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TODAY'S PAPER | JULY 29, 2020
Widespread criticism over rationale for new law to ‘protect’ Islam
The Newspaper's Staff ReporterUpdated 27 Jul 2020

ISLAMABAD: Various sections of society, including a federal minister, have criticised the passage of the Punjab Tahaffuz-i-Bunyad-i-Islam (protecting ...

TODAY'S PAPER | JULY 29, 2020
Technology infuses ancient Haj rites amid global pandemic

The vast white marble floors surrounding Islam's holiest site, the Holy Kaaba in Makkah, would normally be packed with hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from around the world the day before the Haj.

On Tuesday ...

01:24 GMT, Jul 29, 2020

Netanyahu's son apologizes for offending Hindus with photoshopped meme of goddess giving the middle finger
28 Jul, 2020 15:35

Yair Netanyahu (far right) shared the controversial meme (left) on Twitter. © THOMAS COEX / AFP

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s eldest ...

Silence won’t pay
Huma Yusuf 27 Jul 2020

THE drone footage showed hundreds of men, shaved, blindfolded, shackled. Western countries saw this as evidence of what is being termed as ‘genocide’ against Uighurs and other ethnic and religious minorities in China. For China and its allies, this was fake ...

mahebubchatur wrote:

Imams mandate & Authority is divinely ordained and comes from Allah.

Imams mandate & Authority is divinely ordained and comes from Allah.
I agree with your above statement.

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The full name of Imam of the time includes the word “Noor” The full title used today by Ismaili even in their prayers is
“Noor, Mawlana, Shah Karim, Al Husseini, Hazar Imam “

Query:
With reference to your above quote, when Hazar Imam sends Taliqa Mubarak or any ...

Dear Sir, you are selective (I have mentioned this before also). You have habit of selecting favorable sentence or paragraph OUT OF CONTEXT to prove your point. It is not out of context. We are discussing Sufism and spiritual enlightenment and hence I quoted references from the constitution about ...

How Turkey is sending Muslim Uighurs back to China without breaking its promise
Gareth Browne
The TelegraphJuly 25, 2020, 10:52 AM

She was chatting to her son, when the phone call was suddenly interrupted. And that was the last anyone heard from Aimuzi Kuwanhan, a 59-year-old mother of two and a ...

Pakistan's largest province bans 100 textbooks for 'blasphemous' content
Joe Wallen
The TelegraphJuly 24, 2020, 11:14 AM
Pakistan is reviewing the books - REUTERS/Mohsin Raza

Books printed by Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press are among 100 that have been banned by an education ...

Allah has not said," QUL HUWALLAHUN NOOR". . He has said ALLAHU NURU SAMAWATI WAL ARDH - Allah IS the Nur of the heavens and the earth. This is the notion of monoreality which MSMS has expounded.

At the end of Ayat e Noor (24/35), Allah says;"WA YADHRIBULLA HUL AMSAAL LINNAS" means, Allah does ...

For Ismailis it is necessary to follow Hidayat and Teachings in PREAMBLE given by current Imam. The preamble(F) states:

(F) Historically and in accordance with Ismaili tradition, the Imam of the time is concerned with spiritual advancement as well as improvement of the quality of life of his ...

Story of Raja Harishchandra and Tara Rani as mentioned in Markandeya Purana:

King Harishchandra lived in the Treta Yuga. He was an honest, noble and just king. His subjects enjoyed prosperity and peace. He had a queen named Shaivya (also called Taramati) and a son named Rohitashva. Once, while on a ...

Ahalya Draupadi Kunti Tara Mandodari tatha
panchakanya smare nityam mahapataka nashanam

Remembering ever the virgins five Ahalya, Draupadi, Kunti, Tara and Mandodari
Destroys the greatest of sins.

MSMS also said,"JIYAR SUDHI INSAAN AA DUNYA MAA(N) JEEVTO CHHEY TIYAR SUDHI TENEY NOOR NU PAAN(N)I HAATH AAVI SHAKTO NATHI. (KIM) There must be an error somewhere. What is the point of the search if the Light is not experienced in this life.

We must follow what the present Imam says.

From ...

MSMS also said,"JIYAR SUDHI INSAAN AA DUNYA MAA(N) JEEVTO CHHEY TIYAR SUDHI TENEY NOOR NU PAAN(N)I HAATH AAVI SHAKTO NATHI. (KIM) .

The present Imam says:

"Because the “Bol” is a link, it is a way to come closer and closer during your lifetime to that Light. And one day, there will only be that ...

JULY 21, 2020
Population in Pakistan continues to grow rapidly: report
Anwar IqbalUpdated 20 Jul, 2020

WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s total population is estimated at 220.9 million and it is growing rapidly with an annual fertility rate of 3.6 children per couple, says a world population report.

The 2020 ...

TODAY'S PAPER | JULY 21, 2020
Education: PTI’s plan exposed
Pervez HoodbhoyUpdated 18 Jul, 2020Facebook Count

BE prepared, Pakistan! Imran Khan’s government is poised to inflict damage upon this country’s education system in a manner never seen before. Its so-called Single National Curriculum (SNC ...

Monty Python’s classic ‘The Life of Brian’ relentlessly mocked Christianity. Now we must do the same thing to the Church of Woke
Michael McCaffrey
Michael McCaffrey is a writer and cultural critic who lives in Los Angeles. His work can be read at RT, Counterpunch and at his website mpmacting.com ...

There can not be multiple Mazhar. If Imam is Mazhar of Allah and Imam himself said in Baitul Khayal that you can not become one with Imam except after your death, no one can become one with God in his life.

However the only way this is possible is to say that people like Hallaj and Jesus who ...

Allah has not said," QUL HUWALLAHUN NOOR". . He has said ALLAHU NURU SAMAWATI WAL ARDH - Allah IS the Nur of the heavens and the earth. This is the notion of monoreality which MSMS has expounded.

At the end of Ayat e Noor (24/35), Allah says;"WA YADHRIBULLA HUL AMSAAL LINNAS" means, Allah does ...

I adore Innayah. You should have posted this song in the thread 'Qasidas and Geets'. Based on the content, I felt it would be appropriate here. Music adds power to the essential message.

Music adds power to the essential message, you wrote. Please start back ground music with your posts also ...

Natasha Symonds

You may not believe how the length of your pinky finger (little finger) can describe your personality and what type of person you are. Compare and measure pinky finger with ring finger. There are 3 levels. If length of pinky is little higher than next to it finger, you are in class ...

General rule is, things are recognized by their opposites.The word Allah has no opposite word. But NOOR has opposite word ZULUMAAT (darkness) as used in Quran? Any comment. It is not the physical light being described. It is only a symbol of the Divine Light.

sakhee ved kitaab maa(n)he ke e gam ...

Teri Rehmatein (Cover) - Inaaya Dhamani (With Lyrics & Translations)

JollyGul.com presents "Teri Rehmatein" (Your Blessings) cover song by Inaaya Dhamani. The original song was a Diamond Jubilee superhit by Indian singer and songwriter Jishan Ali Thobani.

Inaaya Dhamani is 11 years old and has ...

Start reading the Quran first. Allah IS Noor. If the opposite of Noor is darkness, the opposite of Allah is also darkness.

In Surah Ikhlas Allah says," QUL HUWALLAHU AHAD ". Allah has not said," QUL HUWALLAHUN NOOR". In my understanding Noor is Authority, Farman, Knowledge (Khudai Ilm), Wisdom ...

My point is by merging one does not automatically becomes God. Allah don't like shirk. There is no partner of Allah in Tawhid. He is AHAD. You are creating unnecessary Gods for nothing. The condition of Tawheed can be attained. Verse 22 of Buj Niranjan states:

haal hakeekat ko jab aave
aapasku(n ...

My point is by merging one does not automatically becomes God. Allah don't like shirk. There is no partner of Allah in Tawhid. He is AHAD. You are creating unnecessary Gods for nothing. We can have many Mazhars of Allah at the same time. Though only one is recognized and he is the Imam.

You keep ...

Hummingbirds Can See Colors We Humans Can't
Daisy Hernandez
Popular MechanicsJuly 18, 2020, 8:00 AM
Photo credit: DeepDesertPhoto - Getty Images
Photo credit: DeepDesertPhoto - Getty Images
From Popular Mechanics

Researchers have spent three years studying hummingbirds to deduce whether they can ...

Say (Qul), "Who is Lord of the heavens and earth?" Say, " Allah ." Say, "Have you then taken besides Him allies not possessing [even] for themselves any benefit or any harm?" Say, "Is the blind equivalent to the seeing? Or is darkness equivalent to light? Or have they attributed to Allah partners ...

General rule is, things are recognized by their opposites.The word Allah has no opposite word. But NOOR has opposite word ZULUMAAT (darkness) as used in Quran? Any comment.