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I know that this is not the appropriate place to post this, but I must since most people end up checking this section of the forums. I just found out today that there will be a high profile JK constructed in houston - the first in the U.S. The location will be at the intersection of montrose and ...

Although I am very afraid of ghosts and witches and so on, I would like to see a ghost from far away. Is that possible?

Faisal

Ghosts do not exit. People in the earlier times might have confused split personality with people being possessed. Even in western society - the church - accused women ...

Jesus has never married. Jesus is not Imam. Jesus was Prophet. Imam at that time was Simon Peter.

Wow, you see to be very certain of this. Where you alive back then, too? What was your name? LOL, I am just pulling you leg there buddy. I agree with you in saying Jesus was just a prophet. I cannot ...

Remember - time is relative. The concept of "time" is a human way of describing the movements of the planets around the sun. As for what will happen after a person dies, I do not know. Please let me know what happens after you die :D . Personally, I think qayamat for me is the point where I will be ...

kmaherali,

What is the point of becoming an angel? We were meant to be higher than them, but unfortunately most of us are in a state that is way lower then them. Do you not believe that becoming an angel is one more step in getting to be one with Allah?

I have heard that the Imam will only visit Pakistan, Dubai, and Canada. I have heard that he is not visiting the US, which is sad as I am here.

In my opinion the river that you refer to is the Pir (Noor) and the Imam (Essence) is the ocean. We are the individual souls, there is a Farman which says that the soul is created and given a physical form. Hence all physical forms - the entire creation is the Universal soul. From the Ginanic ...

So the Pir who is the agency of creation is also the agency of return to the origin. It is through the Noor of Piratan that one attains the Essence of God as manifested in the Imam.

I think there is a farman by ISMS where he said he is the river that will guide you, a drop of water, into the ...

In this doctrine the Universal Intellect represents the rational law that governs and regulates all things. The contents of this Intellect represent the intellible properties of the universe, the thingness of things and the Intellect is a world that exists prior to and quite independently of ...

What I meant to wrote is not there will be end of creation but end of this world..
Do you think its Dwapur yug then what about all Ginans saying present era as Kaliyug?

And what do you exactly mean by the end of the world? End of our planet? End of humanity?

When Ginans were composed it was ...

There are many types of souls :---

Ordinary souls --- who perform ordinary deeds--the vast majority of the souls fall in this category.

Great souls -- who perform great deeds which ordinary souls cannot perform like Mahatma Gandhi--Mother Teresa--great kings of the past and the great present ...

There must be someone who has read the ginan Al Wa'az Abu Aly was referring to. He mentioned that he knows the date and place where the war would start, but said he cannot tell us this. Has anyone done any research regarding this matter? I understand some folks on this board, like kmaherali ...

There must be someone who has read the ginan Al Wa'az Abu Aly was referring to. He mentioned that he knows the date and place where the war would start, but said he cannot tell us this. Has anyone done any research regarding this matter? I understand some folks on this board, like kmaherali, believe ...

kmaherali wrote:The concept of Daet Kalingo has been discussed in this forum under:

Doctrines --> Daet Kalingo and Dajjal.

You may want to go there.

Kmaherali,

I have read that thread and was looking to see if anyone had some insight on the literal meanings of the ginans referring to the Diet.

YAM,

I was reading a couple of ginans and came across a common figure – the Daiet. From what I have gathered, the Daiet is the Imams nemesis in the tenth avatar. At the same time, the allegorical nature of the ginans seems to suggest that the Daiet is used to describe our “lower self”. My question ...

I do not think you will offend anyone by asking such questions, as you will find many people to be understanding on these issues. The only objection I think her parents might have is on culural issues. Also, maybe, on the matter of religion too. It is my conviction that a relationship that is ...

Hi,
I am new into this forum too, i was born in a christian family and i'm not religious myself. My gf is ismaili and and I want to join the ismaili faith, to be able to marry her.
Can you post a link for the Dua please.
As my question is , about how ethical this conversion will be? like just for ...

I would appreciate it if someone could post the exact quote from the farman and the date.

Ok, I am sure someone might have thought of this already, but isn't the world round?(actualy oval shapes to be specific). So arn't we facing the Kaba no matter which way we look? And if someones wants to say that no the world is round so if you face a certain direction then you are facing out in ...

I have heard farmans of ISMS about how the Isna Asharis tradition does not make sense because it lies on a false premise of Imamat in hiding. Also, ISMS said that there can be no such thing as a "ghaeb Imam", which I agree with. I remember someone posting a quote from a farman by ISMS about how the ...

YAM.

I have heard and read the analogy of the soul being a drop of water returning to the Ocean while at the same time hearing Farmans about becoming an Angel. If one reaches the pinnacle of spirituality and becomes “one” with Allah, then does this soul mix in with God and essentially become Allah ...

Was Pir Sabzali a blood relative of the Imam? I know if we trace our roots back then we all are "blood relatives" of the Imam through Adam. He was, however, given the title after his death - he could have reached that status then, becoming one with god. Please provide me with further information ...

Yam everyone!

I was just thinking about Pirs and Ginans, etc. I was wondering who was the first Pir - I know the Imam might have maintained Pirtan, but who was the first one. Also, another question I had was that does the Imam know that he will be the next Imam(Is he born as Imam) or does he find ...

I am not certain of the reason that the Imam would have destroyed the church - I am not the Imam. However, I can offer possible explainations of why it could have been reasonable to destory the church. If the church was working against the Fatamid empire, it could be justified by the Imam to destroy ...

Hi,

I think the purpose of ragas in ginans were to help the ginan flow easily. The main purpose is obviously the meaning.

YAM and Hello!

I was wondering if someone had the contact information for Rai Abu Ali. I wish to write him a letter to get a better understanding of some ginans, etc. Please PM me the information if you do have it. Much thanks.

"Also, I am in no manner questioning the imam's infallablility, but why does the Imam edit his farmans after he makes them before being published. I rmr during the Houston mulakat he said something like Sept 9th, but then the farman was edited to Sept 11th."

You do indeed question the Imam ...

I doubt he can find anything spiritual about the level of Salman Farsi on the net...

Admin

I don't think he was looking into finding anything spiritual in Salman Farsi, I doubt if he even know there is a spiritual side of Salman Farsi, so why boil a pot when you are satisfied with a cold tea ...

Brother, you have a point there. Care to clarify what you mean by tariqa board not telling us why these things happen? For example, a) There is no tariqa board website to counter that website?, b) You don't know how to counter that website's claim?, or c) You don't have trust in your own faith ...

I came across this site, which I believe some of you might have visited before(will not mention the name). I saw on the site much about our faith from a former ismaili who indeed knows a lot. Looking over the material on the site I found myself questioning my own jamati institutions. On the site it ...