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A Spiritual Note

July 10, 2009 - Rajab 17, 1430

Assalamu alaikum (Peace be upon you).

Heal the World

There's a place in your heart
And I know that it is love
And this place could be much brighter than tomorrow
And if you really try
You'll find there's no need to cry
In this place you'll feel
There's no hurt or sorrow

There are ways to get there
If you care enough for the living
Make a little space, make a better place...

Heal the World
Make it a better place
For you and for me
And the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place, for you and for me.

If you want to know why
There's a love that cannot lie
Love is strong
It only cares for joyful giving
If we try we shall see
In this bliss
We cannot feel fear or dread
We stop existing and start living

Then it feels that always
Love's enough for us growing
So make a better world
Make a better world...

Heal the World
Make it a better place
For you and for me
And the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place, for you and for me.

And the dream we were conceived in
Will reveal a joyful face
And the world we once believed in
Will shine again in grace
Then why do we keep strangling life
Wound this Earth, crucify it's soul
Though it's plain to see
This world is heavenly be God's Glow

We could fly so high
Let our spirits never die
In my heart I feel you are all my brothers
Create a world with no fear
Together we'll cry happy tears
See the nations turn their swords into plowshares

We could really get there
If you cared enough for the living
Make a little space
To make a better place...

Heal the World
Make it a better place
For you and for me
And the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place, for you and for me.

Michael Jackson

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A Spiritual Note will be sent out every Jumu'ah day to remind us all of the beautiful teachings of Islam and to inspire us to fulfill our obligations to Allah and to one another.

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Quranic quotations in the Notes are from the English translation of the Holy Quran by Maulana Muhammad Ali, which you can read at http://www.muslim.org/english-quran/index.htm (with footnotes) and http://aaiil.org/text/hq/trans/ma_list.shtml (without footnotes).