Arabic Between Your Hands العربية بين يديك

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CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE PERFORMING SALAAH AND CATEGORIES OF HEARTS

People are divided into five categories when it comes to performing Salaah

1. There are those who wrong themselves by failing to perform Wudu' perfectly, or pray at prescribed times of Salaah, ignoring its Arkaan (essential ingredients).
2. There are those who perform Salaah on time, make perfect Wudu', and maintain its Arkaan; however, they lose their concentration during Salaah (Khushu') by listening to Satan's whisperings.
3. There are those who perform Wudu' perfectly, concentrating during Salaah, but they constantly battle against Satan's whispering and insinuations, in order to prevent him from stealing their Salaah; these people are performing both Salaah and Jihaad against Satan.
4. There are those who perform Salaah with complete submission to Allah. After they have completed Wudu', their hearts have fully surrendered to the worship of Allah and they forget about worldly affairs.
5. There are those who perform Salaah with complete submission, sincerely focusing their hearts and minds on Allah, earing and loving Him as if they were looking at Him; Satan cannot whisper to them for they are contemplating their Lord. The difference between these people and others with regards to Salaah is far greater than the distance between the heavens and the earth. In short, they are closer to Allah in Salaah than at any other time.

• The first type will be punished for their poor Salaah.
• The second type will be held accountable for it.
• The third type will have their sins forgiven for it.
• The forth will be rewarded for it.
• The fifth will become close to Allah, because they concentrate on Salaah with their hearts and minds; they subdue their desire' and Satan's whisperings.

There are three types of hearts

1. The first heart is empty of Eaman and of any kind of good; this is a dark heart, which Satan no longer whispers into, because he, may Allah curse him, has already taken it as a permanent abode, and has full control over it.
2. The second heart is illuminated with the light of Eaman, but there is still a certain level of desire within it, so Satan can whisper into it every so often. The Eaman of this heart fluctuates, it increases and decreases; sometimes it defeats Satan, whilst at other times it is defeated.
3. The third hears is full of the light of Eaman; there is no desire that can affect it. This type of heart is always shining with Eaman, so Satan's whispering cannot affect it; in fact Satan is likely be burnt as soon as he comes close to it. This heart is like the heaven, protected by the stars, so if Satan comes close to it he is stoned and burnt at once. This type of heart is protected by Allah because it is the focal point of Tawheed, love of Allah, knowledge and sincere Eaman. Such a heart is therefore deserving of protection from the allurement and ruses of Satan.

How to install Dhivehi fonts globally in Ubuntu (Linux)

I posted how to install Dhivehi fonts easily in ubuntu in a previous article. However this method is only for "current user". Now I'll tell you few steps to take to install Dhivehi fonts globally in ubuntu.

Download and extract Dhivehi fonts package

Create a sub-folder in your home folder, you can call it anything you like, I'll be using the name fonts2install

Copy the contents of extracted Dhivehi fonts package to the new folder created

Open a terminal window and create a folder for your Dhivehi fonts within the global location (lets call it ttf-dhivehi-fonts) by typing sudo mkdir /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ ttf-dhivehi-fonts

Type your password when prompted to do so, and press ENTER

Copy all the fonts in your fonts2install folder to global font folder for Dhivehi fonts by typing sudo cp fonts2install/*.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dhivehi-fonts and press ENTER

Type your password if prompted to do so, and press ENTER

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“SWEETEST DISASTER EVER”

The Boston Molasses Disaster, also known as the Great Molasses Flood and the Great Boston Molasses Tragedy, occurred on January 15, 1919, in the North End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts in the United States. A large molasses storage tank burst, and a wave of molasses rushed through the streets at an estimated 35 mph (56 km/h), killing 21 and injuring 150. The event has entered local folklore, and residents claim that on hot summer days, the area still smells of molasses

What is molasses?

Molasses is a viscous by-product of the processing of sugar cane, grapes or sugar beets into sugar. The quality of molasses depends on the maturity of the sugar cane or sugar beet, the amount of sugar extracted, and the method of extraction. Sweet sorghum syrup is known in some parts of the United States as molasses, though it is not true molasses.

The disaster occurred at the Purity Distilling Company facility on January 15, 1919, an unusually warm day for January (40˚ F, 4.4˚ C). The stored molasses was awaiting transfer to the Purity plant situated between Willow Street and what is now named Evereteze Way, in Cambridge.

Near Keany Square, at 529 Commercial Street, a huge molasses tank 50 ft (15 m) tall, 90 ft (27 m) in diameter and containing as much as 2,300,000 US gal (8,700 m³) collapsed. Witnesses stated that as it collapsed, there was a loud rumbling sound, like a machine gun as the rivets shot out of the tank, and that the ground shook as if a train were passing by.

The collapse unleashed an immense wave of molasses between 8 and 15 ft (2.5 and 4.5 m) high, moving at 35 mph (56 km/h), and exerting a pressure of 2 ton/ft² (200 kPa). The molasses wave was of sufficient force to break the girders of the adjacent Boston Elevated Railway's Atlantic Avenue structure and lift a train off the tracks. Nearby, buildings were swept off their foundations and crushed. Several blocks were flooded to a depth of 2 to 3 feet (60 to 90 cm). As described by author Stephen Puleo:

Molasses, waist deep, covered the street and swirled and bubbled about the wreckage. Here and there struggled a form — whether it was animal or human being was impossible to tell. Only an upheaval, a thrashing about in the sticky mass, showed where any life was... Horses died like so many flies on sticky fly-paper. The more they struggled, the deeper in the mess they were ensnared. Human beings — men and women — suffered likewise

Reference

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