Afghanistan; US bombs Collateral damage june 29 2009

Pregnant Woman stabbed 18 times in German Court for wearing Hijab

Marwa Sherbini, 31, was stabbed 18 times by Axel W, who is now under arrest in Dresden for suspected murder.

Husband Elwi Okaz is also in a critical condition in hospital, after being injured as he tried to save his wife.

Ms Sherbini had sued her killer after he called her a "terrorist" because of her headscarf.

The case has attracted much attention in Egypt and the Muslim world.

German prosecutors have said the 28-year-old attacker, identified only as Axel W, was driven by a deep hatred of foreigners and Muslims.

Medics were unable to save Ms Sherbini who was three months pregnant with her second child. Her three-year-old son was with the family in court when she was killed.

Axel W and Ms Sherbini and family were in court for his appeal against a fine of 750 euros ($1,050) for insulting her in 2008, apparently because she was wearing the Muslim headscarf or Hijab.

Newspapers in Egypt have expressed outrage at the case, asking how it was allowed to happen and dubbing Ms Sherbini "the martyr of the Hijab".

Senior Egyptian officials and German diplomatic staff attended the funeral in Alexandria along with hundreds of mourners.

Media reports say Mr Okaz was injured both by the attacker and when a policeman opened fire in the courtroom.

Al Jazeera's Rawyeh Rageh, reporting from Alexandria, said that the case had attracted huge attention in Egypt.

"The local council here in Alexandria, the victim's hometown, has decided to name a street after her and the press is describing her as the 'Hijab Martyr'," she said.

"At least two protests are expected to take place in Alexandria and Cairo as this is being seen as a xenophobic and Islamophobic attack.

"People on the street and members of parliament are asking the government not to take the issue lightly."

Hundreds of mourners gathered for the funeral, some chanting "Down with Germany" and scuffling with police, witnesses said.

The German embassy in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, said that the attack was not a reflection of German attitudes towards Muslims.

"It is a criminal act. It has nothing to do with persecution against Muslims," Magdi al-Sayed, a press officer, told the state-run Egyptian Gazette.

But Sulaiman Wilms, the head of communications at the European Muslim Union, said that the incident was at least partly representative of the situation faced by Muslims across the continent.

"It definitely reflects a certain spillover from certain elements of the public-media discourse, but it also reflects the general violence and degredation of order which we have within European societies in these times of global crisis," he told Al Jazeera from Cologne.

"People are looking for victims and Muslims are sometimes seen as a viable option."

Sherbini's family have called for revenge following the deadly knife attack on Wednesday.

"If she was just stabbed once, I would have said this is a mad man, but the number of times she and her husband were stabbed reflects the extent of racism this man had in him," Tarek Sherbini, the victim's brother, said.

"Here in Egypt, we believe in 'an eye for an eye'. The least we expect is the death penalty for the murderer."

Sewage and Raw Sewage for Gazans

Two reports from Islam Online:

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"My children have been suffering from intestinal worms, every time we take them for a medical check-up we find out that they are infected," said Rafiq Abu Hashish, a father of 11 in the Um Al-Nasser village in the northern Gaza Strip.

"This will be an unending situation, unless the problem of these sewage lagoons is totally solved," he continued.

A Village Fed Up

More than 5000 residents in the Um Al-Nasser village have been suffering for decades from the spread of diseases and environmental problems due to the existence of a number of sewage lagoons. Some of the health problems the residents have been suffering from include skin allergies and respiratory problems.

Um Abdul Rahman, an elderly woman, complained of the spread of diseases among little children, saying that they are no longer able to tolerate such complications, especially since her village is located very near to the border lines with Israel.

"Last night, we took a 3-month-old baby to the clinic, as he had continuous vomiting and diarrhea. We are also suffering from the spread of insects and mosquitoes," she complained.

Hassan Abu Rashed, another village resident, talked about a number of problems he and his family have been facing.

"The water here is polluted; we are forced to buy water from outside the village. We can not dig wells here because of the spread of these lagoons,” he explained.

“With the installation of the water treatment plant, we hope our situation changes. Therefore, we call upon all concerned bodies to take care of us. Life here is becoming increasingly unbearable."

Describing the many health complications that the villagers of Um Al-Nasser suffer from, local clinic physician, Dr. Mohammad Yaghi revealed that 80 to 90 percent of these villagers suffer from various health problems and infections caused by the foul smelling sewage lagoons.

"In addition to these diseases, we face some other problems, particularly in winter, such as upper-respiratory tract infections among children, which are sometimes viral or bacterial. There are also cases of Asthma as a result of the foul emissions from the sewage lagoons around us," explained Yaghi.

According to the Coastal Municipalities Water Utility in Gaza, the problem of these sewage lagoons has existed since a few decades ago. Sewage of the northern Gaza towns of Beit Lahiya, Beit Hanoun and Jabalya, is being pumped into the lagoons of the Um Al-Nasser village.

"We have recently been hearing that concerned municipal bodies intend to transfer these lagoons to another area, but this is not the solution, as all of these health problems will then be transferred to the new location," he continued.

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Manal's dreams of a vacation were not a luxurious summer camp or a first-class resort, but a dip in the water on the Gaza beach, regardless of pollution risks.

"It's not that bad if the sea is polluted and someone gets sick," the 10-year-old Gazan girl told Agence France Presse (AFP) Friday, July 3.

"Exams are over and we want to have fun like other children."

In one of the world's most populated area, 1.6 million Gazans are facing risks of serious illnesses and infections from the polluted sea.

Affected by Israel's blockade and ban on pipes and spare parts necessary to repair Gaza's sewage system, thousands of cubic meters of raw sewage water are dumped every day straight into the sea.

However, trapped Palestinians have no choice but to go to the polluted water to feel like normal people.

"I promised to take her to the sea after exams," Manal's mother Um Mohammad said.

"I hope she won't fall ill."

Israel has clamped a siege on the Gaza Strip since Hamas was voted to power in 2006.

It further tightened the blockade and closed Gaza's crossings to the outside world after Hamas seized control in 2007 following clashes with Fatah rival.

Israel blocks humanitarian aid including harmless goods such as cheeses, toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap and toilet papers.

The humanitarian catastrophe created by the siege was further aggravated after Israel launched a deadly war in December, killing 1,400 people and wounding 5,450.

Deadly Water

For Gaza fishermen, the sea was not a dream of a vacation. It was a livelihood.

"The sea is very polluted," fisherman Ismail Rahmi said. "Even the sand is polluted."

Local authorities list the harbor as among the most polluted areas along the coast.

Every day, some 20,000 cubic meters of untreated wastewater is dumped into the sea, according to Munzer Shiblaq, the head of Gaza Strip's water authority.

Another 40,000 cubic meters of wastewater is dumped after being only partially treated to standards well below those considered acceptable for water piped into bathing or fishing areas.

"The problem is all the more serious as the most polluted zones are concentrated in the Gaza City area, where the demographic density is highest," Shiblaq said.

Doctor Juma Saqaa says the situation is even worse, warning of risks of deadly diseases.

"(Risks of) severe illnesses that could lead to death, such as meningitis, can be transmitted in polluted waters," Saqaa said.

But the warnings could not dissuade Palestinians from braving water to dip in a polluted sea as their only choice left.

"I can see the sewage water, but what can I do," asks Mahmud Diab.

"I get itchy and an ear infection each time I swim, but that doesn't stop us from coming here to swim and have fun."

Halal or Vegeterian?

The arabic word Halal means lawful. In the Holy Quran, Allah commands Muslims and all of mankind to eat of the Halal things. Among the many verses of the Quran that convey this message, here are a few:

O mankind! Eat of that which is lawful and wholesome in the earth, and follow not the footsteps of the devil. Lo! he is an open enemy for you. (2:168)

O ye who believe! Eat of the good things wherewith We have provided you, and render thanks to Allah if it is (indeed) He Whom ye worship. (2:172)

Eat of that which Allah hath bestowed on you as food lawful and good, and keep your duty to Allah in Whom ye are believers. (5:88)

The Prophet (SAW) said, “The superiority of 'Aisha to other ladies is like the superiority of Tharid (i.e., a meat and bread dish) to other meals.”

When one first reads the above Hadith, it appears to be non-controversial and simply stated to honor a strong and blessed Muslim woman. However, a vegetarian reading it might have trouble accepting the fact that the Prophet himself (SAW) elevated a meat dish to such a high rank among foods.

On the other hand, vegetarians would be pleased with a Hadith related by Yahya that states that the Prophet (SAW) said, “Beware of meat. It has addictiveness like the addictiveness of wine” (Malik). In this Hadith, it seems that meat does not hold such a high rank, after all; rather, it appears to be among the worst foods we can consume.

The general consensus, amongst the Prophet and modern health experts, is that we should eat meat – at least in moderation – and, while it certainly can become “as addictive as wine,” it holds a high rank amongst foods as long as it is eaten in moderation. Therefore, we can conclude that the best health is enjoyed by those who “Eat of the good things We have provided for your sustenance, but commit no excess therein" (Qur’an, 20:81).

For years, they have boasted of the health benefits of their leafy diets, but now vegetarians have the proof that has so far eluded them: when it comes to cancer risks, they have the edge on carnivores.

Fresh evidence from the largest study to date to investigate dietary habits and cancer has concluded that vegetarians are 45% less likely to develop cancer of the blood than meat eaters and are 12% less likely to develop cancer overall.

Scientists said that while links between stomach cancer and eating meat had already been reported, they had uncovered a "striking difference" in the risk of blood cancers including leukaemia, multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma between the groups. The study looked at vegetarians, fish eaters and people who ate meat.

There is a lot of problem with Beef in North America. Sometime back I posted about the Halal Chicken Scam in UK.

This is from an old post but probably still applicable:

North American Muslims have in recent years seen the number of Islamic-oriented food stores double in number. Drive down Dundas Street in Mississauga, Canada, or take a stroll through Dearborn, Michigan and you will see nearly hundreds of halal food and meat stores festooning the area. New Jersey in 2000, for example, became the first state to pass a consumer protection law that specifically deals with issues of halal food. The law established guidelines that sellers and distributors must follow when labeling foods as halal.
Living an Islamic way of life, it seemed, was becoming easier in North America.

That perception may have been shattered by a series of events in late May, which until now were virtually undiscovered and kept under wraps.

Many Muslims are in fact not even aware that halal classification, according to the Quran, goes beyond merely monitoring the proper method of animal slaughter.

In accordance with strict Islamic law and guidelines, a slaughtered animal is considered halal when its feed is also considered halal; feed therefore plays an important role in halal classification. Feed for animals must be from a vegetable source; no meat feed is allowed.

Furthermore, the now popularly-administered growth hormones are not allowed because they are made with pork-based material. The prevalent method of stunning should be avoided. Blood must also be fully drained from the slaughtered animal.

Sheikh Ahmad Kutty, a Canadian Islamic scholar, says that the issue of proper feeding of livestock never occurred to him or other Islamic institutions prior to the BSE outbreak.

"This issue provides a challenge for us Muslims to ensure that our Islamic standards are enforced not only in slaughtering animals but also, even more importantly, in the way they are bred and treated," he told this writer.
Kutty charged that feeding is a central issue and should take precedence over other matters of contention regarding what may be considered halal.

"[Feeding] is far more crucial and important from a shari'ah point of view than the customary issues often raised by the Muslims such as machine slaughter versus hand slaughter; stunning or not stunning or whether one can eat what is slaughtered by people of the book (Christians, Jews, and Sabaeans)," he explained.
California-based Ahmad Sakr, professor emeritus of Food Science and author of "Understanding Halal Food" and "A Muslim Guide to Food Ingredients" recently told soundvision.com that some halal meats may actually not be halal at all, primarily because of what the animal is fed.

"Islam dictates that if an animal has received meat and/or blood while it was halal, it becomes haram and in order to become Halal you have to put that animal in a quarantine area for 40 days before you slaughter it to make it Halal," Sakr said.

Have Muslim communities taken any steps to monitor feeding practices?

"This is beyond our control, it is a government issue and they regulate feeding practices," says Ehsan Sairally, Canadian representative of the Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America (IFANCA).

However, Canada and the United States secretly allow dead animals to be fed to live ones, some quarters charge. A May 27 Washington Post report says that there are loopholes that allow some dead animals to be ground up and fed to livestock. The 1997 ban does not prevent proteins from dead animals to be fed to poultry, hogs and pigs.

I would advise people that they eat meat only in moderation and eat from the Halal vegetables and fuits of Allah's creation which you know for sure are halal and helps your health as well.

Channel 4 Despatches: Terror in Mumbai

Here is link to Video of the Channel 4 (UK) Despatches.

I would like to hear from Muslims who may think these things are permitted in Islam and the reward is Paradise.

American Muslims celebrate Independence

The thousands of Muslims who devoted their Fourth of July weekend to attend the annual Islamic Society of North American (ISNA) convention got a rare chance to hear about the 7-century history of their faith in the US.

"At least 10 percent of enslaved African Americans were Muslims," Ihsan Bagsby, an African American covert, told his enchanted ISNA audience.

In a session themed Legacy of Islam in America: The Transatlantic Voyage and Beyond, he traced back the roots of African American Muslims in different eras.

Bagsby said the first generation of Muslims were the enslaved African Americans who came from the Senegambia area and their descendants, highlighting many of their contributions.

"Blues is really a product of Senegambian culture, which most musicologists would agree with

Senegambia refers to the African region that includes the Senegal River, the Cap-Vert region and the Gambia River.

The region, colonized by both France and the British Empire as of the 1500s, were of special importance for both empires because West Africa allowed for a convenient way station for trade between Europe and their American colonies, and a warehouse for the African Slave Trade.

Bagsby noted that by the 1920s came the second wave of Islam in the history African Americans, which he called "the rediscovery of Islam".

"Among the many enslaved African American Muslims you have no traces of Islam after the Civil War and undoubtedly it is the result of the passing of generations, where we see the loss of Islam in the enslaved African Americans."

The third stage of Islam in America, according to Bagsby, started with conversion amongst African Americans in the late 1960s.

Though there are no official figures, the US is estimated to be home to nearly seven to eight million Muslims.

Bagsby did talk about the history of African American Muslims, but what was more important is the predominant theme within that community that he brought to light.

"The major theme that resonates throughout African American Muslim history is resistance," he said.

"Islam among African Americans has always represented resistance to the endemic racism of this country. A resistance [and] rejection of White stereotypes of black people."

Within African American communities throughout the history of America, Islam has been a beacon of light that allowed the people to resist the condescension they endured from those who considered them outcast.

It helped the African Americans to reject the White molds of thinking, dressing and culture in order to be assimilated, which was a notion the black church supported.

But Islam also played a vital role in the rejection of the isolation African Americans endured in the White world.

"Islam, amongst African Americans, has represented a vehicle for the uplift of the African American people — morally, spiritually, economically, and politically —both as individuals and as communities."

The first person to grasp the idea of Islam and resistance was Drew Ali Timothy, also known as Noble Drew Ali, who founded the Moorish Science Temple of America in Newark.

"He tried to build in his own lifetime an activist community, not an arc community. He actually tried to build a community that influences the wider communities," said Bagsby.

Aisha al-Adawiyya, a Muslim activist, said that a packed audience speaks a great deal about the growing awareness and interest in the subject.

The young want to trace back their roots and "go beyond the media projection of Muslims in American and get some historical background."

Bagsby's talk was an eye-opener for many of the audience.

Zahra Hussein, a doctoral student who followed his talk through a deaf interpreter, was pleased to learn about the history and the role Islam played in African American communities for generations.

"It was an interesting introduction into the beginning of American history that includes Muslim culture and religion," she said through an interpreter.

The legacy of Islam in America is something Hussein would want to be known to the wider American society.

"This is a topic that should be included in US history courses, because this is something the students are missing out on," she said.

"There is such a strong Muslim foundation to the America culture, but no one really talk about it."

IUIU: Uganda's Beacon Islamic University

The Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) has established itself as an educational beacon for people from all across Africa, with its graduates reaching high academic levels and serving at prominent positions around the globe.

"The Islamic University plays a very important role in providing a world class education in Africa within both the broad sphere of circular and religious studies," Rector Dr. Ahmed Kawaase Sengendo told IslamOnline.net.

"Our academic record is unquestionable."

Financed by the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), the university was established in 1988 to serve the English-Speaking African Muslim community in Southern and Eastern Africa.

But since then the mission has expanded as the institution continued to welcome students from across the continent and beyond.

Dr. Sengendo says that the number of student enrolment, which began with only 80 students in1988, keeps growing every year.

The university has graduated more than 7000 students in different disciplines including Islamic studies, Arabic, law, science, arts and social sciences.

Sengendo noted that while the university initially started with a single campus at Mbale in eastern Uganda, it has since grown to four campuses.

"We have established the four campuses so that students easily access our services at their home towns. Unlike previously when students had to travel to the main campus," he explained.

And although the university focused in its early years on serving African Muslims, it is open to both Muslims and non-Muslims.

"Although we are an Islamic founded institution, we are also open to Christian students who wish to join our institution."

Success Recipe

The university officials are proud that their students have carried the knowledge they had gained to different parts of the world.

"Our university is recognized world over and most of our students are always given admissions to study their Masters and PHDs at leading world universities in Europe and America," says Dr. Sengendo.

"Our graduates have maintained good performances in the labor market."

For many graduates, the passion for learning and the multicultural environment they experienced in the IUIU were a success recipe.

"It was a great experience for me to study at a highly respectable institution which has good academic and moral standards," Imaan Faith Maleka, a South African who works in a leading communication firm in Cape Town, told IOL.

Maleka was inspired by fellow colleagues who came from different countries.

Matovu Abdallah Twaha, a senior reporter for the Gulf Today newspaper in the United Arab Emirates, agrees.

"I recall the good days we enjoyed at IUIU," Twaha, who studied journalism from 1997-2002, told IOL in a telephone interview from the UAE.

"The lecturers were very friendly. And students treated each other as one family without segregation of which country or religion one belongs to."

Abdifatah Shafat, a Kenyan graduate, shares the same appreciation for the Islamic University.

"I have learnt a lot academic, cultural and religious wise. It was a great experience for me."

Shafat, who is currently pursing his master’s degree in the US, is still in touch with his former colleagues from different countries.

"IUIU was like a second home to me."

'Self Appointed' mission to 'reclaim' Jerusalem

Arye King is an Israeli settler on a self-appointed mission from God: to extend Jewish ownership over the whole of Jerusalem.

Armed only with a crash helmet and a list of properties which, he says, belong to Jewish owners, he travels by motor scooter around the Jerusalem area, posting eviction orders against Palestinians who believe they are living lawfully in the disputed homes.

On the day we join him, his mission takes him to Beit Zafafa, a Palestinian neighbourhood in the south of the city.

The first target on his hit list: a hilltop Bedouin community whose goats are grazing on land which King asserts belongs to a Jew.

"There is an eviction order against these people who are living here," King says.

"They are Bedouins coming from the south mountains of the Hebron area. They are not even Israeli citizens.

"They are not Israeli residents, of course. They are here illegally in Jerusalem and especially they are squatting on a property that does not belong to them."

Next stop: a Palestinian school where Arye King has decided to give the children a lesson in history – or at least, his version of history.

Tucked into the front panel of his scooter, he has a pile of leaflets in Arabic which he leaves on a low wall in front of the school.

"The leaflet here is a few sentences from the Qu'ran, chapters from the Bible, explaining to the young children where they are living," he says. "They are living in the land belonging to the Jewish nation."

The leaflet also encourages Palestinians to think about leaving the country and offers help in finding work and accommodation in other countries - a kind of ethnic cleansing, but delivered with a velvet glove.

Arye King is not alone. All over occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli settlers are making serious inroads into Palestinian neighbourhoods, particularly those close to the Old City.

In Ras Al Amud, a second phase is being added to a Jewish settlement that was established in 1992. The new block consists of more than 60 apartments and will bring hundreds more Israelis into the area.

Just to the north, settlers have moved into an apartment block in the Mount of Olives. They have raised a huge blue and white Israeli flag from their rooftop to send their Palestinian neighbours a none-too-subtle message as to who is in charge.

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Islam saved Hamza from the Streets

Jason Pérez always believed he would end up in jail, and he did. But instead of doing time as an inmate, Pérez went to prison to try to change the lives of the incarcerated.

Mr. Pérez is the subject of “New Muslim Cool,” a documentary from Californian filmmaker Jennifer Maytorena Taylor that follows Mr. Pérez through the streets of Pittsburgh’s North Side and Allegheny County Jail as he uses religion to help men get themselves off the street and away from drug dealing. “Nobody is doing drug dealing prevention,” said Pérez.

Ms. Taylor said she was attracted to Mr. Pérez’s story because, “I often choose stories about people responding constructively to bad situations,” something that Mr. Pérez is shown doing frequently in the documentary.

The 32-year-old was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., but spent most of his adolescence in Worcester’s Plumley Village, where he eventually became a drug dealer. Then his life changed forever. “I converted to Muslim right in the middle of Grosvenor Street,” said Pérez.

Jason Pérez was now Hamza Pérez. His Puerto Rican family supported him, but were unfamiliar with the religion. “When he became Muslim, I was shocked,” said his mother, Gladys Pérez, a Worcester resident. “I was like, oh my God, it’s a different religion. We are Catholic! But then he showed me the Koran, and it’s just a religion, like any other.”

After his conversion, Pérez’s drug dealing days were over. He started working at the Worcester Youth Center, where he spent much of his time as a teenager, and according to his mother, he would go out every morning and feed breakfast to the homeless on Main Street.

At the age of 20, Mr. Pérez decided to add another weapon in his fight to keep kids off the street. He started making music with his brother Suliman and eventually formed the hip-hop duo M-Team. Mr. Pérez sees their music as “basically an alternative to a lot of the garbage that’s out there now. We talk about everything from global political issues to the high rate of incarceration.” However, his music is one thing that Mr. Pérez prefers to keep separate from his immediate family and his second wife, Rafiah. “I don’t want my kids to see me as a rapper,” says Pérez , the father of five children with another one on the way. “I want them to see me as a dad and a father figure.”

His mother has mixed feelings about her son’s music. “I like some of it, and some of it I don’t like. Some of it is too rough, too much violence, but some of it is welcoming.”

Shortly after his foray into music, Mr. Pérez decided to move to Pittsburgh to help build an Islamic school as well as a mosque named Light of the Age. One focus of the film is a 2006 FBI raid on the mosque, and the shockwaves it sent through the Muslim community. Mr. Pérez, however, holds no resentment toward the FBI. “They have their job to do, and we don’t really mind because we don’t do anything. They can watch us all they want, we don’t feel like there’s a problem with that.”

Filming began in 2005, and took three years, according to Ms. Taylor, who directed and produced the documentary. This is her 12th film, and a change from her usual documentaries that typically focus on Latin-American culture. “I didn’t know very much about Muslims, actually I knew nothing,” said Taylor. “I’m not religious, but I gained a lot of understanding and respect for those who live their lives around a faith.”

Mr. Pérez was eager to work with Ms. Taylor to clear up misconceptions about the Muslim faith. “I wanted to show America a different face of Islam. Working with (Ms. Taylor) made it easy,” he said.

Since filming concluded, Mr. Pérez has continued to preach to both Muslim and Christian inmates at the Allegheny County jail in Pittsburgh every Wednesday. Though it’s been 13 years since Pérez lived in Worcester, he hasn’t forgotten what the city means to him. “Worcester had a big impact in changing my life. Working at the Worcester Youth Center had a big influence on the man I am today,” he said.

Dua that works like Insurance - The Du'a of Abu-Darda

"One day, a neighbor came running to Hadrat Abu-Dardaa (Radiy-Allaahu anhu) when he was at his shop. The neighbor said that the neighborhood where they lived was on fire and that Hadrat Abu-Dardaa's house was also burning. Hadrat Abu-Dardaa calmly said, 'No, it has not burned.' Another person came in and gave the same report, and Hadrat Abu-Dardaa gave the same reply. A third person showed up with the same news and got the same answer. Then another man came in and said, 'Abu-Dardaa! The fire was blazing high but, when the flames came to your house, they went out!' Abu-Dardaa replied, 'I knew that Allah, The Exalted, would not allow my house to burn because I heard from Rasulu-Lah (Salla-Lahu 'alai wa Salam) that the person who repeats certain words in the morning will be safe from all misfortunes until evening, and I recited those words this morning.'"

They are:

اللهم انت ربي لا اله الا انت عليك توكلت وانت رب العرش العظيم, ما
شاء الله كان ومالم يشأ لم يكن, ولا حول ولا قوة الا بالله العلي العظيم,
اعلم ان الله على كل شىء قدير, وان الله قد احاط بكل شيء علما, اللهم
اني اعوذ بك من شر نفسي, ومن شر كل دابة انت آخذ بناصيتها, ان ربي
على صراط مستقيم

"Allah-humma, anta rabbi, laa ilaaha illaa Anta, 'alaika tawakkaltu wa anta rabbul 'arshil kariymi maashaa Allaahu kaana wa maLam yasha' lam yakuw-wa laa hawla wa laa quwwata illaa bil-Laahil 'Aliyyil 'Aziym. A'lamu annallaaha 'alaa kulli shay in qadiyruw-wa annallaaha qad ahaata bikulli shay in 'almaa.

Allah-humma inni a'uthu bika min sharri nafsiy wa min sharri kulli daabbatin, anta aakhithum bi naasiyatihaa inna rabiy 'alaa siraatim-mustaqiym."

Translation:

"Oh Allah, You are my Lord. There is nothing worthy of worship except You. I place all of my trust and reliance in You and You are the Lord of the Noble Throne. Whatever Allah wishes takes place, and whatever He does not desire, does not occur, and there is no power and no strength except in Allah, The Exalted, The Mighty. I know that Allah is Powerful over all things and that Allah has knowledge of all things.

Oh Allah, I seek refuge in You from the evil of my nafs and from the evil of every creeping crawling creature. You are master over them. Verily, You are Lord of the Straight Path."

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