This is amazing, but it is in Indonesian (?). What is written is authentic or not? However, as a root, word, derivative, ayah resource, it may be good.
You click on any word in the text of the verse, and it gives you the root of the word and displays Ayahs containing its derivatives in the Quran. Other info in Indonesian is not decipherable by me.
http://quran.bblm.go.id/
but what is the source of their translation?
Unfortunately there has been a flood of websites, mostly from rejectors of Hadith. This may be a better one, but needs checking
Roots, words, Ayahs, all click-able and search-able.
http://www.openislam.org/
iQuran
A site for roots and words in the Quran, but use caution, for the owner of the site looks like being under the influence of submitters/ rejectors of Hadith.
http://www.openburhan.com/
Inna lillahe wa inna ilehi rajeoon
152 on board. Plane reported leaving Karachi at 7:30 or 7:50
one hour and fifty minutes later, just short of the airport, it has come down.
The cable is off. I can only get the news over the net.
I often travel by this airline, but the reason of the crash is not the airline, it is bad weather. The Monsoons are here. It has been raining hard and the hills are not visible, although the pilot of course shouldn't have to rely on physically being able to see.
Ever wondered about the phenomenon of incorruptibles - the bodies that do not decompose over time, without any embalming or preservation techniques?
These are touted as proof of Catholicism's trueness, or of Sufism in Islam.
Nothing of the kind. Read on ...
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Adipocere (also known as corpse, grave or mortuary wax) is a wax-like organic substance formed by the anaerobic bacterial hydrolysis of fat in tissue, such as body fat in corpses. In its formation, putrefaction is replaced by a permanent firm cast of fatty tissues, internal organs and the face.
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* 1 History
* 2 Appearance
* 3 Formation
* 4 Footnotes
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Adipocere was first described by Sir Thomas Browne in his discourse Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial (1658):[1]
In a Hydropicall body ten years buried in a Church-yard, we met with a fat concretion, where the nitre of the Earth, and the salt and lixivious liquor of the body, had coagulated large lumps of fat, into the consistence of the hardest castle-soap: wherof part remaineth with us.
The chemical process of adipocere formation, saponification, came to be understood in the 17th century when microscopes became widely available.[1]
Augustus Granville is believed to have somewhat unwittingly made candles from the adipocere of a mummy and used them to light the public lecture he gave to report on the mummy's dissection.[2]
[edit] Appearance
Adipocere is a crumbly, waxy, water-insoluble material consisting mostly of saturated fatty acids. Depending on whether it was formed from white or brown body fat, adipocere is grayish white or tan in color.[1]
In corpses, the firm cast of adipocere allows some estimation of body shape and facial features, and injuries are often well-preserved.[1] An example of such a corpse is available at the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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The transformation of fats into adipocere occurs best in the absence of oxygen in a cold and humid environment, such as in wet ground or mud at the bottom of a lake or a sealed casket, and it can occur with both embalmed and untreated bodies. Adipocere formation begins within a month of death, and in the absence of air it can persist for centuries.[3] An exposed, infested body or a body in a warm environment is unlikely to form deposits of adipocere.
Corpses of women, infants and overweight persons are particularly prone to adipocere transformation because they contain more body fat.[1] In forensic science, the utility of adipocere formation to estimate the postmortem interval is limited because the speed of the process is temperature-dependent. It is speeded up by warmth, but temperature extremes impede it.[1]
[edit] Footnotes
1. ^ a b c d e f Murad, Turhon A. (2008). "Adipocere". in Ayn Embar-seddon, Allan D. Pass (eds.). Forensic Science. Salem Press. pp. 11. ISBN 978-1587654237.
2. ^ Pain, Stephanie (01 January 2009). "What killed Dr Granville's mummy?". New Scientist (2687). http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026877.000-what-killed-dr-granvilles-mummy.html.
3. ^ "Decomposition: What is grave wax?". http://www.deathonline.net/decomposition/body_changes/grave_wax.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
The latest is in Kyrgyzstan
Those worshipping the false god of ethnicity have unleashed a reign of terror which has left more than thousand dead, by eyewitness accounts. More than a 100,000 have taken refuge in neighboring Uzbekistan.
That is not the only place where false gods are being worshipped. The US worships the false god of "our way of life", and thinks that entitles it to wage wars against hapless civilians worldwide.
The Israelis worship the false god who they say gave them the land now called Palestine, and think this gives them the right to blockade , starve and even directly murder those not serving their god. Their god is not YHW, but Israel, or Zionism.
Many Indians (Hindus, Jains, Buddhists and Sikhs) worship a variety of false gods, almost everything under the sun, and most of their own making. Chief among these is being "Bharat Mata", which allows them to call the Muslim state of Kashmir as "an atote ang (unbreakable part) of Bharat Mata". This, of course in their opinion, gives them the right to rule Kashmir militarily.
"My country, my nation, my tribe, my sect, right or wrong", declare the modern-day worshipper of false gods.
Look at the Christians - most of them worship a Prophet of God as God Himself, declaring him as God's son, separate yet part of Him. In addition they have the holy ghost, a partner in the Trinity. Why three gods, why not five?
And this is where the Shia step in. Many of them worship five gods - panjtane paak. The Ismailis have a living god - the Agha Khan.
The Catholics have a multitude of saints to worship). Are Muslims behind? You find shrines to "holy" men and women, where all acts that can be described as acts of worship take place. Where the injunctions of God and His last Prophet (saw) are openly defied.
Then there are gods of secularism - nationalism, ethnicity, class, way of life, money, pursuit of happiness, carnal pursuits, enjoyment - in fact the worship of one's desires, are all false gods.
Giving in to one's desires is one thing, not repenting, making it a way of life, finding excuses, or denying there will ever be a reckoning, is another.
May we all repent and come to the One and Only God.
Questions I have thought about a lot, but am still unable to find enough material to enlighten myself.
In early Islamic practice, exploitation of man by man was removed. All were equal in Islam - the ruler as well as the subject. There was no priesthood. Islam did not abolish employer and employee relationships, but it ordained a fair treatment.
Yet, down the line:
kalamullah.com/ is yet another wonderful and authentic site for downloading material (including learning-arabic) or learning the deen.
The relevant page for learning Arabic is http://www.kalamullah.com/learning-arabic.html
Here you will find many delightful downloads.
Yet another good and free site for Quranic Arabic. Online, and Files are also downloadable.
There are some quirks, though. Surah Falaq is spelt Falak here, the shadda is spelt sadda, Jajakallahu is spelt Zajakallahu, and the zeir (kasra) is spelt (jeir).
I suspect the website belongs to a Bengali. Some dialects of Bengali have this inversion of the pronunciation.
searchtruth.com is a wonderful authentic site. It has many features:
like English/Arabic/English dictionary etc.,
a list of alphabetically arranged Quran words,
when a word is selected, a display of Ayahs appears where that word occurs.
One thing I would like is a comprehensive search-able database of roots linked to words in the Quran.
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.
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:
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
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| 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 From Peshawar to Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore and beyond they marched in their thousands demanding the return of Aafia. Even some of the US media expressed discomfort over the verdict returned by the jurors there was a general feeling that something was not right. Everyone had something to say, everyone that is except the usually verbose US Ambassador Anne Patterson who has spent the last two years briefing against Dr Aafia and her supporters. This is the same woman who claimed I was a fantasist when I gave a press conference with Tehrik-e-Insaf leader Imran Khan back in July 2008 revealing the plight of a female prisoner in Bagram called the Grey Lady. She said I was talking nonsense and stated categorically that the prisoner I referred to as “650” did not exist. By the end of the month she changed her story and said there had been a female prisoner but that she was most definitely not Dr Aafia Siddiqui. By that time Aafia had been gunned down at virtually point blank range in an Afghan prison cell jammed full of more than a dozen US soldiers, FBI agents and Afghan police. In a letter dripping in untruths on August 16, 2008, she decried the “erroneous and irresponsible media reports regarding the arrest of Aafia Siddiqui”. She went on to say: “Unfortunately, there are some who have an interest in simply distorting the facts in an effort to manipulate and inflame public opinion. The truth is never served by sensationalism.” When Jamaat Islami invited me on a national tour of Pakistan to address people about the continued abuse of Dr Aafia and the truth about her incarceration in Bagram, the US ambassador continued to issue rebuttals. She assured us all that Dr Aafia was being treated humanely had been given consular access as set out in international law ... hmm. Well I have a challenge for Ms Patterson today. I challenge her to repeat every single word she said back then and swear it is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. As Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s trial got underway, the US ambassador and some of her stooges from the intelligence world laid on a lavish party at the US Embassy in Islamabad for some hand-picked journalists where I’ve no doubt in between the dancing, drinks and music they were carefully briefed about the so-called facts of the case. Interesting that some of the potentially incriminating pictures taken at the private party managed to find the ambassador was probably hoping to minimize the impact the trial would have on the streets of Pakistan proving that, for the years she has been holed up and barricaded behind concrete bunkers and barbed wire, she has learned nothing about this great country of Pakistan or its people. One astute Pakistani columnist wrote about her: “The respected lady seems to have forgotten the words of her own country’s 16th president Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865): “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.” When injustice is the law it is the duty of everyone to rise up and challenge that injustice in any way possible. The response -- so far -- has been restrained and measured but it is just the start. A sentence has yet to be delivered by Judge Richard Berman in May. Observers asked how the jury could ignore the science and the irrefutable facts ... there was absolutely no evidence linking Dr Aafia to the gun, no bullets, no residue from firing it. But I really don’t think we can blame the jurors for the verdict -- you see the jury simply could not handle the truth. Had they taken the logical route and gone for the science and the hard, cold, clinical facts it would have meant two things. It would have meant around eight US soldiers took the oath and lied in court to save their own skins and careers or it would have meant that Dr Aafia Siddiqui was telling the truth. And, as I said before, the jury couldn’t handle the truth. Because that would have meant that the defendant really had been kidnapped, abused, tortured and held in dark, secret prisons by the US before being shot and put on a rendition flight to New York. It would have meant that her three children -- two of them US citizens -- would also have been kidnapped, abused and tortured by the US. They say ignorance is bliss and this jury so desperately wanted not to believe that the US could have had a hand in the kidnapping of a five-month -old baby boy, a five-year-old girl and her seven-year-old brother. They couldn’t handle the truth ... it is as simple as that. Well I, and many others across the world like me, can’t handle any more lies. America’s reputation is lying in the lowest gutters in Pakistan at the moment and it can’t sink any lower. The trust has gone, there is only a burning hatred and resentment towards a superpower which sends unmanned drones into villages to slaughter innocents. It is fair to say that America’s goodwill and credibility is all but washed up with most honest, decent citizens of Pakistan. And I think even Her Excellency Anne Patterson recognizes that fact which is why she is now keeping her mouth shut. If she has any integrity and any self-respect left she should stand before the Pakistan people and ask for their forgiveness for the drone murders, the extra-judicial killings, the black operations, the kidnapping, torture and rendition of its citizens, the water-boarding, the bribery, the corruption and, not least of all, the injustice handed out to Dr Aafia Siddiqui and her family. She should then pick up the phone to the US president and tell him to release Aafia and return Pakistan’s most loved, respected and famous daughter and reunite her with the two children who are still missing. Then she should re-read her letter of August 16, 2008 and write another ... one of resignation. |
