A Delayed Response

While talking to himself Ibn Al-Jawzi was blaming his soul in a gentle way. He said: I found myself in trouble, and so I made Du'aa consistently, all the while requesting relief and comfort. The response to my Du'aa seemed... to be delayed, and so my soul became disturbed and worried.However, I rebuked it saying, "Woe unto you; look attentively at yourself, are you the one possessed or are you the possessor? Are you the one that is controlled or are you the controller? Are you not aware that this world is the abode of tests for you? If you desire that your goals be fulfilled and become impatient when they are not, then, where is your test? Is it not the ultimate test when you get the opposite of whatever you desired?
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Bit random but I thought i'll share this with you

The Buraq is the animal who took the prophet Muhammed to the heavens during the journey of miraj. He is described as this:

Then a white animal which was smaller than a mule and bigger than a donkey was brought to me." ... "The animal's step (was so wide that it) reached the farthest point within the reach of the animal's sight. ..."

—Muhammad al-Bukhari, Sahih al-Bukhari[1]

Only difference from standard is the of the widgets (weather, clock, Fedora planet etc which was off some website using and they are there through conky.)

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We have always been shown the Dome of the Rock as Masjidul Aqsa, so when they tear down the real Aqsa we wont retaliate simply cos we wont know the difference.

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“Verily, the number of months with Allaah is twelve months (in a year), so it was ordained by Allaah on the Day when He created the heavens and the earth; of them four are Sacred. That is the right religion, so wrong not yourselves therein…” [al-Tawbah 9:36]

Tajweed is about reciting the Quran. there are many different ways of reciting the Quran; as the Quran was revealed in many different dialect but only a few survived until out time.

I do not actually know what the word "tajweed" means literally.

Usually the first thing you (should) learn in tajweed is the articulation points of the letter, but you might find excruciatingly boring to read and it would be better learnt face to face or at least orally with a teacher.

To improve your tajweed i would advice practicing reading the Quran with Khalil al-Hussary. HE reads slowly mashaaAllah.
method: listen to an ayah, repeat until you get it kinda right/you forgot what is sounded like; listen again, repeat until you get it right; listen again if you want.

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He was notoriously reluctant to discuss religion while Prime Minister, with his chief spin doctor Alastair Campbell famously commenting: ‘We don’t do God.’
But since leaving Downing Street in 2007, Tony Blair has become increasingly open about the importance of religion.
Mr Blair, who converted to Catholicism months after leaving Number 10, has now spoken of how he reads the Koran every day.
Reading the Islamic religion’s holy book - considered by Muslims to be the exact words of God - ensured he remained ‘faith-literate’, the former Labour leader said.
In an interview with the Observer magazine, published yesterday he said: ‘To be faith-literate is crucial in a globalised world, I believe.