[The] Qur'an and the Tradition [have both insisted] that nature is the great daily book of God whose secrets must be found and used for the well being of humanity. Islam is essentially a natural religion, the miracles quoted in the Qur'an are the great phenomena surrounding us and we are often told that all these manifestations can be used and ...
Ladies and Gentlemen, believe me, true Islam was and is dynamic and not static. It was dynamic, simple, clear during the glorious Ommaiad period when the foundations of Islam were laid wide and deep -- so wide and deep that in spite of all its later weaknesses it survived the terrible Mongolian invasions and the far more terrible enemy of Europe ...
As the first World War drew to its close and Allied victory seemed inevitable, leading thinkers and the governing classes among the victorious powers, led by Wilson, saw that only a world government, overshadowing all states and guarding peace, could prevent future risks of wholesale destruction. For this, many eminent men, headed by Wilson, Smuts, and others, set to work. The ...
[Peace and goodwill] were the dreams, the teachings of the outstanding figures of the past. Such have been the yearnings of most ordinary mortals from time immemorial, and yet what is history except on rare occasions one long, long story of war and warfare? In Islam during the greater part of the golden age of Omiyyas [Umayyads] in Syria and Spain ...
The greatest danger to every Muslim citizen -- I have not the least hesitation in saying it -- is alcohol. Time has shown that it is an injury to you; an injury to your person; an injury to your health. It is forbidden because it carries greater evil than good. Believe me, in a community like yours, alcohol is a very ...
It must not be forgotten that, according to the principle of Ijma already mentioned, the interpretation of the precepts and laws which regulate the lives of the Faithful, as laid down in the Qur'an and in the Traditions of the Prophet, can be done at any time and for any generation. Such an interpretation, by means of the Ijtihad which is ...
Were I asked how I myself conceive the League's mission in the world I should answer in the words of the great Saadi: "The children of Adam, created of the self-same clay, are members of one body. When one member suffers, all members suffer likewise. O thou who art indifferent to the sufferings of thy fellow, thou art unworthy to be ...
Anwari, Nizami, Mawlana Rumi, Saadi, Qa'ani and a host of others ... each in his own way gave a message to mankind. But the fundamental point of each message if carefully studied is that man's greatest of all treasures, the greatest of all his possessions, was the inherent, ineffaceable, everlasting nobility of his own soul. In it there was for ever ...
Is religion different from Science or Philosophy? Is the former so interpreted and understood? No, there is possibility of bringing about the greatest intellectual reconciliation not only with modern philosophy and science but even with other subjects. Gentlemen, only a few months ago, or a couple of years ago, a well-known English paper, "Spectator," asked some leading persons to give a ...
The world of Islam today is at a turning point of its history. The middle-ages are over and either Islam must now go forward or be added to the other might-have-beens of history.... Formalism and verbal interpretation of the teaching of the great Arabian are in absolute contradiction with the whole history of the Prophet. We must accept his Divine Message ...
You will see that the broad general principles of the exercise of my dictatorship would be to secure the prevention of war, to break down the animosities and barriers to goodwill, to provide scope for both national and individual self-expression, and to seek to give each citizen capacity and opportunity to share in the rich heritage which the human race as ...
First I would place spiritual happiness. A man must be at one with God. This may sound old-fashioned to some people.... That is the fundamental question: Are you in harmony with God? If you are -- you are happy. Next I would place appreciation and enjoyment of the glories of nature. All those sunrises and sunsets -- all the intricate miracle ...
For years I played golf and tennis, but I find that neither of these games is adequate [as exercise]; nor is hunting. The majority are only able to indulge these sports once or twice a week, which is contrary to the body's requirements. The average English gentleman does practically nothing in the way of sport for five days a week, and ...
The Churches of England have taught that religion is something special and separate from ordinary life. And so the ordinary man, even the one who clings to the observance of religion, keeps it for special occasions. His everyday life goes on apart and unaffected by his religious life, and the everyday life gets the bent of it. Now Islam holds that ...
What were the sacrifices which the companions of the Prophets made? What were the sacrifices of the fraternity from the reign of glorious Omar? We all remember with pride the brilliant period in Andelos and Baghdad. We must not forget the spirit of self-sacrifice and self-effacement which made Muslims of the first century immortal in history. We must derive our inspiration ...
It would be the greatest of all our misfortunes if we now mistook instruction for education and the mere power of passing examinations for learning.... It is for this reason that the far-sighted amongst the Muslims of India desire a university where the standard of learning shall be the highest and where with scientific training there shall be that moral education ...
But whatever changes the next few decades may bring, I am persuaded that India will ever hold the greatest place in any scheme of Imperial consolidation. What the peoples of India have to do is to prove themselves worthy, by whole-hearted patriotism of that place. In saying this I do not mean that the time is near at hand when advanced ...
[Google translation] My greatest emotion I felt when I won my first Epsom Derby with Shergar in 1981, an event that I then won twice more with Shahrastani and Kabyasi, my breeding horses. With five victories, my grandfather still holds the record. All those who, like me, are passionate about breeding and racing thoroughbreds do it for the intrinsic value of ...
You have said kind word, about me and about the interest which I have shown in matters relating to the press. I have always had a high opinion of your profession and amongst the numerous people that I have met in the last years, top journalists certainly stand amongst some of the most intelligent, educated and interesting people with whom I ...
At the height of Islamic civilisations came a magnificent flowering of the arts and architecture: the buildings created by the great Islamic dynasties rank among the finest monuments of world culture. To focus one's attention on material details of these creations and on their representation in the pictorial arts of the time makes one understand better how they reflect the all-encompassing ...
10? November 1994 (Rawalpindi): Diplomatic Corps Reception hosted by His Highness the Aga Khan.10? November 1994 (Rawalpindi): Dinner hosted by the President of Pakistan.11? November 1994: (Islamabad): Aga Khan Development Network and Government of Pakistan "Accord of Co-operation for Development" Signing Ceremony.11? November 1994: (Islamabad): Aga Khan Development Network and Government of Pakistan "Protocol of Co-operation for Development" Signing Ceremony.11? November ...
July ??, 1991 (Nairobi, Kenya): Banquet hosted by the President of Kenya.July ??+1, 1991 (Nairobi, Kenya): Banquet hosted in Honour of the President of Kenya.July 12, 1991 (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania): Aga Khan Development Network and Government of Tanzania "Accord of Co-operation for Development" Signing Ceremony.July 12, 1991 (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania): Aga Khan Development Network and Government of Tanzania "Protocol ...
Biologically the female is more important to the race than the male. While average women are capable of earning their own livelihood like men, they are the guardians of the life of the race, and only through their natural constitution are they able to bear the double burden. Experience shows the strong probability that the active influence of women on society, ...
His Highness the Aga Khan, Chairman of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, told an audience in the Zanzibar House of Representatives that, the lack and deterioration of human habitation as economies grow, urbanisation accelerates and demographics explode, pose some of the greatest practical and ethical problems that developing countries face. His Highness the Aga Khan, Chairman of the Aga Khan ...
NanoWisdoms' Introduction Published in 2008, Where Hope Takes Root is a collection of 13 of His Highness the Aga Khan's principal speeches, made between 2002 and 2006 (links below), along with his important 2006 interview with the CBC's Peter Mansbridge. Focused on the theme "democracy and pluralism in an interdependent world," the book -- which deserves to be read repeatedly -- ...
Bringing a university from conception to living reality is a demanding and absorbing undertaking, and perhaps especially so for one that chose to face the complexities of building a medical school and the provision of medical services at the outset. Only after several years of detailed planning and preparation was it possible for the rapid development of this medical centre to ...
The East African Muslim Welfare Society is to give Mombasa's Institute of Muslim Education, funds to enable it to introduce G. C. E. advanced level studies, (said His Royal Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan in May 1961 when he visited the Institute's building). Referring to English in his speech His Royal Highness said, it was an essential requirement at all universities ...
His Royal Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan told student nurses at the Aga Khan Hospital, Nairobi, that he was determined that standards set at the hospital would be exactly the same as those in the United Kingdom. Please don't feel if you are training here that you will get degrees inferior to any in the United Kingdom. Whatever happens in this ...
The goal is to create a building which causes the viewer to wonder how different elements and different planes relate to each other, how they work together to tickle the eye (the Aga Khan said, proposing that Mr. Maki take inspiration from rock crystal, the mineral quartz in its clear and colourless form). In a rock crystal the cuts and angles ...
The press, at least, gives the impression that similar radical attitudes exist in other Muslim countries such as Saudi Arabia. You are right. There are parts of the Muslim world where those tendencies are present and parts of the Muslim world that have sustained the Taliban. That just goes to confirm that there is no unanimity in Islam with regard to ...
Many parts of the Islamic world, and in this, the Ismailis certainly agree, perceive an American imbalance involving excessive emphasis on material comfort. I should go further than comfort, I think perhaps the concern of wealth and the way wealth is used rather than comfort. In Islam there is nothing wrong in the search for comfort, but the accumulation of wealth ...
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[I]t must be made utterly clear that violence is not a function of the Islamic faith. That misperception, fostered and fuelled by the news media, is wrong and damaging. The myth that Islam is responsible for the wrongdoing of certain Muslims may stem from the fact that for all Muslims, the concepts of Din and Duniya -- Faith and World -- ...
I think the second thing the award has done has been to bring together not only architects, but also thinkers, sociologists, archaeologist, economists. The award has demonstrated that a good building isn't only a structure. A good building has an impact on people's perception of their cultural heritage. It has an impact on social balance or imbalance.... Yes, I do [see ...
[Translation] I always say this: one cannot change religion overnight. This evolution is a slow thing, and it is, therefore, an everlasting job with its own rhythm, usually a lot slower than the political and economic upheavals of the present time. What takes me the most time is no longer the management of business as the Imam for, as I have ...
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Many of the most intimate friends of the Prophet and the most pious and distinguished of the "companions" doubted which side they should take in the civil wars, and how they should act so as not to be responsible for any harm that might come, and so were led to adopt the most dangerous principle of all. They retired each into ...
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