39. Al-Zumar/The Companions
I/We begin by the Blessed Name of Allah
The Immensely Merciful to all, The Infinitely Compassionate to everyone.
39:01
a. The sending down of The Book - The Qur’an - with meticulous care has been arranged by Allah - The One and Only God.
b. The Almighty, The All-Wise.
39:02
a. Indeed, WE have sent down to you, O The Prophet, The Book with the purpose of making it a decisive authority.
b. So submit to Allah in awe and worship,
c. sincere in your Faith in HIM alone.
39:03
a. Indeed the True Faith is for Allah alone.
b. Yet those who take up other entities as their protectors instead of HIM, argue:
c. ‘We do not worship them except that they may bring us close to Allah.’
d. Allah will certainly judge between them concerning their differences.
e. For sure, Allah does not guide anyone who is a liar and is ungrateful/disbelieving.
39:04
a. If Allah had ever wanted to take a son to HIMSELF,
b. HE could have certainly chosen whoever HE Willed from those whom HE created.
c. Glory be to HIM!
d. HE is Allah, The One and Only, The Prevailing.
39:05
a. HE created the celestial realm and the terrestrial world for a purpose and without a precedent.
b. HE wraps the nighttime around the daytime, and
c. wraps the daytime around the nighttime.
d. HE made the sun and the moon subservient to HIS laws to serve you, each running on a
fixed course in their respective orbits for an appointed term set by HIM.
e. Indeed, HE is The Almighty, The Ever-Forgiving.
هدفت الدراسة إلى التعرف على درجة توافر مقومات مجتمعات التعلم المهنية في مدارس التعليم الأساسي بمحافظة البريمي في سلطنة عُمان، واتبعت الدراسة المنهج الوصفي، كما استخدمت الاستبانة في جمع البيانات والمعلومات وتم تطبيقها على عينة مكونة من (494) معلماً ومعلمة. وتوصلت نتائج الدراسة إلى أن درجة توافر مقومات مجتمعات التعلم المهنية في مدارس التعليم الأساسي بمحافظة البريمي في سلطنة عُمان جاءت عالية بصورة إجمالية، كما جاءت عالية في أبعاد: القيادة المشتركة، والرسالة المشتركة، والتعاون، والاستقصاء والتفسير الجماعي، وتوجيه العمل والتجريب، والتعلم المستمر، والتركيز على النتائج، بينما جاءت متوسطة في بُعد الظروف الداعمة، كما بينت النتائج وجود فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية عند مستوى الدلالة (α≤0.05) بين متوسطات تقديرات عينة الدراسة من المعلمين لدرجة توافر مقومات مجتمعات التعلم المهنية في مدارس التعليم الأساسي بمحافظة البريمي في سلطنة عُمان تُعزى إلى متغيري الجنس، والمُسمى الوظيفي، بينما لم توجد هذه الفروق في مُتغيري سنوات الخبرة والمؤهل العلمي.
The increase in heavy metal pollution along the roadside environment has become a major global concern recently. Therefore, current project was planned to monitor the level of heavy metals along the roads. For this study, five wild plant species (Calotropis procera, Cenchrus ciliaris, Cynodon dactylon, Nerium oleander and Parthenium hysterophorus) generally growing near the two roads [a segment of Motorway (M-2) from Pindi Bhattian to Kala Shah Kaku and a segment of Grand Trunk road (G.T. road) from Lahore to Gujranwala] in Punjab, Pakistan, were collected. The plant leaves and soil samples were collected from five sites along each road. The control samples of leaves and soil were collected at a distance of 50 meter away from roadside. The collected samples were analyzed during the four seasons of the year (2015-2016). Metals such as lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), nickel (Ni) and zinc (Zn) were examined in all the plant leaves and soil samples using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS). Some plant physiological parameters such as gas exchange characteristics [photosynthetic rate (A), stomatal conductance (gs), transpiration rate (E), sub-stomatal CO2 concentration (Ci) and water use efficiency (WUE)] were evaluated. Plant biochemical attributes such as the contents of photosynthetic pigments (chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, total chlorophyll and carotenoids), total free amino acids, total soluble proteins and total antioxidant activity were also determined. Significantly higher contents of the studied metals were detected in soil and plants along the roadside as compared to their control samples and they indicated clear spatio-temporal variations. The highest contamination of metals in both plants and soil samples was noted during summer, whereas, minimum was observed during winter. The contents of metals were found in the order: Cd < Pb < Ni < Cu < Zn. The higher contents of all the metals were noted along G.T. road as compared to M-2. However, Kala Shah Kaku site along M-2 and Muridke site along G.T. road appeared as the more polluted sites. The correlation between metal contents in soil/plants and traffic density was significantly positive for almost all the sites during all the seasons. Significant positive correlation between metal contents in soil and metal content in plants was also observed. The high contents of metals were also obtained in petrol, diesel, soot and used motor oil samples. Physiological parameters such as A, E and gs were significantly lower while Ci and WUE were higher in all the plant species along the roadsides. The contents of photosynthetic pigments and total soluble proteins were significantly lower whereas total antioxidant activity and total free amino acids were significantly higher in roadside plant species under metal stress. Among plant species, C. procera accumulated the maximum contents of Cd, Ni and Pb whereas, N. oleander had potential to accumulate high concentrations of Cu and Zn, hence, these plants can be suggested as the best choice as phytomonitors and/or phytoremediators of the metal pollution.