Yahya proved this statement by noting: "Sidi abd al-Rahman al-Tahimi came from the Hijaz. ... In Timbuktu, literacy and books meant wealth, power and blessings. ... Safi briefly describes a typical medieval Arab library: "Free access to books for all was the sine qua non of the Arab libraries, where facilities were provided hardly surpasses even in modern libraries. Besides the freedom to use and liberal loan of books, libraries provided free supply of stationery and gave general permission for copying out books. ... Timbuktu is still famous for its books and literature....

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Here please note that unlike the other major world religions, Hindus also see the Supreme as Mother, including as Sri Meenakshi, as Visalakshi, as Kamakshi and as many other names of Sakthi. ... (No such thing as a free lunch.) -- Hindus strive to follow Karma Yoga which is Doing one's own duty without expectation of any rewards for it. 15. ... A goal of Hindus is to achieve Moksha, to be freed from the cycle of birth and death (when the "good" and the "bad" karmas balance.) or reach Swarga, the abode of the Divine Soul or Paramatma [God] to serve at His feet. ... A large number of p...

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This collection is highly appreciated along with four other collections Sunan of Tirmidhi, Nasa'i, Ibn Majah, and Abu Da'ud which together make up the six books al-kutub al-sitta. ... Muslims base all their knowledge, science, work habits, indulgence, marriage, anything and everything having to do with their everyday lives on these two books. ... Muslims believe that angels have no free will and exist only to serve Allah. ... One of these is to watch over people and note what they do. ... The Qur'an says that long before God made people he offered the gift of self awareness and...

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Akbar the Great was born on October 15, 1542, in Umarkot in Sindh. He was proclaimed emperor in 1556 under the tutelage of his father's (Humayun) trusted military commander, Bairam Khan. By 1560, Akbar took the complete reign of the empire into his own hands. Akbar's was an apotheosis of rule in the Indo-Pak subcontinent. The British who came few decades later found Akbar's system of administration as their precursor. ...

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