FLOWRS MAGIZNE JANUARY 2011 EDITION

Dear readers,

Assalam-o-Alaikum. Here’s the January issue in your hands. I am still puzzled with this Holiday Magazine or a monthly one. But still probably will be late. Well, Happy New Year. Hope this year brings happiness and glorious moments and prosperity in our country. Yes, I have to tell another thing, The Flowers Magazine is online. If you want to read it online, log onto http://qintranizami.blogspot.com/

Please leave your comments and up till now two issues are online. One was I think the June one and the second is the special issue, December. Please give your contributions. There are 2 new contributors. Zainab Anwar and Zoha binte Akmal. Zainab Anwar has also designed the title page. Give feedback what you liked or disliked and give suggestions so we could improve the magazine. I hope you like this issue.

Qintra
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AL QURAN & HADITH

Al Quran
We granted Lut wisdom and knowledge, and We rescued him from a town that used to perpetrate despicable acts. They were certainly evil and lecherous people. And we admitted him into Our mercy. He was indeed from among the righteous. (Surah Anbiya 74-75)



Al Hadith
Hazrat Anas Bin Malik R.A said “Rasulullah said, “Spitting in the masjid is a sin, and its expiation is that the spittle should be buried in the Earth.”

Top Ten Masajids of the world with Namazi capacity

· Masjid-e-Haram Sharif Makkah 1350,000
· Masjid-e-Nabvi Madina 798,000
· Masjid-e-makkah Kuala Lampur 538,000
· Masjid-e-Saddiqu-e-Akbar Paris 495,000
· Jamia-e-Umer Farooq Washington 450,000
· Islamic Research Center Workshire 430,000
· Jamia Masjid Dehli 400,000
· Shah Fahad Masjid Riyadh 370,000
· Shah Faisal Masjid Islamabad 295,000
· Jamia Masjid Usmani Mumbai 273,000
By Taha Aamir Nizami

Honesty is the best policy

Peep Peep!
Story Stop!

Honesty is the best policy

Once there was a poor boy in a town. His father was dead. He had a mother and three younger sisters, living. They had no source of income. He tried much to get a job.
One day he was going home, when he saw a money bag lying on the road side. He picked it up and opened it. There was a huge amount of money, 50,000 rupees in it and an address card. He went to his mother and told her. His mother strictly ordered him to return the money bag to the owner. He went to the address and handed the bag to the owner (a mill owner).
The owner was thankful and asked him as to where he worked. The boy told him of his problem. The rich man was too impressed and gave him a job in his mill. Thus the boy got the reward of his honesty and passed many happy days.

Written by Zainab Anwar.

Around the world in each issue

South America
South America covers 17,840,000 km2 with a population of 385,742,554 people. It has 19 countries .It ranks fourth in are and fifth in population. South America's major mineral resources are gold, silver, copper, iron ore, tin, and petroleum. The many resources of South America have brought high income to its countries especially in times of war or of rapid economic growth by industrialized countries elsewhere. South America is home to the world's highest waterfall, Angel Falls in Venezuela; the largest river (by volume), the Amazon River; the longest mountain range, the Andes (whose highest mountain is Aconcagua at 6,962 m [22,841 ft]); the driest place on earth, the Atacama Desert; the largest rainforest, the Amazon Rainforest; the highest capital city, La Paz, Bolivia; the highest commercially navigable lake in the world, Lake Titicaca; and, excluding research stations in Antarctica, the world's southernmost permanently inhabited community, Puerto Toro, Chile. South America’s is predominantly wet and hot. However the large size of the continent makes the climate of South America varied with each region having its own characteristic weather conditions.

Interesting Science History

Al-Beruni
Al Beruni ‘s full name was Abu Rayhan Muhammad in Ahmad. He was born at September 5, 973Khwarazm, Samanid Persia. His main interests were Physics, anthropology, comparative sociology, astronomy, astrology, chemistry, history, geography, mathematics, medicine, psychology, philosophy, theology. He was called as founder of anthropology and indology. He was one of the first exponents of an experimental method of investigation,[8] introducing this method into mechanics[9] and what is nowadays called mineralogy, psychology,[10] and astronomy.[ The crater Al-Biruni on the Moon is named after him. Tashkent Technical University (formerly Tashkent Polytechnic Institute) is also named after Abu Rayhan al-Biruni and a university founded by Ahmad Shah Massoud in Kapisa is named after him.He was born in Khwarazm, then part of the Samanid Empire (modern Khiva, Uzbekistan). He studied mathematics and astronomy under Abu Nasr Mansur. Biruni's works number 146 in total. These include 35 books on astronomy, 4 on astrolabes, 23 on astrology, 5 on chronology, 2 on time measurement, 9 on geography, 10 on geodesy and mapping theory, 15 on mathematics (8 on arithmetic, 5 on geometry, 2 on trigonometry), 2 on mechanics, 2 on medicine and pharmacology, 1 on meteorology, 2 on mineralogy and gems, 4 on history, 2 on India, 3 on religion and philosophy, 16 literary works, 2 books on magic, and 9 unclassified books. He died at December 15, 1048(1048-12-15) (aged 75). He was buried in Ghazni.

Fruits and Vegetables

Carrots
Carrot is a root vegetable, usually orange in colour, though purple, red, white, and yellow varieties exist. It has a crisp texture when fresh. The most commonly eaten part of a carrot is a taproot, although the greens are edible as well. The flowering stem grows to about 1 metre (3 ft) tall. The wild ancestors of the carrot are likely to have come from Afghanistan. Carrots belong to the Umbelliferae family, named after the umbrella like flower clusters that plants in this family produce. As such, carrots are related to parsnips, fennel caraway, cumin and dill. There are over 100 different varieties that vary in size and color. Carrots can be as small as two inches or as long as three feet, ranging in diameter from one-half of an inch to over two inches. Carrots have Vitamin A, Vitamin K , vitamin C, Vitamin E , B1 ,B2 , B3 and B6. Carrots are extremely rich in potassium and contain magnesium, vitamin B6, folic acid, thiamine, and cholesterol reducing calcium pectate. Carrots also have small amounts of carbohydrates, essential oils, iron, copper, phosphorus and sulphur1. Packed with all of these vitamins and minerals, carrots are a very healthy food. Before ending, I will request you to eat carrots as they are important for eyes, besides, have you ever seen a rabbit with glasses?

Poetry - Mother to Son

Well, son, I'll tell you:

Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.

It's had tacks in it,

And splinters,And boards torn up,

And places with no carpet on the floor”Bare.But all the timeI'se been a-climbin' on,

And reachin' landin's,

And turnin' corners,

And sometimes goin' in the darkWhere there ain't been no light.

So,

boy,

don't you turn back.

Don't you set down on the steps.

'Cause you finds it's kinder hard.

Don't you fall now”For I'se still goin', honey,

I'se still climbin',

And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.
Langston Hughes

Tricky riddles

Q1: What's red and smells like blue paint?

Q2: Two women apply for the same job. They both were identical. They had the same birthday same parents. They went to a inspection when the inspecter asked them "Are you guys twins?". They reply "No". How is this possible?

Q3: What do you answer, even though it never asks you questions?
Answers:

1.Red paint. 2.They were triplets.3. Telephone

Computer jokes

What do you call a computer superhero?A Screen Saver.
Why did the computer cross the road?To get a byte to eat.
What do you get if you cross a computer with an elephant?Lots of Memory.

Universe Facts

· The Sun is always losing weight in fact Scientists have worked out that it loses around 4 Million tonnes every second, this is the amount of hydrogen gas that the sun turns into energy every second.

· The universe extents from the Earth for at least 10 Billion Light Years and its probably still expanding

· From Edge To Edge the Milky Way is about 100,000 light years across.
· The Moon is moving slowly away from the Earth at the rate of 3cm per year.

Book review

R.L STINE GOOSEBUMPS
This series, Goosebumps, is not that scary. For kids or those who are frightened of such stories. They are also funny bits in it. There’s a different story in each book. In one book, there is a boy who science-fiction stories. His bedroom Is very small. He disobeys his mother and goes to sleep in the guestroom. He fell into a hole of reality. A new adventure is waiting for him every time he wakes up.
So, read that but not in the night because it can give you goose bumps in dreams.

Q & A

How can leaves change their color?
Trees are ever-green in summer, but when autumn arrives there are many colors of leaves! The green color in leaves is because of chlorophyll present in it. Other colors are also mixed but we can’t see them. The pigment xanthopyll makes yellow color, carotene orange and antocyanin of a brilliant red color. In the summer we see green leave but gradually weather turns colder and colder the food that has been stored away in the leaf by the trees begins to flow out to the branches and trunks. So no more food will be produced and the chlorophyll food factory will disintegrates. The chlorophyll disappears and other pigments become visible and stay on the leaves. In summer, the chlorophyll reappears. This cycle goes on throughout the years.

Things to remember By Zoha Bin-te-Akmal

You may forget with whom you laughed but you’ll never forget with whom you wept. (Arab Proverb)
If the only tool you have is a hammer you lend to see every problem as a mail. (Abraham Maslow)
What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail? (Robert Schyller)
Sometimes a majority simply means that all the fools are on the same side. (Claude Mc Donald)By Zoha Bin-te-Akmal