AL - 'ILAAJ EDITORIAL BOARD, MSSN UCH, IBADAN

  IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE MOST BENEFICIAL, THE MOST MERCIFUL No legs have I to dance, No lungs have I to breathe, No life has I to live and die Yet I do all three        What am I? Teaser 2 Only one colour, but no one size Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies Present in the sun but not in the rain Doing no harm and feeling no pain                What am I? Teaser 3 Neither big nor small, nor liquid, solid nor gas.it can be broken without being dropped.              What is it? Teaser 4 Bought by the yards, worn by the legs.                   What is it? Teaser 5 I have neither brothers nor sisters, but a man’s father is the son of my father.                        Who is the man? Teaser 6 Beginning of eternity, end of time and space, beginning of every end, end of every space. ...

  "When our command came, we saved Shuayb and those who believed with him by mercy from Us. And the roaring blast overtook those who had wronged, so they fell lifeless in their homes. As if they had never prospered therein. So, away with (the people of) Madyan as had been the case with Thamud" (Q11:94-95). This is just one of the several instances where Almighty Allah (SWT) had descended his punishment immediately on wrongdoers.  Other cases include the people of Prophet Nuh, whom Allah destroyed with flood (Q7:64); the people of Prophet Lut (the Sodomites), whom Allah punished with rain of stones (Q11:82); the people of prophet Hud (the Adites), whom Allah destroyed with violent windstorm for seven nights and eight days in succession (Q69:6-7); the people of Salih (Thamudites), whom Allah punished with thunderbolt, shriek and earthquake (Q7:78, 11:65, 51:44). These indicate that our Creator has varieties of punishments in His stock, to deal with evildoers. Shuayb is one of t...