salimkhoja786 wrote:ismaili103 wrote:I live in 21st century, my present Imam is Shah Karim Al Hussani and I follow his farmans. The farman I quoted is clear and in simple English and words speak for themselves. There is no room for twisting this crucial farman.
THROUGH NOOR OF ALI, THROUGH NOOR OF IMAMAT YOU SEEK COME CLOSE TO HE WHO IS ABOVE ALL ELSE. Pay attention to word 'THROUGH' AND THE PHRASE 'HE WHO IS ABOVE ALL ELSE'. Imam is talking about OCEAN of oceans.
Another Ithnashari believe, according yo them every Imam is another Imam, to them there is no concept Noor and we can cleary see that in you.
So what do you think, Imam Shah hassan ali, Imam aga Ali Shah and Imam Sultan mohd Shah who cleary declared them self Allah in there many Farmans are possesor of different Noor than Hazir Imam.
There is another Baitul Khayal Farman, in which Hazir Imam indirectly said Imam is Allah. The above Farman you wrote is right and I listen that Framan many times but there is another Farman just search it.
Well I'm not shocked why Imam is not declaring to be Allah in his Farmans, because Pir had aware us about this nature of Imam , which is " Imams actions and Farmans are always related the faith of Murid"
Did anyone noticed one thing in golden jubilee deedars and darbars movies
whenever Imam meets members of jamati institutions, Imam use to give them speeches, what I've noticed in almost every movie is that when any member of Jamat come for speech and if he use word Khudawand for Imam, Then Imam give speeches without any paper, glasses etc but when any jamati member use word Hazir Imam in there speech, Imam use glasses and paper for his speech.
If anyone didn't noticed that, just go through those movies.
Is there any other wall in your apartment so that you bang bang your head there again. If you accept the farman which I quoted then;
WHY THIS KOLAVERI KOLAVERI KOLAVERI DI.
And we've quoted other Farmans by Hazar Imam - that you ignore - so why this soapbox?
having a crisis of faith? and seeking validation by bashing up other people's faith?
You have your beliefs - we have ours.
This isn't an institutionally mandated site - it is run and maintained by volunteers - if you don't like it - feel free to go somewhere else and create your own.
just like you have issues with what people are saying about Hazar Imam or Ali being Allah etc...
we have issues with you issuing your Sunni Fatwas - you don't represent all the ismailies or ismaili theology the same was as we don't.
You speak of building a bridge with the Ummah - which Ummah? the Muslim Ummah - do we understand enough of our faith? we don't.
Your posts reek of Sunnistic thoughts when we are clearly Shia -
First understand Shia doctine and theology (Kmaherali can help you there)
Then focus on what Hazar Imam insists upon - that we are a SUFI tariqah - we are ESOTERIC - we focus on the BATIN - nothing else matters..and if we focus on the BATIN than the physical body of the IMAM is just an illusion - it is a means for the LIGHT TO MANIFEST
Hazar Imam has clearly stated that the Imam is the MAZHAR of ALLAH - Mazhar - meaning Manifestation - now how you interpret that - is very different than how a lot of us interpret that....
And btw - we are a TARIQAH - not a SHARIAH - Imam Sultan Mohammad Shah has clearly stated the difference in the USUL-E-DIN Farman...
So going back to the point about the BATIN - if the Physical really doesn't matter - than all that matters is the BATIN and in the BATIN - the LIGHT is the LIGHT...
If you can't get beyond the physical - that is your problem.
FYI - seek out the Farman I referred to - where Hazar Imam asks about Malik-i-nass - it was made in Pakistan in 1964 or 1967.
Though examining your narrowmindedness - and your insecurity about your own identity - i don't think you will grasp it....
Once again - you have your interpretation of the Murid Murshid relationship and that is right
and I have mine, as does Kmaherali have his and Admin has his - and it okay for each one of us to have a different understanding of that relationship...
and allowing each one to have that relationship is pluralism - because all of those interpretations are correct...
Using Nusayri's example with Hazrat Ali - the Truth is the Truth and nothing can change that....
So - stop being Taliban and ISIS and issuing your fatwas.
Live and let live.
Admin - maybe it is time to start banning Mazhar/SalimKhoja/Sameer - whatever else he calls himself/herself - zznoor...??