1. During civil disturbance adopt such an attitude that people do not attach any importance to you - they neither burden you with complicated affairs, nor try to derive any advantage out of you. 2. He who is greedy is disgraced; he who discloses his hardship will always be humiliated; he who has no control over his tongue will often have ...
Shah Abbas I receiving Vali Muhammad Khan of Bukhara, Chehel Sotun, Isfahan (c.1657) Cele- bration Navroz - New Year, birthday of Imam Hazrat Ali, Newruz Sultan WhatA cross-cultural celebration of the New Year, the first day of the Spring astrological Equinox, solar birthday anniversary of our Imam Ali hence the name Nevruz Sultan, in Turkey Nauruz-i Sultani. "It was on Navroz that ...
An article by Imam Hazrat Mowlana Sultan Mahomed Shah (s.a.s.) Aga Khan III The Christian burial ceremony and the prayers then said by the presiding ecclesiastics refer to resurrection in a way that implies some kind of similarity with the supposed historical resurrection of Christ three days after his death. There is the undoubted implication in the Burial Service that a ...
By Mumtaz Ali Tajddin S. Ali The word salat (plural salawat) is an Aramaic verbal noun s'lota (bowing or bending) had passed into several dialects with the meaning of prayer. This word was used by Armaic speaking Jews for the obligatory recital of the 18 benedictions. In Hebrew, the synagogue of the Jews was also termed as a salat, vide Koran, ...
By Bernard Lewis During a recent stay in Cairo, I found in the Taimuriya library a manuscript copy of an interesting Ismaili work entitled Kitabu'l-idah wa'l-Bayan, by the Yemenite da'i Husain ibn 'Ali.1 The manuscript is of 165 pages, 16 by 23 cms., in two hands-the first till p.70, at 22 lines per page, the second pp.71-165 at 19 lines per ...
By Michael Hart The following is from Michael Hart's book and lists Prophet Muhammad as the most influential man in History. A Citadel Press Book, published by Carol Publishing Group Ranking of the twenty from the list of 100: MUHAMMAD, No. 1 The 100, a Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History by Michael H. Hart My choice of Muhammad ...
Now hath come unto you An Apostle from amongst Yourselves; it grieves him that you should perish; Ardently anxious is he over you: to the believers is he the most kind and merciful. Sura 9-128 By Prof. K. S. Ramakrishna Rao Head of the Department of Philosophy, Government College for Women University of Mysore, Mandya-571401 (Karnatika). Re-printed from "Islam and Modern age", ...
"And peace on him on the day he was born, and on the day he dies, and on the day he is raised to life" Holy Quran 19:15 Allahuma salli ala Muhammadin wa Aal-e Muhammad O God! Shower thy blessings on Muhammad and the descendents of Muhammad Download Salwaat Audio file Milad-un Nabi or Maulid (Mawlid) is the birthday celebration of ...
By Amir Gulamhusein In the Presidential Address given at the International Seerat Conference held in Karachi, Pakistan on 12th March 1976, Mawlana Hazar Imam (s.a.) said: In the face of this changing world, which was once a universe to us and is now no more than an overcrowded island, confronted with a fundamental challenge to our understanding of time, surrounded by ...
His Highness the Aga Khan Mowlana Hazar Imam - Spiritual Leader of Shia Ismaili MuslimsThe first Imam Hazrat Ali was appointed as as his successor by Prophet Muhammad at Ghadir e Khumm when he declared: He of whomever I am the Master-Lord Mowla, Ali is his Master-Lord Mowla! Imam Ali plays a pivotal role in the spiritual lives of his followers as ...
Yaum-ul-Ghadir Mubarak! Eid Mubarak Everyone! Eid-e Gadhir is celebrated with great rejoicing by Shia Muslims where they remember Prophet Muhammad's last instructions to the believers. Eid-e-Ghadir is one of the most important days of rejoicing for Shia Muslims around the world as that was the day our beloved Prophet Muhammad (s.a.s.) declared Hazrat Ali's vicegerency at Ghadir e Khumm on his ...
Photographers - Nina Jaffer and Gafoor Jaffer - Orlando Oct 2012 Photographer - Nina Jaffer - Orlando Oct 2011 Photographer - Nina Jaffer - Miami 2011 ...
"Ibrahim was of the self-same faith (as Noah) and came to his Lord with a pure heart. He said to his father and to his people, 'What are these that you worship? Would you serve false gods instead of Allah? What do you think of the Lord of the Creation?' Prophet Ibrahim is the Father of Monotheistic Faiths (Jewish, Christian and ...
by Jonah Winters Say: "It is Allah Who guides to the truth. Is then He, Who gives guidance to the truth, more worthy to be followed,..?" Qur'an: 10:35 History is interpretation. It is not merely that, as the maxim says, the victors are the ones who write the history books. Nor is it merely that the victors actively choose to preserve ...
By Reza Shah Kazemi from the book The Spirit of Tolerance in Islam (London: IB Tauris/IIS, 2012, pp.111-125) Prophet Muhammad receiving the first revelation of the Holy Quran from Angel Gabriel at Mount Hira in Mecca To speak about the intellectual search for knowledge, therefore, is also, and inescapably, to speak about the pursuit of virtue, and it is here ...
by Dr. Qadeer Shah Baig The word Sufi is derived from the Arabic word 'suf' which means ' wool ' and which refers to the coarse woolen robes that were worn by the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and by his close companions, Sahaba. The goal of a Sufi is to annihilate into God Himself. There are signs of God everywhere in the ...
Amir Khusraw coaching students Nasir Khusraw Collection Abu Mo'in Hamid al-Din Nasir ibn Khusraw is an important figure in the development of Ismaili philosophy. Much of his biography and philosophical ideology has been obtained through fragmented texts, both in poetry and prose. Born into a politically connected family, Khusraw was well-educated in the sciences and humanities. Having spent most of his ...
"Have you not considered how God sets forth the parable of a good word (being) like a good tree, whose root is firm and whose branches are in heaven, Giving its fruit at every season by permission of its Lord? Allah coineth the similitudes for mankind in order that they may reflect." Quran: Surah Ibrahim: 14:24-25 14:24 Alam tara kayfa daraba ...
Islamic Arabic Calligraphy - Let life happen and be thankful to Allah Do not dwell on the negative as it will soon come to pass The great Muslim poet Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi's Ramadan poems 13th century AD: "O moon-faced Beloved, the month of Ramadan has arrived. Cover the table and open the path of praise." "The month of fasting ...
This profound Hadith, (saying of the Prophet) recorded by Muslims of every theological school, shows the unique place given by Prophet Muhammad to Hazrat Imam Ali, who, married to the Prophet's daughter, Bibi Fatima, was also cousin to the Holy Prophet; Abdul Mutalib was their common grandfather. Imam Ali did not fail the Prophet in this position of gate of the ...
Sura 1 Al Fatiha-The Opening Audio 1. Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem 2. Al hamdu lillaahi rabbil aalameen 3. Ar rahmaanir raheem 4. Maaliki yaumid deen 5. Iyaaka na budu wa iyyaaka nasta een 6. Ihdinaas siraatal mustaqeem 7. Siraatal ladzeena an amta alayhim Ghayril maghduubi alayhim wa laad daalleen1. With the name of Allah most gracious, most merciful 2. All praise is due ...
by Hamid Algar BESMELLĀH, Islamic formula meaning "in the name of God," more fully Besmellāh al-raḥmān al-raḥīm "in the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful," that stands at the head of every sūra of the Koran (except sūra 9). The formula is also known as basmala or tasmīa. i. Origin of the formula ii. In exegesis, jurisprudence, and cultural life ...
By Azim Nanji In common with all major Shiʿite groups, the Ismaʿilis (q.v.) believe that the Imamate is a divinely sanctioned and guided institution, through whose agency Muslims are enabled to contextualize the practice of their faith and to understand fully the exoteric and esoteric dimensions of the Qurʾān. The Imamate exists to complement prophethood and to ensure that the divine ...
Editor's Note: Two articles are presented here for ease of comparison. By Farhad Daftary and Faquir M. Hunzai Free will versus predestination was an important theological debate, with political implications, in Muslim society dating back to Omayyad times. The Ismaʿilis adopted an intermediate position in this debate and eventually accommodated the relevant issues within their theological doctrines. At one extreme, a ...
lbn-Rushd, the great Muslim philosopher, known to Europe as Averroes, established clearly the great distinction between two kinds of apprehensible human experience : on the one hand, our experience of nature as we recognize it through our senses, whence comes our capacity to measure and to count (and with that capacity all that it brought in the way of new ...
'Truly, 'Ali is from me and I am from him (inna 'Ali minni wa ana minhu), and he is the wali (patron/spiritual master) of every believer after me.' 'Ali is with the Qur'an and the Qur'an is with 'Ali. They will not separate from each other until they return to me at the [paradisal pool] (al-hawd).' 'Three things were revealed to ...
Video: Dr Reza Shah-Kazemi delivers the 2010 Yawm-e Ali lecture at the Ismaili Centre, London. The 2010 Yawm-e Ali Lecture at the Ismaili Centre, London was delivered on 14 July by Dr Reza Shah-Kazemi, Reasearch Fellow at The Institute of Ismaili Studies in London. In his lecture titled Imam Ali and the Power of Compassion, Dr Shah-Kazemi explored the role played ...
Dam hama dam Ali Ali by Mowlana Rumi English Rendition of Qasida by Arif BabulSaki e ba wafa manam, dam hame dam Ali Ali... 1 Sufi e ba safa manam, dam hame dam Ali Ali... 2 Ashike Murtaza manam, dam hame dam Ali Ali... 3 Mutribe khushnava manam, dam hame dam Ali Ali... 4 Adam ba safa tueen, Yusufe mah laka ...
There's hidden sweetness in the stomach's emptiness. We are lutes, no more, no less. When the sound box is filled, no music comes forth. When the brain and the belly burn from fasting, every moment a new song rises out of the fire. The mists clear, and a new vitality makes you spring up the steps before you. Be empty and ...
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: When Allah decreed the Creation He pledged Himself by writing in His book which is laid down with Him: My mercy prevails over my wrath. It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari, an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah). On the authority ...
9th August, 2011 Ali Lion of God Calligram The talk focused on key sayings of Imam Ali on the means of intellectually interpreting and spiritually assimilating the Holy Qur'an. These sayings indicate the subtle relationships between the Holy Qur'an, the principle of Walaya, and the process of spiritual realization. Chairman: Ramadan is the month in which the holy Quran was revealed. ...
When we think how few men of real religion there are, how small the number of defenders and champions of the truth--when one sees ignorant persons imagining that the principle of Islam is hardness, severity, extravagance and barbarity--it is time to repeat these words: If the words quoted above were true in 1860, when the Emir wrote them, they are sadly ...
The Ismaili Web was established in 1994 under the domain name Amaana.org, which means the Trust. I took this task of trying to portray this wonderful faith of ours, Islam, especially the Shia Ismaili version of Islam as it had a scant presence on the world wide web then and I chose to fulfill this need by creating a website explaining ...
