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The Sasuke Retrieval Arc spans from chapters 172 to 238 of the manga, and episodes 107 to 135 of the Naruto anime. This arc sets the tone for Naruto: Shippūden, where Sasuke decides he is not powerful enough and leaves for Orochimaru to gain power, and his final battle at the Valley of the End against Naruto Uzumaki. It also includes Naruto's first use of his one-tailed form when the Nine-Tails grants him more power to defeat Sasuke. It is the last arc of Part I of the manga. In the anime, the arc is followed by a series of short arcs. For the anime only, this arc is preceded by the Land of Tea Arc and is followed by the Land of Rice Fields Arc, while in the manga it is only preceded by the Search for Tsunade Arc.
Want for Power
Naruto's influence on Sasuke, though profound, was powerless to prevent Sasuke from leaving his village and friends to receive training from Orochimaru. Sasuke's decision to leave was the result of a chain of events that rekindled his hatred for his brother and desire to avenge his clan. To do so, he must claim a great amount of power, which became the centre of his entire life.
Humiliated by Itachi's declaration that he was disappointingly weak, and aware of the fact that Naruto might be his superior, Sasuke challenged Naruto to a fight after Naruto returned to Konoha. They engaged in a heated duel on the rooftop of the hospital, where Naruto told Sasuke that he had never considered himself inferior to Sasuke. Kakashi leapt in to stop the fight just when Naruto and Sasuke were about to use their Rasengan and Chidori on each other, deflecting both their attacks into adjacent water towers. While Sasuke's Chidori made a larger dent on the front of the tower than Naruto's Rasengan, Sasuke was shocked to find that the back of Naruto's water tank had been completely blown out by the power of his Rasengan. Sasuke realised he might have lost the fight and received major injuries if Kakashi hadn't stopped the fight. This only made Sasuke even angrier that Naruto was getting stronger by the day, and could actually be able to defeat him in battle.
Ever since the Chūnin Exam and the fight against Gaara of the Sand Waterfall, Sasuke had felt that Naruto had been improving immensely. Naruto only wanted recognition from Sasuke, recognition that he really had got stronger. However, Sasuke would never recognise Naruto, because, by doing so, he would also have to admit that he was weaker than him. Despite a lecture from Kakashi about the pointlessness of revenge, the appearance of Orochimaru's Sound Four, with an offer of greater powers, and yet another humiliating pummelling, tipped Sasuke over the edge. Sasuke went to leave the village that night, but was disrupted by Sakura, who then tried to convince him to not leave Konoha.
During this conversation, a crying and desperate Sakura confessed her love to Sasuke, and begged him not to leave the village. Once she realised that he was going to leave either way, she offered to go with him to help him enact his revenge, which he ultimately refused. As a last resort, Sakura threatened to scream and alert the village guards if Sasuke left, and finally, having hit a nerve, Sasuke moved from in front of Sakura to behind her in a flash of speed. He thanked her for everything she had done for him thus far, before knocking her unconscious and laying her on a nearby bench, and then leaving the village.
Chōji vs. Jirōbō
A five-man squad was gathered by Shikamaru, including himself, Kiba, Naruto, Chōji, and Neji. Naruto also recommended Shino, however Shino was on a special mission with his father at the time. They easily caught up to the Sound Four, who were escorting Sasuke to Orochimaru. Strategies were not used; rather, the team split up. The same happened on the part of the Sound Four: they dropped people one by one, and Chōji ended up fighting Jirōbō by himself. Using two of the secret pills of the Akimichi clan, Chōji was able to increase his chakra enough to keep from being defeated. In the end, he had to consume the red pepper pill, which increased his chakra a hundredfold but left him in an extremely critical condition, usually resulting in death. Taking the pill slimmed down his body, as the excess calories were converted into butterfly wings of chakra. After getting his revenge on Jirōbō for eating the last chip and for calling him fat, Chōji put all his chakra and power into his fist, and killed Jirōbō for insulting his best friend, Shikamaru.
Neji vs. Kidōmaru
Next, Neji ended up fighting Kidōmaru. Kidōmaru had trouble at short-range, since Neji's Byakugan and Gentle Fist were too powerful to penetrate. Kidōmaru ended up fighting from long-range, but the battle was locked in a stalemate, until Kidōmaru discovered a weakness of the Byakugan: it has a blind spot behind Neji's first thoracic vertebrae. Knowing that he would be hit in this area, Neji intentionally allowed Kidōmaru hit him with a powerful arrow, to which Kidōmaru had affixed a chakra string to ensure accuracy. However, Neji used the chakra string to use his Gentle Fist to damage Kidōmaru's internal organs. Neji then caught up with Kidōmaru, and used his 8 Trigrams to close Kidōmaru's tenketsu (chakra points); Kidōmaru died shortly after. Neji was left in a critical state after the fight.
Kiba and Akamaru vs. Sakon and Ukon/Shikamaru vs. Tayuya
Shikamaru was matched up with Tayuya, while Kiba and Akamaru were with Sakon and Ukon. Kiba and Akamaru did an amazing tag team on Sakon, but Sakon split with Ukon right before Kiba and Akamaru could lay a devastating blow. Sakon and Ukon activated their Cursed Seal to Level Two, which made them far too powerful for Kiba and Akamaru to cope with. Meanwhile, Shikamaru, despite all his prowess at forming strategies, simply couldn't kill Tayuya because of her sheer force. He managed to use his Shadow Imitation Technique on her three summons, but she quickly dispelled them both. Then he caught her in his Shadow Imitation Technique, then his Shadow–Neck Binding Technique, while, at the same time, Akamaru had got injured, with Kiba refusing to leave him. Without Akamaru to do their combination attacks, however, Kiba and Akamaru were forced to retreat (Kiba was forced to stab himself in order to escape), and Shikamaru, for the first time, couldn't come up with any ideas to defeat Tayuya, and was forced to keep his Shadow–Neck Binding Technique on her. Finally, Shikamaru and Kiba were ready to accept their deaths. However, before the finishing strikes could be executed, the Sand ninja arrived to help.
The Sand Arrives
Right before Shikamaru and Kiba were about to die, they were aided by Temari and Kankurō respectively, who had been ordered to help the Konoha ninja. Kankurō's puppets were unaffected by Sakon and Ukon's ability to fuse with cells. When Sakon arrived, he attempted to do the same thing he had almost done with Kiba, but Kankurō turned out to be his new puppet, Black Ant, to injure Sakon, forcing them to fuse back and Ukon to take over. Kankurō then trapped Sakon and Ukon inside his puppet Black Ant. Kankurō then used Karasu to stab them through holes in Black Ant, and used Crow and Black Ant to do a devastating and deadly combo, Black Secret Technique Machine One Shot, thus killing the brothers. Meanwhile, since Tayuya used sound to attack, Temari's wind was a natural enemy. Temari used her Sickle Weasel Technique, which blew away Tayuya and cut her flute in half. Shikamaru used this time to tell Temari about Tayuya's strategies. After a while, Tayuya fixed her flute, and was ready to kill Shikamaru and Temari, but Temari used her Summoning Technique and used the Summoning: Quick Beheading Dance, which was able to kill Tayuya by destroying an entire tract of the forest, in which the sliced debris crushed the latter.
Rock Lee and Gaara vs. Kimimaro
Last, Kimimaro, who was stronger than all of the Sound Four combined, came to aid the escort mission. At first, he was faced with Naruto, but even Naruto's massive amounts of shadow clones proved to be no match for Kimimaro, whose taijutsu skills were more than a match for Naruto's superior numbers. Naruto even used the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's chakra, but was still losing. Rock Lee then came to help Naruto, allowing Naruto to chase after Sasuke while Lee fought Kimimaro.
Both Lee and Kimimaro were taijutsu experts, but, since Lee had only recently recovered from his surgery, he was not in top shape. Lee drank some sake that he thought was medicine and became intoxicated, and began fighting with the Drunken Fist style. With this added unpredictability, Lee gained an upper hand against Kimimaro. However, he clearly had no idea what he was doing, who he was fighting, and why he felt so drunk. After a while, Kimimaro was forced to do his Dance of the Camellia, but Rock Lee then appeared to be virtually invincible, and laid a devastating blow to Kimimaro. Seeing that there was no chance of him defeating Lee in his present state, Kimimaro used his Cursed Seal Level One and overpowered Lee, manifesting his horrific ability to manipulate his bones at will. Not only this, but Lee began to sober up. Lee would have been killed if Gaara had not arrived in time and used his sand to protect Lee.
For obvious reasons, Kimimaro was at a disadvantage, since Gaara was capable of blocking all physical attacks, and Kimimaro could only use physical attacks. However, like the Sound Four, Kimimaro was able to get past Gaara's defence and offence by sheer force. Kimimaro's bones were so tough that they simply forced their way through Gaara's sand. Even Sand Waterfall Funeral and other crushing forces couldn't bring down Kimimaro, as he created a film of bone beneath his skin to protect himself. Kimimaro would have defeated and killed Gaara with his last attack, but, just before Kimimaro could finish Gaara, his terminal illness ended his life.
Naruto vs. Sasuke
Naruto caught up with Sasuke and they began battling. Sasuke's Cursed Seal of Heaven, which had been powered up by a pill given to him by the Sound Four (this was why he was in the coffin), gave Sasuke inhuman strength, which he used to reduce Naruto to almost rag-doll levels. Meanwhile, Sasuke recalled his experiences with Itachi and his parents up to the point of the Uchiha clan massacre. It was in these memories that the Mangekyō Sharingan, and how Itachi obtained it (by killing his best friend, Shisui Uchiha) was revealed; it was also revealed that Itachi had encouraged Sasuke to gain the Mangekyō Sharingan, which he claimed to be the only way he could exact revenge on Itachi, by any means necessary, and this became Sasuke's motivation for killing Naruto, who he claimed to be his best friend.
Back in Konoha, Kakashi Hatake, brought up to speed on the situation, summoned his ninken, including Pakkun, to track down Naruto and Sasuke. Meanwhile, Naruto and Sasuke unleashed the Rasengan and Chidori respectively, causing each other to fly backwards. Activating his Cursed Seal, Sasuke used his enhanced speed and strength to overcome Naruto and strike him with a Chidori. Naruto managed to block the attack, but Sasuke, still intent on killing Naruto, tried to strangle Naruto, only to have himself thrown aside by a Nine-Tails-powered opponent.
With his enhanced abilities, Naruto easily overwhelmed Sasuke, and tried to reason with him, only to have Sasuke ultimately reject his efforts, although Sasuke finally admitted they were fighting as equals. In this moment, Sasuke's Sharingan finally matured, enabling him to predict Naruto's movements and once again turn the tables. Upset by Naruto's persistence, Sasuke knocked him unconscious with Peregrine Falcon Drop. The Nine-Tails, probably to save itself, gave Naruto even more of its chakra, creating, for the first time, Naruto's one-tailed transformation, complete with the demon fox cloak that surrounds him. With one arm of the cloak, Naruto unleashed powerful short and long-range attacks, which Sasuke, even with his Sharingan, was unable to keep up with.
Feeling he had no choice, Sasuke increased his Cursed Seal of Heaven to Level Two, once again evening the playing field. Both Sasuke and Naruto realised the cost of their respective abilities at that point, but both decided that they had no other choice. Sasuke revealed that the location of their fight was the Valley of the End, and, determined to end the battle, forced the use of a third Chidori. Naruto created, using one hand, and the demon fox cloak's chakra as a shell, the Demon Fox Rasengan. Sasuke's Chidori, after a moment, warped into the Flapping Chidori. The two ninja collided their attacks; Sasuke, planning to punch Naruto in the heart, deliberately missed, and targeted the gut instead, while Naruto, referring to one of Sasuke's insults, scratched his headband. A black dome of energy formed around them, which eventually dissipated, revealing the two ninja as their current forms, and then as their childish forms, who held hands and smiled at each other. When the dust settled, Sasuke was revealed to be victorious.
Sasuke pondered whether or not to kill an unconscious Naruto, but decided to leave him alive in the end. Kakashi and Pakkun arrived; disappointed they were too late, Kakashi took Naruto back to Konoha. At the same time, Sasuke decided to gain the power to kill Itachi his own way, through Orochimaru, as he walked off to Otogakure. It was then revealed that Akatsuki member, Zetsu, had been watching the fight the whole time.
Mission Failure
As Kakashi took Naruto back to Konoha, several medical-nin appeared to update him on the situation, and to take care of Naruto "and Sasuke", which Kakashi deemed unnecessary for obvious reasons in both cases. Neji and Chōji both underwent intensive medical treatment; both were successfully healed thanks to the Nara clan's medical tome, Tsunade's medical prowess and Shizune and a team of medical-nin. Kiba and Akamaru were also healed from their moderate injuries, under the care of Hana, his elder sister. Shikamaru, with only his finger injured, decided to end his ninja career, as he put his team's life in danger, and his mission failed regardless, but Shikaku convinced him to persevere. Sasuke was shown walking with Orochimaru and Kabuto in one of Orochimaru's lairs.
Shikamaru paid Naruto a visit in his room, while Sakura decided to visit Naruto "and Sasuke", only to be severely disappointed by Naruto's failure to bring Sasuke back, as she overheard Naruto and Shikamaru's conversation. Naruto, however, declared his promise to keep to his original promise, to which Sakura gratefully responded. After her visit to Naruto, Sakura, realising how useless she had been in keeping Sasuke in Konoha, requested for Tsunade to take her on as her apprentice, to which Tsunade consented. Naruto's next visitor was Jiraiya, who revealed that Orochimaru had already taken a body before Sasuke arrived (so he had to wait another three years to take another body) and tried to convince Naruto to give up on Sasuke, based on his similar experience with Orochimaru. Naruto, however, refused to quit his efforts. Jiraiya, who figured it pointless to change Naruto's mind, decided to train Naruto for two and a half years, to prepare Naruto for the Akatsuki, which Naruto readily accepted.
In the anime, Naruto was forced to remain in Konoha for a few months before setting out with Jiraiya. In the manga, he left as soon as he got out of the hospital. Sakura also asked to become Tsunade's apprentice at a later point in the anime.
|Episode Title
|Japanese Airdate
|English Airdate
|"The Battle Begins: Naruto vs. Sasuke"
|3 November 2004
|6 October 2007
|"Bitter Rivals and Broken Bonds"
|10 November 2004
|13 October 2007
|"Oto's Invitation"
|17 November 2004
|20 October 2007
|"Formation! The Sasuke Recovery Team"
|24 November 2004
|27 October 2007
|"Sound vs. Leaf"
|24 November 2004
|27 October 2007
|"Squad Mutiny: Everything Falls Apart!"
|1 December 2004
|3 November 2007
|"Full Throttle Power! Chōji, Ablaze!"
|8 December 2004
|3 November 2007
|"Good-bye Old Friend…! I'll Always Believe in You!"
|15 December 2004
|10 November 2007
|"Your Opponent is Me!"
|22 December 2004
|10 November 2007
|"360 Degrees of Vision: The Byakugan's Blind Spot"
|5 January 2005
|24 November 2007
|"Losing is Not an Option!"
|5 January 2005
|24 November 2007
|"The Vessel Arrives Too Late"
|12 January 2005
|1 December 2007
|"Miscalculation: A New Enemy Appears!"
|19 January 2005
|1 December 2007
|"Roar and Howl! The Ultimate Tag-Team!"
|2 February 2005
|8 December 2007
|"To Each His Own Battle"
|9 February 2005
|8 December 2007
|"Fakeout: Shikamaru's Comeback!"
|16 February 2005
|15 December 2007
|"The Leaf's Handsome Devil!"
|23 February 2005
|15 December 2007
|"The Beast Within"
|2 March 2005
|22 December 2007
|"The Sand Shinobi: Allies of the Leaf"
|9 March 2005
|22 December 2007
|"Showdown: Gaara vs. Kimimaro"
|16 March 2005
|29 December 2007
|"Vengeful Strike! The Bracken Dance!"
|30 March 2005
|29 December 2007
|"A Cry on Deaf Ears"
|30 March 2005
|5 January 2008
|"Brothers: Distance Among the Uchiha"
|6 April 2005
|5 January 2008
|"Father and Son, the Broken Crest"
|13 April 2005
|12 January 2008
|"The Secrets of the Mangekyō Sharingan"
|20 April 2005
|12 January 2008
|"For a Friend…"
|27 April 2005
|19 January 2008
|"A Plea from a Friend"
|4 May 2005
|19 January 2008
|"The End of Tears"
|11 May 2005
|26 January 2008
|"The Promise That Could Not Be Kept"
|18 May 2005
|26 January 2008


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Helena Wankstein is a character in the Grand Theft Auto series who appears as a supporting character in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Helena lives on a farm in Flint Range, Flint County and meets Carl Johnson beside the Ammu-Nation store in Blueberry, Red County, shooting some targets on a deck(after mission The Green Sabre is passed). She is a lawyer by trade but is enthusiastic about guns. She is normally home between 00:00-2:00, 8:00-12:00 and 14:00-0:00. Helena prefers Carl to have low muscle, low fat and high sex appeal.
Date Types
Food Date
Helena prefers to go to restaurants, the nearest being the World of Coq restaurant in Rodeo, Los Santos.
Club Date
Carl can take Helena to either the club in Idlewood, Los Santos (Alhambra) or Queens, San Fierro (Gaydar Station), but the Alhambra remains a better solution since it's closer, despite both clubs being fairly away from Helena's house. To impress Helena with dancing, the player must score over 4000 points.
Driving Date
Helena likes Carl to drive fairly slowly in rural areas (such as around her farm) or nice parts of town. Driving around her fields will suffice for this date.
Helena will ask Carl in for coffee when their relationship gets to 70%.
The rewards for dating Helena include access to her tool shed, which includes: a chainsaw, a flamethrower, Molotov Cocktails and a pistol. At 50% she gives Carl the keys to her Bandito, but even without having the keys, CJ can still steal it, since it has no doors. At 100% Carl gets the Rural Clothes, which are located in the special menu on the wardrobe. In her farm, there is also a Sadler that is unlocked for CJ at any time.
- If the player stands in front of Helena when she is at the shooting range, she will keep shooting the player as if he was not there.
- If the player does not meet her standards when he arrives on her ranch for their date, she will refuse to go out with him.
- Strangely, Helena enjoys the country sides but complains that Rodeo is beneath her as "she went to a private school"/ "she can't stand trash like this.", which is odd, as Rodeo is the location of wealthy clothing shops.
- Helena's surname is a wordplay on the phrase wank stain.
- She is the only girlfriend in the game that requires more than two statistic requirements; low muscle, low fat, high sex appeal. The other girlfriends only require a maximum of two
- If the player attacks Helena in any way in the shooting range, she will start to shoot at him, aiming directly at him no matter where he is.


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It has been confirmed within the collectors edition poster that character customization will return. Those who purchase the collectors edition will be able to play as past GTA characters in multiplayer, a character that is confirmed to be playable is Niko Bellic
The ties between Max Payne 3's multiplayer and GTA 5 are interesting, as few games have offered crossover in this fashion. Rockstar's crews – large clans that can band together and win rewards by cooperating online – can be imported between Max Payne 3 and GTA 5, giving us a taste of what to expect from Rockstar's return to San Andreas.
Bewsher sheds light on the crew system, "Well, there are going to be two types of Crews – private crews that you and your friends can create and customise to your liking, and Rockstar-created crews that are open to everyone." "Private crews hold up to 250 members and public crews are unlimited, so thousands of people can join the same crew and start reaping the benefits."
" There are also a range of in-game rewards and mechanics that impact crew cooperation", Bewsher continues, "such as HUD identifiers, customisable emblems on in-game equipment for opponents to see, dedicated crew assist-style awards and the Crew feud mechanic to name a few. This last one creates automatic feuds between different crews, to see which is the meanest."
The concept is intriguing, lending social interaction and genuine cooperation to the arena shooter format where similar games would have you running and gunning as a lone wolf. Once again, Max Payne 3 demands teamwork. Reconfirming cross compatibility, Bewsher adds, "You may have read recently that we also announced that crews created in Max Payne 3, and any feuds you have going with other crews will be fully transferable into Grand Theft Auto 5 and beyond."
Game Modes
- Free Mode
- Multiplayer will hold 32 people on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network.[citation needed]
- Crews from Max Payne 3 will carry over to Grand Theft Auto V.
- Grand Theft Auto V will have multiplayer features linked to Rockstar's Social Club.


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|Minor Character: Las Vegas
|Nathan "Nate" Haskell (born Warner Thorpe)
|Birth Date
|February 15, 1960
| Arvin Thorpe (father, deceased)
Sylvia (Lois?) Thorpe (mother, deceased)
Willoughby J. Willoughby (grandfather, deceased)
Audrey Thorpe (grandmother, deceased)
|Las Vegas
|Serial Killer
|Modus Operandi
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Mason Steel Davis (aged 16)
Niko Baur (aged 8)
|First Appearance
|19 Down
"You thought that you could get inside of my head? A person has to do what I've done to understand me."
Nathan "Nate" Haskell (born Warner Thorpe), a.k.a. "The Dick & Jane Killer" (sometimes acronymed "DJK"), was a prolific serial killer who appeared in seasons 9, 10 and 11 of CSI:Crime Scene Investigation. He is best known for being the arch nemesis of CSI Raymond Langston.
Haskell was born Warner Thorpe. During Langston's lecture in 19 Down, Haskell claimed to have been physically abused by his alcoholic father, Arvin, every day when he was a child. He only had vague memories of his mother, Sylvia, who was killed by Arvin when Haskell was eight years old. It was revealed in Targets of Obsession that Nate carried the MAO-A gene, a gene which, according to some studies, causes a predisposition towards violence. Exactly how long he knew about it is unknown to everyone except himself. His first animal kill was a cat, which he killed when he was nine years old, whilst listening to Arvin beating his mother, and subsequently went through numerous other animals before his first human murder victim, whom he killed when he was 16, was a travelling salesman named Douglas Nathan Haskell, whom he butchered in a home-made torture chamber in his house and whose identity he partially adopted as his own. In the mid-1990s, he became a serial killer. He became known as "The Dick & Jane Killer" because he targeted couples. None of the female victims, all of whom were buried in a cabin where he tortured and killed them, were ever found and Haskell later refused to discuss them. He killed a total of at least 16 people in Nevada, Arizona and California (the first couple, Joel Steiner and Tiffany Cohen, weren't found until 19 Down). Even though he never held down a single job or filed a tax return during this time (likely because he was living under an assumed name), he could still afford the occasional restaurant visit, earning money by donating blood and semen or taking part in psychological studies. During a visit to an Italian restaurant, Venetti's, he had a chance encounter with future serial killer Charlie DiMasa.
One day in Reno, he stopped at a sobreity checkpoint. That stroke of luck allowed the authorities to charge him; inside the car, they found blood belonging to a victim; under his fingernails they found DNA from another; a potential murder weapon was found and a witness was able to place him with another one of the victims. When the case went to trial, Haskell initially denied any guilt, but changed his mind and confessed when his defense was about to claim the murders could only have been committed by multiple people working together. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole and incarcerated in Ely, Nevada. While there, he gained a kind of cult following (he claims to have "students" everywhere) and was even proposed to a couple of times, though he turned them all down because he wasn't allowed conjugal visits. At some point prior to Leave Out All the Rest, Haskell met Thomas Donover, a student at West Las Vegas University and one of his "students".
Season Nine
19 Down
Haskell finds out about a special lecture given to by West Las Vegas University Professor Raymond Langston, in which a famous serial killer is allowed to speak directly to his class via computer at prison, and decides to participate when no other murderer accepted the offer. At the same time, the body of Gerald Tolliver (who was killed by Thomas), an accomplice of Haskell's, is discovered in a trash bag amongst the belongings of Joel Steiner and Ian Wallace. Hoping to gain some information after finding out that Ian Wallace was killed by a DJK copycat killer, Grissom comes to Langston's lecture and watches as Haskell discloses the disturbing details of how his mind works and stating (to Thomas) how he gave his female victims some hope of survival before killing them in order to make them compliant. Grissom interrogates Haskell, disguising his questions as innocently as possible, but he eventually goes a bit too far accidentally and Haskell announces to Langston and the class that a member of the Las Vegas CSI team is present. Joel Steiner's mother then suddenly arrives and Haskell taunts her, forcing Langston to order the connection to them and Haskell canceled.
Later, when Langston returns to his office at the WLVU, he receives a call from Haskell, who tricks him into staring at the parking lot before revealing the location of Joel Steiner's skeleton. There, the CSIs find the skeleton, as well as the fresh corpse of another man.
One to Go
The CSIs identifiy the fresh body as one Jeffery Masters, and they realize that his wife Maureen is missing, being held captive by Thomas, who took Haskell's advice about controlling the women at hand. However, the CSIs eventually manage to find Thomas and Maureen and kill the former. Haskell's reaction to these events isn't known, as he was only mentioned in the episode.
Season Ten
While visiting a prison, Ray is approached by an inmate who tells him that "Nate Haskell says hello".
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After finding out of the CSIs' investigation of "Dr. Jekyll", Haskell finds the case details similar to his encounter with Charlie DiMasa and decides to call Langston at the end of the episode, telling him he knows Dr. Jekyll's identity before hanging up on him.
Meat Jekyll
Haskell's transportation to the Las Vegas crime lab stirs a quarrel between Langston, Catherine, and Brass. However, they eventually agree that if Haskell is just toying with them, they will merely throw him back in prison without a word. Surprisingly, though, it is revealed that Haskell is telling the truth after he informs that contained in the evidence Reno police gathered from his house is a piece of pasta in the shape of a bow, identical to how Dr. Jekyll tied the intestines of Joseph Bigelow. He then tells Langston of his experience in Venetti's. As the investigation progresses, they are forced to use a stripper to help extract information from Haskell in her own way.
As the CSIs go out to investigate, Haskell taunts the guard assigned to watch him in his cell, eventually forcing him into activating a shock belt that was wrapped around him throughout the episode. This causes Haskell to fall over and break his glasses.
After the case is concluded and Charlie is shot dead, Langston visits Haskell to tell him that they caught Dr. Jekyll. However, just as he prepares to leave, Haskell stabs him in the back repeatedly with a shiv made out of his broken glasses.
Season Eleven
Shock Waves
When guards hear Langston's stabbing, Haskell is shocked by his electric restraints and beaten. After a brief stay in a hospital, in which Langston hallucinates him escaping and poisoning his IV tube, Haskell is taken back to Ely, but not before he taunts Brass about Langston's stabbing.
Targets of Obsession
Haskell is taken to court to be charged with attempting to kill Langston, and several of his female "fans" are present. At first, the jury seems to lean onto Haskell's defense that he is predisposed to violence because he carries the MAO-A gene, which is said to have that effect, and was abused by an alcoholic father. With no other alternative, Langston reveals that he also was abused by an alcoholic father and carries the MAO-A gene. Haskell is genuinely baffled by the revelation. After the trial, which leads to Haskell being found guilty of attempted murder, Langston talks to Haskell outside his cell. He tells Langston that he feels even closer to him than before and claims to have known that he was an MAO-A carrier for a long time, though he refuses to elaborate on how he could have known it before official studies were carried out. Later, he switches his inmate badge for that of a minimum security inmate and gets into a transport van in his place. On the road, it is sabotaged by two of his female fans, who kill the guards. After one of the women kills the other, she drives away with Haskell, but not before stopping to take in the sight of the dead officers.
Father of the Bride
He reappeared in Father of the Bride, when he kept sending messages to the father of one of his female fans, threatening to kill her. It turned out that the video recordings were all made the day after Haskell escaped, but he and his accomplices sent it weeks afterwards. The CSIs arrive and see that the female fan is dead.
The episode ends at a concert in Los Angeles where the main attraction is Gloria Parkes-Langston playing the cello. Nate Haskell and his current bride Tina Vincent befriend Gloria and her current husband Phil.
Cello and Goodbye
In Cello and Goodbye, Ray went rogue to track down Haskell, who abducts Ray's ex-wife, Gloria, after killing Phil in Los Angeles. It is revealed in the episode from a school yearbook that his birth name is Warner Thorpe. It also turned out that Haskell never got plastic surgery, even though two surgeons were killed by him and his accomplices, presumably as a ruse to throw the CSIs off his trail. The trail leads Ray and Nick to a pier, where their pursuit of him is interrupted by the police there. When Ray follows the trail to a carousel, Haskell appears and shoots a police officer. He reveals that Gloria is still alive and leaves a trail before dissappering Langston eventually finds Gloria and a dying Arvin at Haskell's old house, only to be confronted by Haskell himself.
In a Dark, Dark House
Langston immediately takes Haskell down while he is distracted, beating him, to Haskell's delight and puts flex cuffs around his wrists, but when he learns that Haskell raped Gloria, Langston cuts off the cuffs, beats Haskell even more brutally and finally pushes him over a railing to his death. At the crime scene, Brass sees the ligature marks on Haskell's unshackled wrists and puts a pair of handcuffs on them. When he finds the used flex cuffs, he discreetly takes them with him in his pocket without telling anyone. The season ends in a cliffhanger as Ray is asked by IA whether him killing Haskell was self-defense or murder. In the next episode, it is mentioned that Ray was let go.
Modus Operandi
"You have to give them hope. If you bring a human being to the brink of death, and then you offer a chance, no matter how small a chance, to survive, they'll grab it. And they'll thank you for it. And then, you can do whatever you want. And believe me, I did."
Haskell targeted couples, the wives/girlfriends of which were usually blonde. He would kill the males by strangling them with his bare hands, drugging them beforehand to incapacitate them, usually with THC (marijuana) spiked with sage extract, take the female victims to an isolated cabin in which he would hold them captive and torture them for long periods of time before inevitably killing them (he later claimed to have held one of his victims captive for three days). At one point during these periods, he would pretend to offer them a chance to come out of it alive in exchange for obeying him as a way to gain control over them and keep them from fighting back. The details of the torture aren't given on screen, but apparently involved cutting and mutilation with various sharp instruments and electrocution. He also mentions attacking one victim with a baseball bat and cutting off the breast of another. Given that his final female victim, Gloria Parkes, was raped, it's possible that Haskell did the same to some of his prior female victims as well (though it was spoken of as though it was more of an irregularity).
While the male bodies were disposed of like trash in various remote locations (except for Joel Steiner, whose body was buried for some reason), the female victims were buried under the floor in the torture chamber with their arms crossed over the chests. Haskell's signature was to stab the male victims' bodies post-mortem, once for each couple of victims; once in the first, twice in the second, three times in the third, and so forth. Haskell's accomplices took various belongings of the male victims as souvenirs, such as glasses, other possessions or even parts of their clothing. His copycats, Thomas Donover and Curtis Keesey, continued the cycle, stabbing their first male victim nine times post-mortem and Donover's final male victim ten times. Haskell's next murder victim, Phil Parkes, was stabbed 12 times post-mortem as part of the cycle; according to Ray, this was because Haskell considered him to be his eleventh male victim, even though he survived.
"Fun is taking something away from somebody. Like... a nice Jewish girl, for example. Taking off her for a little vacation, just three days and three nights of heaven on Earth. And then just heaven."
Haskell appears to be a sadistic psychopath, incapable of feeling remorse or guilt. He defines the greatest fun as being taking something away from someone, which can be seen in the way he kills; he separates the men and women from each other, kills the man to take him from the woman and pretends to give her a chance to live only to take it away shortly afterwards.
Known Victims
- Unspecified date in 1976, Nessus, Nevada: Douglas Nathan Haskell (first human kill; aged 16 at the time; stole his identity)
- June 14, 1997, Las Vegas, Nevada: Joel Steiner and Tiffany Cohen (the first couple)
- Unspecified dates in 1997-2005: Seven couples abducted from all over Nevada, California, and Arizona and killed in Nevada. Named victims are:
- 1998:
- January: Peter Ifll and his unnamed girlfriend or wife (the sixth couple)
- March: Scott Pherell and his unnamed girlfriend or wife (the seventh couple)
- 1998:
- May 20, 2010, Las Vegas, Nevada: Raymond Langston (attempted, but survived; was stabbed with a shiv)
- 2011:
- May 3, Los Angeles, California:
- Tina Vincent (one of his brides; shot in the leg and the head)
- Phil and Gloria Parkes:
- Phil Parkes (drugged, bashed on the head with a bottle, presumably strangled, and stabbed 12 times after being killed)
- Gloria Parkes-Langston (abducted, raped and non-fatally stabbed and cut; was rescued five days later)
- May 8, Nessus, Nevada: Alvin Thorpe (his father; tortured by beating and stabbing, then shot in the head)
- May 3, Los Angeles, California:
Victims by Proxy
People killed by Haskell's followers and/or copycats
- 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada:
- May: Gerald Tolliver (fatally strangled by Thomas Donover, who was aided by Curtis Keesey)
- November 8-9: Ian Wallace and Justine Stefani (killed by Thomas Donover and Curtis Keesey in a botched DJK copycat murder):
- Ian Wallace (strangled and stabbed nine times post-mortem)
- Justine Stefani (presumably tortured, then run down with her car and burned)
- November: Curtis Keesey (killed by Thomas Donover for scalping Ian and Justine's concert tickets)
- December 14-15: Jeffrey and Maureen Masters (attacked by Thomas Donover):
- Jeffery Masters (fatally strangled and stabbed 10 times post-mortem)
- Maureen Masters (abducted; was rescued)
- 2011:
- February 11, Las Vegas, Nevada: The following were killed during Haskell's aided prison escape:
- Numerous unnamed policemen (killed by Vivian Tinsdale and Robin)
- An unnamed prison van driver and an unnamed prison guard (shot by Vivian Tinsdale and Robin)
- Robin (a "bride"; shot by Vivian Tinsdale)
- May 3, Los Angeles, California:
- Dr. Graham Kole and his nurse Teagun Murphy (shot by Tina Vincent and Vivian Tinsdale)
- Calvin Frost (also shot by Tina Vincent and Vivian Tinsdale)
- Vivian Tinsdale (killed by Tina Vincent)
- February 11, Las Vegas, Nevada: The following were killed during Haskell's aided prison escape:
Known Accomplices
- Thomas Donover (copycat killer and accomplice of Haskell; deceased)
- Curtis Keesey (copycat killer and accomplice of Donover; deceased)
- Gerald Tolliver (accomplice of Haskell; deceased)
- His "brides"
- Garth Harris (a drug dealer who supplied Donover with the drugs he used to sedate his victims; deceased)
- Haskell is the most prolific serial killer in the CSI franchise. He is also the serial killer who has made the most appearances.
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Eyefind.info is the main web portal on the in-game internet. Here, the player can check e-mail, browse through the website categories, or click on the bookmark for the Liberty Tree to view news stories related to the player's exploits in the storyline. Eyefind.info appears to be a parody of Yahoo!, according to the ad in Star Junction. EyeFind's pronunciation is close to "I find", which could confirm it's a Yahoo! parody. The slogan for eyefind.info is '...For when you should be working'.
Along with the search engine, EyeFind has a random link generator called LuckyFind Search, where the player can look for random websites that appear in a list. If the player enters an invalid or misspelled domain name, the browser redirects to the LuckyFind page.
eyefind.info appears in both Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto V.
- Judging by a printed screenshot in the gameplay trailer, EyeFind.info seems to have a maps service in Grand Theft Auto V, similar to Google Maps and Bling Maps.


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President Jakaya Kikwete has given Premier Mizengo Pinda and Finance Minister Mustafa Mkulo until April 12 to table the Auditor General's 2009/10 financial forensic and performance audit (FFPA) reports in parliament.
In a statement issued to the press in Dar es Salaam yesterday, the president directed his executives to specifically provide the parliament with details pertaining to the Controller and Auditor General's (CAG) reports on national parastatals and on local and central governments accounting.
CAG Ludovick Utouh handed the reports to the president on March 29, as per the requirements stipulated in Article 28 of the 2008(11) National Law on Public Auditing in accordance with the constitution.
According to these directives, the president has to receive the CAG's reports before the last working day of this month so that he can instruct the respective ministers to prepare a brief report for a subsequent sitting of the National Assembly.
This year's CAG reports indicate that many public institutes have chronic financial and performance issues that need to be resolved, especially when it comes to accountability and expenses controls.
In his review of public service departments that span local governments, parastatals, government ministries and interestingly, Tanroad's role in overseeing the construction of national roads, the CAG recommends greater restraints in the use of scarce financial and national resources.
Kikwete commended Utouh for his performance as CAG and his professionalism and diligence in handling public audits.
The President has further tasked the CAG to bring those found misappropriating public funding to justice, saying for the government to work property its executives need to realise that there are repercussions for flaunting its ethical standards and code of conduct.


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Television actress, anchor and host Mandira Bedi and her husband Raj Kaushal are all set to adopt a girl child. After a long wait, the couple was blessed with a son, named Vir in 2011 and now they are going to complete their family by adopting a girl child. To adopt a child was Mandira
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- Apr 3:
- MLB suspends Ubaldo Jimenez for hitting Troy Tulowitzki
- Apr 2:
- Kiszla: Ubaldo Jimenez losing grip on fastball and emotions
- Troy Tulowitzki likely OK for Rockies opener despite Jimenez plunk
- Rockies manager Jim Tracy furious with Ubaldo Jimenez after "potshot"
- Rockies enraged after Troy Tulowitzki gets hit by Ubaldo Jimenez fastball
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Seething through his smile, Cleveland pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez looks back in anger at his divorce from the Rockies.
He is ticked that Colorado did not show him the faith or money given shortstop Troy Tulowitzki and outfielder Carlos Gonzalez. Jimenez resents any suggestion his slow fade from shining all-star was the result of a lack of professionalism. The 28-year-old pitcher won't forget how the Rockies disrespected him on his way out of town.
"Of course I was mad. I mean, I'm a human being," Jimenez said, as we stood in a Cactus League clubhouse after his latest outing at spring training. An ice bag cooled his right shoulder. An unfamiliar bitterness crept into his voice.
Nearly eight months after being dumped by the Rockies, Jimenez still struggles to gain command of his fastball and make sense of the trade. Divorce can be messy. But I'm not sure the breakup angst that Frank and Jamie McCourt inflicted on the Los Angeles Dodgers can match the emotional scars left on Jimenez.
Long before Rockies general manager Dan O'Dowd traded Jimenez to the Indians last summer, the trust was broken between the most talented pitcher in franchise history and management. Truth be known, Jimenez wanted out of Colorado.
"If someone doesn't want to be here," Tulowitzki said Friday, "we always say, 'Please, go up to the manager and tell him you want to leave or that you don't think this is the best place for you.' That was kind of the case with him."
After watching Jimenez give up a towering home run to San Diego infielder Chase Headley on Thursday, it struck me. The smile that Jimenez constantly wears is in the same shape as the fastball that made him famous. The wattage has faded.
In five spring starts with the Indians, his earned-run average is 7.24 with 10 walks and 10 strikeouts. The Indians have expressed enough concern that Jimenez took it upon himself to tell Cleveland manager Manny Acta: "I'm not worried. ... It's hard to believe, but I know what I have in me. I know I'm 100 percent. And I know I'm going to be ready."
After fashioning a 15-1 record and drawing comparisons to Bob Gibson at one point in 2010, Jimenez watched his magic disappear. He was 10-16 during his final 13 months with the Rockies. He seemed distracted and distant when I saw him during spring training a year ago. Something was amiss, but I couldn't put my finger on it. Turns out, Jiminez was fuming that a $200 million investment in contract extensions for Gonzalez and Tulowitzki left nothing for him. Jimenez was looking for the exit door before opening day.
"He has come out and said there were some contract issues after CarGo and me got paid. It doesn't make any sense to me," Tulowitzki said. "He had signed his deal and had years left on it. Why would we give him something new when we didn't see anything out of him?"
When O'Dowd dealt his ace to Cleveland for a package that included promising pitcher Drew Pomeranz, the Rockies' general manager said the industry regarded Jimenez as a No. 2 starter performing like a middle-of-the-rotation pitcher.
Jimenez could deal with nagging injuries to a finger on his throwing hand. He, however, was resentful of whispers that suggested he reported last season unprepared to throw at top efficiency.
"Last year was a roller coaster because I didn't know what I had before I pitched a game. I didn't know what I had physically. I know I wasn't 100 percent. Sometimes I felt good, sometimes I didn't. So it was hard," Jimenez said.
"There were too many things last year. There were people saying that I probably wasn't ready because of the contract. ... But I know what I did. I know how hard I worked to get ready every single day."
There's little question that Colorado did Jimenez wrong by forcing him to take the mound during his final minutes with the organization. After hearing media reports that his decade-old association with the Rockies had crumbled, Jimenez suffered through one last awkward inning.
"I knew I was traded. Everybody knew I was traded," Jimenez recalled. "And they still made me pitch. You never see that. It's hard to see that. But the Rockies did it."
Colorado is preaching a renewed sense of accountability and commitment in the clubhouse. When star slugger Matt Holliday departed the team in 2008, his values were questioned. It seemed silly. But this feud between Colorado and Jimenez? It's absurd.
"He needs to put this to an end, go pitch and help his team," Tulowitzki said. "Now his new team is questioning him."
The big questions: Did Jimenez lose his free spirit in the Rocky Mountains? And without it, can he ever again be a dominant pitcher?
Mark Kiszla: 303-954-1053 or email@example.com


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Almighty Allah, Lord of the Worlds, reveals Himself in the Holy Qur'an.
This film has been produced in order to introduce Allah, Lord of the Earth and Sky, by the names revealed in the Qur'an. However, it is of course impossible for a mere human being to fully grasp the titles of our Lord Who created the universe, all living things, human beings and all matter.
This film describes only facts that appear in the Qur'an because we human beings know nothing about the lovely names of Almighty Allah apart from what He teaches us in the Qur'an. That which lies outside our knowledge is of course, like everything else, hidden in the Sight of Allah. In one verse we are told that:
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They said, 'Glory be to You! We have no knowledge except what You have taught us. You are the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.' (Surat al-Baqara, 32)
AL- 'ASIM (The Protector)
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed satan-
He [his son] said, 'I will take refuge on a mountain; It will protect me from the flood.' He said, 'There is no protection from Allah's command today except for those He has mercy on...' (Surah Hud, 43)
Human beings are helpless creatures; they may face difficulties of all kinds at any moment.
For example, the Earth is a place where natural disasters can strike at any time. Floods, hurricanes, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are all quite common.
There are also events that can cause psychological troubles. There is one reality that must not be forgotten in the face of all these: no matter how much a person may strive to free himself from these weaknesses, he can never be protected against anything that may befall him unless Allah so wills. Allah, the Compassionate, is a person's only protector. This is revealed as follows in a verse:
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed satan-
Say: 'Who rescues you from the darkness of the land and sea? You call on Him humbly and secretly: "If you rescue us from this, we will truly be among the thankful." Allah rescues you from it, and from every plight. Then you associate others with Him.' (Surat al-An'am, 63-64)
The majority of people seek help from Allah when they are left all alone, or when the material means at their disposal cannot help them. But when Allah rescues them, they then become ungrateful and forget what happened to them.
People who fail to understand they can find no other protector than Allah in this world, and who persist in ingratitude despite all of His help will suffer eternal punishment in the Hereafter. Allah reveals this as follows in the Qur'an:
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...As for those who show disdain and grow arrogant, He will punish them with a painful punishment. They will not find any protector or helper for themselves besides Allah. (Surat an-Nisa', 173)
AL-BA'ITH (The Waker, the Resurrecter, the Sender of Prophets)
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed satan-
How can you reject Allah, when you were dead and then He gave you life, then He will make you die and then give you life again, then you will be returned to Him. (Surat al-Baqara, 28)
Everyone alive today, or who has ever lived, is mortal. Everyone will one day die and be buried. But despite this evident truth, the great majority of people think very little about the fact they will one day die and then be resurrected after being buried in the ground. Indeed, according to the Qur'an, many people attach little credence to the idea at all:
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They will say, 'Are we to be restored to how we were? When we have become perished, worm-eaten bones?' (Surat an-Nazi'at, 10-11)
The answer to this question, asked in a state of terrible error, is provided in these words in the Qur'an:
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He makes likenesses of Us and forgets his own creation, saying, 'Who will give life to bones when they are decayed?'
Say 'He Who made them in the first place will bring them back to life. He has total knowledge of each created thing. (Surah Ya Sin, 78-79)
Allah is He Who creates and builds all people for the first time. He has created everyone who has ever lived with different characteristics. So much so that many features of every individual, right down to his finger tips, are different to those of everyone else. There is no doubt that Allah, Who created these for the first time, could have created them in the same way for a second, a third, or countless times, had He so wished. Allah shows us evidence of this in the restoration of life that takes place on Earth.
Nature experiences a kind of "death" beginning every fall. This "death" lasts right through the winter. But when spring arrives, bright blossoms and green leaves again appear on the dry branches of trees. All of nature returns to life and flourishes. In addition, this restoration to life has been going on uninterruptedly for thousands of years.
It is an easy matter for Allah to bring human beings back to life after death. Allah notes the similarity between the resurrection of human beings and that of nature in this verse from the Qur'an:
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So look at the effect of the mercy of Allah, how He brings the dead earth back to life. Truly He is the One Who brings the dead to life. He has power over all things. (Surat ar-Rum, 50)
Another meaning of Allah's title of 'al-Ba'ith' is "He Who Sends Prophets." Allah has sent messengers to warn people and give them glad tidings and call them to the true path. He also revealed books to lead people from the darkness to the light to some of these envoys. There is no doubt that this is a great blessing from Allah. In one verse of the Qur'an Allah reveals:
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Allah showed great kindness to the believers when He sent a Messenger to them from among themselves to recite His Signs to them and purify them and teach them the Book and Wisdom, even though before that they were clearly misguided. (Surat al-'Imran, 164)
AL-BAQI (The Lasting, The Immortal)
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Everyone on it will pass away; but the Face of your Lord will remain, Master of Majesty and Generosity. (Surat ar-Rahman, 26-27)
All entities in the universe come to an end. A person is born, lives and dies at the end of his limited span in this world.
That end is inevitable and guaranteed for everyone. Like people, also animals and plants inevitably cease to exist. Like them, they are born and then, one by one, they die.
For example, a tree can live for many hundreds of years. But in the end it is condemned to die. Every living thing will one day return to the Earth and cease to exist.
The same end applies to inanimate objects. Time wears all things away. For example, all we have left of the peoples who lived in great splendor thousands of years ago are the ruins they left behind. Allah reveals this in the Qur'an,:
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How many wrongdoing cities We destroyed, and now all their roofs and walls are fallen in; how many abandoned wells and stuccoed palaces! (Surat al-Hajj, 45)
How many generations We have destroyed before them! Do you see a trace of any one of them or hear even a whisper of them? (Surah Maryam, 98)
This is the fate of all inanimate entities.
In the same way that all things in it come to an end, so will the universe itself. All the heavenly bodies in the universe, the stars and the Sun will one day exhaust their energy and cease to exist; or Allah will destroy the universe making some other natural cause His instrument, and thus keep His promise about the Day of Reckoning.
All things are finite; the universe and everything in creation...
Allah is the Creator, and eternity belongs to Him alone.
AL-FALIQ (The Splitter of Seeds, He Who Clefts the Darkness and Produces the Morning)
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed satan-
Allah is He Who splits the seed and kernel. He brings forth the living from the dead, and produces the dead out of the living. That is Allah, so how are you perverted? It is He Who splits the sky at dawn, and appoints the night as a time of stillness and the sun and moon as a means of reckoning. That is what the Almighty, the All-Knowing has ordained. (Surat al-An'am, 95-96)
Many kinds of plants grow on Earth. These all have different seeds. Dry seeds can survive in that state for many years, but when placed in the Earth or some other suitable environment, these seeds break open and start to sprout, finally giving rise to different types of plants.
It is certainly amazing the way that such great variety can emerge from something so dessicated. Let us consider what is required for a tree to emerge from a dry seed:
First, the seed absorbs the necessary materials from the soil and begins to sprout.
Yet it is impossible for the seed itself to determine which minerals it will absorb and how much water to use.
It is impossible for very different types of trees of brightly colored flowers to come about spontaneously using these materials. That is why the seed has to possess very superior abilities; there is of course no question of that, either. This all goes to show that a sublime mind has created the seeds with these superior qualities. And that is without doubt Allah, "Who splits the seeds and kernel." Thousands of varieties of trees and plants grow on Earth by His will. Allah is revealed as the Creator of all things in these terms in one verse of the Qur'an:
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It is He Who sends down water from the sky from which We bring forth growth of every kind, and from that We bring forth the green shoots... (Surat al-An'am, 99)
AL-HAFEEDH (The Protector, the Watcher Over, the Preserver)
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'If you turn your backs, I have transmitted to you what I was sent to you with, and my Lord will replace you with another people, and you will not harm Him at all. My Lord is the Preserver of everything.' (Surah Hud, 57)
It has today been proven that the universe came into being out of nothing. All the data obtained from research goes to show this. Science also reveals that the atoms that appeared with the emergence of the universe from nothing, are the same as those that constitute everything, whether living or not, today.
There are as many atoms now as there were when the universe was first created. The atoms thrown off at high speed at the moment of creation in fact make up the stars, the Earth, as well as the air in the atmosphere, the water on Earth, the soil and even the human body. Yet, they do this so flawlessly that there is absolutely a power regulating each and every atom that make up the universe.
As a matter of fact, this leads us to only one reality:
Allah, Who created matter from nothing and with immaculate order, has knowledge of each and every detail involved in the creation of that order because it is impossible for such a complex and flawless system to form in an uncontrolled manner, even for a single moment.
This fact reveals the omniscience of Allah, Who protects and has control over the entire system of the universe.
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed satan-
He directs the whole affair from heaven to earth... (Surat as-Sajda, 5)
Allah created everything from nothing and established a flawless order by regulating every minute and second of that creation. He maintains and preserves that order without cessation. Allah's constant protection of the universe is described in these words in a verse of the Qur'an:
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed satan-
Your Lord is always lying in wait. (Surat al-Fajr, 14)
AL-HAYY (The Living, He Who Knows and is Almighty to do All Things)
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed satan-
He is the Living –there is no god but Him –so call on Him, making your religion sincerely His. Praise be to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds. (Surat al-Mu'min, 65)
Human beings are weak and have little power to do anything during their lives. They spend the first five to ten years after their arrival in this world in a state of semi-consciousness. During this time, they are in constant need of care and looking after. Following that period they spend much of their lives grooming and cleaning themselves. If they are unwilling to do that, they soon become repellent to look at.
Of course, it is only humans and other created life forms that are helpless. Allah, the Creator of the entire universe, living and non-living, is the al-Hayy. He is always vigorous, rules at every moment, knows all things and is Almighty to do all things. Sleep does not enfold Him and He is unfettered by any weakness.
Allah has given His creations various weaknesses and has commanded them to serve Him alone and ask for everything from Him alone, by being aware of those weaknesses. Human beings' duty is to know they have no power to do anything unless He so wishes, not even to survive for a single moment, and to turn to our Lord at all times. In one verse Allah reveals that:
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed satan-
Allah, there is no god but Him, the Living, the self-Sustaining … (Surat al-Baqara, 255)
AL-MUHSEE (He Who Knows the Number of All Things, Even If They Are Infinite)
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed satan-
He has counted them and numbered them precisely. (Surah Maryam, 94)
Allah knows everything He has created in the universe, right down to the smallest detail. He rules all things. He created them down to the finest detail, with all their colors, shapes, appearances and characteristics. He has also determined the number of all His living creations. This is certainly knowledge that mankind can never possess and it is unique to Allah, Lord of the worlds. In the Qur'an Allah reveals:
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Does He Who created not then know? He is the All-Pervading, the All-Aware. (Surat al-Mulq, 14)
Allah knows how many grains of sand there are in and on the Earth, how many drops of rain fall and how many fish are living in all the seas. And Allah alone knows the numbers of all the people who have lived since the time of the Prophet Adam (pbuh) or will live until the Day of Reckoning.
Allah remembers what everyone has done throughout their lives, all their thoughts, and will tell them on the Day of Resurrection.
Every action will be brought up, right down to the tiniest detail. Allah reveals this in another verse:
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed satan-
On the Day Allah raises up all of them together, He will inform them of what they did. Allah has recorded it while they have forgotten it. Allah is a Witness of all things. (Surat Al-Mujadilah, 6)
AL-MUHEE (The Bestower of Life, the Giver of Health, He Who Resurrects, He Who Causes to Live)
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed satan-
He gives life and causes to die and you will be returned to Him. (Surah Yunus, 56)
Giving life to something, creating it from nothing and arranging the conditions in this world in such a way as to allow it to survive belongs to Almighty Allah alone.
Allah combines an egg cell, invisible to the naked eye, with sperm. As soon as the sperm enters the egg, the egg is covered by a membrane. And so life begins. Allah divides this tiny cell, first into two, and then into four. And this division continues at high speed. And a miraculous life begins in the mother's womb.
The same cells later diversify to produce the brain, the nervous system and hard bone and cartilage. In this way, Allah creates a seeing, hearing, speaking and thinking human being out of nothing, in around nine months.
An egg and a sperm obviously cannot by themselves perform these miraculous events that take place during the developmental stages of this living being. It is Allah alone Who joins them together and protects and develops the baby over the next nine months in its mother's womb.
This is the first creation and the first bringing to life.
Allah has also created a specific life span for every human being. He has appointed in their destinies a day for them all to die. Human beings are subjected to various tests in the life of this world until the very day they die. When the appointed day comes, He takes people's souls back, and then brings them back to life in the Hereafter in such a way as to reward them for their deeds in this world. There is no doubt that these are all easy matters for Almighty Allah.
AL-MUSAWWIR (He Who Depicts, Who Gives Shape and Form to All Things)
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed satan-
He is Allah – the Creator, the Maker, the Giver of Form. To Him belong the Most Beautiful Names. Everything in the heavens and earth glorifies Him. He is the Almighty, the All-Wise. (Surat al-Hashr, 24)
There are more than 100,000 different living species on Earth. These all possess immaculate attributes and are of totally different appearance to one another.
There is a flawless symmetry in butterfly wings. The top of every wing is adorned with all kinds of shapes and striking colors. No matter how complex these shapes and colors may be, the matchless symmetry in the wings is never impaired.
All butterflies have a beauty that directly addresses the eye, just as if it had come from an artist's brush.
Even the simplest drawing has an artist behind it, and no picture can ever appear spontaneously. In the same way, such a flawlessly made living thing, as beautiful as any work of art, also has a Creator. That Creator is Almighty Allah, Lord of the entire universe.
The human body also exhibits the sublime creation and glory of Allah. For example, the skeleton that represents the framework of the human body is a marvel of engineering in its own right. It is the body's structural support system. It protects such vital organs as the brain, heart and lungs and supports the internal organs.
The skeleton bestows an excellent power of movement. This property cannot be replicated by any artificial machine.
Furthermore, contrary to what most people imagine, bone is not inanimate. It stores minerals such as calcium and phosphate, or else distributes previously stored minerals to the body, depending on its needs.
The bones also manufacture red blood cells. This multi-functional skeletal system is just one of the perfect systems in the human body. Allah, Who created all these with a matchless design and Who continues to create them, constantly manifests His might before us.
In one verse from the Qur'an, Allah reveals:
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed satan-
He said, 'Our Lord is He Who gives each thing its created form and then guides it.' (Surah Ta Ha, 50)
AL-MUGHNEE (He Who Bestows Wealth on Whom He Pleases)
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed satan-
That it is He Who enriches and Who satisfies. (Surat al-Najm, 48)
True wealth belongs to Allah alone. He greatly enriches whomsoever He wishes, while testing others with poverty for a time.
The wealth, property and possessions that people enjoy in this world in fact belong to Allah alone. Nobody will be able to take any of his belongings with him after he dies. He will have to leave behind everything he worked for and amassed during his lifetime. Allah says this in the Qur'an about those people who still boast of enjoying great wealth and possessions, whose wealth makes them proud, and who forget our Lord as a result:
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed satan-
Do they imagine that, in the wealth and children We extend to them, We are hastening to them with good things? No indeed, but they have no awareness! (Surat al-Mu'minum, 55-56)
The messengers of Allah used the possessions He bestowed on them on good works intended to please our Lord and earn His approval. They spent all they possessed for very different purposes than those whose wealth makes them proud, and who forget the true Lord of all things.
Allah, Lord of all things in the universe and the sole Creator of all, bestows wealth on whomever He pleases in this world. But it is in the Hereafter that He will bestow true wealth. All believers who have faith in Him, who spend their lives doing good works and thus seek to earn His approval, will be blessed with great wealth in the Hereafter. Allah says this about Paradise in the Qur'an:
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed satan-
Seeing them, you see delight and a great kingdom. They will wear green garments of fine silk and rich brocade. They will be adorned with silver bracelets. And their Lord will give them a pure draught to drink. 'This is your reward. Your striving is fully acknowledged.' (Surat al-Insan, 20-22)
DHU AL-JALAL WA AL-IKRAM (The Lord of Greatness and of Generosity and Munificence)
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed satan-
Blessed be the name of your Lord, Master of Majesty and Generosity. (Surat ar-Rahman, 78)
There are countless blessings to delight a person in this world. Allah has adorned this world with many details that will delight His servants. But it is in Paradise that Allah will reveal His true generosity and munificence. The paradise depicted in the Qur'an reveals His infinite magnificence.
One of the distinguishing features of Paradise described in the Qur'an is that everything that one's earthly desires can wish for is provided. Paradise is a place where food and comfort are constantly provided, which is neither too hot nor too cold, and enjoys just the right amount of shade. Allah will place His servants among shade and springs in the Gardens of Paradise as a blessing from His Presence. Believers will be given all the fruit and meat they desire in Paradise, which is adorned with various beauties and fineries.
As revealed in verses, believers enter Paradise to be given in boundless quantities. Lofty mansions have been erected for people in Paradise. Rivers flow beneath these mansions. They sit on thrones of specially carved jewels and look around them. The generosity on display here is truly magnificent. Servants at their disposal move among them with silver bowls. Believers' clothing is also extremely eye-catching. Allah reveals this in the Qur'an in the words:
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed satan-
... they will be adorned with gold bracelets and pearls, and where their clothing will be of silk. (Surat al-Fatir, 33)
Paradise is certainly much superior to the description provided here. Allah reveals His infinite generosity and blessings in Paradise as follows in verses of the Qur'an:
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... they will have there all that their hearts desire and their eyes find delight in. You will remain in it timelessly, for ever. (Surat az-Zukhruf, 71)
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