Story - :-/ :-> India Gate in New Delhi .

India Gate in New Delhi:
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The war memorial arch, Gateway of India, was built by the British in
honor of the unknown martyrs who lost their lives in the First World
War and Second Afghan War. Vijay Chowk (the Victory Square) is the
site of "Beating the Retreat" ceremony held annually inNew Delhi on 29
January. Originally known as All India War Memorial, whichhas the
names of soldiers who died in the wars inscribed on its walls. Since
1971, burning the soldier of the eternal flame under it, known as'
Amar Jawan Jyoti.
It is said that Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Bakerdesigned India Gate and
its environs. India Gate stands at Rajpath (Camino Real). It is the
ceremonial avenue of the Republic of India which boasts of ornamental
parks, pools and gardens nearby. It is here that the highly
anticipated event Parade Republic Day takes place on 26 January of
each year. Rajpath runs throughIndia Gate and Vijay Chowk and
Rashtrapati Bhavan at one end and National Stadium in another.
As we go along Rajpath, across Raisina Hill - the administrative
center of India, we find the two secretariat buildings - North Block
and South Block on both sides. You can view Sansad Marg and the
Parliament House in the stretch of this wide road. North Block houses
the offices of Finance and Interior Ministries, while South Block is
home to foreign affairs and defenseministries. Apart from this,Rajpath
is surrounded by many official buildings and museums. There Indira
Gandhi National Center for the Arts and theNational Museum, famous for
its archaeological collections.

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Advice:-> Five reasons why ALLAH

1. to DIRECT you
2. to INSPECT you
3. to... CORRECT you
4. to PROTECT you
5. to PERFECT you
ALLAH is at work in your life even when you do not recognize it or
understand it. But it's much easier andprofitable when you cooperate
with ALLAH. So say Alhamdulillah for everythings!

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"And He is it Who sends down the Ghayth (rain) after they have despaired." (42:28) Allah's statementQur'an Ayath - Explanation :-/:->

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"And He is it Who sends down the Ghayth (rain) after they have
despaired." (42:28)
Allah's statement,
"thereof the growth is pleasing to the tiller;"
meaning that farmers admire the vegetation thatgrows in the aftermath
of rain. And just as farmers admire vegetation, the disbelievers
admire this life; they are the most eager to acquire the traits of
life, and life is most dear to them,
"afterwards it dries up and you see it turning yellow; then it becomes straw."
Meaning, that vegetation soon turns yellow in color, after being fresh
and green. After that, the greenfades away and becomes scattered
pieces of dust. This is the parable of this worldly life, it starts
young,then matures and then turns old and feeble. This isalso the
parable of mankind in this life; they are young and strong in the
beginning. In this stageof life, they look youthful and handsome.
Slowly, they begin growing older, their mannerism changes and their
strength weakens. They then grow old and feeble; moving becomes
difficult for them, while doing easy things becomes beyond their
ability. Allah the Exalted said,
"Allah is He Who created you in (a state of) weakness, then gave
youstrength after weakness, then after strength gave (you) weakness
and gray hair. He creates what He wills. And He is the All-Knowing,
the All-Powerful." (30:54)
This parable indicates the near demise of this life andthe imminent
end of it, while in contrast, the Hereafter is surely coming. Those
who hear this parable should, therefore, be aware of the significance
of the Hereafter and feel eagerness in the goodness that it contains,
"But in the Hereafter (there is) a severe torment, and (there is)
forgiveness from Allah and (His) pleasure. And the life of this world
is only a deceiving enjoyment."
Meaning, surely, the Hereafter that will certainlycome contains two
things either severe punishment or forgiveness from Allah and His good
pleasure.

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News:-> 154 Injured in Balloon Explosion in Yerevan

Video footage of the accident at the political rally in Yerevan.
Gas-filled balloons exploded at a campaign rally in the Armenian
capital of Yerevan on Friday, injuring 154 people.
Armenian authorities are working to identify what gas was used to blow
up the balloons, RIA-Novosti reported, citing a statement by the
country's emergency services ministry. The balloons were apparently
not filled with helium or regular air, both of which are commonly used
for the purpose and neither of which are explosive.
As a result of the explosion,154 demonstrators standing near the
balloons at a rally of the Armenian Republican Party received burns
and were hospitalized. As of early Saturday, more than 70 people
remained in the hospital, Interfax reported.
The rally took place in a central square in Yerevan ahead of
parliamentary elections in Armenia scheduled for Sunday.
Armenian authorities are investigating whether the explosion was set
off by someone purposefully or was an accident, a police spokesman
told Interfax.

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Tonight - See Year’s Biggest Full Moon-

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Story - :->Tonight! Tips to See Year’s Biggest Full Moon-If the full moon

'Supermoon' Tonight! Tips to See Year's Biggest Full Moon-If the full
moon looks a bit bigger and brighter in tonight's sky, you're not
seeing things: It's just the "supermoon" — the biggest moon of 2012.
And there's a meteorshower from Halley's comet peaking tonight, too,
adding to the sky show.
The full moon of May will hit its peak overnight tonight and early
Sunday (May 5 and 6) just one minute after the moon makes its closest
approach to Earth. The timing means the moon, weather permitting,
could appear up to 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than the
average full moon, an event scientists have nicknamed the "supermoon."
The moon will be at its fullest at 11:35 p.m. EDT (0335 Sunday GMT)
just after hitting perigee, the point in its orbit that brings the
moon closest to Earth. The technical name for the event is a "perigee
moon," though NASA and other scientists have dubbed May's full moon as
the supermoon of 2012.
The moon will be about 221,802 miles (356,955 kilometers) from Earth,
about 12.2 percent closer to our planet than when the moon is at
apogee, its farthest point. The average Earth-moon distance is about
230,000 miles (384,400 km).
The last time a supermoon occurred was in March 2011. That supermoon
wasactually closer to Earth than the moon will be tonight by about 248
miles(400 km)

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Story - Past Event:-/ :-> 'Subhanallah'

If His benevolence, reward, blessing and goodness has no end when all
of these are a consequence and result of His pleasure, whatthen of
this attribute of His pleasure? It is related in a tradition, 'If I
bless, there is no end to my blessing.' What then of the quality from
where this blessing emanated? Pleasure necessitates love, benevolence,
generosity, kindness, pardon, ṣafḥ, forgiveness and mercy.
Juwayriyyah, the mother ofthe believers, may Allāh pleased with her,
related that the Prophet, may Allāhsend peace and blessings upon him,
left her sitting inher place of prayer one morning after having prayed
Fajr. On his return during the forenoon he found her still sitting as
he had left her, he asked
, 'Are you still in the same state as when I left you?' She replied,
'Yes'. The Prophet said, 'I said after leaving you four sentences
three times - if you were toweigh them against what you have said
today up until now, they would outweigh them: Subḥānallāh wa biḥamdihi
'adada khalqihi wa riḍā nafsihi wa zinata 'arshihi wa midāda
kalimātihi'."[ [1]
Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy upon him, provided a commentary
onthese words of remembrance in one of his works, al-Manār al-Munīf
fi'l-Ṣaḥīḥ wa'l-Ḍa'īf [2] He says:
In regards to the multifold excellence of, "How perfect Allāh is and I
praise him by the number of His creation;by the pleasure of His self;
by the weight of His throneand by the ink of His words," over simply
saying,"How perfect Allāh is," a praiser's knowledge of Allāh and the
exaltation and veneration of Him thatoccurs in his heart is far
greater. This is known as intensified remembrance (dhikr muḍā'af) and
is a superior form of praise than simple remembrance (dhikr mufrad),
and as suchthe former is preferred to the latter. This really takes
affect once one has awareness and understanding of these words of
remembrance.

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Qur'an Ayath - Explanation :-/:-> ECONOMIC RIGHTS for MUSLIM WOMEN

The Qur'an states: "by the creation of the male and female: Verily
[the ends] ye strive for are diverse"(92:3-4)
In these verses, God declares that he created men and women to be
different, with unique roles, functions and skills. As in society,
where there is a division of labor so too in a family, each member has
different responsibilities. Generally, Islam upholds that woman are
entrusted with the nurturing role, and men, with the guardian role.
Therefore woman are given the right of financial support.
The Qur'an states: "Men arethe maintainers of woman because Allah has
made some of them to excel others and because they spend of their
wealth (for the support of woman" (4:34)
This guardianship and greater financial responsibility is given to men
requires that they provide women with not only monetary support
butalso physical protection and kind and respectful treatment.
Muslim woman have the privilege to earn money, the right to own
property, to enter into legal contracts and to manage all of her
assets in any way she pleases. She can run her own business and no one
has any claim on her earnings including her husband. The Quran states:
"and in no wise covet those things in which Allah hath bestowed his
gifts more freely on someof you than on others: to men is allotted
what theyearn and to woman whatthey earn: but ask Allah of his bounty
for Allah hath full knowledge of allthings." (4:32)

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Advice:->

"Forgiveness is not for the weak. Being able to forgivethose who have
wronged you is a mark of spiritual strength and confidence. When you
forgive, you grow, your heart begins to heal, your back straightens
up, your eyes clear so that you can see the road ahead. Anger is a
spiritual sickness; but when you forgive you live." –

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Boosting the fibre in your diet:->Looking to add more fibre in your diet? A diet rich in dietary fibre will keep your digestive tract clean and healthy, in addition toreducing risk of heart disease and diabetes.

Fibre is a significant component of your diet, asit helps move the
food you eat relatively easily through the digestive tracts, helping
your digestive system function efficiently.
A diet that is rich in fibre isalso known to reduce the risk of health
conditions such as heart disease and diabetes.
Fibre content in differentfoods
To help you make a conscious choice to includefoods that are rich in
fibre,we list the fibre content ofsome common foods.
According to experts, women should ideally consume 21 to 25 grams of
fibre a day, and men about 30 to 38 grams per day.
The table below tells you which foods contain how much fibre:
FRUITS QUANTITY TOTAL FIBRE IN GRAMS
Apple, with skin 1 medium 4.4
Strawberries 1 1/4 cup 3.8
Banana 1 medium 3.1
Orange 1 medium 3.1
Figs, dried 2 medium 1.6
Raisins 2 tablespoons 1.0
GRAINS and CEREAL QUANTITY TOTAL FIBRE IN GRAMS
Chapathi 1 medium sized 2.0
Oatmeal, quick, regular or instant, cooked 1 cup 4.0
Popcorn, air-popped 3 cups 3.5
Brown rice, cooked 1 cup 3.5
Bread, whole-wheat or multigrain 1 slice 1.9
Barley, cooked 1 cup 6.0
VEGETABLES QUANTITY TOTAL FIBRE
IN GRAMS
Peas, cooked 1 cup 8.8
Broccoli, boiled 1 cup 5.1
Boiled beans 1/3 cup 1.0
Corn 1 cup 4.2
Brussels sprouts, cooked 1 cup 4.1
Potato, with skin 1 medium 2.9
Capsicum 1 1.8
Carrot, raw 1 medium 1.7
Carrots, boiled 1/3 cup 2.0
Cabbage, raw ½ cup 1.5
Cabbage, cooked 2/3 cup 3.0
Cauliflower, cooked 1 cup 3.2
LEGUMES, NUTS and SEEDS QUANITY TOTAL FIBRE IN GRAMS
Lentils, cooked 1 cup 15.6
Sunflower seed kernels 1/4 cup 3.9
Almonds 1 ounce (23 nuts) 3.5
Pistachio nuts 1 ounce (49 nuts) 2.9
Walnuts 1 ounce 2
Tips to increase your fibre intake
*. Supplement your chapathi dough with finely ground oat meal or soy
flour. This increases the fibre content in your rotis .
*. Choose unpolished rice over the white rice you eat now. Unpolished
rice has more nutrients and higher fibre content in comparison to
polished, white rice.
*. Use whole-grain breads and cereals for breakfast.
*. A glass of fruit juice is void of fibre, so choose whole fruits to
derive greater nutritional benefits.
*. If possible, eat your veggies with skin, for example carrots,
potatoes and radish have a lot of fibre in their skins.
*. Eat dried fruits and nuts as snacks in between meals.
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-:Hadees:-:->Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: `A believing man must not hate a believing woman (his wife); if he dislikes one trait in her, he will find another trait in her with which to be pleased.' (Quotes on marriage from

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Qur'an Ayath - Explanation :-/

[the state of a disbeliever] is like the darkness in a vast deep sea,
overwhelmed with waves topped by waves, topped by dark clouds, [layers
of] darkness upon darkness, if a man stretchesout his hand, he can
hardly see it, and he for whom ALLAH has not appointed light, for him
there is no light..
[Surah An-Nur: 40].,....!! ♥

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Advice:-> if you die, there is no second chance.

If you fail in your exams, there is always a next year.
If you lose your spouse, there can be a second marriage,
but if you die, there is no second chance.
This life is only one opportunity! So live a righteous life in the
path ofALLAH, and strive for the hereafter; Inshallah!

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Story - WOMEN'S LIBERATION THROUGH ISLAM

Today people think that women are liberated in theWest and that the
women's liberation movement began in the 20th century. Actually, the
women's liberation movement was not begun by women but was revealed by
God to a man in the seventh century by the name of Muhammad (peace be
upon him), who is known as the last Prophet of Islam. The Qur'an and
the Traditions of the Prophet (Hadith or Sunnah) are the sources from
which every Muslim woman derives her rights and duties.
I. HUMAN RIGHTS
Islam, fourteen centuries ago, made women equally accountable to God
in glorifying and worshippingHim - setting no limits on her moral
progress. Also, Islam established a woman's equality in her humanity
with men. In the Qur'an, in the first verse of the chapter
entitled"Women," God says, "O mankind! Be careful of your duty to your
Lord Who created you from a single soul and from it its mate and from
them both have spread abroad a multitude of men and women. Be careful
of your duty toward Allah in Whom you claim (your rights) of one
another, and towards the wombs (that bore you). Lo! Allah has been a
Watcher over you." (4:1) Since men and women both came from the same
essence, they are equal in their humanity. Women cannot be by nature
evil (as some religious believe) or then men would be evil also.
Similarly, neither gender can be superior because it would be a
contradiction ofequality.
II. CIVIL RIGHTS
In Islam, a woman has the basic freedom of choice and expression based
on recognition of her individual personality. First,she is free to
choose her religion. The Qur'an states:"There is no compulsion in
religion. Right has been made distinct from error." (2:256) Women are
encouraged in Islam to contribute their opinions and ideas. There are
many traditions of the Prophet (pbuh) which indicate women would pose
questions directly to him and offer their opinions concerning
religion, economics and social matters. A Muslim woman chooses her
husband and keeps her name after marriage. A Muslim woman's testimony
is validin legal disputes. In fact, in areas in which women are more
familiar, their evidence is conclusive.
III. SOCIAL RIGHTS
The Prophet (pbuh) said:"Seeking knowledge is a mandate for every
Muslim (male and female)." This includes knowledge of the Qur'an and
the Hadith as well as other knowledge. Men and women both havethe
capacity for learning and understanding. Since itis also their
obligation to promote good behavior and condemn bad behaviorin all
spheres of life, Muslimwomen must acquire the appropriate education to
perform this duty in accordance with their own natural talents and
interests. While maintenance of a home, providing support to her
husband, and bearing, raising and teaching of children are among the
first and very highly regarded roles for a woman, if she has the
skillsto work outside the home for the good of the community, she may
do so as long as her family obligations are met. Islam recognizes and
fosters the natural differences between men and women despite their
equality. Some types of work are more suitable for men and other types
for women. This in no way diminishes either's effort nor its benefit.
God will reward both sexes equally for the value of their work,
thoughit may not necessarily be the same activity. Concerning
motherhood, the Prophet (pbuh) said:"Heaven lies under the feetof
mothers." This implies that the success of a society can be traced to
themothers that raised it. The first and greatest influence on a
person comes from the sense of security, affection, and training
received from the mother. Therefore, a woman havingchildren must be
educated and conscientious in order to be a skillful parent.
IV. POLITICAL RIGHTS
A right given to Muslim women by God 1400 years ago is the right to
vote. On any public matter, a woman may voice her opinion and
participate in politics. One example, narrated in the Qur'an (60:12)

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The Bible on marriage of young girls with much older men
As it is Christian evangelistsand other believers in the Bible who
have been bitterly reviling the Holy Prophet Muhammad on account of
his marriage with Aisha, we put to themthe practices of the great
patriarchs and prophets that are recorded in the Bible itself in this
connection. The main accusations regarding the marriage of Aisha are
that she was too young in age while the Holy Prophet was a much older
man, being fifty years of age, and that consent to marriage was either
not obtained from her or she was not capable of giving it.
Abraham
In the book of Genesis in the Bible it is recorded about Abraham:
"Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. But she had an
Egyptian maidservant named Hagar;so she said to Abram, 'The Lord has
kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my maidservant; perhaps I
can build a familythrough her.' Abram agreed to what Sarai said. So
after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took
her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his
wife. He slept with Hagar, and she conceived. … So Hagar boreAbram a
son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne. Abram
was eighty-six yearsold when Hagar bore him Ishmael." (Genesis,
chapter 16, verses 1–4, and 15–16, New International Version. Bolding
is mine.)
Firstly, it is evident that as Abraham (who then had the name Abram)
was 86 years old, Hagar must havebeen some fifty years younger than
him, and probably even younger, to bear a child. Secondly, the Bible
speaks of Sarai givingher maidservant Hagar to Abraham. So Hagar's
consent was not obtained but rather she was commanded by Sarai to go
and become Abraham's wife.
David
The first book of Kings in the Bible begins as follows:
"When King David was old and well advanced in years,he could not keep
warm even when they put coversover him. So his servants said to him,
'Let us look for a young virgin to attend the king and take care of
him. She can lie beside him so that our lord the king may keep warm.'
Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful girl and found
Abishag, a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. The girl was very
beautiful; she took care of the king and waited on him, but the king
had no intimate relations with her." (1 Kings, chapter 1, verses 1–4,
New International Version. Bolding is mine.)
So there seems nothing wrong, according to the Bible, in procuring a
young virgin, again apparently without her consent, whose duties
include lying with the elderly king in bed. The intention was
certainly for sexual enjoyment, otherwise there was no necessity of
looking for a young, beautiful virgin.

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Maulana Muhammad Ali writes in a footnote under this report:
"It should also be noted that Aisha joined the Holy Prophet's
household only one year before the battle of Uhud. According to the
common view she would be only ten years of age at this time, which is
certainlynot a suitable age for the work she did on this occasion.
This also shows that she was not so young at this time." [12]
If, as shown in the previoussection above, Aisha was nineteen at the
time of the consummation of her marriage, then she would be twenty
years old at the time of the battle of Uhud. It may be added that on
the earlier occasion of the battle of Badr when some Muslim youths
tried, out of eagerness, to go along with the Muslim army to the field
of battle, the Holy Prophet Muhammad sent them back on account of
their young age (allowing only one such youngster, Umair ibn Abi
Waqqas, to accompany his older brother the famous Companion Sa'd ibn
Abi Waqqas). It seems, therefore, highly unlikely that if Aisha was
ten years old the Holy Prophet would have allowed her to accompany the
army to thefield of battle.
We conclude from all the evidence cited above that Aisha (may Allah be
pleased with her) was nineteen years old when she joined the Holy
Prophet as his wife in the year 2 A.H., the nikah or betrothal having
taken place five years previously.

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Story - :-> The Messenger (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) said: “Iman is to believe in Allah,His Angels, His Books, His Messengers, the Last Day and the Decree; the good thereof and the bad.” [Muslim]

This is a true story that happened in Egypt (relatedby Shaykh Wahid
'Abd al-Salam Bali in his lecture ):
A young man flagged down a taxi in order to take his ill mother to the
hospital. They both got in and the driver made his way to the
hospital. However, on the way, the son asked for the taxi to bestopped
so that he could get out and quickly get some medication for his
mother. As he was away, the mother's health suddenly plummeted and
subhan'Allah, the driver noticed the signs of death on her. He
immediately went to her side and guided her through the Shahadah
(testimony of faith), in accordance to the hadith: "Whoever's last
words are la ilaha illa'Allah (there is no God but Allah), will enter
Paradise." [Abu Dawud]. The mother looked at the driver acknowledging
it, and finally she uttered the words of faith before breathing her
very last.
When the son returned, thedriver informed him of the news. The son
went into a natural hysteria whereupon the driver consoled him saying,
" Don't worry, I helped her utter the Shahadah and shesaid it in a
clear voice." The son then exclaimed, "What! Why did you do that?
Don't you know we are Christians?!"
Subhan'Allah, the wonders of the Qadr (Decree) of Allah. You just
don't know where it will take you and what your last words/deeds will
be. This was a Coptic Christian mother in the throes of death and
Allah saved her just in time. May Allah grant us all a good end,
ameen.
The Messenger (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) said: "Iman is to believe
in Allah,His Angels, His Books, His Messengers, the Last Day and the
Decree; the good thereof and the bad." [Muslim]

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Story - :-> Now pull out that one," said the old man pointing to a bush.

A wealthy man requested an old scholar to wean his son away from his bad habits.
The scholar took the youth for a stroll through a garden. Stopping
suddenly he asked the boy to pull out a tiny plant growing there. The
youth held the plant between his thumb and forefinger and pulled
itout. The old man then asked him to pull out a slightly bigger plant.
The youth pulled hard and the plant came out, roots and all.
"Now pull out that one," said the old man pointing to a bush. The boy
had to use all his strength to pull it out.
"Now take this one out," said the old man, indicating a guava tree.
The youth grasped the trunk and tried to pull it out. But it would not
budge.
"I – It's impossible," said the boy, panting with the effort. "So it
is with bad habits," said the wise.
Moral ♥ :"When they are young it is easy to pull them out but when
they take hold they cannot be uprooted."
The session with the old man changed the boy's life.

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