20. Ta Ha/Ta Ha
I/We begin by the Blessed Name of Allah
The Immensely Merciful to all, The Infinitely Compassionate to everyone.
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Ta Ha!
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a. WE have not sent down The Qur’an on to you - O The Prophet - to make you distressed,
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a. rather, it is a Reminder to those who stand in awe of Allah – The One and Only God.
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a. It is a sending down from the One WHO created the terrestrial world and the celestial realm, so high -
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- The Immensely Merciful,
On the Throne of Almightiness HE established HIMSELF.
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To HIM belongs whatever is within the celestial realm and whatever is within the terrestrial world,
as well as whatever is between and beyond them,
and whatever is even beneath the ground.
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And it does not matter whether you speak aloud, HE certainly Knows all that is even secret
- in a person’s consciousness,
and whatever is even more deeply concealed - a thought which is in the subconscious.
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Such is Allah!
There is no entity of worship apart from HIM!
For HIM are the Names, Most Glorious, and the Attributes of Perfection.
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a. And has the narrative of Moses reached you – O The Prophet?
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When Moses was traveling with his family in the Sinai desert he perceived a fire at some distance.
He said to his family:
‘Wait here!
In fact, I perceive a fire.
Maybe I can bring you a firebrand from it, or find some guidance by the fire’...
It is well fact that before the advent ofthe Prophet Mu hammad (PBUH) the whole world was in totally darkness. Oppression was the order of the day. Womenfolkwas the most depressed segment ofthe society but when Islam cameit notonlyenjoined it followers to strive for theestablishmentofa just society in all walks of life. The issues of oppression of women folk was particularly addressed. Many verses ofthe Holy Quran and Sunnah clearly elaborated the duties as well rights of women. Islam considers woman as equal to man in respect ofduties and rights keeping her physical difference in view. In this article six points have been chosen for discussion which are as under equality of woman with man in humanity, equality in rights and obligation, equality in ownership and employment, equality in responsibility and equality in punishments Equality in liaan process.
Water stress or drought is the most important factor limiting tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) productivity in arid and semi-arid regions of the world. A better understanding about the mechanism of water stress tolerance provides basic strategies for crop breeding for drought tolerance. One hundred and twenty genotypes of tomato were evaluated and ranked for drought tolerance at seed germination and seedling stage under stress induced by polyethylene glycol (molecular weight of 8000) at 2.5%, 5.0% and 7.5% (w/w) concentrations. Further, based on simple and multiple selection criterions, eleven genotypes were selected to determine biochemical indicators for drought tolerance through growth, yield and physiological responses under water stress of 80%, 60% and 40% field capacity at the vegetative and reproductive stages. Two-week-old genotypes were subjected to various levels of PEG8000-imposed water stress (Control, 5%, 10% and 15%) for a period of two weeks. Chlorophyll fluorescence, gas exchange characteristics were measured and A/Ci curve was drawn to further understand underlying mechanism of water stress tolerance in different tomato genotypes. Studies were carried out at PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi in collaboration with National Agricultural Research Centre Islamabad, Pakistan and The University of Manchester, England. Overall, it was found that some tomato genotypes maintained their degree of water stress tolerance at different developmental growth stages. However, mechanism of water stress tolerance varies different tomato genotypes. The most important mechanism was dehydration avoidance characterized by significantly higher growth rate under water stress conditions. The second mechanism was efficient portioning of biomass characterized as higher growth and relatively lower yield under stress conditions. The third mechanism was osmotic adjustment characterized by higher accumulation of compatible solutes such as proline, soluble sugars, higher antioxidant capacity and photosynthetic activity. Water stress tolerant genotypes Lyallpur-1 and CLN1767 were most tolerant tomato genotypes characterized with higher growth, tomato yield, higher antioxidant and photosynthetic capacity. In conclusion, our results indicate that the selection based on growth and some physiological attributes like osmotic adjustment, antioxidant and photosynthetic capacity under appropriate water stress conditions similar to target environments are critically important for improving both drought tolerance and tomato yield potential which is of great commercial importance.