Monday 5 March 2012

Discreet worship

Bismillah Arrahman Arraheem


As-salamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatoh,


Holy Prophet Muhammad  al Mustafā (S.A.W.W) said:

"The worship deserving of the greatest reward is that which is most discreetly performed."

 [Reference:  Qurb al-Isnad, p. 135, no. 475]


Iltemase dua

Dear All,

Salamun Alaykum / Peace be with you


Internationally-renowned Scholar Prof. Seyyed Hossein Nasr (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hossein_Nasr) is visiting London, and will be delivering two lectures on Thursday 8th March, and Friday 9th March (details below).

Places limited so please reserve your place by emailing admin@muslimstudentcouncil.org

Please also forward to your contacts.

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"Islam and The Question of Peace"

Date: Thursday 8th March 2012, 6:30pm

Venue: Imperial College, Huxley LT311, London, SW7 2AZ

More details and synopsis: http://www.facebook.com/events/194442267328677/

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"Islam and The West: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow"

Date: Friday 9th March 2012, 6pm

Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, UCL Cruciform Building, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT

More details and synopsis: http://www.facebook.com/events/175977125847509/

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Organised by the Muslim Student Council, London Academy of Iranian Studies, The International Peace Studies Centre, UCLU Ahlul-Bayt Islamic Society, and Imperial College Ahlul-Bayt Islamic Society

How to work well?

Don’t wait for your manager or your company to change things for you. You too have the power to turn around your work experience. Just changing a few aspects can do wonders for your energy, health and satisfaction levels not just in work but in all aspects of life…try it!



When you meet someone at a party, what’s one of the first questions that you are typically asked? “So, what do you do then?” Work is fast becoming the way in which we define ourselves. It is now answering some of the traditional questions: “Who am I?” and “How do I find meaning and purpose?” Work is no longer just about economics; it’s about identity. About fifty years ago, people had many sources of identity: religion, class, nationality, political affiliation, family roots, geographical and cultural origins and more. Today, many of these, if not all, have been superseded by work.

Work is where we get to employ most of our talents. It’s where we experience some of our greatest triumphs and failures. It’s also the basis for our standard of living. All of this means that, when work is not working for us, we become unproductive and unfulfilled.

Being unhappy at work can make you sick and being happy at work can make you healthier. This sounds like an unlikely claim at first, but it’s perfectly true. Lancaster University and Manchester Business School performed a study in 2005 involving 250,000 employees, which found that low happiness at work is a risk factor for mental health problems, including emotional burn-out, low self-esteem, anxiety and depression. The report warned that just a small drop in job satisfaction could lead to burnoutof considerable clinical importance. Mental stress symptoms like the ones found in the study also increase the risk of physical health issues including ulcers, heart problems and a weakened immune system.

So what is the answer? Well, realistically there is no magic formula; however, there are certainly measures that can be taken to address some of the health issues that occur. Learning to manage personal stress can help considerably, and a better understanding of what we can do to help ourselves is extremely important.

In today’s workplace, wellness is becoming an increasingly topical issue. With terms like stress-related illness and burnout becoming household words, many organisations are increasingly looking for ways to reduce stress and absenteeism.

Having spent the past few years conducting research across a wide range of organisations both in the UK and internationally, I am heartened to see some very responsible actions and transformations taking place. There are some excellent examples of organisations that actively promote healthy practices and raise awareness by providing programmes within the workplace to encourage healthier behaviours.

While some organisations take a more proactive approach to looking after the wellness of their people, individuals also need to be prepared to take more responsibility for themselves. It is not about massive transformations or an unrealistic metamorphosis. It is about an appreciation of the little things that we can do in our everyday lives to improve and balance our overall health. By tackling the little things, which may seem insignificant in isolation, we can stop these mounting up until they become something that we cannot cope with.

One of my key observations is that Workplace Wellness is about taking a holistic approach. It is not really enough to be physically fit and healthy in isolation of other elements that affect you…





Here are few quotes that you may like.



Meaningful Message:
A Tongue Has No Bones.
      But It Can Break A Heart.
It Can Be A Pillar For Building A Broken Heart!

True quote:
Tomorrow Will Come Daily.
  But Today Will Come Today Only.
So Finish Your Today's Work Today Itself.
  And Be Free Tomorrow.

Every Night We Go To Bed,
We Have No Assurance
    To Get Up Alive In The Next Morning
But Still You Have Plans For The Coming Day;
That's Hope!


What Is Forgiveness?
It Is The Wonderful Smell That A Flower Gives......
When Its Being Crushed!

Do You Know
Who Is The Most Sweetest Couple in the World?
SMILE and TEARS. They Meet Rarely.
But When They Meet,
The Moment Becomes UNFORGETTABLE.


What is Success?
When Your  SIGNATURE Changes to
      AUTOGRAPH
That is SUCCESS!

--Richness is
"NOT Earning, Spending or Saving More,
Richness is, WhenYou SPEND MORE
TO THOSE WHO NEEDS MORE ".

"DO to others as would have them do to you"
Many problems would be solved if people
would live by that GOLDEN RULE.
When you live by it,CONSIDERATION
and KINDNESS COME TO YOU."


Salam

Felicitations on the birthday of our 11th Imam Hazrat Hasan Al-Askari (as)



By the grace of Almighty Allah (swt) and Masoomeen (as) and with the help of your ideas and suggestion, new version of “Shia Isna Asheri Toolkit” for Android devices is released.



Following updates and enhancements are done in this version:



1.      New section added, “Selected Quran Surahs” with Arabic, Translation, Transliteration, Description and Audio

Currently only daily recitation surahs are added which includes (Surah-e-Yasin, Surah-e-Rahman, Surah-e-Mulk, Surah-e-Waqiaah & Surah-e-Muzzammil). More surahs will be added in future, InshaAllah.



2.      New feature added,  Trans-li-teration (Arabic in English e.g. Bismilla Hir Rahma Nir Rahim)

This feature is available in duas, ziaraat, quran surahs and taqibaat)



3.      Download option is added in all sections. You can download as many audio files as you want. Once the file is downloaded, it can be played without internet access.

File will be downloaded in external storage only.



4.       New duas are added in “Duas Section”



5.      New ziaraat are added in “Ziaraat Section”



6.      Zoom option is now available in all sections (Arabic, Translation, Transliteration, Description)



7.      “Move to SD Card” option is added.

This option will let you install the application either in device memory or SD card.



8.      Change in internal layout, icons are added instead of buttons.



P.S. The new version is updated on Android App Market, if you have the current version installed then new version should be auto updated, in case for any reason if it doesn’t auto update, you can always do it manually by searching “Shia Toolkit” on app market
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YA ALLAH (ONE N ONLY) !!!

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