24. Al-Nur/The Light
I/We begin by the Blessed Name of Allah
The Immensely Merciful to all, The Infinitely Compassionate to everyone.
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This is a Surah that WE have sent down, and made its Injunctions mandatory to be applied in matters of ethics, mannerism, and morality,
and WE have sent down Clear Messages in it so that you may contemplate and enact.
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The adulterous and fornicator female and the adulterous and fornicator male, where both are equally guilty of engaging in an extramarital relationship, flog each one of them a hundred lashes.
And let no compassion, pity, or sympathy for both of them keep you away from executing the command of Allah’s Religion, if you truly believe in Allah – the One and Only God of everyone, and the Last Hour.
And ensure that a group of believers witness their punishment.
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After the punishment has been executed the adulterous or fornicator male will not marry anyone but an adulterous or fornicator female, or a polytheist female.
And the adulterous or fornicator female will only marry an adulterous or fornicator male, or a polytheist male.
But marrying someone guilty of adultery or fornication is forbidden for the believers.
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And those who falsely accuse a chaste/respectable lady of an extramarital affair on circumstantial evidence but then do not bring four eye witnesses in support of their accusation,
then flog them eighty lashes,
and never accept their testimony ever again.
And those - they are the ones who have overstepped the limits.
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Exceptions are those who later repent and reform themselves,
for sure, Allah is All-Forgiving, All-Compassionate.
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And as for those...
Background of the Study: To assess the functional outcome among patients with arthroscopic ACL reconstruction with endo-button at Ghurki Trust Teaching Hospital post 6 months.
Methodology: A single centered survey was conducted on 67 patients with arthroscopic AC Ligament reconstruction using Hamstring auto-graft (Semitendinosus-Gracilis tendons) after 6 months and evaluated for functional outcome. The data was collected from Ghurki Trust Teaching Hospital. The sampling procedure utilized was non-probability sampling. Functional outcome was assessed using subjective form of IKDC score. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 23.
Results: Out of 67 patients, all were male. The pre-operative subjective IKDC scoring was less than 30 and post-operative mean IKDC scoring is 73.92. On the basis of findings of study, significant improvement was observed after ACL reconstruction post 6 months.
Conclusion: ACL reconstruction shows significant improvement in knee function and significant recovery of preoperative functional status.
The strong economy and stabilized politics of US and geostrategic location and independent foreign policy of Iran have made them dominate powers in world politics. Unfortunately, their regional contradictory policies have been affectingPakistan badly since Pakistan has been linked with both of them one way or the other. Most importantly, the post-Islamic Revolution period brought serious ambiguities in Pak-Iran-US triangle since Pakistan became a strategic partner of US in Afghanistan against Soviet intervention whereas Iran declared US a Great Devil. Meanwhile, the incident of siege of Makkah and Pakistan’s inclination towards Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) further caused disturbance in Pak-Iran relations since Iran consider the GCC a council against its ideology. The thesis highlights the involvement of US in the affair of South Asia and Iran and its direct effects on Pakistan after the Islamic Revolution of Iran. It is believed that terrorism, extremism and nuclearization pace in South Asia have created enough excuse for US to butt in the internal politics of South Asia where Pakistan has been witnessed in siding the policies of US whose impacts were directly felt on Pak-Iran relations. The thesis also highlights the questions why has Pakistan been unable to maintain its neutrality over either the Iran-US political conflict or Iran-Saudi ideological war. It is believed that the economic compulsion and destabilized politics of Pakistan led Pakistan to be indecisive over its foreign policies via-a-vis Iran. However, it ought to be noted that the geo-strategic convergence, identical ideology and regional common issues of Pakistan and Iran are certain areas of convergence which do not only bridge the political gap between Pakistan and Iran, they also greatly benefit Pakistan economically and strengthen its national security. Moreover, via Iran, Pakistan can suffice its energy requirement; suppress the extremism and insurgency in Balochistan since these are the common issues of both countries. More importantly, the successful materialization of Gwadar Port and full-fledged operation of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) are mainly depended upon the regional policies of Iran. Therefore, keeping the whole VI above factors, while formulating its regional and international policies, Pakistan has to take a great care of Iran, without harming the national interests of the US, Iran and Saudi Arabia. But, the historical economic dependency towards US and political instability of Pakistan made it extremely tough for Pakistan to create a balanced relationship between US, Iran and Saudi Arabia. So, thesis would give a way forward to Pakistan to escape from the direct conflict of US and Iran and maintain a balanced relationship between Iran and US. The thesis is qualitative in nature where the author has investigated and analyzed certain facts, ambiguities and major issues of US-Iran-Saudi triangle and their implications on the region generally and on Pakistan specifically. The involvement of Pakistan in the proxy war of US in 1980s, becoming the frontline state in war against terror, inclination towards Saudi Arabia after Islamic Revolution, entertaining US regional interests, no doubt, earned dollars for Pakistan, but, they badly enhanced the economic dependency of Pakistan, promoted sectarian violence in Pakistan, doubled terrorist activities in the region and more importantly, created ways for regional and international powers to intervene in the internal politics of Pakistan.