111. Al-Masad/Twisted strands
I/We begin by the Blessed Name of Allah
The Immensely Merciful to all, The Infinitely Compassionate to everyone.
111:01
a. Doomed be the hands of Abu Lahab,
b. and doomed he be!
111:02
a. Neither his wealth be of any benefit to him,
b. nor his earnings be against Allah’s Wrath.
111:03
a. In the Hereafter, he will definitely be flung into Fire of Blazing Flames.
111:04
a. And with him, his wife will enter the Fire as well,
b. as she was a carrier of firewood and thorn branches and of evil tales and slander The Prophet.
111:05
a. She will have twisted strands of palm-fiber around her neck.
The ancient 5000 BCyears old Indus Valley Civilization, widely recognized as one of the most important early cities of South Asia. It is one of the world’s first cities and contemporaneous with ancient EgyptianCivilizations and Mesopotamian civilizations. Mohenjo-Daro is located west of the Indus Riveraround 28 kilometres (17 miles) from the town of LarkanaDistrict, Sindh, Pakistan. The Indus Valley civilization was entirely unknown until 1921. It was discovered in 1922 by R. D. Banerji, an officer of the Archaeological Survey of India, under the direction of John Marshall, K. N. Mohenjo-Daro does mean 'Mound of the dead'. It is the name given by the locals to the place. The total area of Mohenjo-daro is 620 acres. Numerous objects found in excavation include seated and standing figures, copper and stone tools, carved seals, balance-scales and weights, gold and jasper jewellery, and children's toys. Many important objects from Mohenjo-daro are conserved at the National Museum of India in Delhi and the National Museum of Pakistan in Karachi. In 1939, a representative collection of arteffacts excavated at the site was transferred to the British Museum by the Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India.
The focus of the study was on the democratic leadership style of head teachers and how it
impacts teachers morale in federal government elementary schools in the Rawalpindi
region in Pakistan. This research concentrated on how teachers perceived democratic
leadership style of their head teachers and how teachers feel about morale in relation to
the democratic leadership practices at their schools. This research was guided by three
objectives: a) To find out the influence of democratic leadership style of head teachers on
the morale of elementary school teachers in Pakistan. b) To find out how democratic
leadership styles of head teachers develop high morale among elementary school
teachers?
All thirty-two federal government elementary schools situated in Rawalpindi city were
the population of study to find out which elementary school head teachers were practicing
democratic leadership style in their schools. For the collection of required data, mixed
methods approach was utilized. A leadership styles Questionnaire measuring democratic,
Authoritarian and Laissez-faire developed by Northouse (2009) was used to find out
leadership styles of school head teachers. The school head teachers who exercised
democratic leadership style were considered for further collection of data. For which
in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with their school teachers to find out
the influence of democratic leadership style on the morale of those teachers. Further, the
researcher used a basic interpretive method of analysis and thematic analysis to analyze
the interview data. The data analysis showed that due to the use of democratic leadership
style the elementary school teachers morale was high. Teachers acknowledged trust,
support, and motivation as factors that influenced their morale. This research has
confirmed that the use of democratic leadership style has a positive influence on the
morale of elementary school teachers in Pakistan.