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Ma’din Academy-School for Blinds

About us The blind are not physically-disabled, they are differently-able. But unfortunately, they have become victims of social stigma and contempt. Their experiences may have traumatized them from childhood and they are denied opportunities to lead a life of dignity and self-respect. If brought up properly with equal love and care given to normal children, the blind too can excel in their chosen careers. Reports of blind students bagging first ranks in University exams are the best instances to show that they are no way behind normal children. Ma’din Special School for the Blind is a result of this realization and this institute accommodates blind children who are never reminded of their visual impairment but are mentally nourished by a group of well-trained teachers. Admission It has all the facilities to impart them the right kind of education even while taking care of them in the most compassionate way. Singing, studying and coping with the day’s lessons, they forget the

Burdha Majlis

       Qaṣīdat al-Burda  ( Arabic :  قصيدة البردة ‎, "Poem of the Mantle") is an ode of praise for the  Islamic prophet   Muhammad  composed by the eminent  Sufi , Imam al-Busiri  (Muḥammad b. Saʿīd b. Ḥammād b. Muḥsin b. Abū Surūr b. Ḥibbān b. ʿAbdullah b. Mallak al-Sanhajī) of  Egypt . The poem, whose actual title is  al-Kawākib ad-Durrīya fī Madḥ Khayr al-Barīya  ("Celestial Lights in Praise of the Best of Creation"), is famous mainly in the Sunni  Muslim world . It is entirely in praise of Muhammad, who is said to have cured the poet of paralysis by appearing to him in a dream and wrapping him in a mantle or scarf. Biography of Imam-Busiri        Imam-Būṣīrī ’s full name is Muḥammad b. Saʿīd b. Ḥammād b. Muḥsin b. Abū Surūr b. Ḥibbān b. ʿAbdullah b. Mallak al-Sanhajī. Different biographers present slightly different versions of his life although certain facts are agreed upon by all. He descended from the North African Berber Sanhaja tribe of Morocco. The fa