HADEES :- ~

"Complain about your situation to Allah and don'tcomplain about it to
His creation. Know for certain that all forms of grief or heartache
that pass by you are because He loves you and is therefore testing
you, or He loves you and is therefore purifying you from your sins."-
~Shaykh Salih Al-Maghamsi

The First Revelation of the Quran

Does anyone need proof that the processes of personal growth and
socialchange both start with books? Consider the first revealed verses
of the Quran itself, in Surah 96, Al-'Alaq:
1. Read in the name of your Lord Who created.
2. He created humankind from a clot.
3. Read and your Lord is Most Honorable,
4. Who taught (to write) with the pen
5. Taught the human being what he knew not.
The moment of the first revelation of the Quran to the Prophet
Muhammad (pbuh) was a moment of immense significance for all humanity,
possibly the most significant moment inhuman history. It follows that
the message is one of great significance as well.
What is this message of great significance, these first few profound
and powerful words?
Read, and write, and do it in the name of Allah.
Allah exalted and honored human beings by giving us knowledge, the
capacity to acquire more knowledge, and the tools to record andshare
our knowledge, whether verbally or in print. He commanded us tomake
use of these tools, and to do it in Allah's nameso that our motives
and methods remain pure, and so that the results will be beneficial to
humanity and not destructive or oppressive.
We are supposed to use our knowledge to create vaccines for diseases,
not to create deadly viruses forbiological warfare. We should use
nuclear power to generate clean energy, not to design bombs that can
destroy nations. We must use robotic technologies to create artificial
limbs for victims of war or accidents, or to explore the depths of the
sea, or to clear old minefields without loss of life, or to rescue
miners trapped deep underground… not to build hunter-killer drones
that destroy innocent human lives while the operator moves a joystick
a thousand miles away.
Knowledge must be employed "in the name ofyour Lord Who created," not
in the name of greed or vengeance.
This is especially importanttoday, when fantastically powerful
technologies are being developed every day.Supercomputers,
nanotechnology, genetic engineering, cloning, quantum physics… If
these technologies are not tempered with faith and wisdom, humanity
could unleash horrors on the world that will make previous wars and
genocides look like a bad case of the measles (no disrespect intended
to victims of past conflicts).

HEALTH - ~ Zinc supplement can reduce infant deaths

Giving zinc as a supplement along with antibiotics can
significantlyreduce mortality by lowering treatment failure in
children suffering from serious infections such as pneumonia and
meningitis,according to a study.
The study, reported in the latest issue of the international medical
journal, The Lancet , has found that babies who were given zinc
supplement were 40 per cent less likely to experience treatment
failure and their risk of death was reduced by 43 per cent.
The study covered 700 babies aged between seven and 120 days — 352of
them were given zinc supplement along with thestandard antibiotics and
the others a placebo. It was funded by the Department of Biotechnology
under the Union Ministry of Science and Technology.
Speaking to journalists here, DBT Secretary M.K. Bhan said research
had already shown that zinc supplements could help cure diarrhoea and
zinc syrups or dispersible tablets were already available for its
treatment in many countries.
Worldwide, bacterial and other infections account fornearly two-thirds
of deathsin children under five, with around two-fifths of the deaths
occurring within the first month of life. In India, of the one million
neonatal deaths that occur every year, more than a quarter are
attributed to these infections.

HEALTH - ~ Mangoes can help fight flab: Study - Scientists have found the skins of the Irwin and Nam Doc Mai varieties contain compounds that inhibit theformation of human fat cells.

Scientists have found the skins of the Irwin and Nam Doc Mai varieties
contain compounds that inhibit theformation of human fat cells.
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Eating few mango varietiescould help you lose weight,but only if you
eat the skin you normally throw away, Australian researchers
haveclaimed.
Advising that while eating the wrong variety of this fruit could have
the opposite effect.
University of Queensland scientists have found the skins of the common
Irwin and Nam Doc Mai varieties contain compounds that inhibit the
formation of human fat cells.
On contrary, the skin of theKensington Pride mango has compounds that
promote fat cell growth, according to an AAP report.
Mike Gidley said lab tests involved exposing human fat cells to
extracts from the skin and flesh of three varieties.
He said there was a long way to go, but the findingsopened up the
possibility of a supplement that couldhelp fight obesity.
"The next stage is to identify the useful molecules in the peel that
inhibited fat cell formation," Mr. Gidley said.