37. Al-Saffat/The Rows
I/We begin by the Blessed Name of Allah
The Immensely Merciful to all, The Infinitely Compassionate to everyone.
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a. By those lining up in rows,
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a. and those drivers, driving away,
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a. and those reciting the Reminder – The Divine Qur’an.
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a. Indeed, your Allah is the One and Only Allah of everyone.
b. HE has no parents, no partners, no siblings, no sons, and no daughters.
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a. Allah is Rabb - The Lord of the celestial realm and the terrestrial world and whatever is
within and between them, and,
b. Allah is also Rabb - The Lord of the vast expanse of the East and the West.
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a. Indeed, WE adorned the sky of the terrestrial world with splendor of the glittering stars.
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a. And secured them with meteors against every defiant Satan.
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a. So that they, who seek to know the unknowable, may not be able to eavesdrop on the Exalted Assembly of angels,
b. for they will be pelted with meteors from every side -
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a. – and driven off,
b. for them will be a constant and perpetual punishment.
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a. Except for the one, who is able to eavesdrop and snatch a word of such knowledge,
b. he is instantaneously pursued by flaming fireballs.
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a. So ask them:
b. ‘Are they more difficult to be created, or those WE created others than them?
c. In fact, WE created them – the human species - out of mere sticky clay!
Ethical Education is an optional subject in lieu of Islamic Studies for non-Muslim students in Pakistan from primary to undergraduate level. The main aim of this study is to discuss factors which can help to design a Moral Ethic curriculum which would assist the teachers to educate an individual with his/her own identity, to assimilated by ethical values with developed moral judgment and behavior established by an individual’s beliefs. Students can show a positive attitude towards themselves and others and be able to work together and support others. In this perspective, we also illustrated that moral education helped those people who respect social norms and behave sensibly in any situation belonged to present or future. Therefore, the main objective of this research paper is to establish the necessary elements that should be the part of an effective Moral Ethics curriculum in order to create a democratic and educational environment where everyone can respect for others’ beliefs and stop violating others’ feelings on the basis of freedom of speech. In this study, our targeted readers were included teachers of Moral Ethics, policy makers at different levels, and curriculum developers.
Value crisis in corporate world around the globe significantly increased the need to find new management
paradigm to deal with existing ethical dilemma. Study investigates inherent flaws of the contemporary
corporate management in general and value based corporate management in particular. Study identifies that
weaknesses of current corporate management stem form two main factors first lack of values and ethics and
second loss of leadership integrity. A questionnaire containing 50 items was developed and validated. Study
was carried out by taking a sample of 302 managers from manufacturing and service sectors of Pakistan. Data
was processed and analyzed in SPSS and VPLS.
Results of the study indicate that there is significant and positive relationship among values and ethics,
managerial performance and welfare and protection of all stakeholders of organization.
Findings suggest that management by example is a better management paradigm to curb many ethical
ailments of modern enterprise. The current study developed ‘Islamic VBM Score’ to assess VBM practices in
an organization from Islamic perspective. Furthermore, results suggest that Islamic leadership tries to take
the organization towards total value based management through ensuring welfare and protection for all
stakeholders of organization including shareholders, employees, customers and society at large.
This study concludes that Islamic leadership in value based corporate management theory ensures
satisfaction of all stakeholders of organization.