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Ramadan is a month of heightened consciousness, a month of fasting, of increased worship, spiritual reflection, of philanthropy and compassion. Ramadan encourages the promotion of the spirit of ubuntu, of humanity to others.
Scientology can only be considered a pseudo-religion and as such, it is of no appeal to anyone who is seeking God and the eternal life of happiness He has prepared for His righteous servants in the Hereafter.
As well as bringing water, an essential requirement for living things, to the earth, the rain also has a fertilizing property. Drops of rain which evaporate from the sea and reach the clouds contain certain substances which "revitalize" dead soil. These raindrops with such "revitalizing" properties are called "surface tension droplets."
Among his many achievements, Muadh was one of six men who collected the Quran while Prophet Muhammad was still alive. Due to his vast knowledge, he was appointed to teach the Makkans that converted to Islam en masse after the liberation of Makkah.
Unlike Prayers, charity, and pilgrimage, fasting is an invisible act. According to Islam, only God and the person who is fasting know whether he or she is fasting or not. One may quietly eat or drink something and no one will notice and no one can find out.
When God created the Prophet Adam (peace be upon him), the first man on earth, and his wife, He placed them in Paradise. However, as we are informed by the Qur'an, in Paradise, Adam and his wife were tempted to evil and transgressed God's prohibition.
Qarrah said: That he asked the Ibn Sirin if the companions of the Prophet (PBUH) played jokes on one another. At this he said, "They too were human beings and nothing else."
One rule, put forward by R. A. Fisher, one of the last century's best known geneticists, and based on observations, clearly invalidates this hypothesis. Fisher states in his book The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection that the likelihood that a particular mutation will become fixed in a population is inversely proportional to its effect on the phenotype.1 Or, to put it another way, the bigger the mutation, the less chance it has of becoming a permanent trait within the group.
Nerve cells possess exactly the same design as an electrical cable: Inside are very fine fibers, through which the body’s electrical current passes. Surrounding them is an insulating tissue known as the Schwann sheath, which prevents neurological short circuiting. When the sheath is damaged for any reason—by a virus for example
The Prophet (PBUH) exhorted the Muslims to treat the prisoners so well to such an extent that the captors used to give the captives their bread (the more valued part of the meal) and keep the dates for themselves.
