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    The Cat
    The Cat
    The Cat
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    The Cat

    By Khaleel Jooste

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    Bismillah

    Happy Birthday.

    It’s more than that, homie. It’s for St Jude’s Orphanage too. If tonight is a success, they’ll probably not shut it down as they planned. Those kids will still have homes. You forget.

    InshaAllah

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKhaleel Jooste
    Release dateMay 5, 2014
    ISBN9781310627613
    The Cat
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      The Cat - Khaleel Jooste

      The Cat

      By Khaleel Jooste

      Copyright Khaleel Jooste 2014

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      This free ebook may be copied, distributed, reposted, reprinted and shared, provided it appears in its entirety without alteration, and the reader is not charged to access it.

      Ayat Al-Kursi

      Allah - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of [all] existence. Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them, and they encompass not a thing of His knowledge except for what He wills. His Kursi extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High, the Most Great. (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:255)

      As Allah wills

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      #No Air

      #Home

      #Loyal

      The Cat

      The cat enters the window.

      Jumps onto the counter and then lands softly on

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