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There is a ginan that says Ram and Raheman are one. Eji Raam Rahemaan ek gusaanhiyaa; murakh maram na paave- saahebji

It can be found on http://ismaili.net/heritage/node/3695

This ginan by Sayyed Mahammed Shah is usually recited in the presence of Hazar Imam at Darbar.

Everything will be disclosed. Just be patient.

There is a lot of documentation and there are several proofs that will be disclosed when the time comes.

Nagib

The announcement was not accurate.

In due time everyone will now the truth.

If you believe that God is in control, leave it to Him.

Here is an example of change in the farmans:

In Lisbon 1998 Hazar Imam signed a new constitution. The only difference with the 1986 version of the Constitution was that the new Constitution added a page with the name of the Apex Institutions of the Imamate, institutions such as Focus.

The Imam ...

There should be some on 13th December

Are you talking of So Kiriya?

Ismailism has the same diversity and pluralism as is reflected in other branches of Islam in general.

Except that Ismailism allow people to share, debate and discuss their interpretation of faith and ultimately recognizes that Allah has the power to guide whom he wants.

Something that many ...

To which book is the expression People of the Book refering to?

The Book you are referring to did not exist and was not compiled.

Does it not refer to the eternal Quran that is with God?

When this expression was used, was the present compilation in existence?

Are Christian and Jews believing in ...

that the Quran is missing verses; the Quran is missing verses - for an Ismaili that should be the end of the discussion.

Shams


Lets be more specific. Obviously The Quran can not miss verses, it is perfect. In the same sense that the talking Quran is also perfect.

But compilations by humans is ...

Ivanow has not translated Khat Nirinjan as he himself did not know any of the indic languages.

However the expression Khat Darshan has been translated as 6 school of thoughts in his "Collectanae I. Ismaili Society Series A, 2. Leiden: Brill, 1948. Pp. 1-54. "

The same translations were repeated ...

Khat Darshan's translation has been popularized by Ivanow.

As in all Ginans there are multiple layers of interpretations.

In the same way, Darshan has also many meanings such as school of though, even Didar [In Darshan diyo mora nath], etc..

For example Khat Ghari may at a first level of ...

London 1964

The other social habit to abandon for those who have indulged in already, is drinking. There is no doubt that this is one of the most ugly habits which my spiritual children can pick up. This is something which you should stop your family or your children from indulging in. There is no ...

This is from 1964, London

The other social habit to abandon for those who have indulged in already, is drinking. There is no doubt that this is one of the most ugly habits which my spiritual children can pick up. This is something which you should stop your family or your children from indulging in ...

Beware, only part of this is from Sultan Muhammad Shah, part is just comments from whoever started to circulate this.... Sad.

Aga Khan awarded an honorary doctorate at Cambridge University

http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=80172&Itemid=2

LONDON, June 27 (APP)- Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of Ismaili community, has been awarded the honorary doctorate of Divinity by the prestigious ...

Allah can be 99 in 1

This is called the beautiful names of Allah. All of his attributes comes to one though apparently they look like they are all different [Rahman, Rahim, Khaliq etc..]

So if he can be 99, he can be 3 and he can be 1.

I was recited in tasbihs in Africa in Jamatkhanas when I was young.

Good afternoon. I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand years, al-Azhar has, had stood as a beacon of Islamic learning. And for over a century, Cairo University has been a source of Egypt's advancement. Together, you ...

The speech was brilliant!

Not only has he used the same Ayats from Quran as Hazar Imam used in Tajikistan many years ago but he has distanced himself openly from the position taken by the previous president.

The fact that he has surrounded himself by many competent people shows in his speech ...

In Amar te ayao Tara Rani says she does not have parents. Indeed she was an orphan and there is an anecdote, a small story about her birth which is interesting. My mother used to tell me that story of Tara Rani as a bed time story when I was few years old.

Here is the story:

It was somewhere in ...

And in the new Heritage there are many references:

http://ismaili.net/heritage/search/node/tara+rani

And one of these is Moman Chetamni

177. In the Treta Joog, Harischandra came and his wife was Queen Tara. Their son was Rohidas and they all served Lord Vishnu.

178. Queen Tara served the Lord ...

One of these ginans is Amar te Ayao

http://www.ismaili.net/ginans/g17ama.html

The Agakhan - Convocation at 3:00pm on June 9th, 2009 - Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium

Useless discussion.

If you do not know that the oposite of farmanbardari is nafarmani, just refer to a dictionnary.

What Princess Zahra does would be according to the instructions she gets and what you should do is according to your Imam's instruction also.

"I don't think" is a sentence which ...

Farman bardari is Adhab.

Purdah is not farman bardari.
If Imam says get out of Purdah, it is the responsibility and the pleasure of ismaili to get out of Purdah and if some people are still keeping it by culture or tradition, this is not Adhab, it is nafarmani.

They should be informed that ...

Shakir [a Bohora]' s first edition was with an Ismaili commentary. Our Brother Muslims sent him several death threats and the first translation was removed from circulation.

The second edition was like a sunni version. What do you expect, some of our brothers in Islam still prefer the camel to the ...

Just to clarify that it is mentioned above that Mowlana Sultan Muhammad Shah said to follow the ragas of the ginans as recited in Junagadh.

This referred to the ragas recited at that time obviously. Today the Junagadh ragas can be heard in Jamatkhanas of Mombasa in Kenya but if you go to Junagadh ...

I was very surprised when few years back Hazar Imam mentioned the Taliban in one of his jokes in Dar es salaam.

I was wondering why He said "in case Talibans are listening". My first reaction was to think there is a category of Ismaili Talibans, people who pretend to be Ismailis but have an agenda ...

Basically the Degh is the equipment in which the sweet rice is prepared for distribution to the jamat attending the mijlas.

There is a nandi of the Degh and whoever gets it will have the benefit of the distribution of the safran coloured sweet rice distributed. At least this is what is done in ...

Since the purpose of your thread is to collect historical data, you may link this to other posts about the Asal Dua and the New Dua.

I know about the many changes around 1968/69 when the new Dua was finalized to what we recite today as this was the time when I was learning the Dua and it was ...