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.