Grandfather: Rehmatullah
Grandmother: Abeer
Brother of grandfather: Fazal Ahmad
Wife: Jannat
They had no children.
Rehmatullah, My grandfather had four sons and three daughters
My father, his brothers and sisters
Barkat Ali (of Basti Danishmandan), My father
Barkat Ali son of Rehmatullah, married to Hussain Bibi daughter of Badar Din & Bakhtawar of Basti Danishmandan.
His brothers
Ahmad Shah of Basti Danishmandan (owner of "Zeenat" sewing machine business), married Fatima , daughter of Ghulam Nabiof Mohallah Qarar Khan, Jalandhar City. After partition settled in Lahore Pakistan.
Irshad Ahmad (ex-army)
and
Habib Ahmad, before partition relocated in New Delhi- Buland Shehr and then moved to Ferozeabad and married Anwari Begum. Had children and settled with family at Ferozeabad (before partition of India). Visited Pakistan to meet with family and gone back.
His sisters
Zainab(married to Mohammad Islam at Lahore. He was ofrice superintendent in Public Works Department)before partition. Had one son M. Ikram, and daughters: Nazeer begum, Iqbal begum and Asifa.
Fatima married to Abdul Ghafoor at Kapurthala (India). Had two sons Rafique and Sardar; and two daughters Rehmat and Jamila. Jamila was married to Imdad son of my grandfather Badar Din.
Zohra (married to Sheikh Abdul Hameed son of Sh. Abdul Aziz and mother Hamida Begum,at Lahore. Had four sons.
Barkat Ali, my father:
He worked at Sukkur Barrage in Sind - and therefore, perhaps, some people called him Barkat Ali Sindhu. He worked as manager with Bombay Brass Works (Adampur or Adampur Road) Jalandhar. He worked as accountant/also called munshi. Was a neat tracer and people got their building plans drawn by him. He was fond of music; had a harmonium on a folding table and I heard him rehearsing some poetry.
He was a kind father. Coming back from job, every day, he used to bring some fruit / sweets. He got ill children treated as soon as possible. For eyes and ear treatment he took us to a hindu (Lal Chand?) running grocery store and for cough etc. to another hindu (Ram Chand?) running grocery store and also selling his own produced syrups and arqs (medicinal extracts drawn by steam).
My father produced some medicinal things also; like silver powder?, almond oil. He published a booklet "Ramuz-i-Zindgi" For some medicines had manufactured.
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Saturday, August 29, 2009
Maternal grandparents of Sheikh Sarwar
Grandfather=Badruddin - Grandmother=Bakhtawar
Grandfather demonstrated in constructing pillarless roof by RBC (reinforced brick concrete)well before August 1947. Every body feared staying under it or sitting on top of it. But my grandfather enjoyed and encouraged to sit in his company. This structure was then commercialized.
Sons: (three)
M. Ishaq, Shafi (architect in building arches and domes for mosques) and Imdad Ali established his own Imdad tanning machinery works. He foocused on perfection and soon achieved the export quality for his products.
Daughters: (four)
Hussain Bibi (my mother; married to Barkat Ali in Basti Danishmandan), Fatima Bibi(married to Ghulam Qadir in Ferozepur), Irshad Bibi (married to Haji Yaqub (in Bssti Shaikh)and Fazal Bibi married to Iqbal (in Basti Shaikh).
sheikhmsarwar@gmail.com
Grandfather demonstrated in constructing pillarless roof by RBC (reinforced brick concrete)well before August 1947. Every body feared staying under it or sitting on top of it. But my grandfather enjoyed and encouraged to sit in his company. This structure was then commercialized.
Sons: (three)
M. Ishaq, Shafi (architect in building arches and domes for mosques) and Imdad Ali established his own Imdad tanning machinery works. He foocused on perfection and soon achieved the export quality for his products.
Daughters: (four)
Hussain Bibi (my mother; married to Barkat Ali in Basti Danishmandan), Fatima Bibi(married to Ghulam Qadir in Ferozepur), Irshad Bibi (married to Haji Yaqub (in Bssti Shaikh)and Fazal Bibi married to Iqbal (in Basti Shaikh).
sheikhmsarwar@gmail.com
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Insurance in Illinois USA
My suggestion may benefit hundreds of patients who pay premium for the coverage.
Co-payment:
This is clearly written on the face of Insurance ID card and is paid at time of visit.
A notice is seen at the reception window that this co-payment is paid at time of visit; office will not bill for it.
Insurance card is copied by doctor’s office on each visit.
Patient never receives extra billings from his doctor.
Prescriptions written by the doctors are drawn from pharmacy and co-payment for that is paid before taking over medicines.
Such co-payments are also stated to be paid at time of admission to a hospital.
If doctor wants to know of the illness in detail to give better treatment, he refers for examination, stress test, or blood work to a specialist.
Patient is satisfied and relies on the first doctor for whatever treatment he has been giving or would give after further findings.
Patient reports, with doctor’s referral, at the next location.
Patient pays co-payment there and signs a typical authorization form for treatment.
After some questions, answers and checkup at this location, medicines or exercises are prescribed – if this doctor has no setup to do tests to know more about the suffering, he refers to another facility to perform those tests.
Patient goes there. Tests are done. Results are always sent back to the referring doctor.
Now patient starts worrying about what was so wrong with his health and what treatment he will go in for.
His worries are shattered when he starts receiving bills from parties whom he never visited; in Springfield, Lombard, St. Louis, etc. These demands are followed by reminders and a deadline to pay otherwise matter would be referred to a collection agency.
Tooth extraction: 6.00 – co-payment mentioned in insurance benefits. Doctor extracted my tooth and asked for 34.00. What if I had not that much money with me at that time. He said he used a different procedure. When contacted, my insurance provider said “he must have used a different procedure”. How such things be talked about and cleared before treatment!
Insurance providers suggest patient can take treatment, in case of emergency only, in another country and that will be paid if backed up with payment receipts. My wife had to go to Emergency for a cardiac problem. She paid money; brought back receipts but was never paid by the insurance provider; they have their reasons.
Questions:
1. Do these facilities admit patient without knowing that the treatment or test is covered by patient’s insurance provider;
2. Can they kindly check with insurance provider; it takes a phone call; that the treatment or test to be performed was within insurance coverage. This will save patient and themselves from complications about payment.
3. Is it obligatory at the part of these facilities or services to tell the patient that they are not a part of the hospital staff; they are outsiders; allowed to operate at that facility?
4. I remember when my friend asked a staff at the hospital if she could explain the patient about vegetarian healthy food recipes written on a piece of paper give by staff to the patient, she said, she will charge $20; perhaps she was also an outsider operating from table provided at the facility.
Dental and Vision
Expensive. Need cutting down so common man can afford.
Increase visits after putting in new denture to four.
Co-payment:
This is clearly written on the face of Insurance ID card and is paid at time of visit.
A notice is seen at the reception window that this co-payment is paid at time of visit; office will not bill for it.
Insurance card is copied by doctor’s office on each visit.
Patient never receives extra billings from his doctor.
Prescriptions written by the doctors are drawn from pharmacy and co-payment for that is paid before taking over medicines.
Such co-payments are also stated to be paid at time of admission to a hospital.
If doctor wants to know of the illness in detail to give better treatment, he refers for examination, stress test, or blood work to a specialist.
Patient is satisfied and relies on the first doctor for whatever treatment he has been giving or would give after further findings.
Patient reports, with doctor’s referral, at the next location.
Patient pays co-payment there and signs a typical authorization form for treatment.
After some questions, answers and checkup at this location, medicines or exercises are prescribed – if this doctor has no setup to do tests to know more about the suffering, he refers to another facility to perform those tests.
Patient goes there. Tests are done. Results are always sent back to the referring doctor.
Now patient starts worrying about what was so wrong with his health and what treatment he will go in for.
His worries are shattered when he starts receiving bills from parties whom he never visited; in Springfield, Lombard, St. Louis, etc. These demands are followed by reminders and a deadline to pay otherwise matter would be referred to a collection agency.
Tooth extraction: 6.00 – co-payment mentioned in insurance benefits. Doctor extracted my tooth and asked for 34.00. What if I had not that much money with me at that time. He said he used a different procedure. When contacted, my insurance provider said “he must have used a different procedure”. How such things be talked about and cleared before treatment!
Insurance providers suggest patient can take treatment, in case of emergency only, in another country and that will be paid if backed up with payment receipts. My wife had to go to Emergency for a cardiac problem. She paid money; brought back receipts but was never paid by the insurance provider; they have their reasons.
Questions:
1. Do these facilities admit patient without knowing that the treatment or test is covered by patient’s insurance provider;
2. Can they kindly check with insurance provider; it takes a phone call; that the treatment or test to be performed was within insurance coverage. This will save patient and themselves from complications about payment.
3. Is it obligatory at the part of these facilities or services to tell the patient that they are not a part of the hospital staff; they are outsiders; allowed to operate at that facility?
4. I remember when my friend asked a staff at the hospital if she could explain the patient about vegetarian healthy food recipes written on a piece of paper give by staff to the patient, she said, she will charge $20; perhaps she was also an outsider operating from table provided at the facility.
Dental and Vision
Expensive. Need cutting down so common man can afford.
Increase visits after putting in new denture to four.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Family structure; how to keep it intact
Family structure –
how to keep it intact
Spider web is strong enough to safeguard the inhabitants. The web knots are members of the web and threads represent relations with each other and with the head of the house. If any intruder steps in, the threads and knots will trap and let it die its own death.
Setup of a family, to me, is similar, and rather should be. Share information, events and even slight fears and doubts. A demand or for that matter a concession be spoken and listened respectfully for an amiable solution. We should place ourselves in other’s situation to have a feeling of the matter under discussion. Airing out of the area will encourage others to politely poison blood running into your family web threads. Please avoid it. Nip this evil in the bud.
Nobody likes to repeat:
I talked and she listened
She talked and I listened
Then we both talked and neighbor listened
We should create same atmosphere at work place also.
When we marry our children we should look back in our own past. Free them for some time in their room. Let them dine out; enjoy free time out of house. Let them be the guard of their belongings. To win parents’ affection, children should discuss with them for any addition, replacement or getting rid of a piece of valuables.
Should husband and wife share facts! They must share odds and evens sitting same side rather across the table, with tea and snacks which give some spells to absorb discussion or think of a better suggestion. Betraying each other is pulling things out of gear. They should not let things go out of hand. Care is better than cure. Think twice before hiding facts. Let each partner relax and be free from daylong stress. Tell the partner if there was any community news or any thing new about your children.
Children are friendly with mother and they tell her facts and fears. No doubt mother can handle bad and good in a cool and very sophisticated manner. Men should but cannot control anger and lose temper easily. Mother can bring husband to a very cool mood and ask him to listen patiently and come up with a solution. Keep domestic matters within the boundaries of the house.
Few cases I heard of were to the contrary of my thinking.
Girl told story of her rape pregnancy to the mother
First reaction of mother: Don’t let your father know, he will kill you
Abortion was conducted
Where pregnancy took a serious shape; a story went around: “a tumor has been removed” and therefore girl was sick for few days
Are we sincere to each other? If we are, why we have complaints or hide facts from each other. Why relations are so strained that they grow feathers and become mosquitoes to whisper in others ears!!!
sheikhmsarwar@gmail.com
how to keep it intact
Spider web is strong enough to safeguard the inhabitants. The web knots are members of the web and threads represent relations with each other and with the head of the house. If any intruder steps in, the threads and knots will trap and let it die its own death.
Setup of a family, to me, is similar, and rather should be. Share information, events and even slight fears and doubts. A demand or for that matter a concession be spoken and listened respectfully for an amiable solution. We should place ourselves in other’s situation to have a feeling of the matter under discussion. Airing out of the area will encourage others to politely poison blood running into your family web threads. Please avoid it. Nip this evil in the bud.
Nobody likes to repeat:
I talked and she listened
She talked and I listened
Then we both talked and neighbor listened
We should create same atmosphere at work place also.
When we marry our children we should look back in our own past. Free them for some time in their room. Let them dine out; enjoy free time out of house. Let them be the guard of their belongings. To win parents’ affection, children should discuss with them for any addition, replacement or getting rid of a piece of valuables.
Should husband and wife share facts! They must share odds and evens sitting same side rather across the table, with tea and snacks which give some spells to absorb discussion or think of a better suggestion. Betraying each other is pulling things out of gear. They should not let things go out of hand. Care is better than cure. Think twice before hiding facts. Let each partner relax and be free from daylong stress. Tell the partner if there was any community news or any thing new about your children.
Children are friendly with mother and they tell her facts and fears. No doubt mother can handle bad and good in a cool and very sophisticated manner. Men should but cannot control anger and lose temper easily. Mother can bring husband to a very cool mood and ask him to listen patiently and come up with a solution. Keep domestic matters within the boundaries of the house.
Few cases I heard of were to the contrary of my thinking.
Girl told story of her rape pregnancy to the mother
First reaction of mother: Don’t let your father know, he will kill you
Abortion was conducted
Where pregnancy took a serious shape; a story went around: “a tumor has been removed” and therefore girl was sick for few days
Are we sincere to each other? If we are, why we have complaints or hide facts from each other. Why relations are so strained that they grow feathers and become mosquitoes to whisper in others ears!!!
sheikhmsarwar@gmail.com
Thursday, August 13, 2009
We are in search of the past
khushbu gunche talash karti hai
beete rishte talash karti hai
jab guzrti hai us gali se saba
khat ke purze talash karti hai
apne maazi ki justju men bahar
peele pattey talash karti hai
aik ummeed bar bar aa kar
apne tukre talash karti hai
sheikh sarwar
beete rishte talash karti hai
jab guzrti hai us gali se saba
khat ke purze talash karti hai
apne maazi ki justju men bahar
peele pattey talash karti hai
aik ummeed bar bar aa kar
apne tukre talash karti hai
sheikh sarwar
Sheikh Sarwar childhood plays
Sheikh Sarwar childhood plays
Besides attending school regularly, doing home work and helping in household; whenever I found time I wanted to use for me.
Bath or shower out of home
- Very fond of bathing in rain with other friends in a tight undergarment (called Langot in our language)
- There were water wells dug for cultivation and run by wooden gear pulled by cattle. Water was first in a brick lined pond then dropped into the water way for the fields. Well were not far away from each other. We used to take bath at the last well, then the middle and lastly at the nearest well. Some time the farmer let us sit in the seat behind cattle and enjoy ride.
Book binding and covers
- I knew very well how to do book binding and I did so for my books which broke binding.
- Like gift packing paper. I used to make some designs and flowers in colors on strong legal size papers and then brush a think varnish layer on it to preserve the painting.
Catapult
- custom made from a carpenter shop or used Y-shape tree branch.
- Used balls made of clay to hunt for birds
Climbing on trees
- to lay down on a branch pretend taking rest
- to search nests for eggs used in kite flying threads smoothness. Some time crows would get together and attack on my head and body to punish for stealing their eggs; some time eggs were broken in my shirt pocket while coming down from tree
- to fix rope for swings
Fire works
- burn some bushes; specially pepper plants; to make ashes. We were told the ashes from pepper plants will give sharp spark to fire works
- cut lot of paper in 2 inch x 4 inch and 2 inch x 5 inch size
- roll cut paper on a pencil while gluing each turn together and twist the last one inch end of paper to close the whole
- fill with a mixture of ash, gandak and potas, iron copper dust collected by filing metals; we bought from small cottage works; insert threads of heavy fiber leaving a small part out of the container to lit
- twist and close the opening
- wrap around animal tissues (brought from a meat shop or take from the larger size used fireworks by elders)
- ignite one by one and throw away
- tie with sticks and ignite so it went straight up
- Fill earthen pottery with material and insert some fat fiber threads leaving a portion out of the container, to lit.
Injuries
- As my friends did, I also received injuries playing games, hide & seek, and were cured without much care. Perhaps bodies at that age had strong mechanism to cure the wounds.
- I could not recover from an injury that I got in scuffle between my heart and me. We played push and pull. I lost it in the final round
Kite flying
- Make and repair own paper kites of different shapes, colors and sizes
- Grind glass into powder and mix in prepared fine glue; mix eggs
- Soak thread of “chain” brand in it for a while
- Take out thread while squeezing down extra glue
- Spread on distant pegs taking turns
- Re-roll thread on a wide wooden wheel revolving on a rod going through it
- This thread was like a very fine sandpaper to cut through the thread of other kites
- Fly kites on top of roof or in the nearby open space
Stealing berries, toot, lemons and malons
- people knew children were doing this as fun and would ignore unless children would damage a lot, then they would speak to the parents. Therefore, we remained very restricted
Writing pens and ink
- made my own from thin bamboo stock, reeds or sometime large size feathers; in tips of different size
- Made my own black ink by burning and grinding bamboo sticks or reeds mixed with mastered oil; boiling to make it think enough to flow down from the pens. I put a piece of fabric in it so lot of ink is not picked by the pen
- Made my own blue black ink by mixing “Robin neel BLUE” "Neela thotha "Agate" with “Qsees” and boiling the paste to a desirable thickness. Qasees we used to call, was available in stores. It gave a color.
Wooden “lattu” a spinning toy
- I was fond of this. Got made at a carpenter shop in different colors and sizes. A string was wrapped around and by pulling it fast and throwing on the ground, toy would spin on its axis while keeping balance on a needle inserted into its bottom. There were competitions among friends on the length of time it keeps revolving.
Besides attending school regularly, doing home work and helping in household; whenever I found time I wanted to use for me.
Bath or shower out of home
- Very fond of bathing in rain with other friends in a tight undergarment (called Langot in our language)
- There were water wells dug for cultivation and run by wooden gear pulled by cattle. Water was first in a brick lined pond then dropped into the water way for the fields. Well were not far away from each other. We used to take bath at the last well, then the middle and lastly at the nearest well. Some time the farmer let us sit in the seat behind cattle and enjoy ride.
Book binding and covers
- I knew very well how to do book binding and I did so for my books which broke binding.
- Like gift packing paper. I used to make some designs and flowers in colors on strong legal size papers and then brush a think varnish layer on it to preserve the painting.
Catapult
- custom made from a carpenter shop or used Y-shape tree branch.
- Used balls made of clay to hunt for birds
Climbing on trees
- to lay down on a branch pretend taking rest
- to search nests for eggs used in kite flying threads smoothness. Some time crows would get together and attack on my head and body to punish for stealing their eggs; some time eggs were broken in my shirt pocket while coming down from tree
- to fix rope for swings
Fire works
- burn some bushes; specially pepper plants; to make ashes. We were told the ashes from pepper plants will give sharp spark to fire works
- cut lot of paper in 2 inch x 4 inch and 2 inch x 5 inch size
- roll cut paper on a pencil while gluing each turn together and twist the last one inch end of paper to close the whole
- fill with a mixture of ash, gandak and potas, iron copper dust collected by filing metals; we bought from small cottage works; insert threads of heavy fiber leaving a small part out of the container to lit
- twist and close the opening
- wrap around animal tissues (brought from a meat shop or take from the larger size used fireworks by elders)
- ignite one by one and throw away
- tie with sticks and ignite so it went straight up
- Fill earthen pottery with material and insert some fat fiber threads leaving a portion out of the container, to lit.
Injuries
- As my friends did, I also received injuries playing games, hide & seek, and were cured without much care. Perhaps bodies at that age had strong mechanism to cure the wounds.
- I could not recover from an injury that I got in scuffle between my heart and me. We played push and pull. I lost it in the final round
Kite flying
- Make and repair own paper kites of different shapes, colors and sizes
- Grind glass into powder and mix in prepared fine glue; mix eggs
- Soak thread of “chain” brand in it for a while
- Take out thread while squeezing down extra glue
- Spread on distant pegs taking turns
- Re-roll thread on a wide wooden wheel revolving on a rod going through it
- This thread was like a very fine sandpaper to cut through the thread of other kites
- Fly kites on top of roof or in the nearby open space
Stealing berries, toot, lemons and malons
- people knew children were doing this as fun and would ignore unless children would damage a lot, then they would speak to the parents. Therefore, we remained very restricted
Writing pens and ink
- made my own from thin bamboo stock, reeds or sometime large size feathers; in tips of different size
- Made my own black ink by burning and grinding bamboo sticks or reeds mixed with mastered oil; boiling to make it think enough to flow down from the pens. I put a piece of fabric in it so lot of ink is not picked by the pen
- Made my own blue black ink by mixing “Robin neel BLUE” "Neela thotha "Agate" with “Qsees” and boiling the paste to a desirable thickness. Qasees we used to call, was available in stores. It gave a color.
Wooden “lattu” a spinning toy
- I was fond of this. Got made at a carpenter shop in different colors and sizes. A string was wrapped around and by pulling it fast and throwing on the ground, toy would spin on its axis while keeping balance on a needle inserted into its bottom. There were competitions among friends on the length of time it keeps revolving.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Temporary assignments!
Temporary assignment that carry livelihood, recognition and rewards:
Inching through my life I find I have been doing self-employed or assigned jobs on a temporary basis, for an unknown span of time; I mean, until the job was done and my Provider called me back.
I learnt from following quiet lessons that they were essentials for a “life” assignment that I would have to accomplish:
Childhood: had to go by rules of my parents while I played some games at my discretion. As dependent had to obey parents and with some liberty I had, I took part in some games.
School: parents put me there to get education. Frankly, I didn’t know at that time about the wider role of education in life but I tried interestingly to grasp knowledge step by step.
Lot of people does not get education and go for technical jobs, to earn some money for the household.
Purpose is common; to earn for necessities of life.
Employment. I came to know, education was a requisite to get a job in better environment.
Family in the making: Behind the curtain; I was being trained to make a family like my parent’s, and that of my ancestors. The Nature made it true. I also made a family, made some property and bagged some money and became a part of a large community.
BUT,
1. I was depressed after my wife passed away. I felt lonely. My thoughts took me far back to the departure of my grandparents and parents. I realized that was a reality; every body had to go upon completion of a certain role. These happenings make us strong to bear such losses in the future and go ahead to continue in the “life” assignment. Couple of months before her departure, my wife called elder daughter, handed over her jewelry and put in writing how to distribute among our children and the grands. She said she forgives whoever hurt her and asked for forgiveness from those who were hurt by her. She said, her time (assignment) was up. She felt sick again, went to hospital, did not come back home.
2. None of my predecessors took with them movables or unmovable. Only good noble deeds go along and even sent for credit before our departure. There are centuries old treasures and wonders left behind by the people called back by the Provider.
3. Boarding, lodging, water, air, rain, earth, sky, sun, moon, light, day and night were made available ahead of our landing. We did not have to worry about essentials.
These Temp jobs carry incentives and bonuses:
Before our landing on job site, the Provider had arranged for our reception, care-taker and amenities; pleasures and attractiveness that conduce to smoothness and comfort, convenience and enjoyment of social relationship. All this was rather impossible for us to accomplish along side of our job.
He had also made available the rules and regulations in writing and are explained His messengers, by our elders and scholars. If we comply with these rules ourselves and tell others and our new generations of the benefits, we will be doing a noble deed. If we ignore, we will be punished, though He is Most Merciful and Beneficial, He can pardon us. We always seek his blessings.
Incentives: Do well. You will find goodies coming to you unexpectedly from unseen source, in this and the life after.
Bonus: If we take well care of family and teach them of what God expected of us, and put in extra effort in spreading His message around and by complying with that ourselves; we may be included in a group of His blessed people.
Rules are, for example:
Accept the oneness of the Provider (God); praise and be thankful to Him
Believe in the Day of Judgment
Believe in the being of Angles
Accept the Holy book He has made available for our guidance
Believe in His prophets and adopt their teachings
Share knowledge and wealth with others
Desist and keep others from doing unjust
Make just decisions without consideration of relations; color and creed
Recognize and apply rights of women
Duties and Rights go together
We seek His guidance in all affairs of our life
Inching through my life I find I have been doing self-employed or assigned jobs on a temporary basis, for an unknown span of time; I mean, until the job was done and my Provider called me back.
I learnt from following quiet lessons that they were essentials for a “life” assignment that I would have to accomplish:
Childhood: had to go by rules of my parents while I played some games at my discretion. As dependent had to obey parents and with some liberty I had, I took part in some games.
School: parents put me there to get education. Frankly, I didn’t know at that time about the wider role of education in life but I tried interestingly to grasp knowledge step by step.
Lot of people does not get education and go for technical jobs, to earn some money for the household.
Purpose is common; to earn for necessities of life.
Employment. I came to know, education was a requisite to get a job in better environment.
Family in the making: Behind the curtain; I was being trained to make a family like my parent’s, and that of my ancestors. The Nature made it true. I also made a family, made some property and bagged some money and became a part of a large community.
BUT,
1. I was depressed after my wife passed away. I felt lonely. My thoughts took me far back to the departure of my grandparents and parents. I realized that was a reality; every body had to go upon completion of a certain role. These happenings make us strong to bear such losses in the future and go ahead to continue in the “life” assignment. Couple of months before her departure, my wife called elder daughter, handed over her jewelry and put in writing how to distribute among our children and the grands. She said she forgives whoever hurt her and asked for forgiveness from those who were hurt by her. She said, her time (assignment) was up. She felt sick again, went to hospital, did not come back home.
2. None of my predecessors took with them movables or unmovable. Only good noble deeds go along and even sent for credit before our departure. There are centuries old treasures and wonders left behind by the people called back by the Provider.
3. Boarding, lodging, water, air, rain, earth, sky, sun, moon, light, day and night were made available ahead of our landing. We did not have to worry about essentials.
These Temp jobs carry incentives and bonuses:
Before our landing on job site, the Provider had arranged for our reception, care-taker and amenities; pleasures and attractiveness that conduce to smoothness and comfort, convenience and enjoyment of social relationship. All this was rather impossible for us to accomplish along side of our job.
He had also made available the rules and regulations in writing and are explained His messengers, by our elders and scholars. If we comply with these rules ourselves and tell others and our new generations of the benefits, we will be doing a noble deed. If we ignore, we will be punished, though He is Most Merciful and Beneficial, He can pardon us. We always seek his blessings.
Incentives: Do well. You will find goodies coming to you unexpectedly from unseen source, in this and the life after.
Bonus: If we take well care of family and teach them of what God expected of us, and put in extra effort in spreading His message around and by complying with that ourselves; we may be included in a group of His blessed people.
Rules are, for example:
Accept the oneness of the Provider (God); praise and be thankful to Him
Believe in the Day of Judgment
Believe in the being of Angles
Accept the Holy book He has made available for our guidance
Believe in His prophets and adopt their teachings
Share knowledge and wealth with others
Desist and keep others from doing unjust
Make just decisions without consideration of relations; color and creed
Recognize and apply rights of women
Duties and Rights go together
We seek His guidance in all affairs of our life
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