Archive for September, 2007

Ahmedi Najad: Modern example of Simplicity

I got this e-mail a few days back. The same article has been published in the Daily Ummat  as well.
        God loves those who are humble in their personal life too!
 
 The Fox New TV (US) asked the Iranian President Ahmedi Najad; 
  ”When you look into the mirror in the morning what do [...]

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Fear of the Unknown…

The sun is almost out. At this time in the morning, all the birds do chirp but these days, you hear a voice once in a while. The air is calm. The leaves are still. Even when the sun is out and about, and is melting us in it’s scorching heat, there’s this calmness in [...]

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Cricket…

Though I’m not a die hard fan of cricket still I think I can scribble something about the whole twenty20 World Cup.
Shahid Afridi might have lifted the “man of the tournament” trophy, but for Pakistanis back home… Misbah-ul-Haq! you are the CHAMPION!

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From Uninteded Consequences

The following excerpt is from an article that was published in Dawn, last year under the heading of “Uninteded  Consequences”. The article’s been written by Ayaz Amir. And somehow gives you hope and makes you realise that no matter how bad things are, there are those who are working, risking their lives for higher purpose. [...]

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Elections…

You switch on your T.V. to get updated on the news and you end up watching people talking about elections. The general public here though seems indifferent towards the whole idea of casting votes as if they know the results would be what “others” want them to be. Anyway, so you turn on your television set [...]

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Are We Going Tomorrow?

The succession of smses, MSN chats and phone calls that became a reason for not going to the university even today…
 FROM LAST NIGHT:
SMS from X :   Did anyone read DAWN(the newspaper), the part declaring that KU is off tomorrow? Y pointed it put but since I don’t have the paper, can someone please confirm for me?
SMS [...]

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Nostalgia…

I was 5 or 6 then, when my brother and my sister along with me, used to fill the plastic glasses with Zamzam and used to make a little circle with them while our elder siblings and parents used to go for Tawaf after Asr prayer. I still remember that certain smell of carpets, the [...]

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To University and Back…

Last time when I stepped inside the university premises, it was monday (10th sept). I skipped my classes on Tuesday, and the classes were put off on wednesday and thursday because of the ongoing students’ week on the campus.
So, after one week when I stepped again inside the university gates, with the people from the administration checking my [...]

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The Reluctant Fundamentalist

The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a book recently published and is written by Mohsin Hamid, who happens to be the writer of Moth Smoke as well. I’ve already written something concerning that book in my other blog and I’m putting it’s link here.
The reason I’ve again chosen to write upon it is the fact that  The [...]

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Quran

Surah Al Hashr
Ayat no. 21:
Had We sent down this Qur’ân on a mountain, you would surely have seen it humbling itself and rent asunder by the fear of Allâh. Such are the parables which We put forward to mankind that they may reflect.
Hadeeth: 
(V.59:21) Narrated Jâbir bin ‘Abdullâh رضي الله عنهما: The Prophet صلى الله عليه [...]

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