Conference Report

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longer, we arranged a picnic up on Mt. Lemmon, which is a beautiful, woodsy area just outside of Tucson. About 70 people were able to attend, enjoying lunch, some hiking and the nice cool temperatures of the higher elevation. After our noon prayer on the mountain, we came back down. It’s a beautiful drive, going from the desert vegetation to the tall pines and back again.

Still unable to say goodbye, we arranged a potluck feast at the Mosque for a final lovely get together. It’s always such a wonderful feeling to join with other submitters and come together with the focus on worshiping God alone. This sense of unity and purpose keeps us energized for the coming year.

May God keep us steadfast, guided, appreciative and devoted to the worship of Him alone.

[24:55] GOD promises those among you who believe and lead a righteous life, that He will make them sovereigns on earth, as He did for those before them, and will establish for them the religion He has chosen for them, and will substitute peace and security for them in place of fear. All this because they worship Me alone; they never set up any idols beside Me. Those who disbelieve after this are the truly wicked.

Nargis and Lydia

VERSES ON GOD’S WONDROUS SIGNS: THE EARTH

[40:57] The creation of the heavens and the earth is even more awesome than the creation of the human being, but most people do not know.

[51:20] The earth is full of signs for those who are certain.

[79:30] He made the earth egg-shaped.

[11:7] He is the One who created the heavens and the earth in six days―and His (earthly) domain was completely covered with water―in order to test you, to distinguish those among you who work righteousness.

[13:3] He is the One who constructed the earth and placed on it mountains and rivers. And from the different kinds of fruits, He made them into pairs―males and females. The night overtakes the day. These are solid proofs for people who think.

[29:56] O My servants who believed, My earth is spacious, so worship Me.

[41:9] Say, “You disbelieve in the One who created the earth in two days,* and you set up idols to rank with Him, though He is Lord of the universe.” footnote*41:9-10 The “days” of creation represent a yardstick.

Thus, the physical universe was created in two days, while the calculation of provisions for all the creatures on earth required four. This also teaches us that there is life only on this planet Earth.

[41:11] Then He turned to the sky, when it was still gas, and said to it, and to the earth, “Come into existence, willingly or unwillingly.” They said, “We come willingly.”

[51:48] And we made the earth habitable; a perfect design.

[64:3] He created the heavens and the earth for a specific purpose,* designed you and perfected your design, then to Him is the final destiny.

[88:17-20] Why do they not reflect on the camels and how they are created? And the sky and how it is raised. And the mountains and how they are constructed.  And the earth and how it is built.