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Righteous people, despite their business and worldly engagements, do not allow that to stand between them and remembrance of Allah's greatness; a remembrance that makes them constantly fear Him and worship Him as He should be worshipped.

This is how the true believer should be. They should spend their days in performing righteous deeds and seek the abode of the Hereafter with whatever Allah gives them. This is because they know that this life is only a means to achieve the everlasting life and perpetual prosperity. They know this world is not an end in itself but only a finite place in which both the pious and sinful have their daily bread. They know that, however long one may live, they will eventually grow old and die. They also understand this world's insignificance and know that it is worthless in the sight of Allah and that it is only a bridge which people cross over to reach Paradise or Hell. Allah says that which translates as: "Know that the life of this world is but amusement and diversion and adornment and boasting to one another and competition in increase of wealth and children – like the example of a rain whose (resulting) plant growth pleases the tillers; then it dries and you see it turned yellow; then it becomes (scattered) debris. And in the Hereafter is severe punishment and forgiveness from Allah and approval. And what is the worldly life except the enjoyment of delusion?" (Al-Hadeed: 20). read more

VIRTUE: AT THE TIME OF DIFFICULTY RECITE THIS DUA IN SAJDAH (prostration). Rasulullah SAW recited this Dua the night before the battle of Badr in Sajdah.

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A suicide bomber has killed at least 55 people in a Kurdish restaurant, about 5km north of the city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq. More than 100 people were also wounded in the explosion on Thursday, police said. Iraqi and US security forces have sealed off the area.

Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean president, has said his government has stopped a cholera outbreak in his country - despite South African officials saying the disease has spread across the border. Mugabe's comments on Thursday came after the United Nations said that nearly 800 people in Zimbabwe had died from the disease.

Pakistani authorities have moved to close down the offices of Jamaat-ud-Dawa, a charity run by the founder of the group India has blamed for last month's attacks on Mumbai in which more than 170 people died. Analysts and diplomats have suggested that the charity is being used as a front for Lashkar-e-Taiba.

ANC Youth League President, Julius Malema, has criticised the Electoral Court for dismissing the ANC's application to register candidates for Tuesday's by-election in the Western Cape. Malema, who accompanied ANC President, Jacob Zuma, to an election campaign rally in Cofimvaba in the Eastern Cape, described the judgment as undemocratic and an attempt to sabotage the ANC's bid to win support in the hotly contested province.

The South African Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee says inflation is expected to decline further over the coming months. Speaking after announcing its decision to reduce the repo rate by 50 basis points, the MPC said it expected inflation to return to its target range by the third quarter of 2009.

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Method
1. Beat Oil, sugar and eggs until creamy
2. Sift the flour, salt, soda and cinnamon and fold into the egg mixture
3. Add carrots and pecan nuts and mix well
4. Spoon batter evenly into 18 well greased mini loaf tins
5. Bake at 180 for about 25 minutes until done and cool completely
6. Decorate.

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WHERE IS ALLAH?
"I searched the mountains and the valleys but neither in the heights nor in the depths I was able to find Him. I went to the Kaaba in Makkah, but He was not there either. I questioned the scholars and philosophers, but He was beyond their understanding. I then looked into my heart and it was there where He dwelled that I saw him; He was nowhere else to be found."

~ Jalaluddin Rumi ~

"It depends," I replied. "What does it say on your shirt?"

"University of Oklahoma," he yelled back.