What does Imandar means?
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alinizar313
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What does Imandar means?
Can anyone discuss in the light of Firman and Ginan
Imaandari
I will begin this post with a verse from the Ginan: "Hetesu milo mara munivaro" as under.
jeere viraa rahennee ajvaallee chaa(n)d su(n)
ane divas ajvaallo sur
tem ghatt ajvaallo imaansu(n)
chaudise varase nur...................................8
Dear brothers: The brightness of the night comes from the moon and the brightness of the day comes from the sun. In the same manner the brightness of the body comes from 'Imaan' (faith). It lights the four directions (everywhere; zaahir, baatin, awwal, aakhar).
Our experience of the world is our perception of it. This means that it is shaped by our pre conceptions which are based upon our prior knowledge and beliefs. In other words it is based upon our Imaan. The more our Imaan the brighter our experience. Our Imaan determines our outlook which in turn determines our conduct. To be Imaandar in our tradition means to allign ones outlook to the Imam's outlook, i.e., to see the world through his eyes, to think and reflect upon the Firmans, speeches and interviews of MHI and to act upon them. To be Imaani means to be consistent in thought and action as conveyed by the Firman "If you consider us as your Lord, Master and Creator, shouldn't you then obey anything that we command?" In another Firman MSMS says: "A sign of a man with Iman is that he always recites his prayers. Never lose the gaze of decency from your eyes".
jeere viraa rahennee ajvaallee chaa(n)d su(n)
ane divas ajvaallo sur
tem ghatt ajvaallo imaansu(n)
chaudise varase nur...................................8
Dear brothers: The brightness of the night comes from the moon and the brightness of the day comes from the sun. In the same manner the brightness of the body comes from 'Imaan' (faith). It lights the four directions (everywhere; zaahir, baatin, awwal, aakhar).
Our experience of the world is our perception of it. This means that it is shaped by our pre conceptions which are based upon our prior knowledge and beliefs. In other words it is based upon our Imaan. The more our Imaan the brighter our experience. Our Imaan determines our outlook which in turn determines our conduct. To be Imaandar in our tradition means to allign ones outlook to the Imam's outlook, i.e., to see the world through his eyes, to think and reflect upon the Firmans, speeches and interviews of MHI and to act upon them. To be Imaani means to be consistent in thought and action as conveyed by the Firman "If you consider us as your Lord, Master and Creator, shouldn't you then obey anything that we command?" In another Firman MSMS says: "A sign of a man with Iman is that he always recites his prayers. Never lose the gaze of decency from your eyes".
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star_munir
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According to Shorter Encyclopedia of Islam the word Iman comes from the root word Imn which means to be faithful,reliable and trustworthy.
Hazrat Muhammad [PBUH] said that Love for Ali [A.S] is Iman,
Iman Should be Such that If Imam Say its day than it is day and If Imam say its night than it is night. Iman means when Imam say farman than argument should not be made why such a farman is made.
Iman is belief of your towards God,Prophet, Imam. There is Farman of Imam in Mumbai Friday 1885, in Which Imam told that Iman is very precious thing and Imam gave example of Nusari.
Hazrat Muhammad [PBUH] said that Love for Ali [A.S] is Iman,
Iman Should be Such that If Imam Say its day than it is day and If Imam say its night than it is night. Iman means when Imam say farman than argument should not be made why such a farman is made.
Iman is belief of your towards God,Prophet, Imam. There is Farman of Imam in Mumbai Friday 1885, in Which Imam told that Iman is very precious thing and Imam gave example of Nusari.
This reminds me of anectdote from the wisdom of Budhaa as under.star_munir wrote:Iman Should be Such that If Imam Say its day than it is day and If Imam say its night than it is night. Iman means when Imam say farman than argument should not be made why such a farman is made.
A man approached the Blessed One and wanted to have all his philosophical questions answered before he would practice.
In response, the Buddha said, “It is as if a man had been wounded by a poisoned arrow and when attended to by a physician were to say, ‘I will not allow you to remove this arrow until I have learned the caste, the age, the occupation, the birthplace, and the motivation of the person who wounded me.’ That man would die before having learned all this. In exactly the same way, anyone who should say, ‘I will not follow the teaching of the Blessed One until the Blessed One has explained all the multiform truths of the world’-that person would die before the Buddha had explained all this.”
-from the Majjhima Nikaya