#Sura 6

[arabicfornerds]

Shaytan, Satan, Iblis and the Devil: What’s the Difference?

There is a difference between Satan, Iblis, and the Devil in Arabic. Let's analyze the terms and see how to use them.

[pikahlua]

MHA Chapter 406 spoilers translations

This week’s initial tentative super rough/literal translations under the cut.

1 セントラル病院前鎮圧完了！ セントラルびょういんまえちんあつかんりょう！ SENTORARU byouin mae chin'atsu kanryou! "Suppression in front of Central Hospital complete!"

tagline 1 各地の奮戦が希望をつなぐ‼︎ かくちのふんせんがきぼうをつなぐ‼︎ kakuchi no funsen ga kibou wo tsunagu!! The struggles of various places connect hope!!

2 怪我人のトリアージと逮捕者の移送中！ けがにんのトリアージとたいほしゃのいそうちゅう！ keganin no TORIAAJI to taihosha no isouchuu! "Triage of the injured and transport of the arrested in progress!"

3 奥渡島制圧完了‼︎ オクトじませいあつかんりょう‼︎ OKUTO-jima seiatsu kanryou!! "Suppression at Octo Island complete!"

tagline 2 No.406　摑め‼︎おまえの"個性"　堀��耕平 ナンバー406　つかめ‼︎おまえの"こせい"　ほりこしこうへい NANBAA 406  tsukame!! omae no "kosei"   Horikoshi Kouhei No. 406 Grasp*!! Your quirk  Kouhei Horikoshi (*Note: This "grasp" can mean both to literally hold something and to comprehend/wrap one's head around something.)

4 分断作戦決起点制圧完了！ ぶんだんさくせんけっきてんせいあつかんりょう！ bundan sakusen kekkiten seiatsu kanryou! "Suppression of the division strategy's starting point complete!"

5 怪我人の救出継続中！ けがにんのきゅうしゅつけいぞくちゅう！ keganin no kyuushutsu keizokuchuu! "Continued rescue of injured persons in progress!"

6 国立多古場競技場継戦中‼︎ こくりつたこばきょうぎじょうけいせんちゅう‼︎ kokuritsu takoba kyougijou keisenchuu!! "National Takoba Arena continued battle in progress!!"

1 Mr.スケプティック確保！移送中です‼︎ ミスタースケプティックかくほ！いそうちゅうです‼︎ MISUTAA SUKEPUTIKKU kakuho! isouchuu desu!! "Mr. Skeptic secured! His transfer is in progress!!"

2 避難システムによる士傑への避難完了！ ひなんシステムによるしけつへのひなんかんりょう！ hinan SHISUTEMU ni yoru shiketsu e no hinan kanryou! "Evacuation to Shiketsu by way of evacuation system complete!"

3 停止したブロックの避難民保護に出動中！ ていししたブロックのひなんみんほごにしゅつどうちゅう！ teishi shita BUROKKU no hinanmin hogo ni shutsudouchuu! "Dispatch to protect the evacuees of the stopped blocks in progress!"

4 蛇腔病院跡地制圧完了！ じゃくうびょういんあとちせいあつかんりょう！ jakuu byouin atochi seiatsu kanryou! "Suppression of the ruins at Jakuu Hospital complete!"

5 黒霧！イレーザーヘッドとプレゼントマイクと共に消息不明！ くろぎり！イレーザーヘッドとプレゼントマイクとともにしょうそくふめい！ Kurogiri! IREEZAA HEDDO to PURESENTO MAIKU to tomo ni shousoku fumei! "Kurogiri! And Eraser Head and Present Mic with him, whereabouts unknown!"

6 この総力戦は最終的に このそうりょくせんはさいしゅうてきに kono souryokusen wa saishuuteki ni This all-out war will eventually

7 緑谷出久を信じる戦いになる みどりやいずくをしんじるたたかいになる Midoriya Izuku wo shinjiru tatakai ni naru become a battle of believing in Izuku Midoriya. (Note: As per what I wrote in chapter 379, I would probably contextually read lines 6-7 as something like “This all-out war will come down to us trusting in Izuku Midoriya.”)

8 緑谷… みどりや… Midoriya... Midoriya...

9 出久… いずく… Izuku... Izuku...

1 疾い…！ はやい…！ hayai...! "[So] fast...!"

2 あいつは死の間際… あいつはしのまぎわ… aitsu wa shi no magiwa... "That guy was on the verge of death..."

3 瞬間ではあったが… しゅんかんではあったが… shunkan de wa atta ga... "It was [for just] a moment, but..."

4 死柄木すら翻弄する動きを見せた… しがらきすらほんろうするうごきをみせた… Shigaraki sura honrou suru ugoki wo miseta... "He showed movement that made sport of even Shigaraki..."

1-2 あいつは何かを摑みかけている途中だった…！ あいつはなにかをつかみかけているとちゅうだった…！ aitsu wa nani ka wo tsukami kakate iru tochuu datta...! "He was in the middle of grasping* something...!" (*Note: Again, this is that word that means "grasp" and "comprehend.")

3 この"副作用"を活かせ この"ふくさよう"をいかせ kono "fukusayou" wo ikase Take advantage of this "side effect"

4 もっと！ motto! more!

5 まだ！もっと‼︎ mada! motto!! Still! More!!

6-7 もういい… mou ii... "Enough..."

8 後にする あとにする ato ni suru "Leave him for later."

1 …いいさ ...ii sa "...It's fine."

2 壊すだけだ何度でも更に こわすだけだなんどでもさらに kowasu dake da nando demo sara ni "I'll just break him however many more times even further."

3 距離を取って"危機感知"で何とか凌いできた きょりをとって"4TH"でなんとかしのいできた kyori wo totte "4TH (kanji: kiki kanchi)" de nan toka shinoi dekita I started to somehow pull through by keeping my distance with the "4th (read as: Danger Sense)."

4 再生＋即死持ち＋前より強化されている肉体にどう対処するか…答えは見つからなかった… さいせい＋そくしもち＋まえよりきょうかされているにくたいにどうたいしょするか…こたえはみつからなかった… saisei + sokushi mochi + mae yori kyouka sarete iru nikutai ni dou taisho suru ka...kotae wa mitsukaranakatta... As for how to deal with his regeneration + instant death[-inflicting ability] + his body strengthened more than it was before...I couldn't find an answer...

5 "変速"は発動したら最後…発動時間に関わらず切った途端反動で体が動かなくなる "2ND"ははつどうしたらさいご…はつどうじかんにかかわらずきったとたんはんどうでからだがうごかなくなる "2ND (kanji: hensoku)" wa hatsudou shitara saigo...hatsudou jikan ni kakawarazu kitta totan handou de karada ga ugokanaku naru If I activate the "2nd (read as: Gear Shift)," it'll be the last time... Regardless of the time for which it's activated, as soon as it's turned off, my body will stop moving due to the immediate recoil.

6 発動した以上は… はつどうしたいじょうは… hatsudou shita ijou wa... Now that I've activated it...

7 今度こそ最後ーーー… こんどこそさいごーーー… kondo koso saigo---... "This time is the last---..."

1 更に さらに sara ni Go

1 向こうへ むこうへ mukou e beyond

1 まだ mada "Am I still"

small text 更に向こうへってか さらにむこうへってか sara ni mukou e tte ka "[They] say 'Go beyond,' right?"

2 モブか…！ MOBU ka...! "an extra...?!"

3 エンデヴァーや"黒影"程の圧力も無い エンデヴァーや"ダークシャドウ"ほどのあつりょくもない ENDEVAA ya "DAAKU SHADOU" hodo no atsuryoku mo nai It's not as much pressure as with those like Endeavor and Dark Shadow.

4 後にすればいい あとにす��ばいい ato ni sureba ii It's fine to leave him for later.

5 オールマイトと比ぶべくもない オールマイトとくらぶべくもない OORU MAITO to kurabu beku mo nai He can't compare to All Might.

6 これ以上　巻き戻しを進行させてまで係う程の価値も これいじょう　まきもどしをしんこうさせてまでかかずらうほどのかちも kore ijou makimodoshi wo shinkou sasete made kakazurau hodo no kachi mo To let the rewind proceed more than this, there's no value

7 意味も いみも imi mo nor meaning

8 縁も えにしも nor connection* (*Note: This is the same word All Might uses in chapter 396 to refer to a connection between him and Dave in the USA; it's a word that refers to some mysterious force such as destiny that binds two people together.)

9-10 あの石塊にはない あのいしころにはない ano ishikoro ni wa nai!! in it with that pebble!!

(Note: For speech bubbles 6-10, you could combine them all together into something more cohesive like this: "There's no value or meaning or connection with that pebble to merit letting him rewind me any more than this!!" And yes, Katsuki is the "pebble," which is a reference back to chapter 7 when Katsuki called Izuku a "pebble in his path.")

1 わかってきた wakatte kita I've come to understand.

2 痛みだ いたみだ itami da It's pain.

3 掌に溜めた汗粒が てのひらにためたあせつぶが tenohira ni tameta asetsubu ga [The pain of] the beads of sweat that collected on my palms

4 全身を駆け巡��る痛み ぜんしんをかけめぐるいたみ zenshin wo kakemeguru itami running through my entire body,

5 吹き出る痛み ふきでるいたみ fukideru itami pain that spouts* out, (Note: This word to describe the pain can mean: "gush out, spout out, spurt out" but it can also mean "send out shoots" like for plant roots. I feel like that description is relevant given the imagery we see on this page. Considering the next line, I think he's referring to pain that erupts from different individual points on his body.)

6-7 その位置間隔！ そのいちかんかく！ sono ichi kankaku! and the space between those positions! (Note: He's talking about recognizing the physical space between the different points of pain on his body.)

8 痛みで摑め いたみでつかめ itami de tsukame Grasp* it with pain, (Note: Again, this is that word that means "grasp" in the sense of "comprehend.")

9 誘爆のタイミング！ ゆうばくのタイミング！ yuubaku no TAIMINGU! the timing of the secondary explosions! (Note: I think he's saying he can predict when and where the little explosions that surround his body will happen by paying attention to the locations of the pains on his body and thus he can utilize those explosions too.)

1 何なんだ なんなんだ nan nanda What is this?

2 痛ったァハハハ疾っ いったァハハハはやっ ittaAHAHAHA haya "It hurts-A-HAHAHA so fast!" (Note: Yes, he's breaking into maniacal laughter at the end of his words. Also a fun phonetic bonus: the Japanese word for "so fast" here is "haya," so he's saying "hahaha-haya!" He sounds battle-crazy, or just plain crazy.)

3 すぎて止まんねえ〜〜〜‼︎ すぎてやまんねえ〜〜〜‼︎ sugite yamannee~~~!! "Too fast, can't sto~o~o~p!!"

4 何なんだこいつは なんなんだこいつは nan nanda koitsu wa What's with this guy?

1 なぁ　出久　俺まだおまえに追いつけるかな なぁ　いずく　おれまだおまえにおいつけるかな naa Izuku ore mada omai ni oitsukeru ka na Hey, Izuku, can I still catch up to you?

2 なんでだろうなあ nande darou naa I wonder why?

3 なんか今追い越せる気がする なんかいまおいこせるきがする nanka ima oikoseru ki ga suru I feel like I can surpass [you] now.

4 あんた… anta... "Honey..."

5 勝己が…！ かつきが…！ Katsuki ga...! "Katsuki is...!"

6 ダメだ…見れないよ…‼︎だって相手は… ダメだ…みれないよ…‼︎だってあいては… DAME da...mirenai yo...!! datte aite wa... "No...I can't watch...!! Because his opponent is..."

7 見なきゃ… みなきゃ… minakya... "We have to watch..."

8 だって…！ datte...! "because...!"

1 だってあの子きっと だってあのこきっと datte ano ko kitto "Because that child is surely"

2 いつもみたいに笑ってる筈だから…！ いつもみたいにわらってるはずだから…！ itsumo mitai ni waratteru hazu dakara...! "smiling like he always does...!"

3 さっきから…！何故この石塊に さっきから…！なぜこのいしころに sakki kara...! naze kono ishikoro ni Since a while ago...! Why is this pebble...?

4 何故僕はオールマイト以上の なぜぼくはオールマイトいじょうの naze boku wa OORU MAITO ijou no Why am I...even more than with All Might...? (Note: The verb at the end of the sentence is cut off here making this sound awkward in English. He's basically wondering how Katsuki is irritating him even more than All Might did.)

1 そうだ… 似ている そうだ… にている sou da...nite iru That's it...he resembles [that guy].

2 与一ならもういないぞ魔王… よいちならもういないぞまおう… Yoichi nara mou inai zo maou... If it's Yoichi [you're looking for], he's already gone, Demon King...

3 おまえが殺したんだ おまえがころしたんだ omae ga koroshitanda Because you killed him.

4 憎しみを宿した事で鮮明に蘇る… にくしみをやどしたことでせんめいによみがえる… nikushimi wo yadoshita koto de senmei ni yomigaeru... By harboring hatred, I recall it clearly...

5 そうだ　こいつだ…こいつだったのだ sou da koitsu da...koitsu datta no da That's it, it's this guy... It was this guy.

1-3 こいつが手を差し伸べなければ こいつがてをさしのべなければ koitsu ga te wo sashinobenakereba If this guy hadn't reached out his hand...

4-5 僕が最も憎いのは ぼくがもっともにくいのは boku ga motto mo nikui no wa What I hate most of all is...

1 おまえのせいだ駆藤‼︎ おまえのせいだくどう‼︎ omae no sei da Kudou!! "It's because of you, Kudou!!" (Note: Because of the order of words in Japanese, you can also read this like the end to the last sentence on the previous page: "What I hate most of all is YOU [Kudou].")

2 ボケが来たかよ‼︎ ボケがきたかよ‼︎ BOKE ga kita ka yo!! "So an old geezer is here!!" (Note: This is the same grammar as All Might's "I am here!")

3 俺ァ爆豪のかっちゃんだバァアカ！ おれァばくごうのかっちゃんだバァアカ！ oreA Bakugou no Kacchan da BAAAKA! "I'm Kacchan of the Bakugou clan*, moron!" (*Note: "Bakugou no Kacchan" literally means "Kacchan of Bakugou/Kacchan of the Bakugous," but the grammar is an archaic style from before Japan's family registration system created family names in the late 1800's. The structure would read as "[Name] of the [clan name]." The literal word "clan" does not appear in the sentence above, but I've included it to get the archaic style to make sense in English. I should also mention that it's possible Katsuki is introducing himself here as "Kacchan" as an insult to AFO's intelligence. Like, "Oh you're a little kid/senile old man? My real name's probably too difficult for you. Here, call me Kacchan, dumbass.")

tagline 今、世界が少年を見る‼︎ いま、せかいがしょうねんをみる‼︎ ima, sekai ga shounen wo miru!! Now, the world sees the young man!!

[project-sekai-facts]

which producers have the most songs in game overall, the most songs with a Sekai cover, and the most commissions in game?

DECO*27 has the most songs in the game, with 10 (or 13 if you count songs he was the lyricist for). Notable mentions would be Giga (9) and PinocchioP (8).

mothy has the most vsinger only songs with 7, one of which is a commission.

Deco has the record for most covers but only if you include Odo, which he wrote the lyrics for. That gives him 6, but if you don't count it, then he has 5 and is tied with 40mP and Eve.

unsurprisingly, Deco also has the most comms, with 4, those being needLe, SEKAI, Salamander, and Journey (he was only the lyricist on SEKAI). Mitchie M and Giga both have 3 (Wah Wah World for both, Idol Shin'eitai and Tokugawa Cup Noodle Kinshirei for Mitchie M, Ready Steady and the currently untitled VBS 3rd anni image song for Giga).

Multiple producers have been commissioned twice, here's a list:

PinnochioP - Sekai wa Mada Hajimatte sura Inai and Cosmospice

kemu - SEKAI and 88☆彡

sasakure.UK - TONDEMO-WONDERZ and ÅMARA (Dai Mirai Dennou)

kinoshita - Glory Steady Go! and Be The MUSIC!

HoneyWorks - Hurray and Teammate

40mP - Color of Drops and Hoshi o Tsunagu

JIN - Stella and NEO

Hachioji-P - RAD DOGS and the currently untitled high difficulty comm for 3rd anni

halyosy - Flyway and I'm Mine

toa - IDSMILE and Twilight Light

OSTER Project has techinically been commissioned twice since she was the arranger on magic number, although she didn't produce the song itself.

[mewmewbakery151]

Furret loves Kieran

My favorite fact is that Furret is 6 feet long so Furret could devour little baby Kieran

Artist:  @suraelis

Challenge: Pokemon Teal Mask

[h0bg0blin-meat]

Umm Hellooo,

So I was wondering are there any canon children of Mitra dev and Varuna dev or Agni dev and Soma dev.

Also I love absolutely anything you post here it makes my day ☺️

Omg hiii Im so flattered thank youuu

Okay so they do have canon children

Mitra-Varuna's offspring - Agastya and Vasistha

2. Mitra-Revati's children - Utsarga, Arishta and Pippala

3. Varuna had many kids too - Srutayudha, Pushkara, Sushena, Bala, Sura, Andharmaka, Dakshasavarni Manu, Varuni (goddess of wine, and yes, she is sometimes separated from her Varunani form), Bhrigu (sometimes) etc.

4. Agni-Svaha's children - Pavaka, Pavamana, Suchi. In the Devi Bhagavat Puran, the names are different. They are Dakshinam, Garhapatyam and Ahavaniyam.

5. Agni has other kids too - Nila, Agneya, Draupadi, Drishtadhumnya, Bhrigu, Subrahmanya, (Ekata, Dvita, Trita from water), and Skanda (initially).

6. So with Soma, if we consider him as a separate deity from Chandra, then I'm not really sure, because at that time he was rather a bachelor ladies-man. But if we synonymize him with Chandra then....

7. Chandra-Manohara's children - Varchas, Shishira, Prana, Ramana

8. Chandra-Tara's offspring - Budh

9. He also has a daughter called Jyotsnakali.

[siofra-river]

Ok i feel like i don’t explain the valentine lore enough so here it is.

THE Valentine-056 post!

She was born on November 1st, 2510 (Age 50 as of the year halo infinite takes place) on the planet Jericho VII. She was kidnapped by ONI and placed into the Spartan 2 when she was 7. She’s 7’ft 2” (218.44 cm) outside the armor and 7’5” (226.06 cm) inside the armor.

She’s been in many battles, including the battle against the Insurrection group Freedom League who had set up resistance on her homeplanet, which at the time the visit was…bittersweet. During the fall of Reach, she was with the Red team splinter group Team Delta as they secured CASTLE base. She helped with Operation First Strike, after Master Chief returned to Reach to find any survivors. After that, she returned to Earth to help fight off the Covenant invasion. During the invasion of Earth she was sent to Sydney, Australia to help fight covenant forces and to keep important members of the UEG. She was almost sent to Africa, until they started glassing it. Post Covenant war, she is in charge of a Fireteam working with ONI sector 3 Beta-3 division and Delta-6 division to find and recover alien technologies and occasionally capture of eliminate important targets. Her team , Fireteam Vaquero consists of her, a Swords of Sanghelios member named Rusa ‘Sura, a Spartan IV named Oscar Meer, a Spartan III Gamma Named Esmeralda Miro, A pilot Named Lee Brady and his ship’s smart AI Frank (FRK-1259-4), and the teams medic & xenobiologist Anya Fung. While on a mission to recover old covenant technologies, she found a Huragok named Lingers Above, which has become an unofficial member of her team as well, refusing the leave her side for long when she’s not in a mission.

As she’s began the interact with more people outside of a very stressful war zone she’s realized how strange and unhealthy some of her upbringing was. Not the full extent of it all, but a degree of it. The reason why she wears all her piercings is as a small form of self representation and to help her form a bit of identity outside being a Spartan, she’s experimented with different piercings and haircuts before, including dyeing her hair which went gray early as a result of both stress and family genetics(she started going gray around 25). She is a gay man, and after the war had toyed around with the idea of a relationship, but unlimitedly decided herself too busy and too inexperienced, the only relationship she had was a short unnamed fling with Jorge-052, a few years before he died on reach, she still silently mourns for him.

While not a natural born leader, through the Spartan II training and Human-Covenant war she was taught how to assume that position. She has the outward disposition of a cool and collected head but be riled up somewhat easily compared to other Spartans. She’s very stubborn and has a strong will but has begrudgingly learned how to be flexible, no matter how much it may annoy her. A trait she has that sets her apart from the other Spartan II is the frequency in which she takes off her helmet and how much she talks, she uses that to help bond with her teammates. She doesn’t really care about how the people at ONI perceive her, but to the UNSC personnel she works with and alongside, she doesn’t want to be seen as just a large killing machine. The weapon she has the most interest in using during something like a wargame is the Gravity Hammer, but the weapon she ends up using the most is the DMR.

[my-islam-reminder]

Narrated `Umar bin Al-Khattab رضی اللہ عنہ :

I heard Hisham bin Hakim رضی اللہ عنہ reciting Surat-al-Furqan during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), I listened to his recitation and noticed that he was reciting in a way that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had not taught me. I was about to jump over him while He was still in prayer, but I waited patiently and when he finished his prayer, I put my sheet round his neck (and pulled him) and said, "Who has taught you this Sura which I have heard you reciting?" Hisham said, "Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) taught it to me." I said, "You are telling a lie, for he taught it to me in a way different from the way you have recited it!" Then I started leading (dragged) him to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said (to the Prophet), " I have heard this man reciting Surat-al- Furqan in a way that you have not taught me." The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "(O `Umar) release him! Recite, O Hisham." Hisham recited in the way I heard him reciting. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "It was revealed like this." Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Recite, O `Umar!" I recited in the way he had taught me, whereupon he said, "It was revealed like this," and added, "The Qur'an has been revealed to be recited in seven different ways, so recite of it whichever is easy for you ." (See Hadith No. 514, Vol. 6)

Narrated by Sahih Bukhari in his bookImam Bukhari

Hadith (Sahih)

[questionsonislam]

What difference is there between jihad and war?

Most people recall war as far as jihad is concerned whereas the words jihad and war are not synonymous. Jihad is more extensive than war. Although the war made for Allahs (SWT) sake is jihad, not every jihad is war. In the Holy Quran, the words harp and kital, and the words, which are derived from these two words, are used to suggest the armed clash between two sides.

We can consider the difference between jihad and war:

a- The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) as the first person to receive the verse, O (most illustrious) Prophet! Strive hard against the Unbelievers and the Hypocrites (in the way required by time and conditions) and be stern at them (At-Taubah Surah, 9:73; At-Tahrim Surah, 66:9), fought disbelievers with his sword while he did not unsheathe his sword against the hypocrites. Muhammads (PBUH) jihad against them had become to advise and persuade them into the truth

b- It is also possible to see the difference between jihad and war in the verse, (But We have willed instead that you are the last Messenger whose mission is universal.) So pay no heed to (the desires of) the unbelievers, but engage in a mighty striving against them by means of it (the Quran). (Al-Furqan Surah, 25:52) The thing implied with It is the Quran as expressed in most of the Quranic interpretations. (3) It is evident that the jihad made with the Quran is not a war but a struggle in the direction of persuasion.

c- There are verses that mention jihad in the Mecca era of Islam when wars were not ordered. For example,

Those (on the other hand) who strive hard for Our sake, We will most certainly guide them to Our ways (that We have established to lead them to salvation) (Al-Ankabut Surah, 29:69)

Yet surely your Lord turns with favor to those who emigrate after they have been subjected to persecutions (because of their faith) and thereafter exert themselves in Gods cause and endure with patience (whatever befalls them) – indeed, in return for such (good deeds) your Lord is All-Forgiving, All-Compassionate. (An-Nahl Surah, 16:110) The Suras (Chapters) that include these verses came down when believers were still in Mecca.

d- That most of prophets did not personally fight shows the difference between jihad and war. (6) Doubtlessly, every prophet made his jihad. However, not every prophet made a war.

[kali-lamb]

Kalii what are the genders of all your kids TwT

1 Salt - Genderfuild 2 Sirno - Girl 3 Sura - Boy 4 Serrina - Girl 5 Silos - Boy 6 Shaymin - ? 7 Ivan - Boy

[summahsunlight]

The Light of a Thousand Stars, Ch. 6

Rating: T

Word Count: 2437

Pairing: Poe/Skywalker!OC

Summary: Commander Dameron and Black Squadron’s continued search for Lor San Tekka brings them closer and closer to danger and exposing the First Order as a sinister threat. A new pilot on the team threatens their tight dynamic and although Poe is trying to desperately keep them together, he knows that at some point Evelyn and Kaleb are going to have to go their separate ways–to find their father and bring him back to the Resistance. Sequel to We Belong to the Stars.

Finally getting around to updating my fics!

"Are you allowed to be seen with me now that your girlfriend isn't hanging around?"

Poe straightened his shoulders. The implication by Suralinda that he was controlled by Evelyn was somewhat unnerving. "I just came to see how you were doing."

Suralinda smiled at him, sarcastically. "I've been regulated to janitorial duties--you tell me how I'm doing, Commander." She pushed her cleaning bucket away with the tip of her boot. "I'd be doing better if I could actually pilot something."

He shook his head. "You know why you can't."

She scowled at him. "I've seen how depleted your ranks are, Dameron. You need me."

"Nobody trusts you, Sura. I can't put you in a cockpit if no one trusts you."

"Do you trust me, Poe?"

Poe stalled; he knew that he shouldn't trust her after what happened on Pheryon, especially since she so easily put Evelyn's life in danger, but there was all their history flying together before that. He couldn't just forget about all the times she did have his back. "It doesn't matter what I think," he said, softly. "Final say comes from the General."

Suralinda sighed, angrily. "Which means I'll never do anything more than push a mop around this place. Sad, because if you had just come alone like I had asked of you, and not brought the Jedi princess along--I might have been able to gain the General's trust eventually." 

He bristled, unable to cover up his protective nature of Evelyn or his anger. "That Jedi princess is essential to the survival of the galaxy; without her we might all be imprisoned at First Order labor camps for the rest of our lives," Poe snapped. "I don't know about you, but that's a future I don't want to be a part of."

"Did I strike a nerve?"

"Yeah. You did."

"Realize that girl could slice you in half with a lightsaber."

"Sure. But I'm not worried; she hasn't used it in so long."

Narrowing her eyes, Suralinda stared at him. This intrigued her; a force user as powerful as Evelyn that didn't use her lightsaber. She had not encountered very many Jedi in her life time, mainly because they had been wiped out by the Empire, but she knew how much they did cherish their weapon. "Why not?"

Poe took a step back and leaned against a bulkhead, recalling Kaleb coaxing Evelyn to let him have her saber--after he and Poe had stumbled upon her attempting to dismantle it and destroy it.  "Hasn't used it since the Knights of Ren killed all the Jedi on Yavin."

Suralinda felt some anger melt away. It had been right before she mustered out of the Navy, but she'd seen the intel holos, the death and destruction--she had been told just like everyone else to keep their mouth shut and that it was a band of pirates looting the old temples that slaughtered the Jedi. What a load of shit that had been. "That was almost six years ago."

"To her, it might as well have been yesterday," he responded.

"Lucky for us she had the weapon on Pheryon," she said.

It was lucky for them; but Poe had noticed Evelyn carrying the weapon long before they had traveled to Pheryon. He just knew that you didn't talk about it with her. "Maybe it was some instinct she had to bring it with her."

Brow furrowed, Suralinda glanced at him. He knew more than he was letting on; she had already pressed him enough--for today at least. As luck would have it anyways, he was being paged to report to the command center. "Sounds like the General's got a mission for you."

Poe would be surprised by that since they had not assigned a replacement pilot for while Evelyn was away. "Sounds like it. See ya around."

Suralinda frowned as he turned his back and walked away. "See ya around, Dameron."

****

Evelyn always preferred the challenge of flying a ship like the Falcon over her aunt's state of the art yacht. However, the bunks were much more comfortable and the cockpit wasn't as cramped. 

C3P-O certainly didn't whine as much on the Mirror Bright. 

Kaleb was the one doing the most whining that Leia had sent the protocol droid along with the Skywalker siblings. "Tell me again why you're here, Threepio?"

"Princess Leia thought I might be able to help you translate any ancient Jedi texts."

"Our dad taught us that."

"Then the princess must not have been aware that Master Luke had already instructed you in those skills."

"Probably not; the Jedi wasn't a subject of conversation when Aunt Leia and Uncle Han came to visit. But we're looking for Dad, not Jedi texts."

"I am not sure why the princess sent me with you then."

"Neither am I, Threepio. Which is why I asked in the first place!"

Laughing to herself, Evelyn eyed the navicomputer. Unlike Poe, her brother always deferred to letting her fly; according to Kaleb she was the better pilot after all. She made an adjustment and turned in her chair towards her brother and the protocol droid. "We should be pulling out of hyperspace in about fifteen minutes. Maybe you can make yourself useful, Threepio and tell us a little bit about the planet."

Kaleb threw her a look as C-3PO launched into a history lecture. "Of course, Mistress Evelyn! Jedha is actually a moon, known for it's natural abundance of kybor crystal--which is the entire reason that the Jedi--and then eventually the Empire--took interest in it. I do believe that since the destruction of the Holy City by the Empire, the moon has remained vastly unpopulated. Not many survived the destruction, sadly. It wiped out any religions that still followed the teachings of the Jedi and the Force."

Evelyn leaned back, recalling something her father had once taught her. "The Guardians of the Whilis?"

Threepio enthusiastically acknowledged her. "Yes! One of the religions anyways, there were also followers of the Church of the Force in the Holy City. Again, many of them were killed when the Empire destroyed the city with the Death Star."

"Didn't know the Death Star could just destroy cities."

"Grand Moff Tarkin was just waiting for the more opportune time to demonstrate it's full fire power."

"Hmmm...Alderaan was indeed a bigger statement."

"I have traveled to Jedha before," Threepio stated, matter-of-factly.

"You did?" Evelyn and Kaleb asked at the same time.

"Yes, with Master Luke, Captain Solo, and Princess Leia. We went to convince fighters to join the Alliance."

Beeping from the navicomputer pulled Evelyn's attention away from the conversation and back to piloting the Mirror Bright. She guided the ship down to the surface of the moon, touching down just outside of the massive crater that once was the Holy City. Shutting the engines down, Evelyn stared at the destruction the Death Star had once caused. The reign of terror didn't stop at Jedha, the Imperial base on Scarif, Alderran...and it didn't stop with the death of the Empire, Sela had warned just before Ben's fall to the dark side. 

Kaleb unlatched his safety harness and climbed out of the co-pilot's chair. He pat his sister on the shoulder; he too also remembered what their mother had told them. Sela had known that the First Order was a threat, she'd always known they were a threat--a separate fraction amongst the most evil of the Imperial leaders. Before her death, she was anxious that her warnings were going unheeded. She was right. "Let's go take a look around," he whispered.

Evelyn followed suit, unlatching her safety harness and following her brother. She stood slightly behind him as he lowered the hatch and ramp; bright sunlight flooded the cabin and she had to shield her eyes, briefly. When they adjusted to see the barren landscape before her, she muttered, "Not much to look at."

"That's because you're used to the vegetation of D'Qar."

"You'd rather live in a desert?"

"I'd rather not stand here and debate it."

"Fine."

Leading the way, Kaleb headed down the ramp and they in the opposite direction of the massive crater left behind by the Death Star. The maps they had suggested that there might be ruins of a temple nearby. Peering down the edge of steep hill, Kaleb looked over his shoulder at Evelyn and C-3PO. "You might want to sit this one out, Threepio--looks pretty treacherous."

Threepio glanced at Evelyn and then back at Kaleb. "I was under orders from Princess Leia to help you. I assure you Master Kaleb, I will not slow down your descent into the canyon. I have been to this planet before."

Kaleb shrugged. "Okay, suit yourself, but one wrong step and you could be nothing more than a pile of parts at the bottom of this canyon."

Evelyn peeked over the edge herself. "A pile of parts that will not be salvageable." 

"I think I will stay with the ship," C-3PO stated.

"Good idea," Kaleb replied with a faint smile. "Come on, Evie."

"We'll be back," Evelyn told the droid before the two Jedi carefully began the descent into the canyon.

In what felt like another lifetime ago, Luke had taken a very young Kaleb and Evelyn on a similar trip--to the canyons back on Tatooine. Sela had not been thrilled with the idea that her husband was taking her children hiking in dangerous canyons, but Kaleb recalled Luke assuring his wife that he'd grown up in those canyons and everything would be fine--Evelyn had come home with a scraped knee.

At the age of five she hadn't been very agile. A far contrast to now, as she adeptly navigated the rocks and ledges inside the canyon they were hiking down. Scrape knees were the least of their concerns right now. Desperation among the Resistance was mounting as spies revealed more and more First Order plans, strongholds, and the rumors circulating about the weapon of mass destruction they were building.

Kaleb made it to be bottom of the canyon first, turning to see if he his sister needed any assistance. As her feet hit the sandy, dusty bottom of the canyon, something screamed at him through the Force.

There was barely time to react as the steal clad knight emerged from behind the rock. Evelyn, not opened to the Force, startled and it was just the right amount of time the dark side user needed to slash his sword across her abdomen. She managed to unlatch and ignite her lightsaber, but the strenuous swing of the blade that followed barely made a dent on the Knight of Ren's armor. 

"Hey!" Kaleb shouted, snapping his own lightsaber to life. He reached out and called Evelyn's weapon to his free hand. "Get away from her!"

Turning towards him, the knight charged and swung his massive blade at the young Jedi. Kaleb met the blow with his lightsaber, throwing out Evelyn's lightsaber in an attempt to cut off the warrior's legs.  To his surprise the Knight of Ren was quick and pulled his blade away from his, meeting the blow he had thrown out with Evelyn's. 

Pushing his blade down onto Kaleb's, the knight attempted to push the Jedi backwards, to throw Kaleb off balance and the pressure it caused nearly snapped his arm.  Quickly Kaleb pulled Evelyn's blade back and slashed at the Knight of Ren's head with both lightsabers.  The massive dark warrior threw his blade horizontally into the air, meeting the two weapons head on. In order to ward off the latest onslaught, Kaleb pushed upwards, hitting the knight in square in the chest with his knee. 

Stumbling away from Kaleb, the knight cursed. Kaleb clutched both weapons in his hand, knowing that this was far from over. Force, he wished he had Evelyn on his side right now. He was strong, but he wasn't sure he was strong enough to fight the Knight of Ren on his own. However, not wearing heavy metal armor gave Kaleb a slight advantage. He was much nimble in a fight without it and could easily keep up the attack. He was wearing the knight down--and both of them knew it. "Tired yet?" the Jedi mocked. 

“Jedi brat,” the knight hissed, raising his sword.  “My brothers should have killed you five years ago--I will finish the job now!”  The massive knight crouched down into a defensive position, his eyes narrowing on Kaleb's face, unaware that Evelyn was moving behind him.

Kaleb however saw his sister.  “I had other plans besides dying that night--your brothers should have made sure I was good and dead before leaving me behind in that jungle. Not my fault they're that stupid.”  He was happy to see the knight bristle with rage, moving in to lunge at the young Jedi.  Kaleb struck first, swinging his lightsaber out forcing the warrior to meet his blow.  As the weapons crashed together, the lightsaber screaming and squealing against the metal of the sword, Kaleb snapped,” And I'm not about to let you easily finish the job now."

Out of the corner of his eye, Kaleb could see Evelyn get to her feet, her hand reaching out and he let go of her blade.  It soared through the air towards her open palm, startling the knight. Kaleb didn't hesitate, he stretched out to his sister and they connected, two minds becoming one.

The Knight of Ren was overwhelmed.  While he would have been able to fight each of the Skywalker siblings on his own fairly well, he was not prepared for the coordination of Kaleb and Evelyn's attack.  He found himself stumbling and blocking more than striking, something that he was not used to.  Kaleb would throw one blow at him and pull back leaving room for Evelyn to throw a blow.  They had backed the Knight of Ren into the rocky wall of the canyon.

In a futile attempt to escape, the knight swung the hilt of his sword at Kaleb, catching him in the Temple.  The young man screamed in pain as the blade cut into the thin, tender skin and stumbled backwards.  Confident that he was only facing Evelyn now the knight went to pull back his weapon and attack, when he felt something hot pierce his stomach. 

With a grunt Evelyn pulled her lightsaber from the Knight of Ren's stomach. The dark side warrior stared at the young woman with lifeless red eyes through the slit in his helmet, clutching his stomach as he fell over, dead.

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MHA Chapter 410 spoilers translations

This week’s initial tentative super rough/literal translations under the cut.

1 あと少し進むだけだ あとすこしすすむだけだ ato sukoshi susumu dake da Just advance a little farther.

2 僕の"個性"を弔に譲渡するんだ ぼくの"こせい"をとむらにじょうとするんだ boku no "kosei" wo Tomura ni jouto surunda I will transfer my quirk to Tomura.

3 呑まれたであろう"向こうの僕"を強化しあの最凶の心と体を再び支配する のまれたであろう"むこうのぼく"をきょうかしあのさいきょうのこころとからだをふたたびしはいする nomareta de arou "mukou no boku" wo kyouka shi ano saikyou no kokoro to karada wo futatabi shihai suru Strengthen the me on the other side who would have been swallowed up and again take control of that heart and body of ultimate evil.

4 弔の様子からして"向こうの僕"はあの切札を切る事なくやられたに違いない とむらのようすからして"むこうのぼく"はあのカードをきることなくやられたにちがいない Tomura no yousu kara shite "mukou no boku" wa ano KAADO (kanji: kirifuda) wo kiru koto naku yarareta ni chigainai From Tomura's appearance, the me on the other side must have been defeated without playing that trump card.

5 まだ勝機はある まだしょうきはある mada shouki wa aru There's still a chance to win.

6 弔の支配できればOFAを"奪える" とむらのしはいできればワン・フォー・オールを"うばえる" Tomura no shihai dekireba WAN FOO OORU wo "ubaeru" If I can take control of Tomura, I can steal One For All.

7 お前がいなきゃだめなんだよ おまえがいなきゃだめなんだよ omae ga inakya dame nanda yo I need you.

8 嫌な事のほうがずうっと覚えているだろう？ いやなことのほうがずうっとおぼえているだろう？ iya na koto no hou ga zuutoo oboete iru darou? The things you hate you always remember better, right?

9 だから人の未来を阻むんだ だからひとのみらいをはばむんだ dakara hito no mirai wo habamunda That's why I obstructed people's futures.

10 与一 よいち Yoichi Yoichi,

11 僕は ぼくは boku wa I

12 皆に みんなに minna ni [want] everyone

13 ずうっと zuutto to keep

14 見ていてほしいんだ みていてほしいんだ mite ite hoshiinda watching [me].

tagline AFOその目的の為に… オール・フォー・ワンそのもくてきのために… OORU FOO WAN sono mokuteki no tame ni... All For One, for that purpose...

1 あと少しー… あとすこしー… ato sukoshi-... Just a little farther-...

tagline No.410　さらば！オール・フィー・ワン　堀越耕平 ナンバー410　さらば！オール・フィー・ワン　ほりこしこうへい NANBAA 410  saraba! OORU FOO WAN   Horikoshi Kouhei No. 410 Farewell! All For One  Kouhei Horikoshi

2 まだ… mada... "You still..."

3 消えねーのかよ… きえねーのかよ… kienee no ka yo... "haven't disappeared yet, huh..."

1 ガボッ GABO "Bwagh!"

2 寒ィ…！ さみィ…！ samiI...! It's cold...!

3 力が入ンねぇ…！ ちからがはいンねぇ…！ chikara ga haiNnee...! I don't have any strength...!

4-5 立ってらんねえ たってらんねえ tatterannee I can't stand.

6 どけ‼︎ doke!! Out of the way!!

7 あアアアア!!! aAAAA!!! "Aaaaah!!!"

8 もう言葉すら失ってる もうことばすらうしなってる mou kotoba sura ushinatteru You've already lost words even.

9 生まれたてだ 死にかけだ shi ni kake da (kanji: umaretate) da You're about to die (read as: You're newly born).

10 大丈夫だ… だいじょうぶだ… daijoubu da... It's all right...

11 放っておいても消える ほうっておいてもきえる houtte oitemo kieru Even if I leave you alone, you'll disappear.

1 倒れねーってのはクソ強ェだろ たおれねーってのはクソつえェだろ taorenee tte no wa KUSO tsueE daro Those who don't fall over are damn strong.

2 っぶねぇ……！ bbunee......! "Close one......!"

3 完全に勝たねーと かんぜんにかたねーと kanzen ni katanee to "Must have a complete victory,"

4 なァ⁉︎ naA!? "right!?"

1 ホギャア（来るな‼︎） ホギャア（くるな‼︎） HOGYAA (kuruna!!) "Uwagh (Stay back!!)"

2 オネンネの時間だAFO オネンネのじかんだオール・フォー・ワン ONENNE no jikan da OORU FOO WAN "It's time for beddy-bye, All For One."

3 嫌だ いやだ iya da No.

4 感情に支配されていたんだ かんじょうにしはいされていたんだ kanjou ni shihai sarete itanda I was controlled by my emotions.

5 こんなの僕じゃない…‼︎ こんなのぼくじゃない…‼︎ konna no boku ja nai...!! This isn't like me...!!

6 嫌だ いやだ iya da No.

1 嫌だ嫌だ嫌だ嫌だ嫌だ嫌だ嫌だ嫌だ嫌だ嫌だ嫌だ嫌だ嫌だ嫌だ嫌だ嫌だ嫌だ嫌だ いやだいやだいやだいやだいやだいやだいやだいやだいやだいやだいやだいやだいやだいやだいやだいやだいやだいやだ iya da iya da iya da iya da iya da iya da iya da iya da iya da iya da iya da iya da iya da iya da iya da iya da iya da iya da NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

2 憎い憎い憎い憎い憎い憎い憎い憎い憎い憎い憎い憎い憎い憎い憎い憎い憎い憎い にくいにくいにくいにくいにくいにくいにくいにくいにくいにくいにくいにくいにくいにくいにくいにくいにくいにくい nikui nikui nikui nikui nikui nikui nikui nikui nikui nikui nikui nikui nikui nikui nikui nikui nikui nikui HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE

3 奪われた因子が うばわれたいんしが ubawareta inshi ga The stolen factors

4 持ち主の元へ戻るーー… もちぬしのもとへもどるーー… mochinushi no moto e modoru--... return to their owners--...

1 ーーなんてサービス --nante SAABISU --that would be nice. (Note: The word "SAABISU (service)" here is a generic word for an extra service done for a customer. For example: a free dessert on the house at a restaurant.)

2 あるわけないか aru wake nai ka That isn't possible though.

1 ああ aa Ah.

2 くっそ kusso Crap.

3-4 オールマイトのスタンディングしたかったのに OORU MAITO no SUTANDINGU shitakatta noni [And here] I wanted to do All Might's standing [pose].

5 出久 いずく Izuku Izuku,

6 頑張れよ がんばれよ ganbare yo do your best. (Note: This can also mean "good luck," but I went with "do your best" because of what Izuku says to Katsuki about how his "Deku" means "ganbare" in Deku vs Kacchan, Part 1.)

1 開戦数日前 かいせんすうじつまえ kaisen suujitsumae A few days before the start of the battle...

2 死柄木は必ず雄英敷地内で討つ しがらきはかならずゆうえいしきちないでうつ Shigaraki wa kanarazu yuuei shikichinai de utsu "We must defeat Shigaraki within the UA grounds."

3 決して地上にダテ落ちさせてはならん けっしてちじょうにダテおちさせてはならん kesshite chijou ni DATEochi sasete wa naran "We must never let him fall from grace* to the ground." (*Note: Jeanist is using a word that means something to the effect of "elegant fall" for which I cannot think of an English word.)

4 地上だと蛇腔戦のように我々が圧倒的不利だからですよね… ちじょうだとじゃくうせんのようにわれわれがあっとうてきふりだからですよね… chijou da to jakuu sen no you ni wareware ga attouteki furi dakara desu yo ne... "Because if we're on the ground, we'll be at a huge disadvantage like at the Jakuu battle, right..."

small text in bubble 何回も聞きました なんかいもききました nankai mo kikimashita "I heard that many times."

small text out of bubble ぜってージーパン言葉だろ「ダテ落ち」 ぜってージーパンことばだろ「ダテおち」 zettee JIIPAN kotoba daro 「DATEochi」 "That's definitely a Denim Face* word, 'fall from grace.'" (*Note: Literally the nickname Katsuki uses here is "Jii-Pan" for "jeans-pants." "Denim Face" is one of the official translations of this nickname.)

5 いや意思統一の話だ いやいしとういつのはなしだ iya ishi touitsu no hanashi da "No, this conversation is about our unity of will,"

6 "何を守るか"という事 "なにをまもるか"ということ "nani wo mamoru ka" to iu koto "about what we will protect."

7 一帯の避難は徹底してるよ建物を守ろうってこと？ いったいのひなんはてっていしてるよたてものをまもろうってこと？ ittai no hinan wa tettei shiteru yo tatemono wo mamorou tte koto? "The whole area is thoroughly evacuated, so is this about protecting the buildings?"

8 建造物の損壊は最早考慮している余裕はな��� けんぞうぶつのそんかいはもはやこうりょしているよゆうはない kenzoubutsu no sonkai wa mohaya kouryo shite iru yoyuu wa nai "We no longer can afford to consider damage to the buildings."

9 神野区を荼毘戦に設定した時点で度外視していると言っていい カミノくをだびせんにせっていしたじてんでどがいししているといっていい KAMINO-ku wo Dabi sen ni settei shita jiten de dogaishi shite iru to itte ii "At the moment they set the Dabi battle at Kamino Ward, one could say to disregard [such concerns]."

10 我々は人命を未来を第一に行動する われわれはじんめいをみらいをだいいちにこうどうする wareware wa jinmen wo mirai wo daiichi ni koudou suru "We will act with human life and the future put first."

1 前置きいいから！ まえおきいいから！ maeoki ii kara! "We get it! [So then what?]"

2 死柄木の人格的混乱が問題だ…AFO寄りならまだ良い しがらきのじんかくてきこんらんがもんだいだ…オール・フォー・ワンよりならまだいい Shigaraki no jinkakuteki konran ga mondai da...OORU FOO WAN yori nara mada ii "Shigaraki's confused personality is the problem... It would still be better if [his personality] was closer to All For One's,"

3 支配は被支配者あってのものだからな しはいはひしはいしゃあってのものだからな shihai wa hishihaisha atte no mono dakara na "because control is a thing that only exists if there is a controlled person."

4 だから死柄木寄りの場合…それだけに留まらないのではないか だからしがらきよりのばあい…それだけにとどまらないのではないか dakara Shigaraki yori no baai...sore dake ni todomaranai node wa nai ka "So in the case where [his personality] is close to Shigaraki's...it might not stay as just that."

5-6 力と憎悪が醸成された今奴の破壊願望が土地そのものに向かう可能性がある ちからとぞうおがじょうせいされたいまやつのはかいがんぼうがとちそのものにむかうかのうせいがある chikara to zouo ga jousei sareta ima yatsu no hakai ganbou ga tochi sono mono ni mukau kanousei ga aru "Now that his power and hatred have been cultivated, there's a possibility that his desire for destruction will turn towards the land itself."

7 勝った先の話 かったさきのはなし katta saki no hanashi "This is a conversation about after we've won."

8 踏ん張るにも ふんばるにも funbaru ni mo "No matter how we persist,

9 這い上がるにも はいあがるにも haiagaru ni mo "no matter what we overcome,"

10 土台なくして成り立たない どだいなくしてなりたたない dodai naku shite naritatanai "we cannot stand without a foundation."

11 我々が守るものはーーー われわれがまもるものはーーー wareware ga mamoru mono wa--- "What we will protect is---"

1 避難所 ひなんじょ hinan-jo Evacuation shelter

2 ああ…家が ああ…いえが aa...ie ga "Ah...our house,"

3 ジィさんの代から継いできた畑が… ジィさんのだいからついできたはたけが… JII-san no dai kara tsuide kita hatake ga... "the farmland we came to inherit since Grandfather's generation..."

4 出久… いずく… Izuku... "Izuku..."

5 「崩壊」を"面"じゃなく 「ほうかい」を"めん"じゃなく 「houkai wo」 "men" ja naku "I'll [direct] Decay not to the 'surface'"

6 "深さ"に向かわせる "ふかさ"にむかわせる "fukasa" ni mukawaseru "but to the 'depths.'"

7 すると静岡の一部が一瞬でなくなっちまうワケだ するとしずおかのいちぶがいっしゅんでなくなっちまうワケだ suru to Shizuoka no ichibu ga isshun de nakunacchimau WAKE da "Then part of Shizuoka will disappear in an instant."

1 国土約37万8000km² こくどやく37まん8000km² kokudo yaku 37man 8000km² "The territory is approximately 378,000 km²."

2 今の俺なら一週間もありゃ水平線に変えられる いまのおれならいっしゅうかんもありゃすいへいせんにかえられる ima no ore nara isshuukan mo arya suiheisen ni kaerareru "If it were me as of now, I could turn it into a watery horizon in a week's time."

3 再興の芽も残さない さいこうのめものこさない saikou no me mo nokosanai "I wouldn't leave behind even a bud for revival."

4 「全ての崩壊」ってのァ…そういうことさ 「すべてのほうかい」ってのァ…そういうことさ 「subete no houkai」 tte noA...sou iu koto sa "The decay of everything... That's what it would mean."

1 「変速」と「発勁」「危機感知」を併用すればさっきまでと違って攻勢に出られる…！早く止める糸口を… 「２nd」と「３rd」「４th」をへいようすればさっきまでとちがってこうせいにでられる…！はやくとめるいとぐちを… 「2nd (kanji: hensoku)」 to 「3rd (kanji: hakkei)」 「4th (kanji: kiki kanchi)」 wo heiyou sureba sakki made to chigatte kousei ni derareru...! hayaku tomeru itoguchi wo... If I use the 2nd (read as: Gear Shift), 3rd (read as: Fa Jin), and 4th (read as: Danger Sense) together, I can go on the offensive unlike before...! [Find] a clue to stop him quickly...

2 ……先生が死んだな ……せんせいがしんだな ......sensei ga shinda na "......Master died, huh."

3 …ちゃんと壊さなかったからだよ全く… …ちゃんとこわさなかったからだよまったく… ...chanto kowasanakatta kara da yo mattaku... "...Indeed, it's because I didn't destroy him* properly..." (*Note: "Him" refers to Katsuki.)

4 でも…なんだかんだ感謝はしてるな でも…なんだかんだかんしゃはしてるな demo...nandakanda kansha wa shiteru na "But...for some reason I'm grateful."

5 俺を強くしてくれた おれをつよくしてくれた ore wo tsuyoku shite kureta "He did make me stronger."

1 こいつのスピードにも慣れるぐらいには こいつのスピードにもなれるぐらいには koitsu no SUPIIDO ni mo nareru gurai ni wa I'm just getting used to this guy's speed.

2 タッチの差で指をなぎ払うか タッチのさでゆびをなぎはらうか TACCHI no sa de yubi wo nagiharau ka "You'll slash away my fingers in the gap before my touch, huh?"

3 けどーーー kedo--- "But---"

1 小僧‼︎ こぞう‼︎ kozou!! "Boy!!"

2 4代目が…！ 四ノ森さんが…！ Shinomori-san (kanji: yondaime) ga...! "Mr. Shinomori (read as: The Fourth) is...!"

3 "危機感知"が "４th"が "4th (kanji: kiki kanchi)" ga The 4th (read as: Danger Sense) [was]...

4 いつまで itsumade "How long"

5 もつのかね motsu no ka ne "will you last, I wonder."

tagline 万死一生‼︎しかし奪われた"危機感知"‼︎ ばんしいっせい‼︎しかしうばわれた"４th"‼︎ banshi issei!! shikashi ubawareta "4th (kanji: kiki kanchi)"!! A narrow escape from death!! However, the 4th (read as: Danger Sense) was stolen!!

[snowdust64]

『Buriki no Tamasii』 - romaji + Eng translation

Artist: VΔLZ Music: Genzuki Toujirou Lyrics: Kaida Haru Translation by Snowdust64

========== Title means 'tin soul.' Implied pronouns are in brackets with my best guesses. Scroll to bottom for translation notes and a summary of Kaida’s commentary on the song. (I wrote a lot!!) ==========

kawaita hibi no genjitsu ni   shizumi komu kaisō-roku kono sabitsuita ryōashi wa   mada ugoite iru kamiawanai haguruma o   migakiki tsudzuketa hate ni don’na katachi ni natte mo   mata kanau nara

In the reality of these bleak days, a poignant memoir These rusted legs are still moving After grinding mismatched gears against each other No matter what shape it takes, if it can come true again

samenai yume o   mitsudzuketakute boku wa unari o agete kishimu

Wishing I could stay in a dream I never wake from I groan and creak

michishirube nante nai   owari sura mo nai jibun no sugata sae jibun ja mienai tagai no sonzai o tashikame au tame bokura buriki no tamashī o butsuke au

No signposts, no end to it either [We] can’t see [our] own appearances To confirm each other’s existence We’ll collide with our tin souls

hajimari wa onaji demo   erabi toru akogare ga sorezore ni chigau nara   sugata wa kawaru

Even though [our] beginnings are the same, if [our] chosen aspirations are different and unique, [our] appearances will change

soshite mata hitotsu   futatsu   to nanika te ni ireru tabi ni fusagatta te de neji ga makenaku natte iku

And so, each and every time I obtain something With my hands full, it becomes harder to turn the screws

dō shitakatta?   dōsureba ī? sono kotae o mitsukeru tame ni

What did [I] want to do? What should [I] do? To find that answer

ikisaki wa wakaranai   oshiete kurenai mayoikomu sekai de kachi o motomeru tagai no sonzai o mitome au tame bokura buriki no tamashī o butsuke au

[I] don’t know where [I’m] headed, and no one will tell [me] Searching for value in this world [we’re] lost in To recognize each other’s existence We’ll collide with our tin souls

garakuta to warau kai?  imasara to warau kai? soretomo matteta to waratte kureru kai furueru karada osaete    mienai ashita o toraete heiretsu no tamashī ga oto o tateru

Are [you] laughing because it’s shoddy?   Are [you] laughing only now? * Or will [you] laugh and say [you’ve] been waiting? Suppress the trembling in [your] body, seize the unseen tomorrow Parallel souls creating sound

mō mayoi nante nai   owari sura mo nai nigiri au kono-te no tashikana ondo anogoro no bokura to chigatte ite mo kamiau buriki no tamashī o shinji au

No more hesitation, no end to it either There’s a definite warmth in these hands that clasp each other Though we are different from what we were back then [We’ll] believe in [our] interlocking tin souls

===== Notes =====

*  Japanese words may be transcribed with different kanji to add subtle connotations. The word for ‘laugh’ is usually written  笑 (wara). However, in this line, it is written as  嗤  and then  哂. The first implies laughing condescendingly. The second is not really in use anymore; I found so little explanation online that I resorted to looking it up in Chinese, which impressed upon me a meaning of laughing at someone. Again, not a very nice kind of laugh. The next line in the lyrics returns to using  笑 – those negative connotations are gone.

I summarized the major talking points in Kaida’s commentary from his stream on 6/7/24. This starts around 40 minutes in the archive and goes on for a half hour.

The first verse represents VΔLZ’s beginnings, when they had a ton of ideas and did this and that without any clear goals. Kaida says back then, without considering his own capacity, he thought “Why not just do everything I want to do?” The mismatched gears are a metaphor for how the members had different ways of doing things, but still tried to keep pace with each other.

“No signposts, but no end to it either” – In VΔLZ’s early days, when they were doing a random mix of everything, there seemed to be no guidance on how to advance as a team. But at the same time, they saw no end to their group activities. Be it positive or negative, there would always be more to come.

“To confirm each other’s existence / We’ll collide with our tin souls” – Kaida explains his philosophy that he can’t determine his own value as an individual, it can only be confirmed by the people around him. In the context of VΔLZ, those people would be Nagao and Genzuki. Likewise, he can exist as live-streamer Kaida Haru only because there is an audience to acknowledge him.

Things made of tin have a reputation of being sort of trashy, but tin is used a lot because it’s resilient and versatile. For example, tin toys can be bashed together without breaking. As a group, VΔLZ butted heads many times, but it never broke them.

The VΔLZ members found their different areas of interest and it became harder to choose unified goals. For example, if Genzuki and Nagao said “Let’s become a unit that only dances!” because they like dancing, Kaida would be uncomfortable, and if Kaida said “Let’s become a unit that only sings!” then Nagao might feel like he was missing out on dancing.

When ROF-MAO first formed, Kaida got so busy that he didn’t have time to think about VΔLZ anymore. His hands were so full, it was all he could do to get through one day at a time. Rather than being sorry that ROF-MAO was taking all his time, it was more like feeling uncertain about what was the right thing to do as a streamer at this point. Since then, he’s gotten better at handling the workload, so it’s fine now.

Kaida, Nagao, and Genzuki had a long, thorough conversation here about what to do as a group, and this became a turning point. Without knowing how Nagao and Genzuki felt, Kaida made peace with the possibility that he would have to invest all his energy in ROF-MAO, and VΔLZ would become a thing on the side that he didn’t take seriously. So he was surprised by his debut-mates’ thoughtful opinions on how the group should go forward. It was a like a new beginning, but also a bit scary. “Acting like VΔLZ only now? This late?” This is expressed in the line, “Are [you] laughing because it’s shoddy? Are [you] laughing only now?” (This is also the line marked for the translation note above.) Kaida was afraid that he would look around one day and realize that their mutual camaraderie had disappeared. It turned out they were all kind and willing to wait for each other.

Looking back, he appreciates the uncertainties and struggles he went through. Everyone grew from the experience. He references a verse from “Shooting Delta” and I’ve copied over that translation: [You’ve] been seeing it all this time The regrets, the frustrations too Because [you’ve] been watching, [I] could stay strong No matter what may lie ahead, [I’ll] be fine You are there by [my] side, after all

[vintagepresley]

*she smiles at john* Now go on to bed. You’re too pretty to have bags under your eyes. Do you need me to come with ya? Your nephew was worried about you being lonely in there, before he tried to fight you that is.

- Surae

Well, no worries in 6 years Walter thinks he’ll be able to take him on in a fight. *she laughs before helping Elvis upstairs.*

[labbaik-ya-hussain-as]

*HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW THE GLORIOUS QUR'AN*

1. How many verses are in Holy Qur’an?

A. 6235

B. 6666.✔

C. 6237

D. 6238

2. How many times is the word ‘Qur’an’ repeated in Holy Qur’an?

A. 67

B. 68

C. 69

D. 70✔

3. Which is the best drink mentioned in Holy Qur’an?

A. Honey

B. Milk✔

C. Water

D. Juice

4. The best eatable thing mentioned in Holy Quran is?

A. Honey✔

B. Milk

C. Water melon

D. Dabino

5. Which is the shortest Sura of Holy Qur’an?

A. Falaq

B. NASS

C. IKLASS

D. KAUSAR✔

6. The most disliked thing by Allah Ta’ala though Halal is?

A. Hajj

B. Divorce✔

C. Marriage

D. Murder

7. Which letter is used the most time in Holy Quran?

A. Wa

B. Ba'un

C. Alif✔

D. Qaf

8. Which letter is used the least in the Holy Qur’an?

A. Zaa✔

B. Maa

C. Taa

D. Laa

9. Which is the biggest animal mentioned in Holy Qur’an?

A. Fish

B. Whale

C. Elephant✔

D. Anaconda

10. Which is the smallest animal mentioned in Holy Qur’an?

A. Fly

B. Mosquito✔

C. Spider

D. Ant

Ans = Mosquito Q.2:26

11. How many words are in the smallest Sura (kausar) of Holy Qur’an?

A. 41

B. 42✔

C. 43

D. 44

12. Which Sura of Holy Quran is called the mother of Qur’an?

A. Baqara

B. Fatiha✔

C. Iklass

D. Yaseen

13. How many Sura start with Al-Hamdulillah?

A. Four

B. Five✔

C. 6ix

D. Se7en

Ans =B. Five; [ Fatihah, Anaam, Kahf, Saba & Fatir ]

14. How many Sura’s name is only one letter?

A. Two

B. Three✔

C. Four

D. Five

Ans = B. Three; [ Qaf, Sad & Noon ]

15. How many Sura start with word ‘Inna ‘?

A. Three

B. Four. ✔

C. Five

D. 6ix.

Ans =B. Four; [ Sura Fatha, Nuh,Qadr, Kausar ]

16. How many Sura are Makkahi (revealed in Mecca)?

A. 85

B. 86✔

C. 87

D. 88

17. and how suras many are Madni (revealed in Medina)?

A. 28✔

B. 27

C. 26

D. 25

18. Which Sura is from the name of tribe of Holy Prophet?

A. Lahab

B. Quraish✔

C. Hashim

D. Sab'i

19. Which Sura is called the heart of Holy Qur’an?

A. Iklas

B. Yaseen✔

C. Fatiha

D. Mulk

20. In which Sura is the name of Allah repeated only five times?

A. An'am

B. Hajj✔

C. Maryam

D. Mu'meen

21. Which Sura is the name of one Holy war?

A. Room

B. Ahzab✔

C. Fathi

D. Nasr

22. Which Sura is the name of one metal?

A. Ra'ad

B. Hadeed✔

C. Ahzab

D. HUD

23. Which Sura is called ‘Aroos-ul-Qur’an (the Bride of the Qur’an)?

A. Fatiha

B. Yaseen

C. Jinn

D. Rahman✔

24. Which Sura is considered as 1/3 of holy Qur’an?

A. Al-Ikhlas.✔

B. Falaq

C. Nass.

D. Fatiha

25. Which Sura was revealed twice?

A. Iklaas

B. Fatiha✔

C. Ayatul kursiyyu

D. Tauba

26. In which Sura is the backbiter condemned?

A. Munafiqun

B. Humaza✔

C. Nuhu

D. Zalzala

27. In which Sura is the name of Allah repeated in every verse?

A. Iklaas

B. Mujadala✔

C. Mumtahana

D. Fatiha

28. In which Sura does the letter ‘Fa’ did not appear?

A. Al-Imaran

B. Baqara.

C. fatiha✔

D. Nass

29. How many Suras starts with word ‘ Tabara Kallazi’

A. 4

B. 3

C. 2✔

D. 1

Ans= C. 2 [Mulk & Furqan]

30. Makkan Suras were revealed in how many years?

A. 13✔

B. 14

C. 15

D. 16

31. Medina Sura were revealed in how many years?

A. 8

B. 9

C. 10✔

D. 11

32. How many Suras start with word Qad?

A. 2✔

B. 3

C. 4

D. 5

Ans= A. 2 [Mujadala & Momenoon]

33. Which Sura is related to Hazrat Ali?

A. Humaza

B. Tagabun

C. Adiyat✔

D. Balad

34. Which Sura has every verse ending with letter ‘Dal ‘?

A. Iqra'a

B. falaq

C. Balad

D. Iklas✔

35. Which Sura is revealed in respect of Ahle Bayt?

A. Luqman

B. Qamar

C. Layl

D. Insan✔

Ans = D. Sura Insan/Dahr

36. Which Sura every verse ends with letter ‘Ra'

A. Buruj

B. Dariq

C. Kausar✔

D. Shams

37. In which Sura is the creation of human beings mentioned?

A. Hajj

B. Hijr✔

C. Hadid

D. Humaza

Ans = B. Sura Hijr verse 26.

38. In which Sura are the regulations for prisoners of war mentioned?

A. Baqara

B. Al- Imran

C. Nisa✔

D. Insan

39. Which Sura deals with the laws of marriage?

A. Dalaq

B. Mujadala

C. Nisa✔

D. Mumtahana

40. In which Sura is the story of the worship of cow of Bani Israeel mentioned?

A. Baqara

B. Taha✔

C. Qasas

D. Kahfi

41. In which Sura is the law of inheritance mentioned?

A. Nisa.✔

B. Ma'ida

C. Noor

D. Anbiya

42. In which Sura is the Hijra of the Holy Prophet mentioned?

A. A'araf

B. HUD

C. Nuhu

D. Anfal✔

43. In which Sura are the 27 Attributes of Allah mentioned?

A. Hadeed✔

B. Rahman

C.Yunus

D. Yusuf

44. Which is the best night mentioned in Holy Qur’an?

A. Qamar

B. Qadar✔

C. Najm

D. Layl

45. Which is the best month mentioned in Holy Qur’an?

A. Rajab

B. Sha'abān

C. Ramadan✔

D. Hajj

46. How many words are in the longest Sura of Holy Qur’an?

A. 25500✔

B. 26600

C. 27700

D. 28800

47. How many times is Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem is repeated?

A. 116

B. 115

C. 114✔

D. 113

48. How many Sura start with Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem?

A. 116

B. 115

C. 114

D. 113✔

49. In what surah the first aya in the holy Qur'an revealed?

A. Fatiha

B. Muzammil

C. Mudassir

D. Iqra'a✔

50. What is the translation of 'Muzammil'?

A. The enshrouded One✔

B. The cloaked One

C. The feared One

D. The Runaway One

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah's Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

BarakAllāhu feekum

Wa Jazākumullāhu Khyran

May Almighty Allah accept our efforts and deeds in Ibadah and grant us all janatul firdaus.. 🤲🤲

[loverandservantoftheahlulbayt]

🍃🕊🍃 Piety And the Hajj 🍃🕊🍃

🍃 Although the Hajj is an important religious obligation, it is especially related to ‘Taqwa’, for it requires the suffering of a long journey by people who live in distant lands. It also requires money, health, and safe route in a way that some scholars have compared to Jihad; the greater Jihad in which people sometimes lose their lives.

Meeting with Muslims from other sects, taking part in world congresses of Muslims on trade and politics, visiting the holy city of Medina, taking off one’s ordinary clothes and getting into the state of Ihram (ritual consecration), observing all religious duties in the Shajarah (tree) Mosque, moving towards the secure city of Mecca, performing Tawaf (circumambulation around the Kaaba), sa’y (running) between the two famous hills of Safa and Marwah, Taqseer (clipping the nails and cutting the hair), going to Mash’ar al-Haram,1 Arafat, and Mina, returning to Mecca and performing religious obligations are all important and amazing.

Hence, Taqwa has to be observed in all that. In this relation, God says: “And accomplish the pilgrimage and the visit for Allah, but if you are prevented, (send) whatever offering is easy to obtain, and do not shave your heads until the offering reaches its destination, … and be careful (of your duty) to Allah, and know that Allah is severe in requiting (evil) … and make provision, for surely the provision is the guarding of oneself, and be careful (of your duty) to Me, O men of understanding.”2

On the importance of Taqwa, which is the spirit of offering sacrifice, God says: “There does not reach Allah their flesh nor their blood, but to Him is acceptable the guarding (against evil) on your part.”3 That is to say that the offering of sacrifice must be aimed at getting close to God and not to the wall of the Kaaba.

Forbidding certain acts, God says: “O you who believe! Do not violate the signs appointed by Allah nor the sacred month, nor (interfere with) the offerings, nor the sacrificial animals with garlands, nor those going to Sacred House seeking the grace and pleasure of their Lord, and when you are free from obligations of the pilgrimage, then hunt, and let not hatred of a people –because they hindered you from the Inviolable Mosque (the Kaaba)- incite you to exceed the limits, and help one another in goodness and piety, and do not help one another in sin and aggression, and be careful of your (duty to) Allah; surely Allah is severe in requiting (evil).”4

About staying in Mina, God says: “Then whoever hastens (his departure) in two days, there is no blame on him, and whoever remains behind, there is no blame on him, (this is) for him who guards (against evil), and be careful (of your duty) to Allah, and know that you shall be gathered together to Him.”5

Taqwa, in relation to the Hajj, is a special Taqwa, for the Hajj itself is distinct from other religious obligations in different dimensions. One has to observe piety from the very beginning; that is to say that one must prepare himself for this spiritual journey. One must realize that it is an obligatory duty and any delay in it is a sin. One who denies it, is considered as an unbeliever.

One must take great care in providing the money which must be well-gotten, saying goodbye to his family, getting acquainted with the rituals of the Hajj and how to behave with other co-travelers, choosing a friend of journey, knowing the priorities of the journey like intention, purification of body (Ghusl), supplication, charity, performing a two-rak’a prayer, reciting the sura of al-Hamd, the verse of al-Kursi (throne, 2:255), the suras 113 and 114 beginning with “Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the dawn” and “Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of people”, and the Sura of Tawheed (112), remembrance, glorifying Allah, saying Tahleel and Takbeer,6 taking soil (from the area of the tomb of) of Imam Hussain (AS) with him, wearing a finger-ring of agate and turquoise.

He should ponder on what journey he is going on, a journey that most of the prophets and the imams went on their feet more than twenty times, a journey that one is accompanied by one of the infallibles knowingly or unknowingly. He should have conviction that Imam Mahdi (AS) accompanies the Hajj pilgrims every year.

Ibn Shahrashoob narrated from al-Alqami that someone said: “I was somewhere between Mecca and Medina when a shadow appeared from a distance. It appeared and disappeared until it reached near me. The shadow greeted me and I replied to the greeting.

I asked: “Where are you coming from?”

He said: “From Allah.”

I asked: “Where you are going to?”

He said: “Towards Allah.”

I asked: “To whose presence are you going?”

He said: “To Allah.”

I asked: “What is your provision?”

He said: “Taqwa (piety)..”

I asked: “Who are you?”

He said: “I am an Arab man.”

I said: “Introduce yourself!”

He said: “I am a man from Quraish.”

I said: “Introduce yourself more!”

He said: “I am a Hashemite.”

I said: “Reveal your identity!”

He said: “I am an Alawite.”

Then he recited a poem eulogizing Ahl al-Bayt and their truthfulness. Finally, he said: “I am Muhammad ibn Ali ibn al-Hussain.” He then disappeared and I did not understand whether he went up to heaven or went under the earth.7

A Hajji has to observe Taqwa in visiting the tomb of the holy prophet (SAW), the light of the worlds, the master of the worlds, and the seal of prophets as well as in visiting the tombs of the infallible Imams in the Baqee’ Cemetery. He should realize that he has been honored by having the chance of visiting the land of the revelation, the descending place of angels, the place of the holy prophet (SAW) and the imams, the birthplace of the holy lights, the place of the five pure ones, the place of the shining suns, and the fountain of the perfect virtues and knowledge.

A Hajji should realize what honorable people he is going to visit, who are observing his speech and deed, and who are his hosts. His hosts are those whose knowledge has not disappeared by the veil of death, whose life and death are equal, and who are quite different from other human beings. In the Supplication of Rajab, we read: “There is no difference between You and them save they are Your servants. Whatever they have, comes from You. Their power and knowledge are acquired but Your knowledge is inherent. You have given them such a power!”

In this holy land, one must engage in character building, serving people, increasing one’s knowledge, exercising piety, and acquiring divine wisdom. Idle sport, mammonism, egoism, opportunism, love of position, backbiting, slandering, treason, indecency, and impiety must be avoided.

A Hajji should remember what endeavors were undertaken by the holy prophet of Islam (SAW), the Imams of guidance, and their honorable companions. He should see what sacrifices were made, what battles were fought, which people offered their lives for Islam and were martyred to safeguard the holy prophet (SAW) and Islam.

In Medina, he should realize what sacrificial deeds Lady Fatima (a.s.) did to help Islam and to defend Imam Ali (AS), what oppression and injustice she suffered and how she, who had been wronged, was buried at night. What plots the enemy had hatched in Medina, what scandals they brought about, what innovations in religion they introduced, how Imam Ali’s right was usurped, which people hurt the holy prophet (SAW), which people diverted the path of Imamate, and who were the people thinking of their passions and Satanic objectives.

Truly, Medina is like a book of history, religion, politics, ethics, and knowledge which has to be studied carefully. Medina is like a divine book which has to be pondered on. Medina is like a book in one of whose pages you will see divine knowledge and revelation, on another page the holy prophet’s mission, and on the next pages, the advice of the Ahl al-Bayt, kindness, friendship, love, assistance, hospitality, good behavior, counseling, equality, honor, respecting the elderly, feeding the poor, restraining of anger, patience, endurance, pardoning, observing the believers’ rights, shaking hands (with others), hugging others, love of kinship, reciting the holy Quran, supplication, weeping in the heart of night, and spending the night in worshipping.

You will see how the Imams made pilgrimage to Mecca from Medina. You will see how they got into the state of Ihram in the ash-Shajarah Mosque and their saying Labbayk (Talbiyah).8 You will see their move from Medina to Mecca, their reciting of Takbeer on the way, their entry into Mecca, and you will see how they performed circumambulation, how they did Sa’y (ritual running) between Safa and Marwa, Taqseer (cutting of nails and hair), their prayers and supplications.

In Mecca, one has to look at the past. A Hajji must know what kind of people lived in Mecca, what evil deeds they committed, what they worshiped, what they were interested in, what the Arabs were doing before Islam, what their creeds were, what changes Islam brought about, how the holy prophet of Islam (SAW) was deputed, what reactions he faced, what calamities he suffered, what battles he fought, how the messenger of Allah (a.s.) invited the idolaters to Islam, how he saved the wretched and misled people, how the only savior of humanity, the seal of the prophets and the Imam of the pious attracted people’s hearts, and how he cleansed and purified the sacred House (the Kaaba), the Rokn (the corner of the Kaaba), and the Maqam9 from the idols.

In Mecca, you can think of the shining sun of the universe, the seal of prophets and the Imam of the pious. You can call to your mind the Night Journey of the holy prophet (SAW) as well as the supplications and moaning of the Imam of guidance and ponder on the Hajj rituals.

When Ash-Shabliy had returned from the Hajj and went to meet Imam Sajjad (AS), the Imam said to him: “Have you performed the Hajj, Shably?”

Ash-Shabliy said: “Yes, O son of the messenger of Allah!”

The Imam (AS) asked: “Did you go to Miqat (the place where the pilgrims intend to perform the hajj or the Umrah) and took off your sewed clothes and performed Ghusl?”

Ash-Shabliy said: “Yes, I did.”

The Imam (AS): “Did you intend to take off the clothes of disobedience and sin and put on the garment of obedience?”

Ash-Shabliy: “No, I did not!”

The Imam (AS): “Did you intend to do away with hypocrisy and doubt?”

Ash-Shabliy: “No, I did not.”

The Imam (AS): “When you performed Ghusl, did you intend to purify yourself from lapses and sins?”

Ash-Shabliy: “No.”

The Imam (AS): “Then, you have neither gone to Miqat, nor taken off your sewn clothes, nor performed Ghusl!”

The Imam (AS): “Did you purify yourself? Did you get into the state of Ihram (consecration)? Did you have the intention of performing the Hajj!”

Ash-Shabliy: “Yes, I did.”

The Imam (AS): “When you purified yourself, got into the state of Ihram and intended to perform the Hajj, did you intend to purify yourself with the cleansing medicine of repentance for the sake of God Almighty?”

Ash-Shabliy: “No.”

The Imam (AS): “When you got into the state of Ihram, did you intend to observe all what God Almighty has made unlawful as unlawful for yourself?”

Ash-Shabliy: “No.”

The Imam (AS): “When you intended to perform the Hajj, did you intend to cut your relation with anyone (or anything) other than God?”

Ash-Shabliy: “No.”

The Imam (AS): “Then, you have neither purified yourself, nor got into the state of Ihram, nor intended for the Hajj!’

The Imam (AS): “When in the Miqat, did you perform a two-rak’a prayer of Ihram? Did you say the “talbiyah”?”

Ash-Shabliy: “Yes, I did.”

The Imam (AS): “When in the Miqat, did you have the intention of Ziyara (visiting)?”

Ash-Shabliy: “No.”

The Imam (AS): “When you performed the two-rak’a prayer, did you intend to get close to God with the prayer which is the best deed of servants?”

Ash-Shabliy: “No.”!

The Imam (AS): “Then, you have neither entered the Miqat, nor performed the prayer, nor have said “Labbayk”!”

The Imam (AS): “Did you enter the Sanctum, see the Kaaba, and offer the prayer?”

Ash-Shabliy: “Yes, I did.”

The Imam (AS): “When you entered the Sanctum, did you intend to refrain from backbiting any Muslim and consider it unlawful?”

Ash-Shabliy:” No!”

The Imam (AS): “When you arrived in Mecca, did you intend in your heart that you have turned loyally to God?”

Ash-Shabliy: “No.”

The Imam (AS): “Then, you have not entered the Sanctum, nor have you seen the Ka’ba, nor have you offered the prayer.”

The Imam (AS): “Have you circumambulated the Kaaba, touched the corners (of the Kaaba), and gone between Safa and Marwa?”

Ash-Shabliy: “Yes, I did.”

The Imam (AS): “Once, you performed Sa’y, did you have the Niayyah (intention) that you are escaping towards God? Was the Knower of the unseen aware of this?”

Ash-Shabliy: “No.”

The Imam (AS): “Then, you have not circumambulated the Kaaba, nor touched the corners, nor performed Sa’y.”

The Imam (AS): “Did you extend your hand towards the Black Rock and touched it? Did you stop at the Maqam of Abraham and perform a two-rak’a prayer?”

Ash-Shabliy: “Yes, I did.”

The Imam made a loud cry in a way that his soul was departing from his body. He then drew a sigh, saying: “One, who touches the Black Rock, is as if he has shaken hand with God Almighty. O you wretched one! You should not waste the reward of an act whose sanctity is so great, for you might change the act of shaking hand into disobedience and commitment of what is forbidden.” Then, the Imam (AS) said: “Once, you stopped at the Maqam (station) of Abraham, did you have a Niyyah (intention) that you are ready for any act of obedience and to give up any act of disobedience?

Ash-Shabliy: “No.”

The Imam (AS): “Once, you performed a two-rak’a prayer in that place, did you have the Niyyah of doing so to adhere to (Prophet) Ibrahim so as to knock down Satan?”

Ashibliy: “No.”

The Imam (AS): “Then, you have not touched the Black Rock, nor have you stopped at the Maqam of Abraham, nor have you performed a two-rak’a prayer!”

The Imam (AS): “Did you go to the Zamzam Well and drink from it?”

Ash-Shabliy: “Yes, I did.”

The Imam (AS): “Did you have the Niyyah (intention) to turn to obedience and give up disobedience?”

Ash-Shabliy: No, I did not.”

The Imam (AS): “Then, you have not gone to the Zamzam Well, nor have you drunk from it.”

The Imam (AS): “Did you perform Sa’y between Safa and Marwah, and commute between them?”

Ash-Shabliy: “Yes, I did.”

The Imam (AS): “Did you have the Niyyah that you were between fear and hope?”

Ash-Shabliy: “No, I did not.”

The Imam (AS): “Did you go to Mina?”

Ash-Shabliy: “Yes, I did.”

The Imam (AS): “Did you have the Niyyah that you would keep people safe from your tongue, heart, and hand?”

Ash-Shabliy: “No.”

The Imam (AS): “Then, you have not gone to Mina!”

The Imam (AS): “Did you have a stop at Arafat, go up the Mount of Rahmah (mercy), know the desert of Namirah, and call God near the pebbles?”

Ash-Shabliy: “Yes, I did.”

The Imam (AS): “Once, you stopped at Arafat, did you recognize God’s knowledge over everything and know that your record of deeds is with Him? Did you get to know your inner secrets?

Ash-Shabliy: “No.”

The Imam (AS): “Once, on the top of the Mount of Rahmah (Mercy), did you realize that every believing man and believing woman will receive God’s mercy and He will assist every Muslim man and Muslim woman?

Ash-Shabliy: “No.”

The Imam (AS): “Near Namirah, did you have the Niyyah (intention) that you do not enjoin something unless you yourself are ready to observe it, and do not forbid anything unless you yourself refrain from it?”

Ash-Shabliy: “No.”

The Imam (AS): “Once, you stood near the Alam (emblem) and the Namirat, did you have the Niyyah that they should bear witness to your obedience and that they together with the guarding angels would do so by the order of the Lord of heavens?”

Ash-Shabliy: “No.”

The Imam (AS): “Then, you have not stopped at Arafat, nor have you gone up the Mount Rahmah, nor have you recognized the Namirah, nor have you called God, nor have you prayed to Him, and nor have you been near the Alam and the Namirat.”

The Imam (AS): “Did you perform a two-rak’a prayer between Arafat and Muzdalifah, pick up pebbles, and go to the al-Mash’ar al-Haram (the hill in Arafat)?”

Ash-Shabliy: “Yes, I did.”

The Imam (AS): “Once, you performed a two-rak’a prayer, did you have the Niyyah that the thanksgiving prayer on the tenth night of Dhul Hijjah would take away all hardships and bring about ease?”

Ash-Shabliy: “No.”

The Imam (AS): “Once, you passed between the two emblems and had no deviation to the right or left, did you have the Niyyah not to be deviated from the religion of God?”

Ash-Shabliy: “No.”

The Imam (AS): “While collecting pebbles in Muzdalifah, did you have the Niyyah to keep disobedience and ignorance away from yourself and to be steady with knowledge and good deeds?”

Ash-Shabliy: “No.”

The Imam (AS): “In the al-Mash’ar al-Haram, did you have the intention to awaken your heart like that of the pious and those who are fearful of God?”

Ash-Shabliy: “No.”

The Imam (AS): “Then, you have not passed between the two emblems, nor have you performed a two-rak’a prayer, nor have you gone to Muzdalifah, nor have you collected pebbles, nor have you been to the al-Mash’ar al-Haram.”

The Imam (AS): “Did you arrive in Mina? Did you throw pebbles at Satan? Did you shave your head? Did you offer sacrifice? Did you perform a two-rak’a prayer in the al-Khayf Mosque? Did you return to Mecca and perform the last circumambulation?”

Ash-Shabliy: “Yes, I did.”

The Imam (AS): “When you were throwing pebbles in Mina, did you have the Niyyah that you have achieved your goals and that your Lord has fulfilled all your needs?”

Ash-Shabliy: “No, I did not.”

The Imam (AS): “When you were throwing pebbles, did you intend to throw your enemy Iblis, and by completing the rituals of the hajj, to disobey and faraway from him?”

Ash-Shabliy: “No.”

The Imam (AS): “When you shaved your head, did you have the Niyyah that you have been cleansed from all pollutions and have been purified from sins as if you were born just then?”

Ash-Shabliy: “No.”

The Imam (AS): “Once you performed the prayer in the al-Khayf Mosque, did you have the Niyyah that you should not fear anyone except God Almighty for your sins and that you do not hope but for the mercy of Allah?”

Ash-Shabliy: “No.”

The Imam (AS): “When you offered your sacrifice, did you have the Niyyah that you have cut off the throat of greed due to piety, and did you have the Niyyah to follow the tradition of Abraham when trying to sacrifice his dear son? This is the tradition of one who seeks Allah’s nearness.”

Ash-Shabliy: “No.”

The Imam (AS): “When returning to Mecca and performing the last circumambulation, did you have the Niyyah to return to obedience with the mercy of God Almighty, do what is obligatory, and seek His nearness?”

Ash-Shabliy: “No.”

The Imam (AS): “Then, you have not arrived in Mina, nor have you thrown pebbles at Satan, nor have you shaven your head, nor have you performed the rituals, nor have you prayed in the al-Khayf Mosque, nor have you performed Efadhah (the hurrying of the hajjis in masses from Arafat to Mina) circumambulation, nor have you become close to God. Go and perform another Hajj, for you have not done it!”

Ash-Shabliy started weeping for what he had lost in his Hajj and kept on learning about the Hajj rituals until he went to perform the Hajj the following year with certainty and acknowledgement.10

Abdurrahman ibn Katheer reports: “I was performing the Hajj with Imam Sadiq (AS). He went up the mountain to have a view. The Imam cast a look at people and said: “How great is the number of those who weep and wail and how few is the number of (true) Hajjis.”11

Abu Baseer has reported: “I was performing the Hajj with Imam Sadiq (AS). When we were engaged in the circumambulation around the Kaaba, I said: “May I be sacrificed for you, O the son of the messenger of Allah! Does God forgive this people?” The Imam said: “O Abu Baseer! Most of the people you are watching are monkeys and pigs.” I said: “Can I see them as you see them?” The Imam uttered certain words and rubbed his hand on my eyes. Immediately, I saw them as monkeys and pigs. This was hard to me. The Imam rubbed his hand on my eyes again and I saw people as they were.”12

I will bring this topic to an end with a tradition on the virtue of the Hajj. Imam Ali (AS) has been reported by Imam Sadiq (AS) and Mo’awiya ibn Ammar as saying: “A Bedouin came to the messenger of Allah and said: “I lost the chance of performing the Hajj. I am a rich man. Tell me what I should do with my wealth which has the same reward as the Hajj does.” Turning to him, the messenger of Allah (SAW) said: “Look at Mount Abu Qubais. If this mountain turns into red gold, and you will give it as charity, you will not attain what a Hajji attains.”

Then, the holy prophet (SAW) said: “Surely, if one sets out for the Hajj, he does not lift or put down anything, except that God will write ten rewards for him, write off ten of his bad deeds, and exalt for him ten degrees . When he rides on his camel, God will do the same for every step he takes. When he performs the circumambulation around the Kaaba, he will come out of his sins, and when he does Sa’y between Safa and Marwah, he will come out of his sins. When he throws pebbles (at Satan), he shall be free of his sins.”

The messenger of Allah (SAW) then said: “Whenever a Hajj pilgrim stops, he will come out of sins.” Turning to the man, the holy prophet (SAW) said: “How can you attain what a Hajj pilgrim has attained?” 13

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