Suhoor - Swiss Muesli+nuts+raisins+banana with milk and water. Husband had wholemeal toast with rice pudding and chai. Dates, water and almonds.
Iftaar - Keema samosas, baked meat balls and vegs on skewers, dates, carrot and cucumber sticks, honey melon, spinach pakoras, chai and water.
Dinner - Chicken briyani, lamb chinese herbal soup, began ka burta (fried mash aubergine) and beef rendang.
The above menu were for both days hence the variety and amount!
Was sitting and reading the English translation of both Surahs Yusuf and Maryam. Surah Yusuf narrates the story of Prophet Jacob (Yakob) and his 12 sons, one of whom was also a prophet and the main character in the surah whose name is Joseph (Yusuf). It is a proper story and if anyone asks you to tell a story, this would be a nice one. This is what I did when jaanu asked me to tell him a story at bedtime...it became too long a story for him :)... but it was interesting.
Surah Maryam tells of short excerpts of the different prophets before Jesus (pbuh) and how people treated them. It started with the story of how Zakariah prayed to God for a son and God answered his prayers by giving him a son called John although it was known that he is old and his wife is old and barren. John went on to become a pious and holy child and grew up to be a holy man. Then it went on to tell of the prophets of old (of which i cannot remember at the moment) and then ended by telling how Maryam a pious and chaste virgin was told by the Angel Gabriel (Jibrail) that she would bear a child called Jesus (Isa) although no man will and have touch her. It then narrates how the pregnant Maryam went off by her own into the desert where she gave birth to Jesus in an oasis where God provided for her a palm tree to hold on to and from where ripe dates fell for her to eat. By and by Maryam went back to her village carrying the baby Jesus who defended his mother Maryam by speaking as a baby to the public.
May Allah bless and accept our fast.
Iftaar - Keema samosas, baked meat balls and vegs on skewers, dates, carrot and cucumber sticks, honey melon, spinach pakoras, chai and water.
Dinner - Chicken briyani, lamb chinese herbal soup, began ka burta (fried mash aubergine) and beef rendang.
The above menu were for both days hence the variety and amount!
Was sitting and reading the English translation of both Surahs Yusuf and Maryam. Surah Yusuf narrates the story of Prophet Jacob (Yakob) and his 12 sons, one of whom was also a prophet and the main character in the surah whose name is Joseph (Yusuf). It is a proper story and if anyone asks you to tell a story, this would be a nice one. This is what I did when jaanu asked me to tell him a story at bedtime...it became too long a story for him :)... but it was interesting.
Surah Maryam tells of short excerpts of the different prophets before Jesus (pbuh) and how people treated them. It started with the story of how Zakariah prayed to God for a son and God answered his prayers by giving him a son called John although it was known that he is old and his wife is old and barren. John went on to become a pious and holy child and grew up to be a holy man. Then it went on to tell of the prophets of old (of which i cannot remember at the moment) and then ended by telling how Maryam a pious and chaste virgin was told by the Angel Gabriel (Jibrail) that she would bear a child called Jesus (Isa) although no man will and have touch her. It then narrates how the pregnant Maryam went off by her own into the desert where she gave birth to Jesus in an oasis where God provided for her a palm tree to hold on to and from where ripe dates fell for her to eat. By and by Maryam went back to her village carrying the baby Jesus who defended his mother Maryam by speaking as a baby to the public.
May Allah bless and accept our fast.
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