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calculusx: Don't mind them jare,Nigerians can complain about almost everything. My bill for August increased from #2,700 to #5,000 and i feel its OK cos the 3k petrol i always buy every week is there un-used for the past 2months. I will be conserving power like I do in UK and see what the result will be. I was surprised when i saw my generator repairer riding okada this morning I asked him why change of job, his smile alone gave me the answer. Nigeria is getting better.

Nigerian, we like hardship, poverty, extortion. Why cant we complain when expectation did not meet demand. Must we continue this extortion?

calculusx: Don't mind them jare,Nigerians can complain about almost everything. My bill for August increased from #2,700 to #5,000 and i feel its OK cos the 3k petrol i always buy every week is there un-used for the past 2months. I will be conserving power like I do in UK and see what the result will be. I was surprised when i saw my generator repairer riding okada this morning I asked him why change of job, his smile alone gave me the answer. Nigeria is getting better.

Nigerian, we like hardship, poverty, extortion. Why cant we complain when expectation did demand. Must we continue this extortion?

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10 Tips for Serious Seekers of the Qur'an


1.Realize the Reason, Know Allah is Your Guide

•Why memorize the Qur'an? Because it will give you a constant, incredible, and personally special relationship with The Creator, with The Sustainer, with The One Who has power over all things.
•You want the best of both worlds? It's through the Qur'an. It's through memorizing, understanding, loving and most importantly, living it. When one is sincere about memorizing it, one needs to be completely aware of the heavy responsibility and glorified honor of living as Allah's servant and carrying His words in their hearts. This must translate into their actions. The key: Sincerity.

Make the Intention to Invest in Your Akhira (Hereafter)
•The Prophet (peace be upon him) taught us, 'The Qur'an will meet its companion on the Day of Resurrection when his grave is opened for him, in the form of a pale man. It will say to him, 'Do you recognize me?' He will say: 'I do not recognize you.' It will say: 'I am your companion the Qur'an, who kept you thirsty on hot days and kept you awake at night. Every merchant benefits from his business and today you will benefit from your good deeds.' He will be given dominion in his right hand and eternity in his left, and there will be placed on his head a crown of dignity, and his parents will be clothed with priceless garments the like of which have never been seen in this world. They will say: 'Why have we been clothed with this?' It will be said: 'Because your son used to recite Qur'an.' Then it will be said to him: 'Recite and ascend in the degrees of Paradise,' and he will continue to ascend so long as he recites, either at a fast pace or a slow pace.' [Ahmad, Ibn Majah]


2.Know that Allah is with You

•Allah Most High says in a Hadith Qudsi (record containing the words of God), "When my servant takes one step towards Me, I take ten steps towards him. When my servant comes walking towards me, I come running towards him." Recognize that you are not alone; that it is the One Who revealed these words Who will help you learn and retain them. The struggle must begin with the servant, but the Lord is the One Who will continually open the way and aid you through the struggle.
•When it's Hard, There is Twice the Reward

•Wait, what? You don't understand Arabic? Wait, what? You aren't Arab? Wait, you're Arab, but your tajweed (rules of recitation/pronunciation) is really off?

•For you, the Prophet has shared words of encouragement, "Such a person who recites the Qur'an and masters it by heart, will be with the noble righteous scribes (in Heaven). And such a person exerts himself to learn the Qur'an by heart, and recites it with great difficulty, will have a double reward," (Muslim).


3.Start Correctly and Use Technology

•Find a Teacher or Qur'an Buddy, Learn tajweed and Work Consistently
•When I first decided I would commit to memorizing, I found a teacher and told her I was ready. But I had never studied tajweed and my recitation was completely incorrect! She asked me, "Do you want to memorize, or do you want to memorize correctly? There is no point in memorizing it wrong and then having to go back and do it all over again."
•The most difficult test I came across with memorizing the Qur'an was not being able to find a consistent teacher. This sometimes led to many months of not memorizing anything and only working on review. When I didn't find a teacher, I turned to friends who could help me with my tajweed and we became Qur'an buddies. On campus, over the phone, in cars in random parking lots, in-between running from one meeting to another, we would recite to one another and we would keep each other in check until we were able to find teachers. A teacher (or if you can't find one, a Qur'an buddy) is CRITICAL to progress with the Qur'an.

•One of the best things that has ever happened to me in my entire life, all praise and thanks be to God, was being blessed with the Qur'an teacher that helped me so immensely through my memorization: Shaykh Moheb. I learned love for the Qur'an, commitment to the Qur'an, a life of gratitude and incredible contentment because of the Qur'an and a balanced perspective through the Qur'an from him. Seeing I was not Arab and was trying to memorize the Qur'an correctly, he took it upon himself to see me through it. May God bless his family in both worlds. I made du'a' (supplication) (fervently) for a teacher like this for many years and was blessed with more than for what I made du'a', but it took patience and continual struggle until I was rewarded with a teacher of such caliber. Seek the best teacher you can find and if they are not there, keep making du'a' for one and work through other avenues.

•Use technology to assist you; to help practice your tajweed and help you memorize, there are a number of resources dedicated to those who want to memorize the Qur'an. If you have ever used one, please feel free to share what has worked for you!


4.Date the Qu'ran

•When I was MSA President in college, I had many responsibilities added to my academic, work, volunteer, knowledge, and familial obligations. However, everyday, I made a special date with the Qur'an that no one could touch. My phone was away, my email was gone - I was booked for that time period and it didn't matter how huge of an event I needed to prepare for the next day. Just as we make time for people, work and classes, we need to schedule in time to meet up with the Qur'an and strive to show it that we're sincere and serious about a long-term relationship.


5.The Qur'an is Where the Party's At

•Sometimes, memorizing the Qur'an means denying invitations to social gatherings. Don't get me wrong; it is ESSENTIAL for one's spiritual and emotional well-being to be balanced and have social connections and relationships regularly. However, there will be times when the portion that must be memorized is going to take more time and that means leaving early from or not being able to make it to the party. These are sacrifices we make for Allah and the Qur'an and He replaces them with better if we pay attention.


6.Make Du`a' Constantly

•In every prayer, in every moment of prostration, between every athan (call to prayer) and iqama (call to begin prayer), ask God to make us of the Ahlul Qur'an (the people of the Qur'an), those whom the Prophet taught, "The people of the Qur'an are the people of Allah and His special servants," (An-Nisa'i).
•Realize you are not alone. There are some du`a' I began making seven years ago and they only have started to manifest six or seven years after I started making them rigorously. There will be times one might want to give up, one might feel like there's no progress, one might feel like everyone else is finishing so quickly, so easily, and that nothing is clicking. Wait. Be patient.
•Keep working and keep making du'a'. Soon, everything will open because of your sincerity , work and du`a' and when it does, every second of the struggle is so much sweeter and so much more worth it.


7.Trade a Mushaf (Qur'an) with Someone and Understand What You're Memorizing

•When starting, find someone else who wants to begin and give them a mushaf (written Qur'an) and ask them to give you one as well. This way, every time they or you work on memorizing, you're both receiving incredible rewards from each other's memorization.
•It can be more difficult to memorize if one has no clue what the meaning of the verses are. If one does not understand the language of the Qur'an, make sure to also keep a translation close by to read from it to contextualize the verses and pick up on the meaning.


8.Do Good Deeds "For the Sake of the Qur'an"

•When one experiences extra difficulty in memorizing or has just finished a great portion, give some small financial or action-based charity and ask Allah to accept it for the Qur'an; ask Allah fervently for tawfiq (success), for sincerity, and for a love life with His Words.

•The Qur'an is special and it does not "need" us. We need the Qur'an to guide us and to enrich our lives. The Qur'an isn't going to just come to anyone who attempts to memorize it, then leaves it, then attempts it, then leaves it. It also doesn't just easily lend itself to individuals who knowingly commit sins and persist in those sins without regret and without seeking to change. As one Sheikh taught, "The Qur'an is Aziz (dear, noble, venerated). If you don't want to be with it or memorize it, then it's not going to 'wait around' for you." You want to be special to the Qur'an? Work for it through your righteous actions when you're not working with it directly.


9.Honor One's Parents

•As I learned from an anecdote shared by Imam Suhaib Webb, the pleasure of one's parents incredibly aids in easing the memorization of the Qur'an. The more one wants to memorize, the more one should increase in treating their parents with dignity, respect and appreciation through words, through actions and through merciful companionship. (Thank you Mom and Dad!!)


10.The Qur'an Should Spark an Internal Revolution

•Even more important than memorizing the Qur'an is allowing it catalyze one's transformation. If one's character is not reforming and improving, there's a serious problem. Check your heart from the start and keep checking it; one's actions should become more balanced and stronger in quality when interacting with the Qur'an.


Many people feel facing the challenge of memorizing the Qur'an is too difficult of a task. They may have tried it and given up, dabbled in it and lost focus or drive or simply refused to consider the idea because they feel it insurmountable. Think of memorizing the Qur'an like lifting weights. For a person who has never worked out and who desires the health benefits of increasing their strength, they may begin with just a few pounds. As they continue, the amounts they began with will feel insignificant in comparison to the heavy amounts they are now able to lift.

luvinhubby: Tinubu is a Megalomaniac, anybody that he cannot remote control like Fashola, Fayemi & Ogbeni is branded a betrayer or a failure by him. We all know he is worse than PDP in rigging considering what happened in Lagos local government elections & how he bought Justice Salami to give his ACN victory in the appeal courr. He should not decide for Ondo people how they shud be governed, they are capable of doing so.

Are you there when he was giving the money?

be truthful, be sincere!!

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tiarabubu: Inspiring indeed. Any picture that shows a reciprocal action?

The Pope visits mosque kisses Koran

The queen visits mosque covers up and shoeless

The archbishop of Abuja breaks fast with and serves Muslims

The Catholic church donates food items to muslims during fasting

Pastor fasts and prays with Muslims

And now church wishes muslims happy eid.

I may be wrong but..... question is, why is it not reciprocated?

what is wrong in greeting your fellow brother?
no wonder nigerians are used to bad news!

Recently, the Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment, Tunji Bello, says the Governor Babatunde Fashola-led administration has no history of abandoning projects or plans to leave any uncompleted project. The commissioner explained that during event to mark the 1, 900 days of Fashola administration that some projects which some residents of the state thought were abandoned were actually being done at a slow pace to ensure efficiency and durability.

What may really constitute abandoned project in Nigeria contents?

isquar3d3: yeah bro. That road has been patched and patched sooteey d road no gree patch patch again. Wen i saw those chinese guys clearing a site and d little time it took them 2 make their site ready, i knew somethng was coming. Problem is whether the project will ever be completed with d kind of precedents we've seen elsewhere.

What happen to benin-ore road to your hometown.
no be PDP- share the money una dey do.

Vicjustice: Bravo, I agree with you

Most people seem to point their fingers toward white people when talking about racism and racists. We seem not to realise that in the real sense, white people are much fairer to us than our fellow black people are.
  This brings me to the understanding that there is actual racism in Nigeria: but we don't see it as racism because we classify the behaviours into a wrong category "tribalism".
  For example, some Yoruba families often would not let their daughters get into marriages with Igbo men, most Igbo families would not encourage an inter-marriage with the Huasas, most Hausa families would often not accept inter-marriages with either Yorubas or Igbos, and the same applies with the minorities in Nigeria: Even among the Igbos, there is this intense degree of tribal prejudice: for example, an Anambra man disregard an Owerri woman and might not want anything serious with her, worst still, there is this barbaric cultural practice that distinguishes and discriminates some certain tribes known as Osu in isolated margin (that's if i'm accurate).
  Many people are also refused or denied social opportunities for reason of their races or backgrounds, but we don't seem to mind these developments, we only accuse white people of racism when we're refused or denied some benefits.
  Now, talking about the grudges and ill-feelings, can we see that there's prejudice in Nigeria, and that we suffer racism from fellow Nigerians than from white people?
Even democracy and election in Nigeria is influenced by ethnicism and racism.

Note: This is not "tribalism", but racism in its finest definition: Tribalism is experienced amongst specific ethnic groups for example; Owerri man versus Enugu man, but when it is inter-ethnic, such as Hausa people versus Yoruba people, then it is called racism.
Racism goes beyond skin colours; consider Polish people accusing the Germans of racism as well as the Albanians accusing the Greeks of racism towards them yet, they are all white

OP, i am 100% agreed with you. even when the past goverment observe this and try to post igbo man to Lagos, when disagreement happen between yoruba and ibo man in lagos, Igbo policeman will teach his tribeman how to write statement against the yoruba man in lagos ooo.

Traditional Boko Haram is developing in that village little by little.

stupid set of people.

sonya4all: residents can be blamed partly as well as govt who collects 1200 asepa fee..With little or nothing to show for the services such money was collected...Also im somehow surprised that the op..Said he recently visited aba...And its amazing how he knows almost all the spots at aba and their names respectively.... Could it be he is an independ journalist or part of the people gov t.A orji hired to praise him in niraland.... I could be wrong....Prove it.

...Said he recently visited aba, does not mean i am not ABA person. Prepare to change your attitude towars snitation rather than blaming government all the time.

jerseyboy: Yaypa. This man don finish the great and most revered Ogbenioja the Most Honorable Obafemi Awolowo. OK. I think the War just wan start. Warning to this fool- You will not have the middlebelt this time to do your biddings unlike the last time. We shall see. Mumu thinks history is static. Living in the past. We have leant from history. F00L.

You people lack understanding or you always twist sentence to yourelf.

What has Awolowo has to do with this. The man said his people should not join the war based on his undestanding and you said he is wrong.
if the northerners and igbo/ijaw prefer war to settle misunderstanding go ahead. We Yorubas prefer peace. Final

rash47: Allhu akbar, Allhu akbar, Allahu akbar, I observed my jummat prayer in Ansar-deen mosque today in kubwa,Abuja. A man named michael,whose father is a pastor converted to islam,his now MOHAMMED, I pray (saw) guide guide him to reap the bounties of islam

Allhu akbar, Allhu akbar, Allahu akbar, Alhamdulillai

Allah is the Grreatest, those he tell the reason?

edicolove: The guy is not a serious pastor. Many christians fast sometimes as much as seven days without food. Millions of Christians fast for 3 days without food at least once a year. If the so called pastor has not fasted this much before, he certainly is not a true pastor. Most Christians really don't consider the muslims kind of fast as fasting because if I have to eat that much before 6am in the morning, I don't think I will feel like am fasting at all. That is not to say the muslims fasting is wrong, just saying we Christians view fasting differently and actually in a more stringent way. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion on fasting but these American pastors just fulfil the prophecy of Jesus that in the last days, false prophets shall arise.

thank God you call him a false prophet, not a muslim

Now, christain can fast as many days as they like without food, that is not the standard (check your bible very well). the ratinale behind fasting is to be Righteous, moral, honest, purify your soul and close to God, and if someone fast for 3 days without good intension and other fast 13 hours with Righteous deed and prayer answered. what is the benefit of the former.

bros, God dont made human being to under to hardship. christain fasting is one and that is why many christians dont fast or break before breaking time except the man of God who will not eat but taste drops of water every day

tiarabubu: O hypocrite, are all those verses you quoted to run away from issues part of the title of the thread? At least me I am talking of the Jihad wars. To reply, you were busy quoting numbers and judges. What, LagosShia, has those biblical verses got to do with how Islam came to nigeria?

Hope you are ok?

you are too insultive. someone is trying to put you through.

Answer this, How did christianity came to Nigeria? your religion recorded the worst history interm of brutality

ask me more sister 'INSULT'

riac: Salam 2 all my muslim brethen..i'm nt really new on nairaland but i jst found out abt dis tread.pray Allah (swt) acept all our deeds as an act of ibadat.....AMIN
My names are Adenuga Bolanle Rianat,30yrs,married,stay @ shomolu lagos state,studied mech eng @ lagos state univ,unemployed bt seriously searchin 4 job.
Masalam

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insha Allah.

vanunu: I don't understand you, don't you know that without power all these things you mentioned will not work, do you think at all?

so, electricity will
electrocute boko haram
health: it will save life
transport: it will fuel your vehicle
housing: safe to sleep under the cable

bros, tell your goodluck to perform more or resign.

Mekenz: I wil vote 4 him anytin any day, atleast daz d only option 4me nw,cus dere iz no any oda capable willin candidate frm S.E n S.S nw,cus am tired of north n dere leadership. :DI wil vote 4 him anytin any day, atleast daz d only option 4me nw,cus dere iz no any oda capable willin candidate frm S.E n S.S nw,cus am tired of north n dere leadership.

I know you will change your option few days from now when the man perform government magic like increase in electricity tariff, and fuel price.

is there no pastor and Rev. in NL anymore?

There should be post and reply from these pastor.

A MUST!!!

segyemaro: that man go soon die

die of what?

Holiness has lost its place in some churches today as a business man was recently joined in holy matrimony to three women at a church in Zaire.


We learnt the man in question is a notable member of the church. He used his influence to force a pastor to officiate the wedding.

Polygamy in Christianity? What is this world turning into?

CAN WE NO LONGER TRUST OUR PASTORS TO DO THE RIGHT THING?

WHAT CAN THE CHURCH DO TO STOP THIS KIND OF THING HAPPENING AGAIN?

acidtalk: We often hear people say "good girls marry bad guys and vice versa". We usually have the believe that players settle with the best of girls and bad babes also marry the best of men.

If all the above are true, then does it mean that to a very large extent the law of karma doesn't happy when it comes to issues of romance?

Why can one who is honest, chaste, God fearing and a strong spiritual person end up marrying an extremely opposite person?

Does it mean God punishes people with a bad partner?

You may be wrong bros. when you said bad girl and good man, are you the constodian of the man, capital NO. it is only God that know their secrets.
A woman that you think is bad may not be bad in the presence of Almight God.

To back it with Holy Quran 24;3
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
[24.3] The fornicator shall not marry any but a fornicatress or idolatress, and (as for) the fornicatress, none shall marry her but a fornicator or an idolater; and it is forbidden to the believers.

sherry lo: Good one but what is tinubu saying about this?

He must have been constulted and agreed with the policy. BRF cant act alone.

mind you Asiwaju control most of the boys in the House of Assembly

Akanbi_edu: I have my reservations on this policy. Fashola acts like he is not in Nigeria, he needs to use his discretion.

can you expantiate more on this.

baba11: ok,also jazakumulahu kairan to thirty and faroukbabs for their kind gestures on that day!

Waiyakun. Let us thank Allah the Majesty.
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Brothers and sisters, let us try and make best use of the remaining part of Ramadan. Allah (SAW) accept prays most especially the BACHELORS/SPINTERS. Try to be constant in fard salat, tahjud and salat duah, and make request from Allah, insha Allah, HE will grant it all. Ma salam.

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Rafidi :
every last day of friday in the holy month of ramadan is set aside by Muslims worldwide to commemorate and remember al-Quds (Jerusalem).Muslims all over the world participate in rallies in solidarity with Jerusalem and in particular,Masjidul-Aqsa.Jerusalem is presently under Israel's zionist occupation. the Masjidul Aqsa is also under threat of demolition and destruction by zionist extremists and israeli excavations under the mosque.insha'Allah ta'ala,this thread would serve us this month in this year to mark the activities of Jerusalem Day on the last friday of the holy month of Ramadan in 2012.

if Masjidul Aqsa is under threat of demolition and destruction by zionist extremists.
insha'Allah they cant win the war because this is the holy place prophet Isa (jesus) will destroy Ammaddajah and his companion and deny the jews and xtians.