27 Rajab - the aftermath
This entry was posted on 8/24/2006 4:05 PM and is filed under The World,Madness.
27 Rajab, or August 22nd in the West, was the day Iran's president Ahmadineejad promised "a definitive answer" from Iran on their continued nuclear development. Some [of us] crazies actually feared they might lob a few nukes toward Tel Aviv.
From Miraj, By David Warren: A must read if you like nuclear weapons, myths, arch conciliation and threats:
"Yesterday, 27 Rajab on the Muslim lunar calendar, was Lailat al-Miraj. This “festival of the ascent” commemorates a passage in the Hadiths, which greatly expands upon the 17th sura of the Koran. While asleep in Mecca, the Prophet Muhammad was visited by two archangels. They purified his heart, by cutting it out of his breast and washing the cavity with zamzam water. Then they filled him with faith in and knowledge of the divine. By their guidance he mounted a winged steed, named Buraq, and flew to the Masjidu ’l-Aqsa, later interpreted as the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. In the course of this nocturnal journey, the Prophet ascended from that mount through the succession of heavens, meeting Adam, and all the previous prophets, and finally Allah. It is during this journey he is told the Muslims must recite the Salat (ritual prayers), five times each day."
Zamzam water is currently not available at Target or Wal Mart. I checked.
