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pK

Pk who lands on Earth in Rajasthan, India. Upon arriving, he loses a device that he needs
to communicate with his spaceship. PK soon realizes that he is stranded on Earth and begins
searching for his lost device. As he navigates human society, PK's innocent and curious nature
leads him to question various aspects of human life, particularly religion and the concept of God.
He is puzzled by the myriad of religions and their conflicting beliefs, leading him to seek
answers from religious leaders and followers. Along the way, PK befriends a journalist named
Jaggu, played by Anushka Sharma, who helps him in his quest. Through his interactions, PK
learns about love, humanity, and the true essence of faith. The film uses humor and wit to
critique religious dogma, superstitions, and the commercialization of religion.

It discusses: Religion and Faith, "PK" challenges the norms and rituals associated with
various religions. It questions blind faith and emphasizes the importance of understanding the
essence of one's beliefs. The film encourages viewers to reflect on their own religious practices
and beliefs. Cultural Differences, Through PK's perspective as an outsider, the film highlights
the diverse cultural practices and beliefs across different regions. It prompts viewers to reflect on
how cultural differences shape our beliefs and behaviors. Critique of Society, The movie
critiques societal norms and practices, such as the influence of media, the commercialization of
religion, and the exploitation of people's beliefs for personal gain. It encourages viewers to think
critically about these aspects of society. Humanity and Compassion, "PK" emphasizes the
importance of empathy and compassion. It shows how kindness and understanding can bridge
gaps between individuals from different backgrounds and beliefs. Identity and Belonging, The
film explores themes of identity and belonging, as PK struggles to understand human society and
find his place in it. It prompts viewers to reflect on their own sense of identity and belonging in
the world. Overall, "PK" is a thought-provoking film that encourages viewers to question their
beliefs, understand different perspectives, and reflect on the complexities of human society.

"PK" has a significant relationship with the theme of religion, which is central to the
film's narrative. The movie uses satire and humor to critique religious practices, superstitions,
and the commercialization of faith. Overall, "PK" uses its portrayal of religion to provoke
thought and reflection on the nature of faith, the role of religious institutions, and the essence of
spirituality.
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100 meters

"100 Meters" is a powerful and moving film that offers a few reflections on life,
versatility, and the human soul it speaks Defeating Difficulty where the film features the
staggering strength and assurance of the human soul. Notwithstanding confronting an
incapacitating illness like numerous sclerosis, Ramón won't be characterized by his condition
and decides to accomplish an apparently unthinkable objective. Family Backing where it shows
that "100 Meters" highlights the significance of family in the midst of difficulty. Ramón's better
half, kids, and more distant family offer immovable help all through his excursion, exhibiting the
force of adoration and fortitude in conquering difficulties.

Outlook and Disposition where the film underlines the job of mentality and demeanor in
confronting difficulty. Ramón's inspirational perspective and refusal to surrender act as a strong
wake up call that one's demeanor can extraordinarily influence their capacity to beat
obstructions. Pushing Limits: Through Ramón's story, "100 Meters" urges watchers to push past
their apparent impediments. It challenges the thought of what is conceivable and motivates
people to take a stab at significance, regardless of the conditions.

Taking everything into account, the film 100 meters tells about observing Life where
eventually, "100 Meters" is a festival of life and the flexibility of the human soul. It reminds
watchers to appreciate each second, embrace difficulties as any open doors for development, and
never abandon their fantasies. The film's narrative revolves around Ramón's journey to complete
an Ironman triathlon despite his multiple sclerosis diagnosis, highlighting his personal struggles
and triumphs.
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ISLAM

1. Where did Islam get its name? Why are its followers called Muslims?
"Islam" is an Arabic word that means "acceptance," "surrender," "submission," or
"commitment," and is closely related to the Arabic word for peace (salaam; in
Hebrew, shalom). Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, literally, those who make
peace. Muslims are those who surrender to the will of God (Allah, in Arabic) in
every aspect of their lives and enjoy the resulting peace with God and each other.
The prophet Muhammad gave the name Islam to the religious movement he
founded.
2. What are some possible narratives for the beginning of Islam?

There are several events that could be considered the beginning of Islam,
including the life of Muhammad, or the Hijra. If we seek the beginning of Islam in
a sacred event, then perhaps it lies in the Night of Power (laylat al-qadar), when
Muhammad received the call to be God's messenger. This article briefly sets the
context for this decisive event, and notes its essential meaning in Islam.

In the Islamic worldview, the origins of the faith lie in God's initial creation of the
universe and everything in it, including the First Parents, Adam and his wife. For a
time, all creatures lived in perfect peace, but then the First Parents were tempted
by Iblis and disobeyed God's rules. As a result, Adam and his wife were banished
from Paradise, though God reassured Adam that the banishment was temporary.
God promised to send messengers to Adam and his progeny, and these messengers
would bring God's guidance. Adam was reassured that those who follow God's
guidance will have no reason to feel fear or grief (surah 2:31-38).

3. Why is Abraham important to Islam’s history?

One of God's most important messengers was Abraham (Arabic, Ibrahim), who
was called by God to leave his home in Ur (in present-day Iraq). Abraham (whose
name means "Father of Many Nations") is revered in the scriptures of Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam as the ideal model of pure faith in the one true God.
Abraham's islam was exemplary. He followed God's instructions in everything,
and was even willing to sacrifice his own son because God had commanded it. The
sacred story of Islam tells of how Abraham and his son Ishmael (Arabic, Ismail)
built the Kaaba (literally "House of God") in Mecca, the center of Muslim worship
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4. How do Muslims see themselves as different from other “people of the book”?
They were "People of the Book," or people who possessed sacred scripture.

5. Who was Muhammad? Describe his role in the Night of Power.

Muhammad is called the last prophet, or Seal of the Prophets. Muhammad is the
final messenger sent by God, belonged to the Quraysh, the tribe that controlled the
sacred sites of Mecca, including the Kaaba.

6. Where does our knowledge of Muhammad come from? How is he portrayed in the
Quran?

Muhammad is known as rasul Allah, or God's Messenger to the Arabs, and to all
of humanity. He was born in Mecca ca. 570 C.E., and died in Medina in 632. Most
of what we know about Muhammad comes from the Quran, but we also have
biographies written in the century after his death (called the sirah) and the hadith.
Some general histories contemporary with the sirah are also useful sources of
information about Muhammad's life.

7. What was Muhammad’s family life like? How did his relationships help create the future
of Islam?

Muhammad's father died before he was born, and his mother died when he was
six years old, leaving him an orphan. He went to live with his paternal grandfather,
who sent him to live with a nomadic tribe. This was customary at the time for boys
born in the towns of the Arabian peninsula. Later, Muhammad began accompanying
his uncle, Abu Talib, on trading expeditions to Syria. On one of these trips,
Muhammad met a wealthy widow named Khadija. Khadija was impressed by his
honesty, and hired him to manage her caravan business. Eventually she proposed
marriage. The couple was married for twenty-four years and had at least seven
children together, four daughters who survived to adulthood, and at least three sons
who died in infancy. The marriage was monogamous, and by all accounts was very
happy.

The night Muhammad was called to become a prophet of Allah, known as the
Night of Power, took place when Muhammad was around forty years old. The
strange and terrifying vision shook Muhammad deeply, but Khadija advised him to
be steady and trust the vision. Muhammad began preaching to the people of Mecca
in 613. His earliest messages focused on the oneness (tawhid) of Allah, the
punishments that await the greedy and the proud on Judgment Day, and on exhorting
people to show goodwill toward one another. He put special emphasis on the care of
the poor, especially orphans and widows.

8. What was Muhammad’s message, and why did the people of Mecca try to silence it?
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His earliest messages focused on the oneness (tawhid) of Allah, the punishments
that await the greedy and the proud on Judgment Day, and on exhorting people to
show goodwill toward one another. He put special emphasis on the care of the poor,
especially orphans and widows. Muhammad gathered followers from a variety of
segments of Meccan society, from both poor and weak clans, and wealthy ones. All
seemed to be seeking something more fulfilling than the materialism offered by
Meccan society.

Muhammad and his followers critiqued the culture of competition and the high
value placed on money and material goods, calling for submission to the will of the
one true God. Mecca, however, was a center for trade and the most important
destination in the peninsula for the annual pilgrimage that celebrated the pantheon of
gods, a festival that netted for the Meccans their annual gross income. Therefore
logically the merchant society of Mecca was not particularly receptive to
Muhammad's critique of materialism and his calls for social reform and
monotheism. The Meccans wanted Muhammad to stop preaching about monotheism
and social justice. The most powerful tribal leaders in Mecca attempted to bribe him
into silence by offering to share the wealth of the annual pilgrimage with him and
even allowed for the God that Muhammad believed in to be deemed the most
powerful of all the gods in Mecca.

9. Why was the Meccan/Muslim battle of 624 significant to the history of Islam?

In 624, the Meccans and Muslims fought a major battle, with the Muslims
defeating a Meccan force three times its size. Many saw this as a sign of God's
protection, and converted to Islam. The following year, Muhammad and his troops
suffered heavy losses in a second battle with the Meccans.

10. What is the Quran, and how is it used?

The Holy Quran is the Holy Book or the Scripture of the Muslims. It lays down
for them the law and commandments, codes for their social and moral behaviour, and
contains a comprehensive religious philosophy. The language of the Quran is Arabic.

11. How did oral tradition contribute to the creation of the Quran?

It was often recited to the companions who also memorized it and continued to
recite it to others, thus beginning a pattern that would gradually see the entire Quran as
we know it today, come together. This practice of widespread recitation and
memorization of the Quran continued after the Prophet's PBUH death

12. How is the Quran organized?

It opens with a short prayer called the Fatiha, the most widely recited passage, and
is divided into 114 chapters (suras) organized in descending length. For binding and
reading purposes, manuscripts of the Qur'an are often divided into thirty equal parts,
called juz'.
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13. How is the Quran interpreted in contemporary society?

In the Quran, God's message is pure and uncorrupted. It is the primary source of
belief and practice for Muslims, and is the source for understanding God's will for
humans. It contains solutions to disagreements and practical challenges. As the territory
under the Muslims expanded, and as time passed, the original context of the Quran
changed. It became more urgent to understand the Quran's meaning in changed
circumstances. The pursuit of historically textualized explanation and interpretation of
the Quran became known as tafsir, or exegesis.

14. What are the Sunna and the Hadith?

The 'sunnah' refers to the traditions and practices of the Prophet Muhammad,
which are believed by Muslims to be a model for them to follow. The sunnah are
documented in the hadith, which are the records of Muhammad's teachings, deeds, and
sayings, as noted by his companions.

15. How does the Quran describe God?

The Quran describes God as the creator and ruler of all things, and the judge of all
things. He is all-powerful, all-knowing, merciful, and compassionate. He is eternal. He is
master of all things in the universe, and guides humans through his prophets who are
bearers of his word, such as Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and lastly, Muhammad

16. Why is Allah considered to be the final judge?

Because Allah is the Creator, Judge, and Rewarder

17. What are jinn?

jinn are imperceptible. They can take many different forms, and are capable of
performing heavy labor and difficult tasks.

18. What is the role of angels within Islam?

They take care of people. They record everything a person does, and this
information is used on the Day of Judgement close Day of JudgementThe last day, when
God judges all of humanity according to how they have lived. Izrail, the Angel of Death,
takes people's souls to God when they die.

19. Why is viewing Allah as the creator essential to the behavior of Muslims?

Allah is the Arabic word used by Muslims for God. Islam teaches that Allah is the
one true God, and only Allah is worthy of worship. Allah is the supreme being who
created and sustains the world.

20. What is the role of service within Islam?

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Islam considers serving others as a great act of worship. According to the
teachings of Islam, it is only in serving people that we shall have a share in God's mercy.

21. What is the ultimate reward of working toward a peaceful and service-oriented existence?

Those who live according to God's design will find wealth and success, and they will be
respected in their communities, because they will always choose the right way. Not only
will they be blessed by God, they will be a source of blessing to those who know them.

22. How should suffering be viewed? Why might it be the key indicator of one’s devotion?

Suffering is also a painful result of sin. In Islam, sin is associated with unbelief.
Muslims surrender to God's will, and find peace in that surrender. Sometimes people
forget to listen to the prophets, and fail to serve God in all that they do. This is the state of
unbelief, called kufr, which literally means to forget through hiding of the truth.
Therefore someone who is a kafir is someone who has purposefully forgotten the Lord.
They become preoccupied with their own particular needs and their passions.

Islam does not condemn human passions or human needs, seeing them as a
necessary part of a full and useful life. But when people forget to serve God, these needs
and passions can enslave them. They begin to misuse their divine gifts of intelligence,
will, and speech. Enslaved by lust, and by cravings for wealth and pleasure, they do evil
and destructive things. These moments of unbelief can happen to anyone, and when
people realize their mistake, they suffer. Seen in this light, suffering is not only painful,
but a lesson. It reminds humans of the truth of God's revelation.

23. Do Muslims view themselves as inherently sinful?

In Islam, sin is a concept that holds profound significance for Muslims.

Acknowledging the inherent weaknesses of human nature, Islam recognizes that
Muslims, like all individuals, are prone to committing sins.

24. How does sin differ from evil, and why might this be important to Muslims’ actions and
relationship with Allah?

Islam does not teach that they are essentially evil. When they realize their sin and
make amends with true remorse, God forgives the sin. Genuine repentance is all that is
needed to restore humans to a sinless state. However, individuals are always vulnerable
to it, and sin and suffering are serious matters. The great struggle, or jihad, of human life
is the struggle to perfect one's heart and live in total submission to God. It is possible to
be a perfect Muslim, since God does not ask anyone to do anything that is beyond his or
her ability. But perfect Muslims, like prophets, are very rare individuals. Most must be
vigilant and always begin with the intention to do good.

25. Does one have to be a Muslim to obtain salvation? Why or why not?

Muslims believe in the Day of Judgment and heaven and hell. A person's ultimate
destiny, whether it is heaven or hell, depends on the degree to which that person intended
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and acted as God desires, with justice and mercy toward others. While it is impossible to
know with certainty who will go to heaven and hell, believers, who had faith in the
revelations that God sent through his prophets and lived according to those revelations,
may hope for heaven. There is some evidence that nonbelievers can attain paradise, and
even those who do evil but who are met at the end with God's grace and mercy may attain
paradise.

26. What will happen on the Last Day? What events does the Quran teach will happen before
it comes?

The Last Day has many names in the Quran, including the Day of Reckoning, the
Day of Distress, the Day of the Gathering, the Great Announcement, and quite simply,
The Hour. At the end of time, all people will be rewarded or punished according to how
well they followed the instructions contained in God's revelations to his prophets. God
will resurrect the dead, and each person will be judged directly by Allah according to his
or her intentions and deeds. Islam teaches that God is more merciful than he is wrathful.

Each person's deeds will be weighed in a balance, and if the evil deeds outweigh
the good deeds, the person will be condemned to the eternal flame. If the good deeds
outweigh the evil deeds, then the person will be rewarded with paradise. The Quran says
that each person receives a book that contains an account of all of his or her deeds. If the
book is placed in the right hand, the person is destined for eternal bliss. If the book is
placed in the left hand, that person is destined for eternal flame.

27. How is the afterlife, or paradise, described?

Paradise is a blissful garden where the blessed are at peace and are content. The
conversation is pleasant, the wine has no ill-effects, and the food is endlessly abundant.
The faithful, dressed in silk robes, relax on beautiful couches while servants tend to their
every need. Men and women are attended by beautiful and handsome young members of
the opposite sex. Choirs of angels sing in Arabic and all the bounties of heaven are
enjoyed endlessly. No one is ever full.

28. What are the essential duties of a Muslim?

The Profession of Faith (Shahada), The Five Times Daily Prayers (Salat), Alms
giving (Zakat), Fasting (Saum), Pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj).

29. Describe the ritual of salat.

It is a complete ritual washing that prepares the worshipper physically for the
prayer. Facing the qiblah, the direction of Mecca, worshippers stand to begin the prayer.
They state their intentions, raise their hands, and pronounce “Allahu akbar” (God is
greater).

30. What is zakat? Is it limited to economic wealth?

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Zakat, the third pillar of Islam, is a donation that Muslims regard as a mandatory
act within their faith. Followers of Islam who have at least a minimum amount of wealth
are required to give 2.5% of their liquid assets away to charity each year.

31. What is Ramadan? How do Muslims participate in it?

The holy month of Ramadan is the 9th month in the Islamic lunar calendar. It is a month
of fasting, worship, service, communal gathering, and spiritual development. Fasting in
Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.

32. Has the convenience of contemporary times changed the importance of Hajj? Why or
why not?

Modern technology has changed the way Muslims experience the hajj pilgrimage,
a rite required of able-bodied faithful who can afford it at least once in a lifetime. It has
also perhaps changed the way they experience being Muslims, as Islamic militants have
popularly seized on the Internet as a tool for publicizing their extremist, often violent,
version of the religion.