Many of the story about Sarah (originally named Sarai) in Genesis are about her role as both Abraham’s wife and also perhaps a biological family member; ultimately her ancestry is unclear. During her 127-year life, she is enslaved in Egypt, foreshadowing Israel’s later bondage, and is ultimately released after God sends plagues. Sarah is unable to have children… Read More »
Here is what we have learned from Introduction to the Human Body: The human body is a single structure but it is made up of billions of smaller structures of four major kinds: cells, tissues, organs, and systems. An organ is an organization of several different kinds of tissues so arranged that together they can perform a special function.… Read More »
Sultan al-Awliya Shaykh Abdul Qadir al-Gaylani (Allah be pleased with him) gave the following ten rules for his mureeds who wanted to mature themselves and control their nafs. These rules are listed in Ghuniyat-ut Talibeen. Translation taken from: [1]1. Jokingly or seriously, don’t lie, because once your tongue avoids lying, Allah the Most High enlarges your chest and… Read More »
When the nightmare unfolded, teachers and students of the Army Public School Peshawar had just returned to their classes after recess. Some students, including 18-year-old Yasir Iqbal, gathered in the large auditorium and were attentively listening to a lecture. Others sat at their desks, eyes on the clock instead of the blackboard, silently urging for the hands to… Read More »
Parveen Shakir PP (Urdu: پروین شاکر; 24 November 1952 – 26 December 1994) was a Pakistani poet, teacher and a civil servant of the government of Pakistan. She is best known for her poems, which brought a distinctive feminine voice to Urdu literature, and for her consistent use of the rare grammatical feminine gender for the word “lover”. Since her death, the “Parveen Shakir Urdu Literature… Read More »
Sūrah al-Fātiḥah is described as the ‘Mother of the Qur’an’ and the ‘Seven oft-repeated verses’. It is recited in every unit of every prayer. It is one of the chapters of the Qur’an that we memorised as children and one of the chapters that we will teach to our children. But just what makes this chapter so important?… Read More »
Trade and commerce played an important role in the early Islamic world. Large trade networks spanned much of the globe including faraway places like China, Africa, and Europe. Islamic leaders used taxes from wealthy merchants to build and maintain public works such as schools, hospitals, dams, and bridges. MoneyA Gold DinarSource: Wikimedia Commons Money is important for any… Read More »
Arfa Sayeda Zehra is a Pakistani educationist and Urdu language expert. She studied first at Lahore College for Women University, then Government College University, with further degrees from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Zehra is a professor emeritus of history at Forman Christian College and is a former principal of the Lahore College for Women University. She was a chairperson on the National Commission on… Read More »
Bath time for toddlers: basics Bathing your toddler 2-3 times a week is usually enough to keep them clean. But you do need to wash toddlers’ faces and genitals every day. And if your toddler gets dirty from playing or enjoys bath time, a bath every day is fine. A bath at the end of the day can… Read More »
Wahhabists. The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. Hizb ut-Tahrir. For the last 13 years, these have been names the Uzbek government associated with radical Islam and accused of religious extremism and terrorism. Now a new group, Tabligh Jamaat, has come under government and media scrutiny with eight of its members on trial in Tashkent accused of religious extremism. But… Read More »