34. Saba/Sheba
I/We begin by the Blessed Name of Allah
The Immensely Merciful to all, The Infinitely Compassionate to everyone.
34:01
a. The Praise and Gratitude is for Allah – the One and Only God of everyone and everything,
b. The One to WHOM belongs whatever is within the celestial realm and whatever is within the terrestrial world, and
c. the Praise be to HIM in the realm of the Hereafter.
d. And HE is All-Wise, All-Aware.
34:02
a. HE Knows whatever goes into the earth and whatever comes out of it, and
b. whatever comes down from the heaven, and whatever goes up into it.
c. HE is The Compassionate, The Forgiving.
34:03
a. And yet those who disbelieve say:
b. ‘The Last Hour will never come upon us.’
c. Say:
d. ‘Yes, indeed, it will!
e. By my Rabb - The Lord - The Knower of all that is beyond the reach of our senses and
perception,
f. it will certainly come upon you.
g. There is nothing even the weight of a speck in the celestial realm and the terrestrial world that escapes HIS Knowledge.
h. As also there is nothing even smaller than that or bigger but it is in a Clear Book.’
34:04
a. Thus HE keeps track of everything so that HE may reward those who believe and practice righteousness.
b. It is they for whom will be forgiveness and a generous provision in the Paradise.
34:05
a. As for those who challenge and strive against OUR Messages in the Qur’an,
b. seeking to undermine them and thwart their purpose,
c. those - for them will be a painful punishment...
The political discourse plays an essential role in shaping the perceptions and ideologies of people. The present research, titled ‘Discursive Functioning of Parts of Speech in Political Parties’ Manifestos’, focuses on the role of the discursive use of the parts of speech in Pakistani political parties’ manifestos, pertaining to the general election of 2013. The research is aimed at the linguistic analysis of the political discourse presented in the parties’ manifestos, focusing on parts of speech. The Van Dijk Socio Cognitive Model (1998) and Tajfel’s and Turner’s Social Identity Approach (1979) have served as the theoretical framework for this study. Corpus-based methodology was used for the Critical Discourse Analysis of the five political parties selected on the basis of popularity. The research revealed that all political parties studied used different parts of speech as a discursive strategy to frame positive images of their own party and negative images of the other parties. This was done by the parties in order to transform people’s ideology and identities in their own favor.
The genes encoding milk proteins possess polymorphic forms which greatly influence the composition of raw milk and dairy products manufactured. The major milk proteins directly influencing the milk properties are whey proteins and caseins. The β-LG protein from whey fraction and κ-Casein from the casein complex are the most commonly studied milk proteins in different dairy animals worldwide. Several genetics variants of both proteins have been found associated with milk yield, total milk protein and fat contents as well as manufacturing properties of milk. Polymorphisms in β-LG and κ-casein gene CSN3 have been extensively studied in cattle; however, not much work has been reported in goats Present study was designed to identify polymorphisms in β-LG and CSN3 in Beetal and DDP goats of Pakistan and associations of identified variants with milk components were also explored. For genetic analysis, DNA was extracted from blood and quantified spectrophotometrically. The polymorphisms in β-LG were explored using PCR-RFLPs while CSN3 exon IV was sequenced and genotypes determined based on Prinzenberg et al., 2005 nomenclature. Total milk proteins and whey protein contents were estimated spectrophotometrically and casein protein contents determined. The total milk fat contents were estimated by Gerber’s method. The β-LG protein isoforms were also identified in both goat breeds through SDS-PAGE. Our results showed that β-LG AA genotype is most prevalent in both goats. The β-LG AA genotyped animals had higher total protein contents in milk while high fat contents were found in the milk of animals with BB genotype. Three β-LG protein isoforms with genotypes; AA, AB and BB were identified. The frequency of A allele protein variant was significantly higher in both goat breeds xvii while heterozygous AB genotype was the most prevalent one. However β-LG protein isoforms lacked any association with milk yield and composition. At CNS3 locus, Beetal carries A genotype whereas, DDP carried D genotype. The haplotypes revealed five polymorphisms, one silent c.245T>C whereas others were missense mutations; c.247A>G, c.309G>A, c.471G>A and c.591T>C. The CNS3 genotype A in corresponds to protein variant A and D to B. The variant protein B, prevalent in DDP goats, is found to be more economically beneficent in terms of cheese production. Daily milk yield and total milk fat contents were significantly elevated in Beetal goat. In conclusion, polymorphism exists in the β-LG and CNS3 genes as well as in β-LG protein in Beetal and DDP goats of Pakistan. At β-LG locus, A allele is dominant in both goats whereas at CNS3 locus A allele is dominant in Beetal and D in DDP. The genetic findings could be employed in future to explore suitable candidates for quality dairy products manufacture.