Fruits Fruits and Fruits

In Ramdan, the hearts open wide so does the purse, like the wise man once said what is a wide open heart if not accompanied with wide open purse... Now who is this wise man? It is  indeed a mystery but this is not a place and time to unearth wisdom from folk lore.

So, Ramdan is when you spent for yourself and others; and try to treat yourself and others with a lot of good stuff and here when I say good stuff read as Fruits.

Now another wise man said, let your guests fill their eyes with delight and then their belly's.

This shop does exactly the same thing

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I think you got the picture :) 

And then its a good time to experiment new dishes when you invite your friends for breaking fast, but be very sure you have a plan A in that case.

This what you see is an attempt to make spaghetti for breaking fast, and lucky for us it became plan A :) Alhamdulillah

So treat your self and others, Ramadaan Kareem :)))))

TechnoPark Trivandrum single largest IT park in the country

The Technopark at Thiruvananthapuram, which is India’s first IT park, is celebrating 20 years of its coming into being today. Currently it is the single largest IT park in the country with 4.5 million sft built-up area with 180 companies operating in the premises, and employing around 28,000 IT/ITeS professionals.

In July 1990, the government of Kerala conceptualised Technopark as a facility to foster the development of high-technology industries in the state. The Technopark was set up under the auspices of Electronics Technology Park, Kerala—an autonomous body under the department of Information Technology -- essentially to create infrastructure and provide support required for the development of high-technology companies.

In the last two decades, the park has witnessed many major IT/ITeS companies setting up shops and expand-ing their businesses. IT maj-ors such as Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services have operations based in Techno-park. Infosys has set up its own campus in 50 acres of land and currently employs 3,000 professionals. TCS has acquired a 26 acres for setting up its software development centre and is operating their global learning centre, one of the biggest in Asia. The learning centre currently trains around 24,000 fresh engineering graduates joining TCS every year.

The park also houses one of the fast growing techno-logy and business schools like the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kerala (IIITM-K), the Asian School of Business, and finishing schools Afras Aca-demy for Business Communications and Faith Infotech.

As part of the third phase of expansion, the Technopark has acquired 450 acres of land for setting up an inte-grated township in the fourth phase, named the Technocity. In addition, the park is also developing a 44-acre campus in Kundara at Kollam. As part of its 20th year celebrations, the Technopark will felicitate stakeholders who have con-tributed towards its growth at a function planned on the Foundation Day today.

Astaghfirullah Seeking Forgiveness

The Nasheed has glimpses regarding the virtues of seeking forgiveness.

In any given day, the relentless pursuit of the burden of sins in harming this world and the hereafter is so profound that no other cause matches its affliction.

How worse could it be, when a person understands a deed to be not being a sin, and yet in front of Allah it is very grave?

Oh Allah give my heart the right understanding, for understanding sin as what it is meant to be, and grant me the blessing to make amends and turn towards the life in which you shower your mercy and kindness.

BlackBerry Counter Tasbih Free Download

Finally a free Counter for BlackBerry OS 5.0.0.

 The author of the App lost his favorite Tasbih, and couldn't find a free counter for BlackBerry OS, he decided to build one. Reciting Quraan daily and keeping a track of it is important, and mobile screens are not a good way to recite Quraan from, the book is a preferred approach for most. Most of the times its not possible to carry the Quraan, so to keep track of the last Surah and Verse recited, the App provides a solution for that too.

As of now the app is only tested for BlackBerry Bold 9700

Once you download the App and install you would find it in Menu->Downloads

Start the App and you would get a screen like below.

Lets go through what each field means from the above screen.

• The Count field is which displays the count value, this is the field that keeps the count. It is not editable but it can be rest to zero.

• Counter Limit : This is an editable field, here you can specify each value to set an alert for the count. So if it is set to 100, once the Count field reaches that value or its multiples the phone gives a beep and vibrates for 3 seconds
• Surah : Here user can specify the Surah number or chapter in the Quran last read.
• Verse : Here user can specify the verse from the above Surah last read.
• Page : Here for users ease to locate the last Surah and Verse user had read, specify the page too.
• Reset Counter: Resets the counter
• Save : Save it all.

How it Works 

To increment counter there are two ways

1. Keep the input focus in Counter field and press the trackball key or you can press 't' key even if the focus is not on Counter field.

Set the counter limit to any specific value on which to alert the user, if 100 is specified the alert will be sounded when count reaches 100 and multiples of it, for example 100,200,300 etc ...

If you close the App from the menu, it will display the following message box.

And before the app exists it saves all the values automatically to the phones memory and is reloaded next time the App is started.

 

The App has been published by GetJar and can be downloaded from here

Munnar is Worlds second best travel destination

Second only to Tokyo, Japan, the serene hill station of Munnar in 'God's own country' has been named the second-greatest travel destination in the world by TripAdivsor. Surrounded by sprawling tea plantations, Munnar edged out Cambodia's Siem Reap and Kyoto and Nara in Japan to round out the top-five in the Traveller's Choice Destination awards for 2010.

So Much Power

Struts that could take All the Stress ... bend 

 Iron Pipes Torn .....

Cars Destroyed ....

More Cars take damage and their Alarms goes off ...

All this carnage but Imagine ... no human Casualty  ... Subhanallah ...

The Egyptian Civilization

"We in egypt always say that we are grandsons the pharaohs and the owners of the greatest civilization in the world and we have a history spanning thousands of years."

Egypt's history is the history of human civilization that preceded others, the world's leader in innovations and arts, where scientists stunned the world and the intellectual. Be it the principles of writing or invention of characters and hieroglyphic signs. The ancient Egyptians were anxious to codify and record their history and life. This step made great civilization of Egypt to step into the present with rich authenticity.

Egypt's spiritual history is enlightened by the way they embraced the prophets. It is a land honored with footsteps and incidents from the prophets and messengers. Abrahim peace be upon him, Yousef peace be upon him , great dialogue between God and Moses for peace between the territory, egypt resorted to the Maryam(Mary) peace be upon her and Jesus peace be upon him, Yousef Al Najjar and their historic trip to bless the land seem to be indicative of the spiritual value of the land. As if the land has been chosen by The God Almighty to be an oasis or a stronghold which shelter of peace and security.



Egypt played its role as the cradle of ancient civilization, the incubator of Greek and Roman civilizations. Egypt has also been a protector of Islamic civilization, along the history of love, tolerance and friendliness and generosity characterized by this people.



If you would like to more about the Egyptian civilization be sure to read ( history, religion, arts, sciences ,etc......)

Harmony a Human Commitment

Harmony

He left the masjid, but it was not his first time, he was not hated for what he did, but recognized the value of the small effort he did.

His name is Suresh, the week before also he came to Masjid well dressed, he stood among the rows shoulder to shoulder with his Muslim brothers for the Juma prayer. He did not keep any malice in his heart, he openly said 'I am here with you, only as an effort to build harmony, and my dear brothers I am not a Muslim and my name is Suresh'.

 

Suresh believes that bowing before the creator in prayer, in togetherness, in equality, in humility, in brotherhood could bring peace and harmony and he tried to practice that. Others prayed the Juma, I found my reflection on Suresh, it struck me and questionned me regarding my faith and my commitment to the matters that trouble our society and humanity in general.

Allah, our Creator looks into my heart, sees why am I here in Masjid, It is for Juma, I prayed the Juma in togetherness,equality,humility and brotherhood like it is meant to be prayed. After the prayer I am entrusted to take this quality from within my prayer and to the world. But Suresh came from outside the Masjid with intention of togetherness, equality, humility and brotherhood and then re affirm that with the Juma Prayer. 

What struck me is, if Allah were to analyze me in this aspect of prayer and how I uphold its values Suresh would be a far better individual in front of Allah.

It reminds me of  Hadith in which prophet said which has the nearest meaning of 'The number of those who pray would increase, but you would not find any single soul who has fear of Allah in his heart'.

This happens, it happens when the prayer gradually turns to a habit, and habit turns into a ritual, loosing its core, loosing its life, loosing the essence for what it is for, the purpose it has to serve.

Suresh left the Masjid, but his leaving would have catalyzed a new entrant to those who stayed, Suresh came in to Masjid with something, but what am I taking out from Masjid?

 

الإحتياجات الإنسانيه

إن للإنسان إحتياجات أساسيه لأستمراره فى الحياة ومن هنا وضع العالم ماسلو هرم الأحتياجات البشريه ونشرها فى عام 1943 بعنوان ( نظريه فى التحفيز الإنسانى ) وقام بترتيبها من أسفل إلى أعلى على حسب أولويات الإنسان وهى كالتالى:

1-الحاجات الفسيولوجيه :
وهى الحاجات اللازمة للحفاظ على بقاء الفرد وهى الحاجة إلى التنفس, الحاجة إلى الطعام, الحاجة إلى الماء, الحاجة إلى ضبط التوازن, الحاجة إلى الجنس، الحاجة إلى الأخراج.

2- حاجات الأمان :
بعد أشباع الحاجات الفسيولوجية تظهر أحتياجات الإنسان إلى الأمان والتى تشمل السلامة الجسدية من العنف والأعتداء, الأمن الوظيفى, أمن الإيرادات والموارد, الأمن المعنوى, الأمن الأسرى, الأمن الصحى, أمن الممتلكات الشخصية.

3- الحاجات الإجتماعية :
وتشمل العلاقات العاطفيه, العلاقات الأسرية, أكتساب الأصدقاء, والبشر عموماً يشعرون بالحاجة إلى الأنتماء والقبول وإلى الحب من الآخرين وفى غياب هذه العناصر الكثير من الناس يصبحون عرضة للقلق والعزلة الإجتماعيه والأكتئاب.

4- الحاجة للتقدير :
وهى حاجة الفرد إلى مكانه إجتماعية مرموقه وشعوره بأحترام الآخرين له والأحساس بالثقة والقوة.


5-الحاجة لتحقيق الذات:
وفى هذه المرحلة يحاول الفرد تحقيق ذاته من خلال أستخدام قدراته ومهاراته لتحقيق أكبر قدر من الإنجازات ووصوله إلى أهدافه.


وبدون توفر هذة الأحتياجات تكون حياة الإنسان صعبه وعملية أستمراره تكون متعثرة أما إذا حقق الإنسان هذه الأحتياجات فقد وصل إلى القمه التى تؤدى إلى رقى الإنسان ويصبح عضو فعال فى المجتمع ومن ثم رقى المجتمع وتطوره ووصولنا إلى عالم أفضل .
ونحن فعلاً بحاجة شديده هذه الأيام خصيصاً لإعادة النظر فى أحتياجات ماسلو ومحاولة تحقيقها على أنفسنا و أن يصبح الإنسان إنسان كما خلقه الله تعالى مكرم وسخر له سائر خلقه كما فى قوله الكريم

{ وَلَقَدْ كَرَّمْنَا بَنِي آدَمَ وَحَمَلْنَاهُمْ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ وَرَزَقْنَاهُم مِّنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَفَضَّلْنَاهُمْ عَلَى كَثِيرٍ مِّمَّنْ خَلَقْنَا تَفْضِيلاً } صدق الله العظيم

Allah's Reply For Fatiha Recitation

The Surah Fatiha is recited by every muslim at the least 17 times a day, it is an integral part of the obligatory or non obligatory prayers.

The Surah fatiha can be recited on its own outside the prayers or within the prayer as its integral part.

White marbles on its own has its charm, but a white marble placed on the Taj Mahal has a distinctive charm and value.

There is a story that goes in to Taj Mahal, of unending love. Each marble within the structure personifies and highlights that love embodied within the monument.

The Prayer is a means for the lover and seeker of Allah to talk to him exclusively in privacy and in seclusion.

When the time for the prayer is near, the seeker and lover of Allah turns towards the prayer, his means to have intimate conversation with the lover he seeks. Outside his prayers he sees the beautiful creations of Allah, all varied. He sees through his creations how Allah takes care of him, provides him thoughts, vision, hearing, compassion, empathy, health and all other bounties.

The Slave of Allah sleeps, Allah never sleeps and neither does HE take HIS mercy away from HIS creations, HE looks after and takes care of them in their sleep. When they falls sick HE rewards them for their condition of trial, When they turn to him in destitution he answers them. HE never stops to ask and confirm 'did you pray?' to provide sustenance. Such benevolence, care and beauty beyond comprehension, such desirable is ALLAH that a poet once said 'O Allah you are the only one worthy of giving heart away to'.

As his slave turns to the prayer he makes sure that he is clean physically from all impurities, makes sure that his clothes are clean when he meets his lover, makes sure the place he is going to meet his lover is also clean.

He takes water in his arms, washes his face, hands, massage his hair with water and clean his legs, he also makes sure his mouth is also clean and fresh using a miswak. Eagerly anticipating the conversation he is going to have with his lord, he seeks within his mind forgiveness for sins and make sure his heart too is cleaned of malice,hatred, pride, arrogance, jealousy, rancor etc.

After such a preparation he faces in the direction of the Qibla, raises his hands and says 'Allahu Akbar'. As he raises his hands with the gesture he throws everything else apart Allah from his heart and mind. With only his Lover in his heart and mind, he knows he is in front of his lover in complete submission to his will.

When a slave utters the word Allahu Akbar in the prayer, Allah removes all the Hejab and layers that separate him from his seeker. Giving the seeker the intimacy he longs for.

This is the stage when the slave recites Fatiha. Here the Fatiha becomes a conversation not a recitation as is in other times.

Abu Hurairah Rad reported I heard Rasulullah Sallahu Alaihiwasallam Narrating a hadees qudsi, that Allah Ta3ala has said: “I have devided surah fatiha into two halves between Me and My slave and My slave will receive what he asks. So when his slave says

alhamdulillahi rabbil alameen – praise be to Allah the Rab of the universe

Allah says
Hamidani Abdi – My slave has praised me

Arrahmani rahim – the compassionate and the merciful

Atna alayya abadi – my slave has extolled me

Malikiyoumiddin – master of the day of judgment, that is of reward and punishment

Majjadani abadi/fawwad’a elayya abadi – my slave has glorified me or entrusted me

Iyyakana3budu wa iyyaknasta3een – You alone do we worship and you alone do we seek for help

Hada biynee wa baina abadi, wa li abadi ma sa-ala  – this is between me and my slave so what ever he asks it will be granted

Ihdinasiratal mustaqeem,swiratalladeena an3amta 3laihim 3'airil ma3'dubi 3laihim, waladdalleen- Guidance to the straight path, the path of those upon whom you have bestowed favors and not of those who have incurred your wrath nor of those who have gone astray

Hadaa ly abadi wa li abadi masaala –this (part of the surah is exclusively) for my slave and my slave shall receive whatever he has asked for.

This intimate conversation of the prayer, begins with Fatiha recitation and lays the initiation of an intimate communion with Allah till the prayer ends with the final 'salaam'

May Allah grant us all the blessings to present to him in the best possible manner - Ameen Summa Ameen