Eşti departe şi ai asupra mea. O putere imensă. Mă trezesc zâmbind în fiecare zi. Ce şansă că te-am cunoscut. Nu mai credeam în iubire demult.

Vreau să rămân în lumea ta plină de iubire. N-am mai fost îndrăgostită aşa nicicând. Fericirea pe care-o primesc. Doar cu tine vreau s-o trăiesc. Cu tine învâţ să iubesc.

Tu mă vezi. Mai frumoasă decât ştiu eu. Mă faci să simt. Că sunt centrul lumii eu. Şi mă alinţi, mă alinţi, mă alinţi. Cu vorbe dulci. Inima mea nu vrea s-o minţi. Nu vrea s-o minţi.

Vreau să rămân în lumea ta plină de iubire. Să mă trezesc zâmbind în fiecare zi. Fericirea pe care o primesc. Doar cu tine-o trăiesc. Cu tine învăţ să iubesc.

Tu mă vezi. Mai frumoasă decât ştiu eu. Mă faci să simt. Că sunt centrul lumii eu. Şi mă alinţi, mă alinţi, mă alinţi. Cu vorbe dulci. Inima mea nu vrea s-o minţi. Nu vrea s-o minţi.

Uneori fără tine. Drumul e greu. Aş vrea să fii cu mine. Cu mine mereu. Fericirea pe care o primesc. Doar cu tine s-o trăiesc.

Tu mă vezi. Mai frumoasă decât ştiu eu. Mă faci să simt. Că sunt centrul lumii eu. Şi mă alinţi, mă alinţi, mă alinţi. Cu vorbe dulci. Inima mea nu vrea s-o minţi. Nu vrea s-o minţi.

Tu credeai în iubire,

Eu, poate, nu …

Noaptea zboară din nou

Şi mă jur că-mi e dor

Nu mă uit la stele

Nu mai mergem de mână,

Străzile nu mai spun

Poveştile mele

Şi în clubul în care dansam cândva

Nu mai e nimeni

Singură sunt iar

Cu inima mea

Şi-n gând cu tine

DOAR TU MĂ DUCI DIRECT SPRE RAI

NU TE VOI LĂSA NICICÂND

DOAR TU MĂ DUCI DIRECT SPRE RAI

AM RĂMAS CU TINE-N GÂND

Îţi treceai mereu mâna prin părul meu

Nu ştiam ce-i bine

Tu credeai în iubire

Eu, poate, nu …

Dar erai cu mine

Şi în clubul în care dansam cândva

Nu mai e nimeni

Singura sunt iar

Cu inima mea

Şi-n gând cu tine

DOAR TU MĂ DUCI DIRECT SPRE RAI

NU TE VOI LĂSA NICICÂND

DOAR TU MĂ DUCI DIRECT SPRE RAI

AM RĂMAS CU TINE-N GÂND

DOAR TU MĂ DUCI DIRECT SPRE RAI

NU TE VOI LĂSA NICICÂND

DOAR TU MĂ DUCI DIRECT SPRE RAI

AM RĂMAS CU TINE-N GÂND

Pentru asta sunt aici,

Ca să mă vezi şi să mă duci direct spre rai

Şi în clubul în care dansam cândva

Nu mai e nimeni

Singură sunt iar

Cu inima mea

Şi-n gând cu tine

DOAR TU MĂ DUCI DIRECT SPRE RAI

NU TE VOI LĂSA NICICÂND

DOAR TU MĂ DUCI DIRECT SPRE RAI

AM RĂMAS CU TINE-N GÂND

DOAR TU MĂ DUCI DIRECT SPRE RAI

NU TE VOI LĂSA NICICÂND

DOAR TU MĂ DUCI DIRECT SPRE RAI

AM RĂMAS CU TINE-N GÂND

Fiindcă ea adoră poza asta şi o are peste tot: profil hi5, imagine profil, desktop, avatar, inclusiv pe telefon.

Şi am scris acest articol pentru EA fiindcă merită!

Cum te poţi simţi atunci când mergi pe stradă şi o fată îşi ridică dintr-o dată privirea spre cer şi strigă în gura mare: ” Mulţumesc Doamne că mi-ai dat ca prietenă o fiinţă atât de bună ca cea de lângă mine! “. Deci în acel moment am simţit că sunt în cer, iar Dumnezeu mă trimite special pentru ea. 

Ea este colega mea de bancă atunci când nu vine la liceu Elena, ea este cea cu care dansez în pauze, ea îmi face poze pe care le ador, ea îl sâcâie pe profu’ Taciu la orele de sport, ea este cea care o imită cel mai bine pe profesoara de engleză când întreabă ” De ce te bâţâi?”, ea mă face să râd mereu şi ea face orice.

Ea este Trelia Mădălina, alias COI şi ea s-a mirat aseară când mă văzut pentru prima dată supărată şi tristă.  Şi nu ştia cum să stea mai mult cu mine să vadă cum îmi revin, iar pe messenger mi-a spus simplu şi fără alte adăugări “Ai grijă!”. Şi o voi asculta.

Mulţumesc că eşti alături de mine şi mă iubeşti! >:D<

Bismillaah

By: Ahmad Deedat

“…And nearest among them in love to the believers wilt thou find those who say: ‘We are Christians’: because among these are men devoted to learning and men who have renounced the world. And they are not arrogant.” (The Holy Qur’ân 5:82)

Isa/Jesus peace be upon him - His Status

“We Muslims believe, that Isa/Eesa/Jesus peace be upon him,  was one of the mightiest messengers of God that he was the Christ, that he was born miraculously without any male intervention (which many modern-day Christians do not believe today), that he gave life to the dead by God’s permission and that he healed those born blind and the lepers by god’s permission. In fact, no Muslim is a Muslim if he or she does not believe in Isa/Jesus peace be upon him !”

Pleasant Surprise

Over 90% of the people who witnessed this debate must have been pleasantly, but skeptically, surprised. They might have not believed their ears. They must have surmised that the Muslims were playing to the gallery – that they were trying to curry favor with their fellow Christian countrymen; that if the Muslims would say a few good words about Isa/Jesus peace be upon him , then in reciprocation the Christians might say a few good words about Muhammed (may the peace and the blessings of God be upon all His righteous servants, Moses, Jesus, Muhammed…etc.); that I scratch your back and you scratch my back – which would be a sham or hypocrisy.

Hate Cultivated

We cannot blame the Christians for their skepticism. They have been so learned for centuries. They were trained to think the worst of the man Muhammed, (salla Allah u alihi wa sallam), and his religion. How aptly did Thomas Carlyle say about his Christian brethren over a hundred and fifty years ag “The lies which well-meaning zeal has heaped round this man (Muhammed) are disgraceful to ourselves only.” We Muslims are partly responsible for this. We have not done anything substantial to remove the cobwebs.

Ocean of Christianity

South Africa is an ocean of Christianity. If Libya boasts the highest percentage of Muslims on the continent of Africa, then the Republic of South Africa would also be entitled to boast the highest percentage of Christians. In this ocean of Christianity the R.S.A. – the Muslims are barely 2% of the total population. We are a vote less minority – numerically, we count for nothing; politically, we count for nothing; and economically, one white man, as Oppenheimer, could buy out the whole lot of us, lock, stock and barrel.

So if we had feigned to appease, we might be excused. But no! We must proclaim our Master’s Will; we must declare the Truth, whether we liked it or not. In the words of Jesus: “Seek ye the truth, and the truth shall set you free” (John 8:32).             

Chapter Two: Isa/Jesus peace be upon him  in the Qur’ân

Christians Unaware

The Christian does not know that the true spirit of charity which the Muslim displays, always, towards Jesus and his mother Mary spring from the fountainhead of his faith – the Holy Qur’ân. He does not know that the Muslim does not take the holy name of Jesus, in his own language, without saying Eesa, alaihi assalam (“Jesus, peace be upon him”)

The Christian does not know that in the Holy Qur’ân Jesus is mentioned twenty five times. For example:

“We gave Isa/Jesus , the son of Mary, clear signs and strengthened him with the Holy Spirit” (The Holy Qur’ân 2:87)

“O Mary! God giveth thee glad tidings of a Word from Him: his name will be Christ Jesus, the son of Mary…” (3:45)

“…Christ Jesus the son of Mary was (no more than) an apostle of god…” (4:171)

“…And in their foot steps we sent Jesus the son of Mary…” (5:46)

“And Zakariya and John, and Jesus and Elias: all in the ranks of the righteous.” (6:85)

Jesus – His Titles

Though Jesus is mentioned by name in twenty-five places in the Holy Qur’ân, he is also addressed with respect as: Ibn Maryam, meaning “The son of Mary”; and as the Maseeh (in Hebrew it is the Messiah), which is translated as “Christ”. He is also known as Abdullah, “The servant of Allah”; and as Rasul u Allah, the messenger of Allah.

He is spoken of as “The Word of God”, as “The Spirit of God”, as a “Sign of God”, and numerous other epithets of honor spread over fifteen different chapters. The Holy Quran honors this mighty messenger of God, and the Muslims have not fallen short over the past fourteen hundred years in doing the same. There is not a single disparaging remark in the entire Quran to which even the most jaundiced among the Christians can take exception.

Eesa Latinised to “Jesus”

The Holy Qur’ân refers to Jesus as Eesa, and this name is used more times than any other title, because this was his “Christian” name. Actually, his proper name was Eesa (Arabic), or Esau (Hebrew); classical Yeheshua, which the Christian nations of the West latinised as Jesus. Neither the “J” nor the second “s” in the name Jesus is to be found in the original tongue – they are not found in the Semitic languages.

The word is very simply “E S A U” a very common Jewish name, used more than sixty times in the very first booklet alone of the Bible, in the part called “Genesis”. There was at least one “Jesus” sitting on the “bench” at the trial of Jesus before the Sanhedrin. Josephus the Jewish historian mentions some twenty five Jesus’ in his “Book of Antiquities”. The New Testament speaks of “Bar-Jesus” a magician and a sorcerer, a false prophet (Acts 13:6); and also “Jesus-Justus” a Christian missionary, a contemporary of Paul (Colossians 4:11). These are distinct from Jesus the son of Mary. Transforming “Esau” to (J)esu(s) – Jesus – makes it unique. This unique (?) name has gone out of currency among the Jews and the Christians from the 2nd century after Christ. Among the Jews, because it came to be a name of ill – repute, the name of one who blasphemed in Jewry; and among the Christians because it came to be the proper name of their God. The Muslim will not hesitate to name his son Eesa because it is an honored name, the name of a righteous servant of the Lord.

Chapter Three: Mother And Son

Mary Honored

The birth of Jesus Christ is described in two places of the Qur’ân – chapter 3 and chapter 19. Reading from the beginning of his birth, we come across the story of Mary, and the esteemed position which she occupies in the House of Islam, before the actual annunciation of the birth of Jesus is given:

“‘Behold’! the angels said: ‘O Mary! God hath chosen thee and purified thee, and chosen thee above the women of all nations” (3:42)

“Chosen thee above the women of all nations.” Such an honor is not to be found given to Mary even in the Christian Bible! The verse continues:

“O Mary! Worship thy Lord devoutly: prostrate thyself, and bow down (in prayer) with those who bow down.” (3:43)

Divine Revelation

What is the source of this beautiful and sublime recitation which, in its original Arabic, moves men to ecstasy and tears? Verse 44 below explains:

“This is part of the tidings, of the things unseen, which We reveal unto thee (O Muhammad!) by inspiration: Thou wasn’t not with them when they cast lots with arrows, as to which of them should be charged with the care of Mary: nor wasn’t thou with them when they disputed (the point).” (3:44)

Mary’s Birth

The story is that the maternal grandmother of Jesus, Hannah, had hitherto been barren. She poured out her heart to God: If only God will grant her a child, she would surely dedicate such a child for the service of God in the temple.

God granted her prayer and Mary was born. Hannah was disappointed. She was yearning for a son, but instead she delivered a daughter; and in no way is the female like the male, for what she had in mind. What was she to do? She had made a vow to God. She waited for Mary to be big enough to fend for herself.

When the time came, Hannah took her darling daughter to the temple, to hand over for temple services. Every priest wanted to be the god-father of this child. They cast lots with arrows for her – like the tossing of the coin – head or tail?
Eventually she fell to the lot of Zakariya, but not without a dispute.

The Source of His Message

This was the story. But where did Muhammed, salla Allah u alihi wa sallam, get this knowledge from? He was an Ummi, Arabic for “unlettered”. He did not low how to read or write. He is made by God Almighty to answer this very question in the verse above, by saying that it was all by divine inspiration. “No!”, says the controversialist. “This is Mohammed’s own concoction. He copied his revelations from the Jews and Christians. He plagiarized it. He forged it.”

Knowing full-well, and believing as we do, that the whole Qur’ân is the veritable Word of God, we will nevertheless agree, for the sake of argument, with the enemies of Muhammed, salla Allah u alihi wa sallam, for a moment, that he wrote it. We can now expect some cooperation from the unbelievers.

Ask him: “Have you any qualms in agreeing that Muhammed was an Arab?” Only an ignorant will hesitate to agree. In that case there is no sense in pursuing any discussion. Cut short the talk. Close the book!

With the man of reason, we proceed. “That this Arab, in the first instance, was addressing other Arabs. He was not talking to Indian Muslims, Chinese Muslims, or Nigerian Muslims. He was addressing his own people, the Arabs. Whether they agreed with him or not, he told them in the most sublime form, words that were seared into the hearts and minds of his listeners that Mary the mother of Jesus, a Jewess, was chosen above the women of all nations. Not his own mother, nor his wife nor his daughter, nor any other Arab woman, but a Jewess! Can one explain this? Because to everyone his own mother or wife, or daughters would come before other women.

Why would the prophet of Islam honor a woman from his opposition! and a Jewess at that! belonging to a race which had been looking down upon his people for three thousand years? Just as they still look down upon their Arab brethren today.”

Sarah and Hagar

The Jews learn, from the Bible, that their father, Abraham, had two wives Sarah and Hagar. They say that they are the children of Abraham through Sarah his legitimate wife; that their Arab brethren have descended through Hagar, a “bondwoman”, and that as such, the Arabs are an inferior breed.

Will anyone please explain the anomaly as to why Muhammed, salla Allah u alihi wa sallam, if he is the author, chose this Jewess for such high honor? The answer is simple, he had no choice he had no right to speak of his own desire. “It is no less than an inspiration sent down to him.” (53:4)

The Chapter of Maryam

There is a Chapter in the Holy Qur’ân, named Surat u Maryam “Chapter Mary”, named in honor of Mary the mother of Jesus Christ, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him; again, such an honor is not to be found given to Mary in the Christian Bible. Out of the 66 books of the Protestants and 73 of the Roman Catholics, not one is named after Mary or her son. You will find books named after Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Peter, Paul and two score more obscure names, but not a single one is that of Mary!

If Muhammed, salla Allah u alihi wa sallam, was the author of the Holy Qur’ân, then he would not have failed to include in it with Mary, the mother of Jesus, his own mother Aamina, his dear wife Khadija, or his beloved daughter Fatimah. But No! No! This can never be. The Qur’ân is not his handiwork!.

Chapter Four: The Good News

” ‘Behold!’ the angels said: ‘O Mary! Allah giveth thee glad tidings of a word from him: his name will be Jesus, the son of Mary; held in honor in this world and the hereafter; and (of the company of) those nearest to Allah.” (3:45)

“Nearest to God,” not physically nor geographically, but spiritually. Compare this with “And (Jesus) sat on the right hand of God.” (Mark 16:19). The bulk of Christendom has misunderstood this verse as well as many others in the Bible. They imagine the Father (God) sitting on a throne, a glorified chair, and His Son, Jesus, sitting on His right hand side. Can you conjure up the picture? If you do, you have strayed from the true knowledge of God. He is no old Father Christmas. He is beyond the imagination of the mind of man. He exists. He is real, but He is not like anything we can think of, or imagine.

In eastern languages “right hand” meant a place of honor, which the Holy Qur’ân more fittingly describes as “In the company of those nearest to Allah.” The above verse confirms that Jesus is the Christ. and that he is the Word which God bestowed upon Mary. Again, the Christian reads into these words, a meaning which they do not carry. They equate the word “Christ” with the idea of a god-incarnate; and the “Word” of God to be God.

“Christ” Not a Name

The word “Christ” is derived from the Hebrew word Messiah, Arabic Maseeh. Root word masaha, meaning “to rub”, “to massage”, “to anoint”. Priests and kings were anointed when being consecrated to their offices. But in its translated Grecian form, “Christ” seems unique: befitting Jesus only.

Christians like to translate names into their own language; like Cephas to “Peter” , Messiah to “Christ”. How do they do that? Very easily. Messiah in Hebrew means “Anointed”. The Greek word for anointed is Christos. Just lop off the ‘os’ from Christos, and you are left with “Christ”; a unique name!

Christos means “Anointed”, and anointed means appointed in its religious connotation. Jesus, peace and blessing be upon him, was appointed (anointed) at his baptism by John the Baptist, as God’s Messenger. Every prophet of God is so anointed or appointed. The Holy Bible is replete with the “anointed” ones. In the original Hebrew, he was made a Messiah. Let us keep to the English translation “anointed.”

Not only were prophets and priests and kings anointed (Christos-ed), but horns, and cherubs and lamp-posts also.

“I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar …” (Genesis 31:13)

“If the priest that is anointed do sin …” (Leviticus 4:3)

“And Moses… anointed the tabernacle and all things that was therein…” (Leviticus 8:100)

“..the Lord shall…exalt the horn of his anointed” (I Samuel 2:10)

“Thus saith the Lord to his anointed to Cyrus…” (Isaiah 45:1)

“Thou art the anointed cherub…” (Ezekiel 28:14)

There are an hundred more such references in the Holy Bible. Every time you come across the word “anointed” in your Bible, you can take it that that word would be christos in the Greek translations, and if you take the same liberty with the word that the Christians have done, you will have Christ Cherub, Christ Cyrus, Christ Priest and Christ Pillar, …etc.

Some Titles Exclusive

Although, every prophet of God is an anointed one of God, a Messiah, the title Maseeh or Messiah, or its translation “Christ” is exclusively reserved for Jesus, the son of Mary, in both Islam and in Christianity. This is not unusual in religion. There are certain other honorific titles which may be applied to more than one prophet, yet being made exclusive to one by usage: like “Rasulullaah”, meaning “Messenger of God”, which title is applied to both Moses (19:51) and Jesus (61:6) in the Holy Qur’ân. Yet “Rasulullaah” has become synonymous only with Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, among Muslims.

Every prophet is indeed a “Friend of God”, but its Arabic equivalent “Khalillullaah” is exclusively associated with Father Abraham. This does not mean that the others are not God’s friends. “Kaleemullaah”, meaning “One who spoke with Allah” is never used for anyone other than Moses, yet we believe that God spoke with many of His messengers, including Jesus and Muhammed, may the peace and blessings of God be upon all His servants. Associating certain titles with certain personages only, does not make them exclusive or unique in any way. We honor all in varying terms.

Whilst the good news was being announced (verse 45 above) Mary was told that her unborn child will be called Jesus, that he would be the Christ, a “Word” from God, and that…

“He shall speak to the people in childhood and in maturity. And he shall be (of the company) of the righteous.” (3:46)

“At length she brought the (babe) to her people carrying him. They said: ‘O Mary! truly a strange thing has thou brought!’. ‘O sister of Aaron!, thy father was not a man of evil, nor thy mother a woman unchaste!’ ” (The Holy Qur’ân 19:27-28)

Jews Amazed

There is no Joseph the carpenter here. The circumstances being peculiar, Mary the mother of Jesus had retired herself to some remote place in the East (19:16). After the birth of the child she returns.

A. Yusuf Ali, comments in his popular English translation of the Qur’ân:

“The amazement of the people knew no bounds. In any case they were prepared to think the worst of her, as she had disappeared from her kin for some time. But now she comes, shamelessly parading a babe in her arms! How she had disgraced house of Aaron, the fountain of priesthood!

“Sister of Aaron”: Mary is reminded of her high lineage and the unexceptionable morals of her father and mother. How, they said, she had fallen, and disgraced the name of her progenitors!

What could Mary do? How could she explain? Would they, in their censorious mood accept her explanation? All she could do was to point to the child, who, she knew, was no ordinary child. And the child came to her rescue. By a miracle he spoke, defended his mother, and preached to an unbelieving audience.”

Allah azza wa jall says in the Qur’ân:

“But she pointed to the babe. They said: ‘How can we talk one who is a child in the cradle?’ He (Jesus) said: ‘I am indeed a servant of Allah (God): He hath given me revelation and made me a prophet: ‘and He hath made me blessed wheresoever I be, and hath enjoined on me prayer and charity as long as I live. ‘(He hath made me) kind to my mother, and not overbearing or unblest; ‘So Peace is on me the day I was born, the day that I die, and the day that I shall be raised up to life again)’!” (19:29-33)

His First Miracle(s)

Thus Jesus, peace and blessings be upon him, defended his mother from the grave calumny and innuendoes of her enemies. This is the very first miracle attributed to Jesus in the Holy Qur’ân that, he spoke as an infant from his mother’s arms. Contrast this with his first miracle in the Christian Bible, which occurred when he was over thirty years of age:

“And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, they have no wine. Jesus saith unto her, ‘Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.’ His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. And there were set there six water pots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. Jesus saith unto them, Fill the water pots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it. When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.” (John 2:110)

Since this miracle, wine has flowed like water in Christendom. Many reason that what was good for the Master is good enough for them. Jesus was no “kill-joy” they say. Didn’t he make good potent wine, that even those “well drunk”, those whose senses had been dulled could make out the difference? “That the best was kept for the last.”. This was no pure grape juice. It was the same wine that, according to the Christian Bible, enabled the daughters of Lot to seduce their father (Genesis 19:32-33). It was the same wine which the Christian is advised to eschew in Ephesians 5:18 – “And be not drunk with wine…”

It is that innocent (?) 1% potency that eventually leads millions down into the gutter. America has 10 million drunkards in the midst of 70 million “born-again” Christians! The Americans call their drunkards “Problem Drinkers”. In South Africa, they are called “Alcoholics”; drunkard is too strong a word for people to stomach.

But the Prime Minister of Zambia, Dr. Kenneth Kaunda, does not hesitate to call a spade a spade. He says, “I am not prepared to lead nation of drunkards”, referring to his own people who drink intoxicants.

Whether the water “blushed” or not “seeing” Jesus, we cannot blame him or his disciples for the drinking habits of his contemporaries. For he had truly opined, “have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now” (John 16:12). Mankind had not reached the stage of receiving the whole Truth of Islam. Did he not also say “You cannot put new wine into old bottles”? (Matthew 9:17).

“Mother” or “Woman”?

According to St. John, in the fourth verse above, describing the marriage feast at Cana, we are told that Jesus, peace and blessings be upon him, behaved insolently towards his mother. He calls her “woman,” and to rub more salt into the wound he is made to say “what have I to do with thee?” What connection is there between you and me, or what have I got to do with you? Could he have forgotten that this very “woman” had carried him for nine months, and perhaps suckled him for 2 years, and had borne endless insults and injuries on account of him? Is she not his mother? Is there no word in his language for “mother”?

Strange as it may seem, that while the missionaries boast about their master’s humility, meekness and long-suffering, they call him the “Prince of Peace” and they sing that “he was led to the slaughter like a lamb, and like a sheep who before his shearer is dumb, he opened not his mouth”, yet they proudly record in the same breath, that he was ever ready with invectives for the elders of his race, and was always itching for a showdown i.e. if their records are true:

“Ye hypocrites!”

“Ye wicked and adulterous generation!”

“Ye whited sephulcres!”

“Ye generation of vipers!”

and now to his mother: “Woman…”

Jesus Defended

Muhammed, salla Allah u alihi wa sallam, the Messenger of God, is made to absolve Jesus from the false charges and calumnies of his enemies.

“And He (God Almighty) hath made me (Jesus) kind to my mother, and not overbearing or unblest” (19:31).

On receiving the good news of the birth of a righteous son Mary responds:

“She said: ‘O My Lord! how shall I have a son, when no man hath touched me?”

The angel says in reply:

“He said: ‘Even s Allah (God) createth what He willeth: when He hath decreed a matter He but sayth o it ‘Be,’ and it is! And Allah (God) will teach him the Book and Wisdom, the Torah (Law) and the Gospel,” (3:47-48).

Chapter Five : Qur’ânic and Biblical Versions

Meeting the Reverend

I was visiting the “Bible House” in Johannesburg. Whilst browsing through the stacks of Bibles and religious books, I picked up an Indonesian Bible and had just taken in hand a Greek – English New Testament, a large, expensive volume. I had not realized that I was being observed by the supervisor of the Bible House. Casually, he walked up to me. Perhaps my beard and my Muslim headgear were an attraction and a challenge? He inquired about my interest in that costly volume. I explained that as a student of comparative religion, I had need for such a book. He invited me to have tea with him in his office. It was very kind of him and I accepted.

Over the cup of tea, I explained to him the Muslim belief in Jesus, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. I explained to him the high position that Jesus occupied in the House of Islam. He seemed skeptical about what I said. I was amazed at his seeming ignorance, because only retired Reverend gentlemen can become Supervisors of Bible Houses in South Africa. I began reciting from verse 42 of chapters 3 of the Holy Qur’ân:

“‘Behold!’ The angels said: ‘O Mary, Allah hath chosen thee…’”

I wanted the Reverend to listen, not only to the meaning of the Qur’an, but also to the music of its cadences when the original Arabic was recited. Rev. Dunkers (for that was his name) sat back and listened with rapt attention to “Allah’s Words”.

When I reached the end of verse 49, the Reverend commented that the Qur’ânic message was like that of his own Bible. He said, he saw no difference between what he behaved as a Christian, and what I had read to him. I said: “that was true”. If he had come across these verses in the English language alone without their Arabic equivalent, side by side, he would not have been able to guess in a hundred years that he was reading the Holy Qur’ân. If he were a Protestant, he would have thought that he was reading the Roman Catholic Version, if he had not seen one, or the Jehovah’s Witness Version or the Greek Orthodox Version, or the hundred and one other versions that he might not have seen; but he would never have guessed that he was reading the Qur’ânic version.

The Christian would be reading here, in the Qur’ân, everything he wanted to hear about Jesus, but in a most noble, elevated and sublime language. He could not help being moved by it.

In these eight terse verses from 42 to 49 we are told:

(a) That Mary, the mother of Jesus, was a virtuous woman, and honored above the women of all nations.
(b) That all that was being said was God’s own Revelation to mankind.
(c) That Jesus was the “Word” of God.
(d) That he was the Christ that the Jews were waiting for.
(e) That God will empower this Jesus to perform miracles even in infancy.
(f) That Jesus was born miraculously, without any male intervention.
(g) That God will vouchsafe him Revelation.
(h) That he will give life to the dead by God’s permission, and that he will heal those born blind and the lepers by God’s permission, … etc.

“Chalk and Cheese”

The most fervent Christian cannot take exception to a single statement or word here. But the difference between the Biblical and the Qur’ânic narratives is that between “chalk and cheese”. “To me they are identical, what is the difference?” the Reverend asked. I know that in their essentials both the stories agree in their details, but when we scrutinize them closely we will discover that the difference between them is staggering.

Now compare the miraculous conception as announced in verse 47 of the Holy Qur’ân with what the Holy Bible says:

“Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, (as husband and wife) she was found with child of the holy ghost.”(Matthew 1:18)

Master Dramatizer

The eminent Billy Graham from the United States of America dramatized this verse in front of 40,000 people in King Park, Durban, with his index finger sticking out and swinging his outstretched arm from right to left, he said: “And the Holy Ghost came and impregnated Mary!” On the other hand St. Luke tells us the very same thing but less crudely. He says, that when the annunciation was made, Mary was perturbed. Her natural reaction was:

“How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?” (Luke 1:34) meaning sexually.

The Qur’ânic narrative is:

“She said: O my Lord! How shall I have a son when no man hath touched me?” (3:47) Meaning sexually.

In essence there is no difference between these two statements “seeing I know not a man” and “when no man hath touched me”. Both the quotations have an identical meaning. It is simply a choice of different words meaning the same thing. But the respective replies to Mary’s plea in the two Books (the Quran and the Bible) are revealing.

The Biblical Version

Says the Bible:

“And the angle answered and said into her: ‘The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee” (Luke 1:35)

Can’t you see that you are giving the atheist, the skeptic, the agnostic a stick to beat you with? They may well ask “How did the Holy Ghost come upon Mary?” “How did the Highest overshadow her?” We know that literally it does not mean that: that it was an immaculate conception, but the language used here, is distasteful. Now contrast this with the language of the Qur’ân:

The Qur’ânic Version

“He said (the angel says in reply): ‘Even s Allah (God) createth what He willeth: when He hath decreed a plan, He but saith to it, ‘Be,’ and it is!’ ” (3:47)

This is the Muslim concept of the birth of Jesus. For God to create a Jesus, without a human father, He merely has to will it. If He wants to create a million Jesus’ without fathers or mothers, He merely wills them into existence. He does not have to take seeds and transfer them, like men or animals by contact or artificial insemination . He wills everything into being by His word of command “Be” and “It is”.

There is nothing new in what I am telling you, I reminded the Reverend. It is in the very first Book of your Holy Bible, Genesis 1:3 “And God said…” What did He say? He said “Be” and “It was”. He did not have to articulate the words. This is our way of understanding the word “Be”, that He willed everything into being.

Choice for His Daughter

“Between these two versions of the birth of Jesus, the Qur’ânic version and the Biblical version, which would you prefer to give your daughter?” I asked the supervisor of the Bible House. He bowed his head down in humility and admitted “The Qur’ânic Version.”

How can “a forgery” or “an imitation”, as it is alleged of the Qur’ân, be better than the genuine, the original, as it is claimed for the Bible? It can never be, unless this Revelation to Muhammed is what it, itself, claims to be viz. The pure and holy Word of God! There are a hundred different tests that the unprejudiced seeker after truth can apply to the Holy Qur’ân and it will qualify with flying colors to being a Message from on High.

Like Adam

Does the miraculous birth of Jesus make him a God or a “begotten” Son of God? No! says the Holy Qur’ân:

“The similitude of Jesus before Allah (God) is that of Adam; He created him from dust then said to him: ‘Be’, and he was.” (3:59)

Yusuf Ali, comments in his notes in the Qur’ân translation:

“After a description of the high position which Jesus occupies as a prophet in the preceding verses we have a repudiation of the dogma that he was God, or the son of God, or any thing more than man. If it is said that he was born without a human father, Adam was also so born. Indeed Adam was born without either a human father or mother. As far as our physical bodies are concerned they are mere dust.

In God’s sight Jesus was as dust just as Adam was or humanity is. The greatness of Jesus arose from the divine command ‘Be’: for after that he was more than dust a great spiritual leader and teacher”

The logic of it is that, if being born without a male parent entitles Jesus to being equated with God, then, Adam would have a greater right to such honor, and this no Christian would readily concede. Thus, the Muslim is made to repudiate the Christian blasphemy.

Further, if the Christian splits hairs by arguing that Adam was “created” from the dust of the ground, whereas Jesus was immaculately “begotten” in the womb of Mary, then let us remind him that, even according to his own false standards, there is yet another person greater than Jesus, in his own Bible . Who is this superman?

Paul’s Innovation

“For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God… Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life…” (Hebrews 7:1,3)

Here is a candidate for Divinity itself, for only God Almighty could possess these qualities. Adam had a beginning (in the garden), Jesus had a beginning (in the stable); Adam had an end and, claim the Christians, so had Jesus “and he gave up the ghost”. But where is Melchisedec? Perhaps he is hibernating somewhere like Rip Van Winkel (a fairy tale character who slept for many ages.)

And what is this “Hebrews”? It is the name of one of the Books of the Holy Bible, authored by the gallant St. Paul, the self appointed thirteenth apostle of Christ. Jesus had twelve apostles, but one of them (Judas) had the Devil in him. So the vacancy had to be filled, because of the “twelve” thrones in heaven, which had to be occupied by his disciples to judge the children of Israel (Luke 22:30).

Saul was a renegade Jew, and the Christians changed his name to “Paul”, probably because “Saul” sounds Jewish. This St. Paul made such a fine mess of the teachings of Jesus, peace blessings be upon him, that he earned for himself the second most coveted position of “The Most Influential Men of History” in the monumental work of Michael H. Hart: The 100 or The Top Hundred or the Greatest Hundred in History. Paul outclasses even Jesus because, according to Michael Hart, Paul was the real founder of present day Christianity. The honor of creating Christianity had to be shared between Paul and Jesus, and Paul won because he wrote more Books of the Bible than any other single author, whereas Jesus did not write a single word.

Paul needed no inspiration to write his hyperboles here and in the rest of his Epistles. Did not Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda Goebbels say: “The bigger the lie the more likely it is to be believed’? But the amazing thing about this exaggeration is that no Christian seems to have read it. Every learned man to whom I have shown this verse to, seemed to be seeing it for the first time. They appear dumbfounded, as described by the fitting words of Jesus:

“…seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.” (Matthew 13:13)

The Holy Qur’ân also contains a verse which fittingly describes this well cultivated sickness:

“Deaf, dumb and blind, will they not return (to the path).” (2:18)

The Sons of God

The Muslim takes strong exception to the Christian dogma that “Jesus is the only begotten son, begotten not made”. This is what the Christian is made to repeat from childhood in his catechism. I have asked learned Christians, again and again as to what they are really trying to emphasize, when they say: “Begotten not made”.

They know that according to their own God given (?) records, God has sons by the tons:

“…Adam, which was the son of God.”(Luke 3:38)

“That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair… And when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them…” (Genesis 6: 2,4)

“…Israel is My son, even My firstborn:” (Exodus 4:22)

“…for I (God) am a Father to Israel, and Ephraim is My firstborn.” (Jeremiah 31:9)

“…the Lord hath said unto me (David): ‘Thou art My son: this day have I begotten thee.” (Psalms 2:7)

“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.” (Romans 18:14)

Can’t you see that in the language of the Jew, every righteous person, every Tom, Dick and Harry who followed the Will and Plan of God, was a “Son of God”. It was a metaphorical descriptive term commonly used among the Jews. The Christian agrees with this reasoning, but goes on to say: “but Jesus was not like that”. Adam was made by God. Every living thing was made by God, He is the Lord, Cherisher and Sustainer of all. Metaphorically speaking therefore God is the Father of all. But Jesus was the “begotten” Son of God, not a created Son of God?

Begotten Means “Sired”!

In my forty years of practical experience in talking to learned Christians, not a single one has opened his mouth to hazard an explanation of the phrase “begotten not made”. It had to be an American who dared to explain. He said: “It means, sired by God.” “What!” I exploded: “Sired by God?” “No, no!” he said, “I am only trying to explain the meaning, I do not believe that God really sired a son.”

The sensible Christian says that the words do not literally mean what they say. Then why do you say it? Why are you creating unnecessary conflict between the 1,200,000,000 Christians and a thousand million Muslims of the world in making senseless statements?

Reason for Objection

The Muslim takes exception to the word “begotten”, because begetting is an animal act, belonging to the lower animal functions of sex. How can we attribute such a lowly capacity to God? Metaphorically we are all the children of God, the good and the bad, and Jesus would be closer to being the Son of God than any one of us, because he would be more faithful to God then any one of us can ever be. From that point of view he is preeminently the Son of God.

Although this pernicious word “begotten” has now unceremoniously been thrown out of the “Most Accurate” version of the Bible, the Revised Standard Version (R.S.V.), its ghost still lingers on in the Christian mind, both black and white. Through its insidious brainwashing the white man is made to feel superior to his black Christian brother of the same Church and Denomination. And in turn, the black man is given a permanent inferiority complex through this dogma.

Brain-washed Inferiority

The human mind can’t help reasoning that since the “begotten son” of an African will look like an African, and that of a Chinaman as a Chinese, and that of an Indian like an Indian: so the begotten son of God aught naturally to look like God. Billions of beautiful pictures and replicas of this “only begotten son of God” are put in peoples hands. He looks like a European with blonde hair, blue eyes and handsome features like e one I saw in the “King of Kings” or “The Day of Triumph” or “Jesus of Nazareth”. Remember Jeffrey Hunter? The “Savior” of the Christian is more like a German than a Jew with his polly nose. So naturally, if the son is a white man, the father would also be a white man (God?). Hence the darker skinned races of the earth subconsciously have the feeling of inferiorly ingrained in their souls as God’s “step children”. No amount of face creams, skin lighteners and hair strengtheners will erase the inferiority.

God is neither black nor white. He is beyond the imagination of the mind of man. Break the mental shackles of a Caucasian (white) man-god, and you have broken the shackles of a permanent inferiority. But intellectual bondages are harder to shatter: the slave himself fights to retain them.

Chapter Six: Answer to Christian Dilemmas

“Christ in Islam” is really Christ in the Qur’ân: and the Holy Qur’ân has something definite to say about every aberration of Christianity. The Qur’ân absolves Jesus, peace and blessings be upon him, from all the false charges of his enemies as well as the misplaced infatuation of his followers. His enemies allege that he blasphemed against God by claiming Divinity. His misguided followers claim that he did avow Divinity, but that was not blasphemy because he was God. What does the Qur’ân say ?

Addressing both the Jews and the Christians, Allah says:

“O People of the Book! commit no excesses in your religion: nor say of Allah (God) aught but the truth. Christ Jesus son of Mary was (no more than) a messenger of Allah (God), and His Word, which he bestowed on Mary, and a Spirit proceeding from Him: so believe in Allah (God) and His messengers…” (4:171)

Going to Extremes

“O People of the Book” is a very respectful title with which the Jews and the Christians are addressed in the Holy Qur’ân. In other words, Allah is saying “O Learned People!”, “O People with a Scripture!” According to their own boast, the Jews and the Christians prided themselves over the Arabs, who had no Scripture before the Qur’ân. As a learned people, Allah pulls up both the contending religionists for going to either extremes as regards the personality of Christ.

The Jews made certain insinuations about the legitimacy of Jesus and charged him of blasphemy by twisting his words. The Christians read other meanings into his words; wrench words out of their context to make him God.

The modern day Christian, the hot – gospeller, the Bible thumper, uses harsher words and cruder approaches to win over a convert to his blasphemies.

He says:

(a) “Either Jesus is God or a liar”
(b) “Either Jesus is God or a lunatic”
(c) “Either Jesus is God or an impostor”

These are his words, words culled from Christian literature. Since no man of charity, Muslim or otherwise, can condemn Christ so harshly as the Christian challenges him to do, perforce he must keep non-committal. He thinks he must make a choice between one or the other of these silly extremes. It does not occur to him that there is an alternative to this Christian conundrum.

Sensible Alternative

Is it not possible that Jesus is simply what he claimed to be, a prophet, like so many other prophets that passed away before him? Even that he is one of the greatest of them, a mighty miracle worker, a great spiritual teacher and guide – the Messiah!. Why only God or Lunatic? Is “lunacy” the opposite of “Divinity” in Christianity? What is the antonym of God? Will some clever Christian answer?

The Qur’ân lays bare the true position of Christ in a single verse, followed by a note by Yusuf Ali’s:

1. “That he was the son of a woman, Mary, and therefore a man;”
2. “But a messenger, a man with a mission from Allah (God), and therefore entitled to honor.”
3. “A Word bestowed on Mary, for he was created by Allah’s word ‘Be’, and he was;”(3:59).
4. A spirit proceeding from Allah (God), but not Allah: his life and mission were more limited than in the case of some other messengers, though we must pay equal honor to him as a prophet of Allah. The doctrines of Trinity, equality with God, and sons, are repudiated as blasphemies. Allah (God) is independent of all needs and has no need of a son to manage His affairs. The Gospel of John (whoever wrote it) has put a great deal of Alexandrian Gnostic mysticism round the doctrine of the Word (Greek, Logos), but it is simply explained here.”

Jesus Questioned

Reproduced below are verses 119 to 121 from the Chapter of Maeda (chapter 5 of the Qur’ân) depicting the scene of Judgment Day, when Allah will question Jesus, peace and blessings be upon him, regarding the misdirected zeal of his supposed followers in worshipping him and his mother: and his response,

“And behold! Allah will say: ‘O Jesus the son of Mary! Didst thou say unto men, take me and my mother for two gods beside Allah?’ He will say: ‘Glory to Thee! never could I say what I had no right (to say). Had I said such a thing, Thou wouldst indeed have known it. Thou knowest what is in my heart, Thou I know not what is in Thine. For Thou knowest in full all that is hidden.

‘Never said I to them aught except what Thou didst command me to say, to wit, ‘Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord’; and I was a witness over them whilst I dwelt amongst them; when Thou didst take me up Thou wast the Watcher over them, and Thou art a witness to all things.

‘If Thou dost punish them, they are Thy servant: If Thou dost forgive them, Thou art the Exalted in power, the Wise.’” (5:116-118)

Claimed No Divinity

If this is the statement of truth from the All-Knowing, that “Never said I to them aught except what Thou didst command me to say, to wit, ‘Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord’”, then how do the Christians justify worshipping Jesus?

There is not a single unequivocal statement throughout the Bible, in all its 66 volumes of the Protestant versions, or in the 73 volumes of the Roman Catholic versions, where Jesus claims to be God or where he says “worship me”. Nowhere does he say that he and God Almighty “are one” and “the same person.”

The last phrase above “one and the same person” tickles many a “hot-gospeller” and “Bible-thumper,” not excluding the Doctor of Divinity and the Professor of Theology. Even the new converts to Christianity have memorized these verses. They are programmed to rattle off verses out of context, upon which they can hang their faith. The words “are one” activates the mind by association of memories. “Yes”, say the Trinitarians, the worshippers of three gods in one God, and one God in three gods, “Jesus did claim to be God!” Where?

Reverend at the Table

I had taken Rev. Morris D.D. and his wife, to lunch at the “Golden Peacock.” While at the table, during the course of our mutual sharing of knowledge, the opportunity arose to ask, “Where?” And without a murmur he quoted, “I and my father are one” to imply that God and Jesus were one and the same person. That Jesus here claims to be God. The verse quoted was well known to me, but it was being quoted out of context. It did not carry the meaning that the Doctor was imagining, so I asked him, “What is the context?”

Choked on “Context”

The Reverend stopped eating and began staring at me. I said, “Why? Don’t you know the context?”, “You see, what you have quoted is the text, I want to know the context, the text that goes with it, before or after.” Here was an Englishman (Canadian), a paid servant of the Presbyterian Church, a Doctor of Divinity, and it appeared that I was trying to teach him English. Of course he knew what “context” meant. But like the rest of his compatriots, he had not studied the sense in which Jesus had uttered the words.

In my forty years of experience, this text had been thrown at me hundreds of times, but not a single learned Christian had ever attempted to hazard a guess as to its real meaning. They always start fumbling for their Bibles. The Doctor did not have one with him. When they do start going for their Bibles, I stop them in their stride: “Surely, you know what you are quoting?”, “Surely, you know your Bible?” After reading this, I hope some “born-again” Christians will rectify this deficiency. But I doubt that my Muslim readers will ever come across one in their lifetime who could give them the context.

What is the Context?

It is unfair on the part of the Reverend, having failed to provide the context, then to ask me, “Do you know the context?” “Of course,” I said. “Then, what is it?” asked my learned friend. I said, “That which you have quoted is the text of John chapter 10, verse 30. To get at the context, we have to begin from verse 23 which reads:

23. “and Jesus was in the temple area walking in Solomon’s Colonnade.” (John 10:23).

John, or whoever he was, who wrote this story, does not tell us the reason for Jesus tempting the Devil by walking alone in the lion’s den. For we do not expect the Jews to miss a golden opportunity to get even with Jesus. Perhaps, he was emboldened by the manner in which he had literally whipped the Jews single-handed in the Temple, and upset the tables of the money changers at the beginning of his ministry (John 2:15).

24. “The Jews gathered around him, saying, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” (John 10:24).

They surrounded him. Brandishing their fingers in his face, they began accusing him and provoking him; saying that he had not put forth his claim plainly enough, clearly enough. That he was talking ambiguously. They were trying to work themselves into a frenzy to assault him. In fact, their real complaint was that they did not like his method of preaching, his invectives, the manner in which he condemned them for their formalism, their ceremonialism, their going for the letter of the law and forgetting the spirit. But Jesus could not afford to provoke them any further there were too many and they were itching for a fight.

Discretion is the better part of valor. In a conciliatory spirit, befitting the occasion:

25. “Jesus answered, I did tell you, but you do not believe. The miracles I do in my Father’s name speak for me,”

26. “but you do not believe because you are not my sheep.” (John 10:25-26).

Jesus rebuts the false charge of his enemies that he was ambiguous in his claims to being the Messiah that they were waiting for. He says that he did tell them clearly enough, yet they would not listen to him, but:

27. “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.”

28. “I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand.”

29. “My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand..” (John 10:29).

How can anyone be so blind as not to see the exactness of the ending of the last two verses. But spiritual blinkers are more impervious than physical defects. He is telling the Jews and recording for posterity, the real unity or relationship between the Father and the son. The most crucial verse:

30. “I and the Father are one.” (John 10:30).

One in what? In their Omniscience? In their Nature? In their Omnipotence? No! One in purpose! That once a believer has accepted faith, the Messenger sees to it that he remains in faith, and God Almighty also sees to it that he remains in faith. This is the purpose of the “Father” and the “son” and the “Holy Ghost” and of every man and every woman of faith. Let the same John explain his Gnostic mystic verbiage.

“That they all may be one as thou. Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us…”

“I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one…”(John 17:20-22)

If Jesus is “one” with God, and if that “oneness” makes him God, then the traitor Judas, and the doubting Thomas, and the satanic Peter, plus the other nine who deserted him when he was most in need are God(s), because the same “oneness” which he claimed with God in John 10:30, now he claims for all “who forsook him and fled” (Mark 14:50). All “ye of little faith” (Matthew 8:26). All “O faithless and perverse generation” (Luke 9:41). Where and when will the Christian blasphemy end? The expression “I and my Father are one,” was very innocent, meaning nothing more than a common purpose with God. But the Jews were looking for trouble and any excuse will not do, therefore,

31. “Again the Jews picked up stones to stone him,”

32. “but Jesus said to them, I have shown you many great miracles from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?”

33. “The Jews answered him, saying : ‘For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself a God.’” (John 10:31-33).

In verse 24 above the Jews falsely alleged that Jesus was talking ambiguously. When that charge was ably refuted, they then accused him of blasphemy which is like treason in the spiritual realm. So they say that Jesus is claiming to be God “I and the Father are one”. The Christians agree with the Jews in this that Jesus did make such a claim; but differ in that it was not blasphemy because the Christians say that he was God and was entitled to own up to his Divinity.

The Christians and the Jews are both agreed that the utterance is serious. To one as an excuse for good “redemption”, and to the other as an excuse for good “riddance”. Between the two, let the poor Jesus die. But Jesus refuses to co-operate in this game, s

34. “Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your Law, `I have said you are gods’?”

35. “If he called them `gods,’ to whom the word of God came –and the Scripture cannot be broken–,”

36. “what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, `I am God’s Son’?” (John 10:34-36).

Why “Your Law”?

He is a bit sarcastic in verse 34, but in any event, why does he say: “Your Law”? Is it not also his Law? Didn’t he say: “Think not that I am come to destroy the Law of the prophets: I am come not to destroy, but to fulfill (the Law). For verily I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass away, one Jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the Law, till all be fulfilled.” (Matthew 5:1718).

“You are Gods”

“You are gods:” He is obviously quoting from the 82nd Psalm , verse 6, “I have said, ye are gods: and all of you are the children of the most High.”

Jesus, continues: “If he (i.e. God Almighty) called them gods, unto whom the word of God came (meaning that the prophets of God were called ‘gods’) and the scripture cannot be broken…” (John 10:35), in other words he is saying: “you can’t contradict me!” Jesus knows his Scripture; he speaks with authority; and he reasons with his enemies that: “If good men, holy men, prophets of God are being addressed as ‘gods’ in our Books of Authority, with which you find no fault, then why do you take exception to me? When the only claim I make for myself is far inferior in our language, viz. ‘A son of God’ as against others being called ‘gods’ by God Himself. Even if I (Jesus) described myself as ‘god’ in our language, according to Hebrew usage, you could find no fault with me.” This is the plain reading of Christian Scripture. I am giving no interpretations of my own or some esoteric meaning to words!

Chapter Seven: “In The Beginning”

“Where does Jesus say: ‘I am God,’ or ‘I am equal to God,’ or ‘Worship me’?” I asked the Rev. Morris again.

He took a deep breath and took another try. He quoted the most oft-repeated verse of the Christian Bible – John 1:1.

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”

Please note, these are not the words of Jesus. They are the words of John (or whoever wrote them). Acknowledged by every erudite Christian scholar of the Bible as being the words of another Jew, Philo of Alexandria, who had written them even before John and Jesus were born. And Philo claimed no divine inspiration for them. No matter what mystical meaning that Philo had woven around these words (which our John has plagiarized), we will accept them for what they are worth.

Greek not Hebrew

Since the manuscripts of the 27 Books of the New Testament are in Greek, a Christian sect has produced its own version and has even changed the name of this selection of 27 Books to Christian Greek Scriptures! I asked the Reverend whether he knew Greek? “Yes,” he said, He had studied Greek for 5 years before qualification. I asked him what was the Greek word for “God” the first time it occurs in the quotation “and the Word was With God”? He kept staring, but didn’t answer. So I said, the word was Hotheos, which literally means “The God”.

Since the European (including the North American) has evolved a system of using capital letters to start a proper noun and small letters for common nouns, we would accept his giving a capital “G” for God; in other words Hotheos is rendered “the god” which in turn is rendered “God”.

“Now tell me, what is the Greek word for “God” in the second occurrence in your quotation – “and the Word was God”? The Reverend still kept silent. Not that he did not know Greek, or that he had lied, but he knew more than that; the game was up. I said: “the word was Tontheos, which means “a god”.

According to your own system of translating you aught to have spelt this word ‘God’ a second time with a small ‘g’ i.e. ‘god’, and not ‘God’ with a capital ‘G’; in other words Tontheos is rendered “a god”. Both of these, “god” or “a god” are correct.

I told the Reverend: “But in 2 Corinthians 4:4 you have dishonestly reversed your system by using a small ‘g’ when spelling ‘God’ “(and the devil is) the god of this world.” The Greek word for “the god” is Hotheos the same as in John 1:1. “Why have you not been consistent in your translations ?” “If Paul was inspired to write hotheos the God for the Devil, why don’t you use that capital ‘G’?”

And in the Old Testament, the Lord said unto Moses: “See, I have made thee a god to Pharoah” (Exodus 7:1). “Why do you use a small ‘g’ for ‘God’ when referring to Moses instead of a capital ‘G’ as you do for a mere word ‘Word’ – “and the Word was God.”?

“Why do you do this? Why do you play fast and loose with the Word of God?” I asked the reverend. He said, “I didn’t do it.” I said, “I know, but I am talking about the vested interests of Christianity, who are hell-bent to deify Christ, by using capital letters here and small letters there, to deceive the unwary masses who think that every letter, every comma and full stop and the capital and small letters were dictated by God (Capital ‘G’ here!).”

Chapter Eight: What is left

Three Topics

It can hardly be expected in a small publication of this nature that one can deal with all the references about Jesus, peace and blessings be upon him, interspersed throughout the fifteen different chapters of the Holy Qur’ân. What we can do is to give a quick glance to the index page reproduced from the Qur’ân earlier in this letter.

Here we find three significant topics, not dealt with yet in our discussion:

1. Not crucified, (4:157).
2. Message and miracles,(5:113, 19:30-33).
3. Prophesied Ahmed, (61:6).

Regarding the first topic, “not crucified”, I had written a booklet under the heading “Was Christ Crucified?” some twenty years ago. The book is presently out of print, and further, it needs updating, for much water has passed under the bridge since it first saw the light of day.

As regards the third topic mentioned above, “Prophesied Ahmed”, I propose to write a booklet under the title “Muhammed, salla Allah u alihi wa sallam, the Natural Successor to Christ” after I have completed “Was Christ Crucified?”, I hope to complete both these projects soon, Insha Allah! (Arabic: “By the will of Allah”).

The Way to Salvation

We are now left with Topic No. 2, “Message and miracles”. The message of Jesus was as simple and straight forward as that of all his predecessors as well as that of his successor Muhammed, salla Allah u alihi wa sallam, namely “Believe in God and keep His Commandments”. For the God who inspired His Messengers, is an unvarying God and He is consistent: He is not the “author of confusion” (1 Corinthian14:33).

A law abiding Jew comes to Jesus seeking eternal life or salvation. In the words of Matthew:

“And behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?

And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, that is God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.” (Matthew 19:16-17)

You will agree, that if you or I were that Jew, we would infer from these words that, according to Jesus, peace and blessings be upon him, salvation was guaranteed, provided we kept the commandments without the shedding of any innocent blood. Unless, of course Jesus was speaking with tongue in cheek; knowing full well that his own “forthcoming redemptive sacrifice”, his “vicarious atonement” (?) for the sins of mankind, was not many days hence.

Why would Jesus give him the impossible solution of keeping the Law (as the Christian alleges) when an easier way was in the offing? Or did he not know what was going to happen, that he was to be crucified ? Was there not a contract between Father and Son, before the worlds began, for his redeeming blood to be shed? Had he lost his memory? No! There was no such fairy tale agreement as far as Jesus was concerned. He knew that there is only one way to God, and that is, as Jesus said, “keep the Commandments”!

Miracles, What They Prove

Regarding his miracles: the Holy Quran does not go into any detail about blind Bartimus or about Lazarus or any other miracle, except that he (Jesus) defended his mother as an infant in his mother’s arms. The Muslim has no hesitation about accepting the most wondrous of his miracles – even that of reviving the dead. But that does not make Jesus a “God” or the begotten “Son of God” as understood by the Christian.

Miracles do not prove even Prophethood, or whether a man is true or false. Jesus himself said:

“For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.”(Matthew 24:24)

If false prophets and false Christs can perform miraculous feats, then these wonders or miracles do not prove even the geniuses or otherwise, of a prophet.

John the Baptist, according to Jesus, was the greatest of the Israelite prophets. Greater than Moses, David, Solomon, Isaiah and all, not excluding himself: in his own words:

“Verily I say unto you, among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist…” (Matthew 11:11)

1. Not excluding Jesus: because, was he not born of a woman – Mary?
2. The Baptist, greater than “all”, yet he performed not a single miracle! Miracles are no standards of judging truth and falsehood.

But in his childishness, the might Christian insists that Jesus is God because he gave life back to the dead. Will reviving the dead make others God too? This perplexes him, because he has mentally blocked himself from the miracles of others who outshine Jesus in his own Bible. For example, according to his false standard:

Need I illustrate to you a catalogue of miracles? But the sickness persists – “it was God working miracles through His prophets but Jesus performed them of his own power.” Where did Jesus get all his power from? Ask Jesus, and he will tell us:

Power not His Own

“…All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.” (Matthew 28:18)

“…I cast out devils by the Spirit of God then the kingdom of God is come unto you.” (Matthew 12:28)

“I can of mine own self do nothing ” (John 5:30)

“I with the finger of God cast out devils” (Luke 1 1:20)

Borrowed Power

The “power” as he says is not his, “it is given unto me”. Given by whom? By God, of course! Every action, every word he attributes to God.

Lazarus

But since so much is made of Jesus’ mightiest miracle of reviving Lazarus from the dead, we will analyze the episode as recorded in John’s Gospel. It is astonishing that none of the other Gospel writers mention Lazarus in any context. However, the story is that Lazarus was very sick, his sisters Mary and Martha had made frantic calls for Jesus to come and cure his sickness but he arrived too late, actually four days after his demise.

He Groaned

Mary wails to Jesus that had he arrived in time, perhaps her brother would not have died; meaning that if he could heal other peoples’ sicknesses, why would he not have healed her brother, a dear friend of his. Jesus says that “even now if ye have faith, ye shall see the glory of god.” The condition was that they should have faith. Didn’t he say that faith could move mountains?

He asks to be taken to the tomb. On the way, “he groaned in the spirit”. He was not mumbling; he was pouring out his heart and praying to God. But while he sobbed so bitterly his words were not audible enough for people around him to understand. Hence the words “he groaned”. On reaching the grave, Jesus “groaned” again; perhaps, even more earnestly and God heard his groaning (his prayer), and Jesus received the assurance that God will fulfill his request. Now, Jesus could rest assured and command that the stone which was barring the tomb, be removed so that Lazarus could come back from the dead. Without that assurance from God, Jesus would have made a fool of himself.

Avoiding Misunderstanding

Mary thinks of the stink because her brother had been dead for four days! But Jesus was confident and the stone was removed. Then he looked up towards heaven and said:

“Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.” (John 11:41-42)

What is all this, play – acting? Why all the drama? Because he know that these superstitious and credulous people will misunderstand the source of the miracle. They might take him for “God”. Giving life to the dead is the prerogative of God alone. To make doubly sure, that his people do not misunderstand, he speaks out loudly that the “groaning” was actually his crying to God Almighty for help. The prayer was incoherent as far as the bystanders could discern, but the Father in heaven had accepted his prayer, viz. “thou hast heard me”.

Furthermore, he says, “thou hearest me always”; in other words, every miracle wrought by him was an answer by God Almighty to his prayer. The Jews of his day understood the position well, and they “glorified God”, as Matthew tells us of another occasion when the Jews exclaimed “for giving such power unto men” (Matt. 9:8).

In fact, Jesus gives his reason for speaking loudly. He says, “that they may believe that thou has sent me.” One who is sent is a messenger, and if he be sent by God, then he is a Messenger of God i.e. Rasulullah. Jesus is referred to in the Qur’ân asRasulullah (“Messenger of Allah”).

Alas, this attempt by Jesus to prevent any misunderstanding, as to who really performed the miracle, and that he was in fact only a messenger of God, failed. Christians will not even accept the unambiguous disavowal of Jesus, nor the testimony of Peter, the “Rock” upon which Jesus was supposed to build his Church. Peter truly testified:

“Ye men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, A man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know. ” (Acts 2:22)

Case Not Hopeless

This very same message is repeated by God Almighty in the Holy Qur’ân, following the annunciation. In verse 49 of chapter 3, Allah makes it clear that every sign or wonder that Jesus performed was “By Allah’s leave,” by God’s permission. Jesus says so, Peter says so and God says so; but the stubborn controversialist will not listen: prejudice, superstition and credulity die hard. Our duty is simply to deliver the Message, loud and clear, the rest we leave to God. The case is not altogether hopeless for Allah tells us in His Holy Book:

“And among them are some who have faith, but most of them are perverted transgressors.” (3:110)

“Among them”, meaning among the Jews and the Christians, there are two types of people; the one group described as people of faith to whom this book is addressed, and the other as rebellious transgressors. We must also find ways and means of getting at them. Our literature is eminently suited to cater for all. Pass them on to your non – Muslim friends after reading.

Open the Holy Qur’ân and make your Christian friends and acquaintances to read the verses discussed in this book. Then we can truly conclude:

“Such (was) Jesus the son of Mary:
(it is) a statement of truth, about which
they (vainly) dispute.

“It is not befitting to (the majesty of) Allah
(God) that He should beget a son. Glory be to Him!
when He determines a matter, He only says to it,
‘Be’, and it is.

“Verily Allah is my Lord and your Lord:
Him therefore serve ye: this is a Way that is straight.” (19:34-36)

Volume 4, Book 55, Number 645:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

The Prophet said, “None spoke in cradle but three: (The first was) Jesus, (the second was), there a man from Bani Israel called Juraij. While he was offering his prayers, his mother came and called him. He said (to himself), ‘Shall I answer her or keep on praying?” (He went on praying) and did not answer her, his mother said, “O Allah! Do not let him die till he sees the faces of prostitutes.” So while he was in his hermitage, a lady came and sought to seduce him, but he refused. So she went to a shepherd and presented herself to him to commit illegal sexual intercourse with her and then later she gave birth to a child and claimed that it belonged to Juraij. The people, therefore, came to him and dismantled his hermitage and expelled him out of it and abused him. Juraij performed the ablution and offered prayer, and then came to the child and said, ‘O child! Who is your father?’ The child replied, ‘The shepherd.’ (After hearing this) the people said, ‘We shall rebuild your hermitage of gold,’ but he said, ‘No, of nothing but mud.’(The third was the hero of the following story) A lady from Bani Israel was nursing her child at her breast when a handsome rider passed by her. She said, ‘O Allah ! Make my child like him.’ On that the child left her breast, and facing the rider said, ‘O Allah! Do not make me like him.’ The child then started to suck her breast again. (Abu Huraira further said, “As if I were now looking at the Prophet sucking his finger (in way of demonstration.”) After a while the people passed by, with a lady slave and she (i.e. the child’s mother) said, ‘O Allah! Do not make my child like this (slave girl)!, On that the child left her breast and said, ‘O Allah! Make me like her.’ When she asked why, the child replied, ‘The rider is one of the tyrants while this slave girl is falsely accused of theft and illegal sexual intercourse.”

Volume 4, Book 55, Number 648:

Narrated Ibn Umar:

The Prophet said, “I saw Moses, Jesus and Abraham (on the night of my Ascension to the heavens). Jesus was of red complexion, curly hair and a broad chest. Moses was of brown complexion, straight hair and tall stature as if he was from the people of Az-Zutt.”

Volume 4, Book 55, Number 653:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

The Prophet said, “Jesus, seeing a man stealing, asked him, ‘Did you steal?, He said, ‘No, by Allah, except Whom there is None who has the right to be worshipped’ Jesus said, ‘I believe in Allah and I suspect my eyes.”

Volume 4, Book 55, Number 654:

Narrated ‘Umar:

I heard the Prophet saying, “Do not exaggerate in praising me as the Christians praised the son of Mary, for I am only a Slave. So, call me the Slave of Allah and His Apostle.”

Volume 4, Book 55, Number 657:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah’s Apostle said, “By Him in Whose Hands my soul is, surely (Jesus,) the son of Mary will soon descend amongst you and will judge mankind justly (as a Just Ruler); he will break the Cross and kill the pigs and there will be no Jizya (i.e. taxation taken from non Muslims). Money will be in abundance so that nobody will accept it, and a single prostration to Allah (in prayer) will be better than the whole world and whatever is in it.” Abu Huraira added

“If you wish, you can recite (this verse of the Holy Book): — ‘And there is none Of the people of the Scriptures (Jews and Christians) But must believe in him (i.e Jesus as an Apostle of Allah and a human being) Before his death. And on the Day of Judgment He will be a witness Against them.”

Quran Sura An Nisa 4.159 (See Fateh Al Bari, Page 302 Vol 7)

Volume 4, Book 55, Number 658:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah’s Apostle said “How will you be when the son of Mary (i.e. Jesus) descends amongst you and he will judge people by the Law of the Quran and not by the law of Gospel (Fateh-ul Bari page 304 and 305 Vol 7)

Volume 4, Book 54, Number 415:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah’s Apostle said, “Allah the Most Superior said, “The son of Adam slights Me, and he should not slight Me, and he disbelieves in Me, and he ought not to do so. As for his slighting Me, it is that he says that I have a son; and his disbelief in Me is his statement that I shall not recreate him as I have created (him) before.”

Mercy Upon Isa/Eesa/Jesus Alahi Sallam Peace on him

ISA:

Os barramentos ISA são encontrados em placas antigas. Foi criada pela IBM, sua velocidade em media chega 2.5/s. O nome ISA vem de Industry Standard Architecture ou Arquitetura Industrial Padrão. O slots de expansão ISA tem ainda a vantagem de aceitar as conecção adaptadoras mais antigas 8 bits.O barramento ISA continua sendo usado nas placas mães mais avançadas, so que ao lado de varios barramentos poderosos.

MCA:

MCA é a abreviação dada à definição Micro Chanel Architecture, o barramentos de dados criado pela IBM em 1987.  Com o surgimento dos processadores 386, que trabalhavam usando palavras binárias de 32 bits, precisou se de um novo barramento mais rápido que a ISA, ela trabalhava em 10 MHz, o que resultava em uma taxa de transferência de 32MB/s.

EISA:

O EISA trabalha em 8,33 MHz, com 32 bits. Na teoria, o barramento deveria chegar a uma taxa de 33MB/s. O termo EISA vem de Extended Industry Standard Architecture ou Arquitetura Industrial Padrão Estendida. O objetivo padrão era manter a compatibilidade com PCs antigos.

VLB:

O VBL (VESA Local Bus) é um barramento de expansão muito mais rápido do que os barramentos ISA, MCA e EISA. Inicialmente surgiu como barramento de placa de vídeo. Graças a sua velocidade, virou como barramento padrão em 1993 entre as placas mães.

AGP-PRO:

Foram direcionadas principalmente para placas de vídeos e consomem uma grande quantidade de energia.

Asalamu Alaikum.

Again, subhanAllah, it has been too long since I put up any Islamic posts on this blog. I want to balance the posts between Islam and Socialism, but sometimes the events in the news dictate what will be discussed more than anything else. SubhanAllah, politics and political questions have been at the forefront lately.

Anyway, this blog is called “¡Orale Allah!” One of the reasons it is called that, is because I wanted to reach out to my fellow Latino Reverts. For many Latinos, the religious experience was one of Roman Catholicism. This means that for many of us, our childhoods and family experience were heavily peppered with of images and stories of Isa (Jesus, Peace be Upon Him) and Maryam (Mary, may Allah be pleased with her).

For many Latino’s that are or were Catholics, a big barrier to changing religion is the sense of abandoning the past. Because of this, I have decided to share this video about the Islamic view of Isa (PBUH) and Maryam.

Isa (PBUH) and Maryam are both important people in Islamic history and are revered greatly in the Qur’an. Contrary to what many Islamophobes and ignorant people may try to say, Islam includes Isa and Maryam in its history and tradition and embraces both completely. The big difference is that we do not see Isa as “the son of God.” We see that as blasphemous to think that Allah (SWA), being such a supreme and incomprehensible being, would ever lower himself, or be lowered, to the sort of behaviour of human beings (i.e. having children).

Of all of the videos that I have found on this subject, I think that this is the best, though not the only one.

Insh’Allah please check out the video and learn more about Isa and Maryam in Islam!

http://www.halaltube.com/islamic-view-on-the-return-of-jesus

Jazak Allah Khair to Halal Tube and Imran Hosein!

 

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The surf has been totally **** on the Gold Coast to say the least since i arrived home from Bali, but on the plus side it has allowed me to catch up on photos! Here is day 2 from of the Quiksilver Open at cranking Keramas

All the photos can be found here…http://www.flickr.com/photos/fanta75/sets/72157622879035030/

Oare din cauză că am încercat cu atâta obstinaţie să ne muşamalizăm trecutul, îngropându-l sub covorul de lângă pat, aruncând acolo poze, flori, cadouri, amintiri şi UITÂNDU-L, suntem pe cale să retrăim bucăţi de dramatică istorie?

Dar din ce cauză retrăim drama? Din cauză că suntem confuzi, nu ştim ce drum să urmăm în continuare. Odată ce ni s-a rupt firul realităţii în care trăiam, începem să căutăm altele şi altele. Dar nu mai avem siguranţa că este cel bun. Şi regretăm ce am ales. Este greu, dar dacă avem pe cineva lângă noi, care să ne îndrume paşii, să ne tragă din prăpastia în care am căzut cândva, nu demult, nu voi mai trăi doar drame, ci şi comedii.

Gândeşti  că singurătatea  este ca o gaură neagră care îţi absoarbe încet, încet viaţa. Ai vrea să îţi strigi durerea, dar nu poţi. Buzele se deschid, dar nu pot să exprime nimic prin sunete.  Eşti mut. Mai demult puteai să vorbeşti sau să cânţi, cu sufletul, dar acum nu mai poţi. Simţi că nu te mai înţelege nimeni, că eşti mult prea singur, prea nefericit. Visele, aripi imateriale ale speranţei, nu te mai pot ajuta să zbori. Nu mai au putere, se izbesc de realitatea care este prea crudă. Întunericul e gol şi sec. Viaţa este ca un sunet ce nu se aude, ca un ecou nedesluşit. Ai impresia că te lupţi cu nişte ziduri de piatră, că te pierzi într-un labirint fără capăt şi nu te aude nimeni. De ce? Fiindcă te simţi neputincios în faţa unui val de sentimente care te acoperă, te înăbuşe pe zi ce trece tot mai mult. Care este scăparea? Iubirea.Nu iubeşti, eşti un nimeni!

De asemenea, un zâmbet este unul din cele mai bune antidoturi care pot exista.  Şi ceea ce îl face mai special este faptul că nu trebuie preparat într-un cazan mare cu diferite poţiuni, ci este doar o simplă schiţare pe faţa cuiva care aduce lumină şi bucurie. Ce înseamnă a zâmbi!  Fără zâmbet eram nişte roboţei, aveam aceeaşi expresie mohorâtă pe faţă. Dar uite, că acest simplu gest, poate face minuni! Aşa că zâmbeşte! Merită!

După cum ar fi normal, cum era pe vremea lui bunica, oamenii ar trebui să se trezească din cauza unui cocoş. Cel puţin aşa păţeam eu la ţară când la ora 6 se găsea cel mai cel dintre cocoşi să cânte până răguşea. Şi aşa dimineaţa începea cu o omletă (nu era de ajuns că m-a trezit cocoşul, îmi mai dădea să mănânc şi ouă) şi pâine prăjită. Bine, asta era partea bună a dimineţii. Şi apoi începea ziua, care desigur era o constantă a plictiselii.

Acum, în zilele noastre, nu mai este cocoşul ceasul deşteptător, ci însuşi motanul meu, care la ora 7 FIX, ori miaună la uşa alor mei să îi dea drumu în dormitor ca să îşi facă el mendrele, ori sare peste mine încercând să prindă muşte, ori mă muşcă de picioare, ori vine la mine, îmi dă un mieunat dinăla sâcâitor la ureche, apoi cu botul lui rece ca gheaţa mă atinge pe obraz sau pe nas. Iar în momentul când deschid ochii miaună scurt ceva gen: Neaţa! sau Trezeşte-te mai repede şi dă-mi de mâncare. Mda. Şi cam aşa şi cu ceasul meu deşteptător. Sincer nu vă doresc să îl aveţi, în primul rând că este Bughi meu, în al doilea rând  nu cred că v-ar conveni să staţi în fiecare zi la ora 7 să aruncaţi în el cu papucii, el să se ascundă sub pat, iar când vede că v-aţi pus capul înapoi pe pernă încercând să adormiţi la loc începe iar să miaune. 

Dar datorită faptului ca este motanul meu şi îl iubesc nu am de ce să îl înjur prea tare.

Le conocimos cuando aún era estudiante y llevaba de peña en peña su primer gran trabajo documental. Fue en el Pabellón Cuba, junto a Arema, que nos dimos unos buches de algo que no queremos ni recordar.

Karel Ducases Manzano, creador, y uno de nuestros mejores jóvenes realizadores dentro de la escena del audiovisual cubano.

Desde el año 1999 trabaja en el ICRT (Instituto Cubano de Radio y televisión), en el año 2000 ingresa en el Dpto. de Animación, perteneciente a la División de Programas para Niños Y Jóvenes, donde se ha desempeñado como Guionista, Productor de Control, Productor asistente, Asistente de Dirección y Director de Dibujos animados, acumulando 10 años de experiencia en el mundo de la Animación. Es también guionista del programa televisivo para jóvenes “Conexión”. En el 2005 realizó el documental “Zona de Silencio”. Obra que ha participado desde el 2008 en 35 Festivales y Muestras de 15 países, ha recibido 5 premios y ha sido exhibido por los Canales 41 y 23 de la Televisión de Estados Unidos, los Sitios digitales Youtube.com y CanalDocumental.com, y seleccionado junto a otros Documentales de la Facultad de Comunicación Audiovisual del ISA, para ser promovido por la UNESCO.

Hemos dialogado con él y le hemos planteado algunas cuestiones para reflexionar en torno a ellas. Por cuestiones de espacio lo hemos dividido en dos partes, aquí os ofrecemos la primera. ……………………….elTaburete.

Karel, ¿en qué estás trabajando? ¿Qué es lo inmediato que ocupa tú tiempo como creador en estos momentos?

Bueno, en muchas cosas y a la vez en nada. En mi trabajo oficial como Director, en el Dpto. de Animación de la Televisión cubana, actualmente estoy medio desempleado. Terminé una Serie de Animación para Niños hace 2 meses, y desde ese instante no me han encargado ningún proyecto nuevo. Como guionista escribo el programa televisivo “Conexión”, y además estoy preparando otros proyectos Documentales de Ficción y Animación, para tratar de hacerlos de forma independiente. Está por ahí el sueño de terminar un Documental con el músico Yasek Manzano, primo mío además, y el convencimiento de que dentro de poco tiempo, comenzaré a hacer algo de Dibujo animado, fuera de la Industria o la TV.

En sentido general, lo que me ocupa básicamente es encontrar o escribir yo mismo, proyectos que me llamen la atención, con los cuales pueda decir cosas interesantes. Lo que me preocupa, es lograr que la necesidad de comer y el aburrimiento no me lleven a hacer algo en lo que no crea, y hasta ahora creo que lo voy logrando. Ya ves, tengo tres estados, estoy ocupado, desocupado y preocupado.

¿Cómo hace un joven cineasta como tu, para llevar adelante un proyecto nuevo?

Creo que eso, aunque te pueda dar una respuesta personal, es para mí y para todos, un misterio. Siempre me sucede que termino un animado o un Documental y me digo: ¡WAO!, ¡terminé!, ¡increíble! y entonces miras atrás, el largo camino recorrido, y no te parece del todo cierto aún. Terminar una obra es un misterio, y comenzar también. Una vez leí una frase de algún escritor que me encantó, decía: “yo escribo, porque sufro, y escribir es la manera de soltar los demonios que llevo dentro”. Eso se puede aplicar al Cine y a cualquier cosa que se haga con pasión en la vida. A pesar de los miles de problemas, para llevar adelante una obra aquí o en cualquier otro lugar, contar una historia, escribir, filmar, intentar seducir a un público con una idea, un conflicto, un sentimiento, es algo que me obliga a levantarme cada día, a pesar de algunas depresiones transitorias. Entonces, ¿Cómo hacer un Proyecto? Para mí hay tres cosas fundamentales: trabajo, talento, y honestidad. Eso no garantiza siempre que hagas una buena obra, pero te asegura un buen por ciento de efectividad. Mi sencillez me obliga a no determinar cuanto tengo de lo segundo, pero de trabajo y honestidad, de eso trato de ponerle bastante. Eso, “y bomba”, como decimos los cubanos. Lo demás lo determina el público, la crítica, y como dice Extraño corazón: “El tiempo y la espera”.

Tu documental “Zona de Silencio” habla sobre la censura ejercida sobre artistas de la talla de Antón A., Fernando Pérez o Frank Delgado. En una ocasión, en el ICAIC, te formulé esta pregunta, hoy te la vuelvo a manifestar: ¿Has sentido el peso de la censura en tus obras?….

De una u otra manera, la Censura siempre anda por ahí, y precisamente como ella se esconde y no siempre te jode dando la cara, a veces ni te enteras de qué cosas pueden comentarse sobre tu obra en ciertos círculos. Pero en sentido general, lo he dicho otras veces, en el caso específico de “Zona de silencio”, debo sentirme contento, aunque nunca satisfecho. La exhibición dentro de Cuba abarcó todo el circuito de Festivales, más unos 20 Festivales o Muestras fuera de Cuba, y aún se sigue moviendo. Solamente tuve la negativa de un Festival cubano, a aceptarlo en competencia, pero a pesar de la rabia, alguien me aconsejó esperar, diciéndome que el tiempo siempre tiene la última palabra, y hoy se lo agradezco, tenía razón. Por supuesto que no lo han puesto en la Televisión Nacional, ese organismo sigue estando de espaldas a la realidad que está moviendo a este país, en perjuicio de la Revolución misma. Creo que mi Documental se produjo en un momento propicio, había pasado la guerra de los e-mails, Raúl Castro había asumido la presidencia, y se había anunciado un proceso de cambios y apertura a las opiniones de los trabajadores. El Documental se hizo desde una honestidad absoluta, esgrimiendo la crítica responsable, los entrevistados viven todos en Cuba, y tienen una obra y un prestigio muy sólido. Creo que todo esto ayudó, así que si podemos hablar en términos deportivos, creo que la cosa está Arte 1, Censura 0. De todas formas te agrego, a veces no es solo la censura sobre una obra en específico, a veces, como en los 70, se trata de la censura sobre artistas, hagan la obra que hagan. Pero el Arte, con ayuda del tiempo, y la justicia, siempre ganará.

¿crees que la sociedad está preparada de forma crítica, para afrontar estos temas que le planteas en tus trabajos?

Si me preguntas por esta, por la cubana, estoy seguro que si, me lo han demostrado las muchas opiniones que he recibido acerca no solo de mi trabajo, sino de otras obras del Movimiento de Nuevos realizadores fundamentalmente. Y no opiniones facilistas o complacientes, sino opiniones complejas, que viene de todo tipo de personas, y ahí te das cuenta que mucha gente tiene cosas como que dormidas, pero están ahí. A veces, cuando una parte de la población, está estática, te parece que no piensa, o que muchas cosas les da lo mismo, pues eso sucede precisamente por la falta de entrenamiento del cerebro, al no estar acostumbrados a ejercer la crítica de manera natural y continua, a veces no se sale de ese hueco. Pero el proceso que se dio en los centros de trabajo, donde millones de personas plantearon la enorme cantidad de dificultades del país, demuestra que el nivel de instrucción medio, más el cansancio que provocan los problemas, ayudan a pensar críticamente cuando se quiere. Es necesario que revisemos la Revolución de manera crítica, y para eso se le debe dar plena participación a la gente, si no, ¿de dónde vendrán las soluciones? ¿De un libro de recetas, o de la lámpara de Aladino? Todas las soluciones pasan por las personas, incluso cuando escuchas esa frase tan deprimente, pero que se ha hecho tan común: “esto no hay quien lo tumbe, pero tampoco quien lo arregle”, lo mismo para una cosa o para la otra, (y ojalá sea para arreglarlo), necesitas de las personas. Porque nada se cae ni se arregla solo, eso está determinado por el tiempo, y por procesos en donde participa la Sociedad toda.

Cuando se tocan estos temas, digamos polémicos, ¿se siente el peso de una responsabilidad mayor?

Creo que si, y por varias cosas, claramente al tocar un tema escabroso, polémico, o que pueda ser aceptado o rechazado por grandes masas de espectadores, según estén a favor o en contra, te estás jugando el pellejo. Las pasiones tienden a ser más fuertes, digamos. Muchas de estas obras, a veces establecen puntos de vista contrarios a los del Estado, o la oficialidad, o que al menos complejizan la mirada establecida, y ahí puedes estar tocando algo santificado. Sucede que corres el riesgo de que esa obra hiera sensibilidades, a veces tan pobres, que dudo sean sensibilidades. Pero debes estar preparado para que una obra así, provoque polémica, rechazo, ataques de pánico, sustos, y lo peor es cuando todas esas reacciones vienen de personas oportunistas, de dudosa inteligencia y compromiso con este país y su futuro. Pero en sentido general, si respetas lo que haces, desde el tema más sencillo hasta el más complejo, implica una responsabilidad alta, no solo a la hora de realizarlo, sino desde que escoges ese tema….

fin de la primera parte.

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Cum ţi-ar sta ca profesor de engleză să întrebi elevii care se pregătesc să îţi arate că şi-au scris tema complet ” De ce te zbânţui? ” : | Ok. : | Înţeleg că eşti la menopauză, dar nici chiar.  Deci te rog frumos!

Stau în bancă, aştept să se zbiere la ceilalţi colegi că de ce nu şi-au scris cerinţa, că de ce nu au două caiete, că de ce îşi suflă nasul, se găseşte să mă întrebe pe mine de ce mă zbânţui şi nu sunt atentă la oră. Aloo! Femeie, eu mă uit la tine şi tu zici că nu sunt atentă? Şi colegămea de bancă, dom’şoara Mădălina, alias Coi sau Trelia, nelipsită la ora de engleză s-a apucat să o imite pe profă. Şi nu ai idee căt de bine ia ieşit. Să îţi explic în cuvinte cum stătea treaba (păcat că nu am imortalizat momentul). Deci, cu ochii cât cepele, cu dinţii în afară şi smulgându-şi părul din cap, plus bătând cu pumnul în bancă, ţipând în gura mare: de ce te zbânţui? ~ X ( . : ) ) ia ieşit perfect. Nemernica!

Şi aşa urmează cât de curând să intrăm în consiliul profesoral deoarece clasa noastră este ” incapabilă să se organizeze “. Da bine.

P.S.: Joi urmează partea a doua.

A da. Era să uit.

profa: Rămâi în picioare fiindcă vorbeşti. (de parcă până al vedea, elevul alerga prin clasă şi când să se aşeze pe scaun l-a văzut)

elev: Da ce, şi el vorbea.

profa: Lasă, că o să-l prind şi pe el. X, în picioare! Cum îndrăzneşti să stai cu spatele la mine?

eleva: Dar îi explicam ceva.

profa: Nu-mi pasă, în picioare, ia-ţi caietul şi rezolvă exerciţiile!

eleva: Nu mai fac nimic. Şi aşa le-am rezolvat pe toate de la exerciţiul 6.

profa: Bine. Dar stai în picioare.

eleva: Da. Bine!

profa: Măi, dar nici când te ridic în picioare nu te potoleşti? Tot vorbeşti cu colega?

eleva: Da!

profa: Dar sunteţi de o nesimţire nemaiîntâlnită!

Am uitat să menţionez: Netezeşte mustaţa!

By www.isasurf.org

Impresionante artículo y entrevista al surfista brasilero, Alcino Neto “Pirata”, que demuetra al mundo que se puede hacer surf se tenga o no discapacidad. Todo un ejemplo a seguir para todas aquellas personas con discapacidad y para toda la comunidad del surf.

El surfista brasilero, Pirata, representa el espíritu de la Misión de la Isa de una forma perfecta. Pirata no es solamente una inspiración para aquellas personas con deficiencias, sino para toda la comunidad surfística.

Alcino Neto, mejor conocido como Pirata, nació en Guaruja, Brasil, el 6 de julio de 1969.  Comenzó a surfear cuando tenía 8 años. Durante su niñéz y parte de su adolescencia, compitió en algunos eventos regionales y nacionales.  A los 16 sufrió un complicado accidente en su moto, tras ser atropellado por un conductor borracho.  Por la falta de asistencia y las heridas sufridas, su pierna izquierda fue amputada.

Todas las barreras que fueron apareciendo después del accidente fueron, de a poco quebradas, gracias a mucha determinación y fuerza de voluntad por volver a surfear.

Él se encuentra ahora produciendo su segundo DVD sobre el Surfing Adaptado. En los siguientes párrafos, Pirata, miembro del Comité de Surfing Adaptado de la ISA, comenta sobre la venidera película, entre otras tantas cosas.

¿Cómo surgió la idea de hacer el primer DVD, Surfing for all?
Surgió en la escuela de surfing que tengo en Guarujá, teniendo muy encuenta por aquellos con deficiencias, busqué trabajar en pro de ayudar millones de incapacitados, haciendo un DVD en donde se busca enseñar y mejorar las técnicas para cada deficiencia.

¿Cuál es la idea del segundo DVD?
La idea es mostrarle a las federaciones la posibilidad de tener la categoría Surf adaptado, para que sean parte de los eventos de la ISA, además de incentivar el autoestima de los nuevos atletas.

¿Cuándo va a ser lanzada la película? ¿Cuánto va a durar? Y, ¿qué vamos a ver?
El lanzamiento todavía no está previsto, pero la duración va a ser de 40 minutos y los temas son variados, dependiendo de los distintos grados de deficiencia en el deporte, las adaptaciones y las tablas usadas. También veremos una forma didáctica de clases y formas de trabajo con distintas deficiencias en el deporte.

¿Qué pretendes lograr como miembro líder del Comité para el Surfing Adaptado de la ISA?
Considero que es algo muy importante el tener un comité dirigido hacia el Surfing  Adaptado, pues sin eso dicha disciplina no tendría reglas y las personas no tendrían la voluntad de practicar el deporte. Así, se convertiría en algo sin dirección. Sería necesario acreditar a las escuelas para que puedan enseñar e mejorar su materiales didácticos.

¿Cuál es el objetivo último, el mejor escenario?
El objetivo único es que algún día podamos conquistar más adaptados en el Surfing Adaptado, y a través de la ISA, realizar un evento de la disciplina. Y, el mejor escenario sería que todas las federaciones con sus atletas deficientes, estuvieran prontos para participar en un gran evento de confraternización.

Acabas de vencer los Extremity Games, ¿cómo fue esa experiencia?
Fue un gran evento, realizándose en una piscina fue perfecto; por el acceso de los deficientes, y además todas las olas fueron iguales, ayudando a todos a desarrollar un mismo surfing.
Considero que con un evento así, el deporte solamente tiende a mejorar a cada año, si es que para el año que viene tenemos muchos más atletas. Y, para mí, consagrarme como Campeón Mundial fue la gloria que esperaba, además de la alegría ejercer la integración de los deficientes en el deporte.

Explica qué es lo que tu quieres decir con la frase: “Los límites existen solamente en tu mente”
Es una frase que uso hace ya muchos años y lo que pretende decir es que no hay límites para quien quiere vencer en la vida, sea de la manera que sea; lo más importante es buscar nuestros ideales y ser respetados por todos en el deporte. Ése es el porqué de la frase.

Algún mensaje que quieras darle a todos los surfean o no, o para aquellos que tienen alguna deficiencia:
Los límites existen solamente en tu mente.

Ketika dunia dipenuhi dengan lambang salib dimana mana, sebahagian besar manusia yang melabel diri mereka sebagai orang Kristian menganggap itu adalah kejayaan dakwah kristianisasi seluruh dunia. Ketika salib menjadi lambang keyakinan penganut Kristian di dunia tentang lambang salib adalah sebagai tanda iman bahawa mereka meyakini Jesus dibunuh ditiang salib untuk tujuan menghapus dosa dosa keturunan, sangat sedikit yang mengetahui apa tujuan hukuman penyaliban pada 2000 tahun yang lalu.

Tidak ramai yang ada keinginan mengkaji dan mengambil tahu bahawa penyaliban tidak mampu membunuh. Tidak ada seorang manusia pun yang akan mati dengan disalib dan dipaku kaki dan tangan selama 3 jam.

Jesus bukan satu satunya manusia yang disalib pada 2000 tahun yang lalu. Bukan seorang sahaja yang disalib pada zaman itu. Penyaliban adalah hukuman terhadap seorang yang didapati bersalah pada zaman dahulu dan penyaliban adalah sebuah hukuman yang dikenakan  untuk memalukan seseorang dan keluarganya dan dibiarkan seorang yang disalib itu berhari hari dikhalayak ramai dan mati membusuk.

Tujuan penyaliban adalah, menyiksa, memalukan dan sekali gus membunuh secara perlahan lahan.

Selayaknya hukuman penyaliban tidak akan sama sekali LOJIK membunuh seseorang selama 3 jam.

Didalam Industri Hiburan WWE, beberapa superstar menggunakan lambang salib. Adakah mereka mewakili ajaran Jesus?

Sebagaimana yang saya nyatakan didalam posting saya yang lalu, banyak perkara tentang mereka yang melabel diri mereka sebagai pengikut Christ tidak menggambarkan apa yang mereka katakan dengan apa yang mereka paparkan. Mereka hanya menggunakan keyakinan yang tidak pernah dibuktikan secara ilmiah bahawa kepercayaan itu tidak lebih sekadar andaian. Dan andaian itu terbukti dengan penulisan BIBLE yang sering menggunakan penulisan pihak ketiga dan penulis BIBLE sendiri sering berada di tahap keraguan yang tidak mampu dibuktikan.

Keraguan inilah menjadikan dakwah Kristianisasi diseluruh dunia berakhir dengan perkataan

“If you believe, u can see.”

Percaya dulu, baru boleh melihat. Inilah pendekatan terakhir yang dapat dilihat didalam film film hollywood. Sekiranya anda seorang yang teliti, anda akan menemui perkataan ”I Believe” dalam banyak film film hollywood.

Antaranya Transformer, Polar Express dan banyak lagi.

Penulisan ini membawa anda berfikir, kenapa anda harus percaya sebelum anda mengetahui kebenaran sesuatu informasi?

Kebenaran tidak perlu POPULAR. Dan sememangnya POPULAR belum tentu benar.

Ingin tahu tentang ISLAM, bacalah Al-Quran. Demikianlah, ingin tahu tentang Kristian, bacalah BIBLE.

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The strength of India’s embedded systems and software industry is well known globally. Naturally, interest is extremely high in this area.

Keeping that in mind, the India Semiconductor Association (ISA), recently organized a conference on “Embedded Electronics: Trends and opportunities in India”, during the BangaloreIT.biz event.

Speaking on the global electronics systems design and manufacturing ecosystem, BV Naidu, chairman, ISA, estimated the global electronics industry at $1.75 trillion for 2009, and projected to reach $2 trillion in 2014. The annual growth rate has been 3 percent for 2004-09.

India lags behind in (electronics) numbers!
India’s story is starkly revealed in its numbers. While the electronics industry is the key to national growth, India is extremely small in this segment. Taking telecom/electronics hardware production as a share of GDP, China has a GDP share of 12.7 percent, while India only has 1.7 percent share.

Even smaller countries, such as Korea — 15.1 percent, Taiwan — 15.5 percent, and Israel — 23.6 percent, respectively, have much higher GDPs. The share of USA is 5.4 percent, Japan — 4.5 percent, and Germany — 8.3 percent, respectively.

Segment-wise projections for the Indian electronics industry. Source: India Semiconductor Association (ISA)

“Our local markets should provide opportunities for the local companies. Access to global markets will help us grow,” he added. He presented segment-wise projections for the Indian electronics industry up to 2020 (see table).

Embedded electronics as ICT driver
Srini Rajam, chairman and CEO, Ittiam Systems, discussed the role embedded electronics could play as an important growth driver for India’s ICT industry. India boasts of a powerful embedded electronics ecosystem. It currently has three clusters in embedded. These are:

* World class design and services — which is export driven and mature. It creates leading edge technology and has broad based competencies. Also, it can offer complete system solutions.
* High volume market — which is driven by the domestic economy. We are seeing applications in mobile communication, entertainment and industrial electronics.
* Cost effective delivery — which is an emerging area. We have excellent prototyping skills, low-medium volume development and EMS partnerships.

India is home to core competencies — from chip design to software and system design. The strong growth of the domestic market adds the vital dimension. With the right EMS strategy, the volume market can be served with world class solutions.

Evolving from services to design and manufacturing
Vinay Shenoy, COO, SemIndia Systems discussed the role embedded electronics could play — from sevices to design and manufacturing.

While the global electronics market is growing moderately at a CAGR of 9.5 percent from 2006-12, the Indian electronics market is growing at a much faster pace at a 23 percent CAGR from 2006-15. However, a large percentage is serviced by imports. India imported nearly $14 billion worth electronics in 2007, but exported nearly $2.6 billion worth of electronics in 2007.

There is a big opportunity for India’s design centric organizations to evolve into design and manufacturing. A large local market justifies the evolution. However, they need to first address manufacturing-interface related weaknesses. Also, the local component ecosystem needs to improve.

Ce este încrederea? Ce este pariul?

• Încrederea este un sentiment de siguranţă faţă de cinstea, buna-credinţă sau sinceritatea cuiva.
• Pariul este o convenţie prin care fiecare dintre persoanele care susţin lucruri contrare într-o dispută se obligă să ofere o compensaţie materială celui care se va dovedi că are dreptate.

Se pare că pariul are o pondere mai mare decât încrederea.  Şi nu înţeleg acei băieţi care, pentru a se da ei mari şi tari, pariază pe fete inocente şi le fac să sufere. Dar se mai şi întoarce roata şi acei băieţi se îndrăgostesc de fete şi aşa pierd pariul, însă se aleg cu ceva mult mai frumos decât banii, IUBIRE.

Cum se face că o fată poate schimbă radical un băiat care mai înainte de a o cunoaşte era un derbedeu care nu ştie cei aia încredere? De ce fetele au o asemenea putere? De ce ele pun cap la cap fiecare punct şi virgula şi ajung la o definiţie mai elaborată? De ce ele pot avea băieţii la degetul mic?

Întrebări la care cu greu găsim răspunsul, dar totuşi se întâmplă aproape zilnic aceste lucruri.

Ok. Cu pariul ne lămurim repede. O gaşcă de băieţi pariază pe tocilara clasei că ea se va îndrăgosti instantaneu de cel mai chipeş şi cel mai tare jucător de basketball al liceului. Aşa şi este. Şi uite aşa câştigă băieţii pariul.

Dar ce se întâmplă atunci cănd fata îi dă de furcă băiatului şi acesta începe să capete încredere în  ea şi încetul cu încetul ia amploare o frumoasă poveste.

Încrederea pe care noi o pierdem atât de uşor şi nu ştim să o păstrăm vie în noi pentru a bucura pe cel de lângă. Mă întristează foarte mult gândul că şi eu am destrămat încrederea cuiva, iar acum încerc din răsputeri să o recapăt, dar mai greu, deoarece nu am ştiut să o apreciez la momentul oportun.

Aşa că, dragii mei, aveţi grijă şi aveţi încredere în cel care vă ajută necondiţionat şi vă iartă la orice pas greşit aţi făcut. Iubiţi-l şi fiţi mândrii de acea persoană.

This warm little fuzzy number prompted us to dig back into the year to pull out her album for another listen. It’s very well written and sombre, yet not drab. Have a listen.

Băiatul: Ceau, dragă!
Fata: Ceau!
B: Mi-ai lipsit astăzi la şcoală. Unde ai fost?
F: Scuze, a trebuit să mă duc la medic.
B: Oh! De ce?
F: Nu este nimic, un control de rutină.
B: Ok.!
F: Am pierdut ceva?
B: Nu, doar nişte notiţe.
F: Ok.
B: Yeah!
F: Am o întrebare.
B: Spune, te ascult.
F: Cât de mult mă iubeşti?
B: De ce întrebi? S-a întâmplat ceva?
F: Nu! Nu s-a întâmplat nimic.
B: Bine.
F: Cât de mult îţi pasă de mine?
B: Aş muri pentru tine.
F: CHiar?
B: Da, dragă! Dar s-a întâmplat ceva?
F: Nu. Sunt bine.
B: Bine. Aşa sper!
F: Chiar ai muri pentru mine?
B: M-aş împuşca pentru tine oricând.
F: Chiar?
B: Da. Hai, pui, s-a întâmplat ceva?
F: Sunt binee!! Trebuie să plec. Ne vedem mâine.
B: Bine. Ceau! Te iubesc!
F: Te iubesc!

Ziua următoare la şcoală:
B: Mi-ai văzut prietena astăzi?
Prieten: Nu.
B: Oh!
P: Dar a fost ea ieri aici, nu?
B: Da, ştiu.
P: Dar ştii cum sunt fetele…
B: Yeah.
P: Ce mai zici?
B: Mă duc la ore.
P: Ne vedem mai târziu.

În aceeaşi seară:
~ ring ~
~ ring ~
F: Alo?
B: De ce nu ai fost astăzi la şcoală?
F: M-am simţit un pic rău.
B: Eşti bine acum?
F: Trebuie să plec. Vrea mama să vorbească la telefon.
B: O să aştept.
F: S-ar putea să dureze. Te sun eu mai târziu.
B: Bine. Te iubesc!
F: Eu cred că ar trebui să ne despărţim.
B: CE?? DE CE??
F: Te iubesc!
> clik < (închide telefonul)

Fata nu vine trei săptămâni la şcoală şi nu răspunde nici la telefon.

B: Ceau! Ce faci?
P: Nimic. Ai mai vorbit cu fosta ta prietenă?
B: Nu.
P: Deci nu ai aflat.
B: Ce să aflu?
P: Cred că ar trebui să îţi spună ea ce s-a întâmplat.
B: Amice, ce s-a întâmplat?
P: Sună la numărul acesta: 433-555-3468.

Băiatul sună la numărul acela după ore
~ ring ~
~ ring ~
Voice: Bună! Aici spitalul.
B: Poftim?! Trebuie să fi greşit numărul. Îmi caut prietena.
V: Care este numele ei?
Băiatul îi dă informaţiile.
V: Da. Este pacienta noastră în momentul de faţă.
B: Ce naiba?! Ce s-a întâmplat?
V: Camera ei este 466, corpul A.
B: Ce s-a întâmplat?
V: Mai bine veniţi la spital.
B: STAI! Nu!
* ton ocupat *

Băiatul merge la spital, camera 466, corpul A. Fata stă întinsă pe patul de spital.
B: Eşti bine?
F: …
B: Scumpo, te rog, spune ceva!
F: Eu …
B: Ce?
F: Am cancer. Doar aparatele mă ţin în viaţă. În seara asta mă vor deconecta.
B: Ce naiba? De ce? De ce nu mi-ai zis nimic?
F: Nu vroiam să te fac să suferi.
B: Dar eu te iubesc… (plânge)
F: Şi eu te iubesc. Nu fi trist! Eu întotdeauna o să fiu alături de tine.
Asistenta: Orele de vizită s-au terminat.

Băiatul pleacă, fata este deconectată de la aparate şi moare.

Ziua următoare băiatul este găsit mort, cu un pistol în mână şi un bilet lângă…
În bilet scria: ” Am luat un glonţ pentru ea. Aşa cum am zis că voi muri pentru ea. O iubesc! “

Este miezul nopţii. Ok. Nu am somn. Urât. Am în faţă o mandarină şi nişte napolitane. Ce să aleg? mandarina.

Apropo. Eu nu m-am prezentat nici la ora actuală. Mă scuzaţi!

Mă numesc Isabela ZUZU, am 16 ani, peste o lună 17.., provin dintr-un oraş neinteresant (nu zic numele), învăţ la renumitul Colegiu Naţional “Calistrat Hogaş”, la matematică-informatică, clasa 10 C. Sunt mândră de performanţele mele de până acum şi mă bucur că am putut ajunge până aici. Gata! Destul cu prezentarea.

Scopul care era defapt. Să pun un mare accent pe numele meu de familie ZUZU. Da ştiu, este de necrezut, dar aşa mă numesc şi de aici provine porecla Zuza cu toate derivatele.. Şi acum, de ce vreau să pun accent pe ZUZU. Foarte simplu, FAMILIA mea. După cum ziceam este ora 00:05 şi părinţii mei abia s-au trezit, şi-au făcut un ceai şi s-au apucat să mănânce. Ceva frumos. Mie îmi pică ochii în gură de somn, de abia mai nimeresc tastele, iar ei, abia s-au trezit şi sunt în formă şi se simt bine. După cum spun şi prietenele mele ” Se cunoaşte că sunteţi ZUZU! “, da!, chiar se cunoaşte. Şi nu este prima dată. Am mai păţit ceva de genul într-o seară. Să vă povestesc:

Eu abia mă băgasem în pat fericită că în sfârşit voi dormi în jur de 23:17. Am adormit într-o secundă şi pur şi simplu se rupsese firul lumii reale şi eram deja într-un univers paralel (VISUL) care desigur a fost întrerupt de o sperietură: pe la 2:30 mama sărise la mine în pat să vadă dacă dorm şi să asculte muzica pe care o aveam în căşti. Deci, ce poţi să ceri mai mult?  După o serie de ţipete din partea mea gen ” Ieşi afară din camera mea! / Femeie, este ora 2! Du-te şi te culcă!” am reuşit să adorm la loc şi de data asta până a doua zi dimineaţă până când motanul s-a găsit să miaune la uşa alor mei ca să urce el repede la ei în pat. Bună dimineaţa, soare!

Ok. După toate acestea, îmi imaginez ce părere aveţi despre familia mea, dar pot spune că totuşi nu îmi pasă şi mie îmi place aşa cum este.

V-am pupăcit şi am plecat la somn. Noapte bună şi vise plăcute.!

Cât de drăguţ! Of Doamne.!  Stau şi eu acasă o zi, încercând să mă fac utilă pe aici, pe dincolo, mai precis ştergând praful. Nu pot spune că este cea mai liniştitoare şi drăguţă activitate pe care mi-am putut-o găsi pentru o zi de sâmbătă, dar fie, trec cu vederea, atâta timp cât sunt răsplătită cu un zâmbet din partea alor mei.

Şi poate te întrebi ce legătură are titlul articolului cu şersul prafului. Hai să îţi explic. Deci (folosesc acest cuvânt spre disperarea profei de română), tot uitându-mă la Tv la nemaipomenitele reclame cu maimuţoi, creier, limbi şi ochi vorbind, pâna la cele gen dă un sms în următoarea minisecundă  şi  vei primi melodia cu doar 50 de cenţi (abureală), este una căreia după această zi îi dau foarte mare dreptate. Sincer, acum prefer să stau să mănânc un Lion cu curul pe scări la Petrovici, decât să stau acasa cu piciorul umflat. :|. Da.! Poate va-ţi dat seama, în timp ce ştergeam praful, cu căştile în urechi şi zbânţuindu-mă, mi-a căzut peste piciorul drept o vază. Şi da! Mi s-a umflat piciorul atât de tare încât nici nu îl pot băga într-un skater. Acum îmi dau seama că este demonstrat faptul că 9 din 10 accidente au loc în casă.

Deci, un mic sfat, de la o persoană păţită, defapt mai multe sfaturi:

1. Nu şterge praful cu căştile în urechi şi dând din cap ca nebunul !
2. Dă mai întâi toate obiectele de pe raft jos, mai apoi apucăte de şters praful!
3. Ascult-o pe mama când îţi spune “Şterge praful mai des!”. Ştie despre ce vorbeşte.!
4. Decât să îţi pierzi weekend-ul stând în pat cu piciorul atârnat de un cui pe sus şi cu leptopul în braţe mai bine du-te până la magazin şi cumpără-ţi un Lion!
5. Citeşte de n ori celelalte 4 sfaturi pentru a nu păşi ca mine.!

Sfatul Lion: STAI AFARĂ.!