How Holy Quran Memorization affects our memory:

Dear Friends , Assalam-u-Alaikum, one post-doctoral Scholar (Dr Mukaila Alade Rahman, from Lagos State University, Nigeria ) joined my lab to perform research on how Holy Quran Memorization affects our memory, between 2016 and 2017. We performed detailed experimentation by obtaining MRI scans of more than 60 Huffaz etc, at Armed Forces Institute of Radiology (AFIRI), Military Hospital, Rawalpindi , thanks to Lieutenant General (Retd) Imran Majeed (VC, NUMS) and Major General Shamrez Khan (Commandant AFIRI). The funding for this project was obtained from TWAS (The World Academy of Sciences, Italy). The results were analyzed jointly with experts from University of Edinburgh, UK. The results show that memorizing Holy Quran makes our brains 'healthier' and less vulnerable to many memory related diseases!! I am glad that the results have now been published in a European Neurosciences journal (paper attached). This is a unique research, never performed any where in the world using MRI scans(to the best of our knowledge) , analyzing the structural information in the human brain with MRI! I am grateful to the whole of my research group who had been pivotal in this research study (www.miprg.com) ! It was a great Teamwork to convince volunteers for MR exams, transporting them to AFIRI and many other 'logistics', its never so easy at COMSATS!! I invite you to go through the paper, you will enjoy it Insha Allah. Also please share this very special research with your friends! Jazak Allah

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We do not know when death is going to come to us and we meet Allah:

Story about a fisherman. There was a Fisherman who was very hardworking in his job. He used to go for fishing whenever he needed fish. The fish would stay in the house till when its over and he would go for fishing again. One day... When the wife of the fisherman was cutting the fish which her husband brought home... She saw something that was unusual. She saw a pearl in the stomach of the fish. She was surprised. A pearl... in the stomach of the fish??? Subhanallah! My husband . .my husband...come and look what I found!!! What?!!! Its a pearl. A pearl!!! ___________________ The fisherman took the pearl. He went to his neighbour who sells pearls. The neighbour stared at it and said, "No, I can't buy it. Its value cannot be estimated. But you can go to the Manager of sellers in the neighbouring village maybe he can buy it from you." So he went with his pearl to the manager and told him the story. He said, "O my brother, whatever I own cannot buy thi...

Speaking in soft positive manner would not cost you anything but would enchant those you speak to and get rid of any ill feelings:

There was once a king who saw in a dream that all his teeth had fallen out. He called a dream-interpreter, told him what he saw in the dream, and asked him to interpret it. When the interpreter heard the dream, his complexion changed and he began to repeat, “Allāh’s refuge is sought! Allāh’s refuge is sought!” The king became worried and asked, “What is the interpretation of my dream?” The interpreter said, “After many years pass, your wife and children will die and you will be all alone in your kingdom!” The king screamed, became furious, and began to hurl abuses and insults. He then ordered that the interpreter be imprisoned and called another interpreter, related to him what he saw in the dream and asked him for its interpretation. The dream-interpreter smiled and said, “Glad tidings, dear king!” The king said, “What is the interpretation of the dream?” The interpreter said, “It means that you will live for very long – so long that you will be the last of your family to die, an...

Animals which have been named in the Quran; the birds and insects of which are:

- Approximately 35 animals have been named in the Quran; the birds and insects of which are: Salwa (سلوی)=The quail (Baqarah:57), Ba’uth (بعوض)=Mosquito (Baqarah:26), Dhubab (ذباب)=Fly (Hajj:73), Nahl (نحل)=Honeybee (Nahl:68), Ankabut (عنکبوت)=Spider (Ankabut:41), Jarad (جراد)=Grasshopper (A’raf:133), HudHud (هدهد)=Hoopoe (Naml:20), Ghurab (غراب)=Crow (Ma’idah:31), Ababil (ابابیل)= probably ‘Swallow’ (Fil:3), Naml (نمل)=Ant (Naml:18), Farash (فراش)=Butterfly (Al-Qari’ah), Qummal (قمّل)=Flea (A’raf:133). Also, other animals have been mentioned in the Quran which are as follows: Qirdah (قرده)=Monkey (Baqarah:65), Bighal (بغال)=Mule (Nahl:16), Ghanam/Na’jah/Dha’n/Ma’z (غنم/نعجه/ضأن/معز)=Sheep (An’am:143-146 and Sad:23-24), Dhi’b (ذئب)=Wolf (Yusuf:15), Ba’ir (بعیر) and Jamal (جمل)=Camel (Yusuf:65; A’raf:40…), Qaswarah (قسورة)=Lion (Muddathir:51), Kheyl (خیل)/Jiyad (جیاد)(plural of جواد)/Saf...

Clean heart:

1. “How strange some people are! They attach great importance to their faces because people look at it and so they clean it from filth, but give no heed to their hearts, to which Allaah looks at.” Shaykh Muhammad al Munajjid خفطه الله 2. Rasoolullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam ne (ek martaba ek sahaabi ko) apni zabaane mubaarak pakad kar farmaaya ke mujhe sab se ziyaada khatra is (zabaan) se hai. (Trimizi : 2410) ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖

💯 Kind words from Quran and Hadith- part 1:

1. Maan baap ke saath achchha sulook karo, aur rishtedaaron, yateemon, miskeenon, qareeb waale padoosi, door waale padoosi, paas baithhne (ya khade rehne) waale shakhs, musaafir aur apne gulaam baandiyon ke saath bhi (achchha bartaao karo). (Sura-e-Nisa: 36) ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 2. Takabbur karne waala aur bad akhlaaq Jannat mein daakhil nahin hoga. (Abu Daaood: 4801) ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 3. Tum mein sab se achchhe woh log hain, jo apni biwiyon ke saath achchha bartaao karte hai. (Tirmizi: 1162) ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 4. Aadmi ke jhoota hone ke liye yahi kaafi hai ke woh jo kuchh sune (bila tahqeeq) use bayaan karta phire. (Muslim: 7) ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ 5. Jo shakhs (kisi ke liye) koi achchhi sifaarish karta hai us ko us mein se hissa...

⭕ Kufr wa Shirk ⭕

*❧ Allah Ta’ala ki sifaat mein shirk:* ❧ Allah Ta'ala ki sifaat mein shirk ka matlab yeh hai ke jo sifaat Allah Ta'ala ke saath khaas hain, un ko kisi doosre ke liye maanna jaise Allah Ta'ala ke alaawa kisi ko rozi dene waala aur aulaad dene waala samajhna, kisi Nabi aur wali ke baare mein yeh aqeeda rakhna ke un ko khuda ki tarah gaib ki tamaam baaton ka ilm hai, Allah Ta'ala ki tarah kisi doosre ko ibaadat ka mustahiq samajhna aur us ke liye ibaadat ka koi fel karna jaise kisi qabr par ya kisi buzurg ke saamne sajda karna, kisi paigambar aur wali ke naam ka roza rakhna aur un ke naam par jaanwar zabah karna wagaira wagaira. ❧ Gunaahon mein kufr-o-shirk sab se bade gunah hain, kufr-o-shirk toba ke bagair hargiz maaf nahin hote, kufr-o-shirk ki haalat mein marne waala hamesha Jahannam mein rahega. ❧ Qur‘aan Majeed mein Allah Ta'ala ne shirk ke baare mein farmaaya: “Beshak Allah Ta'ala shirk ko maaf nahin karega aur is ke alaawa ji...

A dua from a parent to their children:

Let us all pray for our children with this long dua. A POWERFUL DU'A FOR CHILDREN! In the name of Allah, the most Beneficent, the most Merciful! All praises are for Allah SWT, the most Compassionate, the most Forgiving. Salutations and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad SAW, his family and companions. Oh Allah, I submit myself to You. I realise that parenting a child is a very difficult task and I turn to You in humility for Your help. I implore You for Your wisdom and guidance. Oh Allah, I know that our children are an amaanat from You, to care for and to raise in a manner that is pleasing to You. Help me do that in the best way. Teach me how to love in a way that You would have me love. Help me where I need to be healed, improved, nurtured, and made whole. Help me walk in righteousness and integrity so that You may always be pleased with me. Allow me to be a God-fearing role model with all the communication, teaching, and nurturing skills that I may need. Oh Allah, You know ...

The test of patience and Prophet Ayyoob (عليه السلام)

A piece of advice to our brothers and sisters especially in these times, read and ponder over the story of Prophet Ayyoob (عليه السلام). He had good health, big family, then he was tried with sickness and poverty for 18 years! And the loss of his family except his wife. "And (remember) Ayyoob, when he cried to his Lord: "Verily, distress has seized me,& You are the Most Merciful of all those who show mercy. So We responded to him & removed what afflicted him of adversity." (21:83) He called upon his Lord directly and His Kind Lord answered him. Allaah تعالى described His noble Prophet- Ayyoob (عليه السلام) in His saying: إِنَّا وَجَدْنَاهُ صَابِرًا ۚ نِّعْمَ الْعَبْدُ ۖ إِنَّهُ أَوَّابٌ "Truly! We found him patient. How excellent (a) slave! Verily, he was ever oft-returning in repentance (to Us)!" (38:44) Imām 'Abdur Rahmān As-Sa'dee (رحمه الله) mentioned, ..."Ayyoob (عليه السلام) became an example for the patient ones, a co...

Muslim Women at home are doing a wonderful job:

Women and household work ! 🌶🍅🌶🍅🌶🍅🌶🍅🌶🍅 To all of my believing sisters out there who feel “ being stuck at home “ with child rearing and cooking and cleaning day in and day out .... who feel their productivity and creativity is withering away , who feel there is a lot to do out there like going for hifz classes , attending lectures , volunteering for dawah activities and other ways by which they can gain Allah subhaanahu wa taala s pleasure .... Do you feel there is less opportunities at home for acquiring great rewards ? Then let me remind you of 2 great women of Paradise ... Khadijah and Fatimah , may Allah be pleased with them both ... Khadija , (R) was not a scholar of Hadith like , Aisha (R) ... she has not related a single Hadith, nor has she participated in any battle of Islam ... Then what are her achievements , of course being the first convert is the be...

We need to go back to these core teachings and examples of Islam and similarly strive for achieving an ethical and moral society, wherever we live:

- Assalamualaikum, For those who can drop their 21st century cultural baggage and read this sermon in its own historical context, one can’t help but admire it as one of the earliest declarations of human rights in written history. Almost everything Muhammad SAWS says in this prophetic sermon was almost unheard of and inconceivable prior to the arrival of Islam. The Prophet of Islam addresses some of the core universal values in a society where those values are long forgotten and violated in a systemic basis. The Prophet didn’t only say but transformed his society, in a very short period of time, remarkably in all the values and lessons that he talks about. In this sermon of Muhammad SAWS, Muslims find their deep commitment to the universal human values such as sacredness of life and property, equality, justice, peace and more. Upon these high universal values, the religion of Islam was built. We still have so much to learn from this 1,440-plus-year-old cry and we are so much...

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