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[quote][quote]...........dogs can be very useful for blind people for example, helping elderly and disabled people around, guarding houses, for outdoor games ..............etc.[/quote]
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[blue]Jazakallahu khair.

As the subject is &quot;the dog&quot; it would not be out of place if I quote the following verses where dog is mentioned in the Qur'an:[/blue]

Al-A'raf (The Heights)

وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَرَفَعْنَاهُ بِهَا وَلَـكِنَّهُ أَخْلَدَ إِلَى الأَرْضِ وَاتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ فَمَثَلُهُ كَمَثَلِ الْكَلْبِ إِن تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْهِ يَلْهَثْ أَوْ تَتْرُكْهُ يَلْهَث ذَّلِكَ مَثَلُ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِآيَاتِنَا فَاقْصُصِ الْقَصَصَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ (7:176)

7:176 Now had We so willed, We could indeed have exalted him by means of those [messages]: but he always clung to the earth and followed but his own desires. Thus, his parable is that of an [excited] dog: if thou approach him threateningly, he will pant with his tongue lolling; and. if thou leave him alone, he will pant with his tongue lolling. [142] Such is the parable of those who are bent on giving the lie to Our messages. Tell [them], then, this story, so that they might take thought.

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Al-Kahf (The Cave)

وَتَحْسَبُهُمْ أَيْقَاظًا وَهُمْ رُقُودٌ وَنُقَلِّبُهُمْ ذَاتَ الْيَمِينِ وَذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ وَكَلْبُهُم بَاسِطٌ ذِرَاعَيْهِ بِالْوَصِيدِ لَوِ اطَّلَعْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَوَلَّيْتَ مِنْهُمْ فِرَارًا وَلَمُلِئْتَ مِنْهُمْ رُعْبًا (18:18)

18:18 And thou wouldst have thought that they were awake, whereas they lay asleep. And We caused them to turn over repeatedly, now to the right, now to the left; and their dog [lay] on the threshold, its forepaws outstretched. Hadst thou come upon them [unprepared], thou wouldst surely have turned away from them in flight, and wouldst surely have been filled with awe of them. [21]

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Al-Kahf (The Cave)

سَيَقُولُونَ ثَلَاثَةٌ رَّابِعُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ خَمْسَةٌ سَادِسُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ رَجْمًا بِالْغَيْبِ وَيَقُولُونَ سَبْعَةٌ وَثَامِنُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ قُل رَّبِّي أَعْلَمُ بِعِدَّتِهِم مَّا يَعْلَمُهُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ فَلَا تُمَارِ فِيهِمْ إِلَّا مِرَاء ظَاهِرًا وَلَا تَسْتَفْتِ فِيهِم مِّنْهُمْ أَحَدًا (18:22) 
 
18:22 [And in times to come] some will say, [31] &quot;[They were] three, the fourth of them being their dog,&quot; while others will say, &quot;Five, with their dog as the sixth of them&quot; -idly guessing at something of which they can have no knowledge -and [so on, until] some will say, &quot;[They were] seven, the eighth of them being their dog.&quot; Say: &quot;My Sustainer knows best how many they were. None but a few have any [real] knowledge of them. Hence, do not argue about them otherwise than by way of an obvious argument, [32] and do not ask any of those [story-tellers] to enlighten thee about them.&quot; [/b] [/font=Century Gothic]

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Note 142 (Quran Ref: 7:176 )
Because his attitudes are influenced only by what his earth-bound desires represent to him as his immediate &quot;advantages&quot; or &quot;disadvantages&quot;, the type of man alluded to in this passage is always - whatever the outward circumstances - a prey to a conflict between his reason and his base urges and, thus, to inner disquiet and imaginary fears. and cannot attain to that peace of mind which a believer achieves through his faith.(Quran Ref: 7:176 )

Note 31 (Quran Ref: 18:22 )
The future tense in sayagulun points once again to the legendary character of the story as such, and implies that all speculation about its details is irrelevant to its parabolic, ethical purport.(Quran Ref: 18:22 )

Note 32 (Quran Ref: 18:22 )
Le., for the sake of the self-evident ethical lesson to be derived from their story: an allusion to the first paragraph of verse 21 above.(Quran Ref: 18:22 ) [/font=Century Gothic] [/blue]

Edited by: aboosait on Thursday, November 06, 2008 2:02 AM[/quote]

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