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My Visit To The Taj Mahal

I remember being in Agra way back in 1985 on a marketing trip. Got laid down with a  gastrointestinal problem. A good Samaritan took me to a doctor who injected some antibiotics into me.

I had to leave for Jaipur by 4 pm.
Burning with fever, still I entered the sanctum of The Taj Mabal and beheld it's beauty on a hot afternoon. 

I was alone. Could not make a detailed visit of this splendid monument to love. Nor could I see it in  moonlight.

Yet despite the burning eyes and debilitating effects of antibiotics i went and paid my respects to the lovers.

Had I left Agra without seeing the Taj Mahal I would never have forgiven myself for it

Cancer post of FB

In honour of my aunt and the  spirit to fight it in ways more than one.

The evils of
casteism
racism
apartheid 
inequalities of income
hunger
poverty
cruelty to animals
economic oppression

subjugation by mind control and cerebral engineering

crimes of war
and against women and children 
insensitivity and deprivation of the rights and needs of special needs challenged and autistic persons....

the homeless
The sick ...
The elderly......

and so many countless malaise afflicting  endemic civilisation like cancer - spreading and debilitating humankind

"Cancer is very invasive and destructive to our bodies, even after treatment is finished your body continues to fight with itself trying to rebuild all the damage caused by chemo and radiation. It's a long process. Please, in honour of some of your family members or friends who died or are fighting cancer, or even those who had cancer but are healed, please copy and paste on your page."

I Could Have Been One Of The Fifty Two

In the early morning of the fateful day of the Elphinstone Bridge tragedy I was planning to travel from Mahalaxmi to Kurla by the local trains.

I was up early and Rukaiyas as usual was sleeping. Since the past week or so I was considering the visit as my 65 year old special needs sister's diapers stock was dwindling and I had finally made up my mind to buy them from a whole seller in Kurla.

I would have caught a train from Mahalaxmi and changed lines at Elphinstone- Parel station and used the same bridge to cross over at about the same time.

But I got into some household chores and got delayed and then Rukaiyas woke up
Bathed clothed and fed her.

And although I had received news of the horrific tragedy, I decided to go with Rukaiya in tow. But boarded a local train from Byculla going directly to Kurla. As we passed Parel caught a glimpse of the ill-fated bridge.

A wave of horrific grief made me shudder. A video of images of the morning's tragedy rolled across in my mind.

I Could Have Been One Of The Fifty Two who died or were injured in the morning

"Jazak Allah OR Jazakallah Khair "?

Understanding Grammar Behind The word Jazakallah.

Jazaak comes from the root word Jazaa which according to the popular Arabic-English dictionary, Al-Mawrid, has two meanings that are completely opposite to eachother!

⚫Thus Jazaa can either mean reward OR punishment.

⚫So :"JazakAllah" can may either mean " May Allah reward you" or punish you, while "JazakAllah Khair" means ... " May Allah reward you with the Best / Good."

⚫So the correct way is to say Jazak Allah Khair & not just Jazak Allah. Though someone might say that the intention by saying Jazak Allah is the same like Jazak Allahu Khayran, if its so, then why not use the complete wordings as used by prophet(pbuh) and the sahabas?
which is Jazak Allahu Khayran !

⚫Jazak Allahu Khair depending on situation:
Masculine: Jazak Allahu Khair
Feminine: Jazaki Allahu Khair
Plural: Jazakum Allahu Khair.

Substitute for Jazakallah Khair is BarakAllahu Feek ( "May the blessings of Allah be upon you.").

⚫How to Reply to Those who says Jazakallahu Khair to you:

1⃣ Wa Antum Fa Jazakumullahu Khayran meaning "And you too, May Allah reward to with Khayr".
Evidence from Sunnah: Usayd ibn Hadayr (sahabi) says: I said: O Messenger of Allah ﺟﺰﺍﻙ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﺧﻴﺮﺍ Jazaakallahu Khayran.
The Prophet(pbuh) said: ﻭَﺃَﻧْﺘُﻢْ ﻓَﺠَﺰَﺍﻛُﻢُ ﺍﻟﻠَّﻪُ ﺧَﻴْﺮًﺍ Wa Antum Fa Jazakumullahu khayran (And you too, May Allah reward to with Khayr).
[Albaani has said that the Hadeeh is Saheeh in al-Saheeha 3096, al-Ta'leeqaatul hisaan al Saheeh ibn Hibbaan 6231].

2⃣ Wa Iyyakum (ﻭﺇﻳﺎﻛﻢ)” meaning “And goodness to you also”.
This is the one the common message used by people.
Muslims can use this phrase sometimes, and abandon it sometimes, but they must not cling to it as if it is an established Sunnah of the Messenger since there is no evidence related to it.

⚫Conclusion:

The correct sunnah is not to say thanks or shukran rather its to say Jazakallahu Khair or BarakAllahu Feek. And should be replied with Wa Antum Fa Jazakumullahu Khayran.
Lets revive this sunnah in our lives Insha Allah & motivate others to do the same.

And Allah knows best.

The-four-brand-new-folds-of-indian-foreign-policy by Mamta Rawat

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