Peace be upon you everyone, this is Mehdi Karimani from Saqlain Media and today we are having the sixth transmission of Quran recitation challenge, a joint collaboration between Saqlain and Maulim online. With us is Kari Mehdi, I would like to hand over to him and with the prayers that may all of our recitations are accepted, in fact all of our deities in this holy month are accepted and we are all be able to grow spiritually in this holy month. Over to you Kari Mehdi. Our prophet Muhammad SAW said the best of you is the one who teaches or learns the Quran. Let's start from Surah Sabah ayah number 21. Let me see the participant today. Peace be upon you all. The first slot is brother Hassan John Ali. Are you there? Sister Zahra Abidi. Okay, so let me read this page after me if participant they are absent but I will continue after you. Peace be upon you all. Peace be upon you all. Peace be upon you all. Peace be upon you all. Peace be upon you all. Peace be upon you all. Peace be upon you all. Peace be upon you all. Peace be upon you all. Peace be upon you all. Peace be upon you all. Peace be upon you all. Peace be upon you all. Peace be upon you all. Peace be upon you all. Peace be upon you all. Peace be upon you all. Let's start from Surah Sabah ayah number 40. I am just opening our just a second. Where are you from sister model Fatima? I am from India. Do you go to any Quran class these days? I used to go but now I am not going. Surah Sabah, you are child? I am number 40. Sorry? Number 40. 40. Okay. I want to say, I want to say, I want to say, I want to say, I want to say, I want to say I want to say, I want to say, I want to say, Yeah, so focus on this mistake, you don't do it again. Balu. Subhanaka andawali yuna. Yeah, choose a shorter sentence, okay, as then has your brief, yeah, because it is not beautiful to be briefed between sentence. Yeah, so yeah, everywhere you cannot continue, you can stop. It is better. Yeah, you stop on that war and you can again start from one word before. For example, for example, it is long for you. You can rush out like this. So much better than your way. What is the rule of non-mushaddat in Nama? Which one? Non-mushaddat in Nama. It has a rule or not? I didn't get you. Stretching. Okay. You didn't stretch. What is rule here? You have to stop and start with the. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No much better than any non-mushaddat. Fine. Sorry. we have to stretch on that, for example, in... Yes. What is the ruling for kum, kaaf, meem, if there is a, like, you have to say, you look kum, deewa, ahida, or you have to stretch like kum. Yes. Yes, I told you ekhfa, shafawee. And how we do it, the method here is that we don't, we stretch meem for two haraka. We stretch meem for two haraka, but we don't close lips completely. We make two lips near to each other, okay? So, yeah, so they don't touch each other, complete, only get closer to each other and stretching for two haraka, like me here, a'idhu, kum, deewa, ahida, if you say, a'idhu, kum, this is kaempele, meem, this is rhyme. A'idhu, kum, continue please.  In who? Ya'uzee foobil, foobil, this is rhyme, not foobil. If you say foobil haq, you added waw madda. Yeah, we don't have waw madda, only waw madda. Ya'uzee foobil haq. Waw madda, ya'll, doofu bil haq. Na'il, la'il, la'm, downe av shadduh, oli, yaw, shadda, ilaiy ya rab'be. Wa inuhtadaiy tufabim'a. La'il ayy ya rab'be. Ya, pronounce, la'm, flueyntih, okay? Saf, la'il, la'il, ya. La'il ayy ya rab'be. Yes, yes, finish, I think. Zahra Abidi I think he is present now. She is present now so please finish this Ayat and let me ask her. Thank you so much. Sister Zahra Abidi are you there? Yes, Assalamu Alaikum. Wa Alaikum Assalam wa Rahmatullahi. So thank you sister Sayyida Modellin. You can also come on second hour. Okay. I am waiting for you. InshaAllah we'll see you again. Thank you so much. Thank you. Welcome sister Zahra Abidi. So welcome to our on meeting. Where are you from? Can I ask you? Shukran. I am from Pakistan. Okay please start from Ayat number 51. If you have my screen. Can I please open my, let me open on my Quran first. Okay no problem of course. Okay I will read it. Surah Saba Ayat number 51 Walau Taraww. Ayat number, excuse me. 51 51 from Waqalu. Yes Walau Taraww. Waqalu it is 52. Yeah be careful. Yeah when yeah the number of any ayah acre in the end okay. So Waqalu is four ayah number 50. Yeah okay 51 okay. So next Surah is beginning. Yes, yes. Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. With permission I tell you a point about Bismillah. You know Bismillah is most important ayah in Quran. So we have to recite it with in the best way. Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Alhamdulillahi fatir al-Samawati wal-Arazi Ja'il al-Malaikati Rasulah. Rasulah. Not Rasulah. Sin is only Vaman not Vaman. Rasulah. Okay Rasulah. Rasulah, awli. Awli. This waaf is silent. This waaf is silent. Always. Awli. No don't say Vama when waaf is silent. So it is only Vama above Hamza. It will be awli not awli. Awli. Awli. Okay. Okay you took a breath. You took a breath. Yeah you breathed after ba'adihi. There is maybe yeah. It is better when you your breath is not enough to continue. You stop. Okay. Yeah. You want me to repeat or can I go ahead? No go ahead. Carry on. This is khak with alif madda. I don't have your voice. You hear me? Ta gharan ta gharanakumul hayat tad hayatud duniya wa la ya gharanakum billahi l-gharur. Illahi l-gharur. Here Allah nam is light here. Illahi l-gharur. Illahi l-gharur. Inna shaytan na lakum adoubun fattakhizuhu fattakhizuhu adoubun. Inna ma yad'uhizbahu liyakounu min ashabis sa'ir. Al-lazina kafarul lahum azabun shadeed. Wal-lazina amanu wa amilu s-salihad lahum ma ghufiratun wa ajarun kabi. Afaman zuyina lahu su'u amalihi fara'ahu hasana. Fara'ahu hasana. Fara'ahu hasana. Fa inna Allahayuzallu mayyasha yahdi mayyasha. Fa la tazhab nafsuka aleyhim hasarat. Inna Allah alimum bima yasna'u arsala riyaha. Fathu thiru sahaban fa suqnaahu ila baladim mayyatin fa ahiyayna bihi fa ahiyayna bihi. Okay. And then when I begin, I begin with two, two, three words back, right? Like if I begin, I begin again fa ahiyayna bihi al-aradaba adama utiha. If you want to continue, it will be bihi. You have to stop. And then, and then when I start, I say al-aradaba. Or how do I start? Yes, yes. If you want to start from al-aradaba, al-aradaba adama utiha. But if you start from before bihi al-aradaba. Okay. I told you, if you want to stop of any word, you have to make the end second. Okay. Okay. But if I'm not stopping, then I can say al-aradaba. Yes. If you want to continue, no problem. But you cannot breathe between the sentence. In this is wrong. If you want to breathe, of course, you must stop. Okay. Okay. Now I get it. Okay. Taakununa lahman tariyawatastakhrijuna hiliyatantal basunaha Watara'l fulka fihi mabakhirali tabtahu min fadli Wa la'allakum tashkurun yulijul layla finnahari Yulijul wa maddiya yulijno yulijul layla finnahari Yulijul layla finnahari wa yulijul nahara finlayl Okay. Can I ask something? Yes, of course. Okay. So as you told me that I can stop, you know, like I can stop, like I can stop on the ayah before I stopped it furtherly, you know. So if I'm stopping and there is a khas dhamma, I would say or, no, tenmin, you know, any type of tenmin. So is it okay if I don't read it when I repeat again? I can leave it. I didn't understand. In fact, tell me the word. Which one do you want to stop? Give me an example. Tenmin, we are three kinds of tenmin, tenmin fadha, tenmin khasra, tenmin dhamma. Any, any tenmin. If it comes in the middle of the answer. They are different. Tenmin dhamma and tenmin khasra, they will change you to sokhun. For example, kitabin, you stop, kitab, kitabun, stop, again kitab. But tenmin fadha different, kitaban, you start, will change to kitabah here. Musam man, as you said right, it is musam because tenmin fadha. Yeah. Okay, I got it. Can I continue? Your back girl is so much noisy, please. You're so noisy. You're so noisy. You're so noisy. You're so noisy. You're so noisy. You're so noisy. You're so noisy. You're so noisy. You're so noisy. Okay, with your permission, I want you another point about pronunciation of letter dhal. Letter dhal, how do you pronounce wama dhalika? Your tip tongue should touch the tip of like your teeth, dhalika. Yeah, dhalika, yeah. But sometimes you pronounce in simple way like dhalika is right, dhalika. Keep up the time, touch with the edge of upper incisors. Okay. Yes, I think having being from Pakistan and being Urdu our first language, since childhood, we learned like, you know, all the alphabets the way to pronounce it. So in zaal, it has also been a part of Urdu language. So I try to keep it memorized when reciting Arabic. I want to do it, but you know, sometimes it just skips off my mind. Yes, I know. This problem has in Iran in Turshian too, yeah. Yeah, because we all, we utter all the words the same way. And these alphabets are in Urdu and Persian in every language. Arabic is very specific with the alphabets pronunciation.  Yes, yes. Okay, can I continue? Yes, yes. Okay. Okay. If you say la yohmal, the meaning will be opposite. Okay. Okay. Yeah, la yohmal, it means of course it will done. La yohmal. But la yohmal, it means it will not done. It will be not done. Okay. Okay. So yeah, one stretching make the meaning opposite. So please care for the a yohmal. The in the Okay. Thank you so much. Thank you very much. I hope we'll hear again in other days. Okay, let me see the list. Yeah. So Sister Zahra, I really recited Brother Hassan Janani. Okay. He is absent. Thank you. Wait, wait, please, wait, please. Wait, okay. Okay. We have about 10 minutes from the first hour. But Brother Hassan Janani is absent. Okay. Okay, can I leave now? Sister Zahra, I read it. You want to continue? Brother, the start time is very close here. I'm so sorry. I have 10 minutes together or something. Okay. Okay. Okay. Thank you very much. Okay, so let's go to the participant from the second hour. Let me read the names. Yes, they are Brother Zia. Are you there? Sister Sayyida Modallil Fatima. Are you there? Sister Hakimah Banu Ali. Yes. Assalamu alaikum. I'm here. After Sister Hakimah, Sister Basila Badami, if you are, you can leave after Sister Hakimah Banu Ali. Okay, Sister Sakimah Banu Ali. Assalamu alaikum. Welcome here. Our meeting for An. I'm happy to be at your service. Please start from An number. Yes. The last participant. Okay. Yeah. From An number 19. Okay. I think. Yes. Okay. Sorry. Where are you from? Can I ask you? Am I audible, sir? Yeah. I'm from India. Okay. Yeah. I'll start from An number 19. Sure, sir. Sure, sure. Okay. No. Please don't hurry. Yeah. Decrease your speed. Okay.  Yes. Now, this decrease your speed by half. Okay. Sorry. Actually, I zoomed in my screen. That's why it was not visible. Okay. Yeah. If you want to stop, stop with Haraka. It's forbidden. Again, you start. Okay. You have to make the last letter, Sakim. Okay. Yeah. that alif in the first of is tafaina what is that alif what is the name alif wasl yeah joining alif in english joining alif because we have to join the before to the next of this alif al lavi nas not al lavi nas tafaina al lavi nas tafaina can you stop from it you have to say it tafaina okay that is the great blessing no no you want to stop it is no loan but you stop so what when you're stopping no i told you no uh tell me the fatha when you stop okay in you We are not going to be punished.   And they will not be forgiven for their sins. We will also reward all the disbelievers. And they will be waiting for us. And they will be waiting for us. In the end, we will be able to do good. names for everyone who is responsible of their sins. I know you lose your respect, but you didn't follow. I know you lose your respect, but you didn't follow. I know you lose your respect, but you didn't follow. I know you lose your respect, but you didn't follow. I know you lose your respect, but you didn't follow. I know you lose your respect, but you didn't follow. I know you lose your respect, but you didn't follow. I know you lose your respect, but you didn't follow. I know you lose your respect, but you didn't follow. I know you lose your respect, but you didn't follow. I know you lose your respect, but you didn't follow. I know you lose your respect, but you didn't follow. I know you lose your respect, but you didn't follow. I know you lose your respect, but you didn't follow. I know you lose your respect, but you didn't follow. I know you lose your respect, but you didn't follow. I know you lose your respect, but you didn't follow. I know you lose your respect, but you didn't follow. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Thank you so much, sister. I hope we will see you on other days, inshallah, and we will hear your presentation. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. So let's read the participants' name another time. Okay, sister, Wasila Badra, are you there? Yes, I'm here. Am I audible? Yes, Salamun alaikum warahmatullahi walaikum. Where are you from, sister Wasila Badra? I am from India, Hyderabad. Actually, your voice keeps breaking. Yes, your voice is breaking. I don't know why. Am I audible? Yes, sister Wasila. Yes, I'm here. Another participant, please close your mic. From 41. Yes, yes. From 41. From 41. From 41. Is it correct? You're correct. So, I cannot hear you.  Your internet is with me. I cannot hear you. Hello, hello, hello. Okay, sister, can you hear me now? Yes, I can hear you. Yeah, there was a problem in the connection I guess. I don't know the problem with me or with you. Okay, continue please, no problem. I am unable to see your screen. So, let me share again. Alright. Okay, let me share again, sorry. Okay, you have my screen now? Yeah, it's loading. Yes, I have your screen now. Okay, continue please. Is it okay if I read from my Qur'an? Yes, yes, you can use your Qur'an, no problem. But start from number 42. I didn't hear after I am number 41. Alright, just give me one minute. I am just finding the Surah in my Qur'an. Which is the Arabic? Alright, I don't know right now. I am number 41. If possible, please let's another participant start. You can continue after her, okay? Okay. Yeah, only yeah. We have here a name. It is Muhammad. Muhammad, are you there? She or he raised here? Are you? I am ready, ready. Yes, yes. Okay, okay, okay. Yes, okay. So please start from IA 42. If possible. No, this is 43. The IA is before number. I will look at my Qur'an. Hello. And Sister Wasila Surah Fatir. It is in number 22. Yeah, I got it. I've got it. Okay. 42. Okay, but Muhammad, are you ready? Some minutes aside for us. And after we will go again to Sister Wasila. Muhammad, please start from IA 42. I'm in the fire. I swear by God. I swear by God. I swear by God. In the name of God. In the name of God. God. Whatever. The screen. Hello. The connection is breaking. I'm not seeing the screen. Hello. Yes, I guess the connection broke. Even I am not seeing them. Yes, the screen is breaking. Yeah, the screen sharing also has been stopped. So maybe there's a problem with the connection. They're joining again. Okay. Anybody can hear me today? The screen is. Hello. Yes. Can you hear me? I hear here. But the screen is screen sharing is stopped. Me please start. In the screen. You don't have the screen. No. If you don't have your crown with you. Yes, yes. Yes, I have a coin. Okay, so yeah. There is a problem. I cannot share. Yes. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Yes, yes. Let's go to next surah. Surah. You hear? Yes, surah Yasin. MashaAllah. In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, the Most Merciful. Yasin and the Holy Qur'an. Please repeat the question. In the name of this Lahun of Yun, do you know the name of this Yun you are aside now? Imitating Qari. Mahara Al-Maqali. The connection is so weak. Hello? Okay, no problem. Please continue. Please continue. Yes, yes. I can hear you. So much. Sorry. What was your name? Okay, very good. So, Agha Muhammad, please, yeah, I sent my WhatsApp number in chat to you. Please save my number. I have a room with you, inshallah, after the meeting. Okay. MashaAllah. In a very beautiful way. But I asked you, did you know the name after Yun? I mean Lahun, you used it right now? Mahara Al-Maqali. What? Qari. Mahara Al-Maqali. MashaAllah, MashaAllah. So, MashaAllah. I send my number. This is template number. What's the number? Yes. Okay. So, the code of India, I have to add to it or it has a, so 91 is code of India, yes. Repeat please, question. I have a small English. What's up? I mean this number is template or template. I think the code of India. India, India. Okay. But you can see maybe, maybe, if I couldn't join you, you also please save my number. Okay. Yes. Yes. 98331. I will connect you after the meeting. Thank you so much, thank you so much. The connection was no problem, yeah. I mean, yeah. In every land, only one or two or three words I could hear. But you are the same. I come in words. I hope you use your reservation other days. Okay. Thank you so much. Have a good night. Okay, thank you. Welcome. Let's go to another participant. At first, let me see the list. Okay, brother Zia, are you there brother Zia? I think I had to continue. Sister Wasila. Yes. Yes, yes, yes, yes. Okay. So we will go to sister Wasila. Yeah. Start from number 28. Alright. Please, please, yeah, decrease your speed. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Are we talking about the last one? Yeah, yeah, yeah, you said. This is. I am one. Okay. It means, yeah. Signs plural. Okay. But this is single. So yeah. In Arabic, this is so much. So much important. If you stretch. So the meaning may be completely changed. Okay. Change. Yeah. It's wrong here. Okay. Sorry. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Was it correct? Again, please read. Yeah. Yeah. Was it correct?  As you see in this area, we have both of them. Yeah. In the first one. We don't have a lift. Okay. We have a manager. This is. Okay. So this is. But the first one. This is. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Jibillan. Emphasize. Above la. Jibillan. Yeah. Meenakum jibillan qaseera wa zallallahu. Okay. You decreased your speed, but you didn't follow. Wahum la. Nasiya. Sorry? Nasiya. Nasiya, not nasiya. When you say nasiya, you get shadda. There is not shadda here. Nasiya, khalqah. I don't know. Here we have shadda, you didn't give shadda. Or your khah maybe in its articulated form. Wahum wa kulli khalqin. Okay? Okay. Khalqin. Wahum wa kulli. Okay. Allazhi jaalala kum minal shajah. Thank you so much for your good reception. InshaAllah. I hope we will see you again in our meeting. InshaAllah. Okay. Let me read the participants' names. Can I leave, sir? Yes, yes. If you like, no problem. Brother, we are you there? Or Sister Sayyidah Modellil Fatima? You are not there? Okay. So let me see other participants. Maybe there is somebody who would like to... Brother Qari Muhammad Ali Hussaini. Do you like to reset for us and we enjoy your presentation? Okay. Maybe he is busy. So let me continue. Next Surah is Surah As-Safat. Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim.  As-Salaamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah We are alone here Yes Listening to each other Okay, Masha'Allah So how are you doing today, Masha'Allah? The connection Maybe mine, maybe there I don't know the connection at the first hour Especially it was so weak So we heard too much But now it is good, not bad Masha'Allah So can you hear me properly? Like is it clear? No, yes, yes, yes Now it is completely clear But in the first hour of mine Of my time, the connection is work Maybe, maybe I don't know Yes, maybe Yes Okay So you want me to carry on, insha'Allah What? Sorry You want me to carry on and continue, insha'Allah Yes, yes Okay, thank you very much Ahsanat Thank you, so let me make you a host As-Salaamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah So I stop share And I will make you a host So you are host now Thank you so much Have a good night Thank you very much Ahsanat, barakah Allahu lana wa lakum Qadafis Qadafis I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful Allahumma salli ala Muhammadu Allahumma salli ala Muhammadu Allahumma salli ala Wa-ajjil, farajahum So the first participant we have today In this slot is Sayyid Hussein Zafar Brother Sayyid Hussein Zafar Can you hear me? As-Salaamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah Actually, ID is with my son's name They also take school like this on Zoom Aha, no problem So you are sister Nadra, right? Sayyid Nasreen Zehra Nasreen Zehra, all right, all right Let me check your name here Okay, Sayyid Nasreen Zehra I have not logged this slot Okay, so that's why your name is not here No, I just logged in If there's nobody then I might get the chance to recite Okay, yes, you can If you want to recite It's always open for you Because this Qur'an khani is for you Not for us So, Insha'Allah, I'll be sharing the From where the Qari Ustad just left us I'll be sharing the screen with you It was Surah Zafar Surah Zafar, I had 53 Can you see the screen? Yes, sure Okay, are you using the screen or the book? No, I'm really reciting from the screen From the screen Can you see the Ayat number at the top? The Surah name and Ayat number? Oh, 53 Yes, very good Okay, just give me a moment, please Let me check other things If they are working okay, if they are well Yes, Insha'Allah Other participants have also arrived Alhamdulillah All right, Insha'Allah So each one of you will get a chance Insha'Allah, as much as I can I will accommodate every one of you Please mute your microphones All the other participants I request you to mute your microphones If you can, please, okay So, sister, we are here Okay, let's begin With Audhu Billah Audhu Billahi Minash-Shaytan Al-Rajeem Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim If we die, we will not be saved If we die, we will be saved If we die, we will be saved If we die, we will be saved If we die, we will be saved If we die, we will be saved If we die, we will be saved If we die, we will be saved If we die, we will be saved If we die, we will be saved If we die, we will be saved If we die, we will be saved If we die, we will be saved If we die, we will be saved If we die, we will be saved If we die, we will be saved If we die, we will be saved Again, please. In the name of Allah, the most Gracious, the most Merciful, the most Merciful. In the name of Allah, the most Gracious, the most Merciful, the most Merciful. In the name of Allah, the most Gracious, the most Merciful. Okay, so did you figure out what was the mistake? Not supposed to stretch enough. It's short some. You are supposed to stretch it because it's not enough. It's enough. Okay, because of Alif? Yes, because of Alif. That's after Afat Haq. Okay. Okay. Okay, Mashallah. Mashallah. Well done. Please let me check the other participants. Just excuse me for a minute, please. Okay, so you can continue for a while because we still have like five minutes. Okay. Yes, can you hear me, sister? Yes, I don't have the speed. Yes, no? Okay. Mashallah. Very well done, sister. Very well done. So, you can stay with us here if you want to or you can come back even for the next two hours if you want to. So, you may get a chance. InshaAllah. You may get a chance. I am not telling this with your ears but you may get a chance. Okay. Thank you. Alright, so the next participant with us is John Hussain. John Hussain and sister Nadra, I would say that you have to wait for a while like until the next turn. If the participant at that time does not arrive, inshaAllah, I will give you a chance. Sister Nadra, I am talking to you. Okay, brother John Hussain, can you hear me? Yes, sir. Wa alayka salam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. How are you doing today? I'm fine. How are you? Alhamdulillah, I'm fine. Alhamdulillah. Okay, so I'll just share the screen with you and you will carry on from where the sister left us here. Surah Safat ayat 171. Is it visible to you? Yes, sir. Okay, so let's begin with Aoudu billah. Aoudu billah. So the next Surah we have after Surah Safat is Surah Fad. Let's begin Bismillah. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. This word Wahidah will change into Wahidah, not Wahidah. And this word is La Shai Un. So let's do this again. If you want to continue at this sign, like there is a jim and a sully here, you can continue. It's alright if you continue, but then you should recite this word as Wahidah. Or you can stop here. Okay. Or you can do it like that one. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Not Azizul, dear. Don't go too fast. You are making like very basic mistakes. The mistake that you are making is not according to your level. So Azizil Wahab, not Azizul. And the other thing is you have to stretch on this mat, this mat on the word Khazaa. Let's do this ayat once again. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Okay, you know something about this sign, Qif. What's this sign? Yes, what does it mean? No, no, sir. Ah, Qif means stop. Okay, in Arabic we say Qif, stop. So whenever you see this sign, you have to stop. There are three signs for which it is mandatory to stop. The first one of them is Meem, Waqf-e-Lazim. The second one is Waqf-e-Mutlak. Mutlak means absolute. The third one is this sign that's called a Qif sign. Qif means stop. Right? So you should stop on all these signs, all these three signs. Salika Mahzoum Min Al-Ahzab. Qazabat Qablahum Kaum Noohi Wa Zabil Aouta Wa Thamud Wa Kaum Lot Wa Ashab Laika Wa Ashab Al-Aika. Wa Ashab Al-Aika Ulaika Al-Ahzab. Wa Qaf. Wa Qaf. Wa Qaf. Al-Mu'taq. Wa Qaf. Wa Qaf. Wa Qaf.  But when your stamina runs out and you go to 15 minutes and then 20 minutes and then 25 minutes, then you start making many mistakes. And many minor mistakes, they're not major, but they count. So the thing is that I would always suggest to be really slow. Either you are driving or you are reciting the Quran, going slow is no offense, all right? It's recommended both the ways, inshallah, inshallah. You can be with us here and listen to other participants. It will give you a very good idea. And maybe it will give you another chance to recite if someone is not here, all right? Inshallah. So thank you very much. And mashallah, very nice recitation, very well done, alhamdulillah. Okay, so the next participant we have is Sister Nadra Raza. Sister Nadra Raza, can you hear me? Yeah, yeah. As-salamu alaikum. Wa alaikum as-salam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. How are you, sister? Fine. And how are you, sir? Okay, mashallah. Alhamdulillah, I'm fine. How are you? We'll start right from where Brother John left us. It's Surah Fawad, ayat number 27. You can see it on the screen if you want to. Are you doing from your book or from the screen? From the screen. In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Very good. Not Uda. Da-budah. Yes. Yes, so usually in Urdu and Hindi and maybe in Farsi as well, we say the word daud. Daud is coming, daud is going. But the real word is da-vood, right? The name is da-vood, not da-ud, right? Oh, yeah. Okay, thanks. Is. Okay. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. This word has a meaning and if we don't pronounce it, it gives another meaning. So whenever you see a word that ends on this na, you have to make it long. These two words are just identical. This word has a meaning and if we don't pronounce it, it gives another meaning. This word has a meaning and if we don't pronounce it, it gives another meaning. This word has a meaning and if we don't pronounce it, it gives another meaning. This word has a meaning and if we don't pronounce it, it gives another meaning. This word has a meaning and if we don't pronounce it, it gives another meaning. This word has a meaning and if we don't pronounce it, it gives another meaning. This word has a meaning and if we don't pronounce it, it gives another meaning. This word has a meaning and if we don't pronounce it, it gives another meaning. This word has a meaning and if we don't pronounce it, it gives another meaning. This word has a meaning and if we don't pronounce it, it gives another meaning. This word has a meaning and if we don't pronounce it, it gives another meaning. This word has a meaning and if we don't pronounce it, it gives another meaning. This word has a meaning and if we don't pronounce it, it gives another meaning. Just give me a moment please. Let me take the other participants if someone from the participants is here. Okay, Masha Allah sister Nadra is very well done, very well done. Masha Allah improvement taking place. And the more you recite the more you practice the easier it gets for you. So the next participant we have with us is Aman Ali Khan. I would recommend that if you stay here, insha Allah, I'm hopeful that you get another chance because some places are empty here as well. Insha Allah, you may get another chance, right? So brother Aman Ali Khan is here with us. Assalamu alaikum brother Aman, can you hear me? Yes, I can hear you. How are you doing today? I'm doing well, Alhamdulillah, I love you. Masha Allah, Alhamdulillah, I'm good. So sister left us here at Surah Saud, Ayat 57. Let's begin, Bismillah. I seek refuge with Allah from Satan the accursed. In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. This is the face of the poor, the poor, the poor, and the poor. And others are of the most beautiful, the most beautiful. This is the face of the poor, the poor, and the poor. La marjaban bihim, la marjaban bihim, la marjaban bihim, Inna hum saa'luna qalu bal'antum la marjaban bihim, Inna hum tum addam tumu'u lana qalu rabbana man addamah lana Hadha fa zidhu aadha badafan finna lana la Waka la nara nara la nara la nara Rejalan kunna naa'ud duhumna al-ashra Atta qazuna hum sigriyaan sikham Atta qazuna hum sigriyaan amzaa qatih anhum al-abih sahr When we point some mistake for you here, you should concentrate on the mistake, not on the previous words. The previous words, if they were recited well, if they were correct, there is no need to repeat them. Taha al-ba'ahid al-qahad Rabbu al-samawati wal'alli wama bainahum Humaal azeezul Ghaffar Ghaffar Qul huwa naba Qul huwa naba Qul huwa naba Qul huwa naba Qul huwa naba Okay, once you read this word, once you read this phrase Qul huwa, it was correct, you should concentrate here on this word. Okay? Nun fatha na plus ba fatha ba plus hamza Dammatain Un na ba un Right? Should I read the ayat again? Yes, please. Qul huwa naba Un azeem Very good. Khun tum anhu mo'al-zeeun Makana laa ee Makana Makana laa ee Men ilmim Liya Men ilmim Men ilmim Let's do it once again.  And when you are tired of it, from your soul you will be reborn. So the angels will prostrate to you. All of them are great. You will be reborn. And you will be reborn. And when you are tired of it, from your soul you will be reborn. All of them are great. And when you are tired of it, from your soul you will be reborn. Meanwhile, I want to thank Allah if you subscribe to my channel. But if you are not, I want to thank Allah. I just want to thank him. Yes? By this word is Illa, not Illa. You should keep this in memory because after every three or four words you will find this word Illa, right? So this is the end of the Surah, SAAd. Let me check the other participants. You have time, InshaAllah, but let me check the other participants also, okay. So, you can continue. Okay, so the next Surah we have is Surah Zomar, Brother Ahmad you can continue. You have still some time left with you. So this is Surah Zomar, verse number one. Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Tanzeelul kitabima minal minallahil azeezul hakeem. In...in... Nookhle sallahoo al-khoddin. Ala l-lahi eddin al-khoddin. Ala l-lahi eddin al-khoddin. Ala al-lahi al-khoddin. Wal-la-zina tachazoo haorayatika vaqtah. Hamza will be silent like Mashallah, you are improving. You are improving well. Just an exception is the word illa that you are not pronouncing good. But the thing is that for all the other words of the position which was there at the first day, Alhamdulillah, it has improved a lot. MashaAllah, keep on to good words.  Is it possible for you to just for once? Yes. Is it possible for you to just for once point out the mistake I'm making in illa and illa? Yes, I can. Okay, it would just take a minute. Then again, I have to share screen with you and just have a look here. I'm just finding an empty page here. Okay, so here we have this word illa, Hamza laam kasra illa malifatha laa illa, illa, right? It means an exception, to be an exception. For example, la ilaha illa Allah, la fataa illa Ali, la sayfu illa zulfiqar, right? So this word is used in the meaning of an exception. The second word is illa, illa, Hamza kasra illa laam with the long fataa. Laam with the long fataa is laa, illa, illa Allah. For example, it means towards something, going towards something. Right? There's another word, not very frequently used, but it is used. And that word is Allah, Hamza fataa illa malifatha laa Allah. And there is another word that is also used frequently, that's Allah. It's like this. Allah, Allah. So there are, these four words are used like one after the other, many times, and you can spot them around many of the ayaats. Let me connect to the next participant, please. The next participant we have. Thank you. Thank you. It's my pleasure. It's my duty. So the next participant we have is brother Aman Ali Khan. You can be here with us because in the next hour, we have some empty slots as well, and you may get a chance to recite. Okay. Okay. So, okay. So the next participant we have here is Inaya Ali. Sister Inaya Ali, can you hear me? Yes. Assalamu alaikum. Wa alaikum. Wa alaikum. Assalam wa rahmatullahi wabarakatuh. How are you, sister? I'm good, Alhamdulillah. Mashallah. So our sister Inaya Ali has also done tajbeet, Alhamdulillah, and is a very good reciter in this round, Alhamdulillah. So I would recommend for all of you to please listen to her talawa, her recitation, and inshallah, the more you listen, the more you practice, it becomes easier for you. So, sister, let's begin with Sura Zumur, ayat number five. Okay. Give me a minute. Yes. Are you using your book? Yes, please. Can you hear me? Yes. Yes. Yeah. I'm using my own groan. Ayat number six. Yes. It's ayat number five. Khalaqas Samawati. So, you should have stopped. You didn't stop there at another ayat as well. Yes. While you were reciting, but I thought that sometimes there is a difference in the scripts as well. Yes. So, please take care of this. Do this again, please. How do we start this? Al-Ladina. Al-Ladina, of course. Okay. Al-Ladina. Let me remind you something. Yes. Let me remind you something here. The word Al-Ladina is always starts with a fatah. Okay. Okay. Like for a word, there is a rule. Like, for example, if it's Ibrahim, then it will always start the sentence with a kasra. And Al-Ladina always with a fatah. So. Why Ulu? You should ask this question. Why? Yes. Because there is no haraqa on wow. Yeah. Right? This is an exception. This is an exception. Usually when there is a dhamma that is followed by a wow, we always read the wow with it. Yeah. But this is an exception here. This wow will not be read. Right? So in some scripts, just like the script in Osman Taha, the wows and the yas don't have a Sukun sign. If they are like a maddi. If there is a yaya maddi or a wawa maddi, you don't have a Sukun sign on it in many scripts. But here, they have not put in any signs on the wow. Which means it is not to be pronounced like Haru fellin. Yes. The word Ulu, Uli, and Ula'i. And Ula'ika. All of them have the same vowel setting. But this Ulu is an exceptional case for not reading the wow after the dhamma. Yes, please carry on. Thank you. This is also the Ulu, the Ulu, Uli, and Ula'i. Yes. Uli, Uli, Uli, Uli, Uli, Uli, Uli, have you ever taught Quran before? Yes. Oh, Masha'Allah. So if for like how long have you taught the Quran? As me as a teacher or from someone? No, as you as a teacher. For a few months one or two. Masha'Allah, Masha'Allah, Masha'Allah, Masha'Allah. You are Masha'Allah, you are very good at it. Insha'Allah. We will be listening from you more. Let me check the other participants. Okay, so still we have time. Still we have time here. Yes, you can carry on for a while. Participants have not arrived yet. So let's proceed. Just a minute. Which words I was? You were at 39. Actually sometimes you are not pronouncing the Ikhfahs very properly. Yes. But I'm not interrupting in between because this is a Quran khani, not a Tejweed class. Right? So I just want to indicate that to you that you should be more careful about the Ikhfahs. And especially the Ishar should not be prolonged, as I told you yesterday. Right? Okay. Okay, let me just do something here. This mat demun fasil, as you know it. Mat demun fasil means the mat that creates a fasla, the mat that creates a distance between the two of the words. For example, you see, so the distance should be there. Either it's a little moment, but it should be there. If you would have heard this, Qari Abdul Basit, Abdul Samad, sometimes like he's reciting in, when he gets on here on the mat demun fasil, he really makes like a big distance between the next Hamza. That's following. Right? Have you observed that? Actually, there was distortion. I couldn't understand what you said actually. Okay. So there should be a little distance between the mat demun fasil and the next Hamza that's coming up. Right? Okay. Okay. Should I read it again? No, please carry on. Mashallah, very well done. Very well done. Okay, so let me check the other participants. Okay, masha'Allah, brother Hussein Ali Badami is here already. Assalamu alaikum brother. Can you hear me? Assalamu alaikum. Masakumullah. Thank you very much. How are you brother? Are you okay? Masha'Allah, Masha'Allah. So would you like to continue? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, so we were at, let me share the screen. Okay, so we are at Surah Tuzumur at 51. So you see Allah Allah Am I audible? Yes, of course. Um No, no, no, no. Allah So on this word, there is a compulsory stop. Let's recite this once again. You are not audible. Please recite once again. I am not audible. Qadr. Qadr. Qadr. Qadr. Qadr. Are you? Qadr. Qadr. Qadr. Qadr. Qadr. Qadar. Qadr. wajee'a min labiyina bil haqqir wa wafiq wa wafiyat yatlu wa yunzerunak wa leqqa wa laqin wa laqin haqqat alemaat wa tajab alal we should read this ayat once again brother because there were many mistakes okay we should read this ayat once again brother because there were many mistakes okay the word khazana tuha right yes never stretch on a fatha otherwise it becomes a alif maddi right and wherever you find an extension you should not make it short if you have a short haraka like here in this word khazana tuha so all the others are short ones so you should not prolong them okay let's proceed okay let me tell you something here for example like if someone is not very fluent at Quran right and they are not very easy with the reading part and they can also read in small chunks like small parts word word word word by word right for example if I'm a student and I can't read the Quran very fluently for example so I can read it like this I can read it like this okay so this is okay if I do it really slow it's okay but if someone extends the vowel sounds for example if someone says sada khana this is wrong right because I am extending the sounds of the fatha just to settle with the text like just to settle my speed I am like extending the fathas and it makes the sentence it totally changes the meaning of the sentence as you may know so try to do it like this if like no one like everyone is not fluent at reading we can do it in small parts but do not extend the sound the extensions of the vowels like don't make a fatha into an elifah maddi right yeah so this is the point I'm trying to make okay so let's do this at once again okay let me check the list now okay so the next participant we have a sister Nadra Ali just just a moment please just a moment no let me check again let me check again okay brother Hussain Ali Badami Masha Allah very well done you can stay with us now if you want to maybe you get another chance if the participants do not arrive at time so the next participant with us is sister Nadra Raza sister Nadra Rida can you hear me hello can you hear me yeah all right so it's your turn and you will be doing from Surat al-Ghafir it's also called Surat al-Mu'min and we can start right here from the first chat Bismillah we need a correction here Rahman actually you also speak in Urdu so that's why yes that's why I have no problem no problem yeah yes yes I understand that no problem okay so the Rahman in Bismillah is not Rahman not with a fatha Rahman not Rahman right Rah Rahman Rah Rah Rah fatha Rahman okay the site after me the site after me Bismillahir Rahman ir Raheem Bismillah I have a problem that is asthma that's why I'm not uh uh see the no no no problem you can do Just don't pronounce Rahman into Rahman. 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So, we found that if f from g to h is a homomorphism, then the image of g is a subgroup of h. Now, since f is a function, it could have other properties, so it might be 1 to 1. f of g1 is f of g2 if and only if g1 is equal to g2. Or, it might also be onto for any h in h. There is some g where f applied to g gives us h. And the fact that the function could be 1 to 1 and onto suggests we might be interested in the following. A homomorphism is an isomorphism if f is 1 to 1 and onto. Now, I like to use those terms 1 to 1 and onto, but it's worth remembering that a 1 to 1 and onto function is called a bijection or as an adjective bijective. And so, while my preference is to use the more descriptive phrases 1 to 1 and onto, you will hear people describe an isomorphism as a bijective homomorphism. Well, let's think about that. Suppose f mapping g to h is an isomorphism. Well, let's consider some of the properties of elements of g. So, for example, let a in g have order n. Then, well, we know that a to the n is the identity in g. And a to the x is not the identity for any x less than n. So, now suppose b is the image of a. Then we know that the nth power of that image, because it's a homomorphism, we know that that's f of a to the n, which is f of the identity in g. But remember, a homomorphism will map the identity in g to the identity in h. And so this f applied to the identity in g is the identity in h. And so that means that the order of f of a divides n. But if the order is k strictly less than n, then f of a to the k, again, because it's also a homomorphism, is f of a to the k. And so the identity in h is the image of a to the k. But since f is an isomorphism, it's one to one. And since we know the identity in g maps to the identity in h, then the pre-image of the identity in h, a to the k, must be the identity in g. But that would say that a has order less than n, which isn't true. And so f of a in h must also have order n. And so if we put this together, that means if f is an isomorphism that maps g to h, then if a in g has order n, then the image of a in h also has order n. How about some other properties? For example, suppose a and b are elements of g and ab is ba. In other words, a and b happen to commute. So we know that f of ab is f of a times f of b. That's because we're assuming that f is an isomorphism and therefore a homomorphism. We also have f of ba is f of b times f of a. But since ab is equal to ba, then we know that f of ab and f of ba must be the same thing.  And so that tells us that if a and b commute, then the image of a and b will also commute. Well, what if they don't commute? Suppose a and b are in g and ab is not ba.  So what if these commute?  And again, because we're dealing with a homomorphism, we know that f of ab must be f of ba. But since f is a bijection, it's one to one and on to, we know that f of ab equals f of ba requires that the arguments be the same. Ab must be ba, which isn't true. And so we know that if a and b and g don't commute, neither do the images of a and b in h. And the preceding lead to an important idea. If f from g to h is an isomorphism, then any properties of a in g are shared by the image of a in h. And it's worth keeping in mind, if it walks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it's a duck. In other words, an isomorphism just renames the elements of a group. And so this leads to the following definition. Suppose f from g to h is an isomorphism. We say that g is isomorphic to h and write it this way. And essentially the idea is that if two groups are isomorphic, they're really the same groups and all we've done is we've renamed the elements. And we'll take a look at some of the implications of this renaming next.


Principle 4. Leverage insight on customers and competitors. A great team may thrive on the practice field, but while they've been improving their skills, their rivals have also been training, and the fans have higher expectations than ever. Remember that developing an organization for the long term means studying both your own game and that of your rivals. While your team is focused on implementing your strategy, stay mindful and observant of your customers and competitors in the world outside. Dig under the surface of the marketplace to uncover major risks, unknowns and dependencies. There are insights to be gathered and lessons to be learned. What are your customers telling you? What do the market trends mean for your industry? And how are you going to adjust to these realities and potential threats? In any competition, the advantage flows to those who stay aware and decisive and react quickly with the right adjustments to both strategy design and delivery. So never underestimate your opponents, play to win, improve your skills and deliver a valuable experience to your fans.


So here we already have some blocks out in our workspace, but there's something wrong. Let's debug this code by slowing down the speed and watching it as it goes through each block step by step. Oh, there's the problem. The cat's whiskers are 75 pixels long, not 25.


Live from Orlando, Florida, it's theCUBE. Covering Microsoft Ignite, brought to you by Cohesity. Good morning everyone, and welcome back to theCUBE's live coverage of Microsoft Ignite. 26,000 people from around the world have descended onto the Orlando, here in Orlando for Microsoft Ignite. I'm your host, Rebecca Knight, along with my co-host, Stu Miniman. We are joined by Christina Warren. She is the Senior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft. Thank you so much for coming on the show. Thanks so much for having me. So I'd love to have you talk a little bit about your work as a Senior Cloud Advocate, and you are responsible for a lot of the video strategy of Channel 9. Yeah, I am. So we have a Cloud Advocacy team within Developer Relations, and most of our advocates are focused on either kind of a specific technology area or a specific audience. I'm a little bit different in that I am kind of a, I call myself kind of a jack-of-all-trades master of none, so I go across a lot of different technology areas, but I look at our video content and our video strategy, so we have Channel 9 and our YouTube channel, Microsoft Developer, and some of our other channels, and I think about what are the types of stories we want to tell, what content do we want to create for our audience, and how can we bring new developers into our ecosystem as well? So what are those stories? I mean, what are you hearing from customers, and what are you hearing also from colleagues at Microsoft that say, here's something that we need to tell the world about? Yeah, so it's really interesting. I think there are a lot of things. One, we were talking a little bit before at the show, there's kind of an insatiable, I think, need for a lot of people how to get started, whether it's getting started coding, if you're running to learn Python or learn JavaScript or something else, or even if you're just wanting to, you're starting to get into infrastructure and you're wanting to learn, okay, how do I spend things up on the cloud? How do I set things up? And having some of that base fundamentals content is really important, but I also think sometimes it's about troubleshooting, and it's about figuring out what are the new services, what can this do for me? And I think a lot of times when I think about the stories we want to tell, it's not, oh, look at how great our service or our product is, but it's, this is designed to ease my pain points and make my life as a developer or an ops person easier. Christina, in the early days, everybody thought that the promise of cloud was it was supposed to be simple and inexpensive, and unfortunately we learned it is neither of those things by default. So, how do we help people to go from, it's only 20% of applications today are in the cloud. Really simplicity is something we need to attack, and education is one of those areas that we need. Give us some examples of some of the things that your team's doing to try to help us get to the majority of environments and workloads. Yeah, so a great example is, .NET Core 3.0 launched a couple of months ago, and there's been a big push there with cloud native apps and cloud native applications. And so we have like a new video series, the cloud native show that my colleague Shane Boyer heads up, where they go through kind of all the steps of cloud native development. And what's great about this, is that you have existing .NET developers who have not, to your point, 80% of applications are still not on the cloud. So they're going from that older environment. And this is saying, you can take the skills you already have, but this is how you think about these things in this new environment. And for a lot of things when it comes to tech, if you're, the way I always think about things is the next generation of developers, they don't know a non-cloud world. They're literally cloud first. And I think that's an important thing for all of us to consider, is that the next generation of developers, the kids who are in high school now, the kids who are in college, they don't know the pain of having to provision and deal with their own servers or data centers. They've only known the cloud. And so, but that's an interesting opportunity both to create cloud first content for them, but for the people who have been using things to say, okay, what you've already been doing, there are changes, but you're not starting from zero. And you can take some of the things you already know and just move that into the new world. One of the interesting things we found this week is that when we talk about engaging with Microsoft, it's not just .NET, it's not just Windows or Azure. We talked yesterday with Donovan Brown and Scott Hanselman and it's any app, any language, your tools pulling those off together, that's really challenging from creating content out there because you're not going to recreate the entire internet there. So how do you tie in what you're doing with other resources and have that communication collaboration out there in the industry? So a lot of what I think, from what I do and what a lot of us do, I used to be a journalist. So I look at what's interesting to me and what stories I would want to tell and what things I would want to know more about. And so, Visual Studio Online, which was announced this week, massive announcement, I'm super excited about that. I'm super excited about what that means and I know that the audience is going to be excited about that. So I look at an announcement like that, I'm like, okay, what kind of content can we work with those product teams to do? What sort of tutorials would I like to build? What things would I want to know more about if I were really experienced or just getting started? And I think some other areas are, for instance, Windows subsystem for Linux too. WSL2 will be coming out in the future. That's a great opportunity for people who are both familiar with Linux and might not be familiar with Linux to kind of get started in using Windows as their development platform. And so when I see trends like that happening or things around containers, Kubernetes, containerize all the things, I start thinking about, okay, what are the opportunities? What are cool examples? What would I want to see as somebody who's tuning in? That's what I always try to think about is, what would, I try to think about it like a journalist. What would an interesting story be to tell from my perspective? What would I want to know more about? And then we can go from there and work with the product groups and work with some of the other teams to make sure that we can tell those stories. So I'm curious, as a former journalist, you spent a decade as a digital editor and reporter and commentator. What made you want to make the leap to big tech? You know, okay, so media is not in a great place right now. So that's number one. Number two, you know, I was very technical as a journalist and it was interesting because when I made that transition, I then had to really actually shore up my tech skills. And I said, okay, I have some of the basics but I really need to like double down and invest in myself and invest in learning more. But I always, even when I was a journalist, I loved telling developer stories and I loved advocating for developers. Even when I was working at really mainstream places like Mashable where, you know, they would send me to developer conferences and I wouldn't just go to the press things, I would want to go to the sessions and talk to the developers and find out, okay, what are you excited about? What are the opportunities you see to build things? What's coming around that has you excited? I've always loved that. And so when the opportunity presented itself for me to be able to do that at Microsoft, I was like, oh, you know, I'd never considered that before but that's really interesting and that would be an interesting way of maybe seeing if I can do something else. One of the skills that is common between what you do now and work as a journalist is breaking down this technical language and making it accessible for a wider audience, particularly at more mainstream publications. What is your advice for people in terms of how to do that? Because on this show, we have a lot of technically minded people who can really go deep in the technology. But how do you then make it accessible? What is your advice? I always try to think of who is your muse, of someone who might not know what all intricacies that are going on but is an intelligent person that can understand. So for me, I always use my mom. Now, this was easier when I was a tech journalist than it is what I do now because she understands even less what I do now but I try to think about, okay, how would I explain this to her? She doesn't need to know all of the intricacies in nitty gritty but how could I explain something to her that would be technically accurate but would get the basic idea? And I think a lot of times when it comes to breaking down content, it's just getting to the essence of what problem is this solving? What is this doing that's better or worse and how does it do it? And starting from there. And a lot of times it just takes a lot of work and you figure out as you go along what getting feedback from users, frankly, based on they might be asking more clarifying questions or maybe they'll want to know more about something or less about something else. This is confusing for me and just modulating that as you go along. Yeah, Christina, it makes me laugh actually. When I started blogging, my mother was one of the people that would read and she would say, oh yes, I heard about this cloud thing before I watched it on NPR. It's a nuanced and complicated message. I actually, I roll my eyes a little bit back at the old Microsoft to the cloud videos there because it was like it didn't resonate. It's the stories that you're telling these days. How do you balance there's the outcomes yes, we want to solve some of the great challenges and help healthcare, but underneath there's some nitty gritty developer and infrastructure things that get solved. How do you make sure there's the connections between what the products do and the outcomes? Yeah, that's really interesting. You're right, it is a challenge. I think the important thing here is not every message has to have all of those components. So you can tell different stories. You can tell one story that's just more focused on the outcome and it's just more focused on the opportunity and what's happening in healthcare. And you can have another story that might be about this is what's going on underneath that is allowing those things to happen. Yeah, do you have any favorite outcome stories from Microsoft? Gosh, you know, yesterday during Scott Hanselman's developer keynote, he was, I didn't even know about the Chipotle case study. That was so interesting to me in seeing what they're doing with the different technology. That's just the first one that comes to mind. I thought was really, really cool. I'm really excited about the opportunities we have in quantum. And I'm really excited about the opportunities in healthcare because I think we've all been to the doctor and we've seen how much IT and how much tech infrastructure could help. Not just the process of diagnosing and helping things, but just even just the minutiae of data entry and record delivery and keeping track of everything. So there are a lot of the things we've done there have been really interesting. One of the things you said is you love telling developer stories. And I'm a journalist too and I cover entrepreneurs and I feel the same way about telling entrepreneur stories. Talk about some of the common characteristics you've seen. I mean, we can't obviously generalize an entire population of people, but talk about what you have seen as sort of the common elements of their personalities and their approach to solving problems. Right, so I think it's interesting when I think about indie developers, which are a little bit different than enterprise devs, although there are some similarities. You know, you start with, and I know for me, when I first started coding, when I first started building websites and the other things, it was like for me I wanted to either solve a problem or I wanted to create something that other people could see. And so a lot of times that probably one of the more commonalities is, you know, developers, they are in many ways wanting to scratch their own itch. I wanted to do something, I couldn't figure out how to do it, so I built this myself. Found out other people were using it too and I added features to it. I mean, I think that's what's so great about open source is that people have the opportunity to collaborate either contributing code or even doing bug reports or sharing ideas. And so one of the common elements is, I wanted to do something or I had a really interesting idea and I didn't see anyone else doing it. And so I just decided to build it myself. It's not that different from entrepreneurs, right? Like I see a business opportunity, I see a business I want to do, so I'm going to build it. And that's wanting to build things is probably the most common thing I see. Christina, any common conversations or things that are coming up that people that are in that show you'd like to share?  I mentioned Visual Studio online, which I think is really exciting because I'm really excited about being able to be on my iPad and also code. Like that's going to be really great. Also, I think the Arc stuff, the Azure Arc stuff is really interesting. The idea of being able to not just be focused on one platform, be able to control all of your infrastructure, no matter where it is, is really, really, that's a really compelling story. That's something that makes me really excited because I love to just automate and simplify things so anything that can make the life easier I think is great. As a former journalist, I'd love your thoughts on the state of news today. I know you said you got out of it because it's not a great career path, but the overreach of social media, the spread of fake news, the real and perceived media biases, I'm interested in your thoughts about where we are today, particularly as it relates to coverage of technology. It's interesting. I think in some ways, technology, for a really long time, most technology coverage was almost cheerleader-ish. You could even look back, even 20 years when the dot-com crash happened and I was in high school then, but I was following all that avidly. The after flow of that, the business press was maybe a little bit burned, but the technology press was still very much gung-ho and was still very much cheerleading. That's changed a little bit as we've started to have to grapple with some of the consequences, good and bad that happen with tech and with the internet. Right now, I almost feel like maybe we've gone a little bit over the edge a little bit more and some of the critiques are there and some of them maybe are just, it's popular to kind of be more negative, so that's been an interesting change, I think, to see. You're right though, when it comes to the spreading of misinformation or people just reading things in headlines, it's really difficult, I think, for people to find authoritative voices and things they can trust. Weirdly though, I do actually think this is an opportunity for the big tech companies to help. This is things that AI could really play a big role in. These are things that could really kind of help recognize patterns of spambots and of other things that aren't there and filter that out. But I think even when I still feel good about journalism as a medium and I still think that the press is one of the most important assets we have and even when we are going through shakier times, there are opportunities. I think that it'll find its way and honestly, I really do think that technology is one of those things that will help get the real things and the important stories out there. All right, so Christina, I guess final word is, how should people think of Microsoft in 2019? We're here to help. I think that we are a technology company that is creating the tools so that you can build and solve the problems that you need to solve. All right, that's a great note to end on. Thank you so much for coming on the show, Christina. Thank you so much for having me. Stay tuned for more of theCUBE's live coverage of Microsoft Ignite coming up in just a little bit.


When we hear the word celebrity it almost automatically conjures up images of sun-soaked beaches in California, not to mention the Hollywood sign up in the hills of Los Angeles. But as you're probably aware, the always-increasing cost of carving out a life for yourself in LA can be expensive to see the least. Because of this, celebrities often own homes all over the world, and in this series we're going to investigate their nicest homes in some of the biggest cities around the globe. Today we're turning our eyes towards the sunset state, Florida. Florida is located on the southeastern coast of the United States, and it borders both Georgia and Alabama. On the east side of the state is the Atlantic Ocean, and on the southwest end, you'll discover the Gulf of Mexico. A whole bunch of us who didn't grow up in the United States might assume that Miami is the capital city of this state. After all, it definitely gets the most worldwide attention. But the capital of Florida is actually Tallahassee, the city that's almost as difficult to spell as it is fun to say. If you're ever lucky enough to find yourself living down here, you'll enjoy housing costs that are generally lower than most other parts of the country. Not to mention, world-class beaches, warm weather all year round, and even more enticingly, especially if you're a millionaire celebrity. No state income tax. In these videos, we don't reveal any addresses, and even though I've done a house tour of my own place, please do not show up at any private residences because it's not safe for anyone. How's it going guys and gals? It's Kara the Vampire Slayer here for you with a brand new episode on famous entertainment. You recently took a look at the top 10 celebrity homes in North Carolina, and you guys enjoyed that one so much you asked for more. So prepare yourselves for the top 10 celebrity homes in the state of Florida. From actors to rappers to some of the richest people in the world, everyone apparently loves living in a state that almost never sees a flake of snow all year round. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and follow me on Instagram to chat. Alright, let's get into this list.  When Alex was just a youngster, his family packed up their belongings where they were living in Manhattan and moved to Miami, Florida, where Alex would attend both high school and university. Jennifer Lopez is something of a homecoming for him, and J-Lo, well, she also formerly owned real estate in Florida. Together they purchased a lavish estate for $40 million on Miami's celebrity packed star island. Built in 2003, this waterfront estate spans an acre of well manicured grounds and features a Spanish style mansion and guest house that together contain 10 bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, plus 2 powder rooms in 15,000 square feet of space. Which considering the type of entourage both of these gigantic stars must bring with them everywhere they go, probably gives them just enough space. Are you ever tired of this? Do you ever feel like, okay, I've had enough? Not to this point. Number 9 on our list is another couple, and the man who just punched his ticket to his 10th Super Bowl, Tom Brady and Giselle Boonchin. After leaving New England, joined forces with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tom and his supermodel wife Giselle moved down to Florida last year. Brady took a look at the $29 million mansion that Tom and his wife moved into during a house tour episode, but for those of you who have forgotten, that home is located in the wealthy Tampa Bay District known as the Davis Islands, and was formerly owned by Derek Jeter. More recently, however, there have been reports that Tom and Giselle moved on and into a $7.5 million home in Clearwater, Florida. If you take just one look at this place, it'll be pretty clear why they moved. With its breathtaking modern design and luxurious amenities, it will hopefully entice Tom to stay in Tampa for years to come. It includes a state-of-the-art home theater, custom breakfast bar, and full-on home automation system. Now go get your 7th ring, Tom. From a famous celebrity pairing to one of the absolute richest celebrities, Bill Gates comes in at number 8 on our list. When you think of that Florida sunshine, OzRU might not think of Bill, who spends most of his time living in Washington states, but he actually owns a bunch of land in Wellington, Florida, and he reportedly purchased it primarily for his daughter to boost her equestrian aspirations on the show-jumping circuit. This 4-acre property has a swimming pool, four bedrooms, and luxurious finishes, as well as a 20-stall barn, paddocks, and schooling area for horses. Bill spent $8.7 million in this estate, which is basically $1 million spent for each acre of land. But considering he's worth $133 billion, I think he can handle it. It's getting to be that time, so cue the music. Next up is John Cena. After becoming one of the biggest stars in WWE history, and carrying the company on his back for well over a decade, John is spending a lot more time in Florida these days, in between movie roles and the odd reappearance on the show that made him a crossover sensation. John moved to a gated community in Land of Lakes, where his enormous house has actually been seen on display pretty often in television series like Total Bellas, especially the home's remarkable swimming area. The estate has everything you'd expect from a superstar who climbed to the top of his game, including a cigar room and a guest house that's so large. It's the same size as Nikki Bella's sister's house in Aberdeen, Washington. These days, John and Nikki Bella are a thing of the past, but John recently got married to his wife Shay in the city of Tampa, just 20 miles south of his amazing home. Is there any sports athlete more popular in the state of Florida than Dwayne Wade? He is next at number 6. Not only did this inevitable hall of famer help bring the city of Miami three championship rings and five finals appearances over his career, he also became a mainstay in his adopted state. More recently, Wade is actually looking to move off his property in Florida as he spends most of his time living in LA, where his wife Gabriel Union works and we previously did a house tour on them as well. But back in 2010, right before tearing up the league as a member of the big three, Wade dropped $10.6 million on this 12,000 square foot beauty of a home. It features six bedrooms, dark wood accent, as well as an outdoor basketball court and gigantic pool.  Halfway through our list, and another one is Tim Tebowl. Tim first purchased a home for $1.4 million in Jacksonville in 2014, and he wound up loving the place so damn much that he doubled down and bought a second house, not only in the same city, but on the very same golf course too. This one for just under $3 million. This former NFL quarterback is spending his retirement in this two-story 8,300 square foot property that was built in 2006 and is situated on top of 1.49 acres of land. It also features five bedrooms and five and a half baths, along with a 120-bottle wine cellar, a gym, a home theater, and a formal dining room big enough for a seating area and a grand piano. How could I make a list of celebrities living in Florida and not include the man who loves the state so much he named himself after it? Lowrida, who's obviously a Florida native, purchased his producer's former home here in 2018 for around $1.4 million. After originally buying the house for only $500k in 2012, his producer tore down what was already there and rebuilt the home that stands there today, taking the overall construction to the next level. This 7,198 square foot home now features five bedrooms, five baths, two pools, both an indoor and outdoor jacuzzi, as well as an outdoor basketball court that would make number five on our list proud. The Qantas always had the biggest mystique for me. I've always intrigued by the airline and then simply by coincidence I bought an ex-Qantas 707, which is the one you're filming me on. A whole bunch of famous folk live in Florida because of the amazing skyline, but few take advantage of it more than our number three celebrity on this list, John Travolta. In case you guys don't know, my man Johnny is a certified pilot many times over and he and his late wife Kelly Preston moved to the Jammel Air Aviation Estates, a residential air park near Ocala, Florida in the early 2000s. This neighborhood features its own private airport that's surrounded by homes and John, who regularly flies a Boeing 707, has his own taxiway that leads to the runway. His wife Kelly once told Architectural Digest that it was always John's dream to be able to pull up to his house in a plane and by living here, John was able to turn that dream into a reality. Besides that gigantic selling point and really what more do you need? This 7,000 square foot home also features five bedrooms as well as five and a half facts, not to mention Florida ceiling windows all throughout the house that provide that type of fantastic view you would expect from an aviation lover. Nearing the end of our list and the number two celebrity who lives in Florida is another famous rapper, none other than Lil Wayne. He formerly owned an epic property in Miami with features like a shark tank and skate park and currently lives in a new mansion here. Lil Wayne's Miami estate spans over 10,000 square feet with seven bedrooms and perks like movable glass walls for gorgeous open air spaces throughout. Wheezy's lavish house cost him $17 million and with a moat-like entrance, the home is designed to feel as if it's floating on water. Alright guys, I've been saving the best for last. Coming in at number one on our list of celebrities in Florida is the people's champ himself, Dwayne The Rock Johnson. Dwayne's ties to Florida go back to his university days when he played football for the University of Miami. Since making it big as one of the most popular wrestlers of all time and parlaying that into a Hollywood career that would make the most classically trained Thespians blush, The Rock has become one of the most popular celebrities in the entire world. And while he owns homes in Los Angeles and Virginia, none of them fit his personality better than his estate located in Southwest Ranch's Florida. Now you're probably wondering, what kind of house does a man the size of The Rock live in? Well, this kind. Dwayne bought this home in 2012 from former Miami Dolphin, Vernon Carey for $3.4 million. Now he owns a home in Los Angeles and Virginia and none of them fit his personality better than his estate located in Southwest Ranch's Florida. Now you're probably wondering, what kind of house does a man the size of The Rock live in? Well, this kind. The house is Mediterranean in design and features tons of dark wood throughout, which stands in contrast to the white marble that many of the floors are carved from. It also features an iron paradise for Dwayne to get all his reps in without having to leave the comfort of his own home. Alright guys, that's going to wrap up our list of the top 10 celebrities that live in Florida. What did you think? Was there any celebrity home from the state that you think should have made the cut? We might just need a part two. It was so hard to choose. Let me know in the comments down below. Thanks for watching and be sure to follow me on Instagram. Thanks, what are you doing? See you all in the next video. Bye!