Qur’ānic Concept of Divine Mercy Projected through the Pairs of Divine Attributes: A Criterion for Social Amelioration

This paper intends to discuss Qur’ānic concept of Divine Mercy in the light of couples of Divine Attributes mentioned at the end of verses in order to study what standards have been given for the best human conduct and how we may extract guideline and principles for communal amelioration acquiring well-balanced social rhythm. Conversely, what are the conditions and prerequisites that are responsible to make a person deserving and worthy of Divine Mercy as advised by Qur’ānic verses from within the domain of selected pairs. This paper desires to estimate the hypothesis that Divine Mercy gives rise to the better understanding leading towards broad spectrum of the subject theme where social betterment is greatly concerned. Employing analytical method, we may be able to know multiple dimensions regarding human life and its rectification. This study concludes that from the universal message of Divine Mercy each pair demonstrates its unique communication, which may cause to find the details for social amelioration as well as practical evidences concerning the better social milieu, instead of just concentrating upon theories and revolving around the ideas in relation to the concept of mercy. This communication finds that how these pairs mutually addressed the humanity to educate them commendable conduct along with preventive measures, for praiseworthy living. It is recommended that this discourse will provide a data from Islamic weltanschauung concerning Divine Mercy projecting an exclusive comparative stance towards different thoughts and religions.

Outcomes of Extracorporeal Induced Destruction of Urinary Tract Stones by Shock Waves Lithotripsy and its Associated Factors Among Patients at French Medical Institute for Children Fmic , Afghanistan

Background: Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy (ESWL) has now been in clinical use for years and it has replaced other treatment techniques for the treatment of Urinary Tract Calculi. ESWL is a non-invasive method for the treatment of renal and ureteral stones. The current range of its indications includes majority of non-selected urinary stone treatment. It is used among the patients with more complex stones in the urinary tract. It has revolutionized the treatment of urinary calculi and it should be considered the treatment of choice for renal stones smaller than 2 cms. The success rate of this procedure is ranging from 60 to 90% in the available literature. To the best of researcher’s knowledge, no published data related to the outcomes and factors associated with Lithotripsy among patients with Urinary Tract stones is available in Afghanistan context. Objective: The current study is aimed to determine the outcomes of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy in the treatment of urinary tract stones and its associated factors at French Medical Institute for Children, Kabul Afghanistan.Methodology: An analytical hospital based retrospective study design was employed. Records of 293 participants who had undergone Lithotripsy procedure at FMIC hospital with the help of a structured check list was extracted by using purposive sampling. The data was collected from the available records during the period of 2008 to 2015. Chi-square test XII of indepedence was run to identify the factors associated with outcomes of Lithotripsy procedure. Results: Our study findings have identified the overall success rate of Lithotripsy procedure as 68.4%. The findings of the study have also revealed that majority of the participants 51.36% had successful, 5.12% of participants had partially and 43.20% of participants’ stones had incomplete broken stones as an outcome of first time Lithotripsy. Among patients, who had undergone second time Lithotripsy procedure, 60.97% had successful and 39.02 % had unsuccessful broken stones. Factors like gender and size of stone were significantly associated with outcomes of first time lithotripsy in this population. On the other hand, we could not determine any association between successful outcomes and second time lithotripsy. Conclusion: Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy is one of the cheap and non-invasive, procedures which induce fewer complications which can be managed spontaneously in short period of time. The findings of this study and the available literature shows that ESWL is an effective procedure for the management of Urinary Calculi. Our study has reported a success