CHILDREN'S CORNER

One day a very pious man was in conversation with Allah. He said, “O my Creator! I wish to know what is hell and what is heaven.”

Allah commanded an angel to lead the man to two doors, one after another. The angel opened one of the doors and let the pious man to peep inside.

The saint saw a room in the centre of which was laid a huge, round table. A big bowl of fresh, hot biryani was kept on the centre of the table. A rich, delicious aroma wafted across the room. Saint's nostrils got thrilled and mouth watered.

There were frail, pale and sickly people sitting around the table. They looked extremely starved. Attached to their arms were spoons with very long handles. All of them were able to reach their spoons to the bowl of the biryani placed at the centre, but since the spoons were longer than their arms, they could not put it to their mouths.

The saint froze with pity on seeing the misery of the people.

Leading him to the second door, the angel said, “Now see this one.” He opened the second door.
What the saint saw was not any different than what he saw behind the first door. There was a similar big, round table in the centre of which was a similar bowl of fresh and hot biryani, which made the saint's mouth water even more! The people who were sitting at the table had similar very long spoons attached firmly to their arms. However they looked healthy, happy and satisfied as they cheerfully spoke to each other.

The saint was confused. “I don't understand,” he said.

“It's simple,” replied the angel, “It requires a simple skill. Knowing full well that the spoons cannot reach their lips, these people have learned to feed others with them and thereby making best use of their wares, whereas the greedy and the selfish think only of themselves. So those who were in the first room are making their life hell. While the people with the same resources can enjoy peace of heaven by sharing their resources.”

Moral: Being selfish and self-centred will cause you misery.

Muslim Commander of Chinese Armada

Khushthar Jamal

Zheng He was the first Chinese Muslim Admiral of a fleet of ships to make seven voyages outside China to discover the West during the rule of the Ming Dynasty. His voyages happened several decades before Vasco da Gama discovered the sea route to India and Columbus discovered West Indies. He sailed with his ships in 1405 to several places in the Far East, Sri Lanka, India, East Africa, Makkah, Persian Gulf, and throughout the Indian Ocean. During his first voyage that was taken out in 1405, Zheng He took with him a crew of 27,870 men in 317 ships and returned home in 1407. During his subsequent voyages, he followed nearly the same route. And, for 28 years, he had covered more than 50,000 kilometers by sea and visited 37 countries.

He was born in 1371 as Ma He to a poor Hui (Chinese Muslims) family in Yunnan Province, China. His grandfather and father once made a pilgrimage by land to Makkah. The accounts of their travels contributed much to young Ma's education. He grew up speaking Arabic and Chinese, learning much about the world that was west to China, and its geography and customs, from Muslim merchants who traded with China.

After serving in the royal household at the age of ten as a servant, he was attached with Duke Yan on his successful military campaigns, and played a major role in the capture of Nanjing province. Ma was rewarded with the supreme command of the Royal Fleet and was named as Zheng by the Chinese Emperor Yong Lee.

In the autumn of 1413, Zheng He set out for Arabia on his fourth and most ambitious voyage, landing first in Aden, and then, in Western Arabia, after sailing on the Red Sea for his Hajj Pilgrimage. On his seventh voyage he revisited the Persian Gulf when he was sixty years old and died on his way back in 1433 CE in India. His body was taken to China and was buried in Nanjing in China. His tombstone carries the Arabic words Allahu Akbar (God is Great).

Natural therapy for opening the veins of the heart.

Lemon juice 01 cup
Ginger juice 01 cup
Garlic juice 01 cup
Apple vinegar 01 cup

Mix all the above ingredients and boil them on light flame for approximately 30 minutes. As the mixture gets reduced to 3 cups, let it cool. Now pour 3 cups of natural honey, shake well and preserve it in bottle.

Use a spoonful of the mixture before breakfast regularly. This will unclog blockages of veins.
It will eliminate the need for Angiography or bypass surgery.