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Interesting.

A thousand or so years ago, when Sufism was still in its infancy as a discipline and methodology for searching for the Divine, philosophical Ismailism was one way of describing the wellsprings of knowledge making up the structure of truth. In this cosmology, the Imamat is considered to be one of the...

Nasir al-Din Tusi wrote that book. He was an Ismaili theologian, philosopher and scientist who lived during the Alamut period in Ismaili history and partook his knowledge from the great libraries in the Alamut castle. More about him here: http://www.iep.utm.edu/t/tusi.htm and here: http://www.iis.ac...

Khalil,

I like the metaphysical way in which you explain the salwaat.

Chapter70 verse 4: The angels and the spirit ascend to Him in a day, the measure of which is fifty thousand years. Chapter 32, verses 5-6: He rules all affairs from the heavens to the earth. Then they all go back up to him in one day, whose measure is a thousand years by your reckoning... In the abo...

"Christianity adapted itself to science, though it is any thing but a natural religion being based on fundamentally irrational principles, which are the break up of natural law and order, while science accepted these extraordinary miracles as temporary breaks of the natural law of the universe....

Speaking about the link between MHI and Jesus, some have commented that at the recent visit to Germany by MHI, where he was given an award by a Protestant Christian group, MHI gave his acceptance speech in front of a Christian cross. During the early years of the Fatimid Caliphate, Abu Yakub Al-Siji...

Thank you.

Yes, could you give me the phone no. and directions.

I am looking for the most updated information on jamatkhanas in Washington DC. Is there one in DC itself or are there only one(s) in the suburbs, eg, Arlington, Virginia, Alexandria? Thanks.

I am also at [email protected]

" In the beginning when there was nothing, Murtaza Ali assumed a small form". If, by "a small form", one means a small form of matter, then it might possibly have a link to the current scientific concept of the big bang, as kandani is enquiring over. This could be the interface b...

Could this farman also have some relation to a saying of Hazrat Ali regarding the surat-ul fateha in which he says(perhaps someone who knows about it could post it here) that everything that is, is contained in the surat-ul- fateha; that everything in the surat-ul fateha is contained in the first wo...

Thanks for the translation.

So can one, using current knowledge of science and cosmology, make sense of this farman or has the science not reached that level of sophistication yet?

Thanks.
I don't hink I can comment on that as I am not too familiar with that cultural practice. I have heard about 'satee', the practice whereby a widow would burn herself afetr the death of her husband. Last I heard the Indian government has been trying to stop the practice.

I don't understand the question.

Could you translate that farman(line) into English as precisely as you can.
Thanks.

"With Sinkiang, Kashgar, and Yarkand(all in China) we have no communication at present, since the frontier is closed-but no more firmly against Ismailis than against anyone else-but we know that they are free to follow their religion and that they are firm and devoted Ismailis with a great deal...

Dear Admin, Regarding the two ginan verses(fri, may 28th, 2006) you left on the 'The link between Science and Religion' thread, could you remove the two verses plus the three posts after that(total of five posts). I am studying the ginan translations more carefully to look for specific verses that a...

This is a post I made on the Science and Religion thread and re-post here to show how even western commentators show how it was the orthodoxy in Islam that stifled scientific endeavour a thousand or so years ago: nashvelshi Joined: 29 Nov 2005 Posts: 99 Location: Toronto Posted: 18 Mar 2006 05:33 am...

This is a good story about the value of knowledge and how it should be properly assimilated and used. However Ahmed Bin Ghazali, who became one of the greatest Ulema in Sunni Islam, was a vicious enemy of the Ismailis. He was asked by the Caliph of Baghdad, who was a Seljuq Turk and ruled during the...

ikarriya, Do you know anything about Ismailis in China, especially in Kashgar, Urumqui and other places in western China? I am planning to travel to China in 2007 and plan to take a train ride along the silk route all the way to Kashgar. Any contacts you may have there would be greatly appreciated. ...

Sorry, I did not mean that to imply a divisiveness and it should not be taken that way. Whether one follows the philosophical tradition of Nasir Khusraw, the ginanic tradition of Khoja Ismailis or any other variation or combination, all Ismaili traditions coalesce around the fundamental concept of I...

Which Ismaili tradition do you practise?
1) Philosophical Ismailism of Pir Nasir Khusraw;
2) Ginanic and Pir tradition of Khoja Ismailis:
3) Sufi tradition
4) Other?

I saw that article in todays Toronto Star. Its a shame but some people who sign up to join the army do not realise until later that it is not for them and they should not have joined in the first place. Its got to be a pretty wrenching position to be in, ie, constantly being prepared to kill someone...

When a person is in a suicidal state of mind, it is clear that they are unable to think in their usual rational way at that time. That is why if you cannot persuade them against suicide, the law allows police and paramedics to detain such a person and transport them to a hospital, even if it is agai...

Thats a good article km. How would an Ismaili astronaut approach this issue? Am I correct in assuming that praying in the direction of Mecca is a formalistic requirement for muslims but that Ismailis are not as strongly bound by this requirement as other muslims because our qibla is the Imam of the ...

If you live in Ontario and are aware that an acquaintance is threatening suicide and are unable to convince them otherwise, you are legally obliged to try to prevent it by calling 911 and having the person taken to a hospital against their will to be assessed and treated by a crisis team. Every hosp...

Dear Admin,

Is there any way to correct errors in a post once it has been posted?

Sorry for the trouble but could you please change the word 'thr' to 'the' in the second last sentence of my April 21st post quoting nasir Khusraw.

Thanks.

easynash

Thats a good balanced attitude Admin.

I'd like to emphasize the advice you gave me, which is, nobody should respond to his rants and ravings. Just ignore his posts and let Admin delete them.

Dear Administrator,

In my post of April 17th could you make a correction for me please?

In the last sentence of the first paragraph, the word 'their' should read 'there'. Could you change it for me please?

Thanks.

Nash Velshi