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<p dir="auto">http//deenrc.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/glossary-parwez.pdf</p>
<p dir="auto">For example</p>
<p dir="auto">Amr - (Alif-Meem-Ra).<br />
Al-Amarato Wat-T'amoor means a sign post made of small stones in the desert to indicate the boundaries or to show the path. Al-'Itemar means to consult. In verses (7/110) and (26/35) the Pharaoh asked his chiefs about Moses, "So what do you suggest in this matter?" M'otamar means the place where consultations take place - the conference room and the conference itself. Ameer is a person who is consulted, also a person who gives guidance to a blind man (Taj). It also means "abundance" (Taj). Other meanings in which Amr is used are, to order, to<br />
direct a situation or a position. When it is used in the context of giving directions, then its plural is Aw'amir (as we use Aw'amir and Na'wahi - its antonym). However in the Quran the word Aw'amir has not been used. When Amr is used in the sense of a problem or a situation, its plural is Umoor. Al-Imarato means a government or state (Taj) and Ameer means a person who gives directives. In verse (7/54) Amr has been used in a different form than Khalq. Here it is important to keep in view its basic meanings, i.e., guidance, indication, direction. Ibn-e-Faris says that "Nourishment" is also one of its intrinsic meanings.</p>
<p dir="auto">Khalq means to bring into existence various things by mixing different elements. This pre-supposes that these elements already exist. However, before this stage, there is another stage when the things are in the process of becoming. This planning stage is 'Aalam-ul-Amr. Amr also means the laws, rules or disciplines according to which things in the universe are existing. Quran says that when Allah decides to create something, He says "Be" and so it "Becomes." How does it take shape and form, and where does it comes into being, we do not know as it is beyond our comprehension.</p>
<p dir="auto">Dr. Muhammad Iqbal, in his Essays on Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam (P 103) quotes Pringle Pattison, a famous thinker who exposes the helplessness of English language. He says that English has only one word about the "Creation" of universe whereas there should have been two different words to explain two different phases. Arabic has two words "Khalq" and "Amr" to express the two ways in which the creative activity of Allah reveals itself to us.</p>
<p dir="auto">In short the first stage is that of Divine Planning, where Allah's Directive Energy initiates an inchoate object on the path leading to its destined incarnation. And the process by which it finally assumes the material form intended for it is called the process of creation. Creation involves the blending of various elements in a particular manner and proportion, so as to produce an entirely new thing; for instance, the formation of water through a combination of hydrogen and oxygen.</p>
<p dir="auto">How the Divine Planning operates in the various stages of Amr is not known to us, but in the world of creation, it can be comprehended through the physical laws. Indeed, man can not only comprehend the operation but also co-operate with Allah in this creative process. The laws under which the various objects in the universe function are made in the world of Divine Planning ('Alam-ul-Amr), but they are enforced and executed in the world of creation ('Alam-ul-Khalq).</p>
<p dir="auto">Fas'ad - (Fa-Seen-Dal).<br />
It basically means corruption and disorder. Fasada-Shai'an is anything which loses its original shape. Lahmun F'asidun is the meat which gets rotten, is stinking and of no use.</p>
<p dir="auto">Fasada is, in fact, the antonym of Salaha which means in order or in balance. Therefore, Fas'ad would mean disorder or to get out of balance (Taj / Moheet / Lane). Quran has used the word Mufsideen as opposite to Musliheen (2/11). It has also been used in the meaning of causing destruction to crops and the cattle (2/205), not to maintain full measure and full weight, and not to give full due of people's sweat and labour. Fas'ad is also described as suppressing peoples' rights (7/85, 26/183), destroying a healthy, balanced system or upsetting a correct order (27/134), and committing crime (12/73). In fact, Fas'ad means to create uneven elevations and depressions in the normal level of a society or social order whatever its shape may be, as it upsets the order or harmony of a society - and people do indulge in such activities after getting intoxicated with wealth and power (7/74).</p>
<p dir="auto">Accordingly, one of the plans of a dictator or a Pharaoh is to create various factions, parties, sects and thus create disorder in the society (28/4). Contrary to this is the desired will of Allah, which is also the correct approach to life. It requires one to take away as much as one needs from the sources of nourishment and not to upset the balance of the society by taking into possession the whole lot (2/60). In verse (26/151-152), therefore, Musrifeen (the extravagant) are also called Mufsideen. In verse (28/77), Fas'ad has also been used opposite to Ihs'an.<br />
In Surah Al-Baqarah verse 31, it is stated that at the time of the creation of Mankind, all the Malaika said that Man would create Fas'ad (disorder and chaos) in the world, whereas they are continuously busy in upholding and working according to the program given to them. This shows that working against the system given to man by Allah is Fas'ad, because by doing so, man is creating chaos in his personality and disorder in the society.</p>
<p dir="auto">The whole universe, even the outer space having billions of galaxies and other things still unknown to mankind, is working according to a plan and in perfect harmony. This is because there is one system given by one Allah, and if there were more than one Il'ah or more than one law, there would be Fas'ad (chaos) (21/22). Human affairs on this planet can also be managed and run in a perfect harmony and order if they are subjected to One Code as given by Allah.</p>
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