055.004 He has taught him speech (and intelligence).
055.005 The sun and the moon follow courses (exactly) computed;
055.006 And the herbs and the trees - both (alike) bow in adoration.
055.007 And the Firmament has He raised high, and He has set up the Balance (of Justice),
055.008 In order that ye may not transgress (due) balance.
055.009 So establish weight with justice and fall not short in the balance.
055.010 It is He Who has spread out the earth for (His) creatures:
055.011 Therein is fruit and date-palms, producing spathes (enclosing dates);
055.012 Also corn, with (its) leaves and stalk for fodder, and sweet-smelling plants.
055.013 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.014 He created man from sounding clay like unto pottery,
055.015 And He created Jinns from fire free of smoke:
055.016 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.017 (He is) Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests:
055.018 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.019 He has let free the two bodies of flowing water, meeting together:
055.020 Between them is a Barrier which they do not transgress:
055.021 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.022 Out of them come Pearls and Coral:
055.023 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.024 And His are the Ships sailing smoothly through the seas, lofty as mountains:
055.025 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.026 All that is on earth will perish:
055.027 But will abide (for ever) the Face of thy Lord,- full of Majesty, Bounty and Honour.
055.028 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.029 Of Him seeks (its need) every creature in the heavens and on earth: every day in (new) Splendour doth He (shine)!
055.030 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.031 Soon shall We settle your affairs, O both ye worlds!
055.032 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.033 O ye assembly of Jinns and men! If it be ye can pass beyond the zones of the heavens and the earth, pass ye! not without authority shall ye be able to pass!
055.034 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.035 On you will be sent (O ye evil ones twain!) a flame of fire (to burn) and a smoke (to choke): no defence will ye have:
055.036 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.037 When the sky is rent asunder, and it becomes red like ointment:
055.038 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.039 On that Day no question will be asked of man or Jinn as to his sin.
055.040 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.041 (For) the sinners will be known by their marks: and they will be seized by their forelocks and their feet.
055.042 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.043 This is the Hell which the Sinners deny:
055.044 In its midst and in the midst of boiling hot water will they wander round!
055.045 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.046 But for such as fear the time when they will stand before (the Judgment Seat of) their Lord, there will be two Gardens-
055.047 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?-
055.048 Containing all kinds (of trees and delights);-
055.049 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?-
055.050 In them (each) will be two Springs flowing (free);
055.051 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?-
055.052 In them will be Fruits of every kind, two and two.
055.053 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.054 They will recline on Carpets, whose inner linings will
002.002 This is the Book; in it is guidance sure, without doubt, to those who fear God;
002.003 Who believe in the Unseen, are steadfast in prayer, and spend out of what We have provided for them;
002.004 And who believe in the Revelation sent to thee, and sent before thy time, and (in their hearts) have the assurance of the Hereafter.
002.005 They are on (true) guidance, from their Lord, and it is these who will prosper.
002.006 As to those who reject Faith, it is the same to them whether thou warn them or do not warn them; they will not believe.
002.007 God hath set a seal on their hearts and on their hearing, and on their eyes is a veil; great is the penalty they (incur).
002.008 Of the people there are some who say: "We believe in God and the Last Day;" but they do not (really) believe.
002.009 Fain would they deceive Allah and those who believe, but they only deceive themselves, and realise (it) not!
002.010 In their hearts is a disease; and Allah has increased their disease: And grievous is the penalty they (incur), because they are false (to themselves).
002.011 When it is said to them: "Make not mischief on the earth," they say: "Why, we only Want to make peace!"
002.012 Of a surety, they are the ones who make mischief, but they realise (it) not.
002.013 When it is said to them: "Believe as the others believe:" They say: "Shall we believe as the fools believe?" Nay, of a surety they are the fools, but they do not know.
002.014 When they meet those who believe, they say: "We believe;" but when they are alone with their evil ones, they say: "We are really with you: We (were) only jesting."
002.015 God will throw back their mockery on them, and give them rope in their trespasses; so they will wander like blind ones (To and fro).
002.016 These are they who have bartered Guidance for error: But their traffic is profitless, and they have lost true direction,
002.017 Their similitude is that of a man who kindled a fire; when it lighted all around him, God took away their light and left them in utter darkness. So they could not see.
002.018 Deaf, dumb, and blind, they will not return (to the path).
002.019 Or (another similitude) is that of a rain-laden cloud from the sky: In it are zones of darkness, and thunder and lightning: They press their fingers in their ears to keep out the stunning thunder-clap, the while they are in terror of death. But God is ever round the rejecters of Faith!
002.020 The lightning all but snatches away their sight; every time the light (Helps) them, they walk therein, and when the darkness grows on them, they stand still. And if God willed, He could take away their faculty of hearing and seeing; for God hath power over all things.
002.021 O ye people! Adore your Guardian-Lord, who created you and those who came before you, that ye may have the chance to learn righteousness;
002.022 Who has made the earth your couch, and the heavens your canopy; and sent down rain from the heavens; and brought forth therewith Fruits for your sustenance; then set not up rivals unto God when ye know (the truth).
002.023 And if ye are in doubt as to what We have revealed from time to time to Our servant, then produce a Sura like thereunto; and call your witnesses or helpers (If there are any) besides God, if your (doubts) are true.
002.024 But if ye cannot- and of a surety ye cannot- then fear the Fire whose fuel is men and stones,- which is prepared for those who reject Faith.
002.025 But give glad tidings to those who believe and work righteousness, that their portion is Gardens, beneath which rivers flow. Every time they are fed with fruits therefrom, they say: "Why, this is what we were fed with before," for they are given things in similitude; and they have therein companions pure (and holy); and they abide therein (for ever).
The Prophet said, "Allah created Adam, making him 60 cubits tall. When He created him, He said to him, "Go and greet that group of angels, and listen to their reply, for it will be your greeting (salutation) and the greeting (salutations of your offspring." So, Adam said (to the angels), As-Salamu Alaikum (i.e. Peace be upon you). The angels said, "As-salamu Alaika wa Rahmatu-l-lahi" (i.e. Peace and Allah's Mercy be upon you). Thus the angels added to Adam's salutation the expression, 'Wa Rahmatu-l-lahi,' Any person who will enter Paradise will resemble Adam (in appearance and figure). People have been decreasing in stature since Adam's creation.
the reason why it was out of radar for 2 months because it only became available this week according to canonical's press release: http://blog.canonical.com/?p=18
I imagine would be very pleased. Not all customers who go to best buy are people who know about GPL and downloading linux ISOs, let alone burning one. The non-techie customer makes up the majority of the consumer pool in retail. So for Valusoft to offer Ubuntu, in a nice package for a low price is definitely a good thing. I imagine the first persons to pick up these ubuntu cd's are customers who looks at the "value" section of the stores, that is, where software are priced 19.99 and below.
I mean, yahoo just plain sucks. People call it an open source company yet it has yet to release an update to its messenger client for linux. their search feature is as good as webcrawler back in 1995 (which wasn't good). their mail service is worse than aol's free mail service. their music service is dead. Besides, for many people who have made it a habit to goto google the minute they open their web browser, its easier/habitual to type blackle.com/google.com than typing yahoo.com.
There is no rocket science involved in understanding whether something has changed or not. You for example look at the the earliest text from which religious laws has come (the Taurat/Torah) and compared it to how similar it is to the next big text: The Injeel/Bible. Some things have changed but many central messages are about the same. Next compare them to the Qur'an and see how much of the laws have changed. You'll notice all three books have about the same laws, same stories, etc. Now, lets test the books on a individual level. You can pick up a bible now and compare it to the thousands other available, and each and every one is different in one way or another. If you were to take a bible from now, and compare that to a bible from say 1400 years ago, even that bible will be different altogether. Similarly, you can try that with a copy of the torah and have the same problem. It is only the Qur'an which hasn't changed at all. The same words that were uttered 1400 years ago are the same words being uttered today. Why? because God himself says in the quran:
As to the question of not changing since the time of Prophet Adam (peace and blessing be upon him and his family), it is from the hadiths that we know the quran's message has not changed since the time of prophet Adam.
Also, you can contemplate on the following:
Wa QÄla Al-LadhÄna 'AshrakÅ Law ShÄ'a AllÄhu MÄ `AbadnÄ Min DÅnihi Min Shay'in NaÄ¥nu Wa LÄ 'ÄbÄ'uunÄ Wa LÄ ÄarramnÄ Min DÅnihi Min Shay'in KadhÄlika Fa`ala Al-LadhÄna Min Qablihim Fahal `Alà Ar-Rusuli 'IllÄ Al-BalÄghu Al-MubÄnu
016.035 The worshippers of false gods say: "If God had so willed, we should not have worshipped aught but Him - neither we nor our fathers,- nor should we have prescribed prohibitions other than His." So did those who went before them. But what is the mission of apostles but to preach the Clear Message?
Wa Laqad Ba`athnÄ FÄ Kulli 'Ummatin RasÅlÄan 'Ani Au`budÅ AllÄha Wa AjtanibÅ AÅ£-ÅÄghÅta Faminhum Man Hadà AllÄhu Wa Minhum Man Äaqqat `Alayhi AÄ'-ÄalÄlatu FasÄrÅ FÄ Al-'ArÄ'i FÄnžurÅ Kayfa KÄna `Äqibatu Al-MukadhdhibÄna
016.036 For We assuredly sent amongst every People an apostle, (with the Command), "Serve God, and eschew Evil": of the People were some whom God guided, and some on whom error became inevitably (established). So travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those who denied (the Truth).
Regarding the Taurat:
Wa LÄaÄ¥kum 'Ahlu Al-'InjÄli BimÄ 'Anzala AllÄhu FÄhi Wa Man Lam YaÄ¥kum BimÄ 'Anzala AllÄhu Fa'ÅlÄ'ika Humu Al-FÄsiqÅna
005.047 Let the people of the Gospel judge by what Allah hath revealed therein. If any do fail to judge by (the light of) what Allah hath revealed, they are (no better than) those who rebel.
Wa 'AnzalnÄ 'Ilayka Al-KitÄba Bil-Äaqqi MuÅYaddiqÄan LimÄ Bayna Yadayhi Mina Al-KitÄbi Wa MuhayminÄan `Alayhi FÄÄ¥kum Baynahum BimÄ 'Anzala AllÄhu Wa LÄ Tattabi` 'AhwÄ'ahum `AmmÄ JÄ'aka Mina Al-Äaqqi Likullin Ja`alnÄ Minkum Shir`atan Wa MinhÄjÄan Wa Law ShÄ'a AllÄhu Laja`alakum 'Ummatan WÄÄ¥idatan Wa Lakin Liyabluwakum FÄ MÄ 'ÄtÄkum FÄstabiqÅ Al-KhayrÄti 'Ilà All
No because there are no such thing as christian laws. There's only man-made laws and then divine laws (laws that hasn't been altered by humans). Shariah is the only laws that hasn't changed since the time of Prophet Adam (peace and blessings be upon him and his family).
Seperation of Church and State is a Secular ideology. Iran is supposedly an "islamic" state ruled by "islam" and so cannot separate religion from state laws.
There's a beautiful book for you non-muslims if you want to understand the issue of man-made laws vs shariah (divine laws) from an islamic perspective: http://islamicbookstore.com/b7932.html
The $250 million deal, reached Tuesday, would provide the nation with 1.2 million computers, a server in each school, a team of technical advisers, satellite internet service and other infrastructure.
either that or he wants to trade pr0n pics of all his female body guards. maybe he wants to foster a small pr0n industry in the disguise of "helping children" ?
i hate the leader so i can't/won't/refuse to trust this guy.
They want to make these laptops brightly colored so that if an adult is seen with one of them, it will be widely known that they have stolen from children. You have no idea how powerful social stigmas can be.
it wont' matter. the level of shame decreases if a large percentage of the population accepts it and the fact that libya is a poverty stricken nation, the vast majority won't mind. in third world countries it doesn't matter if you're wearing fruity colored clothes (or tasteless fashion) because the population is too poor to care how they look. Same thing will happen with these laptops. if worst comes to worst, they'll just spray paint it or something to another color.
The laptops offer internet access and are powered by a wind-up crank.
read what I said, i asked about the SERVERS. Not the laptops themselves. The laptops power supply has already been discussed (for quite a few months now) but as for the servers themselves, that's a different story. I imagine the servers to be much much bigger than the laptop themselves (obviously but who knows, maybe they might have engineered some small servers?) so keeping tehse servers active 24-7 will be a serious problem if the villages themselves (where the school is located) don't have electricity.
let's see how well this actually goes. personally, i doubt the children will actually be using the laptops. instead i am very certain the parents will either sell it or the kids will get robbed by some local militia that always seems to pop up in every african country. eitherway, the kids won't have the laptops as projected and a black market is going to spawn up.
what i don't understand is, many places in libya don't even have electricity so how will the servers that each school is supposedly going to house, be powered? don't tell me someone will stand by 24-7 foot peddling for some juice...
alot of the people who actually bring their computer to a shop are clueless about software because many of their problems relate to software. If you put something that's free, open source and of high quality than they'll have a more stable system. Take for instance you installing Firefox. Firefox is probably the defacto in f/oss. Not only is it a cross platform browser, but it's very high in quality. Puting a app like this will actually help the user instead of hindering his/her usage.
like the other person said, the last thing you want is someone be ungrateful for what you've done and call you back saying it's your fault that someone isn't working and it was working fine. well for that, make sure you are getting their permission and once you do get the OK sign, make sure you install all plugins and what not, so that they dont' have future problems.
however don't go on a shove-oss-down-people's-throat spree. the last thing you want to do is put in so much f/oss that the user will get lost on what to use. and remember, not all f/oss is really high in quality. alot are unstable, crash often and have defaults which are so crude that people may think this is a whole different app instead of a "replacement".
you can put OOo (i recommend the premium edition since it has templates which people normally use). you can put thunderbird, heck you could even put opera even though it's not really oss but simply because it's cross platform.
the main idea is to give them the crucial apps (things they use regularly) which in case they ever switched to linux, would find them compatible there aswell.
We all know how indians think. If they could help another fellow indian, then that to them is very honorable compared to helping another foreigner. It's that whole "bharati" mentality.
I'm suprised no one picked this up, but indians prefer to improve themselves by the help of their own people rather than getting help from outside. The reason for this is, it helps the whole economy as a whole. I remember back when the south asian countries started partitioning and while pakistan and east pakistan was importing cars from the western world, india limited that trade and instead focused on making their own cars. The reason for this is, it would affect their steel, mechanical, oil and other industry much more. It would also create more jobs for indians. Even today, you will see in india people spending money on indian cars much more than american or japanese cars. The rich can afford it, but still many prefer to use their own cars as it will help their own economy. Because of this, india is where it is today and in a few short years it will have a very serious economy.
The same is happening now. Instead of pouring millions into buying the OLPC for their students, they will push their own computer companies into creating a similar product. By doing so, they will boost their own economy. They have a enormous amount of educated professionals out of jobs and they will do everything to find a way to create more jobs for these individuals. By launching their own initiative they will solve many problems.
Just my two cents.
No, why don't you tell me about the generalizations I am making? Or is it you that is making the assumptions that I am generalizing? Females vs Males? Do you see me taking a side between the two like it's some kind of a fight? I simply stated the ways females feel towards certain situations is different than males. That's not a opinion. That's a fact buddy. If you have a problem with that statement don't take it out on me.
Straights vs gays? What about em?
New Yorkers vs normal people? Seems like you're the one that's generalizing that new yorkers aren't normal.
And yes there IS a difference in terrorists when there is a terrorist named Mohammed and a terrorist named Brittany. The terrorist named Brittany simply clogs your kids heads with sexual images which makes them think it is ok. That terrorist terrorizes the parents.
No one cares about a terrorist named Brittany. But they sure as hell care if there is someone named "Mohammed" or "Abdul" or "Hasan" or "Sheik" or "Hamza". The fact of the matter is, majority of americans and westerners are ignorant.
Go see how white individuals from the south feel vs the white people from the north feels on the same situations. There's a very big difference.
The only common ground you'll find in america is association of arabs/muslims to terrorism. That's all.
Females are much more unlikely to just commit to a marriage without any true feelings. Although many may simply because the other party will pay a large sum, but the majority of females won't commit just for the money.
Personally, I don't care if there are homosexual marriages. I feel that if we are living in a Free country, freedom should extend to all citizens regardless of their sexual orientation. But i'm a new yorker so I don't expect non-new yorkers to agree (but they should).
I don't think it has anything to do with religion. The thing is, if homosexual marriages were allowed then some people think friends might marry each other just for benefits like adopting a kid just for the earned income credit, or leeching gov't money from other "help." Imagine if all of a sudden people who paid insurance as a single suddenly married their friends just to show they are married and switch to a family coverage. The insurance industry would be hit very hard. And i'm sure there are other industries that would be hit and basically the economy would be affected.
I had xubuntu installed on my celeron 2 gig with only 256 MB RAM and a mobility radeon 7500. I had it for a few weeks until I found a copy of my old win98 SE edition lieing around in one of the pizza boxes. I installed it and I must say it is working like a charm. Much better than any linux distro really (in terms of speed). It boots up extremely fast, I have firefox for it, UT2k4 works amazingly well, everythings compatible for the most part (although I can live without most of those xp only apps), and it doesn't crash as often as I remembered probably because I have a beefier comp than my old pc.
But I wish win98 was open sourced.
Look at microsoft, they are making profit from the other software they make besides windows. The OS is just a platform to deliver the actual products. Linux won't ever be profitable, only it's services will --like how redhat offers the support service.
Slashdot Mirror
wait till they find out about GPG and TOR.... and dare I say it.... Linux.
http://www.square-enix.com/na/company/press/2008/0707/
055.001 (God) Most Gracious!
055.002 It is He Who has taught the Qur'an.
055.003 He has created man:
055.004 He has taught him speech (and intelligence).
055.005 The sun and the moon follow courses (exactly) computed;
055.006 And the herbs and the trees - both (alike) bow in adoration.
055.007 And the Firmament has He raised high, and He has set up the Balance (of Justice),
055.008 In order that ye may not transgress (due) balance.
055.009 So establish weight with justice and fall not short in the balance.
055.010 It is He Who has spread out the earth for (His) creatures:
055.011 Therein is fruit and date-palms, producing spathes (enclosing dates);
055.012 Also corn, with (its) leaves and stalk for fodder, and sweet-smelling plants.
055.013 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.014 He created man from sounding clay like unto pottery,
055.015 And He created Jinns from fire free of smoke:
055.016 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.017 (He is) Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests:
055.018 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.019 He has let free the two bodies of flowing water, meeting together:
055.020 Between them is a Barrier which they do not transgress:
055.021 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.022 Out of them come Pearls and Coral:
055.023 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.024 And His are the Ships sailing smoothly through the seas, lofty as mountains:
055.025 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.026 All that is on earth will perish:
055.027 But will abide (for ever) the Face of thy Lord,- full of Majesty, Bounty and Honour.
055.028 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.029 Of Him seeks (its need) every creature in the heavens and on earth: every day in (new) Splendour doth He (shine)!
055.030 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.031 Soon shall We settle your affairs, O both ye worlds!
055.032 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.033 O ye assembly of Jinns and men! If it be ye can pass beyond the zones of the heavens and the earth, pass ye! not without authority shall ye be able to pass!
055.034 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.035 On you will be sent (O ye evil ones twain!) a flame of fire (to burn) and a smoke (to choke): no defence will ye have:
055.036 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.037 When the sky is rent asunder, and it becomes red like ointment:
055.038 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.039 On that Day no question will be asked of man or Jinn as to his sin.
055.040 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.041 (For) the sinners will be known by their marks: and they will be seized by their forelocks and their feet.
055.042 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.043 This is the Hell which the Sinners deny:
055.044 In its midst and in the midst of boiling hot water will they wander round!
055.045 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.046 But for such as fear the time when they will stand before (the Judgment Seat of) their Lord, there will be two Gardens-
055.047 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?-
055.048 Containing all kinds (of trees and delights);-
055.049 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?-
055.050 In them (each) will be two Springs flowing (free);
055.051 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?-
055.052 In them will be Fruits of every kind, two and two.
055.053 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.054 They will recline on Carpets, whose inner linings will
002.001 A.L.M.
002.002 This is the Book; in it is guidance sure, without doubt, to those who fear God;
002.003 Who believe in the Unseen, are steadfast in prayer, and spend out of what We have provided for them;
002.004 And who believe in the Revelation sent to thee, and sent before thy time, and (in their hearts) have the assurance of the Hereafter.
002.005 They are on (true) guidance, from their Lord, and it is these who will prosper.
002.006 As to those who reject Faith, it is the same to them whether thou warn them or do not warn them; they will not believe.
002.007 God hath set a seal on their hearts and on their hearing, and on their eyes is a veil; great is the penalty they (incur).
002.008 Of the people there are some who say: "We believe in God and the Last Day;" but they do not (really) believe.
002.009 Fain would they deceive Allah and those who believe, but they only deceive themselves, and realise (it) not!
002.010 In their hearts is a disease; and Allah has increased their disease: And grievous is the penalty they (incur), because they are false (to themselves).
002.011 When it is said to them: "Make not mischief on the earth," they say: "Why, we only Want to make peace!"
002.012 Of a surety, they are the ones who make mischief, but they realise (it) not.
002.013 When it is said to them: "Believe as the others believe:" They say: "Shall we believe as the fools believe?" Nay, of a surety they are the fools, but they do not know.
002.014 When they meet those who believe, they say: "We believe;" but when they are alone with their evil ones, they say: "We are really with you: We (were) only jesting."
002.015 God will throw back their mockery on them, and give them rope in their trespasses; so they will wander like blind ones (To and fro).
002.016 These are they who have bartered Guidance for error: But their traffic is profitless, and they have lost true direction,
002.017 Their similitude is that of a man who kindled a fire; when it lighted all around him, God took away their light and left them in utter darkness. So they could not see.
002.018 Deaf, dumb, and blind, they will not return (to the path).
002.019 Or (another similitude) is that of a rain-laden cloud from the sky: In it are zones of darkness, and thunder and lightning: They press their fingers in their ears to keep out the stunning thunder-clap, the while they are in terror of death. But God is ever round the rejecters of Faith!
002.020 The lightning all but snatches away their sight; every time the light (Helps) them, they walk therein, and when the darkness grows on them, they stand still. And if God willed, He could take away their faculty of hearing and seeing; for God hath power over all things.
002.021 O ye people! Adore your Guardian-Lord, who created you and those who came before you, that ye may have the chance to learn righteousness;
002.022 Who has made the earth your couch, and the heavens your canopy; and sent down rain from the heavens; and brought forth therewith Fruits for your sustenance; then set not up rivals unto God when ye know (the truth).
002.023 And if ye are in doubt as to what We have revealed from time to time to Our servant, then produce a Sura like thereunto; and call your witnesses or helpers (If there are any) besides God, if your (doubts) are true.
002.024 But if ye cannot- and of a surety ye cannot- then fear the Fire whose fuel is men and stones,- which is prepared for those who reject Faith.
002.025 But give glad tidings to those who believe and work righteousness, that their portion is Gardens, beneath which rivers flow. Every time they are fed with fruits therefrom, they say: "Why, this is what we were fed with before," for they are given things in similitude; and they have therein companions pure (and holy); and they abide therein (for ever).
002.026
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 543:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "Allah created Adam, making him 60 cubits tall. When He created him, He said to him, "Go and greet that group of angels, and listen to their reply, for it will be your greeting (salutation) and the greeting (salutations of your offspring." So, Adam said (to the angels), As-Salamu Alaikum (i.e. Peace be upon you). The angels said, "As-salamu Alaika wa Rahmatu-l-lahi" (i.e. Peace and Allah's Mercy be upon you). Thus the angels added to Adam's salutation the expression, 'Wa Rahmatu-l-lahi,' Any person who will enter Paradise will resemble Adam (in appearance and figure). People have been decreasing in stature since Adam's creation.
the reason why it was out of radar for 2 months because it only became available this week according to canonical's press release: http://blog.canonical.com/?p=18
Also, Amazon is selling this same "complete edition" of ubuntu. There's a article on it on DesktopLinux.com: http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS5306637369.html
I mean, yahoo just plain sucks. People call it an open source company yet it has yet to release an update to its messenger client for linux. their search feature is as good as webcrawler back in 1995 (which wasn't good). their mail service is worse than aol's free mail service. their music service is dead. Besides, for many people who have made it a habit to goto google the minute they open their web browser, its easier/habitual to type blackle.com/google.com than typing yahoo.com.
'InnÄ NaÄ¥nu NazzalnÄ Adh-Dhikra Wa 'InnÄ Lahu LaÄ¥ÄfižÅna 015.009 We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly guard it (from corruption). Read the rest: http://transliteration.org/quran/WebSite_CD/MixYuwsuf/015.asp
As to the question of not changing since the time of Prophet Adam (peace and blessing be upon him and his family), it is from the hadiths that we know the quran's message has not changed since the time of prophet Adam.
Also, you can contemplate on the following:
Wa QÄla Al-LadhÄna 'AshrakÅ Law ShÄ'a AllÄhu MÄ `AbadnÄ Min DÅnihi Min Shay'in NaÄ¥nu Wa LÄ 'ÄbÄ'uunÄ Wa LÄ ÄarramnÄ Min DÅnihi Min Shay'in KadhÄlika Fa`ala Al-LadhÄna Min Qablihim Fahal `Alà Ar-Rusuli 'IllÄ Al-BalÄghu Al-MubÄnu
016.035 The worshippers of false gods say: "If God had so willed, we should not have worshipped aught but Him - neither we nor our fathers,- nor should we have prescribed prohibitions other than His." So did those who went before them. But what is the mission of apostles but to preach the Clear Message?
Wa Laqad Ba`athnÄ FÄ Kulli 'Ummatin RasÅlÄan 'Ani Au`budÅ AllÄha Wa AjtanibÅ AÅ£-ÅÄghÅta Faminhum Man Hadà AllÄhu Wa Minhum Man Äaqqat `Alayhi AÄ'-ÄalÄlatu FasÄrÅ FÄ Al-'ArÄ'i FÄnžurÅ Kayfa KÄna `Äqibatu Al-MukadhdhibÄna
016.036 For We assuredly sent amongst every People an apostle, (with the Command), "Serve God, and eschew Evil": of the People were some whom God guided, and some on whom error became inevitably (established). So travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those who denied (the Truth).
Regarding the Taurat:
Wa LÄaÄ¥kum 'Ahlu Al-'InjÄli BimÄ 'Anzala AllÄhu FÄhi Wa Man Lam YaÄ¥kum BimÄ 'Anzala AllÄhu Fa'ÅlÄ'ika Humu Al-FÄsiqÅna
005.047 Let the people of the Gospel judge by what Allah hath revealed therein. If any do fail to judge by (the light of) what Allah hath revealed, they are (no better than) those who rebel.
Wa 'AnzalnÄ 'Ilayka Al-KitÄba Bil-Äaqqi MuÅYaddiqÄan LimÄ Bayna Yadayhi Mina Al-KitÄbi Wa MuhayminÄan `Alayhi FÄÄ¥kum Baynahum BimÄ 'Anzala AllÄhu Wa LÄ Tattabi` 'AhwÄ'ahum `AmmÄ JÄ'aka Mina Al-Äaqqi Likullin Ja`alnÄ Minkum Shir`atan Wa MinhÄjÄan Wa Law ShÄ'a AllÄhu Laja`alakum 'Ummatan WÄÄ¥idatan Wa Lakin Liyabluwakum FÄ MÄ 'ÄtÄkum FÄstabiqÅ Al-KhayrÄti 'Ilà All
Perhaps you could tell us what is the punishment for leaving the other religions?
it's the most moderate of all muslim majority countries in the middle east...
No because there are no such thing as christian laws. There's only man-made laws and then divine laws (laws that hasn't been altered by humans). Shariah is the only laws that hasn't changed since the time of Prophet Adam (peace and blessings be upon him and his family).
Seperation of Church and State is a Secular ideology. Iran is supposedly an "islamic" state ruled by "islam" and so cannot separate religion from state laws. There's a beautiful book for you non-muslims if you want to understand the issue of man-made laws vs shariah (divine laws) from an islamic perspective: http://islamicbookstore.com/b7932.html
either that or he wants to trade pr0n pics of all his female body guards. maybe he wants to foster a small pr0n industry in the disguise of "helping children" ? i hate the leader so i can't/won't/refuse to trust this guy.
let's see how well this actually goes. personally, i doubt the children will actually be using the laptops. instead i am very certain the parents will either sell it or the kids will get robbed by some local militia that always seems to pop up in every african country. eitherway, the kids won't have the laptops as projected and a black market is going to spawn up.
what i don't understand is, many places in libya don't even have electricity so how will the servers that each school is supposedly going to house, be powered? don't tell me someone will stand by 24-7 foot peddling for some juice...
alot of the people who actually bring their computer to a shop are clueless about software because many of their problems relate to software. If you put something that's free, open source and of high quality than they'll have a more stable system. Take for instance you installing Firefox. Firefox is probably the defacto in f/oss. Not only is it a cross platform browser, but it's very high in quality. Puting a app like this will actually help the user instead of hindering his/her usage. like the other person said, the last thing you want is someone be ungrateful for what you've done and call you back saying it's your fault that someone isn't working and it was working fine. well for that, make sure you are getting their permission and once you do get the OK sign, make sure you install all plugins and what not, so that they dont' have future problems. however don't go on a shove-oss-down-people's-throat spree. the last thing you want to do is put in so much f/oss that the user will get lost on what to use. and remember, not all f/oss is really high in quality. alot are unstable, crash often and have defaults which are so crude that people may think this is a whole different app instead of a "replacement". you can put OOo (i recommend the premium edition since it has templates which people normally use). you can put thunderbird, heck you could even put opera even though it's not really oss but simply because it's cross platform. the main idea is to give them the crucial apps (things they use regularly) which in case they ever switched to linux, would find them compatible there aswell.
We all know how indians think. If they could help another fellow indian, then that to them is very honorable compared to helping another foreigner. It's that whole "bharati" mentality. I'm suprised no one picked this up, but indians prefer to improve themselves by the help of their own people rather than getting help from outside. The reason for this is, it helps the whole economy as a whole. I remember back when the south asian countries started partitioning and while pakistan and east pakistan was importing cars from the western world, india limited that trade and instead focused on making their own cars. The reason for this is, it would affect their steel, mechanical, oil and other industry much more. It would also create more jobs for indians. Even today, you will see in india people spending money on indian cars much more than american or japanese cars. The rich can afford it, but still many prefer to use their own cars as it will help their own economy. Because of this, india is where it is today and in a few short years it will have a very serious economy. The same is happening now. Instead of pouring millions into buying the OLPC for their students, they will push their own computer companies into creating a similar product. By doing so, they will boost their own economy. They have a enormous amount of educated professionals out of jobs and they will do everything to find a way to create more jobs for these individuals. By launching their own initiative they will solve many problems. Just my two cents.
for all we know, maybe NATO just blew it up to show that no one other than the western allies should have successful space programs.
No, why don't you tell me about the generalizations I am making? Or is it you that is making the assumptions that I am generalizing? Females vs Males? Do you see me taking a side between the two like it's some kind of a fight? I simply stated the ways females feel towards certain situations is different than males. That's not a opinion. That's a fact buddy. If you have a problem with that statement don't take it out on me. Straights vs gays? What about em? New Yorkers vs normal people? Seems like you're the one that's generalizing that new yorkers aren't normal. And yes there IS a difference in terrorists when there is a terrorist named Mohammed and a terrorist named Brittany. The terrorist named Brittany simply clogs your kids heads with sexual images which makes them think it is ok. That terrorist terrorizes the parents. No one cares about a terrorist named Brittany. But they sure as hell care if there is someone named "Mohammed" or "Abdul" or "Hasan" or "Sheik" or "Hamza". The fact of the matter is, majority of americans and westerners are ignorant. Go see how white individuals from the south feel vs the white people from the north feels on the same situations. There's a very big difference. The only common ground you'll find in america is association of arabs/muslims to terrorism. That's all.
Females are much more unlikely to just commit to a marriage without any true feelings. Although many may simply because the other party will pay a large sum, but the majority of females won't commit just for the money. Personally, I don't care if there are homosexual marriages. I feel that if we are living in a Free country, freedom should extend to all citizens regardless of their sexual orientation. But i'm a new yorker so I don't expect non-new yorkers to agree (but they should).
I don't think it has anything to do with religion. The thing is, if homosexual marriages were allowed then some people think friends might marry each other just for benefits like adopting a kid just for the earned income credit, or leeching gov't money from other "help." Imagine if all of a sudden people who paid insurance as a single suddenly married their friends just to show they are married and switch to a family coverage. The insurance industry would be hit very hard. And i'm sure there are other industries that would be hit and basically the economy would be affected.
just my 2 cents. feel free to start bashing me.
I had xubuntu installed on my celeron 2 gig with only 256 MB RAM and a mobility radeon 7500. I had it for a few weeks until I found a copy of my old win98 SE edition lieing around in one of the pizza boxes. I installed it and I must say it is working like a charm. Much better than any linux distro really (in terms of speed). It boots up extremely fast, I have firefox for it, UT2k4 works amazingly well, everythings compatible for the most part (although I can live without most of those xp only apps), and it doesn't crash as often as I remembered probably because I have a beefier comp than my old pc. But I wish win98 was open sourced.
Look at microsoft, they are making profit from the other software they make besides windows. The OS is just a platform to deliver the actual products. Linux won't ever be profitable, only it's services will --like how redhat offers the support service.