An Interpretation of the Ghat Paat Ceremony
Even though we may be surrounded by negativity, we can individually create a positive attitude albeit momentarily. Hence we are constantly reminded to call upon the Name to enhance positive outlook.KayBur wrote:The positive impact on water is extremely problematic because each of us is surrounded by negativity. Someone himself is overwhelmed with negativity, someone is saturated with negativity from others.
That is the reason for reciting prayers over Abe Safa and the Ginans during the Ghat Paat ceremony to remind us of our values and create a positive environment. According to our tradition, spirits and angels are present during the Ghat Paat ceremony to help us in this regard.
Anecdote below from Mumtaz Tajdin's 225 Anecdotes at: http://ismaili.net/source/books/225anecdotes.pdf , alludes to the power of holy/blessed water to heal physical health issues.
*(23) Mawlana Hazar Imam for the first time visited Tajikistan between 22nd May, 1995 and 29th May, 1995 to grace didar to the Ismailis. The fourth and the last didar was at Ruhshan on 27th May, 1995 at about 10.00 am, where the Ismailis had swarmed like locusts at about 6.00 am. On the other hand, the Imam’s car started at 9.00 am. On his route, there appeared a square junction, where the Imam stopped car. There were a gas station, a coffee-house and a handicraft store. The Imam entered the shop of the handicraft and watched the displayed items minutely. The Imam took a small bowl, wherein Sura Fatiha was engraved. The Imam asked its price at the counter, he was told ten dollars. The Imam asked his Secretary to give him twenty dollars and then put the bowl in his coat’s pocket. Then they reached the destination, where was a small hill. The Imam saw some smoke on the hill. Being asked, the Imam was informed that on the hilltop resided the Ismailis, all of them have come down for the didar except the senior persons. The Imam looked at his watch when it was 9.45 am. The Imam said, “First we go on the hill.” The Imam’s car slowly ascended through the coarse and zigzag track and reached. There about 80 old persons saw the Imam coming out of the car, they sat down wherever were stood and prostrated with folding hands. The Imam told them to make a row and granted them didar. The Ismailis were happy with tears streamed in their eyes. Upon the departure, the Imam asked, “Is there any problem?” All of them were silent. The Imam repeated, hence one old lady took a lead and came forward and said, “Mawla! The engineers of the Russian Mineralogical Department discovered that there is much gravity of the magnetic loadstone beneath our hill. It is causing miscarriage cases of the pregnant women.”*
*Then, the Imam took out from his pocket that bowl contained Sura Fatiha and gave her and said, “You put water into the bowl and recite Nad’e Ali, then give it to the pregnant woman to drink. Insha-Allah, I hope her problem will be shunned.” Before sitting inside the car, the Imam said, “You infuse in mind that when the Aga Khan Health Board will open here the Maternity Home in future, then this bowl will be inactive.”*
*(23) Mawlana Hazar Imam for the first time visited Tajikistan between 22nd May, 1995 and 29th May, 1995 to grace didar to the Ismailis. The fourth and the last didar was at Ruhshan on 27th May, 1995 at about 10.00 am, where the Ismailis had swarmed like locusts at about 6.00 am. On the other hand, the Imam’s car started at 9.00 am. On his route, there appeared a square junction, where the Imam stopped car. There were a gas station, a coffee-house and a handicraft store. The Imam entered the shop of the handicraft and watched the displayed items minutely. The Imam took a small bowl, wherein Sura Fatiha was engraved. The Imam asked its price at the counter, he was told ten dollars. The Imam asked his Secretary to give him twenty dollars and then put the bowl in his coat’s pocket. Then they reached the destination, where was a small hill. The Imam saw some smoke on the hill. Being asked, the Imam was informed that on the hilltop resided the Ismailis, all of them have come down for the didar except the senior persons. The Imam looked at his watch when it was 9.45 am. The Imam said, “First we go on the hill.” The Imam’s car slowly ascended through the coarse and zigzag track and reached. There about 80 old persons saw the Imam coming out of the car, they sat down wherever were stood and prostrated with folding hands. The Imam told them to make a row and granted them didar. The Ismailis were happy with tears streamed in their eyes. Upon the departure, the Imam asked, “Is there any problem?” All of them were silent. The Imam repeated, hence one old lady took a lead and came forward and said, “Mawla! The engineers of the Russian Mineralogical Department discovered that there is much gravity of the magnetic loadstone beneath our hill. It is causing miscarriage cases of the pregnant women.”*
*Then, the Imam took out from his pocket that bowl contained Sura Fatiha and gave her and said, “You put water into the bowl and recite Nad’e Ali, then give it to the pregnant woman to drink. Insha-Allah, I hope her problem will be shunned.” Before sitting inside the car, the Imam said, “You infuse in mind that when the Aga Khan Health Board will open here the Maternity Home in future, then this bowl will be inactive.”*
An anecdote from the life of a prominent Sufi Daqqaq-Qushayri alludes to the power of blessed water to heal physical diseases.
The remarkable relationship that Qushayri had with his sons is confirmed by an episode quoted by Subki. One of his sons fell seriously ill and was about to die. The pain that this possibility awoke in Qushayri prompted a vision of God in a dream where he told him to take all the healing verses of the Qur’an ( ayatal-shifa ) and to recite them over the boy, then to write them on a glass, fill it with a drink and to let the boy drink from it. The son subsequently recovered.
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The remarkable relationship that Qushayri had with his sons is confirmed by an episode quoted by Subki. One of his sons fell seriously ill and was about to die. The pain that this possibility awoke in Qushayri prompted a vision of God in a dream where he told him to take all the healing verses of the Qur’an ( ayatal-shifa ) and to recite them over the boy, then to write them on a glass, fill it with a drink and to let the boy drink from it. The son subsequently recovered.
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