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The word shah didar or shah’jo didar means may (you bless with) Lord’s glimpse. Its noun becomes Shah Didar jo Panjo means the palm and fingers for the didar of the Lord.

It is a taslim (greeting) in the Ismaili tariqah, where the believers greet each other at the end of the prayer, beholding face to face, both pronounce shah didar by shaking right hand. This is an act of humble wish to refresh their spiritual relation. The Koran says, “Whosoever surrenders his face to God, being a doer of good, has verily grasped the firm hand-hold” (31:22)