01.11.07 - Mayyit of: Shafiq Ebrahim (Known as Jewa) - VENUE: Lesotho - Time: After Zuhr - QABRASTAAN: Maseru - CAUSE OF DEATH: Natural

01.11.07 - Mayyit of: Yusuf Vally (Nephew of Ebrahim Vally) - VENUE: 22 Gladiolie Street Ext 2 Grayville - Time: 10:00 - QABRASTAAN: Lenz - CAUSE OF DEATH: Natural

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SURAH AN-NAAZIAAT: 79 (Those Who Pull Out)
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH THE BENEFICENT THE MOST MERCIFUL

Whereas for the one who feared to stand before his Lord, and restrained his self from the (evil) desire, [40]
Paradise will be the abode. [41]

COMMENTARY: The third and the highest level of suppression of the base self is that by abundant dhikrullah [remembrance of Allah] and constant Mujaahadah [spiritual struggle and endeavour against the evil passions] and Riyaadhah [ascetic discipline], one's self (nafs) is so much cleansed and purified that the desires that tempts him to evil are totally eliminated.

This is the special stage of Wilayah [Divine friendship], which in Sufi Terminology is called Faani-fillah and Baaqi-billah.

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SEAFOOD AKHNI
Ingredients
1 kg mixed seafood (prawns calamari kingklip crayfish tails) - 3 large onions finely sliced - Cooking oil for frying - 200grm mushrooms chopped - 1 Green pepper seeded and chopped - 1 Red pepper seeded and chopped - 750ml uncooked rice - Salt and Tabasco sauce to taste.

Marinade
60ml peri-peri sauce - 10ml grouched garlic - Salt & freshly ground pepper to taste - 5ml Tabasco sauce.

Method
Combine marinade ingredients in a mixing bowl add mixed seafood and marinate for 1 hour. Fry onion in heated oil until golden 5-10 mins. Add mushrooms and fry a further 5 mins or until softened. Remove onions and mushrooms from pan and set aside. Fry peppers in oil for 5 mins remove from pan and set aside. Transfer seafood and marinade to frying pan and fry for 15 mins. Meanwhile boil rice in salted water until tender about 20 mins. Drain and rinse the rice. Layer ingredients in a large saucepan as follows:

First rice, then onions and mushrooms (save some onion for garnish) then peppers and finally seafood mixture. Continue layering until all the ingredients have been used up. Sprinkling each layer with a little salt and Tabasco sauce. Steam covered over medium heat for 30 mins. Garnish with reserved onions. Serve on its own or as an accompaniment to Prawns curry.