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I wanted to go to Lusaka via Gaborone or Maputo. I said, it didn't matter as long as I<br />
arrived at my destination on Wednesday at 3 p.m. She hit the keyboard again and<br />
scanning the screen said, "I am sorry but you are booked on Zambian Airlines and we<br />
cannot transfer your ticket to another airline because we cannot contact Zambian Airlines<br />
today as they are closed on account <strong>of</strong> a national holiday in that country." So I was asked<br />
to return the next day. Very interesting! I thought, but I was sorely disappointed as the<br />
ticket was almost within my reach but not within my grasp. I still imagined that she had<br />
the tickets in her desk drawer.<br />
IGNORANCE REMOVED<br />
In my puzzlement, I asked her, "Where did you get all that information from?" She said,<br />
"It was from the Head Computer in Johannesburg." She was kind enough to explain<br />
further that every other computer in the country with similar end terminals had access to<br />
that computer at the press <strong>of</strong> a button. I enquired that whilst she was trying to book me on<br />
that 6 p.m. flight to Johannesburg, and if there was only one seat left, and if there were<br />
other terminals trying for that seat, what would happen? She said the first one within the<br />
second would get the seat and the rest would draw a blank. I thanked her pr<strong>of</strong>usely and<br />
left the airways building.<br />
On my way back to my <strong>of</strong>fice, my mind began to buzz with ideas. This is how it<br />
happened, I thought. I mean the wahy (the Revelation <strong>of</strong> God to Muhummed (pbuh) His<br />
Chosen Messenger, came from the "Head Computer" - THE PRESERVED TABLET!<br />
This "Tablet" is not like the one Moses (pbuh) used for inscribing the Ten<br />
Commandments, a tablet <strong>of</strong> stone. It is unlike the ones teachers use in schools, called<br />
"black boards" or "green boards." Neither it is the Tablet <strong>of</strong> a computer screen or the<br />
silicone chip. It is God's Own tablet guarded and protected; it is not to be understood in<br />
any material sense for it is not made <strong>of</strong> stone or metal, IT IS SPIRITUAL! How does it<br />
operate? We can only guess -<br />
CHRISTIANS FROM NAJRAN<br />
Whilst Islam was getting a firm foothold in Madeenah, the reputation <strong>of</strong> the Messenger <strong>of</strong><br />
God spread throughout the length and breadth <strong>of</strong> Arabia. A community <strong>of</strong> Arab<br />
Christians living in Najran, around Yemen, heard that an Arab in Arabia was now<br />
claiming Divine inspiration and had proclaimed himself to be the mouthpiece <strong>of</strong> God - a<br />
Prophet. A deputation set out for Madeenah to cross-examine the Prophet, to match their<br />
wits against his to test his knowledge about God and religion in general.<br />
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