Abū Ṭalḥa, Zayd ibn Sahl ibn al-Aswad ibn Ḥarām al-Khazrajī (Arabic: أبو طلحة زيد بن سهل الأنصاري) was a renowned companion of the Islamic prophet Muḥammad and one of the Anṣār (the ‘Helpers’) of Medina.He was from Banu Khazraj, Which after the Hijrah came to be known as the Ansar. He was mostly known as a valiant fighter and skilful archer of the early Islamic period. Abū Ṭalḥa was known to… Read More »
In Islam, Muslims pray five times a day and after 624 C.E., these prayers were directed towards Mecca and the Kaaba rather than Jerusalem; this direction (or qibla in Arabic), is marked in all mosques and enables the faithful to know in what direction they should pray. The Qur‘an established the direction of prayer.All Muslims aspire to undertake the hajj, or… Read More »
I can feel their unasked questions. People wonder how I can still stand, still walk, still laugh. But they don’t ask. You can’t ask that of a mother who has lost her child. My son, Daniel, died three years ago at the age of 22. When people ask me, “How… are you?,” that pause, that inflection, tells me that’s really what… Read More »
A timeline of human evolution, history, technology, and the fates of human societies. This is History, history understood as a single, coherent, evolutionary process, when taking into account the experience of all peoples in all times. See an updated version here. (For my reference. All dates approximate. Suggestions welcome..) =====> All dates B.P. (Before Present) unless otherwise noted. <===== 250… Read More »
Death is an irrefutable fact we can’t deny. Time and again, we lose ourselves in this transient world thinking that we are going to live here forever. As a result, Allah reminds us and shows us signs with the loss of a loved one to show that everything in this world is just temporary. Losing a loved one… Read More »
The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History is a 1978 book by Michel H. Hart, an astrophysicist, alien life researcher and white separatist.Published by his father’s publishing house, it was his first book and was reprinted in 1992 with revisions. It is a ranking of the 100 people who, according to Hart, most influenced human history.Unlike various other… Read More »
Tezgam is a Pakistani express train. Tezgam is a fast express passenger train run between Karachi and Rawalpindi daily which have stop at Drig Road railway station. Drig Road is railway station of Pakistan railway. Tezgam train have regular stop at Drig Road Railway Station. Tezgam 7 Up which run from Karachi to Rawalpindi have no stop and… Read More »
The gastrointestinal (GI) tract consists of the mouth, stomach, and intestines. Together with the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas, these organs work together to absorb nutrients and expel waste. Disturbances to this process can cause a range of symptoms, from cramps to vomiting. Many of these issues may pass with time and pose little risk of complication. However, seemingly common stomach issues can be the result… Read More »
The idea of reorganising a state through the creation of new geographical and administrative units within it is not novel. Recent history provides examples of such ‘right-sizing’ of several states — one well-known to us is India where a number of new provinces have been formed over the last seven decades. Is Pakistan also about to enter a… Read More »
The term observational research is used to refer to several different types of non-experimental studies in which behavior is systematically observed and recorded. The goal of observational research is to describe a variable or set of variables. More generally, the goal is to obtain a snapshot of specific characteristics of an individual, group, or setting. As described previously, observational research… Read More »