22. Al-Hajj/The Annual Pilgrimage to Makkah
I/We begin by the Blessed Name of Allah
The Immensely Merciful to all, The Infinitely Compassionate to everyone.
22:01
O The People of the World!
Be conscious of your Rabb - The Lord - in reverence, awe, and piety.
Indeed, the earthquake of the Last Hour is going to be a dreadful thing!
22:02
The Time when you all will see it, every nursing mother will be distracted in dread from whom she is nursing, and
every pregnant female will abort her burden of pregnancy prematurely, and
you will see the people as if they were drunk - gone out of their senses because of ensuing fear, while, in fact, they will not be drunk.
They will have been overwhelmed by the dread of Allah’s intense punishment.
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Even still, some from the people dispute Allah, without any knowledge of HIM,
and follow every defiant Satan - satanic impulse with deviant thoughts.
22:04
It is already been decreed that -
Whoever takes him as an ally, i.e., follows any such Satanic impulse,
he will surely mislead him, and guide him to the punishment of the Blazing Fire.
22:05
O The People of the World!
If you are in any doubt about truth of the Resurrection, then consider the fact that,
WE first created you out of dust/earth - as Adam - and
then as his progeny, out of a small drop of male’s and female’s secretion, then from a clinging thing, and then from a lump, formed and unformed, so that WE may make it clear to you.
WE plant in the womb what WE Please – male or female...
Background: Inadequate child feeding practices lead to malnutrition, higher under-five mortality rates and adverse effects on quality of life. This study aimed to assess the breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices of mothers as well as the influence of various sociodemographic factors on them in local families of Lahore. Methods: This is a cross-sectional, descriptive study. It was conducted in CMH (Combined Military Hospital), Lahore in 2018. It comprises a sample of 203 mothers with children of at least two years of age, from various urban areas of Lahore. The subjects were selected on the basis of the inclusion criteria. Mothers with psychiatric illnesses and children with congenital anomalies were excluded from the study. Mothers were approached in the paediatric outpatient departments of four tertiary care hospitals of Lahore. Responses were recorded using a modified version of the Action Contre La Faim (ACF) questionnaire. Independent sample t-test and chi-square test were applied for analysis of the data. Results: Early initiation of breastfeeding within one hour from birth was observed in 83.3% children. Most children were administered colostrum (69.5%). The rate of exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months was 45.3%. A child was being breastfed 8.21 ± 6.67 (mean ± SD) times a day. Maternal educational status, total number of adults in a household, and access to free healthcare were identified as important factors influencing the practice of breastfeeding. Porridge, khichdi, eggs, fruit and yoghurt were the most frequently used complementary foods. Conclusions: A high rate of an early start of breastfeeding and a low rate of exclusive breastfeeding for at least six months were predominant in our population. Administration of colostrum was observed in approximately two-thirds of the study participants. Education of the mother, type of the family system (nuclear or combined), and access to free healthcare strongly influence the breastfeeding practices.
This project was aimed at the synthesis of some chromone derived ligands and their transition metal complexes of biological significance. The ligands 1–17 were synthesized by the reactions of 6,8-dichloro-3-formylchromone and 4-aminobenzoic hydrazide, 4-brmobenzoic hydrazide 4- chlorobenzoic hydrazide, , 4-hydroxybenzoic hydrazide, isonicotinic hydrazide, nicotinic hydrazide, 2,5-dichlorophenylhydrazine, tetraflororophenylhydrazine, 2,5-diflororophenylhydrazine, m-tolylhydrazine hydrochloride, 2,3,5,6- 4-methoxyphenylhydrazine hydrochloride and 4-hydrazinobenzoic acid, semicabazide, 4-phenylsemicarbazide, 4,4- diphenylsemicarbazide, thiosemicarbazide and 4-phenylthiosemicarbazide respectively. The structures of all the ligands were determined by analytical and spectral (IR, 1H-NMR) techniques. These ligands 1–17 were used for synthesizing their copper (II) complexes 18 – 34. All the synthesized metal complexes were characterized by elemental analyses, molar conductance, magnetic moment, IR, electronic spectral and thermal data and were found to be six-coordinated exhibiting octahedral geomatry. The synthesized ligands and their transition metal complexes were screened for their in vitro antibacterial activity against four Gram-negative (Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhi, Shigella flexneri) and two Gram-positive (Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus) bacterial strains by the agar-well diffusion method. The ligands were found to exhibit either no or low to moderate activity against one or more of the bacterial species. Whereas, all the metal complexes exhibited varied activity against different bacteria. The ligands, which were inactive before complexation became active and less active ones became more active upon coordination with copper ions. The complexes 18 - 22, 27 - 28 and 30 - 33 showed comparatively much higher activity. However, the metal complex 34 was found to be the most active one.