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ISMAILI TARIQAH IN ISLAM by Mumtaz Ali Tajdin S. Ali | 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 ? | ||
Ismailis in Russia | In Russia, or U.S.S.R., Ismaili villages are only found in the valley of the river Panj which, after its confluence with Wakhsh, or Wakhshab, forms the mighty Oxus or Amu-Darya river of Central Asia. These Ismailis are often wrongly called "Pamir Ismailis", not because they inhabit the plateau of the "Roof of the World", Pamir, but because they reside on its borders, in the gorges which open into the valley of Panj. Only few Qirgniz nomad tribes who with their flocks roam the cold and arid expanse of the Pamir tableland, deserve to be called the real inhabitants of the place. | Ismailis in Russia | |
Isma‘ili Da‘wa and Politics in Fatimid Egypt | This paper will discuss the mutual influence between politics and the Isma‘ili da‘wa, particularly after the establishment of the Fatimid government in Egypt. Some questions arise at this point, such as: ‘what were the circumstances that influenced the | Isma‘ili Da‘wa and Politics in Fatimid Egypt | |
Jamatkhana | By: Rai Shamshudin G. Tejpar 'Jamat Khana' means 'A house designated as a place of worship in which a congregation gathers for prayers'. 'Jamat Khana' for us also means 'House of ALI and NABI' for it is our faith that the NOOR (LIGHT) of Hazar Imam is present there is all It's Glory. Holy Qur'an says: - "(This Lamp is found) in house which Allah hath allowed to be exalted and that His name shall be remembered therein. Therein do offer praise to Him at morning and evening". (From 'Glorious Qur'an' translated by Marmaduke Pickthall) | Jamatkhana | |
Jamatkhana by Alwaez Abdul Sultan hasham | Jamatkhana is a place of worship, inspiration, progress, peace, & protection. Every one step that you take towards coming to the House of Hazar Imam, Coming to Jamatkhana is NOT your choice, it is an EXPECTATION | ||
JAMATKHANA By: Mumtaz Ali Tajddin S.Ali | JAMATKHANA THIS WRITE-UP INCLUDES FOLLOWING TOPICS |
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Kal Jug (Present Era) | 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. | ||
Kharadhar - Oldest Jamat in Karachi | KARACHI, the biggest city of Pakistan is the Alexander’s haven, the Liverpool of Sub-continent or the Croydon of the East. It is the only city in the world, which became known over thirty times. Crochey, Krotchey Bay, Carnjee, Koratchey, Currachee, Kurrachee and Karachi are its notable appellations, the last however being an official according to The Imperial Gazetteer of India. When Iran did the Greeks under Alexander conquer in the 4th century B.C., the whole Sind came under his supremacy. | Kharadhar - Oldest Jamat in Karachi | |
Khojki Books in the collection of the Heritage Society | LIST OF PUBLISHED KHOJKI BOOKS Around 110 books were published in Khojki. Copies of all of them were still in existence in 1989 at the ITREB Library in Bombay Several copies of each were preserved in a closed metal cupboard. Here is a partial list of the books available for reference only at the Heritage Society: 1. TITLE: Bhajan Tchitamni (Bhag 1) PUBLISHER: Hassan Bhay Ladha Khaki PROCESS: Litho SIZE: 20 x 13 cm PAGES: 114 DATE: 1897 A.D. (1st August) PLACE: Bombay - Gat Pirsad Printing Press PRICE: 1 roupie TAPSILO: On pages 108 - 112 | Khojki Books Accessible through the Heritage Society | |
KHUTBATAN NIKKAH: ENGLISH TRANSLATION | The Nikkah Khutbah starts with the following. Please see the attached PDF for the full text. I SEEK REFUGE IN ALLAH | ||
KORANIC VERSES IN HOLY DUA | KORANIC VERSES IN HOLY DUA | ||
KORANIC VERSES IN HOLY DUA By: Mumtaz Ali Tajddin S.Ali | Anas bin Malik related that the Prophet said, “The good-fortune increases in the house KORANIC VERSES IN HOLY DUA By: Mumtaz Ali Tajddin S.Ali | ||
La Phénoménologie Herméneutique d'un "Philosophe de la Métahistoire" Henri Corbin (1903-1978) | LA PHÉNOMÉNOLOGIE HERMÉNEUTIQUE D'UN "PHILOSOPHE DE LA Ali Alibay et Diane Steigerwald In The Qur'ân and Philosophical Reflections, p. 77-96.
| La Phénoménologie Herméneutique d'un "Philosophe de la Métahistoire" Henri Corbin (1903-1978) | |
La vrai Signification du Jeune et Dasond | English version: http://heritage.ismaili.net/node/38259 Ce livre illustré est un livre complet expliquant la véritable signification du Roza et de la Dasond dans l’Ismaélisme. Le but du livre est de produire un travail écrit dans un esprit de véritable loyauté envers les saints farmâns et les ginâns, qui approfondira considérablement la compréhension des paroles des Imams et des Pirs à ce sujet. |
La vrai signification du Jeune et du Dasond dans l'Ismaelisme | |
Lailat Al-Qadr 15 Chantas | A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF 15 CHANTAS A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF 15 CHANTAS | Lailat Al-Qadr 15 Chantas | |
Le 47e Pir Prince Shâhbûddin Shâh Aga Khan explique le Vrai Sens de la Religion ‘Risâlâ dar Haqiqat-i Din’- Un Résumé avec Imag | VOIR TEXTE ENTIER EN FORMAT PDF A LA FIN DE CETTE PAGE. RÉSUMÉ ET TRADUIT EN FRANÇAIS AVEC ILLUSTRATIONS. “Le Risala dar Haqiqat-i Din, Traité sur le Vrai Sens de la Religion” de Pir Shâhbûddin Shâh est un incontournable dans la littérature religieuse Ismailie. On y trouve tout ce qu’il y a à savoir sur notre foi et sur la vie, beaucoup plus que ce à quoi on pourrait s’attendre. Pir Shâhbûddin Shah l’avait écrit pour et à la demande des Ismailis avant sa mort. |
Le 47e Pir Prince Shâhbûddin Shâh Aga Khan explique le Vrai Sens de la Religion ‘Risâlâ dar Haqiqat-i Din’- Un Résumé avec Images et longs extraits traduits | |
LE SERMON D’Al-GHADIR | LE SERMON D’Al-GHADIR Le dernier sermon adressé par le Prophète(S) Traduction : Ahmed Mustafa - juin 2005 Au Nom d’Allah, le Clément, le Miséricordieux Eloges et Reconnaissance | LE SERMON D’Al-GHADIR - Traduction Francaise | |
Les manuscrits du sud de la vallée de l’Indus en écriture khojkī sindhī | This article presents an overview of research on the corpus of eighteenth to twentieth century manuscripts from south of the Indus valley in Khojkī Sindhī script. After a general introduction to the significance of these manuscripts, we will first look at how researchers have approached the problem of the origins of the “Khojkī Sindhī” script and its relation to the religious tradition of the Khoja merchant caste of Sindh and Gujarat. Then, we systematically present | Les manuscrits du sud de la vallée de l’Indus en écriture khojkī sindhī | |
LIFE AFTER DEATH By: Mumtaz Ali Tajddin | “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).” WHAT IS DUNYA | ||
MANIFESTATION OR ZAHURAT By: Mumtaz Ali Tajddin S. Ali | “Now let me talk about a third matter which is a consequence of the collapse of the communist world. At the time of communism the practices of the faith was not encouraged, it was actively dissuaded.” (Mawlana Hazar Imam: Surat, 10th Nov., 1992) | ||
MEANING OF SOME IMPORTANT PHRASES By: Mumtaz Ali Tajddin S. Ali | (1) Allah Maheria There is a common phrase in all walk of lives that we usually say anyone at first, Khuda Tamane’ Neki a’pe’ or Khuda A’pako Neki de’ (May God grant you morality!). Similarly, while addressing the jamat, either by Mukhi/Kamadia or someone, he/she begins with the phrase Allah Maheria (May mercy of Allah be upon you!). The word maheria is a verb, means give peace or pity. Instead, the phrases Hazareen Jamat (Present Jamat) or Moaziz Saameen (Hon’ble Attendants) are also used in the jamats of other countries. (2) Khana’vadan | ||
MEMOIRS OF ASWAN By: Mumtaz Ali Tajddin. S. Ali | Aswan, there we can hardly see any cultivated land. The hills and rocks are not only on both sides of the Nile River, but also form its bed and island. Granite, mostly red, is everywhere, parts of which still keep their original color, while other parts, exposed to the effect of the water and the sun, have become dark and covered with a smooth glaze like enamel. Those who have enjoyed such a view while sailing opposite Aswan or in going up-steam or downstream to the Dam, can never forget it. | ||
MIRACLES OF PIR SHAMS IN MULTAN (Interpretation) By: Mumtaz Ali Tajddin S. Ali | Imam Sultan Muhammad Shah said, “This is an end of the age, but whoever are half-hearted will however behold miracles publicly, but falsify. Whoever do not own power and marvels of the Prophet, Apostle (Pir) and Imam, their example coincides the blind.” (Bombay, 1st Sep., 1885) and also, “Had they (Prophets) not wrought miracles, how people had adored them?” (Nagalpur, Kutchh, 28th Nov., 1903) MIRACLES OF PIR SHAMS IN MULTAN | ||
Mowlana Sultan Muhammed Shah: The Devoted Champion Of Islam | When "The Times", London, made some unfair allegations against Islam and the Muslims in a leading article in October 1951, Mowlana Sultan Muhammed Shah sent a spirited reply to the newspaper, which was published in its issue of November 6, 1951. He explained that it was because of the spirit of tolerance of Islam that even the smallest Christian and Jewish minorities survived and kept all their doctrines during the thousand years of Muslim rule. | Mowlana Sultan Muhammed Shah: The Devoted Champion Of Islam | |
MUSIC AND ISLAM By: Mumtaz Ali Tajddin S. Ali | Music is the vocal or instrumental sounds, or both combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony and expression of emotion. According to several authors, music is the combination of sounds and silence in an organized fashion. Let’s explain with an example: radio noise emits sounds, but not in an organized fashion, so it is not classified as music. This definition seems simple and complete, but defining music is not that obvious. In other words, music is the art of arranging sounds in time to produce a composition through elements of melody, harmony, rhythm and timbre. | ||
My First Meeting With the Ismailis in Persia | I came in touch with the Ismailis for the first time in Persia, in February 1912. The world was quite different then. No one imagined that the Great World War I, with all its misery and suffering, was just round the corner. Persia was still living in her ancestral mediaeval style, and her affairs were largely going on in their traditional ways, as they were going on for centuries. | My First Meeting With the Ismailis in Persia | |
Negotiating the Racial Boundaries of Khōjā Caste Membership in Late Nineteenth-Century Colonial Zanzibar (1878–1899) | This article explores late nineteenth-century identity formation and caste boundaries among the Khōjā of colonial Zanzibar. The central concern regarding children born to a non-Khōjā parent was what status, particularly regarding rights of inheritance, the multiracial children born of these relationships had within the caste structure. The case of Nasur Jesa v. Hurbayee suggests that the attitude toward these children was inconsistent; sometimes they were embraced,and at other times they were shunned by the Khōjā community. | Negotiating the Racial Boundaries of Khōjā Caste Membership in Late Nineteenth-Century Colonial Zanzibar (1878–1899) | |
NIYYAT OR INTENTION By: Mumtaz Ali Tajddin S.Ali | NIYYAT OR INTENTION By: Mumtaz Ali Tajddin S.Ali | ||
NOMINEES FOR 2008 CHATNAM HOUSE PRIZE | http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7010189692 Four Nominees For 2008 Chatham House Prize Voting is now open for the 2008 recipient of the prestigious Chatham House Prize. The now annual contest began in 2005 when the Royal Institute of International Affairs presented Ukraine's President Victor Yushchenko with the award for his demonstrated "political courage and skill" in "steering a peaceful process of political change in Ukraine." | ||
Pandavo no Parab - An Unpublished Granth | By Nazim Daredia THE WORK: This Granth, also known as Pandave jo Parab, was composed by Sayyed Imam Shah and contains 578 verses. It has virtually the same theme as Buddh Avatar of Pir Sadardin. The Granth continues the story of the Pandavas after the win the war against their cousins turned enemies the Kurus. Concurrently it narrates the coming of the ninth Avatar in the form which came to be known as Buddh who saves the Pandavas from deviating from their true faith. PREVIOUS EDITIONS: | Pandavo no Parab - An Unpublished Granth |