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Today: consumption kills eco-systems; fraud, greed, grand larceny and theft bring down world's finances; deceit, infidelity and instant gratification destroy families; murders and wars have left us without peace or stability. On top we have droughts, earthquakes, floods, storms, tsunamis … has the world gone mad! Submit now to Allah before it is too late - to the One and Only God, the Creator, Lord and Sustainer of the universe, Unique in His Person and Actions, without any blemish, weakness or relatives. Follow the Sunnah of Muhammad (the last Messenger and Prophet - upon whom be the peace and blessings of Allah), and join those who will be the really successful ones.

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Monday, February 15, 2010

How to pass time

A Story Worth Reading

Since last night my young son has been unwell. When I got back from Work this evening I decided to take him to hospital despite my exhaustion.

There were many waiting; perhaps we will be delayed by more than an hour. I took my number and sat down in the waiting room. There were many faces, young and old, but all silent. Some brothers  made use of the many booklets available in the waiting room.



Some of those waiting had their eyes closed, while others were looking around. Most were bored.

Free Islamic Downloads

Asim Iqbal is a wonderful person who has taken the trouble to gather free downloads from many sources, and provide these under his sites:

http://asimiqbal2nd.downloads.googlepages.com/

http://asimiqbal2nd.wordpress.com/

May Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta`ala) give him plenty jazae kheir for this effort.

Arabic Verb Conjugators

When learning Arabic, verbs are considered the most difficult. There are two sites that allow one to create conjugation of Arabic verbs from the root letters:

The first site is: http://qutrub.arabeyes.org/index#options The free downloadable qutrub software is beta version. I have found some verbs that are in the Quran and textbooks of classical Arabic, but qutrub sometimes gives the message:


Strangely, sometimes it continues to provide the conjugation for the allegedly gheir-saleh verb, and sometimes it does not. However, in overwhelming cases, the qutrub software, is good.

This site does not require one to have a knowledge of the type of verb. One can type the root letters with or without the vowels. In the latter case, if there are are more possibilities of vowels, the program gives a drop down list of the allowed combinations.

If one enters an invalid combination of letters or vowels, the program informs that the verb being sought is incorrect. Sometimes this looks like a false alarm, which may be due to an incorrect copy-paste. A new typing from the keyboard of the verb removes the false alarm. The root letters are not limited to three, and one can enter 4-letter and 5-letter roots as well. One drawback is that the interface is entirely in Arabic. One can also download a beta version of qutrub 0.5 which is a stand-alone small program, making it possible to work off-line. I prefer the off-line version. Here is part of website page:


and now look at part of a tasreef view from the stand-alone qutrub program:


The second site is: http://acon.baykal.be/ 

Friday, February 12, 2010

Last Breath

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

kalamullah.com


Dr Aafia's case

If anyone ever thought the US system of justice delivers justice, this case should open his/ her eyes.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=223448

The truth about US justice
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
By Yvonne Ridley


Many of us are still in a state of shock over the guilty verdict returned on Dr Aafia Siddiqui. The response from the people of Pakistan was predictable and overwhelming and I salute their spontaneous actions.


The truth about US justice


The Powerful Testimony of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui

THE POWERFUL TESTIMONY OF Dr. Aafia Siddiqui


As captured by El-Hajj Mauri’ Saalakhan


Aafia Siddiqui – a daughter, a sister, a mother of three, committed Muslim, social scientist, hafiz of Qur’an – needed to be heard. For years she had suffered in virtual silence…aching to be heard, to be understood, to have certain malicious untruths corrected and exposed for the lies they were.

Friday, February 05, 2010

UQ verb example from ppt