Belief in Life after Death

 Life after Death.............

Everyone is scared of dying and rightly so.  The uncertainty of what lies beyond is frightening. It may be that of all religions, Islam, provides the most graphic details of what comes after death and lies beyond.  Islam views death to be a natural threshold to the next stage of existence.

Islamic doctrine holds that human existence continues after the death of the human body in the form of spiritual and physical resurrection.

Airbus - Europe

  A330neo..........

A330neo: Airbus is expected to fly its A330neo next year. Neo stands for "new engine option." The A330, a two-decade old design, is getting a makeover with new engines and new wingtips to boost its range and fuel efficiency.

iPhone 8

Now tipped to be iPhone X with advanced integrated sensors.......

Forget the iPhone 7, it's the iPhone 8 you'll be more interested in. Set for a 2017 release to celebrate the iPhone's 10th anniversary, here's what the rumours say about the iPhone 8 UK release date, features and specs.

Flower The wonderful creature by The Creator.

Flower

This wonderful gift of nature has been helping us express our emotions. Their beauty, fragrance and brilliant colors are enough to make a person smile. A beautiful bouquet of sweet smelling flowers can be a perfect present for any occasion, be it anniversaries, birthdays or weddings! A number of flowers are also used for making beauty products and medicines and many of these have special significance or meanings (for example, red rose is the symbol of love!).

Roses, carnations, tulips, sunflower, dahlia….and the list goes on. With so many options to choose from, selecting 12 most beautiful flowers in the world is certainly not an easy thing to do.. Here is a list of 12 most beautiful flowers in the world!

special significance or meanings (for example, red rose is the symbol of love!).

Roses, carnations, tulips, sunflower, dahlia….and the list goes on. With so many options to choose from, selecting 12 most beautiful flowers in the world is certainly not an easy thing to do.. Here is a list of 12 most beautiful flowers in the world!

Passion flower is a perennial vine with over 50 species and it belongs to the Passionflower family. This purple blue and white flower consists of ten sepals and petals and is around 10 cm wide. What I like most about passion flower is its unique form. Other than being exceptionally pretty, this exotic flower has high medicinal value.

Gazania is native to South Africa where it is also known as ‘treasure flower’. The best thing about this flower is that it is available in a variety strange pattern as well as bright and brilliant colors such as shades of pink, dark red, yellow and orange.   The petals of this wonderful flower come in single colors as well as in graded shades. This hardy beauty with its daisy like flowers certainly deserves a top spot in the list of most beautiful flowers in the world!

Plumeria, which is a native to Brazil, Caribbean and Central America, comes in several varieties. It belongs to the dog-bane family, Apocalypse and is known for its mesmerizing scent and beauty. Plummer has medium size flowers which come in a variety of vibrant colors like pink, red, yellow and more.

Carol-us Linnaeus, father of modern taxonomy, gave this beautiful flower its name which means ‘golden flower’ in Greek (‘chrys’ means golden and ‘anthem-on’ means flower).  The flowers come in a number of forms- these can be buttons, pompous, decorative or daisy like. Although yellow is the traditional colors of chrysanthemum flowers, these can also be found in other colors including red, white and purple.

Chrysanthemum flowers are extremely significant because not only do these look beautiful, they also have a number of meanings associated to them. Chrysanthemum symbolizes optimism, long life, fidelity and joy.

Named after Andres Dahlia, a botanist, this tuberous bushy perennial plant is generally found in Mexico, Colombia and Central America. Dahlia has over 30 species. One of the most amazing thing about this lovely flower is that it comes in a variety of sizes, ranging from 2 in (button dahlia) to 1 feet (dinner plate dahlia) !! The flower consists of a floral head surrounded by several delicate petals.  These flowers come in various shades of orange, red, pink, purple, white and more. Dahlia was declared the national flower of Mexico in the year 1963.

Orchids have an unbelievable amount of varieties, over 25,000 species under 800 genera ! This plant can easily adapt to its environment and so it is available almost all over the world. With its beautifully crafted petals and lively colors, orchids have are a favorite among florists and flower lovers all over the world! Did you know some orchids have 30 inch petals and can weigh about a ton?

Lilies are remarkably gorgeous flowers which come with a floating mat of foliage (lily pads). The bloom lasts for around 3 days and then it is replaced. Water lilies come in varied colors and are often fragrant. Basically, there are 3 kinds of water lilies- Nymphomaniac or the common water lily, Nelumbo or Lotus and Nuphar Lu-tea , the yellow water lily.

Nelumbo Lutea and Nelumbo Nucifera are the two known species of Nelumbo. Other than being the national flower of Vietnam and India, N. Nucifera is considered sacred by the followers of Buddhism and Hinduism. Nuphar lutes belongs to temperate region of Europe, Western Asia and northwest Africa. Nymphomaniac consists of over 70 species

Few things are as beautiful as a magnolia tree in full bloom! Named after Pierre Mongol, a popular botanist, Mongolia boasts of over 200 species.  The magnolia flowers come in pink, purple or white and the size can be anywhere between 3 to 12 inch in diameter. This flower is a symbol of beauty, sweetness and femininity. Genus of magnolia can be found in West Indies, southeast as well as east Asia, central America, North America among other places.

Bird of paradise, an unusual name for a flower, isn’t it? Well this exotic flower is known as Bird of Paradise owning to its shape. It is  also known as crane flower and belongs to Straitlaced family. With its unique shape and vibrant colors, the Bird of Paradise is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful flowers present in the world. This multicolored flower has no scent.

Oh yes, most “top most beautiful flowers” lists out there reserve the  number one spot for this one. This pretty, sweet smelling flower has  all what it takes to be the prettiest flower in the world. It would not be wrong to say that rose is a synonym with beauty and love. This woody perennial shrub belongs to the genus ‘Rosa’. Roses are found almost everywhere on earth. This beautiful flower comes in a variety of color and each color holds a different meaning, for examples red rose is a symbol of love while a yellow rose stands for friendship. From poets to artists, rose has been a source of inspiration for people for centuries!

Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made, and forgot to put a soul into.We couldn’t agree more! Indeed God is an artist and flowers are perhaps one of his best creations!  Flowers have a very short life but undoubtedly a very significant one.

Kalimas in Islam

Kalima-e-Tayyabah (also known as Kalima Tauheed)

Translation: "There is none worthy of worship except Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah."

Kalima-e-Shahaadat (Testification)

Translation: "There is none worthy of worship but Allah and I testify that Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him)  is Allah's worshipper and Messenger." 

Kalima-e-Tamjeed (Glorification Of Allah)

Translation: "Glory be to Allah and All praise be to Allah and There is none worthy of worship but Allah and Allah is the greatest and there is no power and might except from Allah. The Most High, The Great." 

Kalima-e-Tauheed (Believing in the Unity of Allah)

Translation: There is none worthy of worship but Allah who is alone (and) He has no partner, His is the Kingdom and for Him is all praise, He gives life and causes death, in His hand is all good and He has power over everything." 

Kalima-e- Radde Kufr (Disproving of Kufr)

Translation: "O Allah! I seek protection in You from that I should not join any partner with You knowingly. I seek Your forgiveness from that which I do not know. I repent from it (ignorance) I free myself from disbelief and joining partners with You and from all sins. I submit to Your will I believe and I declare: There is none worthy of worship besides Allah and Muhammad  is Allah's Messenger."

Whale Shark

The whale shark is the world's largest fish, growing as long as 60 feet.

Whale shark closeup

Largest Fish is Mainly a Mystery

Contrary to its name, the whale shark is not a whale; it is, rather, the world’s largest fish, growing as long as 60 feet. It is widely distributed, found worldwide in tropical and warm temperate seas, except the Mediterranean. As it swims, it sucks water through its gargantuan mouth, as wide as 5 feet, then filters out plankton and other microscopic organisms through its gills. It is an extremely patient feeder.  Individuals have been observed waiting as long as 14 hours for fish to spawn on reefs in order to eat the eggs. Whale sharks migrate long distances according to food availability and water temperature. One specimen was tracked 8,000 miles across the Pacific. 
Thought to have evolved 200 million years ago, one might think that humans would have had ample time to study the species, but its life history remains poorly understood, partially because it is both rare and migratory. Jacques Cousteau is reported to have observed only two whale sharks in his life. Scientists do know that the species gives birth to live young, unlike most fish, the eggs hatching in the mother’s body. Litters number up to 300 pups, but survival rates are thought to be low. If they do survive, they may live as long as 100-150 years, reaching sexual maturity around 25 years. 
The whale shark is listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN.  Because of its size, slowness, long development time, and high value on international markets, the species is inherently vulnerable to intentional fishing.  Incidental entanglement is also a threat.  In recent years, some locales have begun to feature whale sharks in ecotourism.  Docile and slow, the gentle fish is an alluring target for recreational divers.
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Sudden death warning over faulty heart gene

An estimated 620,000 people in the UK have a faulty gene that puts them at risk of developing coronary heart disease or sudden death, and most are unaware, a charity has warned.

The British Heart Foundation said the figure was 100,000 more than had been thought and could be even higher.
It said there was now a better grasp of the prevalence of inherited conditions.
A child of someone with an inherited heart condition can have a 50% chance of inheriting it themselves.
The charity warned that the overall figure for those with the faulty gene could be much higher because of as yet undiscovered faulty genes and under-diagnoses.
Each week in the UK, around 12 seemingly healthy people aged 35 or under are victims of sudden cardiac death with no explanation, largely due to undiagnosed heart conditions.
Former England and Nottinghamshire cricketer James Taylor had to retire last year, at the age of 26, after he was diagnosed with the serious heart condition arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.
He told BBC Radio Four's Today programme that he had been warming up for the first game of the season in Cambridge when his heart started "going mental in my chest".
He said: "You could see my shirt moving, that's how hard my heart was beating inside my chest...
"I went off, I had some oxygen, then I went to hospital some hours later.
"When I walked in to hospital they said it was a miracle I was able to walk in.
"My heart rate was going at 265 beats per minute."

A normal resting heart rate is 60 to 100 beats a minute, but Taylor's remained at 265 for six to seven hours - "the equivalent of doing five, six marathons."
He now treats the condition with medication and said he was fortunate to survive.
"I'm still alive. I should have died - that's the scary thing about these inherited heart conditions.
"A lot of people don't get the opportunities I had and it's often too late."

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Research has helped to discover many of the faulty genes that cause inherited heart conditions.
This has led to the development of structured genetic testing services for those at highest risk for some of these conditions.
However, the British Heart Foundation says more research is urgently needed.

Inherited heart conditions: What you need to know

• Many people with an inherited heart condition have no symptoms, but some can develop some warning signs including dizzy spells, palpitations and blackouts
• Screening and genetic testing can help identify problems
• Doctors will suggest you be tested if a family member has been diagnosed with an inherited heart condition, there is a family history of premature deaths or you have been diagnosed with angina or had a heart attack at a young age
• If you are diagnosed with an inherited heart condition, monitoring and treatment can reduce the risk of a sudden heart attack or cardiac arrest
• Speak to your GP if you are concerned

Prof Sir Nilesh Samani, BHF medical director, said: "The reality is that there are hundreds of thousands of people across the UK who are unaware that they could be at risk of sudden death.
"If undetected and untreated, inherited heart conditions can be deadly and they continue to devastate families, often by taking away loved ones without warning.
"We urgently need to fund more research to better understand these heart conditions, make more discoveries, develop new treatments and save more lives."