ഒരു പൂവും നുള്ളാതിരിക്കുക

ഒരു പൂവും നുള്ളാതിരിക്കുക

"വെള്ളത്താമാരപോല്‍ വിശുദ്ധി വഴിയും
സ്ത്രീ ചിത്തമേ, മാനസം
പൊള്ളുമ്പോള്‍ അമൃതം തെളിച്ചു തടവും
സല്‍ സാന്ത്വന സ്വരൂപമേ"
[ചങ്ങമ്പുഴ]

സ്ത്രീ, പുരുഷന് ഇണയും തുണയുമാണ്. സാന്ത്വനവും ചൂടും തണുപ്പുമകറ്റുന്ന വസ്ത്രമാണ്. അവനെ എപ്പോഴും മനസ്സില്‍ പേറിക്കഴിയുന്നവള്‍.> അവന്‍റെ സൌഖ്യത്തിനു വേണ്ടി സ്വന്തം ജീവിതം ഉഴിഞ്ഞുവെച്ചവള്‍.> പരിക്ഷീണനായി വീട്ടിലെത്തുന്ന പുരുഷനെ സമാശ്വാസത്തിന്‍റെ പൂമെത്തായിലേക്കാനയിക്കുന്നവള്‍> സ്തീ വീടിന്‍റെ വിളക്കാണ്. അമ്മയെന്ന മഹനീയപദവി നല്‍കി ദൈവം അവളെ ആദരിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു. സ്വര്‍ഗം മാതാവിന്‍റെ കാല്‍ക്കീഴിലാണ്. പുരുഷനും സ്ത്രീക്കും തുല്ല്യസ്ഥാനമാണ് സൃഷ്ടാവിങ്കലുള്ളത്. സല്‍കര്‍മ്മങ്ങള്‍ ചെയ്തു ദൈവത്തിന്‍റെ സാമീപ്യം നേടുന്നതിലും പുണ്യം ആര്‍ജിക്കുന്നതിലും അവര്‍ തമ്മില്‍ ഒരു വിവേചനവുമില്ല. അവകാശങ്ങളിലും കടമകളിലും തുല്യര്‍ തന്നെ.

സ്ത്രീ യഥാര്‍ത്ഥത്തില്‍ ഇങ്ങനെയാണെങ്കിലും പ്രായോഗിക ജീവിതത്തില്‍ പലപ്പോഴും അവളുടെ അനുഭവം മറിച്ചാണ്. പുരുഷന്‍റെ പീഡനത്തിനിരയായിക്കൊണ്ടിരിക്കുന്ന സ്ത്രീകളുടെ കദന കഥകള്‍ വാര്‍ത്തകളില്‍ നിറയാത്ത ദിവസങ്ങളില്ല! മാനസികമായും ശാരീരികമായും സ്ത്രീ നാനാഭാഗത്ത് നിന്നും ദ്രോഹിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു. ഭര്‍ത്താവില്‍ നിന്നും സ്നേഹം ലഭിക്കാതെ തീ തിന്നു ജീവിതം തള്ളിനീക്കുന്ന എത്ര ഹതഭാഗ്യകള്‍!, ഭര്‍തൃമാതാവിന്‍റെയും ഭര്‍തൃസഹോദരിയു ടെയും പീഡനങ്ങളില്‍ നിന്നുള്ള മോചനത്തിന് ആത്മഹത്യയെ ആശ്രയിക്കുന്നവരെത്ര! പണത്തിന്‍റെയും പണ്ടത്തിന്‍റെയും പേരില്‍ എത്രയോ നിര്‍ഭാഗ്യവതികള്‍ ശിക്ഷിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു!

സ്ത്രീയുടെ മാനത്തിനു ഒരു വിലയും കല്‍പ്പിക്കപ്പെടുന്നില്ല. ബലപ്രയോഗത്താലും പ്രലോഭനത്താലും അവളുടെ ദാരിദ്ര്യാവസ്ഥയെ ചൂഷണം ചെയ്തും സൗഹൃദം ദുരുപയോഗം ചെയ്തും സ്ത്രീകളുടെ ചാരിത്ര്യം കളങ്കപ്പെടുത്തുന്നു. കൂട്ടബലാത്സംഗ വാര്‍ത്തകള്‍ സര്‍വസാധാരണമായക്കഴിഞ്ഞു. ഭക്തികേന്ദ്രങ്ങളെന്ന് പറയപ്പെടുന്ന പല ആശ്രമങ്ങളിലും മ0ങ്ങളിലും സ്ത്രീക്ക് രക്ഷയില്ലാതായിരിക്കുന്നു.

കഥ ഇത് മാത്രമാണോ? മറ്റൊരു വശത്ത് സ്ത്രീയുടെ ജന്മം ഒരു ശാപമായി കരുതി ഭ്രൂണാവസ്ഥയില്‍ തന്നെ അവള്‍ നശിപ്പിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു. വര്‍ഷത്തില്‍ എത്ര ലക്ഷം ഭ്രൂണഹത്യകളാണ് ലോകത്ത് നടക്കുന്നത്! സ്ത്രീ ആധുനികതയുടെയും പുരോഗതിയുടെയും പാതയില്‍ ഏറെ മുന്നോട്ട് പോയി എന്നത് വാസ്തവം തന്നെ. അതോടൊപ്പം അവള്‍ ഇത്രയും അപമാനിക്കപ്പെട്ട ഒരു കാലം ചരിത്രത്തിലുണ്ടായിട്ടില്ല എന്നതും ചേര്‍ത്ത് വായിക്കണം. ഇന്നത്തെ പെണ്‍ ഭ്രൂണഹത്യ പതിനാലു നൂറ്റാണ്ടു മുമ്പ് അറേബ്യയിലുണ്ടായിരുന്ന പെണ്‍ ശിശുഹത്യയുടെ തുടര്‍ച്ചപോലെയാണ്. പെണ്‍ശിശുക്കളെ ജീവനോടെ കുഴിച്ചു മൂടിയിരുന്ന അന്നത്തെ അവസ്ഥയുടെ ചിത്രം ഖുര്‍ആന്‍ ഇങ്ങനെ വിവരിക്കുന്നു : "പെണ്‍കുഞ്ഞു ജനിച്ചു എന്നു അവരില്‍ ഒരാള്‍ക്ക് സന്തോഷവാര്‍ത്ത അറിയിച്ചാല്‍ അവന്‍റെ മുഖം കരുത്തിരുണ്ടി രുന്നു. അവന്‍ സങ്കടവും കോപവും കടിച്ച്ചിര ക്കുന്നു. ഈ സന്തോഷ വാര്‍ത്തയുടെ വിഷമം കാരണം അവന്‍ ജനങ്ങളില്‍ നിന്നും ഒളിച്ചു കഴിയുന്നു. അപമാനം സഹിച്ചു ഇതിനെ വളര്‍ത്തുകയോ അതോ മണ്ണില്‍ കുഴിച്ചു മൂടുകയോ? എന്ത് വേണമെന്ന ആലോചനയാണ്!" പക്ഷെ, പ്രവാചകന്‍ (സ)യുടെ ബോധ വല്‍ക്കരണ ത്തിലൂടെ സ്ത്രീയുടെ ജന്മം ഒരു സൌഭാഗ്യവും അനുഗ്രഹവു മായി മാറി. അവള്‍ ആദരിക്കപ്പെട്ടു.

ലൈംഗിക പീഡനത്തിനുള്ള ശാശ്വതപരിഹാരം സദാചാര ബോധം മനസ്സില്‍ ശക്തിപ്പെടുത്തുകയാണ്. ദൈവം കാണുകയും അറിയുകയും ചെയ്യുമെന്ന ഭായമാണത്‌. ഇത് മനുഷ്യനിലുണ്ടാക്കുന്ന മാറ്റത്തിന് പ്രവാചകന്‍ (സ) തന്നെ വിവരിച്ചു തന്ന ഒരു അനുഭവ കഥ പറയാം : ഒരു യുവതി കടുത്ത ദാരിദ്ര്യത്തില്‍ അകപ്പെട്ടു. സഹായമഭ്യര്‍ത്തിച്ചു അവള്‍ തന്‍റെ ബന്ധുവായ യുവാവിനെ സമീപിച്ചു. ഒരു നിബന്ധനയോടെ അയാള്‍ സഹായിക്കാന്‍ തയാറായി. അവളുടെ ശരീരം അയാള്‍ക്ക്‌ കാഴ്ച വെക്കണം. ആ വിശാമാവസ്ഥയില്‍ അതിനു സമ്മതിക്കുകയല്ലാതെ അവള്‍ക്ക് നിവൃത്തിയില്ലായിരുന്നു. അവര്‍ രതിക്കൊരുങ്ങി. പാപത്തില്‍ വീഴാന്‍ ഒരു നിമിഷം മാത്രം. അപ്പോള്‍ അവളില്‍ നിന്നും അപേക്ഷയുയാര്‍ന്നു ; "ഹേ, മനുഷ്യാ, ദൈവത്തെ ഭയപ്പെടൂ! അന്യായമായി കന്യകാത്വം നശിപ്പിക്കരുത്". യുവാവ് അപ്പോള്‍ ദൈവത്തെയോര്‍ത്തു. പിന്നെ അയാള്‍ എല്ലാം ഉപേക്ഷിച്ചു എഴുനേറ്റോടി. ജനങ്ങളില്‍ യഥാര്‍ത്ഥ ദൈവശക്തിയും മനുഷ്യസ്നേഹവും വളര്‍ത്തുകയാണ് സ്ത്രീപീഡനങ്ങള്‍ അവസാനിപ്പിക്കാനുള്ള മാര്‍ഗം.

by മുഹമ്മദ്‌ കുട്ടശ്ശേരി @ ജീവിതം സന്തോഷപ്രദമാകാന്‍ from യുവത ബുക്ക്‌ ഹൌസ്

Courtsey: Prinsad Parayil (E-Mail dated 11 March 2012)

Microbes in our mouth!

Do you know, how many microbes are living in our mouth?


One estimate is as follows:

100 million microbes x 20 mg biomass = 20 billion oral microbes.

Surprised with this number?

Reference:


http://www.rdhmag.com/index/display/article-display/366845/articles/rdh/volume-29/issue-7/columns/the-landers-file/oral-bacteria-how-many-how-fast.html

We invade the living fields of many species in the universe!

The more we learn about the living organism we become more and more humble.  Each creature has a duty to perform.

Key words: Mocrobes, Microbes in our mouth, microbs, microbe, biomass, amazing facts, human body, complex human body.

The Hindu : Columns / Harsh Mander : Barefoot - The other side of life

The Hindu : Columns / Harsh Mander : Barefoot - The other side of life

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Can anyone really live on Rs. 26 a day, the income of the officially poor in rural India? Two youngsters try it out.

Matt (Left) and Tushar 

Late last year, two young men decided to live a month of their lives on the income of an average poor Indian. One of them, Tushar, the son of a police officer in Haryana, studied at the University of Pennsylvania and worked for three years as an investment banker in the US and Singapore. The other, Matt, migrated as a teenager to the States with his parents, and studied in MIT. Both decided at different points to return to India, joined the UID Project in Bengaluru, came to share a flat, and became close friends.

The idea suddenly struck them one day. Both had returned to India in the vague hope that they could be of use to their country. But they knew the people of this land so little. Tushar suggested one evening — “Let us try to understand an ‘average Indian', by living on an ‘average income'.” His friend Matt was immediately captured by the idea. They began a journey which would change them forever.

To begin with, what was the average income of an Indian? They calculated that India's Mean National Income was Rs. 4,500 a month, or Rs. 150 a day. Globally people spend about a third of their incomes on rent. Excluding rent, they decided to spend Rs. 100 each a day. They realised that this did not make them poor, only average. Seventy-five per cent Indians live on less than this average.

The young men moved into the tiny apartment of their domestic help, much to her bemusement. What changed for them was that they spent a large part of their day planning and organising their food. Eating out was out of the question; even dhabas were too expensive. Milk and yoghurt were expensive and therefore used sparingly, meat was out of bounds, as were processed food like bread. No ghee or butter, only a little refined oil. Both are passionate cooks with healthy appetites. They found soy nuggets a wonder food — affordable and high on proteins, and worked on many recipes. Parle G biscuits again were cheap: 25 paise for 27 calories! They innovated a dessert of fried banana on biscuits. It was their treat each day.

Restricted life

Living on Rs.100 made the circle of their life much smaller. They found that they could not afford to travel by bus more than five km in a day. If they needed to go further, they could only walk. They could afford electricity only five or six hours a day, therefore sparingly used lights and fans. They needed also to charge their mobiles and computers. One Lifebuoy soap cut into two. They passed by shops, gazing at things they could not buy. They could not afford the movies, and hoped they would not fall ill.

However, the bigger challenge remained. Could they live on Rs. 32, the official poverty line, which had become controversial after India's Planning Commission informed the Supreme Court that this was the poverty line for cities (for villages it was even lower, at Rs. 26 per person per day)?

Harrowing experience

For this, they decided to go to Matt's ancestral village Karucachal in Kerala, and live on Rs. 26. They ate parboiled rice, a tuber and banana and drank black tea: a balanced diet was impossible on the Rs. 18 a day which their briefly adopted ‘poverty' permitted. They found themselves thinking of food the whole day. They walked long distances, and saved money even on soap to wash their clothes. They could not afford communication, by mobile and internet. It would have been a disaster if they fell ill. For the two 26-year-olds, the experience of ‘official poverty' was harrowing.

Yet, when their experiment ended with Deepavali, they wrote to their friends: “Wish we could tell you that we are happy to have our ‘normal' lives back. Wish we could say that our sumptuous celebratory feast two nights ago was as satisfying as we had been hoping for throughout our experiment. It probably was one of the best meals we've ever had, packed with massive amounts of love from our hosts. However, each bite was a sad reminder of the harsh reality that there are 400 million people in our country for whom such a meal will remain a dream for quite some time. That we can move on to our comfortable life, but they remain in the battlefield of survival — a life of tough choices and tall constraints. A life where freedom means little and hunger is plenty...

Plenty of questions

It disturbs us to spend money on most of the things that we now consider excesses. Do we really need that hair product or that branded cologne? Is dining out at expensive restaurants necessary for a happy weekend? At a larger level, do we deserve all the riches we have around us? Is it just plain luck that we were born into circumstances that allowed us to build a life of comfort? What makes the other half any less deserving of many of these material possessions, (which many of us consider essential) or, more importantly, tools for self-development (education) or self-preservation (healthcare)?

We don't know the answers to these questions. But we do know the feeling of guilt that is with us now. Guilt that is compounded by the love and generosity we got from people who live on the other side, despite their tough lives. We may have treated them as strangers all our lives, but they surely didn't treat us as that way...”

So what did these two friends learn from their brief encounter with poverty? That hunger can make you angry. That a food law which guarantees adequate nutrition to all is essential. That poverty does not allow you to realise even modest dreams. And above all — in Matt's words — that empathy is essential for democracy.

Courtsey: The Hindu Daily

Keywords: livelihood, MIT student studies India poverty, rural poverty in India, below poverty line India, poverty and democracy, housing, nutrition and poverty, poverty and Indian political economy, Indian Planning Commission and poverty, sustainability, green technology, simple living, live within budget, personal budget, best practices, experimenting with life, APL, BPL, will power, determined, happiness, life is simple, simple life, save the earth, consumerism, less consumption.

"Google Translate" helps us to know each other more

"Google Translate" gave me a big surprise today!
I was browsing the web casually on a week end mood. By chance Google Translate struck my eye. So I tested few simple sentences to translate from English to Arabic. It worked perfect.

Translation from English to Arabic

It was like Eureca for me.
I called my colleague Mr. Majeed and showed him the tool. He told me already he knew this. He quoted an earlier example when a supplier from Spain visited him. They communicated through Google Translate! One typed in English and the other typed in spanish.........cool.....It is no more a dream!
After this myself and Majeed tried to translate a sentence in Urdu language. Again wonderful translation with correct grammar and usage!

Translation from English to Urdu

Where this is leading us?
Yes, we can communicate to any "NETIZEN" in the world irrespective of the language he speaks!

Is this not very cool?
Is this not promising?
Think of day you are able to communicate with Chinese, Spanish, Greek, Dutch, Koreans........Woh.....it will be an amazing world.
See below picture to see the languages used in Google Translate today .

Languages used in Google Translate

 Look at the amazing possibilities of:
- Exchanging and spreading the good values of religion
- Using this tool to correct the misunderstandings about Islam
- Exchanging the messages of Quran to the humanity at large
- Doing business without language barrier

Yes there is no limit to the use of this powerful tool.

Written by: Abdul Lathief : aboohaniya@gmail.com


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The Kerala king who embraced Islam

For Arabs, Malabar was the most familiar place in the whole Indian subcontinent. The relationship between Arabs and Malabar has a history that dates back centuries. Arab merchants were trading spices such as ginger, pepper and cardamom as well as things like sword, ivory and silk from Malabar, and these were precious as well as prestigious commodities in Arab souks. A sword from Malabar, an icon of the best blacksmith craftsmanship was a prestige symbol for Arabs. Cultural exchange was also taking place through Arab merchants. Hence, names of places in Malabar and their customs were quite familiar among the salesmen of Okaz souk in Taif. Similarly, residents of Malabar were well aware of the changes happening in the Arabian peninsula. Many Arabs selected Hind as name for their daughters.

It did not take much time to spread the news in Malabar, through Arab merchants, about the emergence of a prophet named Muhammad (peace be upon him) in Makkah and his religion, Islam. When the moon was split into two as a miracle from Prophet Muhammad, many people inside and outside the Arabian peninsula had witnessed it. Cheraman Perumal Rama Varma Kulashekhara was said to be the king of Kerala at that time. He saw the miracle while he was relaxing on the rooftop of his palace in Kodungallore in a moonlit night. The king had come to know about Islam through Arab merchants and became more curious to know about the Prophet and his religion after the moon-splitting incident.
Luckily a group of Arabs came to Kodungallore at that time, met the king to get permission to visit Ceylon, the present Sri Lanka. They wanted to visit the mountain which has the footsteps of Adam, the first human being and the first prophet. King Cheraman asked his Arab guests about the miraculous moon-splitting incident. Sheikh Sahiruddhin bin Baqiyuddhin Al-Madani, a prominent member of the team replied: “We are Arabs, we are Muslims. We have come here to visit Ceylon.” The king became more curious to hear about Islam directly from the residents of Madinah, the center of Islam and the first capital of the Islamic government.
Sahiruddhin gave convincing reply to all the questions asked by the king. Cheraman then expressed his desire to embrace Islam and travel with them to meet the Prophet. This incident is well documented by M. Hamidullah in his book “Muhammed Rasulullah,” William Logan in his book “Malabar Manual” and Ahmed Zainudhin Makthum in his work “Thufhathul Mujahideen” as well as in the interview with Raja Valiya Thampuran of Kodungallore.
Before going to Makkah, the king divided his Kingdom into three parts and appointed his sons and nephews to rule each province. He also visited many of his relatives and employees to give them instructions. He went to Kalankara to see his sister Sreedevi and told her about her decision to visit Makkah and embrace Islam. His nephew, son of Sreedevi, was appointed to rule the present Kannur district. He later embraced Islam and became Muhammed Ali, who established the Kannur Arakkal royal family and became the first Adiraja.
The Arab visitors returned to Kodungallore from Ceylon to take King Cheraman along with them on their way back to Arabia. The king was waiting for them. They arrived in Shehr Muqlla. It is said the king met with the Prophet and this was mentioned by Balakrishnapillai in his book “History of Kerala: An introduction.”
This historical meeting has been mentioned in the Hadith by Imam Bukhari and Abu Saeed Al-Khudri. The Hadith says: “A king from India presented the Messenger of Allah with a bottle of pickle that had ginger in it. The Prophet distributed it among his companions. I also received a piece to eat.”
King Cheraman declared his conversion to Islam in the presence of the Prophet and adopted a new name, Thajuddin. He later performed Haj. As per the wishes of the Prophet, a team of his companions led by Malik bin Dinar started their journey with Thajuddin to propagate Islam in Kerala. But along the way the king fell sick. Before his death the king had written a letter to his sons to receive Malik Bin Dinar’s team and to give them all necessary help. The king later died and buried in Zafar (now Salalah) in Sultanate of Oman.
After landing in Musris (Kodungallore), Malik Bin Dinar met the ruler of the area and handed to him the king’s letter. The ruler made necessary arrangements for them to propagate Islam. Some history books say that a temple named Arathali was converted to a mosque and named after Cheraman in Kodungallore. Bin Dinar and his colleagues built mosques in 12 places. Surprisingly all of them are situated along the coastal areas of Arabian Sea. Bin Dinar died when he was in Butkal, Karnataka, and was buried there. It is mere coincidence that King Cheraman and Bin Dinar were buried on the two banks of the Arabian Sea: Salalah and Butkal.
Three conditions are to be fulfilled for a person to become a Sahabi or companion of the Prophet. First, he should embrace Islam from the Prophet or from his companion, second, should spend at least a small period of his lifetime with the Prophet, and third, should die as a Muslim. Cheraman fulfilled all the three conditions and can be said that he was the only Sahabi from Kerala, known to history.

By Dr. Ali Akbar: He is a dental surgeon at Shifa Polyclinic, Jeddah

Coutsey: Arabnews Daily
http://arabnews.com/variety/islam/article573401.ece?service=print


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Republic day of India - Pledge

On 26th January 2012, I send a mail to my friends with the below text.
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Dear brothers and sisters,
Today morning I went to the school to drop my son for the Republic day
celebrations.
It reminded me the nostalgic school days, the pledge etc.
Let us all renew our pledge:
India is my country and all Indians are my brothers and sisters.
I love my country and I am proud of its rich and varied heritage.
I shall always strive to be worthy of it.
I shall give respect to my parents, teachers and all elders and treat
everyone with courtesy.
To my country and my people, I pledge my devotion.
In their well being and prosperity alone, lies my happiness.

Happy republic day to my billion plus brothers and sisters of India.

Greetings from Jeddah,
Abdul Lathief Parappurath
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I received few touching replies to this mail, which I thought of sharing with you all here:


1st One:
i did it, thank you..
This is the shortest and beatifull one from the famous blogger Basheer Vallikknnu.


2nd One:

Dears, 

As a practice this year also I attended the Republic day program at our School.

It is a great pleasure to participate in this celebration at IISJ when we are away from our home. A slogan announced there attracted my attention and I'm very much proud of it. "You can take out an Indian from India but never possible to take India from an Indian" 

Be proud to be an Indian!!

Wish you all a very happy Republic Day!!! 

Regards

Hassan Assainar

Jeddah

Note: Mr. Hassainar copied the above reply to all his kids and some of the friends.

3rd One:

Dear friends – A very good Republic Day to you all. 

Today morning I have participated  with my son Nidal, the Republic day celebration at IISJ which was excellent with many cultural and patriotically educating programs. Thanks for those dedicated teachers and school staff and mgmnt for arranging such wonderful program to commemorate our republic day. For my young son Nidal, it is his birth day too. 

Let us all renew our pledge:

India is my country and all Indians are my brothers and sisters.

I love my country and I am proud of its rich and varied heritage.

I shall always strive to be worthy of it.

I shall give respect to my parents, teachers and all elders and treat

everyone with courtesy.

To my country and my people, I pledge my devotion.

In their well being and prosperity alone, lies my happiness.

Watan hamara aisa koi na chhod paaye,
Rishta hamara aisa koi na tod paaye,
Dil ek hai ek jaan hai hamari,
Hindustan hamara hai hum iski shaan hain.
Happy Republic Day 2012. 

Jai Hind 

Ahraf Unneen, Jeddah

4th One:

Dear Mr. Lathief, 

It is the perception. Good people can see always good things. 

Our plesdge is beautiful. Every Indian should repeat it.

 

Best Regards,

 

Abdul Azeez Thankayathil

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Even small things can make an impact. 


Abdul Lathief Parappurath
Jeddah

Embracing Islam is the best deal I made in the Kingdom

US businessman and pilot calls for efforts to project true image of his new religion

RIYADH: Just after spending one month in the Kingdom, where he was treated with kindness in a spiritual atmosphere, American businessman and pilot Richard Patterson, converted to Islam.
Richard, who is now called Abdulaziz, owns a company providing services in critical care. It has a capital of $50 million, and a fleet of two aircraft and two helicopters, specializing in medical flights.
Abdulaziz arrived in the Kingdom on a contract with the Saudi Red Crescent to train students for air emergency.  During his stay, three members of the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Call and Guidance invited him out for dinner. The members who worked with the “Guide Me to Islam” project, talked to Abdulaziz about Islam and it’s real essence.
“I came to the Kingdom for a commercial deal. I was so thrilled to make the best deal of my life with God Almighty by converting to Islam,” said Abdulaziz, during the conversion ceremony, commending the Saudi attire and describing it as comfortable and beautiful.
When Abdulaziz was in his country, he used to hear negative things about Islam through media channels, which were aimed at distorting its image.
“Just reading about Islam is not enough to understand Islam. It’s meeting people who best represent it and reflect its true spirit,” said Abdulaziz. He considers himself lucky to discover through Muslim friends he met and dealt with in the Kingdom that Islam is a religion of righteousness and tolerance. “Muslims and Saudis are kind, humble and open to others,” said Abdulaziz, adding that he felt they were like family to him, and never experienced alienation or ill treatment from their side.
What attracted Abdulaziz the most to the Saudi society is that it is religious. That helps people relate to religion as a part of their daily life. “I wish I could bring all my colleagues to the Kingdom to experience what I have and change their viewpoints on Islam,” he said.
Abdulaziz called upon fellow Muslim businessmen to work on attracting foreign businessmen to Islam, accusing them of not taking serious initiatives to call their peers to this glorious religion. “We can provide books on Islam to delegates during business meetings which help present true image of Islam to others,” said Abdulaziz.
Teacher and scholar Esam Abdul Razzaq, who translated for Abdulaziz, said that celebrities and key figures play a greater role in their societies in projecting a certain image. “Successful people have a credibility among members of their society, as they are considered important. Therefore, when they choose to convert to Islam, they trigger curiosity in others, who in turn, want to know more about this religion,” said Abdul Razzaq.

Coutsey: Arabnews Daily: http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article567630.ece

A heart touching speech in Malayalam language

Please visit below links to hear a heart touching speech, which one should never miss. It is to you, me and to each one of us.

islahicentrejeddah.com

http://islahicentrejeddah.com/videos/viewvideo/190/pma-gafoor/p1.html

http://islahicentrejeddah.com/videos/viewvideo/191/pma-gafoor/p2.html


If you are not a malayalee you can read the english translation of this speech by visiting below post.

http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7216581984651085320#editor/target=post;postID=2369807668148647382

With prayers.

Abdul Lathief
Jeddah

Key words: PMA Gafoor, Islamic speech, Malayalam speech, speech on islam, islahi Center, Keralites in Jeddah, Malayalees in Jeddah, Keralites in GCC, Malayalees in GCC.

Are you afraid to die?

Today (6th January 2012) I attended the general body meeting of Indian Islahi Centre Jeddah (IICJ).

http://www.islahicentrejeddah.com/

One statement of IICJ President Br. Moosa Koya deeply touched my heart. He was referring to a conversation between him and an active member of Islahi Centre. The member opined in the conversation that "after he started participating actively in the multidimentional activities of Islahi Centre, he was no more afraid of death"

This meant a lot:
- Islahi Centre has made him a "free man"
- Through Islahi Center he has found the meaning of his life.
- IICJ has taught him to be creative in every moment in life and to make it meaningfull.  
- Islahi Center has given him great opportunities to serve the community
- He was able to utilize his time in the most fruitfull manner
- He is very clear in his mind about his destination, after leaving a remarkable legacy in this life.

Is this not a good parable for all of us?

Are we free from the fear of death?
- Some people are totally ignoring life after death. They may be in darkness on the whole issue.
- Some are busy wasting their time in amassing wealth. They may be so busy that they will remember death only when the death reaches their neck.
- Some of us are closing the eyes and drinking the milk like cats!

Organizations like Islahi Centre give the members such great chance to be more creative and extending their reach much longer and wider. There is a limit for an individual to perform himself. The secret of success is to work in a smart and  effective group.

Try looking for such organizations which will - through service to humanity- make you feel that you were productive at the end of the day and give you the fredom from the "fear of death".


Key: Death, sleep, sleep apnea, sleep abnia, sleep apnoea, sleep abniya, clinical death, legal death.

Note: Do you know that as per the teachings of Islam, the soul is leaving the body! Probably it can be compared with the definition of legal death where the brain is, sort of , disconnected and do not give impulses to other organs in the body! (Try to correlate this with the invocation Prophet Mohammed (SA) has taught us to mentioned before going to bed and immediately when we wake up from the sleep........amazing to teach this invocation 1400 years ago!)  

You are in Hijri year 1433

Today is the first day in this Hajri calender year 1433.

Year 1432 Hijri:

- 12 months
- 52 Weeks
- 360 days
- 864 hours
- 518, 400 Minutes
- 31, 104,000 seconds

How did we spent this 31 million seconds?
The big question is that how many seconds we have made as investment for our (real) future life?

Many of these were special days, hours and seconds.

Month of Ramadan : 2,592,000 seconds
52 fridays: 4,492,800 seconds
10 days in the month of Dul hijja: 864,000 seconds
Several other special days (as listed below) each day with 86,400 seconds:

- Fasting day on 9th and 10th of the month of Muharram
- Fasting day on 9th of the month of Dul hijja (Arafa day)
- six fasting days in the month of Shawwal
- weekly fasting days of mondays and thursdays
- Middle three days of fasting on each month (14th, 15th and 16th)

Allah marks every good deed with atleast 10 rewards against it. The reward may rise up to 700 times and even unlimited times like in the case of the reward for fasting in Ramadan.

The alloted time in this life is limited for each one of us. As Vaikkam Mohammed Basheer, the great writer of Kerala said,
അല്ലാഹുവിന്റെ ഖജനാവിലാണ് അനനദമായ സമയമുള്ളത് (Eternal storage of TIME is in the custody of Allah). The success of a human being lies in making the best out of this limited time allotment.

Prophet Moahmmed (SA) said: (Addunyaa Mazraatul Alkhira) The life in this world is a farm land for riping in the life after death. Yes, the winner in the life after death will be the smart "farmer" in this world!

At the closure of an year it is a good practice to make a balance sheet for the past year and to make a year plan for the coming year.

Lost time can never be caught again. Future is not certain. The trick of success is to engage in the present! to live in the present. Make use of each moment before it drops!

Never fail to make the best use of the time.

- The ONE who is in the sky will be mercifull to those who show mercy to those in the earth.
- The parable of a good word (Divine message - the true religion) is like a good tree whose root is firmly fixed and its branches (reach) to the sky. It brings forth its fruit at all times, by the leave of its Lord. (Quran:14: 24&25.)

Try to fill each moment with some virtue.
It is not hard. Once you practice it becomes and enjoyment.

- Witness the word (Kalima) and practice your life accordingly.
- Make your time filled with the praise of God (Five time prayer, reciting Salath on Prophet (SA), Other supplications, Reading Quran, Making Tasbeeh, Tahmmed and Takbeer,....its easy while you work, walk, standing, sitting or lying!.......wherever you be engaged!)
- Share and give whatever you have and whatever you know. (Of wealth) give both compulsory part and Sadaka. Even making a smile at your brother is a Sadaka!!!....yes it is easy when you start practicing.
- Observe fasting, one of the most strong tool for tazkiya (Self purification). In addition to the compulsory fasting during the month of Ramadan strong (successful) muslims did observe fasting on so many other days of the year as mentioned above.
- Perform pilgrimages as and when one is physically, psycologically and financially fit.
- Even the removal obstacles from the street is counted by Prophet Moahmmed (SA) as part of Iman (Fundamental Beliefs Islam).
- Enjoin in all what is good and disengage from all what is bad and evil (Quran says: Taawanoo Alal Birri Wattaqwa wala Taawanoo Alal Ithmi Wal O'dwaan)

Start planning for the year 1433H. Aim the star (Jannatul Firdous), you can reach the moon (atleast). Remeber the words of Prophet (SA) that the least facilities given in Janna (paradise) is better than the facilities available with a mighty king in this world!

Dear Brother,

Please read and selected one hundred verses from Holy Quran. 

You could see that in addition to the main theme of 'Monotheism' Quran is giving very clear guidance in all roles we embark in our life.

S. No	Verse	Holy Quran
1	Do not pray to none but the God	28:88
2	Enjoin what is just and forbid what is right	31:17
3	Stand out firmly for justice even as against yourselves	4:135
4	Do not speak ill of each other behind their backs	49:12
5	Do not laugh at others	49:11
6	Do not envy on others	4:54
7	Do not spy on each other	49:12
8	Do not conceal evidences for it taints the hearts	2:283
9	Do not refuse to witness when called on (for evidence)	2:282
10	Be moderate in thy pace and lower thy voice	31:19
11	Deal gently	3:159
12	Speak mildly	20:44
13	Walk on the earth in humility	25:63
14	Do not walk in insolence through the earth	31:18
15	Do not be arrogant	7:13
16	Avoid vain talk	28:3
17	Hold to forgiveness (to others as much as possible)	7:199
18	Do good (even) to strange neighbours	4:36
19	Treat your gusts nicely	51:26
20	Encourage the feeding of the poor	107:3
21	Do good to orphans	2:220
22	Do not repulse the Petitioner	93:10
23	Extend your help to those who are in need	2:273
24	Do not boast / remind about your generosity	2:264
25	Render back the trusts to those whom they are due	4:58
26	You must fulfill the contracts made with fellow beings	2:177
27	Goodness and Evil are not equal. Repel (Evil) with what is better	41:34
28	Help one another in righteousness and piety	5:2
29	Do not help one another in sin and rancour	5:2
30	Be just : that is next to piety	5:8
31	Judge with justice when you judge between man and man	4:58
32	Let not your hatred to a group lead to injustice in your dealings to them	5:8
33	Give measure and weight with (full) justice	6:152
34	Do not cover (mix) truth with falsehood. Do not conceal the truth you knows	2:42
35	Be not (used ) as an advocate by those who betray their trust	4:105
36	Standout firmly for justice even as yourselves, or your parents, or your kin and whether it be (against) rich or poor	4:135
37	Do not be a niggard	4:37
38	Eat not up your property among yourselves in vanities	4:29
39	Eat not (unjustly) the property of orphans	4:10
40	Do not transgress in your spending	17:29
41	Do not use intoxicants and liquors	5:90
42	Don’t be neglectful and showing others while praying	107:5
43	Do not eat up your property among yourself for vanities (without a just trade in between)	2:188
44	Do not take usury	2:275
45	Do not come near adultery	17:32
46	Intentional Murder is a sin	4:92
47	Gambling is of Satanic origin	5:90
48	Sinners should be punished as an example to others	5:38
49	Avoid suspicion as much (as possible) for suspicion in some cases is a sin	49:12
50	Eat and drink but waste not in excess	7:31
51	Dead meat, blood and flesh of swine are forbidden	5:3
52	Lottery, raffles etc. are not lawful	5:90
53	Do no evil nor mischief on the (face of the) earth	2:60
54	Make peace between quarrelling parties	49:9
55	Be not divided among yourselves	3:103
56	No individual has any honour to others except for piety	49:13
57	The most pious among men is the most pious among them	49:13
58	Practice mutual consultation in your affairs	42:38
59	Fighting is allowed against those who fight you. But do not transgress limits	2:90
60	Follow the war rules	2:191
61	Do not runaway from the battlefield	8:15
62	Help those who seek asylum to you	9:6
63	Do not follow others blindly, even if they are parents	2:170
64	Priest hood is prohibited in Islam	9:31
65	Monasticism is not prescribed to man from God	57:27
66	Wear the best dress while you go for prayers	7:31
67	Maintain purity and Cleanliness	9:108
68	One must restrain anger	3:134
69	Do not enter others’ house without permission	24:27
70	Marriage is prohibited between near rear relatives	4:23
71	Breast feeding of the newborn should be continued for two years.	2:233
72	One must be kind to his parents and treat them honourably	17:23
73	Do not say a word of contempt or repel the parents	17:23

74	Do not enter the private rooms of parents without permission	24:58
75	Keep record of transactions involving future obligation in writing	2:282
76	If the debtor is in a difficulty, grant him time till it is easy for him to repay.	2:280
77	Majority is not the scale of truth	6:116
78	Ladies should not make a dazzling display	33:33
79	Men and Women has the right for inheritance	4:7
80	Don’t be a scandalmonger or a backbiter	104:1
81	There is no sexual distinction in spiritual matters	3:195
82	Men are the protectors and maintainers of women	4:34
83	Keep away from women during their courses / period	2:222
84	Man should contemplate the (wonders of) creation in the heavens and the earth (with the thought)	3:191
85	Allah will raise up to (suitable) ranks (and degrees), those of men who believe and who have knowledge.	58:11
86	Don’t think that pile of wealth will make you last for ever	104:3
87	Do not forbid people from places of worshipping Allah	2:114
88	Do not revile the ones that are worshiped by other religious people	6:108
89	Do not distinction between the earlier messengers from God.	2:285
90	Invite (all mankind) to the way of thy Lord (Islam) with wisdom and beautiful preaching	16:125
91	With every difficulty there is a relief	94:6
92	Let there be no compulsion in religion	2:256
93	Allah shall not burden a soul greater than it can bear (Then why should man?)	2:286
94	Do not treat orphans with harshness	93:9
95	We must forbid people from their (habit of) uttering sinful words and eating forbidden things	5:63
96	Don’t be greedy or a miser. Don’t think you are self sufficient.	92:8
97	Allah will grant a state of security and peace to those who worship Him alone.	24:55
98	Seek ye Grace of Allah: for Allah is oft-forgiving, Most merciful	73:20
99	(Allah’s mercy is not closed to those who have committed several sinful acts) Despair not of the Mercy of Allah: for Allah forgives all sins	39:53
100	This is the Book; In it is guidance sure, without doubt, to those who fear their Creator.	2:1

Note: The translations are not word to word. For exact translations refer to some authentic translations of Holy Quran. 

Tanzil.net : Translation of Holy Quran