Research on Akhlaq Development: The Standard Character and its Development in Muslim Living

Knowledge without its moral disposition is of no benefit. The virtues of knowledge without hidāyat are useless and vice versa. Man is advised to control his behavior as he will be questioned for his deeds. Faith is not a matter of words but of accepting Allah’s will and striving in his cause. Every soul shall have a taste of death and on the Day of Judgment will be paid full recompense for his deeds. The one who is admitted to heaven would attain the object of life. This object is achieved by moral character. It shapes an individual in a way conducive to the unfettered growth of good, virtue and truth in every sphere of life. It gives full play to the forces of going in all directions. Also it removes all impediments in the path of virtue. It eradicates evils from social plan by prohibiting the causes of its appearance and growth, by closing the inlets through which it creeps into a society. It saves from all sorts of human weaknesses and counsels of pseudo-wisdom, self respect that keeps breaking-in and resists all evils. This is attained by exercising highest patience and self restraint. It signifies the entire scheme of life and not any isolated part or parts thereof. Akhlāq develops an attitude in a person by which every moral valuation, every decision as to the practical course for whatever the individual would prefer in his life to take for ultimate success.

Growth Bioregulation of Heat Stressed Maize by Exogenous Application of Thiourea

Heat stress is a main growth reducing factor for most crop plants. It is a serious risk for crop production around the world due to high ambient temperature. High temperature stress reduces yield of maize by negatively affecting the stomatal conductance, net photosynthetic rate, chlorophyll content and metabolites biosynthesis. Tolerance to heat stress can be increased by using different growth regulators. Thiourea has since long been known for its stress tolerance. The experiments were performed to determine physiological role of medium-supplemented thiourea (0.25 mM) in improving heat stress tolerance in maize using five hybrids (30Y87, DK6789, 30R50, 31R88 and 32B33) in autumn and spring seasons of the years 2014 and 2015. Data were recorded for growth, photosynthetic pigments, gas exchange, oxidative stress and antioxidants, osmoprotectant and mineral elements. The result revealed that autumn conditions were more toxic as compared to spring. Data on interactive studies of heat stress and thiourea showed that medium supplemented thiourea ameliorated the adverse effect of heat stress and improved proliferation of roots. Thiourea applied to heat stressed plants enhanced chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b, while its influence was more prominent on the sensitive (32B33) than tolerant (30Y87) maize hybrids. Thiourea application enhanced the net assimilation rate (A) and stomatal conductance (gs) and reduced sub-stomatal CO2 concentration (Ci). Moreover, thiourea application was effective in improving the contents of soluble phenolics, anthocyanins, ascorbic acid, niacin and riboflavin, which proved of great advantage to scavenge hydrogen peroxide and reduced malondialdehyde synthesis. Medium supplementation of thiourea enhanced the tissue contents of mineral nutrients such as N, P, K+, S, Ca2+ and Mg2+ in the shoot and root of maize meagerly under control and excessively under heat stress, which appeared to improve the root area and its function. In short, these studies described some specific properties of thiourea in enhancing growth of plant under heat stress which makes thiourea as an important bioregulator for root proliferation under control and stressful conditions.