and a great reward.
12) So beware lest you stop insisting on things which are being revealed to you feeling distressed in your heart that they might say, why has no treasure been sent to him, or why has no king come with him? Surely you are nothing less than a warner to those who work against each other and thereby destroy each other! They should know that it is Allah Who rules over all things by His set laws.
13) Do they say, he has made up the Quran himself? Say to them, bring about a mutually beneficial community ideology like this and call to your aid whomsoever you can, even those whom you take for rulers beside Allah, if what you say is true.
14) But if they fail to respond then you should know that this Quran is revealed knowledge of Allah and that there is no god but Him! Will you then submit to program of Allah and live by a way of life that leads to peace?
15) Those who desire the life of this world and its splendours the wrong way, they are given full reward of their deeds therein and shall not be diminished.
16) They are the ones who will have nothing in the hereafter save painful suffering whereby they shall come to know their make beliefs were wrong and their actions were harmful for others.
17) Can they be like those who have clear revelations from their Lord and to whom a witness from Himself recites them and they have the Book of Moses before them a guidance for blessings? Such are the people who really commit to working for peace but those factions who oppose Our guidance shall have their promise fulfilled that they shall end up in agony. So do not be in any doubt about it because it is the truth from your Lord even though most of the people do not commit themselves to working for peace.
18) Who can be more destructive for humanity than the one who forges a lie against Allah? Such people will be brought before their Lord, and the witnesses will say, these are the ones who lied against their Lord. Beware! The decree of Allah is ever ready to descend on those who have harmful mindset and destructive attitude and do what is against His advice.
19) who hinder others from the path of Allah and seek to make it crooked and who deny the
hereafter.
20) These people cannot frustrate His plan in the land and there is none to support them against Allah. Their suffering shall be doubled because they could neither support others who stood for what was right nor could stand themselves for what was right.
21) They are the ones who are lost in their own selves and the fancies they invented against Our guidance have left them in lurch.
22) No doubt they will be the losers in the hereafter.
23) As for those who commit to working for peace therefore work for the good of mankind out of commitment to their Lord’s advice, they will ultimately end up in blissful life for as long as they are alive.
24) The example of these two kinds of people is like two persons, one of whom is blind and deaf, and the other who can see and hear. Are they equal? Will you not then learn a lesson?
25) We sent Noah to his people saying, I have come to warn you plainly,
26) not to serve any ruler save Allah and do not divide people setting up one group against the other, otherwise I fear for you the consequences of a painful day.
27) The chiefs who opposed him from among his people said, we see you nothing more than a man like ourselves and we see that no one has followed you except the meanest among us, whose judgement abilities are immature, and we find nothing in you which gives you superiority over us. In fact we think that you are liar
28) He said, O my people, look! If I am given a clear guidance from my Lord and He has bestowed on me His revelation but you act like blind to it, can we compel you to accept it against your will?
29) O my people! I do not ask you any wage for this work, for my reward for this work rests with none other than Allah and I am not going to drive away those who commit to working for peace, for they are sure that they will meet their Lord. But I can see that you are acting out of arrogance based on your ignorance.
30) And tell me O my people! Who will support me against Allah if I drive them away? Don’t you understand such a simple point?
31) I do not say to you that I possess the treasures of Allah, nor do I say that I have the knowledge of the unseen, nor do I claim to be a king; nor do I say of those who are mean in your eyes that Allah will not grant them any good, for Allah knows best what is in their minds. If I said anything like that to mislead you then I will indeed be transgressing my divine limits.
32) They said, O Noah! You have argued with us and argued too much, now bring upon us the revolt with which you threaten us if what you say is true.
33) He replied, Allah will surely let consequences of your actions be upon you if He has so planed and then you will not be able to escape from them!
34) My counsel will not profit you, much as I desire to give you good counsel if Allah, who is your Lord finds you erring, because to Him alone you are answerable.
35) Do they say, he has forged all this? Say to them, if I have indeed forged it then I ought to have some beneficial purpose for myself which ought to have destructive consequences for you that ought to be all clear to you, yet I am all clear of the harms which you are inflicting on each other, so how do you explain your accusation of forgery when I am stopping you from fighting with each other so you don't end up destroyed by each other?
36) And it was revealed to Noah, no more of your people will commit to working for peace save those who have already committed. So do not grieve at their harmful mindset and destructive attitude and their mutually destructive works.
37) Instead go build a separate place away from these people according to Our guidance as we reveal it to you and beware not to plead with Me on behalf of those who oppose Our guidance and work against it, for they are all destined for destruction by their own hands.
38) So he started to build a place and whenever the chiefs of his people passed by him they laughed at him. He said, laugh at us now if you will but time is coming when we too will laugh at you as you are laughing at us.
39) Soon you will come to know who will be seized by a humiliating revolt and who is afflicted with evil consequences of his evil actions for rest of his life.
40) Finally when time for fulfilment of Our decree came for the oven to heat up and for revolt to boil over! We said to Noah, take refuge in the place of your own and fill it with every connected group and community as well as your own people who are committed to working for peace save those staying behind against whom the word has already gone forth, but those who committed to working for peace with him were only a minority.
41) Thus he said to them, undertake this journey in the name of Allah in whose hands is its beginning and its completion, surely my Lord is gracefully and Merciful.
42) So the journey started with them in middle of waves of people like a huge crowd. And Noah called out to his son, who stood apart, O my son! come with us and be not with those who oppose rule of Allah!
43) He replied, I will betake myself to the crowd, which will save me from the trouble. Noah said, none shall be secure today from the decree of Allah except the one on whom He has mercy! And thereupon a wave of people came between them and he became one of those who ended up destroy.
44) Behold! Allah said, O earth! Swallow up your water and O heaven! Cease your rain. The water disappeared and that is how the decree of Allah was fulfilled by way of drought and famine. And journey of Noah and his followers became complete with grace and it was said to them, let there be a distance between those who transgress Our limits!
45) Noah called out to his Lord saying, O my Lord! My son is of my people, and surely Your promise is true and Your are uniquely wise!
46) Allah said, O Noah! In fact he is not of your people, for he is not of those who work for peace. So do not demand of Me anything about which you have no knowledge! I advise you lest you become one of the ignorant ones!
47) Noah said, my Lord! I seek refuge in You for requesting of You that about which I have no knowledge but unless You grace me with your guidance I will surely be lost!
48) It was said, O Noah! Settle down now on basis of peace from Us so that there is prosperity for you and for the people that are with you. As for generations to come from them, We shall grant them also their provision but if they behave not properly then they shall have a painful suffering as decreed by Us.
49) O prophet, these are some of the facts from the unseen which We have now revealed to you, neither you nor your people knew about it before this. So have patience, surely the success in the end is for those who are consistent with Allah and humanity.
50) To the people of Aad We sent their brother Hud. He said, O my people! Live by constitution of Allah alone, for you have no sovereign but Him. Surely you do nothing but invent things against rule of Allah.
51) O my people! I do not ask you any reward, for my reward rests with him. Will you not then learn and use your sense?
52) And O my people! Seek prosperity from your Lord by turning to His guidance and reforming accordingly. He will send you from the heaven abundant rain and He will add strength to your strength. So oppose not his guidance to inflict harm on each other.
53) They said, O Hud! You have not come to us with any clear proof so we are not going to desert our gods just on your word, nor are we going to commit to your terms for peace.
54) We say nothing but that some of our gods have afflicted you with harm. He said, Allah is my witness and be you also my witness that I am free of attributing sovereignty
55) to any other beside Him, So let all of you scheme against me if you will and give me no respite.
56) I have put my trust in Allah Who is my Lord and your Lord. There is no living creature whose goal is not set by Him. Indeed my Lord is for path that is firmly founded.
57) So even if you turn away, I have at least conveyed the message with which I was sent to you. If you do not accept His message my Lord will raise up some other people in your place and you can do Him no harm in any way. Indeed my Lord has set security measures over all things.
58) When Our rule of consequences came in to effect, We saved Hud and those who committed to working for peace with him through grace from Us and We did save them from a terrible suffering.
59) Such were the people of Aad. They opposed the goals of their Lord and did not heed His Messenger and supported the rule of every terrifying oppressor.
60) They were followed by disgraceful life in this world and disgraced they shall be on the day the divine rule becomes established. Beware! Aad denied the rule of their Lord. Beware! Gone are Aad, the people of Hud.
61) To the Thamud people, We sent their brother Saleh. He said, O my people! Serve Allah alone, for you have no god but Him. It is He Who created you from the earth and made it a dwelling place for you. So seek prosperity of Him by turning to His guidance and reform. Surely my Lord is ever close, ready to answer your call.
62) They said, O Saleh! Till now you were the one in whom we had great expectations! Would you now stop us from serving what our forefathers served? Indeed, we strongly doubt that to which you are calling us.
63) He said, O my people! Tell me, if I have a clear proof from my Lord and He has granted me guidance from Himself, who then will help me against Allah’s law of consequences if I heed him not? What would you add to my person other than to make me yet bigger loser than yourselves?
64) So O my people! This law of Allah is a divine constitution for you so Let it rule in the land of Allah freely and hinder it not lest you find yourselves caught in severe consequences of your actions.
65) But they kept it from implementation so he said, you have notice of three periods of time at most to reform your institutions or consequences will ensue and that is a promise that will never fail.
66) So when Our set law of consequences began showing its dire effects after things reached the tipping point, during that period of disgrace We saved Saleh and those who committed to working for peace with him due to guidance from Us. Surely your Lord is mighty powerful.
67) Then at length the revolution took these transgressors against divine law by surprise thus new era in their jurisdictions uprooted their rule.
68) as if they had never flourished there. Beware! Thamud denied and opposed rule of their Lord. Gone are the people of Thamud.
69) Moreover there came to Abraham Our messengers with good news. They said, peace be upon you. He answered, peace be upon you too and hastened to entertain them with important current affairs.
70) But when he saw their hands were not extending towards this discussion, he felt uneasy about their behaviour and started worrying about them. They noticed and said, worry not, for we have been sent regarding people of Lot.
71) His wife, who was standing there, laughed when We gave her good news about Isaac and after him about Jacob.
72) She said, O wonderful! Shall I bear a child now when I am nearing the end of my child bearing age and my husband is also nearing his old age? This indeed looks a strange thing!
73) They said, do you wonder at Allah’s plan? May Allah’s mercy and His blessings be upon you O residents of the household, for He alone is worthy of sovereignty and glory indeed.
74) When the worry of Abraham was gone as the good news came to him, he began to plead with Us for the people of Lot.
75) Indeed Abraham was forbearing and tender hearted as well as devout.
76) We said, O Abraham! Leave this subject alone, for decree of your Lord as regard consequences has been declared, so there must come to them the effect of what they have caused and it cannot be averted! For this is how we have planned to settle the matters.
77) At length Our messengers came to Lot, he was alright with them except that he was hesitant to go along with them as regard their plan. After hearing their plan he said, this is a distressful day.
78) Behold, there came rushing to him his people when he called upon them who were long addicted to all sorts of transgressions against other people so he said to them, O my people! Here are my conditions, they are good for you to adhere to. So be consistent with Allah and mankind and do not make me look bad in eyes of my guests. Is there no man among you of character that is appropriate?
79) They said, you know we have nothing to do with your conditions, for you know well what we want.
80) He said, I wish I had authority to prevent you from doing harm to others or that I was allowed to take refuge in some secure place.
81) On hearing that the messenger said, O Lot! We are the messengers of your Lord. They will not follow your advice. So take your family and get out of this town while yet a part of the night remains and let none of you stay behind except your wife, who does not wish to leave. She will face the same fate as they. The scheduled time for attack on them is the morning. Is morning not close?
82) When time for Our set decree came to be fulfilled, We found the township turned upside
down by way of revolt and their attackers rained down upon them brimstones of baked clay, layer upon layer,
83) as described by your Lord. Such revolt is not far away from those who keep harming others against Our advice!
84) Likewise to the people of Median We sent their brother Shu’aib who said to them, O my people! Serve Allah alone, for you have no God but Him. Do not give short in measure when you measure things and do not give less in weight when you weigh things. Although I see you in prosperity today, I fear for you the day when the result of your such action will encircle you if you stop not the corrupt practice of yours.
85) So people! Give full measure and weight in all fairness. Do not defraud people of their goods and do not spread mischief in the land thereby.
86) What is proper in sight of Allah is better for you if you truly are committed to working for peace, though I am not set upon you as a guardian over you.
87) They said, Oh Shu’aib! Does your divine system command you that we give up serving all those deities whom our forefathers worshipped or that we give up our right of doing what we like with our own things? For sure you seem to think that you are the only gracious and righteous man in the land?
88) He said, O my people! You see, if I have a clear guidance from my Lord and He has given me good sustenance from Himself then how can I go against that? I am not opposing you in what I am forbidding you just for sake of it rather I desire your reformation for the good of all of us so far as I can manage. My success in this task depends entirely on the help of Allah in Him do I trust and to Him do I turn for guidance about everything.
89) O my people! Let not my dispute with you bring upon you the doom similar to that of the people of Noah or of Hud or of Saleh, nor are the people of Lot far off from you,
90) therefore seek prosperity from your Lord by turning to Him for guidance and reform accordingly; for my Lord is indeed Merciful and Affectionate.
91) They said, O Shu'aib! We do not comprehend much of what you say. In fact, we see
that you are a powerless person among us. Were it not for your family, we certainly would have stoned you to death, for you are not strong enough to prevail against us.
92) He said, O my people! Do you regard my family to be more powerful than Allah that you
have disregarded His advice totally as a thing cast behind your back? Surely in grasp of my Lord is all that you do.
93) O my people! You keep on doing things your way, and I shall keep doing things my way, soon you will find out who ends up with disgrace and destruction and is a liar! Wait if you will, I too am waiting along with you!
94) When the time of fulfilment of Our rule of consequences came, We delivered to safety Shu'aib and those who committed themselves to working for peace with him due to Our guidance but the revolution took these transgressors against divine law by surprise thus new era in their jurisdictions uprooted their rule.
95) as if they had never flourished therein before. Behold! Like Thamud, gone are the people of Median!
96) And then We sent Moses with Our objectives and authority that was self evident
97) to Pharaoh and his chiefs but they followed the rule of Pharaoh and rule of Pharaoh
was not based upon right guidance.
98) He will be in front of his people on the day appointed and will land them all in painful suffering. How awful will be the state of painful suffering in which they will land?
99) Disgrace followed them in this life and shame will follow them on the day appointed. What a terrible reward for one to go through.
100) These are the stories of the nations which We relate to you, of them some have survived and some have ceased to exist.
101) It were not Us who harmed them rather they harmed themselves. The sovereignties they served instead of Allah did not avail them ought when the rule of consequences set by your Lord showed its effects and they added nothing to their lot but harm and destruction.
102) Such is the finding of your Lord when He found a township transgressing against His advice, surely going against His advice has terrible consequences.
103) In fact, there is a lesson in this for those who may pay attention to the terrible end result. Likewise will be result on the day on which mankind will be gathered together and that will be a day worth seeing.
104) We do not delay it but to the appointed deadline.
105) When that day comes, no one shall dare to speak except by His command. Of them, some will be condemned due to their works and some will be blessed.
106) Those who are condemned will end up in agony wherein they will have only sighs and sobs.
107) They will dwell therein for as long as the heavens and the earth shall last unless your Lord ordains otherwise; surely your Lord is the mighty Who does what He intends.
108) As for those who are blessed, they shall be in paradise. They will dwell therein for as long as the heavens and the earth shall last unless your Lord ordain otherwise, an award which shall never be taken away.
109) Therefore have no doubt concerning the deities they worship, for they blindly imitate the worship of those deities whom their forefathers used to worship before them and surely We shall give them their share of suffering in full without any abatement.
110) We certainly gave the Book to Moses but differences arose about it, had it not been for the decree of respite from your Lord, the matter would have been decided between them. Surely, they are in such a state of doubt about it that cannot be suppressed,
111) and it is also a fact that your Lord will reward them with full measure for what they did, for He is fully aware of what people do.
112) Therefore stand firmly as you are commanded together with those who have turned to Allah along you and transgress not the set limits, surely He is watching all that you do.
113) Inclined not to those who harm each other lest you be seized by the suffering as effect of these harms because you will have no supporter against Allah nor will you be helped.
114) Therefore strive to establish the divine system from the start of the day till nearing of the night. Surely actions for creating balance in the society remove the causes of harmful effects. This is something for those who pay attention to think about.
115) Be persistent because Allah does not let the reward of the righteous be wasted.
116) Why were there not among the generations before you more good people who could discourage other people from doing harm to each other in the land save a minority of those whom We delivered from among them? Those who had harmful mindset and destructive attitude however pursued the worldly pleasures they were provided the harmful way and so became established criminals by acting against our guidance.
117) It is not fitting at all that your Lord let the townships destroy themselves undeservingly while their habitants were committed to creating peace within their communities.
118) If your Lord had enforced His will, He would have certainly made mankind one single nation but He chose to give them freewill and put them through struggle establish themselves, so they will continue to differ
119) except those upon whom He has bestowed understanding of His guidance because that very freedom of choice and action is the whole purpose of their creation. That is how the word of your Lord finds its fulfilment that He finds most of the destructive leaders and their destructive followers ending up digging their ditch.
120) All these stories of the past messengers that We relate to you are to strengthen your heart therewith. Through these you have received the correct information about things as well as those who are committed to working for peace have gotten advice and guidance.
121) As for those who oppose Our guidance say to them, do whatever you want and so shall we.
122) Wait if you will! Surely, we too shall wait.
123) Behold, to Allah Alone belongs what is hidden in the heavens and the earth and decision about everything ultimately rests with Him therefore serve Him by putting your trust in Him and remember always your Lord is not unmindful of what you do.
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Surah 87 AL-A‘LA – The Sovereign
In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful.
[1] So that law of Allah reigns supreme, work hard for establishing sovereignty of your Lord,
[2] who originated and evolved mankind and turned them into what they ought to be.
[3] Who set them goals to strive for and the guidelines to achieve them
[4] and Who brought forth all that was needed for this purpose
[5] moreover he made them capable of accepting change.
[6] Therefore We make you declare Our messages to them in stages so you should never forget that
[7] for it is nothing less than plan of Allah for mankind. Surely He knows all that is self evident for mankind and all that is hidden.
[8] However We shall make it easy for you to follow the path of least resistance.
[9] Thus you should deliver the message to mankind, surely Our guidance is of great benefit.
[10] He who is thoughtful will surely benefit from Our advice,
[11] and only he who entertains destructive ambitions and harmful desires against mankind will avoid it.
[12] The one who will avoid it, shall end up in terrible agony,
[13] wherein he shall neither die nor live.
[14] Indeed the one who stays clear of inflicting harms on others will prosper
[15] who is mindful of the advice of his Lord and strives to establish His divine order.
[16] Nay! the fact is most of you prefer the life of this world the harmful way
[17] even though the Godly set end goal is better and guarantees survival of mankind the better way.
[18] No doubt the same was told in all the earlier scriptures
[19] including the scriptures given to Abraham and Moses.
Surah 88 AL-GHASHIYAH=The Overwhelming Revolution
[1] Shall We inform you about overwhelming revolution?
[2] People that oppose Our rule on that day will face shame
[3] as all their efforts against Our mission would prove useless
[4] scorched by fire of hatred of their own making.
[5] They will be given the taste of their own medicine.
Or they will be forced to face consequences of their overwhelming undue greed for power and wealth.
[6] For them can be expected no outcome other than bitter thorny fruit of their self planted tree of hatred and destruction,
[7] which neither provides needed livelihood nor satisfies desire.
[8] While others on that day will begin their struggle for a comfortable life,
[9] well pleased with results of their endeavours for revolution
[10] for a higher standard blissful life
[11] Wherein they hear no harmful talk against each other.
[12] Wherein they could ensure continuous supply of livelihood to satisfy their needs and desires.
[13] Wherein they have great respect for each other,
[14] and hold no grudges against each other
[15] and support each other in an organised way
[16] in order to make the place pleasant to live in.
[17] Do the opposers of Our rule not observe the camels, how were they evolved?
[18] The universe, how was it originated?
[19] The mountains, how were they set firmly?
[20] And the earth, how was it surfaced from the water?
[21] So keep on delivering the message, for you are a reminder towards the way of Allah
[22] though not a taskmaster over them.
[23] As for those who turn their backs and oppose,
[24] Allah will let them suffer the painful suffering as a result of their own actions.
[25] Surely it was up to Us to set them a direction
[26] but it was also up to Us to let them face the consequences for failing to follow it.
Surah 89 AL-FAJR – The dawn of enlightenment
[1] Behold the dawn of enlightenment
[2] and the periods of darknesses of ignorance over human family,
[3] and the consecutive periods of darknesses and the odd periods of enlightenment,
[4] and this period of darkness of ignorance as it gradually departs!
[5] Is there not in all that a proof for any who wishes to learn?
[6] Have you not considered how out of kindness your Lord dealt with Ad,
[7] the residents of Iram, the city of lofty pillars,
[8] the like of which had not been built in other cities?
[9] And with the people of Thamud who hewed out their dwellings in the rocks of the valley?
[10] And with Pharaoh the owner of mighty structures, forts and pyramids?
[11] Yet they all transgressed in their cities against each other disregarding the bond of humanity and advice of Allah,
[12] and committed great harms against yet others from outside.
[13] Therefore your Lord found them facing the consequences of their own actions in form of painful suffering.
[14] Surely your Lord is ever watchful always advised man to stay out of trouble.
[15] As for man, if he heeds advice of his Lord by supporting His system then his Lord puts him through tough struggle to give him honour and to make him prosperous as a reward, that is why he ends up saying, my Lord has honoured my hard work.
[16] But when he wants the same outcome even if he follows not His Lord’s advice and instead opposes it by his own set up and as a result he finds himself in a position whereby his provision becomes restricted upon him, yet he ends up complaining against his Lord saying, my Lord has put me through this humiliation.
[17] Nay, you cannot blame Allah for failure of your own ideas, systems, structures and practices whereby you do not show kindness to the individuals,
[18] nor you urge each other on bringing about the ideas, system, structures and practices for fulfilling the needs of the one lacking the ability needing support.
[19] Instead greedily you lay your hands on the rightful inheritance of the weaker party,
[20] and you love wealth and power so much that you disregard advice of Allah and plight of fellow man.
[21] Beware, if you do not desist then time is coming when the earth will be taken hold of in rapid succession,
[22] and the rule of your Lord will be brought about by the masses upon masses of people on the authority of divine revelation.
[23] All hell will break out at that time. At that time the opposer of Our advice will be made to face consequences of his actions but how would that reminder benefit him?
[24] He would wish, would that I had done something better with my life for the mankind.
[25] However at that time there will not be more serious consequences than for such a person.
[26] thus His binding rule of cause and effect will be adhered to, to its natural end.
[27] So O you the person looking for peace and security!
[28] Turn to rule of your Lord with enthusiasm so that thereby He satisfies all your needs.
[29] For that goal join My servants fighting for this cause
[30] so that you all could enter My blissful kingdom.
Surah 90 AL-BALAD= The Place
Proclaim in the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful.
[1] No, I am not responsible for division in this place
[2] because you live in this place
[3] as generations reproducing and being reproduced
[4] We have surely created man a free agent capable of achieving his set out goals
[5] or does he think that no one has set him any goals?
[6] He boasts, I have used my wealth in abundance for my ambitions and desires!
[7] Does he think that no one observes his harmful actions to make him face the consequences?
[8] Have We not given him two eyes to see he is not causing harm to others
[9] and a tongue and two lips to speak up against any who causes harm to others
[10] as well as explained to him the consequences for conducting himself to either of the two ends?
[11] Yet he does not attempt to take the path that leads him to better life
[12] and what will explain to you what the path to better life is?
[13] It is working for the social order based on brotherhood that helps free anyone held in bondage
[14] or helps provide livelihood to prevent the day of starvation arriving
[15] for your very close individual relative,
[16] or even a needy stranger in distress.
[17] Only then one is truly committed to working for peace and is consistent in drawing others to do the same and consistent in encouraging others for kindness and compassion.
[18] Such are the people who support the social order that is proper.
[19] And those who oppose that social order, they are the
people who support the social order that is harmful and destructive.
[20] therefore upon them rests fire of hatred resulting in their own painful suffering.
Surah 91 ASH-SHAMS – THE SUN
[1] Behold the sun and its brilliant sunlight
[2] and the moon as the sunlight follows it
[3] and the day as it brightens it
[4] and the night as it lets it take over
[5] and the origin of universe and its orderly structure
[6] and the origin of the earth and its expansion
[7] and origin of life and its orderly evolution
[8] and its provided ability to learn what is inconsistence with its existence and what is consistent with it
[9] indeed prosper will he who keeps away from all that is destructive and harmful
[10] but perish will he indeed who causes or fails to prevent damage and destruction.
[11] The people of Thamud denied this advice to themselves and chose to do things their own way.
[12] Behold! A man with destructive mindset and harmful attitude from among them was raised to prevent the divine system from operating in the land
[13] even though their messenger from Allah said to them, this is constitution of Allah so let it satisfy our needs freely.
[14] Yet they denied it its rightful role thus they cut off the law of Allah from their land. At length uprising overtook them by surprise as told by their Lord due to their inflictions of harm on each other and so they all ended up the same in painful suffering.
[15] This happened to this nation because it was not concerned with consequences of its actions.
Surah 92 AL-LAYL – The darkness of ignorance
[1] Behold the phenomenon of darkness of ignorance as it keeps things wrapped up in mysteries from mankind
[2] and behold the phenomenon of light of knowledge as it shines on things for mankind to see them.
[3] The influential people and the influenced people are not evolved
[4] but for the reason that your efforts complement each other towards the set goal.
[5] So for him, who helps others get what they need thus keeps himself consistent with others
[6] and stands up faithfully for what is right,
[7] We shall facilitate the easy way towards the goal of peace.
[8] However for him, who tries to take away from others what is rightfully theirs to enslave them and considers himself independent of Allah and humanity
[9] therefore opposes what is right in sight of Allah and good for humanity,
[10] We shall facilitate for him as per his own desire the way to hardship and painful suffering.
[11] Just think, of what benefit will his wealth be for him, if he himself lives a condemnable life?
[12] Even though it is for Us to provide guidance yet it is up to man himself to follow it,
[13] because it is always up to Us to decide everything about Our projects.
[14] Therefore, you are clearly waned by Us regarding fire of hatred amongst yourselves,
[15] in which burn none save the ones who want to cause harm and destruction for others,
[16] such as deny what is right for mankind and pay no heed to Our guidance.
[17] However such as follow Our guidance we keep them away from doing such things,
[18] the ones who use what they have to help others and stay clear of inflicting harm on others,
[19] seeking no other favour from anyone nor expecting in return,
[20] save the good pleasure of their Lord, the Most High.
[21] It is such people who shall soon be well-pleased with Allah, their Lord for the outcome of their such actions.
Surah 93 AD-DUHA – The Light of Knowledge
[1] I cite for evidence the light of knowledge
[2] whereby in due course the darkness of ignorance shall vanish.
[3] Your Lord did not plan to keep you in same state nor has He left you aimless.
[4] Therefore the time to come should be more productive for you than the time already passed.
[5] So that your Lord rewards you with an outcome with which you are well pleased.
[6] Did He not find you homeless and gave you shelter?
[7] And did He not find you looking for guidance and gave you direction?
[8] Moreover He found you trying to accomplish a supportive network for others so He helped you do that.
[9] Therefore never treat any individual in need of due support with harshness
[10] and never deny due livelihood for any who is in need of it.
[11] And call to mind the progress and prosperity you attained due to revelation of your Lord so be helpful and do good for others accordingly.
Surah 94 AL-INSHIRAH= The Expansion
[1] O prophet, have We not expanded for you your influence with this Quran?
[2] Thereby removed from you your difficulties
[3] which were holding you back
[4] Thus raised for you your name?
[5] So remember, for every problem there is a solution.
[6] Surely with every hardship there is ease.
[7] Therefore, when you are free from your daily livelihood obligations
[8] Then become fully involved in serving mission of your Lord.
Surah 95 AT-TEEN
[1] I cite as evidence AL-TEEN (place of Noah) and AL-ZAITOON (place of Jesus)
[2] as well as TOORI SEENEEN (place of Moses)
[3] and this very place chosen for establishing peace.
[4] We have indeed evolved man capable of accomplishing great achievements
[5] but We have also allowed him the choice to debase himself to the lowest of the low,
[6] nonetheless those who commit to working for peace and put in place ways and means to achieve this goal, they shall indeed achieve their goal without fail.
[7] So what can prevent you from goal of peace after having the divine constitution?
[8] Is goal of Allah not unique of all the rulers?
Surah 96 AL- ALAQ= The suspension
[1] Proclaim in the name of your sustainer Who evolved all that exists.
[2] He brought forth mankind from a simple life form like fruit suspends from a tree.
[3] Proclaim that your sustainer is full of goodness for mankind,
[4] He Who made things evident by means of evolution,
[5] Who gradually makes evident to mankind what is unknown to mankind.
[6] Yet mankind transgress against all divine set bonds of relationship with each other due to destructive and harmful ambitions and desires as their goals,
[7] thinking itself independent and self sufficient seeing no need for each other,
[8] however mankind should know indeed that by your Lord is set the goal for them to turn to.
[9] Have you considered the case of such a person who stops
[10] Our servant from establishing Our order in Our land?
[11] Do you consider such a person on the right guidance
[12] or striving for the good of mankind? Or,
[13] do you consider such a person on the right path who denies the truth and stops others from the path that is right and good for mankind?
[14] Does he not know that Allah is observing all that he is doing?
[15] Nay, he is not on the right path! Let him know that if he does not stop, We will let him be dragged along his leadership in to suffering,
[16] His leadership that is deceptively wrong.
[17] So let him call on his supporters for help for his cause,
[18] We too invite those who wish to establish Our rule in the land.
[19] Nay! Do not listen to him rather commit to Our constitution and follow it faithfully.
Surah 97 AL-QADR - THE GOAL
[1] Surely We have revealed the Quran during the period of thickest of darkness of ignorance as the goal.
[2] And what will explain to you of what benefit the darkness period goal is?
[3] The darkness period goal is better than living in confusion for a thousand months.
[4] The divine messengers are sent with authority of revelation for the good of humanity wherein is instruction of their Lord about each and every affair,
[5] Peace is the goal of mankind, therefore is revealed the Quran so that thereby breaks the dawn of enlightenment for establishing it.
Surah 98 AL-BAYYINAH – The Clear Proof
[1] Many of those who opposed Our rule from among the people of the book and those who ascribed sovereignty to others than Allah were never going to give up their make beliefs and atrocities against each other until the clear proof came to them,
[2] A messenger from Allah proclaiming divine scriptures
[3] wherein are written universal goals and guidelines for people to establish.
[4] As for those who were given the book before the Quran, they divided into sects despite there came to them clear proof by following their own make beliefs.
[5] Even though they were advised to follow nothing other than the constitution of Allah faithfully, with sincerity establishing the divine system and attaining freedom from lack of needs and wants because that is what they were told is the true establishment of divine constitution for the good of mankind.
[6] For this reason those who oppose Our goals and guidelines from among the people of the book and those who attribute sovereignty to other than Allah are to remain in painful state of existence to dwell therein for all their lives. They are most destructive of the creatures.
[7] Surely those who commit to working for peace and do good for others are most constructive of the creatures.
[8] Their reward from their Lord shall be the gardens of bliss beneath which rivers flow to dwell therein for as long as they remain committed to rule of Allah for the good of humanity. Allah shall be well pleased with them and they shall be well pleased with Him. That is the kind of life for him who is mindful of advice of his Lord.
Surah 99 AL-ZILZAL= the COMMOTION
[1] Consider the time when the uprising hits this land and changes the system to its very core,
[2] and this land expels its destructive heavy weights,
[3] Yet the arrogant man will ask himself, what is happening to it?
[4] At that time it will repeat whatever has been happening upon it throughout time,
[5] for your Lord set it up according to His revealed rule of cause and effect.
[6] At that time people shall be aligned to proceed in accordance to divine constitution to be shown the results of their actions.
[7] From then on whoever does an atom’s weight of good for others shall see its result there,
[8] and whoever does an atom’s weight of harm to others shall see its effect in there.
Surah 100 AL-ADIYAT= The distant past
[1] By evidence of antiquities that give clues into the long past
[2] that should strike sparks of curiosity in human mind,
[3] hence set pace for new dawn of inquiry,
[4] thereby leaving a trail of discoveries
[5] thus come together thereby revelation and observation
[6] Surely man in-appropriates advice of His Lord;
[7] and surely he himself bears witness to it by his actions,
[8] because he violates divine world order in his hot pursuit of this worldly provision.
[9] But is he not aware that in time lot more treasures buried in the earth will be found out?
[10] and the good or bad intention or motives in the minds of people for or against each other will be made evident,
[11] surely their Lord will make them realise at that time.
Surah 101 AL-QARIAH – THE REVOLT
[1] The terrible revolt!
[2] What is the terrible revolt?
[3] And what will explain to you what the terrible revolt is?
[4] It is the time when masses become like scattered moths in state of chaotic agitation.
[5] and the anchors of the community prove worthless like puffed up wool without weight.
[6] At that time he whose scale of goodness for others is found heavy,
[7] he shall have the pleasure of the masses.
[8] However he whose scale of goodness for others is found light,
[9] he shall have to live in anxiety.
[10] And what will explain to you, what this anxiety is?
[11] It is a state of existence in agonising suffering.
Surah 102 AT-TAKATHUR - the RIVALRY
[1] O mankind, you have fallen into negative competition for piling up worldly goods
[2] so much so that you are driving each other to destruction.
[3] But not for long, soon you will come to know this
[4] For sure, soon you will come to know this.
[5] Nay it isn’t too late, if you were to learn the knowledge that leads to life of security.
[6] Or you will continue living in hell,
[7] in that case you will continue living in it till you are engulfed by it
[8] then you people will inquire of each other at the time regarding the blessing of Allah the Quran to get yourselves out of this situation.
Surah 103 AL-ASR= the Human History
[1] I cite the history of mankind as the evidence
[2] that mankind always chose to live the harmful way
[3] save those who committed to working for peace and did everything to put things right for their community thus they joined together for the right purpose and worked hard constantly.
Surah 104 AL-HUMAZAH – THE BLOOD-SUCKER
[1] Denounce every bloodsucker and warmonger
[2] who amasses wealth inappropriately and keeps it ready for gathering more at expense of others.
[3] All because he thinks that his gathering of wealth this way will give him security forever!
[4] By no means instead he will of a surety be thrown into turmoil.
[5] What will make you understand what turmoil is?
[6] It is the fire of hatred between people that Allah makes obvious
[7] such that will consume the very being of people,
[8] closing in upon them from every side
[9] spreading in huge columns of flames to engulf them.
Surah 105 AL-FEEL – THE GREAT POSSESSION
[1] Have you not considered how your Lord let the people of great means face the consequences of their deeds?
[2] Did He not bring all their scheming to nothing?
[3] By sending upon them results of their actions bundles upon bundles,
[4] striking them like as if they were hailstones,
[5] thus He let them be like an empty field of stalk and straw of which the grain has been eaten up.
Surah 106 AL-QUREYSH
[1] Regarding the baseless goals of wealthy Qureysh,
[2] their desires for more force them to undertake journeys even in the extreme winter and the extreme summer,
[3] however they should have served the goals of Lord of this sacred constitution,
[4] Who provided them with livelihood even in place of scarcity thus gave them freedom from worry of starvation and war.
Surah 107 AL-MA‘UN= the mutual cooperation
[1] Have you considered a people who refuses to live by standard of Allah?
[2] Such as show opposition to divine constitution through harsh repulsion of every individual who needs support
[3] and by the fact that such a people do not take necessary steps for fulfilling the needs of such as need support.
[4] Therefore denouncement is only fitting response for such followers of such divine system,
[5] upon whom proper divine commandments are an unnecessary burden
[5] those who do good to others just for show to fool the masses
[6] because in private they refuse to share with others even the necessities of life.
Surah 108 AL-KAUTHAR=the prosterity
[1] Indeed, We have blessed you with law that leads to prosperity.
[2] So, follow strictly the system of your Lord and sacrifice your comfort for the welfare of the mankind.
[3] It is only your opponent who will be barring himself from the law of prosperity for humanity.
Surah 109 AL-KAFIRUN – THE OPPONENTS
[1] Say, O you who reject and oppose goals of Allah without any due consideration!
[2] I do not serve aims of those whom you serve,
[3] Nor are you serving Him Whom I serve.
[4] And I will never serve aims of those whom you have been serving,
[6] For you are consequences for following your rule of law just as for me are for following my rule of law.
Surah 110 AN-NASR – the DIVINE HELP
[1] O messenger! When result of Allah’s help appears because door of enlightenment is flung open
[2] and you see people coming to support the rule of Allah in multitudes.
[3] Then work hard to establish sovereignty of your Lord in the land and overcome all problems thereby. Surely He is ever ready to turn to people through His revelation.
Surah 111 AL-LAHAB – THE FLAME OF HATRED
[1] The power of ultimate hate monger will vanish and so will perish such a one himself!
[2] His wealth and whatever he earns will avail him not.
[3] Soon he shall suffer the painful agony,
[4] and so shall his following, the follower of myths and make beliefs
[5] which will be like a rope of palm-leaf fibre around its neck.
Surah 112 AL-IKHLAS= THE ULTIMATE REALITY
[1]Proclaim that He, Allah is only one God,
[2] Allah is eternal,
[3] He begets not, nor is He begotten,
[4] And none is like unto Him, for He is only one of His kind.
Surah 113 AL-FALAQ – the DAWN OF ENLIGHTENMENT
[1] Proclaim that I seek security for mankind through advice of the Lord of the dawn of enlightenment
[2] from the harmful effects of all that He has created,
[3] and from the harmful effects of darkness of ignorance when it takes over peoples’ minds,
[4] and from the harmful actions of those who cause animosity between mankind for their own ends,
[5] and from the harmful actions of the covert operator when he complicates matters that are simple out of envy or jealousy.
Surah 114 AN-NAAS – THE PEOPLE
[1] Proclaim, I seek protection of the mankind through the rule of the Lord of the mankind,
[2] the sovereign of the mankind,
[3] the God of the mankind,
[4] from the prompting of the plotter against divine rule
[5] who tries to raise destructive ambitions and harmful desires in the minds of the people against each other,
[6] from among the influential people and from among the influenced masses.
Surah 71 NUH = NOAH
[1] We sent Noah to his people saying, warn your people before they end up
in painful suffering by inflicting harm on each other,
[2] So he proclaimed, O my people! I am sent to you as a clear warner
[3] so that you serve Allah and be mindful of Him when you deal with each other by being consistent with His rule of law,
[4] so that He dignifies you by freeing you from your own self inflicted harms against each other and thereby lets you live as a nation for as long as you remain faithful followers of His rule of law. The fact is that life span for a nation is set by Allah on basis of cause and effect so when a nation fails to follow the divine advice, consequences follow that cannot be avoided, should you bother to understand!
[5] At length Noah said, O Lord! I have called on my people night and day to stop harming each other
[6] but my pleading with them has only caused them to avoid Your rule of law more and more.
[7] Each time I call on them to seek Your grace through Your law, the chiefs thrust their fingers in their ears and draw their cloaks over their heads to avoid my noticing them, persisting in doing more and more harm to each other and puffing themselves up with insolent pride.
[8] I have called on them openly where that was appropriate
[9] and appealed to them secretly in private where that was appropriate,
[10] saying to them, seek dignified life through rule of your Lord, He is ever ready to grace you.
[11] He will send abundant rain for you from heaven,
[12] and help you with wealth and sons and provide you with gardens and flowing rivers of plentiful provision.
[13] What is the matter with you that you do not turn to rule of Allah to gain dignified life
[14] when He has evolved you in gradual stages?
[15] Have you not bothered thinking how Allah has evolved the seven orbiting planets of the solar system away from the earth one next to the other
[16] and brought about along with them the moon as a pleasant light and the sun as a burning lamp?
[17] Moreover Allah has caused you to grow like a growth from the earth gradually
[18] and in time when you die He will return you to the same earth and then raise you back to life again therefrom.
[19] Allah has made the earth for you as a wide expanse providing you therein with all you need
[20] so that you make your way to your business freely.
[21] Despite all this concern for them his people did not listen to Noah so he complained, O Lord! My people have ignored my advice and instead have followed their chiefs whose wealth and children have added to them nothing but destruction and loss
[22] and despite the fact that they devised a very damaging plot against them to trap them using their priestly class,
[23] through whom they urged them, do not leave your gods; especially Wadd, Suwa, Yaghus, Yauq and Nasr.
[24] That is how these chiefs and priests have for sure misled many to their destruction because the transgressors against advice of their Lord achieve nothing other than more of the wrong results.
[25] Because of their harming of each other they ended up ruined through hatred and infighting. They had none besides Allah to help them but they heeded not His advice.
[26] Seeing all this destruction of people by their own hands Noah expressed his concern for humanity to his Lord saying, my Lord, let there be no more such people in Your kingdom who oppose your guidance out of arrogance and end up like this.
[27] For if You let there be any such people any more they will surely mislead more of your people and beget none but opposers of your guidance and will end up like these people.
[28] O Lord! Dignify me and my parents as well as anyone else who enters my house committed to working for peace, be it male or female because anyone who opposes Your rule of law will achieve more of that which is destructive for people.
Surah 72 AL-JINN = the prominent person
In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful
[1] say, it has been revealed to me that a group from among the influential people have heeded the message of the Quran and they have told their people, we have heard a wonderful message
[2] which guides to the rule of law that is proper for mankind. So we have committed ourselves to working for peace and from now on we shall associate sovereignty to none other than our Lord.
[3] Surely our Lord rules over all things and He has neither a wife nor a son to share in His sovereignty.
[4] Yet foolish from among us have been telling people wrong things about rule of Allah,
[5] Even though we think neither commoners nor privileged should tell lies against rule of Allah.
[6] Indeed, individuals from among the commoners used to seek security with the individuals from among the privileged, that is how they let them increase their influence upon them,
[7] so much so that they thought as you assumed that Allah will not raise anyone to put a stop to their onslaught.
[8] However as we reached for the pinnacle of influence so we came across strong opposition against it with piercing hatred.
[9] And indeed we used to think out ways to redirect this hatred but whoever tries to do that now finds for himself tearing apart hatred lying in wait.
[10] For now we are in such a state of existence whereby we do not really know whether any harm is intended for the dwellers in the land or whether their Lord intends to guide them.
[11] There are some from among us who try to put things right but some do the opposite, we have groups following different paths.
[12] However we have come to realise that we can neither defeat Allah in the land nor defeat Him by escaping His set out plan.
[13] As for us, surely we have heeded the guidance by committing to working for peace so he who commits to working for peace for his Lord shall have neither the fear of harm nor of injustice.
[14] Surely there are some among us who have committed to working for peace and some who have deviated from justice. Those who have committed to working for peace it is they who have indeed found the way to freedom and are on the path that is right for mankind.
[15] And those who have deviated from the path of justice they will indeed be consumed by their self created hell of hatred.
[16] Had they steadfastly followed the path that is proper, We would have indeed provided them with prosperity through abundant rain,
[17] and thereby would have showed them results of their hard work but he who heeds not the advice of his Lord shall undergo severe self inflicted suffering.
[18] As for the community administrative centres, they are for carrying out tasks set by Allah, therefore people should refer to none beside Allah as their ruler.
[19] Yet when servant of Allah takes a stand to establish His rule, the opposers are already ready to ambush him to kill the divine mission.
[20] Tell them, I refer only to my Lord and attribute sovereignty to none beside Him.
[21] Make it clear to them that I have no authority to cause you harm under the rule of Allah nor can I bring you to the path that is good for you by force.
[22] Say, none can give me refuge against Allah nor can I find protection against Him
[23] unless I deliver the messages I receive from Allah. So whoever is inconsistent with Allah and His messenger, for such shall be hell of self created hatred to live therein for as long as they live.
[24] When they will see before their eyes all this what they are being threatened with then they will come to realise whose helpers are weak and whose supporters are fewer in number.
[25] Say, I do not know whether suffering that you are threatened with is near or whether my Lord has set for it a distant term.
[26] He alone knows His future plan and He does not reveal His plan to anyone
[27] save whom He chooses as a messenger thereby He brings forth his supporters, who march before him and behind him,
[28] so that He may demonstrate to the mankind that they have indeed delivered the messages of their Lord. For He encompasses all their surroundings and keeps a count of each and everything
Surah 73 AL-MUZZAMMIL=The one fully wrapped up in his cause
[1] O you the selector, coordinator and trainer of missionary caravan!
[2] You may stay up at night but not for the whole of night,
[3] just half of it or a little less,
[4] or a little more and follow the Quranic program closely step by step in a consistent way.
[5] Soon We are going to bestow on you yet heavier task so be ready for it.
[6] Surely for training work, night is most effective and task planning is proper,
[7] and during the day you are hard pressed indeed by other necessary engagements as well.
[8] Nonetheless strive hard for establishing the kingdom of your Lord by making yourself available exclusively for His set task.
[9] Thus let mankind know He alone is the Lord in the east and the west because none has the right to rule save Him so take His constitution as standard for all your affairs,
[10] and thereby face what they say with courage and convince them to change their minds in a dignified way.
[11] As for the deniers of benefits of My standard for others, who themselves enjoy My provided blessings of this life at the expense of others, leave them to face the consequences as they ignore the advice given by Me and put up with them for a little while more.
[12] Indeed We have in store for them consequences of what they are doing, heavily fettered and agonising lives,
[13] due to scarcity of livelihood as a painful suffering.
[14] On the day the land is in grip of a sudden uprising along with its weighty people, the influence of weighty people will crumble like heaps of shifting sand.
[15] O people! We have surely sent to you a messenger to bear witness to you just like We sent a messenger to Pharaoh before you.
[16] But Pharaoh opposed Our messenger therefore We found him in grip of unrelenting uprising.
[17] So if you too persist in your ignorance based opposition to Our advice then how will you survive the time when even children will have to show maturity and wisdom,
[18] because the world order will change and so His law of consequences shall be fulfilled?
[19] Surely this is but an educational lesson, so let him who wants, live by standard of His Lord.
[20] Surely your Lord knows that for success of His mission you work very, very hard as you work for nearly two thirds of the night, and sometimes one-half or one-third of it and so do those who are with you. Allah has set the measures of the night and the day, for He knows that you will not be able to keep it up, so He advises you out of compassion, therefore work according to the Qur’an as much as you reasonably can. He knows that some people among you go ill and some have to travel through the land to seek livelihood Allah has provided and some have to campaign for the mission of Allah. Therefore follow all of you as much of the Qur’an as you can whatever you do. However when you have to, all of you work together to establish the divine world order and attain freedom from manmade problems thus thereby keep your account with Allah in credit through benefit for others. Whatever you do for benefit of others it is for benefit your own kind and you will find it with Allah credited to you, which will be much better and greater in reward than doing things any other way. Therefore seek prosperity through rule of Allah, surely rule of Allah is guaranty of prosperity and compassion.
Surah 74 AL-MUDDATHTHIR=The revivalist
[1] O you the one charged with mission to establish rule of Allah in the land!
[2] Commence the mission by warning mankind about consequences of their atrocities against each other.
[3] Thereby clearly prove to mankind the greatness of rule of your Lord.
[4] And keep your mission free of impurities,
[5] by shunning all harmful and destructive elements,
[6] Expecting no undue favours from others,
[7] and be faithfully steadfast in mission of your Lord.
[8] That is how in time to come the trumpet of rule of your Lord will be sounded,
[9] that period of time will be a very distressful period,
[10] not at all happy for those who oppose our guidance.
[11] Leave any such person to My rule of consequences, the one whom I created as an individual.
[12] and gave him abundant resources,
[13] and supporting sons,
[14] whereby made his life smooth and comfortable.
[15] After having all this, he still greeds for yet more.
[16] Nay he cannot have more of this? Because out of ignorance he has opposed Our goals.
[17] Therefore soon We will find him engulfed in problems,
[18] because he thought and devised a plot against Our goals.
[19] He will surely perish because that is how he plotted!
[20] In time to come, he will perish indeed, for that is how he conspired against Our mission!
[21] Thereafter he waited for the chance to implement his plot,
[22] out of dislike and hatred against Our rule,
[23] thus in rage he turned his back on Our message
[24] and said, this is nothing but an old trick indeed to fool us thereby,
[25] surely this is nothing but word of a human being.
[26] Due to his such response to Our advice we find him dragging himself into anxiety,
[27] but what will explain to you what anxiety is?
[28] It is a state of existence wherein one neither lives nor dies.
[29] Surely, the Quran is a shield against this state of existence for mankind.
[30] in which is divine proclamation with nineteen letters.
[31] showing clearly that We have not created people to live in anxiety but to live free of anxiety like a community of good people. As for the letters, We have not set their number but for verification of those who oppose Our guidance and so that the people of the book become more confident and so that those who are committed to working for peace become yet more committed and so that people of the book and those committed to working for peace have no doubt, and so that those in whose minds there is a harmful and destructive desire against others and the opposers may ask, what is Allah’s purpose by this explanation? Thus, Allah leaves to stray whom He finds deserving and guides whom He finds deserving. No one knows the forces of your Lord except He Himself, and this Quran is nothing but a divine advice for the mankind.
[32] Behold! I put forth as evidence the people with emblem of moon that their power is about to decline,
[33] and I put forth as evidence the darkness of ignorance that it is about to depart
[34] and I put forth as evidence the dawn of knowledge that it is about to shine forth,
[35] surely this Quran is one of the mighty
[36] wake up calls for the mankind
[37] for any who choose to move forward or choose to lag behind.
[38] Each person is hostage to others because of what people earn
[39] except the people who live by the rule that is proper,
[40] for the blissful life. Such people ask
[41] those who commit crimes against each other against the divine law,
[42] What landed you into this hell you are living in?
[43] They answer, we did nothing to establish the divine order,
[44] and we did nothing to cater for needs of each other,
[45] because we became involved in useless ritualism and baseless dogmas
[46] thus we ended up rejecting the proper standard of Judgment for our actions,
[47] until the result of this rejection became certain.
[48] Thus no intervention of any intervener was for their benefit.
[49] Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from this message
[50] like frightened donkeys
[51] fleeing from a lion?
[52] Yet each of them wants from Allah a scripture of his own to be unrolled before them.
[53] Nay! The fact is they are not concerned about their better future as the end result.
[54] Not at all! Regardless of their response this Quran is a reminder indeed.
[55] So let him who wants to heed, heed the message.
[56] But none takes heed except the one Allah finds deserving by His plan. He is the one who is consistent with Allah and humanity and he is the one worthy of being graced.
Surah 75 AL-QIYAAMAH= The Uprising
[1] I cite for evidence the time people rise up against oppression
[2] and I cite for evidence the troubling conscious of humanity.
[3] Does man still think We cannot organise humanity on solid foundations through Our advice?
[4] Why not? After all We are able to put together in perfect order his own very building blocks.
[5] Yet mankind intends to carry on inflicting harm on each other in the future as well.
[6] He asks, when will exactly this next uprising take place?
[7] Well, it will come like a sudden flash of lightening,
[8] and the power of people with emblem of moon will be lost,
[9] and at length the people with emblem of the sun and the people with emblem of the moon will be brought together under the same banner of Islam
[10] on that day even the oppressor will be forced to ask himself, is there any way to escape the consequences of his actions?
[11] No! There will not be any refuge for the oppressor unless he repents and reforms.
[12] On that day, refuge will only be in accepting the rule of your Lord.
[13] On that day the oppressor will be reminded about all his harmful actions against others, from the first to the last.
[14] Surely the man himself is better aware of his own motives
[15] so even if he decides to defend his actions in court of law,
[16] he will be told by the people in authority, do not move your tongue in making your statement to hurry it up,
[17] because we are charged with responsibility to collect your statement and to read it back to you.
[18] So when we have completed it then you confirm it after reading it,
[19] and then it is our responsibility to present it in the court of law.
[20] Nay, you people are in a desperate hurry and love getting your hands on things that you have no right to
[21] thus jeopardise the set end goal of peace for mankind.
[22] Yet on the day of uprising some faces will be fresh and lively,
[23] looking forward to the establishment of kingdom of their Lord.
[24] But on that very day some faces will be dark with sadness,
[25] worrying that some backbreaking calamity is about to be inflicted on them.
[26] Nay, they will be yet more desperate for freedom from this situation like a man who is about to breath is last but does not wish to die,
[27] and those around him ask, is there anyone who could do anything to save?
[28] But the dying man finally gives up his fight for life accepting the fact, it is time to let go.
[29] Likewise one is moved by interacting forces step by step
[30] to the goal set by your Lord till the day he takes the final step.
[31] Even if one neither supported truth nor established the divine order
[32] and instead he denied its benefits for others and turned away from it himself.
[33] Yet he dared stalk to his people instead of being ashamed of his motives and actions.
[34] Beware O man, your time to face the consequences is ever coming closer and closer,
[35] surely your time is approaching ever closer and closer so repent and reform.
[36] Does man think he is left to himself without to any set order or purpose?
[37] Was he not once just a sperm and an ovum?
[38] Then he became an embryo then Allah evolved him and fashioned him in due proportions,
[39] and brought him forth as a male or a female.
[40] Is He then not likewise able to bring the morally dead humanity back to life?
Surah 76 AD-DAHR=The time and human development
[1] Was there not a period of time in relation to man when he did not even exist as a thing in his own right as he exist now?
[2] Indeed he was part of various processes and stages till We produced man from a sperm that fertilizes an egg which We put through a process of various phases of development till We bring him forth with faculties of hearing and sight as a human being in his own right.
[3] Surely We did not leave him on his own at that stage instead gave him guidance to the way of life that should help him rise up to higher level of thought process to be a proper human being but it is left up to himself to do things properly or otherwise.
[4] For the opposers of Our guidance, We have made clear the life of chains and fetters as well as of terrible fire of hatred they will end up with as a consequence.
[5] Surely those who will follow Our advice will keep themselves free from chains and fetters and fire of hatred so they will end up drinking from a cup of blissful drink,
[6] from a gushing spring at which the servants of Allah refresh themselves, and they will take out its channels from place to place for distribution to quench the thirst of others.
[7] Such are the people who keep their actions in check because they dread the day of widespread unrest that could result from harmful actions,
[8] therefore out of loyalty to Allah’s rule they ensure provision for the needy and the lonely and the one held in bondage freeing them from their worries and concerns,
[9] saying, we provide you what you need for the sake of Allah’s set goal for mankind so we expect from you neither reward nor gratitude,
[10] for we dread the torment that will result on a very distressful day of uprising as foretold by our Lord if we neglected our duty to others.
[11] Thus Allah will save them from the harm and destruction of the day of uprising and bestow upon them a new start in life with joy,
[12] and reward them for their steadfastness with a life as if they are totally wrapped up in bliss.
[13] There they will be raised to dignified life so they will feel neither burning hatred against others nor total lack of concerns for others.
[14] And the blissful mood will be spread all around them and the fruits of their hard works will show up in clusters well within their easy reach
[15] because there will be made to go around among them silver dishes and goblets of crystal filled with fruit of their own labour,
[16] and goblets made of spotless silver will be of appropriate measure that would satisfy their needs and desires.
[17] Thus they will be given to drink from the cup of blissful drink mixed with Zanjabil
[18] from a fountain called Salsabil which is a society based on principle of caring and sharing.
[19] They will be served by graceful youth in the community, whenever you will see the youth they will be busy improving their society.
[20] Therefore whichever direction you will look, you will see blessings and splendours of a graceful divine kingdom.
[21] They shall be arrayed in the garments of fine green silk and rich brocade and adorned with bracelets of silver because their Lord will give them to drink from the blissful drink that will help them do things that serve the divine goal sincerely.
[22] That is how you will be rewarded and your endeavours appreciated.
[23] Surely, it is for creating such like society We have sent down this Qur’an to you through gradual revelations,
[24] therefore be steadfast for establishing the kingdom of your Lord and do not yield to any who inflicts harm on others or denies benefits of Our rule to others.
[25] Instead strive hard from morning till night to establish the kingdom in the name of your Lord
[26] as well as remain committed to His mission even during the part of the long night.
[27] These opposers of our guidance love good things in life at expense of each others because they neglect the day of uprising with heavy consequences.
[28] It is We Who created them and made them strong through powerful connections but as is Our law We replace one people with others likes of them that serve Our purpose better.
[29] This is indeed a guiding principle in operation so let him who will adopt the way of his Lord,
[30] because you should not plan against it instead you should adopt the plan of Allah as Allah is All-Knowing and All-Wise indeed.
[31] He admits to His mission for creating the graceful kingdom whom He plans and for any who goes against His advice He has made clear that such a one will end up in painful suffering.
Surah 77 AL-MURSALAT – The forces at work
[1] Behold as evidence the forces that continuously come in to play
[2] and by their interaction they make obvious Our rule of law operating in the universe by blowing away make beliefs of people as chaff is blown away to separate grain
[3] thus they spread far and wide the message that is useful for mankind
[4] for bringing about changes for the better in lives of people as it ought to be
[5] therefore is delivered historical evidence in the Quran as a lesson
[6] to act as good news or warning for mankind
[7] therefore freedom from oppression you are promised will come to pass indeed.
[8] By then rulers with destructive mindset and harmful attitude will no longer appeal to masses,
[9] and by then opportunities for heavenly kingdom will open up,
[10] and by then harmful people of great influence will lose their influence as if they are heaps of dust blown away by the wind of change,
[11] by then forces at play would have drove their messages home for the necessity of unity of mankind.
[12] So for how long more things can continue like this?
[13] Till the time people take the decision to change things for themselves,
[14] and what will explain to you what will happen at the time when people decide to change things?
[15] It will be bad news for those at the time who deny the benefits of divine rule of law for their people.
[16] Did We not find former generations destroy each other by going against Our advice?
[17] So will it happen to later generations who will follow them.
[18] Thus We let them do as they please and face the consequences who go against Our advice.
[19] So bad news is for those at the time who deny the benefits of divine rule of law for their people.
[20] Have We not created you from a tiny part of insignificant fluid,
[21] which We placed in a secure resting place
[22] for a set period of time?
[23] Likewise We have set measures for governing all affairs - how excellent are We in setting up measures!
[24] So bad news is for those at the time of uprising who deny the benefits of divine rule of law for their people.
[25] Have We not made the earth sufficient for all matters
[26] relating the living and the dead
[27] by bringing about on it peaks and troughs and so that you could have sweet water to drink and live in peace?
[29] And when that time comes it will be said to them, walk through that which you used to say could never happen to you.
[30] Now live under the threefold dark shadow of your own self created gloom,
[31] having no freedom from anxiety nor shelter against the flames of hatred,
[32] throwing up sparks of civil strife as wide as the kingdom
[33] as frequently as if they were a row of yellow camels.
[35] That will be the time when they will not be able to speak their minds,
[36] nor be given permission to offer their excuses.
[37] So bad news is for those at that time who deny the benefits of divine rule of law for their people.
[38] This is how it will be at the time when people decide to change things for themselves. This is why We put together your case as well as of your past generations to make you think and do better.
[39] But if you do not then if you have any more plot, use it against My advice and see the result
[40] because bad news is for those at the time of uprising who deny the benefits of divine rule of law for their people.
[41] Surely those who are consistent with laws of Allah for the good of mankind will end up in life of security with running springs of everything they need and desire
[42] and shall have whatever fruits they desire.
[43] They will be told, eat and drink to your heart’s content, this is the reward for your hard works you did for betterment of each other.
[44] Thus shall We reward those who follow Our advice
[45] but bad news is for those at the time of uprising who deny the benefits of divine rule of law for their people.
[46] So partake and benefit at the expense of others for a little while, O harmful people, surely you are committing crimes against humanity
[47] and bad news is for those at the time of uprising who deny the benefits of divine rule of law for their people.
[48] Moreover when such people are requested to live according to laws of Allah, they do not submit
[50] So in what other statement of facts after this Quran will they commit to working for peace?
Surah 78 AN-NABA=The good news
[1] What are the masses fighting for?
[2] The great news of relief from oppression
[3] that is what they are fighting for.
[4] Soon they will come to know it,
[5] surely they will come to know it soon.
[6] Have We not brought about the earth as a wide expanse
[7] and brought about the raised land masses rooted deeply to provide you with surface to live on sensibly in peace,
[8] and evolved likes of you,
[9] and brought about sleep for your rest,
[10] and brought about night in the land as if by pulling over of a covering,
[11] and brought about the day for going about your business,
[12] and gave birth to seven other large planets in your solar system,
[13] and placed in middle of them a blazing lamp for light and heat,
[14] thus sent down abundant water as rain from the clouds,
[15] bringing forth grain and vegetation
[16] and gardens of luxurious growth?
[17] As sure as organised working of all this the time of decisive event is also fixed,
[18] at the time when the trumpet for establishing peace in the land is sounded, you will come forth in multitude to support it
[19] that is how the heavenly kingdom will open up for all as if it is all doors
[20] and the heavy weights in the land will crumble as if they were just sand dunes.
[21] Surely those who do not live in peace, life in hell lies in wait for them
[22] because it is the state of existence for those who disregard set limits of Allah for human decency,
[23] in that state they will have to live for ages because after destroying peaceful existence it is not easy to recreate it.
[24] In that state of existence, they will not be able have a life worth living as they will not have the framework for rule of law
[25] except that which makes some people burn in anger because others will give them cold shoulder
[26] a fitting reward for those who do not want divine rule of law that leads to peace.
[27] All this because such people do not think the consequences of their actions before they do things
[28] and so reject Our set goals and so deny themselves their benefits.
[29] All this We clearly explained for them in Our book
[30] so what more can We say to such people but taste fruits of your own terrible actions in form of pain and suffering till you repent and reform.
[31] On the other hand, those who are consistent with Our goals for humanity will certainly build themselves
[32] beautiful gardens and vineyards
[33] through cooperation of like minded thoughtful young companions of similar age,
[34] thus they will bring about prosperity to the full for all.
[35] They will not hear anything destructive and harmful against each other in that state of existence nor will they deny anything of benefit for themselves,
[36] a fitting reward on account of their hard work from your Lord
[37] the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, the Gracious against Whose rule of law none will be able to complain
[38] on the day the revealed rule of law is properly established by the authorised people properly organised. None will be allowed to form laws and issue judgements save the one for whom there is authorisation from the Gracious one and he proves beyond a reasonable doubt that what he says in the name of Allah is true and good for the mankind.
[39] That will be the day the truth will rule the world properly. So let him who desires that such a rule of law should become a reality work hard to bring about rule of his Lord.
[40] Indeed We have forewarned you of imminent painful suffering otherwise which lies close-at-hand, on the day when the opposer of divine advice will face consequences of what his hands would have sent forth he will say, I wish! I was just a heap of dust.
Surah 79 AN-NAZI‘AT= Those who pull others out of trouble
[1] I present as models for humanity such as dive deep in to the ocean of knowledge to pull mankind out of depths of darknesses of ignorance,
[2] and those who strive hard to free humanity from forces that hold it back from progress and put it onto the road to blissful life,
[3] and those who move full speed ahead for progress and prosperity of humanity,
[4] by competing against each other to do better for each other
[5] that is how they regulate the affairs of their world for achieving the set goal of peace between mankind!
[6] The time of clash between the oppressors and the liberators of mankind is coming that will shake humanity to its very core,
[7] followed by shock after shock.
[8] At that time hearts of those in power will be pounding with worry of uprising
[9] and their sights will be cast down in fear but so they were warned already about consequences for going down this road.
[10] But they laughed it off saying to each other, are we really going to lose all we have and become as before without having anything?
[11] Are we going to be stripped off of everything we have to bare bones?
[12] They say, in that case our life will not be worth living!
[13] But that is the whole point that it only takes just one wrong move to trigger a big battle
[14] and opponents are up in arms in arrays facing each other in the battle ground.
[15] Have you heard the story of Moses?
[16] When His Lord called him in the sacred valley of Tuwa
[17] and said, go to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds set by Allah for human decency,
[18] and ask him, would you be interested in freeing yourself of destructive ambitions and harmful desires against other human beings?
[19] If so, I will be obliged to guide you towards your Lord so that you could be mindful of His set goals for mankind.
[20] That is how Moses explained to Pharaoh the heavenly set goals of great importance,
[21] but he denied their benefits for his people and instead decided to oppose.
[22] so he turned his full attention to fighting off divine mission,
[23] therefore he assembled his people and shouted out to them
[24] saying, I am your sustainer, the most high.
[25] But in time Allah found him facing the consequences for his wrong actions of the past and present.
[26] Surely in this there is a lesson for any who is mindful of Allah and humanity.
[27] In reply to Pharaoh’s claim of sustenance one has to think, is your creation harder or the creation of the universe?
[28] He brought it about long before mankind and fashioned it and proportioned it to serve His purpose properly,
[29] He brings the land under darkness to cause the night and he exposes the land to sunlight to cause the day.
[30] Thus He put the earth to work after bringing it about and expanding it,
[31] from it He brought forth its water and its pasture,
[32] and brought out its mountains and set them,
[33] making them useful for you and your cattle.
[34] Behold! when the great revolution strikes,
[35] at that time man will call to mind all that he had fought for.
[36] when all hell will break loose right before his very eyes,
[37] then he who would have rebelled against humanity in opposition to Our advice
[38] preferring the life of this world that way
[39] will have his abode in hell of his own making.
[40] But he who would have paid attention to standing before his Lord and would have curbed his harmful ambitions and desires
[41] will have his home in paradise of his own making.
[42] They ask you about the exact time of revolution as to when will it start?
[43] However it is not for you to know or tell its timing.
[44] Only your Lord knows when it will strike.
[45] You are but a warner to him who cares about consequences of his action.
[46] At the time when they will see it, they will feel as if they had lived the way they did just for one evening or one morning.
Surah 80 ABASA= He Frowned
[1] Say to him who frowned and turned away
[2] when there came to him a man who suffered from darkness of ignorance.
[3] How would you know that he might have sought to free himself from harmful things with your help
[4] or he may have listened to Our message thereby might have benefited from Our advice?
[5] As for him who was not interested in Our message
[6] you were attending to him alright yet disregarding the man who deserved your attention more.
[7] You were not to be held responsible if he did not free himself from harmful ideas and practices.
[8] Yet to him who came to you on his own effort
[9] and with concern,
[10] you gave not the needed attention.
[11] It should not be so as Quran is just an open advice for all
[12] so let him who wants it, have it.
[13] In form of written pages that deserve following
[14] for becoming of those raised to a level that is proper
[15] by means of discoveries through hard work,
[16] for those who wish to command appreciation.
[17] Man is hell bent on his own destruction, how inappropriate of him!
[18] Out of what Allah made him?
[19] Out of a sperm and an ovum! He originated him and fashioned him in due proportion,
[20] and made his way to life smooth for him by revelation,
[21] then causes him to die and be laid in his resting place.
[22] Then as He has planned will reproduce him.
[23] By no means has he achieved the goal of peace he was set.
[24] Therefore let man reflect on the food he eats,
[25] how We pour down rainwater in abundance
[26] and cleave the soil asunder.
[27] How We bring forth grain,
[28] grapes and nutritious vegetation,
[29] olives and dates,
[30] lush gardens,
[31] fruits and fodder,
[32] as a means of sustenance for you and your cattle.
[33] Therefore man must achieve goal of peace or things will be blown out of all proportions,
[34] so much so that on that day a man shall flee even from his own brother,
[35] his mother and his father,
[36] his wife and his children.
[37] For each one of them on that day shall have enough concerns of his own to make him indifferent to what happens to others.
[38] However some faces even on that day will be shining,
[39] smiling and joyful.
[40] but other faces on that day will be gloomy
[41] as if veiled with darkness.
[42] These will be the faces of opponents of Our set goal of peace, of people with destructive ambitions and harmful desires against others against Our advice.
Surah 81 AT-TAKWIR=The wrapping up
In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful.,
[1] When the emblem of Persian Empire is wrapped up
[2] when its client kingdoms go their own way
[3] when the anchors and masters in the land lose their power over people
[4] when the use of camel and the like as means of transportation is abandoned
[5] when the scattered people are brought together by better means of transportation
[6] when the oceans are bustling with sea crafts and sea shores are bustling with dwellings
[7] when the means of communication connect people together
[8] when the issue of women’s rights is raised
[9] and people ask themselves for what crime her personality is suppressed
[10] when the divine scripture is laid open before all
[11] when mysteries of the universe become obvious through exploration
[12] when the suffering of masses is increased to its utmost
[13] It is then that the paradise like life on the earth will be brought into view
[14] then each person will come to realise what part one has played in bringing this about and what part one needs to play to get things better.
[15] Nay! I cite as evidence the receding galaxies
[16] and the stars that move in their orbit and become visible and invisible to you
[17] and the darkness as it leaves the land to move on in to the sunlight
[18] and the morning as it brings the land back to life again
[19] surely this Quran is brought to you by mouth of a noble messenger,
[20] who is authorised by the Owner of the Throne of this kingdom of universe,
[21] who is to be listen to and is to be trusted.
[22] Your companion is not insane
[23] rather he has indeed come across the wisdom that is obviously of a highest clarity
[24] and he is not of jealous kind to withhold this divine knowledge from you.
[25] This Quran is surely not the word of a destructive leader who harms others for his own gains.
[26] Where then are you going?
[27] This is but an advice for all the people of the world,
[28] and for any who wishes to follow the way that is firmly founded.
[29] So you should follow no plan other than that which is consistent with plan of Allah, the Lord of all the nations.
Surah 82 AL-INFITAR=The opening up
[1] When the universe opens up for exploration
[2] and when galaxies are explored for clues
[3] and when the oceans of knowledge burst forth flooding the world
[4] and when the buried treasures in the earth become open for mankind
[5] by then humanity will come to know what helped it progress and what held it back from progress.
[6] O man! What has lured you away from the rule of law of your gracious Lord
[7] Who evolved you and carved you and proportioned you,
[8] and moulded you by His laws, mechanisms and processes in to whatever shape He planned?
[9] Nay you cannot deny this yet you deprive yourselves of benefits of His laws
[10] even though they are set for your own security,
[11] faithfully preserved by writers,
[12] they make evident the results of all that you do
[13] therefore those who will follow them properly will surely end up in bliss
[14] while the opposers will indeed be on fire,
[15] they will enter that state on the day when the divine rule of law becomes reality in the land,
[16] and they shall not be able to escape it to do as they please.
[17] But do you know what the day of divine rule of law is?
[18] And what will explain to you what the day of divine rule of law is?
[19] It will be the period of time when none will have the power of law to do any harm to others to benefit oneself because on that day authority will rest entirely with law of Allah alone.
Surah 83 AL-MUTAFFIFIN=The Swindlers
[1] Doomed are those who live by defrauding others out of their God given rights,
[2] such as live by rule of taking undue advantage of others that when they have to take by measure from the others, they take more than their due,
[3] but when they have to give by measure to others by weight or by value, they give less
than due.
[4] Do they not think that they will be reacted against and made to face serious consequences for doing so
[5] on a mighty day of uprising
[6] a day when masses will rise up for the rule of Lord of the nations?
[7] Why not! The history of what happened to dealers in hate between people is stored in sijjeen
[8] and what will explain to you what sijjeen is?
[9] It is a form of record preserved.
[10] Doomed are such people on the day of uprising who deprive others of their rights,
[11] those who deny to the rest the day when the divine constitution could become law of the land.
[12] None prevent this from happening save people who harbour harmful ambitions and desires against others.
[13] To whom when Our revelations are proclaimed remark, the uprising stories are just made up stories about the peoples of old.
[14] Not at all! Rather in their minds is same ill will for others as is obvious from what they have been doing to others.
[15] As far as they are concerned, they will keep their people deprived of the benefits even when the rule of their Lord becomes law of the land.
[16] Thus they will keep their people in painful suffering.
[17] Yet they will be reminded by those who turn to it, this is the rule of law you used to deprive us of.
[18] Not only that but record of those who acted upon the divine rule of law is stored in illiyeen,
[19] and what will explain to you what illiyoon is?
[20] It is a form of record preserved,
[21] to which bore witness those who followed them.
[22] Surely those who do what is right attain a blissful life for themselves,
[23] they are looked up to as role models with dignity and respect,
[24] you will see their faces full of life due to joy.
[25] Such people quench their thirst by wine of knowledge that is especially sealed for this purpose,
[26] and the sealed container is full of knowledge. So those who wish to excel above each other, let them endeavour to excel in knowledge.
[27] The knowledge helps bring projects to life and develop,
[28] it is a spring, at which those nearest to Allah will drink.
[29] Surely those who deprived others of their rights used to mock at those who committed to working for peace,
[30] and they used to wink at one another as they passed them by making fun of them.
[31] When they turned to their own like minded people they came to them for having a good laugh at peace makers.
[32] And whenever they saw peace makers they used to say, these are the people who have surely lost the way,
[33] even though they had not been sent as an authority of propriety for them to heed.
[34] On the day when the divine rule of law becomes a reality those who are committed to working for peace shall confront their opponents for their mockery
[35] as they rise to position of dignity and respect as role models for the rest to follow.
[36] Saying have not the opponents of divine rule of law been rewarded for what they used to do?
Surah 84 AL-INSHIQAQ= The Explosion of Knowledge
[1] Just as the universe opens up to mankind for exploration
[2] thus confirms the truth from its Lord,
[3] and just as the earth opens up for mankind to explore
[4] and reveals what is hidden in it by gradual removal of difficulties in the way of exploration
[5] and thus proves the truth from its Lord.
[6] O mankind! Surely if you must strive then you should strive really hard towards establishing your Lord’s constitution for better end result and thus achieve His set out goal.
[7] for he who goes about his set out goal by his appropriate means
[8] shall have a quicker and easier journey to destination
[9] so he will attend to his people joyfully.
[10] But he who goes about his set out goal inappropriately
[11] shall soon be calling for his own death
[12] because he will be making himself go through hell
[13] for he lived among his people the while it all went well for him.
[14] He did not entertain the thought that this life style of his could come to an end.
[15] Why not? Surely law of cause and effect by his Lord is ever in action.
[16] I cite as evidence the decline of power of those who have sun as their emblem
[17] and the darkness of ignorance and its target
[18] and the destiny of people with emblem of full moon
[19] indeed you will move stage by stage.
[20] So what is the matter with the people that they do not commit to working for peace
[21] and when the Quran is recited to them, they do not submit to its program?
[22] Why not? Instead the opposers of Our advice deny its benefit for mankind,
[23] but Allah will make evident what they try to keep secret.
[24] Therefore, proclaim to mankind the consequences for not following the Quranic program the painful suffering,
[25] with the exception of those who commit to working for peace and really do the works that pave the way for peace between mankind, for them there will be a never ending reward.
Surah 85 AL-BURUJ – THE GALAXIES
[1] I cite the universe full of galaxies as evidence
[2] and the day of promised revolution
[3] and any who witnesses the day of revolution and all that which he witnesses on that day.
[4] Doomed are those who make the world hell
[5] full of fire of hatred and destruction with ample fuel
[6] and they sit at it unmoved doing nothing to avert this situation
[7] and they were witnesses over that which was done to those who were committed to working for peace.
[8] Moreover they tortured them for no other reason than due to their commitment to working for peace for sake of Allah, the Al-Mighty, the Majestic,
[9] the One to Whom belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and earth, and Allah is Witness over all things.
[10] Those who persecute men and women who commit to working for peace and do not stop and reform shall themselves end up in painful suffering in the hell of their own making.
[11] As for those who commit to working for peace and carry out works that help attain peace, for them shall be the gardens beneath which rivers flow, which will be the greatest success.
[12] Surely the grip of your Lord on all affairs is precise.
[13] It is He Who originated it all and reproduces it.
[14] He is the one full of grace for mankind, the one full of love for humanity,
[15] the sole owner of the Throne of Majesty
[16] and the executor of His own plan.
[17] Have you not heard the story of the warriors
[18] of Pharaoh and of Thamud?
[19] Yet the opponents of His guidance persist in denying for themselves what is right and good for mankind,
[20] although Allah has them in His grip from everywhere.
[21] Surely this Quran is Glorious
[22] inscribed in the form of a book for preservation
Surah 86 AT-TARIQ – The secret traveller
[1] Behold the universe and the secret traveller,
[2] and what will explain to you what the secret traveller is?
[3] It is the manifest divine constitution
[4] for every person there is security in the rule of Allah.
[5] Let man observe and think from what he is evolved!
[6] He is evolved from a part of a liquid that is moved appropriately for this purpose
[7] proceeding from reproductive organs of a male and a female.
[8] Surely as his creator, Allah has the right to set him the goal.
[9] On the day things related to the goal become manifest
[10] then there will be no authority for man nor any support save that of Allah.
[11] Behold the universe which works towards its goal
[12] and the earth which is open to business for serving its goal
[13] surely this Qur’an is the ultimate standard for good of mankind to judge their works by,
[14] so it is not something that man can be ignored without serious consequences.
[15] As for opponents of Our advice, they are indeed busy plotting a scheme against it
[16] even though I planned things for their benefit
[17] nonetheless leave the opponents of My guidance to their own devises but soon they will taste the consequences of their own foolish actions.
Comments by: abdullahbashoeb On 21 November 2011
Respected Brother Moghal.
Thank you and appreciation for your tremendous efforts I randomly gone through It is simply perfect.
Alhamdulillah......
Comments by: moazzam On 23 November 2011
Brother Mughal! Plz accept my appreciations, good achievement.
Wa alaikum salaam dear brothers abdullahbashoeb sb and moazzam sb and thank you for your kind words of appreciation. I am grateful for your encouragement.
My regards and best wishes.
Surah 67 AL-MULK=The Sovereignty
[1] Full of blessings is He the provider for all His creatures with Whom rests sovereignty of the Kingdom of the universe, for He has set up laws for everything to fulfil its purpose fully and properly.
[2] He Who brought about the phenomenon of death and life so that He put you through development phases from lowest level of existence to the highest level of existence to make it evident for you which of you would make the world a better place for you, for He is all powerful but full of grace.
[3] He Who created the seven orbiting planets in the solar system next to each other in harmony with the earth. You will not see any flaws in the creation of the Gracious that may cause it to fail in its set purpose. Look once again, do you see any such flaw?
[4] Then look yet again your sight will come back bewildered and exhausted.
[5] Moreover We have adorned the galaxy of the solar system with stars and We made them emit packets of energy for the experts to make use of and We have done all this for those with burning curiosity.
[6] However for those who after all these provisions still refuse to live by rule of their Lord there will be painful suffering, which is a terrible state of existence to be in.
[7] When they are pushed in to fire of hatred and war with each other, they shall hear its roaring and boiling
[8] as though it is bursting with rage. Each time a group is pushed therein by another group, people who would have warned them against such way of life to save them will ask them, did not any Warner come to you telling you if you did not live by rule of Allah then this is the situation wherein you are going to end up?
[9] They will answer, yes indeed a Warner did come to us but we denied our people the benefits he promised us through rule of Allah and instead we opposed him and said, Allah never revealed anything - you are in gross error.
[10] They will further say, had we only listened to their advice or used our own intelligence then we would not have ended up as a people full of hatred for each other and in destructive wars.
[11] Thus shall they confess their harmful beliefs and deeds because far will be the people in state of painful suffering from the rule of Allah that leads to peace.
[12] As for those who pay attention to the guidance of their Lord without seeing Him, for them is dignity and a great reward.
[13] Whether you keep your thoughts to yourself or let them become known to others, surely He is aware of all that is in the minds of people.
[14] Would He Who has created them not know about them? Surely He is the Knower of the smallest possible of things.
[15] It is He Who has made the earth subservient to you so make your ways through it freely and make proper use of His provision. Moreover in His rule of law rests your prosperity and survival.
[16] Can you expect to be left in peace by any of those who live in lofty mansions at the expense of others that such a one will not bury you alive in the earth and make the earth tremble by his brutality?
[17] Or can you expect to be left in peace by any of those who live in lofty mansions at the expense of others that such a one will not send against you an army to attack you like a violent tornado? Are you waiting for all this to happen to you before you come to realise the value of My warning?
[18] Likewise denied their people benefits of divine rule the ruling elites and the priestly classes that have gone before them therefore see how terrible was the end result for those who did not stop from what We stopped them from?
[19] Do they not observe the birds when they fly above them spreading their wings and folding them? Nothing helps them fly in the air except the laws set by Allah the Beneficent, surely it is He Who likewise takes care of all affairs about all things.
[20] Even if you were an army of people what force is there that can help you besides Allah the merciful? Surely those who oppose divine rule of law are suffering from delusion.
[21] Or who is there that can provide you with provision if He withholds His provision? Yet
they persist in rebellion and aversion as regard way of life that is proper.
[22] Just think, who is rightly guided, he who walks with his face bent down knowing not where he is going or he who can see properly where he is going and walks properly on the right path?
[23] Say, it is He Who has brought you into being and gave you the faculties of hearing and seeing and understanding yet you seldom use them properly to show you appreciate them.
[24] Say, it is He Who has multiplied you in the earth and under His rule of law you shall all be assembled in the end.
[25] They ask, when will this promise be fulfilled if what you say is true?
[26] Tell them, Allah Alone has the knowledge of that and my mission is only to warn you plainly that you will never have peace among yourselves unless you gather under His rule of law.
[27] At length when they will see it is going to happen, the faces of those who would have waged wars to stop this from happening will turn dark with sadness so they will be told, this is what you were calling for so it is here now despite all your efforts against it.
[28] Say, have you ever considered that even if Allah causes me to die away as well as those who are with me or causes us to survive and prosper by His blessing upon us, who will save the opposers of divine rule of law from painful suffering they are hell bent to land themselves in?
[29] Say, He is the only one full of mercy for mankind so we have committed ourselves to working for peace according to his terms and we are sure that by working according to His terms we will attain the goal of peace as promised and soon you will come to know by result of your deeds who of us is in manifest error.
[30] Say, have you ever considered that if all the water you have disappears, who is there that can bring you the clear-flowing fresh water save Allah the sole ruler of the kingdom of the universe?
Surah 68 AL-QALAM=The progress of mission
[1] Noon, behold as evidence the progress of the divine mission and the clues of its success along the way for the record
[2] that due to being graced with the revelation of your Lord, you are not involved in any secret plot against mankind to harm them by deception,
[3] therefore assured is your reward without failure
[4] because you are a person of sublime character with goal of peace for humanity as purpose of your life.
[5] Soon you will see and they too will see the result of your struggles for your ends
[6] showing clearly which of you is striving to cause wars between people to harm and destroy humanity.
[7] Surely your Lord makes known those who stray from His path and He also makes known those who have received the divine guidance.
[8] So do not yield to those who have denied the benefits of divine guidance for others.
[9] They desire that you strike a deal with them on their terms so that they too could consider a compromise.
[10] Never you compromise with any who has no value for humanity and is disloyal to humanity despite swearing under oath for doing good for humanity, for such a one has no respect for human rights
[11] and is a warmongering slanderer,
[12] opponent of any goodness for mankind, the inflictor of harm on humanity,
[13] the oppressor of mankind and above all so dangerous as if born to destroy humanity,
[14] just because he has unduly gathered plenty of wealth because of having many sons.
[15] When Our lessons are proclaimed to him so that he may learn to live properly instead of pondering over advice he declares, they are not real events but made up tales about the people of old.
[16] With such an attitude soon We will find such a one bite the dust.
[17] Because We will surely let these people also go through similar lessons as We let the owners of the garden when with their negative mindsets and attitudes they decided that they would pluck its fruit the next morning
[18] without having any concern for the advice of Allah in their minds.
[19] Behold! A visitor fell upon the garden the while they slept as if by divine plan,
[20] and by the morning the garden lay as if it had been already harvested.
[21] At daybreak they called out to one another
[22] some telling others, go out early to your crop if you want to pick its fruit to keep avoiding any unwanted attention.
[23] So they went whispering to one another,
[24] let no needy person enter upon you in the garden today.
[25] Thus they went out fixed in their stingy resolve.
[26] But when they saw the garden some of them said to others, surely we must have lost our way!
[27] The others replied, no rather we ourselves have become destitute and needy of other peoples’ help.
[28] The most upright among them said, did I not tell you to be mindful of advice of Allah for the good of others? Why did you not strive to uphold His rule instead of working against it?
[29] Only after going through same experience themselves they heard the advice of the wise among them and said, advice of Our Lord was true indeed, surely we acted against it and as a result harmed our own people by not helping each other in time of need,
[30] and they started blaming one another for their straying off divine course of peace and unity.
[31] Finally they realised, shame was upon us because we had become rebellious against idea of peace and unity.
[32] Now that we have become one for peace and security as per divine advice, it will be that our Lord will guide us in exchange for a better world than this, surely according to our Lord’s advice we will strive to turn our world a better place.
[33] Behold! This is how personal suffering helps people turn better but being able to learn lessons from the sufferings of the people of the past has yet greater advantage if these like people could realise it because that will save them from suffering the pain themselves.
[34] Surely those who are consistent with advice of Allah for the good of humanity they will be rewarded for their hard work with gardens of delight by their Lord.
[35] How could We treat those who commit to working hard for peaceful lives of others like those who commit to working hard for destroying lives of others?
[36] What is the matter with you that you do not even think as to how you should govern yourselves properly as per Our advice?
[37] Or do you have a guiding divine book other than from Allah in which you read
[38] that you are free to grab anything you choose without any consequences or set limits?
[39] Or do you have any other sworn covenant than the Quran from Us - a covenant binding upon Us till the day of final judgement - that you can take whatever you decide without any consequences or limits meanwhile?
[40] Ask them if any of them will stand by anything like that when any of them himself is on the receiving end of harm and destruction!
[41] Or do they have other gods beside Allah? If so, let them produce evidences from their other gods if they are truthful.
[42] On the day of uprising the dreadful consequences of their destructive actions will start unfolding because when they were asked to submit themselves to divine rule of law to prevent all this, they did not do so.
[43] They will stand with their eyes downcast utterly humbled that day because when they were asked to commit to working for peace between mankind, they refused working for peace.
[44] So let Me make it absolutely clear that such will face consequences of their actions who deny benefits of this revelation for others. We shall let them drag themselves step by step to their own destruction by the very means they use to harm others and bother not to understand and reform.
[45] I will let them have their span of time to do so, for My law of consequences is fail proof.
[46] Despite clarity of message what stops them from following Our advice? Is it that you are asking for reward of them for delivering Our message that they are overburdened with debt?
[47] Or have they become aware that their future is secure whatever they do, so they have decided to live like this without any worry of the consequences for whatever harm they do to others?
[48] Regardless of whatever they do or say, strive hard steadfastly for establishing the rule of your Lord and never serve as an accomplice for the big fish. For even most powerful person cried to Us for help when he became entrapped by his own doings.
[49] Had there not reached him guidance from his Lord to free him, he would have certainly remained entrapped for rest of his life in state of disgraceful existence.
[50] However his Lord chose him and changed him in to a person like those who mend rifts between mankind to bring about peace between them.
[51] The opposers of Our guidance when they come to listen to your lectures they actually come looking for an opportunity that you make a wrong move so that they have their chance to tell others, see he surely has secret plan to destroy you by deception.
[52] However this Quran does not allow them that chance, for it is a standing advice that is only and only beneficial for all the people in the world.
Surah 69 AL-HAAQQAH=The warning that consistently proves true
[1] The warning that consistently proves true.
[2] What is that warning which consistently proves true?
[3] And what will explain to you what that warning is which consistently proves true?
[4] The Thamud and the ‘Ad people denied Our warning about the consequence of their harmful actions against each other.
[5] As for the Thamud, the chiefs and their supporters ended up destroyed by a sudden attack of their enemies as if they were struck by a thunderbolt,
[6] and as for the Aad, the chiefs and their supporters ended up destroyed by a furious attack like a terrible windstorm
[7] that was brought upon them by their enemy party that lasted for seven nights and eight successive days. Had you been there, you would have seen them totally overcome by destruction as if they were hollow trunks of the palm-trees that were easily cut down.
[8] So do you see any survival value in the way they lived?
[9] Pharaoh and those before him, and the inhabitants of the overthrown cities also committed similar harmful acts against each other
[10] because they did not heed their messengers from their Lord, so He found them in grip of inescapable consequences of their actions.
[11] In case of Noah when the troubles overwhelmed the people, We carried your ancestors on a journey to a safe place,
[12] so that We make that event a warning for you and all who have ears may hear their story and retain it in their memory as a lesson.
[13] Likewise when the trumpet is blown with the very first blow for initiating establishment of the divine kingdom-
[14] so that the divide between down to earth people and the people of influence is eliminated at once,
[15] on that day the warning which consistently proves true will come to pass for these chiefs and their supporters
[16] and the existing world order will be destroyed because by then it would have become untenable
[17] and -the people who have Our authority will be in favour of it and they will be ready to take over the responsibility for running of the kingdom of your Lord upon their shoulders on that day by mutually agreed terms between them.
[18)] That will be the day when the benefits of the rule of law of Allah will become manifest for humanity in reality and nothing will remain hidden.
[19] There after any to whom reaches His constitution who sticks to the right side of His law therefore ends up achieving his goals will then say to others, here is the list of things that I have achieved for the good of others because of the divine advice, so read my list of achievements.
[20] I understood the divine message therefore became convinced that if I followed the book I will certainly achieve what is promised therein.
[21] So he will have a life of pleasure
[22] in a dignified blissful world he creates
[23] with clusters of fruit of his hard work within his reach.
[24] He will be told, eat and drink to your heart's content, for this is the reward
for what you did in the days gone by to make this world a better place.
[25] While any to whom reaches His constitution who sticks to the wrong side of His law ending up in destroying the world will then say, bad news for me, would that I had not been given my list of things I did.
[26] I did not bother to understand the message so I had no worthwhile target to measure my progress against.
[27] Would that my act of destroying the humanity had ended all including myself.
[28] My wealth has done nothing good for others to be a credit to me,
[29] and my powerful position has gone away from me now.
[30] There will rise a cry, let him remain in chain around his neck
[31] and let him drag himself into the blazing fire of hatred that he ignited,
[32] so leave him fastened to a long chain of destructive events to suffer the consequences of his actions.
[33] For he did not commit to working for peace for sake of Allah, the uniquely Magnificent
[34] and he cared not for provision of the livelihood for the individual
[35] therefore today he has no concerned friend here
,[36] nor any food for pleasant thoughts but memories of harms he inflicted on others,
[37] which none but those who harm others will have to live with.
[38] Moreover I cite as evidences all that is self evident to you
[39] as well as all that which is not self evident to you but is provably true
[40] that this Quran is sent through proclamation of a dignified Messenger.
[41] It is not the word of a poet yet only a small number of you commit to working for peace.
[42] Moreover it is not the word of a fortune-teller either yet only a small number of you pay attention to its lessons.
[43] The truth is that it is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
[44] Had the messenger proclaimed any false statements in Our name,
[45] We would have certainly made him face the appropriate consequences
[46] thus would have cut off his life line for sure
[47] and none of you could prevent this from happening as you cannot escape consequences of your own actions.
[48] Surely this Qur’an is an advice for such as wish to be consistent with Allah for the good of humanity.
[49] We know that there are some among you who deny its benefits for others,
[50] and for such opponents of the Quran and humanity it is indeed a warning about despair and suffering that is to befall such people
[51] and surely this warning that consistently proves true is absolutely true in case of this people as well.
[52] So strive hard to bring about the kingdom in the name of Allah, the One with Whom rests ultimate authority.
Surah 66 AT-TAHRIM –The Hardship
[1] Do people ever stop and think O prophet, why do you put yourself through such hardship for achieving that which Allah opened for you as a goal? It is because you seek happiness for all your communities because they are all one nation and Allah is full of blessings and kindness for all His creatures.
[2] Allah has already imposed for you as a binding duty that you achieve the set goal of peace on your terms without compromise by overcoming your difficulties, for Allah is your supporter indeed and He is all Knowing and all Wise.
[3] Yet when the prophet confided a secret to one of his communities, it disclosed this secret to another and Allah informed the prophet about it, so the prophet made a part of it known and avoided mentioning the rest. So when he told the party involved about this, it asked the prophet, who told you your secret was not kept? He replied, I was informed by Him Who is All-Knowing and All-Aware.
[4] Behold! If both of you the parties involved turn to guidance of Allah because your conscious is in difficulty then you shall be freed from this conflict of conscious but if instead you back each other up against the prophet then be warned that Allah surely is his supporter through divine revelation and so are all those who are committed to working for peace and put things right, and furthermore so will support him those who are authorised to shoulder the responsibilities of divine kingdom as administrators.
[5] So it is in your interest that you make good the breach but if you do not and he breaks off his relationship with you then his Lord will help him bring in your place communities better than you, who will be peaceful themselves and who will commit to goal of bringing peace to others, who will be consistent with God and humanity and who will always refer to revelation of Allah for guidance, who will act on constitution of Allah and who will travel through the land to spread the message of Allah, be they from the followers of previous divine scriptures or from the people who do not follow any divine scripture.
[6] Therefore O you who claim to be committed to working for peace, save yourselves and any other people within your reach from the fire of hatred that is ignited for the masses through divisions by the people in position of power and the only protection against it are people authorised by divine revelation who are solid and strict and do not flinch in carrying out Allah’s mission for the good of mankind and they promptly act on what they are commanded to do.
[7] So O you the opposers of divine rule of law who tried to cause division and hatred among communities by disinformation, make no excuses for yourselves now. You will face consequences for what you did.
[8] O you who claim to be committed to working for peace, if you really are then turn to program of Allah as you ought to and get on with your set task. It may well be that your Lord will remove thereby from you your difficulties and enable you to create gardens for yourselves beneath which rivers flow. Let this be known today that Allah will not let the opposers of His rule humiliate the prophet and those who are committed with him to working for peace. Their light of knowledge will shine in front of them to keep them on the right side of each other, because they say, our Lord, perfect our light of knowledge for us and thereby grant us prosperity, for You have set laws that govern operations of all things in the universe.
[9] O Prophet, strive hard against open and secret opposers of Our rule of law that is good for mankind and deal strictly with them using the Quran. They are bound to end up in hell of their own making and that is a very painful state of existence to be in.
[10] Allah put forth as an example for those who oppose rule of Allah, the community of Noah and the community of Lot. They were assigned under the care of two of Our servants respectively who worked hard to remove rifts from among their people to bring peace to them but their communities betrayed them instead of supporting them in what they were trying to do for them. In no way could they both benefit their communities against the program of Allah, so both of their communities were told, if this is what you want then you are free to enter the fire of hatred of your own creation along other communities who enter it.
[11] And for those who commit to working for peace Allah puts forth as an example the Israelite community under Pharaoh, which expressed its desire, my Lord, provide a program for me from yourself for a place to live-in in happiness, thus deliver me from Pharaoh and his mistreatment by saving me from the nation of transgressors.
[12] Another example is that of community of Mary, the daughter community of nation of Imran, which guarded itself against all open dangers, so We sent to her revelation from Us, thus goals of her Lord were fulfilled as they were in His scriptures, and she was one of the loyal communities.
Surah 61 AS-SAFF – The organised solid community
[1] All that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth strives to manifest sovereignty of Allah because He is the only powerful Ruler of the kingdom of the universe.
[2] O you who claim to be committed to working for peace, why do you just pay lip service to your this claim of commitment and do not back it up with your works?
[3] It is a gross act of betrayal with goal of Allah that you declare your commitment to it yet do no hard work needed to back it up to accomplish the set goal.
[4] Allah is loyal indeed to those who sincerely strive in His way by organising themselves into a solid community like a rock solid wall that cannot be penetrated or scaled.
[5] Remember what Moses said to his people, O my people, why do you fight with me when you know that I am a messenger from Allah to you and only do what benefits you as a community? But despite all that Moses did for them when they became his enemies, Allah left them to their own mindset and attitude to behave as they liked and face consequences because Allah does not guide those who transgress heavenly set limits for human decency.
[6] And remember also when Jesus the son of Mary said, O children of Israel, I am a messenger from Allah to you, confirming the Torah which came before me and giving you the good news of a messenger that will come after me whose name will be Ahmed. Now that he has come to these people with clear objectives they say, This is clearly a secret plot against us.
[7] But who could be more harmful than the one who invent falsehood against Allah while he is being invited to work for peace? Surely Allah does not impose His advice on those who do harm to each other.
[8] They seek to extinguish the light of Allah’s knowledge by way of their make beliefs but Allah will keep on increasing the light of His knowledge till it is complete and the world is fully enlightened even though opposers of peace may dislike it due to ignorance or arrogance.
[9] He it is Who has sent His messenger with the guidance and the divine constitution that is right for mankind so that he makes it obvious to all the people belonging to all other ways of life even if polytheists may dislike it due to ignorance or arrogance.
[10] O you who claim to be committed to working for peace, should I tell you a way for going about your daily business that will save you from ending up in painful suffering and destruction?
[11] It is committing to working for peace for establishing kingdom of Allah by supporting His messenger and striving your utmost for the goal of Allah with your wealth and your persons. That is good for you if you could realise it.
[12] He will thereby free you of your difficulties or problems and land you in a better world wherein things you need and desire will flow like rivers, that is how he will lodge you in beautiful mansions like in the gardens of Eden, which will be a great achievement.
[13] And yet another thing which you would love to have, the support of Allah whereby soon will open up for you the way to the world. So O prophet, give this good news to those who are committed to working for peace.
[14] and tell them, O you who claim to be committed to working for peace, be the supporters of Allah's mission by deed just as Jesus the son of Mary told his disciples by asking them, who will be my supporter in the cause of Allah? And the disciples responded, we are supporters of Allah's mission but the fact is, one group of the children of Israel committed itself to peace while the other committed itself to warmongering, so We aided with Our revelation those who committed themselves to peace rather than their enemies and that is how they became obvious as a dominant nation.
Surah 62 AL-JUMU’AH- The Gathering for collective action
[1] Strives all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth to manifest the sovereignty of Allah, the sole Sovereign, the Mighty Ruler of the universe.
[2] It is He Who has raised among the people of this main city a messenger from among themselves who declares to them His terms for peace to free them from the harms they inflict on each other by teaching them the divine constitution as the rule of law because before this they were in self evident error,
[3] not only for them but also for all others who have not yet joined them, for He is the Mighty Ruler of the universe.
[4] The divine guidance is the gift of Allah for the good of mankind, which He bestows upon whoever wants and deserves it, for Allah is granter of great gifts.
[5] The example of those who were charged with divine mission by way of the Torah but they failed to carry it out is that of a donkey who is carrying books knowing not what is in them. So condemnable is the example of people who deny to themselves and others the benefits of Allah terms for peace for mankind therefore Allah guides not those who inflict harm on each other.
[6] Say, O you who claim to be Jewish, since you claim that you are the only people who support proper mission of Allah properly to the exclusion of all others then prove yourselves true by ending your make beliefs.
[7] You will see that they will not give up their make beliefs for as long as they can hold on to them because they are result of their own hard work against the divine constitution and that is how Allah exposes those who transgress against His given road map.
[8] Say, the end of your make beliefs which you are trying to avoid will certainly come in your view after you are made to face the future as oppose to present, that is how result of what you did will be made obvious for you.
[9] O you who claim to be committed to working for peace when a call is raised in case of an emergency with reference to a collective response, hasten to it for Allah sake and stop any other activity you may be involved in. That is the only right thing to do for you at the time if you could realise it.
[10] However when the emergency has been dealt with thereafter you are free to disperse through the land and seek of the provision of Allah as before and keep working hard according to advice of Allah so that you could prosper.
[11] Despite being explained all this still when they see some useless business deal or some useless sport they rush to it and leave you standing on your own. Say, what Allah has advised from Himself is far better than any useless sport and useless business deal, for Allah is unique of the providers.
Surah 63 AL-MUNAFIQUN – The Hypocrites
[1] When those who pretend to support the divine mission by their words not deeds come to you they swear their strongest oaths saying, we testify that you are surely the messenger of Allah but Allah makes obvious those who really support His mission by their works that you are indeed His messenger therefore Allah bears witness that the hypocrites are just pretenders who deny benefits of divine constitution for themselves and others.
[2] They use their oaths as a disguise to stop others from the way of Allah. Destructive is indeed what they do.
[3] This is because they declare their commitment to working for peace yet cause rifts and wars between people so their minds have become accustomed to this kind of mindset and attitude or behaviour, because they do not stop and think the wider consequences of what they are doing.
[4] Yet when you see them their influential positions in the community impresses you so when they speak you listen to what they say but they are as worthless as hollow pieces of propped up timber that is ready to break and fall down. They are so scared to be found out that every time there is trouble in the community they think it is going to lead people to them. They are your enemies so take yourselves necessary precautions against them. Allah knows they are going to destroy themselves by their own doings, how deluded they are about the way they live.
[5] When it is said to them, come so that the messenger of Allah could show you the way to dignified life, they nod their heads and you see them turning away in arrogance.
[6] It seems all the same to them whether you show them the way to living a dignified life or not. So Allah is not going to grace such with dignified life who do not stop and think consequences of their actions because Allah does not guide those who commit to aggression against others.
[7] They are the same people who say to each other, do not spend anything on those who are with the messenger of Allah so that they leave him. However they realised not that to Allah belong the treasures of the heavens and the earth but the hypocrites do not bother to think.
[8] They say, when we return to Medina we the people in positions of power will soon drive out the people who are powerless. Regardless of what they say the honour belongs entirely to Allah and to His Messenger as well as to those who commit to working for peace but the hypocrites are bothered not to realise this.
[9] O you who claim to be committed to working for peace, let neither your wealth nor your children hinder you from carrying out the mission of Allah. Those who will let this happen, it is they who will be the real losers.
[10] Therefore use out of the sustenance which We have bestowed upon you to further the mission of Allah for the good of others before the time of destruction comes upon any of you and he says, O my Lord! If only you would reprieve me for a little while then I would give out what I have to help the mission of peace and be among those who work to remove divisions from among the mankind.
[11] But Allah reprieves none when its term comes to an end, for Allah is well aware of all that you do.
Surah 64 AT-TAGHABUN–The Re-alignment
[1] All that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth works as governed by divine laws to demonstrate sovereignty of Allah. To Him belongs the kingdom of the universe and to Him alone belongs sovereignty of this kingdom because it is He is Who has set up the laws to govern operations of all things.
[2] He it is Who has created you with ability to do as you please yet some of you only choose to work against His guidance causing harm and destruction to mankind while others of you commit themselves to working for harmony and peace between mankind but Allah is observing all that you do through law of consequences for your actions.
[3] He created the heavens and the earth for a set purpose and gave you a road map, a road map that is best for you because as your creator it is up to Him to set you the goal for your own good.
[4] He lays open before you all that is in the heavens and the earth to benefit from as well as makes evident all that harm you plan against each other and all that goodness you plan for each other and thus Allah makes known to you that He is aware of all that which is in your minds about each other.
[5] Has there not come to you any report about those who opposed his guidance before you? That is how they tasted the terrible result of their harmful actions against each other in form of painful suffering for them.
[6] That is because when their messengers came to them with clear revelations of Allah they said to each other, are these men like ourselves going to guide us about what God wants us to do? That is how they opposed concept of advice of Allah and paid no attention to the advice itself. In their arrogance they did not even realise that they are in need of advice of Allah, for only Allah is free of all needs from His creatures because Allah is absolutely self sufficient.
[7] The opposers of Our road map assume things will always stay the way they are in their favour and they will not be pushed a aside by their victims ever. Say to them why not? Surely by word of my Lord you will be pushed aside soon because you face the consequences for all that you do and that is how law of Allah makes things easier for those who are facing difficulties.
[8] Therefore before it is too late for you commit to working for peace for sake of Allah along with His messenger according to the light of knowledge that We have revealed, because through consequences of your actions Allah lets you know that He is well aware of all that you do.
[9] The day He gathers you together on basis of His road map will be the day of proper unity, which will be the day of mutual adjustment of peoples’ status some will be raised others will made to come down to bring them all to same level of brotherhood. So those who commit to working for peace to bring about kingdom of Allah by actively repairing the rifts between people, He will remove from between them their animosities and through their mutual cooperation He will help them create a blissful world in which flow rivers of all that they will need for as long as they live and that will be their supreme achievement.
[10] As for those who oppose Our set goal and deny benefits of Our revealed terms for peace to others, they will land themselves in hell of their own making wherein they will remain for as long as they do not change to work for the better world so what a terrible state of existence they choose for themselves.
[11] No harm can befall people unless they oppose the road map of Allah by not going about their daily business as laid before them. He that commits to working for peace to bring about kingdom of Allah, his mind guides him alright to the path that is proper and Allah makes things known to people by their end results to show He is aware of all affairs.
[12] So be consistent with road map of Allah by being cooperative with His messenger but if you pay no heed then duty of Our messenger is only to convey the message plainly
[13] the rest is up to laws of Allah because there is no God but He who sets the laws therefore through laws of Allah Alone let the those who commit to working for peace exert their effort.
[14] O you who claim to be committed to working for peace, surely among your fellow communities and your future generations there are some who could prove harmful for you so you may take preventative measures about them but if you do then just do what is necessary and leave room for your reconciliation thus free them from causing you harm and let them know that Allah is full of grace and mercy for all.
[15] Beware, your wealth and your children if not paid proper attention could prove a hindrance in your mission of accomplishing divine kingdom so if you wish to achieve that great objective then remember it is Allah in following whose advice you can achieve it.
[16] Therefore be consistent with advice of Allah for the good of mankind as much as you can by sticking to it closely and open all you have for the good of your people, for those who are saved themselves from their own covetousness, it is surely they who will be truly prosperous and successful.
[17] Should you lend Allah a goodly loan, He will pay you back manifold and grace you with dignity, for Allah appreciates what people do for the good of others.
[18] He knows the future of His road map as well as the present of it, the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.
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Surah 59 AL-HASHR – The Exile
[1] Strives to manifest sovereignty of Allah all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth because He alone is the Mighty ruler of the universe.
[2] It is He Who brought out of their dwellings safely the warmongers from among the people of the book at the time of first exile. You did not think they would ever leave and they too thought their security measures would keep them safe to continue working against the mission of Allah. However the rule of consequences set by Allah came into play against them in a way they did not expect and that caused fear in their minds so they ended up dismantling their own houses themselves with help of those who claim to be committed to working for peace between people. So learn the lesson from all this, O people of insight.
[3] Had Allah not saved them by His decree allowing safe passage for them, they could have been made to suffer bigger losses immediately without giving the matter much thought or they could have been made to suffer much worse consequences later through fire of hatred they themselves ignited.
[4] All this happened because they set themselves up firmly against mission of Allah through His messenger and any people that set themselves up against rule of Allah should know that Allah is strict in holding people to His set standard.
[5] So whatever soft or hard approach you adopted to bring about peaceful exile was according to decree of Allah, so that He may let the opposers of His constitution reflect on the lesson.
[6] Moreover it was Allah who bestowed on His messenger the information he needed including the decree for the safe passage for them, therefore you spurred neither cavalry nor camelry to capture or kill them, thus Allah gives to His messengers by His set laws influence against whom He plans, for Allah has set laws to govern over all things.
[7] Whatever of the dwellers of the township Allah has bestowed on His messenger belongs to Allah alone and it is for His messenger to distribute it to all those who are dependent upon him in any way, particularly the lone individuals who have none to support like orphans, the people who lack livelihood and are in need of support and the travellers who may become needy looking for help. Such way of distribution of wealth is necessary so that the wealth does not become the property of those among you who do not care for others and would not share it with others. Therefore take only whatever share of the community wealth the messenger rightfully assigns for you and refrain from taking whatever share of wealth does not rightfully belong to you and therefore he stops you from taking it. Be consistent with rule of Allah for the good of humanity, for Allah is strict in holding people to His set standard for their own good.
[8] An appropriate share from community wealth should be assigned for the immigrants who are driven out of their homes and are freed of their possessions just because they seek Allah’s grace and His good pleasure through supporting the mission of Allah by supporting His Messenger, such are indeed true to their commitment for bringing peace to the world.
[9] An appropriate share should also be given to those who made sacrifices to help new comers and were already committed to working for peace even before the arrival of the immigrants and love those who migrated to them and have no desire in their hearts for things given to them and prefer those immigrants over themselves even though they themselves are poor. In fact those who are saved from selfishness are the ones who achieve prosperity.
[10] And those who joined later on to support the mission after those already there expressed their goodwill for them by saying, our Lord, grace us and our brothers who have been working for peace since before us and do not leave any malice in our minds towards those who have been committed to working for peace already. Our Lord, surely You are Kind and Merciful.
[11] On the other hand did you not notice the hypocrites used to say to their warmongering brethren from among the people of the book that if Muslims exile you then we too will leave with you and we will never heed anyone who seeks to harm you and if you are attacked, we will certainly help you? However Allah made it evident that they were lying.
[12] Because when they were exiled, they will did not go with them, so they would not have helped them either even if they were attacked, and even if they had decided to help them, they would have turned their backs, they knew this already therefore they did not help them at all.
[13] It is because in their minds there is greater tension for consequences for going against you rather than going against constitution of Allah and interest of humanity, for they are a people who avoid understanding of things that really matter.
[14] They will never fight against you even altogether except in fortified townships and from behind walls. Strong is their valour amongst themselves, you may think they are united but the fact is their minds are divided. This is because they are a people who avoid learning wisdom.
[15] They are similar in mindset and attitude to those who have tasted the consequences of their deeds a short while before them. They too shall face painful consequences for their deeds.
[16] Their parable is like that of a destructive adviser who says to his following, oppose the advice of Allah but when the following does so, he says to it, I have nothing to do with you so you are now on your own. This is how foolishly clever man deceives the dumb and then for saving face he tells him the excuse, I fear Allah the Lord of the nations.
[17] The end result for both of them will be that they will be tossed in painful suffering and remain therein for as long as they live unless they repent and reform and follow the divine program. Or that is the reward for those who inflict harm on each other.
[18] So O you who claim to be committed to working for peace, be consistent with Allah’s program for the good of mankind and let each and every person be careful as to what one is doing for the good of its own future. So be consistent with Allah’s program as Allah makes evident for you the result of all that you do.
[19] Be not like those given books before you who forgot Allah’s program and as a result Allah found them neglecting their progress and prosperity and so they ended up in painful suffering, it is they who moved away from the road map that Allah set for them.
[20] The people heading for the world full of painful suffering and the people heading for the world full of bliss are not equal rather people heading for bringing about a blissful world are far superior.
[21] Even if We had sent this Qur’an to a most knowledgeable person in the earth, you would still have seen him humbling himself before its knowledge due to being awe struck by glory of Allah, We are citing such like examples for mankind so that they could become thoughtfully active people.
[22] Allah is He besides Whom there is no God, the One Who makes known that which is unseen through that which is obvious to show He is kind and Merciful for mankind.
[23] Allah is He besides Whom there is no God, the only Sovereign, the One who advises people to become free of harm and destruction, the One who advises people to be peaceful, the Granter of security from harm and destruction, the Guardian and Sustainer of all His creatures, the Almighty, the Irresistible, the Supreme in authority, surely Allah is free of all those people associate with Him as partners in His sovereignty.
[24] He is Allah, the Creator, the Evolver, the Modeller. His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens and the earth strives to reflect His sovereignty, for He alone is the Almighty ruler of the world.
Surah 60 AL-MUMTAHINAH - THE EXAMINATION
[1] O you who claim to be committed to working for peace, do not deal with those who are enemies of My mission as well as enemies of your well being in a way that strengthens their position against yourselves. Would you give them advantage when they have declared war against the divine constitution which has come to you and is right for all of you and moreover they have driven the messenger and yourselves out of your homes simply because you chose to commit to working for peace to establish the rule of Allah your Lord for the good of all of you? If it indeed was the reason that you left your homes and what you had to strive in My way and to seek establishment of My program then how can any of you carry on having any relationship with them secretly? I make evident by its effects all that you do and try to keep it a secret as well as all that you do in the open. Any of you who reveals confidential information of the community to its enemies has surely lost the sense of purpose of joining this community because he has harmed the interest of the community.
[2] Do realise that if they who oppose you overcome you then they would behave to you as your worst enemies by stretching out their hands to wage wars on you and their tongues for harming you by their false propaganda, because they want to see you joining them in fight against the mission of Allah.
[3] However if you did that then remember that harm will keep on spreading and the day will come when people will rise up against the oppressive system, neither your relatives nor your children will be of any help to you when that happens. That day will manifest clearly for you to see the difference between both of you the parties as to who is following the beneficial and who is following the harmful system for humanity because Allah is observing all that you do and making it evident by way of consequences of your own actions.
[4] You have an example in Abraham and his companions in doing good for others. They said to their people, we are breaking off our relationship with you because of those whom you serve against set goal of Allah your chiefs, priests and gods and we have set ourselves on a collision course with you, so from now on starts enmity and hatred between us and you forever unless you give up harming others and commit to working for peace according to constitution of Allah, the sole sovereign. However Abraham also said to the father of his people that I will keep looking for a way that brings a dignified life for you all but I cannot do anything that goes against the set rule of Allah. Abraham said, our Lord, upon Your advice we act and to Your guidance we turn, for You are the only one who has the right to set the goal for the mankind.
[5] Our Lord, do not make us the easy target for those who oppose Your mission instead our Lord expose for us the way to dignity. You are surely the sole Mighty ruler of the kingdom of the universe.
[6] Indeed therein is an excellent example for anyone who joins the mission of Allah looking forward to the day of good end result but he who turns against it let him be aware that Allah is free of all wants indeed to whom belongs the Majesty of the universe.
[7] It may well be that Allah will bring about love between you and those with whom you are at odds just now because Allah has sent the revelation that is powerful enough to make this happen if you could deliver it as it ought to be delivered and they receive it as they ought to receive it, for Allah is full of grace and full of mercy for mankind.
[8] Therefore Allah does not stop you from behaving compassionately and equitably with those from among your enemies who do not make wars against you due to your following of constitution of Allah nor have they taken active part in driving you out of your homes. The fact is, Allah supports those who behave compassionately and equitable towards others because they seek to harm none if anything they work for benefit of all.
[9] It is because opposer of rule of law of Allah inflict harms on others therefore Allah forbids you to make friendship with those who fight you because you follow His constitution and therefore they drive you out of your homes and back up others in your expulsion. So those who therefore will take them for friends are indeed the ones who do what is harmful for this mission based community.
[10] O you who claim to be committed to working for peace, when there come to you any parties or families or communities which claim to be committed to working for peace seeking to join you, ensure that they are not here for ulterior motives to harm you. Allah knows their commitment to peace and in time will make it evident to you through their actions whether it is true or false but if you find them reasonably committed to peace then do not refuse them your friendship sending them back to join those who oppose Our mission. They are no longer compatible with them nor are they any longer compatible with them. Since these parties have decided to leave their former communities to join you they may have some contractual obligations with them therefore return to their former communities what they have given them. There is no blame on you in that case if any of you parties enter in contract with them provided you give them their dues as is appropriate. Do not hold on to your contracts by force with parties from among you who wish to go and join those who oppose Our mission and have enmity towards you and would inflict damage on you on behalf of your opponents, so if they wish to be free to join the opposers of our guidance you too are free to demand what you have spent on them and make the opposers do the same. This is the decision of Allah which He has decreed for you and Allah is All Knowing and All Wise.
[11] If you do not get back the demanded amount from your parties that go and join the opposers of Our guidance then if you have any reserve give from that to those who have made a loss due to going away of the parties with whom they had contracts according to what they lost. Thus be consistent with constitution of Allah for the good of others according to which you claim to be committed to working for peace.
[12] O Prophet, when there come to you communities to join you claiming to be committed to working for peace, take the oath of allegiance of them for the loyalty to the rule of law of Allah and make it clear to them that they should not serve any rule of law against the rule of law of Allah, that they should not let anyone take away the rights of others, that they should not adulterate the rule of law of Allah, that they should not destroy their future generations by depriving them of proper upbringing, that they should not give rise to or support any propaganda or scandals covertly or overtly against Islam and Muslims, that they should not ignore your demand in any just matter, and if they accept all these terms then accept their allegiance and seek from revelation of Allah way for their prosperity with dignity. Surely Allah is full of grace and full of mercy for all His creatures.
[13] O you who claim to be committed to working for peace, do not befriend those of the people who have incurred the wrath clearly declared by Allah through their infliction of harm on each other. Indeed they are despaired of hope in the good end result for mankind just as the opposers of Our mission are despaired of hope regarding those buried in the graves that they will ever be brought back to life.
Comments by: moazzam On 07 December 2011
Well done,wonderful interpretation, especially Surah 60 AL-MUMTAHINAH, keep it up.
Surah 33 AL-AHZAAB- The parties/departments/adminitrations
In the name of Allah the Gracious, the Merciful.
[1] O you the prophet, be consistent with program of Allah for the good of humanity and do not be ally to those who make wars against Our program openly or secretly, for Allah indeed makes evident the results of their actions proving clearly that He is all knowing ruler of the universe.
[2] So you too follow faithfully that which is revealed to you from your Lord, for Allah will make evident the result of your actions as well showing He is aware of all that you do.
[3] Therefore trust the laws set up by Allah for operating the universe, for Allah is sufficient as disposers of all affairs by means of those laws.
[4] Allah never puts a leading person of a nation who is consistent with His laws in two minds or confusion to weaken his body of administration or force or community therefore He does not advise you to rely on your recently admitted communities in your circle for your support till they go through necessary tests and trainings, nor has He advised you about those whom you call your allies who have recently joined you to take them as your supporters just because you presume them fit for the task. These are mere assumptions on your part till they are put through proper training and tested, thus Allah tells you real situation and guides you to do things in a way that is proper to save you from regretting later.
[5] So organise them under their own units under their own heads of groups, for that is better in sight of Allah, and if some do not have groups of their own to organise under then organise them under the heads of your groups for they are your brothers in cause of Islam and your supporters. There is no blame on you for any unintentional mistake, for blame is only for things that you do wrong with the intention of your minds because Allah is Graceful and Merciful.
[6] The prophet is foremost in commitment to working for peace from among the people who claim to be committed to working for peace and his original supporting communities are the foundational communities for the newer ones to follow. It is because people have committed to the mission at different stages relatively to each other, some originally committed to working for peace are from the settled communities and some from the immigrant communities so they have carried out the main work for the mission therefore they have greater say in deciding community matters according to book of Allah, but all of you are duty bound to do as much good for each other as much is within your capacity. This has been written in the constitution of Allah since the beginning of Our revelation.
[7] You can call to mind the covenant which We took from all the prophets one after the other as they were appointed, likewise we are doing with you as we did with Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesus son of Mary - We took that solemn covenant from all of them that they must do their best for each other,
[8] We did this so that they fulfil Our demand to prove that they were true in their commitment for peace because those who oppose Allah’s program, He has warned them of dire consequences in form of painful suffering.
[9] O you who claim to be committed to working for peace, remember the favour Allah bestowed on you when there gathered against you enemy forces to attack you and We unleashed against them forces they did not expect and Allah saw all that you were doing.
[10] When the enemy attacked you from above and from below and when your eyes were petrified due to fear and your hearts leaped up to your throats and you began to entertain all sorts of doubts about Allah,
[11] there and then those who claimed to be committed to working for peace were put to test and were shaken with tremendous shaking.
[12] Remember when the hypocrites and those in whose hearts there was still some doubt
were openly saying, Allah and His messenger promised us nothing but delusion
[13] and a party of them said, O people of Yathrib, you cannot stand the attack much longer so run back to your city and another party of them sought leave of the prophet saying, our houses are insecure but in actual fact they were not insecure. They intended nothing but to run away from the battlefront by way of excuses.
[14] Had the city been entered from all sides and had they been incited to sedition, they
would have little hesitation to become partners in it
[15] even though they had made covenant with Allah not to show their backs and the covenant with Allah must surely be answered for.
[16] Tell them, running away will not do you any good and if you are running away from
death or being killed still you would enjoy this life only for a little while more.
[17] Ask them, who can protect you from Allah if He intends to harm you or who can prevent Him if He intends to show you mercy? They will find none besides Allah to protect or help them.
[18] Allah is well aware of those among you who hold others back and those who say to their brethren, join us and seldom take part in the actual fighting themselves.
[19] They are ever reluctant to assist you. Whenever they are in danger they look towards you with their eyes rolling as though they were at the point of death but when they are out of danger they come to greet you with their sharp tongues in greed for gain. Such people have no commitment to working for peace. Allah has exposed all their deeds as of no real benefit for others and to do that was not at all difficult for Allah.
[20] They thought that the enemy ally forces would never withdraw. Indeed if the confederates should come again they would wish to be among the Bedouins and seek news about you from a safe distance and even if they happened to be with you they would take but a little part in the actual fighting.
[21] Indeed in the person of messenger of Allah there is model for doing good for others for any of you who hopes to establish the rule of law of Allah one day for the good end result therefore he strives very much to manifest sovereignty of Allah thereby.
[22] Therefore when the ones truly committed to working for peace saw the enemy allied forces they said, this is what Allah and His messenger had promised us and Allah and his messenger were absolutely true in their promise. This increased them all the more in their commitment to the success of the mission due to their even more acceptance of the mission.
[23] Among those who claimed to be committed to working for peace there were men who have been true to their covenant with Allah, of them some have completed their vow through sacrificing their lives and some others are waiting for it and have not changed their determination even in the least.
[24] All this happens so that Allah may reward those who prove true to their commitment to peace and so that He lets hypocrites land thereby in painful suffering so that they may repent and reform and He may accept their repentance and reformation if so He plans because Allah is full of grace and full of Mercy for mankind.
[25] Likewise Allah brought about turning back of those who fought against His mission, they retreated in their rage without gaining any advantage and sufficient for them in their fight is Allah who commit to working for peace, for Allah is All Powerful and Almighty.
[26] Similarly He exposed by bringing down from their fortresses those people of the book who supported the invaders thereby casting fear into their hearts. As a result of their partaking in the war some of them you slew and some you took as prisoners.
[27] Thus He made you heirs of their lands and their houses as well as their goods and also the land on which you had never set your foot before. Surely Allah has set laws fpr al things to operate as per His program.
[28] O you the prophet, say to your ally parties, if you support me only because you desire only worldly things for life without any commitment to the mission then come, I will give you of these and let you go in an appropriate way
[29] but if you seek success of mission of Allah through supporting His messenger for the better end result then you are assured that Allah has prepared a great plan to reward those of you who do good for others.
[30] O communities of the Prophet, if any of you are found guilty of clearly going against the program of Allah, her punishment will be double and this is easy for Allah.
[31] Those of you who are consistent with guidance of Allah as delivered by His messenger and do things that prepare way for peace will be granted double the reward because for them We have prepared a generous provision.
[32] O ally parties of the Prophet, you are not like any other communities, for you are bedrock of humanity, so if you want to remain consistent with program of Allah for the good of humanity then you should never be careless in carrying out your set tasks in case any in whose heart is disease of hypocrisy is thereby encouraged for spreading harmful propaganda against mission of Allah, therefore manifest what you say by way of appropriate actions.
[33] Stay well within your jurisdictions and do not display your arrogance against each other as you used to do in the days of ignorance before committing to this program instead establish the divine order by working hard for it and attain freedom from doing any harm to others, thus be consistent with constitution of Allah as delivered by His messenger. Allah only intends to remove all that is harmful for you and to free you completely from inflicting any harm to each others, O followers of the divine constitution.
[34] Therefore strive to manifest by your actions that which is proclaimed in your jurisdictions of the instructions of Allah through implementation, surely Allah is aware of even the finest of things.
[35] Surely the chief administrators of the departments for law and order and the administrations working with them, the chief administrators of the department for security departments and the administrations working with them, the chief administrators of the departments for crime prevention and the administrations working with them, the chief administrators of the departments for crime scene investigators and the administrations working with them, the chief administrators of the departments for defence and the administrations working with them, the chief administrators of the departments for accountability and the administrations working with them, the chief administrators of the departments for collections of revenue and the administrations working with them, the chief administrators of the departments for training and recruitments and the administrations working with them, the chief administrators of the departments for border control and the administrations working with them, and the chief administrators of the departments for missionary work of Allah and the administrations working with them- for all such people as work in any office in any capacity and carry out their work faithfully Allah will grant them dignity and reward them greatly.
[36] It is not fitting for any chief administrator or any administration working with him to have right of discretion concerning affairs under their responsibility when a matter has been already instructed by Allah through His messenger and whoever disobeys Allah by disregarding His Messenger has obviously strayed far off the right way of doing things.
[37] Moreover call to mind the time when you advised the one who was blessed by Allah with abilities and whom you blessed with official responsibility to head an administrative department saying, stick to your department of administration faithfully by being consistent with program of Allah. And have confidence in yourself regarding program of Allah which He wants you to turn into a manifest reality by attending to the concerns of the people, for it is requirement of Allah that you pay attention to His program. But when the said person concluded that his department of administration had to be concluded after it had served its useful purpose because it became extra then We brought the department of administration under your authority for restructuring so that henceforth there is no problem for those who commit to working for peace that when they have fulfilled their responsibilities assigned to them that then they may be moved to carry out other tasks wherever they may be needed, for task of Allah must be carried out for the good of mankind.
[38] It is not fitting for the prophet that he should find difficulty in what Allah has imposed for him as a duty. Such has been the way of Allah with all the prophets who have gone before, for goal of Allah is already set for the mankind.
[39] Henceforth those who are charged with duty of delivering the messages of Allah should pay attention to it yet more and they should pay attention to the task set by Allah in such way that none else deserves their attention save the goal of Allah, for constitution of Allah ought to be put to work in such a way that it solves the problems of all the people.
[40] It is not fitting for Muhammad that he should act as a father figure for any of you men rather he is a final messenger of Allah who concludes the divine prophet-hood, for Allah has made clear all that he needed to, for He has knowledge of all things.
[41] So O you who claim to be committed to working for peace, from now on it is your duty entirely to proclaim the message of Allah to nations of the world as much as is possible for you and bring about the set divine world order,
[42] therefore strive hard day and night to achieve and maintain it.
[43] It is He Who supports you and your administrators with His guidance so that He brings you out of darkness of ignorance into the light of knowledge, for He is Merciful to those who are committed to working for peace.
[44] By the time they fulfil their task their life will be peaceful, for He has prepared this plan for them as a generous reward.
[45] O prophet, surely We have sent you as a witness to let people know this good news from Us as well as to deliver Our warning to them as to what will happen if they failed in following Our this program,
[46] therefore invite people to program of Allah like a brilliant lamp spreading the light of knowledge.
[47] Moreover give good news to those who commit to working for peace that plan of Allah is great for their prosperity.
[48] Therefore do not ally with those who make wars against Our program openly or secretly and face their animosity steadfastly putting your trust in laws of Allah, for laws of Allah are sufficient as disposers of all affairs.
[49] O you who claim to be committed to working for peace, if you enter in a contract with other parties that also claims to works for peace but decide by mutual consent to end the contract before the commencement of the actual work then you are not required to observe any period of notice or period of grace but do show appreciation to each other by exchanging appropriate gifts relieving each other of the contract gracefully with dignity.
[50] O Prophet, We have made lawful for you to work with all your communities provided you reward them appropriately and those parties that are under your administration whom Allah has assigned with you; and your basic remote independent communities under your administration and your basic remote dependent communities, and your nearby independent communities and your nearby dependent communities that migrated with you; and the host communities that committed themselves to working for peace that volunteered themselves to the prophet for the divine service – it is entirely up to you the prophet alone to decide to use their offer of free service as appropriate and not for other communities who claim to be committed to working for peace; We have made known what restrictions We have imposed on the others who claim to be committed to working for peace regarding their dealings with their independent communities as well as their dependent communities. We granted you this privilege so that there is no problem for you when you need help of other people in order to fulfil Our mission, for Allah is gracious and merciful for mankind.
[51] You may get help of any of your communities you deem suitable for any task that you may plan and you may not use any of them that you may consider not fit for the set task at the time and there is nothing wrong with you if you call any of them back after you had temporarily set them aside. This is so, so that they all feel part of the greater community by way of their contributions so that they do not feel left out and that they learn how to satisfy whatever responsibilities you give them to fulfil. Rest assured Allah makes evident all that is in your hearts through you actions, for Allah is All-Knowing, All Encompassing.
[52] It should not be difficult for you to get more communities after these to join you but you should not change the present arrangement of your communities even though their setup may appear better and more pleasing to you save that your communities already supporting you are exceptionally unique and Allah is unique in awareness of all things.
[53] O you who claim to be committed to working for peace, do not try to enter the setup and planning of the prophet just because you want to rather let the prophet decide about it, nor try to stay waiting for participation when the prophet decides that you are not required, but if you are invited to participate, enter, and when you have done your part leave and do not seek entry by long justifications for participation. Such behaviour actually annoys the prophet but he feels hesitant in asking you again and again to leave, however Allah is not hesitant in clearly stating what the appropriate behaviour is for you to adopt. So when you have to ask for participations in any of participant parties for any of his expeditions stay within sensible limits about them. This is more appropriate for satisfaction of your own minds as well as of participating parties. It is not a right thing to do for you to annoy the messenger of Allah by tempering with his setup and planning of his activities for his communities after he has set them up, this would prove seriously damaging for you in sight of Allah.
[54] Moreover it matters not you reveal something or conceal it from the prophet, Allah is surely able to make obvious everything to him.
[55] There should be no difficulty for any of you the parties in carrying out the mission of Allah be they their predecessor parties or their successor parties, not for their nearby dependent groups or their nearby independent groups, not for their remote dependent parties or their remote independent parties, there should be no difficulty for any party regardless they are their independent parties or their dependent parties for carrying out the task of Allah. All of them should be consistent with program of Allah for the good of humanity, for Allah is a witness over everything.
[56] Indeed Allah and the administrators of His kingdom lend their full support to the prophet. So O you who claim to be committed to working for peace, give your full support to him by fully submitting to his mission as you ought to submit.
[57] Surely those who inflict harm on mission of Allah by inflicting harm on His messenger are bound to land in their self created disgrace in sight of Allah in this world and in the hereafter, for He finds ready for them humiliation and suffering if they do not repent and reform.
[58] And those who try to cause troubles among communities that have committed themselves to working for peace by spreading misinformation and disinformation for creating suspicions and animosities among them who actually do them no harm will bear the consequences for their rumours and slanders, for it is a grave crime against their dignity and respect and very damaging for the community.
[59] O Prophet, tell the chiefs of your main administrations and the chiefs of your subordinate administrations and the communities of those who claim to be committed to working for peace under their jurisdiction that they should take overall visible appropriate measures to protect themselves. That is more suitable for the situation under the circumstances so that they are recognized as well guarded communities and not bothered, that is how Allah shows grace and mercy for mankind.
[60] If the hypocrites and those in whose minds is destructive ambition as well as those who want to stir up sedition desist not then We will let you rise up against them and their days in the city as your neighbours will be numbered.
[61] They will then be disgraced wherever they are found and they will be stopped from carrying out their activities need be by fighting.
[62] This has been the way of Allah for dealing with such people even from among people who lived before you and you will never find any change in the way of Allah in dealing with such people now.
[63] People ask you about the time for dealing with these people decisively. Tell them, it is up to Allah to make this warning a reality? It may be that if these people increase their activities instead of stopping after the warning then the time to deal with them has already come.
[64] Surely Allah lets them disgrace themselves such as oppose His mission by letting them prepare for themselves the raging fire of hatred
[65] to live therein forever unless they repent and reform because if they do not then they can never find any protection or help other than in following faithfully the program of Allah.
[66] The day when their faces will be cast down raging with fire of hatred they will say, bad news for us, would that we had listened to Allah's advice and heeded the messenger.
[67] They will further admit, our Lord, we obeyed our chiefs and our priests and they misled us from the way that was right for leading to peaceful existence.
[68] Our Lord, let them suffer double the suffering and let descend upon them a great sorrow.
[69] O you who claim to be committed to working for peace, be not like those who tried to hurt Moses repeatedly though Allah saved him from all that they did against him, for he was such a messenger who honoured the mission in sight of Allah.
[70] O you who claim to be committed to working for peace, be consistent with program of Allah and manifest only that behaviour which is beneficial for others.
[71] So that thereby He improves your mutual conduct and removes your weaknesses, for he who is consistent with Allah's advice according to His messenger will indeed have achieved goodness in great amount for mankind.
[72] We surely extended the offer of Our program for peaceful existence to the people in the high places as well as to those down to earth lowly people but people of great influence thereafter refused to shoulder the responsibility and moved away from it save the insightful man. Surely the one refused to follow the program is the one who transgresses the set limits of human decency due to being arrogantly ignorant
[73] due to this Allah leaves the hypocrite chiefs and their hypocrite communities and the polytheist chiefs and their polytheist communities suffer the painful consequences, but Allah turns by means of His revelation to those chief administrators and their communities who commit to working for peace, for Allah is Full of grace and full of Mercy for mankind who follow His program.
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[40] It is not fitting for Muhammad that he should act as a father figure for any of you men rather
he is a final messenger of Allah who concludes the divine prophet-hood,
for Allah has made clear all that he needed to, for He has knowledge of all things.
Nabijin means prophet hood?
and "final"/ prophet who "conclude" prophet hood? Is the word Khatama used for both, final and conclude?
Surah 58 AL-MUJADALAH – The Fight for Rule of Law
[1] Allah has indeed heard the party that has formally filed a complaint with you against its administrative authority in order to seek decision of Allah and Allah always heard arguments of both the parties involved. Surely Allah hears all and sees all that people do.
[2] In general those who are unduly undermined from among you by their administrative authorities they should realise that such administrative authorities cannot fulfil their needs for dignified livelihood. Surely the providers of their livelihood can only be such administrative authorities as ensure their dignified survival. The promises of such administrative authorities are therefore surely absurd that do not fulfil their commitment to their people. Allah indeed eliminates mistakes of people by guiding them to their corrections gracefully.
[3] As for those who unduly rebel against their administrative authorities and then wish for reconciliation regarding what they complaint about then they should compensate their administrative authorities before they resume their relationship with them. This is advised to teach you a lesson, for Allah is well aware of all that you do.
[4] Any who cannot do so should volunteer oneself to work for administration for two consecutive months before they can have normalisation of relationship. However, if one cannot even volunteer then one should provide livelihood for sixty poor people for a day. This is enjoined so that you commit to working for peace for sake of Allah according to His Messenger. These are the limits set by Allah and those who wage wars against them will end up in t6heir self created painful suffering.
[5] Those who oppose program of Allah by His messenger will indeed end up humiliated like those before them. We have sent down clear warnings that the opposers of our guidance shall have a humiliating punishment.
[6] The day Allah pushes out all those who oppose His rule of law out of the way giving power to those who follow His goal then He will show them what they would have been doing to the world. Allah has kept full record of their deeds even though they may have forgotten, for Allah is witness to everything people do.
[7] Are you not aware that Allah makes known all that is in the heavens and in the earth? It cannot be that three persons converse in secret and He is not the fourth of them, or five persons converse in secret and He is not the sixth of them, regardless fewer or many and wherever they may be He is with them. Then on the day of uprising He will show them the result of what they would have done, surely Allah has knowledge of all things.
[8] Have you not seen those who were forbidden to hold secret meetings yet they persistently do what was made unlawful for them to do? They hold secret meetings among themselves for conspiring to undermine confidence in the program of Allah to create hostile environment for all against the instruction of the messenger. That is why when they come to you they greet you with inappropriate words which Allah does not greet you with, and say to each other, why does Allah not punish us for what we say? Hell of their own making is sufficient for them and they shall burn in flames of hatred, what a terrible state of existence to be in!
[9] O you who claim to be committed to working for peace, when you confer together in private, never conspire for undermining confidence in program of Allah and for creating hostile environment for each other or for confrontation with messenger of Allah instead counsel for doing good for each other and for stopping any harm against each other and for being consistent with program of Allah, therefore be consistent with Allah for the good of humanity, for it is He around Whose goal you should all be gathered.
[10] Be warned that people with destructive mindset and harmful attitude against humanity call for holding meetings in secret in order to plot inflicting damage and destruction on those commit to working for peace, however none can inflict any harm at all upon them unless Allah so permits and that is only when people move away from His advice, this is why those who commit to working for peace must show confidence in laws of Allah that operate throughout the universe.
[11] O you who claim to be committed to working for peace, when you are called upon to tolerate and cooperate with each other in your meetings then do accommodate each other so that thereby Allah makes room for you in each other's hearts. And if you are called upon to rise up to any occasion then do rise up because that is the way Allah will raise to heights those of you who are truly committed to working for peace because they are the ones who have the knowledge of divine program. Thus Allah makes evident He is aware of all that you do.
[12] O you who claim to be committed to working for peace, when you have to deliver some task for the messenger, ensure before your action that you already have what you need for carrying out the task. That will be better for you and free of obstacles. But if you fail to act on his request for some excusable reason then Allah is gracious and merciful.
[13] Are you passionate on your fulfilling of the tasks and have the necessities? But if you cannot do so due to lack of resources then worry not Allah will turn towards you with His grace and instead you should help establish His order in the land thereby attain freedom from all ills in the community and thus be consistent with program of Allah along with His messenger. Allah is well aware of all that you do.
[14] Have you not noticed the ones who turn to those people regarding matters of community concern who are suffering from rage that Allah warned them against? They are neither on your side nor yet on theirs and they swear allegiance to falsehood and they know it.
[15] Allah has declared for such terrible suffering because destructive indeed is for mankind what they are doing.
[16] They use their oaths as shields for their deception and debar others from the way of Allah, therefore they will end up in humiliating suffering.
[17] Neither their riches nor their sons shall avail them anything due to being against program of Allah. They have bound themselves to end up in hell so they will live therein forever unless they repent and reform.
[18] One day Allah will raise them all to life and they will swear to Him as well like they now swear to you, thinking that their oaths will help them. By no means! Surely they are liars.
[19] The destructive mindset and harmful attitude has gained possession of them causing them to forget Allah’s warning. They are the party of the destructive elite. Beware! It is indeed the party of those who oppose program of Allah that is why they will end up the losers.
[20] Those who try to damage cause of Allah by His messenger will be among the most humiliated.
[21] Allah has declared that it is I and My messengers who will most certainly prevail. Surely Allah is mighty strong.
[22] You will never find any people who are committed to working for peace for sake of Allah’s program and for the better end result for mankind on friendly terms with those who are at war with Allah and His messenger even though they be their fathers, their sons, their brothers or their relatives. It is they in whose hearts Allah has inscribed commitment to working for peace by strengthening them with the revelation from Himself. He will land them in gardens in which as if flow rivers of all things, to live therein for as long as they live. Allah will be well pleased with them and they will be well pleased with Him. They are the party of Allah. Beware! Surely it is the party of Allah that will be successful.
Surah 65 AT-TALAAQ–The termination of administration
[1] O Prophet, when you dissolve your administrations, dissolve them at the end of their contract periods and keep count of their time in the office properly. Thus be consistent with rule of Allah your sustainer. Do not terminate their contracts before the time of expiry nor they themselves should resign unless they are convicted of some serious crime that brings the administration into disrepute due to which it becomes necessary that they be made to leave the premises where administrations are based. These are limits set by Allah and whoever transgresses these limits of Allah will put oneself into difficulty. In case of accusations and suspensions you never know that Allah may thereafter bring about some new situation for reconciliation so do not go for dismissal till investigation reaches that conclusion.
[2] However when the period for administration in the office reaches completion then either keep them honourably or part with them honourably by way of two parties who are just and fair minded to state their position in light of program of Allah for humanity whether they should be allowed to continue to serve in the offices or replaced. This advice is being given to all who claim to be committed to working for peace according to program of Allah for the good end result for mankind. For any who is consistent with program of Allah for the good of mankind He always provided a way out of all circumstances and situations,
[3] and guided him to sustenance from the sources he could never imagine, for rule of Allah is sufficient for any person or group that has confidence in His laws that work for all affairs. Surely Allah brings about through those laws all that He plans and Allah has set the standard for all things including people and their management administrations.
[4] So those of your administration that have come to end of their time in office, the period of grace for new appointment is three months in case you fall victim to instability, and the same will apply to those who have no set time for service but need to be replaced for various reasons including age, illness or mismanagement. As for those who are burdened with heavy responsibility and are under investigation for serious complaints against them, their period of suspension should continue till completion of investigation and delivery of decision This is how Allah eases difficulties for those who stick steadfastly with His program.
[5] That is the reason Allah has sent to you His guidelines so that he who gives due importance to guidance of Allah will have his difficulties removed and his hard work paid off.
[6] Let the administration people live the way you yourselves live according to your means. You should not harass them so as to make life intolerable for them. So long as they are charged with responsibility of administration maintain them until they have completed their task till the given time. Moreover even if after that they continue providing support for your future needs compensate them and settle the matter of compensation with mutual consultation and in all fairness. But if you cannot get on with each other then let another administration come in to the office and carry on providing your future needs.
[7] So that your administrations could do things for you let the man of more means contribute to the community revenue according to his means and the man of less means give according to what Allah has given him to raise the revenue for community programs. Allah does not hold anyone liable with more than He has given him and soon Allah may bring ease for people after hardship this way.
[8] Be warned, how many townships rebelled against the guidance of their Lord via His messengers despite the fact that Our warning was strict and severe yet they ended up in hell of their own creation
[9] and that is how they tasted the fruit of their own misdeeds and the fruit of their misdeeds was harm and destruction.
[10] Allah wanted to move them away from painful suffering but did they listen? Therefore, O people with sense, those who claim to be committed to working for peace, be consistent with program of Allah for bringing peace to the world. Surely Allah has sent for you too, a guidance.
[11] A messenger is proclaiming to you the revelations of Allah containing clear guidance for you, so that He may lead out of darkness of ignorance in to the light of knowledge those of you who commit to working for peace and actively remove difficulties in the way of peace among people. So He that commits to working for program of Allah and does good for the mankind, will indeed be landed into the blissful world in which flow things people need like rivers, to live therein for as long as people follow the given program, for Allah has planned an excellent program for them to work on.
[12] It is Allah Who has created the seven planets of the solar system and the earth likewise. His laws operate throughout all of them likewise, so that it may become obvious to you that it is Allah alone Who rules over all things in the universe and that awareness of Allah encompasses all things.
Surah 57 AL-HADID – The Solid Criterion
[1] Strives to fulfil program of Allah all that is in the heavens and the earth, for He is All powerful and All-Wise ruler
[2] to Whom alone belongs the sovereignty of the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and His laws comprehend life and death, for He has set laws for disposal of all affairs regarding everything.
[3] His word is the first and the last regarding all that is obvious so far as well as all that will become obvious in its own time, for He makes everything manifest itself.
[4] It is He Who created the heavens and the earth in six stages therefore he has right to sovereignty. He makes known what goes on inside the earth as well as all that goes on outside it, that is how He lets you know that He is with you wherever you are and that Allah observes all that you do.
[5] So be aware to Him belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and it is Allah alone who is originator of all laws about all affairs.
[6] He rotates the part of the earth under darkness of night to move it slowly under the sunlight for causing the day and rotates the part of the earth under the sunlight to move it slowly out of the zone of sunlight to cause the night by turning the globe constantly, and likewise He is able to make evident the innermost secrets of your minds.
[7] So commit to working for peace according to program of Allah as delivered by His messenger and make useful for the mankind all that you have been made to inherit for management on behalf of Allah and humanity. So those of you who commit to working for peace and make useful for all whatever is provided for mankind, they will be rewarded greatly.
[8] What is the matter with you people that you do not commit to working for peace by your actions when the messenger is inviting you towards commitment to working for peace by your actions according to program of your Lord when you have already declared you are committed to working for peace by your word if you really are committed to working for peace?
[9] It is He Who has bestowed upon His servant clear revelations so that thereby He could lead you from the depths of darknesses of ignorance into the light of knowledge. Surely Allah has been Kind and Merciful to you.
[10] What is the matter with you that you do not work hard for the benefit of mankind according to the program of Allah despite the fact that the heavens and the earth belong to Allah alone? Those of you who did use what they had and struggled through to overcome adversity before you did not get the same outcome as those who did not do so. Surely they ended up with greater outcome and dignity even than those who used what they had for the good of others and struggled through hard times after them. However Allah promises all who work hard to accomplish His program a good outcome for their struggle, for Allah make evident the result of all that you do.
[11] So who is there that will work hard for accomplishing program of Allah in the hope of a better world as the end result and so that He may add more reward to it for his benefit?
[12] On the day when the program of Allah becomes established you will see the administrators and the administrations committed to working for peace how the light of knowledge from Allah will be shining before them guiding them to the right course of action, heralding good news about the day when things people need will flow in their blissful world like rivers wherein they will land, and that will be the great achievement for them.
[13] On that day when they see followers of program of Allah successful, the hypocrite chiefs and their hypocrite followings will say to those who would have committed to working for peace, wait for us so that we may borrow some of your light of knowledge. But they will be told, first stop doing harm and destruction you inflict on other and reform otherwise carry on living by light of your own knowledge as you have been because that is the way you saw things better. Thus a clear wall for distinction will be setup between them allowing in just those who are seen deserving. Inside the wall will be community living on basis of caring and sharing out of hard work and compassion, and outside all along there shall be communities living in hell of their own making tearing each other apart in rage against each other.
[14] They will shout out to the people living in peace, were we not on your side? Yes, they will reply, but you led yourselves into conspiracies against us because you were suspicious about our motives and you doubted the program of Allah so you were deceived by your harmful and destructive ambitions until there came the time Allah warned us all against the while your destructive leadership deceived you concerning Allah's revelation till the last moment before you were hit by consequences of your actions.
[15] So today no ransom will be accepted from you or from the open opposers of Allah's guidance. Your abode is in agony that you yourselves have earned and that is a very bad state of affairs to be in.
[16] So has time not arrived for those who claim to be committed to working for peace to act with fervent hearts on Allah’s program for the purpose it is has been revealed, so that they do not become like those who were given the book before this? Because as time went on for them they gradually lost their ferver for acting on their commitment to working for peace for which they were given the book and today most among them have become like those who inflict harm and destruction upon others.
[17] But you should remember always that Allah restores peace on the earth after it has been destroyed. That is why We have made clear Our revelations for you so that you learn them to understand them and do what they say.
[18] Surely those administrators and their administrations that fulfil this purpose in the hope of rewarding future from Allah will be repaid manifold and even more than that.
[19] Those who commit to working for peace by their actions according to program of Allah along with His messenger they are the ones true to their commitment and the true witnesses to the world about His program in the sight of their Lord, they will have their reward through light of their knowledge while those who deny benefits of Our program to their people and oppose Our revelations they are bound to end up in the hell of their own creation.
[20] You should realise in time that the life of this world without the program of Allah is only a do as you like and a show off and boasting among yourselves against each other and a quest for greater riches and more children for fighting against each other. The similitude of living such a life is like that of vegetation that flourish after rain the growth of which delights the tillers then it withers and you see it turn yellow and soon after it becomes dry and crumbles away. In the end what counts is living a life as if one is living in hell or living a life of prosperity according to program of Allah a life of peace and pleasure. The life of this world is nothing less than harm and destruction without program of Allah.
[21] Therefore commit to working for peace by earnestly striving for progress and prosperity according to program of your Lord in order to turn the world into a paradise which is big enough to accommodate all regardless capable of flying high or only capable of living down to earth, it is a program for those who commit to working for peace along with his messenger. Such is the revelation of Allah understanding of which He bestows on such as are happy to make effort for it, for Allah is bestower of great plan for peace and prosperity of mankind.
[22] No harm or destruction takes place on the earth nor to yourselves, which is not according to set laws of Allah that operate throughout the universe, surely that is easy for Allah to explain.
[23] It is done so that you do not become hopeless and lost within yourselves or be completely over taken by grieve for things that you miss due to your ignorance forgetting others who can help, or be completely over taken by joy at what you gain forgetting others that need your help, for Allah does not support any such people who are hopeless or are vainglorious boasters opposers of His program,
[24] who are stingy themselves and encourage others to be stingy also. He that pays no attention to program of Allah should realise that Allah is free of all needs, worthy of Majesty of the universe.
[25] Surely We sent Our messengers for mankind with clear objectives therefore we sent with them the book as the standard to measure against all that people may do so that people could conduct themselves with fairness for the good of all mankind. We have sent this solid criterion because therein is sure protection and many benefits for the mankind and so that Allah makes it evident to people those who along with His messenger really support His program the outcome of which is not yet obvious to them. Surely Allah is mighty powerful to bring about the promised outcome by means of His set laws that take care of all affairs.
[26] We sent Noah and Abraham and bestowed among their descendants prophet-hood
and the book. Some of them adopted the program that was proper but most of them rejected and opposed it and therefore transgressed against each other.
[27] After them We sent other messengers one after the other and followed them with Jesus son of Mary. We gave him The Injeel whereby We put compassion and mercy into the hearts of his followers so that they become a brotherhood. As for monasticism, they imposed it upon themselves, for We imposed upon them only to establish the program of Allah as told in Our revelation but they observed it not as it ought to be observed. However We rewarded those among them who committed to working for peace according to Our program but most of them were transgressors who inflicted harm on each other.
[28] O you who claim to be committed to working for peace from among the people of the book, commit to working for peace along His new messenger if you are truly committed to working for peace. Allah will grant you double the share in His mercy and provide for you a light in form of a guide to walk with and grace you with abundance. That is why Allah kept coming back to people with His guidance, for He is full of mercy for all the people.
[29] For those people of the book who refuse to work for peace along this messenger let them know that they do not have the sole right to the program of Allah and that His guidance is entirely in His own hands which He bestows on whomever He finds deserving because Allah is capable of bestowing great gifts on humanity through His program for them.
AA brother moazzam and thank you very much for your kind remarks. regards and all the best.
Dear nargis, thank you very much for reading my interpretation of the quran. As for getting involved with issues arising from that I would like to leave those till after I have completed my interpretation of the quran. Otherwise I will not be able to pay attention to my work. So please forgive me for not being able to respond to your inquiry at the moment.
my regards and best wishes..
Surah 56 AL-WAQI‘AH – The Inevitable Revolution
[1] When the inevitable revolution comes to pass
[2] and no doubt it will come to pass.
[3] The harmful and destructive system of government will be uprooted and the proper system will be installed.
[4] Then the uneven landscape of humanity will be evened out
[5] because the heavy weights of the society will lose their influence all of a sudden
[6] and become disorientated like scattered dust.
[7] Then you will become divided into three groups.
[8] Those on the right side of the divine program, how prosperous will be the people on the right side of divine law.
[9] those on the wrong side of the divine program, how damned will be the people on the wrong side of divine law.
[10] Moreover foremost people in the revolution will be the foremost in achieving the results according to the divine program
[11] because they will be faithfully stuck to Allah’s program
[12] ending up in the world full of bliss.
[13] A party of those who would have struggled earlier for the good of mankind.
[14] And some of those who would have struggled later for the good of mankind.
[15] They will be on the thrown of dignity as jewels in the crown,
[16] Ensuring mutual dignity,
[17] And their ever lively children will be going around happily serving their community
[18] with bundles of livelihood as per their needs like pleasant drinks from the flowing rivers in goblets, shining beakers and cups of pure wine,
[19] that will neither make them feel hardship nor make them feel fed up with sense of responsibility like a pleasant drink that neither pains the heads of drinkers nor takes away their senses.
[20] They shall have fruits of their own hard work,
[21] the ultimate delicacies of life
[22] and loving and intelligent spouses with great vision
[23] like valuable pearls well guarded, far from corruption
[24] as a reward of their own hard work that they would have done.
[25] Therein these people will not hear any harmful talk nor destructive words against each other
[26] but only the assuring words by one to other, I want to ensure peace for you and the other replying, I too want to ensure peace for you too.
[27] Such will be the people who will be on the right side of the divine program, what a happy people will be those on the right side of divine law!
[28] They shall be in thornless orchards of fruit trees,
[29] clusters of fruits like bananas,
[30] extended thick shades,
[31] constantly flowing water,
[32] abundant fruits
[33] of uninterrupted never ending supply,
[34] for as long as they continue living a dignified life.
[35] It will be as if We have given these communities a new lease of life
[36] by making them capable of performing unparalleled hard works
[37] by bringing out of them their hidden potential
[38] for those on the right side of Our set laws.
[39] A party of those who would have had struggled earlier for the good of mankind.
[40] And some of those who would have had struggled later for the good of mankind.
[41] As for those on the opposite side of the divine program, how unfortunate will be the people on the opposite side of the divine laws!
[42] They will be in the middle of scorching winds of make beliefs and in hot water of hatred due to cruelty through oppression and suppression
[43] living in the shade of shameful sorrow like a pitch-black cloud of smoke,
[44] neither comfortable nor refreshing.
[45] All this because their people in high places lived in comfort at expense of others before all of them ended up in this situation.
[46] They persisted in heinous crimes against each other despite being warned about the consequences of doing so
[47] and they used to say, are we really going to end up destroyed and stripped off of our possessions and left bare to the bones? How can anyone make anything like this to happen to us or push us aside like this?
[48] And is this really what happened to our forefathers also?
[49] Tell them, surely it happened to all those of old and it will happen to all those of present age and will continue to happen always because of set laws that are constantly at work.
[50] So likewise you too will certainly be brought together at an appointed time of a known day.
[51] Then, O you the people with wrong ideologies for life whereby you deny benefits of divine program for others,
[52] you will eat the fruits of the rules you live by against the divine program,
[53] and fill your bellies with it,
[54] and drink on top of it scalding water, it will be water of hatred
[55] yet you will drink it like a thirsty camel.
[56] This is how their state of existence will manifest itself on the day when they will be taken to task by those whom they would have treated terribly.
[57] We have surely created you, will you then not fulfil Our program faithfully?
[58] Have you ever observed the human sperm?
[59] Is it you who create it or are We the Creator of it?
[60] It is We Who have set laws to bring about your death and nothing prevents us
[61] from replacing you by others of your own kind or from transforming you into beings that you have no idea of.
[62] You already know well your first creation, why then do you not reflect?
[63] Have you ever considered the seed that you sow in the ground?
[64] Is it you who cause it to grow or are We the One who cause it to grow?
[65] If it serve Our purpose, We crumble your harvest into chaff and you are then left crying
[66] that we are indeed left laden with debts,
[67] and surely we have been deprived of the fruits of our labour!
[68] Have you ever considered the water which you drink?
[69] Is it you who bring it down from the clouds or are We the One who send it?
[70] If it serves Our purpose, We could turn it salty. Why then do you not make use of all that We have provided you with properly?
[71] Have you ever considered the fire of hatred that you kindle?
[72] Is it you who grow the tree which feeds the fire of hatred or are We the grower?
[73] We have made it a reminder for man as to what would be the life without light of Our guidance, just like guiding stars, a provision of life for the travellers of desert.
[74] Therefore strive hard for manifestation of the program in the name of your Magnificent Lord because His given program works.
[75] But if you are not sure, observe the stellar orbits as evidence,
[76] and it is indeed a solid evidence if you observe it
[77] for the fact that this Quran is indeed a program that leads to prosperity,
[78] preserved in form of a written book for you
[79] yet none will bother understanding it save such as want to be freed from make beliefs and harms people inflict upon each other,
[80] a revelation from the Lord of all the worlds.
[81] Would you then change a scripture such as this by changing its intended purposeful context and meaning to support your own make beliefs
[82] and so make denying it means of your livelihood and purpose of your lives?
[83] If not then why is it that when you see a nation being choked to death by an oppressive system you do not intervene to restore its life and dignity by using this program?
[84] Instead you helplessly look at each other like fools knowing not what to do?
[85] That is the time We could prove very helpful to you by Our program yet you do not see any use for Our program.
[86] So why do you then not - if you claim you are not subject to Our laws
[87] - restore to the dying nation its life and liberty if what you say is true?
[88] The truth is, if the dying nation is one of those that sticks to Our program
[89] then there is comfort and bounty for it and a world full of bliss.
[90] Moreover if it be the one belonging to the right side of divine law then
[91] it is honoured with salutations by those of the right side of law saying, peace be upon you.
[92] And if it is one of the confused rejecter nations,
[93] it is welcomed with constant hatred like running boiling water,
[94] and agonising suffering.
[95] Surely this is the truth that is convincing.
[96] Therefore strive hard in the name for your Magnificent Lord to manifest it.
Brother Mughal. Excellent work.
Surah 55 AR-RAHMAN–The One Who cares
[1] The One Who is Full of Grace for mankind
[2] has revealed His knowledge in form of the Qur’an
[3] to bring about humanity in the world
[4] by teaching it how to manifest and assert itself in the universe,
[5] For this purpose He setup the sun and the moon in action according to His set laws in the universe.
[6] The stars in the cosmic space and the trees in the earth come about and work according to his laws in every way.
[7] Moreover He brought about the universe and He setup the scale of relativity as reference,
[8] so that you the mankind also never transgress Our set scale of limits relative to each other.
[9] Therefore establish the valuation of things properly for the good of mankind and do not cause loss and harm to each other by transgressing the limits in weighing and evaluating things.
[10] Therefore He made ready the earth with provision for all creatures,
[11] with all its fruits and palms having sheathed clusters,
[12] and grain with husk and scented herbs.
[13] So which of the provisions of your Lord will you both the groups of destructive political and destructive religious leadership deny to His creatures?
[14] He began origin of mankind with formation of a living cell with components extracted from the clay containing liquid having potential to bring about human beings, developing it stage by stage and species by species till came about the human species and formed the human character like clay is moulded into a shape,
[15] and He brought about species of creatures before mankind that are now extinct, for they were brought while earth was still hot, which could only live in environment that was hot.
[17] He is the sustainer Who brought about four seasons in both the hemispheres.
[19] He has made the two bodies of the water apparently meeting together
[20] yet between them is a barrier which they cannot cross.
[22] He produces pearls and coral from both of them.
[24] His are the ships looming up like mountains on the sea.
[26] All that exists is constantly made to go through changes
[27] yet the origin of all of it is same as designed by majesty of your Lord.
[29] All that is in the heavens and the earth depends on Him for their needs, His laws are constantly busy bringing about new things and eliminating the old.
[31] Soon We will settle your affairs, O you the destructive political leadership and destructive religious leadership.
[33] So O you both the groups of destructive chiefs and their destructive followers, if you have the power to get away from Our jurisdiction of the heavens and the earth to save yourselves from consequences of your actions then get away, surely you cannot unless by way of accepting Our sovereignty and following Our program.
[35] The flames of fire of hatred and choking animosity will be unleashed upon you when the reaction takes place then you will not be able to save yourselves.
[37] Because the universal revolt will burst forth like a river full of fire.
[39] On that day neither group of destructive political leadership nor of destructive religious leadership will need to be asked about its crimes against God and humanity.
[41] Because the criminals will be obvious through stress and worry on their faces and they will be caught due to their destructive plots and steps against others.
[43] It will be said to them, this is the hell of your own making which you the culprits denied could happen to you.
[44] They will make rounds between their self created fire of hatred and the raging animosity looking for escape route or excuses.
[46] As for those who pay attention to the consequences of their actions as told by their Lord there are two blissful worlds, in here and in hereafter.
[48] Having all kinds of pleasures.
[50] Each of them will be flowing with livelihoods like flowing springs.
[52] In both of them there will be fruits alike for their hard works.
[54] They will base themselves on standards of decency and dignity as communities and their minds will be well interconnected full of creative ideas and designs like rich brocade therefore the fruits of their self created blissful worlds will be well within their easy reach.
[56] Because in them is ability to keep their eyes firmly on the goals so they cannot be exploited by elements against them from nearby or from a distanse.
[58] So beautifully they get on with each other as though they were rubies and corals appropriately placed in a necklace.
[60] Could the reward for those who do their best for others be anything other than the best because others also do the same for them?
[62] And besides these people there is another party with two blissful gardens.
[64] The people who spearhead the divine mission.
[66] In both of them there are two gushing springs of livelihood for their dwellers.
[68] Each planted with fruit trees, dates and pomegranates.
[70] In each of them there will be people who do good for others as companions.
[72] people who live in world of knowledge.
[74] Who cannot be misled by their opponents regardless from close by or from a distance.
[76] Because they stand upon standard of decency and dignity as a community that is well interconnected like a beautiful fine canvas.
[78] Such blissful is program in the name of your Lord to Whom belongs Majesty and Honour.
Surah 24 AN-NUR – The Beacon for Peace
In the name of Allah the gracious the merciful.
[1] This constitution is revealed by Us and recommended by Us for mankind because in it are revealed by Us clear goals for mankind so that you attain and maintain peace and prosperity.
[2] Any administration or community that lives outside Our this constitution and any administrator or individual that lives outside Our this constitution by its own make beliefs, bring each and every one of them round to it even if they are gathered around hundreds of separate ideologies and let nothing get in your way for removing harmful things from them in accordance to the constitution of Allah if you really are committed to working for peace for the good end result for humanity. Moreover let a department of administration of those who are committed to working for peace closely observe causes of their suffering.
[3] Any administrator or individual who decides to live outside Our constitution does not join it but instead joins the administration or community that also decides to live outside Our constitution or a community that lives by rule of other than that of Allah. Any administration or community that decides to live outside Our constitution does not join it but instead joins the administrator or administration/community that also decides to live outside Our constitution or a community that lives by rule of other than that of Allah, however to do such a things is not right for those who claim to be committed to working for peace.
[4] Those who under false pretence try to overthrow administrations or communities that work properly according to Our constitution and cannot produce even a few reliable witnesses to support their words and actions, separate them from community isolating them for good and do not accept their testimonies ever because they are rebels
[5] unless they repent thereafter and make good the loss they have caused, in that case Allah is surely graceful and merciful.
[6] As for individuals who accuse their own administrations or communities for not working according to divine constitution but have no witness except themselves, each one of them shall be made to swear four times under oath in the name of Allah that one’s accusation is true,
[7] and the fifth time one should be made to say that may Allah isolate one from His mercy and leave one open to suffering if one is lying.
[8] The consequences will be averted from the administration if the administration personnel also swears four times under oath in the name of Allah that the charge by the accuser is false,
[9] and the fifth time one representing administration or community should be made to say that may Allah isolate one from His mercy and leave one open to suffering if the charge against it is true.
In case of a few separate complaints against administrations, there should be proper investigations of the matter because isolated accusations become credible evidence that something is really wrong in the administration or community as in Surah 65 al Tallaaq.
[10] If it were not for Allah’s revelation as mercy for you, you would have no method of handling these situations. Allah surely turns to people with His guidance full of wisdom.
[11] Those who would concoct false accusations against others are numerous among you. Do not regard this necessarily an utterly bad thing for you rather it could prove useful for you in other ways like it keeps you alert ready to deal with dangers. Whoever takes any part in such exercises earns his share of consequences accordingly and the one who takes upon oneself the leading role faces the bigger consequences.
[12] Why is it that when those administrators or individuals and the administrations or the communities that are committed to working for peace hear such accusations against each other do not think better for each other and say, such accusations are clearly a false thing without any proving evidence?
[13] Why the accusers do not produced four witnesses? If they cannot produce the required reliable witnesses then they are liars in the light of Allah’s constitution.
[14] Were it not for the revelation as mercy of Allah for you in this world and the Hereafter, you would have suffered severely the painful suffering due to your involvement in such kind of things
[15] when you pass on with your tongues and uttered with your mouths accusations about which you have no proof. You take such a serious thing so lightly while it is a very serious offence in the light of Allah’s constitution.
[16] When you hear false accusations against each other why do you not say, it is not fitting for us as workers for peace to take part in such things, God forbid, it is such a destructive thing to do?
[17] Allah admonishes you never to turn to such things if you are really committed to working for peace.
[18] Allah makes His revelations clear for you because Allah is All-Knowing and All-Wise.
[19] Those who love to broadcast such slanders among those who are committed to working for peace will end up in painful suffering in this life as well as in the Hereafter. Allah makes evident the consequences yet you do not bother to know.
[20] Were it not for the revelation as mercy of Allah for you, you could have destroyed yourselves through such things so Allah is indeed very Kind and Merciful for mankind.
[21] O you who claim to be committed to working for peace, follow not the goals of the one with destructive mindset and harmful attitude towards mankind because anyone who follows the goals of any such person should know that he will only influence one towards committing harmful acts against others that will bring destruction upon humanity from which Allah stops you. If there had not been the revelation as mercy of Allah for you then none of you would have ever been freed from harming and destroying others, for it is constitution of Allah for the good of mankind whereby Allah frees people from harming and destroying each other through following of His program, for Allah is All-Hearing and all knowing.
[22] So let not those among you who are graced with prosperity and greater means ever decide to withhold their help from those who depend on their help, be they indigent or those who left their homes for establishing the road map of Allah for sake of better relations and mutual cooperation for bringing about a better society, do you not wish that Allah dignifies you with prosperity through mutual cooperation? For Allah is gracious and merciful.
[23] Those who try to take advantage of properly functioning administrations through their blind-spots and loopholes are distancing themselves from revelation of Allah therefore His grace in this life and in the Hereafter, they are bound to end up in hell of their own making unless they repent and reform.
[24] Such people should know that there comes a time when people’s own tongues and their own hands and their own feet expose them through results of their own actions against Our constitution, for people act on their intentions and motive thus end up exposing themselves.
[25] The time is coming when Allah will make such people face the consequences they deserve then they will realise that Allah surely makes evident the truth about all affairs of human concern.
[26] Harmful and destructive administrations or communities result from harmful and destructive actions of administrators or individuals and harmful and destructive administrators or individuals are result of actions of harmful and destructive administrations or communities, and beneficial administrations or communities result as a consequence of the actions of beneficial administrators or individuals and beneficial administrators or individuals result from actions of beneficial administrations or communities, so it is clear that those who are free from intentions and motivations for harming and destroying others any allegations of corruption against them cannot prove true because their character and conduct is obvious to the community whether they benefitted others or harmed them. It is such like people for whom is dignified provision according to constitution of Allah.
[27] O you who claim to be committed to working for peace, do not enter departments of administrations - other than departments under jurisdiction or responsibility of your own - without seeking permission from the appropriate authorised personnel of the department of administration assuring the administration in there that you came to carry out your business in peace having no intention of acting corruptly or causing trouble, following this procedure is better for you so that you could prosper.
[28] If you do not find the appropriate personnel to gain access then do not enter until you find the authorised person and gain permission and even if you do find the person yet if you are requested to return at another time then come back at another time you are told. This is more fitting for you and Allah makes evident by its result all that you do.
[29] There is no prohibition for you the administration to take under your control any derelict land or property that is not used by anybody to make good use of it for the good of the community and remember that Allah makes obvious all that you do in the public view and all that you do in private through result of your actions.
[30] Say to the administrators or individuals who are responsible for border security, to keep their observations up to standard to ensure the exits and the entries under their responsibilities are well guarded. That is a good safety measure for them as a community against uninvited harmful elements. Surely Allah is well aware of their motives, plots and actions.
[31] Likewise say to the administrations or communities working with them for ensuring security including border security to keep their eyes open to ensure their border exists and entries as well as any other possible security breaches are well guarded and they should not expose to danger their confidential information that ensures their well being except what needs to be displayed of it to show alertness but they should keep under cover their confidential information and main assets and should not expose them to any other save their own authorised personnel like their own superior administrators or even their superior administrators or their subordinate administrators, or even their subordinate administrators, or their supporting administrators and their subordinate administrators, or their supporting administrations and their subordinate administrators or their communities or their subordinate administrations that work under them or their standby personnel that are not kept as backup in case of need or the personnel under training who are not yet ready to take on full responsibilities of their communities. Moreover they should not recruit foot guards such people who may give away the secret information that they are supposed to guard. So turn to Allah’s constitution all of you O you who claim to be committed to working for peace so that you may attain prosperity.
[32] Moreover get the individuals from among you both men and women who can do a lot of good to join the administration to serve the community. If they lack in anything program of Allah will help them improve themselves and be able to fulfil requirements. for administration of Allah should bring about plenty of resources, which Allah will make evident in due course.
[33] And let those who do not yet qualify for entering the contract for administration to serve community due to lack of age or knowledge keep themselves working hard till Allah enables them with qualifications out of His bounty. As for those of your servants in your administrations who wish to free themselves from administrative responsibilities they should hand in their resignations appropriately and you should accept their resignations if you deem it appropriate and also give them appropriate gift out of the community wealth which Allah has given under your management. Do not force any of the communities or administrative work forces under you into poverty that they are forced to do things against divine constitution which they rather not do, for your own worldly gains against the set rules, and if any individual or community forces them into conduct against constitution then surely after such a compulsion Allah will still gracefully show them the way to free themselves from such conduct, for Allah is merciful for mankind.
[34] Moreover We have already revealed to you clear goals and cited examples of those people who passed away before you to serve as a lesson for those who want to be consistent with Allah and humanity.
[35] The constitution of Allah is the guiding torch for all the people in the high places as well as the people sunk in to the earth. The example of His torch for peace is like that of a Niche in which there is a lamp that is enclosed in a crystal globe and the globe radiates brilliance like that of a guiding star visible for all to see from everywhere, which is fuelled by plenty of olive tree that is neither from the East nor from the West, it is all set ready to light up as soon as ignited as if to add light of knowledge to the knowledge of already knowledgeable person, thus Allah guides to His light of knowledge whoever wants to be guided. This is how Allah explains with examples His message clearly for the people to make obvious to them that Allah knows about all thing.
[36] His constitution for peace should be installed in the houses for administrations which Allah recommends people to built for carrying out His set tasks in His name wherein people strive hard day and night,
[37] such people whom nothing should prevent from carrying out their daily tasks for their own families nor tasks for the benefit of the public according to the constitution of Allah, that is how they should establish divine order in order to achieve freedom for the community from all harms and destructions, keeping in forefront of their minds always the consequences that will ensue in time to come if they failed in carrying out their public and private duties faithfully.
[38] Allah will surely reward them according to the their good works for others and add for them even more out of His grace, for Allah gives plenty to whoever wants it through his hard work.
[39] As for the opposers of Our guidance, the results for their works are like a mirage in a sandy desert, which the thirsty traveller thinks to be water but when he gets near, he finds it to be nothing, that is how he finds Allah settling his account, for Allah rewards people according to their works that if you do nothing fruitful you end up with nothing fruitful.
[40] Or the example of a people living outside the light of Our constitution is that of a person in the darkness of the ocean overwhelmed with wave after wave over him like mountains- covering one like layers of utter darkness one above another so much so that if one stretches out one’s hand, one will hardly see it. Likewise the one whom Allah does not see coming to His light of guidance and use his mind to see it, will have no light.
[41] Do you not see that it is for manifestation of Allah’s sovereignty that whatever is in the heavens and in the earth strives? The very birds manifest His laws at work as they flap their wings in their flight. Each of them makes evident His order and His laws, that is how Allah makes obvious all that they do.
[42] To Allah belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth therefore it is ultimately up to Allah to set their goal.
[43] Do you not see that because it up to Allah set goals for all things even the clouds move slowly according to His program to fulfil it, which thus causes them to come together then piles up in masses and so you see the rain dropping from inside them? He likewise causes hails from the clouds that look like mountains in the sky, afflicting therewith whoever makes oneself deserving it and turning it away from whoever makes not oneself deserving it. The flash of its lightning almost takes away the sight.
[44] Allah alternates the night and the day by rotation of the earth around itself; there is indeed a lesson in it for those who have the insight.
[45] Allah has originated all life forms from water and of them some creep upon their bellies and others that walk on two legs and yet others that walk on four. Allah creates what He planned, surely Allah has setup laws to operate everything.
[46] Likewise laws in universe We have revealed clear goals for mankind as well whereby Allah guides to the way of peace that is firmly founded on terms for peace.
[47] Even though people say, we are committed to working for peace along with the messenger according to the constitution yet no sooner they utter these words that some of them turn their backs when it comes to following it through in deeds. That is how they show they are not committed to working for peace.
[48] When such people are summoned according to constitution of Allah by court of His Messenger that he may resolve any disputes between them according to divine constitution, behold! A party of them declines to come unless arrested and brought before the court.
[49] However if they are sure that legal right is on their side then they come to him voluntarily.
[50] Is there a legitimate concern in their minds or are they worried Allah and His Messenger will deny them justice? Nay! In fact they are the ones who are the transgressors.
[51] The response of those who are truly committed to working for peace when they are summoned according to Allah’s constitution by His messenger so that he may judge between them should be to say, we hear and we obey. Such are the ones who will attain and maintain prosperity.
[52] It is because only those who are consistent with program of Allah along with His messenger are mindful of Allah for the good of others, that is why they are bound to succeed and prosper.
[53] Some swear by Allah that if you command them, they will go forth leaving their homes. Say, you do not need to swear to assure me, your consistency to your commitment will count only by doing not your empty word under oaths, rest assured Allah will make evident for all to see all that you will do.
[54] Say, be consistent with program of Allah by being consistent with the messenger but even If you do not, the messenger is still under obligation to fulfil his duty, as you are under obligation to fulfil yours so if you do what his assignment is for you then you have followed the right course of actions. The mission of the messenger is only to deliver the message clearly.
[55] But it is Allah who has promised those of you who have committed to working for peace by way of removing the obstacles in the way of peace to pave the way for peace that He will surely make them inherent the land as a community for the good of humanity as He made their ancestors inherit the land before them through their hard work and that He will establish for them their progressive and prosperous way of peaceful life, the one which He has advised them to create for themselves, that is how He will change their present state of fear into peace and security. So let them therefore serve My constitution alone and take no other sovereign beside Me. Moreover if any individual or community opposes My constitution henceforth then it that person or community shall be treated as rebel and transgressor.
[56] So establish divine constitution to attain freedom from all harm as a community thus be consistent with the messenger so that you could be shown progress and prosperity.
[57] Never think that those who oppose Our constitution can totally derail Our program in the land, for their end is assured painful suffering unless they repent and reform, and that is a terrible state of existence to be in.
[58] O you who claim to be committed to working for peace, let the people who wish to serve you as your new administration as well as those who have not yet completed their term seek your consent before leaving and commencing their work on three occasions, before the start of new term, in middle of the term for whatever reasons and when the contract expires at the end of the term. These are the three times when you the community are most vulnerable so take extra care. At other times there should be no obstacle for you when you the public and they the administration go around seeing one another for business as usual. Thus Allah makes His guidelines clear for you, for Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.
[59] And when your administrations reach their end of term let them still ask your permission as their predecessor did to continue or leave the office. Thus Allah makes His guidelines clear for you, for Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.
[60] There is no obstacle in the way of such administrations that have no interest in renewing their contract for another term, if they lay aside their cloaks of responsibility without exposing the valuable confidential information, for it is better for them if they refrain from doing so and Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
[61] There should be left no obstacles in the way of a person lacking in knowledge nor in the way of a person lacking experience or in the way a person physically incapacitated preventing one from participation in your community or administration. Nor should there be any problem for you to participate in your directly related ancestral organisations or directly related main organisations or closely related groups or closely related parties, or your indirectly related ancestral groups, or your indirectly related ancestral parties, or your closely related remote groups, or your closely related remote parties, or your sincere friendly organisations, or any other administration or community or party which is open for you. There is no obstacle in your way whether you participate as individuals or as communities, groups, parties or organisations but that when you enter into any task with others, you should assure each other that you are working to ensure their peace and prosperity. Thus Allah makes His goals clear to you, so that you may grow in understanding and community.
[62] Surely the truly committed to working for peace are those who commit to working for peace for Allah along His messenger and who when they are gathered around him concerning any matter requiring collective action do not depart until they have been given his permission or unless they seek his permission - only those who ask your permission are the ones truly committed to working for peace for mission of Allah along His messenger - so when any of them asks your permission to leave and attend to theirs private business, you may give permission to those of them whom you deem appropriate but keep working on program of Allah seeking their progress and prosperity.
[63] Do not treat such summoning of the messenger in the same way as you consider the calling of each other among yourselves. Allah knows those of you who slip away hiding themselves behind others. Let those who disregard his such summonings beware that if they do not come to realise their importance for the society the society could end up in troubles.
[64] Be aware! Whatever is in the heavens and in the earth belongs to Allah. He makes evident by their results all your thoughts and actions. So the time is coming when those living outside constitution of Allah will be brought by each others to live by His constitution alone and that is how He will show them all that they would have done. That is how Allah will make evident that He knows everything.
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Surah 4 AL NISA-The Communities and Administrations
In the name of Allah the beneficent, the merciful.
1) O mankind! Be consistent with constitution of your Lord who originated you from one kind of life form and evolved from it its life support system and spread by means of both these mechanisms life forms in pairs whereof We spread many men or leaders and women or communities. So be consistent with constitution of Allah so that thereby you have your legal rights against each other secured and fulfil your obligations towards each other concerning your ties of social relationships, surely in implementing the constitution of Allah is protection for you the mankind as a single family.
2) So deliver to individuals their rightfully due assignment of goods and services accordingly and do not substitute the harmful and destructive ruling system for the beneficial constitution of Allah. So that you do not take away their rightfully due goods and services in to your own possession as yours goods and services. Surely to do so would be to inflict a huge harm and destruction upon mankind.
3) However if you think that you will not be able to deliver goods on your own for the individuals then you should organize under people that you think are appropriate in your view for the task, two and three and four to help you do so. Yet if you think that you will not be able to deliver rights in form of goods and services then be one under your own administration within your own jurisdiction. That will be more suitable so that you do not deviate from what is proper as per constitution of Allah.
4) Thus deliver to the communities their rightfully due livelihood willingly but if they by their own free will give-up a portion of it then you the administration may use it as you think will benefit the communities.
5) Moreover do not place community administrative responsibilities on ignorant, untrained or mentally unsound people in the community for handling your community wealth which Allah has made a means of your support so provide the community from it their livelihood thus cover their needs and discuss and explain things to them nicely.
6) As for the individuals under your training for taking on administrative responsibilities, keep putting them through examinations for testing their abilities until they reach the required standard then if you find them capable of sound judgement hand over to them their community property for which they are supposed to be responsible advising them, do not let this community wealth be used in contravention of set limits of divine constitution nor let the expenditure of community exceed its growth. If the legal guardian of community wealth is self sufficient by his own rightful share of the community wealth then he should not take any wage for his services but if he has not received his share from community wealth for some reason then let him take a just and reasonable remuneration for his services. Also when you hand over people their shares from the community wealth, keep some records for evidences regarding them, for Allah advises efficiency and keeping accounts.
7) For the new administrators of the administration of the community it is necessary that they improve upon what they inherit from their ancestral and their related administrations and communities and likewise it is necessary that the communities also improve upon what they inherit from their ancestral administrations and their related communities regardless whatever they inherit is valued greatly as a necessity or valued little as additional. They must keep it in good shape as a matter of their duty.
8) And when concerned locally settled individuals are present at the time for distribution of shares of the community wealth, give out of community wealth to them and discuss matters of mutual concern with them appropriately.
9) Let those administrators who distribute community wealth to the members of the community show similar concerns in their minds as if it were their own wealth and these were members of their own families for whose success they were greatly concerned, thus they should be consistent with the constitution of Allah and express their good will for others.
10) Beware that those who unduly withhold or try and take away the constitutionally assigned rights and properties of weak people, they take part in igniting the fire of hatred in their communities and they are soon consumed by their self created fire of hatred by way of bloodshed and destruction.
11) Therefore Allah advises you concerning the people under your care to organise them into manageable groups. As for the mass of people, it should be organised under a single main administration with subordinate layer of similar administrations. In case there are more people than can be managed by two layers of administrations divide them under three layers of administrations, however if you have only one administration, it should still serve community properly. As for higher level administrations, for each of them there could be several subordinate administrations to share the task provided there are people to serve. But if there are no people to serve then responsibility remains with higher level administrations like mother administration should have third responsibility if it has two subordinate administrations. But if there are more supporting administrations such as five administrations under the mother administration then responsibility of their mother administration would be one sixth after all administrations are installed properly. With regards to your main or subordinate administrators, you do not really know which of them will be of more benefit to you therefore Allah issued this ordinance so that you monitor and hold each person in the administration accountable accordingly. Surely Allah is all Knowing all Wise.
12) Moreover for you the administrations at horizontal level responsibility is to be equally shared if there are no subordinate administrations. However if you have subordinate administrations then your responsibility is one fourth with regard to set guidelines as advised in the constitution. Your fellow administrations will likewise have one fourth of the responsibilities if you have no successors but they do, but if you too have a successor, then they shall get one-eighth of responsibility just like you with regard to set guidelines as advised in the constitution.
If an administrator or an administration has no predecessor or successor administrator or administration but has a supporting administrator or supporting administration, they shall each have one sixth of the responsibilities, but if they are more than two, they shall share one third of the responsibilities with regard to guidelines in the constitution without prejudice to the rights of the others. Thus is the commandment of Allah. Allah is all Knowing and kind.
13) These are the limits set by Allah, those who will be consistent with limits of Allah revealed through His Messenger will enter gardens of bliss with rivers flowing of things for livelihood to live therein forever if they maintain the standard and that is the Great Achievement.
14) But the ones who fight against constitution of Allah via His Messenger by transgressing His set limits will end up in agony and will remain therein forever if they do not repent and reform and thus they will go through a humiliating suffering.
15) So if any of your administrations are accused for breaking the set limits when serving your communities then look for at least four independent instances with four independent people as evidence from among yourselves against them and if you find such evidence then monitor them closely at their offices till they fulfil their duties properly or Allah let them leave the office some other way.
16) And if either of the two groups from among you the communities and the administrations bring the punishment upon themselves by breaking the set limits then punish them both likewise then If they turn back and reform then leave them alone. Surely Allah is the one who turns to people with His revelation as mercy.
17) Surely turning to revelation of Allah is true of those who do something against His set limits in ignorance and return to it as soon as they realize it, Allah will turn to them with His revelation as mercy for Allah is all Knowing and all Wise.
18) Turning to revelation of Allah is not true in case of those who persist against His set limits until death approaches any of them and then one says, surely now I turn to Him for guidance. And nor is true turning to guidance of Allah of those who die while they were still opposing the rule of Allah, for them We have already prepared rule of consequential painful suffering.
19) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace! It is not lawful for you to force people working in your administrations within your jurisdiction against their will so that you may force them to give up a part of the provision you have provided them as revenue for community unless they are clearly proven guilty of harming community by breaking any set limits in the divine constitution. Treat them with kindness even if you disagree with them about things because it may be that you disagree with them about something in which Allah has placed some benefit for you.
20) If you decide to replace one administration with another then do not take back anything of what you have given it be it a heap of gold. Would you take it back through false accusations against it and by going clearly against the guidelines of Allah?
21) And how could you take it back when surely each of you have benefited from the other and they had taken from you a firm pledge in form of a constitutional contract?
22) Moreover do not recruit people belonging to your ancestral families into your local community administrations except what went on in the past before this guidance. Surely it was something harmful and a destructive custom for communities.
23) Unlawful is for you to recruit into your community administrations people closely related to your mothers, your daughters, your sisters, your paternal aunts, your maternal aunts, daughters of your brothers, daughters of your sisters, your foster-mothers, your foster-sisters, the mothers of your wives, your stepdaughters under your guardianship from those wives with whom you are still married, but there is no blame on you in recruiting into administration your those stepdaughters to whose mothers you are no longer married, and the people related to the wives of your own sons, but unlawful is for you to recruit into administration people related to two sisters at the same time except what went on in your past before this law. Surely Allah is generous and merciful.
24) And except free people from other families and communities save such people whose close relatives are already serving in administrations. This is the law of Allah about recruitments for your administrations. All other than these people in communities are lawful for you to recruit into administrations provided you seek them with intention of looking after them generously, desiring proper service for community from them not fulfilment of your unlawful desires that could prove harmful for community. Give them their mutually set revenue for community as an obligation for the service of the community. However, there is no blame on you as a people if you change the agreement between administrations and communities with mutual consent for the benefit of all involved. Allah is all Knowing and all Wise.
25) For any of you people who cannot find free people who are committed to working for peace to the set standard to recruit an administration from, then a community is free to recruit people whose relatives are already working in the administration but are committed to working for peace. Allah will make evident in time how committed you really are in working for peace for yourselves and others. You are all from one another. So recruit them to administration with the consent of their families and communities and give them due share of their revenue so that they live up to their responsibilities faithfully and not live to serve their own desires and damage communities by their secret dealings. Then if after they are drafted in to the administration they commit fraud against the divine constitution and community interest then they can be made to compensate the community as prescribed for any of the people of the community who is not part of administration. This penalty is for the reason that people from among you pay attention to their actions and their consequences. So if you handle difficulties sensibly it is better for you because Allah is generous in his compassion.
31) indeed if you as a community avoid doing things that you are not supposed to do because they are greatly harmful for you then We will not let small mistakes take you off course but cause you to rise to status of great honour.
32) So be not concerned about that which Allah has bestowed upon some of you above the others as rights and responsibilities. For the people of the administrations reward is according to what they earn and for the people of the communities reward is according to what they earn. So show responsibility towards each other and demand assistance of each other in the name of Allah regarding His bounty as your right. Surely Allah is able to make all things evident.
33) For every main administration and related administration We have appointed the rightful successors to inherit their rights and responsibilities when they leave as situations and circumstances demand. As for those with whom you have made firm agreements, give them their due shares of rights and responsibilities to serve their communities. Surely Allah is able to show He is witness over all things by making evident results of peoples’ actions.
34) The people in the administrations are made responsible for managing the people and the resources in their communities with consent of their communities because Allah has bestowed upon some people more rights and responsibilities than others and therefore they should keep open for others whatever of the sustenance they have under their administration. Thus righteous people of the community show consistency by guarding their future better as Allah requires them to guard. As to such administrations in the community from whom you fear lack of discipline, keep monitoring and advising them thereby keep them faithfully stuck to their obligations to the community, thus discipline them appropriately. Thereafter if they become consistent with your requirements then look not for ways to harm them. Remember constitution of Allah is sole authority for all of you.
35) Moreover if you the community sense any conflict between any groups of people in your administration and any party of your people in your community then appoint one arbiter body from the administrators side and another from the community side then if they go for reconciliation and compromise, Allah will create harmony between them. Allah is indeed all Knowing and all aware.
36) Thus carry out instructions of Allah and accept none as Sovereign other than Him and be good to your parents, kinfolks, individuals, the helpless, near and far neighbours who keep company with you, the travellers in need, and the war captives in your care. Allah supports not the arrogant and the boastful,
37) who are themselves niggardly hoarders and effectively force other people to behave likewise, who hide the abundance of wealth which Allah has bestowed on them from others who need it. For such opponents of our guidance We have setup as a consequence of their actions a disgraceful suffering as a rule.
38) And the case is likewise for those who use what they have to help others only for a show off to the people, they do not commit to working for peace for sake of Allah nor for the good end result for mankind. In fact any who chooses such a destructive person as an administrator for community has chosen a deadly harmful fellow as a community administrator!
39) How could harm come to such people had they committed to working for peace and had chosen right administrators for their communities for sake of Allah and for the good end result for the mankind by opening up to others whatever Allah had provided for all of them? Allah is fully aware of them.
40) Surely Allah does no harm to anyone even to the least degree. Not only that but also if anyone does any good to the least degree for others, He increases it many folds giving extra from Himself.
41) Just imagine who will prove right on this claim Us or you when We will bring evidence from every nation before you the people and challenge you the people to bring your evidence against it as to who harmed the nations, Us or was it their own doings and is it Us harming you now or are you harming yourselves?
42) At that time those who fight against Our constitution and oppose Our messenger will wish they were dead and buried in the ground and the ground was levelled over them, for they will not be able to justify any of their harmful deeds against each other in light of law of Allah!
43) So O you who claim to be committed to working for peace, form no laws in connection with the divine rule of law the while you are unsure about the process of law formation until you really know what you are trying to achieve, nor should anyone who is a stranger to process of law formation unless one has made oneself fully aware of the process and has undergone thoroughly through the process of study. However, if you are weak in the knowledge of the process or you are on a journey to learning, or any of you have come from a humble background, or are stuck with your communities and you have no access to complete divine revelation then fulfil your objective by doing what benefits the people. Thus you should tackle objectives yourselves and your supporters. Allah is Lenient and generous indeed.
46) Among the Jews are some who take the words in the scriptures out of their proper contexts and this is how they say we hear by word of mouth and this is how they end up being inconsistent between their words and actions and so they say we hear but in actual fact they hear not, because they explain words against their obvious purpose by misuse of their language and so they turn the divine rule of law that leads to peace in to a make belief way of life that leads to divisions and wars. Surely it would have been better for them if they had declared, we hear by establishing the divine rule of law they were assigned for their consistency and saying, have mercy upon us and keep us established in the land. However Allah condemned them due to their wars against divine rule of law, for they commit not to working for peace save a minority.
47) O you people who have been given the divine scripture! Commit to working for peace according to what We have revealed now, confirming that which you already have with you before We let the consequences of your actions make you bite the dust and change you in to a nation beyond all recognitions or condemn you to suffering like we condemned the people who did not respect the divine constitution. Remember, the word of Allah always finds its fulfilment.
48) Surely Allah removes not suffering from any people who take on paths against His constitutional sovereignty, but He will remove suffering from others whom he finds deserving. This is so because any who justifies rule of any other than Allah has indeed invented a great lie against Allah so he has to suffer the consequences.
49) Have you not come across such nations who claim to be free of all ills from amongst themselves due to their own constitutions? Nay, they are not, for Allah frees from all ills such as follow His declared will faithfully. Yet no harm will be done to them even in the least measure save what they deserve as a result of their own actions.
51) Have you not come across those people who were given of the divine scriptures to understand properly and follow? Instead they sought peace in make beliefs rather than the divine constitution and they claimed about those who opposed the constitution of Allah that they have better sense of living in the world than those who have committed to working for peace.
52) These are the ones whom Allah condemned to suffering to due living against His constitution and whomever Allah leaves to suffering due to his own choice you will not find him any helper.
53) Have we handed any part of our kingdom over to such people in writing? Of course not, had that been the case they would not have given other people even the least bit of it.
54) Or is it the case that they envy other people because of what Allah has given them of His guidance and the kingdom? We did give the book and wisdom to the descendants of Abraham and blessed them with a great kingdom.
55) However some of them attained peace thereby and some of them moved away from it, therefore sufficient was the fire of hatred they suffered due to inflicting harm on each other.
56) Surely those who reject and oppose Our set goals and guidelines are soon thrown by the consequences of their actions into the fire of hatred to suffer. No sooner they become resistant to a degree of pain that threshold of their resistance is replaced by increase in level of suffering, thus they taste the real torment they bring upon themselves. No doubt Allah is Mighty in his Wisdom but they listen not.
57) As for those who commit to working for peace and do what is good for others, We will indeed land them into blissful gardens in which provision flows like rivers wherein they will live for as long as they remain true to our guidance. Therein they will have people who do good for others as their companions, thus We let such people enter the shelter against harm.
58) Allah binds you indeed to deliver security from harm to those who have the right to it therefore when you judge between people about their affairs judge fairly. Surely excellent is the advice which Allah gives you hereby. Allah makes evident that He is indeed all hearing and all seeing by result of what people do.
59) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace! Be consistent with constitution of Allah by supporting the messenger and those charged with responsibility to serve you as administrators from among you but should you come across any disagreement between the administration and the community, solve it according to the constitution of Allah as taught by His messenger if you truly are committed to working for peace for sake of Allah and the good end result for mankind. This course of action will prove better and more suitable for you.
60) Have you people not come across those people who claim to be committed to working for peace on basis of constitution that has been revealed to you people and on basis of what was sent before you? Yet they desire that affairs are judged by standards that are opposite to constitution of Allah even though they were commanded indeed to fight against them, that is how their destructive leadership wishes to lead them far off the right path into deep error.
61) When it is said to them, come to the constitution which Allah has revealed and to the messenger for judgement of all affairs, you will see that those who live by double standards show their utmost hesitation in coming to it.
62) But then see how they behave when they fall into terrible harm as a consequence of their own doings? They come to you swearing by Allah that they desired nothing but to promote mutual goodwill and to bring about a friendly environment.
63) Allah makes evident through their own actions what is really in their minds yet ignore their destructive mindset and damaging attitude and instead advise them and say to them words that are effective in convincing their minds to help them change their mindsets and attitudes.
64) We did not send any messenger but that he should be supported by people according to constitution of Allah. So it is better for them to come to you when they have already suffered the serious consequences of their own actions against each other so far to seek remedy through constitution of Allah for their troubling situations and circumstances and if the messenger also deliberates on their problems, they will find Allah turning to them with solutions of their problems through His constitution indeed.
65) No! By your Lord, they cannot be truly committed to working for peace until they accept your deliberation that is according to Our constitution in all their disputes and then find no resentments in their hearts against your verdicts and accept them with complete satisfaction.
66) However the point is that they are not as committed to working for peace as they claim to be, had We imposed upon them to fight against your own people or to leave your homes, very few of them would have done it without resentment. Yet if they would have established what they were commanded, it would have brought them better reward and would have strengthened them as a people to their utmost strength.
68) Thus We would have made evident for people to see that We have guided them to the path that is firmly founded.
69) For any people who are consistent with constitution of Allah through being consistent with the messenger such are the people who are on the same path as those whom Allah blessed already in the past such as the prophets and those who affirmed them and those who bore witness on their behalf to others, and those who removed obstacles in the path of people for peace. What an excellent trail of people to be part of!
71) So O you who claim to be committed to working for peace! Prepare yourselves for campaigns to free the oppressed and suffering people in the world then go forth in detachments or all together as need be.
72) Beware, there is amongst you such who will surely lag behind so that if you come to any harm he will say, Allah has been gracious to me that I did not go with them.
73) But if you return blessed with abundance from Allah then he will say out of envy and undue greed and animosity towards you, I wish I had been with them, for I could have attained a great fortune!
74) However only those people strive in the cause of Allah properly who are willing to exchange the life of this world for the life in Hereafter; so whoever struggles purely objectively for the cause of Allah whether he dies struggling or achieves the objective will soon be granted a mighty reward.
75) And what reason do you have not to campaign for establishing the constitution of Allah when you must rescue the helpless and the oppressed as well as the trapped weak men and women, and children who are crying to Allah for help saying, Our Lord! Deliver us from this place whose people in authority and their supporters are cruel beyond all bounds of human decency, so bring about for us a supporter who lives by Your constitution and send for us a helper who helps us according to Your authority.
76) Those who are truly committed to working for peace struggle for establishing the rule of Allah and those who reject and oppose the standard set by Allah fight for establishing the rule of destructive forces therefore fight against the supporters of the destructive ruler, surely crafty schemes of the crooked ruling elite are weak.
77) Have you not considered the case of such who were told to withhold their hands from inflicting harm on each other by way of infighting and to establish divine rule of law and to attain freedom from harmful actions against each other yet they paid no attention till now because they were keen on fighting each other. And look at them now when they are commanded to fight against destructive rule, a group of them is buried under considerations for favours of powerful and wealthy people as they ought to be overwhelmed by considerations for favours of Allah or even more than that and in their hearts they say, Our Lord! Why have You imposed upon us this struggle? Could you not exempt us from this struggle till our life time? Tell them, the enjoyment of this life as you are living is limited to a tiny minority but the life that will result after this is much better for those who are consistent with rule of Allah and humanity, and rest assured that you will not be harmed thereafter even in the least degree.
78) As for death, no matter wherever you are it is going to reach you even if you are in fortified towers. When such people are blessed with some benefit they say, this is from Allah but if they suffer a loss they say, this is because of you the prophet. Tell them, all is according to laws set by Allah. What is the matter with all these people that they do not even bother to understand even one of Our revelations properly?
79) Say, whatever benefit comes to you because of your own actions it is because of your following of laws of Allah properly and whatever harm you suffer, it too is the result of your own actions when you do not follow laws of Allah properly. Behold! We have sent you O Muhammad as a Messenger to mankind and Allah is sufficient for a witness for your messengership through His testimony in form of the Quran.
80) Anyone who willingly listens to the messenger and follows this constitution in fact listens to Allah. As for those who pay no heed they should know that We have not sent you to stand guard over them to force them to follow this constitution rather they will suffer the consequences for not doing so.
81) Behold! They say, we are at your service when they are in your presence but when they leave you some of them meet together secretly at night to plot against what you have advised them. Thus Allah lets them expose themselves through their secret plots. However leave them to the consequences of their actions by trusting the laws of Allah. for laws of Allah are sufficient for disposal of all affairs.
82) Why do they not examine the Quran properly as a divine constitution and realise that if it was from someone other than Allah, they would have found in it many conflicting clauses?
83) Despite having a clear constitution and administration based upon it yet when there comes to their attention some matter of community concern or state security they thoughtlessly spread it among public causing panic but instead it would have been better for them if they had referred it to the messenger or the concerned people in community administration amongst them who are able to draw proper conclusions from it. Had it not been for sake of guidance of Allah that He bestowed upon you out of His mercy, save a few all of you would have ended up following the way of the destructive ruler that would have landed you in suffering.
84) Therefore strive O prophet to establish the constitution of Allah for the good of mankind, you are accountable for none save yourself, so urge those who claim to be committed to working for peace to do the same, it may be that Allah will thereby overthrow the might of those who oppose it, for Allah is mighty in strength and strict in holding humanity to His laws.
86) So when anyone welcomes you with goodwill let your goodwill be as good in return or even better. Indeed Allah keeps all things working according to His set laws.
87) None has the right to rule and set laws for things to work according to but Allah. He will certainly gather you all together on the day of uprising, there is no doubt about it, and whose rule is self evidently true according to the reality of the world other than that of Allah?
88) What is the matter with you that you are in two minds concerning people who want to live by double standards but say they do not whereas Allah has made them obvious as a consequence of their misdeeds? Do you still wish to guide those whom Allah has left in their self created confusion due to their own actions? Surely whom Allah finds free of need of guidance you cannot enlighten such people.
89) Their real aim is to see that you too reject and oppose the rule according to constitution of Allah as they did, so that you all become exactly the same and are on the same side of a clear divide. Therefore you should not seek support from their ranks for establishing the rule of Allah unless they move towards the rule of Allah but if they turn away then target them by campaigning against them wherever you find them plotting and campaigning against the rule of Allah and do not take any of them as friends or helpers.
90) Campaign must continue against such people everywhere save those who live under rule of another people with whom you have signed a peace agreement and they stop them from attacking you or those who repent and reform and come over to you in peace because their minds have stopped them due to being convinced that they were doing the wrong thing by plotting and campaigning against you as well as their own people. Had constitution of Allah left them any justification to fight for they could have continued their campaign against you so if they leave you in peace by not campaigning against you anymore and instead offer you a peace treaty, in that case Allah does not grant you the right to target any campaign against them.
91) But you have yet others who play both ways and still wish to remain safe from you as well as from their own people. They plunge into conspiracies to cause hostilities as soon as they get any opportunities. Therefore if they do not keep away from doing this against you and offer you no peace agreement nor cease their hostilities against you then you may target them and fight them wherever you find them campaigning against the rule according to the constitution of Allah, only against such troublesome people We grant you the right to do so.
92) Remember that it is neither sensible nor lawful for a peaceful person that he should deliberately kill another peaceful person but it can happen by mistake, so if any peaceful person kills another peaceful person by mistake and if such a person is from within your own community his neck should be freed by the community administration from charge of murder through compensation for the victim’s dependents as an accepted rule unless they forgo their right as an act of goodwill towards the person caused this death and the community. If the victim is from an enemy community that refused to have such a treaty with you then freeing the neck of the person who caused the death from murder charge is sufficient but if the victim belongs to a community with whom you have such a treaty then blood money should be paid to his people as well as the person who caused the death should be freed from charge of murder. Innocent peaceful people who are not found guilty of murder should take two months off their usual activitis and turn to reflect upon revelation of Allah, for Allah is able to make evident what He knows about people by results of their actions.
93) So any who kills a peaceful person intentionally, his reward is anguish to live with it for rest of his life. He has moved himself away from zone of Allah ‘s mercy so there awaits for such a person painful suffering.
94) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace! When you go forth on campaigning trips in the cause of Allah investigate carefully before you attack any people merely on basis of unreliable information about them. Moreover say not to any people who welcome you with assurance of peace that you are not a peaceful people just so that you could attack and plunder them like bandits under false pretext like you used to before you accepted to live in peace. So follow plan of Allah instead because in following the plan of Allah faithfully is your progress and prosperity. Remember that you yourselves were in the same state of affairs before you placed your trust in clear guidance from Allah. Allah has conferred His favours upon you in form of a divine constitution therefore make a thorough investigation before you attack a people pre-emptively. For Allah is well capable of exposing all that you do, so do no harm to other or your motives will become exposed by your actions.
95) Those who stay at home and suffer not the hardship despite supporting the struggle from among those who claim to be committed to working for peace are not equal to those who take part in struggle for installing the constitution of Allah for the good of mankind with what they have and their persons. Allah makes role of those who partake in struggle themselves with whatever they have more evident than those who do not. Though Allah promises a good reward for all as a community yet much greater reward from Allah awaits those who struggle for His set objective than for those who stay put,
96) heights of dignity from Him by way of removal of all ills and harms due to mercy of revelation, for Allah is generous in His grace.
97) As for the trapped people suffering under oppression, indeed whenever the people based upon authority of divine revelation came to rescue them they asked them, what is your state of affairs? They replied, we were oppressed in our land. The rescuers said to them, was not the earth of Allah spacious enough for you to migrate and go somewhere else to start a new life free from oppression? Such are the people who end up in suffering as keep their eyes shut as to what is going on all around them and react not to stop the harm when it begins from spreading till gradually it takes over them making their life hell and that is a terrible state of existence to live in.
98) Even though they let this entrapping happen to themselves yet the trapped people should have among them leaders and followers as an organised community despite having no means to migrate nor strength to escape
99) for Allah brings about means to help such people escape their suffering provided they play their role in this operation properly because Allah is generous in giving people time to correct their mistakes and remove their self inflicted ills and harms against each other.
100) Moreover any people who wish to make a move for installing the constitution of Allah they will find a very fertile ground that can home this constitution and abundant resources. Also any who leaves his home to move to live under constitution of Allah as installed by His messenger but dies on the way he is due his reward that Allah will make obvious as fruit of his deeds in due course, for Allah makes His grace for people evident through His merciful revelation indeed.
101) So when you have to go about in the land looking for a place for installing divine constitution, there is no harm in it for you if you contingently despatch forces for the training of warfare, especially when you fear that the warmongers against constitution of Islam may attack you, since warmongers against Islam are your open enemies.
102) Therefore when you O prophet are with them leading them in new or refreshment training let one party of them commence the training session with you armed with their weapons. After they have completed their session, let them withdraw to take their former position and let the other party who have not yet had their training session come forward to train with you, however let all of them be on their guard at all times armed with their weapons. The enemies wish to see you neglect your sense of need for arms and training and your sense of responsibilities, so that they could suddenly attack to overpower you all in one go. However, there is no blame on you if you relax your attention to arms and training when environment is of calm and you have no worries for being attacked but you should still be on your guard appropriately. No doubt Allah will make evident the humiliating suffering that awaits for the enemies of peace.
103) Then when you have completed the armed training sessions then strive hard to think out ways for installing the constitution of Allah, establishing it and maintaining it on basis of your mutual brotherhood. And when you have accomplished this mission then establish regular training sessions. Surely training session are a must for those who are committed to working for peace according to a set program and a timetables,
104) so that you show no lack or weakness in pursuing the mission of peace and people who attack you. If this means you will suffer hardships then realise that they too will be suffering similar hardships to get what they want. Moreover you have the hope to receive reward from Allah while they have do not. This is how Allah makes His wisdom obvious.
105) We have indeed revealed to you Our constitution for purpose of consistency so that you people could judge between people regarding their affairs in accordance to guidance Allah has shown you, so you people should never advocate for those who cheat and create wars
106) instead seek removal of difficulties and harms between yourselves using guidance from Allah, for Allah is helpful to mankind in removing difficulties of people by drawing their attention towards their solutions.
107) So never act on behalf of those who cheat even their own people, for Allah supports not the treacherous who opposes His guidance by his actions.
108) Such may succeed in hiding their crimes against humanity from the people but they cannot hide them from Allah who makes evident all that people do in due course. He is with them even when they plot by night in words that He does not approve. Allah encompasses all that they do and makes it obvious in time.
109) You people may act for them in greed for things of this life just now but who will act for them against law of Allah on the day of uprising if you let things continue like this or who will defend the harm and destruction they inflict on others?
110) However if any people do any harm to other people or their own people but then repents and reforms in accordance to Allah’s guidance, such people will find Allah bringing relief to them through His revealed program as His mercy for them.
111) Surely any group of people who do any harm to any other people in actual fact do it against its own people because what they send round comes round, that is how Allah make evident His wisdom for mankind.
112) Moreover if any people commits a crime and put blame on another people, such a group should indeed bear the burden of false accusation as well as of intentional harm to its victim.
113) If Allah’s guidance in form of His blessing was not with you people, a group of people was determined to mislead you. They can misled none but people who listen to them blindly and follow them but they cannot do you any harm at all because Allah has revealed to you people the book and the wisdom thereby taught you that which you knew not, great indeed is the guidance of Allah for blessing you with peace by way of unity, progress and prosperity.
114) There is no benefit indeed in most of the secret meetings of the people because of conspiracies against what is good for humanity, it is however good even if one does it secretly to bring to humanity what is beneficial for it or plans to be kind to others, or works for reconciliation among people to unite them for the good of mankind. The one who does this to please Allah will soon be rewarded greatly.
116) Surely Allah removes not rivalry from between any people who attribute sovereignty to His rivals but He does remove animosities and conflicts from among those who are consistent with His constitution for the good of themselves. For one who commits to rule of other than that of Allah, he has indeed gone far away from the path that is right for removing conflicts and leading to peace.
117) They invite against constitution of Allah to nothing but baseless ideologies and practices that harm and weaken humanity so they call to nothing but to slavery of harmful and destructive administration
118) the one that is far from being based upon constitution of Allah. For such an administration makes its declared goal that I will take a major portion of the people the community raises for leadership and make them accomplish my objectives.
119) I will lead them away from your constitution with destructive ambitions and convince them to treat each other in ways that hinder their progress and prosperity. I will inspire them to tamper with Allah’s creation in a way that leads them to harm and destruction. Therefore whoever takes the path of harmful and destructive administration or leadership against Allah's constitution is surely bound for loss.
120) The destructive leadership makes them promises to implant in them harmful ambitions, surely the destructive leadership makes them promises only to give them false hope.
121) The end of such people who follow it will be suffering in agony from where they will find no way to escape unless they repent and reform.
122) As for those who claim to be committed to working for peace and they work for clearing up the way for installation of divine constitution We will soon land them into gardens in which livelihood flows like rivers to live therein for as long as they remain committed to Our program for them. This is promise of Allah that surely stands confirmed, for who can speak such self evident truth other than Allah?
123) Say to those who live their lives against the constitution of Allah, neither according to your desires nor those of the people of the book the results of your actions will be determined by rule of consequences that whoever will do harm to others will end up with harm and he will find none to protect or help him against set rule of Allah.
124) Also whoever takes actions that are beneficial for mankind regardless male or female provided he or she remains committed to working for peace will indeed enter blissful garden and will not be harmed even in the least.
125) And whose constitution is better than the one who is committed to goal of peace amongst mankind for sake of Allah and he does good to others and follows the path of Abraham the upright one and whom Allah appointed to be His role model for mankind?
126) So be aware that to Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and in the earth and Allah operates everything by His set laws.
127) As appropriate administration is vital for progress and prosperity of a community that is why people seek of you guidance regarding recruitments and appointments in administrations of communities. Tell them, Allah advises you about them as is recited to you in the book regarding individuals of the communities whom you take on as trainees so you do not give them their full legal rights and responsibilities yet but whom you desire to involve in administrative work once they have completed their training and are ready. He instructs you specifically regarding appropriate treatment of these individuals, though you should stand firm for just treatment of all individuals in the human community. Beware! Whatever good you do Allah surely makes it obvious by its results.
128) However in case a community becomes concerned about its administration going beyond its constitutional rights or moving away from its constitutional responsibilities, there should be no obstacle in both the parties agreeing upon terms and procedures for putting things back on track between them, after all compromise is better to bring and keep people together. Also it should be kept in mind that greed for more is present in human nature therefore if you show generosity towards each other and be consistent in your dealings with each other then Allah is aware of all that you do and He will reward you accordingly.
129) As it is not always possible for you the people to keep consistency between all your administrations and communities or people in matters of justice even though you would want to but so long as you do not uplift one to the extent that you end up pushing down the other you should be alright if you work out an overall mutually beneficial understanding and be consistent, for Allah too is surely generous in His compassion to facilitate betterment for you.
130) This is how if the parties disagree Allah provides ample solutions for vast amount of problems, for Allah takes care of all affairs by way of His vast amount of wisdom
131) as to Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and in the earth to take care of. This is why We directed the people of the book before you and now advise you also to be consistent with constitution of Allah when you deal with each other, because if you go against it then be warned that it will prove harmful for you as to Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and in the earth so He knows what He is telling you and Allah has no ulterior motives because He is self-sufficient to whom alone belongs sovereignty of this entire kingdom of universe.
132) Because to Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and in the earth so laws of Allah are sufficient to deal with all affairs therefore you too should work according to His constitution.
133) If it was His purpose to destroy you the people and bring in your place some other creatures then He could have destroyed you all and brought other things in you place because Allah had the power to do so but this was not His purpose rather He desired that you live by His book so that you stay safe and prosper.
134) So anyone who desires the good reward of this world should know that with Allah rest the good rewards for both the worlds, this world and the hereafter and Allah is all hearing and all seeing.
135) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace! Take firm stand for what is just and fair and bear witness to the truth of any matter according to the constitution of Allah and not for personal advantage, even though the matter be against yourselves, your parents or your relatives. It should matter not whether the party is rich or poor, powerful or weak - for Allah is master of both. So let not your selfish destructive ambitions and desires swerve you from justice. If you distort your testimony or decline stating it then you should remember that Allah is fully aware of all that you do and He is able expose your such deeds in time by their results.
136) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace! Strive for peace properly according to the constitution of Allah along with His messenger according to the book which He has revealed to His this messenger as well as according to every book which He previously revealed. He who opposes Allah and His authorized people in community administration and His constitution in form of books and His messengers and the time when results of actions of people are made evident has strayed far from the path that is right.
137) As for those who strive for peace then for wars then again for peace and then again for wars then go on increasing their efforts in this direction, Allah will neither free them of the ill results of their actions nor without their own efforts guide them to the way that is right
139) Those who take the rejecters and opposers of Our constitution as their friends instead of those who claim to support installation of Our constitution, are they seeking dignified life through their rules whose sole aim is harming and destroying thereby dishonouring others whereas dignity and honour for humanity in its entirety rests with rule of Allah alone according to His revealed constitution?
140 He has already revealed for you in the book that when you hear goals of Allah set for you being attacked and laughed at by people due to their ignorance, you must not sit idle listening to them but engage them in a proper dialogue properly unless they decline the engagement as otherwise you too are acting like them ignorant not using Allah's guidance to guide them. Be warned that Allah is going to gather the secret opposers of His guidance and the open opposers of it altogether in life of pain and suffering.
141) The secret opposers from within are the ones who wait and see which way the wind blows. If constitution of Allah opens the way to progress and prosperity for you, they claim the credit for it of you saying, were we not with you to help you achieve this? And if the opposers of Our constitution gain upper hand, they claim credit of them saying, were we not stronger competitors against you, yet we protected you from the believers by conspiring against them thereby did not let them succeed against you? Allah will make His decision evident between you and them on the day when people will rise up against harmful and destructive ruling elite and their supporters. Surely Allah will not let opposers of His constitution triumph over those who fully support its installation.
142) Surely the hypocrites try to undermine the struggle for the installation of the constitution of Allah but He lets them thereby expose themselves, watch how they struggle for the installation of the divine constitution, they go along with the struggle reluctantly merely to be seen by people because they really do not support the idea of living by revelation of Allah even in the least degree.
143) It is because they are confused so they keep changing their minds, belonging neither to this nor to that. It is because whom Allah finds straying himself, for him you cannot find the way.
144) So O you who claim to be committed to working for peace, do not choose those who oppose installation of Our constitution as your friends instead of those who are committed to working for peace and are struggling for installation of divine constitution. Would you be foolish enough to furnish Allah with clear proof against yourselves?
145) Surely the secret opposers of struggle for installation of divine constitution in the land are fallen to the lowest degree in morality in kindling the fire of hatred between people so you will not find any helper for them to drag them out of there other than their own effort.
146) However, those of them who repent and reform and hold fast onto constitution of Allah as safety net and become sincere supporters of struggle for installation of constitution of Allah in the land then they are to be considered part of those who are committed to working for peace and are struggling for it. And Allah will soon grant those committed to working for peace a mighty reward.
147) Just think for a while why would Allah leave any of you to suffering if you are all consistent with each other and are working for peace and prosperity of mankind? For Allah gracefully ensures success for those consistent in their efforts to better their world.
148) Allah does not approve use of even hurtful words between people let alone their harmful actions against each other unless one is hurt without justification and steps have to be taken by the administration to redress the balance. Therefore harm not each other, for Allah is all hearing and all knowing so He makes evident the results of peoples’ actions in due course so be good with each other.
149) If you do good for other people openly or in private or relieve others from any harm then surely Allah has set laws to relieve you the people of any harm that might have come upon you as a result someone’s harmful action.
150) It was always the case that those who rejected and opposed installation of constitution of Allah by His messengers also intended to cause conflict between those who claimed to support installation of constitution of Allah by His messengers by confusing them through their conspiracies against constitution of Allah therefore they would end up saying, we accept some part of the constitution and reject the other whereby they sought a middle way between rule of Allah and rule of harmful and destructive people.
151) However such like are the ones who really oppose the rule according to Our constitution but We envisage awaiting for such opposers of Our rule humiliating suffering.
152) As for those who committed to working for peace for installation of constitution of Allah along His messengers and did not create any conflict between people involved in struggle, We soon gave them their due rewards because Allah bestows prosperity on people by way of His revealed constitution as His mercy.
153) For that reason the people of the book demanded of you that you give to them the divine constitution just as they made a great demand of Moses similar to this. They requested him, show us Allah’s constitution clearly because at length after Joseph they were taken over by gloom due to inflicting harm on each other as they took over the seat of power after clear guidelines had come to them and contravened the divine constitution. However we relieved them of their ignorance by giving Moses the guidance manifest.
154) And We bound them together as a community through obligations by way of imposing upon them Our constitution and We said to them, enter the gate of peace submitting to Our constitution and We said to them, transgress not the limit set by Our constitution and we took of them a solemn but firm pledge.
155) Yet they breached their contract and rejected the terms and obligations set by Allah and fought with their prophets without any justification. Despite doing all this they claim, our brains are full of knowledge. Nay, they are not! rather all the evidence is to the contrary that Allah has let them box in their brains as if in sealed containers due to their habitual persistent opposition to His constitution because of their holding onto their make beliefs. For the same reason they commit not to working for peace save a minority.
156) Moreover due to their rejection and opposition to Our rule and their levelling of a grave accusation against Mary.
157) Also due to their claim that we have killed the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, the messenger of Allah even though they killed him not, nor did they crucified him rather they are in a confusion about this whole affair. So those who dispute as to what really happened are surely in doubt about him. They have no real knowledge rather they follow nothing but conjecture, certainly they killed him not,
158) nay, not at all rather Allah drew him to His mission to fulfil it. For Allah is Mighty in wisdom.
159) So there should be none of the leading figures from among the people of the book but one should commit oneself to working for peace before the demise of his power because the day of uprising will make this fact evident for them.
160) It is because of the transgression of those who claim to be Jews against Our constitution that We let them suffer the consequences by way of letting their priests make unlawful for them that which was good and lawful for them and due to their misleading of many people from the way of Allah,
161) as well as due to their hoarding and profiteering of others in spite the prohibition and due to their cheating of others out of their rights and responsibilities. Thus We let some of those who opposed Our constitution prepare a way to painful suffering for those who also opposed Our constitution.
162) On the contrary those from among them who were well grounded in knowledge of Our constitution therefore were committed to working for peace and still strive for peace on the basis of what is revealed to you and what was revealed to prophets before you to establish divine rule of law in order to attain freedom from all manmade ills, thus they worked and are still working for peace for installing the constitution of Allah for the good end result for the mankind. These are the ones who will make great progress and end up greatly prosperous.
163) Indeed We have sent revelation to you just as We sent to Noah and the Prophets who came after him. We also sent revelations to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac,
Jacob, his descendants, Jesus, Job, Jonah, Aaron and Solomon, and to David We gave the Zuboor.
164) Also to the messengers We have told you about and the messengers We have not mentioned to you and to Moses Allah spoke likewise.
165) All Our messengers conveyed good news to mankind for making the world a better place with help of Our constitution and warned them with consequences for doing things against that so that after the message has reached them through Our Messengers people have no justification against Allah for their self created suffering. Allah is surely a wise ruler.
166) Therefore Allah bears witness that what He has sent to you, He has sent it to make evident His knowledge and so should make evident to other people the people who derive their authorisation from the revealed constitution because sufficient is Allah’s testimony as a proof for mankind to accept it as His constitution for them.
167) Surely those who oppose installation of Our constitution therefore hinder others from following the rule of law of Allah, they have indeed strayed far away from the path that is proper.
168) Allah will neither free those people of their troubles who oppose installation of His constitution and act against it as the consequences of their actions nor lead them to the way
169) other than the one chosen by them themselves that will land them in painful suffering wherein they will remain forever unless they repent and reform and this is a matter straight forward as far as Allah is concerned.
170) O you the mankind! there has come to you the messenger with proof from your Lord therefore commit to working for peace by supporting him so that things could be better for you. But if you reject and oppose his advice then you will not have peace nor will you prosper because to Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and in the earth and Allah knows how to run all affairs wisely.
171) O people of the book! Attribute not opposing ideas and practices to your given divine constitution and attribute nothing to the constitution of Allah save that which is consistent with His constitution. Surely the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary was no more than a messenger of Allah and His word, with which He inspired Mary as an encouragement from Him. So commit to working for peace according to constitution of Allah just like His messengers and proclaim not the doctrine of Trinity rather stay away from it so that things get better for you. Surely Allah is only one God. Free is He from the need and purpose of having a son. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and in the earth and Allah alone is sufficient disposer of all affairs.
172) Never did the Messiah disdained from serving humanity according to constitution of Allah, nor do the people who derive their authority from the constitution who have dignified positions with Him, and whoever disdains serving humanity according to His constitution and is arrogant such will be gathered together before Him to explain.
173) As to those who commit to working for peace and facilitate path for peace by removing obstacles in its way, He will join them with their due rewards and give them more than their due from Himself, but He will let remain in painful suffering those who earn it because they are disdainful and arrogant, and they will find none to protect or help them against set laws of Allah.
174) O mankind! There has come to you indeed a convincing proof from your Lord because We have sent to you a glorious torch of knowledge to lighten up the path of peace for you.
175) So those who commit to working for peace and hold fast to it by their actions, He will soon cover them up with His blessings thereby in abundance and will keep leading them along the path firmly founded.
176) They seek your advice concerning inheritance say, Allah advises that those who leave no descendants or ascendants as heirs. If a man dies childless and leaves behind a sister, she shall inherit one-half of his estate. If a woman dies childless, her brother will inherit all of her estate. If the childless person leaves behind two sisters, they both shall inherit two-third of his estate; but if he leaves more than two brothers and sisters, the share of each male shall be equal to that of two females. Thus Allah makes His commandments clear to you lest you err. Allah has knowledge about everything.
Comments by: Mughal1 On 17 March 2012 Report Abuse
Surah 53 AN-NAJM–The Beacon For Peace
[1] I cite as evidence the beacon for peace as it takes him along,
[2] therefore your companion strays not, nor can be misguided
[3] or attributes anything to Allah as His revelation that is result of his own thought process
[4] rather this Quran is revealed to him as a revelation
[5] which He is taught by the one full of strength,
[6] the one with power has thus perfected him
[7] to the highest standard for mission of guidance of mankind.
[8] For he approached wisdom intellectually and rose to a level whereat he could benefit from Our revelation so we completed his circuit of knowledge with the Quran.
[9] like joining of two bows that make the circle complete,
[10] and that is how Allah revealed to Muhammad the Quran that He wanted to reveal.
[11] and that is why his heart did not deny that about which he was given insight.
[12] Will you then fight with him over what he has learned that you have not bothered with?
[13] He can refer to the guidance any time henceforth
[14] To reach the ultimate goal of establishing the divine constitution beyond which none should go
[15] because therein rests a world full of bliss.
[16] Before he knew this goal and its constitution the life was surrounded in mystery for him.
[17] He never gave up on learning nor was he disappointed about it after he became aware of it
[18] because he did indeed come across some of his Lord’s great lessons.
[19] So have you O prophet seen in your lessons any authorisation for concept of (Al-Laat) the sovereignty of a human over another human being, and (Al-Uzza) the sovereignty of priesthood over masses,
[20] and about the third one (Manaat) the sovereignty of rich over the poor?
[21] Is it proper in your view that some of you should have sovereignty by any such means to rule over others and for the others to accept any such arrangement?
[22] This indeed is an unfair division of power and wealth and so it should be removed!
[23] These are nothing but concepts which you and your political, religious and wealthy leading people have invented for your own benefits, Allah has not granted any such authority about such divisions of power. The opposers of divine revelation follow nothing but their self-created concepts due to harmful and destructive ambitions of their own even though the proper guidance of Allah has already come to them from their Lord.
[24] Or do you the mankind still think man should be left to his own destructive devices after seeing the results of his course of actions?
[25] No, not at all because to Allah alone belongs the right of authorising laws from the very first till the very last as regard all matters relating law being the creator and sustainer of all that exists.
[26] How many a people are there in the high positions of authority yet their intervention benefits none unless one follows the course of action according to the constitution of Allah by his own freewill, that is how Allah approves his course of action.
[27] Yet those who commit not to working for peace for the better end goal for mankind assign administrative responsibilities for the management of the masses to the people for name sake
[28] because they do not have the proper knowledge about their role to fulfil it. They just follow their chaotic course of actions and such courses of actions accomplishes that is purposeful and beneficial for humanity.
[29] Therefore expect not much good for humanity of those who ignore Our advice and seek only the life of this world as par their harmful and destructive ambitions.
[30] This is the summing up of what they know of the knowledge. Surely your Lord will make obvious in due course those who have strayed from His advised path as well as those rightly guided.
[31] And to Allah belongs sovereignty over all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth, so it has to be according to His set up law to requite those who do harm to others according to their deeds as well as to richly reward those who do good to others for their deeds.
[32] As to those who avoid inflicting major harms on each other - that bring about their disintegration as a community but instead support each other - for them program of your Lord is abundantly blissful. He makes this abundantly evident for you since He nurtures you in to communities from the humble beginnings just like when you were embryos in wombs of your mothers. So delude not yourselves and your people through solutions for your problems based on make belief ideas, for He makes obvious in due course through their actions such as fully support others for achieving His set goal.
[33] So how would you catch the one who turns away from supporting His program?
[34] It is because such a one gives very little support and even that grudgingly just for show to avoid detection.
[35] Is his future obvious to him that he can see it secure needing no help of anyone else?
[36] Or has he not been informed about what was in the scrolls of Moses,
[37] and of Abraham who always kept his word?
[38] That none should fulfil the duty of another,
[39] and that there should be no reward for a person save what he has worked for,
[40] that his hard work should be monitored properly,
[41] that he should be rewarded for his hard work sufficiently,
[42] that it is sole right of your Lord to set out ultimate goal for mankind and the constitution for achieving it
[43] whereby He grants prosperity to its proper followers and let remain in a mess its opposers,
[44] that is how He brings nations to life or lets them perish.
[45] Moreover it is He Who evolved people in to two categories, the managers (administrators/parents) and the managed (societies/children),
[46] from the very same origin since they started out,
[47] and He took it upon Himself to guide them to develop to their full potential.
[48] This is how He bestowed necessities and luxuries of life upon them to give them satisfying peaceful life thereby,
[49] That is how He bestows intelligence and realisation through His revelation.
[50] and likewise He let destroy themselves the people of Aad for not using their intelligence to benefit from His revelation,
[51] then the people of Thamud without any of them being spared,
[52] and before them opponents of Noah, who were the most unjust and rebellious people.
[53] And similarly were destroyed the cities of Lot that were vanquished.
[54] They were all overwhelmed by their self destructive ways of life.
[55] So which of your Lord’s blessings would you deny for each other and yet survive similar destructions?
[56] This warner is just like the warners of the people of the past.
[57] The ever approaching day of destruction is drawing near if you do not stop living in a destructive way.
[58] None other than Allah could explain such things to you to save you from your self destruction and to give you life of peace and prosperity.
[59] Do you still find this revelation strange after all this explanation
[60] and take it for a joke instead of following it
[61] and wasting your time in doing useless things for solving your problems
[62] instead of submitting yourselves to program of Allah and carrying it out faithfully?
Surah 54 AL-QAMAR – THE RISE/APPEARANCE OF THE MOON
[1] The time of revolution is fast approaching and the event is about to pierce the cover of unawareness of leadership and its followers and all of a sudden appear before their eyes to see.
[2] Yet when the opposers of Our guidance see any clear fulfilment of Our warning they turn their backs on it and their chiefs and priests give them make belief excuses saying, this is an ingenious trick to deceive you.
[3] Thus they deny benefits of Our guidance to each other and keep on following their own harmful and destructive ambitions but every matter has a set time for it to gradually come to pass.
[4] There has already come to them the information about past nations containing enough warnings
[5] and profound wisdom as to how to live or how not to live but warnings are rarely taken seriously by people like these.
[6] Therefore O Prophet, let them be as they wish to be. The day when the terrible event will call upon them it will be a calling towards a terrible state of affairs,
[7] they will rush out of their dwellings like swarming locusts, confused overwhelmed with fear,
[8] rushing towards the event to find out what has happened and these very opposers of Our rule will cry, this is indeed an awful day!
[9] Long before them the chiefs of people of Noah denied benefits of Our constitution for their followers and opposed him. They rejected proposals by Our messenger, called him insane and ostracised him,
[10] so he called on his Lord saying, I am overwhelmed so help me!
[11] So We opened the opportunities for him through divine instructions like pouring rain
[12] whereby We flooded the land with prosperity like gushing springs and that is how we watered down the ambitions of harmful and destructive people through Our decreed end/goal for them.
[13] This is how We armed him with set of revelations to bring people together to help them move forward,
[14] so the team journeyed/lived on under Our advised rule/care, a reward for group of a people who was ostracised and driven out.
[15] We have kept that story as a lesson for mankind, so are there any people who would act on this advice?
[16] And see for themselves how effective is Our constitution in saving people from their total self destruction due to Our alerting them in advance?
[17] We have indeed made the message of the Quran easy for understanding but is there a nation that would act on this advice?
[18] And like chiefs of Noah denied the set equal rights to others the chiefs of people of Aad so how effective was Our constitution in saving people from their total self destruction due to Our alerting them in advance?
[19] We let loose against them a storm for revolutionary change on the day of their bitter misfortune,
[20] which snatched of them their power leaving them like trunks of uprooted palm-trees.
[21] So how effective was Our constitution in saving people from their total self destruction due to Our alerting them in advance?
[22] We have indeed made the message of the Quran easy for understanding, so are there any people who would act on the advice?
[23] The chiefs of people of Thamud denied rights of others in contravention of Our constitution proposed by Our messenger
[24] saying, are we to follow a mere mortal who has no support among us? That would surely be a wrong thing to do and utter foolishness.
[25] Was he the only person among us fit enough to receive this constitution from God? No way! He is indeed a trouble making liar.
[26] So We said to Our messenger, worry not soon in due course they are going to find out who is really a trouble making isolated liar.
[27] We are about to start the program for raising awareness among the masses for implementing the law of equality. So be ready to work hard on them for their good and remain steadfast and consistent.
[28] So begin by telling them, the rule of law must be just and same for all of them and each person must follow the law faithfully.
[29] At last people of Thamud assigned one of themselves with their leadership, who took on the responsibility and implemented the divine constitution in the land.
[30] So how effective was Our program and constitution in saving people from their total self destruction due to Our alerting them in advance?
[31] We let loose against the chiefs just one mighty blast for change by way of revolution by masses and the chiefs became like the trampled twigs having no more influence or power.
[32] We have indeed made the message of the Quran very easy for understanding, so are there any people who would act on the advice/constitution?
[33] Yet another example is that of the chiefs of the people of Lot who denied masses their equal rights despite Our warning.
[34] So We let loose against them a stone throwing mob who attacked them sparing none save people of Lot whom We saved before the start of the upheaval
[35] through Our revelation. Thus We reward those who carry out and support Our mission.
[36] Lot did warn them about Our message regarding revolt but they ignored his warnings as nonsense.
[37] They were so low on respect for rights of each other that they would not spare even his guests from their troubles so We let them remain ignorant of light of guidance as they wished saying, be ready to face the consequences of ignoring My warning.
[38] At daybreak they were overtaken by an attack that became inevitable
[39] so we said, taste now the painful consequences of ignoring My warning.
[40] We have indeed made the message of the Quran very easy for understanding, so are there any people who would act on Our advice?
[41] Our warning also came to the chiefs of the people of Pharaoh.
[42] They too ignored all of Our proposed demands, so consequently We let them be gripped by a mighty powerful revolt.
[43] So, is your opposition to Our rule stronger than your past like minded friends or have you been granted exemption in Our constitution from Our law of requital?
[44] Do they boast, altogether we are a great number of people so we can fight off implementation of this constitution?
[45] Soon will their multitude be routed and put to flight.
[46] No, you cannot fight off implementation of this constitution! The starting time for revolt is a set time. That time will be the most grievous and bitter for the opponents of Our rule
[47] yet the criminals who rule others persist in wrong course of action due to their arrogance.
[48] On the day of revolt when they will be dragged by their victims into the painful suffering with their faces casted down they will be told, feel the touch of pain and suffering.
[49] Surely We have created everything for a set purpose and in a proper measure.
[50] We initiate any process only once and Our whole program fulfils as smoothly and quietly as the mechanism involved in twinkling of an eye.
[51] O you the chiefs who oppose Our rule, We have already let destroy themselves many like you then will you still not install Our constitution and act upon it?
[52] The simple fact is, all people do against each other is a matter of record for them,
[53] each and every action, minor and major is obvious for all to see and record against each other.
[54] Surely those who will be consistent with others as per divine constitution will land in the blissful kingdoms with abundance of things flowing like rivers,
[55] a place where people are truly honoured by each other due to living in presence of the constitution of Allah, the sole mighty ruler of this whole kingdom.
Surah 52 AL-TOOR – THE WAY OF LIFE
[1] I put forth this program for peace and prosperity of mankind
[2] in form of a written scripture
[3] as a manifesto for purpose of mass distribution
[4] as well as a constitution for structuring and basing a good human society upon,
[5] as a challenging an overall goal for mankind to establish.
[6] Or like a surging ocean
[7] the torment your Lord warned against will surely keep on happening
[8] There is none to avert it in any way save following the way of Allah.
[9] But ignoring the way of Allah continuously could result in one day the whole world being shaken up violently or woken up rudely.
[10] When that happens even the chiefs of the masses will be running about in utter confusion.
[11] That day will be very bad news for those chiefs who deny rights for masses because they will find no refuge.
[12] Those chiefs who would have remained engaged in their harmful and destructive activities against masses/mankind.
[13] That day they will be driven by their victims to the painful suffering violently
[14] and told, this is the fire of hatred which you used to ignite by denying rights for others.
[15] Was this warning of Allah a conspiracy against you as you used to fool us or do you still cannot see that you were going about doing things the way you were told not to?
[16] This is result of that so bear it courageously or do not it is all same for you, after all it is fruit of your own actions.
[17] Surely those who strive to establish Our rule in the land and abide by it for the good of mankind, they will be in blissful kingdoms,
[18] rejoicing due to result they will achieve through hard work because of program of their Lord that he granted them, that is how their Lord will shield them from life of hell.
[19] They will be asked, work hard for community and benefit there from to your heart's content, such like will be the reward for what you do.
[20] This is how they will rise in dignity and pride in arranged stages because We will grant them fellow workers that are equally free of blameworthy character that eye could see.
[21] Moreover those who commit to working for peace and those who support them from their children in their struggle for bringing about peaceful community We will unite them and We will not deny them the fruit of their hard work at all, for everyone is entitled to fruit of one’s own work.
[22] That is how We will provide them with fruits of their labour as per their hard work, need and desire.
[23] They should pass on from person to person this wine of knowledge in order to safeguard themselves from going off this track on to wrong tracks.
[24] So that there await for them their young children well prepared ready to take over from their elders the community responsibility to continue process smoothly.
[25] They should share with them their life experience before they brought about this community
[26] saying, when we were living among our kinfolk, we were troubled by many fears
[27] but Allah has been gracious in bringing us together that is how He has delivered us from environment of hatred and animosity.
[28] We managed to do all this because we invited each other to His rule according to His constitution. Surely His rule will demonstrate that He is full of goodness and compassion.
[29] So for bringing about such a good human society strive hard O messenger because you are bestowed with revelation of your Lord, not with nonsense from soothsayers nor are you mentally insane talking nonsense.
[30] Do these chiefs tell their followers that he is just a person with antisocial agenda and we are waiting for his opposition to our society die away in due course?
[31] Say to them, carry on then promoting your social order and I too will carry on promoting my social order and wait for the result to appear and decide the matter between us.
[32] Is that all their minds can think about or is it that they have chosen to set themselves actively against Our advice on a course of self destruction?
[33] Are they saying this man has invented this Quran himself? No, not at all because it is for their benefit but they say it anyway because they do not want to commit to working for peace.
[34] But even if they insist on their claim being true then let them produce a scripture like it that informs them about things they do not know including about themselves.
[35] Did they pop in to existence out of nothing or were they brought in to existence by themselves?
[36] Or is it they who created the heavens and the earth? No, they cannot tell for sure how all this came to being.
[37] Do they have authority from your Lord to take ownership of provisions in to their possession or are they appointed manager over it?
[38] Or do they have any means for consulting Him about it? If they do then let them produce their proof for it.
[39] Is it for Him to dictate basis for your existence or is it for you to set up rules as you like in His kingdom?
[40] Do you O messenger ask them for any wage for educating them to a better way of life that they feel burdened by that so they cannot learn and follow it?
[41] Or have they the capability to know the future for sure that they must follow their program?
[42] Do they intend to devise a plot against Our set out program? In that case those who oppose Our rule will become trapped in their own plot.
[43] Or do they have some other god than Allah? No, not at all, for kingdom of Allah is free of rule by any god other than Allah.
[44] Yet they continue their stupidity even when they see the world falling apart into pieces, for their excuse is, it is just a passing phase and once it is over they will be back in business as usual.
[45] So let them live as they please till they face the day they have been warned against, that is the time when they will lose their minds to fear and themselves to destruction.
[46] The day when their designs will avail them not and there will be none who would like to help them.
[47] Surely for such harmful and destructive people, there is yet another painful suffering to go through even though most of them realize it not.
[48] Regardless of their reaction carry on steadfastly with your mission for installing the rule of your Lord because you are surely succeeding as We see it, so strive hard for demonstrating glory of your Lord thereby.
[49] Moreover work hard for showing His glory in this period of darkness of ignorance when luminaries for guidance are fading away fast so that new dawn could break with light of knowledge.
Comments by: moazzam On 19 March 2012
THE BEST ELABORATION Surah 52 AL-TOOR – THE WAY OF LIFE , THANKS BROTHER MUGHAL.
Surah 49 AL-HUJURAT– the administrative structures and procedures
[1] O you who claim to be committed to working for peace, proceed not without following the constitution of Allah along with His messenger that is how you should be consistent with the rule of Allah for the well being of each other. Surely Allah observes and makes obvious results of your actions in due course.
[2] O you who claim to be committed to working for peace! In assembly during consultation session with each other do not talk over the heads of each other against the advice of the messenger and never treat his this advice for your mutual consultation as of no consequence as you used to do with opinions and decisions of each other because if you did that then all your hard work for the community could come to nothing without you even realising it.
[3] Those who keep their discussions and decisions according to the given framework of messenger of Allah such are the ones whose minds Allah has opened due to revelation for working hard for the well being of each other, they will surely end up secure and dignified due to that and that is indeed a great reward in itself.
[4] As to those who carry on working outside the systems, structures, procedures and practices you the messenger set up, most of them have little understanding of these things.
[5] If only they had worked hard consistently till you had reached them, that would have been of benefit for them because Allah secures people by educating them through His mercy/revelation.
[6] O you who claim to be committed to working for peace, if at any time any person lacking ability to judge things properly comes to you with some piece of information regarding a people or state then pass it on to your people of relevant department for investigation so that you as a state do not act on this information before its verification in case you harm some other people unwittingly and then regret what you have done.
[7] So be aware of the fact that the messenger of Allah is sent among you to guide you by guidance of Allah but instead if he were to follow you rather than leading you then in most affairs you all would be in trouble because you lack knowledge about matters that need your decisions. That is how Allah endeared you and beautified it in your minds working for peace as opposed to living by any other way of life that leads to divisions and animosities through suspicions due to misinformation and disinformation, mistrust and distrust leading to infliction of harm and destruction upon each other and that is how disloyalty to each other and messenger of Allah as well as rule of Allah has become abhorrent to you. All because such are the people who are rightly guided
[8] for knowledge from Allah leads to prosperity or freedom from all kinds of poverty and ills in human society. That is how Allah makes obvious His wisdom for humanity to see.
[9] So if any two parties from among those who claim to be working for peace fall into dispute and end up in fighting, restore peace between them on grounds of fairness, brotherhood and compassion. However if any of them fails to agree on good terms and decides to continue the fight against the other then fight all of you together the one who has transgressed against constitution of Allah until it accepts rule of Allah and if it does turn to constitution of Allah then make peace between them with justice and be fair and compassionate, for Allah loves those who are fair and just with kindness.
[10] Surely those who claim to be committed to working for peace are brothers to one another therefore make reconciliation between your brothers thus be consistent with constitution of Allah, so that Allah makes evident for all to see His grace for you in form of your progress and prosperity.
[11] O you who claim to be committed to working for peace! Let no nation conquer another nation to make it slave just because they are able to do that and let no community/party among you overpower another party/community to enslave it just because they are able to do that, nor label one another by offensive names. It is very harmful and destructive thing to do to your brotherhood and for the victim of such abuse to be called by a bad name after one has chosen to commit to work for peace, so those who do not hold themselves back from such a practice are the ones who do things to harm and destroy others and that is how they act against the interest of wider brotherhood.
[12] O you who claim to be committed to working for peace! Mostly avoid acting against each other merely on the basis of baseless assumptions because acting upon some of the baseless assumptions could lead to harm and destruction and for the same reason do not conspire against each other to inflict damage and destruction on each other. Would any of you be happy in harming and destroying your brother by taking away what he has? Surely you would abhor it if you really love and care about your brother, your family, your tribe, your fellow workers for peace and larger human community because that is where all goodness you have came from for you. So be consistent with constitution of Allah in whose name you decide rights and responsibilities for each other and that is how Allah shows He is indeed graceful and merciful for mankind.
[13] O mankind! We have evolved you from a male and a female and organised you into nations and tribes so that you become aware of each other’s rights and responsibilities and fulfil your constitutional obligations towards each other. Surely the most dignified person of you is he who is most consistent with constitution of Allah for the good of mankind. Surely Allah makes all this evident in due course through results of your own actions showing clearly he is aware of all that you do.
[14] The people who do not yet know the divine constitution say, we are committed to working for peace. Say, you have not yet committed to working for peace because you do not yet know the set divine purpose and its constitution that sets out terms and conditions for commitment to working for peace but you can declare your commitment that you have committed yourselves to learning about Islam because the proper concept of peace has not yet entered your minds. Meanwhile if you prove to be consistent with constitution of Allah as you become more and more aware of it along with His messenger then He will not deny you the fruits of your course of actions because Allah gives protection to mankind through His blissful constitution.
[15] The truly committed to working for peace are only those who claim to be committed to working for peace according to the constitution of Allah along His messenger then never doubt the cause and strive hard for its success with all they have putting even themselves on the line in order to establish the set goal of Allah for the benefit of mankind. Such are the ones who are really true to their claim of commitment to peace.
[16] Say, think about which is really sensible thing to do, you people learning and following the way of Allah or you telling Allah to accept you ways of life and approve them whereas Allah makes evident for you in due course all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth because He has the knowledge of everything and you do not?
[17] They think they have conferred upon you a great favour by committing to learning Islam. Tell them, you have conferred upon me no big favour by committing to learning Islam rather it was Allah Who has conferred a huge favour upon you in guiding you towards commitment to peace if you are a people who have truly committed to working for peace.
[18] Surely Allah makes evident in due course the secrets of the heavens and the earth and so would He make evident through your actions your commitment to working for peace because Allah is watching all that you do.
Surah 51 AL-ZARIYAT–The despatched parties
[1] We call upon you to organise parties for delivery of Our program
[2] so that they carry along the message to deliver it widely
[3] so that through their courageous activities they bring prosperity to humanity
[4] by distributing information about Our set goal
[5] surely what you are told is to come to pass
[6] that the constitution of Allah is to become established.
[7] We put forth as evidence the human world that was united but became divided
[8] because you people surely went your own ways
[9] but the fact is ignorant and arrogant people always move away from the proper goal.
[10] Bad news always awaits those who put themselves on a path to harm and destruction by following self created harmful and destructive goals.
[11] Those who hand over themselves to ignorance and arrogance
[12] ask, how far is the day when the constitution of Allah will become established?
[13] Say, it will establish during the time when the fire of hatred between them will be at its peak and they will realise the need for it
[14] because they will be told by their victims, taste the consequences of your actions! This is what you wanted us to work hard for.
[15] As to those who keep themselves right with God and humanity, they will end up in kingdoms full of all that they will need and desire,
[16] because they will joyfully carry out the program of their Lord that he has given them. They will achieve all that because they will live their lives for the good of each other.
[17] They will rest but a little during the period of darkness of ignorance, harm and destruction
[18] so that by working hard in order to protect themselves they could establish the kingdom of their Lord as soon as possible
[19] through sharing the work load with those who rightfully share their desire for it because they have been made homeless and dispossessed without any justification.
[20] So in the earth before your very eyes there are plenty of such evidences for those who would bother to verify them to attain certainty for joining this campaign,
[21] Moreover you do not need to look far for such evidences because they are found even among you own people, so can you not see?
[22] So it is very clear for you to see that your security of your sustenance clearly lies in establishing the divine kingdom and that is what you are promised and advised to campaign for.
[23] So by the evidence of the testimony of the Lord of heaven and earth what you are taught is the right course of action for you and that is going to be your own very conclusion about whole this affair once you study the situation for yourselves.
[24] Has the story of dignitaries from strong nations reached you that surrounded Abraham to help him out?
[25] When they entered upon his invitation they said, we offer our services to work with you for peace, he said, I accept your offer for working with me for peace. They were people who stood against things harmful and destructive for humanity in that region.
[26] That is why he turned to them about his own people and brought to their attention some main concerns about the ruling system in that place.
[27] That is how he placed his reservations about it before them saying, why don’t you do something about it?
[28] That is because he was fearful about their self destruction and that is how he showed his concern about them. The dignitaries assured him saying, have no worries and they gave him good news of an assistant for his mission endowed with knowledge.
[29] That is how his nation could be brought out of its state of inactivity after it was set up a goal to accomplish even though it said about itself, an unproductive and a lazy nation.
[30] But the dignitaries said, even so that can be changed as explained by your Lord in his revelation to you, surely He is Wise, for He makes obvious results of peoples’ actions in due course.
[31] Abraham asked, O envoys, what is your assessment of this whole affair?
[32] They replied, we are despatched by our chief administrator to take care of people involved in criminal activities,
[33] in order to shift them from life of crime to a productive life
[34] as it was set out for such transgressors by your Lord in His message.
[35] That is how We get out of life of transgression and rebellion those who commit to working for peace.
[36] That is how We find a community wherein no one lives without submitting to the divine constitution.
[37] And We have kept alive therein a lesson for those who will keep in their minds the life of painful suffering and will make efforts to keep it away.
[38] There is another kind of lesson in story of Moses when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear proof,
[39] but he turned his back along with his chiefs saying, He is either a conspirator or a man talking nonsense.
[40] So in due course We found him and his supporters caught in sea of results of their own actions, that is why he deserved much of the blame.
[41] There is a reminder in story of Aad because We let loose against their chiefs a blighting wind of revolt
[42] that uprooted everything rotten to the core.
[43] Likewise there is a clear warning in story of Thamud when it was said to their chiefs, enjoy yourselves for a while
[44] because they transgressed against constitution of their Lord so as a result they were overtaken by the thunderbolt of uprising the while they were looking on in a surprised way
[45] neither they could stand up against it ideologically nor could they fight against it.
[46] And We let destroy themselves the chiefs of people of Noah before them because they opposed Our rule.
[47] All that happened because it is We who have originated the universe through Our own capability and We are surely expanding it so it is through Our rule alone mankind survive and do well.
[48] Likewise We established the earth for the living of human beings so go around and see how excellently We carried out this work!
[49] We have evolved everything into organised categories so that you may learn there from the lesson to do things likewise.
[50] Say, rush therefore towards teaching of Allah, for that is clear proof for you that I am assigned the mission by Him as a plain warner to you all.
[51] So do not set up any rule against the rule of Allah, surely I am assigned by Him as a duty to be a plain Warner to you all.
[52] It has been the case that whenever a messenger came to a people before them, they said about him, He is a conspirator or a man who talks nonsense.
[53] Is this the best legacy they could leave for their future generations? No, rather they could have done a lot better had they followed the divine advice but they were a rebellious people.
[54] So, O Prophet, ignore the taunts of those who think not over your advice, for results of their transgressions cannot be stopped by you on your own
[55] so you should keep on educating them for their betterment, for teaching proves beneficial for those who will commit to working for peace.
[56] It is not We who have created the divide between the ruling elite and the ruled masses instead they all should serve Our set goal by installing Our constitution.
[57] We require no looking after from them, nor do We ask that they do anything solely to fulfil any of Our need,
[58] Because the fact is that it is Allah Who is the sole provider of all sustenance for all, for He is the Lord of invincible capability.
[59] So those who oppose installation of Our constitution and thereby inflict harm and destruction on mankind shall have their portion of painful suffering similar to the portion of their ideological predecessors, so it is better for them that they challenge no more Our set law of cause and effect in a negative way hurrying for their self destruction.
[60] Or bad news is always for those who oppose Our set goal on the day of revolt against which they are being alerted!
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Surah 2 AL BAQARAH= The Conflicts and the Resolutions
2) This is no doubt the manifesto and constitution of Allah in which is guidance for those who want to live in peace.
3) People who would commit to working for peace and prosperity in the land for their better future by establishing the supportive network in order to open up for all the ways and means of sustenance We have already provided for them.
4) So those who commit to working for peace according to that which is revealed to you and according to that which was revealed before you they are sure about the promised outcome of their actions.
5) Such are the ones who are on clear guidance from their Lord and these are the ones who will attain peace and prosperity due to being free from inflicting harm and destruction upon each other.
6)As for those in the land who commit themselves to inflicting harm and destruction on mankind, it is same for them that you warn them about the destructive results of their thoughts and actions or you warn them not they will not commit to working for peace and prosperity of mankind.
7) Allah finds their arrogance covering up their ability to think about peace and their ability of responding to call for peace as well as their ability to see the need for peace therefore they will end up in great suffering in due course as a result of their own actions.
8) Among the mankind there are people who claim, we are committed to working for peace and prosperity according to constitution of Allah for the good end result for the mankind but in actual fact they are not committed to working for peace and prosperity at all as is obvious from the results of their own actions.
9) They just make attempts at deceiving masses regarding constitution of Allah as well as those who are really committed to working for peace, though in actual fact they deceive none but themselves and their own people but due to their ignorance or arrogance they realise or admit it not.
10) In their minds is destructive ambition to be masters of each other and Allah finds their this desire increasing rivalry between them therefore the result of their actions is grievous suffering because they deny to each other benefits of working according to the divine constitution.
11) When it is said to them, do not cause wars and destruction in the land they say, surely we are only trying to create peace and prosperity.
12) Not at all rather they are the creators of wars and poverty for sure as is evident from the result of their actions yet they admit it not.
13) When it is said to them, give up harmful and destructive ambitions for exploiting humanity and commit to working for peace and prosperity like other people who are committed to working for peace and prosperity of mankind they say, shall we commit to working for peace and prosperity like the foolish. Of course, it is they who are foolish not realising the benefits of living according to the divine constitution because they are not really bother to learn about it.
14) Yet when they meet those who are committed to working for peace they tell them, we too are committed to working for peace but when they are in private with their fellow conspirators against those who are committed to working for peace they tell them, we are indeed with you, we were surely pretending to be with those who claim to be committed to working for peace.
15) Surely in time Allah will expose their deceptions by results of their own actions and let them wander in their confusion like the ones blind or lost in darkness .
16) These are people who have chosen to live in a harmful way instead of living according to divine constitution so their choice is not going to benefit them because they have denied divine guidance to themselves.
17) The likeness of their ability to choose and Our provision of guidance for them is like that of a person who lights up a fire to help a people see the right path yet when it lightens up all around it, they go their own way, in similar way Allah finds these people going their own way by their own insight ignoring the Quran, this is how He lets them remain in the darkness because they ignore the right path.
18) They act like deaf, dumb and blind due to ignorance or arrogance that is how they refuse to turn to guidance.
19) Or the likeness of behaviour of some of them to Our guidance is like that of a people to a huge rainstorm from the sky with periods of darkness, thunder and lightning. They press their fingers in their ears due to thunderclap for fear of death yet pay no attention to laws of Allah that are in action all around the opposers of His constitution.
20) The lightning almost snatches away their sight of them. As often as it flashes for them they walk due to it but when it darkens for them they stand still. Had Allah meant to make them deaf and blind, He could have taken away their sense of hearing and their sense of sight. Indeed! Allah has set up laws for all things to work accordingly including mankind.
21) So O you the people, live according to the constitution of your lord who has furnished you with ability of good conduct towards each other like those who followed guidance before you so that you could become free of harmful and destructive ways of existence.
22 ) Who brought about for you the earth like a floor and the heaven like a canopy and sent down from the heaven water as rain whereby He brought forth fruits for your sustenance, therefore take not for yourselves rulers other than Allah when it has been made obvious to you.
23) Yet if you are in any kind of doubt or suspicion concerning this constitution for peace We have revealed for the mankind through Our messenger then bring a constitution as good as this yourselves if you can. If you on your own cannot then invite all your supporters against Allah to help you do this and see if your doubting it can really prove true by producing an alternative to it.
24) However if you cannot do this and surely you cannot then think about the result of fire of hatred you are creating between mankind which is fuelled by some people through denying access to provisions for others, it is ignited and fuelled by those who deny the benefits of the constitution of Allah for others.
25) Nonetheless despite their opposition deliver the good news for those who would commit to working for peace and act to remove obstacles in the way of peace between mankind that there await for them the blissful kingdoms throughout which rivers will flow of all that they would need and desire. Every time they will participate in those kingdoms, they will receive the full fruits of their hard works therefrom. They will say to each other, this is how people like us received full results of their hard works before us, for they will be given results of their hard work just like them. Moreover they will have therein peace and prosperity and loving people as companions who would be free from domineering mindset whereby people end up inflicting harm and destruction upon each other. Such like will be the people who will end up in such like kingdoms.
26) Surely Allah does not raise a people to such dignified life to be an example for others the likes of a mass pile of a people that is mentally dead, weak and mean but a nation that is far above that, so that those who commit to working for peace and prosperity know for sure that it is the proper example from their lord, yet as for those who ignore and oppose Our guidance say, what did Allah mean to convey by way of this like example? Thereby He lets many remain stray due to their idle mindset and thereby he guides many due to their progressive attitude, however He lets stray thereby only such as have adverse mindset towards His constitution and destructive attitude towards mankind.
27) Those who seek to harm and destroy mankind conspire to move mankind away from the constitution of Allah even after agreeing to it, thereby they seek discord in mankind regarding which Allah has commanded unity that is how they cause fights and wars in the land. These are the ones who cause harm and destruction to their own communities as well as others.
28) So O mankind, how can you reject or oppose dignified life giving constitution of Allah on account of some conspirators because you were a people stuck in the rut and He brought you out thereby? Moreover He found you locked in deadly conflicts and brought you out of that because you turned to His set goal so keep following it.
29) He it is who created everything for you all in the earth so that you work together and further more He perfected everything throughout the universe including the numerous bodies in space whereby He demonstrated His knowledge about everything so His constitution is really worth following.
30) Moreover call to mind the time when your Lord informed the chiefs in the land that I am going to raise in the land an administrator. They said, are You going to contain thereby such a people as create fights and wars causing bloodshed even though we strive hard to establish Your rule in the land in order to remove all ills from between us through Your rule? He said, I will make evident in due course that which is not yet obvious to you.
31) For that reason Allah made evident to Adam the names of all the tasks related to departments of the administration and their related full detail and then He put them before the chiefs and said, tell me the names of all the tasks related to departments of administration as to what they are all about if you are truly capable of carrying them out.
32) They said, free of all problems is Your rule and we have no knowledge beyond that which You have granted us, indeed You make things obvious wisely.
33) He said, O Adam, inform them about the names of their tasks related to the departments of the administration. After he had taught them the names of their tasks related to the departments of the administration Allah said, did I not inform you that I make evident secrets of the heavens and the earth? That is how I will make obvious through your actions all that you reveal and all that you conceal.
34) That is why we said to the chiefs, accept for Adam position of chief administrator and they all accepted that save Iblees, he instead rebelled because he was of those who reject and oppose rule of Allah.
35) Therefore we said, O Adam, dwell you and your people in the blissful kingdom and participate therein as you desire but do not get involved in disputes and fights because you will become one of those who breach divine constitution.
36) But Iblees conspired against Adam and his people and brought them out of blissful state of existence in which they were. For this reason we said, live as you wish with animosity in some of you for others or friendship and face the consequences, in the earth for all of you is a dwelling place with livelihood for a set time.
37) At length Adam realised some guidelines from his Lord so he turned to His guidance, indeed He is the one Who guides again and again.
38) That is how We said, live therein all of you together in peace as and when there comes to your mind the need for guidance from Me because any people who follow My guidance for such will be neither anxiety nor suffering through regrets.
39) And those who will reject and oppose Our set tasks such people will end up in fire of hatred against each other and in that state they will remain for as long as they live in that state of mind.
40) O children of Israel realise my blessing that I bestowed upon you so fulfil your obligation to Me so that I fulfil my promise to you and conspire not against My advice.
41) So commit to working for peace by supporting that which I have revealed that confirms that which is with you already and be not at the front of rejecters and opposers of it and trade not thereby My guidelines for petty gains instead be mindful of Me and be consistent with mankind.
42)And confuse not that which is right and consistent for the good of mankind with that which is wrong and inconsistent and harmful for mankind nor cover up that which is proper when you are made aware of it.
43) Instead help establish the supporting network thereby and attain freedom from all ills in human society by working with those who move towards installing the divine world order.
44) Do you tell people of other nations to let you be free yet you do not care about your own people the while you claim to follow the divine constitution? Should you not be rather more intelligent than that?
45) Therefore seek support of each other with steadfastness for the community supportive network. It is indeed a huge task to accomplish but not impossible to do for those who are confident about its benefits.
46) Such as entertain the thought that they must meet the requirement of their Lord and that they must turn to His set goal.
47) O children of Israel, think about My blessing in form of constitution that I bestowed upon you whereby I appointed you to be an example to the nations of the world.
48) So guard against the time when one party does not benefit the other in the least and no excuse/plea is accepted of it by any other nor any compensation suffices for it therefore such people are not helped by anyone.
49)And don’t forget We delivered you from the atrocities of people of Pharaoh! They set you against each other to make you suffer, destroying your influential people by setting them up against your own masses thereby prolonged your deterioration and painful suffering. Getting out of that situation for you was a momentous task set by Your magnificent Lord.
50) That is how We cut out for you the road map whereby We delivered you but We let people of pharaoh destroy themselves due to going their own way and you the people saw all this happening at the time right before your very eyes.
51) And remember when We set Moses with task for your regeneration and new beginning after your deterioration in captivity yet some of you took over the reign of power due to your harmful and destructive ambitions and desires in his absence and that is how you the nation rebelled against the divine program at that time.
52) yet We helped you overcome the harmful result of your that wrong doing after that so that you uplift yourselves
53) And that was the reason We gave Moses the constitution as the criterion to go by so that you become an example of properly guided people for others to see and follow.
54) And at the time Moses did say to his people, O my people, you have indeed harmed yourselves by inflicting harm and destruction on each other by taking on the position of responsibility of making laws by yourselves independent of divine guidance, so turn to your maker's guidance and kill the selfishness and greed in yourselves and correct yourselves accordingly. That is better for you in the sight of your maker so that He turns to you for guiding you through His revelation. He is indeed the one merciful who turns to people to guide them again and again.
55) All this happened because remember you yourselves said, O Moses, we cannot commit to working for peace with you unless we can see Allah telling us clearly what He wants from us because at the time you were in full grip of the darkness of ignorance but you realised.
56) therefore We revived you as a nation after you were suppressed so that you radiate appreciation to give hope to others.
57) It is because We found you being crushed by terrible problems so We provided for you solutions as shelter and gave you encouragement to cooperate with each other working hard for producing and distributing the good things We have provided for your use. Surely your ancestors did no harm to us but they did indeed harm their own people when they became slack in following Our guidance and lost sense of caring and sharing and instead ended up inflicting harm and destruction on each other.
58) Even though We told them at the time, enter this land of plenty and partake therein freely as you desire but take this new opportunity with full submission to Our constitution for creating a caring and sharing community by committing to progress and prosperity so that you are saved from your mistakes like that of the past and so that you could recover from the loss of those mistakes that is how We bless with more those who do what is good for themselves and others.
59) However they changed for worse, advocating opposite of what they were told so We let happen to them the harm as per set universal laws because of their infighting and inflicting harm on each other.
60) That was their situation when Moses sought to satisfy the need/thirst of knowledge of his people, We said, use your divine revelation as the solid foundation for this purpose. Thus sprung forth thereby an exemplary human society because each of its people became aware of their goals and guidelines. We said to them, keep learning and benefiting from what Allah has granted you and help others do the same and be not arrogant nor cause wars in the land.
61) And remember always and never repeat the time when you showed rebellion against Our guidance and said to Moses, O Moses, we are not prepared to participate with you according to the constitution for living as a united single community so tell your Lord if He wants our participation then He should bring us a constitution whereby He allows us hoarding whatever crop this land produces and hoarding of its wealth and taking its people as slaves or servants and depriving its inhabitants of fruits of their labour. He said, will you exchange worse way of living for the better? Go live the way you ask for and find out the consequences for yourselves and that is how they ended up in state of humiliation and misery by going away from the blessing of Allah. All this happened to them because they rejected and opposed the goals and guidelines of Allah and because they campaigned against the prophets without any proper justification whatsoever. All this happened to them because they rebelled against divine constitution and went on inflicting harm on each other.
62) Surely those who commit to working for peace be they those who claim to be guided by divine constitution (Jews), those who claim to be helpers of divine cause (Christians), those who claim to be working for change for the better in the world (Sabians) or for that matter any other people who strives for peace according to constitution of Allah for the better end result for mankind and take action to remove obstacles in the way of people to peace will have their due reward with their Lord. As a result of their such actions they will not suffer anxiety nor regret their such actions.
63) And call to mind the time when We held you accountable according to your constitution and We placed upon you a strict progressive program for your prosperity. Saying, hold fast on to what you are given and strive hard according to what is in it so that you could become consistent and interconnected with each other.
64) Yet again you went back to your old ways after that and had it not been for the guidance of Allah that He blessed you with, you would have indeed suffered the loss and harm to such degree that could never recover.
65) But you became alert about those of you who transgressed against divine constitution and created divisions in the community, so We guided you as you wanted and let them live as they wanted in ignorance like apes.
66) And We pointed them out as an example of harmful and destructive existence for their own time as well as for those who were to come after them and We also made them a lesson for those who would keep themselves consistent with rule of Allah for the good of humanity.
67) That is why at the time Moses said to his people, Allah commands you to end this holy cow of your self-created separation between rule of Allah and rule of man in form of ruling elites and priestly classes and traders for profits that has led you to this state in which you are. They said, are you just having a go at us or have you a plan? He said, of course I should be able to protect us all through rule of Allah according to His constitution unless I too do things like the ignorant ones.
68) They said, then consult the constitution of your Lord on our behalf to make it clear for us as to what is in it about our this separation of affairs? He said, it says, it is such a kind of separation that is neither necessary nor good for new beginning instead it is just an obstacle in the way of set goal and its achievement, so do as you are told so that you make progress to where you ought to be.
69) They said, consult further the constitution of your lord on our behalf to make plain for us what exactly is wrong with this separation. He said, it says, this separation is void of any good outcome though it looks attractive to those who are involved in it.
70) They said, consult the constitution of your lord yet further on our behalf seeking further clarification for us about this separation even though need for this separation has already become doubtful for us indeed and we are sure that we will be guided alright because this constitution of Allah is a program for our success.
71) He said, it says, it is such a splitting of powers that has no goodness for mankind instead it motivates people to cause fights in the land because it does not satisfy their due needs and desires for things, so it is confirmingly clear that there is no real benefit in it for people. They said now you have brought us the complete thing. That is how they finally gave it up though they appeared unwilling to do so.
72) And remember when you lost sense of being a single nation and fell in dispute about it and Allah wanted to rid you of that sectarian divide which you wanted to hold on to.
73) That is why we said, teach to any nation that disputes and divides into factions with some part of that storey, that is how Allah brings to life the dead nations that end up weak due to their sectarianism, so that He shows you His revelations in action so that you may become a sensible people.
74) Thereafter your minds turned yet again from that very revealed constitution to make beliefs as if they were land markings or even more important. For sure they are not the kind of guidelines due to which burst forth rivers of knowledge, nor are they such due to which bursts forth prosperity. Rather due to them they remain aloof from serving constitution of Allah and Allah is not unaware of any of that which you do.
75) Do you the people committed to working for peace still hope that these people who claim to follow the divine constitution will commit to working for peace along with you when some of them have already heard the message of Allah yet let it be perverted despite being intelligent and having ability to understand it?
76) When they meet those who claim to be committed to working for peace they say, we too are committed to working for peace but when they meet each other in private they say to each other, why do you disclose to them what Allah has revealed to you, is it for the reason that they could argue with you using it as evidence against you about the revelation of your Lord? Why don’t you think before you do that?
77) But why don’t they realise that Allah makes evident in due course through their actions all that they conceal and all that they reveal?
78) Among them there are uneducated people who do not even know their divine constitution for themselves instead they follow whatever they are told by their religious leaders so they follow nothing but their make beliefs.
79) And how harmful and destructive of those who write make belief interpretations of their divine constitution with their own hands and then say to the uneducated, this is from Allah so that they may sell it for a petty price! How harmful and destructive is that for them as a nation which their hands have written and how damaging and destructive is that for them as a community what they have earned thereby.
80) Yet they say, the pain and suffering due to fire of hatred between themselves as a people shall not last for more than a limited number of days. Ask them, have you obtained such an assurance from Allah which He would not let fail or do you attribute to Allah what you know not?
81) Of course! Any people who commit to working against the divine constitution thereby become encircled by harmful things such are the ones who end up in fire of hatred of their own creation wherein they remain unless they change.
82) But as for those who commit to working for peace and take actions to remove obstacles in the way of mankind to peace, they are the ones who end up in blissful life and therein they remain unless they change.
83) And call to mind the time when We bound children of Israel through an agreement to Our constitution saying, promise that you will never live by rule of any other than Allah because that is the only way you can be good to your parents and relatives as well as destitute and lonely individuals and speak to the people in a way that benefits them because that is what establishing Our rule means whereby you can attain freedom from all ills in your human community. But you broke the agreement save a few of you so you paid no heed to Our advice.
84) And remember another obligation We bound you with that you shed no blood among yourselves and you expel not your own people from your homes and you agreed to that and you are witness to it even today.
85) Yet you killed your own people, expelled a group from among you from their homes, backed each other up on doing things against Our constitution by way of aggression against each other and if they came to you as captives then you traded them for ransoms whereas their expulsion was unlawful for you to begin with. Are you a nation of such people that follows only a part of your holy constitution and rejects the rest? So what other consequences do such people from among you who behave like this deserve other than disgraceful life in this world through internal disputes and divisions leading to a day of uprising whereby they are handed over to yet more painful suffering due to result of your own actions because Allah is not unaware of all that you do?
86) Such are the people who trade the life of this world at the expense of hereafter, so their self inflicted painful suffering will neither be lightened nor will they be helped unless they reform.
87) To educate you people out of your stupidity We gave Moses the constitution and sent after him other messengers one after the other and We set out for Jesus son of Mary clear objectives to achieve therefore We helped him with the whole program. Yet is it not the case that each time there came to you a messenger with a message that suited not your harmful and destructive ambitions and desires that you turned more arrogant and transgressed even more and due to that your chiefs denied some of them their rights the while against others you fought as well?
88) Yet all they say in their defence is, we were overwhelmed with problems as a nation at the time. No that is not the right excuse rather the fact is they went away from the blessed constitution of Allah and most of them ended up opposing it and only a small minority of them committed itself to working for peace.
89) However now there has come to them again this another constitution from Allah confirming the very constitution they already have – and before coming of this messenger they used to seek decisive action against those who fought against the constitution of Allah giving them another opportunity to prove themselves - yet when there came to them like of that with which they were already familiar, they opposed it without even becoming familiar with it, therefore such people stay away from blessings of Allah those who oppose installation of His rule through His constitution.
90) Ridiculous is the reward for the program they have sold to their own people to follow instead of Our program because of their ignorance and arrogance based opposition to that which Allah has revealed merely because of their prejudicial mindset and attitude that Allah should reveal His program to whomever He pleases from amongst His human creatures. That is how they brought upon their own people suffering upon suffering because for such as oppose program of Allah there is always ending up in disgraceful suffering unless they accept and follow it faithfully.
91) That is why when they are invited to commit to working for peace using that which Allah has revealed now with proper understanding of it they reply, we will strive for peace only using what Allah has revealed to us as we understand it and we oppose whatever we take to be against that. But the fact is the currently revealed truth confirms what they have if they interpreted it properly but they bother not. In that case ask them, if you have interpreted the divine truth properly and you are sincerely committed to striving for peace on that basis then why do you not join us and why did you fight against the prophets of Allah before who came from among yourselves?
92) For example, Moses came to you with clearly set out objectives for you to achieve yet you committed yourselves to your own harmful and destructive ambitions and desires after him that is how you ended up harming and destroying your own people.
93) And remind them also that We asked you the nation to enter an agreement with Us and charged you with responsibility by imposing upon you Our constitution saying, hold onto what We give you firmly and stick with this program faithfully. So let them also know what their response was, the chiefs and priests responded ignorantly and arrogantly to Our message saying, we hear the message but we disregard it. They did that because in their minds they were saturated with make belief harmful and destructive ambitions and desires due to their misinterpretation of Our guidance. Say, terrible is the standard whereby you rule and try to create peace if you are at all striving for peace.
94) Say, if ultimately the goal of prosperity is made achievable by Allah only for you people at the expense of all the other people in the world then get out of the harm and destruction that you are inflicting upon each other and thereby suffering as a nation if you are true in your claim!
95) But they will not be able to do that ever because of what they have done to their constitution from Allah unless they reform. For Allah knows the mindset and the attitude of those people who contravene His constitution.
96) You will find the chiefs and the priests among them the greediest and most selfish of all the people for the good things of life, even more greedier and selfish than the chiefs of those who rule by other than the constitution of Allah, each of them wishes to be given a life of a thousand years but even the grant of such a long life will save them not from the painful suffering they inflict even upon each other because Allah is watching all that they do and makes it evident for all to see in due course the results of their actions.
97) Say, regardless whichever people distance themselves from the solid authority of God just because He has revealed it to your mind instead of theirs as a constitution and a program of Allah for the good of mankind that confirms that which was revealed before it is no good reason for anyone to move away from it or oppose it because it is still a guidance from Allah for all therefore it is good news for those who would commit to working for peace among the mankind.
98) After all this explanation if any party still has animosity towards rule of Allah and His faithful administrators and His Messengers and the solid authority in form of constitution of God and His missionaries and supporters then Allah lets His blessing in form of prosperity remain distant from such people as oppose His program.
99) We have indeed revealed for all of you the mankind clear goals to achieve and none will oppose them save the ones who want to do things against Our constitution.
100) Has it not been the case that each time they were given the responsibility of the divine constitution to abide by, the chiefs and the priests of them pushed it aside because most of them were not at all committed to working for peace and prosperity of the mankind?
101) And whenever there came to them any messenger from Allah confirming the guidance they already had, a group of ruling elite from among those to whom the scripture was given cast off the constitution of Allah behind their backs as if they never heard of it.
102) That is how they came to follow what the rebel leadership against the kingdom of Solomon told them, not that Solomon opposed Our rule according to Our constitution but the rebel leadership with harmful and destructive ambitions and desires opposed it through teaching masses the falsehood as the divine teachings established by Solomon and this idea of conspiracy dawned upon two kinds of rebel leaderships in Babylon, the imperialist leadership and the priesthood leadership. However they did not disclose this falsehood in the name of Solomon to anyone without telling masses that they are their sole saviours from troubles surrounding the kingdom of Solomon so they must not oppose their teachings. This is how masses learned from both of the leaderships falsehood whereby they could sow the seeds of discord/ sectarianism between a person/ leadership/ party and its companion/ following/ community or nation. But the fact is they could not actually cause any harm because of their falsehood to any people unless they taught their falsehood as actual teaching of Allah and people were unaware of actual teachings of Allah. That is how they learned that which harmed them instead of learning that which could benefit them even though they were made aware that the learners of the falsehood in the name Allah instead of the actual teachings of Allah would have no trace left in them for proper conduct in the end. Surely they exchanged good teaching of Allah with the falsehood in the name of Allah and that is how they ruined their whole nation, if only they had educated themselves in time about it.
103) If they had kept themselves committed to working for peace and had been thoughtful and kept themselves away from going against the divine constitution, they would have had a better result from kingdom of Allah, if they had educated themselves in time about it!
104) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace in the world, you should not say to the prophet, exempt us from the mission instead you should say keep us in your sight for any missionary task and follow through faithfully what you are assigned as a duty to fulfil, remember always that there awaits painful suffering for those who oppose Our rule.
105) Those who oppose Our rule from among the people who are already given the constitution by Us and of those who live by rule of other than Allah never wish that prosperity should come your way from your Lord but Allah distinguishes with His program for blissful life whoever wants it through acting upon it because Allah is abundantly graceful to whole of mankind.
106) We do not exclude from Our program any people nor let any nation disappear into oblivion but We let a better nation replace it. Is it not obvious to you thereby that Allah has set the standard for all things to survive including human nations?
107) Is it not obvious to you thereby that to Allah alone belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and that you have no ruler other than Allah to protect you and help you?
108) So after all this explanation do you still want to give such a hard time to your messenger also as was given to Moses before by his people through discord? But the fact is any people who exchange path of peace through unity between themselves for path of war through divisions between themselves have indeed gone off the right track of peace and prosperity.
109) That is how many from among the people who were given the constitution before wish they could somehow turn you back to disunited warmongers after you have chosen working for peace through unity by envying your situation of unity with their own situation of divisions between themselves after the right way had been made quite clear to them. Let them remain so and be steadfast against their mischief until Allah brings about accomplishment of goal in form of His rule, rest assured that it is Allah alone who has set the standard for all things to exist and abide by.
110) So establish the community supportive network and thereby free from all ills the community and whatever hard work you put in implementing this program for the good of your people, you will find it approved by constitution of Allah, surely Allah is watching all that you do.
111) As for their claim that none can achieve blissful state unless one is Jewish or Christian. This is just their wishful thinking. Say, bring your proof if what you are claiming is to be accepted true.
112) In fact any community that submits itself fully to the goal set by Allah according to His constitution by doing good for each others will have its reward with Allah in form of being a united community due to such support for each other it will have nothing to be anxious about or to regret.
113) Like the Jewish priests who claim the Christians do not have the right goal to establish and like the Christians priests who claim the Jews do not have the right goal to establish despite the fact that both of them claim to follow their God given constitutions for it. Their accusations against each other are like the accusations of those who have no proof for what they accuse others about, however Allah will decide the matter before their very eyes on the day of uprising against them regarding all that whereby they cause discord and strife in the human community.
114) And who can inflict more damage on humanity than the party of a people that prevents establishment of institutions based upon constitution of Allah in the land lest His rule is established in them and that is why they strives to destroy them instead? It was not proper for these people to enter these institutions unless they were concerned for their proper functioning for the good of humanity. For such transgressors there is life full of anxiety in this world and life full of regrets in the hereafter.
115) Because they realise not that it is due to set laws of Allah that nations rise and fall so tell them, whichever way you decide to live, you are bound to face results of your actions, that is how Allah makes things abundantly obvious in due course.
116) Yet they claim, Allah has taken for Himself a son. Say, all that happens is result of His set laws because to Him alone belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth and everything is governed by His laws.
117) He alone is the originator of the heavens and the earth and whenever He decides upon a matter, He has only to express His will and it begins to take shape in reality.
118) Despite all the explanations those who do not learn wisdom still say, why Allah does not speak with us or send us the revelation directly? The same was asked by those before them because they all have similar frame of mind due to lack of knowledge. The fact is, We have indeed made evident Our revelations for people who would firmly base themselves on foundation of knowledge instead of ignorance or arrogance.
119) Indeed We have sent you the messenger with a set purpose to deliver to people program for their prosperity and to warn them against moving away from this program, so you will not be called to account for the course of action of those who reject and oppose Our constitution and end up in terrible agony.
120) And as for the leaderships of Jews and the Christians who follow their own harmful and destructive ambitions and desires instead of Our program they will never be happy with you unless you too support them in their harmful and destructive ambitions and desires. Tell them, it is guidance of Allah that alone proves to be the true guidance but if after all the knowledge that has come to you from Allah you still give in to their harmful and destructive ambitions and desires then there will be nothing to prevent you or help you from going against the way of Allah other than the terrible consequences of your such actions.
121) Those to whom We have given Our constitution and who understand it properly and proclaim it as it ought to be proclaimed they are the ones who are really committed to working for peace thereby but as to those who deny and oppose it they are for sure in loss.
123) So reject not My message or be mindful of the time to come when things will get so bad that one person will not do anything good for another even in the least, at that time no excuse will be accepted of anyone nor any excuse by anyone will benefit anyone because there will be none there willing to help anyone.
124) And for that purpose you can call to mind the time when Abraham was engaged by his Lord with some goals for development of himself and the nations around him and he fulfilled them. Allah said, I will point you out as the role model for the nations to come. Abraham said, what about my own descendents? Allah said, I will not hold out those as proper role models who will inflict harm and destruction upon the mankind against My set out goal as stated in My revealed constitution.
125) That is how We made Our constitution central for the security and sanctuary of the nations saying, take the standard set by Abraham as the primary example of the installation of Our constitution. Moreover We instructed Abraham and Ismail to keep Our constitution free of all make beliefs for those who would consult it again and again and for those who would carefully study it as well as for those who would model their lives upon it and for those who would submit to it to implement it.
126) And never forget the request of Abraham at the time saying, my Lord make this constitution the basis for peaceful existence for mankind and thereby provide those who abide by it good results for their hard works. He replied, even for those who oppose it I will provide whatever little they deserve of the good things though I will let them drag themselves to the fire of hatred and destruction and that is a terrible state of affairs to be in!
127) That is how at the time Abraham raised his community on the foundations of Our constitution along with Ismail saying, accept this service from us O Lord, surely You make abundantly obvious for people the proper way to live.
128) Our Lord, keep both of us engaged and committed to Your set out mission and raise from our children people who are committed to Your set out task thereby show us results of our hard works by granting us prosperity in return. Surely You are granter of the constitution that leads to prosperity.
129) Our Lord, raise from among them a messenger who enforces upon them for their prosperity Your set out tasks by teaching them Your book for implementing Your rule of law in order to free them from their self created problems, Your constitution is mighty indeed for a proper rule of law.
130) And who can move away from the community set up of Abraham save the foolish? That is why We chose him to be a model for the people of the world and to the end he proved by his course of actions that he was of those who mended rifts between people to lead them to peace and prosperity.
131) When his Lord said to him commit yourself for bringing peace to people, he replied, I commit to the mission set by the Lord of the nations.
132) This was the legacy that Abraham left to his sons and so did Jacob when he said, O my sons! Allah has already chosen for you the ruling system to live by therefore die not unless you are fully submitted to it.
133) Were you present when death approached Jacob? He asked his sons, who will you serve after me as your ruler? They replied, we will serve the same One God as our ruler Who is your God and God of your forefathers Abraham, Ishmael and Isaac and to His constitution alone we all will remain committed.
134) They were a people that have passed away. They reaped the fruits of what they did, and you will face the consequences for what you do. You will not be questioned about what they did.
135) The priests of Jews and Christians tell you the people following the Quran, be Jewish or Christian only then you will be on the path that is proper. Say, we rather follow the path of Abraham the one who refused to live by rule of any other than Allah.
136) Say, we have committed to working for peace according to Allah on the basis of that which is revealed to us and on the basis of that which was revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and their descendants on the basis of that which was given to Moses, Jesus and other prophets from their Lord. We do not find discord between the teachings of any of them therefore we are the ones who are truly committed to working for peace.
137) So if they too commit to working for peace on the same basis as you commit to working for peace only then they have adhered to guidance that is proper. However if they move away from the path of peace that was followed by Abraham then they will surely pick fights with you but faithfully acting upon guidance of Allah will be sufficient for you against their animosity because He is comprehensive in His observation of things and making them obvious in due course through what they do.
138) As for acting faithfully on constitution of Allah tell us, who is better than Allah in furnishing mankind with constitution? That is why we abide by His rule alone.
139) Say, are you arguing with us over right of rule of Allah Who is our Lord as well as yours? In that case rest assured that in due cause we will get results of our actions as per our actions based upon His rule of law just as you will end up with results of your actions based upon way of life that you follow and we are sincerely committed to faithfully following His constitution.
140) Or is it that you claim that Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and their descendants were all Jews or Christians? Say, in that case are you in a better position to prove this claim or is it Allah? Who is then more harmful and destructive for mankind than the party that hides the testimony received from Allah through misinterpretations and misrepresentation? This is how Allah shows that He is not unaware of whatever you do.
141) That was the nation that has already passed away. They earned the result of what they did and you earn the result of what you do, you are not responsible for their deeds.
142) After all this explanation still the foolish will ask, what has turned these followers of the Quran away from the path upon which they used to be? Say, it is because rise and fall of nations depends upon their following or not following properly the path set by Allah and He guides only those who show through their proper efforts they really want to be guided.
143) That is how We brought you the individuals together into a nation in the midst of the human world so that you could act as an example of good human community thus bear witness before humanity about the guidance of Allah as your messenger bore witness for you to see. We did not raise you on the path you were born upon but to make evident those who are proper followers of the messenger as distinct from those who go away. It was indeed a matter needing very hard work but not impossible for those whom Allah has granted His guidance. Allah did not want to make your efforts for peace fruitless because Allah is gracious in blessing mankind with prosperity.
144) Many a time We observed you the people looking forward to establishment of divine kingdom therefore We direct you towards a target that will please you. So from now on get yourselves fully involved in establishing the sacred institution. No matter wherever you are from get yourselves involved fully in that set out task. The people given the book before knew this to be the set purpose for mankind from their Lord and Allah was never unaware of what they did as has been explained.
145) Despite that being the case then, today even if you bring every evidence from their books to convince the people of the book regarding that set out purpose, they will not support your mission for establishing the divine kingdom here on the earth, neither should you support their harmful and destructive missions against the set out goal of Allah. The fact is, none of the people given the books already are supporters of each other's missions due to conflicts in their interests. If after all this information you have been given you still yield to their harmful ambitions and destructive desires then surely you will be of those who have gone off the right track.
146) Those to whom We have already given the scriptures can recognize this Quran as they can recognize their own children due to consistency between them. Yet the group of priests from among them let the purpose of the revelation of scripture remain hidden but it does become obvious from their actions in various ways.
147) The purpose of the revelation of the Quran is set out clearly in the Quran by your Lord for you the followers of the Quran therefore you should never be of those people who are in any doubt about it.
148) Be aware of the fact that in the past for each people from anywhere there was set a goal to achieve within their own set out region but in your case the followers of this mission the goal is universal therefore move all of you together from everywhere for establishing all that is good for mankind. Whatever background you are from, Allah will bring all of you together under one and the same constitution because Allah has set out laws to govern everything in the universe.
149) So from whichever background you start your journey of life towards divine mission, remain focused on establishing the divine kingdom in the world/ sacred institution. This is the purpose set for you by your Lord because Allah is never unmindful of harm and destruction you people inflict upon each other.
150) So whichever background you come from get yourselves fully involved in accomplishing the divine kingdom/institution/goal and whichever place you live in work towards it, so that no people of any place can fight against you any more with the exception of the rulers and priests among them who are against the idea of fair and compassionate society, for such people will continue their fights against Our mission due to their arrogance and ignorance. Pay them no attention rather remain focused on Our mission so that We fulfil Our promise of prosperity for you and that is how We will prove that you are rightly guided.
151) O mankind! Just like in the times past, We have sent among you this messenger from among yourselves who enforces upon you for your prosperity Our set out tasks by teaching you Our book for implementing Our rule of law in order to free you from your self-created problems, that is why he teaches you things about which you were not aware before.
152) Therefore you should proclaim to the nations of the world that kingdom of this world must be ruled according to My constitution and I will establish you as administrators of My constitution that is how you should appreciate Me by implementing My constitution therefore oppose not My rule.
153) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace, seek support with steadfastness for the implementation of the divine system, surely Allah is with those who are consistently persistent in accomplishing His mission.
154) That is why you should never even think about those who were fought against for supporting the cause of Allah that they were defeated. No, not at all rather they were such determined people who were lively themselves and brought others to life but how did they do that you are not yet aware of it.
155) That is why We will avail you too the opportunity to show your determination as well through things like fear for hunger and loss of wealth as well as loss of people and fruits of your hard work to prove yourselves but happy news is for those who would remain consistently steadfast.
156) who when afflicted with hardship say, we are working for Allah so to His revelation we will refer for our guidance no matter what.
157) Such determined have to be the people upon whom rests responsibility of accomplishing the targets set by their Lord for His blessings for them because they are the people who are guided properly.
158) Surely clarity of purpose and course of action are also of the requirements of Allah for accomplishing His set out mission, so that any party that strives for installing Our constitution in the land or works on building the human community upon it- due to that clarity of purpose and properly planned course of action- does not find itself overwhelmed with obstacles along the way to accomplishing its goal. That is how Allah makes obvious for others in due course people that choose consistency between their set out goal and its execution to make them appreciated.
159) As for those who remain ignorant and lost about Our revealed clear goals for their guidance after We have made all this clear for them in the book such are the ones whom Allah lets remain in state of suffering because they choose to do nothing therefore continuously suffer at the hands of those who make others suffer
160) but not those who even then turn to Our guidance, learn sense, reform and go after Our set out objectives faithfully with clarity because it is people like these for whom open doors to prosperity, that is why We turn to people for blessing them through revelation.
161) As to those who oppose Our rule and end up destroying themselves yet continue their opposition to Our rule, it is people like these upon whom rests painful suffering as told to them by Allah through His authorised people and as should be clear to them from results of actions of all the nations,
162) these people will remain in painful suffering and their suffer will neither be lightened by their inflictors nor will they be given respite by them unless they rise up themselves against it to end it.
163) There is no reason for people not to rise up against such like situations because your ruler is solely God alone as there is no other sovereign in this kingdom other than Him, the gracious the merciful.
164) Surely in the evolution of the heavens and the earth and in the rotation of the earth for night and day as well as in the sailing of the ships through the ocean for the benefit of mankind and in the rain which Allah causes to come down from the heaven with which He revives the earth after its death by spreading in it all kinds of animals and also in the changes that occur in the atmosphere such as in the controlled formation of clouds between the heaven and the earth there are evidences for people to learn to be intelligent and live not by rule of any other than Allah.
165) Despite such readily available clear proofs in the universe that rule of Allah is the only proper rule for the mankind there are masses of the people who ignore learning them critically and instead unquestioningly abide by rules of other than Allah in the name of Allah and show loyalty to them to such degree as they ought to be loyal to rule of Allah, but those who commit to working for peace are staunchly loyal only to sovereignty of Allah after they have properly examined His evidences. Perchance those off the track could realise and reform before they really end up in their self inflicted painful suffering. Indeed sovereignty entirely belongs to Allah alone and Allah has set up strict laws that make people face the consequences of what they do.
166) At the time when the serious consequences of their actions will face them those who set up their own rule instead of rule of Allah through power, wealth and baseless religious dogmas will leave those who follow them to suffer that is how the very bonds which forcibly bundled them together will break down.
167) And the followers will say, if only it were possible to go back in time and start a anew then we would break all ties with them as they have broken their ties with us today leaving us to suffer on our own. That is how Allah will show them the results of their blind following of each other like animals. They will be full of regrets therefore they will not be able to free themselves from hatred for each other unless they come to revelation of their Lord.
168) So O you the mankind! Participate freely in all that is according to Our constitution and beneficial for mankind in the land and never live by rule of anyone who opposes Our rule because that in due course will surely prove adverse and incompatible with your dignified existence.
169) Such a ruler will urges you to do things which are destructive and harmful for mankind as well as make you attribute wrong things to Allah about which you have no proof whatsoever.
170) Despite such like clear explanations when it is said to people, learn and support what Allah has revealed. They reply, no way! We will instead follow the way of our forefathers. What! Even if their forefathers learned no wisdom to examine things critically due to which they lacked sense to benefit from Our guidance?
171) The likeness of such people as oppose the rule of Allah is like that of a herd of cattle, call out to them as one may, they hear nothing but a shout and a cry, they are deaf, dumb and blind, and lack proper sense of thinking things through.
172) O you who claim to be committed to working for peace! Take part in all that is beneficial for mankind with which We have provided you, that is how you should show the world to appreciate the rule of Allah if it is His constitution you really serve.
173) He has surely strictly forbidden for you the followers of the Quran getting involved in thing
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Xpress staff weighs in on the CCSF accreditation crisis
Published on : August 28, 2013 August 28, 2013 Published by : Xpress Staff
Cartoon by Kirstie Haruta
With a little more than an academic year left for City College of San Francisco, its accreditation — along with its state funding — will likely be revoked, leading to the closure of the nearly 80-year-old campus.
In a recent op-ed published in the San Francisco Chronicle, the idea was presented to merge CCSF and SF State into a single campus. The article argued that CCSF’s survival could be secured by being adopted by a financially healthier campus and pointed out SF State’s history of healthily dealing with its own set of funding issues.
Solving complex issues involves breaking them down into smaller solvable pieces and dealing with each of those smaller pieces with the attention each piece deserves. While merging the two campuses into a giant one seems like a quick answer at a glance, that solution does not solve the smaller issues contributing to the reasons that CCSF lost its accreditation.
In a published response in the Chronicle, SF State President Leslie E. Wong pointed out that one of the biggest problems with combining both campuses is that “state statute, maintains a distinction between community colleges and state universities, resulting in distinct authority, structures, funding and governance.”
Definitions and legislative issues aside, merging both schools potentially could create more problems than it would solve.
In the business world, it is difficult to absorb a company beset by financial and organizational woes and splice up the valuable assets of the weaker company that would benefit the stronger. The difference with CCSF and SF State is that they are educational institutions, and unlike companies, cannot be broken up for their valuable assets; each department has a need to fulfill, and is required for the success of the school as a whole.
Ultimately, CCSF has a distinction as a community college, not a university. Its role in the college world, to provide general education and an alternative to the ever-expensive costs of university-taught classes, is as important as ever.
San Francisco needs a community college and CCSF has fulfilled that need for thousands of students for many decades. In the heavily populated urban environment that San Francisco is, having an institution that can openly admit tens of thousands of students — regardless of high school grades, and at substantially lower costs than a university — is a must.
Preserving CCSF as a community college and making it stronger should be the goal in the next year of hardship it faces.
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2 thoughts on “Xpress staff weighs in on the CCSF accreditation crisis”
You do not have a solution, not even a suggestion. You have ruled out merging with SFSU. You have also ruled out selectively preserving some successful departments. What is left is CCSF as it is, the status quo. What makes you think CCSF can improve if it has been going downhill for the past 20 years. You probably have a lot of faith in the special trustee. But can the unions go along with cut backs ? Are the public willing to put up with more taxes ?
rws450 says:
I suggest the writer and SFSU community to get much more informed on what’s really going down at CCSF, the Accreditation Commission, etc.. Here are a few facts just to start with:
Accrediting commission is heavily funded by private foundation Lumina
Lumina was created by student loan industry giant SLM
CCSF student success ranks very high according to official data
CCSF is very popular with high teacher ranking
CCSF reduced administrators before teachers in face of severe cutbacks
Accrediting commission leaders have history of conflict with teachers and unions
Accrediting commission has been criticised for past five years by teacher union, chancellor task force, special task force which compared their ‘standards’ with those of other accrediting commissions around US
If interested to learn more, google “ACCJC Gone Wild”, Lumina, beyondchron & ccsf.
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What are the biggest challenges in putting together a foreign investment deal?
Challenges often relate to the learning curve: helping foreign investors understand the market, submarket, and property conditions that characterize a particular investment and dictate the time to make the deal; familiarizing them with the relevant U.S. deal process, including the use of non-binding letters of intent followed by full contract negotiations, a due diligence period, and a closing period; helping them select, engage, and work with brokers, surveyors, environmental consultants, and title insurance agents and companies, among others, all of whom may play different roles than in the investors’ home countries and may cost more than they anticipate; and structuring the joint venture relationship between a foreign investor and its proposed U.S. strategic partner. All take time, patience, and expertise to help coordinate the foreign investor’s path through what may be an unfamiliar and uncomfortable landscape.
What are the biggest challenges in putting together a foreign investment deal? 295
7 What geographic markets interest foreign investors? 165
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Parkwood Athletic Booster Club Bylaws
Parkwood Booster Club By-Laws
Article I Name
The name of the club shall be: Parkwood Athletic Booster Club
Article II Objectives
The objectives of the club shall be:
To annually raise money through fundraising efforts to support the budget needs of Parkwood High School Athletics and External Middle School Programs.
To financially support the activities and programs of Parkwood High School athletics and other events as needed.
To cooperate with the athletic department, school administration, and students of Parkwood High School to promote and support interscholastic athletics and related sports activities.
To promote school spirit and sportsmanship among students, faculty, administration, parents and the community at large.
Article III Policies
The Booster Club will operate with the approval of the High School and Middle School principals. At no time shall the booster club make recommendations or become involved with the day-to-day operations of the High School’s athletic programs. At no time will the booster club interfere with policies, methods, eligibility requirements or other practices of the Parkwood High School athletic department and/or administration.
The club will be a non-profit organization.
The club will oversee all external middle school programs. By virtue of this programming, all high school varsity coaches will have the opportunity to have influence on the appointing of the external middle school coaching staffs and team member selection. The varsity coaches will have the opportunity to be involved in the designing and planning of practice/instructional philosophies, techniques, skills and game preparation for the various sports with the selected coaching staff.
All coaches shall follow UCPS policies, the Parkwood High School Athletic Guidelines and shall be held accountable to the school administration, athletic department and booster club.
All external middle school programs will be fee based.
The Booster Club will be required to carry insurance coverage meeting the facility use requirements of UCPS for external middle school programs. The cost of this insurance shall be included in fees. Final policy specifics shall be reviewed and approved by the club.
All monies generated by the external middle school programs (i.e. fees, concessions, gate receipts, etc.) shall belong to the booster club’s general fund to be applied through general club policy.
All volunteers are subject to the UCPS Administrative Guidelines (UCPS Policy 3-29). The Parkwood Athletic Booster Club will provide to UCPS all information, waivers, and consents necessary or required for its volunteer’s background check or qualification.
Article IV Membership
Membership in this club shall be open to anyone who supports the objectives of this club, especially, but not limited to, the parents of students, students, faculty and staff of Parkwood.
Parkwood High School coaches are non-voting members of the booster club under the purpose of consultation for their individual sports. To become voting members they must be a paid member as identified in Article V.
Article V Dues
Club membership dues shall be:
Membership dues shall be at the discretion of the Executive Committee for the fiscal year (FY) beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30.
Members whose dues have been paid thirty (30) days prior to a meeting may officially vote on business brought before the club.
Membership will be considered a family membership, but will have only one official vote.
Article VI Fiscal Responsibility
The Fiscal Year (FY) shall begin on July 1 and end on June 30.
An annual financial review shall be requested by the Executive Committee. The committee will view the financial review of the treasurer’s records no less than thirty (30) days after the current FY ends and shall present this report to the membership at the next meeting
Purchases over $5,000 require at least two quotes.
Article VII Officers and Chairpersons
The club officers and committee chairpersons must be members in good standing and shall be:
Officers: President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer.
Committee Chairpersons shall be: Fundraising/Merchandising, Membership, Sponsorship, Concessions, Publicity (Communication/Public Relations) and additional committees appointed by the Executive Committee as needed.
A term of office will be a minimum of one year with the elected opportunity for multiple terms.
Article VIII Nominations and Elections
Procedures governing Nominations and Elections shall be:
Officers shall be elected at the club’s annual May meeting
The Executive Committee will appoint a nominating committee of no less than three (3) members in March. The nominating committee will prepare a slate of nominations for each office and committee chairpersons to be presented at the May meeting. Nominations will be accepted from the floor during the May meeting.
Vacancies in elected offices and committee chairpersons shall be handled as follows:
In the event of death, resignation, or incapacity of the President; the Vice-President shall assume those duties for the remainder of the term.
Offices other than the President shall be run by the Executive Committee for the remainder of the term.
Committee chairpersonships shall be run by the Executive Committee for the remainder of the term.
Article IX Duties of Officers and Committee Chairpersons
The President shall:
Preside at all meetings of the club and executive committee.
Recommend committee chairpersons to the executive committee for approval.
May appoint a Parliamentarian.
Serve as ex-officio member of all committees except the nominating committee.
The Vice-President shall:
Perform the duties of the president in the absence of the president.
Become the president for the remainder of the term in case of death, resignation or incapacity of the president.
Serve in such capacities as assigned by the president.
The Secretary shall:
Take and record accurate minutes of the proceedings of all meetings of the club and executive committee and prepare minutes for approval at the next club meeting.
Preserve in a permanent file all records, letters of value and communications of the club, its officers and executive committee which come into his/her possession.
The Treasurer shall:
Have charge of all monies of the club and report thereon at all meetings.
Secure a list of all names and addresses of the club’s membership.
Pay all bills upon proper verification.
Keep an itemized report, in a permanent file, all receipts and expenditures.
Secure insurance required by any event/s sponsored by the club.
Deliver to his/her successor no less than fifteen (15) days after the expiration of term, all books, records, files and papers.
Prepare a treasurer’s report for approval at each club meeting.
The Fundraising/Merchandising Chairperson shall:
Plan and direct the annual fundraisers.
Develop and implement Rebel merchandise sales.
Coordinate these events with the school events.
Recommend to the executive committee for approval the committee chairpersons needed for the fundraising events.
Directly supervise the purchasing of supplies needed for the profitable success of these projects.
The Membership Chairperson shall:
Direct the annual membership drive.
Maintain an accurate membership list and supply the secretary and treasurer with such a list.
Recommend to the executive committee for approval the committee chairperson/s needed to carryout the membership drive and collect all dues.
The Sponsorship Chairperson shall:
Have the direct responsibility of recruiting and securing corporate sponsors/partnerships.
The Publicity (Communication/Technology/Public Relations) Chairperson shall:
Promote the club’s activities through available media, such as but not limited to: newspapers, websites, Facebook, email, and any other means the committee deems appropriate.
Establish and maintain relationships with individual coaches and commissioners for the purpose of gaining current information to be shared with Parkwood athletes and families.
Communicate exclusively for Parkwood Booster Club events. Announcements for external athletic associations or external charitable events may not be shared on Parkwood Booster Club proprietary media.
Partner with the Executive Board, Coaches and Sport Commissioners, and School Administration to facilitate a Booster Club Open House before the end of each school year.
To work closely with the Principal (or designee) and Athletic Director to enhance positive school coverage and public relations.
The Concessions Chairperson shall:
Direct and plan the operations of all concessions for all events as needed.
Schedule volunteers for High School events through the High School AD and/or coaches. Schedule volunteers for Middle School events through sport commissioners.
Submit an Inventory Activity report at the monthly executive committee meetings and regular club meetings.
Price and purchase needed supplies to stock the appropriate concessions areas needed in a timely manner.
Recommend to the executive committee for approval the committee chairperson/s needed to carry-out these scheduled events.
Each officer and committee chairperson, except the treasurer, shall deliver to his/her successor immediately after retiring from office all records, papers and property belonging to the club.
Article X Meetings
Policies and procedures covering all meetings shall be:
Regular meetings shall be held monthly at Parkwood High School or Middle School unless advance approved notice of temporary change has been made.
The June meeting each year shall be designated the annual meeting.
Executive Committee meetings will be held immediately in advance of the regular club meetings. Any member of the executive committee may call a special meeting of the executive committee to present items/issues of concern that would require decisions prior to regular calendar meetings.
Special Club meetings may be called by the president, only, with two-thirds approval of the executive committee and no less than five (5) days advance notice to all members.
Quorum. A quorum for a membership meeting shall be a majority of the members present.
Article XI Executive Committee
Executive Committee shall consist of:
The elected officers
The principal, assistant principals, and athletic directors of Parkwood High School and Parkwood Middle School will be full voting members by nature of their positions.
Executive Committee shall:
Approve all requests for expenditures of club funds.
Have general supervision of all club expenditures.
Assist the club in making sound financial policy.
Approves all committee chairpersons and individual external middle school sports commissioners’ appointments.
Supervise the affairs of the club.
Make recommendations for club growth and prosperity.
Make recommendations to amend club by-laws as needed.
Transact any business needs between regular club meetings.
Prepare the annual club budget report.
Approve all fundraising proposals.
Approve all purchase order requests.
The executive committee will hold its meetings immediately prior to the general club meetings for consideration of any special matters. A quorum to conduct executive committee business shall be six (6) members.
Removal of Officers. The removal of an executive member shall be at the discretion of the high school and middle school principals.
Compensation. The Directors shall serve without compensation for their service. The executive committee may not be empowered to lend money or property to any director, officer, or employee of the organization.
Article XII Special Committees
Special Committees are committees formed and/or approved out of the executive committee to oversee specific duties needed by the club.
Article XIII Parliamentary Procedure
Robert’s Rules of Order, Newly Revised; shall govern proceedings of the club and executive committee in all cases in which they are applicable and are not inconsistent with the By-Laws.
Article XIV Official By-Laws
The By-Laws shall be the rules and policies of the club.
Article XV Amendments
Amendments to these by-laws must be proposed by the executive committee to be approved by membership at a regular club meeting. Amendments will require a two-thirds majority of the members present.
Article XVI Prohibition Against Shared Earnings and Non-Charitable Actions
No officer or employee of or member of a committee or person connected with the organization, or any other private individual shall receive at any time any of the Net Earnings or Profit from the operations of the organization, provided this shall not prevent the payment to any such person of such reasonable compensation for services rendered to or for the organization in affecting any of its purposes as shall be fixed by the Board.
No directors, officers or employees of this organization shall take any action or shall fail to act in such a manner as to result in a violation of the laws of North Carolina or the loss of status as a charitable organization under current interpretation of Section 501 C 3 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Article XVI Dissolve Clause
In case of the club being dissolved, the treasurer shall use any booster club available funds to pay all outstanding bills. Any remaining funds shall be distributed to Parkwood High School and Parkwood Middle School principals to be equally shared and used at their discretion.
Article XVII Grievance Procedures
Should any member of the organization have a grievance towards the practices of the booster club, the member shall submit in writing a request for a grievance hearing to a current member of the executive committee. The executive committee will convene a closed session meeting to hear the grievance and rule on the proceedings.
Revised: 22 March 2017
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Marcius Galan
Anne Neukamp
9 to 5, ink jet print, 50 x 50 cm (framed), 2015
Exhibition view at Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz, photo: Emile Ouroumov, 2015
Vertigo, 16mm film, projector with mirror-attachment, 7' vinyl record, 2013
Loud, loud, brass, 2.5 x 4 cm, including stamp, 2014. Photo: Bruno Lopes
Draw (close cover before striking), film still, HD video, 5:40 min, 2014
Exhibition view at Kunsthalle Winterthur, photo: Christian Schwager, 2013
Auto-scope, film still, 16 mm film, variable dimensions, 2012
Exhibition view at Kunsthaus Baselland, photo: Emile Ouroumow, 2015
Folded into One, carboard boxes printed on both sides, variable dimensions (each unit 30 x 30 x 30 cm), 2012. Exhibition view at Kunsthaus Baselland, photo: Emile Ouroumow, 2015
Measure, laser engraved brass Moebius strip, 69 x 14 x 3 cm, 2011
1-2-3-4 Animation, film still, HD video, 2:03 min, looped, 2010
Singularity, details, 16 mm film, loop system (wheels), variable dimensions, 2010
Singularity, 16 mm film, loop system (wheels), variable dimensions, 2010. Exhibition view at Nordenhake, Stockholm, 2010
Notes (NBNW), notebook, print, 19 x 13 cm (or 19 x 26.5 cm when spread open), 2010
Camera, powder coated steel, photographic emulsion, 55 x 52 x 22 cm, 2008
Cine-scope, animation HD video, 7:00 min, looped, 2008
Universe, slide-projector Kodak Carousel, stand, 81 slides, variable dimensions, 2008
Untitled (for Christian Andersson), powder coated steel, mirror, two-ways mirror, CCFL light tubes, 32 x 47 x 54 cm, 2007
snerohT, customized record player (TD 165 MKII), 43 x 34 x 16 cm, 2007
Subtraktion, ink stamp on paper, 170 x 150 cm, ongoing series, 2007. Photo: Sigfrid Carlsson
Exhibition view at Malmö Konsthall, photo: Helene Toresdotter, 2012
9 Ways to Say Itʼs Over, 9 digital video stills on acid-free photo-paper, each 26 x 20 cm, 180 x 26 cm overall (framed), 2006
Lighthouse, slide installation, Kodak Carousel projector, 81 slides, 2006
Exploded View, Kodak carousel slide projector, 81 slides, stand, timer, 55 mm lens, 2005. Exhibition view at Baltic Art Center, photo: Raymond Hejdström, 2005
Exploded View, detail, Kodak carousel slide projector, 81 slides, stand, timer, 55 mm lens, 2005. Photo: Raymond Hejdström, 2005
Wastebasket (bela), paper (origami), cardboard, glue, 38 x 27.5 x 27.5 cm, ongoing series, 2004-2006
Whirlpool, C-print, 28.5 x 42 cm (framed), 2000
Born in 1971 in Kungälv, Sweden. Lives and works in Malmö, Sweden.
Alexander Gutke works within the conceptual and minimalist tradition. Analogue apparatuses such as cameras, film and slide projectors are some of the main components in his art practice. Gutke investigates these technical elements as objects and mechanical devices, and uses them as tools and objects in his works and narrative creating a visual illusionism and a poetic and mystical materialism. Through his works, the artist explores a whole host of issues, ranging from narrative self-reflexivity, measurement, space, light, shade, darkness and what can be best described as a metaphysical existentialism.
Silver Lining, Galerija Gregor Podnar, Berlin, Germany.
Alexander Gutke, Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz, Switzerland.
Alexander Gutke, Vera Cortês Art Agency, Lisbon, Portugal.
Belenius /Nordenhake, Stockholm, Sweden.
When Attitudes Became Form Become Attitudes, MoCAD, Detroit, USA.
Kunsthalle Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland.
Galerija Gregor Podnar, Berlin, Germany.
Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden.
Galerie Nordenhake, with Christian Andersson, Stockholm, Sweden.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, USA.
Lichthaus Arnsberg, Arnsberg, Germany.
Culturgest, Porto, Portugal.
Hollybush Gardens, London, UK.
Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Marabouparken Annex, Soundbyberg, Sweden.
Galerija Gregor Podnar, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Baltic Art Center, Visby, Sweden.
Elastic Gallery, Malmö, Sweden.
MUU Galeria, Helsinki, Finland.
UKS, Oslo, Norway.
Luna International, Berlin, Germany.
MA-Exhibition, Peep, Rooseum, Malmö, Sweden.
Wednesday Project, Y-1, Stockholm, Sweden.
No habrá nunca una puerta. Estás adentro. Pieces from the Coleção Teixeira de Freitas, Sala de Arte Santander, Madrid, Spain.
Measurements, Société Bruxelloise d’Électricité, Brussels, Belgium.
Recollection – A Journey After 28 Years, PROYECTOSMONCLOVA, Mexico City, Mexico.
2006 IMMERSIONS 2016, Institut d’art contemporain, Villeurbanne, France.
Space is Only Noise, Belenius/Nordenhake Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden.
Working Drawings and Other Visible Things on Paper Not Necessarily Meant To Be Viewed as Art (After Bochner), CAC Bukovje/Landskrona for Kilometre of Sculpture, Võru, Estonia.
Trois Collectionneurs, autrement #2, ETE 78, Brussels, Belgium.
IN/VISIBLE, In Search of the Invisible Masterpiece, Frac Lorraine at The ikob, Museum of Contemporary Art, Eupen, Belgium.
Art et Archéologie. Les narrations de l’absence, Musée d’Aquitaine, Bordeaux, France.
Coffee & Ink, Galeria Casas Riegner, Bogota, Colombia.
The Registry of Promise – 3: The Promise of Moving Things, Centre d’art contemporain d’Ivry – le Crédac, Ivry-sur-Seine, France.
Old-School ASMR, CAC Bukovje, Landskrona, Sweden.
Bring in the Noise, Ormston House, curated by Mary Cremin, Limerick City, Ireland.
PIROEROTOMACHIA, curated by Krzysztof Gutfrański, Galeria Arsenał, Poznan, Poland.
Works on Paper, i8 Gallery, Reykjavík, Island.
1966-79, Institut dʼart contemporain, Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes, France.
EXPLODED VIEW* … INTERFACE** … LETTER & SPIRIT*** , Laxart, Los Angeles, USA.
Collection Joseph Kouli, Mains d’Oeuvres, Saint Ouen, France.
When Attitudes Became Form Become Attitudes, Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, USA.
When Attitudes Became Form Become Attitudes, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, USA.
Vitruvian Man, CREDAC, Ivry-sur-Seine, France.
Dimensions Variables, Institut d’art contemporain, Villeurbanne, France.
Beyond Words, Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst (GAK), Bremen, Germany.
On the Nature of Things, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, Canada.
Untitled, 12th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey.
Under Destruction, Swiss Institute, New York City, USA.
The emergence of things, STUK Kunstcentrum, Löwen, Belgium.
Displaced Division, Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Under Destruction, Museum Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland.
The Moderna Exhibition 2010, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Being There, Meet Factory, Prague, Czech Republic.
The Mousetrap or Something old something new something borrowed something blue, Galleria
Tiziana Di Caro, Salerno, Italy.
La Preuve Concrète, Centre Européen d´Actions Artistiques et Contemporaines (CEAAC), Strasbourg, France.
Un Plan Simple (1/3 Perspective), La Maison Pop, Montreuil, France.
L´Éternel Retour (1/ La Méduse), La Salle de Bains, Lyon, France.
Disarming Matter, Dunkers kulturhus, Helsingborg, Sweden.
Object, The Undeniable Success of Operations, Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Exploded View, Studio La Città,Verona, Italy.
Trava Linguas (Tongue-twister), Vera Cortes, Lisbon, Portugal.
The Garden of Cyrus, Galerie Edouard Manet, Gennevilliers, France.
Vergänglichkeit, Galerie Schleicher + Lange, Paris, France.
Die Wörter, Die Dinge, Kunstverein, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Objet à part, La Galerie, Noisy-le-Sec, France.
Phases of the Moon, Irma Vep Lab, Lieu de creation contemporaine, Châtillon sur Marne, France.
How Soon Is Now, Luis Seoane Foundation, Coruña, Spain.
On Metaphors, Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland.
Dreamlands Burn, Mucsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary.
Humour Me, H&R Block Art Space, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, USA.
Nothingness, Galerija Gregor Podnar, Kranj/Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Temporary Import, Art Forum, Berlin, Germany.
Rendez-Vous, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Lyon, France.
Nothingness, Galerie Eugen Lendl, Graz, Austria.
(dys)function, Lunds Konsthall, with Attila Csörgő, Ceal Floyer, Rivane Neuenschwander, Lund, Sweden.
Heimweg, Galerie Martin Kudlek, Cologne, Germany.
Emotions Eins, Frankfurter Kunstverein, curated by Nicholaus Schafhausen, Frankfurt, Germany.
Venture, Galerija Gregor Podnar, Kranj/Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Old Habits die Hard, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin, Germany.
10e Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement, Centre pour l’Image Contemporaine, Genève, Switzerland.
Wild Strawberries and Familiar Haunts, Suite 106 Gallery, New York City, USA.
OK, Video Art, National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Cultural Territories, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, curated by
Barbara Steiner, Leipzig, Germany.
Nya Namn / New Names, Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden.
Modesty, Galerija Skuc, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Modesty, Steirischer Herbst, Pavel-Haus, curated by Gregor Podnar & Livia Paldi, Laafeld, Austria.
P-A-U-S-E, 4th Gwangju Biennale, curated by Charles Esche & Hou Hanru, Gwangju, South Korea.
Greetings from Liverpool, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, UK.
VI, Nomadsland, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, curated by Charles Esche, Malmö, Sweden.
Et Annet Sted, Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen, Norway.
Blick: New Scandinavian Film and Video, video-screening selected by Maria Lind, Moderna Museet and Rebecca Gordon Nesbitt, NIFCA, various venues.
Videoshop, Edinburgh, UK.
Viva Scanland, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, UK.
Cashbox, Galleri Box, Göteborg, Sweden.
Zwischenräume 4, Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
Urban Angst, Out of Sight Seminar, Malmö, Sweden.
Narrative Structures, Forumgalleriet, Malmö, Sweden.
Non-Stop Videobar, Göteborg, Sweden.
Under Ytan, Lysekil, Sweden.
Grants and prizes
Hovedskous Skulptur, Gothenburg, Sweden, 1995-1996.
Hähnels Donationsfond, Sweden, 2001.
NIFCA, Suomenlinna Residency, Helsinki, Finland, 2002.
Konstnärsnämnden (one-year working grant), Sweden, 2003.
Malmö Art Museum, Aase & Richard Björklunds Prize, Sweden, 2003.
IASPIS Internationellt Kulturutbyte, 2003, 2004 and 2009.
Konstnärsnämnden Kostnadskrävande project (production grant) Sweden, 2004.
Production in Residence, Baltic Art Centre, Visby, Sweden, 2005.
Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center Istanbul Residency, Turkey, 2005.
International Residence at Centre International des Récollets, Paris, France, 2007.
Konstnärsnämnden (two-years working grant) Sweden, 2007.
FRAC Lorraine, Metz, France.
Frac Aquitaine, Bordeaux, France.
Institut d’Art Contemporain (IAC), Villeurbanne, France.
Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz/Basel, Switzerland.
Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden.
Museu de Arte do Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Learning Lab Connects Local and Federal FCE Professionals
Posted on 11 / 01 / 16
“Learning is a team effort that includes parents, teachers and the community.”
This spirit of shared learning and best practices was reflected in IEL’s gathering of over 80 leaders from 27 districts and 17 state departments of education. This year’s Learning Lab in the District of Columbia provided an opportunity for district leaders across the country to build on their experiences guiding family and community engagement (FCE) work in a variety of contexts and fostered an environment that encouraged implementation of best practices and improving systemic family and community engagement.
The DC Learning Lab opened with a panel discussion that examined the strengths and challenges of federal education policy implementation. The panel challenged participants to consider how state and district plans required by the Every Student Succeeds Act could be strengthened to ensure equitable outcomes for students and incorporate a strong family engagement component. Panelists emphasized the importance of developing a strong parent school relationship indicating that parents and families are engaged with their children’s lives from birth. Recognizing the inherent willingness of parents to want their child to succeed is paramount for educators. It is the priority of FCE partners to encourage parents to lead in schools and in education policy just as they are leading in their homes and in their neighborhoods. Panelist Elaine Zimmerman, senior consultant for the Connecticut Commission on Women, Children and Seniors, echoed the sentiment of fostering parent leadership stating, “Parents who care become parents who lead.” Lauren Mims, Assistant Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans also shared her experiences visiting with students across the country and the impact she sees when engaged families place importance on student support.
To underscore its commitment to FCE in education policy, the federal policy panel also noted changes that are happening within the composition of the Department of Education, including the new role of Family Engagement Ambassador which will serve to promote and support family engagement in education policy on a national level.
The second day of the DC Learning Lab began with representatives from Arlington Public Schools (APS). They shared how APS has made family engagement a focus of its work. Much of the progress has come from dedicated members of the school board and parents. Board member Dr. Emma Violand-Sanchez (the district’s first Latinx board member) discussed how she has taken the lead in organizing a working group that involves parents and community members. This working group drafts policies and has proposed a framework that works to help guide family and community engagement (FACE) work in APS. Partners in these working groups include FACE specialists and FACE Action Teams which are composed of a diverse group of school staff, parents, and community partners. Violand-Sanchez described the importance of system-wide family and community engagement plans that are concrete enough for engagement to build from, stating, “Parents want to engage. They just need assistance and guidelines; parents are invested and the experiences they share helps to grow the program.”
In lieu of a visit to local schools, APS’s family engagement staff pulled together an impressive panel including the principal, family engagement liaison, community-based partners and parent leaders representing a language immersion school, their pre-school programs, an elementary school, and a high school. Parent leaders offered important insights on the roles they have played in helping to engage other parents and families helping them navigate the system and become part of their own leadership pipeline as parents from increasingly diverse cultural communities. Principals offered important lessons about working to improve the capacity of their teachers to engage families and reimagine regular practices like parent teacher conferences and other activities.
D.C. Public Schools’ Office of Family and Public Engagement facilitated a second panel featuring director Josephine Bias Robinson, the DCPS interim chancellor John Davis, and the director of curriculum and instruction. Panelists offered an in-depth look at D.C.’s FCE policies and structures and their journey from trying out national best practices on a small scale to a more systemic approach actively involving over two-thirds of their schools. Participants were able to ask executive staff about real-world practice that works. One panelist began by stating, “Engagement happens at the teacher level, not the central office.” The panelists went on to indicate this is why DCPS emphasizes the importance of family engagement on a regular basis to teachers, turning every teacher into an expert on family engagement. DCPS believes that relationships between teachers and family is the most important and beneficial aspect of family engagement. They described how they have set a goal to develop practices that support family engagement and enforce the belief that FCE is beneficial and necessary. One key role for the senior staff is to ensure that DCPS’s system-wide engagement practices are sustained.
“This Learning Lab was simply one of the best professional development opportunities that I have ever attended!” said Patricia Weinzapfel from Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation.
As a peer learning and action network, the District Leaders Network on Family and Community engagement was conceived as a mechanism for improving systemic practice by supporting the learning of leaders responsible for work on the ground. The DC Learning Lab offered a deeper understanding and an important feedback loop between those responsible for federal FCE policy and those tasked with operationalizing best practice on the ground. Additionally, the Learning Lab offered participants a unique opportunity to learn from peers successfully implementing the Dual-Capacity Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships in real time in the D.C. Metropolitan Area. Participants left inspired, more knowledgeable, and more capable of applying a range of lessons and strategies back home in their local contexts. They also left with an expanded network of peers ready and willing to support them in their local efforts.
View the archive of the live stream from the Federal Policy Debriefing and Listening Session.
View the Twitter history of the DC Learning Lab via Storify or search #dclearninglab on Twitter.
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JESUS Film Harvest Partners - Vows of Remembrance
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The gospel often travels faster than our customs and culture. Such is the case in the Northern regions of Argentina, among the Wichi and Qom tribal peoples, where JESUS Film showings have pierced patches of spiritual darkness.
Jesus Film Harvest Partners for Christ
1 year 11 months ago By Holiness Today [comment_count]
The Kingdom of God is one of the few places where you can see a person who once hated Christians, a former thief, and their victims all working together to advance the Gospel.
Ministry, Mission, and Pies
Jerry Frye has been pastor of the Eldon, Missouri, Church of the Nazarene for close to 40 years. In those three-plus decades, the church has expanded and has become more community minded
Haiti in Transition
It's almost impossible to get to the site where Samarite Dessuisseau has convened this meeting.
Leaving Home Forever
Adib realized it was time to leave home, as 30,000 other Christians from his town in northern Syria had already done, and hoped he had not waited too long.
From Genocide to Grace
In 1994, the East African nation of Rwanda experienced a genocide culminating from a civil war that started in 1990 leaving up to a million people dead.
More than Paying Off Christmas
In those places where Christmas is celebrated on December 25, many of us spend the first days of the new year calculating the cost of Christmas.
Stewardship and Mission
The last two years have been a challenge for every local church, for every district, and for the Church of the Nazarene at large.
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How do I stop my neighbor's cooking smells from wafting into my apartment?
The intense aromas you're experiencing may be compounded by malfunctioning ventilation.
By Alanna Schubach
I'm suffering from very strong cooking smells coming from the apartment beneath mine well into the evening, to the point where I'm getting headaches from them. Is there anything that can be done? Are the rules different for co-ops, condos, and rentals?
New York City has robust legislation in place regarding smoking, but building management may be hesitant to address other types of intrusive odors, our experts say.
The city does have laws that cover neighbor-to-neighbor relations, including policies against residents who are creating a "nuisance," a term that refers to behavior like excessive noise, damaging property, or creating a safety hazard.
"Both smoking and cooking odors are nuisances and are usually governed, especially in a co-op, by the terms of the lease," says Dean Roberts, an attorney with Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus. "If another shareholder is cooking in a manner that creates a nuisance, the co-op is legally required to deal with it."
Co-op boards, however, are generally reluctant to intervene in a dispute between shareholders, especially over a matter as subjective as smells.
"Most co-op and condo by-laws do not allow for unreasonable infringement on others’ rights to quiet enjoyment [of their apartments]," says Deanna Kory, a broker with Corcoran. "However, what smells good to one person, smells terrible to another. I doubt there is a way to make what will feel like a fair solution unless unit owners can work it out themselves—which of course is tricky."
If you feel it would be impossible to work with your neighbor to find a fair solution, there may be other ways to mitigate the problem on your own, like purchasing an air filter, or having your super seal your door. And if that doesn't work, consider speaking with a third party to mediate.
"In my experience, a mediation by the managing agent, or often me as the attorney, is a good way to resolve these situations," Roberts says.
For renters, reaching out to your landlord may be the best bet, because the intense aromas you're experiencing may be the result of malfunctioning ventilation.
"There’s such a thing as quiet enjoyment of your apartment, as well as each resident having a warranty of habitability. If either of these are compromised by someone else’s actions, that could leave the landlord with some degree of liability," says Mark Levine, principal at Excel Bradshaw Management Group. "This may also be an issue with the physical components of the building, such as a broken vent in the kitchen or the bathroom, and by inspecting, the landlord can make any necessary repairs."
Notify your landlord whenever the issue arises so that there is a record, citing the language in your lease that refers to your warranty of habitability, he says, which should help prompt him or her into action.
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Home WA Times AP sources: Mattis received anonymous email in Petraeus case
AP sources: Mattis received anonymous email in Petraeus case
WASHINGTON (AP) – President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for defense secretary was among U.S. military officials who, the FBI concluded, received anonymous emails from the woman whose affair with then-CIA director David Petraeus led to his downfall, The Associated Press has learned.
The emails to now-retired Marine Gen. James Mattis and others, warning them to stay away from a Tampa, Florida, socialite, led to the discovery of Petraeus’ affair with his biographer Paula Broadwell, and revelations that he had shown classified secrets to her.
The FBI also concluded that Broadwell was the source of the anonymous emails.
According to an FBI report and a U.S. official, agents interviewed Mattis, who said he always had proper interactions with the socialite, Jill Kelley. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to discuss the investigation publicly.
The bizarre scandal surfaced four years ago but has crept back into headlines in recent weeks because Petraeus is among candidates Trump is considering to become secretary of state.
Petraeus resigned as CIA director in November 2012, and later pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor charge of mishandling classified information. He was also fined $ 100,000 and remains on probation.
The scandal unfolded when the FBI investigated anonymous emails sent to high-ranking military officials and to Kelley’s husband, warning them about what was described as Kelley’s inappropriate behavior toward the men.
One of the officials who received an anonymous email was Mattis, who Trump announced last week would become his nominee for secretary of defense.
Mattis had been interviewed by the FBI about the email and his statement was memorialized in FBI reports. He told investigators he could not understand why anyone would send him a warning because he always had above-board interactions with Kelley. He told the FBI that she held an honorary ambassador title, and said they met when he served as a top officer at U.S. Central Command headquarters in Tampa.
Mattis did not immediately respond to a message left with Trump’s transition team.
Emails between Mattis and Kelley were released last year under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act. In some, Mattis referred to Kelley as “Young Jill.” Kelley has said she never behaved inappropriately with Petraeus or any of the military officials she was emailing.
Separately, agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service Office of Special Projects had interviewed Mattis about counterintelligence aspects of the case, a U.S. official told the AP. It was considered by the agents to be an especially sensitive assignment because of the allegations against Petraeus about mishandling classified information. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to discuss details of the investigation publicly.
Broadwell was not accused of a crime. She told “CBS This Morning” this week that “it was a bit of a shocker that Petraeus was being considered for a Cabinet position,” but said both she and Petraeus should be allowed to move on with their lives.
In a text sent Friday to the AP, Kelley wrote: “Paula Broadwell’s stalking brought months of unwanted terror to my innocent family, not to mention the national security breaches she created by her anonymous emails to our most senior generals by illegally accessing General Petraeus’ government emails – based on her irrational & sexist suspicions. Of course she wants to ‘move on’ after she ruined countless careers and reputations of the victims she stalked because her affair ended.”
Source: www.washingtontimes.com stories: Politics
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Leo PistoriusAge: 721896–1969
Leo Pistorius
Birth September 28, 1896 47 36
Birth of a brother Martin Pistorius
November 10, 1900 (Age 4)
Death of a paternal grandmother Katharina Catharine Gauer
February 25, 1904 (Age 7)
Summit, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
Birth of a brother Theodore F Pistorius
November 9, 1904 (Age 8)
Death of a mother Mary Holzapfel
1914 (Age 17)
St Peters R C Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
Death of a brother Joseph G Pistorius
Death of a father Jacob Pistorius
Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
Death of a brother Jacob H Pistorius
Death of a brother John S Pistorius
Death of a brother Martin Pistorius
June 9, 1959 (Age 62)
Death of a brother Herman Sebastian Pistorius
Death February 1969 (Age 72)
Springdale, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Mary Holzapfel
Joseph G Pistorius
Jacob H Pistorius
Catharine M Pistorius
Herman Sebastian Pistorius
Clara Pistorius
Martin Pistorius
John S Pistorius
Theodore F Pistorius
Jacob Pistorius
Birth: November 17, 1848 35 31 — Butler, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: March 14, 1935 — Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
Birth: about 1860 — Pennsylvania
Death: 1914 — St Peters R C Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
Birth: about 1886 37 26 — Pennsylvania
Birth: March 17, 1893 44 33 — Pennsylvania
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Birth: April 11, 1891 42 31 — Pennsylvania
Death: November 1982 — Butler, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Birth: November 10, 1900 51 40 — Pennsylvania
Death: June 9, 1959 — Butler
Birth: September 28, 1896 47 36 — Pennsylvania
Death: February 1969 — Springdale, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Birth: about 1881 32 21 — Butler
Birth: November 9, 1904 55 44 — Pennsylvania
Death: January 1983 — Butler, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Peter Pistorius
Katharina Catharine Gauer
Leo Pistorius(1896–1969)
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Home Entertainment ‘Aftermath’ Unearths Terrible Secrets of Polish Participation in WWII
‘Aftermath’ Unearths Terrible Secrets of Polish Participation in WWII
A sense of violent dread pervades every moment of Polish drama “Aftermath.” A simple story of two brothers reunited after 20 years is slowly revealed to be a complex power struggle between the legacy of the past and the possibilities of the future.
Franek Kalina (Ireneusz Czop), the son of a poor farmer, immigrated to the US in the 80s, but is having trouble achieving the American dream and blames Chicago Jews for his plight. He finally returns to his hometown, a small village in central Poland, when his brother’s wife arrives on his doorstep without explanation.
Franek finds that his brother Jozek (Maciej Stuhr) is shunned and threatened by the locals. He doesn’t understand what happened, and struggles to reconnect. He soon finds out the root of the problem: Jozek has rescued Jewish gravestones from roads, plazas and houses all over town. Franek’s latent anti-Semitism fights his familial loyalties as he takes on his brother’s quest to honor the Jewish dead, while the town does all it can to keep the past buried. Ultimately, the brothers uncover a horrifying secret. One chooses the path of righteousness, while the other succumbs to self-doubt.
Slow moving, but steady of hand, “Aftermath” deserves the acclaim it received upon release in Poland, and the controversy that followed it. Some cinemas banned the picture, and Polish Nationals accused the film of being anti-Polish propaganda. Clearly, some in Poland still struggle with accounting for actions in wartime.
“Aftermath” shows what happens when people have been given permission to be their darkest selves, and how they will try to cover it up afterwards. The images of Jewish headstones in a burning wheat field, and a group of Jews that locals call “vacationers” saying Kaddish are haunting. Not a film to be viewed lightly, “Aftermath” will hopefully open a dialogue about Polish complicity in WWII that is long overdue.
“Aftermath” is now playing in New York City and opens in Los Angeles on November 15.
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MIMM – EMERGENCE – HEMOMICROBIOTE english
Composition and dynamics of Crassostrea gigas hemo-microbiota: microbial diversity, relationship with the oyster genetic background and the environment
Hemo-microbiota, Ifremer site policy 2015-16, CoDyVir, EMBRC France 2017
Massive mortalities of oysters are indicative of complex multifactorial diseases whose pathogenesis remains poorly understood. In addition, many studies are emerging today on the impact of species assemblages (holobionts) and their dynamics on the interaction of the meta-organism with the environment. In this context, the hemo-microbiota project proposes to use global approaches without a priori to characterize the entire microbial community (prokaryotes, protists and viruses) present within the hemolymph oysters. To this end, we used 5 families of oysters of different genetic backgrounds produced in hatchery. These 5 families were then transplanted into the natural environment during infectious and non-infectious periods. The microbial diversity of the hemolymph was then analyzed by high throughput sequencing approaches. These approaches allowed us to (i) characterize the structure and the dynamics of the 3 microbial communities and (ii) determine the influence of oyster’s genetic background and environmental microflora on the composition and dynamics of these communities.
The project has shown that the oyster hemolymph constitutes a complex and dynamic ecological niche. Indeed, the hemolymph hosts bacteria as already described but also protists and viruses. The acquisition of these microbial populations during the early stages of oyster development is virtually unaffected by the genetic background of animals, and environmental factors seem to dominate the establishment of this microbiota. The transplantation of oysters in natural environments during non-infectious and infectious periods shows that, once again, the environment plays a major role in the dynamics of the hemo-microbiota. However, during the infectious period, the genetic background of animals plays a key role in the dynamics of viral community living in oyster’s blood.
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Getting approval a nightmare
Ramkrishan Upadhyay and Naina Mishra
Installing solar power plants has become a nightmare for city residents who are facing much harassment for getting the requisite approval. From approval to release of subsidy, they are facing hurdles at each step. Overcharging by vendors is a major issue that the department has reportedly failed to address.
While the UT is pressurising residents to instal solar panels, over 50 per cent of government buildings are yet to follow the norm. The Estate Office notification dated May 16, 2016, made solar panels mandatory for new houses while existing ones were given two years to comply.
Of the total 45 community centres, the MC has installed solar rooftop panels (SRP) on 15 buildings so far. It is yet to install the panels on 30 community centres, 37 waters works and all seven fire station buildings. Likewise, of the 422 government houses, the Administration has installed SRPs on 78.
Abdul Qayum, Additional CEO, Chandigarh Renewal Energy, Science and Technology Promotion Society (CREST), says of the 7,500 buildings, SRPs have been installed on 1,563 private buildings and 261 government buildings while 4,836 proposals are under consideration.
“All government buildings will install solar panels within the time frame and action will be taken as per the law against government departments too,” warns Qayum. Vinod Vashisht, president of the Government Houses Welfare Society, says the Administration is expected to lead by example. “Any action should be first taken against government officials for violation.”
Experts raise question
While the notification issued by the Estate Office makes it mandatory to instal rooftop solar panels, it is silent on action in case of violation. The notification under Section 4 of the Capital of the Punjab Development and Regulation Act does not mention any action to be initiated in case of non-compliance. But Assistant Estate Officer Manish Kumar Lohan says legal view will be sought before taking any action.
On the other hand, advocate Vikas Jain says no resumption order can be passed for failure to instal solar panels as solar plants come under the definition of “machinery”.
Federation of Sector Welfare Associations general secretary JS Gogia (74), while explaining the row over installation of solar plant, said: “There are myriads of issues pertaining to it. Firstly, some of the owners have settled in foreign countries while they have rented out their accommodations. Now, the tenants say why should they bother to install the solar panel? The ownership of a residential building is also parted floor-wise and notices are being issued to the owner of the ground floor.”
Gogia said: “There is also a delay of four to five months in sanctioning subsidy by CREST.”
CREST has empanelled 45 engineering procurement construction (EPC) contractors for the installation of rooftop plants and 30 per cent subsidy, as provided by the Government of India, should be released to the consumer if they get it installed through any one of the vendors.
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With solar net metering, consumer pays for the difference between import and export energy (net metered energy). For instance: a consumer imports during a billing cycle 900 kWhr (units) and exports 500 kWhr, the electricity bill will be for 400 kWhr. Similarly, if a consumer export 500 kWhr during a billing cycle and imports 300 kWhr, then excess export of 200 kWhr will be carried over to the next billing cycle and so on until the settlement period ends. Settlement period is from April 1 to September 30 and October 1 to March 31.
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A security guard escorts Indians pitcher Tom Hilgendorf from the field after he was hit on the head with a folding chair
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Title A security guard escorts Indians pitcher Tom Hilgendorf from the field after he was hit on the head with a folding chair
Subject Baseball
Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Cleveland, Ohio)
Hilgendorf, Tom
Description A security guard escorts Indians pitcher Tom Hilgendorf from the field after the Indians pitcher was hit on the head with a folding chair during the fan riot during the infamous "Ten Cent Beer Night" game at Municipal Stadium, June 4, 1974. Hundreds of unruly and intoxicated fans disrupted the game between the Cleveland Indians and the Texas Rangers by coming on to the field and throwing items, including rocks, bottles, and chairs, at the players and umpires. Beer was sold for ten cents a cup that night as part of a special promotion. Despite repeated pleas for order over the public address system, the disruptions continued, and umpire crew chief Nestor Chylak declared the game a forfeit victory for the Rangers with the score tied 5-5 in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Creator Tepley, Paul
Date Original 1974-06-04
Object Type black-and-white photographs
Size of Original 8 x 9.5 in
Collection Homepage http://www.clevelandmemory.org/press/
Donor Cole, Joseph E.
Repository Collection Cleveland Press (PH2000.000PRE)
Repository Homepage http://web.ulib.csuohio.edu/SpecColl/
Digital Publisher Cleveland Memory Project
Encyclopedia of Cleveland History Entry http://ech.case.edu/cgi/article.pl?id=B4; http://ech.case.edu/cgi/article.pl?id=CI3
Further Reading http://www.worldcat.org/isbn/9781598510706
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25 YEAR CLUB: The R32 Nissan Skyline GT-R is officially a Japanese Nostalgic Car
“No victory, unless GT-R.” That was the saying in Japan when Nissan’s Skyline GT-R became the most dominant racing machine of its era. No, this is not another story about the hakosuka’s 50-plus victories; the adage was coined for its successor. On August 21, 1989, the R32 GT-R went on sale in Japan. Godzilla is now officially a Japanese nostalgic car.
For enthusiasts of a certain generation, this is where it all began. Those who cut their teeth tuning Nissan 240SXes and Honda Civics looked to Japan and saw a land of turbochargers and stratospheric redlines. Everything looked cooler in Japan, even the blinkers, and atop that mountain of stuff automakers wouldn’t sell on our shores sat the R32 GT-R.
It was the pinnacle of automotive technology. A wolf in sheep’s sheetmetal. Japan’s supercar. At the height of the JDM tuning frenzy of the 90s, the GT-R graced the covers of “sport compact” mags in countries where it was never sold, starred in video games, and was even the focus of a Hollywood-style illegal sales ring that had the US Federal government kicking down the garage doors of every R32 owner in the country.
In fact, westerners became so obsessed with the R32 GT-R that nothing else that came before it mattered to them. The R31 and R30 were viewed as boxy remnants of the 80s. Certainly no one outside of Japan in 1989 cared about the original GT-R, the famed hakosuka that’s become the poster child of the JNC movement. Even fewer noticed its successor, the kenmeri GT-R, stillborn with only 197 units built when Nissan canceled its motorsports programs in light of the 1973 oil embargoes.
In Japan, it was a different story. The racing exploits of the hakosuka GT-Rs were still the stuff of legend, and the GT-R nameplate could not be revived for anything less than monumental. Though the gap between the demise of the kenmeri GT-R and arrival of the R32 spanned just 16 years, the worlds that honed them could not have been more different.
The classic GT-Rs were borne of gasoline-spitting mechanical rawness; the reawakened Godzilla’s secret weapon was a silent bank of silicon chips. A decade and a half of booming fortunes had made a tiny island nation one of the top industrial powers on Earth, and the GT-R became the ultimate expression of a future-addicted culture with unlimited cash reserves.
You know the specs: a hyper-advanced all-wheel-drive system, all-wheel steering, and an infinitely tuneable RB26 fed by twin ceramic turbos and six individual throttle valves. Nissan famously sandbagged the GT-R’s performance figures, claiming 276hp as not to violate the notorious “gentleman’s agreement” between Japanese automakers. The real figure was reportedly somewhere north of 320hp.
In driving, the R32 GT-R seemed to defy the laws of physics. The Advanced Total Traction Engineering System for All-Terrain with Electronic Torque Split employed a symphony of wheel speed and g-force sensors to keep the tires as strongly planted as a redwood stump. It was more cutting-edge than even the Porsche 959’s system. Conditions that would send lesser cars into ditches instead kicked off a battalion of ones and zeroes flitting through ATTESA E-TS’s silicon brain. From the driver’s perspective it went something like this:
1. Mash your foot into the floorboards.
2. Magic.
3. Exit the turn with your face pressed against the side glass.
In fact, the system was so good that hoons who preferred a bit of tail-out action were frustratingly unable to break the rear tires free. Then someone discovered you could simply pop the ATTESA fuse out to turn Godzilla into a RWD drift machine.
These days it seems like every automaker and their mother is trying to set a record at the Nürburgring, but the GT-R was the first to seriously lay siege to the Green Hell in search of lap time bragging rights. That’s because the GT-R’s expressed purpose was, as you might expect, to race.
Naganori Ito was largely credited with the seventh-generation Skyline, though “credited” might be a poor choice of words. The R31 was widely panned by enthusiasts due to its floaty ride and a nature that was more boulevardier than brute. In some tellings of the story, Ito-san’s predecessor, Shinichiro “Father of the Skyline” Sakurai himself, had fallen ill just before the R31’s debut. Ito stepped in as head of the Skyline project, but by that time the R31 was so close to completion all he really did as project lead was submit some paperwork to the government to legalize it.
In any case, after the R31’s lukewarm reception, Ito-san made it his personal mission to bring the Skyline name back to its former glory. He decided that the way to do this was by campaigning it in the Japan Touring Car Championships like the hakosukas of old. Ito-san would not only build a better Skyline, but he’d resurrect the revered GT-R moniker create a new legend, complete with a small red and white “GT” crest on the fender like its predecessor.
Soon R32 test mules disguised as R31s and Silvias were looping the brutal 14-mile, 160-turn Nürburgring. Behind the wheel was Hiroyoshi Kato, Nissan’s venerated test driver so adept at his trade that the Japanese government endowed him with both a Contemporary Master Craftsman award and a Yellow Ribbon medal, given only to individuals who, through diligence and and perseverance at their chosen profession, become public role models.
Though he’s known as Nissan’s Nürburgring Meister these days, ironically Kato-san joined Nissan’s vehicle testing department before he even held a driver’s license. His first assignment was the 330 Cedric/Gloria twins but his passion was always sports cars, fueled by his admiration of the Datsun 240Z that won the Safari Rally. He eventually got his Fairlady Z assignment when it came time to develop the S130, but by the time he landed on the R32 team, he had yet to drive the Nürburgring.
Even as a novice to the difficult course, the R32 GT-R (in prototype form) was so good that he was able to obliterate the production car record, then held by a Porsche 944 Turbo, by 20 seconds. From that point on, all generations of the Skyline GT-R would be cultivated on the ‘Ring with Kato-san behind the wheel.
The R32 GT-R made its motorsports debut on March 17, 1990 at the Group A All-Japan Touring Car Championships. From the beginning, it was clear that a GT-R was going to win as they pulled ahead of the field, the only question was which GT-R. In the end, it was Kazuyoshi Hoshino and Toshio Suzuki’s bright blue Calsonic livery that took the checkered flag.
The duo went on to take home the championship that season, and from then on any team that wanted the slightest hope of winning needed a GT-R. Soon, the quote that began this article became the absolute truth in Group A racing, turning the league into an unofficial one-make series. Over the next four years, R32 GT-Rs won every GrA race on the calendar. Every single one, 29 in all.
The GT-R wasn’t done there. It was just as dominant in N1 Super Taikyu, an endurance series that ran closer-to-stock cars than Group A. It won all but one of 30 races there as well (a Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 broke the streak early on) over the course of four years.
Like the hakosuka GT-Rs before it, the R32 GT-R had established reign in a new era of Japanese racing. It fueled a new generation of enthusiasts who took to the streets in souped-up Skylines in admiration of their racing heroes. It was clear Ito-san had restored the GT-R name to its rightful place in Japanese racing lore.
However, the R32 did something the KPGC10s never did — continue GT-R saga internationally. From Australia’s Bathurst 1000 to Belgium’s Spa 24 Hours, the GT-R proved its mettle on the world stage, and was so powerful it was banned in several arenas.
Racing also yielded a number of homologation specials early on, including a stripped-down NISMO GT-R sans stereo or aircon that came in any color you wanted as long as it was Gun Gray Metallic. 560 were built, but only 500 units were made available to the public (the rest were allocated for racing), making it probably the ultimate in collectable R32s.
Other versions followed, such as the race-ready N1 version that came only in white, livery not included. As R32 became the clear force in Japanese racing, commemorative V-Spec (for “victory”) and V-Spec II editions, with BBS wheels and an active rear differential on the latter, joined the lineup in brief spurts.
For this article, we photographed one of the approximately 44,000 regular R32s built, one belonging to a guy named Bob. He’s asked to keep his last name private because he’s owned his GT-R for about 8 years, fully registered and street legal in the US. The means by which he did so are not entirely shareable, but soon the point may be moot because as of today the R32 GT-R is 25 years old, and those built a quarter-century ago are fully legal for import.
The legacy of the R32 GT-R is like no other. Every time an automaker chases a Nürburgring record, it’s because Nissan was the first to brag about it. Even now, the production car record is held by the soon-to-be-released 2015 NISMO GT-R, an even more insane version of the already pretty bonkers “standard” R35 GT-R.
With state-of-the-art science and supercar killing strength, the R32 GT-R didn’t just revive the most hallowed three letters in Nissan history, it redefined them and made them its own. Most of all, though, it served not only as a halo for Nissan, but for all Japanese cars.
Photo Credit: Ben Hsu, Nissan, Tomosang.
This post is filed under: 25 Year Club, nissan and
tagged: nissan, r32, skyline.
30 Responses to 25 YEAR CLUB: The R32 Nissan Skyline GT-R is officially a Japanese Nostalgic Car
XRaider927 said:
Otanjoubi Omedetougozaimasu Nissan Skyline GT-R R32!!!!
Bakasan said:
Wonderful writeup! R32’s are tremendously spectacular vehicles, and are very special to me.
I also find it quite interesting that the S20 engine of the original GT-R displaced 1989cc, the year of the GT-R’s return. Sometimes I wonder if this was planned…
Andre said:
Conspiracy theories have now infiltrated the automotive world. What’s next?
Nigel said:
R32 GT-R aka the Boss.
(Saw a Mines tuned one at the Z show this past weekend).
Lucky Canadians!
Dchil said:
Aussies gave it the monkier “Godzilla” because it, along with the sierra cosworth, completely, and I do mean completely, dominated Aussie Motorsport in the 90’s so much that the governing bodies dropped Group A regs and made their own where it was almost impossible to compete unless you were a V8 sedan.
Nissan returned a couple of years ago to the Australia track. They have been doing OK.
Kuroneko said:
Indeed! This Porsche driving (at the time) black cat, was introduced to the R32 GT-R as a passenger with Jim Richards at the wheel. After a good number of hot laps of Calder, I was exhausted. Gentleman Jim was just grinning.
The GT-R was stock, and was bested by only a few Porsche on the day. One of which was 934… Neko.
Gavin said:
I may be wrong but I don’t think the Aussies get all the credit for the godzilla bit. It’s possible to trace godzilla back to the r30 for example.
zahmad said:
They do! Wheels Magazine here in Australia stated so when they first tested the car….
on August 21, 2014 at 11:16 pm
wheels magazine in australia gave the r32 the godzilla name………… mmmmmmm. perhaps someone from Japan should confirm this.
ewok said:
http://joelstrick.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/9302695.jpeg
Godzilla was our nicname for it, everyone else adopted it.
Dave said:
Wow, just wow! This is truly stuff of legend. I love the R32. To me, it’s the original high tech super sports car. I know this is a car all about the machine, but I also like the design. It looks subtly menacing and so iconic. I remember when it first came out, the only way for me to be aware of it was the flood of models of all sorts of R32 race cars. The Calconic car was one of the most iconic and probably the most dominant, but the liveries on some of the other ones! Awesome post. And I love the Advans on that car!
Eric said:
Great write up of a truly legendary car. Since the start of our business we’ve always struggled with the fact that very few in the states knew there were Skylines that existed before the mighty R32.
fuel10922 said:
GODZILLA LIVES!
Chris A. said:
Here is my winning response:
“LEGEN…wait for it….DARY.”
Steve said:
Nice write up. Sounds like the R32 “started it all” on the international stage. Impressive. I still prefer the R34, though. But any GT-R with an inline 6 is fine by me, even the “stillborn” Kenmeri.
I’d take an R33 over either – it’s timeless design (I’m a ’90s child), and humongous shape just like godzilla’s.
John M said:
I may not have as many gold medals as Lightning Bolt, or as many hit country songs as the Gambler, or as many “scores” as Wilt the Stilt, or as many race victories as Godzilla, but I am glad to at least share a birthday with such accomplished company.
Danny said:
I would’ve liked to see the reactions this car got in international competitions, from companies like Porsche or BMW. It’s also interesting how far ahead this car was compared to its Japanese peers, especially in terms of power.. what was everyone else doing?
At the time the aforementioned gentleman’s agreement capped all production cars coming out of Japan at 276hp.
Group A GT-Rs produced anywhere from a claimed 500 to 650hp depending on the application. Though cars like the MA71 Supra Turbos created similar numbers, their 3.0L engine forced it to incur a higher weight penalty, rendering them uncompetitive.
GT-Rem said:
At first I thought to myself, “heyyyyy, that garage and the colors of those blurred out plates look awfully familiar”. Then I put two and two together and was surprised when I realized who the owner was. “Bob” is a great guy! Looks like his zilla finally came out of hiding hahaha. Gutsy move…
Honda was working on their Ferrari fighter, but you be the judge of what came out of it.
GT-R is a legend. Now where is my Gran Turismo 2!!
Censport said:
Bob? This Bob?
xs10shl said:
Great article! Bob has a stunning car.
Seamew said:
Nice write up! I am a proud owner of a ’93 BNR32 V-Spec in Sparking Silver which I’ve had for a number of years. This article is very nostalgic for me and gives me a newfound sense of appreciation in owning one. Thank you!
A super article on a car that did shake up the motoring world and the legacy continues in todays GT-R.
Kane said:
Beautiful article man, learnt heaps of awsome facts about an amazing car.
Jim-Bob said:
I actually got to see my first JDM Skyline just the other day. It was a R34 though, not an R32. A local used car lot had it for sale and I just couldn’t help myself. I had to stop and look at it! It wasn’t stock either- it had a FMIC , aftermarket wheels and a mild widebody kit. Did I want it? Of course I did! However, I also realize that it is far beyond my ability to afford it. Still though, it was awesome to finally get to see one in the flesh.
pstar said:
Is that 44,000 number just GT-Rs or is it all R32 Skylines?
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Canadian wine producers join the Bibendum PLB stable
By Martin Green
| 17 February, 2016
Bibendum PLB has added two new agencies from Canada to its portfolio.
Independent retailers can buy wines from Stratus Vineyards in the Niagara Peninsula and Southern Ontario-based Norman Hardie via the agency’s Walker & Wodehouse subsidiary from March 1.
Paul Meihuizen, buyer for Bibendum PLB, said: “Canada is a new and exciting addition for Bibendum and we wanted to make sure that we found something that truly reflects the quality that is being produced in this part of the world.
“With both Stratus and Norman Hardie we have uncovered something special that we believe is going to appeal to our customers. We have found some sensational wines that are benefitting from Canada’s cool climate and quality winemaking.”
Stratus is said to be one of Canada’s most modern wineries and is almost entirely gravity-fed, with no pumps. Walker & Wodehouse will carry the Signature Stratus White Blend, the Cabernet Franc, the Charles Baker Riesling and the winery’s first ever Riesling ice wine.
Norman Hardie is based in Ontario, with vineyards in Prince Edward County and Niagara, and Bibendum PLB said it has the potential to produce some of the finest cool-climate wines in the New World.
The winery’s eponymous owner, known as Norm, started life as a sommelier, before changing career to make wine around the world, winning awards in the process.
He said: “Wherever our wines are sold, our importer is always the face of the wines, this is of the upmost importance, and we have full confidence that Bibendum PLB will be an excellent ambassador of our wines in the UK.”
The Norman Hardie Chardonnay and Pinot Noir will be available from Bibendum.
Charles Baker, sales and marketing director for Stratus, said: “Bibendum PLB has the reputation, agility, and quality service to make sure wine consumers interested in emerging wine regions will have immediate access to our wines from the Niagara Peninsula. That such an esteemed company has endorsed Stratus by selection speaks volumes to their vision as well to the quality we deliver as winemakers.”
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The Shetland Distillery Co reveals 2018's Up Helly Aa gin
| 23 January, 2018
The Shetland Distillery Company has launched a new variant of its Up Helly Aa Shetland Reel gin, which it said is the result of a unique ageing process.
The Navy Strength gin (57% abv) has been aged in an ex-sherry cask, which has had one filling of a single malt Scotch whisky in if before being shipped to Unst for the gin ageing. The result is a one-off gin that the producer believes will be “keenly sought after”.
As with the previous two variants of this year, the launch has been timed to hit shelves in time for the annual Lerwick fire festival.
The producer also recently relaunched its full range of core gins with new packaging, which is also being applied to the Up Helly Aa variant.
The new packaging for the Up Helly Aa 2018 Shetland Reel gin includes a transparent back label complete with an interpretation of the Guizer Jarl, who is the leader of the Jarl Squad (the Jarl’s Squad are Vikings for the day).
This year’s Lerwick Up Helly Aa Guizer Jarl, Stewart Jamieson, said the new gin had become part of the annual tradition.
Shetland Distillery Company director Debbie Strang, said: “After the extraordinary success of our first two Up Helly Aa gins in 2016 and 2017, we are pleased to be following up with what is a unique and new-look 2018 version.
“We are delighted with the support we have received over the last three years from guizers jarl and the committee.
The gin will be available in 70cl and 20cl bottles, priced at £45 and £20 respectively, and go on sale online shortly. It is described as having a juniper-led now with a slight sweetness from the cask. Citrus peel and sweetness from the sherry come through at first and this is then balanced by tannins from the wood and savoury notes from the gin, according to the producer.
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With regard to research, this is organized into units with different designations: centers, laboratories and institutes. These units combine researchers from different departments of the Faculty and also include many researchers from other Portuguese or foreign universities. The vast majority of these units is part of the I&D centers funded system and evaluated by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT).
One of these units is the formerly Oceanography Centre recently added groups of five other universities to form the MARE.
Faculdade de Ciências also defines as priority links to innovation and entrepreneurship policies, the latter have been punctuated by initiatives aimed at:
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After Meeting With Cooper Union, Fate of St. Mark’s Bookshop Still Uncertain - The Local East Village Blog - NYTimes.com
September 15, 2011, 9:30 am
After Meeting With Cooper Union, Fate of St. Mark’s Bookshop Still Uncertain
By JAMIE LARSON
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Khristopher J. Brooks
Yesterday, as planned, the owners of St. Mark’s Bookshop met with officials at Cooper Union to request a rent reduction. As previously reported, the 30-year-old bookstore is in the third year of a $20,000-per-month, 10-year lease agreement with the school, an amount co-owner Terence McCoy says is unfeasible in light of the bad economy. At 4:30 p.m. yesterday, Mr. McCoy, along with partner Bob Contant, asked for a break of $5,000 per month. “It was cordial,” Mr. McCoy said of the encounter.
According to Mr. McCoy, their proposition will be taken to the school’s Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees. In the meantime the owners were instructed to gather their financial numbers for the committee.
Mr. McCoy said they went to the school with their rent concerns and financial records last year, to no avail. Now the shop is taking a different approach, proposing to their landlord that it is an East Village landmark.
Mr. McCoy said that while he doesn’t think everyone who is having trouble paying their rent should go pleading to their landlords for a break, the St. Mark’s Bookshop has a special place in the community, and the East Village would lose a vital piece of its character if the “curated” shop went under.
In the court of public opinion, at least, this new approach seems to be working. At a meeting last week, Community Board 3’s Economic Development Committee voted 9-0 to back the shop’s efforts, with City Council Member Rosie Mendez also writing a letter of support. An online petition has now gathered over 26,700 signatures.
Mr. McCoy said Cooper Union officials were “certainly aware” of the community’s voice, as well as the growing media coverage, but added that it was “hard to gauge” what they thought of it. He said he understood that the college had a financial interest as well, but felt his store was running out of options.
“The only trouble with moving is that it takes money to move,” he said.
At the time the lease with Cooper Union was signed in 2008, Mr. McCoy said the increase from $18,000 to $20,000 seemed reasonable. They expected a bump in sales from the departure of the nearby Barnes & Noble superstore, and they got it – but as the recession set in, the purse began to shrink.
Unlike his business partner, who has lamented the dawn of the e-reader and other online challenges to the hardcopy business, Mr. McCoy felt that technology had not been a leading factor in the store’s budget issues. He believed the shop fit a niche in the community and hoped Cooper Union would see the value of preserving it.
Only time, and the executive committee, will tell.
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(MONROVIA, LIBERIA – February 10, 2014) At the Inaugural Meeting of the Africa Cabinet Government Network (ACGN), held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Liberia was on Friday, February 7, elected as one of three regional Vice Presidents.
In a communiqué issued at the close of its Roundtable Workshop, held February 3-7, the Council of African Cabinet Secretaries, the ACGN’s governing body, unanimously elected Dr. Momo Rogers, Director-General of the Cabinet, Republic of Liberia, to serve for the next two years as Vice President for the West Africa region.
Other officers elected were: Dr. Ernest Surrur, Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Civil Service of the Government of Sierra Leone, as President; Mr. Abdon Agaw Jok Nhial, Secretary General of the Government of South Sudan, as Vice President for the East Africa region; and Dr. Roland Msiska, Secretary to the Cabinet of the Government of the Republic of Zambia, as Vice President for the Southern Africa region.
The elected officers automatically became members of the Executive Committee of the Network, authorized by the Council to lead the Network and bring together those who have the responsibility of supporting and managing the collective Cabinet decision-making of their respective jurisdictions. The Committee is further mandated to explore practical ways to improve Cabinet procedures and build capacity within Cabinet Secretariats to support line Ministries.
The Committee also has the responsibility of recommending to the Council the appointment of an Executive Director to run the Network’s Secretariat, and setting up of a Technical Committee comprised of senior staff of the Secretariats of member countries.
During the Roundtable Workshop, the Liberian Director-General of the Cabinet, Dr. Rogers, chaired the second-day sessions, made two presentations, and served on a high-level panel on the “Role of the Cabinet Secretary.”
Speaking about what Liberia stands to gain from the Network, Dr. Rogers noted that besides sharing best practices with his colleagues, two Liberian college graduates have already been employed by the Network to work in his office, and an international senior advisor from Adam Smith International would be traveling with him to Liberia to begin training the new staff and helping to improve the Cabinet system and processes of Liberia. The new staff will later attend two international workshops on Cabinet processes and procedures.
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The first exhibition of Massey’s artwork in Texas, A Different World showcases three bodies of work that reference the material culture of nostalgic pasts, from 1980s hip hop to African hair braiding. Informed primarily by jewelry, Massey’s diverse artistic practice deftly renders her observations on race and class in contemporary American culture.
The exhibition focuses on the artist’s colossal steel sculptures of chains and rings, alongside intricately braided crimson neckpieces and accompanying portraits. Themes in the exhibition span cultural appropriation, authenticity, and the diasporic legacy of “bling.” Guest curator and former HCCC Curatorial Fellow, Sarah Darro, comments, “A Different World reflects the intersectional interests of Massey’s work in an immersive installation that emphasizes physical junctions and meeting points. Corners and thresholds in the gallery become potent spaces for her works, which themselves function as sites of critical dialogue about space, the body, and politics of race, class, and gender.”
Borrowing forms from iconic Dookie Rope chains and four-finger rings, Massey mines the use of jewelry as an element of early hip-hop culture, relating “bling” to a legacy of adornment that traces back to African nomadic tribes and royalty. Informed by the 1980s Detroit of her youth, a period that lauded black culture, bespoke jewelry, and ostentatious personal adornment, Massey recognizes visual and physical weight as a principal tenant of hip-hop jewelry, drawing attention to the wearer as well as reminding the wearer of the piece. She says, “Bling is audacious. It’s in your face. I’m using hip hop as a reference for the scale, for the weight of the work.” She learned to fabricate the illusion of weight in metal, using techniques like hollow-forming to achieve voluminous, architectural silhouettes in her jewelry. In her series, Everyday Arsenal (2018), she further emphasizes this weight, bringing her jewelry to a monumental scale through massive steel reproductions of rings she designed for each of her fingers.
Massey approaches her artistic output like a social scientist. She is interested in what happens when people are adorned, the ways in which jewelry causes people to hold themselves differently and more confidently, and how jewelry functions socially as a technology of belonging. Chains are potent cultural symbols and, in hip hop, can signify affiliation with music labels and organizations, with members collectively owning and wearing particular chains. Massey explores this symbolism in her monumental 18-foot sculpture, Facet (2010), in which diamond-shaped steel links, large enough for a person’s torso to fit through, are connected through an articulated chain. At this exaggerated scale, the artist explores how work can adorn landscape and speak to a community.
Massey is devoted to the exploration of material, in service of the conceptual themes that underpin her work. In her series, Je Ne Sais Coiff (ongoing), she applies African hair-braiding and coiling techniques to wool, jute, and rope to create necklaces informed by tribal hair designs affiliated with royalty and wealth. By accompanying this work with stark photographic portraits of the white women who are wearing these pieces, Massey effectively broaches topics of ownership, bodies and hair, the performance of identity, and cultural appropriation.
A Different World showcases Massey’s diverse, conceptual approach to material and presents a unique opportunity for visitors to experience jewelry on a monumental scale, while exploring some of today’s most pressing social issues.
Tiff Massey: A Different World is curated by Sarah Darro. The exhibition is supported in part by the Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG).
About Tiff Massey
Artist Tiff Massey’s oeuvre is expressed in mediums as varied as metal, fiber, wood, and performance and in scales as varied as monumental sculpture, wearable adornment, and immersive installation. The Detroit artist earned an MFA in metalsmithing from Cranbrook Academy of Art, and her work, despite its wide range, remains informed by jewelry—drawing from its cultural history, processes, techniques, and materials. Massey’s work has been widely exhibited nationally and internationally, at venues including the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, the Society of Arts + Crafts in Boston, Craft in America in Los Angeles, Library Street Collective in Detroit, and Galerie Marzee in Nijmegen, Netherlands. She is the recipient of the prestigious Kresge Arts in Detroit Fellowship; Michigan Chronicle’s 40 under 40 Award; the Best Time-Based Performance at SiteLab during Art Prize in Grand Rapids, Michigan; and most recently, the Susan Beech Mid-Career Artist Grant, which is the largest art jewelry cash award in the U.S. Massey has also participated in international residencies including the Red Bull Arts Residency in Detroit, Ideas City hosted by The New Museum of New York, and the Volterra-Detroit Foundation in Italy.
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Frazier says Cordarrelle Patterson's few snaps was 'coach's decision'
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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — It seems more than a month ago that Minnesota Vikings rookie receiver burst onto the scene with a 50-yard kickoff return in the preseason opener against the Houston Texans on Aug. 9.
Patterson played just five of the 56 offensive snaps in Sunday’s regular season opener at the Detroit Lions, the fewest of any receiver and one fewer than quarterback-turned-receiver Joe Webb. Patterson caught the only pass thrown his way, a zero route in which he broke a few tackles for a 10-yard gain up the sideline.
The most consistent action the University of Tennessee product saw all day was lined up as the starting kickoff return man, taking out only two as Lions’ kickoff specialist Sam Martin booted nearly every one through the end zone.
Patterson was on the injury report with a back problem, listed as ‘limited’ on Wednesday and Thursday. But he was a full participant in Friday’s walkthrough.
“He’s healthy. We’re going to try and get him a few more snaps, but we need to get a few more first downs and stay on the field longer with our offense,” Coach Leslie Frazier said on Monday.
Of the 13 drives on Sunday, the Vikings ended six (46%) with a punt or turnover before they could gain a first down.
Speculation in the spring surrounded Patterson’s maturity and whether or not he’d be quick to adapt to the NFL’s technique, dense playbooks and schemes. Frazier said that wasn’t a problem.
“[The playbook] is not an issue,” Frazier said. “Coach’s decision.”
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Flashback Friday: Correction!
First of all, Kenzie was interviewed yesterday, over at Raine Delight's blog. If you have time, please stop by and say 'hi'?
Secondly, author Amber Skyze is a mommy again! Baby Teagan was born last night at 10:30 pm, weighing in at 4 lbs, 10 oz. Mama and baby are doing fine:)
Last, memory is a funny thing. How is it I can remember events so clearly, but be a year off? Yup....the Cafe Eminence was accurate, but that we didn't go to Colorado until the following year. Here's what took place in July 2001, after the tournament.
"Mom, My Ankle Hurts!"
While baseball was going on, K had slid into a base or two and twisted his ankle. No biggie; we iced it and wrapped with an ACE bandage. Then we took him to Tropicanoe Cove after VBS. He began limping again, after whacking it on the floating 'blocks' of the jungle crossing. Again, we iced and wrapped it.
But a sprained ankle usually heals within a few days. Two weeks later, the ankle was still swollen, so I took him to the doctor. They X-rayed it and said they'd call us.
We'd made plans to go to King's Island the weekend of July 4th, and just before we were getting ready to leave, the dr's office called. K had a fracture in his growth plate and could we come in today? I explained our plans, and Dr. S said not to worry; he'd see us on Monday.
The 'Fun' Way To Do An Amusement Park:)
Since we had a kid with a bum ankle, I suggested we rent a wheelchair for him. I didn't want to be all the way across the park and have him want one. So we did, and it turned out to be a blessing! Did you know if you're pushing a wheelchair, all you have to do is appear at the exit of a ride, and the attendants let you and your family on FIRST? With the exception of two handicapped-accessible rides, of course. K and the SU had a wonderful time. Meanwhile, I learned a valuable lesson: Do NOT split up the family until everyone's on the same page about plans!
K and SU went off to ride the Son Of Beast. S and I do NOT ride coasters, so I snitched a bite of D's snow cone and said, "We'll be over in Kiddie Land....meet us there." And walked off. We waited...and waited.....and waited. Meanwhile, S rode everything in Kiddie Land, and I let her go through the Splash area. All the while keeping an eye out for an overweight man pushing a wheelchair. Around 7pm, we headed toward Mama Rosa's, where we usually eat dinner. Waited 2 hours; they never showed. Finally, when it came time for the fireworks, S and I parked ourselves by the wheelchair rental place. We were VERY HUNGRY and VERY UPSET! I'd even tried to have him paged, but to no avail. I had no money on me, and we hadn't gone on many rides.
Lesson Learned: If the group is splitting up, HAVE A CELL PHONE ON or at least ARRANGE A MEETING TIME/PLACE! Of course, I maintain if the spouse had done what he was told, instead of going off on his own, S and I would have been a lot happier!
The following Monday, K received his walking cast. A week later, he was off to BSA Summer Camp and wore out his scout leader! She opted to walk with him, thinking he'd be nice and slow. Noooooo.....she had a hard time keeping up with him!
And after the tournament was over, K, S, and I met Grandma and Granny at the airport for our flight to Vancouver, BC. I had broken one of my toes; K was in a walking cast; Granny had a cane; my mother was in a riding scooter. Thankfully we had lots of help at both the Indpls and Pittsburgh airports!
When we arrived in Seattle, mom discovered the limos were the same price as the taxi, so we rode to the hotel in style:) We found a small carnival on our way to the Space Needle, and the kids and I went on a few rides. And the Needle was awesome! I usually have problems coming down from heights, but toughed it out fine.
The next day we boarded the AmTrack train to Vancouver, and what a trip that was! We ate breakfast in the dining car; saw a bald eagle's nest; the kids watched The Emperor's New Groove.
Once there, we drove three hours north to Manning Park, where we'd spend the next five days. We stayed in cabins, and cooked in the kitchen. One evening, we ate at the lodge's restaurant. We hiked; we swam; we enjoyed ourselves. Wendy and I even learned something about ourselves: We'd grown up canoeing in rivers. When we tried to paddle around the lake, we zigzagged all over the place! But when we decided to paddle toward Rainbow Bridge, we hit a narrow passage and paddled in a straight line:)
After Manning Park, we spent one day in Vancouver. I took the kids to the Science Museum and we rode the Elevated Train to downtown, where I'd requested to eat at Planet Hollywood (the one in Indpls had closed). After eating, we purchased souvenier T-shirts and returned to the motel.
Wendy and I got into a fight that night. She had taken our dirty laundry to the laundromat, but it wasn't completely dry, and all she could say was 'sorry'. I had a meltdown: My dad was taking our suitcase in the morning so we didn't have to mess with any luggage at the airports and now she wanted me to pack wet clothing we wouldn't see again for two days? I'm sorry; I lost my temper.
And implored with the manager of the hotel to let me use their dryer. Thankfully he was sympathetic and had his staff dry our clothes. And then I discovered my T-shirt was missing. The kids had theirs; I called Planet Hollywood and sure enough, somehow my sack had been left behind. After much discussion, I took a taxi downtown and retrieved my T-shirt. My sis hadn't wanted me to go, since the 'night time is NOT a good place to be in downtown Vancouver...' I didn't care; I wanted my shirt and did NOT want to wait until she remembered to send it. There would be no time in the morning before our bus trip back to Seattle; I got my way and nobody bothered me.
As stated earlier....Next Month: Being Stabbed In The Back
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The following is a rant. For a happier post, go here to see how Kenzie worked a jungle, a FedEx man, and a tire pump into a short story. Enjoy, and if you want to add your voice to this, feel free:)
I was tempted to either throw my remote control at the TV or stop watching Big Brother altogether. Seriously, America....did you REALLY have to vote to bring back that whiny spoiled BRAT of a diva they are now calling 'Brenchal'? Pardon me while I gag....
I couldn't wait to see her plastic self voted off last season, and now I'm beginning to think Brendan needs to get a clue about what love and marriage is all about.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, here's a brief rundown of the past week:
Jordan won HOH and put up the duo she felt were the bigger threat. Rachel, for whatever imagined reason, wanted Cassie out against all odds and whined in the diary room that 'she and B needed to take control to get C out of there.' Helllloooooo.....it's not your decision! And in the end, it worked out anyway. Dom won Power of Veto and took he and Adam off the chopping block. J put up Shelli and Cassie, and C went home.
Then last night, during a luxury competition, J somehow inferred David Hasselhoff's name from 3 bars of soap and opera classes (I think her reasoning went 'soap opera star....bars watching opera...Ba-watch...Baywatch...The Hoff!' Everyone else waited until the other clues, a microphone and a knight were revealed, all getting it wrong.) and won a private party with The Hoff in the HOH room, complete with an advanced screening of the new CBS series, Same Name. She was allowed to pick three people, and chose Jeff, Shelli, and Kalia. Rachel went into a snit.
Why not me? I'm the HOH...Jordan...where are you alliance loyalties? Does this mean you're NOT with us? Why are you being so mean? Maybe I need to put you and Jeff up.... And when Brendan tried to reason with her, she turned on him, saying maybe he didn't love her anymore. 'All I wanted was my dream wedding...if you want to leave, then leave. I can't believe you're being so mean to me...'
For god's sake! Brendan, get a clue. She's a selfish, spoiled brat who cries when she doesn't get her way. When this game is over, take your belongings and find a mature woman! If this marriage goes through, I don't see it lasting. It reminds me of a neighbor I used to have, who married her dream guy 'because we look good together' and 'we're going to have beautiful children...' Didn't last one year. A week before the wedding, she came to me, wondering how to get out of it. I gave her 3 options: Call it off, leave him at the alter, or pick a fight and call it off. She did neither, and is now happily remarried after several years and growing up a little.
Seriously, Dr. Phil needs to do an intervention on this couple. Brendan shows some sign of maturity since last year, but he's allowing Rachel to lead him around by the balls.
Pardon me while I gag again....
I seriously hope 'Brachel' doesn't try to back door Jeff and Jordan. If D and A win POV, put up Jawon and Kalia and get that annoying Jawon out of there!
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Enjoy your weekend and stay cool! I'm still editing Love On The Rocks.
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Flashback Friday: Opening Cafe Eminence
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As soon as the 4th of July festivities were over, our family 'lived' at the ball field. Practices, stocking the stand, and doing an inpromptu inventory kept me busy every night. The VP of our league came to me and asked me to 'do a better job with supplies' this year. I told him what I had been told by the Secretary and previous manager:
"I was told not to restock a great deal after Friday night for the final tournament. But if you're willing to back me up, I'll do it. I'd rather have happy customers."
"Do it then."
One of the coaches brought his large gas grill, and my spouse was pressed into being the 'Grill Master'. Our tiny hut rang with activity as hot dogs rested in the warmer; pork BBQ simmered in a slow cooker; ears of corn soaked in one of the coolers; hamburgers sizzled on the grill and were brought in to keep warm in another warming pan, donated by the wife of another coach, who worked in a restaurant.
We had accounts open at two local gas stations for Gatoraid, ice, and water. I also kept track of how many hamburgers we sold each day and bought double the amount on Friday for the weekend. Unfortunately, the final week I couldn't read my own handwriting and bought buns instead of hamburgers, resulting in eight packages too many.
I even bought doughnuts for the early games, so the kids, coaches, and parents could have something beside lunch items at 8:30 am. And yes, I was the first one to the field every morning, to have hot coffee ready and the stand open by the time people were arriving. This drove my family crazy, but they quickly saw how much money we were taking in.
My helper L was a godsend. She worked her butt off when parents didn't show. She ran errands. Went to the bank for change. Rotated the drinks.
After the final game, I invited her family to join us at the Chinese Buffet in town. We were sick of hamburgers, hot dogs, and BBQ, and wanted to be someplace cool. We also tossed around ideas for next year, and what had worked and what hadn't.
L assured me she'd take care of the extra buns and would meet me the next day to help clean everything up. My family was leaving for Colorado in two days, and I would be busy packing.
She didn't show up on Monday, and on Tuesday I left for Colorado after depositing the final money tally in the bank and recording the inventory stats.
Colorado!
Vacation with the family was fun! The spouse griped all the way to the Illinois border, then began looking forward to visiting a new state. We spent the night in Little Amana, Iowa, then enjoyed ourselves the second night in Kearny, Nebraska. I was working on Searching For Love at the time, and had many discussions with my dad on homosexuality. Neither my parents understood why I felt the need to tell the story of a young woman's alternative lifestyle, but I felt it fit in with my series, since a close friend had dealt with the issue.
We had a great time at Nicky's Resort that week. We spent time in the park; we toured Estes Park; ate some awesome food; and celebrated my parents' birthdays reminiscing with old friends who drove over for the evening.
And on the way home, stopped at Calbello's in Sydney, NE as well as spent the night in Kearney again, this time at the motel with the indoor water park. My kids had a blast! And of course, the spouse began fretting about money again once we crossed back into Indiana.
And we laughed six weeks later, when my sister turned up pregnant. Vacations can definitely take on an almost honeymoon-like quality, LOL:)
Next month: Rude Awakening
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Here's an excerpt from Love On The Rocks, since I just found the printed galley yesterday. It had gotten buried on a bookshelf. Enjoy:)
Love Finds A Way (Formally known as Love on the Rocks): Publication Date: November 2007
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Love-Finds-A-Way/Molly-Daniels/e/9781434325457/?itm=12
Available at www.authorhouse.com 11-7-07
Later, when everyone had gone home, Matt gathered Amy in his arms. "I love you."
"And I love you," she replied, kissing him.
Matt released her, locked the door, and shut off the lights. The music was still on, only playing softly. Amy turned down the bed and began to undress.
"No, don't," Matt stopped her.
"Why not? I thought you wanted me to stay," she asked, puzzled.
"I do." He took off his shirt, then joined her beside the bed. He took her face in his hands and gently began to kiss her. His lips traveled from her forehead to her cheeks, then finally recaptured her lips. They clung together, then Matt's lips moved to her ears and down her neck. Slowly, he unbuttoned her shirt and bra, and removed them. He bent down and rediscovered the hills and crevices of her young body. Amy quivered; it had been a while since they had taken time out to pleasure each other.
"Oh Matthew..." Amy sighed, her eyes closed.
He pulled her jeans down until they lay in a heap around her ankles. Rising, he removed his own pants and just gazed at her. Amy opened her eyes to meet his, and saw the love reflected in them. She let her eyes move down his tanned body, marveling at his masculine beauty: Broad shoulders, golden hair covering a strong muscled chest, then tapering off across a flat stomach and narrow hips.
Matt, in turn, was reflecting on the girl's delicate loveliness. His eyes traveled from her shoulder length blonde hair, to her softly curved body, bathed in the moonlight. He lifted his hand and gently traced her jaw, then down to brush against the roundness of her breast. He stepped closer and enfolded her in his arms, his mouth seeking hers. Scooping her up, Matt gently laid her on his bed as they gave themselves up to one another, rediscovering the joys of their passion.
Afterwards, they snuggled together, caressing and enjoying the close comfort of their bodies.
"Aim," Matt mumbled, stroking a strand of her hair. "Do you think your parents will like me?"
"I hope so," she answered slowly. "Your lifestyle is quite...different from ours, and the attitudes and customs are-"
"What attitudes?" Matt interrupted. "I mean, shit! They either accept me, or they don't!"
"Well," Amy tried to find the right words. "It's like this: Back in Indiana, my family doesn't drink or curse so much, and I know for a fact that they definitely would not approve of us sleeping together."
"I'm not changing my life! If they don't like it, they can stuff it!" Matt returned hotly.
"Ssssh...I'm not asking you to change." Amy tried to be tactful. "All I’m asking is that you not, er, curse so much," she finished lamely.
"Amy..."
"Please?" she pleaded. She rolled over and looked him in the eye. "All I ask is that you clean up your vocabulary for a few hours while we're with my parents."
"You want me to kiss ass," he commented.
"Not quite...I just want you to make a good impression." Tears welled up unexpectedly in her eyes, and she rested her head on Matt's chest. "This is important to me," she whispered.
"Oh, all right, I'll watch what I say next weekend. Can I smoke and drink beer too, or is that also taboo?"
"Stop it!" Amy locked eyes with him.
"What?" Matt asked, acting innocent.
"You know what I mean," she replied fiercely. "I'd rather you not smoke, but a few beers won't hurt. I'm not asking you to bend over backwards; all I want is for you to be civil towards them!"
"I'm always civil," he protested.
"I didn't mean it like that," Amy put her head down again. "I meant that sometimes, well, you have a tendency to act antisocial, as a know-it-all."
"I do what?"
Feeling herself losing ground, Amy groaned. The conversation wasn't going the way she'd hoped.
"I would feel better if you and my parents were to start off on the right foot," she said, choosing her words carefully. "They have the stereotypical California military officer in their minds, and I don't want them judging you in that way."
"Just out of curiosity, what exactly is the 'stereotypical California military officer'?" Matt was amused.
Amy thought for a moment. "Promise you won't get upset? He's the dedicated officer, but loud, rude, disrespectful when off duty. He's lazy; a womanizer; an alcoholic; not someone to bring home."
"So that's what your parents are expecting me to be," said Matt.
"But," Amy continued. "I've told them your good points, so they're not expecting Godzilla. Now, can we drop the subject and get some sleep?"
"No, we can't."
"Why not?"
"Because," he lowered his voice while sliding his hand down to cup her breast. "This military officer has a naked, sexy woman in his bed, and wants to take advantage of the situation!"
Choice Aromatic Lion Butt
label on package of sliced turkey, China
This had K and I laughing the other day! Have you had yours?
Have a good day; I'm off to finish editing Teacher's Pet and start de-cluttering my desk.
The 'grandkids' are at the zoo today with Grandma and Grandpa L, their mom, and Uncle J. Just heard they had a GREAT time at Holiday World yesterday, and have lots to tell us when they get back on Tuesday.
We drove to Princeton yesterday and ate at Sonic for the first time. I had a double-bacon-cheeseburger, fries, and a chocolate malt. Everyone else ate footlong hot dogs and coney dogs:)
Enjoy your weekend:)
"I've sprained my butt!"
"Olive Garden salad again?"
"You ate what?"
When one is pregnant for the first time, and feeling rather put out because of restricted activity, strange things happen. Walking was slightly painful; the only way I could describe it was I felt as if I'd sprained my butt. When I saw the doctor, he explained the muscles were stretching, and encouraged me to do some leg lifts, since I wasn't supposed to be on my feet a great deal.
'Baby' was demanding Olive Garden salad. I found out I could order one to go, so I'd eat salad and breadsticks for lunch, and take another salad home for dinner. Spouse got rather tired and burned out after a while.
And one night, we'd made plans to go out to dinner with a friend. While the spouse was in the shower, I began to get hungry. A PB sandwich sounded good, so I made one. It tasted so good, I made a second. By the time the spouse was dressed, I was on my third. Needless to say, by the time we joined up with his friend and made it to the restaurant, I wasn't hungry anymore, and just drank iced tea. I may have snacked on some cole slaw and french fries, and eaten some dessert.
Our kittens were now three months old and weaned. We talked about giving all but one away, but couldn't decide which one to keep. D liked Rosie; Tag had 'chosen' D as his 'pet'; Gizmo and Tiger were my favorites. In the end, we kept them all. Mama Smokey went to the vet and was permanently fixed. Unfortunately, her new freedom caused her to not want to be in the apartment anymore, but she still came around every night for food. She'd appear; all four kits would run to the door; she'd look amazed as if to say, 'You still HAVE them?' ; eat; and wander off again.
Our wifi works! Oh happy day:) No one argues over whose turn for the internet anymore! And Miss Drama Queen and Mr. Energy left last night for several days with Grandma and Grandpa. Holiday World today, the zoo tomorrow. They'll return on Tuesday. The house is quiet w/o them!
Edits continue on Teacher's Pet; I'm halfway through the MS:) I'm also filling out three cover sheets and an interview for later this month. So I've plenty to keep me occupied while MDQ and ME are gone:)
I've got a dr's appointment today and a quiet weekend ahead. Stay cool everyone!
Happy Thursday:)
Woke up to both good news and not-so-good news:)
Good news: Kenzie's Appetite For Desire is now available at the following locations:
Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Appetite-For-Desire-ebook/dp/B005CKHWHW/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1310644782&sr=1-1
Nook: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/appetite-for-desire?store=ebook
ARE: http://www.allromanceebooks.com/storeSearch.html
BookStrand: http://www.bookstrand.com/appetite-for-desire
Not-so-good news: Just discovered I've only sold 3 copies of Wild At Heart, even with the 5-cup review from Dawne last week. Go here to see it: http://www.amazon.com/Wild-at-Heart-ebook/dp/B004GEAOK2/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1310652983&sr=1-2
In other news, the 'grandkids' are leaving tonight for Holiday World with another set of grandparents, and will be gone until next Tuesday. Today, Mr. Energy has a dental appointment, and then we pack.
Their mom called yesterday with the news she's been hired as a temp at the new amazon.com warehouse in Indianapolis, and moves into her new apartment Aug 1st. I still think she's jumping the gun slightly, by wanting her kids back, but I've seen this happen sooooo many times with her! Things will be fine for about a month, and then everything will blow up in her face. So why put the kids through that? Leave them with us, where they're in a stable environment, happy, and well adjusted! We can get them involved in Scouts and Youth Football, and we're home 24/7. Contrast that with a mom who works ten hours a day, plus three nights a week, and a grandmother who works full time plus travels a great deal, doing consulting work. Who do YOU think the kids would have with during their childhood?
Terrific Tuesday with Laura Kaye:)
Hi Molly! And thanks for hosting me here! I write paranormal, contemporary and erotic romance and have four books releasing in 2011. The first two are out: Hearts in Darkness (contemporary) and Forever Freed (paranormal), and the other two are set to release in early fall (Just Gotta Say – erotic) and November 1 (North of Need – contemporary fantasy romance). I’m a college professor in history by training, as well as a mom and wife.
My latest release, Forever Freed, is my debut paranormal romance about a reclusive, empathic vampire who falls in love with a woman he planned to kill and her young daughter, then fights his ancient guilt, bloodlust, lie by omission, and an old vampire rival who threatens everything he holds dear.
If you mean “scared” as in overwhelmed, I’d say yes. In January I completed a novel, a commercial women’s fiction, that was hands down the hardest thing I’ve ever written. I generally write fast, but this book was a non-cooperator from start to finish, and with other things mixed in, ended up taking me a year to draft. Even though I knew what happened next, that book was always just a bit daunting to sit down to in a way nothing else has been.
Yes, definitely. Not usually wholesale, but I’ll definitely incorporate cool phrases I overhear, mannerisms I see people do, or smaller situations. I really like to use birthdates of people I know in my books for my characters. *grins* And, without question, there are pieces of me in every single thing I write.
That really depends on the book. Some require less research, so I’ll only research something if a specific scene requires a little expert knowledge to pull off. For others, I’ll sit down beforehand and do a good bit of researching before writing. Hearts in Darkness required little research—except about elevator operation and safety procedures LOL! Forever Freed, however, required much more historical research to establish the characters’ backgrounds and the history of the city in which the story is set, Detroit.
My tagline is: “Hot, Heartfelt Romance – Because everyone longs to belong…” And that last phrase is a theme that runs through all my work. No matter what, there is a place where you belong, where people will love and accept and protect you. We all want that, and I truly do believe it exists for everyone—exactly where may not be the same for all of us, but I think the desire to belong does.
Total pantser. I have plotted one book, my first, but since then I pants everything! Whether that’s good or not, I don’t know! LOL And stories always take on a life of their own. Things always happen that I didn’t anticipate or expect. Characters sometimes even make decisions I didn’t expect them to make, or absolutely refuse to cooperate with what I’d had in mind for them to do or say. What the heroine Samantha decides at the end of Forever Freed was a TOTAL surprise to me. It wasn’t what I had in mind at all, but once I got there, she told me what she was going to do and there was no talking her out of it. And, if it seems like I’m referring to my characters as real people with a will, etc., it’s because, when I’m writing them, they totally are.
I’ve been writing fiction for about three years so far. I sold the first novel I wrote, Forever Freed. I queried that book to agents for a long time (about a year), and while I got a lot of requests for partials and fulls, it didn’t hook anyone enough to sign me. Then I approached epublishers, and the very first one said yes (The Wild Rose Press)! The editing and production process there took 14 months, total. So, it took me about 14 months to land a publisher and 14 months from there to see the book published, which it was in May. Overall, though, I’ve had great fortune in getting published with my first book, and so early in my career.
I learned a lot writing and querying Forever Freed. That was my learning curve project! I’d tell myself to know more about the craft and business of writing before leaping in. But, really, there’s no right way to start being a writer except to write, write, write.
Laptop. Although I keep a pad of paper in my purse in case I have an idea while away from my computer! Beyond my computer (have computer, will travel!), I don’t have too many ‘must-haves’. It doesn’t even matter if it’s noisy around me, because when I’m in the writing zone, I block everything else out.
Just one??? *grins* J.R. Ward is probably my favorite paranormal romance author. I’m totally addicted to her Black Dagger Brotherhood series. She’s probably the writer who most taught me what I know about writing male point of view. I grew up on Stephen King and Anne Rice, though, so they’re partly responsible for my love of all things weird, creepy, and otherwise unexplainable!
Maybe that I’m a Ph.D. historian who teaches college? Maybe that I have two tattoos? I don’t know if these are surprising, but they’re random facts about me! LOL
Thanks for having me, Molly! Here’s where you can find me:
Website: http://www.LauraKayeAuthor.com
Blog: http://laurakayeauthor.blogspot.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/laurakayeauthor
Twitter: @laurakayeauthor
Sign up for Laura’s Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/d9ruD
Forever Freed is available at all major online retailers, or use this DigiBooks Café code for a 20% discount: e3d9d10a3c - http://tiny.cc/iydy4
A multi-published author of paranormal, contemporary, and erotic romance with four books releasing in 2011, Laura Kaye’s hot, heartfelt stories are all about the universal desire for a place to belong. Laura grew up amidst family lore involving angels, ghosts, and evil-eye curses, cementing her life-long fascination with the supernatural. Though an avid fiction writer as a teenager, a career as a historian took her in other directions until recently. Now that Laura’s inner muse has awakened, she’s constantly creating new story ideas! Laura lives in Maryland with her husband, two daughters, and cute-but-bad dog, and appreciates her view of the Chesapeake Bay every day.
A heart can break, even one that no longer beats.
I stalk my new neighbors, a single mother and her child, drawn by the irresistible scent of their joy and love. I crave their blood, starved for some healing respite from my ancient grief. Now to lure them into my grasp.
But they surprise me. Little Olivia accepts me without fear or reservation--talking, smiling, offering innocent affection that tugs at my long-lost humanity. Her mother, Samantha, seeks me out when she should stay away, offering sweet friendship, and calling to the forgotten man within me. They lure me instead.
Ah, Dio, Lucien, run and spare them while you can...
I stepped out of the shower and dried off, then flushed the toilet for the show of it. When soft knocks landed on the bathroom door, I secured the towel around my waist and opened it.
Samantha leaned on the jamb, her eyes widening as they locked on my bare torso. She reached up and caught a droplet of water running from my hair down my shoulder. Then she placed her hands on my chest, and the fingers on her right hand caught another stray droplet. When she brushed my Blood Mark, I sucked in a breath. Her lips fell open as she watched a third droplet slide around the base of my neck to my chest.
She leaned forward and kissed my skin over the stray droplet and let her tongue just meet my flesh as she drank the water into her mouth. I closed my eyes at the sensation. Her drinking off me was too fucking close to the fantasy of her drinking from me, and all at once the blood turned molten in my veins.
Oblivious to the seismic activity building under my skin, she continued to kiss across my chest. I wrapped an arm around her waist, the heat of her lust searing me. I burned from the inside and the out.
Ah, Cristo. I wanted her so damn bad.
Between kisses, she taunted, “So, I was just wondering if I could get you to growl again.”
I gripped her more firmly against me, wanted her to feel exactly what she was doing to me. I ground the thick column between my legs into the soft flesh of her belly. She moaned appreciatively. Her heart thundered between our chests. And then she was successful in her quest. She bit me.
She flicked her tongue out against my nipple and sucked it into her mouth. Then her teeth closed around the taut peak in a series of playful nips. And I growled. She couldn’t know the significance of her actions—for vampires, biting was very much a part of sex. And she also couldn’t know how wild her bites made me feel.
Instinctively, I grabbed her roughly with both arms and spun her around so her back pressed against the wall next to the bathroom door. She gasped, but I distracted her with my mouth on her lips, jaw, ear, neck. I pinned her hands next to her on the wall. Her chest heaved against me. The scent of her arousal was thick and sweet in the air, making me want her worse than I already did.
She rubbed her thighs together as I ran wet open-mouthed kisses down into the V-neck of her shirt. I rolled my hips into her. She moaned. My teeth tingled, and I had just enough awareness to keep my fangs retracted. But I wanted to sink myself into her—my fangs and my sex—more than I’d wanted almost anything ever before.
“Lucien.”
My name on her lips was an incredible invitation, so filled with need and longing. “God, I want to touch you.”
Monday Monday...
Currently Reading: Finished Bronwyn Green's Guardian's Challenge last night! Recommended Read! Next up: Just Right:)
This week is going to go by quickly. I was diagnosed with bronchitis early Saturday, after the going away party. The coughing was causing horrible headaches, so at 1:30 I demanded to be taken to the ER (couldn't get in to see the doctor until Friday the 15th).
Today, I'm finishing the living room. Still have two curtains to wash, plus dusting and vacuuming. Hopefully, I'll get started on the office/bedroom/playroom. I need to strip Mr. Energy's bed and declutter my desk. I also have to do laundry.
Tomorrow, I've got Writer's Guild, plus Laura Kaye will be here for Terrific Tuesday.
Wednesday is Library day and tutoring.
Thursday, I'll be packing MDQ and ME's overnight bag for their trip to Holiday World with Grandpa Lee and Grandma Amy. Youngling and I will head to the Big Bash Ice Cream Social at the library.
And on Friday, in addition to posting a July 2001 memory, I'll be keeping my now-follow-up appointment with my doctor!
Stay cool; we're under a heat advisory today. Heat index is supposed to reach as high as 110. And MDQ wants to know what we're doing today? Staying in the A/C!
Flashback Friday: My 1st Parade:)
I'd survived Band Camp and only had one more hurdle: Marching around in parade formation so our band director could determine which guard members would be in the parade and who would not.
I had a disastrous practice. The first few times through Stars and Stripes Forever were okay, but then the trombone player marching beside me got the full force of my fatigue. I took his instrument out of his mouth several times, getting more and more mad at myself. There was a section we had to 'goose-step', and I constantly started off on the wrong foot. And since I was on the left side of the formation, EVERYONE watching from the sidelines as we marched around the back side of the practice field saw it. At the end of practice, I was in tears and positive I wouldn't be allowed to march.
July 4th, I dressed in my uniform (I'd been thrilled when I discovered I'd chosen Friend D's old uniform hat!) and went to line up for the parade. I was placed back near the tubas, and did fairly well, except for that darned goose step! Mom followed the parade route and took pics. One is me clearly in step; the next, I have my right leg raised while everyone else has their left one up in the air! Ah well...I was a rookie....
And at the end of the route, I was thrilled when I was chosen to perform in the Traverse City Cherry Festival Parade:) But I also learned a valuable lesson about friendship.
The group of girls I'd been palling around with during the trip to Michigan all headed to the top of the Schues Mountain Chalet lodge. I followed them....and discovered there were enough beds for everyone except me. I also heard one of the girls on the phone making dinner reservations for the six of them. Yup...my new 'friends' had left me out. I ended up sharing a pullout bed with a flute player and going to the grocery store to get sandwich ingredients for my own lonely dinner that night. I don't think I ever told my mom about it. She'd made it clear I was not to hang around her and the other chaperones; I was to make my own friends.
The parade went well! At the end of the evening when we watched the recast, I was on camera for about ten seconds, then due to the camera angle, marched off camera. The next shot was the guard member on the opposite side of where I was. Sore feet and all, it was a great trip, and I had a great time on the diving board during our free time.
After we arrived home from Michigan, Mom, my sister, and I left for a three-week vacation in Florida. I'd survived my first band trip; my first parade; and was now ready to relax before tackling a new high school.
Next Month: Getting a huge reality check about age differences.
Kenzie's Release Day!
Appetite For Desire releases today! Go buy your copy here, and if you want a shot at a free copy, visit Kenzie's interview here. And Kenzie's also posted an excerpt here. Good luck and Happy Reading!
Molly will be doing laundry, taking the kids to the library, and hoping the spouse will take her out to lunch or dinner:) Had cake last night at Writer's Guild to celebrate. How do YOU spend your release days?
Awesome News!!!
Kenzie received a 5-Cup review for Wild At Heart! Check it out here
Michaels interweaves the lives of Angela, Brad and Emma without giving a second thought. Angela is still in love with Steve and hasn't been able to tell Brad about her and Steve's past. The reconnection between Angela and Steve is realistic, heartfelt and genuine while Emma and Brad's developing love interest is paced perfectly for this short novella.
Also, you can now pre-order Appetite For Desire here:)
For more information, visit Kenzie's Place.
I've got a lot to do this morning, and a short amount of time to do it:
Dust/vacuum the living room
Wash dishes
Aunt Molly's Summer Reading Program
Dollar Day at pool
Writer's Guild/Release Party
While looking through the photo albums last month, I noticed I actually received my glasses sometime between January and Easter; I was wearing them for my sister's baptism on Palm Sunday.
In July of that year, there are various pictures of myself and my two best friends, Tad and Kim. Kim was a year younger than us, but could already ride a two-wheel bike, while Tad and I were still on training wheels. But peer pressure prevailed, and soon both us persuaded our fathers to remove them, and we soon sped up and down our street together.
We also had a new family member; Heidi the weimeramer (sp??). Unfortunately, she didn't like men (other than my dad) and bit three people. Dad penned her up, but we soon decided it wasn't fair to her, and gave her to someone who had a larger back yard and where she could run free. She was a sweet dog; there's a cute pic of my sister crawling on the floor and my dad and I petting her; but my friends were a little afraid of her. I hope she was happy in her new home.
There's also a cute pic of Kim and I wearing matching red and white outfits; our hair in pigtails. Mom has it labeled "The Bobsey Twins' (I really need to scan those photos, so they'll be saved forever!).
Back to the Present:
Edits arrived for Appetite For Desire! And they look good; only minor issues and no rewrites, except for one paragraph. Maybe I've learned something in the past four years after all? Today is Shopping Day, and I'm hoping to take the kids to the carnival sometime between now and Monday night. Tomorrow, we head to Terre Haute; daughter has chosen The Olive Garden for her birthday lunch. Sunday, she and her dad will breakfast at Denny's before church, and we'll do brats/hot dogs/hamburgers on the grill. Monday, being Independence Day, we might take the kids to the parade at 5 and set off fireworks after the display downtown.
And in all this craziness, I'll be editing four books! Granted, only one (AFD) has a deadline, so that makes it a little easier!
Have a great holiday weekend! And to my sis up in Vancouver....Happy Canada Day:)
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Vicar General delivers Christmas Message of hope
Father Andrew Doohan, Vicar General of the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle, delivered the Christmas Message during a liturgy at St Dominic’s Centre, Mayfield.
Amy Theodore PUBLISHED December 19, 2018
The liturgy was attended by Dominican Sisters Sr Pat Bendeich and Sr Joan; Gerard Mowbray, Acting Director of Schools; John Tobin, Assistant Director of Schools; Ms Helene O’Neill, Parish Liaison Officer and members of the Executive team from San Clemente High School, Mayfield including Scott Donohue, Nathan Beckett and Rose McAllister.
During the ceremony Principal of St Dominic’s, Veronica McLoughlin, took a moment to reflect on the year that has been and things to be grateful for.
“I look at the families the Holy Spirit sends to us each year and I am filled with awe and admiration at their stoicism, their relentlessness to fight for the best for their child and the deep gratitude they show for the smallest of victories,” said Veronica.
“I hear our team talk about their families, reminding me of the many facets of their lives and their stories beyond our school walls. And then I think of the strong women who shape families and their intricate tapestries.
“Through teaching, I have met some of the finest individuals you could hope to meet, many of these being the young people with whom we work. The students come to learn but, more often than not, end up being the best teachers of all.
“It is rare that through your chosen career path you are empowered every day to live the values that define you.”
Following on from this, five of St Dominic’s senior students performed a creative piece around the story of St Dominic’s journey so far. Fr Andrew then delivered the Christmas message.
“We are not the same people we were this time last year, either individually or corporately. That constant change in us allows us to recognise the deficits of the past. That constant change in us also allows us to look ahead to the opportunities that lay beyond the yet unexplored horizon,” said Fr Andrew.
“God’s choice to dwell with us, as ‘one like us’, changes the dynamic of human existence once and for all. For believers, we know that the world, in which we live, with all its negativity, is not the sum total of the story of humanity. There is so much more, a ‘more’ that is rooted firmly in the hope engendered by the Incarnation.
“The ‘more’ allows believers to see things through a different lens. Where others see despair, we see hope. Where others are cynical, we are optimistic. Where others see difficulties and obstacles, we see opportunities for change.
“On behalf of Bishop Bill, I wish you a happy and holy Christmas as we celebrate the coming of God among us, the source of all our hope.”
St Paul’s Booragul students do their bit to protect the environment
St Clare’s Taree spreads the joy of Christmas with hampers
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ams’s classic Watership Down. Thirteen-year-old Peter, who lives in a garbage dump with his younger friend Caz, scratches out a living catching rats for the local “sportsmen” and their dogs. He also works for Dr. Ross-Gibbon, a monomaniacal scientist who wants to wipe out all of the rats in London. Efren, an impulsive young rat living in the Kingdom of elderly King Tzuriel, is restless and has trouble following orders. When Peter captures the dying King for the doctor’s experiments, Efren reports this to his superiors, leading to outrage in the kingdom; matters worsen quickly after the doctor puts his deadly plan into action. Well-wrought characters (both human and rat), a compelling presentation of difficult moral questions, and a devastating portrayal of society’s dark underbelly make this novel hard to forget. Ages 12–up. Agent: Caroline Sheldon, Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency. (Sept.)
Kiss of Broken Glass
Madeleine Kuderick. Harper Teen, $17.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0-06-230656-2
Kuderick debuts with a verse novel about a teenager’s cutting addiction, which is inspired by her own daughter’s struggle with self-mutilation. After 15-year-old Kenna is caught slicing up her body with the blade of a pencil sharpener in the school bathroom, she is thrown into mandatory 72-hour detention at the Adler Boyce Pediatric Stabilization Facility. Amid familiar descriptions of psych-ward woes and patients’ attempts to get out by faking compliance, Kuderick unpacks Kenna’s motives: jealousy of her older half-sister; the influence of the “Sisters of the Broken Glass,” a group of cutters at school led by Kenna’s best friend; a fleeting sense of euphoria and belonging that cutting brings; and “absolutely no reason at all.” At times, the theme of clueless adults versus angry, misunderstood kids can be heavy-handed, and references to Florida’s Baker Act (which allows for Kenna’s involuntary institutionalization) aren’t given much context. Nevertheless, Kenna’s situation and tentative steps toward recovery as she begins to face her demons may open the eyes of some readers. Ages 14–up. Agent: George Nicholson, Sterling Lord Literistic. (Sept.)
Nic Sheff. Philomel, $17.99 (272p) ISBN 978-
Sixteen-year-old Miles has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, and he explains to readers that he had his first delusion on the same day that his younger brother, Teddy, disappeared from a San Francisco beach. While Teddy is presumed to have drowned, Miles believes a witness who claims he was kidnapped and becomes obsessed with the idea that “Teddy is out there. It’s up to me to bring him home.” After Miles flushes his pills, the voices in the head take him down a dangerous, self-destructive path. In his first novel, mem-oirist Sheff (Tweak) provides an insightful perspective on one teen’s struggle with mental illness, including the challenges of finding the right medications to treat his condition. Sheff’s spare writing style, combined with descriptions of San Francisco’s foggy skies and Miles’s own neglected home that “lets in water when it rains,” creates a mood of isolation and desperation that permeates the story. While the ending wraps up a bit neatly with a rather cinematic revelation, it also provides a welcome note of hope after Miles’s hard-fought quest for peace. Ages 14–up.
Agent: Amanda Urban, ICM. (Sept.)
G. Neri, illus. by A.G. Ford. Candlewick,
$16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-7636-6245-5
The boy who became Johnny Cash was
born so impoverished that his first name
was just two initials, J. R., “that stood for/
nothing.” But, in fact, Johnny Cash had
two extraordinary
possessions: a voice
“as smooth and deep/
as the Mississippi it-
self” and a gift for
writing songs that
had a hypnotic,
plainspoken intensi-
ty. In free-verse poet-
ry and images that
recall the emotional
directness of WPA
murals and photogra-
phy, Neri (Ghetto Cowboy) and Ford (Under
the Same Sun) follow Cash from the grind-
ing poverty and tragedy of his early years
to the invention of his signature “boom-
chicka-boom sound” and his breakthrough
hit, “I Walk the Line.” The images consis-
tently strike a haunting chord—especially
a twilight scene on a country road in
which Johnny hears his first song on the
car radio (“John couldn’t believe/ that was
his voice/ going out over/ the airwaves”).
Readers will best appreciate this biography after hearing some of Cash’s music— and they won’t want to stop after hearing his story. Ages 9–12. Author’s agent: Edward Necarsulmer IV, Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency. Illustrator’s agent: Steven Malk, Writers House. (Sept.)
The Wrenchies
Farel Dalrymple. First Second, $19.99 trade paper (304p) ISBN 978-1-59643-421-9
With its plot in constant flux and scant exposition, it’s easy to get lost in the violent fever dream Dalrymple has concocted.
But far from being a detraction, the book’s untethered structure plays into its overall weirdness and elusive premise. The Wrenchies could be a band of preteen freedom fighters from a barren, postapocalyp-tic future; comic-book characters come to life for a nervous, imaginative boy named Hollis; or the twisted fantasies of Sherwood Presley Breadcoat, a disillusioned
35-year-old who never got over the childhood disappearance of his brother. Trying to suss out the truth is likely missing the point. The book is more like an abstract painting, insofar as what it evokes matters more than what it literally communicates.
The plot and characters adhere to a dreamlike logic, one where interdi-mensional travel, arcane magic, complex quests, and explosively gory deaths are treated at face value. Dalrymple uses simple language to convey the book’s nightmarish concepts and depicts them in lurid yet childlike watercolors that combine in a haunting, strange, and frequently stomach-churn-ing exploration of human insecurity and pain. Ages 14–up.
Agent: Bernadette Baker-Baughman, Victoria Sanders & Associates. (Sept.) ;
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