Sederhanakan Ucapan, Perbanyak Amal

Abu Ali al- Huseyn bin Abdullah bin Hassan Ali bin Sina or well-known with name Ibn Sina was born in 980 C.E. (375 Hijriah) in the village of Afshana near Bukhara which today is located in the far south of Russia. His father, Abdullah, an adherent of the Ismaili sect, was from Balkh and his mother from a village near Bukhara.

In any age Ibn Sina, known in the West as Avicenna, would have been a giant among giants. He displayed exceptional intellectual prowess as a child and at the age of ten was already proficient in the Qur’an and the Arabic classics. During the next six years he devoted himself to Muslim Jurisprudence, Philosophy and Natural Science and studied Logic, Euclid, and the Almeagest.
He turned his attention to Medicine at the age of 17 years and found it, in his own words, “not difficult”. However he was greatly troubled by metaphysical problems and in particular the works of Aristotle. By chance, he obtained a manual on this subject by the celebrated philosopher al-Farabi which solved his difficulties.

By the age of 18 he had built up a reputation as a physician and was summoned to attend the Samani ruler Nuh ibn Mansur (reigned 976-997 C.E.), who, in gratitude for Ibn Sina’s services, allowed him to make free use of the royal library, which contained many rare and even unique books. Endowed with great powers of absorbing and retaining knowledge, this Muslim scholar devoured the contents of the library and at the age of 21 was in a position to compose his first book.

Subhanallahu Allahu Akbar…

Strictly speaking, the word like is a preposition, not a conjunction. It can, therefore, be used to introduce a prepositional phrase (”My brother is tall like my father”), but it should not be used to introduce a clause (”My brother can’t play the piano like as he did before the accident” or “It looks like as if basketball is quickly overtaking baseball as America’s national sport.”). To introduce a clause, it’s a good idea to use as, as though, or as if, instead.

* Like As I told you earlier, the lecture has been postponed.
* It looks like as if it’s going to snow this afternoon.
* Johnson kept looking out the window like as though he had someone waiting for him.

In formal, academic text, it’s a good idea to reserve the use of like for situations in which similarities are being pointed out:

* This community college is like a two-year liberal arts college.

However, when you are listing things that have similarities, such as is probably more suitable:

* The college has several highly regarded neighbors, like such as the Mark Twain House, St. Francis Hospital, the Connecticut Historical Society, and the UConn Law School.

all together: as one; united in the same place
• How lovely that we are all together on Thanksgiving.

altogether: entirely
• Priscilla is altogether fed up with her family.

a while: a short time (n.)
• Our nap lasted only a while.
awhile: for a time (adv.)
• I think we should sleep awhile longer.

a part: one piece (n.)
• A part of me thinks we should break up.
apart: not together (adv.)
• When we’re apart, I’m ecstatic.

Affect and effect are mixed up all the time. Affect, used as a verb, means “to influence.”
• Quinn’s wild partying on Thursday night affected her performance on the history test.
Effect, used as a noun, means “result.”
• Quinn’s wild partying on Thursday night had a terrible effect on her performance on the history test.
Occasionally, effect may be used to mean “to bring about.”
• Try as they might, the members of the student council could not effect real change to the school’s lunch policy.

The verbs effect and affect are similar but not interchangeable. To effect is to cause; to affect is to influence.

One trick that might help you remember the difference between the two: a, the first letter in the word affect, comes before e, the first letter of effect. This makes sense, because something is affected first, and the result is an effect. For example: “My brilliant application essay affected my chances of admission; the essay’s effect was an acceptance letter.”