Think/measure/account (H-S-B) the people that they will be left to say We believe (H-M-N) and they will not be tried? But We have certainly tried those before them, and Allah will surely make evident those who are truthful, and He will surely make evident the liars. Or do those who do evil deeds think they [...]
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The Anti-Hallaj
Posted in Tailorite Tafsir on April 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Prayer and the Body: Revisited
Posted in Tailorite Tafsir, tagged musa on the couch, psychopathology on April 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Two years have passed since I penned this piece on prayer and the body. In it, I argued for what I was experiencing at the time: that the Logos is a higher order entity, what I considered to be a real, true physicality — it’s your real body, it’s my real body — in contrast [...]
Slavery and indirection
Posted in Tailorite Tafsir on September 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Narrated ‘Aisha: ‘Utba (bin Abi Waqqas) said to his brother Sa’d, “The son of the slave girl of Zam’a is my son, so be his custodian.” So when it was the year of the Conquest of Mecca, Sa’d took that child and said, “He is my nephew, and my brother told me to be his [...]
God ordaining crucifixion
Posted in Tailorite Tafsir, The path on September 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
What kind of God ordains crucifixion for treason? The punishment for those who wage war against Allah and His Prophet and make mischief in the land, is to kill them, crucify them, or cut off a hand and foot on opposite sides. (5:33) This is not to be read as an ordinary legal punishment: instead, [...]
Ramadan Reading: a Few Notes on the Twenty-Second Juz
Posted in Tailorite Tafsir on September 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Note 1: The impossibility of telecommunication Much of the thirty third surah concerns the impossibility of communication. (From false sons, rules of inheritance and Prophetic law violation, Qur’an takes us again and again to reformation, inheritance, impossible communication, miracle.) Allah has not made for a man two hearts in his interior. And He has not [...]
Juraij and talking babies
Posted in Tailorite Tafsir on September 4, 2011 | 3 Comments »
(From narration of Abu Huraira in Sahih Bukhari) The Prophet said. None spoke in cradle but three. (The first was) Jesus. (The second was), 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?” [...]
Two perspectives on God, karma and skin flaying
Posted in Tailorite Tafsir on September 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Those who reject our Signs, We shall soon cast into the Fire: as often as their skins are roasted through, We shall change them for fresh skins, that they may taste the penalty: for Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise. (4:56) View 1 (from last year’s Ramadan Reading) This is a description of the process [...]
Ramadan Reading: a Few Notes on the Twenty-First Juz
Posted in Tailorite Tafsir on August 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Note 1: Pharoah Indeed, Pharaoh exalted himself in the land and made its people into factions, oppressing a group among them, slaughtering their sons and keeping their females alive. Indeed, he was of the corrupters. (28:4) Pharoah is Samael, Iblis, the Satanic God of Fear, Confusion, Illusion, Law. But, like all of Creation, he is [...]
Ramadan Reading: a Few Notes on the Twentieth Juz
Posted in Tailorite Tafsir on August 25, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Surah 27: T. S., Solomon and the Ant T. S. These are the verses of the Qur’an and a clear Book … (27:1) The “T” is jubliation, Issacian birth, the laugh of Sara, the Cross, the Body, Christ. It is the Smile. The “S” is creativity, the Bride, the Qur’an Read, perception. It is her [...]
Ramadan Reading: a Few Notes on the Nineteenth Juz
Posted in Tailorite Tafsir on August 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Note 1: The opening of Surah 26 These are the verses of the clear Book. (26:2) These are the fragmented, scattered signage of the womb/kitab/A-L-M of Clarity, encapsulating the Divine Light. The ayat necessarily obscure and obfuscate (either in play or in irony, always in Love), by virtue of their encapsulation of Light. The womb [...]
