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Thursday, 17 Jumaadal Ukhra 1430 H / 11 June 2009
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QURAAN LESSONS

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Surah Al-Muddaththir 74: - (The Enveloped One)
With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful

0 you enveloped in a mantle, [l]

COMMENTARY: The Holy Prophet Sallallahu Alyhi Wa Sallam is addressed in this Surah as : - (0 you, enveloped in a mantle ... 7 4 : l ) - The word al-Muddaththir is derived from dithEr which refers to a 'thick, warm over-garment [such as a cloak or mantle] which a person wears in winter over his other clothing in order to protect himself from the cold.' The form of address is affectionate and endearing. The two forms of address, al-Muzzammil and al-Muddaththir, are near-synonyms.

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

 
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Why The West Craves Materialism & Why The East Sticks To Religion
By Imran Khan (ARABNEWS)
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My generation grew up at a time when colonial hang up was at its peak. Our older generation had been slaves and had a huge inferiority complex of the British. The school I went to was similar to all elite schools in Pakistan. Despite gaining independent, they were, and still are, producing replicas of public schoolboys rather than Pakistanis.

I read Shakespeare, which was fine, but no Allama Iqbal - the national poet of Pakistan. The class on Islamic studies was not taken seriously, and when I left school I was considered among the elite of the country because I could speak English and wore Western clothes.

Despite periodically shouting 'Pakistan Zindabad' in school functions, I considered my own culture backward and religion outdated. Among our group if any one talked about religion, prayed or kept a beard he was immediately branded a Mullah.

Because of the power of the Western media, our heroes were Western movie stars or pop stars. When I went to Oxford already burdened with this hang up, things didn't get any easier. At Oxford, not just Islam, but all religions were considered anachronism. Science had replaced religion and if something couldn't be logically proved it did not exist. All supernatural stuff was confined to the movies. Philosophers like Darwin, who with his half-baked theory of evolution had supposedly disproved the creation of men and hence religion, were read and revered. Moreover, European history reflected its awful experience with religion. The horrors committed by the Christian clergy during the Inquisition era had left a powerful impact on the Western mind.

To understand why the West is so keen on secularism, one should go to places like Cordoba in Spain and see the torture apparatus used during the Spanish Inquisition. Also the persecution of scientists as heretics by the clergy had convinced the Europeans that all religions are regressive. However, the biggest factor that drove people like me away from religion was the selective Islam practiced by most of its preachers. In short, there was a huge difference between what they practiced and what they preached. Also, rather than explaining the philosophy behind the religion, there was an overemphasis on rituals. I feel that humans are different to animals. While, the latter can be drilled, humans need to be intellectually convinced. That is why the Qur'an constantly appeals to reason. The worst, of course, was the exploitation of Islam for political gains by various individuals or groups.

Hence, it was a miracle I did not become an atheist. The only reason why I did not was the powerful religious influence my mother wielded on me since my childhood. It was not so much out of conviction but love for her that I stayed a Muslim. However, my Islam was selective. I accepted only parts of the religion that suited me. Prayers were restricted to Eid days and occasionally on Fridays, when my father insisted on taking me to the mosque with him.

All in all I was smoothly moving to becoming a Pukka Brown Sahib. After all I had the right credentials in terms of school, university and, above all, acceptability in the English aristocracy, something that our brown sahibs would give their lives for. So what led me to do a 'lota' on the Brown Sahib culture and instead become a 'desi'? read more

 

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The political chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guard has warned reformists in the country against seeking what he called a "velvet revolution", vowing that it would be "nipped in the bud".

The UN Security Council is set to vote on a draft resolution expanding sanctions on North Korea after it carried out a second nuclear test.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called an emergency meeting in a sign that it may declare the H1N1 flu outbreak a pandemic – the first in more than 40 years.

Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has called for a fresh force from municipalities.

The auto Mobile Association says that motorists should still be careful of slippery roads.This is particularly in parts of KwaZulu-Natal where a blanket of snow has fallen.

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