Ep. 026 — We Too Shall Pass

Quote: "We are all from Allah, and to Allah we return" —Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 156

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In mere weeks, this country has seen COVID-19-related deaths rise past casualty totals for past wars and surprise attacks, sometimes passing those records daily. It seems like every day is filled with death.

But this isn’t the first time humanity has faced a pandemic. And this isn’t the first time society has reckoned with death. Is this a punishment? Or is God to blame?

In this latest podcast episode, we turn to the past for guidance on how to deal with our present—and it too is a trip.

Show Notes:

[00:30] More on “The Layers of Heaven” by Jovica [00:45] Al-Mulk, verses 1-6 [02:00] Al-Baqarah, verses 155-56 [02:20] Light reading on the term nafs  As described by Oxford Islamic Studies Online More light reading A short talk on the subject [04:10] “Keffel” by The Blue Dot Sessions [04:20] Related: a list of other common arabic phrases [05:10] More on David Sloane | (@dcsloane53) And his book, Is the Cemetery Dead [05:50] The state of: Morgues Refrigerated trucks Funerals  And more funerals Cemeteries in areas like New York And in other places like Indonesia And the state of mourning [06:30] Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad related to attendance and funeral prayers [06:55] “Aloscape 2” by The Blue Dot Sessions [07:00] Al-Qaf, verse 19 [07:40] More on Imam Zaid Shakir | (@ImamZaidShakir) More on Zaytuna College s/o to the Lighthouse Mosque in Oakland Part of his service at Muhammad Ali’s funeral ceremony [08:25] Light reading on the Archangel Azrael Light reading on what happens when you die Light reading on the Angels Munkar and Nakir Light reading on the rites of the dead [08:25] “Aloscape 1” by The Blue Dot Sessions [10:10] More on Islamic burial laws in times of the coronavirus [12:15] Light reading on the concept of the hereafter in Islam [13:00] Al-Jumu’ah, verse 8 [13:15] “Clatl” by The Blue Dot Sessions [13:45] More on AbdulKarim Yahya | (@abdulkarimyahya) And an old tv segment with a younger AbdulKarim [15:10] Light reading on the timeline of the early Islamic days [15:15] Light reading on what Mecca was like before Islam [15:20] Light video lesson on early Islamic days [15:30] Light context on the those early Islamic days [15:45] Light reading on the Quraysh [16:25] The sayings of the Prophet regarding martyrdom And another one [16:45] On the history of the “quarantine” Not mentioned in the podcast: Ibn Sina’s 40-day ban [17:30] On the Prophet Muhammad and times of pandemics  [18:40] Light reading on Plague in Early Islamic History [18:45] Light reading on Umar ibn al-Khattab [18:45] Light reading on Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah [19:05] “ZigZag Heart” by The Blue Dot Sessions [19:25] More detail on the Umar ibn al-Khattab’s meeting in the desert [19:30] Light reading on the Ansar [22:15] More on the Prophet Muhummad’s parable of tying up your camel [22:45] Al-Imran, verse 185 [23:00] “Lick Stick” by The Blue Dot Sessions [24:00] More on Dr. Nükhet Varlik [24:30] “Rainday Textile” by The Blue Dot Sessions [24:30] Regarding the Black Death And how it compares to past pandemics And in another visual Its symptoms Its death toll and the silver lining  [25:20] “Raskt Landsby” by The Blue Dot Sessions [25:20] Trump soundbytes on  2.29.20 3.23.20 3.25.20 [26:55] Light reading on the Venetian Plague Doctor [28:10] “Campanula” by The Blue Dot Sessions [28:30] More on Plagues, Medicine, and the Early Modern Ottoman State [28:35] “Static City Drumline” by The Blue Dot Sessions [28:45] Light reading on Khidr [30:10] Light reading on Evliya Çelebi [33:00] Al-Hadid, verses 22-23 [34:45] List of past pandemics revisited [35:15] John Hopkins University COVID-19 Dashboard [36:30] “Intercept” by The Blue Dot Sessions [37:45] Super quick primer on materialism [38:15] Super quick primer on the Islamic metaphysics [39:15] “Where it All Happened” by The Blue Dot Sessions [39:20] Light reading on… Transhumanism and a timeline of the movement The singularity Ray Kurzweil Shameless plug for an earlier episode of this podcast touching on technology debate [41:50] Short video on income inequality in America Report on how billionaires keep on winning amidst the coronavirus Between January 1, 2020 and April 10, 2020, 34 of the nation’s wealthiest 170 billionaires saw their wealth increase by tens of millions of dollars.  Report on how 2,153 billionaires have more wealth than 60 percent of the world’s population of more than 4 billion people  [42:40] “Cicle Ariel” by The Blue Dot Sessions [42:50] Related: A Bay Area commute to work [45:30] Related: Light reading on environmental racism [45:50] Related: On the racial demographics of life and death as it pertains to COVID-19 Another one And another one And another one And another one [46:30] Related: On food deserts And another one And another one And another one [46:40] Related: Overview of past tax rates [48:45] Light reading on “death and taxes” [50:42] Sufjan Stevens’ “Fourth of July” Cover by Constellation Men’s Ensemble and arranged by Kevin Vondrak They are a vocal group based out of Chicago dedicated to empowering the next generation of singers through educational engagement. More on Imam Ali Mukasa PODCAST RECOMMENDATION: American Submitter by Imran Ali Malik More at thisissomenoise.com