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Surah Al-Qiyamah 75: - (The Resurrection)
With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful

Many faces, that day, will be glowing, [22]
looking towards their Lord, [23]

COMMENTARY: (Many faces, that day, will be glowing, looking towards their Lord,...75:23). The word Nadirah means 'fresh'. In other words, many faces that day will be happy, fresh and radiant. The words 'looking towards their Lord' mean 'gazing at their Lord'. This proves that the inmates of Paradise will see Allah in the Hereafter with physical eyes.

The scholars of Ahlus-sunnah (those following the classic way of interpreting the religion) are unanimous on this issue. The Mu'tazilites and the Kharijites deny the possibility of seeing Allah, even in Paradise.

Their reasoning is philosophical scepticism. They say that there are certain conditions of distance that must be met between the one who sees with his physical eyes and the object that is seen. But these conditions cannot be met between the Creator and the created. The Ahlus-sunnah respond that in the Hereafter the Beautific Vision of Allah will be beyond the need of these conditions. He will be seen [unlike any material being] beyond space, direction, shape or form. Hadith narratives make the subject even clearer.

The inmates of Paradise will occupy different positions. Consequently, some will see Allah on a weekly basis, on Fridays. Others will see Him daily, morning and evening. Yet others will see Him all the time under all conditions. [Mazhari]

~MA'AARIFUL QUR'AAN~
TO BE CONTINUED...

Pirates have never been quite who we think they are. In the "golden age of piracy" - from 1650 to 1730 - the idea of the pirate as the senseless, savage thief that lingers today was created by the British government in a great propaganda-heave. Many ordinary people believed it was false: pirates were often rescued from the gallows by supportive crowds. Why? What did they see that we can't? In his book Villains of All nations, the historian Marcus Rediker pores through the evidence to find out. If you became a merchant or navy sailor then - plucked from the docks of London's East End, young and hungry - you ended up in a floating wooden Hell. You worked all hours on a cramped, half-starved ship, and if you slacked off for a second, the all-powerful captain would whip you with the Cat O' Nine Tails. If you slacked consistently, you could be thrown overboard. And at the end of months or years of this, you were often cheated of your wages. read more

Johann Hari is a writer for the Independent newspaper

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22399.htm

The UN Security Council has demanded that Tamil separatists holding out against the Sri Lankan military surrender and allow civilians trapped in the war zone to leave.

The biggest phase of India's elections has started amid a series of attacks blamed on Maoist fighters.

Senior US officials in the Bush administration were involved in the approval of the use of torture on so-called terror detainees by CIA employees, a US senate report has said.

The IEC says that by 6:15 this morning, two million votes had been counted in the national elections.

The Congress of the People says the killing of their branch leader in Motherwell, EC Is without doubt politically motivated.

CARROT SOJEE
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2 cup grated carrots - 2 cups milk - ½ cup semolina - ½ cup boiling water - ½ - ¾ cup ghee - 1 tin condensed milk - 1 small tin Nestle cream - 1 tsp crushed elachi - 1 Tbsp sultanas.

Place carrots and milk in a pot and put to boil until it thickens. Do not allow it to dry out. In a separate pot plce ghee, elechi, sultanas and semolina and braise until semolina changes colour to a light pink. Add water and cook on low. Then add carrot mixture and cook well on low. If mixture is dry, add a little more milk. When almost done add Nestle cream and condensed milk.

REGRETFUL EXPRESSIONS
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A bird had eaten the grain of a fowler and was caught in the trap began to recite the chapters "Ya Sin" and "An'am." Then he began to wail and cry loudly, so that the fowler and his trap shook with grief.

He said, "My back is broken by the conflict of my thoughts. O Beloved One, come and stroke my head in mercy! The palm of Thy hand on my head gives me rest. Thy hand is a sign of Thy bounteous providence. Remove not Thy shadow from my head. I am afflicted, afflicted, afflicted! Sleep has deserted my eyes through my longing for Thee, O Envy of cypresses!

~ MATHNAWI ~

The son polar bear turned to his father and asked, "Dad, am I 100% polar bear?"

"Of course, son, you're 100% polar bear."

A few minutes pass, and the son polar bear turns to his father again and says, "Dad, tell me the truth. I can take it. Am I 100% polar bear? No brown bear or panda bear or grizzly bear?"

"Son, I'm 100% polar bear and your mother is 100% polar bear, so you're certainly 100% polar bear."

A few more minutes pass, and the son polar bear again turns to his father and says, "Dad, don't think you are sparing my feelings if it's not true. I really need to know... am I really 100% polar bear?"

Distressed by this continued questioning, the father polar bear finally asked his son, "Why do you keep asking if you're 100% polar bear?"

"Because I'm freezing to death out here!"