Bismi Allahi Al Rahmani Al Raheemi.
Aoudhubillahi minal shaitanir rajeemi x ∞³³³¹¹³³²
ASA WR WB to believing Muslim friends.
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I am not a Rasta. I'm a Muslim. But I did do a lot of thinking about them in the past. They had a few hallmarks about them of: Naturalism; Haille Selassie; Queen of Sheba; Menelik; Ethiopia or Abyssinia; Tribe of Judah; Lion of Judah; Holy Bible as their Scriptural Covenant; many referenced Quran also; Disdain for the King James version of Bible....and the piece de resistance; Disdain for Babylon.
With later doing a study on Babylonian Captivity (Topic too long to make into 1 film or 1 blog post. Could probably CoPilot or Gemini ask estimate number of films that would do it justice with a few key references in Quran, as well as "Zalima mathala Suhr" of Quran w/Proverbs. But that would be good to give God, Cecille B Demilles quality service on and if 6 Sequels would have to remind viewer in a balanced measure why Babylon was a "No Bueno." or they might forget.) we basically learn that Babylon was a "Seat of Magic". {Ai basically said: It said that it would take 7-8 Hollywood films to do justice to Biblical Babylonian Captivity w/Quranic references integrated.}
It then becomes clear why Rastafarian Naturalists were not fond of Babylon. Magic is unnatural. It conflicts with the Natural Order and Natural Laws of how things work. Naturalists like nature. It is very similar to a state of Father Adam (as) learning from Allah (swt) the names of all things, but also how they work, medicinal properties, what is harmful, and what they are useful for. Botany and Botanics is a good example of how beneficial the Order of Nature is. But it is also useful in everything else, agricultural studies, physics, biology, etc. 1st 7 imgs below w/img "Baqarah 102-103". So that part of learning the names of all things is a science and data that is very useful and takes a long time to reconcile with. So, to then have something come up causing it not to work can be an outrage. Hence, Rastafarian disdain for Babylon.
The other problem with Nature vs. Magic is that sometimes the person selling or working the suhr, jibti or taghuti is wanting to exchange the good situation you have with Nature, for the bad situation they have with Nature due to suhr, but with suhr as the incentive for the switcheroo. They really trying to jack you. But with further investigation you see that it is used to directly oppose the Laws of God in both Holy Books. That's a bad deal, and a deal to say no to. 8th img "Cannot rest Until". The apex of the problem with suhr, jibti and taghuti is the false sense of independence from God that it almost automatically fosters in the buyer and seller of it. So much so that it goes into "smarter than God, and wiser than God" being a precondition of Laws of staggering like a drunkard and Spirit of Deep Sleep. Blog post from my non-Muslim Dawah blog on Staggering Like a Drunkard and Spirit of Deep Sleep here. "Smarter than God and wiser than God" is at Isaiah 29 while "Kemetics" is at Isaiah 19 of this blog post written in 2019. Staggering like a Drunkard and the Spirit of Deep Sleep | Work And The Other Work
But, 35-40 years ago this was the Jamaica we understood. The Peter Tosh era even back to the Bob Marley era, they were a Naturalist Biblical people. There weren't many to any signs of Kemetics. With Rastafarians and Jamaicans traditionally being naturalists what does Kemetics introduce that conflicts with "Naturalism". Kemetics brings a spirit and some people of Faith can smell that spirit when it is near. They are the changes in the nature and character of people. Arrogant. Cruel. Tall unkindness. {Tall is Chicago slang for "a lot of"} Oppressive or Zalim which includes unjust. Firaun was not a just man. Not compassionate about others, the workers, safe working environment, safety standards, fair pay or compensation, balanced amount of work hours in a week or work/life balance. 4 imgs on "Zalim definitions".
So, there is the conflict with the "Natural Environment and Laws of Nature" for naturalists that manifests with the arrival of suhr, jibti or taghuti; and then there is the conflict with the "Natural human nature and the Laws of Nature" for naturalists that manifests with the arrival of Kemetics and the spirit it still can bring and does bring.
An example of how suhr, jibti and taghut can both conflict with natural environment, natural law and human nature all in one Ayah (Miracle, Evidence, Verse) is in Baqarah 102-103 when Allah (swt) speaks of the "Mar" between man and woman or man and wife. The natural dynamic between a man and a woman that, of course, by our consulting further Laws of Quran and Holy Scriptures cannot be unchecked, unmanaged or going beyond boundaries and breaking Sacred Laws of behavior. This alone of the 4 penalties for Suhr would make crystal clear why Rastafarians have a natural disdain for Babylon. It's on losing that nature with the woman, by itself without the other 3 big penalties. And with the jack element of the Sahirun it may have been an intended switcheroo by design they were needing for their day to get and feel right. They've actually got a whole package or clusterfack of what they'd jack a person of Faith for in the Spirit, including the dreaded Najas. But they'd have you scratching your head about 20-30 unseen assaults in a walk pass they raggedy secret arts behinds. That's on that "Cannot Rest" Proverb in 8th img. I suggest not trading with it.
But it is indiscriminate and random it could be a homeless person but not all who are. Or a person fake looking like they are positive contributors to society or retirees and dirty like that in the spirit but not all do this. But the ones who you made mental note did it before will do that dastardly blasphemy against the Holy Spirit/Sacrifice/Scapegoat/package of other evils on you passing by them again, on the strength. Only thing you can do is bounce or do life in the pen. It is why Prophets Moses and Aaron (epbut) made that whole category (or types) of works banished from their communities. Banned in img below at Leviticus 20:6 and that vamping Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit through vamping the subjects of Allah is banned at Leviticus 17.
I kind of proofread this one as I was typing this morning. But another proofread won't be for a minute.
Jazakum Allahu Khayran.
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