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1. Al-Fatihah/The Prologue
I seek Allah’s protection
from the satanic, the accursed and evil forces within the human soul and social environment.
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a. I/We begin by the Blessed Name of Allah.
b. The Immensely Merciful to all,
c. The Infinitely Compassionate to everyone.
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All Praise and Gratitude is for Allah alone, while one can never adequately praise HIM and express gratitude.
Rabb - The Lord Creator and the Lord Sustainer of all existence from infinity to eternity.
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Allah - The Immensely Merciful to all,
Allah - The Infinitely Compassionate to everyone.
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a. Allah is the sole and the Supreme Authority on all judgments at the Time of Final Judgment.
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It is YOU alone – O Allah! – we consciously submit to in worship, awe, and reverence, and
it is to YOU alone – O Allah! – we call for help, mercy, and compassion.
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a. Guide us to the righteous approach of understanding and practicing Islam in all its connotations, and set us firmly upon it.
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The approach of those whom YOU favor and bless,
and, not of those who incur YOUR Wrath,
and not of those too who are misguided and lost and are disfavored by YOU.
Amen - O Rabb, The Lord!
Accept our plea!
History comes to us from various agencies not just academics in schools and colleges; but diverse inputs to all those who haven’t studied history, like popular history, through cinema, poetry, folklore, myths, theatre; history has several modes of percolation to society. Also, a kind of history is propagated in an organised manner as is done by organisations as RSS which is a practical approach to history as differentiated from an academic approach to history; the former is more political than the latter though both come with an aspect of politics. History thus has much wider reach than what is taught in schools or colleges.
Murraya exotica, commonly known as orange Jasmine, belongs to the family Rutaceae. It is a popular hedge plant in the tropics and is commonly grown in gardens for its glossy green foliage and large clusters of fragrant flowers. The potential of Murraya exotica has never been fully exploited in Pakistan and very little work has been carried out on the flower and essential oil production of this plant. The present study was therefore carried out to explore the flower production potential of Murraya exotica under local conditions (Faisalabad region) with the aim to explore the crop as a high value non-traditional for value addition through essential oil extraction. Moreover, the standardization of the SCFE technology and comparison of essential oil extraction methods was done to obtain high quality essential oil. The study comprised of five experiments. In the first experiment, the effect of different levels of NPK (17:17:17) and FYM on growth and production of Murraya exotica flowers was investigated. The results indicated that an increase in fertilizer levels caused a significant increase in plant height, number of branches, number of flowers, size of flowers, fresh and dry weight of flowers with maximum values recorded in plants supplied with 20g NPK/plant/month + 4kg FYM. In addition, the same dose also significantly enhanced the nutrients contents (N, P and K) and photosynthetic pigments in the flowers. The super critical fluid extraction (SCFE) technology for the extraction of essential oil of Murraya exotica was optimized in the second experiment. A temperature of 40oC and pressure of 80 bar was found to be optimum for the obtaining the highest quantity and quality of essential oil through SCFE technology. The various methods viz. SCFE, solvent extraction and steam distillation were compared for their efficiency in extraction of essential oil in the third experiment. It was observed that the SCFE was the most economical and suitable method for essential oil extraction of Murraya exotica. Fourth experiment was comprised of the phytochemical analysis of Murraya exotica. It was revealed from the experiment that carbohydrates, phenolic compounds, xv phytosterols, alkaloids, flavonoids and proteins and free amino acids were present whereas fixed oils and fats and saponins were absent. In the fifth experiment, the effect of Alumina-buffered phosphorus (P) fertilizers on growth of Murraya exotica was compared with conventional P fertilizers. The results suggested that low but continuous supply of phosphorus (P) through Alumina-buffered phosphorus fertilizer was better than conventional fertilizers in improving the growth of Murraya exotica.