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Tortoise and the Hare

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7 THINGS YOU LEARN FROM STEVE JOBS

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1. Do what you love: If you don't love it nobody is going to even like it. 2. Put a dent in the universe: When you do it do it hard. Imagine jumping into war, either you'll emerge as victorious or dead. 3. Say no to 1000 things: Make it simple stupid. Don't clutter yourself with unnecessary things, ideas or people. 4. Kick start your brain: Come up with creativity, some unique idea. 5. Sell dreams not products: Market your product as a dream and not as s gadget.  6. Create insanely great experience: Make a product that look and feel great, easy to use and gives people greatest experience ever. 7. Master the message: You are the best marketer of your product. Market it well. Before delivering your message master it as if nobody in the universe knows about it better than you.

Life is like this

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FIRST EVER CUP OF COFFEE WAS MADE BY A MUSLIM SAINT

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As the legend goes, the first person to ever taste the coffee beans was the 9th century goat herder Kaldi who noticed that his flock had more energy when consuming the red berries of a certain plant. He collected the berries and took them to a Muslim holy man Omar Sheikh. According to the ancient chronicle, Omar, who was known for his ability to cure the sick through prayer, was once exiled from Mocha, Yemen to a desert cave near Ousab. Omar chewed the berries brought to him by Kaldi, but found them to be bitter and threw them into fire, the roasting scent was so delicious that they quickly gathered up the beans, He tried roasting the seeds to improve the flavor, but they became hard. He then tried boiling them to soften the seed, which resulted in a fragrant brown liquid. Upon drinking the liquid Omar was revitalized and sustained for days. As stories of this "miracle drug" reached Mocha, Omar was asked to return and was made a saint. When first reached Europe it was cal

Status of astrology, fortune telling and horoscope in Islam

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Not only is the practice of astrology is haram, but also visiting an astrologer and listening to his predictions, buying books on astrology or reading one's horoscope are also forbidden. Since astrology is mainly used to predicting the future, those who practice it are considered fortunetellers. Consequently, one who seeks his horoscope comes under the ruling contained in the Prophet's statement, "The salah (daily prayer) of whoever approaches a fortune teller and asks him about anything will not be accepted for forty days and nights." [Sahih Muslim, vol. 4, p. 1211, no. 5440] The punishment in this hadith is simply for approaching the asking the astrologer, even if one is in doubt about the truth of his statements. If one is in doubt about the truth or falsehood of astrological information, he is in doubt about whether or not others know the unseen and the future besides Allah. This is a form of shirk because Allah clearly stated: "And with Him are the ke