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In reality therefore there is no hell. Upon death if a person has not been ethical, he will be made to regret the opportunity he missed for heavenly existence ...

I have heard MHI pray for the Ruhani spiritual children that are no longer with us. Does that mean if someone is in hell, there is hope for an exit?
There is always hope in his ultimate mercy. All souls are eventually purified and return to their origin.

I don't know if there is an answer to ...

For the condemned there is hell, where they will be consumed with regret for not having known how to merit the grace and the blessing of Divine mercy."

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I have heard MHI pray for the Ruhani spiritual children that are no longer with us. Does that mean if ...

Thanks again for this information. I've had a bit of time to think about this and what I'm wondering is if this one verse is meant as a deterrent rather then a punishment, I would assume that there are probably other verses that are meant for the same purpose.

I'm specifically thinking about the ...

Thank you, that really helps to put this verse into context.

It does lead me to a follow-up question though. If the purpose of this verse is to act as a deterrent, in todays age, we have laws that are used for deterrents.

Some of the stronger laws are down in Texas where murder can be punishable ...

Thank you for the link, but are you sure there is extensive discussion about this specific verse from the Quran?

There is certainly 8 pages of content and I did a search on each page for the word hand. I only came across one page where they talked about someones hand being chopped off but it was ...

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I have heard many of MHI's Firmans where he says that Islam is a religion of peace and that Ismailis should know their history.

I knew this from before, but was reminded of it again when I read the Quran recently where it said to cut the hands off of thieves.

This time around, I thought I ...

I've read a lot of the threads on this site and there is really a lot of debate as to who MHI really is.

Most agree he has the Noor, some say Ali is Allah and others consider him an Imam.

I think we all agree that the Imam NEVER lies and if that is the case, can we not refer to his comments in an ...

@kmaherali That's interesting, I did not know that....not to doubt you, but are you sure on that?

If this is correct, then let me phrase my question in another way. We have the Hadis and sayings of Prophet Muhammad and Imam Ali and it's not just one or two saying, but it's volumes of material.

We ...

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Thank you for the information. It's a real shame that we didn't record our history and I don't really understand why we didn't as all societies that I can think of have done so, including the Jews who have been so persecuted for thousands of years.

Do you think the Tariqua Board ...

MHI has always said know your history.

I have always enjoyed history and like to read the saying of the Prophet and Imam Ali, not just for wisdom, but because it gives insight as to what life was like during that time.

We have Farmans of our present Imam and we sometimes hear Farmans of Mowlana ...