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Quoted from our 48th Imam Sultan Muhammad Shah:
"My dear Hoodbhoy,
In reply to your letter of 8thOctober, 1954, the colours of our flag
are, as you know, red and green, the reason being that we represent
both the Shah and the Pir. The Shah was Imam Hussain and the Pir was
Imam Hasan. Imam Hasan had the Pir's colour of green, but Imam
Hussain's martyrdom was so enormous in events and was so opposed to
even the smallest laws of war that the colour of his holy blood namely
red, was accepted with the green of the Holy Prophet's flag, as aWord Reference:
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MANZIL
It simply means stage. The division of the Koranic suras on the basis of manzil is made to facilitate the reading of the entire Koran within a week. The manzil are seven in number as follows:-
1. Sura Fatiha (1) to Sura Nisa (4)
2. Sura Maida (5) to Sura Tauba (9)
3. Sura Yunus (10) to Sura Nahl (16)
4. Sura Bani Israel (17) to Sura Furqan (25)
5. Sura Shora (26) to Sura Yasin (36)
6. Sura Safaat (37) to Sura Hujurat (49), and
7. Sura Ka'af (50) to Sura Naas (114).
MARRIAGE [ see NIKAH ]
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