Sea, Earth, and Sky

Cross Swords

إِنَّ الَّذِي فَرَضَ عَلَيْكَ الْقُرْآنَ لَرَادُّكَ إِلَى مَعَادٍ قُل رَّبِّي أَعْلَمُ مَن جَاء بِالْهُدَى وَمَنْ هُوَ فِي ضَلَالٍ مُّبِينٍ 28:85
28:85 Indeed, He Who Imposed Upon you the Quran Responds to You as Promised (Will Take You Back as Appointed; Repeats you (Resurrects you as Promised); Say, "He (swt) Knows who comes to Him Guided and who is in Obvious Error/Clearly Lost."

مَّنِ اهْتَدَى فَإِنَّمَا يَهْتَدي لِنَفْسِهِ وَمَن ضَلَّ فَإِنَّمَا يَضِلُّ عَلَيْهَا وَلاَ تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَى وَمَا كُنَّا مُعَذِّبِينَ حَتَّى نَبْعَثَ رَسُولاً 17:15
Whomsoever is guided, indeed he is guided for his own good, and whomsoever strays, indeed strays to his own loss; and no bearer of burdens is made to bear another's burden; and We do not Torment/Punish unless We Send/Raise a Messenger.

قُلْ كُلٌّ يَعْمَلُ عَلَى شَاكِلَتِهِ فَرَبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ هُوَ أَهْدَى سَبِيلاً 17:84
17:84 Say: "Each (person) acts/does things in their own peculiar/particular/specific way (manner); but (know that) Your Sustainer Knows which among them is on the Right (Straight) Path (Correct Guidance)."

لِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ جَعَلْنَا مَنسَكًا هُمْ نَاسِكُوهُ فَلَا يُنَازِعُنَّكَ فِي الْأَمْرِ وَادْعُ إِلَى رَبِّكَ إِنَّكَ لَعَلَى هُدًى مُّسْتَقِيمٍ 22:67
22:67 For Every (Each) Nation We Appointed Religious Rites they must follow; so do not let them dispute with you in the matter; and pray to your Sustainer (Call on God) that you are Guided on the Right Path (Straight Way)

وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ جَعَلْنَا مَنسَكًا لِيَذْكُرُوا اسْمَ اللَّهِ عَلَى مَا رَزَقَهُم مِّن بَهِيمَةِ الْأَنْعَامِ فَإِلَهُكُمْ إِلَهٌ وَاحِدٌ فَلَهُ أَسْلِمُوا وَبَشِّرِ الْمُخْبِتِينَ 22:34
22:34 And for Every (Each) Nation We Have Appointed a Religious Rite (Ceremonial Manner) by which to Pronounce/Remember God's name over what He Provides/Blesses them with of Beasts and Cattle; and your God is One God so Follow/Submit to Him; and give glad tidings to the humble/unassuming/respectful.

Micelles, 'Gravicells', And Passels

There is a fundamental problem with non-native speakers translating a text (I am just as guilty as all the rest I am sure) and that is their need to rely on anecdotal or historic evidence to decode parts that pose difficulties. ***

Take for example the word 'tbt' in Sign 111:1 which is by all published accounts rendered as Perish! or Damn! when the word for such is 'taab'. I suppose part of the conflict is having to admit that no one really knows at the time what is meant by it so they have to think of something or there will be a gaping hole of not having it make any sense otherwise; which only makes things all the more difficult to understand.

I suffer from no such delusion of feeling the need for things to make sense and that's why I go with what is Written whether I understand it or not (I am also very comfortable with not worrying about what others might discover about the large body of missing knowledge I have amassed over the years, either).

So I will keep TBT as it stands and TB as is, since there are no readily meaningful terms in the Google tools Arab-English translator. In my mind I think TBT is tributyltin and TB is tuberculosis.

TBT is an environmental toxin, that while is regulated is still found in the ocean and marine life, soil and groundwater, and has been identified as a possible link to obesity in the human population.

The leading Sign 111:1 may be alluding to a crystal growth (as when forming micelles for drug delivery methods; or surfactants) or some other substitution nomenclature I am not particularly aware of these days.

So, I am just going to throw this out there to see what you think. (with transliteration)


111 Surah Lahab (Blaze/Inferno, a moniker for the Prophet's unkind uncle)
تَبَّتْ يَدَا أَبِي لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ 111:1
tbt yada abi lhabn wa tb

tbt=TBT (acronyms: tributyltin (a biocide), tetrabutyl titanate, tres basse tension, tres basse temperature, Turn-By-Turn, technology based training)

yada=n. hand, (ar. synonyms: supervision, ingenuity, side, line, control, something 'khalid'==adj. deathless, outstanding, undying, imperishable, perrenial, timeless, immortal; adv. eternally), factor, clockwise, writing, index, coffee, manpower, hand; ar. v. sent, hand assisted, hand delivered, gives/given)

abi= n. father, dad (varient; father of =the source of something; similar to 'mother of' being a way to say 'the epitomy of something')

lhab= n. flame/glow; v. inflame, inspire/move, blaze, reanimate, thrill (alternatively, the color: reddish-orange)

wa= conj. and, while; prep. with
tb = TB (acronyms: tuberculosis, tuberculin, throttle body, True Bearing, triple buffering)

111:1 tributyltin gives the source of flame/blaze/reddish
orange color with tuberculosis

111:1 very low voltage/very low temperature controls the source of the glow while true bearing (magnetically aligned true north/ measured in relation to geographic points on the Earth's surface, rather than to points of magnetic attraction/or not relative as a value and corrected for all error factors)

مَا أَغْنَى عَنْهُ مَالُهُ وَمَا كَسَبَ 111:2ma a'ghna 'aanhu malahu wa ma ksab

ma= pron. what

a'ghna= adj. better-off/at an advantage, richer

'aanhu= adv. on account of; prep. owing to; conj. because, for (hu==his)

malahu= his money/exchange/currency/frequency/rate (speed, tempo, pace, time, velocity, charge), his wealth, his belongings, his possessions/properties

wa= conj. and, while; prep. with

ma= pron. what

k.sab= n. gaining, winning, earning, obtaining, acquisition, acquiring, gain, profit; v. gain, get something off one's hands, win, prize, profit, earn, get, harvest,reap, attain, acquire, obtain

111:2 what better-off/richer on account of his properties
and what gain/profit?

111:2 what richer/more productive/fuller
owing to his rate/currency/frequency with what gain (signal input to output ratio)

سَيَصْلَى نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ 111:3
s.yassli naran ththata lhabin

the letter s+word (will...)

yasli v. reach

narn n. fire, flame, light/luminosity/radiance/glow/illumination, heat, flare

ththat n. self, person, object; adj. one, related to , associated with;

lhab=n. flame; v. inflame, inspire/arouse/produce/move, blaze, reanimate, thrill (alternatively, the color: reddish-orange)

111:3 until reaching a fire/heat/light related to
/associated with a flame/reddish orange color

111:3 will reach a glow/luminosity object arousing/producing (possibly
reddish-orange color)

وَامْرَأَتُهُ حَمَّالَةَ الْحَطَبِ 111:4
wa amratahu hhamalat alhhattab

wa= conj. and, while; prep. with

amra'tu= his woman, his wife; (ie female coupler/recessive counterpart)

hhamalet= n. porter, roustabout; v. carries, is carrying

alhhatb=n. firewood, firing, wood/covert=hidden/secret/stealthy; v. chop, hew, log

111:4 and/while his female coupler/counterpart carries/porters the firewood(ie., fuel/energy source)

111:4 while the female coupler (engineering; recessive part designed to receive projecting part) carries the covert/hidden/secret/stealthy


فِي جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِّن مَّسَدٍ 111:5
fi jaiydiha hhblan min mmased

fi= adv. thereof; prep. in, among, at, on, during, within,by

jayidiha= her+ n. neck (ie, narrow part), prime; adj. good, perfect, pretty, kindly; adv. well, fully

hhabln=n. pregnancy==significance, rope, bond (see bond woman), cord, tether, fall/drop, twist/coil; v. inseminate, rope

min= prep.from, of; conj. than; pron. who, whoever, whom, whosoever/whatsoever

m.sad= m (that which) + n. embankment, occlusion, obduracy, barrage, dam, dike, stem, weir, floodgate, closeness; v. bung, close, shut, bar, block, clog, lock, seal, mure, foul, fill, congest, wad, tamp, stop up, stop, stuff, plug, pack, occlude, obdurate

111:5 in/within/by her neck (narrow part) a cord/tether/bond of (whatsoever)mures==encloses or walls (him/TB) in ...

ie.thereby isolating TB

111:5 within her narrow part/good/perfect coil of/from that which seals/plugs/is obdurate/rigid/intransigent (probably a very low temp/very low voltage directional coupler or similar device)

I would have just stopped at this point, thinking I probably got my point across, were it not for my primal fascination with GPS and what a great tool it is for doing the really phun stuph like tay-al-ard (folding space-time, as it is now called).

111:1 Turn-by-Turn (timeless/immortal) clockwise/writing/index/line/factor the source of movement/eternal reanimation while True Bearing

111:2 What an Advantage owing to His speed/tempo/pace/time/velocity/charge While Gaining

111:3 He Will Reach, Light/ Heat One/ Self-Related to Reanimation/Moving

111:4 And His (wife)/Recessive Counterpart Carries a Hidden/Secret (occult?)

111:5 In Her Prime Significance of that Bar==SI unit of Pressure cm/g/sec N/cm2/Tablet (Source of Inscription, small computer)/Seal

This last rendering is most directly associated with GPS (although the mention of reanimation may be a nod to Resurrection) which utilizes/rate/distance (rel. to speed+time...)/North Reference (often can choose between‘Auto’ /True North/Magnetic North/Grid North/User North) other factors such as distance, speed, elevation/magnetic declination; lines of longitude/latitude (meridians/parallels); Latitude/longitude ruler is usually divided into degrees/minutes/seconds.
Bearing is measured clockwise from True North or Magnetic North;

Hidden table or tablet could be referring to the Ephemeris/ a table of predicted satellite orbital locations.
At this point, I realize I am preaching to the choir, since You (Dear) must have had all this figured out over 4 years ago (by my reckoning, and having arrived at this conclusion at my own glacial pace).
But did You happen to catch 'Gravicells,' the Art Installation by Seiko Mikami? Apparently it's been on exhibit in one venue or another around the world since 2004. It looks to be a great large scale interactive experience where the human body (that of the observer) is used as the resistive force (counter) to Gravity (which the Artist calls 'the 6th Consciousness').
I chanced on the Gravicells website while searching similarities between geological rock folds and space folds, which got me thinking what effect the human body has on folding space-time or vice versa.
The rest of this discourse relating gravity and passels ( large number or amount or extent) will appear 'above the fold.'

***Author's Note: ...since now I know You read them. I don't have to be 100% right since We are just describing a Method here; We leave it to your fancy English speaking Russian computers to get it all Right.

Aliens, Metaphors, And Mystery

If those 'aliens' look to be invitingly familiar, I'd like to posit some reasons as to why....

36 Ya-Sin (Ya-Seen)

وَآيَةٌ لَّهُمْ أَنَّا حَمَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ فِي الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُونِ 36:41

36:41 And (Our) Signs for them (are) that We bear their offspring ( ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ primarily means their offspring; if broken down to ذُرِّيَّ تَهُمْ can mean 'atomic charges' and a tertiary meaning is 'their accusers') in laden (charged/burdened/held back..) 'orbitting ships' الْفُلْكِ (orbits/ships/orbitting ships)

36 Ya-Sin (Ya-Seen)

وَخَلَقْنَا لَهُم مِّن مِّثْلِهِ مَا يَرْكَبُونَ 36:42

36:42 and We create for them (whose 'offspring' we bear in الْفُلْكِ , see 36:41 above) similar (metaphorical) things on which they ride (ie, like ships, cars, etc.)

45 Al-Jathiya (The Kneeling)

وَسَخَّرَ لَكُم مَّا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا مِّنْهُ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لَّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ 45:13

45:13 And He has made subservient (of benefit, at your disposal) to you, all that is in the heavens and on earth, altogether from Himself: in this, indeed, there are messages for people who think!

71 Nuh (Noah)

وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا 71:14

71:14 ... and how He has created you in stages?

71 Nuh (Noah)

وَاللَّهُ أَنبَتَكُم مِّنَ الْأَرْضِ نَبَاتًا 71:17

71:17 And God has caused you to arise (grow) out of the earth in [gradual] development (to evolve)

48 Al-Fath (Victory)

48:4 هُوَ الَّذِي أَنزَلَ السَّكِينَةَ فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لِيَزْدَادُوا إِيمَانًا مَّعَ إِيمَانِهِمْ وَلِلَّهِ جُنُودُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا

48:4 He it is Who sent tranquillity( السَّكِينَةَ pronounce al-sakina; primary meaning tranquility, serenity, Nirvana; if broken down to al-sak- ina may mean 'the one who drove here' or 'the one who drove us'; if broken down to al - sikina may mean 'the knife' and given the similarity in Asian characters for 'knife' /'sword'/'strength' and 'power'...Hebrew Tav=Final/Last/End/Seal; I see now why it is best to remain vague) into the hearts of the Believers, that they may add faith to their faith; for to God belong the Forces (Soldiers) of the heavens and the earth; and God is Full of Knowledge and Wisdom.

New World View

Despite all that's happened I find the one thing I resent more than not being treated equitably is being Censored...One can always say this is all 'experimental fiction.' I mean is it news to you that God put everything in your hands and all you can think to do is set fire to each other?

Think Different

Now, your turn--pick your favorite subject and help Us make You a Vortex Engine!

Life After Death

What follows is the Faith-Based answer to the niggling question, Is there Life after Death? You don't have to look far for the synopsis of the scientific argument. There also appears to be a first hand account of a life after death experience in the Maxie Time diary.

Life After Death
Resurrection In The Old Testament

Job 14:14-15

If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, til my change come. Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee; thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

Job 19:25-27

I know that my redeemer lives, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

Psalm 17:15

As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

Isaiah 25:8

He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces.

Isaiah 26:19

Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

Daniel 12:2

And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

Hosea 13:14

I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O Death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction.

Resurrection In The New Testament

1 Corinthians 15 (New International Version)

The Resurrection of Christ

1 Corinthians 15:3-8
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance; that Christ died…
that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures
and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve.
After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.
Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,
and last of all he appeared to me…

The Resurrection of the Dead

1 Corinthians 15:12-15

But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.

And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.

More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised.

The Resurrection Body

1 Corinthians 15:35-37

But someone may ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?"

How foolish! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.

When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just a seed…

1 Corinthians 15:51-53

Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—
in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.

Resurrection In The Quran

Al-Baqara (The Cow) 2:259

Or [art thou of the same mind] as he who passed by a town deserted by its people, with its roofs caved in, [and] said, "How could God bring all this back to life after its death?" Thereupon God caused him to be dead for a hundred years; where after He brought him back to life [and] said: "How long hast thou remained thus?" He answered: "I have remained thus a day, or part of a day." Said [God]: "Nay, but thou hast remained thus for a hundred years! But look at thy food and thy drink-untouched is it by the passing of years ....And [We did all this so that We might make thee a symbol unto men. And look at the bones [of animals and men] - how We put them together and then clothe them with flesh!" And when [all this] became clear to him, he said: "I know [now] that God has the power to will anything!"

Al-An'am (The Cattle) 6:36

Only they who listen can respond to a call; and as for the dead, God can raise them from the dead, whereupon unto Him they shall return.

Al-A'raf (The Heights) 7:57

And He it is who sends forth the winds as a glad tiding of His coming grace-so that, when they have brought heavy clouds, We may drive them towards dead land and cause thereby water to descend; and by this means do We cause all manner of fruit to come forth. Even thus shall We cause the dead to come forth: [and this] you ought to keep in mind.

Hud (The Prophet Hud) 11:7

And He it is who has created the heavens and the earth in six aeons; and [ever since He has willed to create life,] the throne of His almightiness has rested upon water. In order to test you which of you is best in conduct. For thus it is: if thou sayest, "Behold, you shall be raised again after death!" - they who are bent on denying the truth are sure to answer, "This is clearly nothing but an enchanting delusion"

Abraham 14:48

On the day when the earth will be changed to another earth, and the heavens (also will be changed) and they will come forth before God, the One, the Almighty (the Conqueror) .

An-Nahl (The Bee) 16:38

As it is, they swear by God with their most solemn oaths, "Never will God raise from the dead anyone who has died!" Yea indeed! [This very thing has God promised] by a promise which He has willed upon Himself; but most people know it not.

Al-Isra (The Journey by Night) 17:50

Say: [You will be raised from the dead even though] you be stones or iron

Al-Isra (The Journey by Night) 17:52

on a Day when God will call you, and you will answer by praising Him, thinking all the while that you have tarried [on earth] but a little while.

Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) 22:5

O MEN! If you are in doubt as to the resurrection verily, We have created [every one of] you out of dust, then out of a drop of sperm, then out of that which clings, then out of an embryonic lump complete] and yet incom­plete so that We might make clear unto you. And whatever We will We cause to rest in the wombs for a term set [by Us], and then We bring you forth as infants and so that you might attain to maturity: for among you are such as are caused to die, just as many a one of you is reduced in old age to a most abject state, ceasing to know anything of what he once knew so well. And thou canst see the earth dry and lifeless - and when We send down waters upon it, it stirs and swells and puts forth every kind of lovely plant!

Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) 22:6-7

All this [happens] because God alone is the Ultimate Truth, and because He alone brings the dead to life, and because He has the power to will anything.

And that the Last Hour is bound to come, beyond any doubt, and that God will resurrect all who are in their graves.

Al-Furqan 25:47

And God it is who makes the night a garment for you and sleep a rest, and causes every day to be a resurrection.

An-Naml (The Ants) 27:65

Say: “None in the heavens or on earth knows the hidden reality [of anything that exists: none knows it] save God.” And neither can they [who are living] perceive when they shall be raised from the dead

Ar-Rum (The Romans) 30:19

He brings forth the living out of that which is dead, and brings forth the dead out of that which is alive, and gives life to the earth after it had been lifeless: and even thus will you be brought forth.

Luqman 31:28

Your creation (of you all) is like that of a single soul; for God is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.

Fatir (The Originator of Creation) 35:9

AND it is God who sends forth the winds, so that they raise a cloud, whereupon We drive it towards dead land and thereby give life to the earth after it had been lifeless: even thus shall resur­rection be!

يس Ya-Siin 36:12

Verily, We shall indeed bring the dead back to life; and We shall record whatever they have sent ahead, and the traces which they have left behind: for of all things do We take account in a record clear.

يس Ya-Siin 36:51-52

And the trumpet will be blown - and lo! out of their graves towards their Sustainer will they all rush forth!

They will say: “Oh, woe unto us! Who has roused us from our sleep [of death]?” [Whereupon they will be told:] “This is what the Most Gracious has promised! And His message-bearers spoke the truth!”

Fussilat (Explained in Detail) 41:39

For among His signs is this: thou seest the earth lying desolate - and lo! when We send down water upon it, it stirs and swells! Verily, He who brings it to life can surely give life to the dead: for, behold, He has the power to will anything.

ق Qaf 50:11

as sustenance appor­tioned to men; and by [all] this We bring dead land to life: [and] even so will be [man’s] coming-forth from death.

Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) 75:3-4

Does man think that We cannot bring his bones together again?

Yea indeed, We are able to make whole his very finger-tips!