There was a young man who went overseas to study for quite a long time. When he returned, he asked his parents to find him a religious scholar or any expert who could answer his Three Questions. Finally, his parents were able to find a Muslim scholar."Who are you? Can you answer my questions?," asked the young man"I am one of Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta'ala)'s slaves and Insha'Allah (God willing), I will be able to answer your questions," replied the Scholar."Are you sure? A lot of Professors and experts were not able to answer my questions," replied the young boy"I will try my best, with the help of Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta'ala)" "I have 3 questions," began the boy1. Does God exist? If so, show me His shape.2. What is takdir (fate)?3. If shaitan (Devil) was created from the fire, why at the end he will be thrown to hell that is also created from fire. It certainly will not hurt him at all, since Shaitan (Devil) and the hell were created from fire. Did God not think of it this far?Suddenly, the Scholar slapped the young man's face very hard!The young man, who was shocked and hurt by the slap became confused, "Why do are you angry at me?" he asked"I am not angry," answered the scholar, "The slap is my answer to your three questions.""I really don't understand," the young man said. He was really confused. The scholar began to explain, "How did you feel after I slapped you?," he asked"Of course, I felt the pain. it hurt," he replied"So do you believe that pain exists?" the scholar asked"Yes.""Now Show me the shape of the pain!" said the wise Scholar"I cannot," the young man replied"That is my first answer. All of us feel God's existence without being able to see His shape... Last night, did you dream that you will be slapped by me?," the ascholar replied"No""Did you ever think that you will get a slap from me, today?," the scholar continued"No." "That is takdir (fate)........" The scholar continued, "My hand that I used to slap you, what is it created from?""It is created from flesh," replied the young man "How about your face, what is it created from?""Flesh, as well" replied the young man"How did you feel after I slapped you?""In pain." "Even though Shaitan (satan) and Jahunnum (Hell-fire) were created from fire, if Allah wants, insha'Allah (God willing), the Hell-fire will become a very painful place for Shaitan (Devil)" ended the wise Scholar. The wise Scholar had answered all three of the tough questions by one slap
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That was a clever answer, or should i say answers. If anyone asks you any of these or all of these questions, just slap them. I think there was another version of this story that had a man throw a clay pot at the guy who asked the questions and his answers were that he couldn't see the pain when he got hit with the clay pot, and the takdir one is the same except he got hit with a clay pot rather than get slapped without knowing the day before, and the shaitan one was that the pot was made from clay and that human was made of clay also but the clay pot still hurt the arrogant guy :)
http://www.geocities.com/mutmainaa/kids/story/three.html
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Three Tough Questions
Steps to Memorizing the Quran
I know a lot of us, including myself, want to memorize as much of the Quran as possible, but sometimes we get confused on certain things or ways to do it. Below are the steps to memorize the quran in the correct and organized way. Following these steps will Inshaallah make us better at memorizing and reciting as well as increase our Iman. =D
The steps below are just general titles, to learn them to a more specific degree, go to the site at the end of this blog.
1. Al-Ikhlas - Sincerity
2. Correct the pronunciation and recitation
3. Specify how many verses you want to memorise on a daily basis
4. Do not exceed the limit of your day
5. Memorise from only one copy of the Quran
6. Understanding is a mechanism of memorising
7. Do not go to another chapter until you finish the chapter you are on
8. Do not listen to yourself all the time
9. Continuity - Always recite to yourself, wherever you are
10. Identify the patterns of the verses
For more info on this subject, go to:
http://www.gawaher.com/index.php?showtopic=662761
btw. my paragraph of my thoughts is the paragraph at the beginning. :)
and just in case if you're wondering, memorise is a British variant of memorize.
AWESOME AIRPLANE SEATS
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Furniture doesn’t get much higher tech than aircraft seating, a combination of space-saving, comfort (sometimes) and safety. But usually it ends up looking pretty ugly.
Not so with Swiss's (formerly known as Swissair) new first class suites, a zen blend of sumptuousness and simplicity. And suite is the right word — these big cubicles, designed by London’s Priestmangoode, are partitioned off from fellow passengers and you can lay back and watch movies on your own big, flat screen TV. And those seats? They fold flat into a full bed — although with surroundings this good looking it would be a shame to sleep through even a transatlantic flight.
Not so with Swiss's (formerly known as Swissair) new first class suites, a zen blend of sumptuousness and simplicity. And suite is the right word — these big cubicles, designed by London’s Priestmangoode, are partitioned off from fellow passengers and you can lay back and watch movies on your own big, flat screen TV. And those seats? They fold flat into a full bed — although with surroundings this good looking it would be a shame to sleep through even a transatlantic flight.
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XOMG!!! It looks so awesome, not to mention really really comfortable compared to the regular seats you have in a flight. The flat screen TV is a nice touch, a nice and BIG touch. Over all of the improvements, i like the part about the bed the most. FINALLY!! there will be a little bed for me to sleep on and i wont have to sit-sleep anymore. I just hope they put something like this on the Pakistani Airplanes, Inshallah.
Sony's New GPS Gadget Looks Like Eve, Geotags Like Crazy
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Sony has announced a new GPS device that detects your physical location around the world and also serves as a photo geolocation logger that works directly with Google's Picasa and Maps programs.
Many gadgets out there already use both of these technologies, but they're not often combined. The XactTrax, for example, details an object's location in an online map, and several cameras and SD cards, like the EyeFi, can tag photos with geolocation properties.
Of course, you can mash up a few of these programs and probably get close to the same level of location functionality.
Using its internal memory and software package, the GPS-CS3K allows you (and others online) to follow your own detailed tracks in Google Maps as you move along in your travels. It also can take the timestamp in any photo from an SD or MS card and match up its location to that online log. This means you can also geotag your videos and any media from phones.
Unfortunately for multi-task avoiders, it looks as if the gadget isn't wireless and you'll have to consistently plug it in. For those (like me) who take many pictures when traveling but take their time between computer visits (I haven't traveled with a laptop in a rural or jungly adventure yet), it could present a problem. At the least, it could be a lot of work back home making sure each time photo corresponds to the correct location in a detailed path.
This suspiciously Eve-looking (from Wall-E fame) device will be available in Japan this spring for the Yen equivalent of $190. We can expect to see it in the States in a few months.
Many gadgets out there already use both of these technologies, but they're not often combined. The XactTrax, for example, details an object's location in an online map, and several cameras and SD cards, like the EyeFi, can tag photos with geolocation properties.
Of course, you can mash up a few of these programs and probably get close to the same level of location functionality.
Using its internal memory and software package, the GPS-CS3K allows you (and others online) to follow your own detailed tracks in Google Maps as you move along in your travels. It also can take the timestamp in any photo from an SD or MS card and match up its location to that online log. This means you can also geotag your videos and any media from phones.
Unfortunately for multi-task avoiders, it looks as if the gadget isn't wireless and you'll have to consistently plug it in. For those (like me) who take many pictures when traveling but take their time between computer visits (I haven't traveled with a laptop in a rural or jungly adventure yet), it could present a problem. At the least, it could be a lot of work back home making sure each time photo corresponds to the correct location in a detailed path.
This suspiciously Eve-looking (from Wall-E fame) device will be available in Japan this spring for the Yen equivalent of $190. We can expect to see it in the States in a few months.
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It would look cooler if it had a bigger screen, a color screen, but it still looks cute and it actually does resemble EVE to some point. it looks sooo smoooothhhhhh! I WANNA TOUCH IT!!! XD
DVD vs. Blu-ray
Just got a press release from UK-based Futuresource Consulting that claims, "Consumers are on target to buy in excess of 100 million Blu-ray discs (BD) across the USA, Western Europe and Japan this year, with sales of High Definition capable LCD and plasma TVs and continued dramatic reductions in BD player prices continuing to fuel interest in packaged HD content despite the economic downturn."
Mai Hoang, Senior Market Analyst at Futuresource Consulting says that, "In the USA, BD has moved from early adopter phase through to early majority, with the format gaining real traction in the marketplace." She adds that last year in the US alone, BD video retail sales increased 320 percent to 24 million units and the momentum would continue in 2009, with over 80 million disc sales forecast.
If you look at the included graph, Futuresource is also predicting that Blu-ray and DVD will be even by 2012--each with 50% of the market (in the U.S. anyway). I can't vouch for the accuracy of the research, but it doesn't seem too out of whack with what other market analysts have been saying. And on a more anecdotal level, we're seeing a lot of interest in Blu-ray players here at CNET--even in this down economy.
Mai Hoang, Senior Market Analyst at Futuresource Consulting says that, "In the USA, BD has moved from early adopter phase through to early majority, with the format gaining real traction in the marketplace." She adds that last year in the US alone, BD video retail sales increased 320 percent to 24 million units and the momentum would continue in 2009, with over 80 million disc sales forecast.
If you look at the included graph, Futuresource is also predicting that Blu-ray and DVD will be even by 2012--each with 50% of the market (in the U.S. anyway). I can't vouch for the accuracy of the research, but it doesn't seem too out of whack with what other market analysts have been saying. And on a more anecdotal level, we're seeing a lot of interest in Blu-ray players here at CNET--even in this down economy.
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Sure, Blu-ray is cool and all with its crystal clear picture quality and stuff, but in this economy, where people are being bankrupted daily, how is that much percent of people actually buying these? Its like they cant afford food but they can go buy a Blu-ray disc player. I wouldn't mind getting one, they look Awesome, but do regular DVDs play in Blu-ray disc players???
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