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by SimurghMI
Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:54 am
Forum: Doctrines
Topic: Ithna Asharis (The Twelvers)
Replies: 34
Views: 35208

These same people, these educated people, go on to claim that Islam is so much more than prayer and fasting, but yet in the end, their own beliefs stop at the zahir. Most of the Twelver Shi'ite scholars I've read (Allama Tabatabai , Mutahari, Khomeini, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, etc..) all recognized the...
by SimurghMI
Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:41 am
Forum: Doctrines
Topic: Ithna Asharis (The Twelvers)
Replies: 34
Views: 35208

Imams and the Quran will be together till Qiyama.
Didn't Hassan II declare the Qiyamat already ?
by SimurghMI
Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:36 am
Forum: Contemporary
Topic: Ismailism A Missionary Faith?
Replies: 2
Views: 8836

Thank you for the response.
by SimurghMI
Tue Feb 03, 2009 4:53 pm
Forum: Rites and Ceremonies
Topic: Imam Knowing all languages
Replies: 92
Views: 66342

What exactly is the Imams range of knowledge in general according to tradition? Is he considered all knowing? In other words could he answer advanced scientific questions in field that he had no previous training in... or is the knowledge more generally related to issues of "faith and morals&qu...
by SimurghMI
Tue Feb 03, 2009 4:27 pm
Forum: Contemporary
Topic: Ismailism A Missionary Faith?
Replies: 2
Views: 8836

Ismailism A Missionary Faith?

Salam Alaykum I have a question that I'm hoping someone here can answer. In the past (specifically in the time of the Fatimid’s and the Alamut period) the Ismaili faith appeared to have been very missionary oriented. You could find Dais (like Nasir Khusraw for example..) traveling from o­ne ...