Punctuate

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Punctuate/Capitalize the following. Look in the comments for the answer:

that that is it is is that not it is not that is not

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Puzzle

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Look into the dot in the center and move your face to and from the screen in rapid succession. What do the shapes do?

Dua and Witr by Sheikh Mahir Al Muaiqily - 2008/1429

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The title tells the rest

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Here's a nice recording I got from Dailymotion, the ending of Surah Fajr and some other surahs in 1414/1993:

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Surah Hud, Ayahs 6 to 83, by Sheikh Saud Ash Shuraim in Taraweeh Prayers at Al Masjid Al Haraam, year 1996/1417.

Click to listen or download.

Note: It is Real format (.rm audio) so you will need RealPlayer to play it. To download the file, right-click on it and select "Save Target As", or if you have a Firefox browser it'll give you the option.

Burj Al Mamlikah (Kingdom Tower)

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From Wikipedia:

Kingdom Tower (Arabic: برج المملكة‎) in Riyadh is the tallest skyscraper in Saudi Arabia. With a height of 302 m (992 ft), it is the 37th tallest building in the world. The tower is built on area of 94,230 square meters of land, while the whole center is built on a total area of 300,000 square meters. The tower is host to the highest mosque in the world.

The Kingdom Center is owned by Al-Waleed bin Talal, a prince of the Saudi royal family. It is also the headquarters of his holding company: Kingdom Holding Company. The total cost of the project was 1.717 billion Saudi Arabian Riyals and the contract was taken by Saudi Arabian El Saif and the Italian Impregilo S.p.A. Kingdom Center is situated in Al-Urubah Road between King Fahd Road and Olaya Street in the growing business district of Al-Olaya in Riyadh. Kingdom Center was the winner of the 2002 Emporis Skyscraper Award, selected as the "best new skyscraper of the year for design and functionality". A three-level shopping center, which also won a major design award, fills the east wing. The large opening is illuminated at night in continuously changing colors.

Al Hamdu Lillah, I have been there! Here are some pictures:

Note: that little arch at the top is where you get to go. It's kinda scary.


At night:




From Faisaliyyah Tower:




In the daytime, also from Faisaliyyah Tower:




From the bottom:




A reflection on the glass windows:




A view from the top:




A breathtaking view from the top at night:




Good Quality, a view from the top (it's the other side of the arch, so you can see Faisaliyyah Tower from here):




Note: It doesn't say in the article, but the building was started in 2000 and finished in 2002.
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A Recording

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Since everybody who posts Sheikh Shuraim recitations on their website or blog (including this brother and Abu Saud) has posted/uploaded/embedded this on their website/blog, I guess I will too:




Surah Fatiha and beginning of Surah At Toor, from Taraweeh year 1417 (1996), beautiful and emotional (very very emotional).