9. Al-Tawbah/The Immunity
I seek Allah’s protection
from the satanic, the accursed and evil forces within the human soul and social environment.
09:01
a. This is a declaration of immunity from Allah and HIS Messenger to those of the polytheists with whom you have a treaty.
09:02
O the polytheists!
You can move about freely in the land for the next four months,
but know that you can never escape the Power of Allah,
and that Allah can always humble those who will dishonor this treaty.
09:03
Here is a proclamation from Allah and HIS Messenger to all people gathered on this Great Day of the Hajj -
that Allah is not bound by any treaty with the polytheists, and so is HIS Messenger.
So, if you would only repent of disbelief, it will be better for you,
but if you turn away, then know that you can never escape the Power of Allah.
So give the good news to those who insist on disbelief of an awful punishment.
09:04
However, the exception is for those of the polytheists with whom you have a treaty,
and they have
neither failed you in anything,
nor assisted anyone against you.
So as for those who fulfill your treaty/obligations and comply with them to the end of their term of the treaty.
Indeed, Allah loves those who are mindful of their obligations in complying with the foregoing Injunctions.
09:05
But once these four sacred months of truce are over,
then slay the polytheists wherever you find them, and
arrest them, and
besiege them in their settlements, and
ambush them at every likely place of ambush.
However,...
Gog and Magog Interpretations by Modern Scholars and its Application on Contemporary Nations: An Analytical Study According to the Islamic point of view Gog and Magog (Ya’jūj Ma’jūj), are two such supernatural and aggressive powers that will reveal from some unknown place. According to Islamic sources the two disbelieving powers (tribes) are the children of Yāfith son of Noah. Humanity will affect badly at their severely harmful activities on the earth. In the beginning they were free into some unknown place. The famous king Dhulqarnayn imprisoned them behind an unknown thick wall in human history. There are many conjectures regarding the wall, and it is sometimes considered in any Norwegian country because of too long duration of sunrise in these countries. Their population will be 10 times more than the World’s populations. They will be so much trouble creating nation from the race of Noah (A.S) even Isa (Christ) will take refuge on the mountain of Toor and Muslims will pray Allah to get rid of them. Today some modern Islamic researchers have been claiming that they are in fact, Chines or Russians as we find their resemblance in prophet's traditions. In this article, an attempt has been made to unveil the disputed matter that either they exist in current age in form of living peoples or some hidden which will be revealed before the end of time. The purpose of this research is to revisit different speculations about Gog and Magog as we find them also into the Bible. Many Muslims research took effect from Bible’s concept ignoring the traditions of the prophet and find out many different solutions which, according to me are to be seen into the true and clear facts by Quran and Sunnah.
Tomato is one of the most demanding crops in terms of water and fertilizer inputs. To meet irrigation water demand, growers use surface and ground water resources. These resources are in decline. Realizing the importance of water, tomato yield under deficit irrigation regimes, and different Nitrogen (N) levels, was studied during 2015 and 2016 at the research farm of the University of Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan, using factorial arrangement of randomized complete block design (RCBD). These factors were four irrigation levels; full irrigation (I0), 15% deficit (I15), 30% deficit (I30) and 45% deficit (I45); and four nitrogen doses;100% of recommended dose (120 kg ha-1) (N100), 85% of recommended dose (N85), 70% of recommended dose (N70) and 55% of recommended dose (N55). Frequency Domain Reflectometry (FDR) was used for soil moisture monitoring. Io was based on 30% of management allowed deficit. Current study results indicated that deficit irrigation (I15, I30 and I45) had significant effect (P<0.05) on plant height, number of fruits per plant, leaf area index (LAI), total yield, marketable yield, water productivity, nitrogen uptake, Potash uptake (K) and Nitrogen use efficiency (NUE). Compared to I45, full irrigation enhanced, number of fruits per plant, LAI, total yield, marketable yield, N uptake, K uptake and NUE by 34, 30, 24, 25, 13, 15.5 and 24%, respectively. Water productivity was 25.8% higher for I45 compared to I0. Effect of deficit irrigation on dry-to-fresh weight ratio, days to 50% flowering, individual fruit weight and Phosphorous (P) uptake was found to be non-significant. Effect of Nitrogen doses number of fruits per plant, LAI, total yield and NUE was found to be highly significant. However, the effect on dry-to-fresh weight ratio, plant height, days to 50% flowering, individual fruit weight, marketable yield, water productivity and NPK uptake were found to be non-significant. Maximum dry-to-fresh weight ratio (0.83) was recorded for N70, maximum plant height (77.7 cm) was obtained under N85, maximum number of days to 50% flowering (42.3) were recorded for N100, highest individual fruit weight (66.6 g) was obtained in N85, while P uptake (10.2 kg ha- 1) was obtained in N85 and maximum NUE (414) was recorded for N55. Recommended dose of Nitrogen (N100) enhanced number of fruits per plant (12.6%), LAI (22.8%), total yield (8%), marketable yield (6.9%), water productivity (6.3%), N (5.3%) and K uptake (9.8%) compared to N55. Deficit irrigation increased the risk of fruit damage in tomato plants. Water productivity decreased with increasing irrigation levels. Nitrogen and potash uptake were increased with increasing irrigation levels, while phosphorous uptake was not significantly affected. Increasing irrigation and Nitrogen doses increased the risk of nitrate leaching beyond the root zone, making it unavailable for plant uptake. Full irrigation and Nitrogen (120 kg ha-1) is recommended for higher total yields, however, 45% less nitrogen can be applied through a drip irrigation system without compromising marketable yield. In areas where water is a scarce commodity, highest water productivity can be achieved with 45% deficit irrigation. Simulation of Nitrate leaching with HYDRUS-1D showed that with decreased irrigation levels below field capacity, and with the recommended dose of Nitrogen, nitrate leaching was higher than with reduced Nitrogen doses and full irrigation. Increasing irrigation levels above field capacity with recommended dose of Nitrogen showed higher nitrate leaching than increasing Nitrogen doses above recommended dose of Nitrogen and full irrigation. HYDRUS-1D can be efficiently used for nitrate leaching simulation.