Write an episode by episode breakdown of a sequel season to Twin Peaks: The Return.

Title: Twin Peaks: The Awakening
Episode 1: The Shattered Timeline Agent Dale Cooper wakes up in the town of Twin Peaks, disoriented and confused about the timeline he now inhabits. With Laura Palmer alive and some familiar faces gone, Cooper starts to unravel the mysteries of this new reality. Meanwhile, a new entity appears in the Black Lodge, introducing itself as "The Weaver."
Episode 2: The Gathering Storm Sheriff Truman receives a cryptic message from Deputy Hawk, who has been investigating strange occurrences in the woods. Cooper and Truman begin to explore these anomalies and discover a hidden room filled with records of alternate timelines. An ominous storm brews over Twin Peaks.
Episode 3: The Lighthouse Cooper finds a mysterious lighthouse that projects visions of different timelines. He encounters a woman who claims to be an ally in his quest. Meanwhile, Audrey Horne starts to regain her memories, realizing that her world may not be as it seems.
Episode 4: The Weaver’s Web The Weaver starts to manipulate events in Twin Peaks, pitting friends against each other and causing chaos. Cooper and the mysterious woman, now revealed to be a Lodge spirit named Lumen, try to counteract The Weaver's influence. Audrey investigates her father's secret dealings with otherworldly forces.
Episode 5: The Rift The storm intensifies, revealing a rift in the fabric of reality. Cooper and Lumen enter the rift, finding themselves in a dream-like world inhabited by spirits and echoes of the past. They discover that The Weaver is attempting to collapse all timelines into one.
Episode 6: The Gathering Residents of Twin Peaks, including familiar faces like Shelly, Bobby, and James, start experiencing vivid dreams and inexplicable events connected to the town's history. Realizing they all play a part in the unfolding drama, they band together to support Cooper and Lumen. The Log Lady returns with a cryptic message about the imminent convergence of timelines.
Episode 7: The Broken Circle Cooper and Lumen uncover a secret council of Lodge spirits that have been monitoring the timelines for centuries. They learn that The Weaver was once a member but was banished for attempting to control all realities. Meanwhile, Audrey confronts her father, Benjamin Horne, and forces him to reveal his involvement with The Weaver.
Episode 8: The Dance of Shadows As the timelines start to collapse, the town of Twin Peaks is plunged into darkness. Residents must confront manifestations of their darkest fears and desires. Cooper and Lumen discover that The Weaver's power comes from a mysterious artifact hidden deep in the woods.
Episode 9: The Heart of the Forest Cooper, Lumen, and the Twin Peaks residents embark on a perilous journey to locate the artifact and stop The Weaver's plan. They encounter various spirits, both friend and foe, as they navigate the shifting landscape of the woods. Meanwhile, in the Black Lodge, The Weaver prepares for the final confrontation.
Episode 10: The Awakening In a climactic battle, Cooper, Lumen, and the townspeople confront The Weaver and destroy the artifact, halting the collapse of the timelines. As the rift closes, the spirits of the Lodge, including the benevolent Lumen, must depart. With Twin Peaks saved, Cooper is left to ponder the consequences of his actions and the true nature of reality. The town begins to heal, and the residents slowly return to their normal lives, forever changed by the events they experienced.
Episode 11: The Echoes of Time The shattered timelines leave residual effects on Twin Peaks, causing unexpected reunions and revelations. Cooper helps residents grapple with their new realities, while Audrey uses her newfound knowledge to make amends for her family's past actions. The spirits of the Lodge watch from afar, ensuring the balance between worlds is maintained.
Episode 12: The Farewell As Twin Peaks returns to a semblance of normalcy, Cooper decides it's time to move on and continue his journey as an FBI agent. In a heartfelt farewell, he shares wisdom and memories with his friends and loved ones. The final scene sees Cooper leaving Twin Peaks, driving away with a bittersweet smile, ready to face whatever new mysteries await him.
In "Twin Peaks: The Awakening," the characters face the consequences of their actions and the nature of their existence, ultimately finding redemption and a renewed sense of purpose. The series explores the concepts of alternate timelines, the interconnectedness of all things, and the struggle between order and chaos in a surreal and hauntingly beautiful narrative.

It’s funny how deeply you can miss what you no longer have—how Elysian fields become the more years you leave them fallow. I find myself propping up pictures of social events upon the easel of my mind—pictures I painted years ago—nightclubs like those I would burrow my way into underground, even the one I would mix in during my decade of abandonment to movement and sound. But mostly I would cast my mind back to Prague bars or cafes, where there would be people around to talk to, or strangers just milling, yes, milling around. I never appreciated how nice it is for people to mill in your vicinity. Nice. It’s just nice to be milled around. Perhaps that is why I find peace in supermarkets now—it is less that their aisles and orderliness feel a thousand miles from the war, but that the people are suspended in perfectly spherical bubbles of ‘I have no pressing need to be here but alas here I am’, and that to be around the drifting of those bubbles is almost as wonderful as companionship for someone as incompanionable as I currently am. Thank God for dreams, because I have whole cities full of companionship there—from new friends, to girlfriends, to complicated enemies and entertainingly questionable foes, and even occasionally a few days of hanging out with her, all in some neatly designed urban location or another where the truth is something everyone unquestionably knows.
I should say a little of the people whom I have met along the way.
First, there was Dasha, originally from Kharkiv but now a long time resident of Gwent, who had also been on aid shuttles to Izium after it was freed. Her manner was attentive and friendly—she would follow up with regular calls the messages she regularly sent, which was good because talking is what I need. She stood out for her ability to persuade a Chaplain to accept my help, even when my wartime skillset made me about as useful right now as Lent.
The chap-lain and his assistant Pavel kept me waiting in Lozova after my own efforts to get to Donbas began to wane. I had already struck off my month in Kharkiv as a humanitarian fail—I escorted boxes of dried food from Kyiv which would have managed well enough without me on a completely empty train, and did four hours of sandbag stacking around a monument to freedom which I was able to organise by not organising it at all, just seeing people working and offering to do the same—but mostly I felt useless or worse, and was eager to get away. Lozova was much the same, though there was a beautiful lake at the back of an unremarkable park which I walked around every day, and then forty hours after I left, the cultural centre I walked past was obliterated by a cruise missile a hundred metres from where I had stayed. I chose to reserve a small safe corner of suspicion about the news of the missile strike—trauma is easier to cope with if you just choose to believe it’s a lie. Just look at the death of Elvis, or the alive-and-kicking climate crisis, and all that other stuff we compulsively deny.
After I got tired of waiting in my pre-cruise missile apartment that was so cheap it was ‘aid for me’, I packed up and paid extra for the broken shower cable when I handed over the keys. I took a taxi to Barvinkove which was almost a day or so’s walk short of Sloviansk, and I hoped to bag a lift for the last leg of the journey in some or other military jeep. The driver was a former farmer from these parts who pointed at the sections of field he used to work. There was a lot of field in that forty-five minutes, field and military trucks. Not a single civilian do I remember seeing on that mostly arrow straight road, just a painfully potholed surface, checkpoints and greetings in Polish for some reason I don’t understand to this day, and a shrug of I have no idea who you are or what you are doing here but here’s your passport back, on your way.
Bear in mind this was south of occupied Izium last year in mid May, and just a few kilometres stood between these parts and the Russian lines. The taxi driver wouldn’t take me any further than Barvinkove, and it was pretty easy to see why. I thought I had seen destruction in Kharkiv, but the shattering that this all-but-entirely-abandoned town had taken was, in all the war so far, by far the most harrowing sight. You see destroyed cities on screens, and something of the destruction comes across, but when you stand alone on broken glass on what was once a busy junction with insides of buildings spilled out on every side, it isn’t so much a chill that visits you with the ghosts of what happened here but more an enormous swallowing by all the unfathomable loss.
And yet still some civilians clang proudly to their homes. A group gathered of four, stood in front of their town hall, with glass all around there too; curtains wafted behind them from the upper floors—of all the things we could have called them, it’s clearer when they are missing why we went with wind-ow.
“Do you need anything?” A smile. And curiosity. And consternation. But most of all a smile. From a lady almost half my height but every bit as stout. I was traipsing through their town alone with a giant pack upon my back, doing my best not to make it too obvious that I had never seen anything so terrible as her town in my entire life. How do you behave toward people you meet when on every side the guts of their homes are hanging out? I wish I could have just stopped and looked silently down into her eyes and offered her a hug.
“I turn left for Sloviansk, yes?” I said instead.
“Yes. Take a left down there.”
“Thanks,” and with the glance my gratitude warranted as I parted I offered a tiny portion of my sympathy, but I swear this lady neither needed nor wanted a single thing—this was her town, her home, and smashed to shit or not, she would hold her head up high, be the honourable host and offer directions to passers by, because she and her town still lived, and if anyone needed a hug, am I sure it wasn’t me?
If someone had told me she was the mayor of the town, I wouldn’t have been surprised.
They were the last people I saw for the next kilometre leading out, as I passed broken home after shop after kindergarten after abandoned business of now an entirely indiscernible kind. Pieces everywhere. Of glass and rocks and wires and concrete. One shop was missing its long shop window and two stray dogs watched me as I passed, the boss of the two was lying down on the inside upon a three-thick bed of shattered glass, as if filling in for the shop sign. I wanted to coax him off, but realised the worst thing I could do was spook him and just hoped his fur was thick enough for my conscience to leave him behind.
On the long road leading out east, the houses of Barvinkove turned to village types, with overgrowing flower gardens all flourishingly unkempt – all purples and pinks and yellows and whites with yellow centres and deep and velvet reds. The distant sounds of artillery feel more distant when coming through village air. One home stood out for grass having been mown, and the gardener at large, a lady in waiting to grow old, was out tending to her five metre wide share—alone in a kilometre row of single storey village houses with boarded up eyes and fast-growing gardens for beards, in her typical village floral dress and headscarf, she stood out for the peace with which she tended to tidiness, a sight to make a soldier stop, kneel and bow his head before the life still living there.
“Zdrasti.”
“Zdrasti.”
It was about three months ago that people stopped saying “Good Day”. But to this day, Barvinkove never fell.

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2015年，中国中部城市商丘——一个面积与肯塔基州相当的地级市——在制定未来20年的规划时，将自己定位为拥有庞大的铁路、公路和内河航运网络的交通枢纽。
截至2020年底，商丘已建成高铁114公里，多条铁路在商丘交汇。到2025年，商丘预计其高速公路网络覆盖率将增加87%。这座没有机场的城市正在同时建设两座机场、三条新高速公路和足够容纳2万辆汽车的额外停车位。
挥金如土的基础设施建设远未结束。2月23日，在庆祝与一家国有投资公司建立新的合作伙伴关系时，商丘市委书记重申了该市作为物流重地的愿景，这有助于商丘借钱开展更多项目。
那天早上，该市的公交运营商宣布因财政困难被迫停运。该公司表示，在疫情的沉重打击下，商丘市政府没有提供承诺的补贴。于是公司拖欠了几个月的员工工资，甚至没钱为电动公交车充电。公告在发布几小时后成为全国头条新闻，商丘市政府进行了干预，该公司删除了公告。
像商丘这样的地方眼下在中国比比皆是。作为执政的共产党今年全力推动经济增长的一部分，本已因大规模基础设施借贷而负债累累的地方政府正在承担更多债务。他们正在建设更多的公路、铁路和工业园区，然而这些经济活动的回报越来越微薄。城市苦于为新项目筹集资金以及为旧项目支付利息，正在削减公共服务和福利。
2014年，中国新疆地区第一条高速铁路试运行。 Visual China Group, via Getty Images
商丘是中国20多个因地方政府未能提供必要的运营资金而导致公交停运或陷入困境的城镇之一。武汉等城市削减了医保。还有一些城市削减了政府工作人员的工资。与北京接壤的河北省许多地方政府未能在冬季支付天然气取暖补贴，导致居民在创纪录的寒潮中受冻。
近三十年来，全世界都羡慕中国的地方政府。它们似乎拥有无限的资源来兴建机场、道路和工业园区，其中许多是通过出售土地筹集资金的。
现在，许多这样的城市都陷入财政混乱。在该国坚定推行“清零”政策的过程中，地方政府耗尽了金库来遵守严格的检测、隔离和封锁规定。企业在勉强挣扎，缴税下降。在政府一次次的打击下，房地产开发商不愿买地。
“如果土地销售没有大幅恢复，政府就没有钱花在基本服务上，”加州大学圣地亚哥分校政治学副教授史宗瀚(Victor Shih)说。“地方政府——尤其是三四线城市——仍将难以履行其许多预算义务。”
官方数据显示，截至2022年底，中国31个省级政府负债约35万亿元人民币，比三年前增长66%。国际货币基金组织的一份报告中估算的数字为9.5万亿美元（约合人民币65万亿元），相当于该国经济总量的一半。
投资是中国经济增长的惯用策略，但从这些城市接受投资的热情程度中很难看出它们已经负债累累。
官方媒体上充满令人目不暇接的新项目报道。中国经济产出最大的省份广东宣布，2023年该省将在1530个项目上投资8.5万亿元。商丘所在的河南省表示，将在2500个项目上投资1.8万亿元。
问题是，这些政府没有钱。
上海一家生产高铁部件的工厂。 Aly Song/Reuters
在中国，政府几乎拥有所有土地，多年来，许多地方政府的主要收入来源一直是向开发商出租或出售房地产。但根据财政部的数据，去年土地出让收入下降逾五分之一。由于新冠“清零”政策，中国31个省级政府全部出现赤字。根据标普全球的数据，三分之二的地方政府实体借款超过了北京设定的非官方债务门槛，截至12月，其未偿债务已超过其收入的120%。
在商丘，政府没有具体说明如何为其2023年的701个项目提供资金。该市确实表示，去年其土地销售收入是该市目标的一半，并已花费75亿用于偿债。换句话说，商丘用超过三分之一的税收收入来支付债务利息。今年，官员们寄希望于土地销售的大幅增长和税收收入的一些增长。
但商丘并不打算把这笔钱用于公共服务。相反，根据该市网站上的预算文件，该市计划削减教育、医疗、就业保护、交通和许多其他公共服务的支出。
文件称：“我们要把保障和改善民生建立在经济发展和财力可持续的基础之上。”
中国到处都是花费巨大基础设施，政府喜欢夸耀它们，但它们并不能满足公众最迫切的需求。
中国政府喜欢说中国拥有世界上最长和最快的高铁。但除了连接北京、上海、广州和深圳等特大城市的几条线路外，大多数线路的运营都低于运力，亏损严重。中国国家铁路集团去年表示，在过去十年中建造的中国高速铁路中，约80%建在偏远和贫困地区。
北京交通大学教授赵坚在一篇文章中警告说，高铁可能成为压垮中国经济的“灰犀牛”，因为许多地方政府为了建设高铁背负了大量债务。但大多数这样的铁路运送的是人，而不是货物。因此，只有在人口密集、人们愿意为速度花更多钱的地区，它们才有意义。
地方领导人对基础设施项目感兴趣，因为这些项目的经济回报虽然很少，但却有立竿见影的效果——人们可以得到建筑工作，公司可以得到建筑合同。这种短视做法在中国政治体系中占主导地位，在这种体系中，干部的职责是达成领导人设定的目标，而不考虑经济或人力成本。
去年，列车行驶在张家口和北京之间的一条专为2008年奥运会修建的铁路上。 James Hill for The New York Times
商丘市政府吹嘘说，在该市中心城区的230万居民中，每人约有14平方米的绿地。商丘今年最大的基础设施项目之一是一座湿地公园。近年来，在修建了许多通往偏僻地方的道路之后，地方政府在城市美化项目上投入了大量资金。
每个人都能拥有绿地是好事。但与中国大多数内陆城市一样，商丘并不富裕。该市的大学毕业生在社交媒体上抱怨说，很难找到一份月薪超过两千元的工作。它的基本养老金每月为老年人提供113元，今年增加了10元。
很多60岁以上的中国人都靠这样的养老金生活。根据官方数据，2021年，超过1.62亿人获得了3715亿元的基本养老金，平均每人每月约195元。居民们可能更愿意把政府花在失业保护、公共汽车服务和福利上，而不是高铁和绿地。
商丘也不例外。
今年2月，陕西省西北部蒲城的一名居民在当地政府的网上论坛上抱怨说，市中心到火车站之间没有公交服务。
“这可是最基本的民生工程都没有办到，”这位署名李宏博的居民写道。“民生这倒退了。希望相关领导能够重视一下。”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7cKZxhcoHg
For context, nobody living or dead is more responsible for the invasion of Iraq than Paul Wolfowitz, and they completely softballed in this interview/debate.
From the jump Amna Nawaz had absolutely no back-bone or pushback. She's talking with one of the most despicable people in modern American History and she just let him speak unchallenged. The guy they had on to take the opposite side just laid down and did not push back on his bullshit either.
The first question she asks him if Americans AND Iraqis are better off because of the war, and he answers a different question that he thinks that AMERICANS (not Iraqis) are better off because Sadam or his sons are not in power. Which, bullshit as it is, is an obvious sidestep of the question and the very profound effect the War had on the 300,000 Iraqis who are dead because of Paul Wolfowitz and his buddies. If someone sidesteps your question, at least clarify about whether Wolfowitz is evil enough to argue that we actually did help all those dead people and their families, or if he just doesn't care about them. Either way, it should be clarified.
And that wasn't even the worst thing. The worst thing is when asked to justify why the war was a good thing, the first thing Wolfowitz said was that America has not had another 9/11 attack... uh... WHAT?
Hey, Amna, why don't you ask him what Iraq or Sadam had to do with 9/11???? How the hell did a dictator with zero WMD's pose a terrorist threat to Americans???? FUCKING DO YOUR JOB AND PUSH BACK, Amna. If you can't do it, or you won't do it, you shouldn't be hosting the NewsHour, one of the last vestiges of unadulterated journalism left in our Republic.
I could go on, but whatever. This show is going downhill. Judy Woodruff wouldn't have let him slide on that shit. Get your shit together, you owe the populous better than that garbage.

THE OPENING (al-Fatihah) 1. In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. 2. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds. 3. The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 4. Master of the Day of Judgment. 5. It is You we worship, and upon You we call for help. 6. Guide us to the straight path. 7. The path of those You have blessed, not of those against whom there is anger, nor of those who are misguided. 2. THE HEIFER (al-Baqarah) In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful 1. Alif, Lam, Meem. 2. This is the Book in which there is no doubt, a guide for the righteous. 3. Those who believe in the unseen, and perform the prayers, and give from what We have provided for them. 4. And those who believe in what was revealed to you, and in what was revealed before you, and are certain of the Hereafter. 5. These are upon guidance from their Lord. These are the successful. 6. As for those who disbelieve—it is the same for them, whether you have warned them, or have not warned them—they do not believe. 7. Allah has set a seal on their hearts and on their hearing, and over their vision is a veil. They will have a severe torment. 8. Among the people are those who say, “We believe in Allah and in the Last Day,” but they are not believers. 9. They seek to deceive Allah and those who believe, but they deceive none but themselves, though they are not aware. 10. In their hearts is sickness, and Allah has increased their sickness. They will have a painful punishment because of their denial. 11. And when it is said to them, “Do not make trouble on earth,” they say, “We are only reformers.” 12. In fact, they are the troublemakers, but they are not aware. 13. And when it is said to them, “Believe as the people have believed,” they say, “Shall we believe as the fools have believed?” In fact, it is they who are the fools, but they do not know. 14. And when they come across those who believe, they say, “We believe”; but when they are alone with their devils, they say, “We are with you; we were only ridiculing.” 15. It is Allah who ridicules them, and leaves them bewildered in their transgression. 16. Those are they who have bartered error for guidance; but their trade does not profit them, and they are not guided. 17. Their likeness is that of a person who kindled a fire; when it illuminated all around him, Allah took away their light, and left them in darkness, unable to see. 18. Deaf, dumb, blind. They will not return. 19. Or like a cloudburst from the sky, in which is darkness, and thunder, and lightning. They press their fingers into their ears from the thunderbolts, in fear of death. But Allah surrounds the disbelievers. 20. The lightning almost snatches their sight away. Whenever it illuminates for them, they walk in it; but when it grows dark over them, they stand still. Had Allah willed, He could have taken away their hearing and their sight. Allah is capable of everything. 21. O people! Worship your Lord who created you and those before you, that you may attain piety. 1 2. THE HEIFER (al-Baqarah) 22. He who made the earth a habitat for you, and the sky a structure, and sends water down from the sky, and brings out fruits thereby, as a sustenance for you. Therefore, do not assign rivals to Allah while you know. 23. And if you are in doubt about what We have revealed to Our servant, then produce a chapter like these, and call your witnesses apart from Allah, if you are truthful. 24. But if you do not—and you will not—then beware the Fire whose fuel is people and stones, prepared for the disbelievers. 25. And give good news to those who believe and do righteous deeds; that they will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. Whenever they are provided with fruit therefrom as sustenance, they will say, “This is what we were provided with before,” and they will be given the like of it. And they will have pure spouses therein, and they will abide therein forever. 26. Allah does not shy away from making an example of a gnat, or something above it. As for those who believe, they know that it is the Truth from their Lord. But as for those who disbelieve, they say, “What did Allah intend by this example?” He leads astray many thereby, and He guides many thereby; but He misleads thereby only the evildoers. 27. Those who violate Allah’s covenant after its confirmation, and sever what Allah has commanded to be joined, and commit evil on earth. These are the losers. 28. How can you deny Allah, when you were dead and He gave you life, then He will put you to death, then He will bring you to life, then to Him you will be returned? 29. It is He who created for you everything on earth, then turned to the heaven, and made them seven heavens. And He is aware of all things. 30. When your Lord said to the angels, “I am placing a successor on earth.” They said, “Will You place in it someone who will cause corruption in it and shed blood, while we declare Your praises and sanctify You?” He said, “I know what you do not know.” 31. And He taught Adam the names, all of them; then he presented them to the angels, and said, “Tell Me the names of these, if you are sincere.” 32. They said, “Glory be to You! We have no knowledge except what You have taught us. It is you who are the Knowledgeable, the Wise.” 33. He said, “O Adam, tell them their names.” And when he told them their names, He said, “Did I not tell you that I know the secrets of the heavens and the earth, and that I know what you reveal and what you conceal?” 34. And We said to the angels, “Bow down to Adam.” They bowed down, except for Satan. He refused, was arrogant, and was one of the disbelievers. 35. We said, “O Adam, inhabit the Garden, you and your spouse, and eat from it freely as you please, but do not approach this tree, lest you become wrongdoers.” 36. But Satan caused them to slip from it, and caused them to depart the state they were in. We said, “Go down, some of you enemies of one another. And you will have residence on earth, and enjoyment for a while.” 37. Then Adam received words from his Lord, so He relented towards him. He is the Relenting, the Merciful. 38. We said, “Go down from it, all of you. Yet whenever guidance comes to you from Me, then whoever follows My guidance—they have nothing to fear, nor shall they grieve. 39. But as for those who disbelieve and reject Our signs—these are the inmates of the Fire—wherein they will remain forever.” 40. O Children of Israel! Remember My blessings which I bestowed upon you, and fulfill your pledge to Me, and I will fulfill My pledge to you, and fear Me. 41. And believe in what I revealed, confirming what is with you; and do not be the first to 2 2. THE HEIFER (al-Baqarah) deny it; and do not exchange My revelations for a small price; and be conscious of Me. 42. And do not mix truth with falsehood, and do not conceal the truth while you know. 43. And attend to your prayers, and practice regular charity, and kneel with those who kneel. 44. Do you command people to virtuous conduct, and forget yourselves, even though you read the Scripture? Do you not understand? 45. And seek help through patience and prayer. But it is difficult, except for the devout. 46. Those who know that they will meet their Lord, and that to Him they will return. 47. O Children of Israel! Remember My favor which I bestowed upon you, and I that favored you over all nations. 48. And beware of a Day when no soul will avail another in the least, nor will any intercession be accepted on its behalf, nor will any ransom be taken from it, nor will they be helped. 49. And recall that We delivered you from the people of Pharaoh. They inflicted on you terrible persecution, killing your sons and sparing your women. Therein was a tremendous trial from your Lord. 50. And recall that We parted the sea for you, so We saved you, and We drowned the people of Pharaoh as you looked on. 51. And recall that We appointed for Moses forty nights. Then you took to worshiping the calf after him, and you turned wicked. 52. Then We pardoned you after that, so that you might be grateful. 53. And recall that We gave Moses the Scripture and the Criterion, so that you may be guided. 54. And recall that Moses said to his people, “O my people, you have done wrong to yourselves by worshiping the calf. So repent to your Maker, and kill your egos. That would be better for you with your Maker.” So He turned to you in repentance. He is the Accepter of Repentance, the Merciful. 55. And recall that you said, “O Moses, we will not believe in you unless we see Allah plainly.” Thereupon the thunderbolt struck you, as you looked on. 56. Then We revived you after your death, so that you may be appreciative. 57. And We shaded you with clouds, and We sent down to you manna and quails: “Eat of the good things We have provided for you.” They did not wrong Us, but they used to wrong their own souls. 58. And recall that We said, “Enter this town, and eat plentifully from it whatever you wish; but enter the gate humbly, and say, 'Pardon.' We will forgive your sins, and give increase to the virtuous.” 59. But the wrongdoers among them substituted words other than those given to them, so We sent down on the wrongdoers a plague from heaven, because of their wicked behavior. 60. And recall when Moses prayed for water for his people. We said, “Strike the rock with your staff.” Thereupon twelve springs gushed out from it, and each tribe recognized its drinking-place. “Eat and drink from Allah’s provision, and do not corrupt the earth with disobedience.” 61. And recall when you said, “O Moses, we cannot endure one kind of food, so call to your Lord to produce for us of what the earth grows: of its herbs, and its cucumbers, and its garlic, and its lentils, and its onions.” He said, “Would you substitute worse for better? Go down to Egypt, where you will have what you asked for.” They were struck with humiliation and poverty, and incurred wrath from Allah. That was because they rejected Allah’s revelations and wrongfully killed the prophets. That was because they disobeyed and transgressed. 62. Those who believe, and those who are Jewish, and the Christians, and the Sabeans—any who believe in Allah and the Last Day, and 3 2. THE HEIFER (al-Baqarah) act righteously—will have their reward with their Lord; they have nothing to fear, nor will they grieve. 63. And recall when We received a pledge from you, and raised the Mount above you: “Take what We have given you earnestly, and remember what is in it, that you may attain righteousness.” 64. But after that you turned away. Were it not for Allah’s grace and mercy towards you, you would have been among the losers. 65. And you surely knew those of you who violated the Sabbath. We said to them, “Be despicable apes!” 66. Thus We made it a deterrent for their generation, and for subsequent generations, and a lesson for the righteous. 67. And recall when Moses said to his people, “Allah commands you to sacrifice a heifer.” They said, “Do you make a mockery of us?” He said, “Allah forbid that I should be so ignorant.” 68. They said, “Call upon your Lord to show us which one.” He said, “He says she is a heifer, neither too old, nor too young, but in between. So do what you are commanded.” 69. They said, “Call upon your Lord to show us what her color is.” He said, “He says she is a yellow heifer, bright in color, pleasing to the beholders.” 70. They said, “Call upon your Lord to show us which one; the heifers look alike to us; and Allah willing, we will be guided.” 71. He said, “He says she is a heifer, neither yoked to plow the earth, nor to irrigate the field; sound without blemish.” They said, “Now you have brought the truth.” So they slew her; though they almost did not. 72. And recall when you killed a person, and disputed in the matter; but Allah was to expose what you were hiding. 73. We said, “Strike him with part of it.” Thus Allah brings the dead to life; and He shows you His signs, that you may understand. 74. Then after that your hearts hardened. They were as rocks, or even harder. For there are some rocks from which rivers gush out, and others that splinter and water comes out from them, and others that sink in awe of Allah. Allah is not unaware of what you do. 75. Do you hope that they will believe in you, when some of them used to hear the Word of Allah, and then deliberately distort it, even after understanding it? 76. And when they come across those who believe, they say, “We believe,” but when they come together privately, they say, “Will you inform them of what Allah has disclosed to you, so that they might dispute with you concerning it before your Lord?” Do you not understand? 77. Do they not know that Allah knows what they conceal and what they reveal? 78. And among them are uneducated who know the Scripture only through hearsay, and they only speculate. 79. So woe to those who write the Scripture with their own hands, and then say, “This is from Allah,” that they may exchange it for a little price. Woe to them for what their hands have written, and woe to them for what they earn. 80. And they say, “The Fire will not touch us except for a number of days.” Say, “Have you received a promise from Allah—Allah never breaks His promise—or are you saying about Allah what you do not know?” 81. Indeed, whoever commits misdeeds, and becomes besieged by his iniquities—these are the inmates of the Fire, wherein they will dwell forever. 82. As for those who believe and do righteous deeds—these are the inhabitants of Paradise, wherein they will dwell forever. 83. We made a covenant with the Children of Israel: “Worship none but Allah; and be good to parents, and relatives, and orphans, and the needy; and speak nicely to people; and pray regularly, and give alms.” Then you 4 2. THE HEIFER (al-Baqarah) turned away, except for a few of you, recanting. 84. And We made a covenant with you: “You shall not shed the blood of your own, nor shall you evict your own from your homes.” You agreed, and were all witnesses. 85. But here you are, killing your own, and expelling a group of your own from their homes—conspiring against them in wrongdoing and hostility. And if they come to you as captives, you ransom them, although it was forbidden to you. Is it that you believe in part of the Scripture, and disbelieve in part? What is the reward for those among you who do that but humiliation in this life? And on the Day of Resurrection, they will be assigned to the most severe torment. Allah is not unaware of what you do. 86. Those are they who bought the present life for the Hereafter, so the punishment will not be lightened for them, nor will they be helped. 87. We gave Moses the Scripture, and sent a succession of messengers after him. And We gave Jesus son of Mary the clear proofs, and We supported him with the Holy Spirit. Is it that whenever a messenger comes to you with anything your souls do not desire, you grew arrogant, calling some impostors, and killing others? 88. And they said, “Our hearts are sealed.” Rather, Allah has cursed them for their ingratitude. They have little faith. 89. And when a scripture came to them from Allah, confirming what they have—although previously they were seeking victory against those who disbelieved—but when there came to them what they recognized, they disbelieved in it. So Allah’s curse is upon the disbelievers. 90. Miserable is what they sold their souls for—rejecting what Allah has revealed, out of resentment that Allah would send down His grace upon whomever He chooses from among His servants. Thus they incurred wrath upon wrath. And there is a demeaning punishment for the disbelievers. 91. And when it is said to them, “Believe in what Allah has revealed,” they say, “We believe in what was revealed to us,” and they reject anything beyond that, although it is the truth which confirms what they have. Say, “Why did you kill Allah’s prophets before, if you were believers?” 92. Moses came to you with clear proofs, yet you adopted the calf in his absence, and you were in the wrong. 93. And We made a covenant with you, and raised the Mount above you: “Take what We have given you firmly, and listen.” They said, “We hear and disobey.” And their hearts became filled with the love of the calf because of their disbelief. Say, “Wretched is what your faith commands you to do, if you are believers.” 94. Say, “If the Final Home with Allah is yours alone, to the exclusion of all other people, then wish for death if you are sincere.” 95. But they will never wish for it, because of what their hands have forwarded. Allah is aware of the evildoers. 96. You will find them, of all mankind, the most eager for life, even more than the polytheists. Every one of them wishes he could live a thousand years; but to be granted a long life will not nudge him from the punishment. Allah is Seeing of what they do. 97. Say, “Whoever is hostile to Gabriel—it is he who revealed it to your heart by Allah’s leave, confirming what preceded it, and guidance and good news for the believers.” 98. Whoever is hostile to Allah, and His angels, and His messengers, and Gabriel, and Michael—Allah is hostile to the faithless. 99. We have revealed to you clear signs, and none rejects them except the sinners. 100. Is it not that whenever they make a covenant, some of them toss it aside? In fact, most of them do not believe. 101. And when there came to them a messenger from Allah, confirming what they had, a faction of those who were given the Book 5 2. THE HEIFER (al-Baqarah) threw the Book of Allah behind their backs, as if they do not know. 102. And they followed what the devils taught during the reign of Solomon. It was not Solomon who disbelieved, but it was the devils who disbelieved. They taught the people witchcraft and what was revealed in Babylon to the two angels Harut and Marut. They did not teach anybody until they had said, “We are a test, so do not lose faith.” But they learned from them the means to cause separation between man and his wife. But they cannot harm anyone except with Allah's permission. And they learned what would harm them and not benefit them. Yet they knew that whoever deals in it will have no share in the Hereafter. Miserable is what they sold their souls for, if they only knew. 103. Had they believed and been righteous, the reward from Allah would have been better, if they only knew. 104. O you who believe! Do not say ambiguous words, but say words of respect, and listen. The disbelievers will have a painful torment. 105. It is never the wish of the disbelievers from among the People of the Book, nor of the polytheists, that any good should be sent down to you from your Lord. But Allah chooses for His mercy whomever He wills. Allah is Possessor of Sublime Grace. 106. We never nullify a verse, nor cause it to be forgotten, unless We bring one better than it, or similar to it. Do you not know that Allah is capable of all things? 107. Do you not know that to Allah belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth, and that apart from Allah you have no guardian or helper? 108. Or do you want to question your Messenger as Moses was questioned before? Whoever exchanges faith for disbelief has strayed from the right path. 109. Many of the People of the Book wish to turn you back into unbelievers after you have believed, out of envy on their part, after the Truth has become clear to them. But pardon and overlook, until Allah brings His command. Allah has power over all things. 110. And perform the prayer, and give alms. Whatever good you forward for yourselves, you will find it with Allah. Allah is Seeing of everything you do. 111. And they say, “None will enter Heaven unless he is a Jew or a Christian.” These are their wishes. Say, “Produce your proof, if you are truthful.” 112. In fact, whoever submits himself to Allah, and is a doer of good, will have his reward with his Lord—they have nothing to fear, nor shall they grieve. 113. The Jews say, “The Christians are not based on anything;” and the Christians say, “The Jews are not based on anything.” Yet they both read the Scripture. Similarly, the ignorant said the same thing. Allah will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection regarding their differences. 114. Who is more unjust than him who forbids the remembrance of Allah’s name in places of worship, and contributes to their ruin? These ought not to enter them except in fear. For them is disgrace in this world, and for them is a terrible punishment in the Hereafter. 115. To Allah belong the East and the West. Whichever way you turn, there is Allah’s presence. Allah is Omnipresent and Omniscient. 116. And they say, “Allah has begotten a son.” Be He glorified. Rather, His is everything in the heavens and the earth; all are obedient to Him. 117. Originator of the heavens and the earth. Whenever He decrees a thing, He says to it, “Be,” and it becomes. 118. Those who do not know say, “If only Allah would speak to us, or a sign would come to us.” Thus said those who were before them. Their hearts are alike. We have made the signs clear for people who are certain. 6 2. THE HEIFER (al-Baqarah) 119. We have sent you with the truth—bringing good news, and giving warnings. You will not be questioned about the inmates of Hell. 120. The Jews and the Christians will not approve of you, unless you follow their creed. Say, “Allah’s guidance is the guidance.” Should you follow their desires, after the knowledge that has come to you, you will have in Allah neither guardian nor helper. 121. Those to whom We have given the Scripture follow it, as it ought to be followed— these believe in it. But as for those who reject it—these are the losers. 122. O Children of Israel! Remember My blessing which I bestowed upon you, and that I have favored you over all people. 123. And beware of a Day when no soul will avail another soul in any way, and no ransom will be accepted from it, and no intercession will benefit it, and they will not be helped. 124. And when his Lord tested Abraham with certain words, and he fulfilled them. He said, “I am making you a leader of humanity.” He said, “And my descendants?” He said, “My pledge does not include the wrongdoers.” 125. And We made the House a focal point for the people, and a sanctuary. Use the shrine of Abraham as a place of prayer. And We commissioned Abraham and Ishmael, “Sanctify My House for those who circle around it, and those who seclude themselves in it, and those who kneel and prostrate.” 126. When Abraham said, “O My Lord, make this a peaceful land, and provide its people with fruits—whoever of them believes in Allah and the Last Day.” He said, “And whoever disbelieves, I will give him a little enjoyment, then I will consign him to the punishment of the Fire; how miserable the destiny!” 127. As Abraham raises the foundations of the House, together with Ishmael, “Our Lord, accept it from us, You are the Hearer, the Knower. 128. Our Lord, and make us submissive to You, and from our descendants a community submissive to You. And show us our rites, and accept our repentance. You are the Acceptor of Repentance, the Merciful. 129. Our Lord, and raise up among them a messenger, of themselves, who will recite to them Your revelations, and teach them the Book and wisdom, and purify them. You are the Almighty, the Wise.” 130. Who would forsake the religion of Abraham, except he who fools himself? We chose him in this world, and in the Hereafter he will be among the righteous. 131. When his Lord said to him, “Submit!” He said, “I have submitted to the Lord of the Worlds.” 132. And Abraham exhorted his sons, and Jacob, “O my sons, Allah has chosen this religion for you, so do not die unless you have submitted.” 133. Or were you witnesses when death approached Jacob, and he said to his sons, “What will you worship after Me?” They said, “We will worship your God, and the God of your fathers, Abraham, Ishmael, and Isaac; One God; and to Him we submit.” 134. That was a community that has passed; for them is what they have earned, and for you is what you have earned; and you will not be questioned about what they used to do. 135. And they say, “Be Jews or Christians, and you will be guided.” Say, “Rather, the religion of Abraham, the Monotheist; he was not an idolater.” 136. Say, “We believe in Allah; and in what was revealed to us; and in what was revealed to Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the Patriarchs; and in what was given to Moses and Jesus; and in what was given to the prophets—from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and to Him we surrender.” 137. If they believe in the same as you have believed in, then they have been guided. But if they turn away, then they are in schism. Allah will protect you against them; for He is the Hearer, the Knower. 7 2. THE HEIFER (al-Baqarah) 138. Allah’s coloring. And who gives better coloring than Allah? “And we are devoted to Him.” 139. Say, “Do you argue with us about Allah, when He is our Lord and your Lord, and We have our works, and you have your works, and we are sincere to Him?” 140. Or do you say that Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and the Patriarchs were Jews or Christians? Say, “Do you know better, or Allah?” And who does greater wrong than he who conceals a testimony he has from Allah? Allah is not unaware of what you do. 141. That was a community that has passed. To them is what they have earned, and to you is what you have earned. And you will not be questioned about what they used to do. 142. The ignorant among the people will say, “What has turned them away from the direction of prayer they once followed?” Say, “To Allah belong the East and the West. He guides whom He wills to a straight path.” 143. Thus We made you a moderate community, that you may be witnesses to humanity, and that the Messenger may be a witness to you. We only established the direction of prayer, which you once followed, that We may distinguish those who follow the Messenger from those who turn on their heels. It is indeed difficult, except for those whom Allah has guided. But Allah would never let your faith go to waste. Allah is Kind towards the people, Merciful. 144. We have seen your face turned towards the heaven. So We will turn you towards a direction that will satisfy you. So turn your face towards the Sacred Mosque. And wherever you may be, turn your faces towards it. Those who were given the Book know that it is the Truth from their Lord; and Allah is not unaware of what they do. 145. Even if you were to bring to those who were given the Book every proof, they would not follow your direction, nor are you to follow their direction, nor do they follow the direction of one another. And if you were to follow their desires, after the knowledge that has come to you, you would be in that case one of the wrongdoers. 146. Those to whom We have given the Book recognize it as they recognize their own children. But some of them conceal the truth while they know. 147. The truth is from your Lord, so do not be a skeptic. 148. To every community is a direction towards which it turns. Therefore, race towards goodness. Wherever you may be, Allah will bring you all together. Allah is capable of everything. 149. And wherever you come from, turn your face towards the Sacred Mosque. This is the truth from your Lord, and Allah is not heedless of what you do. 150. And wherever you come from, turn your face towards the Sacred Mosque. And wherever you may be, turn your faces towards it. So that the people may not have any argument against you—except those who do wrong among them. So do not fear them, but fear Me, that I may complete My blessings upon you, and that you may be guided. 151. Just as We sent to you a messenger from among you, who recites Our revelations to you, and purifies you, and teaches you the Book and wisdom, and teaches you what you did not know. 152. So remember Me, and I will remember you. And thank Me, and do not be ungrateful. 153. O you who believe! Seek help through patience and prayers. Allah is with the steadfast. 154. And do not say of those who are killed in the cause of Allah, “Dead.” Rather, they are alive, but you do not perceive. 155. We will certainly test you with some fear and hunger, and some loss of possessions and lives and crops. But give good news to the steadfast. 156. Those who, when a calamity afflicts them, say, “To Allah we belong, and to Him we will return.” 8 2. THE HEIFER (al-Baqarah) 157. Upon these are blessings and mercy from their Lord. These are the guided ones. 158. Safa and Marwa are among the rites of Allah. Whoever makes the Pilgrimage to the House, or performs the Umrah, commits no error by circulating between them. Whoever volunteers good—Allah is Appreciative and Cognizant. 159. Those who suppress the proofs and the guidance We have revealed, after We have clarified them to humanity in the Scripture— those—Allah curses them, and the cursers curse them. 160. Except those who repent, and reform, and proclaim. Those—I will accept their repentance. I am the Acceptor of Repentance, the Merciful. 161. But as for those who reject faith, and die rejecting—those—upon them is the curse of Allah, and of the angels, and of all humanity. 162. They will remain under it forever, and the torment will not be lightened for them, and they will not be reprieved. 163. Your God is one God. There is no god but He, the Benevolent, the Compassionate. 164. In the creation of the heavens and the earth; in the alternation of night and day; in the ships that sail the oceans for the benefit of mankind; in the water that Allah sends down from the sky, and revives the earth with it after it had died, and scatters in it all kinds of creatures; in the changing of the winds, and the clouds disposed between the sky and the earth; are signs for people who understand. 165. Yet among the people are those who take other than Allah as equals to Him. They love them as the love of Allah. But those who believe have greater love for Allah. If only the wrongdoers would realize, when they see the torment; that all power is Allah’s, and that Allah is severe in punishment. 166. Those who were followed will then disown those who followed them, and they will see the retribution, and ties between them will be severed. 167. Those who followed will say, “If only we can have another chance, we will disown them, as they disowned us.” Thus Allah will show them their deeds, as regrets to them, and they will not come out of the Fire. 168. O people! Eat of what is lawful and good on earth, and do not follow the footsteps of Satan. He is to you an open enemy. 169. He commands you to do evil and vice, and to say about Allah what you do not know. 170. And when it is said to them, “Follow what Allah has revealed,” they say, “We will follow what we found our ancestors following.” Even if their ancestors understood nothing, and were not guided? 171. The parable of those who disbelieve is that of someone who calls upon someone who hears nothing except screaming and yelling. Deaf, dumb, and blind—they do not understand. 172. O you who believe! Eat of the good things We have provided for you, and give thanks to Allah, if it is Him that you serve. 173. He has forbidden you carrion, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and what was dedicated to other than Allah. But if anyone is compelled, without desiring or exceeding, he commits no sin. Allah is Forgiving and Merciful. 174. Those who conceal what Allah revealed in the Book, and exchange it for a small price— those swallow nothing but fire into their bellies. And Allah will not speak to them on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He purify them, and they will have a painful punishment. 175. It is they who exchange guidance for error, and forgiveness for punishment. But why do they insist on the Fire? 176. That is because Allah has revealed the Book in truth; and those who differ about the Book are in deep discord. 177. Righteousness does not consist of turning your faces towards the East and the West. But righteous is he who believes in Allah, and the Last Day, and the angels, and the Scripture, 9 2. THE HEIFER (al-Baqarah) and the prophets. Who gives money, though dear, to near relatives, and orphans, and the needy, and the homeless, and the beggars, and for the freeing of slaves; those who perform the prayers, and pay the obligatory charity, and fulfill their promise when they promise, and patiently persevere in the face of persecution, hardship, and in the time of conflict. These are the sincere; these are the pious. 178. O you who believe! Retaliation for the murdered is ordained upon you: the free for the free, the slave for the slave, the female for the female. But if he is forgiven by his kin, then grant any reasonable demand, and pay with good will. This is a concession from your Lord, and a mercy. But whoever commits aggression after that, a painful torment awaits him. 179. There is life for you in retaliation, O people of understanding, so that you may refrain. 180. It is decreed for you: when death approaches one of you, and he leaves wealth, to make a testament in favor of the parents and the relatives, fairly and correctly—a duty upon the righteous. 181. But whoever changes it after he has heard it, the guilt is upon those who change it. Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. 182. Should someone suspect bias or injustice on the part of a testator, and then reconciles between them, he commits no sin. Allah is Forgiving and Merciful. 183. O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become righteous. 184. For a specified number of days. But whoever among you is sick, or on a journey, then a number of other days. For those who are able: a ransom of feeding a needy person. But whoever volunteers goodness, it is better for him. But to fast is best for you, if you only knew. 185. Ramadan is the month in which the Quran was revealed. Guidance for humanity, and clear portents of guidance, and the Criterion. Whoever of you witnesses the month, shall fast it. But whoever is sick, or on a journey, then a number of other days. Allah desires ease for you, and does not desire hardship for you, that you may complete the number, and celebrate Allah for having guided you, so that you may be thankful. 186. And when My servants ask you about Me, I Am near; I answer the call of the caller when he calls on Me. So let them answer Me, and have faith in Me, that they may be rightly guided. 187. Permitted for you is intercourse with your wives on the night of the fast. They are a garment for you, and you are a garment for them. Allah knows that you used to betray yourselves, but He turned to you and pardoned you. So approach them now, and seek what Allah has ordained for you, and eat and drink until the white streak of dawn can be distinguished from the black streak. Then complete the fast until nightfall. But do not approach them while you are in retreat at the mosques. These are the limits of Allah, so do not come near them. Allah thus clarifies His revelations to the people, that they may attain piety. 188. And do not consume one another’s wealth by unjust means, nor offer it as bribes to the officials in order to consume part of other people’s wealth illicitly, while you know. 189. They ask you about the crescents. Say, “They are timetables for people, and for the Hajj.” It is not virtuous that you approach homes from their backs, but virtue is to be pious. So approach homes from their doors, and observe Allah, that you may succeed. 190. And fight in the cause of Allah those who fight you, but do not commit aggression; Allah does not love the aggressors. 191. And kill them wherever you overtake them, and expel them from where they had expelled you. Oppression is more serious than murder. But do not fight them at the Sacred Mosque, unless they fight you there. If they fight you, then kill them. Such is the retribution of the disbelievers. 10 2. THE HEIFER (al-Baqarah) 192. But if they cease, then Allah is Forgiving and Merciful. 193. And fight them until there is no oppression, and worship becomes devoted to Allah alone. But if they cease, then let there be no hostility except against the oppressors. 194. The sacred month for the sacred month; and sacrilege calls for retaliation. Whoever commits aggression against you, retaliate against him in the same measure as he has committed against you. And be conscious of Allah, and know that Allah is with the righteous. 195. And spend in the cause of Allah, and do not throw yourselves with your own hands into ruin, and be charitable. Allah loves the charitable. 196. And carry out the Hajj and the Umrah for Allah. But if you are prevented, then whatever is feasible of offerings. And do not shave your heads until the offering has reached its destination. Whoever of you is sick, or has an injury of the head, then redemption of fasting, or charity, or worship. When you are secure: whoever continues the Umrah until the Hajj, then whatever is feasible of offering. But if he lacks the means, then fasting for three days during the Hajj and seven when you have returned, making ten in all. This is for he whose household is not present at the Sacred Mosque. And remain conscious of Allah, and know that Allah is stern in retribution. 197. The Hajj is during specific months. Whoever decides to perform the Hajj—there shall be no sexual relations, nor misconduct, nor quarrelling during the Hajj. And whatever good you do, Allah knows it. And take provisions, but the best provision is righteousness. And be mindful of Me, O people of understanding. 198. You commit no error by seeking bounty from your Lord. When you disperse from Arafat, remember Allah at the Sacred Landmark. And remember Him as He has guided you. Although, before that, you were of those astray. 199. Then disperse from where the people disperse, and ask Allah for forgiveness. Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful. 200. When you have completed your rites, remember Allah as you remember your parents, or even more. Among the people is he who says, “Our Lord, give us in this world,” yet he has no share in the Hereafter. 201. And among them is he who says, “Our Lord, give us goodness in this world, and goodness in the Hereafter, and protect us from the torment of the Fire.” 202. These will have a share of what they have earned. Allah is swift in reckoning. 203. And remember Allah during the designated days. But whoever hurries on in two days commits no wrong, and whoever stays on commits no wrong—provided he maintains righteousness. And obey Allah, and know that to Him you will be gathered. 204. Among the people is he whose speech about the worldly life impresses you, and he calls Allah to witness what is in his heart, while he is the most hostile of adversaries. 205. When he gains power, he strives to spread corruption on earth, destroying properties and lives. Allah does not like corruption. 206. And when he is told, “Beware of Allah,” his pride leads him to more sin. Hell is enough for him—a dreadful abode. 207. And among the people is he who sells himself seeking Allah’s approval.

I made a post here like 2-3 years back called “Drinking in Antarctica” previous deleted post of mine, also you can see it linked on this best of the year bot post. I soon after deleted everything on my profile out of sheer paranoia. If anyone remembers that post I just want to give an update that I’m still alive and still consistently working down there among other sorts of seasonal jobs. Still drunk as ever, obviously.

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It's college fest season in Delhi University, and yet again, women's colleges are bearing witness to harassment by male attendees who entered the premises without any passes.
Anjali March 28, 2023 Much like Miranda House's Tempest and Gargi College's Reveries in the past, a few drunk men interrupted Indraprastha College for Women's annual fest Shurti by scaling the college walls and even allegedly harassing female students.
These slogans, referring to similar cases of harassment at Miranda House, ranged from "Miranda, IP dono hamara" and "Miranda nahi chhoda to IP bhi nahi chhodenge".
The Delhi Police have assembled at IP College and detained many of the students and AISA members who had assembled outside to protest against the harassment.
Today, at around 11 am, 30 protestors from AISA, had gathered at IP College of Women.
ANI March 29, 2023 The students have been claiming since yesterday that the college administration and police were inefficient in stopping the ruckus.

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I grew up in Pakistan with a father who was a bit mentally unstable and a mother who had blood pressure problems and diabetes. My mom had to work as a school teacher to support the family, mother did not want to send my father into an asylum because she did not want the family to be broken up.
Being a 7 year old kid I saw my father and mother always arguing and yelling it made me scared, to make it worse I saw my father try to kill himself by drinking the poison and that scared me to tears, because I didn't want him to die, I was attached to my father because even if he was a bit insane he still recognized me as his son and looked out for me, but sometimes he does this crazy shit, I don't know why he did that maybe he was trying to scare my mom or my older bro or IDK, that didn't put a good influence on me, I grew up seeing this, parents fighting all the time, dad trying to hurt himself etc.
3 years later when was 10 I somewhat became immune to this, seeing my parents fight, I did not get scared of this I keep thinking "they'll get over it soon" so I did not care when they were arguing, so is that wrong to think?
And then 1 year later in 2011, he became very insane, always going out of the house talking to random people, thinking himself as the army general (My dad in his past wanted to go to the army but couldn't pass the test)
He was talking like an army general too, randomly phoning people talking about missions and shit, climbing on the roof and yelling at the top of his lungs, I saw him do even more suicide attempts I see him try to cut his wrist, I saw him lying in the middle of the road waiting for him to get ran over, that still didn't faze me, WAS IT WRONG OF ME TO NOT GET FAZED BY IT? My older brother and my mother were always trying to stop him and they kept him locked in a room, because they thought dad would go out and do crazy shit again. When I was alone with my dad and my sister, my dad who was locked up in the room called out to me to open the door, I was gonna open it but my sister stopped me because mom didn't allow it. As a kid I used to think being mentally unstable is called being a bad person, so because of that I started being mean to my dad and disrespected him because I thought he was an evil person.
And then 1 more year later in march 2012, when he completely lost his sanity he jumped off the roof from a 3 story house, fell on the ground injuring his head. I didn't see it happen because I wasn't around, my mother and my brother saw that and took him to the hospital, news came to me and my sister and she started crying so hard, I on the other hand was silent, I didn't say a word. It was then I figured out that my father wasn't evil just because he was mentally ill.
Then the funeral happened, my older sister, my mother, my older brother who is 9 years older than me and my relatives they were crying their eyes out and I was the only one quiet, IDK why, my older brother asked me "Why didn't you cry, your father just passed away don't you understand the seriousness of this?" I didn't know what to say. Maybe it's because I did not want to cry and it's not about being "manly" I just didn't want to feel the negative emotions, IS THAT WRONG?
Then we buried him put flowers on his grave said prayers for him and then we left him.
And then let me tell you I am not lying! In the same day his funeral and burial was done, in that night I had a dream my dad came to my room and he did not look insane at all he talked like a normal person I asked him "Dad? How did you get here?" he laughed and replied "I just came here son" I was confused, I repeated the same question, he smiled and give me the same answer "I just came", I ran into my mother's room informing her the good news and I was in tears, that was the first time I almost shed tears of joy even though they were tears of joy in a dream, but as soon as I got into my mom's room the dream ended right there.
I never let my father's death affect me in a negative way, I looked on the brightside thinking he's finally in peace and he won't be suffering anymore, I kept that in my mind and used that as a cope mechanism.
5 years later when I was 15 years old I remember my father once again and that's when I missed him and shed tears, I felt guilty about mistreating him because I thought he was a bad man, it made me cry and it made me wish I'd see him in a dream again so I can apologize to him. I talked to my sister about it and broke down into tears, she comforted me and told me that it was all a misunderstanding and though I mistreated my dad he still loved me, that's what she said to me.
Now 11 years later in the present year I still visit my dad's grave, now I have a sick mother who had 2 heart attacks and I look out for her, something tells me my mother doesn't have much time to live anymore, so I just try my best to make the last of her years be spent in peace and happiness.
I kept asking myself am I gonna cry in my mother's death? The answer was no, but my sister and my brother said "You're the one that's going to be crying the loudest, believe it. You are more attached to your mother than you think". At this point I don't know if I'll cry or not.
That's all I got to say.

Hello guys, a bit on me if you'd like: I'm a person who's always been fond for writing, but never really had my hand in it though, in fact, I wrote this incomplete should-have-been series a year ago, but never really completed it. I've only dabbled in it for a bit, writing scraps and throwing them away, but this is the only thing I found that was noteworthy and decided to share it, it's a copy-paste directly from the writing program, but I cleaned it up a bit of course, anyway, I really hope you guys enjoy!
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You don't know who I am, or where I come from, you don't know anything, but if you're reading this that's good, it means you're alive, and maybe the world is better, maybe it's enjoyable, and there are parks again, and kids laughing and cheering. But that's all a maybe, an outcome with an unfair possibility of not happening, but I guess it makes sense, someone decided to destroy the world, and with the technology we had, it probably wasn’t that hard. What happened? well, I don't really know, all I know is that the world is falling apart, it's cracking, small cracks are apparent in almost every surface I come across that's been untouched or unmoved for a while, and they aren't normal cracks, they have a dim white glow, when I say dim I mean almost non-existent but the glow was still there nonetheless, and it feels like the world isn’t as bright, the world just lost all its life, all the grays got greyer and every other color looks dull and monotonous, but that’s just what came about.
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After the first day, all available power disappeared, it was an exposition, a cardinal signal foreshadowing the apocalyptic future yet to come, of course, people started to panic. after one week the water shut off, at this point people had started to get irritable, and heated arguments were becoming a much too common thing to see in a lonely town like mine, then the third week hit, it's when the cracks became noticeable, it's also when people were being discovered, dead people, not many in the first few days, only two or three found a day. Soon enough people had run out of supplies, it's not like people were restocking the stores so no one could get any food or drink.
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The streets were littered with bodies, most died from asphyxiation or gunshots, which was unlike the first killings, the first body found had his throat ripped out and his guts spilled, yet there was no blood anywhere on the body and no signs of a struggle, although I noticed this, I paid little attention to it. Nothing happened after that, aside from me staying in the basement which held enough food and water to sustain me for about a month and then some if I rationed carefully. It sucked in there, I had to have the little lamp in there off most of the time because of the lack of power, and the battery was already three-quarters full when I got down there, but I managed for thirty-two painfully slow and lightless days, then I emerged into my home.
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I saw what I had expected, shattered glass everywhere, tables turned on their sides, and everything else characteristic of a ransacking, but I was not expecting to find a body stuck in a wall, his waist and below stuck in the wall, the wall wasn't broken, it was like something had made the wall a liquid, stuck him in, and made the wall solid again. I didn’t see any fractures in the wall's surface aside from the small squiggly white cracks that remained on almost every surface. At that point I realized I hadn't shed a single tear or even once felt the need to vomit, I felt ashamed of myself, I felt emotionless and lifeless, I could have gone ahead and made my morning coffee and watched the news without giving a care in the world about the body that lay in my home… too bad there was no coffee, or tv.
10/16/2027 Stock:
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• Food: Can of Beans(6x cans). Can of Mangos (2x cans). Jack Link’s Beef Jerky (2x bags).
  
• Drink: Water(4x bottles). BodyArmor(3x bottles). (Empty Large Canteen).
  
• Items: Empty Large Canteen. Flashlight. Extra Batteries.(2x)
  
• Weapons: Colt 1911 (2x 8-Round Magazines, .45 ACP(44x)
  Remington Model 700(2x 3-Round Magazines, .308 WIN(18x) Hunting Knife
  

Note-1: After digging through my dad's closet and finding a false floorboard that always creaked, I gained access to two guns, a Remington Model 700 and a Colt 1911, and their corresponding ammunition.
Note-2: due to me living here for long enough I had the insight into areas of suspicion, an example is the floorboard, it’s unlikely I’ll get the luck to find hidden spaces like that again, but maybe when I’m skillful enough at looting, finding hidden spaces would become more common.
10/16/27
I gathered all of my supplies and put them in a backpack, aside from the M1911 and the 700, I put the M1911 in a holster on my hip and slung the 700 on my back, after I was ready, I left, the first thing I noticed was the lack of wildlife, I don’t live in a big city, it’s just a somewhat sparsely housed town, there’d always be an acre or two between homes at the very least, and birds were usually everywhere, but now I only see a few, only hear a few chirps here and there, I haven’t seen any terrestrial animals yet aside from insects, it seems there are fewer insects though as well. After I left my home I stood on the doorstep, I looked around at the dull scenery, I used to step outside to just look at the trees and the sky, but now everything is unappealing, I took the steps through the grass to my beat up car, all the glass was broken, I opened the door, sat inside and turned the ignition, nothing happened, as I expected cars don’t work anymore either, which put me on edge, what if guns don’t work anymore? But I silenced that thought, I still have a knife if guns won’t work.
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I stepped out of the car and went to the trunk to see if anything was left of value. I opened it and found nothing, with no new supplies I decided the first place I’ll go to is the gas station, there was bound to be something there, even if it was only a little something. I started my two-mile trek to the gas station, I hiked a lot before all of this happened, two miles was nothing at all. There was a trail not too far from my house that I and my dog used to walk at, my dog died a few months back luckily enough, I wouldn’t have been able to support him now, not with the looming fear of starvation following me around. I had walked about one mile when all of a sudden everything went quiet, birds stopped chirping, the wind stopped blowing.
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I got off the road and hid in a bush, I heard things moving, rustling the brush, stopping every now and then, almost as if they were looking for something, I’d hear what sounded like someone taking a knife to glass, it pained my ears and I felt they would start bleeding if the sounds lasted a second longer. I never saw them, I don’t know if it was because they were behind me or on the other side of the road in a ditch or something, but after 10 minutes it went away, nature’s sounds returned after 5 minutes, I had to wait another 10 minutes, my body, shocked and stiff, wouldn’t allow me to move. I stood and dusted myself off, since I didn’t know where the sounds came from I just started searching on the opposite bank of the road, no signs of anything being there, no tracks, no broken twigs, no blood.
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I thought I had gone insane while wallowing in my lonesome, but then I remembered the birds reacted to whatever it was, or whatever they were, I don’t know how many there were, it constantly alternated between the sound of one of them and the sound of an uncountable amount. Happy to get out of the area, I continued to my destination. When I got to the gas station there was only one broken window, and a body with characteristics of the first killings laying on the floor near the register, a broken knife next to him. I looted his body without remorse or disgust. I found a pack of cigs and pocketed them there was also a scrunched paper.
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I read it once, then twice, and even a third time, my stomach churned and felt like it was about to implode, it looked to be a message from the man’s daughter saying how much she loved him and she wants him to be safe because of all the “bad people”, a smiley face sat at the top of the paper, I flipped the paper over to find distinctly different handwriting, presumingly the man’s, it detailed how he was sorry, as well as how he’d been at the station for 3 days, said he couldn’t leave because if he did they would get him, his last words, being written hastily were hardly legible, but I could read enough to understand that the cracks in the world that appeared in the station were much more distinct than in other places, and those things could come in, but they were just staring at him tauntingly. I could barely hold myself back from puking, it wasn’t hard to look at someone’s corpse, it had no effect on me, but the second I realized that man had a family, and had ambitions and potential… I continued looking around the store. I realized there would be more loot on dead bodies because people don’t want to touch them. After looking through all the shelves and in all of the back rooms I found a lighter under the lip of a bottom shelf, lucky me.
10/20/27
I had hoped there would be more, more of everything, but there’s nothing, I’ll put another list of my supplies soon but at this rate, I won't make it to see next week, every single store has been ransacked completely, all the bodies always have empty already eaten foods, I don’t know what to do. I’ve not seen a single soul, everything is dead, not even the insects anymore, the birds are gone too, maybe it has something to do with the cracks, they’ve progressed enough to where they are visible from up to a foot away, I’ve had to hide from those screeching things a couple of times, still haven’t seen them yet, I realized when the wind abruptly stops they’ve appeared, it’s a good thing the birds were still singing those few days ago or I wouldn’t have realized the pattern, I’d probably be dead, just like everyone else.
10/23/27
Nothing much has happened, I’ve seen a bird or two, and it’s nice to know that at least for a little bit longer animals will still be alive, I’ve theorized that whenever I hear the noise it’s only one entity doing it, I think this because I’ve heard an exceptionally large commotion a way off, I assume there was two there. Fortunately, the screeching has only happened near me only once, I’ve heard them in the distance though, in the night while I sleep I hear them far off, searching, waiting for their sinister roulette to hit, hoping, anticipating the kill. I decided to head to the(SO AND SO) I’ll update this then or if something happens along the way.
10/26/27
I’ve come across a hunting stand in the woods, it’s a jackpot. There’s too much stuff to carry, there was a map too so I’ll mark the general location once I find a landmark to orient myself with, I’ll put a list after this log but there’s more to talk about. The fragmentation, It’s what I’ve come to call the cracks, is still spreading of course. I’m starting to see a noticeable separation between the two edges of some individual fragments, still not big enough to stick anything in but instead of being small white lines spread wildly around, They’ve become a prominent feature of every object, I’ve been to some areas where the fragmentation is severe, white snakes slithering across any surface they can find, trying to fracture this world, they do end up doing it I suppose, that’s how the screechers exist, but the breaks only hold for so long until they close. That’s what I think happens at least, it’s not like I’ve seen them yet, and as long as I continue to find zones with little to no fragmentation as I have been, I think I’ll be fine, I just hope my luck doesn’t run out.
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10/29/27
I think I’m near (VarA), I should be out of the woods soon, but for now, I’ve got my bedroll down and am cooking some beans over the fire I’ve made, I’ll be fed for a while.
This may sound stupid but the fire keeps going out, the flames just disappear, no more heat. The charcoals lose their ember, everything becomes the regular temperature of the air around me. It still works though, there is no reliable frequency I can predict so sometimes it’ll die out as soon as I light it, and other times it takes an hour or two.
11/02/27
()()(())()()(()()()…I was walking when the wind stopped, the biggest problem for me at first was the fact there was nowhere to run, no depressions to dip in, I heard what sounded like a sharp camera shutter that immediately followed the deadening silence, the second I heard it I ran, a branch caught the strap of my bag, pulling it away from me. I couldn’t care though, all I could do was run, the trees vied for me, closing in. I was tripping and falling over and over, nearly impaling myself on the branches of trees I could hardly see.
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I felt a push and fell over, I knew that running couldn’t have saved me, I knew it was there, right behind me, I couldn’t hear it though, I could only hear my breath but it wasn’t like that, I couldn’t hear it because it wasn’t making any noise, I thought for sure it would be screeching out for as long as it’s astral body would allow it to, but it didn’t, in fact, it lay on the ground, the white body, which looked as if it consisted of bolts of white grey lightning and string, pulsated, morphing into a consuming goop of unlight, and then back into it’s shimmering somewhat humanoid form, that process took a minute. I too lay there, my foot just a stone toss away from its hungry hand, the tips of its fingers eager to detach from its parent body, but was disallowed. I lay on the ground staring at it, and for some reason, it didn’t move, I took that opportunity to regenerate as much of my energy as possible, but from fear of losing my safety, I stood up slowly, emphasizing my steadiness, even though it probably detects me through a different means, I shouldn’t let it hear me, some caution is better than no caution at all.
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I rose and took a gradual step back, but my back was met by a thick, gnarled arm of wood, as if that wasn’t enough, I had also stepped on a branch, probably from the same tree. The screecher stirred, its spectral head raised, maybe it used its sight for precision. It tried to raise the rest of its body, but its foot was stuck in a root, not like it was trapped under it, its foot was fused with the root. I guess it noticed it too because immediately the tone of its body got dimmer, I knew it was going to morph into the darkness, to free itself, to kill me. I took the chance I had, the 10s of seconds I had left were diminishing, and every second I wasted increased my chance of death. I turned, and immediately crouched and ducked under my guard that was the trees arm, I didn’t expect to have the keenness I had during that run, I’ve never been a particularly agile person, but in that moment I could see, without any blur caused by my abrupt motions, ducking and weaving through what seemed like the thickest forest I had ever seen.
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I collapsed after only minutes of running, which was unsurprising though, the previous running and endless walking cost me an obscene amount of energy, taxing my body till the end, draining it of its power. I could hear them now, screaming, coming for me, it shouldn’t take as long as it’s taking them, but I guess they’re fighting each other, that’s why there is noise. I turned around and waited, I saw the two of them approaching me, they kept pushing and shoving each other, they were walking so slowly, as if they were sapped for energy, and the density of their body was low, it seems most of the strings of white grey abandoned the parent body for some reason, and with every step they took a few more disappeared, falling off into the ground. One of the entities fell to the ground, and the second took the opportunity and fell on top of it, tearing it to shreds, and repairing its own body with its meal, it seems it was only able to regain a menial percentage of its power back though, it’s speed only bolstered for a minute or so, still not fast enough to keep up with a hasty back step.
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It fell to the ground after a while, and everything below its torso disappeared shortly after, it desperately sunk its claws into the soil, pulling with its full ability, trying to get me. It disappeared, shortly after, leaving quite a thick strand of vibrant white light. I pondered whether picking it up or not would be a good idea, in the end, I decided a little glowing string couldn’t hurt me that much. I plucked it from its place on the ground and immediately felt a strong, radiant sensation, a pulsating heat and cold piercing my body as if it was filling me with energy, I dropped it, even holding it for a few seconds easily removed most of the exhaustion from my body, I wanted to grab it again for another hit of pure energy, but I felt if I did I would explode, my body was not meant for this type of power, although it seemed capable enough to absorb what I presume was a little bit of it, I think it’s capacity is quite high, and powering what was but a little bit of myself was probably the least intensive thing this string could do.

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GB/GBC/GBA:
Pokemon Red - loose, $52 Pokemon Yellow - loose, $48 Incredible Crash Dummies - loose, $7 Baseball - loose, $4 Gold GameBoy Advance SP - loose w/ charger and case, $120 Pokemon Emerald - x3 loose copies, x1 Faded Label $165, x1 Very Good $185, x1 Mint $200 Pokemon Leafgreen - loose, $90 Zelda Minish Cap - loose, $80 Pokemon Sapphire - loose, $65 Glacier GBA System - loose w/ intec rechargeable battery pack, $60 Fire Emblem Sacred Stones - loose, $60 Zelda Link to the Past - x2 loose copies, $27/ea Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Red - loose, $26 FF IV Advance - loose, $24 Super Mario Advance 4: SMB 3 - manual only, $5 Sonic Advance 3 - loose, $22 FF I & II Dawn of Souls - loose, $18 Super Mario Advance 2 - loose, $18 Super Mario Advance 3 Yoshi's Island - loose, $16 Super Mario Advance - x2 loose copies, $15/ea Winx Club Quest for the Codex - loose, $10 DBZ Legacy of Goku - loose, $10 Super Monkey Ball Jr - loose, $9 ET the Extra Terrestrial - loose, $3 Golden Sun - loose, $36 Madden '05 - loose, $5 Spiderman - loose, $5 GBC Atomic Purple - loose, $65 GBC Green - loose, $60 Pokemon Silver - loose, $45 Dragon Warrior Monsters - loose, $25 Pokemon Trading Card Game - loose, $23 Harry Potter Chamber of Secrets - loose, $12 Bomberman Max Red Challenger - loose, $10 Tony Hawk 2 - loose, $4 Monsters Inc - loose, $4
GameCube:
Baten Kaitos Origins - Sealed, $200 Zelda Twlight Princess - disc and manual, $90 Indigo Gamecube System - tested w/ both cables and matching official controller, $80 Super Smash Bros Melee - loose, $40 Super Smash Bros Melee Player's Choice - CIB, $60 Zelda Ocarina of Time Master Quest - CIB, $60 Mario Kart Double Dash - loose, $55 Zelda Ocarina of Time Master Quest - loose, $40 Super Mario Strikers - Manual, $20 Pac-Man World 2 - CIB, $17 NBA Courtside 2002 - missing manual, $5 The Incredibles Player's Choice - CIB, $5 Super Smash Bros Melee - CIB, $60 Zelda Windwaker - Disc + Manual, $55 Zelda Windwaker Player's Choice - CIB, $60 Super Smash Bros Melee Player's Choice - missing manual, $55 The Ant Bully - CIB, $6 Surfs Up - CIB, $8 Hello Kitty Roller Rescue - CIB, $60
NES:
NES Classic Edition - system w/ 2 controllers and all chords, $75 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - loose, $8 Barker Bill's Trick Shooting - loose, $7 NFL Football - loose, $6 Super Mario Bros and Duck Hunt - loose, $4
3DS/DS:
Nintendo 3DS Cosmo Black - tested w/ stylus and charger, $130 Pokemon Omega Ruby - x2 CIB Copies, $40/ea Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker - sealed, $35 Pokemon Ultra Sun - loose, $38 Pokemon X - CIB, $35 Pokemon Alpha Sapphire - loose, $30 Pokemon Y - loose, $30 Pokemon Sun - CIB, $24 Pokemon Moon - x2 CIB copies, $22 Zelda A Link Between Worlds - loose, $20 Kirby Triple Deluxe - loose, $17 Mario Party DS - case + manual, $5 Pokemon Black Version 2 - loose, $140 Pokemon HeartGold Version - loose, $115 Pokemon SoulSilver Version - loose, $110 Colbalt & Black Nintendo DS Lite - CIB, $85 Pokemon White - CIB, $100 Pokemon Black - loose, $82 Pokemon Platinum - loose, $85 Pokemon White - loose, $65 Ace Attourney Investigators: Miles Edgeworth - CIB, $60 Pokemon Pearl - loose, $30 The Urbz Sims in the City - loose, $35 Super Mario 64 DS - CIB, $22 New Super Mario Bros - loose, $12 Metroid Prime Hunters (First Hunt) - loose, $9 Cooking Mama 2 Dinner With Friends - loose, $8 Bratz 4 Real - CIB, $7 My Baby Boy - CIB, $7 Nintendogs Dachshund and Friends - CIB, $8 Avatar: The Game - loose, $5 Imagine Animal Doctor - CIB, $4 Hannah Montana - loose, $2
PSP:
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 2: Innocent Sin (Limited Edition) - CIB, $180 Shin Megami Tensei: Persona (Soundtrack Bundle) - CIB, $145 Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable - CIB, $130 Legend of Heroes III Song of the Ocean - loose, $100 PSP 2000 Limited Edition Star Wars Battlefront Version (White) - loose w/ charger and paperwork one battery cover is mismatched, $90 Metal Gear Acid 2 - CIB, $45 Midnight Club 3 DUB Edition - CIB, $25 Gurumin A Monstrous Adventure - loose, $20 NFL Street 3 - CIB, $16 Spectral Souls - loose, $15 Need for Speed Carbon Own the City - CIB, $12 Need for Speed Most Wanted 5-1-0 - CIB, $12 Dissidia Final Fantasy - CIB, $10 Medal of Honor Heroes - CIB, $7 SOCOM US Navy Seals Fireteam Bravo 2 - CIB, $5 SOCOM US Navy Seals Tactical Strike - CIB, $5 Regoku II Stairway to H.E.A.V.E.N - loose, $5
PS1:
Suikoden - CIB, $65 Star Ocean - The Second Story - CIB, $65 Lunar 2 Eternal Blue Complete - CIB, $200 Wild Arms 2 - CIB, $38 Lunar Silver Star Story - Box + Book, $40 Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain - CIB, $35 Disruptor - CIB, $30 Metal Gear Solid (Greatest Hits) - CIB, $30 Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver - CIB, $28 Ninja Shadow of Darkness - CIB, $22 Gex - CIB, $18 Oddworld Abe's Oddysee (Greatest Hits) - CIB, $15 Spyro the Dragon (Greatest Hits) - CIB, $15 Star Wars Masters of Teras Kasi - CIB, $15 Contra Legacy of War - CIB, $13 Tomb Raider (Greatest Hits) - CIB, $12 Oddworld Abes Exoddus - CIB, $12 Rayman - CIB, $11 One - CIB, $10 Blaster Master Blasting Again - CIB, $9 Shadow Master - CIB, $9 Frogger - CIB, $8 Crash Bandicoot 2 Cortex Strikes Back (Greatest Hits) - CIB, $7 Ten Pin Alley - CIB, $5 Total Eclipse Turbo (Long Box) - disc and Manual, $4 NFL GameDay 99 - CIB, $3
N64:
Banjo-Kazooie Player's Choice - x2 loose, $25/ea Star Wars Episode 1 Racer - cart + manual, $15 Namco Museum - loose, $8 NFL Quarterback Club 2000 - loose, $4 Wheel of Fortune - loose, $8 Madden Football 64 - loose, $3
PS2:
Tales of the Abyss - CIB, $40 Rogue Galaxy - CIB, $18 Tokyo Xtreme Racer Zero - sealed, $70 Shining Tears - CIB, $55 The Punisher - CIB, $46 Klonoa 2 - CIB, $45 Soul Calibur II (Greatest Hits) - sealed, Blood Omen 2 - CIB, $ WWE Smackdown Here Comes the Pain (Greatest Hits) - CIB, $30 Deus Ex: The Conspiracy - CIB, $25 God of War (Greatest Hits) - CIB, $24 Shining Force EXA - loose, $22 Castlevania Lament of Innocence - CIB, $22 Zone of the Enders 2nd Runner - CIB, $22 Dragon Ball Z Budokai 2 - CIB, $22 Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver 2 - CIB, $20 Spiderman 2 - CIB, $18 Legacy of Kain Defiance - CIB, $16 Rayman 2 Revolution - CIB, $16 Ghost Rider - CIB, $15 Bloodrayne - CIB, $15 Shining Force Neo - loose, $15 Bloodrayne 2 - CIB, $14 Kingdom Hearts - CIB, $14 God of War 2 (2 Disc Set) - CIB, $14 Ratchet & Clank - missing manual, $14 WWE Smackdown Shut Your Mouth - missing manual, $13 Shadow of Colossus - CIB, $13 Resident Evil Outbreak - loose, $13 Zone of the Enders Blade II - CIB, $13 Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater - CIB, $10 Resident Evil Code Veronica X - CIB, $10 Mega Man X Collection - CIB, $10 Gauntlet Seven Sorrows - CIB, $10 Gungriffon Blaze - CIB, $10 Jak and Daxter The Precursor Legacy - CIB, $10 Twisted Metal Black - CIB, $10 Star Wars Racer Revenge - CIB, $10 Kingdom Hearts 2 (Greatest Hits) - CIB, $8 MDK 2 Armageddon - CIB, $8 Van Helsing - CIB, $8 Orphen Scion of Sorcery - CIB, $8 Tony Hawk 3 - CIB, $8 24 the Game - CIB, $8 Metal Gear Solid 2 - CIB, $8 The Mummy Returns - missing manual, $8 Dynasty Warriors 4 - CIB, $8 NHL 2K6 - sealed, $10 Rune Viking Warlord - CIB, $8 Killzone - CIB, $8 Soul Calibur III - CIB, $8 Onimusha 2 - CIB, $8 Black - CIB, $8 Gran Turismo 4 - CIB, $8 Legion Legend of Excalibur - CIB, $8 Dead to Rights (Greatest Hits) - CIB, $8
PS Vita:
PlayStation Vita WiFi Edition - w/ manuals and charger and Uncharted: Golden Abyss, $135
32X:
Doom - loose, $12
Sega CD:
Sewer Shark - CIB, $15 Jurassic Park - CIB, $15
Game Gear:
Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble - cart and Manual, $17 Sonic Chaos - cart and Manual, $14 Jurassic Park - cart, $8 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - cart and Manual, $6
Sega Genesis:
Phantasy Star IV - cart, $60 Shining Force II - cart, $55 OutRun - cart, $38 Rocket Knight Adventures - cart, $33 Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 - cart, $26 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - cart, $24 Streets of Rage - cart, $20 T2 The Arcade Game - CIB, $18 Stargate - Missing Manual, $18 Prince of Persia - cart, $16 Ecco the Dolphin - CIB, $16 Sonic the Hedgehog (Not for Resale) - CIB, $16 Home Alone - cart, $16 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - CIB, $15 X-Men 2 The Clone Wars - cart, $15 Taz-Mania - Missing Manual, $13 Super Street Fighter II - cart, $13 Sonic Spinball - CIB, $13 B.O.B. - cart, $13 Virtua Fighter 2 - cart, $12 Art Alive - CIB, $12 Aladdin - CIB, $12 Marble Madness - cart, $11 Batman Returns - cart, $11 Virtual Pinball - CIB, $10 Aladdin - Missing Manual, $10 6-Pak - cart, $10 FIFA International Soccer - CIB, $10 Altered Beast - cart, $8 Jurassic Park - cart, $8 Pitfall Mayan Adventure - cart, $8 NCAA Final Four Basketball - cart, $8 Clue - Cart w/ Manual, $8 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Not for Resale) - cart, $8 Bubsy - cart, $8 NHL 95 - cart, $8 FIFA International Soccer - Cart w/ Manual, $7 NBA Jam - cart, $7 Ecco the Dolphin - cart, $7 Mortal Kombat 3 - cart, $7 Jungle Strike - cart, $7 NHLPA Hockey '93 - Cart w/ Manual, $7 Sub Terrania - cart, $7 Clue - cart, $4 World Series Baseball 96 - cart, $4 Caesar's Palace - cart, $2
Sega Saturn:
Dragon Force - loose, $100 Saturn 3-Pack - CIB, $25
Super Nintendo:
Final Fantasy III - CIB, $260 Donkey Kong Country - CIB, $75 Zelda Link to the Past - cart, $30 Mega Man X - cart, $30 Super Mario World - cart and manual, $24 Donkey Kong Country - cart and manual, $24 Mario Paint - cart w/ mouse and mousepad, $22 Donkey Kong Country 2 - cart, $20 We're Back A Dinosaur Story - cart and manual, $18 Super Mario All-Stars (Players Choice) - cart, $18 NHL 96 - CIB, $18 Tecmo Super Bowl III - cart, $18 Primal Rage - cart and manual, $15 AAAHH Real Monsters - cart and manual, $15 Mortal Kombat II - cart, $15 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - cart, $14 Killer Instinct - cart, $14 Super Bases Loaded 2 - CIB, $12 Adventures of Mighty Max - cart, $2 Family Dog - cart, $12 NBA Live 98 - cart, $12 Samurai Shodown - cart, $10 Primal Rage - cart, $10 Brutal Paws of Fury - cart, $10 Pro Sport Hockey - cart, $8 Taz-Mania - cart, $8 Super Off Road The Baja - cart, $8 Jungle Strike - cart, $8 Monopoly - cart, $2
Switch:
Fortnite: Darkfire - Sealed, $45
Strategy Guides:
Suikoden IV (Bradygames) - $28 Zelda: Collector's Edition Player's Guide - $25 Shining Force EXA (Bradygames) - $20 Zelda: Twilight Princess Wii Version (Prima) - $10 Shining Tears (Bradygames) - $8 Shining Force Neo (Bradygames) - $8 Pokemon Yellow (Prima) - $32 Pokemon (Prima) - $ Star Wars Rouge Squadron II Rouge Leader (Players Guide) - $12 Ninja Shadow of Darkness (Prima) - $15 Legacy of Kane Soul Reaver (Prima) - $14 Contra: Shattered Soldier (Brady) - $14 Wild Arms 2 (Versus) - $50 Silent Hill 3 (Brady) - $60 Final Fantasy IX (Bradygames)- $18 Dino Crisis (Prima) - $25

New player? Please read the New and Returning Player Guide, Destiny 2 Guided Support & Gameplay Guide.

Want to buy the DLC? Check out the Lightfall Guide.

Returning and not sure what was vaulted? Destiny Content Vault: Year 6

Season of Defiance (Season 20) key dates:

• February 28 - Lightfall launch + Season 20 begins
• March 10 (Week 2) - Root of Nightmares raid launch
• Nightfalls:
  • March 7 (Week 2) - Heist Battleground: Mars
  • March 14 (Week 3) - Hypernet Current
  • March 21 (Week 4) - Arms Dealer
  • March 28 (Week 5) - Glassway
  • April 4 (Week 6) - Lake of Shadows
• April 11 (Week 7) - Grandmaster Nightfalls begin
• Iron Banner weeks:
  • March 21 (Week 4)
  • April 4 (Week 6)
  • April 25 (Week 9)
• Trials of Osiris:
  • Begins March 17 (Week 3) and returns every weekend except during Iron Banner weeks
• May 2 to May 23 - Guardian Games

Top Known Issues List by Bungie

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