The purpose of this study is to assess the students' skills in creating virtual classrooms using the Google Classroom (GC) application through a 30 item questionnaire. In addition, the study used a Likert scale and an interview to explore students' perceptions towards GC. The sample consisted of 26 Master's students in the College of Education at Al Ain University in UAE. Data was generated from analyzing the questionnaire, and the Likert scale and the interview were used to answer the research questions. The results revealed that the degree of Master's students' skills in creating virtual classrooms was weak, and there are no statistically significant differences between students' skills based on gender and specialization. The results also showed that the perception of the GC was positive, and the majority of participants assured that GC is easy to create and use. They also expressed interest to learn more about GC through training. The findings from this study could be utilized by College of Education faculty members, students, administrators, and policymakers.

This paper is based in the study of Pragmatics, taking as its starting point the role of the speaker as an agent in the act of communication, and his communicative intent. It will explore occurrences of imperative forms of ṣ-b-r in the Qur'anic text in order to establish its meaning and purpose when used in the imperative (khiṭāb al-amr). During the research for this study it became clear that ṣabr is a specific concept that has its own significance and distinguishing features, and that it plays a prominent and varied role in the Text. Imperatives derived from ṣ-b-r occur in three forms (namely iṣbir, ṣābir, iṣṭabir), each of which has its own characteristics and stylistic and rhetorical connotations. They primarily occur in the Meccan Qur'an, and are mainly used in passages discussing issues of faith, accounts of the creation of the Heavens and the Earth, or in passages that speak of the Arabs and their reception of Muḥammad's initial prophetic mission while in Mecca.