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@quidproquo786 @AAtweets2022 @Hajj_nusuk @MoHU_En @mohalipatel @Ms_terry @ParaceNational @zeeshan172 @modilwar @gerrylondon19 @anam0785 Sadly, in the back of many brave “activists’” minds, this was expected. To save some of them from harsh utterances (Q4:148) & the hopefuls from much stress, I suggest throwing in the towel, & so repost these from when Covid prevented many from going. It may need revision, tho.

@DeanMacpherson Taken on its own, this only makes for a long weekend. Taken with 32 years of disappointments, it adds another day of wishing for caring, truthful and trustworthy administrations at the three tiers of government.

On behalf of the Department of Public Works & Infrastructure, I wish all South Africans a meaningful Freedom Day. #LetsBuildSA 💙🇿🇦

@BraddrofliT The tripod is on coasters but not the chair.

60 Minutes released a photo of Trump ahead of their interview. What do you notice?

@geordinhl “suspended or placed on leave” with full pay, apparently, mark. Time to rewrite the conditions, retrospect for all departments to the dawn of our democracy, speed up investigations, overriding Stalingrad tactics, and save us a fortune.

South Africans now face the extraordinary reality that the Minister of Police, the National Commissioner, and a Deputy National Commissioner have all been suspended or placed on leave. This suspension is necessary and welcome; but it does lay bare the deeply alarming state of SAPS senior management. Time for a proper clean out!

@BusinessTechSA “A fool and his money …”, however … When is the loan due for repayment? How much does South Africa owe now? Is the country capable of regenerating its cities? Definitely not under the current administration, three decades have shown.

France is in talks to lend South Africa €100 million (R1.9 billion) to support a programme to regenerate its rundown cities. businesstech.co.za/news/governmen…

@Simwal Well look at what happened in South Africa, via @Jamiatsa posts. They announced, for @uucsa, the 1st on Monday, then reconsidered and changed it to Sunday. Attached: my response to JUSA. How would the method pan out across the world? If taken, it would unify no end.

Encouraging development. The next step should be revising the Umm al-Qura Calendar criteria from moonset after sunset in Makkah with at least one minute to naked eye crescent visibility or conventional telescope visibility and not detection by CCD camera . Detection via CCD is not the same as an actual observed crescent.

@icelandcricket I know you meant “Straits of Denmark” to wit “Straits of Hormuz”, yeah?

If we don't get good cricketers arriving in Iceland soon, we will ensure the Strait of Denmark is blocked and bring the world to its absolute knees!

@DrMaryHolden @icelandcricket “Lots”, “the best ever”

@icelandcricket I wonder if we have any influence

@bereamail I wonder who is limbering up for a swim and row. cc @Our_DA? @DAeThekwini?

Massive sinkhole sparks safety fears in Glenwood citizen.co.za/berea-mail/new…

Nuisance noise from Hoy Park began at 7:45 this morning. @eThekwiniM please ask @DBNMetroPolice to send out its Events Team to put an immediate stop to it, before it continues for the whole day. cc @kzncogta @bereamail @SAPoliceService

@TheNCC_RSA @PhethoN @the_dtic Come July 2026, which can’t come fast enough, I’m gonna Opt Out of the entire DM industry. However, @TheNCC_RSA, as I know at least one entity that has been giving out my number for years, what recourse do I have?

Tired of spam calls? Relief is coming. New regulations will allow you as a consumer to opt out of unwanted direct marketing. #OptOut #SpamCalls @PhethoN @the_dtic

Did you, @eThekwiniM, authorise prospecting in Nathaniel Isaacs Crescent, North Beach? Drilling has been ongoing since this morning. @DBNMetroPolice @SAPoliceService please investigate. cc @kzncogta @bereamail @IOSNewsSA

@radioislam With elections close by, we are again conflicted between politics and religion. I do wish our Ulama would steer us, not merely analyse scenarios in depth without aligning. Personally, given politics, my 1st responsibility is to my neighbours, local and national (close and far).

Helen Zille Is Missing the Point — And South Africans Know It South Africans don’t switch off their conscience when issues are “far away.” Responding to Helen Zille, Ml Sulaimaan Ravat argues that the DA’s and Zille’s position — focus locally, avoid division, and wait for legal processes — doesn’t hold. Firstly, South Africa is a product of international solidarity — sanctions and global pressure helped end apartheid. Secondly, moral positions don’t require court rulings. The DA has condemned countries like Russia and Iran without waiting. Thirdly, this goes beyond terminology. The concern is the DA’s reluctance to hold Israel accountable as the occupying power, often creating a false equivalence between Israelis and Palestinians. Fourthly, this is not a religious divide. Jews, Christians, and people of no faith have all been vocal in their criticism of Israel. Finally, South Africans judge both governance and values. Service delivery matters — but so does moral clarity. That’s why this issue continues to follow the DA.

@bayyinahinst “general”? Was he, besides being “min āli Fir’auna”?

A general inside Pharaoh’s most classified meeting had been hiding his faith for years. When the order came to kill Musa, he finally spoke.

Could this project then result in collections of Sahih, ie Sahih an-Nasai, Sahih Abu Dawood, Sahih at-Tirmidhi, Sahih ibn Majah and, maybe, others’? If so, it would spare us quoting narrations the Rasūl, SalALLĀHu alaihi waSallam, what he (and others in the chain) did not say. x.com/karaseyfeddin/…

@ibn_shabbir UK > Ihram Aqsa > Azerbaijan > Jeddah? Why would anyone do that?

ʿUmrah travellers prevented due to US-Israeli war with Iran islamicportal.co.uk/umrah-travelle…

@saufiyvh This is why we should understand that the muhkamātun and mutashābihātun āyāt are not meant to be static. With every reading mutashābihātun often become muhkamātun. It may not be so for the next person, so it is a big ask to except others, eg your spouce, to be “on the same page”.

I used to think the reading Qur'an over and over again would get boring. It's the same words every time. Same surahs. Same ayat. Same harakat. Same story. I was so so so wrong. You read an ayah on a random Thursday night and it has you crying your eyes out. But then you read the SAME ayah a week later and it says something completely different. Like... was this always here? Yes. It was always there. You just weren't there yet. And that's the part that gets me every time. When you're younger Qur'an is homework. Tajweed corrections and memorization drills and your mom asking if you finished your portion. Words going in but not connecting. Then life starts. Stress. Decisions. Money problems. Career confusion. People who disappoint you. Heartbreak. Tests you didn't sign up for. And suddenly those same ayat you memorized at 11 years old without feeling a thing are speaking directly to you. You read Surah Yusuf at 15 and it's a nice story about a prophet and his brothers. At 20 it's about jealousy. People you loved throwing you in a well. At 25 it's a survival guide for betrayal. At 30 it's proof that prison seasons end and Allah promotes who He wills. At 35 all you see is Yaqub... a father who lost his son for decades and never once lost hope in Allah. At 40 you read the last ayah and everything in your life clicks. It was the plan the entire time. Did the Surah change? No. Every other book has a ceiling. Read it once, you got the insight. Read it twice, maybe you catch something new. By the third time you've extracted what it has to give. The Qur'an has no ceiling. You can read the same Surah for 10 years, 25 years, 40 years and never actually finish understanding it. Because your understanding is limited by your experience. And as long as your experience keeps expanding, the Qur'an keeps opening up. You could be going through something so specific, open the Qur'an, and it's like Allah is answering a question you didn't even finish asking yet. Subhanallah! Allah is free from all imperfection! How does a book revealed over 1,400+ years ago match what you're going through on a Thursday afternoon in 2026? Because it wasn't written for a time. It was written for the human condition. Every version of it. Past, present, and whatever you haven't gone through yet. Only Allah can engineer a text with infinite layers compressed into finite words. It's a miracle you need to witness yourself.

@eThekwiniM If you were serious about getting feedback, you would give a link to that particular document. This link is to your entire Documents Centre page, which does not seem to have the Draft document.

Your feedback is important! The draft IDP/Budget can be found on the City’s website and feedback can be emailed to comments2021@durban.gov.za Link to the draft budget: durban.gov.za/pages/governme…

@shillman1 Someone then gets something close to an alliteration.

What if someone blockades the blockade blockade?

@AppsByAdes @KhadijaBashirs2 34,000+ authentic hadiths? Does it mean you have excluded the non-Sahih from the 4 of the Sitta? If so, it would be a work of note (because the non-Sahih could attribute to the Rasūl, SalALLĀHu alaihi waSallam, what he may not have said and, frankly, we should not even see them).

@KhadijaBashirs2 When Allah intends good for someone, He grants them understanding of the religion. P.S Screenshot is from my app Hadith Node apps.apple.com/my/app/hadith-…

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@tarathinks If they were not elected into positions by the delegates, they cannot be given positions as a feel-good gesture, can they? If they are, they would be “BEE components” not necessarily suited to the task, as we’ve been ‘aving, yes?

As I look at the DA’s top leadership structure, I can’t help but wonder, where are the women?