The Law

Talkative mood?

Yea sure.
Just listening to songs and well, talking.

This is about religion
Islam in particular
Is god an absolute authority?

He is in absolute power. and with power would come authority. no?

So his word is the law?
And he bows to no law?

Well see, its kind of an inter-relation.
If you believe that there is a God with supreme authority..that Authority would need its subjects.
Since the subjects are under the authority they need to abide by it.
In the case of humans free will is given. Why is it given? I cant say and is another matter.
But this viewpoint isnt really directly from the Quran. Its more like Ibne Sina's interpretation of Aristotles metaphysics, and then how he related it to Islam. I haven't completely read up on it

But is god bound by his own laws?

He is.
In the way that he set out his own promises
and stated that he cant back up on his own word

But what holds him to his word?

The fact that he is God .
unaffected by desire or lust
both of which most commonly lead to a derailment from an objective

So what if there happens to be a conflict of ideals, and he has to break one of his own laws
Hypothetical situation
If he has to, will he be able to break his own laws?

Well i would say that there are laws with their own different levels of significance by which He would go by but on top, I would suppose there is just one law.
Justice
and around that ..all the other laws revolve

Exactly.
That is what I was waiting for
Justice

Letting out.

hey.

hey

sup?

Lots.

for once eh?

not the usually nothing much or the ..the usual

lol

are you free to think about something right now?

sort of

would you rather be -blunt and straight forward- or -selfless and mean it-?

former

acha?

i just wasnt sometime ago.

but i thought, that if i would be blunt, something that you like so much currently, could either last forever or end very awkwardly

but if i was, lets say more

honest, selfless ..

i could, knowing my capabilties, bear not knowing exactly, but having the strongest trust in someone either way

i trust people

too easily

i'm also very forgiving

but you betray my trust just once

and i can turn into a mean selfish destructive monster

but while the trust lasts. Is it worth not knowing the truth?

in a way

yes

in a way?

what way?

sometimes not knowing is better

So what extent would you be willing to go to with not knowing

would you take it for granted?

would you love despite it?

it depends

if there is an itch

an itch regarding trust

i'd still love but i'd want to know

nah dude... no itch at all

then i wouldn't bother at all

family fools

khekhekhe

self pwnage

lol..what?

my friend mistyped family fools

instead of family friends

in a blog which the said family friends can read

he claims he mistyped it

friends..fools...friends ..fools ..friends...fools..

i dont see the connection

meh nvm

haha dude blogs can suck

but sometimes i guess they can kick ass too.

when you want to let things out. And no one to stop you while your at it

Hello

Why are you doing this?

Is that your reply? You do not need a reply from me. Respects should be given. A value should not be compromised. Our morals mean more than anything. But why here, you know we're not alone. I know that perfectly.

You insanity is being let out. Secrets have been kept in me. But your letting out what you never have. Nah, I'm merely entrusting it with someone, besides only one more will find out. But why is this necessary? Because some things need to be let out. But you've never before, Why now? Why it? Her. Not it. We made it clear she would not be made one of them.

Whats so special? I don't know. You don't know? I think i don't know. Well, you don't know. How can you say that? Because if you did, one of us would know. Alright, I don't know and thats whats been clouding me. It has, whats this about? You know who its about. You said the same thing about the songs. And they were.

So what happened there? It'll take time Im not sure i have. Talk to the sky king about time. The sky king shouldn't be involved. Why not. I wouldn't think so. You think? Therefore I am.

Who are you? In the past 24 hours? Sure, for the time being. Ive been a star. A star? A shooting star! You mean a comet. I've saw the depths of the universe, and I climbed all the heights. And what did you find? My eyes closed. Or it was dark? And I felt there was nothing. Oh but there was. And I was nothing. But you were somewhere. I wasn't there.

Without yourself, what were you? I was alone. You're barely ever alone. I was alone. You probably got lost. When I'm alone, I don't know. It scares you when you don't know. What worries me is if I should know. Obviously she wants someone to know. But shes getting nothing out of it. Your Starting to feel cold.

People don't put themselves in pain for no reason. You shouldn't worry. WHY THE HELL NOT. When have I not worried?

You'll have to dance. I don't care if i have to dance. It doesn't really depend on you. I want to know. But you don't have to answer something you don't want to either. So, sure.

Did you let it know? I think I have.

I wonder what shes been thinking

A Taxi Drivers Stand

Its a big road, but not much population around. Had to wait before I could see a Taxi cross by. And when a few did, they were already full. Walking ahead a bit, I waved my hand out to an empty one.

'How much are you going to take till Clifton park? '

'100. '

'Its not that far. How about 80?'

'We'll see. Sit'

So I sat.

I could have caught a bus. Would have taken just around 14 Rs.

It was early June 2007. Not long after May 12, the day some areas of Karachi turned violent with street gun battles at the arrival of the -on trial- Cheif Justice Iftekhar Chaudhry of the supreme court and a major MQM rally the same day.

I like conversation.

'So you must travel to all parts of the city, here everything is usually calm. Whats the situation in other places?'

'Its pretty much like they're two groups now. Its very tense. There are some who support Altaf Hussein (Leader of the MQM) and then there are those who support Imran Khan'

Imran Khan. A Cricketer turned politician, he had been strictly critical of the MQM and vowed to take legal action against the party for carrying out the violence on May 12. He supports the Chief Justice in his bid to regain his seat, making it very dangerous for himself to come to Karachi.

Funny. This was the first time I'd heard someone mention Imran Khan as someone with large public support for his politics. His party has only one seat in the National Assembly, and that of Imran Khan himself. Maybe I shouldn't be surprised, the driver looked pathan, just like Imran Khan himself.

'Really? Imran Khan?'

'People are getting tired of Altaf Hussein. They're beginning to rise up against him. Hes an evil man, he sits in his nice house in England, while his own party workers and others die here'

'Then why the mass support. I saw his rally on TV, and he did get quite a gathering'

'Those people are all poor. They're bribed. They were offerng 1500 rupees for every person who showed up.'

I had heard that before, and not only about MQM rallies.

'That is how the MQM works. They pay people who are jobless and poor to do their dirty deeds. People are offered money in the hundred thousands to murder someone on their behalf. I was offered 200,000. I didnt take it. Why should I murder a man I don't know?'

I agreed, pushing him to continue.

'They told me hes a very bad man, and has done lots of wrong things. I asked them if hes so bad why don't you kill him yourselves? Nah, I cant kill a man, even if he has done something wrong, I'm killing the bread earner of a family. What if he has a sick mother. If I kill him, his wife and kids could be left with no means of sustenance. There are so many reasons I cant commit murder no matter how much they give me.'

He looked pessimistic. Or maybe it was pity.

'Everyones giving bribes these days. If they are, I cant trust them. Once i picked up a woman from Malir and as soon as we were about to get going two guys on a motor cycle came up to me. They told me that women is a whore, and that I should kick her out of my taxi. She pleaded to let her stay in the taxi and that she wasn't a whore. Then they offered me cash to tell her to get out of my taxi. I told them "it doesn't matter to me what she is. All I know is she is my customer and she came into my taxi. That means I'm going to drop her where she tells me to" and with that I drove away.
'Anyway, then I asked the woman why these men were after her. She told me that her husband was murdered recently, and she had come here to take his savings out of a bank. She said these men knew about the money and were after it. This money was all her family had to live on. I felt really sorry for her.
'Once we got to her house, she told me to stay outside till she went in and had locked the door. She was afraid those men might come again and attack her.'

By now I'm sure he was expressing sorrow

'You did the right thing. You had nothing to do with whatever she was'

And with that, the silence.

'Here's the park'

'Yea, just go ahead a bit and drop me on the left.'

When he stopped the car, I gave him the hundred he had asked for earlier and telling him to take care of himself I got off.



The park had a historical terrace, with some Mughal architecture. The Emperor Jehangir used to come here and look into the Arabian sea. His empire was growing. What was he thinking?

As the sun was setting, the limestone gave a glow. People from far off in the city come here now and relax in the grounds. Their city is getting dangerous. What are they thinking?

Wake Up

*Blink* *blink*

The sand blows out of my hand.
It goes beyond my reach
And it spreads beyond my abilities to recollect.

wake up

Standing up, I look for something.
What am I looking for?

*Pigeons rumble on my bedroom window air conditioner*

WAKE UP

*Rubbing my eyes*

What am I looking for?

I've woken up. I'm far from what I was looking for.

Tock tick

2:30 AM

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Tick tock

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