Chapter 45: Revisiting the Temple 2

  The ten people in the temple were all grown up from childhood studying scriptures. Believing in 'Allah' is their eternal and unchanging faith.

  According to the scriptures, before the emergence of Islam in Mecca and other places, people believed that God was the supreme deity. They believed that God "created heaven and earth", "controlled the sun and moon", "sent down sweet rain" and "saved people from danger". Therefore, many people used "Abdullah" (Slave of Allah) as their name. However, while they worshipped Allah, they also worshipped idols such as Al-Lat, Al-Uzza, and Manah, three goddesses. They claimed that worshipping these idols brought them closer to Allah.

  The Quran, however, insists that God is absolutely one. He has no partners or rivals and no offspring, and says that if the heavens and earth were run by multiple gods, they would surely be ruined. Allah is all-powerful, needing nothing else. The creation of the universe, the movement of the sun, moon, stars, day and night, wind, rain, plants, human reproduction and multiplication, as well as wealth and poverty, life and death, are all determined by Allah's will. Allah is eternal, existing before all things, without beginning or end, and everything else will perish while Allah's essence remains indestructible. Allah is absolutely perfect, possessing all the perfections beyond all things, his transcendence being too great for human language to describe, "nothing is like him", because of these characteristics of Allah, humans are weak in front of this unique and supreme ruler. Therefore, people should sincerely submit to Him, worship Him, and ask for His mercy and blessings.

  The polytheists of Mecca said that they worshiped the gods either to get closer to Allah through them, or to follow the religion of their forefathers. They considered it strange to worship only one God and thought that giving up polytheism was an innovation that deviated from the traditions of their ancestors, and they were skeptical and opposed to it. Allah is the same as the Lord in Christianity and Judaism at that time, the soul, they are unified. And the scripture acknowledges that God sent Jesus Christ.

  Piously facing the gods, the ten elders as descendants of 'Saladin' are also very obedient and follow their ancestors' instructions to come to the temple every year on time to participate in this ritual.

  Although they had never learned about physics, mathematics, astronomy, and chemistry, each of them was a handful of age. The years of grinding had long made them doubt the existence of God, but as their only faith, they couldn't tell others about their doubts in their hearts.

  Because among all people, they are the ones who know everything. When people have doubts, they will ask them for advice, and whether they understand or not, these few individuals will say "do as God instructs." As for how to do it... heaven knows....

  They have never seen God, not even in their dreams. Since the British occupied Egypt 100 years ago, their ancestors were confused by the British warships and cannons. They also tried to resist, but when flesh and blood faced bullets polished by modern science, resistance seemed so powerless.

  They were left with only the unyielding heart and faith in their hearts. While devoutly facing Allah, the ten elders as descendants of 'Saladin' still followed their ancestors' instructions and came to the temple on time every year to participate in this ritual.

  Year after year of empty waiting, disappointment linked to disappointment. They were about to exhaust their passion and life. But they still persisted, because 'Saladin' had left them a prophecy. "One day the messenger of God will descend from heaven, his body clean, holding a staff that can emit lightning. He will lead you to exchange true wealth and freedom with blood and life."

  Today they finally waited for it, when all ten people looked up at the empty altar together. What they saw was a god, that god was clean (naked). In his hand he still held a twisted object (car door handle), and that twisted object occasionally emitted flashes of light. Slowly falling from the sky to the altar.

  All that was seen was the god quietly lying in mid-air, with only his back visible from below. The falling speed was like a feather, although several people had never seen what the god looked like. However, including the Great Elder 'Amur', no one would doubt that the one slowly falling from the air was the god.

  Because ten people added together have more than 700 years of experience, they had never seen such a thing. In their eyes, only birds could fly in the sky. But the person in front of them didn't even have one feather, let alone wings. Miracle, it's absolutely a miracle.

  It's a pity that this is not a miracle from God, if it were a miracle from God, it would be too perfect.

  No need to think about it, this miracle is naturally our protagonist Liu Qi. However, at this time Liu Qi was still in a state of deep coma and did not want to wake up. Liu Qi, wrapped in the power of the contract, slowly fell onto the middle of the altar. Liu Qi lay there with his face upwards, forming a "T" shape.

  The temple looked even more eerie at night. 'Amur' the elder and several others stared blankly at Liu Qi, who was lying unconscious in the middle of the temple. Unanimously, no one spoke. They just looked at each other, unsure of what to do next.

  After a long time, an elder finally couldn't help but speak up and said, "Elder Amur, do you think this is the messenger of God in our prophecy?"

  "Amour" the elder said "I knew that, I'm not a god." But he couldn't not answer, so he smoothed his beard, puffed out his chest, gritted his teeth and said "According to the prophecy 'One day God's messenger will descend from heaven, with a clean body' it seems we are waiting for this messenger of God." Liu Qi's buttocks became a clean body.

  "Yes, I suppose in the realm of gods, they don't need to wear clothes because they are all pure." An elder chimed in. Liu Qi once again became a member of the nudist tribe.

  "Yes, yes, and look at the pattern on his staff, it's not a design that can be seen in our mortal world." Another elder also hastily said. "Yes, who can make a few twists with an iron skin handle, I'm afraid the pattern will be different too."

  "And his staff just released lightning, my eyes were already dazzled by the brightness of the lightning and couldn't open." An elder with presbyopic glasses said. Without even looking at your presbyopic glasses which are almost 10,000 degrees, like a giant magnifying glass, how can it not be dazzling?

  Everyone was discussing and speculating, until finally everyone unanimously believed that Liu Qi lying on the altar was the messenger of God in the prophecy, and was 'Saladin' entrusted by God to come and save them.

  But everyone was puzzled, why the messenger of God always lay in the middle of the altar, without any movement. Everyone still consistently handed over the problem to 'Amur' the great elder.

  "Amul, the elder, said with a mysterious tone, "The messenger of God has come from afar to help us. He must be exhausted from his long journey. Let's not disturb him and quietly wait for him to wake up. We'll just stand guard beside him."

  Everyone listened and hurriedly said, "Right, right. He should have a good rest." Then everyone followed the lead of 'Amur' elder and surrounded Liu Qi's altar, stretching their necks to quietly gaze at the messenger of God, regardless of whether the weather was cool or not, and whether the messenger of God would catch a cold.

  Liu Qi said he fainted, but actually fell asleep. Not only did he fall asleep, but he also had a dream. In the dream, Liu Qi arrived at the seaside and saw his long-admired female classmate. The two of them chased each other enthusiastically on the beach, playing with great enthusiasm, truly in love. But for some reason, at the critical moment, the female classmate suddenly disappeared, and Liu Qi had to desperately search for her everywhere. However, no matter how hard he looked, he couldn't find her, so Liu Qi went to the changing room to change his clothes and continue searching. Embarrassingly, he discovered that all his clothes had been stolen, including the swimsuit he had just taken off. At this moment, 10 old men with white beards suddenly entered the changing room, making it impossible for him to get out. In desperation, Liu Qi shouted loudly.

  "Ah, no, I'm not going out." Liu Qi was startled awake by this absurd dream. Opening his eyes, he found that it had already dawned, and it turned out to be a nightmare. Then Liu Qi closed his eyes again, wanting to sleep for a while longer, and habitually reached out with his hand to grab the quilt beside him. However, he didn't grasp anything, and couldn't help but wonder, "Where did my quilt go?"

  Liu Qiang strengthened his spirit and opened his eyes, searching for the missing quilt. However, the quilt was not found, but what he saw first was that snow-white beard.

  With a sudden jolt, Liu Qi's drowsiness disappeared. He hastily sat up and carefully rubbed his eyes with his hands.

  Liu Qi only then realized that not everything in his dream was fake. At least the part where he was surrounded by ten white-bearded old men while being completely naked was true. Suddenly, many scenes unsuitable for children appeared in Liu Qi's mind, and he let out a loud shriek, his voice no lower than a world-class soprano. Then, one hand covering his private parts, the other hand pointing at the ten elders with the metal handle of the car.

  'Amur' the elder and his followers saw Liu Qi pointing at them with the divine staff, they were so frightened that they immediately knelt down on the ground. No one wanted to provoke the divine messenger's misunderstanding and taste the divine staff's power. While waving their hands vigorously, they loudly said "Don't misunderstand, we are your servants."

  However, Liu Qi couldn't understand the local Arabic dialect at all and had no idea what 'Amur' Dajang and the others meant. But seeing that they didn't intend to use force, Liu Qi felt a lot more at ease in his heart.

  At least temporarily safe, Liu Qi immediately saw the blanket on the ground and quickly grabbed it to wrap around her body.

  To be honest, a naked woman's destructive power is infinitely great, while a naked man has no resistance at all.

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