FUNCTIONAL STATUS AMONG PATIENTS WITH STAGE III PARKINSON’S DISEASE

Aims Of Study: The purpose of the study was to assess the functional capabilities of patients with Stage III Parkinson's disease (PD). Functional status of PD patients declines due to impaired postural reflexes and characteristic loss of balance which became evident at Stage III thus activities of daily living (ADLs) are compromised as the severity of the disease increases. Methodology:  Descriptive case series was conducted on stage III PD patients (n=64). Patients with age ranges from 45 to 75 years were recruited and patients with other neurological issues were excluded. They were assessed using a Functional independence measure scale having reliability 0.95. Results: Out of 64 patients, 75% required minimal assistance and 9.4% required supervision while performing the ADLs. Whereas, 81% of patients need 2 hours of personal care assistance according to burden of care. Limitations & Future Implications: Only functional status of PD patient is determined no exercise regime or intervention were incorporated to assess their impact on the PD patient functional activities. Thus, future studies should be carried out to find the correlation between aerobic exercises and their impact on PD patient level of functional independence. Originality: Information added was all taken from databases and reduced to similarity index and was not submitted to any other journal. Conclusion: Stage III Parkinson’s disease patient required minimal level of assistance while performing tasks of daily living. However, majority of these patients required 2 hours of personal care assistance on average per day to compete with daily living.

Exegetical Preferences Tarjihat Adopted by Newwabsiddiqhasan Khan in His Commentary Fath Al-Bayanfi Maqasidal-Quran: Collection and Evaluation from Surah Younus to the End of Surah Al-Ankaboot

According to terminology of the Quranic studies, Tarjīh (plural: Tarjīhāt) means preference of a later exegete to one of the many exegetical opinions about a particular verse or set of verses expressed by the previous generations of exegetes.Such preferences of the exegetical opinions give important clues to methodology and the intellectual outlook of a given commentary on the Holy Quran. This research aims at collection and evaluation of the exegetical preferences of Shaykh Nawwāb Siddīq Hasan Khān in his commentary on the Holy Quran titled Fath al-Bayān Fī Maqāsid al-Qur''ān. His exegetical preferences encompass both Tafsīr bi al-Ma’athūr and Tafsīr bi al-Ra’iy and deal with juridical, linguistic, grammatical, theological, and doctrinal issues. He compares different exegetical opinions and expounds their strength and weaknesses in the light of relevant methodological principles and gives his own judgment at the end. In the present study, such methods and principles would be examined and discussed. It would be investigated what are the bases of his exegetical preferences and to what extent these preferences are plausible according to the methods and principles established in the science of Tafsīr. Thus, the study is envisaged to elaborate characteristics and significance of the selected commentary on the Holy Quran.It may be noted that Fath al-Bayān Fī Maqāsid al-Qur''ān is a well-known commentary on the Quran across the Muslim world. Numerous studies have been carried out on Shaykh Nawwāb Siddīq Hasan Khān’s commentary on the Holy Quran titled Fath al-Bayān Fī Maqāsid al-Qur''ān. However, hardly any study focuses on his exegetical preferences which the present study is particularly focusing on. Some of the specific questions that this study seeks to answer are as follows: 1. What are the methodological foundations of the exegetical preferences of Nawwāb Siddīq Hasan Khān in his commentary on the Holy Quran there are preferences in the rulings of S? 2. heikh Al Qannoji? And on what basis he preferred the opinions? And what terminology has been used when giving his favored opinion? And what is the impact of it in general?3. Whether Nawwāb Siddīq Hasan Khān comes up with some novel interpretations o in his commentary on the Quran and simply confines himself to preference ofone or the other previously stated opinions? The research methodology will include collection, study, and assessment of the exegetical preferences given in Fath al-Bayān Fī Maqāsid al-Qur''ān. These preferences would be compared with the opinions on the same verses or issues expressed by other famous scholars of the field like al-Tabarī, al-Rāzī, Ibn al-Arabī, al-Qurtubī, Ibn ‘Atiyyah, al-Zamkhsharī, al-Baydāwī, Abī Hayyān, Ibn Kathīr, alSayūtī, Abū Sa‘ūd, al-Shawqānī, al-Alūsī, al-Qāsimī, Ibn ‘Ashūr, and so on. Then, these opinions would be analyzed and evaluated in the light of established principles of Tafsīr. At the end, either preferences of Nawwāb Siddīq Hasan Khān will be endorsed or their weakness would be pointed out. In short, this research would be inductive, comparative, and analytical in nature.