83. Al-Mutaffifin/The Defrauders
I/We begin by the Blessed Name of Allah
The Immensely Merciful to all, The Infinitely Compassionate to everyone.
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a. Woe to the defrauders,
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a. those who take full measure when they measure against the people,
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a. yet whenever it would be giving the right of others, they reduce the measure for themselves or weigh for themselves.
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a. Do they not realize that they will be resurrected from their graves and held accountable for their cheating -
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a. - during an Awful Time,
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a. - the Time when everyone – all humankind - will stand accountable before Rabb - The Lord of all existence?
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a. They think all will be equal at the Time of Final Judgment.
b. Not at all!
c. The book/record of deeds of the sinful will be preserved in Sijjeen.
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a. And what may enable you to perceive Sijjeen?
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a. It will be repository of a written book.
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a. Woe, that Time, to those who belie -
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a. those who belie persistently the truth of the Time of Final Judgment.
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a. And no one can deny it, except every transgressor and sinful.
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a. Whenever OUR Messages from The Qur’an are read out to him, he would rebuke:
b. ‘Fictional tales of an ancient people!’
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a. Of course not!
b. Rather what they have earned has covered their hearts like rust.
In our existing society marital life is going to be distress and unbalanced, the media has affected our family life, very badly. The question is being raised, that there is no importance of a woman in Islam, whereas a man has fully control over a woman. Further, the bill of protection for a woman is being discussed openly on media, which has created many complications and difficulties. In this regard, the help has been taken from the Islamic teachings (Qur┐n and Ah┐dīth), and as well as, the status of a woman has been analyzed in the light of the other religions and cultures, to clear the serious and significant matters of this draft. Islam is a nonviolent and peaceful religion, and no space for any kind of brutality. If any person himself claimed to be a Muslim, and tries to relate his own harmful thoughts with Islamic teachings, it will be his own view, whereas, Islam has no room such type of thing
Freshwater turtles have served as an important food resource in many Asian countries. However, several countries of our region have made few attempts for conservation and management of this resource. The present study of distribution and current population status of freshwater turtles was conducted in Charsadda, Peshawar, Nowshera, Mardan and Dera Ismail Khan (D. I. Khan) Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Province during the years 2013-2015. Eight species of freshwater turtles viz. Lissemys punctata andersonii (Webb, 1980a), Nilssonia gangeticus (Cuvier, 1825), Nilssonia hurum (Gray, 1831), Chitra indica (Gray, 1831), Pangshura tectum (Gray, 1863), Pangshura smithii (Gray, 1863), Hardella thurjii (Gray, 1831) and Geoclemys hamiltonii (Gray, 1831) were recorded. In the present study, seven species of freshwater turtles were recorded from Charsadda district, Lissemys punctata and Nilssonia gangeticus were common. Chitra indica, Nilssonia hurum and Pangshura smithii were less common; Pangshura tectum and Hardella thurjii were rare. Geoclemys hamiltonii was not recorded from district Charsadda. According to the present data, (2013-2015) N. gangeticus was recorded as 29.76 %, L. punctata as 29.25%, N. hurum as 11.31%, C. indica as 10.01%, P. smithii as 9.87%, P. tectum 6.70% and H. thurjii as 3.10%. In the district of Peshawar, seven species were recorded, Lissemys punctata and Nilssonia gangeticus were common, Nilssonia hurum, Pangshura smithii and Chitra indica were less common, while Pangshura tectum and Hardella thurjii were recorded as rare. Geoclemys hamiltonii was not recorded from this district. According to the present data (2013-2015), L. punctata was recorded as 35.03%, N. gangeticus as 24.07%, N. hurum as 14.87%, P. smithii as 12.52%, C. indica as 09.00%, P. tectum 2.35% and H. thurjii as 2.15%. Seven species were recorded in the Nowshera District. Nilssonia gangeticus and Nilssonia hurum were common; While Lissemys punctata, Pangshura tectum and Pangshura smithii were recorded as less common. Hardella thurjii and Chitra indica were rare. Geoclemys hamiltonii was not recorded in Nowshera district. According to the present data (2013-2015), N. hurum was recorded as 25.39%, N. gangeticus as 22.70%, L. punctata as 17.02%, P. tectum as 13.62%, P. smithii as 12.48%, H. thurjii as 6.10% and C. indica as 02.70%. Only four species were recorded from Mardan Distrct. Lissemys punctata and Nilssonia gangeticus were common, Pangshura smithii was less common, while Pangshura tectum was recorded as rare. Geoclemys hamiltonii, Chitra indica, Nilssonia hurum and Hardella thurjii were not recorded from Mardan District during present study (2013-2015). L. punctata was found abundant among the recorded species and that was 48.66% followed by N. gangeticus (36.90%). P. smithii and P. tectum were recorded as 10.16% and 4.28%, respectively. In the district of Dera Ismail Khan (D. I. Khan), all the eight species of freshwater turtles were recorded, Nilssonia gangeticus was common. The status of Nilssonia hurum, Chitra indica and Lissemys punctata were recorded as less common, while Pangshura smithii, Geoclemys hamiltonii and Hardella thurjii were in intermediate levels. Pangshura tectum was recorded as rare. According to the present data (2013-2015), all the eight species of freshwater turtles of Pakistan were present in Dera Ismail Khan, district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. And Geoclemys hamiltonii was only recorded from this district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Nilssonia gangeticus was found as 35.31%, Nilssonia hurum, 15.34%; Chitra indica, 14.18%; and Lissemys punctata as 12.01%. While Pangshura smithii, Geoclemys hamiltonii, Hardella thurjii and Pangshura tectum were recorded as 8.25%, 7.38%, 5.64% and 1.88%, respectively.