was the biggest langar used to take place. * He kept a roza for his whole life AMIR KHUSRAO * He was a businessman‚ poet‚ scientist‚ and musician. Excelled in all the fields. * Invented Tabla and Sitar. * Known as the father of Urdu language. * Died after 6 months of the death of his pir. * When a saint dies‚ the day is celebrated. Belief- “When a saint dies‚ he is said to be united with his beloved(God)” * Qawali was originally known as Sama TOMB OF AMIR KHUSRAO
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slowly turned miserable as the Taliban slowly invaded SWAT. More people lived under fear‚ especially the women. However‚ Malala wasn’t scared; she spoke out against them. She volunteered after overhearing a conversation between her father and a BBC Urdu reporter. “... his friend [her father] Abdul Hai Kakar‚ a BBC radio correspondent based in Peshawar … was looking for a female teacher or school girl to write a diary about life under the Taliban … When I overheard my father talking about this‚ I said
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Pakistan in 1971 and the formation of Bangladesh‚ Pakistan accepted a large number of Biharis (known as "Stranded Pakistanis") loyal to the country‚ trapped in Bangladesh and offered them citizenship. The Bihari migrants assimilated into the diverse Urdu-speaking Muhajir population. Some Bengalis in Pakistan also stayed behind. Karachi’s status as a regional industrial centre attracted migrants from other parts of Pakistan as well‚ including Punjab‚ Balochistan andPashtun migrants from the frontier
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called ’tajwid’ or ’tartil’. Participation in recitation‚ whether as a reciter or listener‚ is itself an act of worship. I get up early in the morning. After offering the morning prayer‚ I recite a few verses from the Holy Quran and study the Urdu paraphrase of these verses. These inform me about the tenets of Islam. These tell me how to please Allah. These warm me against malignancy. Thus these verses teach me the spiritual‚ social and legal codes of conduct. In short‚ the Holy Quran
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Pakistan (Urdu: اِسلامی جُمہُوریۂ پاكِستان‚ Islāmī Jumhūriya-ē Pākistān‚pronounced [ɪsˈlɑːˌmi d͡ʒʊmˈɦu.riə-ˌeː ˌpɑː.kɪsˈt̪ɑːn])‚ is a sovereign country in South Asia. With a population exceeding 180 million people‚ it is the sixth most populous country in the world. Located at the crossroads of the strategically important regions of South Asia‚ Central Asia and Western Asia‚ Pakistan has a 1‚046-kilometre (650 mi) coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered
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the most accomplished young man in the subcontinent. Apart from their lives‚ there are many points of resemblance in the works of Milton and Iqbal. In poetry‚ both wrote in two languages‚ Milton writes in Latin and English while Iqbal in Persian and Urdu. Milton contains the illusions of Hebrew History‚ Greek Mythology‚ and Iqbal to Islamic History. Milton’s language shows the Latin solidity‚ while Iqbal’s language always has energy of Arabic words and phrases. Milton wrote his master pieces “Paradise
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and gave Islam a definite influence in Southeast Asia. With the rise of Islam in Africa and Asia‚ new cultural steps were taken. The most significant one is that of literacy. The Arabic language‚ in addition to Persian and the new Persian-influenced Urdu languages were being spread. Timbuktu and Delhi became important centres for Muslim learning‚ both creating a profitable book trade. Increased wealth brought increased trade along the Indian Ocean Maritime Network from 1200 to 1500. A popular ship
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One aspect that stands out to be the utmost dominant in the means of varying my idiolect is social networking. Abbreviations like “LOL” and “ROFL” appear to be making their way into everyday teenager dialects around the world including mine. I have noticed that I currently use “LOL” often to let others recognise when I find something humorous. What I perceive from this is that I only use this abbreviation around my friends primarily because of the formal and informal parting of my idiolect between
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AQ Khan‚ the man behind Pakistan ’s nuclear programme. (Photo: Reuters) There is nothing much unusual about armed guards outside the houses in my quiet‚ neat neighbourhood of Islamabad. These are the homes of retired generals‚ well-connected politicians and international aid workers‚ all of whom might be targets for Pakistani extremists. But one house stands out. Instead of frail‚ elderly guards armed with shotguns‚ one house is ringed by uniformed police officers with AK-47s. Roadblocks control
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INTRODUCTION : The Kaaba likewise alluded as Kaaba Muazzama‚ is a building at the focal point of Islam’s most sacrosanct mosque. Al-Masjid al-Haram in Makkah in Saudi Arabia is the most holy site in the world of Islam. It is viewed as the "place of Allah". Where ever the Muslims are on the planet they are relied to face Kaaba while performing Salat and this facing of Kaaba during Salat is referd as Qibla. This House of Allah is also called Bait Allah. It was first made by Hazrat Ibrahim and His
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