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Fried Squid With Chilly

This is my favorite....for fast cooking and delicious with rice

Ingredients:

1 kg of fresh squids. How to know that the squids are fresh? Make sure the skin color is pale or white. The actual color of squid is transparent during its life, pale or white shortly after death, and reddish or brownish if died more than 3 hours.

1 big onion. 3 pieces of garlic. 1 big spoon of tamarind. Salt and sugar. 5 big spoon of cooking oil. 200gm of hot chilly liquid flavored.

Methods:

Clean the squids by taking off the heads. Make sure to take out the black ink producer. Slice the big onion into small pieces. Press the garlic.

Use wok for cooking. Pour cooking oil and start to fry onion, garlic, hot chilly, and tamarind. Stir and stir. Add the cleaned squid when the mixtures or gravy being cooked. let the squid cooked for 5 minutes. Add sugar and salt accordingly.

Ready to serve for lunch or dinner.

Please take note that you have to cook some extra foods in addition thereof, if the fried squids are not enough for you and your company.

SQUID...SQUID...SQUID - Part 2

SQUID AS FOOD

Yesterday I wrote about one of my local treats called Ketupat Sotong Terengganu and I have promised to write down its recipe here, in this blog.

 Achtung!!!

If you're the firs timer, you might not have a good cooking with this recipe.
Remember

Get fresh medium size of squids.

Here is the recipe, anyway

Ingredients:
1kg Glutinous rice + 1 can liquid milk 1kg fresh squid (medium size) 1kg seed oil + 1kg coconut milk 1.2 cm ginger	2 shallots 1 teaspoon halba Sugar + salt 12 sticks of coconut leaf rib 3.7 cm long cut with sharp edge in the budget for fixing
Methods:
1)Remove squid heads and clean the body. Do not clean the inside portion of the body because it might contain some eggs therein. 2) Cook the glutinous rice with half kg coconut milk and keep the balance for next cooking process and add some fresh water if required. 3) Insert the cooked glutinous rice into the body of each squids. Remember to press the glutinous rice firmly into the body and use the sticks from the coconut rib to fix and close the squid at the entrance.  4) Place all the filled in squids into a pot/cooker. 5) Start cooking and pour some coconut milk, add onion, ginger and the sliced halba. Add the balance of coconut milk, salt and sugar to your taste. 6) Stir and keep on stirring to avoid coconut milk broth become hardened and thick. 7) Stop cooking when the coconut broth is well cooked and become condensed. The dish is ready to be served.  Have a good cooking of Ketupat Sotong Terengganu.

SQUID...SQUID...SQUID - Part 1

 WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT SQUID?

Squid as Food

Many species of squid are popular as food in cuisines as diverse as Chinese, Greek, Turkish, Japanese, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, Korean, Indian, Vietnamese,  Filipino, Malaysians and Thais.

Calamari...deep fried breaded squid with sauce

Strangely, in English-speaking countries, squid as food is very often marketed using the Italian word calamari. 

Squid are found abundantly in certain areas, and provide large catches for fisheries. The body can be stuffed whole, cut into flat pieces or sliced into rings. The arms, tentacles and ink are also edible; in fact, the only parts that are not eaten are the beak and gladius (pen). Squid is a good food source for zinc, manganese and high in the recommended daily intake of copper, selenium, vitamin B12, and riboflavin.

However, in some Asian countries particularly in South East Asia, squid is a very popular food. In Malaysia, fresh squid is sold up to MYR18.00 (at about USD6 ) per kilogram or at higher price if the size is bigger. The price of squid is higher than sardine, mackerel or barracuda per kilogram.

In my place ( Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia ), squid is our local favorite.Our ancestors have had created so many recipes of squid and most had been inherited to new generations.

I will start it with one popular local squid food. It is our treat, our local pride called "ketupat sotong Terengganu" something that you can't find it outside of Malaysia...or perhaps outside of Terengganu in particular by its name?

I'll show some pictures of the treat now. The recipe will follow in next blog.

This one in the right picture is a bit dry with no gravy.
Ketupat sotong Terengganu must be enjoyed with its own cooked gravy like the one in bottom picture.

This is the real one of our local treat!!! I personally will go crazy for this one!

cross section of the cooked squid with fixed glutinous rice inside and gravy

You must come to my place to enjoy this food...

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Islamic View of the Last Judgment Day


1) View from Qur'an

Muslims believe that the Qur'an provides the framework for understanding the Day of Judgment. Ideas such as the return of Jesus to earth and the second kingdom before the occurrence are believed to be indirectly mentioned in the Qur'an.

There are a wide variety of views and interpretations of the verses in the Qur'an referring to the Day of Judgment, many of which use esoteric Arabic words whose meanings are not well known.

According to the Qur'an:

• The timing of the day of judgment is not known to people - only God knows when it will occur.^[10]
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• Muhammad, as the Messenger of Islam, does not know when the day will be.^[11][12]
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• Muhammad cannot bring it forward.^[13]
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• The people will believe that a short time has passed between their deaths and resurrection.^[14]
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• Nothing will remain except God.^[15]
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• God will resurrect people even if they turn to stone or iron.^[16]
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• God will pass judgment on the works of people, forgiving or condemning. Books/records of the people shall be given to them in right hands in (front) if they are judged by good or left hands(behind the back) if they are judged to be evil.^[17]
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• Belief in the Judgment day is a requirement for salvation. The Qur'an seems to declare that belief in God and the last day and doing good works is sufficient for salvation even if that person be Jewish, Christian or Sabaean.^[18] This puts the belief in the last day as a central requirement. Many Muslim authorities claim that this applies to people pre-dating the Qur'an and does not apply to later people.
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• The majority of Islamic scholars are of the view that the Trumpet will be blown twice: the first time all creatures will swoon and the second time the resurrection will come to pass. This is based on the verse of Qur'an in which God says (interpretation of the meaning):

And the trumpet is blown, and all who are in the heavens and all who are in the earth swoon away, save him whom Allah willeth. Then it is blown a second time, and behold them standing waiting!

—Surah 39 (Az-Zumar), ayat 68^[19]

• No injustice shall be done:

Surely Allah does not do injustice to the weight of an atom, and if it is a good deed He multiplies it and gives from Himself a great reward.

—Qur'an, surah 4 An-Nisa, ayat 40^[20]

• Jesus (Isa) will return. The Qur'an claims that all of the "People of the Book" will believe in him before his death. Many Islamic authors take this passage to mean that Jesus has not died, but instead was raised to Heaven and will return before the day of judgment to establish the Kingdom of God and as a result everyone of the People of the Book (such as the Jews, Christians, Sabaeans, etc.) will become Muslims (see Hadith below).^[21
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•  Events on the day of judgment

Many chapters/surah of the Qur'an describe proposed events to occur on the day of judgement:

• Creation of a new earth
• Resurrection of people
• Gathering of the people
• Judging of the people
• Separation of the people who are hell bound and heaven bound

For example from surah 81 (At-Takwir) ayat 1-14:^[22]

When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
For what crime she was killed;
When the scrolls are laid open;
When the world on High is unveiled;
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
And when the Garden is brought near;-
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.^[23]

2) View from Hadith (written sayings)

The Hadith books give the view that the day of the judgment will be foreshadowed by events classified as the minor and major signs of the day. Many classical authors believe that some of these events (signs) have already occurred.

According to some aspects of Muslim belief, there are signs which will possibly indicate the coming of the day of judgment. Classical authors categorized them into major and minor signs, but this varies. Some are general signs mentioned in Hadith relating to moral decay and some are more "miraculous".

The Qur'an mentions the ashraat  which have already occurred, by the time Muhammad gave the message to his people:

Do they then wait for aught but the hour that it should come to them all of a sudden? Now indeed the tokens of it have (already) come, but how shall they have their reminder when it comes on them?

—Qur'an, surah 47 Muhammad, ayat 18^[24]

The Hadith literature has a large number of these signs:

Minor Signs

Muslims believe that these are signs that appear years before the day of judgment.
1-Diffusion of adultery.
2-Diffusion of usury.
3-Diffusion of alcohol.
4-Digging tunnels in Makkah and its structures go mountain high.
5-Diffusion of performance repertoire, songs, singers and dancers.

Major Signs

The major signs are the seven which are thought to occur closer to the supposed day of judgment.

1. The appearance of Masih ad-Dajjal, Antichrist (not mentioned in the Qur'an)
2. The appearance of Ya'jooj and Ma'jooj Gog and Magog^[25]
3. The appearance of the Dabbat al-ard (the strange beast)^[26]
4. Three huge earthquakes
5. The smoke^[27]
6. The rise (Sunni view) or the return from occlusion (Shiah view) of the Imam Mahdi to restore Islam
7. The return of Isa (Jesus) from heaven to assist the Imam Mahdi in restoring Islam

Other signs mentioned in Hadith

1. Three huge earthquakes:
2. Fire from the west
3. People fighting over gold revealed by the river Tigris
4. Inanimate objects speaking
5. There will be 50 women for every 1 man
6. The son being the master of the mother
7. The sun appears to be rising from the west: The final sign after which repentance is not accepted.

Barzakh

Main article: Barzakh

In Islamic eschatology, Barzakh (Arabic: برزخ‎) is the intermediate state in which the soul (Nafs) of the deceased is transferred across the boundaries of the mortal realm into a kind of "cold sleep" where the soul will rest until the Qiyamah (judgment day).

From the Qur'an itself, Barzakh (Arabic: برزخ‎) is the intermediate state, interface or barrier between two states. Saudi Arabia Ministry of religious affairs^{[28][29][29][30][31]}



3) Views of Classical Authors

 

Sunni

• Al-Ghazali
• Ibn Taymiyyah
• Sufi

Shiah

4) Views of Modern Authors

 

Sunni

• Tariq Ramadan
• Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah ibn Baaz
• Muhammad ibn al Uthaymeen

Shiah

• Ruhollah Khomeini

 

Judgment

During judgment, it is believed that a person's own book of deeds will be opened and will be apprised of every action they did and every word spoken.^[32] Actions taken during childhood are not judged. The supposed account of deeds is believed to be so detailed that one would be in awe at how comprehensive the account is, such that even lesser and trivial deeds be included. Throughout the supposed judgment, however, the underlying principle is that of a complete and perfect justice administered by God. The accounts of judgment are also replete with the emphasis that God is merciful and forgiving, and that mercy and forgiveness will be granted on that day.

The Qur'an states that even the smallest acts of the believers will not be wasted.

Then shall anyone who has done an atom's weight of good, see it!
And anyone who has done an atom's weight of evil, shall see it.

—Qur'an, sura 99 Az-Zalzala, ayat 7-8^[33]

Lo! Those who believe (in that which is revealed unto thee, Muhammad), and those who are Jews, and Christians, and Sabaeans - whoever believeth in Allah and the Last Day and doeth right - surely their reward is with their Lord, and there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve.

—Qur'an, sura 2 Al-Baqara, ayah 62^[18]

Comparison with the Bible

While appearing similar to certain parts of the Bible (Ezekiel,^[34] James,^[35] 1 Peter,^[36] Revelation^[37]) this is dissimilar to some Protestant branches of Christianity, where salvation comes by faith in Yahweh alone. Catholics, however cite James 2:24^[38] as evidence that judgment is not based on faith alone. Islam emphasizes that grace does not conflict with perfect justice.

The age of the hereafter or rest of eternity is the final stage believed to commence after the day of judgment, when all of humanity is believed to have received their judgment from God, if they were righteous and did good deeds based on their own circumstances, then if God wills, by His mercy they go to Jannah (heaven), a state of bliss, and if they have attained little in life and were unrighteous in their actions—or were, despite all evidence shown to them, bent on denying the truth of life once it was presented to them—based on their own circumstances they shall go to Jahannam. 

Having read and noted above, now it is the time for you to ask your Faith. The scholars set every nation of Islam must believe in six basic elements in Islam is known as the Five Pillars of Faith: -

1. Believe in God/Allah
2. Belief in the Prophets and Messengers
3. Believe in Angels
4. Believe in the Holy Books
5. Believe in the Last Day
6. Believe in Qada' and Qadar

So, every Muslims must believe in the Judgment Day. In addition to the adherents of Five Pillars of Faith in  Islam every Muslims must also comply with the 5 Pillars of Islam.