19. Mary/Sayedah Maryam
I/We begin by the Blessed Name of Allah
The Immensely Merciful to all, The Infinitely Compassionate to everyone.
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a. Kaf. Ha. Ya. `Ayn. Sad.
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a. This is a narrative of the mercy of your Rabb - The Lord towards HIS servant, Zachariah.
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a. When he called out to his Rabb - The Lord in seclusion by the middle of the night,
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praying:
O ‘My Rabb - The Lord!
Indeed my bones have become weak within me, and my head is aflame with gray hair because of old age.
However - O My Rabb - The Lord - I have never been disappointed when calling out to YOU’ before –
- so do not disappoint me now.
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‘Now, I worry who will be the heir after me to fulfill their duties to the Temple of Solomon
for my wife has always been infertile.
So grant me out of YOUR Mercy an heir’ -
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- the one who will be my heir in my duty, and heir to the legacy of spiritual purity, divine knowledge, and Allah-consciousness of the House of Jacob;
and make him - O My Rabb - The Lord - the one with whom YOU would be pleased.’
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His prayer was answered:
‘O Zachariah!
Truly WE give you the happy news of the birth of a son.
His name will be Yahya/John the Baptist.
The uniqueness of the name is that WE have never assigned this name to anyone before.’
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Zachariah exclaimed with joy and surprise:
O ‘My Rabb - The Lord!
But how can I have a son while my wife has always been infertile, and I have already become frail because...
Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) asked the Ummat to build a strong bond with Quran and Sunnah. However, it was not possible to hold these, till both were not maintained in their original form. The science of Hadith has a significant role in the preservation of this Islamic Intellectual Heritage. It became possible because of the tremendous efforts of the Muslim Scholars who spent their entire lives in learning and spreading the Islamic knowledge. Imam Muslim bin Hajjaj al Qushairi 578 AD is one of the most enthusiastic, popular, and authentic personalities in the field of science of Hadith and among the bibliography of the narrators of Hadiths. His compilation As-Sahih Al-Jamey has a major contribution in preservation of Hadith. It is considered as the second most authentic book after The Quran. The paper discusses in details about the life of this intellectual personal, his journeys, his teachers, his students, his status, and his other research works.
The role of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria for improving yield and essential oil contents in Rosa damascena Mill. was evaluated in this study. Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) were isolated from the rhizosphere of Rosa damascena in first experiment, fifteen distinctive and fast growing rhizobacterial colonies (strains) were chosen to inoculate the Rosa cuttings by dipping in them. Results of the pot experiments revealed that most of the isolates showed growth promoting activities in Rosa cuttings except the isolates B5 which was proved to be growth limiting strain as it gave 20-40% less result for all parameters. All the other strains enhanced cutting growth characters up to 30- 60% compared to control. Strains LSI19, F6 and LC4 were proved to be superior strains in all growth attributes. Therefore, these three strains (LSI19, F6 and LC4) were selected for further studies. Three separate field experiments were laid out in factorial arrangement under randomized complete block design (RCBD) with four replications. Total eight inoculum combinations were made from three PGPR strains (alone and in different combination) for each experiment. Second experiment comprised of root application of eight combinations of PGPR treatments in the form of liquid inoculum along with zero, half of recommended and recommended dose of nitrogen and phosphorus. Maximum plant growth and production was observed in all PGPR treatments at NP @ 60 and 20 g/m2 only the stem diameter was found maximum when PGPR treatments were applied along with NP @ 30 and 10 g/m2. Combination of PGPR strains perform better than individual strains when applied at all three levels of nitrogen and phosphorus. Results regarding essential oil contents showed that PGPR combination of F6, LC4 and LSI19 at NP fertilization @ 30 and 10 g/m2 provided the highest concrete and absolute oil percentage but increasing levels of NP ultimately reduced oil contents. Third experiment comprised of foliar application of similar PGPR combinations, in which PGPR treatments were applied at three different growth stages (on new shoots after pruning, after flower bud formation and at flower burst). Results exhibited that plant growth and flower yield attained maximum values in triple inoculum of F6, LC4 and LSI19. Application of PGPR strains on new shoots after pruning (GS1) showed much better results regarding reproductive growth and flower yield than other growth stages while vegetative growth characters were enhanced by application of PGPR strains after flower bud formation (GS2). Last experiment was designed to assess the PGPR combinations by two methods of application (root and foliar). The results showed that plant growth, biomass of flowers, N contents in shoots and P contents in leaves and shoots were significantly improved by root application of PGPR strains while flower yield and N contents in leaves were improved with foliar application of PGPR strains. PGPR inoculation by different methods (root and foliar) significantly affected oil yield and chemical composition of essential oil. Overall results for all studies reflected that yield of Rosa damascena was enhanced with the application of PGPR inocula either single or in combination. However, co-inoculation performed better than individual inoculation.