The Prophet's Birthday: 12th Rabi ul Awwal

Today it's the Prophet's birthday: 26th February 2010/12th Rabi ul Awwal

Yaa Nabi Salaam 'alaika
Yaa Rasul Salaam 'alaika
Yaa Habib Salaam 'alaika
Salawaatu'llah 'alaika

Salutations on you, O Prophet
Salutations on you, O Messenger of Allah
Salutations on you, O Beloved
Blessings of Allah be upon you

Check out pictures of the celebration, here.

How do you celebrate the Prophet's birthday? Will the grown ups in the family tell stories of the Prophet (SAW) to children? Reciting salutations and songs in praise of the Prophet? Will you donate to charity? Will you prepare feasts or go to a gathering at the mosque?

Urdu word of the week - Post 5

Here is this week's Urdu word:

بود
n.f
existence; being
bud

I've not come across this word myself and I probably need a Urdu expert, or atleast someone with a bit more grasp of the lingo, to help me out with creating a sentence. Someone reading this should know one! Help me!
Please feel free to provide any feedback for this theme. You can even introduce your own Urdu words or even make up sentences with the above word and blog about them on your own blog. Remember to post your links. Remember it's a Wednesday theme!

Or email me if you're shy: pakistani_g[at]hotmail.co.uk

Remembering our shaheed .. 7

I'm posting more announcements of our shaheed (martyred) who are fighting for our country, our people and our freedom. See my previous posts here, here, here, here, here and here.

Tuesday February 9th 2010

'Twelve soldiers embraced martyrdom while two others were injured in a clash with militants during the ongoing operation Rah-e-Nijat in South Waziristan Agency (SWA), the ISPR said on Monday.' (The News)

Wednesday February 10th 2010

'A Pakistan Army brigadier was killed and two other officers were injured when their vehicle was ambushed by militants in Tirah valley on Wednesday.' (Dawn)

Note: I can only provide you with names if I find them in the news articles I browse. If you think something needs correcting, please do leave me a message. I try my best.

We should all pray for these men and their families and recognise their courage and sacrifice for their country.

Are you related to a soldier? Do you have memories of a loved one dying? Do you have a message for the soldiers fighting? Leave me a comment.

Urdu word of the week - Post 4

Due to technical problems, I was unable to post yesterday's Urdu word of the week. Apologies for that. So let's continue with this week's Urdu word:

بگاڑنا
v.
to mar; to damage, to spoil
تم اِسے کیوں بگاڑ رہے ہو
transliteration:
'tum isse kyun begar rahe ho?'
why are you spoiling this?

Please feel free to provide any feedback for this theme. You can even introduce your own Urdu words or even make up sentences with the above word and blog about them on your own blog. Remember to post your links. Remember it's a Wednesday theme!

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day to readers of the blog.
I hope everyone receives something special
from their loved ones..

Here is a favourite love song of mine -
'Tere Bina' from the film Guru (2007)

Girls are like apples

With Valentine's Day just around the corner, I was looking around for some humour and here it is:



It made me smile..

Urdu word of the week - Post 3

Here is this week's Urdu word:

اپنا
pron.
own; one's own; personal
یہ میرا اپنا ہے
'this is my own'
transliteration:
ye mera apna hai

It's a nice and easy word this week. I'm sure you've heard this one.
Please feel free to provide any feedback for this theme. You can even introduce your own Urdu words or even make up sentences with the above word and blog about them on your own blog. Remember to post your links. Remember it's a Wednesday theme!

Buying family history software

Here is a list of genealogy software that is available online. It's not a complete list as there are other softwares, less popular, that are used by genealogists too. Additionally, I've tried to include prices for people living in the UK, make sure you check out the links provided as older versions of the software can be bought for cheaper prices as well as deals being offered by the companies themselves.

Family Tree Maker 2010 Deluxe Edition: £39.99 plus delivery: £4.95 UK Standard and £4.95 UK Express £5.95

Includes:

• 3-month Ancestry.co.uk™ Essentials Membership* (worth over £32)
• Family Tree Maker program CD-ROM
• Family Tree Maker Getting Started Guide
• Family Tree Maker Training Tutorial
• 20% discount on Ancestry™ DNA Testing+
• 25% off Mycanvas™ Printed Books & Posters+
• Save up to £44 off Arrowfile Genealogy Albums & Acid Free Archival Pages+
• 3 FREE ISSUES of your Family Tree Magazine when you subscribe for 1 year+

http://www.ancestryshop.co.uk/products/software/family-tree-maker-2010-deluxe-edition

Rootsmagic 4 UK Edition
Basic £24.95 plus P+P: £2.50
Standard £24.95 P+P: £2.50
Platinum £49.95 P+P: £2.50

http://www.rootsmagic.co.uk/

Family Tree Builder 4.0
Standard version: Free to download
Premium version: £54 which includes

• Publishing of up to 2,500 names to your own family site (on your computer your family tree is unlimited)
• Subscription of one year to a Premium family site
• All-in-one charts
• Smart Matches merging
• Publishing of videos and documents online
• Smart Research
• Unlimited maps

http://www.myheritage.com/family-tree-builder

Family Historian 4
Buy the software from various suppliers, check link.

http://www.family-historian.co.uk/buy-now/fh4-boxed

Legacy v 7
Standard Edition : Free to download
Deluxe : $39.95 plus shipping $14.00 (other deals on offer too)

http://www.legacyfamilytreestore.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=1

If there are other websites or stores that offer a better price then do get in touch and tell me about it! I'll be sure to make updates on the blog.

Urdu word of the week - Post 2

Here is this week's Urdu word:

بتدریج
adv.
slowly; step by step; by degrees

I wasn't able to come up with a sentence this week, perhaps readers of this blog can suggest something and please feel free to provide any feedback for this new theme. You can even introduce your own Urdu words or even make up sentences with the above word and blog about them on your own blog. Remember to post your links.

Do you have ancestors buried in Canada?

I came across Beechwood Cemetery in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on interment.com which lists some Muslims that are buried there (note the 'some'). Although one or two did sound like Hindu names the gravestones were recorded as having Quranic verses on them.


Devji, Satbai K., b. 1894, d. 1981, 786 Verily We Belong to God and to Him we will Return Holy Quran 2:156, [MB]

Karam, Pierre, b. u/k, d. u/k, and Baby Pierre 1 Day (s/o Shadia Abou-Memme Karam), [MB]
Karam, Shadia Abou-Mehme, b. 1957, d. 1984, (w/o Wahib Karam), [MB]
Karam, Wahib, b. 1950, [MB]

Khoja, Madatalli M., b. 1934, d. 1976, Inna Li Lahe Wa Inna Ilehe Rajeun, [MB]
Khoja, Sherbanu M.A., b. 1914, d. 1984, 786 Verily We Belong to God and to Him We will Return Holy Quran 2.156 Alijabanu, [MB]

Prabtani, Dolatkhanu, b. 1921, d. 1975, [MB]
Prabtani, Naseem M., b. 1953, d. 1981, 786 Verily We Belong to God and to Him We will Return Holy Quran 2.156, [MB]

Sayani, Fatma, b. 1917, d. 1978, Inna Li Lahe Wa, Inna Ilehe Ra Jeun, We belong to Allah and to Him we Return (w/o Hassambhai Devraj Sayani), [MB]
Sayani, Hassambhai Devraj, b. 1909, d. 1981, Inna Li Lahe Wa, Inna Ilehe Ra Jeun, We belong to Allah and to Him we Return, [MB]

These names were contributed by Marty Byzewski.

It would be useful for researchers to locate other Muslim graves for interment.com and findagrave.com. So we need more people volunteering this information to these sites by visting graves and transcribing.