SYNOPSIS FOR
“ANGELS IN THE ATTIC”
By Kate Fagalde
Alfred Ascot is an ordinary young man who works in the Tax Office in London, but who meets an extraordinary young girl named Angelica Ashton.
There is an immediate attraction between the pair, but somewhere in the background is the shadowy figure of Mrs Isobel Mason, an elderly lady who lives in the countryside in Oxfordshire and who comes to Alfred’s attention when he has to deal with her Income Tax Form at work.
The young couple decide to go and visit Mrs Mason and en route to the little village of Abbotsford, they stop at a village church and see a beautifully engraved window in memory of a wartime airman who died in France in 1944.
Mrs Mason has a photograph of the same church window and also of a handsome young officer in a photograph on her table at home, but apparently he was not her husband, and she is reluctant to discuss the matter.
Alfred discovers a beautiful old dress in the attic of his father’s house that has a strange effect on Mrs Mason when she sees Angelica wearing it, but a mystery surrounds the unusual medal and the photographs that he also finds in the old tin trunk.
The story takes the reader back to 1944 in the Basque region of France and a time of great courage and fear when members of the British Special Operations Executive were combining with the local Resistance movement to create havoc and disruption for the German army. Régine who is an SOE agent befriends Angelu who is trying to avoid the attentions of a local man Marcel. Régine has a connection with the Canadian pilot who is trapped in the region while Angelu has fallen deeply in love with Aitor, the young resistance fighter. Marcel has become aware of their mission and Angelu has to make a terrible sacrifice in order to save the man she loves.
Returning to the present day, Alfred, Angelica and Isobel become friends and undertake a trip to Isobel’s house in the Basque region. Alfred and Angelica meet someone who throws light on the memories that haunt Isobel and she has to confront the truth of what happened all those years before.
“An Angel in the Attic” takes the reader from modern day London, to the beauty of the Oxfordshire countryside and then back in time to the wilds of the French Pyrenees. It is a story of modern times, of years long gone, of memories that linger and mysteries that must be solved. Above all it is a story of a love that spans the years and touches the hearts of all.
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these speechs are not mystery..
hello....do you know Allah?
BELIVE ALLAH JALLA JALALUH:
KNOWING AND RECOGNIZING ALLAH JALLA JALALUH
A human is the servant of Allah. At first; a human should know Allah’s existence and recognize Allah according to Holy Book Qur’an and Sunnah of Hadrad Muhammad (pbuh). Because Holy Qur’an and Sunnah(judgements of his Messenger) of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) are absolute truth. Allah has ninety nine names. The Most Beautiful Names manifested universe. When you looked at you and the universe, you can see the fact that Names of Allah is known. You can see that there is fine order in universe. You can see that there is no contradiction in the creation of skies and earth. You can see the evidences of Allah’s existence in universe. You can know Allah with the Most Beautiful Names easily. The name Allah in Islam never refers to Muhammad (pbuh), as many Christians (Mushrikoon) may think; Allah is the proper name of The Creator. God word and the name of Allah are different words. Saying word of God is not permissible except Tawheed and Shahada (Confession of a Muslim) for understanding. Because god name is a general and appellative name. Allah is the proper name of Our Rubb (The Lord) and Our Creator.
Allah is The Creator: Allah is who created all living creatures from nonexistent, He determines their existence, conditions and events.
Allah is the Creator, the Evolver, the Bestower of Forms (or Colours). To Him belong the Most Beautiful Names: whatever is in the heavens and on earth, doth declare His Praises and Glory: and He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise. (Al-Hashr, 24) English Translation of the meaning of Qur’an.
It is Allah who creates you and takes your souls at death; and of you there are some who are sent back to a feeble age, so that they know nothing after having known (much): for Allah is All-Knowing, All-Powerful.(16, 70)
If you look at this verse, Satan accepted that Allah is The Creator. But Satan did not accept that Allah is Rubb and Al-Hakeem (The Judge, The Wise) and Satan bacame Kaafir (someone who denied the Judgement of Allah)
38:75 ((Allah)) said: "O Iblis! What prevents thee from prostrating thyself towards one (Adam was a qiblah) whom I have created with my hands? Art thou haughty? Or art thou one of the high (and mighty) ones?"
38:76 (Iblis) said: "I am better than he: you created me from fire, and him youu created from clay."
Is then He, Who creates as one who creates not? Will you not then remember? (16: 17)
Allah! There is no Ilah(alone worthy of worship) except Allah: of a surety He will gather you together against the Day of Judgment, about which there is no doubt. And whose word can be truer than Allah's? (4: 87)
O men! Call to mind the grace of Allah unto you! is there a creator, other than Allah, to give you sustenance from heaven or earth? There is no Ilâh (worthy of worship) but Allah: how then are ye deluded away from the Truth? (35: 3)
Have you ever watched your finger with view of lesson?
Your finger and cohesive claw is alive. But the surplus age of your finger is not alive. Your finger is alive as much as fingertip. Your claw is not alive after fingertip. Al-Muhyi and Al-Mumiyt names of Allah manifest. Allah is Al-Muhyi (The Giver of Life):
He who confers life, gives vitality, revives. Al-Mumiyt (The Taker of Life): He who creates the death of a living creature.It is stated in the Surah Al-Qıyama of Qur’an: 3 Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones?
4 Nay, We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers.
What do you do when you squalled in the middle of the see?
Who has made the earth a resting place for you, and the sky as a canopy, and sent down water (rain) from the sky and brought forth therewith fruits as a provision for you. Then do not set up rivals unto Allah (in worship) while you know (that He Alone has the right to be worshipped). (2: 22)
But when A Muslim prayed he/she is at the Presence of Allah. You haven’t any mediator for worshipping Allah. Muslims always seek refuge in and invoke Allah. Allah is The Rubb (Lord) of earths and skies. Allah is The Suprime One. You should ask Allah’s help from Allah for providing your hidayath (guidance).
“He it is Who enableth you to traverse through land and sea; so that ye even board ships; - they sail with them with a favourable wind, and they rejoice thereat; then comes a stormy wind and the waves come to them from all sides, and they think they are being overwhelmed: they cry unto Allah, sincerely offering (their) duty unto Him saying, "If thou dost deliver us from this, we shall truly show our gratitude!"(10: 22)
“But when he delivereth them, behold! they transgress insolently through the earth in defiance of right!O mankind! Your insolence is against your own souls,- an enjoyment of the life of the present: in the end, to Us is your return, and We shall show you the truth of all that ye did.” (6: 23)
Say: Tell me if the chastisement of Allah should overtake you or the hour should come upon you, will you call (on others) besides Allah, if you are truthful? (6:40) These verses prove that the Belief (Iman) in Allah exists in nature of human. Mushrik will believe Allah in hereafter and is stated in the Qur’an. Atheists, Jews, Christians, freemasons, communists, Sophists are all “Mushrik”.
But when they saw Our Punishment, they said: We believe in Allah, the One Allah and we reject the partners we used to join with Him.(40:84)
But their professing the Faith when they (actually) saw Our Punishment was not going to profit them. (Such has been) Allah's way of dealing with His servants (from the most ancient times). And even thus did the rejecters of Allah perish (utterly)! (40:85)
Mind is a great blessing and bounty of Allah. Mind and intelligence is a the skill in order to recognize Allah. It is a means that mind supplies to know Allah and to confirm Messengers of Allah. Intelligence and mind have no ability of knowing everything which is wanted from servant so that Messengers sent by Allah and Holy Books sent down to mankind. Eye and intelligence err. The Holy Book Qur’an and Sunnnah of Hadrad Muhammad (pbuh) are unfallible.
Allah alone has divine attributes. He is the absolute existence. He is without fault and no one is like Him in His attributes. Allah is the Exalted any fault the polytheists attribute to Allah. The belief in the Oneness of Allah cannot be comprehended except after stating the attributes, which are His. They are the "attributes of perfection", like the absolute power, the absolute knowledge, the absolute will, eternal being, wisdom, creator, etc. Imperfection, need for time and space, evil, incarnation, movement, physical being, etc are the "negative attributes". Allah is free from the negative attributes. Belief in Allah's Oneness is also belief in His actions. He can do whatever He wills and no one can repeal Allah's will, or do what He does.
The Divine Attributes of Allah is classified in two groups: the Divine Attributes of the Being of Allah (al Sifat al-Dhatiyyah) are six and the immutable of the Divine Essence of Allah (al-Sifat-al-Thubutiyyah) are eight. The Divine Attributes of the Existence of Allah are six. Al-Wujud (Allah is the Existing One). Human’s intelligence and mind are restricted. Mankind never understands How Allah is. You know Allah by His evidences and creation like the day and night; the sun and the moon; the heaven and the earth, and all that is there in and between them. If there is nothing in universe except one atom, that is an evidence of existence of Allah. Al-Qidam (He is the Pre-Eternal One). When anything is nonexistent, Allah exists. Al-Baqah (He is the Everlasting One). Everything will die except Allah. Al-Wahdaniyyah (He is the Unique One). The oneness of Allah is not as a number. Allah is One as Allah is unique- Allah has no partner, son, daughter, helper, mediator or competitor. Al-Mukhalafatun lil Khawadith (Allah is Unlike the Created). Allah is never imagined, perceived and thought by creatures in their own minds. Allah never looks like creatures. There is nothing that even remotely resembles Him, for He is unique. Allah is free from way, soul, body, being the direct opposite, changing, need for time and space, evil, incarnation, movement, side, physical and spiritual being, distance, nearness, gender, affinity etc. Eye, intelligence and mind are created by Allah. Divine attributes of Allah are eternal. Limited one never comprehend How Allah is. Allah is the Exalted human qualities like dependence and need. Al-Qiyam bi’nafsihi (Allah is the Self-Existing One). Allah exists by self. His existence never connected to anything.
The Immutable Attributes of the Divine Essence of Allah are eight. Al-Hayat (He is the Living and Resurrecting One), Al-Ilm (He is the All-Knowing One: Allah knows everything . The knowing of Allah never looks like the knowing of creatures. He knows the secret intentions of the heart), Al-Sami (He is the All-Hearing One: Allah hears everything. The hearing of Allah never looks like the hearing of creatures), Al-Baseer (He is the All-Seeing One: Allah can see a black ant crawling on a black rock in the dark of night and He can hear the sound of its moving limbs. The seeing of Allah never looks like the seenig of creatures. Al-Iradhah (He has Absolute Will: Allah has the quality of divine Determination so that He does whatever He wishes and in whatever manner He wishes), Al-Qudrah (He is the Omnipotent, the Almighty One, and He has power over all things), Al-Qalam (His Speech is Unique; Allah speaks without need of letters or sounds. His speech never looks like the speech of creatures.), Al-Taqwin (He is the Creator from nothing of all things and beings).
Jews, Christians and those are who worship to fire, all of them believe Allah. But they don’t belive Allah according to Islam. But when all of them had defined Allah, They made mistakes about defining Allah. Mushrik is an one who worship except Allah. Those are who are Mushrikun (unbelievers) never correctly know and recognize Allah unless they believed that Islam is only true way and unique order. Qur’an and Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) correctly introduce Allah. Christians attributed Jesus with attributes of Allah. And they worshipped and invoked Prophet Eisa as an ilah (worthy of worship). So they joined Prophet Eisa as a equal with Allah. Prophet Eisa (Jesus) is a Human. He had eaten, sleeped like the other living beings. He will die after descending before Doomsday. He and His mother are mortal. Prophet Eisa, mankind and angels are the creatures of Allah. Creatures can never be The Creator, The Knower of All, The All-Seeing, The Creator of All Power, The All Powerful. Prophet Eisa is a Muslim and Messenger of Allah. TRINITY IS SHIRK. Shirk is the greatest sin in Islam. In Muslim’s heart faith and shirk never together with each other. (Today, Trinity which Christians believed in, appeared after He raised to heavens. There aren’t 3 gods. Trinity based on philosophy of Greek and idolatry. Trinity based on platonism. Trinity and is a erring and a falsehood. Unfourtunately, Most of men follow conjecture. )
They say: "Allah hath begotten a son!" - Glory be to Him! He is self-sufficient! His are all things in the heavens and on earth! No warrants have ye for this! say ye about Allah what ye know not? (10:, 68)
The Jews call ‘Uzair a son of Allah and the Christians call Eisa (Christ) the son of Allah. That is a saying from their mouth; (in this) they but imitate what the unbelievers of old used to say. Allah's curse be on them: how they are deluded away from the Truth! (Qur’an, 9: 30)
Allah has no son, wife, daughter. Allah is free from penetrating. It is stated in the Surah of Al- Ikhlas:
1 Say: He is Allah, the One and Only; 2 Allah, the Eternal, Absolute;
3 He begetteth not, nor is He begotten; 4 And there is none like unto Him.
If there were, in the heavens and the earth, other gods besides Allah, there would have been confusion in both! but glory to Allah, the Lord of the Throne: (High is He) above what they attribute to Him! (Qur’an, 21: 22) English Translation of the meaning of Qur’an.
There is no Ilah (alone worthy of worship) and Rubb (Lord) Except Allah. Allah is The Creator who is The Only One Almighty. Allah is Owner of All: The King of the Kingdom.
He merges Night into Day, and he merges Day into Night, and he has subjected the sun and the moon (to his Law): each one runs its course for a term appointed. Such is Allah your Lord: to Him belongs all Dominion. And those whom ye invoke besides Him have not the least power. (35: 13)
Allah is the Only One Lord (Rubb) of nonexistence, moon, sun worlds and all creatures. Allah is the wisest of judges. Allah is The Owner of All (The King of the Kingdom) and The Absolute Ruler (The Ruler of the entire universe (King of Kings)). My Rubb is Allah who has created me and all living beings. He nourishes me and all creatures by His Bounties. Allah puts forward the example (of two men a believer and a disbeliever); a slave (disbeliever) under the possession of another, he has no power of any sort, and (the other), a man (believer) on whom We have bestowed a good provision from Us, and He spends thereof secretly and openly. Can they be equal? (By no means). All the praises and thanks be to Allah. Nay! (But) most of them know not. (16: 75) Allah created you and you are one of the servant of Allah. If you do not accept servitude to Allah, unfourtunately, you obliged to be servant of servants. You alone serve Allah according to Islam, Do become free utmost from non-muslims. Mankind look like a guest in this present world. Your life is temprorary. But life in hereafter is eternal with the Will of Allah. A human is not immortal. A human wants to paradise and eternal happiness. we don’t see Allah in this world. Allah makes a trial of mankind and jinns. If you want to win it, become Muslim and live Islam according to Islam. If you gain the Consent of Allah, you won the trail with The Help of Allah. You never see Allah in this present world. Because, Allah makes a trial of you. If Allah show yourself to you, the trial would be meaningless. That time, because you would have obliged to believe Allah. But you should believe Allah according to Islam without seeing. If Allah had shown yourself to you; the light of Allah would burn you. Nobody has see Allah. Hadrad Moses had wanted to see but he had not seen Allah. (see verse 7:143)
What is the purpose of creation of mankind and jinns?
Allah created mankind and jinns to alone worship Allah. Allah created the world and then created Adam alaissalam from clay. The purpose of Muslims is gaining the Consent of Allah. If you live without this purpose you are disappointed in this world and hearafter !
Mankind and the universe were not created by accident or chance, but according to the plan of the Creator. You are not footloose human in this present world.
Allah said that ‘I have not created the jinn and mankind except to worship (ibaadah) Me ’No Sustenance do I require of them, nor do I require that they should feed Me. For Allah is He Who gives (all) Sustenance, - Lord of Power, - Steadfast (for ever). (Adh-Dhariyat, 56-58)
It was We Who created man, and We know what dark suggestions his soul makes to him: for We are nearer to him than (his) jugular vein. (50: 16)
"In the creation of the heavens and the earth and in the alternation of the night and the day there are indeed evidences for men of understanding;"Those who remember Allah while standing, sitting, and lying on their sides, and ponder over th e creation of the heavens and the earth: "Our Lord, Thou hast not created this in vain; nay, Holy art Thou; save us, then, from the punishment of The Fire.” (3: 19l-192) English Translation of the meaning of Qur’an.
This verse beautifully tells us that when a worshipper reflects upon the structure of the Universe he understands that universe is not created without in vain.
Allah has created us out of nothing, And made us in the best form. He has given us all graces and bounties. Hence we are not permitted to submit absolutely, to worship or invoke to any other than Him, whether a favorite Angel or a chosen Prophet!
And Allah has brought you forth from the (dust of) earth. (71: 17)
Mankind needs Allah.
O ye men! It is ye that have need of Allah: but Allah is the One Free of all wants, worthy of all praise. (35: 15)
He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth: no son has He begotten, nor has He a partner in His dominion: it is He who created all things, and ordered them in due proportions. (25: 2)
And if all the trees on earth were pens and the ocean (were ink), with seven oceans behind it to add to its (supply), yet would not the words of Allah be exhausted (in the writing): for Allah is Exalted in Power, full of Wisdom. (31: 25)
You should not reject Allah (The Only One Almighty, Suprime Being) as you can not see Allah. If you don’t believe Allah according to Islam, your life has not meaning. Muslims don’t see Allah in the present world but trust and believe Allah So that Muslims are tranquil. Islam Shariah (law) looks like a sun. Mind looks like an eye. If Your mind opens and is strong, it sees sunshine by The Will of Allah.
Who is the friend of Allah?
The friends of Allah: Those are the friends of Allah who believe Islam is only true way and live Islam according to Islam as pious and righteous, fear Him much abstain from all kinds of sins and perform all kinds of goods, and holdfast to the Qur’an and Sunnah.
Unproved love is a hollow love. Do you love and fear Allah? Allah revealed to Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)
Say: "If ye do love Allah, Follow me (Hadrad Muhammad(pbuh): Allah will love you and forgive you your sins: For Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful." (3: 31)
Those truly fear Allah, among His Servants, who have knowledge (Muslims): for Allah is Exalted in Might, Oft-Forgiving. (Qur’an, 35: 28)
Allah is Al-'Aliym: The Knower of All (He who has full knowledge of all things.). Allah is The All-Seeing and the Hearer of All. Your past, present and future is the whole. Allah sees the whole. You can see a part of the whole by Will of Allah. Your duty is submitting your will and mind to Allah who is the All-Seeing. You should know that beneficences, favors, goodnesses are from Allah. And you should know evil, badness, calamities are from yourself.
That is because Allah is Haqq (The Truth), and because whatever else they invoke besides Him is Falsehood; and because Allah, - He is the Most High, Most Great. (31: 30)
Allah created the heavens and the earth in six days (phase). But He did not rest on seventh day, Because He never get tired. Allah is perfect, Exalted in Power, full of Wisdom.
It is He Who made the sun to be a shining glory and the moon to be a light (of beauty), and measured out stages for her; that ye might know the number of years and the count (of time). Nowise did Allah create this but in truth and righteousness. (Thus) doth He explain His verses in detail, for those who understand. (10: 5)
It is stated the conversation with Prophet Abraham and a man (pharaoh or Namrud)
"Hast thou not Turned thy vision to one who disputed with Abraham About his Rubb (Lord), because Allah had granted him power? Abraham said: "My Lord is He Who Giveth life and death." He said: "I give life and death". Said Abraham: "But it is Allah that causeth the sun to rise from the east: Do thou then cause him to rise from the West." Thus was he confounded who (in arrogance) rejected faith. Nor doth Allah Give guidance to a people unjust. (2: 258)
Allah is The Resurrector: He who brings the dead to life, and raises them from their tombs.
It is Allah who sends forth the Winds, so that they raise up the Clouds, and we drive them to a land that is dead, and revive the earth therewith after its death: even so (will be) the Resurrection! (35: 9)
When Abraham said:” Show me, Lord, how You will raise the dead, "He replied: "Have you no faith?" He said "Yes, but just to reassure my heart." Allah said, "Take four birds, draw them to you, and cut their bodies to pieces. Scatter them over the mountain-tops, then call them back. They will come swiftly to you. Know that Allah is Mighty, Wise." (2: 260)
And your creation or your resurrection is in no wise but as an individual soul: for Allah is He Who hears and sees (all things). (31:28)
Seest thou not that Allah merges Night into Day and he merges Day into Night; that He has subjected the sun, and the moon (to his Law), each running its course for a term appointed; and that Allah is well-acquainted with all that ye do? (31:29)
It is He Who sendeth the winds like heralds of glad tidings, going before His mercy: when they have carried the heavy-laden clouds, We drive them to a land that is dead, make rain to descend thereon, and produce every kind of harvest therewith: thus shall We raise up the dead: perchance ye may remember. (7: 57)
Allah knows qayb (unseen, unknow). Allah alone know everything. You can know some knowlodge of past and present with The Will of Allah. Islam is not mysterious field. It is required that you should know that Belief in Qayb, truths about qayb are not secrets and mysteries. There is benefit in secret. But Allah is free from to obtain benefit. Islam is collection of divine rules and revelations that raises human beings above the level of the animals, and a way to enter the paradise with The Will of Allah.
The unseen (qayb)’s keys are five. Noone definetely knows them except Allah. It is stated in the Qur’an : Surely Allah is He with Whom is the knowledge of the hour, and He sends down the rain and He knows what is in the wombs; and no one knows what he shall earn on the morrow; and no one knows in what land he shall die; surely Allah is Knowing, Aware.(31: 34)
Certainly, Allah knows what they conceal and what they reveal. Truly, He likes not the proud.(16,23)
With Him are the keys of the unseen (qayb), the treasures that none knoweth but He. He knoweth whatever there is on the earth and in the sea. Not a leaf doth fall but with His knowledge: there is not a grain in the darkness (or depths) of the earth, nor anything fresh or dry (green or withered), but is (inscribed) in a record clear (to those who can read). (6: 59)
Allah is Al-'Adl (He who is Equitable). The attribute of Allah is justice. He does not do injustice to anyone, nor does He deny anything beneficial to mankind. He does not resort to injustice because He does not need to, nor is He unaware of it. He created everything on the basis of justice and right. He does not order injustice, nor does He approve of it. He does not coerce man to do something then punish him for it, nor does He order man to do something beyond his ability. He does not leave people without reward or punishment. He sent the prophets and revealed Deen (religion) to save people and guide them to the right path (Islam) so that we would know how to obey and worship Him.
Allah's justice is known when you saw events in universe. For example:
Creation: He does not do injustice to anyone in respect to His creation. He creates everything in justice and right. We can see this in the creation of the human body. He creates man in a way that he can live on earth, grants him hearing, sight, emotions, mentality, and the ability to move.
Destiny: Allah causes death, provision, events that befall man and everything else on the basis of justice. Man is compensated for the pains he suffers in this life, as willed by Him, by granting him more grace than the pains he sustained.
Obligations and Laws: Divine obligations and laws are distinguished by being just. Allah does not impose any duty on His servants above their abilities. So, all the obligations are within man's capability. The prominent manifestations of divine justice are the call to social equality, administration of justice between people, and fighting oppressors, for injustice is forbidden.
Freedom of Choice: Allah grants man the ability to choose. Man can choose freely for himself. He can do good by helping the poor, respecting parents, offering prayers, and discharging justice. He can also do evil like murder, alcohol and drug use, stealing, backbiting and slander, etc. Allah never forces anyone to do anything. If He did, man would not deserve rewards or punishment in proportion to his good and evil deeds. The repentance of Non-Muslims is Shahada (Confession of a Muslim).
Punishment and Reward in the Hereafter: The good and upright ones receive Allah's grace. The evil doers are punished according to their bad deeds. If this were not so, than the doer of good and the evil doer would be equal. This is injustice and Allah is incapable of injustice.
Everyone is responsible for his own deeds: Allah never punishes anyone for something someone else has done, except when he is the one who incites to evil. In this case he is an accomplice in the evil deed.
What does "Balaa" mean?
It is a covenant (mithaq). That is, Allah asked when He created all souls: "Am I not your Lord (Rubb)"? They answered "Yes, for certain you are our Lord (Rubb) (Balaa)." Thus, I have been a Muslim from that time.
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