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Tuesday, 09 Ramadan 1429 H/09 September 2008
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QUOTE
"Preserve the sayings of those people who are indifferent to the world. They say only that which Allah wishes them to say." "Fear Allah, for He alone lives. All other things are liable to perish." "The wisest among you is he whose sustenance is the fear of Allah." (UMAR BIN AL KHATTAB RA)
 
PERSONALITY
JALAL AL-DIN RUMI (1207-1273 AD)
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Jalal al-Din Mohammad Ibn Mohammad Ibn Mohammad Ibn Husain al-Rumi was born in 604 AH (1207/8 A.D.) at Balkh (now Afghanistan). His father Baha al-Din was a renowned religious scholar. Under his patronage, Rumi received his early education from Syed Burhan-al-Din. When his age was about 18 years, the family (after several migrations) finally settled at Konya and at the age of 25, Rumi was sent to Aleppo for advanced education and later to Damascus. Rumi continued with his education till he was 40 years old, although on his father's death Rumi succeeded him as a professor in the famous Madrasah at Konya at the age of about 24 years. He received his mystical training first at the hands of Syed Burhan al-Din and later he was trained by Shams al-Din Tabriz. He became famous for his mystical insight, his religious knowledge and as a Persian poet. He used to teach a large number of pupils at his Madressa and also founded the famous Maulvi Order in Tasawwuf. He died in 672 A.H. (1273 A.D.) at Konya, which subsequently became a sacred place for dancing derveshes of the Maulvi Order.

His major contribution lies in Islamic philosophy and Tasawwuf. This was embodied largely in poetry, especially through his famous Mathnawi. This book, the largest mystical exposition in verse, discusses and offers solutions to many complicated problems in metaphysics, religion, ethics, mysticism, etc. Fundamentally, the Mathnawi highlights the various hidden aspects of Sufism and their relationship with the worldly life. For this, Rumi draws on a variety of subjects and derives numerous examples from every- day life. His main subject is the relationship between man and God on the one hand, and between man and man, on the other.

Apart from the Mathnaui, he also wrote his Diwan (collection of poems) and Fihi-Ma-Fih (a collection of mystical sayings). However, it is the Mathnawi itself that has largely transmitted Rumi's message. Soon after its completion, other scholars started writing detailed commentaries on it, in order to interpret its rich propositions on Tasawwuf, Metaphysics and Ethics. Several commentaries in different languages have been written since then.

His impact on philosophy, literature, mysticism and culture, has been so deep throughout Central Asia and most Islamic countries that almost all religious scholars, mystics, philosophers, sociologists and others have referred to his verses during all these centuries since his death. Most difficult problems in these areas seem to get simplified in the light of his references. His message seems to have inspired most of the intellectuals in Central Asia and adjoining areas since his time, and scholars like Iqbal have further developed Rumi's concepts. The Mathnawi became known as the interpretation of the Quran in the Pahlavi language. He is one of the few intellectuals and mystics whose views have so profoundly affected the world-view in its higher perspective in large parts of the Islamic World.

 

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PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS

TODAY
11:45 - Health
12:35 - Zuhr & Juz a Day
14:05 - Recipes
15:05 - Aqaaid Beliefs
17:30 - Nasiha & Duaa
18:15 - Saviours of Islam
20:50 - Quran Commentary live with Ml S Moolla
21:40 - Zakaah, Mufti Zubayr Bhayat
22:05 - An Nidaa with Ml Kara

TOMORROW
03:00 - As Suhoor
05:15 - Ml Yunus Patel Live
08:45 - Ramadhan Q&A Mufti Zubayr Bhayat
09:05 - Aqeedah, Ml Zaheer Raggie
11:45 - In Touch
12:35 - Zuhr & Juz a Day
15:05 - Q&A with Mufti Elias
17:30 - Nasiha & Duaa
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21:30 - Quiz

 
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15:28

16:02

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16:20

16:05

16:53

Sunset

17:59

17:44

18:32

Maghrib

06:02

17:48

18:37

Esha

19:16

19:04

19:57

Sehri Ends
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NEWS

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed satisfaction with the processing of applications of asylum seekers in Musina, Limpopo.

Three men have been found guilty by a UK court of plotting to commit murder using liquid explosives. Abdulla Ahmed Ali, Assad Sarwar and Tanvir Hussain were convicted at Woolwich Crown Court in London of conspiring to murder hundreds of people in 2006. The jury failed to reach verdicts on four other defendants - Ibrahim Savant, Arafat Waheed Khan, Waheed Zaman and Umar Islam. An eighth man, Mohammed Gulzar, was found not guilty on all counts.

George W. Bush, the US president, will reduce US forces' presence in Iraq only modestly over the rest of his term, pulling 8,000 troops out by February, when his successor takes over as commander-in-chief.

Cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro has defended his controversial cartoon of Jacob Zuma preparing to rape justice, saying he thought very, very carefully before doing it.

Disaster Management in the City of Cape Town says they will remain on high alert as more heavy rain is forecast for the Peninsula this week.

 

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RECIPE
SHORT BREAD BISCUITS
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Baking time: 10-12 minutes
Makes plus minus 80

INGREDIENTS
250g butter or margarine - ¾ cup sugar - 1 tsp vanilla essence - 385g Nestle Condensed – Milk - 2 tsp baking powder - 4 cups flour - 1 recipe biscuit dough - (380g) Nestle Treat – Caramel - ½ tsp almond essence - ½ cup ground almonds - Icing sugar for dusting.

METHOD
Preheat oven to 180 deg Celsius. Roll out the biscuit dough to a thickness of 1cm. Cut out shapes using cookie cutters. Place shapes on a greased baking tray. Combine Nestle Treat, almond essence and ground almonds. Place heaped teaspoons full of almond mixture in centre of each shape. Bake for 10-15 minutes, until light golden brown. Dust with icing sugar before serving.

Preheat oven to 180 degree Celsius. Cream butter and sugar very well. Add vanilla and beat in the Nestle Condensed Milk. Add baking powder and sifted flour gradually. If the dough is very stiff, do not add all the flour. Roll into balls the size of a walnut, place on a baking tray and flatten with a fork. Top with cherries or nuts. Bake for 10-12 minutes until light golden.

VARIATIONS
Choc-chip biscuits- add 150g chopped. Nestle Easy melt chocolate to the basic dough mixture. Add 100g chopped cherries and 50 g chopped nuts to the basic dough for chunky Cherry Cookies. Roll out- Cut into shapes-spread egg white, sprinkle with nuts ( chopped)- dust with icing sugar.

 
HANDY HINT
Burnt Food Odours To neutralize burnt food odours in the house....mix 1/2 cup whole cloves with 2 cups water in a sauce pan and bring to a boil. Simmer cloves for 15-30 minutes. The house smells wonderful and the burnt odour is gone.
 
FIQH

If a fibre of meat or fragments etc is stuck in the teeth. Due to the cleansing of the teeth, the fibre releases itself from in between the teeth and the person eats it. However, he does not remove it from his mouth. It goes down his throat on its own. If this fibre is less than the size of a gram-seed, the fast will not break. If it is equal to or more than the size of a gram-seed, the fast will break.

However, if the person removed this fibre from his mouth and thereafter swallowed it, his fast will break irrespective of whether it was smaller or larger than a gram-seed. In both cases the fast will break.

~ HEAVENLY ORNAMENTS ~

 
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A THOUGHT

ATOMS
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Do you know what an atom is? We can compare the atoms to marbles. But these marbles would be too tiny, unlike anything you have seen before.

Now, look around you! Everything that you see in reality is made of these marbles, namely the atoms. The chair on which you are sitting, the book in your hand, your mother, your teacher at school, apples, melons, and the chocolates in the kitchen, your pet, water, the flowers in your garden, toys, and even your body, all are made up of these atoms. The stars and suns that make up the universe and the world in which we live are also formed of atoms just like you. In all the places in which you go about and all the corners that you turn, there are atoms.

You cannot see these little things that we call atoms, because they are a lot smaller than you can imagine. They are so small that even with the largest microscopes, it isn’t possible to see even one of them. To be able to comprehend the tiny size of the atom, look at this example:

Imagine that you have a key in your hand. Without a doubt, it is impossible for you to see the atoms that make up this key. If you say, “I must see these atoms”, then you must visualise the key to be as large as earth. If you were able to visualise the key to be as large as earth then every atom inside it would be as large as cherries and so you could see them.

~ HAROON YAHYA ~

 
THE SMILE

A guy says to his friend, "Guess how many coins I have in my pocket."
The friends says, "If I guess right, will you give me one of them?"
The first guys says, "If you guess right, I'll give you both of them!"

 
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