90. Al-Balad/The City
I/We begin by the Blessed Name of Allah
The Immensely Merciful to all, The Infinitely Compassionate to everyone.
90:01
a. I swear by this City,
90:02
a. and you – O The Prophet - are a resident of this City,
90:03
a. as well as any parent and anyone born of him.
90:04
a. Indeed, WE created human being in stages of difficulty and hardship.
90:05
a. Now that he is in the midst of blessings,
b. does he think that no one will have power over him to hold him accountable?
90:06
a. For he boasts:
b. ‘I have squandered a great deal of wealth!’
90:07
a. Does he think that no one ever watches him with regard to what he has expended?
b. Indeed, Allah watches him all the time!
90:08
a. Have WE not given two eyes to him,
b. to see and recognize the truth?
90:09
a. And a tongue, and a pair of lips,
b. to speak and advocate the truth?
90:10
a. And have WE not showed him the two ways:
b. virtue and vice; good and evil?
Surah 90 * Al-Balad 737
90:11
a. Yet he makes no attempt to the steep/uphill way, i.e., good, virtue.
90:12
a. And what will enable you to comprehend the steep/uphill way?
90:13
a. The setting free of the neck from the burden of bondage or debt,
90:14
a. or, giving food at the time of one’s hunger/impoverishment,
90:15
The history of Muslim Education reveals that there was no difference of materialistic and religious education in the past. However, for the last two centuries, Muslim world divided into many ideologies which consequently produced separate educational institutions for every ideology. In the secular/modern educational institutions, religious and metaphysical studies are missing while, on the other hand, religious seminaries focus on the pure religious education. In such a situation, two kinds of students are graduating from our educational institutions which do not have congruence in practical life with each other. Present Muslim world in dire need of a comprehensive educational system combining the modern secular and religious subjects in an appropriate manner. Currently, if Islamic world is distressed technologically at one hand, it is divided in many sects, on the other. Therefore, acquisition of scientific and religious, both kinds of education are required for Muslims. In the present paper, the responsibilities of Muslim world are discussed to face the current and future challenges from educational perspective in order to portray a true picture of Islam and its followers.
The aim of this study is to testify the affiliation between motivation and employees performance by taking job
satisfaction as mediator in Pakistan International Airlines. In this cross sectional study, about 200 participants
including Officers and Staff of Pakistan International Airlines based at Peshawar were served using
questionnaire technique. Sample of 200 participants were randomly selected. The information so collected was
analyzed using regression & correlation techniques through SPSS.
The research model was including three key variables like motivation (Independent Variable), job satisfaction
(Mediator) and finally employee performance (Dependent Variable). Total three questionnaires were adopted
from various sources and thus utilized for each variable in the research study. Data was then encoded in the
SPSS and similarly reliability analysis was also done during this process.
Regression Analysis was utilized for knowing the prediction of one variable with the other variables while
correlation analysis was materialized to check the association between variables. The results were matching
to the previously research done on this project and showed that there was relationship between independent
and dependent variable of the research model. Likewise the mediating variable also showed a significant
relationship between independent and dependent and also performed as a bridge between independent and
dependent variable of this research project.
The results revealed affirmative correlation between motivation, job satisfaction and employees performance.
Moreover, the results shows that participants are highly motivated which positively influences their job
satisfaction. Consequently, increase in job satisfaction raises the stage of the performance of labor force in
Pakistan International Airlines, Peshawar.