I read a short essay by Plutarch yesterday. It’s 2.000-year-old text against the notion of borrowing. “Against borrowing money” is the essay’s title and it’s part of his book on Morals.
Of course he wasn’t an economist so you won’t find financial doctrines in it. But the simple fact of reading a Greek ancestor who has written simple ideas on the notion of borrowing/lending makes it, well, ironic if not tragic.
And then we go back to our news channels and our dear government and we listen things like “we didn’t know” or “there was no alternative”.
Go on, give it a try, it’s long but not too much.
Sec. I. Plato in his Laws  does not permit neighbours to use one another’s water, unless they have first dug for themselves as far as the clay, and reached ground that is unsuitable for a well. For clay, having a rich and compact nature, absorbs the water it receives, and does not let it pass through. But he allows people that cannot make a well of their own to use their neighbour’s water, for the law ought to relieve necessity. Ought there not also to be a law about money, that people should not borrow of others, nor go to other people’s sources of income, until they have first examined their own resources at home, and collected, as by drops, what is necessary for their use? But nowadays from luxury and effeminacy and lavish expenditure people do not use their own resources, though they have them, but borrow from others at great interest without necessity. And what proves this very clearly is the fact that people do not lend money to the needy, but only to those who, wanting an immediate supply, bring a witness and adequate security for their credit, so that they can be in no actual necessity of borrowing.
Sec. II. Why pay court to the banker or trader? Borrow from your own table. You have cups, silver dishes, pots and pans. Use them in your need. Beautiful Aulis or Tenedos will furnish you with earthenware instead, purer than silver, for they will not smell strongly and unpleasantly of interest, a kind of rust that daily soils your sumptuousness, nor will they remind you of the calends and the new moon, which, though the most holy of days, the money-lenders make ill-omened and hateful. For those who instead of selling them put their goods out at pawn cannot be saved even by Zeus the Protector of Property: they are ashamed to sell, they are not ashamed to pay interest on their goods when out at pawn. And yet the famous Pericles made the ornament of Athene, which weighed forty talents of fine gold, removable at will, for “so,” he said, “we can use the gold in war, and at some other time restore as costly a one.” So should we too in our necessities, as in a siege, not receive a garrison imposed on us by a hostile money-lender, nor allow our goods to go into slavery; but stripping our table, our bed, our carriages, and our diet, of superfluities, we should keep ourselves free, intending to restore all those things again, if we have good luck.
Sec. III. So the Roman matrons offered their gold and ornaments as first-fruits to Pythian Apollo, out of which a golden cup was made and sent to Delphi;  and the Carthaginian matrons had their heads shorn, and with the hair cut off made cords for the machines and engines to be used in defence of their country.  But we being ashamed of independence enslave ourselves to covenants and conditions, when we ought to restrict and confine ourselves to what is useful, and dock or sell useless superfluities, to build a temple of liberty for ourselves, our wives, and children. The famous Artemis at Ephesus gives asylum and security from their creditors to debtors, when they take refuge in her temple; but the asylum and sanctuary of frugality is everywhere open to the sober-minded, affording them joyful and honourable and ample space for much ease. For as the Pythian Priestess told the Athenians at the time of the Median war that the god had given them wooden walls,  and they left the region and city, their goods and houses, and took refuge in their ships for liberty, so the god gives us a wooden table, and earthenware plate, and coarse garments, if we wish to live free. Care not for fine horses or chariots with handsome harness, adorned with gold  and silver, which swift interest will catch up and outrun, but mounted on any chance donkey or nag flee from the hostile and tyrannical money-lender, not demanding like the Mede land and water,  but interfering with your liberty, and lowering your status. If you pay him not, he duns you; if you offer the money, he won’t have it; if you are selling anything, he cheapens the price; if you don’t want to sell, he forces you; if you sue him, he comes to terms with you; if you swear, he hectors; if you go to his house, he shuts the door in your face; whereas if you stay at home, he billets himself on you, and is ever rapping at your door.
Sec. IV. How did Solon benefit the Athenians by ordaining that debtors should no longer have to pay in person? For they are slaves to all money-lenders,  and not to them only, what would there be so monstrous in that? but to their slaves, who are insolent and savage barbarians, such as Plato represents the fiery torturers and executioners in Hades who preside over the punishment of the impious. For they make the forum a hell for wretched debtors, and like vultures devour and rend them limb from limb, “piercing into their bowels,”  and stand over others and prevent their tasting their own grapes or crops, as if they were so many Tantaluses. And as Darius sent Datis and Artaphernes to Athens with manacles and chains in their hands for their captives, so they bring into Greece boxes full of bonds and agreements, like fetters, and visit the towns and scour the country round, sowing not like Triptolemus harmless corn, but planting the toilsome and prolific and never-ending roots of debts, which grow and spread all round, and ruin and choke cities. They say that hares at once give birth and suckle and conceive again, but the debts of these knaves and barbarians give birth before they conceive; for at the very moment of giving they ask back, and take up what they laid down, and lend what they take for lending.
Sec. V. It is a saying among the Messenians, that “there is a Pylos before Pylos, and another Pylos too.” So it may be said with respect to these money-lenders, “there is interest before interest, and other interest too.” Then of course they laugh at those natural philosophers who say that nothing can come of nothing, for they get interest on what neither is nor was; and they think it disgraceful to farm out the taxes, though the law allows it, while they themselves against the law exact tribute for what they lend, or rather, if one is to say the truth, defraud as they lend, for he who receives less than he signs his name for is defrauded. The Persians indeed think lying a secondary crime, but debt a principal one, for lying frequently follows upon debt, but money-lenders tell more lies, for they make fraudulent entries in their account-books, writing down that they have given so-and-so so much, when they have really given less. And the only excuse for their lying is covetousness, not necessity, not utter poverty, but insatiable greediness, the outcome of which is without enjoyment and useless to themselves, and fatal to their victims. For neither do they farm the fields which they rob their debtors of, nor do they inhabit their houses when they have thrust them out, nor use their tables or apparel, but first one is ruined, and then a second is hunted down, for whom the first one serves as a decoy. For the bane spreads and grows like a fire, to the destruction and ruin of all who fall into their clutches, for it consumes one after another; and the money-lender, who fans and feeds this flame to ensnare many, gets no more advantage from it but that some time after he can take his account-book and read how many he has sold up, how many turned out of house and home, and track the sources of his wealth, which is ever growing into a larger pile.
Sec. VI. And do not think I say this as an enemy proclaiming war against the money-lenders,
“For never did they lift my cows or horses,”
but merely to prove to those who too readily borrow money what disgrace and servitude it brings with it, and what extreme folly and weakness it is. Have you anything? do not borrow, for you are not in a necessitous condition. Have you nothing? do not borrow, for you will never be able to pay back. Let us consider either case separately. Cato said to a certain old man who was a wicked fellow, “My good sir, why do you add the shame that comes from wickedness to old age, that has so many troubles of its own?” So too do you, since poverty has so many troubles of its own, not add the terrible distress that comes from borrowing money and from debt; and do not take away from poverty its only advantage over wealth, its freedom from corroding care. For the proverb that says, “I cannot carry a goat, put an ox on my shoulder,” has a ridiculous ring. Unable to bear poverty, are you going to put on your back a money-lender, a weight hard to carry even for a rich man? How then, will you say, am I to maintain myself? Do you ask this, having two hands, two legs, and a tongue, in short, being a man, to love and be loved, to give and receive benefits? Can you not be a schoolmaster or tutor, or porter, or sailor, or make coasting voyages? Any of these ways of getting a livelihood is less disgraceful and difficult than to always have to hear, “Pay me that thou owest.”
Sec. VII. The well-known Rutilius went up to Musonius at Rome, and said to him, “Musonius, Zeus Soter, whom you imitate and emulate, does not borrow money.” And Musonius smilingly answered, “Neither does he lend.” For you must know Rutilius, himself a lender, was bantering Musonius for being a borrower. What Stoic inflatedness was all this! What need was there to bring in Zeus Soter? For all nature teaches the same lesson. Swallows do not borrow money, nor do ants, although nature has given them no hands, or reason, or profession. But men have intellect in excess, and so ingenious are they that they keep near them horses, and dogs, and partridges, and jackdaws. Why then do you despair, who are as impressible as a jackdaw, have as much voice as a partridge, and are as noble as a dog, of getting some person to befriend you, by looking after him, winning his affections, guarding him, fighting his battles? Do you not see how many opportunities there are both on land and sea? As Crates says,
“Miccylus and his wife, to ward off famine
In these bad times, I saw both carding wool.”
And King Antigonus asked Cleanthes, when he saw him at Athens after a long interval, “Do you still grind, Cleanthes?” And he replied, “I do, O king, but for my living, yet so as not to desert philosophy.” Such was the admirable spirit of the man who, coming from the mill and kneading-trough, wrote with the hand that had baked and ground about the gods, and the moon, and stars, and the sun. But those kinds of labour are in our view servile! And so that we may appear free we borrow money, and flatter and dance attendance on slaves, and give them dinners and presents, and pay taxes as it were to them, not on account of our poverty (for no one lends money to a poor man), but from our love of lavish expenditure. For if we were content with things necessary for subsistence, the race of money-lenders would be as extinct as Centaurs and Gorgons are; it is luxury that has created them as much as goldsmiths, and silversmiths, and perfumers, and dyers in bright colours. For we do not owe money for bread and wine, but for estates, and slaves, and mules, and dining-rooms, and tables, and for our lavish public entertainments, in our unprofitable and thankless ambition. And he that is once involved in debt remains in it all his time, like a horse bitted and bridled that takes one rider after another, and there is no escape to green pastures and meadows, but they wander about like those demons who were driven out of heaven by the gods who are thus described by Empedocles:–
“Into the sea the force of heaven thrusts them,
The sea rejects them back upon the land;
To the sun’s rays th’ unresting earth remits them;
The sun anon whirls them to heaven again.”
So one after another usurer or trader gets hold of the poor wretch, hailing either from Corinth, or Patrae, or Athens, till he gets set on to by them all, and torn to bits, and cut into mince-meat as it were for his interest. For as a person who is fallen into the mire must either get up out of it or remain in it, and if he turns about in it, and wallows in it, and bedabbles his body all over in it, he contracts only the greater defilement, so by borrowing from one person to pay another and changing their money-lenders they contract and incur fresh interest, and get into greater liabilities, and closely resemble sufferers from cholera, whose case does not admit of cure because they evacuate everything they are ordered to take, and so ever add to the disease. So these will not get cleansed from the disease of debt, but at regular times in the year pay their interest with pain and agony, and then immediately another creditor presents his little account, so again their heads swim and ache, when they ought to have got rid of their debts altogether, and regained their freedom.
Sec. VIII. I now turn my attention to those who are rich and luxurious, and use language like the following, “Am I then to go without slaves and hearth and home?” As if any dropsical person, whose body was greatly swollen and who was very weak, should say to his doctor, “Am I then to become lean and empty?” And why not, to get well? And do you too go without a slave, not to be a slave yourself; and without chattels, not to be another man’s chattel. Listen to a story about two vultures; one was vomiting and saying it would bring its inside up, and the other who was by said, “What harm if you do? For it won’t be your inside you bring up, but that dead body we devoured lately.” And so any debtor does not sell his own estate, or his own house, but his creditor’s, for he has made him by law master of them. Nay, but by Zeus, says one, my father left me this field. Yes, and your father also left you liberty and a status in the community, which you ought to value more than you do. And your father begot you with hand and foot, but should either of them mortify, you pay the surgeon to cut it off. Thus Calypso clad and “dressed” Odysseus “in raiment smelling sweet,”  like the body of an immortal, as a gift and token of her affection for him; but when his vessel was upset and he himself immersed, and owing to this wet and heavy raiment could hardly keep himself on the top of the waves, he threw it off and stripped himself, and covered his naked breast with Ino’s veil,  and “swam for it gazing on the distant shore,”  and so saved his life, and lacked neither food nor raiment. What then? have not poor debtors storms, when the money-lender stands over them and says, Pay?
“Thus spoke Poseidon, and the clouds did gather,
And lashed the sea to fury, and at once
Eurus and Notus and the stormy Zephyr
Blew all together.”
Thus interest rolls on interest as wave upon wave, and he that is involved in debt struggles against the load that bears him down, but cannot swim away and escape, but sinks to the bottom, and carries with him to ruin his friends that have gone security for him. But Crates the Theban, though he had neither duns nor debts, and was only disgusted at the distracting cares of housekeeping, gave up a property worth eight talents, and assumed the philosopher’s threadbare cloak and wallet, and took refuge in philosophy and poverty. And Anaxagoras left his sheep-farm. But why need I mention these? since the lyric poet Philoxenus, obtaining by lot in a Sicilian colony much substance and a house abounding in every kind of comfort, but finding that luxury and pleasure and absence of refinement was the fashion there, said, “By the gods these comforts shall not undo me, I will give them up,” and he left his lot to others, and sailed home again. But debtors have to put up with being dunned, subjected to tribute, suffering slavery, passing debased coin, and like Phineus, feeding certain winged Harpies, who carry off and lay violent hands on their food, not at the proper season, for they get possession of their debtors’ corn before it is sown, and they traffic for oil before the olives are ripe; and the money-lender says, “I have wine at such and such a price,” and takes a bond for it, when the grapes are yet on the vine waiting for Arcturus to ripen them.
Footnotes: Page 844, A. B. C.  Reading with Wyttenbach [Greek: didousi] and [Greek: echousi].  See Livy, v. 25.  See Appian, lv. 26.  See Herodotus, vii. 141-143; viii. 51.  Reading with Reiske [Greek: katachrusa].  The technical term for submission to an enemy. See Pausanias, iii. 12; x. 20. Herodotus, v. 17, 18; vii. 133.  Reading with Reiske [Greek: daneistais]. Perhaps [Greek: aphanistais] originally came after [Greek: agriois], and got somehow displaced.  See Homer, “Odyssey,” xi. 578, 579, and context.  Homer, “Iliad,” i. 154.  “Odyssey,” v. 264.  “Odyssey,” v. 333-375.  “Odyssey,” v. 439.  “Odyssey,” v. 291-295.
The text was taken from Project Gutenberg’s archive on Plutarch’s works. You can find the whole book of Morals here.


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Updated: Feb 4, 2020
Loud thoughts by Anka Bosanac
I have a few questions for you. Please answer to yourself. Answer honestly. I do not need to know unless you want me to know.
When was the last time that you participated in a #celebration?
When was the last time that you organized a celebration?
When was the last time that you celebrated on your own, just you?
Who is crazy to celebrate now?!!! Now emphasized.
If that is what you are thinking right now, please allow me to get ‘back to basics’.
I assume that the reason for the now to be emphasised, is your feeling of stress, disappointment and fear that overwhelms you. So many social and natural ‘disasters’ are happening almost daily and somebody is crazy enough to ask you whether you celebrate.
What is there to celebrate?
What is the meaning, purpose of celebrating?
What is the price of not celebrating?
How high is the #frequency of joy? Is it higher than frequency of fear?
Which one of the two brings us into better position for co-creating a happy life with ease?
How high is the frequency of laughter? Is it higher than frequency of complaining, being grumpy?
Which one of the two brings us into better position for #co-creating a happy life with ease?
It all comes to vibration. Everything is vibration, people included. Vibration is quite infectious. Can you recall a situation when one person started laughing wholeheartedly and everybody else just joined in without knowing why the laughter started in the first place, until tears bursted from their eyes?
If I allow myself to slip into all that energy of fear and hopelessness, I’m of no help to others and myself. I am aware that holding a high vibration is a very challenging task.
I try to accept casual falling into low vibration with grace and do whatever works for me to get up again.
Celebrating is for me one of easiest and most enjoyable ways to raise my vibration. My increased vibration affects everybody around me directly and the entire Universe indirectly.
Knowing that, I can’t say ‘no’ to a celebration. So, I organise celebrations often and I participate in other people’s celebrations with delight.
As to, what is there to celebrate right now for me, I’ll muse about that in the next few lines.
Today I have a reason to celebrate. My work on a new website (this one you are reading from) is progressing really well.
Actually I have a few reasons to celebrate. Some small windfalls appeared in my life from 'nowhere', Ljubo's (my husband's) hand is recovering nicely from an injury. He will be able to play his accordion and guitar 'full speed' instead of playing only slow music. I can particularly celebrate his promise that he will perform 'less crazy' dance movements at our next wedding anniversary and won't risk another injury. Actually I have a million reasons for celebration when I start thinking what I'm grateful for. It doesn't have to be a particular thing happening in my life today or this moment.
One particular professional reason for celebration I'll keep for myself for now. Will let you know when the time is right.
Until then hug your loved one, help somebody with a small task, watch flowers in your garden, cuddle your or somebody else's pet, look at blue sky, enjoy in painting, cooking and eating, walking on the beach... or listen your favoured piece of music....Or play music. Or just look at the image above or below...
Choices are unlimited.
Feel love and beauty and celebrate!
Please comment and let me know what and how you do celebrate. Thank you.


so it´s thursday again and time for me to write you a letter. It´s kind obligation for me, even it´s late in the night. It reminds me the days, when i was writing letters to my friends, when i was younger. I returned back to this ritual last week, when i started to write to my old pen-friend again. We know each other about 24 years now, so we have some history and let me say, that to keep going this kind of relationship is quite big deal.
There was a time, when i was unable to write, because my life was under heavy reconstruction and i remember that feeling to let go everything away. After many years – in these days – i see that someone can stop run something just because someone said so – someone, who did not know your life, your circumstances and maybe you changed your mind because of this opinion and you regret now.
So many things can happen. But don´t allow anyone to tell you, what to do – feel your own truth first and than ask for insight. You can make a clear decision right afterwards. And your natural law is to make a mistake.
So when i look back, it can be explained of me failing, but when i look back and explained for myself, it was something what proofed the essence of my friendship and it´s quality. I feel that friendship stronger than ever before.
And what´s your biggest mistake you ever made? Can you change a point of view NOW?
Rajneesh Pranapati, reiki master teacher


Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani (Radi Allahu Anhu) is Both Hasani and Husaini.
The most universally acclaimed saint of all times and the most celebrated in all the ‘aalamin (worlds), among jinn and men as well as among the arwaah (souls), the malaaika (angels), and the rijaal u’l ghayb (men of the unseen), the beloved of Allah Ta'ala who throughout history has been showered the titles of Muhiyuddin (reviver of the faith), Qutb Rabbani (the spiritual axis established by the Lord), and Ghousul A'zam (the greatest helper, the greatest saint), Sayyidi wa Imami Abu Muhammad ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani, Radi Allahu ‘Anhu was born in Ramadan 470 A.H/1077 C.E in Jilan, Persia. His father, Abu Salih, was a man of taqwa (piety) and a direct descendant of Sayyidina Imam Hasan ibn ‘Ali Radi Allahu ‘Anhu. His mother, Ummu’l Khair Fatima was a saintly daughter of a saintly father Shaikh ‘Abdullah Sawma'i who was a direct descendant of Sayyidu’sh shuhadaa Imam Husain ibn ‘Ali Radi Allahu ‘Anhu.
Thus Muhiyuddin Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani was both Hasani and Husaini, a descendant of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, Sallallahu ‘alayhi wa Sallam from his beloved daughter Sayyidatina Fatima az-Zahra, Radi Allahu ‘Anha. For this reason, the Sindhis for example, lovingly call him "putar mithe mahbub jo" (the blessed son of the sweet beloved Holy Prophet), Sallallahu ‘alayhi wa Sallam.
The genealogical roots of Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani Radi Allahu ‘Anhu can be traced to Habib u’l A’zam Sayyidina Muhammad, Sallallahu ‘alayhi wa Sallam, as follows:
Ghousul A’zam Sayyidina Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani, son of
As-Sayyid Abu Salih Musa, son of
As-Sayyid ‘Abdallah al-Jili, son of
As-Sayyid Yahya as-Zahid, son of
As-Sayyid Muhammad, son of
As-Sayyid Dawud, son of
As-Sayyid Musa, son of
As-Sayyid Abdallah, son of
As-Sayyid Musa al-Jawn, son of
As-Sayyid ‘Abdallah al-Mahd, son of
As-Sayyid al-Hasan al-Muthanna, son of
Sayyidina al-Imam al-Hasan, Radi Allahu ‘Anhu, son of
Imam u’l mashariqi wa’l magharib, Sayyidina ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib, Radi Allahu ‘Anhu, and of Sayyidatina Fatima az-Zahra, Radi Allahu ‘Anha, the blessed daughter of Khaatam an-Nabiyyin Habibi Rabbi’l ‘aalamin Sayyidina wa Mawlana Muhammad ibn ‘Abdillah, Nurin min Nurillah, Allahumma Salli wa Sallim wa Baarik ‘alayh.
(Cited by Shaikh ‘Abdur Rahman ibn Shaikh ‘Umar ‘Ali al-Qadiri, in Al-Jawhar u’n Nafis, The Most Precious Pearls, p. 29).
What better way is there to end this section and indeed all the remaining sections than with this hymn which is full of blessings and mercy of Allah.
Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani Attained the Spiritual Station of Siddiqin
The Holy Prophet Muhammad Mustafa Sallallahu ‘alayhi wa Sallam is the last Prophet and there is no prophet after him. But people can still aspire to spiritual progress, acquire taqwa (piety) and saintliness and become awliya Allah (friends of Allah). And the highest spiritual state after the anbiya (prophets) belongs to the siddiqin (the truthful). That is why the Holy Prophet Muhammad taught us to make the supplication: Allahummaj 'alnaa min-as-siddiqin (O Allah make us among the truthful). Well, Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani Radi Allahu ‘Anhu manifested to the world that he ranked among the siddiqin at the ripe age of 18. At that age, his thirst for knowledge and eagerness for the company of the awliya Allah (friends of Allah) took him to the city of Baghdad.
It is related that as he was about to leave home on this momentous journey, his widowed mother sewed forty gold coins inside his coat as part of his inheritance, and as parting advice told him to be forever truthful. The caravan with whom he was travelling had gone as far as Hamadan when it was attacked by a gang of robbers. In the course of their loot, one of the robbers asked him whether he had anything with him and he truthfully replied that he had forty gold coins sewn in his coat. The robber obviously thought he was joking and narrated this incident to his chief who decided to see this young man. When his coat was torn open, sure enough there were forty gold coins. The gang leader was astounded. He asked Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani as to why he revealed this when he could have kept it secret. Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani told him that his mother had advised him not to lie and he was duty bound to obey his mother, Hearing this, the gang leader was overtaken with remorse, repented, accepted Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani as his Shaikh and so did all his followers and they went on to acquire wilayah (sainthood) themselves. This is how Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani came to be ranked among the Siddiqin. Allahummaj 'alnaa min-as-Siddiqin, Aameen Yaa Rabbal 'Aalamin.
This incident has been narrated in almost all the biographies of the Shaikh, among them being Qalaid al-Jawahir (Necklaces of Gems, p. 33), one of the earliest and major biographies, by Shaikh Muhammad ibn Yahya at-Tadifi, Rahmatullahi ‘alayh (passed away 963 A.H, 1556 C.E)
Sayyid ‘Abdur Rahim ibn Muhammad Isma’il Shirazi Rahmatullahi ‘alayh has captured the essence of this incident most beautifully in the following verse of his Urdu poem on the Ghousul A'zam:
Choron pay tum nay kar kay tawajjoh
Abdal banaaya 'aali shaan
Yaa Ghousul A'zam ajab tumhaaree shaan
Focusing your spiritual glance at the thieves
you turned them into great saints
O, the great helper, your stature is truly astounding
(Gulzare Tayyiba, The Pleasant Garden, vol. 3, p. 18)
Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani (Radi Allahu Anhu) is Both Hasani and Husaini.
Posted 29 March 2009 - 11:05 AM
Posted 29 March 2009 - 04:05 PM
Ay Dawat e Islami Teri Dhoom Machi Ho....
Posted 30 March 2009 - 11:38 AM
The Tariqa of Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani.
Muslims follow Tariqa (spiritual path leading to Allah Ta’ala) based on Shari’a (sacred Muslim law).
In matters of Shari’a (sacred Muslim law), Mahbub Sub-hani Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani Radi Allahu ‘Anhu was an authority in the Hanbali madhhab (school of sacred Muslim law) as well as the Shafi’i madhhab, and a chief exponent of the Ahl u’s-Sunnah wa’l Jama'ah (the people who follow the lifestyle of the Holy Prophet Muhammad and of his blessed Companions).
The way to draw nearer to Allah Ta'ala is through the fulfilment of obligatory religious duties, additional voluntary prayers day and night, through constant remembrance (zikr) of Allah, unceasing salawaat (invocations of blessings) on the Holy Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu ‘alayhi wa Sallam, Sunnah fasting, charity, zuhd (abstinence) and juhd (exertion in the way of Allah Ta'ala) as exemplified by the Holy Prophet Muhammad himself. This then is the tariqa (spiritual path leading to Allah Ta'ala) which is rooted in shari’a (sacred Muslim Law).
Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani learned about the mysteries of tariqa and imbibed spiritual culture (tasawwuf) at the hands of Shaikh Hammad ibn Muslim al-Dabbas, Rahmatullahi ‘alayh. Traditionally, when someone is initiated into a tariqa, he is given a khirqa (Sufi robe). Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani was bestowed the khirqa by Shaikh Qadi Abi Sa’id al-Makhzumi, Rahmatullahi ‘alayh, (referred to as Al-Mukharrimi or Al-Makhrimi in some texts).
A Shaikh (spiritual master), musk-scented in shari’a, tariqa and haqiqi ma'rifa (knowledge of spiritual realities), is able to ascertain the spiritual level of a murid (spiritual seeker/disciple) and can assign additional awraad and azkaar (regular voluntary invocations) to be performed to attain spiritual progress. Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani went on to become the epitome of such spiritual masters.
The tariqa followed by Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani Radi Allahu ‘Anhu came to be called after him as the Qadria tariqa and it came to be universally accepted as a divinely-guided path to spiritual progress through zikr (remembrance) of Allah to cleanse one's heart of all evil, to lead a virtuous life, to attain the love of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, Sallallahu ‘alayhi wa Sallam, the love of the Ahl u’l Bayt (the Prophet's blessed Household), the love of his Sahaba (Companions) and the love of the awliya Allah (friends of Allah); and to follow the shari’a (sacred Muslim law) according to the teachings of any one of the four Imams of madhhab, that is Imam Abu Hanifa, Imam Shafi’i, Imam Malik and Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, may Allah Ta'ala be pleased with them all.
Posted 31 March 2009 - 11:10 AM
The Spiritual Roots of Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani
Any tariqa has a silsila or spiritual chain linking the teachings of the Shaikh to the teachings of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, Sallallahu ‘alayhi wa Sallam. The spiritual roots of Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani Radi Allahu ‘Anhu are traced back to the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, as follows:
Imam u’l Anbiya, Sayyidina wa Mawlana Muhammad ibn ‘Abdillah, Nurin min Nurillah,
(53 B.H-11 A.H; 571-632 C.E), the master of
Sayyiduna’l Imam ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib (23 B.H-40 A.H; 600-661 C.E), the father of
Sayyid-ush-shuhadaa Imam Husain ibn ‘Ali (4-61 A.H), the father of
Sayyidina Imam Zayn u’l ‘Abidin ‘Ali ibn Husayn (38-94 A.H), the father of
Sayyidina Imam Muhammad al-Baqir ibn ‘Ali (59-114 A.H), the father of
Sayyidina Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (83-148 A.H), the father of
Sayyidina Imam Musa al-Kazim (passed away 182 A.H), the father of
Sayyidina Imam ‘Ali ar-Rida (passed away 203 A.H), the master of
Sayyidina Shaikh Ma’ruf al-Karkhi (passed away 201 A.H/817 C.E), the master of
Sayyidina Shaikh as-Sari as-Saqati (passed away 251 A.H/866 C.E), the master of
Sayyidina Shaikh Abu’l Qasim, Junayd al-Baghdadi (passed away 298 A.H/910 C.E),
the master of
Sayyidina Shaikh Abu Bakr ibn Jahdar ash-Shibli (passed away 334 A.H/945 C.E),
the master of
Sayyidina Shaikh ‘Abdul Wahid at-Tamimi, the master of
Sayyidina Shaikh Abu’l Faraj at-Tarsusi
(Abu’l Farah according to some narrations, instead of Abu’l Faraj), the master of
Sayyidina Shaikh Abu’l Hasan, al-Qurashi al-Hakaari, the master of
Sayyidina Shaikh Qadi Abu Sa’id al-Mubarak al-Makhzumi (passed away 513 A.H),
the master of
Sayyidina Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani (470-561 A.H; 1077-1166 C.E).
(Cited in al-Jawhar u’n Nafis, The Most Precious Pearls p. 34).
Imam Ahmad Raza Khan Rahmatullahi ‘alayh, (1272-1340 A.H, 1856-1921 C.E) has versified on these spiritual roots in “Shajara Qadria” (“The Spiritual Tree of the Qadria Spiritual Masters”), in Hadaaiqi Bakhshish (The Gardens of Gifts, p. 65-66).
It has been narrated in Qalaid al-Jawahir (Necklaces of Gems) by Shaikh Muhammad ibn Yahya at-Tadifi, Rahmatullahi ‘alayh that Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani did not start preaching in Baghdad until he reached the age of 50. Before that, for many years, he was a wandering darwish in the wilderness of Iraq practicing zuhd (abstinence), totally immersed in the worship of Allah. Then the Holy Prophet Sayyidina Muhammad, peace be upon him, and Amir u’l Mu’minin Sayyidina ‘Ali, may Allah ennoble his face, came to him in a dream to bless him and to encourage him to start preaching in Baghdad. This then was the direct ijaza (permission) to him to preach from the Beloved Prophet himself who is the Madinat u’l ‘ilm (the City of Knowledge) as well as from Sayyidina ‘Ali who is Bab u’l ‘ilm (the Gate of Knowledge). With such an ijaza, was there anything that the beloved Piran-e-Pir (Shaikh of Shaikhs), Dastagir (the helping hand) could not accomplish?
Posted 01 April 2009 - 10:42 AM
The ‘Aqida of Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani
His ‘aqida (tenets of belief) was that of the Ahl u’s-Sunnah wa’l Jama'ah, based on the Qur'an, and the Sunnah of the Holy Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu ‘alayhi wa Sallam. All the sufi saints and mashaayikh (spiritual masters) through centuries have expounded on and lived by this ‘aqida, foremost among them being Imam ul A’zam Imam Abu Hanifa (80-150 A.H), Imam Abu’l Hasan al-Ash’ari (260-324 A.H, 874-935 C.E), and Imam Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (passed away 332 A.H, 944 C.E), Rahmatullahi ‘alayhim ajma’in. Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani Radi Allahu ‘Anhu has explained it in Al-Ghunya Li Talibi Tariqi’l Haqq (Sufficient Provision for Seekers of the Path of Truth).
The foundation of this aqida is the belief that Allah Ta’ala is the only One worthy of worship and that Prophet Muhammad is His Divinely Ordained Final Prophetic Messenger (Rasul). Its nurturing is with Asma u’l Husna and mahabba (love) of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, his Pure Household and Blessed Companions. Its manifestation is the spontaneous pride felt in the achievements of the Khulafa ar-Rashidun, that is, Sayyidina Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, Sayyidina ‘Umar al-Faruq, Sayyidina ‘Usman Dhun-Nurayn, and Sayyidina ‘Ali al-Murtada, Radi Allahu ‘Anhum. Its daily life is governed by shari’a (sacred Muslim law). Its spread is through nasiha (good advice), zikr of Allah Ta'ala and salawaat and salaam on the Holy Prophet Muhammad, Sallallahu ‘alayhi wa Sallam. Its peak is jihad (battle to eliminate oppression of Muslims by non-Muslims and to establish Islamic justice), and its ultimate is fana Fillah (annihilation of oneself for the sake of, and in the love of Allah Ta'ala), after which Allah Ta'ala showers you with Baqa Billah (spiritual life everlasting) in His Rida (Pleasure).
So you begin with rida’l waalidayn (living in the pleasure of your parents) and end with Ridallah (living to please Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala). And the Sahaba (Companions) of the Holy Prophet Muhammad are referred to as Radi Allahu ‘Anhum wa Radu ‘Anhu (Allah is well pleased with them and they are pleased with Him as their Lord). And according to Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani, his own position is equal to the dust under the feet of the Sahaba. If that is the case, then what is the stature of the blessed Sahaba of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, Sallallahu ‘alayhi wa Sallam? Their spiritual stature derives from the fact that they were blessed with the opportunity of beholding the Holy Prophet Muhammad with the eyes of iman (faith). That being the case, how can anyone be capable enough to explain in full the sifat (attributes) of Muhammad ‘Arabi, Rasuli Rabbi’l ‘Aalameen, Rahmatullil ‘Aalamin. Only Allah Ta’ala is aware of what He bestowed on His beloved Prophet Muhammad, Allahumma salli wa sallim ‘alayh.
Posted 04 April 2009 - 10:48 AM
The Nasiha of Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani
Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani Radi Allahu ‘Anhu taught Muslims and preached to non-Muslims in Baghdad. His nasiha (advices) and mawa’iza (sermons, discourses) were written down by scribes as he delivered them and they have been compiled and handed down through centuries as classics of Muslim spirituality. One of the beauties of his discourses is that you feel he is addressing you directly.
His major spiritual works, that is, the kutub (books) he wrote, as well as collections of his discourses are:
Al-Ghunya Li Talibi Tariqi’l Haqq (Sufficient Provision for Seekers of the Path of Truth)
This kitab (book) is a comprehensive explanation of Arkan al-Iman (Pillars of Faith), Arkan al-Islam (Pillars of Islam), and Ihsan (Spiritual Excellence). It is a kitab (book) on Hanbali fiqh (jurisprudence) with special emphasis on salah (obligatory five times daily prayer). It is indispensable for those who want to do tabligh (propagate Islam) as it deals with amr bi’l ma’ruf wa nahi anil munkar (enjoining good and forbidding evil).
Futuh al-Ghaib (Revelations of the Unseen), a collection of 78 discourses.
Al-Fath ur Rabbani (The Endowment of Divine Grace).
This a collection of 72 discourses, the main message of which is to raise yourself up to such spiritual heights as to devote your whole life in worshipful service of Allah, purely to earn His Rida (Pleasure) and His Qurb (Nearness) without hoping for any other reward in the Hereafter. In these discourses, he admonishes the munafiqin (hypocrites) who forget their religion and who cringe before kings and princes for worldly gain.
Jila al-Khatir (Purification of the Mind), a collection of 45 discourses.
Sirr al-Asrar (The Secret of Secrets).
This kitab (book) explains matters related to shari’a (sacred law), tariqa (spiritual path), haqiqi ma’rifa (knowledge of spiritual realities) and tasawwuf (spiritual culture).
Malfuzat (Talks and Sayings).
Khamsata ‘Ashara Maktuban (Fifteen Letters).
These were written in Persian and translated into Arabic by ‘Ali ibn Husam ud-Din al-Muttaqi, Rahmatullahi ‘alayh (passed away 977 A.H/1569 C.E).
Besides the Qur'an Karim and Hadith Sharif, these can be considered to be required minimum reading for someone who aspires to be an ‘aalim (scholar).
To catch a glimpse of his nasiha (advice), perhaps the best place to begin is to see how he advises his own son Shaikh ‘Abdur Razzaq, Rahmatullahi ‘alayh. He advised him to acquire eight character traits that are basic to tasawwuf (spiritual culture). These are:
Sakha (generosity) of Nabi (Prophet) Ibrahim, ‘alayhissalam (peace be upon him)
Rida (joyful contentment with whatever Allah ordains) of Nabi Is-haq, ‘alayhissalam
Sabr (patience) of Nabi Ayyub, ‘alayhissalam
Ishara (symbolic instruction) of Nabi Zakariyya, ‘alayhissalam
Ghurba (life as a stranger in far-off lands) of Nabi Yusuf, ‘alayhissalam
Lubs us suf (the wearing of Sufi clothes) of Nabi Yahya, ‘alayhissalam
Siyaha (wandering travel) of Nabi ‘Isa, ‘alayhissalam
Faqr (worldly poverty with spiritual riches) of Nabiyyuna wa Habibuna wa Shafi’una Muhammad Mustafa, Sallallahu ‘alayhi wa Sallam.
(Cited by Al-Hajj Isma’il ibn as-Sayyid Muhammad Sa’id al-Qadiri, in al-Fuyudaat ur Rabbaniyya, Emanations of Lordly Grace, p. 40).
His mawa’iza (exhortations, discourses) deal with various subjects) For example, the first few discourses in Futuh al-Ghaib (Revelations of the Unseen) are on “The essential tasks of every believer”, “Sharing good advice”, “Being tried and tested”, “Spiritual death”, “The nature of this world, detachment from which is strongly advised”, “Passing beyond the creation”, “Removing the cares of the heart”, “Drawing near to Allah”, “Disclosure and contemplation”, “The self and its states”, and “Controlling carnal desire”.
The theme of each discourse is supported with verses of the Holy Qur’an and Hadith Sharif. For example, in the First Discourse of Al-Fath ur Rabbani (The Endowment of Divine Grace), he quotes the following verse of the Holy Qur’an:
Surely, Allah is with those who are patient. (2:153)
And in the Sixth Discourse of Futuh al-Ghaib (Revelations of the Unseen, p. 17-18), he quotes this Hadith Qudsi which is dear to the heart of every Muslim (translation is by Shaikh Muhtar Holland).
In a sacred tradition (hadith qudsi) the blessed Prophet related that Allah (Exalted is He) says, “My servant constantly approaches Me through supererogatory acts of worship until I love him, and when I love him, I become his eyes with which he sees, his hands with which he holds, and his legs with which he walks.” In another version, the wording is: “So through me he hears, through me he sees, and through me he understands.”
This Hadith Qudsi has been narrated by Hadrat Abu Hurayra, Radi Allahu ‘Anhu and reported by Imam Bukhari, Rahmatullahi ‘alayh (194-256 A.H, 810-870 C.E).
The essence of his teaching is to achieve qurb Ilallah (nearness to Allah) in the sense of achieving His love, as He is our Khaliq (Creator) and the Musabbib ul Asbab (the Original Cause of all the causes). The description of someone who has attained nearness to Allah is succinctly summarised in Futuh al-Ghaib (Revelations of the Unseen, p. 12, translation is by Shaikh Muhtar Holland).
“Gone forth from his own self out into his Master’s work, he now sees nothing but that Master and His work, and neither hears nor comprehends from any other source. If he perceives at all, if he does hear and learn, His speech is what he listens to, and His knowledge is what he comes to know. His favour he enjoys, through His nearness he prospers, through His proximity he is graced and honoured, by His promise he is pleased and reassured. With Him he feels at peace, and in His discourse he takes delight, while from all others he recoils and shrinks away. In remembrance of Him he finds refuge and support. In Him, the Almighty and Glorious, he puts his faith and in Him he places his trust. By the light of His awareness he is guided as he wraps and clothes himself therein. Strange marvels of His science he discovers, and of the secrets of His power he is apprised. To Him he listens and from Him he learns, then for all this he offers praise, gives thanks, and turns to prayer.”
The next step to take is perhaps to open another of the compilations of his mawa’iza (discourses). This is a suggested interpretation of the opening of his first discourse in Al-Fath ur Rabbani (The Endowment of Divine Grace).
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
O Allah! O You Who know my inability to praise You,
I ask of You – for the sake of the most perfect of all those who praise You,
(that is, Sayyidina Muhammad),
to whom You unveiled the realities of Your Names and Your Attributes,
and the subtleties of the emanations of Your Essence,
so that he came to know You in a manner befitting Your Perfection,
and whom You thereupon inspired with Your praises
as You inspired none other than him,
as You will inspire him many times more
on the Day when his uniqueness will be manifested,
(that is, on the Day of Judgement),
when his glorious character will be manifested in all its glory,
(I ask of You, O Allah!)
to bestow upon him,
who is more precious than any other being,
such blessings and salutations that befit Your most Sanctified Perfection,
and let the noble blessings and peace You confer upon him,
encompass the whole of his physical being as well as his essence,
as well as everything that pertains to him
in the world of creation and in the world of the Divine Command,
so that, O our Lord, You leave out none of
Your Prophets, Your Messengers, Your Angels and Your righteous servants,
but include them all
within the compass of Your Tremendous Grace.
Sallu ‘ala’r Rasul
Allahumma Salli wa Sallim ‘alayh.
We find that Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani Radi Allahu ‘Anhu begins his discourse with an exalted, inspiring and comprehensive salaat (invocation of blessings on Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him) in which he manifests his deep love for him. In one breath he tells us that Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, praised Allah as no one else did, that he knew Allah as no one else did and that he was inspired by Allah as no one else was. He reminds us that the grandeur of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, has already been manifested in this world and is yet to be revealed in all its glory on the Day of Judgement.
The salaat begins with the Name of Allah and uses the wasila (means) of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. In the same breath, it breathes in the Asma and Sifat of Allah, the Most Beautiful Names and Attributes of Allah, Wahdahu laa sharika lahu. The salaat is on the reality and essence of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, as well as everything that pertains to him or is connected with him in the world of creation and in the world of Allah’s Commad. And all the Prophets, as well as the Messengers of Allah, the angels and the pious people are connected with him. So the salaat is on all of them as well. In one sweep, both the reality and the essence of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, have been linked to the two worlds of Allah’s creation and Allah’s Command. When you have completed reciting this salaat, you know for sure that you are in the presence of a shaykh, a man of Allah, and you want to establish ta’alluq (connection) with him, as you know that following his teaching and obtaining his baraka (blessings), coming as they do from the pure fount of his blessed ancestor, will lead you to salvation. Aameen.
As we read his masterpieces, we are struck by the fact that his style of expression is different from that of any other shaikh, ‘aalim or wali. He is so much saturated with the spiritual power of Tawhid (monotheism) that his exposition and its flow has a spiritually confident personality all its own so that anyone who reads his nasiha spontaneously admits that he is the Qutb-al-aqtaab (the centre of all spiritual pillars), the Shaikh-ul-Mashaaikh (the spiritual master of all spiritual masters), the Gousul A'zam (the greatest helper) and much more.... a Shaikh who epitomised mujaddidiyyah (faith revival) and wilayah (sainthood), Qaddas Sirrahu’l ‘aziz (may Allah sanctify his sublime innermost being)
Posted 05 April 2009 - 01:27 PM
The Salawaat of Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani
Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani Radi Allahu ‘Anhu has composed so many salawaat on the beloved holy Prophet Muhammad Mustafa Sallallahu ‘alayhi wa Sallam that their compilation would fill a volume. His three most well-known salawaat are:
As-Salaat u’l Ghousia, named after him as it is the most famous.
As-Salaatu Kibriti’l Ahmar which means red sulphur or “the Philosopher’s Stone”, or something that is very rare to come by.
As-Salaat u’l Kubra or the “big salaat”. This looks like a bouquet of flowers straight from Paradise consisting of 33 salawaat, and du’a (supplication), all richly interspersed together with 25 verses of the Holy Qur’an.
Muslims love these salawaat so much that they make them their wazifa (regular voluntary devotion). For this reason, spiritual masters as well as spiritual seekers include them in their books of salawaat. Two such great Muslim luminaries who have included As-Salaat u’l Ghousia in their compilations of salawaat are Imam Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Jazuli (passed away 870 A.H/1465 C.E) in Dalaail u’l Khayraat (Proofs of Good Deeds), and Hadrat Mulla ‘Ali al-Qaari (passed away 1014 A.H/1606 C.E) in Hizb u’l A’zam (The Exalted Supplication).
Some of the kutub (books) that contain all three of these salawaat (and more) are:
Al-Fuyudaat u’r Rabbaniyya (Emanations of Lorldly Grace) of al-Hajj Isma’il ibn as-Sayyid Muhammad Sa’id al-Qadiri,
Awraad u’l Qadiriyya (Regular Voluntary Invocations of the Qadria) of Muhammad Salim Bawwab, and
As-Salawaat li’l Awliya wa’s Salihin (Invocations of Blessings by the Saints and the Pious), published by Iqra Islamic Publications in Toronto.
At this juncture, let us seize the opportunity of reciting his most famous salaat, that is, As-Salaat u’l Ghousia.
Allahumma Salli ‘alaa Sayyidina Muhammad-in
as-Saabiqi li’l khalqi nuruhu
wa Rahmatulli’l ‘aalamina zuhuruhu
‘adada man madaa min khalqiqa wa man baqiya
wa man sa’ida minhum wa man shaqiya
Salaatan tastaghriqu’l ‘adda wa tuhitu bi’l haddi
Salaatan laa ghaayata lahaa wa laa muntahaa wa lanqidaa’a
Salaatan daaimatan bi-Dawaamika? ?
wa ‘alaa aalihi wa sahbihi
wa sallim tasleeman mithla dhaalik.
O Allah! Bestow blessings on our master Muhammad
whose light was created first,
and whose appearance is a mercy for all the worlds,
as many times as the number of Your creations past and yet to come
among those that are blessed and those that are unfortunate;
such blessings that are unlimited and unbounded,
countless, endless, never finishing;
such blessings that are permanent by virtue of Your permanence,
and on his family and companions,
and in the same manner complete salutations as well.
Posted 06 April 2009 - 05:57 PM
The Zikr and Du’a of Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani
The Qadria tariqa is one of Zikrullah, remembrance of Allah. The plural of zikr is azkaar. The azkaar and du’a (supplications) of Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani Radi Allahu ‘Anhu have been compiled in many kutub (books), one of which is al-Fuyudhaat ur Rabbaniyya (Emanations of Lorldly Grace). It gives the invocations and supplications of Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani to be recited after every salah (regular obligatory prayer), for each day of the week, as well as for various special occasions.
The zikr mainly consists of the recitation of the Kalima Shahada (Declaration of Faith), Asma u’l Husna (the Most Beautiful Names of Allah) and of salawaat (invocation of blessings on the beloved Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him). One of the voluntary zikr recommended to be recited individually after every salah (regular obligatory prayer) is as follows:
After Fajr: Yaa ‘Azizu Yaa Allah (100 times)
(O The Mighty, O Allah)
After Zuhr: Yaa Karimu Yaa Allah (100 times)
(O The Generous, O Allah)
After ‘Asr: Yaa Jabbaru Yaa Allah (100 times)
(O The Compeller, O Allah)
After Maghrib: Yaa Sattaru Yaa Allah (100 times)
(O The Concealer of faults, O Allah)
After ‘Isha: Yaa Ghaffaru Yaa Allah (100 times)
(O The Forgiver, O Allah)
A short article such as this one cannot explain in any detail all the invocations and supplications of the Shaikh. But we can perhaps benefit from reciting at least one of his du’a (supplications). His du’a entitled Du’a u’l Jalalah (The Majestic Supplication) is so rich and rewarding that many mashaayikh choose to include it in their kutub (books),
Bismillah i’r Rahman i’r Rahim
Allahumma inni as’aluka
bi-Sirri-dh-Dhaati wa bi-Dhaat-is-Sirri
Huwa Anta wa Anta Huwa
wa bi-Nuri ‘Arshillah
wa bi-kulli Ismillah
min ‘aduwwee wa ‘aduwwillah
bi maa’ati alfi
Laa hawla walaa quwwata illaa Billah
khatamtu ‘alaa nafsi wa ‘alaa ahli
wa ‘alaa kulli shay-in A’taaneehi Rabbi
khatama bihi aqtaar-as-samaawaati wa’l ard, wa
Hasbunallahu wa Ni’mal Wakil
Ni’mal Mawlaa wa Ni’man Naseer
Wa laa hawla walaa quwwata illaa Billahi’l ‘Aliyyi’l ‘Azim
wa Sallallahu ‘alaa Sayyidina Muhammad-in
wa ‘alaa aalihi wa sahbihi wa sallama ajma’een. Aameen
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. (1:1)
O Allah! I ask of You
for the sake of the Mystery of the Essence
and for the sake of the Essence of the Mystery,
both the Essence and the Mystery being Yours,
that may I be protected by the Sacred Light of Allah,
by the Light of the Throne of Allah
and by all the Names of Allah
from my enemies and from all the devils (enemies of Allah),
(I supplicate to You O Allah)
with a hundred thousand times recitation of (this glorification of Yours):
“There is no strength nor power except with Allah”.
I have sealed myself and my family
and all the things that my Lord has given me,
with the impregnable seal of Allah with which
He has sealed all the regions of the heavens and the earth, and
Allah is sufficient for us and what an excellent Trustee is He. (3:173)
What an Excellent Patron and what an Excellent Helper. (8:40)
“And there is neither strength nor power except with Allah, the Exalted, the Almighty”.
And may Allah bestow blessings and peace on our master Sayyidina Muhammad,
on his family and all his companions, Aameen.
Such was the spiritual status of Shaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani that in response to his du’a (supplication), Allah would turn a shaqiy (unfortunate person) into a sa’id (someone destined for salvation). Indeed he has so spiritually transformed the lives of so many Muslims in such significant ways that they never forget to mention him in their du’a (supplications to Allah). May Allah, the Glorified and the Exalted make us benefit from him, Aameen.
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Translating books is a solitary mission. You don’t really socialise while dashing away at the keyboard (except Facebook), and your closest companion is (or at least should be) the imminent Deadline. Yet a translator is hardly ever a mute creature. No, not in the least. We sigh. We groan. We mumble, growl, gasp and giggle. We even yell, sometimes.
It is usually books we communicate to. I wish I could do the same with their authors.
And here’s why.
Dear Sarah Maas!
Before I started working on your books, I had thought that a kiss was a kiss. Of course I knew that you can rate them in terms of length, intensity, taste and consequences, but I didn’t know that you could dedicate a few paragraphs of a book to a single one. Nor did I know that one can disguise a sexual intercourse with so many metaphors that a reader may not figure out that it is sex he is actually reading about.
But a translator is an adaptable creature. I got used to all that, which wasn’t a particularly painful process since I simply like your stories. Especially those that happen in the winter.
And one more thing. I know it is kind of too late for that, but I really wish you wouldn’t make an innocent sentence in volume one and then need EXACTLY THE SAME one in volume five. A translator, despite all his merits, does not see the future. Just saying.
Dear Peter Brett!
My problem is that I have a very bad memory for names, especially those long, complex and foreign looking ones. Working with your cycle, as much fun as it was, also made me think a lot. Check. Recheck. Double-check. And still I wasn’t sure. ‘Who is this Askukishu’Kali’whateverish? Is it the same dude that did that horrible thing to Mehikoshu’Bangbang?’
I was seriously glad for the purge in part four of the cycle, even though you managed to kill off a few of my favourite characters. Never mind. I am looking forward to working on „The Core”.
Working? I don’t think this verb reflects the truth. I already know how thick the book is. I have seen it. Getting married to it for a while would be a much more appropriate term. Still, I like the prospect. Hell, yeah.
Dear Patrick O’Brian
You were the first author I had the privilege and honour to translate into Polish. And again translating is a rather poor term for it. Working on Aubrey/Maturin series was like wandering in the great mental palace of a great storyteller. I am never going to forget all the puns you put me through, all the cultural references you made me check, all the inexplicable moments you wanted me to visualise and later describe, all the moments of self pity when I was sorry for ever calling myself educated.
Still, I didn’t strike the colours. I fought on. I learned. I checked. I cursed and checked again. Then I forgot what I had checked and did it one more time. Why bloody not.
And those were pre-Internet times.
I wish you were still there so that I could tell you how awesome it had been. There are no writers like you anymore and never will be.
And a final comment (if you have been reading carefully). To strike the colours means to lower the flag of a warship, in other words to surrender. A thing a translator is never allowed to do.
Dear Eve Ainsworth!
I haven’t got a problem with the language you use. It is the subjects of your books that weigh heavily on my wretched soul. Although your books are usually shorter than others, it still takes me a lot of time to translate them. You tend to use simple words to describe complex problems of today’s youth. As a parent, a teacher and a relatively young person I find your descriptions painfully striking. They make me think, observe and want to discuss. They change me.
Hell, what did I expect? It is books I work with. Books! They change people!
OK, that’s it. I have said everything. Too much, maybe. And there is a reason why only four authors have been mentioned. A very important one, believe me.
I am coming back to groaning, mumbling and sighing.
And, ladies and gentleman, if you have enjoyed my sense of humour, I would like to invite you to my language classes.
Tueasay: 17:00 Norwegian A1, 18:30 Norwegian A2
Wednesdays 17:00 English Intermediate class, 18:30 English conversation class
Fridays: 17:00 English conversation class, 18:30 English role playing session (yes, you have read that correctly )
And all the classes are held at Słowackiego 13, right next to the lair of Druga Era.
Pisarz, tłumacz, gawędziarz, od jesieni po wiosnę lektor języków obcych. Uwielbia podróże i dobrą kuchnię, co dobrze uzupełnia się z naturą domatora. Na starość chce zostać hobbitem.


The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (“HIV”) is one of the most commonly known microbes in American history. HIV is also one of the most devastating because it diminishes the immune system, leaving the victims susceptible to diseases that others who are immuno-competent would not be susceptible to. Some how, the virus has evolved to infect the very cells that are responsible for “killing” the virus.
Simplified Background on HIV infection:
Essentially, HIV infects the T-helper cells of the immune system. T-helper cells help elicit an immune response against foreign invaders with the help of antibodies. Antibodies are basically proteins that recognize the foreign invader, bind to it, and mark it for destruction. Most antibodies can only bind to foreign invaders they have previously been exposed to. The T-helper cell is distinguished from its cousin, Cytotoxic T cells by the CD4+ receptor found on the T-helper’s cell surface.
HIV enters T-helper cells by binding to the CD4+ receptor. After HIV binds to the CD4+ receptor, a co-receptor is revealed which facilitates its further entrance into the cell. Once inside the cell HIV may remain latent for years, or become active and acutely cause the manifestations of the disease, “AIDS” (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome).
Lactobacillus and the “Cure”:
Although it very difficult to find a cure for HIV because the virus constantly evolves, creating a quasi species that antibodies cannot recognize, advancements in HIV research are being made everyday. One of the most interesting articles that I’ve come across in Nature discussed the use of the bacterium, lactobacillus, found in the female vaginal tract. According to the article, “Prevention of vaginal SHIV transmission in macaques by a live recombinant Lactobacillus” by Lagenaur et. al., lactobacilli are being used to prevent HIV infiltration and subsequent infection.
Basically, scientists are genetically altering the lactobacilli to recognize HIV, bind it and quench the virus (like an antibody). The idea is, if HIV is bound to lactobacilli, it can’t bind to the CD4+ receptor on the surface of the T-helper cells. According to the article, the experiment was conducted in monkeys (like the polio vaccine) using Simian HIV (SHIV). The experiment showed that the re-engineered lactobacilli reduced SHIV infection by sixty-three percent. If the lactobacilli become just as effective in human females then the implications are of course astronomical! Maybe we can stop HIV with a simple bacterium already found in the female vaginal microflora. Certainly, as mentioned by the article, this method is far less expensive than manufacturing a drug.
The question is whether the genetically modified lactobacilli would be patentable if it was also effective in humans?
There was a really good seminar that may answer this, posted by PatentBaristas:
The Science Article:


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God – You are cruel.
You have shown me one of the most depressing moments of my life.
The day I saw this person for the first time, he had an unusual & captivating charm, an affable personality and a sparkling smile. He was one of my seniors getting introduced to the juniors. You couldn’t get angry at him however hard you wanted to be. Moments later, I realised we shared a common thread – incidentally he happened to be my junior in Engineering days. We were from God’s own country, and we introduced ourselves in the characteristic Thrissur style – “Haaa, chettayyee… enthundu vishesham” .
Over the next few months, he became one of my close friends in XIMB. In fact, I do not remember one single person in my batch who would NOT have been good friends with him. With his characteristic “Tch.. Tch..” in his speech, he was one great conversationalist.
We got to know each other better during the inaugural version of Skill City – his brainchild. The days spent at the MPH, then at the tennis courts, the constant taunting & teasing – he never lost his cool. And we successfully did manage to bring his dream of skill-city to fruition. Even during the testing times of Maxinations, I remember him for his “Bijlee” dance.
Time passed off quickly. He got placed in Tata Motors. We used to keep in touch over mail and chat. Then I heard the news about his marriage & his movement to Ford.
Life seemed to pass on, and at this point of time I really regret not having kept in touch with him personally. Who would have ever expected that the goodbye I bade him at XIMB would be the last goodbye ever.
Sometimes, we hear news we never want to believe. A week back I heard he passed into coma and was in a critical stage. I sincerely prayed he would wake up. And then, I would definitely make that trip to meet him in person. I am pretty sure, there were a lot of people praying out there for that divine interference.
Life has some cruel twists and turns.
Siddarth Poduval aka Poduval ‘maashe’ aka Sid Pod aka Podu – You are alive in my memories. Never will I forget that sparkling smile of yours.
I dunno what else to say… I choke for words. All I can say, God loved you more than us. But… He was cruel to mortals like us.


I am looking for stories presenting wolves in a favorable light for a charity anthology.
If you think wolves are vile, despicable creatures, read no further. But if, on the other hand, you feel they have been unfairly maligned, unjustly persecuted, driven from their habitat and wantonly slaughtered simply for being competitors of the human urge to dominate, or even if they are simply symbols of the wild, or integral parts of an environmental web, then perhaps you’d consider submitting a story for a charity anthology to benefit wolf conservation organizations and rescues.
I’m looking for stories that show wolves in a positive light. Natural wolf behavior is acceptable, but no rabid wolves terrorizing hapless villagers, please! Stories can be in any genre, and the wolf any type of wolf – historical, contemporary, legendary, supernatural, science-fictional – as long as it is canis lupus, and not a human being referred to as a “wolf”. I would like this to be for a general audience, so please keep it clean and avoid crude language, profanity, and gratuitous violence.
Length: Flash fiction to 10,000 words.
Deadline: March 15, 2023
Submit a Word document in standard format (Courier preferred) with contact information to email@example.com
Contributors receive a copy (kindle or print) and the opportunity to purchase additional copies at the author’s price.
Who will benefit? I've been in contact with several organizations that help wolves:
The Wolf Conservation Center in NY (founded by classical pianist Helene Grimaud) is interested. There are several others that I will contact when the book is nearer to completion - one in MN, one in CO, there's even a sanctuary here in Florida, plus I will also contact conservation groups such as Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife etc. to see if they would be interested.


Learn the story of Excalibur, the sword of King Arthur that became one of the most famous collectible movie swords in the market of fantasy swords
King Arthur mania has captivated children and adults alike since medieval times. Even if King Arthur’s existence is doubtful, this has not stopped its popularity to spread.
It continues to influence literature, performing arts, filmmaking, and mythology ever since its introduction to Western literature in 13th century.
The search for precious and sacred relics, the upholding of virtuous chivalry, and romance are the main reasons why the legend fascinates the present and coming generations.
The Legend of King Arthur
King Arthur lived to his prime in 7th century. Under his rule, he has fended off attacks from Anglo-Saxon tribes in northern Britain. He has also established the Arthurian empire through successful campaigns in Ireland, Gaul, and outlying islands. Many times too, he has faced and conquered giants, monsters, evil spirits, and fell beasts that dare trespass his realm or challenge his kingship.
Clarent: The Sword in the Stone
King Arthur’s supernatural power has been attributed to the enchanted Sword in the Stone named Clarent. According to the story, Clarent is previously the sword of King Uther Pendragon, the father of King Arthur. He plunged it into a block of rock by magic and before he gasped his last breath, he swore an oath that only the true and rightful king can pluck it.
The young Arthur, who was only in his teens at that time, succeeded in pulling it out, earning him the kingdom and the throne. The same Sword in the Stone was used as personal weapon of King Arthur and from that time on, it was known as the Excalibur. The sword was later on stolen by Mordred, who according to legend is King Arthur’s son and would kill him in the last battle.
Sword in the Stone replica
There are many models for the design of The Sword of the Stone, since the tales from the distant past have not set its design in details. Modern interpretation however favors a Celtic sword of about a meter in overall length. It has an intensely wrought hilt (most often, a writhing body of a dragon coiled around), with the Pendragon clan—King Arthur’s lineage—insignia extending towards the ricasso. It features a coin-shaped pommel and a gold-plated handle.
The Excalibur sword
In some narratives, the Sword in the Stone served no other purpose than to reveal the King of Britain. King Arthur was given another sword, the world-famous Excalibur, by the Lady of the Lake who wished to shower him with superhuman strength and unnatural abilities.
The sword is stuffed in mythical powers: it can blind enemies with its blazing light, it helped the King defeat a thousand knights in a battle, and it has kept the kingdom from foreign attacks and ruin.
Excalibur sword replica
Like the Sword in the Stone, there is no one canonical version of the Excalibur. However, in 1981, an Arthurian-based film Excalibur sparked the screen and established the prevailing design of the sword. It resembles a medieval sword of simple hilt, guard, and pommel designs. Its crossguard is a basic metal bar, about seven inches in length, and plated in gold.
The blade of the Excalibur sword has a deep fuller running along the centerline. The pommel is, like the one found in the Sword in the Stone, is shaped into a thick gold coin, bearing a Pendragon insignia at its center.
King Arthur Spear
It may be a surprise to some but King Arthur did carry other weapons. There are two recorded blades he used and they are Rhongomyniad, a spear, and Carnwennan, a dagger. King Arthur’s spear, sometimes called the Ron, is a long broad blade. It is too blood-thirsty that it has to be soaked in poison before the battle or it would kill its own handler. It can slay nine gallant soldiers in one throw.
King Arthur Dagger
Carnwennan or the Carn, on the other hand, is King Arthur’s fighting or dagger. No further descriptions can be gleaned from the legend, except that it has the ability to find its target even in pitch darkness. Most smiths interpret King Arthur dagger as a highly ornamented medieval dagger. The designs of the hilt, guard, blade, and pommel vary widely, but the dagger is usually depicted carrying gold accented scabbard and hilt.
Other Swords in Arthurian legend
Aside from King Arthur, there are other characters of the Arthurian legend carrying their famous knight swords and with exciting stories to tell. For instance, Lancelot is the acknowledged greatest Knight of the Round Table and is the most trusted ally.
The Lancelot sword is also interpreted by smiths and sold as a commemoration to his heroic feats. Sir Gawain sword is a reminder of King Arthur’s most loyal, honorable, and chivalrous right hand. Interpreted swords of other Knights of the Round Table, such as Sir Percival and Sir Erec, are likewise available.
Collectible King Arthur and Knights of the Round Table swords
Excalibur fantasy sword and Arthurian swords are all decorative and at best fictitious. This is precisely the reason why there are numerous versions of the swords, each carrying clearly different embellishments. Buying these swords or bidding for them is a good way of collecting your own favorite hero swords. But before you buy anything, be sure to learn some tips in How to buy fantasy and movie prop swords.
There are a growing number of Arthurian fans who now are producing their own versions of the legendary swords. Their custom-made collectible Knights of the Round Table swords are inspired by a popular film or book, drawn directly from historical accounts, or their own creative work. You may also want to do the same thing, too.
It is now extremely easy for anyone to make their own Arthurian-inspired swords. To start to make your dream “fantasy sword” project, you can enlist yourself to forums and online group discussions. You will be able to get a good idea on how to proceed and get in touch with sword making companies.


Here are few Suby Production, Love poems.
For more and personalized Love poems,
Why do I love thee?
Is it because you make me laugh?
or is it because of that cute smile
I guess there is more to that!
Being with you is my dream
having your arms arround me is my cream
being beside you is my happiness
your love is my sweetness
Being far from you is my worst part
deep down I know we are always going to be together
together in our hearts!
My luv for you will never change
day by day love increases
I'm gonna love you till the end of time
you are my one and only!
It has been some years
since you have been in my hert
we have had our ups and downs
But our love has always shine
I can still remember our first valentine together
And I still believe what we have is very rare
After all these years I'm glad I can still call you dear
I am not going to write roses are red
Coz' I have seen,yellow, white,and red
No matter what the color is, even red
No matter how beautiful, and ready
They can't express how much u a' in ma' mind
No matter what I will write on valentine card
Cannot explain why you are one of the kind
Reasoning is the beginning of all intelligence
Reasoning is the foundation to all questions
Reasoning is the key, to the number of solutions
Reasoning in short, is reason beyond every question.
When I was a kid, I reasoned like a kid
Blowing why why, like a monsoon wind
Try to reason anything, not only human kind
Try even to figure out, how parents gets kid
As a little boy I had even more question
Wondering even what started, egg or chicken
Although school was fun, why only life key is education
When I got sick, why needle on my butt is a medication
As a teen, I trap myself into new problem angle
Twenty four seven, try to solve love triangle
Use my parents experience, to eliminate love mambo jambo
Never give damn about, chicks with boobs like mangos
The older I grew up
The love problem, grew sharp
With limited knowledge, I fell into trap
Forced I and I ,to fall into love swamp
What's happening, finally I came to my sense
No doubt, love did not make any sense
Was like one person language, or music-less dance
I prayed to the most high, for the grace
Thank you Lord, because you never say no
You always give me, even little bit more
I asked for peace and love, you opened the door
You give me all reasons, every morning to go
When the heart is strong
But everything is wrong
And the road is very long
And you need someone strong
When you feel Blue
No time, and things are due
No love, friends around you
Remember there are worse than you
THANKS FOR LIFE
Thanks for let me into your life
Thanks for coming into my life
Thanks for changing my life
Thanks for let me serve you for life
Thanks for being my velentine for life
Before, I felt love
But I knew, was not love
Coz' before, I was in love
But, now this is the love
This one, is very different love
Waaaaaaay more, than love
Very close, to heavenly love
Or because before, I was in love
Hanging between earth, and hell
Oh wait, I felt more in hell
I couldn't hear, even heaven bell
In short, that was a loving hell
Situation made me pray for happy life
Day after day and night, no happy life
Only my Mama, was a friend for life
I wondered, what is wrong with my life
Mama was not supposed to be, a part of my thug life
Mama ,you were a rel soldier for life
Fighting against time, for your kids beef
Even though we were not rich, I never felt cheap
Minute you went away, I tried to make difference in life
I needed a special help, from the most high and up
Mama I don't wanna cry, I know you are watching from up
Mother I real don't cry, because I got an Angle in my life
Exodus, Exodus, Movement of myself and I
I always give thanks, and prises to the most high
To take me across the sorrow and, sickened eye
From lost of Mama, to gain of everything and new I
Baby you are everything, ever wanted by I and I
Best of everything, everyone, I ever laid my eye
Thinking of you, make my body and soul high
Reminds me everything same between you and I
The fight left by homie Mama, still up and high
But now is much easier, coz' I got Angle from high
Even though I pass through the death valley, I won't die
You are my private guardian Angle, God's gift I'm glad
Even through I pass through valley of death I won't die
Now jamming down, happiness tears from my eye
Love, you are the only human being, watching my back
My dear, I was thinking who is watching your back
I know God is watching yours, afternoon and after dark
You are Glory in my life, a light in the dark
Babe, you are my Exodus pass and promise park
Your love give me shadow, when I'm in the desert
Your eyes, are like burning guarding flame at night
EXODUS, movement of God's love, from I to your heart EXODUS
How beautiful you are! My love
How perfect you are! My love
The look in your eyes, my sweetheart & bride
The necklace you are wearing, have stolen my heart
The test of honey is on your lips, my darling
Your tongue is milk & honey for me, darling
THE NIGHT I WILL HOLD YOU AGAIN
I will hold you so tight
I will hold you all night
I will face ya' face sight
I will do the breathing chat
I will sleep real tight
I will listen to ya' heart
I will feel your breath bit
I will tell you this and dat'
I will not let you out ma' site
| Open letter to the president |
Dear Mr President........
I thank ALMIGHT that you got elected.
Not because you are religious person.
No, I did not vote for you.
And no, you are not perfect.
But you are good Man .......Yap solid good Pipo.
How do I know that?
Well, you don't know me, but you and I, go back.
Way back... Back in days, more than 20 years ago.
When you moved into our neighborhood.
I was just a teen back then, Just lost my mother. A single mother.
And I was about to loose a house. By the way of greedy people,
You were heavenly sent.
You moved in just as I got 6 weeks notice to move out the house.
I was thinking to myself, where in the earth, me and my little brother
we are going to live. Worst how we gonna finish school.
And our income depended on the land around the house,
through gardening and few hundreds chickens.
You used little power you had back then to help us keep the house.
Not for money,
Not for power,
Not even for political reasons,
But because someone told you our situation, and you could help.
You did not know us. I don't even remember if I said thank you.
This is why I'm writing you this letter.
I wish I can reach you, but now that you are president is harder.
I hope one day this letter gonna find you.
This time I don't want to forget to say .....
Thank you President Magufuli.
What you did back then, shaped my life today and bright morrow.
Hope you will use what you have now to help more people.
GOD bless you more.
January 14, 16
| A TO Z|
Ooooh God my Lord
A heaven happy road
The up highest God
The only paradise code
By u I will never fill cold
I'll never again sin fold
I'll sing prises like toad
U don't have to be told
As you know #'s of gold
Thanks 4 things u never sold
U ahead of me I never old
Listening to you never bored
Ur words are lovely & broad
I feel comfortable even abroad
kicking in with you aboard
Giving me free air and food
Tomorrow, now, from childhood
I only know you my God
Not other gods from wood
Not even other gods from gold
Not those gods from back yard
They make me feel shameful dead
I promise to keep up my head
Eyes forward to the Exodus road
I promise to keep my Glory Babe
I love her, A to Zed.


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- Lewin, Andrew C., Coghill, Lyndon M. and Kousoulas, Konstantin G. Genomic analysis for virulence determinants in Feline herpesvirus type-1 isolates. Virus genes 56 (1), 49-57.
- Thaljeh, Lana F., Rothschild, Ainsley J., Naderi, Misagh., Coghill, Lyndon M., Brown, Jeremy M. and Brylinksi, Michal. Hinge region in DNA packaging terminase pUL15 of herpes simplex virus: A potential allosteric target for antiviral drugs. Biomolecules. 9:10:603.
- ^Rider, Paul J.F., ^Coghill, Lyndon M., ^Misah Naderi, Michal Brylinksi, Jeremy M. Brown, and K.G. Kousoulas. Phylogenetics and Molecular Evolution of a Conserved Alphaherpesvirus Protein, Glycoprotein K (gK), Reveal Molecular Signatures Important for Viral Entry, Assembly, and Egress. Scientiﬁc Reports. 9:14625.
- Höhna, Sebastian, Coghill, Lyndon M., Mount, Genevieve G., Thomson, Robert C., and Brown, Jeremy M. P3: Phylogenetic Posterior Prediction in RevBayes. Molecular Biology Evolution. 35:4: 1028–1034.
- Fujimoto, Kayo, Coghill, Lyndon M., Weier, Christopher A., Hwang, Lu-Yu, Kim, Ju Yeong, Schneider, John A., Metzker, Michael L., and Brown, Jeremy M. Lack of Support for Socially Connected HIV-1 Transmission Among Young Adult Black Men Who Have Sex with Men. AIDS Research Human Retroviruses. 33:9: 935–940.
- Hinchliff, Cody E., Smith, Stephen A., Allman, James F., Burleigh, J. Gordon, Chaudhary, Ruchi, Coghill, Lyndon M., Crandall, Keith A., Deng, Jiabin, Drew, Bryan T., Gazis, Romina, Gude, Karl, Hibbett, David S., Katz, Laura A., Laughinghouse, H. Dail, McTavish, Emily Jane, Midford, Peter E., Owen, Christopher L., Ree, Richard H., Rees, Jonathan A., Soltis, Douglas E., Williams, Tiffani, and Cranston, Karen A. Synthesis of phylogeny and taxonomy into a comprehensive tree of life. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America. 112:41 12764–12769.
- Coghill, Lyndon M., Darrin Hulsey, C., Chaves-Campos, Johel, Leon, Francisco J., and Johnson, Steven G. Next generation phylogeography of cave and surface Astyanax mexicanus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 79: 368–374.
- Lorenz, Otto Thomas, Smith, Patrick, and Coghill, Lyndon M. Condition and morphometric changes in tilapia (Oreochromis sp.) after an eradication attempt in Southern Louisiana. Neobiota. 20: 49–59.
- Coghill, Lyndon M. Statistical and Comparative Phylogeography of Mexican Freshwater Taxa in Extreme Aquatic Environments. PhD Dissertation, University of New Orleans.
- Coghill, Lyndon M., Hulsey, C. Darrin, Chaves-Campos, Johel, Leon, Francisco J., and Johnson, Steven G. Phylogeography and conservation genetics of a distinct lineage of sunfish in the Cuatro Cienegas valley of Mexico. PLoS One. 8:10: e77013.
- Chaves-Campos, Johel, Coghill, Lyndon M., Al-Salamah, Manalle A., De Witt, Thomas J., and Johnson, Steven G. Field heritabilities and lack of correlation of snail shell form and anti-predator function estimated using Bayesian and maximum likelihood methods. Evolutionary Ecology Research. 14: 743–755.
- Chaves-Campos, Johel, Coghill, Lyndon M., León, Francisco J., and Johnson, Steven G. The effect of aquatic plant abundance on shell crushing resistance in a freshwater snail. PLoS One. :9: e44374.
- Coghill, Lyndon M., Chaves-Campos, Johel, and Garcia-Vazquez, Arturo. Gopherus Berlandieri Geographic Distribution in Mexico. Herpetological Review 2011. 42:3: 388.
- Coghill, Lyndon M., Chaves-Campos, Johel, Espinoza, Flor E., Lance, Stacey L, Glenn, Travis C, and Johnson, Steven G. Microsatellite markers isolated from the Mexican banded spring snail Mexipyrgus churinceanus. Conservation Genetic Resources* 3:1: 29–31.
Software tools, databases, and pipelines I have contributed to or worked on. View Github for more information and a more updated list of organizations and projects.
A software pipeline implemented to conduct tests of model fit using posterior predictive testing, based on both data- and inference-based test statistics in phylogenetics. This new implementation makes a large spectrum of models available for use through a user-friendly and flexible interface.
RevBayes is a software package designed to conduct Bayesian phylogenetic inference using probabilistic graphical models and an interpreted language.
Phyloboost is a python pipeline and web application that allows the reconstruction, augmentation, and visualizaton of similarity-cluster-based tree sets constructed from an input dataset of sequences.
OpenTree of Life
The Open Tree of Life is an online phylogenetic tree of life, funded by the National Science Foundation. The first draft, including 2.3 million species, was released in September 2015. The Interactive graph allows the user to zoom in to taxonomic classifications, phylogenetic trees, and information about a node.


The house under the castle, where the writer and adventurer Jaroslav Hašek spent the last years of his life, as well as where he wrote his most famous work “The Fates of the Good Soldier Švejk”, today is an exhibition devoted to his fate and work. You will find Hašek’s books, newspaper clippings, personal belongings and other items. Jaroslav Hašek is buried in the local cemetery.
- GPS souřadnice: 49°36’47.864″N, 15°24’51.4″E
- Picture author: Jik jik CC BY-SA 3.0,


THE NEED FOR GODLY DISCIPLINE
UPON ALL JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES
There will be a great lesson of Godly Discipline to be learned for all Jehovah's Witnesses (former or current) themselves, since they play such a vital role in this world wide prophetic drama. Yes this is true, because the things mentioned in The "Report" document are actually "INDICTMENTS" against them as being transgressors against Jehovah's Laws. And as such, they therefore need to be severely "disciplined" because of their "lawlessness." -- Hebrews 12:5, 6; 1 John 3:4
Of course, we are all painfully aware of the unfortunate, yes regrettable fact the vast majority of Jehovah's Witnesses would not even give the most minute consideration to the things mentioned in this document to be of any consequence to them, as if any peril from God is forthcoming their way. Nevertheless, again we repeat if such aforementioned Godly Displeasure & Wrath should come upon Jehovah's Witnesses world wide, yes if things do really come to pass as foretold in bible prophecy, ahhh yes then again, would it not prove the veracity and accuracy of the accusations of wrongdoing [indictments of sin] being leveled against them, as brought to light by this particular written dispensation, the "Report" Book series.
To make ourselves perfectly clear, this document asserts that Jehovah's Witnesses are guilty of espousing or sponsoring many teachings and practices that are not in harmony with God's will and written Word. For example, the teaching or doctrine of 1914, as being the year of Christ's Heavenly enthronement. This doctrine is a complete falsehood and wicked ruse played upon 8 million unsuspecting adherents of it. Thus because of such teachings and practices, Jehovah's Witnesses are in danger of being found in the end, "false witnesses" of God and having their worship rendered completely "in vain." (1 Cor. 15:15; Matthew 15:8, 9) In the end, bible prophecy reveals most Jehovah's Witnesses (vast majority) will remain undaunted and totally resistant to these claims of "indictment of wickedness" on their parts. Indeed, THE "REPORT" document highlights that only a small portion, the "humble" among them, will survive this ordeal and experience of the "42 months of trampling" by the nations (or "Great Tribulation"), and finally experience true spiritual "restoration" or "Palingenesis" [Matthew 19:28 NWT ftn] to God's Favor. -- See Zephaniah 3:11, 12; Matthew 17:11; Matthew 19:28; Luke 21:24; Revelation 7:9, 10, 14; Revelation 13:5-7.
Think about it.
Donald C. Burney
(Author of The "REPORT" Book)