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Monday , 12 Ramadan 1431 H / 23 August 2010

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SURAH Al-Muzzammil 73: (The Wrapped up one)
This Surah is Makki, and it has 20 verses and 2 Sections.
With the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Very-Merciful

20. Thy Lord doth know that Thou standest forth (to prayer) nigh two-thirds of the night, or half the night, or a third of the night, and so doth a party of those with thee. but Allah doth appoint night and Day In due measure.

COMMENTARY: 'Your Lord knows... It and ends at: '...Now, recite as much of the Qur'an as is easy (for you) [73:20]'

This verse was revealed one year or eight months after the initial verses of this Surah. Thus the obligatory nature of night-prayer was abrogated after a year.

The Musnad of Ahmad, Muslim, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah and Nasa'i record a narration of Sayyidah 'A'ishah RA who stated that at the commencement of this Surah, Allah had prescribed the night-prayer. The Messenger of Allah and the blessed Companions constantly and consistently carried out the obligation for a year. Allah held back the last part of the Surah in the sky for twelve months. It was revealed after a year which abrogated the obligatory status of night-prayer and made concession - reducing its status to supererogation. [Roohul Ma'aani]

(. . .He knows that you cannot do it regularly.. .73:20). The word ihsa' literally denotes 'to count'. Some commentators interpret this verse as follows: Allah had not fixed the exact time for night-prayer. They were given the option of choosing time between one-third of the night to two thirds of it. But when the Companions were preoccupied with the prayer, it was difficult for them to calculate whether they had stayed up half the night, or one-third of the night, or two-thirds of the night, because in those days there were no watches or clocks to measure the time. Even if there were, it was not in keeping with their conditions of involvement in prayers to look at the time repeatedly. They would be absorbed in their prayers, so as to be oblivious to their environment.

This is the significance of the phrase 'lan tuhsoohu'. Other scholars say that the word 'ihsa' connotes 'the act of counting', signifying that Allah knows that you will not be able to keep count of the constant prayers during the lengthy hours and hours of sleep. The word 'ihsa' is also used in this sense, as is used in a Hadith in connection with the beautiful names of Allah, thus: "He who keeps count of them will enter Paradise"... meaning, to act fully according to the attributes and qualities of Allah, as indicated in His beautiful names.

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

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Filling:
2 chicken fillet cubes.
Onion – saute
Tomato
1 tsp ginger garlic
1 tsp red chilli powder
1/4 arad
1 lemon / herb spice
1 garlic / herb spice

Sauces:
1 tblsp mayonnaise
1 tblsp garlic sauce
1 tblsp nando’s spice sauce (any)
1 tblsp oil

Method:
Saute onion in oil.
Add other ingredients in pot and cook until done.
Fill schwarma with filling and salad.
Serve

Salad:
Shredded lettuce.
Add mayonnaise / crushed black.
Mix

Naan:
Garlic butter
Toaster in fry

Extra:
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Why do we say that someone who is fired gets the sack?

The ancient Romans didn't believe in mollycoddling convicted felons. Rehabilitation wasn't their style. Those convicted of parricide or other heinous murders were tied in a sack and dumped into the Tiber River, instantly solving any potential recidivism problem. The practice spread throughout many other European countries, and, as late as the nineteenth century, murderers in Turkey were tossed into the Bosporus in a sack. To get the sack, then, probably was used figuratively as a threat of any sort of punishment, such as losing one's job.

Another theory to explain how 'get the sack' was recorded — as early as 1611 in France — is that it referred to craftsmen of the Middle Ages. Artisans carried their tools in sacks; while they worked, they handed the sacks to their employers. When a craftsman got the sack, it meant that his services no longer were required. He was left, literally, holding the bag.

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