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Imam Sultan Muhammad Shah said, “Ismailism is a reality in Islam. Islam is a foundation and Ismailism stands seventh in rank of its reality.” (Karachi: 15th April, 1922), and “Islam is a best religion, in which the Ismailism is praiseworthy. Other sects scattered, but the rope of the Ismailism is absolutely straight; coming direct from the Holy Prophet.” (Nairobi: 22nd February, 1937)

WHAT IS TARIQAH ?

The body is our spacesuit for living on the earth. It is an outer garment and outer expression of the soul. Body is destructible, but soul is indestructible. One can burn body by fire, blow it away by a strong wind, or cut it into pieces because it is tangible. Without any harm, the body slowly decays over time, and once the right time comes, death follows eliminating the functioning capacity of a body. The body can be cremated or buried, but it cannot be done with soul. Thus, the body’s journey on earth ends with death.

1. Standzaic form:
a) 7 quatrains : 28 lines
1 refrain (varanni) of 3 couplets : 6 lines
Total : 34 lines or 17 couplets.
2. Theme: Awareness of midnight worship. It is both didactic and pedagogic.
3. Structure & Style:-
a) Choice of language: Sindhi
b) Rhythmic content: r’at-s’ath, kud-mud, kiyo-samario, lok-thok kat’ea’i-mark’ei’n.
4. Polyglotic form:
a) Arabic: Allah, hur, momin.
b) Persian: banda, shah, pir.

Tasbih (Eulogy)

The word tasbih is derived from sbh means to glide or swim. In Aramaic it had long meant to praise. The Arabic writers describe this type of praise as swimming in a shoreless sea: “He praises (yusabbih) in a shoreless sea” (Majmu’atu’l Ahzab, p. 563). The tasbih is often described as the occupation of all the angels: “Those who are in your Lord’s abode do not think themselves too great to worship Him. They offer praise (yusabbihuna) to Him and prostrate themselves before Him” (7:205).

After the fall of the Alamut in 1256, Imam Shamsuddin Muhammad (d. 1310) went to Azerbaijan, where he and his successor, Imam Kassim Shah (d. 1370) passed normal lives in simplicity. Imam Islam Shah (d. 1423), the next Imam was first to be born in Azerbaijan.

Three stages in the Gatpaat Ceremony

In the Ismaili tariqah, the holy water in Jamatkhana is filled in a big jug (ibriq of the Koran, 56:18) or kumbh, which is served with small cups (suwa of the Koran, 12:72). Both the jug and small cups are placed on a low planks.
Three modes of the sanctification or to make water creative power are as under:-

1) Sthapana or Thapana: Its synonymous in the ginans are mandavu, thapavu, ghat-puja, ghat thapana, kalash thapana, ami puja, kumbh jal and so on.

We recon the mark or impression made by a foot being the foot-step, an action of taking a step in gait or the distance covered by a stride in walking. In Arabic, it is called waqae or aqdam, in Hindi qadam, in Marathi paula and in Gujrati pagathiyu’n and dagalu.

Koran (36:12) says, “And We write down that which they send ahead (of their deeds) and the footprints that they left behind.” (wa nak tobo ma kademu wa a’asaare’ qum).

JAMATKHANA
By: Mumtaz Ali Tajddin S.Ali
mumtaztajddin@yahoo.com

THIS WRITE-UP INCLUDES FOLLOWING TOPICS
JAMATKHANA
SUFIC KHANQAH
QIBLA - Direction
WUZU or Cleanliness
DARKHANA (headquarters)
ISMAILI CENTRES
JAMATKHANA

AB-I SHAFA
By: Mumtaz Ali Tajddin
mumtaztajddin@yahoo.com

The eschatology (the end of the world) is variously described in the world religions. The pre-primeval period means the era of nothingness or zero period, which is termed Sunka’l in the ginans. It is also known as Karann (Arabic Kiran). The Muslim thinkers mentioned that there were four kirans, the 1st lasted for 24,18,000 years, the 2nd 18,29,000 years, 3rd 12,22,000 years and 4th 8,25, 000 years, while according to the ginans, there were 8,00,000 karanns.

“It is not so that you will be in God’s presence equally with same body and face, and not that you will be young with dazzling face. The old man of eighty will be also young is uuntrue. You will enter paradise exclusively with astral bodies (noorani kaya).”
Imam Sultan Muhammad Shah, Manjevadi, 28th Dec., 1893)

WHAT IS DUNYA

KORANIC VERSES IN HOLY DUA
(INTERPRETATIONS)
By: Mumtaz Ali Tajddin S.Ali
mumtaztajddin@yahoo.com
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Alhamdu lil-lahi Rab-bil A’lameen, Ar-Rahmanir-Raheem, Ma’liki Yawmid-din, Iyyaaka na’budu wa iyaaka nastaeen, Ihadinas-Siratal Mustaqeem, Siratal-Lazeena an’amta alayhim, Ghairil Maghzoobi alayhim walaz zaal-leen (Sura Fatiha)

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World War I (1914-1919) was one of the deadliest wars in history; an estimated 9 million soldiers were killed in combat, plus another 23 million wounded, while 5 million civilians died as a result of military operation, hunger, and disease. Millions more died as a result of genocide, dearth and the devastation of the war heavily contributed to the Spanish flu pandemic that followed.

Are women the same as men, different or distinct from; alike and unequal to; or unlike and equal to?

THREE PIRS IN ISMAILI HISTORY
( BOOK - WOMAN - INFANT )
By: Mumtaz Ali Tajddin S. Ali
mumtaztajddin@yahoo.com

PIR PANDIYAT-I JAWANMARDI (BOOK)

Ghadir al-Khumm, situé dans une vallée entre la Mecque et Médine, est le célèbre lieu qu’Allah avait choisi pour transmettre Son dernier message à l’humanité. C’est donc le lieu où le Prophète Muhammad avait complété sa mission en mars 632 tel que stipulé dans le Coran sûrâs 5:67 et 3:30. Le lecteur trouvera dans ce volume le farmân détaillé que notre Prophète avait fait à Ghadir al-Khumm tel que raconté par l’Imam Sultan Muhammad Shah Son Altesse l’Aga Khan III ainsi que les explications trouvées dans les autres farmâns.

The famous Pond of Ghadir al-Khumm, located in a valley between Mecca and Medina, is the place Allah had chosen to convey His last message to humanity. It is therefore the place where the Prophet Muhammad had completed his mission in March 632 as stipulated in the Qur'an suras 5:67 and 3:30. The reader will find in this volume the detailed farman that our Prophet had made at Ghadir al-Khumm as narrated by Imam Sultan Muhammad Shah His Highness the Aga Khan III as well as the explanations found in other farmans.

The word ahl means those who occupy with one the same tent, the family or inmates, relative, folk, kin, kinfolk, people, members, followers, etc. Under these meanings, the word ahl occurs 31 times in the Koran. According to another view, it is derived from ahala, meaning to demonstrate (the family).

The word kitab, comes from the root word kataba, meaning to write down. The word kitaba occurs in the Koran for the Divine Books revealed to various prophets.