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Story of Ashab ul Kahf seven sleepers of cave

Cave of Ashabe-Kahf  This is regarded as the cave in which a group of pious youths (equated with the Christian legend of the ‘Sleepers of Ephesus’) sought refuge from a tyrannical pagan king and in which Allah (ﷻ) caused them to sleep for 300 years. Their story is mentioned in the Holy Quran in Surah Kahf. The cave is located in the suburb of Abu Alanda in Amman. In around 250 CE there ruled a Roman king called Daqyanoos (Decius) who would annually hold a gathering dedicated to the worshipping of idols. Many people would attend, dressed in their best clothing. However, one youth believed in the oneness of Allah (ﷻ), the teachings of Isa (upon him be peace) and shunned pagan worship. He rebelled against the practices that were happening in the society. He attracted another youth and then another to form a small group. When the king heard of their rebellion he became very angry and issued a command for them to be killed. In order to save their iman (faith) they fled and went into hid

A New Arabic Text of Mechanics: Sinan ibn Thabit on the Theory of Simple Machines

The Arabic manuscript Orient fol. 3306 preserved at the Staatsbibliothek in Berlin was in its original form a precious collection of Arabic scientific texts of mechanics and optics. It contains a fragment in one folio page consisting in a brief characterisation of the five simple machines: lever, windlass, pulley, wedge, and screw. This short text and is attributed to Sinān ibn Thābit, the son of Thābit ibn Qurra and a known mathematician and physician in Baghdad during the 10th century. It is a new source that has never been studied before. In the following article, we present the Arabic text of Sinan ibn Thabit and its English translation, accompanied with historical and analytical commentaries. by Mohammed Abattouy [1] The Arabic manuscript Orient fol. 3306 preserved at the Staatsbibliothek in Berlin[2] was in its original form a precious collection of Arabic scientific texts of mechanics, containing also two tracts on optics. The original content of the manuscript is given on the f

YOUM-E-WISAL KHALEEFA-E-AWWAL SAIYEDNA ABU'BAKR SIDDIQ رضی الله عنہ

https://youtu.be/5BOR00w7cQk 🌹 Aap ki wiladat 573 A.D. me Makka me hui. 🌹 Aap ke waalid ka naam Hazrat Usman Abu Quhafa ibn Amir aur waalida ka naam Salma bint Sakhar (Ummul Khair) hai. 🌹 Aap Quraish ke Banu Taym kabeele se ta’aaluq rakhte hain. 🌹 Aap ka asl naam Abdullah hai. 🌹 Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddeeq رضی الله عنہ Qabl Az Islam bahut bade Tajir the . 🌹 Aap ek Martaba Mulke Sham gaye to waha ek Khuwab dekha ke Chaand aur Suraj Aasman se neeche utar aaye hai, aur dono Hazrat Abu Bakr ki god me Dakhil hogaye hai… Hazrat Abu Bakrرضی الله عنہ ne dono ko pakad kar seene se laga liya,aur apni chadar Mubarak upar daldi…Sub’h ko aap bedar huwe to us Ajeeb-o Gareeb Khuwab ki Ta’abeer puchh ne ek Rahib ke pas gaye,us Rahib ne sara Khuwab sunkar puchha! Aap ka naam kya hai kaha ke rahne wale hain aur kaunse Qabeela ke hain? Farmaya : Mera Naam Abu Bakr hai,Makkah ka Rahne wala hu aur Bani Hashim se hu! Rahib ne poochha: aur kaam kya karte ho? Farmaya : Tijarat karta hu! Rahib n

When the World was Upside Down: Maps from Muslim Civilisation

We tend to take many things for granted. Today, we are equipped with numerous means of communication and transport over land, sea and air. We have such freedom to swiftly travel around the globe, so much so that we tend to travel far and wide without ever considering the immense contributions others have made for our convenience. Great scholars from Muslim Civilisation, indeed, turned the world upside down with their maps; not just metaphorically but world maps once were literally upside down (with south dipicted at the top). A map does not just chart, it unlocks and formulates meaning; it forms bridges between here and there, between disparate ideas that we did not know were previously connected.”  Reif Larsen [1] In today’s digital world, it appears as if every square inch of our planet has been mapped and recorded. Due to significant progressions in communication and travel, we tend to take much for granted. We would only have to look back to a time before the 20 th  century, when t